Zhang Xuewu naturally understood Li Songtao's intentions, and the first thing to strengthen was the belief and confidence of the commanders to fight to the end, so he smiled and said: "Xiao Yue is actually damaging that!" We have 17,000 warriors who guard the door of the country with the heart of death and correct the name of the [***] people in our country, and he can't gnaw Chengde in 20 days plus 50,000 dead and wounded? How many troops does the country have? They can't afford to fight, so it won't take a few hits, and the men should be gone! ”

As soon as Zhang Xuewu's voice fell, Xu Guohui smiled and said: "That's a good dare!" It is said that this girl is good, gentle and obedient, let's carry forward what the spirit of the division said? Wouldn't it be nice to borrow them from the seeds and turn them into their own people in a few generations? ”

Huang Tao glared at Xu Guohui and said: "What the master is talking about is the humanitarian spirit of gratuitous internationalism, don't use bad words!" It's not a thing at all, if you really want to say this woman, wait for the counteroffensive that the division said has entered North Korea and arrest a few for you, as long as I am the director of the political department, I will ensure that no one beats you for a small report. ”

"Then I thank you, I'll kowtow to you!" Xu Guohui faked a bow to Huang Tao, causing everyone to laugh.

Suddenly the atmosphere was much more relaxed, Zhang Xuewu saw this and continued: "Xiao Yueben can't beat Chengde, in fact, the main reason is because we from the division commander to the ordinary soldiers all have the heart of death, aren't they unable to beat us?" Therefore, they will think of ways to relax our will, pretending to think that the snake gives us hope of life, who wants to die if we can live! As soon as we relax, the good guy said that he was really playing, and with a fierce fight, we would be defeated! Moreover, they are a notoriously well-known nation that speaks worse than farts, and the credibility of their words is not much higher than the chastity and loyalty of the Koreans! ”

In the former enemy headquarters of the Japanese army, the heat emitted by the stove quickly formed a cloud of smoke, and the gloomy division commanders and brigade commanders were silent as gold, with a posture that Lao Tzu was not ready to speak today, and smoked cigarettes by himself, but today the attitude of the division commanders Itamoto Masaemon, Nishi Yoshiichi, Matsuki Naoryō, and Hirose Shousuke seemed to be much more submissive.

The commander of the 16th Division, Lieutenant General Pu Mu, who has been serving as a blocker on the outer line of Chengde, seems to be a little angry? Okamura Ninji looked around at the people present and took a deep breath, his Excellency the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army is probably the first time that he has really been recognized and valued by the commanders of these divisions, the reason is very simple, the attack on Chengde has caused heavy casualties among the four divisions participating in the battle, from the commander of the major general brigade to the captain of the Dazuo Wing, the [***] team has already volunteered to help the army add several generals.

Okamura Ninji also knows that it is not these veteran division commanders who really recognize themselves, but they themselves can't carry such a big black cauldron, to put it simply, this is the weakness of the attack, and the seriousness of this is to insult the prestige of the imperial army, and the strength of the five divisions and regiments has been strengthened with heavy artillery, combat vehicles, and aviation, and they are still unable to defeat the enemy? The total casualties of the four divisions that participated in the attack exceeded 40,000? Okamura Ninji didn't know how to report this result to His Excellency Commander Muto Nobuyoshi? I am afraid that this is not only a matter of insulting the prestige of the imperial army, but this may shake the formulation and implementation of the follow-up strategy of the General Staff Headquarters and even the Military Department for the Northern Branch!

Okamura Ninji knew that both the General Staff Headquarters and the Ministry of War were now formulating the "Chao Yue" plan after the Manchukuo plan, and this plan belonged to the top secret of the military, and only a few people knew about it, and Okamura Ninji had only heard of the follow-up plans, and generally speaking, after the occupation of Manchuria, North China would be consolidated into a demilitarized zone, seeking sufficient strategic buffers, using Manchuria's mineral resources and the empire's industrial base, and using the imperial navy's absolute superiority over the Soviet and Russian navies. Cooperate with the army to advance into the vast Siberian Plain and conduct a decisive battle with Soviet Russia, which can be said to follow the strategic policy arrangement of the original after World War I.

However, at the beginning of the Battle of Rehe, the rout of the Central [***] team made the General Staff Headquarters and the Ministry of War ecstatic, and there was no doubt that the occupation of China's vast land and rich resources made the Empire salivate, but the Military Department and the General Staff Headquarters and some people of insight like Okamura Ninji were worried that if the Empire did not have 20 to 30 years to develop, build, and integrate Manchuria, it would rush to plunge into the next full-scale war against China, and once the main force of the Imperial Army was trapped in the Chinese battlefield, it would affect the implementation of the Empire's overall strategy of hegemony in the Asia-Pacific decisive battle.

Now the battle of Chengde at the end of the Battle of Rehe has made almost all of them aware of a problem, not all of the Chinese troops are sand-made troops, and if there are a few more armies like the 106th Division and the newly formed 1st Division among China's millions of troops, with the existing military strength of the empire, not to mention the strategic Rehe, they will seek to divide North China into a demilitarized zone, I am afraid that even the first line of Shanhaiguan, Jinzhou, Chaoyang, and Fengtian will have to face the threat of the Chinese [***] team.

Under the iron wall of Chengde, Okamura Ningji also had to admit that the prestige of the imperial army this time was indeed swept clean and clean, and it also hit the head and broke the bloodstream, the middle [***] team is not vegetarian, and the Fifth Army commanded by Zhang Zhizhong in Shanghai has left a very deep impression on Okamura Ningji, but I didn't expect the new first division of the same German armor division to be even stronger! A posture of resisting the enemy and defending to the death, fighting to the last soldier.

Before Okamura Ninji could figure out how to appease these frustrated division commanders and brigade commanders, Pu Mu, the commander of the 16th Division, who had been responsible for blocking enemy reinforcements along the first line of the Great Wall, opened his mouth first to launch a prison.

Pu Muxian, whose face was blue and looked very bad, looked around at everyone's depressed expressions, and said to Okamura Ningji very dissatisfied: "Your Excellency, commander-in-chief, I want to know when our army will be able to break through the city wall defense of Chengde?" The heavy artillery and combat vehicles reinforced by the four divisions were equipped with the aviation team, why couldn't they capture half of the city defended by the middle [***] division despite heavy casualties? ”

"Yaga!" Itamoto Masaemon slapped the table and said, "Since the 16th Division entered the war, it can be said that it has not fired a single bullet, and it has been used as a general reserve for the campaign, what qualifications do you have to criticize others who are fighting bloodily on the front line?" Since the commander of your Pumu Division thinks that Chengde is so easy to fight, my Sixth Division will give you all the attack positions of our division tomorrow, so that you can show your skills and shine your martial arts! ”

Itamoto Masaemon resonated with several other division commanders and the brigade commanders below, the tragedy of the Chengde offensive and defensive battle has long exceeded the tragedy of the Lushun offensive and defensive battle during the Russian War, in just seven days, there are more than 30,000 officers and soldiers drinking blood on the battlefield, and nearly 10,000 light and serious wounded, how tragic this is!

Pu Mu did not admit defeat and glared back at Itamoto Masaemon and said: "Don't be ashamed! As an emperor [***] person, if he loses the battle, he will put the blame on the enemy? How heroic and tenacious is the enemy? Advanced weapons and equipment? Is this what the Great Emperor [***] people did? Do you know how to write the word shame? For such a huge failure, why didn't anyone apologize for their crimes? Since you have decided to live for a long time, then don't be afraid of what others say about you! ”

Pu Mu's words hit the hearts of everyone present, yes! If it weren't for one or two commanders in high positions who took responsibility, I am afraid that such a huge fiasco would not have been able to pass the test in any way!

Committing suicide by caesarean section to wash away the shame? Everyone who pressed these eight words felt a little out of breath! Pu Mu let out a long sigh and said: "Although my 16th Division is engaged in the battle with the Central [***], the campaign logistics department has concentrated most of the materials to protect your division, since the 21st our division has advanced into Chaoyang, more than 390 people have froze to death, more than 3,700 people have been frostbitten, and the overall non-combat attrition is more than 5,000 people, which is one-third of the combat soldiers of this division!" If we wait for ten days and don't use [***] to hit a single soldier or a bullet, our 16th Division will also completely collapse. ”