Regarding Lieutenant General Qin Hikosaburo's answer, General Yamada Otozo didn't say anything, but nodded slightly. For Lieutenant General Qin Hikosaburo, General Yamada Otozo still trusted him. That's why he dared to be the boss before the war.
Go to Lushun and have a good time and have a good time, as a pre-war training.
After Lieutenant General Qin Hikosaburo left, General Yamada Otsuzo, who had not expressed his position in the previous quarrel, but was very dissatisfied with the performance of others, glanced at the heads of various departments of the Kwantung Army Headquarters present before continuing.
: "I hope today's quarrel will be the last one."
"Qin Yanjun is the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army appointed by the base camp. I hope that all the gentlemen here must respect your superiors. Back then, Qin Yanjun suffered a series of defeats as the deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army. As the deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army in charge of military operations,
, indeed he has certain responsibilities. But he is just a deputy chief of staff, so it is not appropriate to say that he should bear all the main responsibilities."
"Qin Yanjun is a capable and energetic chief of staff. The headquarters can transfer him to the Kwantung Army at this time. It is the Kwantung Army's and everyone's luck. I don't care what you are thinking, but I give you one last warning. I
I don’t want to see your contempt for Qin Yanjun again. At least I will serve as the commander of the Kwantung Army for one day, and I will never allow what happened today to happen again.”
"If anyone here can't do it, you can immediately resign or apply for transfer. As the current commander of the Kwantung Army, I can approve it immediately. At this time when the life and death of the entire Kwantung Army is being decided, I don't want any internal disputes.
, affecting the unity and efficiency of the Kwantung Army’s Supreme Headquarters.”
After reprimanding the general who had quarreled with Qin Hikosaburo, General Yamada Otosan shook his head and signaled that the meeting was over and that the others could do whatever they were supposed to do. However, General Yamada Otosan did not just
After the meeting, he immediately dispatched a special train belonging to the commander of the Kwantung Army and sent all the family members of senior military officers back to the country via North Korea.
In this decisive battle involving the final fate of the Kwantung Army, the current battle situation is very embarrassing for the Kwantung Army. The families of senior officers are still staying in southern Manchuria, which is no longer safe. Although the country has to face enemy bombers all day long
group, but after all, compared to the current Southern Manchuria, the security is still higher.
Sending the family members of senior officers back to the country can also allow these senior officers to calm down and study the battle properly. And this practice of the officers' families fleeing before the enemy arrives has any impact on the morale of the frontline troops, Yamada said.
General Yi and Three couldn't care less.
As for General Harem Chun who abandoned his troops and fled back to Liaoyang, and then ran all the way to Anton, Yamada Otsuzo directly put him to death. The two armies on the battlefield north of Shenyang were directly assigned to the Kwantung Army.
The headquarters is under direct command. All telegrams to and from the Kwantung Army are personally handled by the Kwantung Army Headquarters.
Although he was very dissatisfied with General Atsushi of the Harem who escaped from the battlefield, the commander at the front level was not dismissed by General Yamada Otsuzo just as he said he could. Fortunately, this general cannot be removed from his post, but Yamada Otsuzo can remove him from his post.
He hung up. Even in this combat meeting, Yamada Otsuzo did not allow him to participate.
Due to Harem Admiral Jun's poor performance on the battlefield in Shenyang, General Yamada Otsuzo could only ignore the friendship he had with the former deputy chief of staff and confidant of the former Prime Minister during their time at the base camp. If Harem Admiral Jun lost Shenyang, he could
He could forgive me for staying in Liaoyang to command.
But this man ignored his own troops and was surrounded north of Shenyang. He ran all the way back to the Kwantung Army headquarters to obtain a guarantee of his own safety, and plunged himself into a bitter battle in the encirclement, including most of the Kwantung Army's troops.
All the troops were abandoned, which was difficult for him, the commander of the Kwantung Army, to accept.
Although General Yamada Oosan, who was not very happy, did not show any indifference on the surface. But in the harem, General Jun, as soon as he returned to the Andong Kwantung Army Headquarters, he was directly sent to Sinuiju, North Korea, to preside over
The arrangements and deployment of the Kwantung Army's rear areas.
In response to the quarrel in the Kwantung Army headquarters, Shimizu Nori and Hongo Yoshio on the front line could only shake their heads and smile bitterly after receiving the telegram from Lieutenant General Qin Yanosaburo that they would immediately break out of the encirclement with all their strength. Especially the commander of the Thirty Army.
Lieutenant General Qing Shui was even dumbfounded when he received the telegram ordering him to break out.
His Thirty Army has now been divided into several pieces by the enemy, and the connection with the Forty-fourth Army has been cut off. He cannot even gather the strength to break through. At present, many attempts to get closer have failed.
, of its four divisions plus an additional division from the Kwantung Army, two have now lost contact, one has been defeated, and the remaining two have become half-disabled Thirty Army.
Now there is almost no other way except to hold on and wait for reinforcements. According to the enemy's input of troops and attack speed, it is not known how many days the thirty troops that have been overwhelmed can continue to hold on. Concentrate the troops
Break out immediately, and also break out into the mountainous area east of the Zhongchang Railway? What the hell were these superior officers doing so early?
You must know that the Thirty Army withstood 60% of the enemy's firepower and armor in the entire battlefield north of Shenyang. The number of enemy tanks placed around it was five to six hundred. The Thirty Army could
It is not easy to persevere until now and not be defeated.
Under the continuous and non-stop attacks of the enemy tank groups, even the ability to protect itself has been lost, and even its own military headquarters has been forced to move again and again. How can the Thirty Army still have the ability to break through?
He clenched his fists and punched out with all his strength. Now he, the commander of the army, could not even raise a division.
Lieutenant General Qing Shui, who ignored him at all, or simply said that he was no longer capable of completing the orders of the Kwantung Army, tore into pieces the breakout telegram sent by the Kwantung Army headquarters. Standing beside him was the serious-faced Chief of Staff, Chang He.
Yue Zhongding, Major General, surprisingly did not stop the army commander from doing this.
After tearing up the telegram in his hand, Lieutenant General Qingmizu turned his head and said to Major General Kawagoe Shigeto: "Kawagoe-kun, the Kwantung Army Headquarters is still daydreaming. We can't follow them in their confusion. You come right now
Give orders to your troops and let them break out of the encirclement on their own as much as possible. As for the choice of the direction of the breakout, it is up to each division commander to decide on his own without consulting the corps headquarters."
After hearing Lieutenant General Shimizu's instructions, Major General Kawagoe Shigesei said with a grimace: "Sir, unless there is a miracle. Otherwise, judging from the strength of our remaining troops and the comparison of the strength and firepower of the enemy forces around us, it is basically impossible to
There is no chance of a breakout. If you choose to break out, you will probably die faster."
"The terrain around us is almost flat. The enemy is equipped with a large number of tanks. On the terrain of the Liaohe Plain, no matter how fast our infantry can run, can they be faster than the enemy's tanks? Instead of forcing a breakout, we will be defeated by the enemy.
Eat it one bite at a time. I think it’s better to stick to the spot and wait for reinforcements.”
"The headquarters of the Kwantung Army asked us to break out. It is better to let the 44th Army move closer to us with all its strength to cooperate with us in gathering the troops divided by the enemy. Compared with us, Lieutenant General Hongo Yoshio's troops are more complete.
.After all, in terms of battlefield conditions, they are much better than us."
Regarding Kawagoe's idea of renaming Major General, Lieutenant General Shimizu shook his head and said: "Now that we have lost the Tieling baggage base, not only do we have very little ammunition left, but our food is also in crisis. In persisting,
In a few days, I am afraid that the whole army will be hungry. By then, we will collapse without the enemy attacking us."
"As for Hongo Yoshio, he can't protect himself now, and we still hope that he will come to save us. If we are on the battlefield in China, I believe that Lieutenant General Hongo Yoshio will fully support us. But on this battlefield in Southern Manchuria, I'm afraid he will
Lieutenant General Hongo Yoshio, no matter how capable he is, is still powerless."
"And he is much smarter than me. He knows what to do at this time. He will not give us any support. If we don't break out, we can only wait here to die. Breaking through, some troops still have a chance. Kawagoe-kun, you
You should do as I say. Anyway, although the hope is a bit slim, I think one of them can escape."
"Even if only one regiment of troops breaks out, it will save part of the strength of the Imperial Army. If these two armies on the battlefield north of Shenyang are eliminated here, the Kwantung Army will lose 60% of its strength. You
What the two of us can do now is to preserve as much vitality as possible for the empire."
"Tell all divisions to throw away all heavy equipment above infantry artillery that cannot be carried. Destroy all radios and code books that cannot be taken away. When breaking through, be as light as possible. China is not
In a word, it’s called giving up, and giving up can lead to gain? Don’t be like the base camp at this time, it’s too petty.”
"After you give the order, smash the redundant radio stations and lead the troops from the military headquarters to break out. Don't follow the Kwantung Army's orders to go southeast, turn to the direction of Xinmin and break out to join the Fifth Army. Kwantung Army
Whatever the headquarters can think of, the enemy can also think of."
"In addition, Yoshio Hongo's 44th Army will definitely break through to the mountains of Liaodong. I'm afraid it's a dead place right now. If you break out in that direction, you can only seek death. I have only one request for you, Commander
These staff members of the Ministry must be brought out for me as much as possible."
"These graduates of the Imperial Military Academy and the Army University are all the elites of the Imperial Army. Even if this war is a complete failure, as long as they are here, the Imperial Army will be a powerful army more than ten years later. World War I
The later Germans relied on the elite officer corps retained from the war to rebuild a strong army in just a few years."
"We should learn more from the smart practices of the Germans after World War I. It takes months to train a soldier, but it takes years or even decades to train a qualified officer. These elites of the Imperial Army cannot be ruined.
In this southern Manchuria, you must try your best to take them out."
Regarding the words of Shimizu Nobuki, Major General Kawagoe Shigesei looked at his gloomy face. He seemed to understand the Lieutenant General Shimizu Nobuki in front of him. He finally chose him and did not say anything more. He just conveyed the order silently.
Immediately order the destruction of all items in the military headquarters.
Compared with the extremely pessimistic Lieutenant General Shimizu, Lieutenant General Hongo Yoshio in his northeast direction seems to be extremely ambitious for this breakout order. The commander of the 44th Army has favorable terrain to rely on.
Although after the battle started, he did not receive any reinforcements.
But as he mainly relied on fighting in mountainous areas, he was much luckier than his colleagues west of the Zhongchang Railway. In addition, he was not as obedient as Lieutenant General Qing Shuigui. After the front line was breached, he did not carry out the order of his superiors to immediately counterattack.
All forces were reduced to the front line from Zhonggu to Chaihebao, and were withdrawn to the second and third line positions.