Chapter 869 swept Liaodong

Liu Tiehan's eastward command troops, the battle to capture Mukden, there is no suspense, the commander of the garrison of the Fengtian Kwantung Army, Major General Yuo Ono's desperate resistance, in addition to losing the lives of himself and more than 5,000 people, has not changed the situation in Mukden, counting the Kwantung Army troops annihilated around Fengtian and annihilated along the way, in this Mukden Campaign, Liu Tiehan's troops, a total of nearly 14,000 second-rate garrison troops of the Kwantung Army, can be regarded as an unexpected gain.

Liu Tiehan reported in detail the course and results of the Fengtian Battle to Tang Qiuli, the division commander in Dingbian, and similarly, Tang Qiuli did not have the slightest accident, dispatching more than 100,000 troops, more than 2,000 mén artillery, and the cooperation of tanks and aircraft.

Ueda Kenkichi did not transfer troops back to Mukden from the Far East battlefield, which somewhat surprised Tang Qiuli, he and Liu Tiehan had the same opinion, and still did not hurt the Japanese, he called Liu Tiehan back: "Brother Tiehan, this is very good, you can capture Yingkou, with the big stone bridge as the boundary, cut off the connection between the Liaodong Peninsula and the northeast region, and at the right time, you can destroy the Japanese Navy's base in Lushun, in order to achieve the purpose of the campaign, it is appropriate to mobilize six to eight brigades of troops to participate in the attack on the Liaodong Peninsula." ”

After receiving Tang Qiuli's telegram, Liu Tiehan pondered for a long time and said to Chief of Staff Zhao Yihe: "Yiùhe, order the second-line troops to dispatch eight brigades of troops, from the front line of Panshan to the Liaodong Peninsula, take the lead in attacking, and the troops of Fengtian will immediately go south to fight, by the way, what news is there from the Far East?" ”

Zhao Yihe replied: "Deputy division commander, in the Far East, the Soviet Union's Timoshenko troops are currently in a difficult situation, if Ueda Kenkichi grits his teeth and does not transfer troops from the Far East, I am afraid that in another three or five days, the Soviet army will be completely annihilated, should we immediately rush to the front line and command the battle of the Liaodong Peninsula?" In addition, was the transport troops notified to receive supplies from Mukden? ”

Liu Tiehan nodded and said: "Yes, we should also move forward and move the nest, and fight the Liaodong Peninsula, I believe that with the combat effectiveness and firepower of our troops, it will never exceed three days, if we can capture a few warships of the little devil, then it will be enjoyable, as for receiving the supplies of Fengtian, as long as Zhou Yishan is notified, this guy is more active than anyone else, Zhang Quan's soldiers have similar tempers, and they will live," After speaking, the two laughed together.

Tang Qiuli replied to Liu Tiehan with a telegram, carefully analyzed the battle situation, Ueda Kenkichi is determined to kill Temusinge, and he will not even look back if he loses Fengtian, he is betting on a family to win, there is no such cheap thing, the Japanese still owe him a large amount of equipment and 5,000 kilograms of gold, he does not look back, let Hirohito this guy bī he turn back, and Ueda Kenkichi himself is not in charge.

If Ueda Kenkichi had a heart and went there to let the Japanese bleed and fight the Liaodong Peninsula, Ueda Kenkichi would still be stubborn, so he would take the opportunity to take the entire Liaodong Peninsula and then use heavy troops to consolidate the defensive line, so that Bohai Bay would become his own inland sea, and he would not suffer losses inside and outside. But in this way, he fell into his own plan.

It is estimated that the Japanese will not be so stupid, let the Liaodong Peninsula fall into their own hands in vain, it is a military important place, there is an important military port of Lushun, and the Japanese will definitely fight for it repeatedly, so Ueda Kenkichi still has to send troops back to help, however, time is a key issue, if Timoshenko is killed by the Kwantung Army, he really can't spit out Fengtian and the Liaodong Peninsula.

After thinking about it, Tang Qiuli said to the communications staff officer: "Immediately send a telegram to the Soviet ambassador to China, Ovsky, to inform the Soviets that our side has launched an offensive in western Liaoxi to seize Mukden, and at present, the troops are attacking the Liaodong Peninsula region," since they have received the benefits of the Soviets, they have to let them know that they are still very trustworthy if they do it themselves, as for whether Ueda Kenkichi will turn back and whether Timoshenko can break through, it is not within his ability.

Then, he sent a telegram to Feng Jiwu, who was resting in Beiping, ordering Feng Jiwu's corps to be ready to enter the northeast at any time, and at the same time, ordering the directly subordinate corps to immediately march to the front line of Shanhaiguan to stand by, in his heart, Tang Qiuli never wanted the decisive battle with the Kwantung Army to come ahead of schedule, and the most ideal situation was that the Kwantung Army and the Soviet Army faced off in the Far East.

The Soviet Union, Moscow, the Kremlin, Stalin's office, in broad daylight, the thick curtain has not been opened, only a table lamp is on, the room is dark, just like Stalin's mood at this time, Molotov hurriedly pushed Mén in, holding a telegram in his hand, and said: "Comrade Stalin, I received an urgent telegram from Ovsky, that Chinese, who has started in western Liaoning, has captured Mukden, and is currently attacking the Liaodong Peninsula region." ”

After listening to Molotov's report, Stalin did not show the slightest movement, as if this qiē was in his expectation, and just asked calmly: "Comrade Molotov, where is the situation in Timoshenko, how bad is it, after Tang Qiuli launched an attack, did the Japanese show any signs of withdrawing their troops from the Far East?" ”

Molotov's face darkened, and he replied: "At present, Timoshenko's situation is very dangerous, there are less than 100,000 troops left, judging by the current attack momentum of the Japanese, he can support it for four to five days at most, but the Japanese take into account the Liaoxi and Liaodong Peninsula, and transfer troops from the Far East, which is the time for Timoshenko to break out of the desperate situation." ”

Stalin nodded noncommittally, and then asked: "Where did Zhukov prepare?" "According to the report of the Chief of the General Staff, Comrade Voroshilov, Zhukov will need at least three weeks to launch the first offensive in the Far East, moreover, the first time the troops will be put into operation, no more than 100,000 people, no more than 500 tanks." Molotov replied cautiously.

Stalin suddenly became a little angry, his voice was also high-pitched, and he said: "Let the General Staff order Zhukov to launch the first offensive within two weeks, if the war continues like this, we will lose the entire Far East, and the greedy ambitions of the Japanese will not stop there, they will stand on the Ural Mountains and look at the land of the Soviet Union." ”

Molotov did not speak, he fully understood Stalin's mood at this time, the loss of the Transméng and Baikal regions, if he lost the Far East, it would be tantamount to his life, but if Zhukov hastily launched an offensive, what was the hope of success? But he wouldn't say these thoughts, and chose to be silent.

Neither of them spoke, and after a while, Stalin continued: "Tong Guò Ovsky sent a telegram to Tang Qiu leaving, hoping that he would abide by the agreement reached, we, the Soviet side, have fulfilled our promises, and hope that he will do the same, and besides, do not give Zhukov any orders, just do it according to his own plan." After saying that, Stalin seemed a little helpless.

Molotov is gone, Stalin himself is in this dark and oppressive house, wandering alone, his face is very unsightly, Stalin hates Tang Qiuli very much, if it were not for this rogue Chinese, who provoked a war in Méng Gu and inflicted heavy losses on Zhukov's First Army in the Far East, the Japanese would not have taken the opportunity to attack the Far East.

The situation unfavorable to the Soviet Union was all because of this Chinese, and the negotiating conditions brought back by Molotov from Chongqing, Stalin did not take it to heart, Mo said that adding 50,000 oil, that is, adding five times, the Soviet Union could afford it, but for Stalin, who had always appeared as a strong man, this was a great insult to him.

Stalin, who was accustomed to putting the land and people of other countries into his own pocket, made him extremely distressed by such a little effort, not in how much, but in the situation in the East, not under his own control, this was his biggest worry and worry, according to the current situation in the Far East, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese Kwantung Army fighting with Timoshenko and the Transcaucasian troops, Tang Qiuli was fully capable of recovering the northeast region.

But he didn't do this, but asked for something, like those money-hungry warlords in China, which was also what Stalin was worried about, Zhukov's Far Eastern Front had no problem curbing the Japanese offensive momentum, but in order to consolidate the shape of the Far East, he had to mobilize troops from Europe to fight against the Japanese Kwantung Army.

But the situation in Europe is even more worrying, and Tang Qiuli, who has great strength, is also an unstable variable, what he will do next, Stalin can't judge at all, he vaguely feels that he and the Soviet Union's control of the Far East seems to be no longer handy, and this feeling makes Stalin's mood worse and worse.

Liu Tiehan successively invested more than 210,000 troops to launch a large-scale offensive in the Liaodong Peninsula from Shenyang to the south, capturing Anshan, Benxi, Liaoyang, Yingkou, Dashiqiao, Xiuyan and other important towns, and more than 200,000 troops, sweeping all the way across the Liaodong Peninsula.

The offensive on the Liaodong Peninsula was carried out in just over a day, and the Liaodong Peninsula was cut off from the northeast, and the troops were directed at Andong, and then the main force was divided into nine routes, advancing in unison, from north to south, and pressing in the direction of Dalian and Lushun.

Liu Tiehan's tactical means were both simple and direct: he made use of superior artillery firepower, strengthened the air force, took the tank brigade as the vanguard, and combined it with a large number of infantry to assault the defenders of the Kwantung Army scattered throughout the Liaodong Peninsula, first divided and surrounded the defenders of the Kwantung Army scattered throughout the Liaodong Peninsula, then destroyed the Japanese positions with fierce artillery fire, and then used tanks to cover the infantry assault.

In the face of resistance from the Japanese soldiers who were lucky enough not to die under artillery fire, the bombers of the aviation unit were summoned to bomb indiscriminately, and the artillery positions came out, and there was another burst of artillery fire.

Liu Tiehan's theory is to avoid casualties, speak with shells and bombs, and the logistics of the independent division are sufficiently supplied and can afford to be consumed, and moreover, Liu Tiehan issued an order to all the troops participating in the battle, leaving no prisoners, not accepting the surrender of the Japanese troops, and not persuading them to surrender, and those who stand in our way will die, and those who do not stop me will die, and all the Japanese will die.

The East Finger Army, like a violent wind swept across the Liaodong Peninsula, the Japanese finally couldn't sit still, but it was not the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Ueda Kenkichi, but another person.