In the controversy between Tachitakanosuke and Nakajima Yasuken, the following generals were also divided into two factions, the division commanders transferred from Soviet Russia and Nanyang supported Takanosuke, and the former North China Dispatch Army from Toshio Zitani and then all supported Nakajima Yasuken. Full // Ben // Small // Said // The attitude of Netokamura Ninji is ambiguous, one will support Tachitaka no Suke, and the other will support Nakajima Yasuki, which will confuse Asaka Palace.

In their argument, Okamura Ninji thought more, he thought that both Takanosuke and Nakajima Yasuken were correct in their arguments about the drawbacks of the attack, but he thought that a simple withdrawal or a simple attack was not enough. The latter had insufficient troops, and the former had seriously damaged morale, and now the defeatist mood of the troops had risen, and the reluctance of the division commanders to counterattack was one of the manifestations.

In addition to morale, such a large stride and retreat of the imperial army was bound to arouse the prying eyes of Soviet Russia, and the Soviet army's attack on Mongolia was stimulated by the continuous victories of the Chinese army, otherwise Stalin would never have launched an attack on the imperial state without the end of the war against Germany.

Clearly, but Okamura Ninji faced the current situation and had no solution. You can't attack, you can't defend, you can't retreat. Now that Asaka Palace asked again, Okamura Ninji could only smile bitterly in his heart.

"I believe that through a few days of meetings, Your Excellency will have a full understanding of the serious situation facing the North China Dispatch Army," Okamura Ninji said slowly: "To change the current situation, I think it is necessary to add more than 1,000 new fighters and 500 bombers.

The joint meeting of the base camp decided to increase the number of divisions and regiments in North China, with a total strength of 360,000, but only 60,000 have arrived today, and it is said that the remaining two divisions of the Kwantung Army may not be transferred. ”

After the Soviet army launched a counteroffensive in Mongolia, the four divisions that were supposed to be transferred from the Kwantung Army were strongly protested by Umezu Mijiro, and the military headquarters decided not to transfer them again, but the tank units still had to be transferred to the North China battlefield.

First of all, there are 2,000 planes, and Japan now produces nearly 10,000 planes a year, but, wait, there are only more than 3,000 Zero fighters in the main type of these aircraft, and just last year, Japan lost more than 5,000 Zero fighters in the Pacific, Soviet Russia, and China.

The 2,000 Zero planes allocated to the North China Dispatch Army were later strongly protested by the Navy, which demanded at least 4,000 aircraft of various types, including at least 3,000 Zero fighters. As a result, after coordination, the 2,000 planes of the North China Dispatch Army were reduced to 1,200 aircraft, of which only 800 were Zero fighters.

Japan is now in a full predicament, Okamura Ninji's complaint left Asakanomiya speechless, and the group climbed the stairs and soon walked to the gate of the Taihe Palace, the tall hall door had been opened, and several soldiers stood guard at the door.

"Palatial." Chaoxiang Palace looked at the plaque on the throne and said: "The people of China like to spend the country's financial resources on this, and they always think that majesty can be generated from these useless things, which is really ridiculous. ”

Okamura doesn't have an interface, so it's natural to laugh at Shimoshi a few years ago, but in this situation, it's really a bit ridiculous.

"Your Excellency is right," but Takanosuke stepped forward and took the words of the Asaka Palace: "The prestige of the country comes from the strength of the country, and the empire is far ahead of China in this regard, and now the empire is facing difficulties, but the empire cannot be defeated in this war, and your Excellency knows that the government of China has announced that His Majesty has become a war criminal they have identified, and if the empire is defeated, the national government will be overthrown, and now we must grit our teeth and tide over the difficulties." ”

"Because of this," Yasuken Nakajima understood the meaning of Tachitakanosuke's words, and immediately stepped forward to interject: "We must be cautious, and we must not easily consume precious troops and materials. ”

Okamura Ninji put his hands in his trouser pockets, as if carelessly looking at the decoration in the main hall, Gu Shoufu walked to Nakajima Yasuji at this time, and said to Asaka Palace: "The current Shina Army is not the Shina Army six years ago, especially the Southwest Army under the command of General Shina, the combat effectiveness exceeds that of the Central Army, and the equipment of the troops is stronger than the Imperial Army. ”

Chaoxiang Palace glanced at Gu Shoufu, and the coldness in his eyes made Gu Shoufu's heart shrink, and he didn't say any more. In a few days of meetings, the prince and general did not express his opinion, just listened, and only kept encouraging the generals to speak, but in fact, Chaoxiang Palace was very disappointed, and most of the front-line generals opposed the initiative to attack, which was very different from the situation six years ago.

Six years ago, during the Lugou Bridge Incident, the military generals unanimously demanded an attack, and the generals of the Kwantung Army even fought without telling the battle, but now? The six years of war, especially the defeat of the last year, caused them to lose confidence and began to seek to avoid the war, and almost asked for surrender.

Okamura Ninji certainly understood Japan's current situation, and that it was very likely that the defeat had calmed down, and if Japan had had the possibility of suing for peace in the past, the list of war criminals published by the Nationalist Government would have set Emperor Hirohito as the first place, which would actually close the door to Japan's suing for peace.

Tactically speaking, Okamura hopes to retreat to Shanhaiguan and use the terrain on the Shanhaiguan line to block the Chinese army; strategically speaking, withdrawing from Shanhaiguan will also make it very difficult for Japan to counterattack North China, and the Chinese army will have greater room for maneuver. Moreover, it will also have a serious impact on the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and the satellite states of the South Seas. The United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union are bound to intensify their attacks, and the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, and other countries will seek to break away from Japanese control.

"With such a large hall, China has recorded the rise and fall of empires one after another," Okamura sighed, "Your Excellency, now we are fighting against the people of China and Western imperialism with more tenacious fighting spirit and higher wisdom." ”

Asakanomiya frowned slightly, Okamura Ningji didn't say anything, but he still waited patiently.

"Judging from the current situation, the counteroffensive is relatively reckless and rash." Okamura Ninji pondered the words and said slowly, this was the first time he had expounded his opinion, and Yasuken Nakajima, Tatsunosuke, Tani Toshio and others all listened with bated breath.

"But if we retreat like this, it will be a very big blow to morale and the whole strategy," Okamura said, "but to hold the Pingjin area, we must have at least 400,000 troops, and I have a plan." ”

Speaking of this, Okamura Ningji paused, he looked at the throne and thought for a while and said: "My plan is to use the Pingjin area as a bait to attract the main force of the China Army, and the main force of our army is hidden north of Pingjin, on both sides of the Great Wall, to first break the China Army from the Second Theater and the Eighth War Zone from Suiyuan, and clear the threat from the west." Then he went south to meet the main force of the Shina army and defeated the Shina general. ”

Asakanomiya nodded with satisfaction, but Okamura Ninji added: "To implement this plan, the southern front must concentrate about 100,000 troops to hold the line of Beiping and Tianjin Tanggu, and no less than 100,000 troops must attack the Zhina Army in Zhangjiakou from the Rehe area in a roundabout way, and there are also 200,000 troops in the Zhangjiakou and Nankou areas to set up preset positions to block the Zhina Army from the east." ”

Tatsunosuke made a quick judgment in his heart, and he had to admit that Okamura Ningji's plan was very ingenious, and the Chinese army attacking Zhangjiakou must have solved the Shanxi problem, and only Fu Zuoyi's troops had stronger combat effectiveness in this army, and the combat effectiveness of the rest of the troops was relatively poor, so the attack planned by Okamura Ningji was very sure of success.

But the question is, can the 100,000 troops holding on to the Pingjin area block the attack of General China? Tatsunosuke was skeptical.

Sure enough, Yasuken Nakajima asked: "Commander, there are only 100,000 troops on the southern front?" Isn't the force too thin. ”

Okamura Ningji shook his head: "Of the 100,000 troops on the southern front, there is only one division and 20,000 troops left in Beiping, and the remaining main force holds Tianjin and Tanggu. ”

Chaoxianggong frowned slightly, he was very puzzled, there were only 20,000 people left in Beiping, is this force too thin, once the army conquers Beiping, it can directly attack Nankou and Zhangjiakou, Okamura Ningji This is taking a risk.

"Commander, is the 20,000 defenders in Beiping too few?" Tachitakanosuke asked tentatively.

Okamura Ninji smiled slightly: "General Shina will not storm Beiping, these things will protect us." ”

Chaoxiang Palace was stunned for a moment, but Nakajima Kangjian protested and said: "Commander, you are gambling"

"War is sometimes gambling" Okamura wrenched his face and shouted: "But I don't gamble casually, the people of China have air superiority, but Beiping has never dropped a bomb, why?" Is it the kindness of General China? Still can't see us? It's not that he's a pity for these hundreds of years of the imperial palace, but it's a pity for these hundreds of years of ancient cities, so I concluded that he wouldn't storm Beiping, this bet, I fought with him. ”

Okamura Ninji's words were very decisive, and Tatsutakanosuke and Nakajima Yasuken looked at each other and stopped talking, neither of them believed that General Shina would not attack Beiping because he cared about the monuments of Beiping.

However, Asakanomiya heard another meaning, Okamura Ninji was confident of defeating the Shina army coming from the west, but he was not confident of defeating the Shina general from the south. Therefore, he demanded that the reinforcements should not be less than twenty divisions and regiments, and there should be sufficient supplies, after all, this was two consecutive operations.

When he returned from the palace, it was already nightfall, and Asakanomiya refused Okamura Ninji's invitation and returned to his residence. As soon as Okamura returned to his office, the adjutant came to report, and Staff Officer Masanobu Tsuji came to report.

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