Chapter 304: The Old and the New
Today was destined to be an extraordinary day for all the Japanese officers and soldiers in Jindong City, as the old commander Noda was announced to be removed from his post and replaced by Yosuke Takeda, who had suffered a setback in the battle in Shanghai. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Yosuke Takeda mentioned earlier, with the rank of lieutenant general, at the age of forty-six, he served as the deputy chief of staff of the General Staff Headquarters of the Japanese Command, and was an outstanding military commander. The 128 Incident (the Second Shanghai Incident) from January 28 to March 3, 1932 was won under the direct command of Yosuke Takeda.
Of course, the above information has become history, because of the appearance of Wang Liang, Yosuke Takeda, who should have been smooth sailing in his career, suffered an unprecedented blow.
Because of the defeat in the battle in Shanghai (of course, this is the Japanese base camp's statement), Takeda was punished.
Shanghai's armament was arranged by Wang Liang, and many of the modern military knowledge was used, and the most advanced equipment was invented for the national army. Tof's chicken. Tail wine (burning. flask), the nemesis of tanks in street fights.
This caused a headache for Takeda, who was the commander-in-chief of the operation against Shanghai, and the losses of the Japanese army in the course of the three-month operation against Shanghai were extremely heavy.
Originally, the historical record was that **** participated in the war with 800,000 people, the Japanese army participated in the war with 300,000 people, and the casualties were about 300,000 Chinese casualties, and Japan unilaterally announced more than 40,000 casualties.
However, after Wang Liang's toss, the Japanese army's strength soared to 400,000, and countless tanks, planes, artillery, and infantry vehicles were invested, and the final casualty figure must have exceeded 40,000.
Tanks alone were reimbursed for thousands, which has to be said to be the credit of cocktails.
In the face of such huge losses, as well as the of occupying China for three months at the beginning, the Japanese base camp was extremely annoyed, and the first to pursue it was the direct commander Yosuke Takeda.
After many mediations, the final decision was to dismiss Yosuke Takeda from all his posts as commander of the Shanghai operation, demote his military rank from lieutenant general to major general, and arrange for him to serve as commander in Shanxi.
Replacing Noda, who made a huge mistake in Shanxi, Noda has also been concerned by the base camp for a long time, for the same reason as Yosuke Takeda, who thinks of combat strength.
Compared to the large-scale battle played by Yosuke Takeda, Noda's loss is nothing, but what really makes the base camp angry is that Noda is the local commander of Shanxi, and Shanxi is the rear, how can there be such a big loss.
Five or six hundred soldiers was not a small number, and it happened that Noda was not too young, so the base camp dismissed him from his post and let him go back to Japan to retire.
"Noda-kun, when I first arrived in Jindong City, I don't know much about the situation here, I hope you can help me get familiar with the environment here as soon as possible and start working." Yosuke Takeda looked at the old man sitting in front of him, and he had a feeling of sympathy, which was also unwilling.
If these two people knew that the culprit of their disappointment was the same person, their expressions would be strange.
At this time, although Takeda was still wearing a military uniform, his military rank and seniority badge had been removed, and without these two things to prove his identity, the military uniform lost its original majesty and solemnity.
The Japanese army had an unwritten rule that as long as an officer was not at the rank of general, his rank and seniority badge would be withdrawn after discharge, and Noda could not avoid this rule.
"Zhutian-kun, I'm afraid I can't help you, you see my current identity, I'm already an ordinary citizen, what's the matter with staying here? Besides, I also figured out that this war has made me lose a lot, and I have not fulfilled my duties as a husband and as a father. I don't want to get involved in anything now, I just want to go back to Tokyo and my relatives to make up for my mistakes to the greatest extent. A few days of thinking also made Noda realize a lot of things, and he also saw that his age was indeed no longer suitable for fighting, and maybe taking off his military uniform was a good choice.
So he was not in the mood to stay in Jindong anymore and interfere in these affairs that had nothing to do with him.
Seeing that Noda had already said this, Yosuke Takeda didn't want to say anything more, so he had to respect his decision.
To be honest, Takeda also felt a little tired, but this tiredness was just swept away, and the next was more of a spur, and the huge ambition made him can't wait to take over the work here, make a little achievement, and strive to be recognized by the base camp as soon as possible and return to his original post.
To be honest, the position of brigade commander is really not uncommon for him, and it is a bit unworthy of mentioning it if he wants to compare it to the commander of the front army who has recently served as before.
Seeing off Noda, who was like an arrow, Takeda first gathered the officers together for a meeting.
And just before this meeting, a man came to his office and said something that interested Takeda very much.
"Are you telling you accurate?" Takeda stared incredulously at the officer standing in front of him, this subordinate of his own, and as soon as he entered the door, he told himself a huge amount of information.
"Your Excellency General, after verification by my team, it has been confirmed that it is the arsenal of the Eighth Route Army, and in that area, there is also a hospital and a service field, and a total of two companies of the Eighth Route Army serve as guards." Togo replied in the affirmative.
After a few days, Dongxiang obtained a lot of confidential information from the man who successfully rebelled, including the specific location of the Eighth Route Army's base arsenal and the number of guard troops.
Togo knew that the new commander wanted to make some achievements, and he wanted to go further in his position, so he couldn't wait to find Takeda and report the information to him.
It is believed that after the destruction of the arsenal of the Eighth Route Army, the troops of the Imperial Japanese Empire stationed in Jindongcheng will be rewarded for this, isn't this exactly what the new commander wants to see?
With this idea, Togo came to the commander's office, and he thought that this matter should be done sooner rather than later, and it was better to do it today, so as to save long nights and dreams.
"Your source of information?" Takeda swallowed his saliva, indeed, he was very moved, this was a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions.
But experience has taught him that he must be very sure before he does it, and nothing can go wrong.
"Your Excellency General, a few days ago, my people arrested a Communist Party that we have been monitoring for a long time, this person is a cadre, and after interrogation, he confessed a lot of things. Including the matter of this arsenal, it is also the information he provided to us. Togo replied.
(To be continued.) )