The third part of the Bloody War of Resistance, Chapter 9, Rushing, Section 1, Bow Pull

The requirements of Ligao Zhisuke are not high, with the current shortage of materials, it will go to 50,000 tons at once, and 20,000 tons per month in the future, which can only be described as a lion's big mouth.

"The first 50,000 tons can be satisfied, but 20,000 tons per month in the future is impossible, at most..." Sugiyama Yuan calculated in his heart, and before he could speak, Qin Yan Saburo, the deputy chief of staff, said: "Six thousand tons, not more than six thousand tons." ”

"Then, the Mongolian Front Army is not counted." Tatsunosuke began to bargain in front of the cabinet.

"No, the Mongolian Front is still supported by the North China Dispatch Army." Qin Yan Saburo refused without the slightest hesitation, the consumption of materials on each battlefield was huge, and the North China Dispatch Army was relatively better, and now the focus was on keeping Jiangnan, Burma and Nanyang.

"Then it can't be less than 10,000," Ligao Zhisuke gave half of it: "The Mongolian Front Army has 80,000 troops, and they are facing more than 100,000 Soviet and Mongolian troops, with a broad battle front, and 5,000 tons of materials are missing, so it is impossible to guarantee the operation. ”

"We have brave soldiers." Sugiyama Motomoto indifferently interrupted Tachitakanosuke, the development of anti-tank weapons had been valued after the counterattack in Yucheng, but with the rare appearance of tanks in the eastern battlefield in recent years, the study of anti-tank weapons has not been so important, but now more and more intelligence shows that China is training mechanized troops, the Fifth Army in the Northern Hubei Campaign first appeared to conquer the mountain, in the face of the roaring Chinese tanks, the Japanese army has no effective way at all.

When Sugiyama Yuan spoke, Kimura Hyotaro gave Qin Yan Saburo an unobtrusive look, and Qin Yan Saburo immediately spoke: "Okay, the staff headquarters can coordinate and provide 10,000 tons of supplies for North China every month." ”

"How do you coordinate?" Ishihara immediately asked: "In addition to supplies, there are also troops, North China currently needs to increase troops, where do these troops come from?" ”

Ishihara has not been in office for a long time, he may not be very clear about the materials, but he is very familiar with the distribution of troops, the strength of the various fronts is extremely tight, this time the troops supporting Jiangnan are drawn from the Nanyang and Soviet Russian battlefields, after the transfer of these troops, the Nanyang and Soviet Russian battlefields can no longer be transferred troops, the domestic 600,000 troops can not be moved, this is already the minimum number of troops needed to defend the homeland.

"Tune from the local area." Qin Yan Saburo immediately replied: "The General Staff Headquarters once calculated that at least 800,000 troops are needed to defend the homeland, but now that the war is still far from the homeland, we have time to recruit new soldiers. ”

Ishihara sneered: "Yes, the mainland actually does not need defense, to be precise, there is no need for army defense, if the navy fails, Japan will no longer have the ability to fight, the transfer of troops from the mainland can be established, and it can be transferred more, at least 300,000 troops can be transferred abroad." ”

Ishihara's words were full of irony, but no one answered, although it was difficult to hear, but it was the truth, Japan was surrounded by the sea, lacked resources, and if the navy failed, the Allies could blow up the Japanese archipelago with their air force alone.

"The admirals will not fail to live up to Your Majesty's trust," Shigetaro Shimada said coldly, "and we are confident that we will defeat any attack on the absolute defense circle." ”

Ishihara also stared at him coldly: "What to defeat the American fleet?" Have you estimated the ship-building capabilities of the United States? How many warships have been added to the Navy from the beginning of the war to the present? How many did the Americans add? ”

"If you follow your point of view, we should now lay down our arms and surrender" Sugiyama Mototo, furious, slapped his hands heavily: "Wars are fought by people, by will, not by weapons"

"War is fought by people, but the premise is that it must be built under the correct judgment and under the guidance of the correct strategy," Ishihara said solemnly: "The navy needs more materials, because coastal defense is related to the foundation of the empire, shrink the defense line, save materials, and meet the needs of the navy as much as possible." ”

"Abandoning Jiangnan, it seems that we have lost a large piece of territory, but have you ever thought about it, how many troops do you need to hold Jiangnan? China has a long coastline, Jiangnan is its core area, our army can raid Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing at any time, I have estimated, China must leave at least 500,000 troops, in order to ensure the safety of Jiangnan, this decisive battle in North China will be of great help. ”

"Secondly, abandon Shanxi, Shanxi is the most complicated area in China, the GC army, the Jin army, the central army, the three forces are entangled, once the imperial army withdraws, they will inevitably compete for the territory of Shanxi, and their so-called united front will have cracks and fall into internal strife."

"Shanxi is a beautiful place in the world, and losing Shanxi is equivalent to losing control of North China." Hyotaro Kimura retorted.

Today's meeting has gradually evolved into Ishihara alone facing all opponents, he has no allies, his supporters are afraid to speak out publicly, and everyone in the cabinet has refused to express their support except for Kuniaki Koiso.

The Ministry of Army, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and even the Ministry of the Navy were resolutely opposed to the withdrawal of troops from Jiangnan, and the commanders of the departments in charge of the departments at the back of the table either did not open their mouths and launched attacks on him as soon as they opened their mouths, completely ignoring the fact that Japan was already extremely weak.

The magic of strategy is in the use of the skill, the army can get the greatest liberation, after the increase in the density of the army, those guerrillas who steal in the rear will have no room to live, and even if the squadron equipment is improved, but the combat effectiveness is still under the imperial army, once a decisive battle is formed, he is confident that he will defeat the three million squadron with one million troops, after this defeat, Chiang Kai-shek may reconsider whether to accept Japan's terms for peace talks.

However, these short-sighted guys only care about short-term interests in the near future, and have no strategic thinking at all. Ishihara was sad in his heart, how did Japan fall into the hands of such a group of shallow guys.

"Your Excellency, there must be a change in the leadership of the army." After the meeting, Ishihara was so frustrated that he even wanted to resign immediately, but considering that the staff headquarters had just changed personnel, and His Majesty the Emperor had just promoted him to general, it was difficult for him to bear the grace of God, and of course he was not a person to give up easily, and he insisted that his strategy was correct.

Koiso Kuniaki patted his head lightly and sighed: "Ishihara-kun, some things can't be too rushed, you have to take your time." Although you didn't adopt all of your plans today, some of them did, don't rush, take your time, we still have time. ”

In the end, the conference did not adopt the most important step of Ishihara's strategy, which was to abandon Jiangnan, but accepted the abandonment of Burma and the search for a way to negotiate with Chongqing and Soviet Russia, with the condition that the negotiations with Chongqing must accept the Wang Ching-wei government and establish a buffer zone in North China.

First of all, it is impossible for Chiang Kai-shek to accept the government of Wang Jingwei, Wang Jingwei is Chiang Kai-shek's political enemy, and with such a good opportunity, how can he let Wang Jingwei return to the Chinese political arena; Secondly, Chiang Kai-shek clearly announced that at least the state before the Lugou Bridge Incident would be restored and a buffer zone would be set up in North China, would Chiang Kai-shek accept it?

In the quiet of the Imperial Palace, Hirohito, who was wearing a loose kimono, slowly walked in front, and Kido was one step behind him, remaining respectful. The sound of the piano was heard softly, and Hirohito glanced up at the garden, where the queen was playing again.

"What do you think of Ishihara's strategy?" Hirohito's voice was still so soft, but his gaze was a little blank.

"Historically, Ishihara is a very talented person." Kido didn't answer directly, Hirohito frowned slightly, and his cuffs moved slightly, and Kido immediately continued: "The minister is not very good at strategy, but this strategy is the most systematic and targeted strategy since the start of the war. ”

The god in front of him still didn't speak, but he didn't make any more dissatisfied movements, Kido carefully observed his every move, and after a long time, he heard Hirohito ask again: "What is the reason why Sugiyama Moto, they don't accept it?" ”

"Minister Sugiyama believes that concessions to Chongqing are too big and will directly affect the morale of the front-line soldiers."

"Can production be improved?"

Kido knew in his heart that Hirohito was still dissatisfied in his heart, and he fought bloodily for six years, but he could only get such a result, and no one could be satisfied.

"In terms of production, the Planning Institute and the Ministry of Finance are drawing up plans to expand production capacity," Kido paused before adding, "Since a large number of young and middle-aged people are on the front line, there is a serious shortage of labor in the country, and in addition, the joint meeting has decided to recruit another 400,000 people into the army and expand the number of 30 divisions, of which 10 divisions will be sent to China and 6 divisions will be reinforced in Nanyang." ”

In the past, there was no need to report to Hirohito about this specific military transfer, Kido was telling Hirohito that the domestic labor force would be further compressed, and sure enough, Hirohito immediately asked, "What about production?" How to expand? ”

"The Cabinet decided to encourage companies to recruit female workers, and in addition, the army is not allowed to recruit jobs such as steel mills that require male labor."

In traditional Japanese society, the status of women is very low, and women are expected to take care of men and children at home, take care of household chores, and do not have to go out to work.

Hirohito hummed softly, and said for a long time: "It is also a great thing to let the sword soldiers be calmed." ”

Hearing this, Kido knew that today's report was over, and he bowed to Hirohito gently, took two steps back, and then turned to leave.

Two days later, he flew back to China, got off the plane in Tianjin, and took the train to Beiping without stopping, where cars were already waiting. The car drove directly onto the platform, and a young officer stood in front of the door, and although the public order in Beiping has improved somewhat, the danger of a high-ranking general like Ligao appearing on the street is still very great.

"General, the commander is waiting for you."

Tatsutakanosuke didn't answer, he knew very well that Okamura Ninji called him back in such a hurry, something must have happened.

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