Chapter 2141: Cunning
Prince Zairen, Chief of the General Staff of the Japanese Army Base Camp and Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Far East Campaign, learned that the troops of the Independent Division, together with the Soviet Union's Trans-Khinganling Front, gathered the Baikal Front, and fought on the line from Chita to Irkutsk, he was very proud.
Zairen saw from this that it was conducive to his own action to encircle the Soviet Far East Front, but, after all, Zairen is not an ordinary person, his thinking and scheming far exceed other Japanese generals, everything is two-sided, once he figured this out, Zairen couldn't help but get angry, and directly came to a conclusion that the military operation of the independent division would stimulate Zhukov to accelerate his plan to get out of the Far East battlefield, I am afraid that the current Zhukov has begun to deploy the evacuation plan.
Can Zairen not be in a hurry, the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army and the Korean Zhutun Army are still on the way to encircle, there are no mountains for more than three days, it is impossible to reach the designated position, once Zhukov's troops withdraw from the Far East battlefield before the two encircled armies, it will be a fatal blow to Zairen's plan.
Leaving the battlefield that is conducive to encirclement on all sides, the encirclement will be infinitely enlarged, and it will also lose the favorable terrain conditions, just with the troops under Zai Ren's current command, it will not even be able to encircle on both sides, and the vast area of the Far East, no matter how many troops are ten times more than enough, Tang Qiuli's actions have stimulated the speed of Zhukov's evacuation, which is 100 percent certain of Zairen, and on this point, it is surprisingly consistent with the conclusion reached by Tang Qiuli in Delun.
After Zairen was angry, he thought about it sharply, and the senior officers of the Japanese army who were dizzy didn't dare to come out, and looked at His Royal Highness the Prince with their eyes, racking their brains to meditate.
A few minutes later. Zairen raised his head and said with a fierce gaze: "Immediately send a report to the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, Nanjiro, and ask what abnormal actions the Soviet army has!" Immediately order the Far East to send troops. The troops of the Korean garrison army should speed up their march and do not have to hesitate to expose the danger of exposing their targets, and must arrive at the predetermined position before 6 p.m. on 30 April and immediately start their work. β
All the Japanese officers were stunned. "Crazy, right? His Royal Highness the Prince's order is incredible, the troops of the Far Eastern Dispatch Army and the Korean Zhutun Army are already marching day and night, and they can still increase the speed of the march? β
"What's more, today is 10 o'clock in the evening of April 28. The two armies were still three or four days away from the intended place. His Royal Highness the Prince actually ordered them. It was arrived in two days, and it was necessary to start preparing for the battle immediately, and the impossible goal was to take the commanders of the two armies. In less than two days, the Imperial soldiers could not finish the journey in about four days! β
Of course Jae-in knows this, and. He knows better than anyone else, but he can only do this, and he has done his best to weave a big net covering the Soviet Far Eastern Front in the Far East, and he will never allow it to fall short, for this reason, even if the soldiers of the Imperial Army of the two armies broke their legs, ran and vomited blood, and ran away with half their lives, they did not hesitate, as long as they waited in front of Zhukov and blocked more than 1 million Soviet troops on the current battlefield, no matter the price, it was not a pity!
A senior staff officer, who quickly recorded Prince Zairen's order, was just about to trot out, "Baga! - Stop, my order is not over yet! He was shouted back by Prince Zairen with an angry roar.
Prince Zaihito gritted his teeth and continued to dictate the order, "The previous order given to the Kwantung Army is revoked, and the new order is as follows, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Minamijiro, the headquarters of the Kwantung Army, use all forces, from now on, attack on all fronts, and fiercely attack the positions of the Soviet army, and demand, the headquarters of the Kwantung Army must make sure that the Soviet army cannot leave the battlefield before 6 o'clock in the evening of April 30, if the Soviet army leaves the current battlefield, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, Minamijiro, will apologize for his crimes!" β
Okay, Prince Zairen's subordinates, there are a total of three troops, and the commanders of the three troops are ready to cut their stomachs, and in his order, there is an even more cruel point, the previous counterattack of the Kwantung Army was controlled within a certain scale, which not only attracted Zhukov's troops, but also could not let the Soviet army fight back with all its might, which met the requirements of containing the Soviet army.
However, the Kwantung Army's attack on all fronts is different in nature, Zhukov can't get out of it in order to be able to get out smoothly and not solve the trouble in front of him, then, the Kwantung Army, which is far less powerful than the Soviet Army, is dying and exhausted for a long time, and it is very likely to be ruined in this offensive, but in order to be able to hold off Zhukov's Far Eastern Front and complete his plan to encircle, in the heart of Prince Zairen, even if the Kwantung Army is exhausted, he will not hesitate!
Prince Zaihito's heart, a trace of pain, if the war situation does not have an unexpected change, the Kwantung Army does not have to do a suicide attack on all fronts, after a big battle, at least retain a trace of blood, although the Kwantung Army is the descendant of the political enemy Yonechi Koichi, and it is also the capital he relies on to call the wind and rain in the imperial military circles, but, after all, it is the most elite unit in the Japanese Empire, with the title of "Flower of the Imperial Army".
Zairen was not despicable enough to use the sword to kill Cheng DΓΉ, and took the lives of hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army soldiers to weaken the power of political opponents, therefore, his mood was very painful, but he had to give this order, the Soviet Far Eastern Front was out of the battlefield, all the layouts would be in vain, the losses of the Kwantung Army were irreparable, and the blow to his prestige in the imperial military circles was also unprecedented.
In the military meeting in front of the emperor, how high-spirited, eloquent, and wise in his hand, all in his hands, in the end, it was a big joke, what would the emperor's brother think of himself, how many hands and feet would Mitsuichi take the opportunity to do, maybe, one of his heels fell down, and he couldn't get up again, Prince Zaihito shuddered when he thought about it.
"The General Headquarters of the Far Eastern Campaign, immediately go to the Far Eastern Front and rendezvous with the General Headquarters of the Kwantung Army!" Prince Jaehito ordered with a grim face.
"What?" A group of high-ranking Japanese generals were stunned, His Royal Highness the Prince's order was to make it clear that the Kwantung Army was desperately fighting, and the battlefield was immediately a scene of flesh and blood, and the General Headquarters of the Far East Campaign rushed to meet it at this moment, what is the difference between it and taking the initiative to find death?
Zairen looked at the senior general who shrunk his head coldly, and his tone was as cold as ice, "Gentlemen, the Kwantung Army will pay a heavy price for the Far East campaign plan, hundreds of thousands of samurai of His Majesty the Emperor will soon be bloodstained on the battlefield, but we, the imperial soldiers, are hiding behind the battlefield, away from the smoke of war, what kind of system!" Don't you feel ashamed? β
Dozens of high-ranking Japanese generals looked at each other, and they didn't know how to answer the phone, every order of His Royal Highness the Prince was crazy enough, and now, it was difficult to let the General Headquarters of the Far East Campaign go to a dangerous place for soldiers to fight, let these dozens of major generals and lieutenant generals go up to fight bayonets, and let the Soviets stew with a spoonful?
One of the oldest senior staff officers had to stand up and speak, in fact, Zairen made this decision, which made him very disapproving, "His Royal Highness's order is simply messing around, I am brave enough to be a horseman, but don't drag dozens of generals to send my life together, what's more, you Prince Zairen really went to the front line, and the Kwantung Army also allocated a part of its troops to protect you, and the troops were already insufficient, isn't this adding to the chaos?" β
"Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, the department admires your fearless spirit, and even more admires your courage in the face of the trap, but, for one thing, please think twice about it, Your Royal Highness!" The senior staff officer said very tactfully, and presented the two high hats first, so that the next words could be easy to say.
The cold light in Prince Zairen's eyes flashed, and he looked at this gray-haired senior staff officer with the rank of major general, muttered, and said: "Yamada-kun, if you have anything to say, although you say it, my decision is irreversible!" I must face death with hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Kwantung Army, which is the duty of the imperial soldiers! β
This senior staff officer named Yamada smiled indifferently and replied: "Your Royal Highness, the ministry does not want you to change your decision, but I just ask you to consider it, aside from your noble status, Your Excellency is the responsibility of the command of more than one million troops in the Far East, and in the event of an accident, the empire will not only lose a prince, but also lead the overall failure of the Far East campaign, and the armies will be leaderless." β
"If this is the case, not only will the Far East campaign plan not be carried out, but it will also cause chaos among the Imperial troops in the Far East, our enemies are not only the Soviets, but also the independent division troops on the front line of Chita, looking at the military circles of the Empire, no one can take on such a heavy responsibility, His Royal Highness the Prince is concerned about the safety of the Empire, and the gentleman does not take risks, this common saying of the people of China is very reasonable!"
Zairen's face softened, but the tough posture had been made, and the big words had been released, and there was a feeling that it was difficult to ride a tiger, in fact, his own pretentiousness was more to show a gesture, and the order was issued, that is, to let the Kwantung Army and the Soviet Far Eastern Front go to work hard, and the result of the desperate effort was very likely, that is, the Kwantung Army was wiped out, and an overseas heavy army group was wiped out, and the turmoil caused in the imperial military circles and political circles was no less than an eight-magnitude earthquake.
The order was given by himself personally, and in the eyes of people with ulterior motives, such as the people of the Koichi system in Yone, who did not kill people with a knife, but also killed people with a knife, borrowed the hands of the Soviets to bring down the Kwantung Army, and now, I personally went to the General Headquarters of the Kwantung Army, close to the front line of command, I can't say that I borrowed a knife to kill people, I won't be stupid enough to borrow a knife from the Soviets and kill myself, right?
Prince Zaihito's move was very large, in order to cut off the truth of others and avoid the sequelae after the total annihilation of the Kwantung Army.
(To be continued)(To be continued......