"The two generals, I humble my opinion, General Muto's decision is correct." Just when Ryokari was hesitating, Okamura Ninji, who had been pondering, suddenly spoke.

Koiso Kuniaki looked at Okamura Ninji with a little dissatisfaction, and said, "Okamura-kun, what are you talking about?" How could Muto's decision be the right one? Are you also greedy for life and afraid of death, and advocate giving up? ”

Okamura Ninji was not afraid to meet Koiso Kuniaki's gaze, and said: "Sir, the humble position is just seeking truth from facts, as an emperor [***] person, I will never be willing to give up any inch of land easily, if I can, I can even defend it with my life."

I always think about opening up territory and expanding our living space for the empire, for the emperor, and for the entire Yamato nation.

But all this has to be based on reason, and if we are blindly impulsive, we will only cause incalculable damage.

Since the beginning of the Manchurian Incident, the empire has lost more than 300,000 troops in Manchuria, and the veterans of the 17 divisions and regiments in active service have almost been exhausted.

It is no exaggeration to say that the combat effectiveness of our army has dropped by a whole level.

Now that the Northeast New Army led by Zhang Xinghan has risen, and the situation in Northeast China has eroded to the point of no return, it is undoubtedly the most correct choice to temporarily abandon Dalian and preserve our precious vital forces.

Because the land is gone, it can be grabbed again, weapons and ammunition can be reproduced, and food is gone, but if there are no elite veterans with combat experience, there are no more.

That would be irreparably grave loss. ”

After speaking, Okamura Ninji said to Ryokaraka: "Your Excellency, the Chinese have a saying called "Come to the square, leave the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, what we need to do now is not to compete with the Northeast New Army for a while" in this extremely unfavorable situation.

We must preserve our vitality as much as possible, wait for the empire to recover its vitality, and develop more advanced technology and weapons, and then take revenge, as the so-called gentleman is not too late to take revenge for ten years.

In this way, we will also have the opportunity to study the combat style and weaknesses of the Northeast New Army, so as to formulate a-for-tat battle plan, and only in this way can we regain the prestige of our Imperial Army! ”

Hishikari Takashi fell into a deep hesitation, instinctively telling him that what Okamura Ninji said was very reasonable.

However, he didn't even see the shadow of the Northeast New Army, so he gave up Dalian and retreated to the isolated island, which seemed to be a little unwilling.

Takashi Hishikari is still like this, and he is arrogant and eager to show more mentality than his classmates Sugiyama Mototo, and Koiso Kuniaaki, who is the strongest in the six hata tomalies.

In particular, his old classmate Shunroku Hata was defeated in Shenyang and committed suicide by seppuku.

On the one hand, he wanted to avenge his old classmates, and on the other hand, he also wanted to prove to everyone that his military command ability was far stronger than theirs because his grades in the military academy were not as good as those of his classmates.

Therefore, seeing that Ryokari was hesitant, Koiso Kuniaki immediately gave him a dose of fierce medicine.

"General, have you forgotten the orders given to us by the base camp? The Army Department has withstood tremendous pressure this time, and we must hold Dalian, otherwise we will fall into an extremely passive situation in the base camp in the future.

The Navy will even use this to criticize our army for its incompetence, and you know what I mean, General? ”

Ryokari Takashi's eyes tightened, and he looked at Koiso Kuniaki with a complicated gaze.

There are many factions within the national political axe, so why is this not the case for me?

It's just that my faction is divided into the navy and the army, and when they really encounter something that burns their eyebrows, they will still cooperate with each other to fight.

At least the orders of the top will be carried out to the end, this is the advantage of the strict hierarchy of the army, no matter what kind of orders are carried out, there will be no discount.

Under the specific subdivision, the factions within the army are divided into the imperial faction and the control faction.

These two factions have been fighting openly and secretly for many years, and the March Incident is the masterpiece of the young officers of the Imperial Sect.

Koiso Kuniaki and Okamura Ninji both belonged to the Imperial Road faction, while the main officials of the Ministry of the Navy were led by the Unification faction.

So although Koiso Kuniaki didn't finish his words, Takashi Hishikari fully understood the meaning.

In a word, if the Kwantung Army under the jurisdiction of the army really lost even the last base, the Liaodong Peninsula.

That would make the Army's position in the base camp more passive and low.

The unification faction will have the upper hand, and the imperial faction brainwashed by militarist ideology will transform the country with the aim of launching a military war of aggression, and the plan to dominate the world will be postponed indefinitely, or even cut in half.

This is something that the members of the Imperial Dao Sect would never want to see.

Originally, because it was an island country, the navy was more important than the army, and most of the military budget and strategic resources were given priority to the navy.

If the army continues to languish like this, the consequences will be something that Koiso Kuniaki and other radicals of the imperial sect absolutely do not want to see.

If he could have Okamura Ninji's cool head and foresight, perhaps he would be able to endure a momentary loss of momentum and agree to withdraw his troops for the sake of the overall situation.

It's a pity that he is not Okamura Ninji, and his strategic vision is destined not to be compared with Okamura Ninji.

It's just that such a person is still standing in the position of Okamura Ningji's superior, so when he saw that Ryokari Takashi seemed to be moved, Okamura Ningji sighed in a low voice without a trace.

He knew that most of the 140,000 imperial troops were going to be finished.

Sure enough, after pondering for a long time, Ryokari finally made up his mind and said awe-inspiringly: "What Chief of Staff Xiaoiso said is reasonable, we can't run away without a fight, and we can't let Dalian be lost from our hands like this."

However, as a precaution, Deputy Chief of Staff Okamura's suggestion had to be considered, so when he turned around, he ordered the convoy to dock as far as possible near the Tokiyama Islands as much as possible to prepare for an emergency. ”

Okamura knew that he was powerless to change this decision, so he nodded slightly.

………………………… Dalian, the headquarters of the Kwantung Army of the invasion of China.

Toranosuke Hashimoto walked in with a sad face and a message in his hand.

"Hashimoto-kun, what's wrong with you?" Muto Nobuyoshi asked with a bad premonition in his heart.

"General, Commander Ryokari has called, he does not agree with our decision to abandon Dalian, and in the name of the new commander, he also ordered us not to evacuate without authorization, and wait for him to come and take over the command!" Toranosuke Hashimoto said in a heavy tone.

"What?" Muto Nobuyoshi was shocked when he heard this, and turned his head to look at Ishihara Waner.

only to find that Ishihara's face became quite ugly, and almost popped out of his teeth with a frustrated words: "It's over, the Kwantung Army is completely finished......"

……………… Gaizhou City, the headquarters of the 1st Division of Reading Force.

Niu Erzhu, who was dressed in military uniform, walked in and saluted the division commander Huang Xiansheng and said, "Division, the assault troops are all ready." ”

"Well, that's good." Huang Xiansheng nodded happily and said: "Wafangdian is close to Pulandian, which is the only place to attack Dalian, your task is to run 90 kilometers overnight, attack Wafangdian, seize an advance base for the main force of our army, and then hold it, do you understand?" ”

"Understood!" Niu Erzhu stepped forward.

"Okay, let's go, the tank regiment belongs to you, don't let me down, the honor of our Reading Force 1st Division is all in your hands." Huang Xiansheng patted him on the shoulder meaningfully and said.

"Yes! Please rest assured, we promise to complete the task, and we will never be embarrassed by the 1st Division of Reading Power, and the glory will always belong to our 1st Division! Niu Erzhu saluted and turned around and was ordered to leave.

Out of the division headquarters, Niu Erzhu led his infantry regiment and tank regiment to form a night assault force, and quickly assaulted along the railway line in the direction of Wafangdian.

At the same time, Ryokari had already led reinforcements into the sea less than fifty nautical miles from Dalian, and closer to the Changshan Islands.

Okamura Ninji, who had already left, suddenly went and returned.

"Okamura-kun, is there something going on?" Ryokara, who just wanted to sleep for a while, put on his military uniform and asked with sleepy eyes.

"Your Excellency, General, I have a suggestion." Okamura Ninji Road.

"Suggestion, if you give up Dalian, don't say it anymore." Hishikari said without thinking.

"No, Your Excellency General, now there are more than 100,000 imperial troops gathered in the area from Dalian to Pulandian, Wafangdian.

If we land from Dalian again, is it a bit of a superfluous move? After all, this will not directly help the situation of the war. Ishihara said something in a meaningful way.

"What do you mean?" Hishikari looked at him puzzled.

Okamura Ninji walked towards the map on the conference table, and Takashi Hishikari followed in confusion.

Coming to the map, Okamura Ninji looked up at Ryokarataka, pointed to the map and said, "General, the distance from Yingkou to Dalian is nearly five hundred miles.

At such a long distance, if we suddenly land at Yingkou when the main force of the Zhina Army is attacking Dalian, and recapture Yingkou in one fell swoop under the cover of the firepower of the naval escort fleet, then the attacking force of the Zhina Army will be cut into two sections by us.

The general then ordered the 100,000 imperial troops in Dalian to attack on all fronts and concentrate superior forces to encircle and annihilate the Chinese army that broke through into the peninsula. ”

Okamura Ninji's words lit up Ryokari Takashi's eyes, and he admired Okamura Ninji a little in his heart, and said vaguely worriedly: "Okamura-kun, I couldn't hold the camp with 30,000 defenders of the Kwantung Army before, can our 40,000 horses hold it?" If you can't hold the camp entrance, it is very likely that you will be eaten by the people of China in turn. ”

"General, the final defense is actually an offense, after we capture Yingkou, we don't have to defend Yingkou to the death, 40,000 troops are enough for us to counterattack Haicheng, Liaoyang and other places.

The main forces of the Chinese army are on the front line, and the rear is extremely empty, as long as we are fast enough and use tactics properly, we can still win in danger.

You must know that not every general of the Chinese army has superb adaptability.

Once the rear is captured by us, they will definitely fall into the panic of the enemy on their backs, and the imperial army will be able to defeat them with 100,000 superior forces! Okamura said confidently.

(To be continued)