Volume 1: Inner Mongolia Fengyun] Chapter 441: Zhangjiakou Offensive and Defensive Battle (1) -

Chapter 441: Zhangjiakou Offensive and Defensive Battle (1)

The news of the total annihilation of the 33rd Division has been confirmed, and the entire Chinese dispatch army was in an uproar, what the hell is going on, even if the military strength of the Great Japanese Empire has decreased a lot in recent years, but it has not reached the point of letting the people of China casually annihilate an infantry division. Not to mention that the 33rd Division has 13,400 people, including about 4,000 veterans of more than three years of military age, even 14,000 pigs are not something that the army can kill in a day. The call for a thorough investigation of the truth suddenly intensified throughout the Chinese Dispatch Army, and the straight General Nishio Toshizo had to order Tada Jun to immediately report the detailed situation to the Dispatch Army Headquarters.

Tada Jun also knew that it was no wonder that General Nishio Shouzo was angry, this time in order to completely solve the threat of the Inner M-Ng Ancient Military Region to the Pingjin area, the Japanese army base camp suddenly dispatched four newly formed divisions to the entire North China Front Army, and left three field divisions that were originally to be transferred to South China and returned to China for demobilization also left in North China, and more than 300,000 troops attacked the Inner M-Ng Ancient Military Region but let people wipe out an infantry division with a slap, not to mention that the commander of his front army rushed to his face with a hot face, Even Senior General Nishio Toshizo, the supreme commander of the Chinese Dispatch Army, is inextricably linked.

Since it was his current boss who asked, so Tian Jun didn't dare to hide it, after all, there was really no way to hide such a big thing as an infantry division and another infantry wing being eaten by others, and he also brought a few infantry groups of the Imperial Cooperative Army to others. Therefore, Tada Jun reported the details of the destruction of the 33rd Division to the Chinese Dispatch Army Headquarters, but due to the suddenness of the incident, Lieutenant General Gampa Shigetaro did not expect the 33rd Division to be destroyed so quickly, so he did not report the information from the front line to the Front Army Headquarters in time, so Tada Jun himself did not know much.

However, before Gampa Shigetaro was about to lead his troops to launch a decisive charge against the squadron, he sent a "farewell telegram" to Tada Jun, in which it was mentioned that the squadron was equipped with a very large caliber and powerful artillery, which was not much more powerful than the naval guns used by the main warships such as the Imperial destroyers. Moreover, the people of China have at least 50 m-n such heavy artillery, and the county seat of Weixian County was used by the squadron to collapse the city wall with this kind of heavy artillery, hoping that Tada Jun would attract attention, so Tada Jun, who was not clear about the specific battle situation, attributed the destruction of the 33rd Division to the "giant heavy artillery" cluster newly installed by the squadron.

When Tada Jun's self-defense and statement report was sent to Nanjing, there was another uproar at the headquarters of the entire Chinese Dispatch Army, whether the team really had such a large-caliber giant cannon or was this just a big lie made up by Tada Jun in order to evade responsibility, after discussion, the controversy about the use of large-caliber giant artillery by the squadron was divided into two factions, one was that the squadron did have a large number of heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 300mm, and the 33rd Division was annihilated by the squadron in such a short period of time, which is ironclad evidence. It's a fact that no one can change.

On the other hand, on the contrary, they believe that the so-called cannon theory is actually a big oolong made up by all the officers of the entire North China Front Army headed by Tada Jun in order to evade responsibility, and the reason of the supporters of this school of view is that neither the southwest region controlled by the national government nor the Saibei region controlled by the ** government does not have the ability to produce field heavy artillery or coastal defense artillery with a caliber of more than 300 mm, and it is also a heavy artillery that can move freely. First of all, China's current steel output is only about 1,000 tons, and it is all controlled by the Nationalist Government, even if Han Yunhua's department initially established its own industrial system in the Baotou area, but the steel produced will not be too much. In addition, with the current industrial production capacity of China, it is not possible to produce such a dense weapon, especially the shells that require large machine piercing, in fact, cannons can be produced from inferior steel, but artillery shells cannot. In addition, supporters of this faction cited many reasons why China did not yet have the ability to produce heavy artillery, so they did not approve of Tada's telegram, believing that it was just a big lie made up by the entire North China Front Army collectively, including Seishiro Itagaki, who is currently the chief of the General Staff of the Chinese Dispatch Army.

As the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Dispatch Army, Senior General Nishio Shouzo was also not easy to decide, and after soliciting the opinions of some high-ranking officers, he decided to send a field observation group composed of middle and high-ranking officers from the headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army to the North China battlefield to conduct jiāo-liu study.

After receiving the telegram order from General Nishio Shouzo, Tada Jun smiled bitterly, this Nishio is really a difficult person, isn't this the entire North China Front army roasted on the fire. Now that the front army has just suffered a major defeat, the momentum of the whole army is extremely low, and now not only the troops in the direction of the deer have all withdrawn from the non-security zone that they occupied before. Even the troops on the Zhangjiakou front hurriedly retreated 20 kilometers, and only the few divisions and regiments used to attack the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region did not suffer major losses, and there was still strength left for the offensive.

Now that this field observation group sent by China is coming, then it must fight a beautiful victory, otherwise he, the commander of the North China Front, may come to an end. Although Tada Jun does not care about the position of commander, he prefers himself more as a politician than as a general. He had always been a decision-maker in the center of the empire, but he was kicked into China because of his feud with Tojo's senior soldier. But Tada Jun is also a person who seeks jīng, he is extremely strict with himself, either he has to do something or make a result, and he has a lot of similarities with Han Yunhua in this regard.

Therefore, Tada Jun doesn't want to leave any regrets in North China, and he doesn't want to leave an indelible stain on his life like Shouichi Terauchi or Binshan Yuan. What kind of person is he Tada, he is a dignified army general of the Japanese Empire, and if he is helpless to deal with a few branches and eight roads, then there will be and development in the future, how can he show his ambitions and ideals on the political stage of the empire.

Although this field observation mission sent by China this time has put a lot of pressure on the entire North China Front, in Tadajun's view, this is not another opportunity. For the officers and men of the entire North China Front Army, it was a great shame to be questioned by the higher-level headquarters M-N, and it was even more unacceptable than losing the battle. Shameful and courageous, I believe that with the existence of this field observation group, even if the officers don't say anything, as long as the news is leaked out, the troops on the front line will burst out with a combat strength of 200.

However, in Tada's opinion, even if this is the case, it should be planned carefully in case something happens. Therefore, soon a meeting was held in Beiping on how to deal with the field observation group of the Chinese army, which was attended by Wang Kemin, Qi Yuan, and other Han men in addition to some senior officers of the North China Front.

"This is the case, our North China Front has received many doubts, so this time this field observation group is not really here to study with the front army, this is from His Majesty the Emperor to His Excellency Commander Nishio has doubts about the combat effectiveness of the front army, so this time we must leave a good image for these audiences, and everyone should talk about their own opinions." As the supreme leader of the meeting, Tada Jun first briefly explained to all the participants the problems that the North China Front is now facing, and then asked these high-ranking officers and big politicians to express their views and views.

Tada Jun didn't hide it either, he knew he wanted this ... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］