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

"Tsuji Daisa!" Tatsutakanosuke still pretended to reprimand: "What nonsense! ”

Masanobu Tsuji did not flinch, stepped forward and said loudly: "Chief Chief! Commander! Am I wrong! Since the Battle of Northern Hubei, the empire has retreated, mainly because the senior generals are afraid! Lost the samurai jīng god! ”

"Tsuji Daisa!" Tatsutakanosuke burst into a shout, stood up, quickly turned around and glared at him fiercely: "This is a high-level meeting!" Don't talk nonsense! No one loses the samurai jīng god! We are all shedding blood and sacrifice for the Empire and for Your Majesty! ”

Masanobu Tsuji was not afraid, his head was held high, and he met the gaze of Tachitaka Nosuke: "Isn't it?" I sent troops and the Kwantung Army to North China, and all I heard everywhere was retreat, retreat, when are we going to retreat! are emphasizing the disparity between the enemy and our forces! May I ask General Ishihara, when Wicker Lake was at the beginning, was there a huge disparity between the enemy and our forces? At the Lugou Bridge, was there a huge disparity between the enemy and our forces? During the battle in Songhu, was there a huge disparity between the strength of the enemy and us? ”

Masanobu Tsuji's question left Ishihara and Umezu Mijiro speechless, Ishihara Waner is the mastermind behind 918, and it can be said that without him, there would be no 918; Umezu Yoshijiro was the backbone of the expansion faction, and he strongly advocated the increase of troops in North China and the expansion of the situation, which eventually contributed to Japan's full-scale invasion of China. Whole\Ben\Small\Say\Net

But Masanobu Tsuji's questioning made the two of them a little annoyed, Ishihara Waner yīn kept a calm face, Umezu Mijiro flashed a cold light, trying to suppress his anger, and Kasawara Yukio showed a disgusted gaze.

Tatsunosuke is now trying to get himself out, he must lead the war to Umezu Mijiro and Ishihara Waner, so he sneered: "According to you, retreating is cowardice, and advancing is samurai?" Hmph, this is just the judgment of a superior soldier, as a big sa, it is wrong to judge the situation in this way! ”

Without waiting for Masanobu Tsuji to refute, Tatsujinosuke pointed outside Mén: "This is a high-level meeting, you can go out!" ”

"Deputy Chief of Staff!" Masanobu Tsuji did not flinch, and stood there firmly: "As a soldier, the first thing is confidence!" But I found that General Ishihara and the commander are not confident, the empire now needs us to fight hard, not to retreat, the Chinese army has an advantage in strength and an air superiority, but it is impossible to give up Pingjin! ”

"And what strategy do you have to win this decisive battle?" Ishihara asked coldly.

"But I'm confident!" Masanobu Tsuji stood there motionless, looking at Ishihara Waner calmly, and Tachitakanosuke took the opportunity to dodge away, allowing Masanobu Tsuji and Ishihara Wanji to face each other.

Ishihara stood up, slowly walked to Tsuji Masanobu's side, looked up and down at Tsuji Masanobu who was standing straight and solemn, and changed his words when the words came to his lips: "Young people, it is good to have faith, but blind confidence cannot win this war." ”

"No," Masanobu Tsuji replied loudly, "In North China, although the Shina Army has the advantage in strength, the Empire's advantage is in Bushido, and it is better organized. Let's talk about the northern front, the Northern Front Zhina Army is composed of Fu Zuoyi's department, the GC army, Yan Xishan's department, and the Central Army. On the southern front, General China organized an army of 1.5 million troops, but Tang Enbo on the Western Front had contradictions with General China, and Sun Lianzhong was a local army and had natural contradictions with the Central Army. Therefore, the Zhina army seems to be a lot, but in fact there are many internal contradictions, just like Fu Jian during the Battle of Weishui. ”

Umezu Mijiro paced slowly in the office with his hands behind his back, turning his back to Masanobu Tsuji as he began to speak, slowly walking to the window and looking out at the street.

"From the Battle of Northern Hubei to the Battle of Shandong, the performance of the local army was no worse than that of the central army." Umezu Mijiro's tone was a little light: "What reason do you have to judge that this time will be different." ”

"In the Battle of Northern Hubei, General Anan fell into the trap of the Chinese army; In the Battle of Shandong, General Matsui made a mistake in judgment, and in these two battles, the Chinese Army grasped the initiative on the battlefield early and soon formed an absolute advantage; This covered up the internal contradictions of the Chinese army, and there was no chance for them to erupt, but if we dealt a heavy blow to the Chinese army in Pingjin, their internal contradictions would explode quickly. ”

Litakanosuke nodded slightly, although he didn't believe it, but Tsuji Masanobu has not been idle in the past few months in North China, and has carefully studied these battles, but Tsuji Masanobu is wrong, if you look at it from a longer time, the Battle of Songhu, the two Jinpu Road Battles, the local army of China is not bad in the War of Resistance.

From the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to the present, the Chinese national sentiment is high, from ordinary soldiers to senior generals, they have shown extremely rare bravery on the battlefield, and the senior generals who died on the battlefield can make a long list, from the commander of the group army to the company platoon commander, there are people from all strata.

"This is an inherent contradiction within China, during the war, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party came to the brink of war several times, as for the local army and the China army, it is known from Yan Xishan." Masanobu Tsuji's confidence is still very strong.

"From the beginning of the war to the present, we have hoped for the Shina Neiluàn several times, but we have always been disappointed, at least before the war, there was no such sign in the Shina army." Umezu Mijiro still didn't turn around, still looking out the window: "Do you have a plan?" ”

"Yes," Masanobu Tsuji replied without hesitation: "It is winter, and I estimate that the offensive of the General of China will be launched in February and March, but at this time, the Far East is still covered with heavy snow, and it is impossible for the Soviet army to attack, and once our army defeats the China Army, it is even more impossible for the Soviet army to attack, and their main battlefield is in Europe."

We took advantage of this winter to transfer the main force of 150,000 to 200,000 troops of the Kwantung Army into the pass, assembled in the Pingjin area, and first concentrated the main force to defeat the troops of the northern front of China, which were about 300,000. Then use Beiping Tianjin to attract the China Army, the main force in the periphery, and the China Army decisive battle. ”

Umezu Mijiro turned around and exchanged glances with Ishihara Waner Jiāo, this Masanobu Tsuji is not very reckless, Tatsunosuke secretly laughed in his heart, what Masanobu Tsuji showed was actually the way the Japanese have always dealt with differences.

If there is a disagreement among the Japanese, the first thing to look at is not the plan, but confidence, and after having confidence, the plan will be discussed, but at this time, as long as there is a reasonable plan, it will be adopted, regardless of whether the plan is full of leaks.

Masanobu Tsuji's plan looks good, and the Soviet army will indeed not attack this season, but then it is his wishful thinking, the Northern Route Army looks weaker than the Southern Front Army, but Fu Zuoyi is good at defending, the Eighth Route Army is tenacious, the Jin Sui Army may not be able to attack, but the defense is still possible, at least it can hold on for a while, and the Northern Route Army may not be so easy to defeat.

Secondly, it is impossible for the Chinese army to follow Tsuji Masanobu's calculations, and Tatsutakanosuke knows it with his toes, Tsuji Masanobu believes that the Chinese army will first attack Shijiazhuang and Baoding, but what if the Chinese army goes the opposite way and only cuts off Shijiazhuang and Baoding, and the main force advances to Pingjin? Even ventured further north, to the Pingjin area just encircled.

Even if everything develops according to Masanobu Tsuji's plan, after the defeat of the Northern Route Army, can't the main force of the Southern Front stop attacking? They took Shijiazhuang, Baoding, Jizhong, and Pingjin, and then stopped, the Kwantung Army could not stay in the Guannai for a long time, and as long as the Soviet army made a slight move, Umezu Mijiro could only transfer his troops back.

There are too many variables in this, and the plan can only succeed if all parties act according to Masanobu Tsuji's plan. Tatsunosuke believed that with Ishihara's military literacy, he must have discovered the leakage.

Sure enough, Ishihara Wan'er opened his mouth and asked: "This is an adventure, General Shina will not just watch the defeat of the Northern Route Army, when the Imperial Army attacks the northern front, the Southern Route Army can quickly advance north and support the northern front." ”

"Our army has only used 150,000 troops, and the main force is still in the Pingjin area, and our army can block them." Masanobu Tsuji replied calmly.

"No, 450,000 troops were dispatched to North China, 150,000 troops were sent to the Kwantung Army, Shijiazhuang, Baoding, Cangzhou, and Jizhong, how many troops do you plan to put in them?" Ishihara's tone suddenly became stern.

"Your Excellency, this is not a question of strength, but a matter of confidence!" Feeling the pressure of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Masanobu Tsuji fought back: "At the beginning of the war, 100,000 imperial troops could run rampant in North China, but now? We just lost only two battles, and we lost the confidence of the whole war? If we continue like this, we have no hope. ”

"It is precisely in order to win a glimmer of life for the empire that I have developed such a plan." Ishihara suddenly shouted, "You're gambling, understand?" Gambling! ”

"Many people also say the same thing about Yamamoto five ** generals, but what is the result?" Masanobu Tsuji was full of confidence, and before Yamamoto Isoroku formulated a plan for a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the Navy also objected to it again, believing that it was a gamble.

Ishihara was speechless for a moment, and Umezu Mijiro shook his head slightly, but there was one thing in Masanobu Tsuji's judgment that still attracted him, that is, it was impossible for Soviet Russia to launch an attack in winter, and Soviet Russia would only attack after the defeat of the Imperial Army in North China.

The empire is now short of troops, and the North China Dispatch Army and the Kwantung Army are facing the China Army and the Soviet Army, both of which are short of troops, and if the Soviet Army cannot attack in winter and concentrate the main forces of the two front armies to fight, victory is still possible.

"One hundred and fifty thousand?" Umezu Mijiro muttered to himself, Kasawara Yukio had worked with him for several years, and he knew his habits better, and immediately noticed that Umezu Mijiro was a little moved, and he choked and said: "Commander, there are signs that on the Mongolian side, the Soviet-Mongolian army is actively preparing for an attack, and General Okabe has sounded the alarm several times. ”

Tatsunosuke felt that he had to speak, and without waiting for Umezu Mijiro to answer, he immediately said, "I have a new idea. ”

This sentence attracted Ishihara Waner and Umezu Mijiro, and Tatsu Takanosuke walked to the coffee table and pointed on the map with his finger: "I feel that our current formation is too wide, and Commander Okamura hopes to use the strong city defenses of Shijiazhuang and Baoding to attract the Chinese army to attack, but on the other hand, the distance from Shijiazhuang to Beiping is too far to echo." Therefore, on the western front, we abandoned Shijiazhuang Baoding Cangzhou, and shrunk the troops to the periphery of Pingjin, Gaobeidian, Zhuozhou, Gu'an, and Jinghai. ”

Tatsunosuke's fingers drew a slightly curved arc on the map, and he paused, looking up at Umezu Mijiro and Ishihara Wanji, as if waiting for the other to digest his suggestion.

"However, in order to realize the plan to defeat the Chinese army, the Kwantung Army must have at least 100,000 people enter the pass." Tatsunosuke cleverly lowered 150,000 to 100,000, a number just right.

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