645: Alternative War
The Chinese Empire took two sets of measures against Japanese prisoners, two completely different extreme methods for soldiers and civilians, but the final result may be the same, of course, if the situation is deviated, the final result will also change to a certain extent. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The Chinese army's approach to civilian prisoners was to force them to build their own concentration camp, which only required an outer wall, and then find some Japanese traitors who were willing to defect to the Chinese, distribute food and weapons, and let them take care of the security in the camp.
Of course, as a privilege, these Japanese traitors who defected to the Chinese could do whatever they wanted in the concentration camps, even if they killed people, no one would go to them for trouble, and if they killed everyone, it would be as the Chinese meant.
The other is the problem of treating soldiers, the Japanese bushido spirit happened to help the Chinese army at this moment, precisely because they believed in the spirit of the katana, and were more willing to die with the enemy on the battlefield.
As a result, the Chinese soldiers on the battlefield also achieved 10,000 percent satisfaction for the Japanese, as long as they were Japanese soldiers, they would not leave any of them behind, and they would all be killed. Although it was cruel, when the marines landed in Ajiune, the Japanese troops on the position were still echoing in their ears, so no one wanted to pity the Japanese soldiers at this moment, and they hated to clean up the whole of Japan.
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Nogi Noshinori only felt that his heart was so tired and tired in the recent period, the development of the war had exceeded his expectations, the strength of the Chinese was far beyond his previous speculation, and now even if the American military aid had arrived, Nogi Noshinori did not have the confidence to defeat the Chinese.
In the past, Nogi Noshinori had only heard that the Chinese were very powerful, especially their firepower, which was so powerful that it was desperate.
But at that time, Nogi Noshinori still thought that those people were frightened by the Chinese's momentary bravery, the real Chinese should not be so strong, maybe the army they encountered was just a force built by the Chinese with all their might, as long as Japan defeated this force, then the Chinese would be like chickens and ducks, and could be slaughtered by the Japanese.
But Nogi Noshinori is wrong, and the mistake is outrageous, the Chinese have the ability to send more than 100,000 people to the Japanese mainland in one breath, and also have the ability to open up two battlefields in the north and south at the same time, just this strategic layout, has already shown its strength, if this time still maintains the previous mentality, then it can only show that Nogi Noshinori is deceiving himself.
The firepower superiority shown by the Chinese on the battlefield was already beyond the tolerance of the Japanese army, and Nogi Noshinori deployed two divisions on the front line, which only blocked a wave of attacks by the Chinese, and it was only an attack of 2,000 men, and when the second wave of 2,000 men arrived, the position had already been lost.
Although the Japanese army may have suffered an unexpected blow due to the sudden appearance of the air force, it is still the same sentence, there is no rehearsal of the war, and defeat is defeat, and there is no reason to find it for you.
If the previous two divisions were defeated by the Chinese aviation, then the Japanese army was directly defeated by the Chinese infantry in the second line of defense, although the enemy was numerous, but there were still complete fortifications in the second line of defense, and the Chinese had just landed, and it was time to be tired.
However, it was in this situation, which seemed that the enemy and us were very mismatched, that a division could not withstand the attack of the Chinese for an afternoon.
What is the concept that a division can't resist for an afternoon? Does this mean that even if the Japanese now have a hundred divisions in their hands, as long as they take them one by one, they can only block the Chinese for 50 to 100 days at most?
Nani? Just thinking about it makes me feel a little ashamed, the Great Japanese Empire would be mixed up like such a bird? How can it be believed?
Although the facts are in front of them, Nogi Noshinori does not want to believe this, and the division by division to invest in it may just let the Chinese find the most suitable attack method for them, but what about a large-scale operation? The Chinese have limited strength at this time, and because this is the Japanese mainland, the Japanese side naturally has an absolute advantage, so can the Japanese army take advantage of the advantage in terms of troops to fight with the Chinese?
As long as the Japanese army can win this battle, then the situation of the entire war for Japan will also improve in an instant, and the invincible Chinese will also encounter huge obstacles.
So, Nogi Noshinori thought of Kurume, and while ordering Kurume's side to complete the preparation task as soon as possible, he ordered the troops to continue to attract Chinese troops to the direction of Kurume.
Kurume is hundreds of kilometers away from Akune, and placing the main battlefield there can be considered to be deliberate, at least to increase the supply lines of the Chinese as much as possible, and at that time, as long as Nogi Noshinori sends a wing of troops to ambush the supply lines of the Chinese, as long as he can successfully defeat the supply of the Chinese several times, then the Chinese will lose this war.
However, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.
The first bad news is that the troops sent to the front by Nogi Noshinori are fleeing back except for a few people who fled back in embarrassment, and those Japanese troops who were not able to return, without exception, all became dead, the Chinese do not want the wounded, do not take prisoners, they will kill all the people in Japanese uniforms, regardless of whether you have weapons in your hands and whether you have the intention of attacking them.
These are not within the scope of Chinese consideration, and there is only one criterion for their judgment of the enemy, that is, military uniforms.
If it is normal for the Chinese to leave no room in battle, because the Japanese army often does this, although they are angry, they are helpless.
Then another piece of news, like a heavy hammer, smashed Nogi Noshinori's head.
The Chinese arrested all the civilians, forced the civilians to build concentration camps, and then locked the civilians in, and selected a small number of Japanese traitors who were willing to join them to take care of the civilians, while the Chinese soldiers never entered the concentration camps, they were only responsible for the defense of the perimeter, and as long as the Japanese inside did not try to leave the camps, then the Chinese would not attack them.
It stands to reason that this is also a safe place for civilians to live, at least the Chinese will not burn the flames of war there.
This was undoubtedly fortunate news, but unfortunately, the good news and bad news arrived at the same time, Nogi Noshinori learned that the Chinese had imprisoned a large number of Japanese civilians in the concentration camps, and also learned that the Chinese had publicly stated that they had no surplus food to supply the Japanese civilians in the concentration camps.
That is to say, the Chinese are only responsible for putting civilians in concentration camps and forbidding them to leave the camp for half a step, but they do not give them a mouthful of food or water.
And how big is a concentration camp? Not to mention that there are people crowded inside, at least the per capita activity area will not exceed five square meters, in such a dense area, where can the Japanese inside find food?
If that's all it takes, it can only show that the Chinese are too ruthless and make people have to be afraid.
However, the Chinese sent people to Nogi Noshinori to send a message, and so far the Chinese have built two concentration camps, holding a total of more than 400,000 Japanese civilians, and the Chinese army does not have enough food to provide them, nor does it have this obligation.
As the two warring parties, the war should not be allowed to affect ordinary civilians, and the Chinese side isolated these civilians and told the Japanese army the detailed location, hoping that the Japanese army and the Chinese would avoid fighting in this area, so as not to accidentally injure Japanese civilians.
At the same time, as the host country, the Japanese army should and has the obligation to provide sufficient food for those Japanese civilians in concentration camps, and at least one meal per capita, so as to prevent more Japanese civilians from dying of starvation.
However, in view of the fact that the two sides are currently at war, the Chinese side should be responsible for receiving the grain and transferring it to the concentration camp to be handed over to the Japanese civilians.
Regarding this announcement, the Chinese have long known the news, after starving in the concentration camp for so many days, some Japanese are willing to cooperate, in addition to joining the 'army', the Chinese have also released a large number of Japanese civilians to go outside to publicize the news.
At this time, the Japanese will not take care of so much, the Chinese do not provide food, they naturally have nothing to say, but your Japanese army is their own army, even if you refuse to provide food, then wouldn't it make us starve to death?
As for the grain in the homes of Japanese civilians, hehehe, there was not much food, and it was later taken away by the Chinese, and they did not leave a single hair.
At this time, Nogi Noshinori was also bitter in his heart, the materials in his hands were not rich at all, and even the army could only guarantee two meals a day, and a thin soup at night, even the army was like this, what do civilians want? Naturally, Nogi Noshinori can't get food.
So, within two days, the original rumors began to change on the entire island of Kyushu, because the Japanese army refused to provide food to civilians, so in these days, a large number of Japanese civilians have been starved to death, if the Japanese army still refuses to provide food to civilians, then 400,000 civilians will all starve to death in a week.