At present, the opponent is on the side of the battle line, but the Kwantung Army has been artificially weakened. Although these forces are the only ones in the Kwantung Army, they are at most equivalent to a large jurisdiction of Liaoning Province in later generations, and the number of troops is not weak. However, in the face of the powerful enemy army, whether it was General Yamada Otosan or Lieutenant General Qin Yan Saburo, they all believed that the strength was not enough.

In the previous battles, the armor superiority of the Anti-Japanese Federation made all the senior generals of the Japanese army fearful. Under the situation that the mainland was bombarded with increasing intensity, it was simply impossible to mass-produce new tanks that could compete with the enemy. Even more, including General Yamada Otozo and Lieutenant General Qin Hiko Saburo, all the senior generals of the Japanese army were almost at a loss.

Although the Japanese army has always claimed that it is not afraid of tanks, it dares to carry out meat bomb attacks on tanks. But the consequences of the collision between human flesh and steel, everyone still knows in their hearts. Propaganda is propaganda, but when it really falls on the battlefield, then whoever suffers will know. Bushido was to coax junior officers and soldiers, and senior officers knew it.

After these two took office, in the face of the continuous encroachment tactics of the Anti-Japanese Federation on the front line, they made a 180-degree adjustment to the original deployment of General Umezu Mijiro. In addition to the original four divisions in western Liaoning, one division and six independent mixed brigades were added.

Abandoned the line from Shanhaiguan to Xingcheng, as well as from Chaoyang to Fuxin. The main defensive line in western Liaoning will be spread along both flanks of Lushan. The Third Army, with two divisions and four independent mixed brigades, was organized into the Third Army, with Lieutenant General Shojiro Iida as its commander, and was deployed on the line from Jinzhou to Yi County.

The other part was organized into the Fifth Army with three divisions and two independent mixed brigades, with Lieutenant General Murakami Keisaku as the commander, and made every effort to hold the line from Fuxin to Xinmin. Responsible for the defense of the northwest direction of Shenyang and ensure the safety of the main forces of the Kwantung Army along the Zhongchang Railway. These two armies formed the First Front Army, and Yang Zhen's old acquaintance during the Jiamusi Campaign, General Xi Duochengyi, served as the commander of the front army.

The middle road is along the Zhongchang Railway, with seven divisions and two independent mixed brigades, holding the entire area from the east of the Xinmin Liao River in the west, to the line of Changtu and Kaiyuan Weiyuanbao in the north, and to Fushun in the east. The entire front takes Shenyang City as the core and forms an arc-shaped protrusion to the north.

The Japanese army in this division took the Zhongchang Railway as the dividing line, and the three divisions and regiments of the Japanese army in the east of the road plus two independent mixed brigades were organized into the 44th Army, with Lieutenant General Yoshio Hongo as the commander of the army. The four divisions of the Japanese army in Luxi were organized into the 30th Army, with Lieutenant General Shimizu as the commander. These two armies were organized into the Third Front Army, which was under the command of General Harem Jun, who had also just been transferred to the Kwantung Army.

In the Liaodong region, the 30th Army was organized into two divisions and four independent mixed brigades, with Lieutenant General Nakayama as the commander. Under the direct command of the Kwantung Army, relying on the mountainous terrain of Liaodong to hold the line from Shenyang to Andong. In order to ensure the retreat route of the entire Kwantung Army to Korea in the event of defeat in the war. The remaining two divisions and one independent mixed brigade were directly under the Kwantung Army as reserves.

It's not that General Yamada Otozo and Lieutenant General Qin Yan Saburo are too pessimistic, but because they clearly know that judging from the current comparison of the overall strength of the Northeast Battlefield, it will be difficult to hold on to South Manchuria once the enemy forces attack with all their might. The Kwantung Army in its heyday was still beaten to the brim, and the entire jurisdiction changed from the entire northeast of China to a corner of South Manchuria.

Now the Kwantung Army, which has been drained of a lot of muscles, only the seventh, twenty-fifth, fifty-first, sixty-third, and seventy-first divisions remain, which are still some of the most established divisions. However, all five divisions were crippled in the battle in the first half of the year, and on average each division had only 30 percent of its strength left.

Fortunately, however, the base camp also knew the seriousness of the matter, and with the full efforts of the base camp, the five divisions had all been reorganized by the end of July. However, although the 69th, 107th, and 108th divisions, which were also disabled, were barely replenished, the additional soldiers were not much better than those of the newly formed eight divisions.

As for the remaining eight divisions and regiments that were transferred away, each leaving a wing as the backbone of the newly formed division, these two people have no confidence in what they think. In the face of a large number of tanks that are very likely to be invested by the enemy, only God knows how much real combat effectiveness these eight divisions and regiments are equipped with second-rate equipment, third-rate officers, and fourth-rate soldiers.

Although the base camp is very suspicious of this method of digging up meat and mending sores. But both of them know that there is no way out of this base. At present, the various divisions and regiments of the Southern Army have been cut off and cannot be transferred back in Nanyang. In the first half of the year, the elite of China's dispatched army was almost wiped out.

In the case that those Miying ghost animals were about to hit the doorstep, if the base camp wanted to strengthen the defense of the home and the periphery, it could only transfer troops from the Kwantung Army, which had the largest number of veteran divisions. At least the Chinese army does not have a navy, and even if South Manchuria loses it, they will not be able to endanger the mainland.

But if Okinawa, Taiwan, and the Ogasawara Islands to the southeast are taken by Miying ghost animals, then the mainland will be uncovered. It's like a stripped girl, exposed around a pack of perverts. The entire homeland will become a backyard for Americans to come and go whenever they want.

And what is native, that is the root of all the military and civilians of the empire. The native is lost, even if the South Manchurian defense is firm, what can it do? The roots have been dug up, and even if they occupy the whole of Asia, it will be useless. In this case, the only option is to cut the flesh and mend the sores. Whoever makes the best divisions at the moment are in the Kwantung Army, and when the Southern Army is unable to send reinforcements back, the Kwantung Army has become the only option.

However, although the base camp said that at this time, the Kwantung Army was always bleeding, but it was somewhat taken care of. Thirteen new independent anti-tank artillery squadrons were formed for the Kwantung Army, plus two tank brigades and regiments, plus more than 500 tanks of four independent tank wings, and more than 1,000 artillery pieces were left on the door for the Kwantung Army.

Although the newly formed eight divisions had only 24 artillery pieces, the number of independent artillery was quite large. Although the total number of shells of various calibers in reserve was not too much, it was enough for the Kwantung Army to independently support until the end of December without any source of supply.

It's just that after the adjustment and deployment, in addition to the continuous encroachment battles on the eastern and western fronts, the Kwantung Army has not waited for the offensive of the Anti-United Nations. The Kwantung Army waited from August to September, and even until the beginning of October, but instead of waiting for the enemy's attack, even the encroachment on the eastern and western fronts was completely stopped.

Although there were many large-scale radio feints on the anti-union side during this period, the sudden increase in radio signals kept the Kwantung Army in a state of tension. But the real full-line attack has not happened once. By the beginning of October, the entire front was quiet and terrifying.

However, after a few months of encroachment and fighting, General Yamada Otozo was stunned to find that his east and west lines, which originally formed a unified defense line, were riddled with holes. The Western Front is better to say, but it was hit by the enemy in the defensive line, big and small. However, the Eastern Front changed unusually greatly, and was even advanced by the enemy to the periphery of Fushun.

The enemy army advanced to the periphery of Fushun, and not only was Fushun directly threatened by the Anti-Japanese Union, but also the heavy army cluster on the line from Tieling to Changtu north of Mukden, and the flanks were also in danger of being divided. Faced with the unfavorable situation on the Eastern Front, he was preparing to adjust his deployment and fight a counterattack north of Fushun. But another bad piece of information made the two people stunned.

The enemy concentrated a large number of large and small troops in the port of Tanggu in Tianjin, including more than 10 Japanese naval landing ships, which were enough to transport one and a half divisions of ships according to intelligence. At the same time, a large number of enemy troops stationed in North China have also been concentrated in the port of Tanggu, and it is very likely that they will land in Liaodong Bay behind the Kwantung Army.

After receiving this information, General Yamada Otozo and Lieutenant General Qin Yan Saburo immediately hurriedly stopped the adjustment of deployment, and their plan to launch a counterattack on the Fushun battlefield was stillborn before it could be launched. In order to prevent the enemy from stabbing them in the back, the Kwantung Army could only transfer the troops that were scheduled to launch a counterattack to the south.

The reserves of the two divisions and regiments, plus one division and regiment drawn from the middle and long railway lines, were transferred to the line from Gaiping to Yingkou for deployment, and the other division and one tank brigade were transferred to the front line of Dashiqiao for fortification, forming a trapezoidal configuration in the direction of Gaiping. At the same time, the Third Army was ordered to quickly transfer a division and a separate mixed brigade to the vicinity of Jinzhou Bay to prepare for anti-landing operations.

As a result, the entire Kwantung Army, which had limited mobile forces, was almost exhausted. Except for the outer defensive line, there were hardly any mobile forces and reserves in the entire defensive depth. Once the two flanks of the front line are broken through, the entire South Manchurian depth will no longer have troops to deal with the crisis.

However, at the time when the last mobile forces in the hands of General Yamada Otozo were all transferred to the Bohai Sea to prepare for anti-landing operations. only to find that what was waiting for him was still a long wait. Throughout early October, the entire front was quiet, and nothing unusual happened. Even the enemy's unusually active tactical reconnaissance at the front has been completely stopped.

Intelligence from all quarters shows that there is no tendency for the enemy's forces in depth in several directions to move on a large scale. At present, the main force of the enemy army in North Manchuria is resting and recuperating, and there is no major move. The enemy forces on the front line of Tianjin in North China only gathered in Tanggu and did not make any next move.

The calm of the front line was restored, and the hanging heart of General Yamada Otozo was relieved again, and he judged that perhaps the enemy was just bluffing. The abnormalities that have appeared in successive months since taking office have made General Yamada Otosan, who felt somewhat exhausted, decide to go to Lushun to recuperate for a period of time. There are the best geisha in Manchuria, which can effectively relieve the tired heart of yourself since the transfer.

General Yamada Otozo went to Lushun and held a geisha to cultivate. However, Qin Yanzaburo, as the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, did not relax any vigilance. He believed that the enemy's previous movements, as well as the fierce battles at the tactical level on the eastern and western fronts, would definitely not be hasty and blind.

The enemy forces are massing in Tanggu, probably a bluff. They did not have any experience in coastal landing operations, nor did they have a navy of sufficient strength to escort them. Their attempt to land in Liaodong Bay was nothing more than a feint to distract themselves. However, on the frontal front, the enemy forces either do not move, as long as they move, the sky will definitely fall apart.

Although General Yamada Otoyama was not in office, he went to Lushun's ** nest to cultivate his spirit. However, at the beginning of October, Lieutenant General Qin Yan Saburo made some preparations for the contingency as much as possible, which was his duty as chief of staff of the Kwantung Army. Lieutenant General Qin Yan Saburo ordered all units and officers on the front line to stop construction, and all units at all levels entered the first level of combat readiness.

He also ordered the puppet Manchurian Maritime Police Force, the dozen or so small gunboats and gunboats under its command, and a dozen or so old planes to intensify patrols in Liaodong Bay. In particular, the area west of the Daling River estuary in Jinzhou should focus on patrolling. At the same time, the water police force was sternly told not to always go around at the gate of Yingkou and let it advance the patrol line westward to the Linyu line.