After receiving a telegram from the commander of the Eighth Division, Honda Masasai, General Saito of the Third Army of the Kwantung Army was immediately shocked, especially when he learned that Chen Feng's department had dispatched thousands of automobile chariots at one time this time, General Saito was immediately not calm, Chen Feng's powerful offensive ability He knew it, a few months ago, Chen Feng's department attacked Hailar, and it was only an infantry division, but it almost wiped out the empire's most elite ninth division, if it weren't for the navy just grasping the handle of the people, I'm afraid that now the 9th Division does not exist in the battle sequence of the Kwantung Army.

At the same time as the headquarters of the Third Army reported to the General Headquarters of the Kwantung Army, it ordered the 71st Division of the Japanese Army, the 69th Brigade of the Mixed Army, and the 17th and 19th Divisions of the puppet Manchukuo Defense Army to immediately enter Shuangliao and reinforce in the direction of Tongliao.

The outbreak of the Battle of Tongliao completely shocked the Kwantung Army Headquarters, they had previously judged that Chen Feng's troops would launch an attack on the Kwantung Army, and also predicted in advance the direction and method of Chen Feng's possible attack, and the Kwantung Army Command judged that there were four directions for Chen Feng's attack, from north to south, Hailar, Zhalantun to Harbin; Ulanhot, Songyuan to Xinjing (Changchun); Tongliao, Shuangliao to Fengtian (Shenyang); Jidong, Rehe to Jinzhou.

As for the way of attacking, it will still be the same as before, with the large corps gradually advancing along the main road under the cover of aircraft, artillery and tanks, capturing all the towns along the way, and using airborne troops to carry out surprise attacks if necessary.

But they guessed the direction of the attack, but they didn't expect Chen Feng's department to use this risky offensive method, which means that they were stunned by Chen Feng's department in terms of tactics. Although now the losses of the 8th Division are not significant. However, Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo, who knew Chen Feng's department, knew that if the Eighth Division was not rescued immediately, I am afraid that the 50,000 troops in the encirclement would really become the snack of the Chinese army.

Xinjing. General Headquarters of the Kwantung Army.

There was silence in the combat command room, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing, although General Yamada Otosan was a good man, but he couldn't afford to start a temper casually, just because of the war in the southeast of Sui, General Yamada dropped his cup, which scared everyone in the combat command room.

"Nishimura, how is the situation of the Eighth Division now, and what are the losses?" Admiral Yamada asked loudly.

"Report to Your Excellency the Commander. Just got the news. The losses of the Eighth Division were not large, with less than 10,000 casualties, and the losses of the Imperial Army were no more than one brigade, and the rest were all Imperial Cooperative Army. The vitality is not injured. However, their North China army was now divided and surrounded in four places: Kailu, Tongliao, Naiman, and Kezuozhongqi. The rest of the place was occupied by the Chinese army! Toshio Nishimura, chief staff officer of intelligence, said loudly.

"The Chinese army did not attack the city. Do you know how many troops the Daozhi people touched this time? Yamada asked.

"The Chinese army has not yet attacked the city for the time being, because after the Eighth Division was transferred to the Tongliao area, it began to build large-scale city fortifications. And it was quite effective, and if the Chinese army attacked it, it would pay a very heavy price. Then Nishimura Nakasa said: "According to the information collected by the intelligence department, the Chinese army that attacked Tongliao has a large number of soldiers, and there are 4 division-level numbers that are not repeated, and there are also a large number of technical arms, including artillery, chariot troops, etc., and the conservative estimate is not less than 120,000 troops. ”

"Baga, it's unforgivable that your intelligence department knows nothing about the transfer of the 120,000 troops of the Chinese army!" Admiral Yamada said angrily.

"Hay!" Nishimura Nakasa bowed his head and said.

At this time, Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo, the chief of staff on the side, got up and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, now is not the time to hold accountable, and the intelligence department is not inactive, during this time, they have reported to the headquarters many times about the movements of the Chinese army, but because the Chinese army is too frequent, and we believe that the main direction of the Chinese army's attack is on the Hai (Hailar) Qi (Qiqihar) line, so the headquarters has been negligent. ”

"Okabe-kun, this Chen Feng's army is your old opponent, what should the imperial army do about the current situation?" Admiral Yamada said loudly.

"Your Excellency, Commander, we must now not only consider how to relieve the Eighth Division, but also guard against the attack of the Chinese army on all fronts in Manchuria. From what I know about Chen Feng in China, this person is not a person who likes to talk big, and since he has mobilized troops on the entire front of Suidong, it means that he is likely to launch a full-scale attack on the whole of Manchuria! Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe said loudly.

"Nani, Okabe-kun means that the people of China are going to have a strategic decisive battle with our army?" Yamada Otozo said inexplicably in shock.

"Hey, although I don't want to have a full-scale war with the Chinese army at this time, but I think this battle may be unavoidable, now it's Tongliao, presumably news will come from Ulanhot and Zhalantun and even the direction of Rehe soon!" Lieutenant General Okabe said.

"Okabe-kun, how is our plan completed?" Admiral Yamada asked in a deep voice.

"More than half of the work has been completed, the fortifications in North Manchuria have basically been completed, and South Manchuria's is almost complete, but the progress of the project in China and Manchuria, which is a little slow, and there is still a lot of work to be done." Lieutenant General Okabe replied.

"If Huang Jun and the Chinese army open up a field battle, how many layers will the chances of victory be?" Admiral Yamada asked solemnly.

"Your Excellency, if it is a full-scale battle in formation, the chances of the imperial army winning will not exceed three layers!" Naosaburo Okabe replied in a deep voice.

"Three floors, so low?" Admiral Yamada asked with a frown, apparently not believing that the Kwantung Army, which the entire Japanese people were so proud of, had only a three-tier chance of victory.

"Your Excellency, although our army occupies a certain advantage in terms of strength, you must know that the real imperial army in the armed force of Manchuria is only more than 600,000 people, and the rest are Koreans and Chinese people.

"The second is weaponry, according to the analysis of the wreckage of weapons obtained on the periphery of the battlefield last time, the performance of the tanks and warplanes of the Chinese army far exceeds that of any kind of combat vehicles and aircraft in active service with the imperial army. In addition, they also have a variety of powerful individual combat weapons, and it is the most unwise choice to use the shortcomings of the imperial army to fight against the strengths of the Chinese army! Naosaburo Okabe explained.

"So what are we going to do, really get beaten passively?"

"Your Excellency, the people of China still don't know that our army has built a large number of permanent defenses on the front line of Suidong, so the imperial army can use these permanent fortifications to block the Chinese army, and it won't take long for the heavy casualties to make the Chinese army automatically retreat, so the most important thing at the moment is to rescue the Eighth Division, and the Kwantung Army has already had a 12th Division completely annihilated. There must be no more divisions and regiments that have been eliminated as formations. Lieutenant General Okabe said.

"Yo Xi. Okabe-kun was right, and since this was the case, the imperial army was on the defensive side and waited for the attack of the Shina army. Then the Third Army was the main force. Form the Southern Assault Group. Equipped with a chariot division, it launched a surprise attack on the Chinese army in Tongliao, with the aim of rescuing the 8th Division. Do you have any other opinions? Admiral Yamada said.

"Your Excellency Commander, I believe that it is necessary to form a defense headquarters of the former enemy like the Chinese army, and in the next battle, the imperial army and the Chinese army are likely to engage in a long confrontation and fight hard to fight the will, so it is necessary to establish a strategic command organ below the front army." Naosaburo Okabe said.

"Yo Xi, what Okabe-kun said is very reasonable, it is indeed necessary to form a permanent forward command organ."

"Order: Immediately form the 1st Front Army of the Imperial Army, with General Saito as commander and Lieutenant General Seiichi Kita as chief of staff. Subordinate: 3rd Army (8th Division, 71st Division, 69th Mixed Brigade), 5th Army (1st Division, 77th Division, 84th Division), 122nd Division, 134th Division, 139th Division, 9th, 11th, and 22nd Brigades of Mountain Artillery, 7th and 19th Brigades of Field Heavy Artillery, and 12th Brigade of Combat Vehicles. In addition, the Mongolian Army of the Imperial Allied Army and the 6th, 7th, 9th, 14th, 19th, and 20th Infantry Divisions of the Manchukuo Government Army, and the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th Cavalry Divisions were also under the command of the First Front Army. ”

"Order: to form the 3rd Front Army, with Lieutenant General Okabe as commander and Lieutenant General Yanagida Motozo, under the jurisdiction of: the 30th Army (9th Division, 23rd Division, 66th Division), 44th Army (11th Division, 24th Division, 57th Division) and the 136th Division, the 79th Independent Mixed Brigade, the 130th Independent Mixed Brigade, the 134th Independent Mixed Brigade, the 1st Independent Combat Vehicle Brigade, the 8th, 9th, and 10th Field Artillery Brigades, and the 8th and 18th Field Heavy Artillery Brigades. The 10th Tank Brigade and the 4th, 5th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Divisions of the Manchukuo Defense Force were under the command of the Third Front Army, and were mainly responsible for the defense of the north of Songyuan and the line of Qiqihar and Heihe. ”

"Order: to form the 17th Front Army, with Lieutenant General Hayahiko Saburo as the post and Major General Riko Endo as the Chief of Staff, under the jurisdiction of: the 4th Army (25th Division, 71st Division, 29th Division), 17th Army (28th Division, 119th Division, 123rd Division) and the 149th Division, the 80th Independent Mixed Brigade, the 131st Independent Mixed Brigade, the 135th Independent Mixed Brigade, and the 136th Independent Mixed Brigade directly under the theater, The General Headquarters transferred 3 artillery brigades, 2 field heavy artillery brigades and 1 tank brigade to the command of the 17th Front Army Command, in addition to the 6 infantry divisions and 4 cavalry divisions of the Manchukuo Government Army under the command of the 17th Front Army Command. The headquarters of the 17th Front Army was mainly responsible for the defense of the north of Siping and up to Matsubara. At the same time, we must also guard against a sneak attack by Soviet Russia! ”

"In addition, the General Headquarters directly governs the 1st, 2nd, and 5th Tank Divisions, the 15th and 16th Brigades of Field Heavy Artillery, the Continental Railway Corps (the 3rd Railway Wing, the 4th Railway Wing), the 2nd Air Army, the 5th Air Army, the 8th Air Army, the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the Airborne Forces, and all parts of the military management units under the Command!"

With the formation of the forward command of the Kwantung Army Command, the counterattack of the Japanese army began! (To be continued......)