Age of Rebirth

Prince Zairen’s movement was erratic, coupled with the dull eyes, but Chief of Staff Yoshioka was frightened, thinking that His Royal Highness was crazy under the situation of being hit repeatedly, and hurriedly reminded: “Deputy Commander-in-Chief, isn’t it Did you just receive an urgent call from Lieutenant General Kenjiro Matsuda, Commander of the No.13 Corps of the Shizuoka Defense Force!"

"I know!" Prince Zairen said angrily, "What else?"

Chief of Staff Yoshioka looked at Prince Zain's face, and said in a calm tone as much as possible: "I just received an urgent call from Lieutenant General Yoshiyasu Araki, the commander of the Shikoku Island Defense Zone Headquarters. The independent division of China launched an attack on Shikoku Island. Kochi landed, broke through the two lines of defense of the imperial army, occupied Kochi, and continued to advance deep into Shikoku Island. Its hundreds of thousands of troops have already launched attacks on Tokushima, Takamatsu, Matsuyama and other places. Shikoku Island is in a hurry! "

Unexpectedly, when he heard the news, Prince Zairen's face was terribly calm. It may be that the successive bad news made his nerves numb, and he was silent for a while. He spoke in an extremely tired tone. Said: "Yoshioka-kun, revoke the order I issued earlier, and the troops in the Tokyo Defense Zone do not need to attack!"

"In addition, the orders for the headquarters of the Northwest Defense Area and the Northeast Defense Area of ​​Honshu Island to immediately withdraw to the Tokyo area remain unchanged. Also, the time has come for the Imperial Homeland Defense Headquarters to withdraw from Kyoto, so transfer them immediately. To Yokohama!"

For this order of Prince Zain, Chief of Staff Yoshioka agreed with 1 people. Kyoto has now become the place of the Fourth World War. Whether it is the independent division troops landing in the direction of Shizuoka or Kanazawa, they will cut off the access to Kyoto at any time. Roads of Tokyo.There can only be one result, the Imperial Homeland Defense Command was taken over by Chinese soldiers.I and Prince Zairen, apart from dying in battle.He was captured by Chinese soldiers.

On the outskirts of Yamagata Castle on Honshu Island, the troops of the six brigades directly under the Corps surrounded Yamagata Castle. In addition, other troops directly under the Corps were besieging Fukushima and Sendai. If these three places were taken, they would be completely cut off. The retreat of nearly a million Japanese troops in the northeastern part of Honshu Island, and the right-wing offensive group occupying Hokkaido.Form an encirclement trend!

Tang Qiuli personally commanded the attack on Yamagata Castle. His armored command vehicle was parked on a hillside less than ten kilometers away from Yamagata Castle. Besides the special guard of a unit, there are more than a dozen staff officers beside him, the chief of staff Zhao Yu and the lieutenant general, who are in charge of commanding the troops attacking Fukushima and Sendai.

The division refers to Major General Ge Zhenzhuang, Chief of Staff.Holding a few telegrams, he walked up to Tang Qiuli and reported: "Commander, I have received a telegram from Deputy Division Commander Tang who is in command of the attacking troops on the South Road. Commander Hantie of the Marine Corps has already landed in Kochi, Shikoku Island. , The troops are progressing smoothly. Currently, they are attacking important targets such as Tokushima, Takamatsu, and Matsuyama!"

"Sulu mobile unit. Landed in Shizuoka, Honshu Island, and the troops are progressing smoothly. Shizuoka has been occupied, and is currently attacking in the direction of Nagoya. In addition, a part of the Sulu mobile unit is advancing towards Yokohama and Kofu. Combat feint!"

"Okay!" Tang Qiuli was in high spirits, feeling very excited. The two major moves of the backhand were used at the same time, which basically determined the outcome of the attack on the Japanese mainland. At this moment, the total strength of the independent division troops that landed on Honshu Island has already It has reached 260 million people, exceeding the total strength of the Japanese army on Honshu Island. Coupled with the absolute control of the air and sea, the resistance of the Japanese is nothing more than lingering.

The final encirclement of Tokyo is the final stage of this campaign. What needs to be done now is to firmly surround and annihilate nearly 200 million Japanese troops in the northwest and northeast of Honshu Island, no matter which direction they go. The independent division has an absolute advantage in terms of strength and equipment. Tang Qiuli is determined to win the two battles of annihilation. After this battle, the Japanese have no more soldiers available, and Tokyo has become a ripe peach. A gust of wind can blow it down.

Tang Qiuli can now basically conclude that the southern attacking force landed in Shizuoka on Honshu Island and Kochi in Shikoku Island, and the central attacking group in the northern direction landed in Kanazawa, Joetsu, and Xinwu. The only thing that Prince Zairen could do was to order nearly 200 million Japanese troops on the battlefields in the northwest and northeast of Honshu Island to quickly withdraw to the Tokyo area, forming a defensive posture of a heavily armed group.

Otherwise, the Japanese troops on the two battlefields would be pinched from front to back and eventually wiped out. Tang Qiuli has already judged that the next move that Prince Zairen will take is actually a step that he is forced to take. Chess, now that the Japanese chess strategy has been judged, there will naturally be countermeasures, and there are many tricks that are not used, and it's time to make a move!

"Order!" Tang Qiuli said to Ge Zhenzhuang: "Feng Jiwu, the commander of the left-wing offensive group, your troops, immediately launch a full-scale attack on the third line of defense of the Japanese army on the front line of Hiroshima. No. 20 in Kanazawa has been occupied." Li Honggang of the Corps, immediately launch an attack on Fukui and Qibu, and must occupy the above two places within five days!"

"After occupying Shizuoka and Nagoya, the Sulu Mobile Corps of the South Road Attack Force also advanced in the direction of Qibu. After joining the No.20 Ninth Corps, the troops were commanded by the deputy division commander Tang Qiusheng, and attacked westward, quickly capturing Otsu and Kyoto. , Kobe, Osaka and other important targets, sealed off the passage for the Japanese army to retreat to Tokyo in the northwestern part of Honshu Island, and surrounded and wiped them out on the spot in the northwestern part of Honshu Island!"

"Except for the six brigade troops attacking Yamagata, the rest of the troops of the directly subordinate corps built blocking fortifications on the spot after capturing Fukushima and Sendai, blocking the Japanese troops retreating from the northeast of Honshu Island to Tokyo, and occupying the East Pointing troops in Joetsu. Immediately go south, attack and occupy Toyama, Nagano and other places, and monitor the movements of the Japanese troops in the direction of Kofu and Urawa!"

After Ge Zhenzhuang recorded the order and repeated it to confirm that it was correct, he turned around and left quickly to give the order. At this time, an armored command vehicle drove up from the bottom of the mountain. It was fast enough, and it rolled up a road of dust. As soon as they got there, they slammed on the brakes with a "creak", Major General Liu Hongzhang, Commander of the First Brigade of the Corps, Major General Gao Jingkun, Deputy Commander of the First Brigade, and Colonel Liu Chenglin, Chief of Staff of the Brigade jumped out of the car.

"If you don't command the troops to attack, what are you doing here?" Before Liu Hongzhang could speak, Tang Qiuli asked with a sullen face, his tone was rather displeased. Yes, the troops were ready to attack Yamagata Castle. The attack started two hours later, but Liu Hongzhang, one of the commanders of the main attacking force, ran to him.

Liu Hongzhang glanced at the deputy brigade commander Gao Jingkun and the chief of staff Liu Chenglin. Both of them shrank back. Liu Hongzhang opened his mouth, smiled unnaturally, and said, "Reporting to the commander, I am sorry for the attack on Yamagata Castle you arranged. Troop deployment, have opinions!"

Hearing Liu Hongzhang's straightforwardness, Gao Jingkun and Liu Chenglin both closed their eyes and thought to themselves: "It's over! The division commander is most taboo to raise different opinions on the deployment of the campaign before the attack is about to launch. During the meeting to study, you can do whatever you want. , but the battle is about to start, absolutely not!"

Sure enough, Tang Qiuli's face darkened, and he was furious: "Liu Hongzhang, are you okay? At the pre-war meeting, you didn't have any objections to the Corps' campaign deployment. Why, the offensive is about to start, you Why don’t you come to me now, what’s your opinion? Say it! I’ll give you 3 minutes!”

Liu Hongzhang shrank his neck in fright, and said boldly: "Master, we didn't know the situation in advance, and we were not familiar with the terrain, but after we pulled the troops up, we found out that the starting point of the first brigade's attack was in the second brigade. There are more than [-] kilometers away from the brigade's position, you said, the little devil's Yamagata Castle is so big, if six brigades fight together, the first brigade will suffer!"

"After the other brigades entered, our first brigade started to attack Yamagata Castle. The cucumbers and vegetables were cold, and the meat was eaten by other brigades first. Aren't we going to get nothing! Ask the division commander to adjust the deployment of offensive forces, The first brigade is placed in the current position of the second brigade, and you also know that the first brigade has always been the first main attacking force! Just give you an order, and I will drive the troops back immediately!"

"What? Because of this, you, Liu Hongzhang, rushed to my place!" Tang Qiuli was overjoyed, and continued to shout: "I think you are full and have nothing to do, who stipulates that you Liu Hongzhang's troops must attack first, and the other brigades should give way to you, huh?"

"At the Bingtuan combat meeting, you Liu Hongzhang didn't look at the military map and didn't know the terrain conditions around Yamagata Castle?"

Liu Hongzhang muttered, "I've seen the map, but I don't know that the actual situation in the little devil's territory is not the same as the map and ours in China! Did you miss it!"

"What are you mumbling about?" Tang Qiuli stared at Liu Hongzhang, then turned to look at Gao Jingkun and Liu Chenglin, and asked, "Gao Jingkun, Liu Chenglin, do you two mean the same? It's the same as Liu Hongzhang's request?"

Gao Jingkun and Liu Chenglin shook their heads hastily, with helpless expressions on their faces. Before they came to the division commander, the two of them had already persuaded Liu Hongzhang. If they came to the division commander with this reason, they would definitely be criticized. Ordinary soldiers, didn't they gather enough energy, eager to fight and red-eyed, and wanted to make meritorious service in the lair of little devils.

Besides, Ouyang Yishan, the brigade commander of the second brigade, knew that you went to the division commander and adjusted the offensive position, so wouldn't he have to make a fuss?Don't look at Brigadier Ouyang who is usually gentle and has no temper, but at this juncture, no one is willing to give in. It's even scarier if an honest person loses his temper!

Liu Hongzhang glared at his two partners angrily, blaming them for not raising their spirits.

"What are you staring at?" Tang Qiuli yelled at Liu Hongzhang, "The request is dismissed, and the three of you are given one minute to disappear before my eyes!"

(to be continued) (to be continued...)