The third part of the bloody and fire war of resistance, the tenth chapter, the third section of the war drums

Tatetakanosuke was slightly flustered, and the meaning of Okamura Ninji's words was faintly clear, and it was said that Umezu Mijiro would not only have to transport the Kwantung Army troops, but also all the stored materials into North China, this difficulty is not xiǎo, will Umezu Mijiro agree? The Kwantung Army must obtain Tokyo's consent to enter the customs, otherwise, once something happens on the battlefield in Soviet Russia, Umezu Mijiro must be held responsible. /.qb5, c0М//

Looking at Oshiro, the god of Ayutthaya was also suspicious, and Takanosuke frowned slightly: "The commander is right, but Commander Umezu is afraid that it will be difficult for Commander Umezu to agree, after the Soviet army counterattacked in Ménggu, the Soviet Russian battlefield was under great pressure." ”

Okamura shook his head: "It's winter, the Soviet army will not attack in this season, and the most important thing is that if our army fails in North China, this war will never have a chance again." ”

Tatsunosuke pursed his lips and felt a hint of uneasiness welling up in his heart, convincing Umezu Mijiro is certainly an important task, but it is completely possible to let others go, why send him?

"You take Deputy Section Chief Tsuji with you." Okamura noticed Tatetakanosuke's hesitation, but he thought that Tatetakanosuke was embarrassed, so he cheered him up: "Commander Umezu understands things, if this battle fails, and a million troops gather outside the Shanhai Pass, the Soviet Russian army in the north will never sit idly by, and the people of China and Russia are in trouble with Manchuria, and Stalin must have a military presence in Manchuria if he wants to take the initiative." Li Gaojun, your trip is very important, and it can be said that the success or failure of the Battle of North China lies with you. ”

Facing Okamura's expectant gaze, Tatsutakanosuke knew that he couldn't push it anymore, so he immediately said that he accepted the task, he didn't ask why he wanted to take Masanobu Tsuji, he knew that Okamura didn't like this person, but this person was too capable of causing trouble, so it would be good to have a chance to let him not send troops to North China for a while.

"Commander, Gu Shoufujun and Youmo Jun both called, after General Zhina arrived in Dexian, the activities of the Zhina Army became more and more frequent, according to the habit of General Zhina, three to five months after the end of the last battle, the next operation will be launched, and now the strength of the front line is too thin."

Oshiro had never been able to figure out what Okamura wanted to do, the front line was weak, and once the Shina army launched an attack, it could easily break through the defense line and reach Pingjin. He has roughly the same idea as Takitakanosuke, both of them are defending the west and fighting in the east, the only difference is that he focuses more on the middle line. But just now, Okamura had clearly shown his indifference to Takanosuke's suggestion, so he naturally couldn't be so direct, and could only try it in a roundabout way.

Okamura Ninji's thin face moved slightly, and his palm lightly patted the brick wall twice, and the thin layer of snow on the stone was slapped away, and the green sè below.

"Dachengjun, this Beiping city has a history of five hundred years, when Kublai Khan built this city, it was still a xiǎo city, and Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, later expanded it and made it the capital of the empire, and it is the strongest city in China."

Tatsunosuke suddenly understood that Okamura Ninji was likely to use Beiping as a bait to attract the squadron to attack this fortified city in order to achieve the purpose of consuming his troops.

"A decisive battle with the Shina army on the North China Plain, this is what the Shina general wants," Sure enough, Okamura Ninji began to talk about his plan: "We can't fall for him, so my plan is to attract the enemy to the north and attract him to the city of Tianjin in Beiping." The main force of the imperial army was placed in the north, in Zhangjiakou, on the line of the Great Wall. ”

At this, Okamura stopped and looked at Oshiro and Tachitakanosuke, who nodded lightly and then shook his head.

"What, Ayutthaya-kun, any ideas?"

Dacheng nodded: "Commander, once the battle begins, according to intelligence, Zhangjiakou will face the attack of the Jinsui Army and the GC Army of the Zhina Army, if, the General of Zhina finds that the main force of our army is on the northern front, he can completely surround Beiping Tianjin with a part of his forces, and the main force will continue to go north." Also, how many troops did the imperial army have to keep in Beiping Tianjin? ”

"Yes, this possibility is extremely great." Okamura admitted that Oshiro's judgment was good, and he smiled coldly: "In terms of troops, Beiping only needs to leave two hún brigades, one division and one hún brigade in Tianjin, and the rest of the troops all go north." ”

Ayutthaya was greatly surprised, two hún into a brigade, with a total strength of more than 10,000 people, to defend a large city like Beiping, no matter what, it was not enough. Tatsutakanosuke was also surprised, what is Okamura Ninji going to do, the two húns form a brigade, and if the squadron conquers Beiping, what will attract the Chinese army under the fortified city, will it become empty talk.

"You don't have to worry," Okamura Ningji smiled faintly: "The Chinese Air Force comes to Shijiazhuang every day, and Tianjin also dropped a lot of bombs, but not a single bomb fell in Beiping, and even the obvious targets of the imperial army were not bombed, why is this?" There is only one explanation, the people of China are reluctant to blow up their ancient city, and for them, it is more important to keep this ancient city than to destroy the imperial army. ”

When Okamura Ninji said this, an indescribable look appeared on his face, with contempt and appreciation, hún mixed jiāo woven together.

"Commander, you're gambling." Both Tatsutakanosuke and Oshiro understood that Okamura Ninji was betting that the ** team would not attack Beiping.

"This war is meant to be gambling." There was a kind of coldness and ruthlessness in Okamura Ningji's expression: "We must make such a gamble, if we put heavy troops in Beiping, the strength of the counterattack will be insufficient." ”

"But this also loses the effect of internal and external attacks," Dacheng also objected: "The Chinese army only needs to leave 50,000 or 60,000 troops to monitor the imperial army in the city, and the main force continues to go north, with about 100,000 troops to attack Tianjin, Beiping will become an isolated city, and the purpose of attracting the main force of the Chinese army under the fortified city will also not be achieved." ”

Okamura was stunned for a moment and didn't answer, Oshiro's opinion clearly hit his soft underbelly. The three of them stopped talking, and stood side by side at the head of the city, silently looking at the fields outside the city. There was a lot of smoke, like a veil on a méng.

Yes, a veil. They used to think that this was a divided nation, that warlords, bandits, and gangsters were the mainstream of this society, and that the people were weak and timid, poor and ignorant, so they thought that this was a good opportunity that was rare in a thousand years, so they rushed into this land with guns and cannons, and broke their horses.

But when they entered, they found that the land had become completely unfamiliar to them overnight. but the foolish people did not want to be obedient to the people, and they took up swords and spears in their cowardice and weakness. Divided warlords, can be united; Bandits and gangsters who do evil do not want to be Han jiān.

The millennium opportunity has turned into a millennium crisis, the defeat has been weighed heavily on the shoulders of high-ranking military and political personnel, the allies have listed His Majesty the Supreme Emperor as the number one war criminal, the inheritance of the imperial kingdom is seriously threatened, and once the defeat becomes a reality, no one knows what unimaginable results will be.

"You don't have a chance, but I have a chance to travel all over Japan."

A sentence suddenly popped out of Okamura Ninji's mind, and the master who said this was now sharpening his knife in the south, staring at him standing at the head of Beiping City.

"If you go to Tokyo again, the Nanyang reinforcements must arrive by mid-February, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."

Okamura was unwilling, he did not want to be a sinner in Japan's defeat, he hoped that he would be able to turn the tide.

Xiǎo Isokuni Zhao looked at the streets on both sides through the car window, the car slowly moved on the street, and the pedestrians on both sides cast envious eyes on the car, at this time, the people who could sit in the car were senior military and political personnel, and the others, whether they were police officers or company owners, could only ride bicycles.

There is no festive atmosphere in Tokyo for the New Year, the shortage of domestic supplies is already very serious, there are few men on the streets, and people in old kimonos are hurrying through the streets. In the open space on the side of the street, a group of fùnv were training, holding guns made of bamboo sticks, and practicing assassination one by one under the command.

Now almost all of Japan is a soldier, under the age of 65 and over 10, regardless of whether it is a male or female, all of whom have to receive military training, and the sound of childish killing is not heard from the school.

This is after the Battle of Shandong, in view of the tension of troops on the front line, the military department proposed a general mobilization of 100 million people according to the strategy of total force warfare, training 8 million reserve soldiers, 18 million militia, 50 million people, and even the queen carried out military training with the order of the palace.

Ishihara closed the curtains a little irritably, he simply thought that this kind of madness was stupid, stupid. The numbers are nice, but what about the others? With eight million reservists, are there still eight million young people of working age in Japan? Eighteen million militiamen, armed with even ancient front-loading guns, this is not enough, most of the militia will be equipped with weapons made of bamboo, as for the 50 million people in the back, there are only stones and kitchen knives, not even grenades, but they have to face tank machine guns.

"Ishihara-kun, there are some things that can't be rushed." Knowing the mood of his friends around him, Ishihara's strategy was once again vetoed by the Imperial Council.

In view of the serious enemy situation in North China, Ishihara Waner proposed that the entire North China Dispatch Army should be withdrawn to the border of Manchukuo, and the ancient battlefield of Méng would be contracted, and the entire Méng Ancient Army should be abandoned, and the whole army would be withdrawn; In addition, he once again proposed to abandon Jiangnan, and the Jiangnan troops went north with all their troops.

However, this strategy was again vetoed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of War, and the new Minister of War Shunroku Hata threatened to resign and refused to withdraw troops from North China, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also resolutely opposed the withdrawal of troops from Jiangnan.

Ishihara felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart, it had been a year since he re-emerged from the mountain, but his strategy had not been adopted, and if it weren't for Xiǎo Isokuniaki's insistence on retaining, he would have resigned today.

"Ishihara-kun, don't be discouraged, today's meeting has finally reached the result, and the navy has agreed to transport the four divisions of Nanyang to North China within a month." xiǎo iso kuni aki comforted Ishihara.

Ishihara snorted softly, without the slightest understanding, it had already been decided to transfer troops from the South Seas to North China, but because of the US counteroffensive, the navy seized Kwajalein, Roy-Namur Island, and the Aniwetok atolls, and the troops were directed at the Mariana absolute defense circle. The Navy decided to organize the Battle of the Marianas, with the Combined Fleet assembled on the mainland and the Nanyang Fleet assembled in Singapore. For this reason, the operation of transporting troops from the South Seas was stopped, and due to the growing threat of American submarines, a separate fleet no longer dared to go on the road, and each time a powerful escort fleet had to be sent.

"Prime Minister, I don't have hope for a decisive battle in North China." Ishihara's tone was very stiff, a point he had said many times, and he had fully discussed it at the Imperial Council today.

"What do you think of Okamura-kun's battle plan?" Xiǎo asked as if he didn't care.

"Okamura," Ishihara was stunned for a moment, and then said disdainfully, "This is a duplicitous guy." ”

Ishihara still clearly remembers Okamura's performance back then, and he didn't recognize his face at the beginning, but he has seen it clearly in recent years. Hearing this, Isokuni Zhao shook his head slightly.

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