The news of the German invasion of France caused a stir not only in Europe, but also in Asia, and Japan was the happiest. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although in the late thirties, Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the "International Agreement Against Communism" on November 6, 1937, for the sake of common interests, and established the "Berlin-Rome-Tokyo" axis, although an alliance was formed, Germany and Japan did not sign an agreement on mutual assistance except for Germany and Italy. There are many reasons why Germany did not sign a mutual assistance agreement with Japan, but the most important one is that in fact, Hitler looks down on the yellow race in his bones, and Germany's demand for Asia is not so strong, so Hitler would rather walk with Italy, a country that has been defeated repeatedly, than get too close to the Japanese, but the Japanese government is very eager to catch the German chariot, and this time Germany and France have done it so that the Japanese see hope.

In the eyes of the Japanese, since Germany has fought with Britain and France, then Germany will naturally be isolated by Britain, France, the United States and other countries, out of loneliness, they naturally need the help of their allies, and now it is Germany's turn to beg for themselves, but before that, Germany should also be let see its own strength, with this idea, the base camp gave an order to the commander-in-chief of the Huaxia Dispatch Army, Nishio Shouzo, so that Nishio Shouzo quickly worked out a plan to launch a large-scale attack on Huaxia within two months, Strive to defeat the main forces of the various theaters of war in China within half a year to force the Chongqing government to surrender.

Under this order, the staff officers of the Huaxia Dispatch Army Headquarters spun rapidly like a spinning top that had been whipped.

"Sakagaki-kun, this is the plan you have formulated, you want to take Su Jin's Third Army?" Looking at the battle plan in his hand, Nishio Shouzo looked at the new chief of staff in front of him with a serious expression.

Seishiro Sakagaki said to Nishio Shouzo with a solemn expression: "Yes, this is the result of the collective discussion between me and the staff officers. ”

Nishio Shouzo pointed to the stool next to him and motioned for him to sit down, took out a pack of cigarettes from the drawer and lit one, and then said with a faint green smoke: "I hope you can give me a good reason, otherwise I will not agree to this plan." ”

Looking at Nishio Shouzo's noncommittal expression, Seishiro Sakagaki felt a little panicked in his heart. It stands to reason that the position of chief of staff of the Huaxia Dispatch Army can be described as a high and powerful position in the eyes of others, but for him, who was demoted from the position of Lu Xiang here, this position is more of a shame than glory. As early as half a year ago, Nishio Shouzo saw that he still needed to take the initiative to bow and salute, but now he has become his chief of staff, and the phrase the impermanence of the world is fully reflected here. The taste of falling from the peak into the mountainside is not something anyone can bear calmly, in order to be able to climb the top of the mountain again, Sakagaki Seishiro can be said to have racked his brains, after receiving this task, he took dozens of staff officers to sleep for three days to make this plan, but now Nishio Shouzo just looked at the beginning and wanted to deny it, how could he bear it.

"Your Excellency, Commander, first of all, I think it is appropriate to start with Su Jin and his Third Army. You must have known what happened a few days ago, Germany went to war with France, and the Americans, in order to help their allies make up for the lack of troops in the European theater, asked the Chongqing government to transfer the Third Army to France, and the stupid Chongqing government actually agreed, if my expectation is correct, I am afraid that it will be during this time that they left Zhejiang. ”

Hearing this, Nishio Shouzo said coldly: "Since you also know that the Third Army is leaving, then why do you still want to launch an active attack on the Third Army, why don't you honestly wait until they are all transferred to France before we launch an attack on Zhejiang, why don't you do this kind of thing that gets twice the result with half the effort?" ”

Seishiro Sakagaki insisted: "It is precisely because the Third Army is leaving Zhejiang that we have to take this opportunity to attack them. Because since the Third Army is leaving Zhejiang for France, their defense line will naturally shrink at this stage, and there is no need for them to fight to the death with us before leaving. There is an old saying among the people of China: It is not your business to hang high. People are selfish, and since they are all about to leave Zhejiang, will they still desperately defend against the attack launched by the empire? Will they get by, as long as they can make it to the moment they board the ship? In that case, why don't we take advantage of this time to occupy more places, and when the Third Army is all gone, we can reoccupy the whole of Zhejiang, isn't this a godsend?

And as long as we occupy Zhejiang, we can re-blockade the access to the sea in China, and without the military assistance of the Americans, the Chongqing government will not be able to hold out for long at all, and then it will not be one step closer to the plan of destroying China within half a year demanded by the base camp? ”

"Yo Xi!"

Nishio Shouzo nodded slowly, in his opinion, although the plan hurriedly formulated by Seishiro Sakagaki looked a little rough, the general idea was still correct, especially the grasp of people's hearts was still in place. Since the Third Army is about to go to France, then they are naturally unwilling to fight to the death with the Imperial Army before leaving, and the Imperial Army can naturally take advantage of this opportunity to carry out a cannibalization plan against them, and slowly occupy the front and push it into Zhejiang within a month, as long as they are forced excessively, presumably the Third Army will not fight with them. As long as Zhejiang was reoccupied, then the blockade of China would be completed, and the Chongqing government, which had lost its external support channel, would not be able to withstand the attack of the imperial army on all fronts.

Thinking of this, Nishio Shouzo had some approval of this plan, but out of caution, he still asked Sakagaki Seishiro to revise the plan again, and asked Sakagaki Seishiro to be careful not to advance, otherwise once the Third Army was provoked and played with them, it would be worth the loss.

"Sakagaki-kun, you take this plan back and reformulate a more detailed plan, and show it to me the day after tomorrow, understand?"

"Hay!" Seishiro Sakagaki's voice rang out in the office.

However, although their plan was good, as the saying goes, the plan could not catch up with the changes, and before they had time to implement the plan, the new commander of the 23rd Army, Lieutenant General Imamura Jun, sent an urgent telegram that their 129th Division and the 8th Independent Infantry Brigade had a fierce conflict with the Third Army in the areas of Pucheng, Qingyuan, and Zhouning, and then developed into a full-scale conflict. (To be continued.) )