Chapter 877 is helpless

The commander of the Kwantung Army, General Kenkichi Ueda, was too confident, only saw the immediate benefits, but ignored the risks behind the interests, and despite the dissuasion of other high-ranking generals, he insisted on occupying all the territory of the Soviet Union in Asia and hitting the Ural Mountains.

He ignored what he had to face, a big country ruled by one party, in terms of the source of nature, the land area, and the source of manpower, it was not at all comparable to the island country of Japan, and many bigwigs in Japan's top leaders did not approve of this approach, although their coveting of the Soviet territory in their hearts was even greater than that of Ueda Kenkichi, and their aggressive ambitions were not necessarily worse than his.

can take into account the fact that the main force of the Kwantung Army of more than 200,000 has just been transferred from the Far East battlefield, and the current result of the director, he can't bear to suppress Zhang Ueda Kenkichi's interest, and in his heart, there is still a trace of luck, if Ueda Kenkichi succeeds, it will be a good thing that the Great Japanese Empire dreams of.

Therefore, he did not stop Ueda Kenkichi from continuing to march into the Ural Mountains, but with a nervous and trembling mood, he paid attention to the battle that far exceeded expectations, and Ueda Kenkichi's mentality at this time has undergone a fundamental change, paranoia, full of confidence, and desperate gambling, of course, the arrogance in the bones of the Japanese also played a major role.

However, Ueda Kenkichi will soon pay the price for his crazy moves, and the Soviet army, which was divided into four ways to attack, under the unified command of Zhukov, did not intend to let go of more than 500,000 Kwantung Army at all.

The first to fire was the armored forces of both sides, the Japanese "Izu" series of tanks, this time there was no natural swampy area, bringing them good luck, thin armor, weak firepower, became the fatal wound of the Japanese tank, in front of the Soviet "T-28" tank, not even a round, simply a live target.

As soon as the two sides made a move, the Japanese tanks were beaten to the ground, and the chariot troops that Ueda Kenkichi had high hopes for were completely defeated, and they really became the thin-skinned iron coffins that buried the tank soldiers of the Kwantung Army, hundreds of tanks, but dozens of them escaped, and they still relied on the speed of this Izu tank to get back a life.

Fortunately, Kenkichi Ueda is not a mediocre talent, and he also understands that the Soviets are going to fight the Kwantung Army to the death, and their enthusiasm for the establishment of immortal feats for the Japanese Empire turned into a cold sweat, and immediately ordered the troops to quickly retreat, withdraw to the Khabarovsk region, establish a defensive line, and get a chance to breathe.

A scene in history was unfortunately repeated, however, the protagonist turned around, more than 600,000 Soviet soldiers, fierce pursuit and fierce fighting, more than 500,000 Kwantung Army soldiers, all the way down defeated, leaving tens of thousands of corpses on the road, until the 29th, the Kwantung Army troops, were repulsed to the Khabarovsk region.

Fortunately, Amaterasu has not completely abandoned the Kwantung Army, Khabarovsk is still in the hands of the Japanese, although the garrison Kwantung Army troops, most of them have been killed and wounded, and finally the Soviets have not cut off the retreat, and Ueda Kenkichi, who retreated here, has not had time to take a breath, and the troops of the Soviet Far Eastern Front and the Transcaucasian Front have been killed.

By early December, General Zhukov, commander of the Soviet Far Eastern Front and member of the Political Committee, integrated three troops, estimated at more than 700,000 troops, and marched together to push the troops of the Kwantung Army back to the line of Ussuriysk and Arsenyev.

This is not the most dangerous, Ueda Kenkichi can't even withdraw from the battlefield, Zhukov is holding his breath, stubbornly twisting the Kwantung Army troops, and launching a non-stop attack with new troops, of course, there is the meaning of avenging his friend Timoshenko, but more importantly, it is to vent his anger at the defeat of Méng Gu outside, unfortunately, Ueda Kenkichi and the hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army under his command have become victims.

The situation developed, the Kwantung Army was beaten out of the Far East, the loss of troops was broken, and it was a foregone conclusion that it would be driven back to Manchuria, and even whether Manchuria could be kept was still unknown.

The commander of the western front of the Kwantung Army, Lieutenant General Ishihara Hikogoro, commanded more than 300,000 Kwantung Army troops, and was storming the Jinzhou defense line of Liu Tiehan's eastern command troops.

After a few days of fighting, the Kwantung Army troops, in addition to throwing a large pile of corpses, were not able to advance even half a step, Ishihara Hikogoro was extremely distressed, pulled up two heavy artillery brigades, and bombarded the defense line of the squadron, thinking that with such a big killing weapon, even if it was an iron plate, it could smash out a few holes.

He still underestimated the strength of the artillery of Liu Tiehan's troops, the heavy artillery of the Kwantung Army had just fired a few shells, and they did not cause any damage to the forward defensive positions of the Dongzhi troops, and the orientation of his own positions had been accurately sent back to the artillery headquarters by the forward observers of the Dongzhi artillery units.

The four artillery brigades have been in unison for several rounds, turning the two heavy artillery brigades and regiments that the Kwantung Army is proud of, more than 1,000 mén heavy artillery, into piles of scrap iron, this is not a heavyweight artillery battle at all, Liu Tiehan's troops, with more than 3,000 mén artillery, and the number of heavy artillery is more than that of the Kwantung Army, all of which are Soviet-style 155 mm caliber howitzers.

This is the equipment that Tang Qiuli extorted from the Soviets, Liu Tiehan's unit is the main field corps of the first class in the battle sequence of the independent division, and it has been given priority equipment, and the first time the battlefield shows its might, it gives the artillery of the Kwantung Army a taste of what is a dense firepower strike.

In the Jinzhou front-line headquarters, Liu Tiehan, who was observing the battlefield situation, shook his head vigorously while watching the spectacular scene of the artillery battle through the artillery team mirror, and his mouth was still slurking, and his expression seemed to be very disdainful.

Zhao Yihe, the chief of staff of Dongzhi, who had just finished reading a telegram, raised his head, and his young face couldn't help but be suspicious, and asked, "Deputy division commander, is there something wrong with this battle?" So far, there are still according to plan, there are no deviations, artillery units are destroying the artillery positions of the Kwantung Army, we have mastered the rhythm of the battlefield. ”

Liu Tiehan's expression and movements, in his opinion, were obviously not very satisfied with the appearance of the troops, Liu Tiehan didn't reply, and said: "Yùhe, don't believe it, let's make a bet, the little devil commander on the other side is definitely a newcomer, and he hasn't fought with our Dongzhi troops." ”

Zhao Yù and Da were interested, the words of the deputy division commander were almost god-like, how did he know that the Japanese commander on the other side was a newcomer? couldn't help but ask: "Deputy division commander, how dare you be sure, I see that the Japanese commander's combat method is very orderly, at least he is not stupid enough to use a large number of infantry to attack the fortified Jinzhou defense line, from this point of analysis, this is one of the few generals of the Kwantung Army, who is more sensible, should not be a novice, right?" ”

Liu Tiehan turned around, probably a one-sided artillery battle, and he didn't look much interest, and then said: "Yùhe, you say, any little devil commander who has fought with any of the main field regiments of our independent division, dare to use artillery with such fanfare to shell our position?" From this point of view, the little devil commander on the opposite side must be a newcomer, and he should have parachuted from the Japanese base camp. ”

Zhao Yihe was stunned for a moment, and then understood, the two looked at each other and laughed, the battle progressed very smoothly, and the two senior generals of the East Finger did not have any psychological burden.

In the midst of laughter, Zhao Yihe handed the telegram in his hand to Liu Tiehan, which was sent by Tang Qiuli from Dingbian, and the telegram read: "Brother Tiehan, can you still afford it?" Is it necessary to transfer a few brigades from the directly subordinate corps stationed in Shanhaiguan to strengthen the depth of defense? The Japanese are not going to bleed, and they are going to knock you out of the Northeast. ”

The smile on Liu Tiehan's face became even stronger, and he said to Zhao Yihe: "Yùhe, call back to the division commander, and wait for good news, the Japanese are destined to be a big ruin this time, and the more than 500,000 Kwantung Army troops in the Far East, Ueda Kenkichi, are entangled there by the Soviets, and the momentum is not good, if nothing else, today, the Japanese should come to sue for peace." ”

However, having said that, Liu Tiehan's heart was still a little uncomfortable about Tang Qiuli's order not to allow the troops to take the initiative to attack, and the current level of troops and equipment in the east refers to the opposite Kwantung Army, even if they can't be wiped out completely, it will not be a problem at all to kill a few and a half.

If more than 500,000 people of the Kwantung Army were wiped out in the Far East, it would undoubtedly be a catastrophe for the Japanese, even if Ueda Kenkichi could retreat and withdraw to Manchuria, he could pay the lives of hundreds of thousands of imperial soldiers and fight the Far East campaign for several months.

Not to mention that Emperor Hirohito is unwilling, even if all the Japanese can't swallow this breath, the Great Japanese Empire has never been a thing that does not take advantage, of course, except for fighting with that devil Tang Qiuli, Hirohito now understands that he has fallen for Tang Qiuli again.

Tang Qiuli's troops, the battles of Mukden and the Liaodong Peninsula launched by Tang Qiuli's troops, were a conspiracy from the beginning, and the only purpose was to transfer the main force of Ueda Kenkichi's Kwantung Army back from the Far East to create conditions for Timoshenko's breakthrough, perhaps, this was one of the main conditions for Tang Qiuli to reach a secret agreement with the Soviets.

It's too late to understand now, Ishihara Hikogoro will not succeed at all, there will be no danger for the time being, Ueda Kenkichi's shape is urgent, and if it drags on any longer, hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army troops will be eaten by the crazy Soviets, and in desperation, Emperor Hirohito chose the only feasible way.

He said to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: "Immediately send a special envoy to sue for peace with Tang Qiuli, and say that the Japanese Empire agreed to the conditions he proposed, including the five tons of gold," and his words were very calm, but the important ministers who gathered around the Emperor clearly heard the crying and absolute helplessness from the words of His Majesty the Emperor.