It can be said that what Terauchi Shouichi said is actually a taboo topic even within the army, why would the people of Shina do their best to resist desperately? In fact, the generals of the Yue army were very clear about this problem, because almost all the divisions and regiments of the Yue army fighting in China were uniformly distributed and allocated weapons and ammunition by the empire, but everything from military salaries to food supplies had to be plundered from the warring areas.

Plundering in war is often accompanied by annihilation, looting, massacre, etc., so do you want the people to accept the so-called imperial army? Help it build the so-called royal paradise? The generals and staff officers of the base camp of the military headquarters and the general staff headquarters of the army are all planning everything on the drawings, and they do not know that in fact, the plundering war of the book is completely unpopular, and they want to realize the construction of the so-called imperial paradise in the occupied area, which may only stay on paper forever.

However, since His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Dispatch Army asked, Okamura Ninji helplessly looked at Umezu Mijiro and said that he could not point out the actual problem, and Terauchi Shouichi would definitely not be satisfied, but how could he say that the emperor [***] team burned and looted? The commander does not want to listen to the lie, and I am afraid that he will not be able to listen to the truth.

Okamura Ningji hesitated for a moment, and suddenly had an idea: "Your Excellency, the lower officials think that there is a long way to go to build the Imperial Paradise, Manchuria is still in trouble under the deliberate construction of the Imperial Kwantung Army, and it is difficult for many of our army's actions in the occupied areas to be recognized by the Chinese people, and the actual situation of the Imperial Army does not allow us to make too many so-called friendly behaviors, and more importantly, the Koreans who are morally corrupt among some subordinate troops, and the degree of their violation of military discipline is outrageous, and many generals of our army are inferior to them. ”

Since Okamura Ninji made a start, Umezu Mijiro immediately got up and said, "Your Excellency, I think Okamura-kun is extremely right!" Taking our unit as an example, only more than 300 of the 4,000 generals of the Yamazaki detachment were large baggage troops composed of Koreans, and they were equipped with a small amount of armament and ammunition, but our army attacked and advanced all the way, because the main force of the Yamazaki army retreated too quickly, our army's pursuit troops collected supplies on the spot, and the imperial generals of the Yamazaki detachment counted out only more than 1,000 people who did not cooperate with the Chinese people, and collected more than 7,000 catties of grain, but the Korean large baggage team, which was less than one-tenth of the strength of the Yamazaki detachment, collected 50,000 catties of grain and plundered more than 100 young womenIt is hard to imagine that more than 3,000 people who did not cooperate with the Chinese people were eliminated, especially those who could not even resist were slaughtered in batches like livestock, and many of the following generals regarded beheading and [***] assassination as an honor, so the commanders of each unit were also very embarrassed when using the Korean troops! ”

Terauchi Shouichi nodded slightly and said: "These are just objective reasons, the indulgence of the Korean troops is still related to the acquiescence of the troops, since we want to establish the Imperial Paradise, then our troops can't wantonly plunder and slaughter the civilians of China, you must have read some history of China?" The Chinese people have also been glorious in history, and the Chinese people like personal heroism, and we are as good at hardship and hard work as the Yamato nation, but the Chinese people are very xenophobic, during the reign of the Mongols and the Manchurians in history, the Han people have been rising up, and have not been able to complete the so-called national control and assimilation for hundreds of years, it can be said that the Han people of China are a very terrible nation, they have a terrible huge tolerance surname, and the result of invading them is either to kill them or to be assimilated by them, At the present stage of our army, the slaughter can only provoke more resistance. ”

Seishiro Itagaki hesitated for a moment and said, "Then Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, how should we deal with the people of the occupied area?" Especially those who don't cooperate? ”

Shouichi in the temple said triumphantly: "There is an old saying in China that kills chickens and makes an example of monkeys!" Its meaning is to kill chickens and scare monkeys, we must learn to use the differentiation of the Chinese people, the Chinese people are divided into three races, one is to actively move closer to the Great Empire, one is to maintain the so-called neutral people, one is the disgusting rebels, for the first kind of people we have to try to win over as much as possible to give them what they need, for the second kind of people we have to adopt a soft policy, so that they can feel the determination of the empire to build the imperial paradise, and for the third kind of people to give it a complete elimination from the spirit to the **. ”

In fact, Okamura Ninji, Umezu Mijiro, and even Seishiro Itagaki and Kenji Dohihara knew very well that Terauchi Shouyi's so-called high theory was actually part of the pro-people plan that Seishiro Itagaki and Kenji Dohihara had implemented in Manchuria, but it had just changed its flavor in the mouth of the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Dispatch Army.

So everyone slapped their hands with shocked expressions, and the soldiers on guard nearby were conducting repeated searches in a serious and responsible manner, not even letting go of a mouse hole, and holding a meeting in the rubble of the battlefield that had just ended the battle? I am afraid that only His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Dispatch Army, who is full of confidence, can do a reckless thing, if he is shot by a wounded Chinese soldier who is unlucky enough to open his eyes, or throw a grenade, I am afraid that several more Dazuo will have to apologize for their crimes, and a large number of lieutenant generals and major generals, plus Your Excellency a senior general, the pressure on the troops in charge of on-site vigilance is probably unimaginable to ordinary people.

Subsequently, Terauchi Shouichi sighed slightly and said: "The imperial army has more than 1,100 soldiers killed in order to conquer Texas, and more than 1,300 wounded are evacuated. ”

Terauchi Shouichi's words made Okamura Ningji and Umezu Mijiro and others have an urge to scold their mother after hearing it, originally Terauchi Shouichi did not wait for the arrival of the heavy artillery troops, and ordered to start the siege, and the troops suffered huge casualties, but among the people present, Terauchi Shouichi's military rank is undoubtedly the highest, so no one is willing to risk offending people to correct some people's mistakes, anyway, Terauchi Shouichi did not say who should be specifically responsible for this matter.

Terauchi Shouichi pointed to the map spread out by the combat staff and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, please note that the task of our army now is to cut off the northern section of the Jinpu Road that the Central [***] is firmly defending, break through the Yellow River and capture Jinan as the goal, and then go south to Xuzhou with the main force of the [***] team in the decisive battle!" Prior to this, our army also broke through the Cheng Qian's headquarters in the first war zone and Yan Xishan's headquarters in the second war zone, and now Li Zongren's headquarters in the fifth war zone, which has gathered almost all the miscellaneous armies in China. ”

Terauchi Shouichi waved his hand and continued: "It is planned that the 24th Division, 25th Division, 36th Division, 37th Division, and 40th Division of Okamura Ninji's Fifth Army will be attached to the 6th Tank Brigade and the 7th Heavy Artillery Brigade as the main force of the Central China Front, and march along the north and south sections of the Jinpu Road at the same time, quickly break through the [***] resistance in front of you, and use the 51st Division and the 55th Division of the 8th Army of Umezu Mijiro, The 56th Division is equipped with three divisions of the 5th Heavy Artillery Brigade to respond to the Itagaki Seishiro troops that landed in Qingdao, and strategically flanks the Han Fuyu headquarters in Shandong from the front and back, and after eliminating Han Fuyu's headquarters, they will concentrate their forces to attack Xuzhou, and once the main force of the 5th Theater in Xuzhou is annihilated or severely damaged, then the main force of our army will immediately prepare to cross the river and support the Central Branch to send the military headquarters to conquer Nanjing, the capital of China. ”

Umezu Mijiro listened to Terauchi Shouichi's battle plan and was slightly stunned and said: "Your Excellency, I am afraid that it will take time for our army to break through the main force of the [***] Fifth Theater in Xuzhou, I am afraid that Lieutenant General Hatohiko Asakanomiya, who took over the command of General Matsui Ishine, has already captured Nanjing, and Li Zongren, the commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, is not a good guy to deal with, especially Bai Chongxi, who is the deputy director of the General Staff of the Central [***], especially Bai Chongxi is called Xiao Zhuge by the people of China, The two have cooperated together for a long time both militarily and politically, and the Fifth Theater of Operations in China is all miscellaneous troops, and most of their significance is to block bullets for the Nanjing Political Axe Army of the newly established Ninth Theater, and the consumption of miscellaneous troops is Chiang Kai-shek's forte! Therefore, it may be difficult for China [***] to have a decisive battle with our army. ”

Terauchi Shouichi nodded with satisfaction and glanced at Umezu Mijiro, Umezu Mijiro is the general he picked up with one hand, his analysis just now can be said to be reasonable and well-founded, according to Umezu Mijiro's analysis, I am afraid that the battle of Nanjing will not have anything to do with them, if Asakamiya Hatohiko commanded nine divisions and three brigades, plus two brigades of field heavy artillery and three wings of chariot troops, with the full support of the army and naval aviation, in the capture of Nanjing, which was defeated and fortified by a group of remnants of troops withdrawn from Songhu? Isn't that a joke?

Although at the beginning, a division of the [***] Rehe Army in Nanjing made a beautiful short sortie, which severely damaged the 11th Infantry Brigade of the arrogant 6th Division, everyone knew that this tactic of counterattacking in front of the formation could only be used once.

Terauchi Shou said with a disdainful smile: "I'm afraid you don't know who the commander of the Chinese Army is who commands the defense of Nanjing, right?" ”

Okamura Ninji exchanged glances with Umezu Mijiro, Itagaki Seishiro, Dohihara Kenji and several others, they really didn't know the specific candidate for the commander of the Nanjing garrison of the China Army, and there was intelligence that it was Tang Shengzhi? Since His Excellency General Terauchi Shouichi said so, I am afraid that his candidate has changed greatly.

Terauchi Shouichi was very satisfied with the expressions of his subordinates, so he also said very seriously: "The commander of the Nanjing garrison of the China Army is the sworn enemy of the empire, Zhang Xuewu!" ”

(To be continued)