Chapter 405 Umezu Mijiro's actions
Umezu Mijiro received a telegram, and he also felt a headache, and the great deal between the Soviet Union and the Eighth Route Army had to avoid his defensive line.
The Kwantung Army claims to be one million, but in fact it has more than one million troops, but if you want to destroy the deal, you must go out of Mongolia and cut off the Xinjiang line, making it impossible to carry out the transaction.
But if you want to cut off this area, you will have to have more than 100,000 troops alone, and now you have to prepare troops to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army in the Black Mountain area, and you have to draw 200,000 troops from two directions.
Excluding the troops confronting the Soviet Far Eastern military bloc, the Northeast will be full of loopholes if it is withdrawn in this way.
Umezu Mijiro fell silent, and there were several questions that had to be considered.
First, as soon as they make a move, will the Soviet Far Eastern Military Group cooperate with the Eighth Route Army to make a move?
Second, if he wants to send troops to cut off the front line in Xinjiang, then the Eighth Route Army will inevitably send troops, and if the battle fails at that time, he will not be able to bear the consequences at all.
Third, after the transfer of troops, the Northeast will become empty, and there will be no problems during this period.
These three questions silenced Umezu Mijiro deeply, and he had to think about the worst-case scenario.
While Umezu Mijiro was silent, the chief of staff of the devil walked in and handed the document to Umezu Mijiro.
"Commander, this is an order from headquarters."
Umezu Mijiro took it, and after reading the document, his brows jumped, what does this mean?
"Commander, the headquarters may have to make a grand strategic operation in advance, that's why we asked us to transfer troops."
The chief of staff of the devil reminded that Mijiro Umezu was cheeky, and the 300,000 Kwantung Army and the 300,000 troops who had just been trained for less than a year were exchanged, didn't this weaken their own combat effectiveness?
Before he could complain, a telegraph operator walked in, took out a top-secret telegram and handed it to Umezu Mijiro.
After reading the telegram and looking at the documents on the table, Mijiro Umezu had a splitting headache.
Those people in the headquarters really just opened their mouths, and they really had to make specific arrangements.
"Chief of Staff, you can arrange this matter, and as for the exchange of troops requested by the headquarters, it will be implemented immediately."
"Yes, Commander."
A few days later, Li Ping received information that the Kwantung Army had a major move, and he thought that Umezu Mijiro was going to make a move.
However, more and more information indicates that the troops mobilized are all marching in the direction of North Korea.
"Mother hippie, what kind of trick is Umezu Mijiro doing?"
Li Ping could no longer figure it out, and the political commissar and chief of staff were also confused, and this troop transfer was completely in the opposite direction.
It wasn't until a few days later that a piece of information from Yan'an came, and Li Ping stood up immediately after reading the information.
It was actually a swap between recruits and veterans, and the Japanese army headquarters couldn't bear to do anything to Southeast Asia?
Originally, historically, they did it only next year, and they chose to send troops after Germany had started to attack the Soviet Union.
Now that the exchange of recruits and veterans has given him a glimpse of the signs, I am afraid that it will not be long before a wave of combat will be set off.
The exchange of new and veteran soldiers between the Kwantung Army and the Japanese army headquarters cannot be hidden, after all, it is a matter of 600,000 troops.
However, this also brought an advantage, that is, Umezu Mijiro now did not have time to carry out encirclement and suppression operations, giving Li Ping time to take a breath and train his troops.
The exchange of new veterans of the Kwantung Army lasted for a month and a half, and this was only completed at the request of Umezu Mijiro to transport all the new recruits over and let the veterans stay in North Korea temporarily.
The arrival of the recruit division was mixed into the old army by Umezu Mijiro, and it took half a month to deploy the operation.
The weather was hot, and Umezu Mijiro finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and this integration made the combat effectiveness of the Kwantung Army begin to decline, so he had to train his troops.
He could not provoke the Soviet garrison group in the Far East, so the best choice for training troops was the Eighth Route Army.
And the Eighth Route Army's deal with the Soviet Union had already begun, and the equipment began to be shipped out of the Soviet Union to be transported through Xinjiang to the territory controlled by the Eighth Route Army.
"Commander, this is all the information, and we still haven't been able to find out the specific list."
Umezu Mijiro just nodded, it was enough to be able to find out about these, since he wanted to do it, he had to cut off the Eighth Route Army from the Soviet Union with one move.
When Umezu Mijiro was planning to send troops, Vice Chairman Yan'an Zhou was on his side, and the information he gathered made him feel wrong, as if the devil was very interested in Yan'an's deal with the Soviet Union.
Thinking of this, Vice Chairman Zhou came to the office and reported all the information and his worries to the chairman, and the boss next to him frowned when he listened.
After Vice Chairman Zhou finished speaking, the boss spoke: "I'm afraid that the devil is really eyeing these things, we have to be careful." ”
The chairman smiled when he heard this, and said, "Of course, I want to come up and eat the fat meat." ”
"When we traded with the Germans, the Japanese could ask Britain and other countries to put pressure at a great cost, but now Europe is in ruins, and it is a problem for them to protect themselves."
"Since you are taken by others, then you will fight, and if it hurts, you will naturally retract your claws."
After the chairman finished speaking, the two of them laughed, and the boss said: "If the Japanese really want to do it, then they only have one way, through Mongolia to intercept the Xinjiang line and cut off our transportation routes." ”
"If they want to cut off the transportation routes, they need at least 100,000 troops."
"Hehe, the Kwantung Army has 100,000 troops, even 200,000 is not a problem, but their logistics line is too long, and it can be said to be a paper tiger."
"Hahahaha"
The two chairmen laughed, how long is the distance of the logistics line from the northeast to Xinjiang, just like the boss said, this combat method is a paper tiger.
"Hehe, then we'll see if Umezu Mijiro will do it."
While Yan'an is preparing to adapt to the situation, Umezu Mijiro on the other side is also concerned about logistics issues.
In such a long-distance operation, what is needed is a fast word, quick response, fast reinforcement, and fast combat speed.
If you want to meet this, then there are only battlefield troops, a smooth road is the most suitable for tank combat, as long as you cooperate with the infantry, then you can definitely complete the combat goal of cutting off.
Umezu Mijiro began to draw troops, with chariot units first, and then infantry.
The Kwantung Army was moving rapidly under the will of Umezu Mijiro, and by the time the 100,000-strong army set out from Shuangliao, Li Ping had already received information.
"Political commissar, inform Yan'an, our side is too late to take care of it, and Umezu Mijiro should quickly deploy troops to deal with us."
The political commissar went to send a telegram, and with Li Ping's exact information, plus the information he spoed into, Chairman Yan'an knew that Umezu Mijiro had really done it.
"Boss, since Umezu Mijiro has started to do it, then we will continue with it."
The boss nodded, stood up and said, "In order to ensure the smooth completion of our deal with the Soviet Union, we will send troops in two directions. "Reading a book and finding the latest chapters by yourself? You're out, WeChat attention Beauty editor helps you find books! It's really a good book to flirt with girls!