Chapter 766 Chaos Rises (Continued)

General Kenkichi Ueda, the commander of the Kwantung Army, who was so angry that he shook his beard, threw the telegram from the base camp to the chief of staff Ryosuke Isotani, but went back to the room alone, called the guards to help him change into a kimono, brought sake, and drank the stuffy wine.

Kenkichi Ueda is gone, and Ryosuke Isoya can't go anymore. He went straight to the conference room, read out the telegram of instructions from the base camp to the generals, and then ordered the staff officer on duty to send a telegram to Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsubara, commander of the 23rd Division, ordering the 23rd Division to stop offensive operations, hold its position, and wait for further instructions.

Ryosuke Isoya easily read the instructions and telegrams from the base camp and gave the order with ease, but the officers sitting in the conference room of the Kwantung Army were chaotic and noisy, like a group of splashes arguing.

The rise of the rebellion actually jumped onto the conference table, waved his arms, and shouted: "Kiichiro Hiranuma is only worthy of being a celibate, not worthy of leading the cabinet of the Imperial Japan at all, let alone leading the foreign wars of Japan!" Needless to say, it was Prime Minister Kiichiro Hiranuma and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Navy who did not agree with the Kwantung Army to expand the war against the Soviet Union. Shunroku Hata's six generals are too weak and have betrayed our trust, and the cabinet should be brought down immediately! ”

Qian Zhengxin is here, the military rank is only a major assistant, the position is only a small staff officer, according to the Chinese, it is only a sesame mung bean big official, and the difference between the land minister, the foreign minister, and the prime minister is more than 108,000 miles! It's strange that here, there are so many lieutenant generals and major generals sitting in the conference room of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, and no one looks down on Qian Zhengxin, let alone a person who has spoken out to stop his nonsense. On the contrary, there were quite a few people who nodded slightly. There were even a few young young Zhuang officers who followed suit, as if they could decide who would be the prime minister, foreign minister, and land minister of the Japanese cabinet.

Otozaburo Yano, deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, said even more categorically, that is, the decision of the base camp did not conform to the fundamental interests of Great Japan and the fundamental spirit of the Kwantung Army's preparations for war against the Soviet Union. Facts have proven that the current cabinet has not only achieved nothing in the domestic economy, but also in terms of foreign policy. Such a cabinet must collapse, and General Shunroku Hata should be notified to immediately submit his resignation, forcing the cabinet to resign en masse.

Ryosuke Isoya saw that these guys were making too much trouble, and he was afraid that if it spread to the base camp and affect the relationship between the base camp and the Kwantung Army, he put up the shelf of the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army and slapped the table, wanting to stop these arrogant guys. Unexpectedly, it was good that he didn't stop drinking, and when he stopped, he immediately drew the anger of a cadre of officers on him. The officers rushed to accuse him of burying the lives of more than 20,000 officers and men of the 10th Division, and he should have apologized a long time ago, and he should not have and was not qualified to serve as the chief of staff of the powerful Kwantung Army.

Ryosuke Isoya didn't dare to stop in the conference room for more than a show, so he got up and pulled Tada Jun and Imamura to find Kenkichi Ueda, wanting Kenyoshi Ueda to announce the end of the meeting, and let the officers carry out the orders of the base camp and return to their command posts.

When I went to Ueda Kenkichi's apartment, I saw that His Excellency the Commander was drinking alone. As soon as Ryosuke Isoya wanted to report on the situation in the conference room, he put forward his opinion by the way, and heard Kenkichi Ueda say: "Tada-kun, Isoya-kun, Imamura-kun, you don't need to say anything, I understand what you mean." Yours have not been integrated into the Kwantung Army at all. I don't understand the mission of the Kwantung Army, and I don't understand why the empire let the Kwantung Army retain so many troops. ”

When Kenkichi Ueda said this, Tada, Ryosuke Isoya, and Imamura looked at each other, and they didn't expect that His Excellency the Commander would treat them as outsiders.

Tada Jun felt a chill in his heart, and Ueda Kenkichi simply regarded himself as a three-year-old child. Even a three-year-old child will often know from the mouths of adults that the Kwantung Army is plotting the fundamental interests of the Japanese Empire, that is, to attack Soviet Russia and defeat Soviet Russia in the north. It's just that the current situation is not right, and it is known from the report of the 23rd Division that the firepower of the Soviet Russian army is almost terrifying, and it is afraid that it will only lose the battle. In that case, it could affect the entire northward expansion strategy.

Tada said patiently that the instructions of the base camp must have their truth, but did they take into account the reasons for the changes in the international situation?

Kenkichi Ueda naturally knew what the international situation was as Tada was talking about, but the Japanese military and political circles did not have accurate information on the Germans' next move at this time, let alone reached an agreement on whether to cooperate with the Germans' actions.

Ueda Kenkichi shook his head, took another sip of wine, and said a little sadly: "I finally waited for the opportunity for the great purge of Soviet Russia that led to the decline in the combat effectiveness of the army. ”

Seeing that Ueda Kenyoshi's wrinkled face was full of solemnity and worry, Ryosuke Isoya said, "Your Excellency Commander: I think the instructions from the base camp are taken with a serious attitude. The 23rd Division fought fiercely for several days, suffered heavy casualties, and consumed a lot of ammunition, so it urgently needed to be replenished. My opinion is to quickly replenish the 23rd Division with troops and ammunition, and at the same time to massively strengthen the troops. If you want to fight, you should also fight at Nomenkan, so as to avoid the drawbacks of dispersing troops due to fighting on both sides, and also avoid violating the spirit of the instructions of the base camp. ”

Imamura was mainly afraid that if he really attacked Vladivostok as they said, the Fifth Division would take the lead. If it is to increase the number of troops to Nomenkan, it is estimated that it should not be the turn of the 5th Division, and most likely the 7th Division. Therefore, he followed behind Tada Jun and Ryosuke Isoya and said nothing.

Kenkichi Ueda was satisfied with Ryosuke Isoya's proposal to replenish the 23rd Division with troops and ammunition and to increase the number of troops. After taking a sip of wine, calming down, and just about to speak, the other Kwantung Army generals who were waiting in the conference room rushed to Ueda Kenkichi's room because of the sudden departure of Tada, Ryosuke Isoya, and Imamura Jun, who lost their debate opponents. Ask His Excellency the Commander to make a decision and immediately order the expansion of the war against the Soviet Union to avenge the warriors of the Jade Shatter.

After meeting Ueda Kenkichi, he actually repeated the suggestions of Naosaburo Gangbu word for word, and then analyzed them one by one, saying that the main reason why the base camp would order the 23rd Division to stop the offensive was that the base camp misjudged the situation. The base camp must have listened to the advice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Navy, believing that the situation in Europe was turbulent and that the Kwantung Army should suspend its offensive and wait to see how the situation in Europe would change before making a decision. As everyone knows, Britain and France are now bent on praying for peace and preserving what they have gained from the First World War, and they are neither willing nor able to stop our European friends. We should really let the foreign minister go to Germany for a few days, listen to the cries of revenge in the streets of Germany, and experience the voice of the German people, lest they always look at the faces of the United States, Britain, and France to decide their foreign policy.

According to Qian Zhengxin, the German people believed that the root cause of their poverty was war reparations, and that only by fighting another war and completely overthrowing all kinds of unreasonable restrictions imposed on Germany by the Entente could the humiliation be eliminated. Therefore, the Germans are now united in the whole country, and they must fight a real battle to turn around! At this time, it was the best time for the Kwantung Army to advance northward, and the Soviets must not want to engage Japan for a long time, as long as the Kwantung Army succeeded in the sneak attack on Vladivostok, the Soviets would have to sit down and negotiate. The ideal outcome would be for the Soviets to return to Manchukuo the territories north of the Heilongjiang River and east of the Ussuri River, including the northern part of Sakhalin. The worst outcome is nothing more than the equivalent of the current situation, no big deal.

Not to mention, Qian Zhengxin guessed the opinion of the Japanese army base camp as well. The reason why the Japanese base camp ordered the 23rd Division to suspend offensive operations was indeed to consider the changes in the situation in Europe and to wait and see the changes in the current situation before deciding the strategic direction of the Japanese army. Another factor is that judging from the situation reported by the 23rd Division, the Soviet Army's armored units are very strong in combat effectiveness, and the base camp is afraid that the 23rd Division will suffer a big loss.

Tada Jun also wanted to refute Qian Zhengxin, but Ueda Kenkichi didn't want to be verbose, and ordered Ryosuke Isoya to organize and formulate a plan, immediately replenish the 23rd Division with troops and ammunition, and ordered the 7th Division and the 2nd Division to be mobilized immediately. Prepare to concentrate in the direction of Nomenkan. The 1st Division, the 5th Division, and the Armored Brigade were ordered to mobilize for combat. At the same time, it reported to the base camp and requested the formation of a command structure at the army level to unify the command of the battle in the direction of Nomenkan.

Seeing that Ueda Kenkichi was deployed like this, it was clear that he was secretly behind the attack on Vladivostok, and couldn't help but remind him again: "Your Excellency Commander: Such a deployment is easy to give the base camp the impression of the Kwantung Army's disobedience, and I hope that Your Excellency the Commander will consider it carefully." ”

Ueda Kenkichi seemed to close his eyes, and he didn't pay attention to Tada Jun at all, but said lightly: "The Kwantung Army will not disobey orders, Tada-kun is too worried." This was done only to prepare for a rainy day, and once the base camp made a decision, the Kwantung Army could quickly start the operation. ”

Tada Jun saw that Ueda Kenkichi's attitude was very arrogant, he didn't take him seriously at all, and he didn't bother to say more, and after saluting and reporting, he went out and returned to his Third Army headquarters by car. As for the gang of noisy guys in the conference room, Tada Jun didn't even bother to pay attention to it, I believe that as long as he told them about Ueda Kenkichi's decision, those guys would dance happily. Besides, with the bravery of the soldiers of the Great Japanese Army, Tada Jun believed that no matter how fierce the artillery fire of the Soviet Red Army was, it might not be able to take too much advantage.

Ueda Kenkichi did not know that at this time, in order to end the war in the Nomenkan area as soon as possible and completely defeat the Japanese army's ambition to invade the Soviet Union, while transporting supplies on a large scale, Stalin had already decided to upgrade the 57th Army commanded by Zhukov to the First Army, and was deploying troops for the First Army. The Battle of Normenham is about to begin, and the real battle is about to begin.

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