[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 559: The arrogant Umezu (ask for subscriptions, ask for monthly passes, ask for everything!) ）

In addition to Lao Jiang Xingxing, Lieutenant General Umezu Mijiro, the commander of the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi, was not in a very bad mood. www.biquge.info After receiving a telegram from the headquarters of the North China Front Army in Beiping, Mr. Lieutenant General, who had just received the promotion of the commander of the Kwantung Army and ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from the base camp, not only did not have the slightest anger and worry, but instead showed a rare smile on his face, which surprised one of his subordinate officers.

It's no wonder that Umezu Mijiro is so excited, this guy was originally a fanatical war butcher, a typical militarist. In his own words, I was born a samurai, born for the sacred rise of the Great Japanese Empire, born for war.

As a professional soldier who rose to prominence during the Meiji Restoration, Umezu Mijiro has a strong smell of old professional soldiers, and he has no superfluous hobbies, but he likes to think about some problems.

Moreover, he thinks thoroughly and carefully when considering problems, and is extremely good at using the information he gathers to deduce the outcome of the matter, which is also the advantage of being able to become a professional soldier.

Umezu Mijiro admires the martial spirit of the military very much, believing that the military cannot be swayed by politics, and the greatest desire of the military is to become a general, not a prime minister. And the reason why Umezu Mijiro is well known to the Chinese is because of the infamous "Ho-Mei Agreement".

After the signing of the "Tanggu Agreement", the Japanese army was not satisfied with only dividing the northeastern part of Hebei Province as a demilitarized area, and in order to consolidate the puppet Manchukuo, split North China, and squeeze out the troops of the Northeast Army and the Nationalist Government in North China, in March 1934, it sent Umezu Mijiro to replace Nakamura Kotaro as the commander of the Chinese garrison.

In May 1935, under the pretext that the Chinese authorities had assisted Sun Yongqin's troops of the Northeast Volunteer Army to enter the "demilitarized area" in Luandong, and two pro-Japanese journalists were killed in the Japanese concession of Tianjin, he made an unreasonable request to He Yingqin, acting chairman of the Beiping Military Branch of the Kuomintang, to "expel the Northeast and the central forces from North China", and sent Japanese troops from the Northeast to the customs to threaten with force.

On July 6 of the same year, under Japanese military and diplomatic pressure, He Yingqin was forced to acknowledge the Japanese demand in the form of a typed letter and signed the so-called "He-Mei Agreement". The agreement deprived China of all sovereignty over Hebei and opened the door for a full-scale Japanese attack on North China.

In the process of dealing with the Chinese many times, Umezu Mijiro used despicable and shameless means to force the Chinese government to bow down again and again, so deep down he has developed a habit of arrogance, he has always believed that the Chinese regime is a high-rise building built on sand, as long as their Imperial Japanese army saber touches, it will collapse with a bang, and even now it has not changed in the slightest.

A year ago, Fumiro Konoe reshuffled his cabinet again, removing Sugiyama Moto, who had declared that "the Chinese incident would be resolved in three months," and appointing Seishiro Itagaki as Minister of War. He was immediately transferred to the commander of the First Army of the Japanese North China Front, replacing Lieutenant General Kiyoji Kazuki, who was not active in the war.

After Umezu Mijiro took office, he was very dissatisfied with General Sugiyama's practice of not moving. Without Sugiyama's consent, he commanded the First Army that had invaded Shanxi to carry out the so-called "law and order purge" battle plan, which consisted in "sweeping" the anti-Japanese forces in various places, expanding the security circle, and developing and utilizing all the resources in the occupied area to support a protracted war. In less than half a year, Umezu Mijiro has achieved brilliant results.

Under his command, the Second World War Zone was quickly driven away from the vicinity of Taiyuan, allowing the Japanese army to completely consolidate the occupied areas around Taiyuan. After that, Umezu Mijiro carried out the Jindong operation against the Eighth Route Army, which was based on the Wutai Mountain Tianwei, expanded the security area of Wutai and Fanzhi Flatland, attacked the enemy base areas along the Tongpu and Jinghan railways, expanded the security area around Lu'an, and put tremendous pressure on the World War II zone.

Because of this, Umezu Yoshijiro thought that the Shina army that had been sent to his door was the best opportunity to completely defeat the resistance forces in northern China, and he could not miss it. As for the disparity in strength between the two sides, it is not a matter in the eyes of Umezu Mijiro, and in the face of absolute strength, the number of people is just a bargaining chip to embolden the weak, nothing more.

Taiyuan. Headquarters of the First Army of the North China Front.

The big war is imminent, the tense atmosphere has shrouded the entire Taiyuan City, the large conference room of the First Army Headquarters is full of people today, take a closer look, good guys, will be star-studded.

From the left of the main seat sat Major General Iida Shinjiro, chief of staff of the Japanese First Army, Major General Nakano Naozo, commander of the 25th Infantry Brigade, and Major General Tomamiji 4th Floor, commander of the 104th Infantry Brigade.

At this time, if an artillery shell suddenly fell from the sky, then the Chinese army would probably be more relaxed in this battle. It's a pity that military meetings like this are the most confidential things of the Japanese army, and it is impossible for them to be easily detected by the Chinese army.

Besides, even if it is detected, it is heavily guarded, and every fly that flies in has to see if it is male or female. Moreover, this is still in the basement of the headquarters of the First Army, and neither a sneak attack nor an air attack can cause much damage to these devil officers.

"Your Excellency Commander has arrived!"

"Stepping", "stepping", "stepping on" military leather boots beat like a drum in the hearts of every senior officer of the Japanese army present, for His Excellency the general who has been smiling, everyone present has scruples, in the past year, Umezu Mijiro has completely conquered all the officers present in his unique way.

"Gentlemen, please be seated!" Umezu Mijiro's voice was not high, but it could be heard very clearly in the ears of every officer present.

"Before the meeting, introduce someone to you, Miss Aiko, please come in!" Umezu Mijiro said.

"Smack" "Slap" "Slap"

Aiko Sato, dressed in a general's uniform and with a straight waist, walked in from outside the conference room, and sat down in a chair next to Mijiro Umezu, unaffected by the large number of senior officers in the conference room.

All the officers in the conference room were shocked, but they didn't expect that His Excellency the Commander introduced them to a female officer, and she was so young, it seemed that she should not be more than 30 years old. Looking at the female officers on their shoulders like them, carrying a general star, all the officers looked at each other, when did the empire come out with such a young major general, and it was still a female general?

"Gentlemen, this is Miss Aiko Sato, the best intelligence and cryptography expert in the Empire, and the current person in charge of the Special High Division of the Front Army. Don't think that Miss Sato looked down on her at a young age, and told you that Sato's intelligence team not only participated in the Songhu Raider, but also played a non-negligible role in the capture of Nanjing, the capital of China. ”

In the surprised eyes of everyone, Umezu Mijiro continued: "This time, the Front Army sent His Excellency Sato and her intelligence team to our First Army, the main purpose is to assist our First Army in the battle and provide us with intelligence assistance, please welcome you with warm applause!" ”

As soon as Umezu Mijiro finished speaking, the conference room burst into warm applause.

After a while, signaling everyone to be quiet, Umezu Mijiro continued: "Miss Aiko has just arrived in Taiyuan and has made great achievements for our army, they used the radio technology they mastered, successfully deciphered the telegram of the China War Zone, and learned their battle plan, and Miss Aiko will give us a detailed account of the specific deployment of the China army. ”

"Hay!"

Aiko Sato got up and said loudly: "According to the intelligence analysis intercepted by our intelligence team and sent to various units in the Second Theater of China, the people of China have adopted the tactics of attacking from the north to the south this time, mainly with 150,000 troops each sent by Ma Zheng of the Eighth Route Army of China and the Second War Zone of China, and a total of 300,000 troops from both sides launched an attack on our army from the north and south at the same time. ”

"You, sure?" Major General Shojiro Iida asked in a deep voice.

"Hay, sure. Not only did the Chinese send 300,000 troops, but also more than 2 brigades of artillery units and a large number of combat vehicles to participate in the battle, and there was also the possibility of the emergence of the Chinese air force. Aiko Sato said without being shocked.

"Miss Aiko, do you know the specific battle plan of the Shina people?" Major General Naozo Nakano, commander of the 25th Infantry Brigade, also asked. (To be continued.) )