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Chapter 1267 Delegating Command

Changchun, *** Kwantung Army Headquarters. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Ueda Kenkichi looked at the document in front of him with a gloomy face, and with unspeakable chagrin in his heart, the general under his command stood straight, silent, lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything, for fear of getting into trouble.

Ueda Kenkichi suddenly stood up, pulled out the long knife on his waist, and slashed it out as fast as lightning, and with a "bang", the head of the intelligence staff officer Kenji Tominaga Kyoji who was standing aside flew out high, and the blood in his chest gushed out, spraying Ueda Kenkichi all over his head.

Kenkichi Ueda's head was soaked with hot blood, and his mind was much clearer, and he put his knife back into its sheath expressionlessly, his cold gaze slid over the face of Ichigan's men, and he turned and walked out.

When Ueda Kenkichi came back from cleaning and the meeting resumed, he said to the generals with an apologetic face, "I'm really sorry, gentlemen, I lost control of my emotions just now...... Buried Tom Yongjun thickly, informed his family, and said that Tom Yongjun was dedicated to the empire and was the pride of the empire! ”

"Hay!"

Everyone nodded in unison, and soon guards and staff officers came up, carried down the body of Kyoji Tominaga who had lost his head, and quickly cleaned the blood stains in the conference room.

Ueda Kenkichi's words made everyone's hearts slightly relieved, knowing that once General Ueda showed his human side, it meant that his emotions had been effectively controlled, and he would no longer be angry with others, and it was time to solve the problem.

Sure enough, Ueda Kenkichi pressed his right hand weakly, motioned for everyone to sit down, and after all the generals sat down, they turned their heads to look at themselves together, and then continued: "Gentlemen, Tominaga-kun has taken responsibility for his dereliction of duty, and we should discuss how to make up for the mistakes in our previous work." Now that the news has been confirmed, the Red Army in the Far East of the Soviet Union has fallen out with its Soviet Central Committee, and these people have even asked Britain and the United States and other capitalist countries for help, and at present a convoy full of Western aid is heading for Vladivostok, and the base camp has replied to the British that they will open our seas and let British cargo ships dock at the port of Vladivostok.

"At present, the international situation is very complicated, and in order to ensure its interests on the eastern front, Germany requires our government to guarantee that it will not attack the Red Army in the Far East first, and Britain, France, the United States, and other countries are also willing to see the Soviet Union weakened in order to lure Germany to take the initiative to attack the Soviet Union, so they are also putting pressure on us to open up our navy and army to the convoy of transport ships going to Vladivostok. But the actual situation is far more complicated than we imagined, that is, this Red Army, which betrayed their Soviet central government, supported a rebel force, occupied the Sanjiang region of our Manchuria, and disgraced our Kwantung Army in the base camp.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the unexpected fall of the Suifenhe fortress directly led to the abortion of the Dongning light railway plan that we were preparing to build, and now the entire border area of the eastern front of Manchuria has been directly placed under the guns of the Soviet Far East Red Army. It is especially important that our adversaries are heavily replenished with labor, and it is estimated that in a short time our forces will explode rapidly, and our resistance will become stronger. Therefore, although our forces are currently overstretched, we must still resolutely send a large army to fight against it, and we must not allow this rebel group to become a problem for the Empire. ”

Hideki Tojo, who was sitting next to Kenkichi Ueda, nodded a little embarrassedly, there were continuous mistakes in intelligence and command work, and he, the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, could not escape the blame, so he urgently needed to save face:

"Gentlemen, the intelligence has been fully verified, the opponent we are facing is a rabble, according to the spy officers we infiltrated with the high-level of the Anti-Japanese Federation, before this group of rebels occupied Jining, there were not even five thousand people, but they were very insidious and cunning, disguised as emperors, and took advantage of the night to launch a surprise attack, many of our warriors were captured and killed by the enemy in their sleep, many of them can speak fluent Japanese, and the documents they hold are completely imitated according to the official documents of our Kwantung Army headquarters, Therefore, our local garrisons did not suspect it at all, and at first they tried and tested this trick almost repeatedly, but after the enemy's tricks were exposed, we intensified our propaganda against invasion and infiltration, and formulated strict regulations and passwords, which prevented further serious losses.

"I suspect that the *** organizations in our empire may be in collusion with this group of rebels, because many of them have very pure accents, and they are found in Kanto, Kansai and other regions, of course, these will not be confirmed later, and our top priority is to send troops to fight as soon as possible. At present, the nine divisions belonging to the headquarters of our Kwantung Army can only be used for the time being, only the eighth division and the twelfth division, we have not been clear about the inside story of the great changes in the Far East of the Soviet Union, so we have not dared to easily mobilize border troops to conquest, but now that it has been confirmed that the Soviet Union is not in civil strife, we do not need to think too much about the reaction of the Soviet side, and strive to gather troops in the shortest possible time, in one fell swoop to exterminate the bandits entrenched on the east bank of the Mudanjiang River, and then recover the Sanjiang Plain area! ”

Tachibana Ayabe, a combat staff officer, stood up and bowed to Kenkichi Ueda and Hideki Tojo: "Commander, Chief of Staff, judging from the intelligence fed back from the front line of the Mudanjiang River, our opponent has begun to equip a large number of Soviet standard weapons, and the artillery attacks experienced by the troops crossing the Mudanjiang River are constantly intensifying, and what we are facing is the Chinese army that is completely armed with the training and tactical thinking of the Soviet Red Army, and it may even be the Red Army in the Far East of the Soviet Union. And our German allies, as well as Britain, France, and the United States, have made us exercise restraint, which will seriously tie the hands and feet of our troops. Therefore, it is necessary for the headquarters to inform the base camp to continue to increase troops in Manchuria, and at the same time, the Korean side must also cooperate with our actions, and it is better for the 19th Division to advance to the line of Zhanggufeng in the near future to deter the coastal areas of the Soviet Union and force it to shrink its forces and materials. ”

Hideki Tojo nodded: "Indeed, at present, our relationship with the Far Eastern Military District of the Soviet Union is extremely complicated, on the one hand, they are the rebels of the Soviets they believe in, and they are the objects of their high-level rebellion and rebellion, and their *** and secession can greatly relieve the pressure on our Manchuria, and even after we occupy the entire territory of China, it can be conveniently implemented." The plan to conquer Siberia in one fell swoop and bring all of East Asia under imperial rule, and on the other hand, the rebellious Red Army in the Far East spared no effort to support our enemies and directly confront us in Manchuria in order to share the pressure they were experiencing! Therefore, the question of how to get along with them is the most urgent need to be positioned at present. As far as our Kwantung Army is concerned, it would be a good choice if we could teach the Russians a good lesson in a skirmish on the border and let them retreat...... Well, after the meeting, I will immediately make a proposal to the base camp, and as for the final decision, it is up to the lords of the base camp! ”

Junji Yabe, the manager of the Kwantung Army, stood up and bowed to Kenkichi Ueda: "Your Excellency, Commander, we must speed up the pace of conquest, the Sanjiang Plain area is full of swamps, lakes and wetlands, which is very conducive to reclamation, and the potential for agricultural production is incomparably huge, in this black soil, soybeans, wheat, corn, sorghum and other crops can grow well without fertilization, and the yield is also very high. At the same time, the coal mines in the Jining region of this region and the gold mines in the area around Jiamusi were very important to the empire, and the long cessation of mining and supply has led to a significant reduction in our stockpiles, and if we do not recover this area as soon as possible, the anti-coalition forces in the Liaoji region will have a collective effect, then the blow to the empire and Manchuria will be almost catastrophic. Therefore, whether it is for the great cause of the imperial occupation of China, or for the long-term peace and stability of our Manchuria, we are required to deal with this enemy as soon as possible. Please! ”

Ueda Kenkichi bowed slightly: "Yabe-kun, don't worry, under the iron fist of the empire, no Chinese armed forces can be spared, the squadron in North China can't, and this rebel army in Manchuria won't become a threat to us!" At present, the reorganization of new divisions and regiments in China is underway, and new divisions and regiments are being launched almost every few days and are ready to move to the northeast and north China at any time. Here I tell you a top-secret plan: the base camp has decided that in the next month, it will open a second battlefield in the eastern part of China, occupy Shanghai and other coastal cities, and then enter Nanjing, the capital of China, and strive to force the Nanjing government to surrender within three months. Ladies and gentlemen, if we can participate in the Holy War of the Empire against China and lead the establishment of a new order in Greater East Asia, we will surely go down in history, so let us cheer up a hundredfold and do our best for the Empire and the Emperor! ”

All the generals stood up and bowed in unison: "Hai-"

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Nanjing Central Military Academy, An Yi's two-story small building.

After the end of the day's military and political meetings, An Yi returned home dizzy.

Contrary to everyone's expectations, with the death of the North China garrison army, Britain, France, the United States and other countries intervened in the war between China and Japan in a high-profile manner, Germany also began frequent diplomatic mediation, peace seemed to have hope all of a sudden, Wang Jingwei, Chen Gongbo, Zhou Fohai and other capitulation factions suddenly became active, and at the Central Committee meeting demanded that the 29th Army withdraw from the Pingjin area, and at the same time withdraw the Fifth Army Corps to the pre-war position as soon as possible, and set up the Pingjin and Tianjin areas as a demilitarized zone, leaving a buffer zone between the Chinese and Japanese armies, In order to ensure that peace is truly coming.

As a member of the Central Executive Committee, An Yi also attended the meeting, at which he sternly refuted this statement, saying that the reason why the Japanese army is not moving at present is entirely because the Battle of Langfang crippled the Japanese army, and the 20th Division and the 109th Division have lost the strength to fight again, forcing them to make strategic adjustments, switch from offensive to defensive in the short term, and continue to increase the intensity of increasing troops in North China. Once the Japanese army has opened up its position and the strength of the Chinese and Japanese armies has reversed, then the war will start again. Countless examples have proved that China will not be bound by peace treaties, but that China's unilateral pursuit of peace will fuel people's ambitions and get benefits from the negotiating table that they cannot achieve on the battlefield. In addition, the peace will seriously dampen the will of the squadron to resist Japan, reduce the vigilance of the squadron, once the Japanese army launches a surprise attack, who will be responsible for the huge losses caused?

An Yi's words made the surrender faction speechless, and the final meeting ended without a hitch. Although the goal of the capitulation faction was not achieved, a day passed like this, and the Japanese army got a precious respite, mobilizing troops and materials day after night, and the balance of strength between the Chinese and Japanese armies in North China was quietly and silently changing.

An Yi came out of the shower, and Shen Fengdao, who was sitting in the hall drinking tea, stood up and handed An Yi a telegram: "This is the request sent by the northbound detachment to the fourth hall to 'save *** and expand the army into an army', Zhao Rui didn't dare to call the shots, and transferred the message here, you can make the decision." ”

An Yi took it, pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "You can promise them, but we can't do it until the one hundred and twenty non-commissioned officers we sent to Vladivostok arrive in Jining, so as to ensure our complete control over the army." However, they can first set up the framework of each division, start the training of the troops, let every soldier be familiar with firearms, fire more than a dozen bullets, and complete the transformation from laborers to soldiers as soon as possible.

"The next battle behind enemy lines in the Northeast will be more fierce and brutal, and the Kwantung Army, which has suffered a lot of losses, will definitely launch a bloody retaliation, and we will not be able to draw up troops to support them in a short time, everything can only rely on themselves. Fortunately, our non-commissioned officer school has set up a special course on guerrilla warfare, and almost all of the non-commissioned officers and cadets who have been replenished with the ship are the top students of various armies, and I believe that they will make new contributions to our country and nation in their new places and new posts. ”

Shen Fengdao said with a smile: "In less than a year, the northbound detachment has developed an army of more than 100,000 people and occupied a radius of more than 100,000 square meters of land, which is amazing!" By the way, Commander, why didn't you let them issue a telegram to show their merits and strengthen the determination of the whole people to resist Japan? ”

An Yi smiled bitterly: "I didn't let them publish before, I wanted to buy enough time for their development and growth, after all, the organization of the troops, the establishment of local political power and the recognition of the local people, it will take a while, I didn't expect them to be better than I imagined, so easily won the entire Sanjiang Plain, especially the battle of Suifenhe, it was too thrilling, with the strength of a mere brigade and a regiment, he actually attacked twice as many enemies as himself, and in the end, because he detonated the arsenal of the Japanese army, it brought a hearty victory." , as if God is on our side, beyond everyone's expectations!

"Not letting them publish the telegram now is because we don't want to tell the truth and at the same time continue to maintain a sense of mystery. Dai Li's military commander had discovered an anomaly in the Northeast, and the headmaster summoned me for this, but I firmly denied that it had anything to do with me. If we have to firmly control the rescue, we can't give the central government a chance to intervene, otherwise if the principal is hot-headed, let me assign the rescue *** to attack big cities such as Mudanjiang and Harbin, and I won't be able to cry when I want to. The Northeast is the foundation of the people, the Sanjiang Plain is located in the key area at the junction of China and the Soviet Union, and is close to Vladivostok, the most important port in the Soviet Far East, the Kwantung Army will definitely go all out to attack, and it is about to come to test the strategic vision of the leadership of the northbound detachment! I don't know what kind of answer they will give......"

Shen Fengdao hesitated: "Don't we give specific suggestions?" ”

An Yi nodded: "We are far away from the battlefield, all judgments are based on map operations, if we blindly interfere with their command, it will definitely help, or let them make their own decisions!" I believe that commanders at all levels, who have been trained in the non-commissioned officer school system, will not let us down! ”

Shen Fengdao was relieved: "No matter how bad the situation is, it is not worse than before, let's let go of their hands and let them do it themselves!" Okay, I'll go back to the telegram and tell them that if they fight according to their own ideas, they must not only fight and contain the Japanese army, but also pay more attention to saving themselves! ”

An Yi added: "Give them sixteen words: save people and lose land, people and land are saved, save land and lose people, people and land are lost!" ”

Shen Fengdao nodded knowingly and turned to leave.