Okamura Ninji waved his hand and said, "Bring a military uniform to Nakajima Nakasa, his appearance will make the Imperial Army of the Great Empire very embarrassed." ”

Nakajima took a deep breath and said, "I understand, thank you, Your Excellency the Deputy Chief of Staff!" ”

In fact, Okamura Ninji and Nakajima Tai both belong to the category of smart people, so it is not difficult to talk, the only difference Okamura Ninji is very lucky, and he is the team of the Showa warlord Hirohito in front of the emperor, and Nakajima Tai is unlucky, was selected to act as a so-called negotiator, and was unlucky to meet Zhang Xuewu who never plays cards according to the rules, in Okamura Ningji's opinion, Zhang Xuewu's actions are trying to provoke himself? Does all this seem too unreasonable?

Nakajima Tai saw Okamura Ningji frowning, so he boldly said: "I found that although the surface buildings in Chengde City have basically been destroyed by our artillery fire, there are still a large number of hidden fortifications, hidden bunkers and fire points, and the middle [***] is equipped with a large number of machine guns, submachine guns and battle defense guns, and their fighting spirit is very sufficient. ”

"What? Plenty of ammunition? Okamura Ninji looked at Nakajima Tai with an incredulous gaze, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Our army has besieged the city for more than ten days, and almost every day has been fighting fiercely all night, and we have suffered nearly 50,000 casualties. Zhong [***] must be playing for you, which just shows that they are running low on ammunition. ”

Okamura Ninji was very sure of his judgment, because according to the amount of ammunition fired by Zhong [***], it was impossible for his hoarded ammunition to exceed the total amount prepared by the Kwantung Army for the Battle of Rehe, right? Moreover, the inner line of the Nanjing side has already given the basic plan of the supply situation of the newly formed first division several times, and the middle [***] team of a division, even the political axe Central Army of the Nanjing side, it is absolutely impossible to hoard so many weapons and ammunition.

Before the Battle of Rehe was launched, the concealment of one's battle intentions was quite good, giving Zhong[***] an illusion, could it be that someone would have foresight? Or did the intelligence mistakenly leak tactical intent?

Nakajima is not ready to give Okamura Ninji's so-called views a chance to stand, because if Okamura Ninji's views can stand, then he will die! Nakajima took a deep breath and said, "Your Excellency, Deputy Chief of Staff, I don't know what you think of the Battle of Chengde?" ”

Okamura Ningji was slightly stunned, and then said: "Since the Russian War, our army lacks the experience of joint operations of large corps, and it is inevitable that the attack will be frustrated, not to mention that Rehe is mountainous, and the geographical location and terrain of Chengde are too special, and it is winter, and there are many unfavorable factors for our army's attack. ”

Nakajima Tai said while dressing: "Although the [***] team was defeated in one blow, but those [***] teams are all so-called local troops, they are not even the elite of the Northeast Army, and the 106th Division of the Northeast Army, which was intercepted and killed by the Eighth Division in the field, is the unit adapted from the Provincial Defense Brigade of the Northeast Army, and it can only be regarded as second-rate in the Northeast Army system, even so, the Eighth Division almost wiped out the other party with 1:1 casualties, The real elite of the Northeast Army is the new first division of the Chengde City, this unit was the seventh brigade of the Northeast Army before the reorganization, they lost the North Battalion without a fight to be the guilty army, there is an ancient Chinese saying called the mourning army is invincible, and the division is unstoppable! Your Excellency the Deputy Chief of Staff, please come here! ”

Nakajima Tai led Okamura Ningji to the map, picked up the triangle board and ruler, and beautifully drew a few triangular dividing lines on the map: "Zhong [***] has gathered about 300,000 troops along the Great Wall, and there are about 50,000 people in Suiyuan, and in the front of Shanhaiguan [***] has increased to two corps, all of which are the main forces of the Northeast Army, but except for the 106th Division, which was desperately reinforced, the rest of the troops are all holding their grounds?" Isn't that abnormal? If it is a lone army trapped in a city, Zhang Xuewu should accept our army's ceasefire negotiations, at least it can delay time, but Zhang Xuewu doesn't care about the truce, and even does not hesitate to insult me to provoke our army and let our army resume the offensive, is this really difficult to understand? ”

Nakajima paused and said: "Please ask Your Excellency the Deputy Chief of Staff to take a look at the sand table, Zhong [***] stuck to Chengde but gave up half of the city, many people have laughed at it before, but now it turns out that the enemy defender Zhang Xuewu is an out-and-out master of defensive warfare, and the price of half of the city he gave up is that the Sixth Division filled in a wing, and the middle [***] was sprinkled with beans on the bluestone road, and our soldiers slipped and fell one by one They hit one by one, and the streets of the entire old street of several hundred meters are now full of blood and ice, All those beans were frozen on the ground with the blood that flowed out, and now there are more than 2,000 corpses that cannot be recovered, how long can our officers and soldiers fight in the fortifications built with the corpses of their comrades? ”

Okamura Ninji frowned and said: "But the soldiers of the middle [***] are also using the corpses of their comrades to strengthen the fortifications, the middle [***] can, why can't our army?" ”

Nakajima sighed helplessly and said: "Zhong [***] is like a group of sad warriors, the Shenyang incident made them vulnerable to great losses, they fought with our army in Chengde with a heart of death, and the terrain of Chengde determines that our army's superior strength and firepower can not be effectively played, the tenacious surname of the Chinese soldiers is destined to be good at enduring, and their complete civil fortifications minimize the casualties caused by artillery fire to them." ”

Nakajima Tai pointed to the overall strategic posture and said: "After more than a month of continuous offensive, it is difficult to guarantee the supply of weapons, ammunition and materials, the grassroots officers and soldiers are extremely exhausted, the field hospital is full of wounded soldiers and cannot be transported, and the materials piled up in Chaoyang cannot be delivered, even if these materials are sent forward, how long can our army support them?" If the Chinese [***] suddenly stormed the first line of Shanhaiguan with the strength of two corps, and continued to advance to Jinzhou to cut off our army's retreat, and the Chinese [***] team at the pass of the first line of the Great Wall took advantage of the situation to attack, and I faced the elite of the Chinese [***] who were like wolves and tigers with little ammunition and a tired division, what chance would our army have? ”

Nakajima pressed his hand on the position of Chengde, patted it hard, and said: "The strategic and tactical intentions of Zhong[***] are very clear, they defend Chengde with an elite heart of death, consume our army's vital strength and ammunition materials, and use the rugged and long logistics supply line of Rehe to drag down our army, although the trouble brought to us by the harsh climate is getting smaller and smaller, but once our army delays the offensive to the beginning of spring, the muddy road will bring greater pressure on logistics, if the Chinese [***] attack our army's Chaoyang supply base, Attacking Jinzhou in Shanhaiguan will cut off our retreat, and at that time, the five divisions and two mixed brigades that I have left Rehe will be completely surrounded by Zhong[***], or even annihilated! ”

Nakajima's words made Okamura Ningji stride to the map, Okamura Ningji didn't think that Naka[***] had the determination to eat five divisions and two mixed brigades of the Imperial Army at one time, but what Nakajima Tai said did have some truth, because the expression of the new first division of the Chengde lone army was not like a lone army at all, their trenches, communication trenches, and firepower points, frequent sorties in front of the formation, chariot infantry coordination, a large number of artillery suppression preparations, and the trap given by Lao Cai to the Sixth Division, all of this summed up, in [***] It is the first time that Okamura Ninji has seen a commander who can fight a defensive battle like this, and who can take advantage of the terrain so well.

He has every reason to believe that after this battle, no matter the result, the Chengde defensive battle will be included in the defense model of the main points of the battle by all [***] schools, and the imperial army, which has absolutely superior forces, heavy artillery, chariots, and air force support, will really sink in the sand and fold in Chengde?