"An army of five hundred thousand?" As soon as Su Yu finished speaking, Liu Hua's brows that had just relaxed were frowned again. Facing Su Yu who looked worried in front of him, he couldn't help but exclaimed.
Even Chief of Staff Zuo Quan, who had looked confident just now, showed a worried look on his face as soon as Su Yu finished speaking. At the same time, a pair of eyes quickly scanned the military map in front of him. The entire room was passing by.
After a few minutes of silence, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan spoke after a brief period of reflection while looking at the map in front of him.
"Commander Su, your reminder is so timely. If the Japanese Kwantung Army also takes advantage of the favorable opportunity when the enemy and our troops are exhausted to expand the army. Not to mention the army of 500,000, even if it comes to 300,000, our field army will not be completed.
If we launch an attack before the actual reorganization, it will cause a devastating blow to our base area."
"Chief of Staff, you are right. If the Japanese army gathers 300,000 troops and suddenly launches an attack on our base area before our Northeast Field Army has completed its training, then there will be only one way left for us, and that is to give up and fight back.
There is no completely stable base for a breakout. Even the Fengtian Arsenal, which we worked so hard to occupy, can only be used by those who give up..." Regarding the seemingly alarmist answer from Chief of Staff Zuo Quan, Liu Hua didn't even think twice and answered with great agreement.
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"It's not if, it's for sure..." Just after Liu Hua finished speaking, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan said firmly.
"Commander-in-Chief, after suffering losses in several consecutive battles, the Kwantung Army, which has millions of troops, can no longer use excess troops to deal with us in order to cope with pressure from many aspects. And the Kwantung Army troops entrenched in the three eastern provinces,
Can we watch our Northeast Field Army grow and develop in the Liaoning region, and watch us possess the Fengtian Arsenal, threatening their dominance step by step?"
"cannot…"
After quickly sorting out the thoughts in his mind, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan continued to speak.
"The Kwantung Army doesn't want us to develop with peace of mind, and with their current strength, they don't have any extra troops to deal with us. So, with their troops stretched thin, they have no other way except to expand one way.
Let’s go. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary for the Japs to take advantage of the favorable opportunity when our Northeast Field Army is arguing and has no strength to continue the attack to expand its forces.”
"I agree with what the Chief of Staff said. It seems that we must prepare for the response in advance... Chief of Staff, what do you think we should do to prepare for the enemy next..." Liu Hua nodded in agreement.
.Immediately, he asked the chief of staff in front of him thoughtfully.
"First of all, resolutely implement the orders of the Central Military Commission and expand the total strength of the army to 450,000 people in the shortest possible time. At the same time, increase the training of new recruits and strive to enable these new recruits to form combat effectiveness one day earlier. Because
Only in this way will we have the strength to challenge the Kwantung Army."
"On the other hand, in the process of army expansion, the original hundreds of thousands of veterans in the field army must not be dispersed before the new recruits have fully formed their combat effectiveness. Instead, these hundreds of thousands of troops must be crushed into a fist.
It is in our hands, ready to resist the Japanese attack and cope with possible changes in the three northeastern provinces." After a few minutes of reflection, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan answered Liu Hua's rhetorical question in the affirmative.
"The chief of staff is right. I will immediately convey your intention to the political commissar staying in the base area and let the political commissar make specific arrangements..." As soon as Zuo Quan finished speaking, Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua answered with certainty without any hesitation.
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At the headquarters of the Northeast Field Army in Fengtian City, an urgent telegram was received from Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua from the Central Military Commission of Taiyuan. Luo Ronghuan, the general political commissar who stayed at the base area, did not dare to neglect any of them. He immediately summoned all senior field army officers in Fengtian City.
Commander, prepare to convene an emergency meeting to make specific arrangements for the contents of the telegram.
Just when political commissar Luo Ronghuan appeared at the door of the conference room with the telegram he had just received, the urgent voice of deputy commander Yang Jingyu, who had not been fighting for several months, reached everyone's ears.
"Political Commissar, what happened, you are so anxious? Are the Japs going to invade our base area? It just so happens that I, Lao Yang, have been idle for several months, so I want to take action against them..."
"Well, Lao Yang, you've only been here for a few days, and you've been waiting for the Japs to come, and then you can lead your troops to fight, right... However, to disappoint you, the Japs haven't come yet.
.However, it is only a matter of time before we call..." Luo Ronghuan responded helplessly to Yang Jingyu, who had a look of eagerness on his face.
After quickly walking to his seat, Luo Ronghua glanced at the partners around him and spoke.
"Comrades, the reason why I have summoned everyone here in such a hurry is because I have just received a telegram from the commander-in-chief from the central station: The commander-in-chief and the left chief of staff who are far away in Taiyuan reminded us that the small army that we have defeated several times in a row has
The Japanese Kwantung Army may take advantage of the favorable opportunity when we expand and have no time to dispatch troops to expand the entire Kwantung Army. Then, within a short period of time, they will concentrate their forces and restart the encirclement and suppression operations against our base areas to recapture the base areas we just occupied.
"
"Comrades, think about it, the two million little Japanese expatriates gathered in the three eastern provinces are almost all young adults who have received military training. As long as the Kwantung Army headquarters is willing, it will only take a blink of an eye to recruit hundreds of thousands of troops.
If our troops are suddenly attacked by hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army troops before they have fully formed combat effectiveness, what will happen? I won’t say it here, but everyone should be very clear about it. So now it’s urgent
Everyone was summoned urgently to discuss a countermeasure to deal with the sudden attack that the Japanese army might launch on my base area..."
Seeing that everyone's faces immediately became serious because of his words, political commissar Luo Ronghuan changed the topic and continued to speak to Li Qing, the deputy chief of staff who was responsible for the recruitment and training of new recruits.
"Chief of Staff Li, so far, how many recruits have been recruited by various recruitment points under the Field Army..."
"Reporting to the political commissar, after half a month of hard work and the reorganization of hundreds of thousands of Manchurian Army troops in the Liaoning area, the number of recruits who have begun training is currently 180,000. However, because there are too many recruits,
We don't have that many officers to conduct formal military training for them at the moment..." Deputy Chief of Staff Li Qing replied decisively.
"You don't have to worry about the officers' problem. On the one hand, some of the original main forces will be solved, and on the other hand, it will be some of the cadres that the commander-in-chief will bring back. Deputy Commander Yang will immediately remove the division-level commanders from the six main columns.
All deputies were transferred out to serve as commanders of these recruits, and at the same time, they were responsible for the training of these recruits. In addition, all soldiers with certain combat experience were transferred from hundreds of thousands of new arms to supplement the six main columns. In short,
In a word, all the vacancies in the six main columns must be filled within a week, and the troops must be maintained in the best fighting condition." Political Commissar Luo Ronghua ordered decisively.
"Yes, political commissar..."
After receiving affirmative answers from the two people, political commissar Luo Ronghuan immediately set his sights on Peng Zhen, director of the Political Department.
"Director Peng, according to the establishment of local government agencies, where has it been now?"
"Reporting to the political commissar, after half a month of hard work, the Liaoning base area government under our field army headquarters has covered all towns controlled by the base area. At present, our local cadres are gradually covering all village-level units."
Peng Zhen, who is responsible for the entire base area's economy and government agency construction, answered very decisively.
"Time waits for me... Director Peng, according to the commander-in-chief's wishes, the Japs' counterattack may come to us at any time. We must seize the time. In this way, I will give you another week to ensure that the political power in my base area is
The organization covers all village-level units. At the same time, we will strengthen the control of villages and towns around the base area. We will strive to win the recognition of the local people before the Japanese army launches a counterattack. How about it, are there any problems?" Short-term
After a moment of silence, Luo Ronghuan ordered firmly.
"Please rest assured, political commissar, we will ensure the completion of the task within one week..." Faced with the increasingly critical situation, Peng Zhen, a veteran of our party, answered with certainty without any hesitation.
"Deputy Commander Yang, after the meeting is over, the six main columns will be under your unified command. Each unit will immediately assemble, replenish ammunition, and be ready to fight at any time. In addition, inform the intelligence department of the base area to closely monitor the entire three eastern provinces from now on.
All movements of the Japanese and puppet troops, and any situation, will be reported immediately..."
Just when the political commissar Luo Ronghuan faced his partners and subordinates and began to mobilize his troops to meet the possible Japanese attack, the worries and predictions of Commander Su Yu of the Mechanized Corps turned out to be true. At this moment, a few kilometers away from Fengtian City
A hundred kilometers away, in the Kwantung Army headquarters in Changchun City, General Umezu Mijiro's office was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.
The defeat in the Battle of Fengtian not only caused the loss of this strategically important city, but also the largest arsenal in the three eastern provinces. More importantly, tens of thousands of Kwantung Army elites, including the Kwantung Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi
, all became the results of the battle in the hands of the Northeast Field Army.
During the six-month-long battle with the Northeast Field Army, hundreds of thousands of elite Kwantung Army troops were lost in vain at the hands of the Northeast Field Army and their own hands due to several consecutive defeats in the use of troops against the Northeast Field Army.
At this moment, facing the Soviet Red Army in the Far East, facing the three northeastern provinces, due to the imperial army's successive defeats, the situation is becoming increasingly chaotic, facing the increasingly powerful Eighth Route Army troops in the Liaoning region, and facing the pass within the pass.
The Eighth Route Army troops... General Umezu Mijiro, the supreme commander of the Kwantung Army, can be said to be anxious.
However, facing the exhausted and stretched mobile forces in his hands, General Umezu Mijiro was very anxious, but there was no way he could do it.
After all, after losing hundreds of thousands of troops, he could not make up for these losses out of thin air. At this moment, the only thing Mijiro Umezu could do, sitting in the office, was to vent the anger in his heart in front of him.
, on each of his subordinates who didn’t even dare to say anything.
After the commander's anger, the entire office immediately became silent. Several combat staff members standing in front of Umezu Mijiro, including the newly appointed chief of staff, all looked down with red faces and lowered their heads.
Silent.
However, General Umezu Mijiro, who had been frustrated for several days in his office, seemed not to let go of the subordinates in front of him easily today. After a brief silence, he stared at the man standing in the center in front of him with a pair of red eyes.
The chief of staff asked.
"Chief of Staff, the Liaoning area is occupied by the Eighth Route Army. Even the largest arsenal in the three eastern provinces has fallen into the hands of the Northeast Field Army of the CCP. According to the CCP's continuous development momentum, coupled with the continuous weapons support from the arsenal, at most two
In a few months, their strength will at least double. What do you think our Kwantung Army should do next? Are we just going to watch the CCP's Northeast Field Army develop in front of us, threatening our control of the three northeastern provinces?
Dominance?"
"Hai, your Excellency, Commander... However, due to the lack of troops in our Kwantung Army, there is nothing we can do against the CCP troops in the Liaoning area in a short period of time..." the chief of staff replied helplessly.
"Asshole, what do you mean there is no way? Bage Yalu, you don't know how to find a way if you don't have a way. What is the use of the Empire of Japan in raising officers like you? At the critical moment, they all act like turtles. Bage Yalu,
If I can't think of a solution today, everyone will die for me..." After mercilessly interrupting the answer of the chief of staff in front of him, General Umezu Mijiro cursed with an angry look on his face.
"Hai, what the Commander taught you is that you have to find a way out of your humble position..." Facing the commander's roar, all the combat staff could do was lower their heads and endure the reprimand of the commander in front of them.
"Find a solution immediately, otherwise, everyone will die..."
After a few minutes of silence, under the gaze of Mijiro Umezu, the deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army carefully raised his head. Then he spoke to the commander in front of him and suggested something.
"Your Excellency, Commander, I have an idea. I wonder if it is feasible?"
"Say..." After glancing at the submissive deputy chief of staff in front of him, the commander, General Mijiro Umezu, who really had no choice, held on to his last glimmer of hope and said impatiently to the deputy chief of staff in front of him.
"Hai Yi, I believe that if we want to change the unfavorable situation of our Kwantung Army in the three eastern provinces, there is only one way, and that is to expand the army. At present, after decades of continuous immigration, more than 1,000 troops have been stationed in the entire three eastern provinces.
There are two million overseas residents of the Japanese Empire. I believe that as long as our Kwantung Army headquarters issues a recruitment order, we will be able to form dozens of main divisions with a certain combat effectiveness in a short period of time."
Seeing the face of the commander in front of him, a rare smile finally appeared. The encouraged deputy chief of staff continued to speak.
"I believe that as long as we can form 15 main divisions in a short period of time, with a total of 300,000 troops. I believe that with this 300,000 troops, we will have enough strength to restart the encirclement and suppression operations against the CCP base areas.
, recapture Fengtian City, recapture Fengtian Arsenal."
"Yoshi, Chief of Staff, what do you think of the Deputy Chief of Staff's suggestion..." As soon as the Deputy Chief of Staff finished speaking, General Umezu Mijiro couldn't help but praise him. Then he turned his gaze to the Staff Officer in front of him.
long body.
"Your Excellency, Commander, I fully agree with the deputy chief of staff's suggestion to recruit new troops and reorganize fifteen main divisions."
"You must know that among the millions of expatriates in the three northeastern provinces, almost all young and middle-aged people have gone through certain militarized training. As long as our Kwantung Army headquarters recruits them into the army, I believe that these recruits will be ready in a month at most.
Be able to form combat effectiveness and become the most elite soldier."
"According to the reconnaissance of the intelligence department, the central government in the Liaoning region is currently recruiting new soldiers and expanding its troops. They are trying to expand the entire Northeast Field Army into a strategic group army with 450,000 troops. However, the ones they recruited
The new recruits are ordinary people who have just put down their hoes. It will take only a few months for these new recruits to become combat effective, which is simply impossible."
"So, I thought that we could immediately sign in the overseas Chinese to join the army and form fifteen main divisions. A month later, before the Eighth Route Army troops could form combat effectiveness, we suddenly launched an attack, caught them off guard, and recaptured the territory that had just been occupied by the Northeast Field Army of the Communist Party of China.
The occupied Liaoning area." After a brief analysis, the chief of staff said.
"Yo Xi, very good. Chief of Staff, now I order the General Staff to immediately follow the plan just now and issue recruitment orders to all overseas Chinese in the entire three eastern provinces in the name of the Kwantung Army Headquarters. The General Staff is required to do so within one month.
Within the next few days, we will re-sign an army of 300,000 troops, form 15 main divisions, and prepare to launch the third encirclement and suppression operation against the CCP troops." After confirming that the entire plan was feasible, General Umezu Mijiro, who had already been impatient, could no longer
If there was any hesitation, he gave a decisive order to the chief of staff in front of him.