Looking at Yukio Kasahara's stick, it was a place name, Hakujo. &*．． When everyone was wondering, Yukio Kasawara's voice sounded again: "Gentlemen, in fact, after the start of the war, His Excellency the Commander and I had a disagreement about the main direction of attack of the Shina people. I insisted that the main direction of attack of the Chinese should be on the Shuangliao line or in South Manchuria, but His Excellency the Commander always believed that the direction of the attack of the Chinese should be on the Baicheng line, so Your Excellency specially assembled 8 infantry divisions in this area, preparing to give the Chinese a head-on attack. However, under my repeated persuasion, coupled with the fact that the battle on the Shuangliao front line was not going well, His Excellency the commander transferred the eight field infantry divisions originally arranged on the Songyuan and Baicheng lines to the Shuangliao line one after another, thus giving the people of China an opportunity to take advantage of. Now looking at it, it is not difficult to find that the main direction of attack of the Chinese people at the beginning was the area of Baicheng, and then through here they broke into the hinterland of Manchuria. And the troops of South Manchurian and Shuangliao, as well as other regions, served this strategic goal. I have to say that Han Yunhua is a military genius, he did it, he used 500,000 troops to attract the 400,000 elites of the empire and 100,000 local troops plus 100,000 imperial troops to the Manchurian border, and his other army took this opportunity to drill into the heart of Manchuria, so it caused this large-scale turmoil in Manchuria, so in terms of the fiasco of this campaign, I, the chief of staff, should be mainly responsible. ”

Many people really don't know that there is such a thing, so when Yukio Kasawara said this, he was suddenly surprised, and at the same time, he looked at Yamada Otozo with some sympathy.

"Kasawara-kun, don't say anything about responsibility or irresponsibility, the base camp has not held anyone in our Kwantung Army accountable now, and even if it is to be investigated, I must first be held accountable as a commander, throughout the history of imperial wars, there have been fiascos, but the chief of staff has almost never been held accountable for any fiasco. Therefore, we should not talk about working responsibly now, and the most important thing for us at present is how to quell the chaos within Manchuria, eliminate the headquarters of Lu Zhengcao, and save the face of our Kwantung Army. "Yamada Otoyama General Road.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, the detailed information about the headquarters of the Zhinalu Zhengcao has been collected, please take a look." The head of the special intelligence department, Shotaro Fukuda, Nakasa, got up and said.

"Yo Xi, don't give it to me, read it out loud now, so that all the monarchs here know what kind of work our enemy is doing, quickly!" Yamada Oto's three major channels.

"Hay! The number of Lu Zhengcao's department is the Northeast People's Liberation Army of the Inner Mongolia Military Region of China, and it is established at the level of military divisions, which is equivalent to the group army of the government of China and the emperor-level unit. The ministry has jurisdiction over the First Field Army, the Second Field Army, the Third Field Army, and the headquarters of the group army. The supreme commander of the First Field Army is named Li Dingguo, and his information is unknown. The supreme commander of the Second Field Army is Li Zhaolin, an old opponent of the empire, and his information is believed to be familiar to His Excellency the Commander, so he will not talk about his humble position. The Supreme Commander of the Third Field Army is also very familiar with you, and you are also our old opponent, Zhao Shangzhi, who is no stranger to you. According to the calculation of the full number of personnel of the Zhina, the total strength of Lu Zhengcao's department should be about 20-220,000. However, according to our intelligence, the people of China obviously did not have so many soldiers, so all the establishments of Lu Zhengcao's department were only half of the original full strength, that is, about 100,000 people. However, this is slightly different from the news that has just come back from the front, the biggest problem is that Zhao Shangzhi's division seems to have been expanded to a certain scale, according to the information sent back by the 76th Division during this time, the strength of Zhao Shangzhi's division should exceed 30,000. Shotaro Fukuda said quickly. …,

"Yo Xi, knowing our opponent, what is your best plan?" General Yamada said loudly.

"Your Excellency Commander, although our previous strategy failed, it was not useless at all, at least the people of Manchuria failed to break through the defense of the empire in South Manchuria and other places, and only broke into Manchuria with more than 100,000 people, and I think that as long as these more than 100,000 troops are completely annihilated, the current Manchurian crisis will be resolved in a very short time." Major General Yoshitomi Tamura, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army, stood up and said.

"Yo Xi, speaking concretely, what I want to know is a specific course of action, not a general strategic vision."

"Hai, I think that I should immediately mobilize all the troops of the First Division and the 4th Army and the 44th Army to fight southward, and immediately send troops to reoccupy Baicheng, Songyuan and other areas, cut off the contact between Han Yunhua's other troops in China and Lu Zhengcao's department, completely encircle Lu Zhengcao's department in the encirclement of our army, and then eliminate it in one fell swoop. Although the current situation of the war seems to be very unfavorable for us, but the humble position thinks that this is not an opportunity for our army? Madam Yoshitomi Tamura continued.

"Tamura-kun, you should know what the 4th Army, the 44th Army, the 1st Independent Tank Brigade and other troops are used for, do you think it is necessary to transfer them south now?" Yamada Otozo knew very well what the elites of the First Division were used for, and it was easy to move.

"Hai, Your Excellency Commander, I know that those troops are used to local Soviet Russia, but the ultimate purpose of guarding against Soviet Russia is to keep Manchuria, if even Manchuria is gone, there will be no need for the first division and other troops to exist, and now the domestic situation is imminent, and there is no extra troops to support us, so we must find our own way to eliminate the Chinese troops, and we can only mobilize these troops now, isn't it?" Major General Yoshitomi Tamura said with reason.

General Yamada Otozo set his eyes on Lieutenant General Yukio Kasawara, and it was obvious that he wanted to hear what his chief of staff had to say.

Yukio Kasahara also understood what Yamada Otozo meant, so he got up and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, I also think that Tamura-kun's plan is feasible. However, the premise is that it must be approved by the base camp, otherwise this plan cannot be implemented, because this plan conflicts with many strategies formulated by the imperial base camp, and it may be difficult to implement it without the authorization of the base camp. ”

"Kasawara-kun, your consideration is very detailed, but I'm afraid it's difficult to make changes to those guys in the base camp, let's talk about other methods, it is estimated that it will be difficult for Tamura's planned base camp to pass." Yamada Otozo General Road.

"Hai, I think we should prepare for both, and although Tamura-kun's plan is difficult to pass, it is the most direct and most likely to succeed, but it is also very risky. So we can't give up, and it's still necessary to give it a try. In addition, we must also be prepared for the stranding of this plan, believing that it is necessary to seal the gap in the front line of Buyeo and Songyuan, and immediately mobilize troops from Tonghua, Baishan, Yanji, Mudanjiang, and other places to carry out encirclement and suppression operations. In addition, although we can't transfer the army to fight in the south, the 5th Flying Army can still be used, there are the most elite flying divisions of the empire, and the empire has just replaced the 5th Air Force with 150 zero fighters and 100 heavy bombers, and it is time for them to exert some combat effectiveness, so it will be regarded as training. Yukio Kasahara said confidently.

"Yo Xi, the main force of Han Yunhua's department doesn't have many air defense weapons, let alone Lu Zhengcao's miscellaneous soldiers, so he just did it. Don't hand over Tamura-kun's battle plan to the empire, just archive it, we don't have that much time, just follow your plan. Yamada Otozo looked at Yukio Kasawara and said loudly: "Order"...,

All the Japanese officers immediately stood up and bowed their heads and listened to the instructions of His Excellency the Commander: "Order: The 11th Division, the 123rd Division Independent Mixed 131st Brigade, the 135th Independent Mixed Brigade, the 3rd Railway Wing of the Continental Railway Team, the 1st Flying Regiment, the 2nd Flying Regiment, the 8th Flying Regiment, the 105th Independent Educational Flight Regiment, and the 5th Aviation Communication Regiment of the 13th Flying Division of the 5th Air Force immediately form a bandit suppression command, and Kasawara-kun serves as the commander-in-chief of this crackdown on bandits, 60,000 infantry plus an aviation army, Coupled with the defenders of Mudanjiang and other places, there are about 150,000 troops, and it should be enough to annihilate the Chinese troops. ”

"Hai, never disappoint the high expectations of His Excellency the Commander!" Yukio Kasawara said loudly.

The Japanese moved quickly, and that night Lieutenant General Yukio Kasawara was stationed in Jiaohe, the hardest-hit area of the bandits, under the protection of an infantry brigade. Yukio Kasawara only knew the seriousness of the situation when he came here, and originally he thought that although bandits were rampant in the area north of the Jiao River, the defenders should also resist.

But when I came here, I found that Lu Zhengcao's department had stirred up the entire hinterland of Manchuria into a miasma, and from the vast area north of the Jiaohe River and south of the Mudanjiang River, the imperial defenders collapsed on all fronts, and all the urban and rural counties and cities fell into the hands of Lu Zhengcao's department, and the people of China were still attacking, and the momentum was extremely rapid.

The most important thing is that there are now less than 30,000 of the Imperial Army and the Imperial Army in this area, and there are only about 6,000 of the Imperial Army, which was originally less than 20,000, and the 150,000 troops promised to him by His Excellency the Commander are now in a huge shortfall, and the aviation force is only 110,000 at most, this battle is really not easy to fight.

After receiving Yukio Kasahara's report, General Otozo Yamada was also taken aback, and immediately transferred reinforcements from another division to Yukio Kasahara. He also ordered Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara that no matter what methods and means are used, he must thoroughly solve the bandit problem in the hinterland of Manchuria.