Chapter 114 talks about the past and the present

The county seat of Lin'an County. The headquarters of the Japanese army in the Fangjia compound. Front yard main house.

"Absolutely. The similarity is that Japan and China are close neighbors in East Asia across the sea, with the same language and origin, and the two countries share the same culture and Buddhism. However, the difference in the differences is too great: China's land area is 9.6 million square kilometers, while Japan's is less than 380,000 square kilometers, a difference of 25 times. China has a population of more than 457 million, while Japan has nearly 100 million. China has a vast land and abundant resources, while Japan has few land and many people, and lacks resources, with frequent earthquakes and tsunamis, and Japan has almost nothing but sunshine, air, and water. Ninety-nine percent of all the resources Japan needs must be obtained from overseas. Nakagawa-kun, could you please compare what the results of waging a jihad war against China would be with Japan's national strength? ”

"Zong Hanjun, most of what you said is true, and there is some truth to it. However, whether a country is strong or not does not depend entirely on how large the country is and how large its population is. The fact is that the Japanese Empire and the Imperial Army have successfully occupied and ruled China. Zong Hanjun, how do you explain this reality? ”

"Nakagawa-kun, you and I have seen over the years that we in Japan cannot and do not have a completely and truly effective occupation and domination of the whole of China, except for the big cities and some lines of communication, most of the area is not only occupied by the Chinese army, but they have always maintained contact with the rear of the southwest. The embarrassment of Japan's position lies in the fact that the vast area of 10,000 miles from Heilongjiang to Hainan Island needs to be fortified everywhere, which has contained millions of our imperial troops, and it must retain some of these main forces to deal with the inevitable war that the United States and may have against Soviet Russia in the future. Therefore, in the recent period, Japan has put pressure on the Kuomintang government from many sides to induce it to surrender, and on the other hand, it has established several puppet regimes to reduce our own burden. China's initial non-resistance provoked the ambitions of some people in Japan, and their insatiable ambition provoked the stubborn and desperate resistance of the Chinese people, which caused the Japanese Empire and the Imperial Army to fall into the mud. Nakagawa-kun, what I'm talking about is also reality, right? ”

"Yes. The current situation and trends of the war are indeed different from what we knew and imagined at the beginning. ”

"Nakagawa-kun, at the beginning, we completely listened to the call and propaganda of the imperial government, and joined the army and came to China to fight for the sake of Japan's self-preservation, for the establishment of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, and for the relief of the suffering and miserable people of China who were enslaved by the Western powers. However, after we came to China, we did not see a single soldier of the Western powers. After a few years of fighting, we were fought by the Kuomintang army and the Communist army, as well as a large number of ordinary people. Therefore, many lower-level officers, military officers, army commanders, army commanders, and soldiers had great questions, and some people even boldly asked me: Isn't Japan here for self-preservation? Why do we leave our country and go to China to fight? In order to establish a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere of friendship, cooperation, goodwill, coexistence and co-prosperity between Japan and China, why do we need to kill so many unarmed ordinary people, women, children, the elderly, and prisoners of war who have surrendered? Nakagawa-kun, if it were you, how would you answer these questions? ”

"This? We came to China to help them resume economic construction and build a royal paradise. The Chinese are really stupid and ignorant, why don't they obey and give in? Why do you have to resist desperately? ”

"Nakagawa-kun, can such economic construction and such a royal paradise make the Chinese submit and obey? Can it not provoke desperate resistance? ”

"Because of this, a large-scale war has been triggered. I believe that the Great Japanese Empire will eventually achieve the final victory. ”

"Nakagawa-kun, what you said is too optimistic."

"Huh? Zong Hanjun, why do you say that? ”

"Nakagawa-kun, there have been 2,000 wars in China's history since ancient times, and most of the causes of the wars were because of peasant problems, and the people who grew grain could not eat enough, so they rose up and gathered people to rebel, leading to the overthrow of the imperial court and the establishment of a new dynasty. In the past, I have consulted the historical materials of world wars, and there is only one country in the world that has had the largest number of civil wars and the largest scale, and that is China. In Japan, on the other hand, there have been only about 600 civil wars since ancient times, but the scale of the wars is simply not comparable to that of China. Of course, there is an essential difference between the wars of the cold weapon era in the past and the modern wars that use aircraft and artillery now, but the application of military theories and strategies and tactics is the same. The Jihad War proved that it was too difficult to defeat the Chinese army, especially the Eighth Route Army. ”

"Our Imperial Japanese Army has aircraft, artillery, tanks and armored vehicles, advanced and fast communication equipment, and accurate intelligence, so why worry about not defeating the Chinese army with backward weapons and inferior equipment? Zong Hanjun, let's just say that this military map hanging on the wall is one-ten-thousandth, and the Chinese simply do not have the technical equipment, knowledge level, and operational ability to survey and map to produce such a detailed and accurate map. ”

"Nakagawa-kun, you're right, it's true. However, this is not necessarily the case. I'll also talk about this map, which is very detailed and accurate, mountains, plains, rivers, cities, villages, roads, indeed. However, it is not comprehensive, especially in the mountains, where is there a ditch? Where's the hurdle? Where is there a cave? These are tactical points of military value that can determine the victory of a battle or a battle, but this map is not clearly marked, and no detail map will be marked so clearly and in detail. However, the Eighth Route Army and the local people know it well and know it clearly, in detail. China's mountainous area accounts for four-fifths of the country's land area, Nakagawa-kun, how do you say this battle will be fought? How can you win? The war has been going on for five years, doesn't it say all this? ”

Shuihe Village. Village office. Replenish the regiment. The conference room of the regiment headquarters.

Yu Genshan, political commissar, chief of staff, Huang Zhongde, Han Dagang, the commander of the first battalion, the commander of the third battalion, and staff officer Wu sat around the rectangular table, and everyone shook their fans to analyze a series of problems, such as the enemy's situation, the corresponding strategy, the construction of troops, combat readiness training, military-civilian relations, the collection of materials, the treatment and recovery of the wounded and sick, and so on. Staff Officer Wu sweated and recorded them one by one.

Yu Genshan: "Okay. I have said everything that needs to be said, and I hope that everyone will implement it separately and complete it as soon as possible. Does anyone have any additional comments? ”

Everyone shook their heads.

Yu Genshan: "These days, I have been pondering, what is the strategic intention of the superiors to order our regiment to be stationed in Shuihe Village? Why hasn't it been explicitly told to us? What do you guys think? Let's talk about it. ”

After pondering for a while, the crowd began to talk about it. Speaking of which, there is no general conclusion.

Outside there was the sound of a lunchtime horn.

Qiu Yun walked into the conference room and said as he walked, "Chiefs, stop for a while, it's time for lunch." ”

The county seat of Lin'an County. The headquarters of the Japanese army in the Fangjia compound. North Room of the Middle Courtyard.

Hanako, a beautiful young Japanese girl, stood inside the door of the north room, looking sadly at the gloomy sky outside the door.

The second lieutenant of the Japanese army came over, stood at the foot of the steps of the north room, bowed, and said:

"Miss Hanako, Captain Nakagawa asked me to tell you that he can't come over to have lunch with you at noon, please Miss Hanako take care of herself, and I will send someone to bring you lunch in ten minutes."

Hanako: "Why? The captain himself said he was going to have lunch with me in the morning, so why didn't he come again? Is there anything important about him that he can't get out of? ”

"Yes, the Wing Captain is meeting with an important guest, so he can't come."

"Important guests? I vaguely hear as if they were arguing about something? ”

"No, Miss Hanako, it's not an argument, they're talking about jihad."

Hanako said disdainfully, "Hmph! What is there to talk about after several years of jihad to be fought in this bad way? ”