"Weapons testing ground?"

As soon as he heard Kita's words, Umezu Mijiro asked with interest, "This statement is quite novel, so can you tell me your opinion in detail!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!"

"As we all know, the Soviets launched a large-scale military attack on the small Nordic country of Finland last winter, and although they won the final victory, they also paid a heavy price!" ”

"According to the Soviets themselves, the losses in troops were in the range of fifty thousand people. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 But according to the inferences of the book and intelligence officers, the loss of personnel is at least 400,000! ”

The deputy chief of staff in charge of intelligence work at the opposition deputy Changde headquarters also broke his silence and stood up not to be left behind, and reported aloud to Umezu Mijiro.

"What do you mean?"

Umezu Mijiro immediately became interested and asked, "Don't hide it, just say everything you want to say!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!"

Encouraged by Umezu Mijiro, the Northern Gangxiong immediately held his head high and said: "One of the most important factors why the Soviets are rich and suffer heavy casualties is that the weak but capable Finnish army uses Suomi submachine guns!" ”

The Northern Gang Xiong paused and continued: "In this war, because of the complex terrain of the battlefield, the dense forests and swamps in the cold zone, and the unfavorable factors of winter operations, it is difficult for the heavy artillery and armored units of the Soviets to find space to exert their might.

In hand-to-hand encounters and jungle battles, Soviet soldiers armed only with Mosin Nagant rifles suffered heavy losses because their individual firepower was too weak! ”

"So these Soviets learned their lesson and stepped up to invent submachine guns?"

Umezu Mijiro immediately understood what Beibu Kunio meant, and nodded thoughtfully: "Then according to your analysis, this time they are going to use the Changbai Mountains in Manchuria, where the terrain is similar to the Finnish environment, as a testing ground, and provide new weapons to the anti-union bandits, so that they can test the new weapons with actual combat?" ”

"Your Excellency the Commander is wise!"

Northern Kunio, Northern Teramachi, Ye Fuchangdeok, and even Sasaki Toichi, these officers and generals who got up to report, immediately clapped and praised Umezu Mijiro in unison.

"Flattering me doesn't have to be said again."

Thinking that he had found the crux of the problem, Umezu Mijiro's heart finally fell to the ground, and his attitude eased.

He returned to his usual modest and polite style, and smiled at several subordinates with a pleasant face: "Since everyone has found the crux of the problem, the most important thing now is that everyone should brainstorm and come up with good ways to solve these problems!" ”

"Your Excellency Commander, after learning that the anti-union bandit forces used a large number of submachine guns, he immediately conducted an in-depth investigation and understanding of the performance of this weapon!"

Vice-Chandeok, who had just fought a big defeat, was anxious to redeem his impression in the commander's mind, so he immediately raised his head and said seriously: "According to the results of the investigation of the subordinates, although the submachine gun is a weapon with high shooting speed and is very suitable for close combat and jungle warfare, its shortcomings are also very obvious!" ”

"What are the drawbacks?"

Knowing that Fu Changde had done so much homework in private, Umezu Mijiro's opinion of him gradually improved, and then asked kindly: "Vice Gun, speak out boldly about your opinions and ideas!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!"

Ye Deputy Changde immediately stood up straight in flattery, saluted respectfully, and then said boldly: "According to the humble position, the fatal flaw of the submachine gun is that the shooting accuracy is poor, the effective range is short, and it is only suitable for close combat!" ”

"That's right!"

Umezu Mijiro nodded seriously, and then then asked, "Since Novice-kun has found the fatal flaw of this weapon, have you come up with any way to defeat the enemy?" ”

"For this issue, the humble post has privately conducted in-depth research and discussion with the head of the Sasaki Division. Got a little shallow insight! ”

Ye Deputy Changde, who has been in the military and political circles for more than ten years, is well versed in the way of being an official, and will never do stupid things that are beautiful in front of others.

After a little thought, he said respectfully to Umezu Mijiro: "Sasaki is the opinion and opinion of the head of the regiment, which is far deeper than the humble position. Let the lowly person say it, I am afraid that there are things that are not detailed and unclear.

Dare to be humble, I beg your Excellency the Commander, to ask Sasaki is regimental commander! ”

"Good."

Umezu Mijiro nodded approvingly to Nobu Shotoku, then turned his head and asked Sasaki about it kindly: "Sasaki-kun, just boldly say what you think!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!"

Sasaki paused immediately, then raised his head and carefully stated to Umezu Mijiro: "Since the melee submachine guns used by the anti-union bandits are not able to equip our troops on a large scale for a while, we will simply avoid close combat and use long-range firepower to eliminate them!" ”

Umezu Mijiro immediately thought of the brilliance of this opinion, and immediately nodded again and again, smiling and approving: "I understand what you mean, that is, to give full play to the heavy firepower superiority and air and armor superiority of our artillery, heavy artillery, aviation and tank units!" As soon as the war began, we used intensive and ferocious artillery fire and overwhelming bombardment to wipe out in one fell swoop the living combat force of the anti-coalition bandits.

This is called promoting my strengths and overcoming the enemy's shortcomings. Sasaki, what a great idea! ”

"This is all the good teaching of His Excellency the Commander!"

Sasaki bowed his head humbly as soon as he arrived.

"Your Excellency, Commander, I humble my opinion that the mere use of aviation forces in support of ground operations is far from sufficient!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lieutenant General Saburo Ando, commander of the aviation regiment attending the meeting, immediately stood up and made a serious suggestion: "The power of the air force lies in seizing air supremacy, taking advantage of air superiority to make long-distance attacks, making surprise attacks, and destroying the enemy's logistics base and command center in one fell swoop with sudden and indiscriminate bombardment!" ”

"Ando-kun, are you going to promote your air supremacy theory of plagiarism from Italian Duhei here?"

Michiichi Sasaki, who was not interested in the aviation forces, immediately mocked: "This kind of theory is not necessarily practical. In the end, it is the ground forces that will decide the success or failure of the war! ”

"Whether it's plagiarism or borrowing, I think Du Hei's theory of air supremacy is very correct!"

Saburo Ando immediately said with a straight face: "The plane is fast, the combat radius is large, and the strike capability is strong!"

His appearance made the impact of the war not limited to, within the maximum range of artillery, strikes on the enemy's population and economic facilities, can seriously damage or even destroy the enemy's logistical supply and social order, and destroy the enemy's war potential to the maximum!

All the wars since the First World War have fully proved this! ”

"Alright, this is the battle room!"

Seeing the two very capable generals arguing in public, Umezu Mijiro couldn't help but frown secretly.

But on his face, he still smiled modestly and said, "This is not the place for you to discuss military theories. If we want to discuss military theory, we can hold a special seminar on military theory! ”

The commander spoke, and Saburo Ando and Sasaki glanced at each other unconvinced, and then sat down together on the chairs at the conference table.

"I think Lieutenant General Saburo Ando's proposal just now is very good."

Seeing that Sasaki and Saburo Ando were both seated, Umezu Mijiro said with a pleasant face: "Whether it is from the blitzkrieg launched by our German allies in the European theater, or from the summary of the actual combat experience of our operations in the Kannai.

Whether it is to support ground battlefield operations, or to carry out long-range running and bombing operations on the enemy's rear. The aviation forces have shown great power and achieved great results! ”

Speaking of this, Umezu Mijiro made a serious decision: "This big crusade is different from the past, we must increase our efforts to destroy Yang Jingyu's troops in one fell swoop!" Therefore, I have decided that the 12th Flying Regiment directly under the Headquarters, as well as the 1st and 11th Combat Regiments under its jurisdiction, will immediately transfer to the airfields of Tonghua and Jilin to actively cooperate with the 10th Division and other combat units in their crusade operations! ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!"

Saburo Ando immediately stood up and accepted the task.

"The two heavy artillery wings stationed in Muling and Dongning, as well as the first independent artillery wing directly under the military headquarters, should also be mobilized to the Tonghua front line as soon as possible to participate in this crusade!"

Umezu Mijiro then said to the artillery commander: "As soon as the battle starts, you must use the most ferocious artillery fire to destroy the enemy's living resistance as quickly as possible, and clear the way for the infantry to attack!" ”

Seeing that Ye Deputy Changde had regained the commander's appreciation, Bei Temao immediately stood up and reported: "Your Excellency, the source of weapons for the anti-union bandits is the Soviet Union, and while exterminating them, we should also strengthen our vigilance against the Soviet Union and completely cut off the way for the Soviet Union to support and support them!" ”

"You have a point!"

Umezu Mijiro nodded and said, "Do you have any good ways to deal with this matter?" ”

"My method is: immediately strengthen the border garrison and vigilance on the front line of Tumen Hunchun, focus on monitoring the Belarusian immigrants in this area, arrest and shoot all suspicious elements if necessary, and completely cut off their contact!"

"In this way, I'm afraid it will irritate the Soviets!"

The Northern Gangxiong immediately questioned: "Your Excellency, you have just reached a ceasefire with the Soviets, and we have not yet formally reached a ceasefire agreement, so I am afraid it is not appropriate to eat them now." Think again! ”

"Don't worry about them."

Umezu Mijiro thought carefully for a moment, and then said seriously: "What we take care of, they are also scruples!" Now the Western Front in Europe is being fought lively, Moscow's sight is in the west, and in the Far East, they will only exercise restraint! ”

As he spoke, Umezu Mijiro led his subordinates to the battle map and gave a serious battle order.

"I ordered the 28th Division under Lieutenant General Shi Zhen to immediately go to the front line of Hunchun Tumen, fully cooperate with the local garrison and the Manchurian army and police forces, crusade against the remnants of Zhou Weizhong's bandits, and closely monitor the Soviet-Manchurian border. Sasaki and Ye Deputy Changde immediately rushed to Tonghua, with the 10th Division as the main force, the 12th Flying Regiment directly under the headquarters, the Leng Dongning Artillery Wing, and the 1st Independent Artillery Wing under the Headquarters, as well as the 2nd and 6th Independent Garrison Teams, gathered a large army, surrounded by heavy troops, and quickly eliminated Yang Jingyu's gang with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai! ”