Okamura Ninji ignored these doubtful eyes, and said to himself: "It is precisely because we have no mistake that this has become our biggest mistake!" ”

"Just imagine what the empire has experienced over the years, except for at the beginning, because we had already planned, plus we were caught off guard by the other side and let us occupy a large land in a short period of time, at the beginning, the Chinese army we encountered was either fleeing or crushing at the touch of a button, for us, the Chinese army is really very easy to defeat!"

"However, it is precisely because we have experienced too many such battles that our officers and generals and even ordinary soldiers have developed a very arrogant mentality!"

"We are very contemptuous of the troops of the Chinese army, and because of the contempt and the small price paid for each battle, we also ignore a lot of problems, but if we think about it carefully, we will find that in the past few years of fighting, there are actually big problems!"

"Since the 918 Incident, we occupied the three eastern provinces from a small loss, and then developed into our base camp, and then captured Rehe, Ludi paid a small price, and then went south, we broke through the Shanhai Pass, the Chinese army blocked us at the Great Wall, the Great Wall of Resistance, the price we paid was not very large, but the Chinese army has gradually had a tendency to react, in that battle, we lost a lot of warriors, and the Chinese army also began to resist to the death......"

"Originally, these should be our attention, but we didn't notice, we were still immersed in the excitement of achieving such a great result at a very small cost, we thought that the empire was invincible, we even thought that we could occupy the whole of China in three months, however, the final result tells us that this is just our whim!"

"But...... Sadly, we still don't recognize the reality! ”

With Okamura Ningji's complaint, those staff officers gradually calmed down, and their faces began to show a thoughtful look, and at this time, Okamura Ningji continued to tell: "Later, we invaded Songhu, Nanjing, Xuzhou, Wuhan, etc., etc., ......etc."

"Songhu Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese army invested hundreds of thousands of troops, and our army to fight, at that time the other party already had a sense of resistance, and in this battle brought us a lot of damage, although in the end we won and ended, but can not ignore that our damage is also greatly increased, but all this is the capture of Songhu and scattered, even if someone notices, it is also a problem."

"In the Battle of Nanjing, we threatened to capture the capital of the Chinese army, and in the end we did it, we thought that as long as we occupied their capital, the Chinese army would exist in name only, and there would be no longer the ability to resist, but the facts tell us that this is not the case!"

"Revenge is coming very quickly!"

"Because we captured Nanjing, and even did such a thing, contributed to the real sense of resistance and unity of China, the Battle of Xuzhou, our army and the China Army launched a decisive battle, the China Army swore to resist to the death, and hated our imperial army very much, the Dingyuan Defense Battle of the China Army, the Chuzhou Defense Battle, the Chihe Defense Battle, the Linhuai Pass Resistance Battle, the Tengxian Defense Battle, the Surprise Attack on Zou County, and the Taierzhuang Defense Battle...... Any defense battle is a very painful price for us, so that we have lost countless soldiers, among which the battle south of Xuzhou, because of the appearance of Chen Qingzhi, almost knocked our southern forces to a loss, and in the north, Chen Qingzhi sneaked up on Isoya Liansuke, resulting in Isoya Liansuke being terminated together with the headquarters! ”

"In the defense of Tengxian County, a division of the King of China, with such a poorly equipped army, dared to fight to the end of our imperial army, swore not to retreat, and even brought us nearly 10,000 losses, and in the defense of Taierzhuang, the independent brigade of the Zhina Army and the Chifeng City Department of the 31st Division also swore not to retreat, and our imperial army was firmly contained in Taierzhuang, and finally under the command of Li Zongren, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, it was annihilated......"

"In the Battle of Xuzhou, although our army won, the price paid was tens of thousands of imperial warriors, isn't this price big?"

Okamura Ninji took a deep breath and continued: "In the Battle of Wuhan, the Chinese Army showed very strong combat effectiveness, in this battle, not only did they strengthen their will to fight again, but even their weapons and equipment were greatly improved, Wanjialing won a great victory, severely damaged two divisions of our empire, and lost tens of thousands of soldiers......

"All of this, all of this bloody data in front of us, could have been a wake-up call, but sadly, we didn't really pay attention to it from the beginning to the end, or didn't really see the impact behind these rising casualty reports, and that was ...... The will to fight and the will to resist are gradually awakening, in other words, they have begun to react! They already know our dangers! ”

"It is conceivable that the Empire's actions in China will become more and more difficult in the future, if any of us see it, let the Empire prepare early, the situation will definitely improve, and the worst will not be nothing at all, however, we have not found all this! Even if I found out, I didn't pay attention to it! ”

"It is precisely because of this that ...... In this battle of Changsha, all the problems have been exposed! ”

"In this battle, our imperial army invested 100,000 troops, gathered four divisions plus other aviation and armored units to attack a Changsha, I thought it would be captured, but who would have thought that the Zhina Army only invested 300,000 troops, so that we were pinned down everywhere, restrained everywhere, and even from the beginning, we were pressed and beaten, first there was a strategic mistake, resulting in a division being annihilated by the Zhina Army, and then because of the arrogance of the base camp, our 33rd Division was completely annihilated, So much so that the 6th Division plus the 101st Division were put in crisis! ”

"All of this is because we never realized, and never realized, that the Chinese army is gradually recovering, and they are gradually becoming stronger!"

"The Chinese army is becoming stronger, and they are gradually changing their thinking, gradually changing their backward vision of war, so they are making progress...... And we, because we have always had a smooth ride, although we have never made mistakes, it is precisely because of this that we do not want to forge ahead, which leads to our failure! ”

(End of chapter)