Chapter 514 Do You Really Want to Form an Alliance with the Vanguard Army?

"Wang's puppet regime can't just withdraw to Guangzhou, they must remove the relevant banners and obey the central government's dispatch. There can only be one government in Huaxia! Lao Jiang will not stop there, taking advantage of the advance of the vanguard army, and also taking advantage of the fire to rob more demands.

For the threat of the Vanguard, I believe that people are more anxious than him.

The battle in the north was already going on until the second day. Under the heavy pressure of more than 200,000 troops of the two corps of the vanguard army, the Kwantung Army was still retreating step by step.

"The vanguard army is a false move here, I originally thought that Fu Zuoyi would attack the north road, and Sun Liren would attack the south road. It's been a long time, they're mixed and working together! Bai Chongxi also just received the battle report, so he learned more details. Although the head of the delegation came back early, the delegation was still led by Yang Jie, the deputy head of the delegation, to continue the investigation. In this operation, Yang Jie, who had personally experienced it, delivered the news faster.

"This is a huge test of command and coordination!" Bai Chongxi sighed and looked northeast.

"Fu Zuoyi and they are more familiar with the situation in Rehe, while Sun Liren's mechanized division has strong mobility and is suitable for rapid advance on the vast terrain. The interspersed attack mission on this northern road was not only based on the Xuanwu Corps, but also assisted by an armored division and a mechanized division of the Qilin Corps, and parachute troops also participated. Because Fu Zuoyi was familiar with defending and besieging the city, he also sent two divisions to participate in the strong attack on the southern road this time. Fan Chong explained to Yang Jie.

Yang Jie nodded slightly, but he thought of cutting the mountain. He misunderstood Meng Xiang a little. These two teams have their own characteristics and lineage, and Meng Xiang is not going to take advantage of this time when he plans to cut the mountain. His initial plan was to get the two armies used to the friendly forces. Although the Kwantung Army has arranged five divisions on the front line, and it still bears the fierce name of the Kwantung Army, it is not in Meng Xiang's eyes. This attack was still part of the purpose of training the team.

"This south road is really attacking all the way!" He changed the subject and sighed.

Sun Liren was also looking at the cannon fire shaking in the distance at this time, and stood silent. At this time, the artillery fire of the vanguard army smashing into Jinxi is rare in the world, and this Huludao City in later generations has been shrouded in a sea of fire at this time.

"The ammunition is open, and it will smash a passage for me in the corridor of western Liaoning, and also smash out the momentum of the Chinese National Defense Army!" That's what Meng Xiang instructed at the operational meeting of senior officers at the time.

The soldiers of the Qilin Legion have a high degree of mechanization, and they are more familiar with artillery than Fu Zuoyi, but this time they are also eye-opening, and the trains loaded with ammunition behind them are one after another, and the cars driving out of the secret arsenal are also in a long line, and there is an endless stream.

"This is still a scruple of accidentally hurting the people, if it is open, it will not be possible to wipe out the entire Jinxi!" Qi Xueqi next to him couldn't help but sigh.

"Jinxi County is almost flat now, if it weren't for the beginning, the people were encouraged to flee, otherwise the accidental injury would be great." Sun Liren said lightly.

War inevitably injures people by mistake, and there is no way to do it. The attack of the vanguard army on the southern road did not give full play to the mobile side of the mechanized troops, but pressed forward step by step, leaving more people with the opportunity to escape. Although the 12th Division had more time to prepare, it could only face the heavy blows of the vanguard army.

"Such a scale of artillery fire, even European and American countries may not be able to compare. It was even more intense than the artillery fire of the Germans in Poland. Qi Xueqi participated in the German expedition to Poland, and the German artillery fire left a deep impression on him. But at this time the artillery fire of the vanguard army was not inferior to them at all.

"When the Germans attacked the Polish fortresses, they used heavy artillery of a larger caliber, even with 280 mm of artillery, while our artillery was mainly concentrated at about 155 mm, which was already tending to be unified. Such artillery was enough to deal with the fortress fortifications of the Japanese army, and it was also convenient for quick mobile transfer, and when there were many of them, the power was no less amazing. Sun Liren nodded.

As a master of commanding mechanized troops in the vanguard army, Sun Liren had already noticed the problem of the unity of artillery caliber and light mobility. However, the large-caliber artillery in the vanguard was 155 mm, 150 mm, and 152 mm.

For logistics unification, how can Meng Xiang ignore it? However, at this time, under the premise of having a base supply, in order to learn from the experience of Soviet Russia and Western countries, there was no one-size-fits-all unification in the whole army, but the large-caliber artillery above 203 mm began to be slowly reduced. The future is an attack by aircraft bombs and missiles, more convenient than bulky large-caliber artillery. Knowing the direction of future development, Meng Xiang consciously reduced the application of large-caliber artillery in mechanized units, but set up a special strategic artillery unit to deal with the problem of large-caliber land artillery.

"Ahh There was a sudden burst of cheers ahead, and the red military flag of the five yellow stars of the Huaxia National Defense Army, which was inherited from the vanguard army, had been planted in the ruined city of Jinxi, which was filled with gunsmoke.

"Go ahead and capture Jinzhou!" Sun Liren immediately ordered.

He left a motorized infantry division led by Guo Jingyun of the Xuanwu Army to clean up the battlefield, enter the county town and surrounding towns to destroy the remnants of the enemy, and the large army continued to attack. Nearly half of the 12th Division had been annihilated, and the remaining men and horses were on top of Jinzhou together with the 29th Division that rushed to support.

Those 170 mm, 203 mm and 210 mm heavy guns have just been put away, and the city of Jinzhou is difficult to attack, and these big guys are needed to exert their power. It's just that the railroad has been damaged by the evacuated 12th Division, and the engineering units are rushing to repair it, and they can only slowly move their huge bodies forward under the traction of heavy trucks.

In the rear, there are more engineering troops, with the cooperation of railway workers, who are also repairing the section of the Beining railway from Shanhaiguan to Suizhong. This later Beijing-Shenyang Railway, because of the confrontation between the vanguard army and the devils between Shanhaiguan and Suizhong, was dismantled by the devils and half of Suizhong. As the vanguard marched forward, both the transportation of ammunition and other war materials required the support of the railway line.

Railways, as the main arteries of transportation, can never be neglected in war. And attacking in the direction of Jinzhou, several railway lines in western Liaoning are also what Meng Xiang has always wanted to get his hands on.

At this time, near Jinzhou, there are Jinzhou to Chengde Jincheng Railway, Jinzhou to Chifeng Jinchi Railway, plus Beining Railway, as well as Xinyi Railway from Jinzhou to Xinlitun and Dazheng Railway from Xinlitun to Tongliao through Zhangwu, these railway networks give the devil a convenient transportation channel. In addition, when the contract with Soviet Russia was about to be completed, the attention of the Kwantung Army began to tilt to the vanguard army.

"The transportation in this area is more favorable to the Kwantung Army, and every day a large number of materials for building fortresses are transported to the place where we are facing off with the Kwantung Army. The people had temporarily given up the initiative to attack North China and began to turn to large-scale defense, intending to build permanent fortifications in the mountains of this area and consolidate the puppet Manchurians. If it drags on for too long, I'm afraid I'll have to gnaw harder bones in the future! When Fan Chong heard Yang Jie ask about the cause of the battle, he pointed to the railway lines crisscrossing the sand table and explained.

"At the beginning, we made a plan to stop near Shanhaiguan and Chengde for the time being, and wait until the Kwantung Army was drawn to the south, and then attack the northeast. Will we attack the Kwantung Army on such a large scale and make people dare not act rashly again? Regarding the reason for this attack on the Kwantung Army, Fan Chong also asked Meng Xiang like this. He still remembered that at that time, Meng Xiang was very resolute that people would definitely go south. The earliest plans were made around this theme.

"The Kwantung Army is too proud. At this time, the devils in the gate were beaten by us all over the place, but the Kwantung Army did not fight us much, and we were still a little unconvinced. Even in the locality, there are some people who are clamoring for the Kwantung Army to enter the customs and teach us a lesson. The Kwantung Army hit a nail in Soviet Russia some time ago, and they also hoped to find a point of glory for victory. If we go to war with Soviet Russia, these guys who like to make their own decisions are likely to take advantage of the fire and robbery to get us in trouble. This time, it hurt them first and made them remember it a little more. Meng Xiang smiled faintly,

"Besides, there are many mountainous areas in the Shanhaiguan and Chengde areas, which is not conducive to the rapid attack of our mechanized troops. So I want our front line to move forward, to the vicinity of the Liao River, to garrison heavy troops. When the time comes, it can sweep the entire Northeast in the shortest possible time. ”

In fact, there are many reasons behind this dispatch, and what makes Meng Xiang most vigilant is that Lao Jiang released Zhang Xueliang.

"Zhang Hanqing has come out, although he is still in Chongqing, he can already contact the outside world!" Pharmacist Tang has always been particularly sensitive to the political situation in Chongqing and other places, and in the intelligence collected by Rat Er, he was the first to discover the meaning behind this news.

"Oh?" Meng Xiang was also surprised in his heart.

In the process of reorganizing the army, those people in the northeast have always maintained a lukewarm attitude. Even some soldiers whose families live in the northeast are not too enthusiastic about the subsistence allowance. There are even many people who have been asking when they will return to the Northeast. Uprooted from their homeland, they lacked a sense of honor. If this work is not done well, it will be difficult for them to settle down.

"Start first, start from the roots, give them hope first!" Although Tang Yaoshi did not know much about military affairs, his vision was keenly aware of the fate of the Northeast Army.

They've been adrift for almost a decade. And the hope of going home, even Zhang Xueliang can't give it to them.

Jiang Zhongzheng played this move, and another purpose was to let Zhang Hanqing memorize the matter of the puppet Manchurian. He is discussing peace talks with others, and other issues are easy to discuss, but only the puppet Manchurian is over, and people are afraid that they will never agree. Pharmacist Tang said. Meng Xiang also knew the news in advance. Lao Jiang's intelligence sieve there is not in vain.

"Then let's help him solve it together, and let the attack on the puppet Manchurians and the recovery of the lost territory in the Northeast become an established fact. Zhang Hanqing is a little tender after all, if it weren't for the fact that most of the Northeast Army was incorporated into our command, I'm afraid that Lao Jiang would be worried that they would fall into the hands of others, and he would continue to lock him up. It is possible to be locked up to 100 years old! Hehehe! Meng Xiang smiled, and then decided on the offensive plan to attack Jinzhou and other areas this time.

"Even if we don't attack the Kwantung Army, they will still not let their guard down on us. If we start a confrontation with Soviet Russia, and the contradictions become bigger and bigger, they will shift their goals and look for new points of conquest without us deliberately retreating. Regarding Fan Chong's question, Meng Xiang still needs to explain it separately. Fan Chong is a very competent staff officer, but because of the political weaknesses that are in the same vein as Jiang Baili, some of his strategic arrangements are not very in place. This also highlights the strategic eloquence of Meng Xiang, a tactical novice, who penetrates the eyes of history.

"Therefore, in the first battle of the newly established Wehrmacht, we want to stand up!"

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"Give the Vanguard a great taste! Let them know that our Kwantung Army is not easy to mess with. ”

"It's so damning! The vanguard army has repeatedly attacked, and it is time for us to fight them in a decisive battle! Commander, give the order! ”

Inside the Kwantung Army headquarters, Umezu Mijiro just calmly watched as the adjutant closed the window, blocking out some noisy sounds outside.

Originally, the commanders of the Kwantung Army were all the most senior generals in the army, but after Ueda Kaneyoshi stepped down because of the Manchuria incident, the base camp decided to find a cool-headed, resourceful and decisive candidate to serve as the commander of the Kwantung Army. Umezu Yoshijiro was recognized as a general with a gentle temperament, a clear mind, an extremely cautious manner, and a resolute and decisive attitude towards major events, and he was deeply appreciated by Hirohito and the military department after the 226 incident, and was transferred to the position of commander of the Kwantung Army as a lieutenant general.

For the vanguard army, he naturally knows very well that he has suffered a big loss at the hands of the vanguard army. The devil was repeatedly deflated at the hands of the vanguard army, and Terauchi Shouichi and Sugiyama Mototo retreated because of the involvement of the vanguard army. If he hadn't been kept by the big guy above, he wouldn't have been able to take the position of commander of the Kwantung Army. At this time, facing the vanguard army again, I couldn't help but be cautious.

The empire says that the giant artillery produced is still on the production line, and the production schedule of heavy artillery and heavy tanks has been affected by the cancellation of steel scrap exports to Asia by the Americans. The main thing is that the domestic financial pressure has delayed us in deploying more heavy weapons, which is much worse than the vanguard army. The chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, Iimura, complained a little.

Iimura had served as the head of the European and American Intelligence Division, and had previously served as the president of the Army University, so he had a broad vision of war.

"And what is worse for us is the superiority in the air. Our state-of-the-art Zero fighters were given priority in the supply of naval aviation. And after the Army Airlines' Zero fighters were also forced to disperse in parts of the Soviet-Russian border, the Yangtze River Valley, the Pearl River Valley, and French Indochina, we could come up with too few advanced fighters to deal with the increasing number of aircraft of the vanguard army. And even the Zero is far from being an opponent of the Vanguard aircraft. As for the legendary new fighter, it is said that it has not yet stepped off the design table.

What is even more tragic is that our navy, which has always had the greatest superiority in China, was unable to rush over to support the operation because of the huge artillery, submarines, and mines in the Bohai Strait. They can only be driven by the planes of the Vanguard Army to rust in the military port of Arthur! Thinking of the situation in front of him, Iimura, who has always had a good temper, couldn't help but become scathing.

"Where did they attack?" Umezu Mijiro, who had already been promoted to general, sighed lightly in his heart and asked.

"At 15 o'clock this afternoon, their northern road men and horses are attacking Tongliao with the assistance of airborne troops, but it is expected that it may fall today. Beipiao, Fuxin, Xinlitun and other places on the middle road have all fallen, and the Fourth Division has been defeated on all fronts, so these cowardly guys should not have been allowed to go to the front in the first place. They had already escaped the Liao River, and if it weren't for the men of the 1st Division crossing the river to block the vanguard of the vanguard army, I am afraid that they would have given up even Xinmin. Give up the entire defense line west of the Liao River. How I wish the soldiers of the Vanguard Army would do the same! Listening to Iimura's complaints about the Fourth Division, Umezu Mijiro was also helpless.

He advocated being a real soldier, and the Fourth Division did not look like a qualified army in any way. However, many things are not up to him.

"Zhangwu was also captured?" He pondered for a while, then asked again.

"No news from there! The speed of the vanguard army was too fast, and in less than two days, it attacked more than three hundred kilometers! Iimura sighed, "It is estimated that it may have also fallen, and the railway passage from Tongliao to Xinlitun may be occupied by them." However, the task force we have sent will do their best to sabotage the railroad there. ”

"In addition, parts of Chifeng and Chaoyang are still in our hands, but they have already been surrounded, the 24th Division and the 28th Division, at this time more than half of the losses are in place, and the situation is very dangerous. But our reinforcements are still east of the Liao River. Iimura added.

Umezu Mijiro suddenly felt a wave of tiredness welling up in his mind, he couldn't do anything about the situation of the 24th and 28th Divisions, even the 12th and 29th Divisions, he couldn't say how much support he could give them. The planes of the vanguard army flew directly over the Liao River and bombed several parts of the Bac Ninh railway, which had just been repaired and reopened to traffic. The vanguard chariot units of the vanguard army had already passed through the defense line of Jinzhou and surrounded Jinzhou from all sides. Overseas, the aircraft carrier formation of the Pioneer Army had already passed Chrysanthemum Island and headed straight for the port of Jinzhou. At this time, they couldn't pull their legs out like the Fourth Division.

"Do you just watch them annihilated?" Umezu Mijiro couldn't help but hold his forehead, Rao was cool-headed, resourceful and decisive, and he also felt weak at this time.

"Can we make peace with the Vanguard?" At that moment, a whisper echoed in his ears.

He looked up suddenly, but saw that Saburo Nato, the deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, was looking at him, a little hesitant.

"Peace talks? The previous peace talks were pushed back by the Vanguard! Iimura Sui said unceremoniously, that Meng Xiang didn't give them this opportunity at all, so he directly didn't give them back one by one, "How do you say you can make peace?" Do they want us to withdraw from Manchuria, and we will? What can we give them? ”

"We can try to form an alliance with the vanguard army and deal with Soviet Russia together!" Saburo Endo said with apprehension in his heart. This red general, who was later disclosed in his diary that the 731 gang was conducting experiments and was regarded as a stranger by almost all his colleagues, later became the founder of the Sino-Japanese Friendship Association, and still had a glimmer of hope for peace talks with China.

"An alliance with the Vanguard?" Fumiro Konoe couldn't help but feel his scalp itching, and he just wanted to scratch it, "Whose bad idea is this?" ”

"It's a lieutenant staff officer from the Army General Staff called Tsutsui Murachu." Shouichi Terauchi said unhurriedly, "However, he was shot in the head and died when he was debating with those radical young Zhuang faction near the shrine a few days ago. ”

Konoe Fumiro was stunned when he heard this, there have been many assassinations by radicals in recent years.

"Still, I think it's a good suggestion!" Shouichi Terauchi, who has not shown up for a long time after returning, said slowly, after closing the door for more than a year, he looks a lot older.

Fumiro Konoe picked up the proposal on his desk again, and the first sentence of the first sentence was: "Return the territory of China, form an alliance with the vanguard army, attack Soviet Russia together, and divide up Siberia and the Far East." ”

"This army junior staff officer is too simple. When it comes to the ownership of Manchuria, who dares to speak about peace talks at this time? The vanguard army attacked Manchuria in order to block our way of negotiating with Chiang Zhongzheng, and they would definitely not let go of Manchuria. Konoe shook his head slightly.

"Shelving, giving in, and talking about it after fighting Soviet Russia! If the war with Soviet Russia starts, the most attacked will definitely be the vanguard army, from the northwest to Outer Mongolia, they will not be able to fight. And we only need to deal with the Far Eastern Army, which has been cut off from most of its supplies by the vanguard. At that time, whether it is Soviet Russia or the vanguard army, astringent persimmons will become ripe persimmons! Shouichi Terauchi still said unhurriedly.

Konoe Fumiro narrowed his eyes slightly, but did not make a sound.

Before, when everyone would think that the Germans and the Soviet Russians could not coexist and were going to war, the Soviet-German non-aggression pact was a blow to the northward faction that was waiting to carve up Soviet Russia with the Germans.

The Germans are now more friendly with the vanguard, and the United States is also secretly defending itself, although the contract with Soviet Russia is about to be settled, but they still have their own scheming.

Looking at the world, there are some lonely shadows.

"Do you really want to form an alliance with the Vanguard?" Fumiro Konoe hesitated for a moment.