[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 651: The Ruling and Opposition Shake (Ask for Subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

In the eyes of the Japanese government and the high-level leaders of the base camp, although Ma Zheng's headquarters performed extremely dazzlingly, on the Chinese battlefield, the first opponent of the Japanese army was the Nationalist Government, which had an army of two million. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Because of this, when formulating the battle plan, the base camp still regarded the Nationalist Government as the first target, and the Eighth Route Army, as well as the Jinsui Army, the Sichuan Army, and the Northwest Army were the secondary targets.

But at this time, Tada Jun was already keenly aware that in northern China, the Eighth Route Army was the most important enemy of the Japanese Empire. This unit, once called Hanako by the Fifth Division, has grown into the formidable opponent of the Japanese Empire.

In particular, Ma Zheng's headquarters entrenched in the Suicha area, a few years ago, this unit could not be as good as the eyes of the Great Japanese Empire, so that the Special High School did not collect this army when collecting intelligence on China, but now the front army has put a whole office on all kinds of information on Ma Zheng's department, and the staff of the front army who specializes in collecting and processing intelligence on Ma Zheng's department is not in a squad, and even Aiko Sato, the head of the intelligence department, is also staring at this unit, which shows the importance that the Imperial Japanese Army attaches to this Chinese army.

More importantly, while the Chinese were developing rapidly, the Imperial Japanese Army was standing still, and even retreated slightly. I think how strong the Imperial Japanese Army was back then, relying on only a few divisions to capture the entire Pingjin area, and during the Battle of Nankou, several divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army faced hundreds of thousands of troops of the Nationalist Government without falling behind.

At the most glorious time, the Eighth Division captured Chengde, the capital city of Rehe Province, with only 128 cavalry, even if Yan Xishan, who claimed to have 300,000 troops, the Battle of Taiyuan was not defeated by the Fifth Division and abandoned its armor, and it was easy to take Taiyuan City, so that Yan Xishan even fell into the hands of the imperial army for all the industries that he had worked hard for decades, and even included the largest arsenal in northern China.

At present, on the other hand, although the strength of the entire North China Front Army has increased somewhat, from the original six divisions to nine divisions and regiments, plus eight mixed brigades, the total strength of the Imperial Allied Army has exceeded 450,000 if we count the Imperial Allied Army, which cooperated in the operation. However, the 450,000 troops were so scattered, distributed in Pingjin, Jin, Cha, Hebei, Shandong, Henan and other provinces and cities, that they could not form a powerful fist, so that they were now unable to deal with the relatively concentrated Ma Zheng Division.

Now the problem is already very serious, not only Tianjin has been captured, but even Beiping City, where the headquarters of the Front Army is located, is also in danger, and the danger of the 7th Mixed Brigade being in the front and rear of the Zhina people is nothing compared to it.

Things had come to this point, and Tada knew that concealment could not be concealed, so he made a detailed written report to the base camp on the afternoon of the 11th, and asked himself to thank His Majesty the Emperor by seppuku.

When the news came, the government and the opposition were shaken, and Emperor Hirohito urgently convened an imperial meeting to discuss countermeasures.

The atmosphere had never been so depressing, not even when deciding whether or not to start an all-out war with China, when almost everyone was confident about it.

Lu Xiangyan Junroku still clearly remembered the scene at that time, and then decided the fate of the empire, whether it was His Majesty the Emperor who had always been high or His Royal Highness Kanin Miyashihito, the controller of the Imperial Army, the opinions were unusually unanimous, and in the eyes of everyone, the cowardly Shina people did not have the strength and courage to compete with the Great Japanese Empire.

In terms of political cohesion, economic strength, and military combat effectiveness, the gap between China and the Great Japanese Empire was even greater than before the First Sino-Japanese War. After all, the Beiyang Navy back then was still very powerful, and even if you look at the world, you can call it powerful.

Sure enough, the results after the start of the war were exactly the same as expected before the war, the imperial army won one after another, and the three-dimensional offensive mode of sea, land and air completely broke the defensive line composed of the people of China with their bodies, and Beiping, Tianjin, Zhangjiakou, Baoding, Dezhou, Jinan, Jining, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Yangzhou all fell in just a few months, and the outcome of the war seemed to have no suspense.

However, since the appearance of the hateful Tubalu out of thin air, the local war empire seems to have begun to fall into a stalemate, although the overall situation of the empire is still in an absolute advantage, but the loss of the local war has more and more affected the overall situation, this time it directly led to the destruction of a strategic naval force of the empire, and even the headquarters of the North China Front was surrounded by the Chinese army.

"Prime Minister Lu, have you discussed how to deal with the war in North China?" Emperor Hirohito asked lightly.

"Your Majesty, the situation in the North China region is very complicated, in addition to the hateful Ma Zheng Division, the other Central Army of China, Yan Xishan's Jin Sui Army and other troops of the Eighth Route Army have also participated in the battle, and the 5th Division and the 20th Division are firmly pinned down on the Xinkou front, not only are they unable to return to Beiping, but there is also the possibility of collapse of the whole line. In addition, the Chinese guerrillas near Wutai Mountain repeatedly harassed the Zhengtai Railway, so that the 109th Division stationed in Baoding and Shijiazhuang could not immediately go north. ”

Then the new Minister of War Yan Junliu said again: "And just yesterday, Lunan's 2nd Army and the 40th Army also participated in the battle, and the main forces of the 35th Division and the 21st Division were pinned down in Shandong, and they could not get out in a short time, and now they can only hope for the 26th Division and the 10th Division." ”

Emperor Hirohito was very dissatisfied with Yan Junliu's answer, during this time he had received a number of news from senior officers with the rank of lieutenant general and major general, if the city of Beiping was broken, then it is likely that the first commander of the front army in the empire to be killed will be born, and this news is much more terrible than being completely annihilated by a division.

Moreover, Tada Jun is also a veteran in the army, and he is qualified, which is by no means comparable to ordinary army lieutenant generals. Once Tada was killed, Emperor Hirohito really didn't know what that old thing could do. How to explain to the people and the army?

"Is this the decision you made at your home base?"

"Back to Your Majesty, it may be difficult to solve the crisis in Beiping by waiting for the 26th Division and the 10th Division, because there are still a large number of Chinese troops between Zhangjiakou and Beiping, and they are fully capable of slowing down the march of these two divisions. According to General Tada's estimate, if there are no reinforcements, Beiping City can support for 4 days at most, and Abe Norihide and others will not be able to rush to Beiping in 4 days, so they still need the help of the Kwantung Army to solve the crisis in Beiping. Yan Junliu said loudly.

"Nani, Kwantung Army?" Emperor Hirohito asked in surprise, he did not expect this matter to be so serious that it would be necessary to use the Kwantung Army.

"Hai, Your Majesty, the Chinese Ma Zheng Department has become a climate, and its threat to the Japanese Empire has reached or even surpassed that of warlords such as Yan Xishan and Han Fuqu, and now the Chinese government has joined forces with Yan Xishan and other warlords to launch an attack on the Imperial Army's North China Front, and it is difficult to resist the joint attack of these forces with the strength of the North China Front, so there must be external intervention, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." Yan Jun Liudao.

"Outside forces intervene? Why can't the North China Front, why it must be the Kwantung Army, you have to know what the main task of the Kwantung Army is, now not only there are a large number of resisters in Manchuria, in addition, the Red Soviet Union is also ready to move, once the Kwantung Army goes south, the Soviet Union takes this opportunity to launch an attack on Manchuria, and the consequences are simply not affordable for the current empire. Emperor Hirohito said.

"Your Majesty, the North China Front has suffered heavy losses one after another, and although new units have joined, I am afraid that no one dares to guarantee the combat effectiveness of the various units. Moreover, the main force of the 26th Division had just been severely damaged by the Chinese people half a year ago, and it also had the heavy task of holding on to Baoding, the capital of Hebei Province, so it was probably difficult to send troops to reinforce Beiping now. More importantly, Baoding and Zunhua and Beiping are sandwiched between Ma Zheng's many counties and districts, and it may be too late for the imperial army's reinforcements to arrive in Beiping. ”

Then Yan Junliu said again: "The Kwantung Army is different, the railway line between Guanwai and Beiping can fully meet the transportation of troops, and the combat effectiveness of the Kwantung Army can fully guarantee the success rate of this rescue." Moreover, he believed that the transfer of one or two divisions and regiments in a short period of time would not be a major problem to the overall situation of Manchuria. Moreover, the Red Soviet Union was now busy dealing with the powerful Germany, and had no energy to intervene in the external war, which was the best and only way to reinforce Beiping. ”

"The most important thing is that as long as the Kwantung Army enters the pass, the people of China will re-examine their strength, and before they are absolutely sure, the only thing the Eighth Route Army can do is to retreat." Yan Junliu said in a deep voice. (To be continued.) )