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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 875 The Delicate Balance

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    Chapter 875 A delicate balance

    Lieutenant General Hikoro Ishihara, former deputy chief of the general staff of the Japanese base camp, commanded the Kwantung Army's western front troops, which strengthened four divisions and two heavy artillery brigades.  The Tiehan troops fought back to Jinzhou, and the next step should be to regain the western Liaoning area.  {}

    Emperor Hirohito was excited, and all the senior generals in the base camp were excited. Unexpectedly, Ishihara was so good at fighting. It turns out that such a general was not found. Can he replace Ueda Kenkichi as the supreme commander of the Kwantung Army?  Such thoughts have been brewing in the hearts of Emperor Hirohito and the senior generals in the base camp.

    Only Ishihara Hikoro knew in his heart that the Chinese army had not fought with him at all. The imperial army seemed to be menacing and advanced rapidly, but in fact it did not gain anything at all. Not to mention how many Chinese troops were destroyed, they were just the shadow of the Chinese soldiers.  I didn't even see them, but my own troops were exposed to landmines and bombs along the way. I guess two regiments were reduced, right?

    Ishi Yuan was not happy at all. He always felt that this was a conspiracy of the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli. Logically speaking, his opponent was not without the ability to fight, and should be a strong opponent. But he retreated blindly.  It's weird and not in line with the North China Army's combat style. As an important officer of the general staff of the base camp, he has put a lot of effort into studying battle cases like this, which caused the imperial army to suffer heavy losses.  Still less?

    Ishihara¡¯s worries became a reality, but it was not the Kwantung Army¡¯s western front troops commanded by him, but the Kwantung Army troops fighting in the Far East commanded by Commander Ueda Kenkichi.

    Ueda Kenkichi commanded the troops surrounding Arsenyev and pursued Timoshenko's breakout troops, but they were still more than a day's journey away. The frustrated Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army ordered the aviation unit to bomb Timoshenko's breakout troops.  The team, in the words of Ueda Kenkichi: "Blow me up hard, and we must keep these hateful Soviets in the Far East."

    The Soviet General Staff had long been prepared to rescue Timoshenko's Second Army at any cost. This was the order of Supreme Commander Comrade Stalin. Who dared to slack off? As soon as the Japanese planes appeared, the Soviet Far East Air Force immediately took off in large numbers.  fighter jets to intercept.

    This was the second large-scale air battle in the Far East after the Arsenyev air battle. The air battle lasted for two days. Hundreds of Japanese and Soviet aircraft turned into burning Firebirds. The Japanese and Soviet  No one had the absolute upper hand. In comparison, the Japanese aviation suffered a bit, and the bombers suffered a lot.

    Without the air threat, Timoshenko's breakout troops continued to retreat without interference. On November 13, the war situation in the Far East worsened. The Kwantung Army's First Army, which was responsible for blocking the Soviet Transcaucasus Front, was west of Khabarovsk.  The blocking defense line was opened with a large hole under the fierce attack of the Soviet army.

    Commander Takashima of the First Army of the Kwantung Army was horrified. He hurriedly threw his reserves into the battle to block the breach. However, it was still difficult to stop the influx of Soviet soldiers. The problem was serious. The First Army was about to face  With the danger of being attacked from two sides, it is still unknown whether the troops intercepting Timoshenko on the Bigin River can stop the more than 80,000 Soviet soldiers who are killing Red Eyes.

    Looking at the intertwined red and blue arrows on the map, Commander Takashima's eyes went straight. What kind of battle was this? Due west of Khabarovsk, Kinski's Transcaucasian Front was retained, and they took on a desperate posture and kept fighting.  To expand the breakthrough point, from the direction of Ussuriysk, another group of Timoshenko's red-eye troops were killed. Behind Timoshenko, hundreds of thousands of troops commanded by His Excellency the Commander were chasing Timoshenko again.

    The battlefield was all in chaos. However, one thing was clear to Takashima. At least before the commander's pursuit of the troops reached Khabarovsk, his First Army troops would definitely be the Soviet army's pie. They would be attacked from both sides.  , can't escape. Even if the First Army can save itself from being completely wiped out, it will be severely damaged and this battle will be a mess.

    Withstanding the attack of the Soviet Transcaucasus troops and blocking Timoshenko's northward escape, the entire battle situation was still under the control of the imperial army. The key to the problem was that the Soviet Transcaucasus Front troops had already fought for their lives.  The blocking defense line will definitely not be maintained. The city of Khabarovsk has already suffered a lot of Soviet artillery shells. In less than ten hours, the blocking defense line will completely collapse.

    At the critical moment, Takashima took a smart but unfavorable measure for the Kwantung Army's Far East war situation. He abandoned the blocking defense line, gathered the troops on the Khabarovsk front line and the Bigin River line, and immediately went south to confront the commander's pursuing troops head-on.  Go ahead, first surround Timoshenko's escaping troops and then talk.

    After the First Army started taking action, Takashima reported the specific deployment to Ueda Kenkichi. In this case, Ueda Kenkichi had no good solution. Although Takashima adoptedThese measures are very promising to help Timoshenko's remnant army escape the fate of annihilation. However, the more than 80,000 Soviet remnant soldiers were defeated. Compared with the more than 300,000 Kwantung Army soldiers in the First Army, Ueda Kenkichi still knew who was on the other side.  Severity.

    Without the Kwantung Army troops to block them, the Soviet Transcaucasus Front troops, like fierce tigers taking off their shackles, quickly passed through Khabarovsk without even stopping, chasing the back of the Kwantung Army First Army and chasing after them.

    Takashima's idea was good and his deployment was correct. Timoshenko was not a vegetarian. When he reached the Sikhot Mountains south of Khabarovsk and west of the Bigin River, he led the troops and suddenly turned due east and headed south.  The Kwantung Army's First Army passed by, escaping the fate of a head-on collision, and headed straight for the Kamchatka Peninsula.

    Timoshenko's move almost shocked Ueda Kenkichi and Takashima. They have always firmly believed that Timoshenko's remaining troops can only escape from being completely annihilated by joining the Transcaucasian Front troops who came to rescue them.  Who knew the fate of the Soviet Union? This hateful Soviet man did not follow common sense and took an unexpected direction.

    The problem is not just that simple. Timoshenko's move put the Second Kwantung Army, which was fighting fiercely with the Soviet Kamchatka Front, into an extremely dangerous situation. The Far East battlefield became a mess, and the Second Kwantung Army became  Left alone, they faced the fate of being attacked from both sides by the Soviet army.

    Ueda Kenkichi and Takashima met. Both sides had sullen faces. They were obviously angry, but they didn't know who to target. In the temporary command post, the two looked at each other. The Kwantung Army troops led by Ueda Kenkichi were already chasing after them.  The incoming Soviet Transcaucasian Front troops exchanged fire. Fierce gunfire and gunfire came one after another. From the beginning, the fighting was very fierce.

    Takashima couldn't hold it any longer and stood up and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, judging from the current battlefield situation, it is no longer possible to annihilate Timoshenko's remaining troops. The Second Army will also face the fate of being flanked. I have a suggestion."  Ueda Kenkichi raised his gloomy, swollen eyes, which clearly lacked sleep and became even more sinister, making Takashima's scalp tighten.

    "Takashima-kun, if you have any suggestions, just say them," Ueda Kenkichi said in a low tone. "The only way now is to order the Second Army to withdraw from the direction of Kamchatka and get closer to us at any cost. This way  , our huge force, with a total strength of nearly 530,000, is under the unified command of Your Excellency the Commander, and then, by firmly holding on to the Soviet Transcaucasus Front, we may not be able to fight a beautiful encirclement battle like Arsenyev. "

    Ueda Kenkichi's eyes lit up, and he was very impressed by Takashima's words. During the Arsenyev battle, Ueda Kenkichi always believed that if the base camp did not mobilize 250,000 troops to return to Manchuria, Timoshenko would escape anyway.  After receiving approval from his subordinates, Ueda Kenkichi felt better.

    After carefully studying the next action plan with Takashima, Ueda Kenkichi gave the Kwantung Army Second Army an order to retreat. Three days later, the Kwantung Army Second Army approached in a panic, bringing a certain piece of information. Temu  Xinge's breakout troops had already joined forces with the Soviet Kamchatka Front, and then continued to retreat north.

    The corners of Ueda Kenkichi's mouth twitched unconsciously. He tried his best to let Timoshenko escape. He was unwilling to accept it. At the same time, he was very disappointed. He vented all his anger on retaining General Kinsky.  On the Transcaucasian Front commanded.

    More than 500,000 Kwantung Army troops were divided into three directions and launched a full-line attack on the Soviet Transcaucasus Front. What made Ueda Kenkichi almost crazy was that Kinski was not entangled with him at all and rescued Timoshenko's troops.  The mission has been completed, there is no need to fight against the superior Kwantung Army troops in the Khabarovsk area.

    The Soviet army quickly withdrew and abandoned the Khabarovsk area. The Kwantung Army troops were in hot pursuit. The retreat route of the Soviet Transcaucasian Front troops was very intriguing. They followed the route they came from and headed straight towards Lake Baikal. Behind them, they followed closely.  There are more than 500,000 Kwantung Army troops like wolves and tigers.

    The reconnaissance force of the Outer Mongolia Border Guard truthfully reported the movements of the Soviet and Japanese troops to the commander, Major General Sun Zhenbang. When Sun Zhenbang saw the information, he immediately felt that something was wrong. The Lake Baikal area is now the defense area of ??the Outer Mongolia Border Guard.  The Kwantung Army is chasing the Soviet army. To fight or not to fight?

    If we want to fight, the strength of the Outer Mongolian border guards in the Lake Baikal area is not even enough to put a gap in the Kwantung Army's teeth. If we don't fight, if the Kwantung Army takes the opportunity to occupy the Outer Mongolia area, it will be a blow to the Pingjin area in North China, the hinterland of the Japanese Army.  Huge threat.

    The matter was urgent. In addition to ordering the border defense troops to prepare for battle and the reconnaissance troops to closely monitor the movements of the Soviet and Japanese troops, Sun Zhenbang immediately reported the situation to the division commander Tang Qiuli.

    Tang Qiuli, who received Sun Zhenbang¡¯s telegram, was at home, comfortably enjoying the massage from Mei Xue¡¯s little hands. After reading the telegram, he smiled contemptuously, and after gesturing on the map for a while, he said to those waiting aside.Communications Director Chen Feng said: "Return the call to Sun Zhenbang, get out of the way, no matter which side is targeted, do not make any interceptions, concentrate our troops on the front line of Kent Mountain and stand by."

    (To be continued)
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