The person who made Shiro Inaba change his mind was called Masanobu Tsuji, with the rank of lieutenant in the army.

Masanobu Tsuji is a madman.

At this time, the Japanese army had just fought a battle with the Soviet Union in the northeast, which was the famous Battle of Nomenkan.

If you look at the data, the Japanese army was not defeated in the Battle of Nomenkan.

In the entire Battle of Nomenkan, the Soviet army consumed a total of 80,000 tons of combat materials, 31,000 tons of artillery shells and bombs alone, and less than 2,000 tons of various materials consumed by the Japanese army.

In terms of casualties among soldiers on both sides, the Soviets killed 9,703, wounded 15,251 and sick 701, totaling 25,655; The Japanese army suffered 7,696 killed, 1,021 missing, 8,647 wounded, 2,350 sick, and a total of 19,000 losses.

In terms of tanks, the Soviet army destroyed more than 280 tanks and lost 90 armored vehicles; The Japanese army on the second day lost only more than 30 combat vehicles and armored vehicles,

In addition, the Soviets lost 207 warplanes, and nearly half of the 500 warplanes invested by the Soviets.

People from the outside world thought that the Japanese army suffered great losses in the Battle of Nomenkan, but in fact, it was not.

The real Battle of Nomenkan was that a Soviet army with nearly 1,000 tanks and armored vehicles, under the personal command of the god of war Zhukov, consumed almost half of the ammunition of the Stalingrad counteroffensive, and barely defeated a third-rate border garrison division of the Japanese army with only 5 base ammunition, and the final loss of personnel was greater than that of the Japanese army.

Moreover, the ammunition consumption of the Soviet army in the Battle of Nomenkan was almost equivalent to the total consumption of China's eight-year war of resistance.

And in the Battle of Nomenkan, the Soviet army's logistical capacity has actually reached its limit, the consumption of the Nomenkan battlefield is extremely staggering, and the Trans-Siberian Railway is almost two months long at full capacity.

If the Japanese army had been bolder, perhaps the Soviet Union would have been defeated.

It was only because the Soviet artillery fire frightened the Japanese army very much, mainly the Japanese base camp, that the Kwantung Army transferred the 5th Division and the 14th Division, two full divisions, and also transferred a lot of troops from the 2nd, 4th, and 7th Divisions to prepare to find a place to return.

It's a pity that because the Japanese base camp was too cowardly, it didn't end in the end.

As for Masanobu Tsuji, he was previously a staff officer of the Kwantung Army.

When the Japanese base camp learned that the Kwantung Army was going to mobilize more troops to recover the field, it immediately sent a telegram instructing the Kwantung Army to stop expanding the conflict.

However, this telegram was directly torn up by Masanobu Tsuji, who pretended to be a notice instructing him to continue the war.

What is even more interesting is that on the decision letter of this telegram, Masanobu Tsuji signed it instead of the head of the operations section, the chief of staff and even the commander of the Kwantung Army.

This is the tradition of the Kwantung Army.

According to military law, it is not an exaggeration for Masanobu Tsuji to be shot, but in the end, it was not over.

But with the armistice between the Soviet Union and Japan, Masanobu Tsuji was transferred out of the Kwantung Army and demoted to the 11th Army as a staff officer.

However, the commander of the Kwantung Army, Kenkichi Ueda, was dismissed from his post.

Of course, the defeat of the Japanese army at Nomenkan also had its own reasons.

At this time, the Japanese army also bullied the Chinese army, and in the face of an army like the Soviet army with the support of a strong industrial system, the old tactics of the Japanese army were obvious in terms of tactics, and the mutual cooperation was not good, and the command was also problematic, which led to the defeat.

As an officer of the Young Zhuang faction, Masanobu Tsuji was tactically more unique, and when Shiro Inaba planned to break through several river defenses of the Chinese army from the front, he scoffed at it, believing it undesirable.

He put forward his suggestion, with the support of the navy, mainly the Shangcun detachment, to land in Yingtian on the south bank of Dongting Lake by boat, so as to cut off the retreat of the Chinese army and outflank Guan Linzheng's 15th Army in one fell swoop.

This idea can be described as very bold, because landing from Yingtian can encircle nearly 100,000 of the 8 divisions of the 15th Army.

However, it is in line with Masanobu Tsuji's bold and crazy style.

However, Inaba Shiro did not approve of this suggestion, because the Uemura detachment was not familiar with the terrain of the south of the Yangtze River, and it had to go deep behind enemy lines, and Inaba Shiro was worried that the Uemura detachment would not be able to complete this important task, and it would also affect the frontal attack.

But Masanobu Tsuji was very optimistic about this plan, and reported directly to Okamura Ninji, hoping that it could be adopted.

Just when Inaba Shiro thought that Okamura Ninji would not agree, the latter actually agreed, and asked Masanobu Tsuji to act with the army and give advice to the Uemura detachment.

"Your Excellency, Commander, why did you agree with Masanobu Tsuji's proposal? He's a madman, and he's so bold in his ideas! Shigesei Aoki was puzzled.

"It is precisely because of our audacity that if we succeed, we can achieve greater victory on the frontal battlefield!" Okamura Ninji said.

Although Okamura Ninji's idea was to take Nanchang, Hunan's side was only to divert the attention of China's Ninth Theater of Operations.

But if there is a chance to inflict heavy damage on the Chinese army, he still does not want to give up.

"But isn't our plan to take Nanchang? It's just a feint here in Hunan! ”

"Don't you think that when the Shangcun detachment appears in Yingtian, it will make the Chinese army even more convinced that our goal is Changsha?" Okamura Ninji asked rhetorically.

Aoki Shigesei was a little stunned, it seemed that he was the same when he thought about it, and seeing Okamura Ningji's confident look, he didn't care about it anymore.

However, if he knew that Okamura Ninji had no score in his heart, he would probably be disappointed.

This is also normal, for Masanobu Tsuji, Okamura Ninji does not know either, and the Uemura detachment is not familiar with the terrain of Jiangnan, hoping that there will be no loss.

If you get lost on Dongting Lake, it's fun.

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"Is this using us as reserves? Why haven't you given us an order yet? ”

Outside Changsha, the 54th Army has been coming to Changsha for many days, but the battle in the north is hot, but several divisions of the 54th Army are still watching the show.

In the past few days, there have been wounded soldiers coming down from the front line, which shows that the battle on the front line should be very fierce, and through these wounded soldiers, it can be roughly known that the main force of the Japanese army was blocked north of the Xinqiang River and did not cross the Xinqiang River for the time being.

It was the 52nd Army that defended the New Wall River, and it was normal to hold out for so many days.

Even the other reserves went to the battlefield, but the 54th Army did not make the slightest movement, and I don't know what the Ninth Theater Commander's Department thought.

This made the officers and men of the 54th Army a little anxious.

"Wait, we shouldn't be allowed to watch the show." Yang Wenjing firmly believes that the Ninth Theater will definitely not abandon the 54th Army, no matter how it is said, the 54th Army is also an elite army, and the equipment level of the four divisions is also impatient.

"I suspect that Chief Xue wants to come to the second defense of Nanjing, and wants to attract the Japanese army to Changsha City for a decisive battle."

With the news of those details in the past few days, Leng Jie roughly guessed.

"Attracted to the decisive battle under Changsha City? Will this work? There are a lot of Japanese soldiers in front of you, can you eat them? Yang Wenjin couldn't believe it.

On the front, there are basically three full-fledged Japanese divisions and regiments, as well as several independent mixed brigades, which add up to almost 100,000, and if you want to encircle and annihilate 100,000 Japanese troops, it may be difficult without more than 300,000 elite troops.

"Judging from the current situation, near Changsha, Chief Xue has gathered more than 20 divisions of living troops, if he can attract a force of Japanese troops to Changsha City, it may not be impossible to annihilate, it depends on how much appetite this Chief Xue has."

While the two were discussing, Li Shuzheng hurriedly came over with a telegram.

"The military department ordered us to let the 40th Division go to garrison Xiangyin!"

"Go to Xiangyin?" Leng Jie was a little puzzled, "What's the matter?" ”

"I just got the news that a unit of the Japanese army has landed in Yingtian, and the defense of the 95th Division is somewhat unstoppable." Li Shuzheng said with a solemn expression.

Obviously, Li Shuzheng, who was born as a staff officer, did his homework before the war and knew the importance of the camp.

Yang Wenjin and Leng Jie came to the map, looked at the location of Yingtian, and couldn't help but take a cold breath, no wonder the 54th Army will be dispatched, if the Japanese army uses Yingtian as a springboard, it can surround the main force of the 15th Group Army on the Miluo River and the Xinqiang River.

The appetite of the Japanese army is quite big!

The two glanced at each other, but did not show timidity, but had a strong fighting spirit.