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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 2498 The showdown is about to begin

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    The grand chess game of the Liaodong Peninsula battlefield has not yet reached the level of clearing up the horses and horses. At least from the appearance of the battlefield, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Yoshijiro Umezu, devoted his forces to the four main divisions of the Third Army, plus two Kwantung Army divisions.  A brigade-level detachment was the main attack force, while Tang Qiuli defended with the strength of two corps and seven main field brigades. It seemed that the Kwantung Army had the advantage.

    But the two decisive figures in the chess confrontation, the independent division commander Tang Qiuli and the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Umezu Yoshijiro, had completely different moods and judgments of the battlefield situation at the moment.

    In the first battle of the Liaodong Peninsula, three brigades of the Marine Corps were defeated for the first time and had to abandon the defense line from Gaizhou to Andong. If the Japanese army did not continue to pursue and try to regain the entire Liaodong Peninsula in one fell swoop, but instead stationed troops here, the navy could be contained in the south.  The Marine Corps is facing the danger of Fengtian. Dongke can defend the six brigades commanded by Han Tie and take the opportunity to enter the northeastern territory. A stalemate will inevitably form on the line from Gaizhou to Andong.

    However, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Yoshijiro Umezu, had too much appetite. He tried to take advantage of the situation and take advantage of the depleted strength of the independent division in the Liaodong Peninsula. With the remaining power of the victory in the first battle, he would annihilate the Liaodong Peninsula in one fell swoop and regain all the lost territory.  Threaten future troubles in Fengtian and the hinterland of Northeast China.

    From the moment the Japanese army began their rapid pursuit, Tang Qiuli seized the fighter plane and used retreat as an advance. He ordered the aviation force to block and delay the Japanese advance, and quickly mobilized the troops of six main field brigades to attack Zhuanghe in the central part of the Liaodong Peninsula.  As far as the Bayuquan line, a solid blocking line was established. The pursuing Japanese Third Army and Kwantung Army troops hit the iron plate headfirst.  were repulsed across the board.

    Tang Qiuli realized that it was time to reveal his trump card on the Liaodong Peninsula battlefield, and this trump card.  The six brigades commanded by Marine Corps Commander Han Tie, who was stationed in Tokugawa, a mountain town in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, once crossed the Sino-North Korean border and fought against the two blocking detachments of the Kwantung Army, all the troops on the Liaodong Peninsula battlefield were  The moment when the situation became clear, it was also when the battle to regain the Northeast began!

    The icing on the cake, Tang Qiuli had just finished issuing orders to Han Tie.  The division commander, Colonel Chen Feng, director of the Communications Division, hurriedly walked into the temporary headquarters and said, "Report to the division commander. After receiving information from the Intelligence Division, our Busan Intelligence Station learned that the Japanese reinforcements for the battlefield on the Korean Peninsula include a total of four first-class divisions.  Regiments. Among them are the 51st Division and the 53rd Division of the Third Army, and the other two divisions are newly formed by Japan!"

    "Okay!" Tang Qiuli shouted happily. Ma Chaoyang, commander of the Southeast Mobile Corps, saw results in his plan to fight a long-term war of attrition in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.  I am afraid that the Japanese troops of these four divisions are the Japanese base camp currently in the shortest time.  The limit of the troops that can be assembled, especially the two main divisions of the Third Army, is invested in the Korean Peninsula battlefield. For the Northeast battlefield, it is impossible to add reinforcements to Umezu Yoshijiro in a short time!

    "The pattern of the Northeast battlefield has been fixed. There will be no fundamental changes for at least a month. Yuhe, the external interference factors in the campaign to regain the Northeast have been eliminated!" Tang Qiuli said meaningfully to Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe  said.

    Zhao Yuhe was also very excited. After preparing for such a long time in the battle to regain the Northeast, more than a million troops were mobilized frequently, and finally the favorable situation emerged. "Commander, the key to the battlefield of the Liaodong Peninsula lies with the Marine Corps," he said.  The troops commanded by Commander Han Tie quickly occupied the Andong line from Gaizhou and cut off the retreat of the Japanese Third Army. Can the division commander clarify the specific time when Commander Han Tie's troops arrived at the line from Andong to Gaizhou? "  He offered his opinion and said.

    Tang Qiuli pondered for a while and said: "Okay, in the name of the division commander, I order Han Tie not to get entangled when he breaks through the third and fourth detachments of the Kwantung Army. Today is July 3rd. Give him four days.  , that is, before six o'clock in the evening on July 7, all key points between Anton and Gaizhou must be captured to block the Japanese Third Army's retreat! "

    "Haha! July 7th is a very meaningful day, Yu He. In 1937, I was also the vice chairman of the Hebei-Cha Government Affairs Committee and the deputy commander of the 29th Army.  I was a witness to the July 7 Marco Polo Bridge Incident, and I was also a participant in the war. Yu He, I remember that at that time, you were the deputy director of the divisional staff office. Four years later, you are now the chief of staff of a major general!"

    "Time flies. On July 7th, let's put an end to the fate of the Japanese Third Army. Let's also remind Emperor Hirohito that the Japanese will not forget July 7th, a day that they will remember deeply!"

    There seemed to be infinite emotion in Tang Qiuli's tone. The iron-blooded years of the fierce battle in North China four years ago suddenly seemed as vivid as yesterday. The independent division had truly established a foothold in the pass. Even after regaining North China, it also used North China as the starting point, and gradually  It has developed and grown!

    Zhao Yuhe listened quietly to the teacher's words,He was almost immersed in memories, smiled brightly, and said: "Commander, when I first joined our independent division, I was full of scholarly energy and just wanted to fight away the Japanese devils. How could I have imagined that I would be the chief of staff of a major general today?  !¡±

    "Hahaha!" Tang Qiuli laughed and said something that would be widely circulated in later generations, "Yuhe, remember, anything is possible!"

    Telegrams, one after another, flew from the front line to the hands of General Umezu Yoshijiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army who was stationed in Liaoyang and commanded the Third Army and the two detachments of the Kwantung Army to regain the Liaodong Peninsula.  They all state the fact that in the central part of the Liaodong Peninsula, from Zhuanghe to Bayuquan, a front more than 170 kilometers long, the independent division troops have assembled no less than twelve brigades.

    The three offensive forces were all blocked to varying degrees, and all suffered heavy losses and were forced to stop. All the telegrams mentioned that "the independent division's blocking troops were under heavy fire. There are many troops!" Among them,  General Umezu values ????the most, the telegram from Lieutenant General Shinyuemon, the commander of the 107th Division of the Third Army, which is the most courageous and skillful in fighting. General Umezu may not pay attention to the telegrams from other commanders, but he will pay attention to Shinyuemon.  He completely believed the lieutenant general's telegram.

    Looking through the telegram, General Umezu Yoshijiro's heart kept sinking. The sudden appearance of the independent division troops in the middle of the Liaodong Peninsula was definitely not a good sign for him. It meant that he would quickly go south to Lushunkou and regain the entire Liaodong Peninsula.  The battle plan encountered unprecedented obstacles. He became worried that if the battle of the Liaodong Peninsula could not be resolved quickly, then the threat from the rear would become fatal. This threat was the six independent divisions in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.  Main brigade troops.

    As for the frontline generals, he did not fully believe that Tang Qiuli, the Chinese devil, had mobilized twelve brigades of troops just to stop the Third Army from moving south. General Meijin still knew the organization of the independent division.  A main field brigade has a full strength of 15,000 to 16,000 troops. Doesn¡¯t that mean that the independent divisions that block the Third Army and the first and second detachments of the Kwantung Army have a strength of more than 200,000?  ?

    "If that Chinese devil Tang Qiuli had more than twice his own strength on the Liaodong Peninsula battlefield, why would he need to take a defensive position? Excluding water, there should be five to six brigades of troops, but that is still about 100,000 people.  Such a large-scale troop mobilization and reinforcement will not be small, but why didn't the intelligence department get any information in advance? "

    General Meijin raised his eyebrows and thought deeply, that is, the independent division only has a strength of nearly 100,000 people. If it blocks the Third Army's continued advance, it can completely achieve its goal. If Tang Qiuli's blocking line in the central part of the Liaodong Peninsula cannot be broken for a long time, he will not be able to defeat it for a long time.  How?

    Retreat?  It is easier said than done. We have penetrated hundreds of kilometers into the central part of the Liaodong Peninsula. If we retreat, once the independent division troops from Zhuanghe to Bayuquan pursue, the six independent division brigades in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula will outflank the retreat. The Third Army and  The first and second detachments of the Kwantung Army were in danger of being flanked from both sides and cutting off their retreat, and they did not have any mobile troops in their hands to rescue them!

    General Umezu was horrified, "The intelligence department reacted so slowly. On the battlefield of the Liaodong Peninsula, hundreds of thousands of independent divisions suddenly appeared without knowing anything about them. Then, the movements of the independent divisions in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula also means that  , the intelligence department is like the blind and deaf, knowing nothing?" Thinking of this, a cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

    Now, what General Umezu is most worried about is not the hundreds of thousands of independent divisions lying across the central Liaodong Peninsula, but the independent division on his side with unknown movements. That is the most fatal danger, a line hiding behind  The poisonous snake in the corner will bite the third army in the back at any time.

    "Immediately send a telegram to Major General Kimura, the head of the Headquarters Intelligence Headquarters, and focus on asking about the latest movements of the independent division in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. The military situation is urgent. Kimura must give me a reply within an hour!" General Umezu called over.  The staff officer ordered in a hurried tone.

    The Kwantung Army Intelligence Headquarters responded very quickly. Within twenty minutes, the telegram came. General Umezu grabbed it without waiting for his staff to read the contents of the telegram. After reading the contents of the telegram, he was so angry that he almost fainted.

    "The head of the Intelligence Headquarters, Masao Kimura, reported to the Commander-in-Chief that the Ministry of Defense is unable to do anything about intelligence collection on the Korean Peninsula, because that is the jurisdiction of the Imperial Korean Garrison Army. According to regulations, the Kwantung Army Intelligence Headquarters is not allowed to be under its jurisdiction.  Within the scope, an intelligence network is established, but this information can be obtained by contacting the Intelligence Department of the Imperial Korean Garrison through the General Military Intelligence Bureau of the base camp!"

    "Baga! It's another damn faction fight!" General Umezu yelled angrily. The faction fight in the imperial world is a stubborn disease. Each faction has its own sphere of influence and there is nothing he can do about it. "Tell Kimura, no matter what  What method did he use, an hour later, I want to see the intelligence, otherwise.  .  .  .  .  .  "General Umezu said to his staff gloomily.

    (To be continued) (To be continued)
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