Major General Yamada, head of the General Staff Headquarters of the Japanese Far East Campaign, is very nerve-wracking, and a few words at this time will undoubtedly win more political capital, and give advice to the commander-in-chief, Prince Jaehito, and come up with a finishing touch, and the position of chief of staff of his headquarters will be taken out nine times out of ten.

Major General Yamada, who is accustomed to seeing the wind and steering the rudder and is good at seizing opportunities, racked his brains for a long time in the unbearable silence, and said: "Commander-in-chief, the department believes that the top priority at the moment should be to solve the stalemate situation in the Far East as much as possible, and the Soviet reinforcements are still more than 100 kilometers away, this is our opportunity!" ”

The experience and ability of Major General Yamada ended here, he could not come up with a higher trick, Prince Zaihito glanced at him with displeasure, and it was this glance that made Major General Yamada immediately close his mouth.

In the eyes of Prince Zairen, Yamada's words are pure tasteless, can't he see the key point of the current battle situation, he is equivalent to saying nothing, this guy is not very strategic, what's wrong today, first he was divided, and now, he said some, it seems that others still can't count on it, Prince Zairen is in the office, back and forth a few times.

Stopping, Prince Zaihito said to Major General Yamada: "Yamada-kun, convey my orders, first, Lieutenant General Haruhiko, commander of the rear guard group of the Far Eastern Campaign, your department must ensure the smooth progress of the Far Eastern Campaign, return the Soviet troops to reinforcements, and block the first line of the Nov Mountains, and second, attack all the troops of the Soviet Far Eastern Front, the existing four attack directions remain unchanged, but the main attack is to attack the rear and the frontal attack, and launch continuous attacks day and night, without worrying about the casualties of the troops. Thirdly, the troops on both flanks of the Kukan Mountains and the Bria Mountains can reduce the intensity of the attack. ”

Prince Jaehito is planning to work hard, and it is the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army and the Korean Garrison Army that are responsible for the frontal attack mission, and it is the Japanese Kwantung Army and the main force of the Japanese Far East Campaign that are responsible for the later offensive tasks. There is nothing to say, but, for the Kwantung Army, it was a radical change in tasks.

The task of the Japanese Kwantung Army was to prevent the Soviet dogs from jumping over the wall. Attack on Manchuria, in the Far East, which was dominated by the offensive. It is the only defensive-oriented unit. This is also Prince Jaehito's obvious goodwill to the Kwantung Army, taking care of the Kwantung Army troops who have been fighting for more than a month, so that they can take this opportunity to rest and recuperate, take a breath, and therefore, the first day of the attack. Although the fighting in the other three directions was very fierce, the Kwantung Army troops did not suffer any casualties.

However, a good day for the Kwantung Army. That is, after the 23rd of May, they will soon be put into battle, and from the actual situation, it is the same as not resting, and this tightening and loosening will affect the combat consciousness of the soldiers of the Kwantung Army, and if it were not for the sudden change in the situation in the Far East, Prince Zaihito would not have issued such an order.

After Major General Yamada and the staff officer withdrew, Prince Zaihito was alone in the office, looking in a very bad mood, the two fronts of the Soviet Union really returned to Zhukov's troops, which was definitely beyond his judgment and expectations, although the various measures taken before were also aimed at this situation, but once it became a reality, it was still a big blow to him who thought he controlled the rhythm of the war situation in the Far East.

After arriving in the Far East, for the first time, Prince Zaihito had great worries about the final result of the Far East campaign, the Soviet Union's three front armies combined, the total strength of the troops far exceeded the strength of the empire's troops in the Far East, this was an asymmetrical encirclement and annihilation war, if the Soviet army broke through the resistance of Haruhiko's troops, the positions of hunters and prey would be transferred immediately, Zhukov's troops were a behemoth, and the other two Soviet troops were also behemoths, and the three behemoths were added together, It's not something that the forces commanded by Jae-in can contend with.

The most difficult thing is that the Imperial Army has been engaged in a full-scale war with the Soviet Far Eastern Front, and the current battlefield situation, even if Prince Zairen wants to stop, it is impossible, he can only grit his teeth and fight, the most optimistic estimate is that the Soviet Far Eastern Front can be inflicted heavy losses, and the battle rearguard cluster that fights the blockade may be full of casualties, and then, the Imperial Army must withdraw from the battle, otherwise, it will be counter-surrounded by the Soviets.

The big net that was cast out needed to be taken back, how could it be easy, such a predictable result, to Prince Jaehito's extreme frustration, he could not understand that the German offensive was so ferocious, Stalin would order the troops who were eager to return to the European theater to return to the Far Eastern Front, what was the problem in that link?

In the middle of the night, Prince Jaehito locked himself in his office, and even the delicious dinner that was usually delivered on time could not whet his appetite, and he forced himself to sort out the Far Eastern campaign plan from beginning to end, and felt that there was no problem, whether it was the deployment of the campaign or the judgment of the situation, there were no mistakes, and the only thing that changed was that the devil's troops suddenly used the hand on the line from Chita to Irkutsk.

"Damn the devil! Ruined my whole plan! Prince Zairen cursed viciously, eager to bite to death the Chinese who had ruined his good deeds, Prince Zairen was very confident, he could face any opponent, including that Zhukov, he could predict the opponent's next move, and then take the first move, but when facing that devil Tang Qiuli, Prince Zairen's confidence was shattered again.

He originally concluded that Stalin would not rescue the Far Eastern Front, so he began to lay this big net, but as a result, the development of the war situation was completely opposite to his own judgment, of course, this was mainly because of the devil of China, if it were not for his troops, the Soviet Outer Khingan Front and the Baikal Front, blocked the line from Chita to Irkutsk for many days, then this big threat.

"By the way, after the Soviet troops of the two fronts began to come back to help, the troops of the independent division on the front line from Chita to Irkutsk should not let go of such a good opportunity, Tang Qiuli started behind the back of the Soviet army, then, the Soviet army that returned to help, the pressure on the rear guard cluster of the campaign will be reduced a lot, and even, the Soviet army is too busy to deal with the attack from behind, and it can't come out to rescue Zhukov at all, isn't that great news!" Prince Jaehito's heart was greatly moved, and he felt that he had been too pessimistic just now.

"Ringing! - Suzu! Prince Zairen pressed the telegram fiercely, and a young staff officer entered in response and bowed humbly, "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, what do you command?" ”

Prince Zairen said eagerly: "Inform Major General Shirakawa, head of the Intelligence Department of the headquarters, to come and see me immediately!" ”

After a while, Major General Shirakawa, who was short and dundun, ran over panting, stood up and saluted, and said, "Commander-in-Chief, do you have any orders for summoning the headquarters?" ”

Prince Zairen's eyes lit up with hope, and he asked, "Shirakawa-kun, your intelligence department probably already knows that the troops of the two fronts of the Soviet Union have begun to return to the Far East battlefield?" ”

Major General Shirakawa was in good spirits, his intelligence department agents had indeed learned this information, and it was more detailed than the intelligence department of the Far East Campaign Guard Cluster Command, just now, he was in the office, sorting out this information, preparing to report to the prince in person, isn't it an opportunity now!

Major General Shirakawa sorted out his thoughts and said: "Yes, Commander-in-Chief, the Intelligence Department has indeed learned this information, and the Ministry of Intelligence will report to you immediately, according to the intelligence, the Soviet army unit closest to the rear guard cluster of the Imperial Far East Campaign is the vanguard of the Soviet Outer Khinganling Front, with a total of two group armies, and its number is the 16th ......!" "Major General Shirakawa is proudly playing with his memory.

"Enough! I need to know, that's not it! "Suddenly, Prince Zaihito interrupted his words impatiently.

"Uh-huh——?" Major General Shirakawa was stunned and quickly shut up, looking at Prince Zairen in confusion, to be honest, he didn't know what he was wrong, he could only blame His Royal Highness on His Royal Highness's recent liver fire and perverted personality.

Prince Zairen was also aware of his gaffe just now, and he couldn't blame himself, he listened to him muttering some irrelevant things in such a leisurely manner, and what he wanted to know most now was his own judgment, whether it was correct, whether the devil's troops of the branch took advantage of the Soviet army's return to help, and did it behind the back of the Soviet army, which is related to the key issue of the success or failure of the Far East campaign, and it is normal to be rude and rude.

"That-Shirakawa-kun, I know, your intelligence department has a lot of work, what I need to know now is that after the Soviet army began to return to Zhukov's troops, what actions did the troops of the independent division that had been on the line from Chita to Irkutsk move?"

This time, Major General Shirakawa lowered his profile a lot and replied: "Commander-in-Chief, the troops of the Independent Division have already begun to act!" ”

Prince Zairen's eyes were shining, and he rushed over in one step, almost facing the face of Major General Shirakawa, and asked anxiously: "Shirakawa-kun, hurry up, did that branch of the devil's troops attack the Soviet army?" ”

Major General Shirakawa subconsciously leaned back, avoiding His Royal Highness the Prince as if he was about to bite someone's mouth, "Commander-in-Chief, the situation is like this, after the Soviet army began to come back, the troops of the Independent Division, immediately chasing the Soviet Army, also came in the direction of the Far Eastern battlefield, at first, our agents also thought that the troops of the Independent Division would inevitably start attacking, but, after careful reconnaissance, this was not the case!" ”

Prince Zairen's nervous heart trembled, he had a bad premonition, I am afraid that the practice of that devil Tang Qiuli will make his self-confidence and hope suffer a big blow, and at the same time, he is also very angry with Bai Chuan's verbosity, this guy seems to be deliberately hanging his appetite, and he shouted again: "Baga-to get to the point!" ”

(To be continued)(To be continued......