As I said before, the Hunan-Jiangxi-Hubei region is an important granary and soldier for the defenders, and Changsha is an important node in Hunan, Jiangxi, and Hubei, and the geographical location bears the brunt.

In such an unusually protracted war, not to mention the strength of one-twelfth of the elusive, even a little bit of strength is very precious, and Changsha absolutely cannot afford to lose.

As for the Japanese army, as long as they get Changsha and complete their strategic intentions, not to mention, they can also briefly suppress the war potential of the defenders and suppress their will to resist, and after completing this strategy, they can provide them with a lot of experience in future operations against China.

Yes, no matter who it is, Changsha, must be won!

And under such circumstances, how could the Japanese army not make a move at this moment when the defenders were in full swing of preparations?

……

Headquarters of the Central China Front of the Japanese Army, Operational Conference Room.

As the commander of Central China, although Okamura Ninji has just taken office, it stands to reason that the most important thing for a new official to take office is to be proud of the spring breeze, but Okamura Ninji is not.

Whether it was from or since taking office, he has not been very happy in his heart.

When he became the commander of the Central China Front, first of all, his position was to replace his close friend, and secondly, on the day he took office, his best friend was assassinated when he returned to China, how could he accept such a result?

Although Okamura Ninji became the commander, he has been holding his breath in his heart!

Avenge your friends!

And in this Battle of Changsha, he became the commander-in-chief of the campaign, leading several divisions to attack otherwise, and in Okamura Ningji's heart, capturing Changsha is a small matter, and the biggest task is to kill Chen Qingzhi!

Okamura Ningji is not a person who cheats for personal gain, and he will not abolish the public for personal gain, but this time, Okamura Ningji can give up attacking Changsha in order to kill Chen Qingzhi!

This is because in his heart, Chen Qingzhi's harm to the empire is greater than taking Changsha!

Yes!

In Okamura Ninji's heart, that's what he thinks!

In his opinion, Chen Qingzhi's existence was an eternal scourge for their empire!

From the past two years, looking at these things that Chen Qingzhi has done, it can be seen how much damage Chen Qingzhi has brought to their empire, and the division commanders have been killed by him, and these division commanders are the most promising people in the empire so far!

But such a future star of the empire was all lost in the hands of Chen Qingzhi!

How can this be endured?

If Chen Qing is not eliminated for a day, for the empire, there will be no peace!

Therefore, although Okamura Ninji was on the phone with His Excellency Umezu Mijiro, the commander of the Kwantung Army, he still expressed his opinion very clearly.

"Your Excellency, Commander, I know what you think, but in my opinion, although the capture of Changsha is important, the most important thing is not the gains and losses of this city or place!" Okamura Ninji said in a deep voice.

"Oh?" Hearing this, Umezu Mijiro, who was on the other side of the phone, couldn't help but ask, "Does Okamura-kun have another opinion?" ”

"Not bad!" Okamura Ninji said: "Now that our imperial army has taken most of the country, our front has been extended to the point where we are about to become unsustainable!" In my opinion, our most important goal is to stabilize the current front, and at the same time weaken the strength of the Chinese army as much as possible, and when their strength weakens to a certain stage, we can take advantage of the situation to launch a full-scale attack, at which time, the Chinese army will be completely unable to resist! ”

"And before that, all we should do is eliminate those who pose a great threat to our empire! For example, in this Battle of Changsha, the independent regiment stationed around Changsha and the head of the independent regiment, Chen Qingzhi! ”

When Okamura Ninji said this, his face was solemn, and even his voice became a little cautious.

After hearing Okamura Ninji's words, Umezu Mijiro immediately became solemn, and he immediately realized that this matter was not simple!

Chen Qingzhi is a person he knows has brought a lot of damage to the empire, but ...... Is Chen Qingzhi as Okamura Ningji said, so important that even Changsha can't compare to it?

Umezu Mijiro is a little skeptical!

But Okamura Ninji's suggestion had to be listened to, and it was Umezu Mijiro who thought about it carefully, and then said: "In that case, then please tell me your opinion!" ”

"Your Excellency, Commander, just imagine!" Okamura Ninji organized the language, he knew that this was the best time for him to impress the commander of the Kwantung Army, and the last opportunity, because he attached great importance to it, and immediately said with full attention: "We first noticed that Chen Qingzhi was on the battlefield of Nanjing, when the imperial side had just captured Nanjing, this was obviously a perfect victory, but who would have thought ...... Unexpectedly, when the Chinese army was retreating, when we captured Nanjing, this Chen Qingzhi got the opportunity to kill our Sixth Division, General Gu Shoufu, which undoubtedly cast a thick shadow on our results! ”

"At that time, our side attached great importance to it, and even His Excellency Matsui Shigen, who was the commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army at the time, asked that he be arrested, at that time, we thought that this Chen Qingzhi would definitely not be able to escape, after all, anyone who dared to challenge the majesty of our empire was dead by now!"

"But no one thought that this Chen Qingzhi not only did not die, but also survived the Nanjing battlefield alive, and later he was favored by the government of China, since then, whenever the empire and China will fight, and this Chen Qingzhi will participate in the war, our army will be damaged to varying degrees, and will lose a division commander!"

"In the Battle of Xuzhou, we lost His Excellency Ryosuke Isoya, and in the Battle of Wuhan, although he did not participate in the battle, he then attacked with potential, killing all the senior officers of the Third Division, and then the Third Division retaliated, but the entire division was trapped in Changsha and the whole army was annihilated! Looking at all the battles of Chen Qingzhi in the past two years, every unit in our empire that has dealt with the independent regiment has either suffered heavy losses or has been completely annihilated, how can we ignore such a person? ”

Okamura Ningji said in a deep voice: "Now the post team he cultivated has assassinated senior officers of our imperial army everywhere, some time ago, the former commander of the Central China Front Army died in his hands, and this person is now just a regiment commander, but now it has become a big problem for our empire, if it is not removed, once Chen Qingzhi becomes the commander of the branch of the branch, or even the army commander, or even the commander of the group army, the commander of the theater, the time will ...... How can our empire be curry favor in his hands? ”

(End of chapter)