Chapter 65: Muto's Ambition

(Today, it is called the third update!) )

A gust of wind and snow swept by, and more than a dozen corpses of the killed coachmen were dragged aside by the military police, and Muto Nobuyoshi, who was sitting in the car, glanced at the corpses placed in a row outside the car window, and snorted indifferently: "The Manchurians just lack discipline, and they know that martial law will come out to find trouble, and they need whips and bayonets to treat them!" ”

Okamura Ninji, who was sitting on the side, smiled slightly and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I, the Kwantung Army, have the responsibility of supervising Manchukuo, but I am afraid it will take at least twenty years to build Manchuria into an imperial paradise!" ”

Muto Nobuyoshi smiled and said: "The strength of the empire today is from the Meiji Restoration to the present, how many years have it been since the Qing War and the Russo-Japanese War?" I'm afraid that the military department will not wait for twenty years, now the prosperity of the empire I say that the emperor [***] people have bought it with blood, our generation is already old, there is no ambition, and the future of the empire will depend on you young people! ”

"At the service of His Majesty the Emperor!" Okamura Ninji replied casually, and found that it seemed disrespectful to sit and talk, but it was difficult to stand up in the car, Muto Nobuyoshi hurriedly stopped Okamura Ninji and said, "The commanders of all divisions and brigades participating in the meeting have already arrived, right?" ”

Okamura Ninji hurriedly took the file handed over by Adjutant Ono in the front row, looked through it and said, "Your Excellency, everything has arrived!" ”

Muto Nobuyoshi nodded with satisfaction, he was really afraid that Okamura Ninji was shouting some slogan of His Majesty the Emperor, then he would really stop and stand in the cold wind and shout on board.

In the Lin Mansion in the western suburbs of Jinzhou, Muto Nobuyoshi walked into the hall quickly with a command knife in his hand under the salute of the military police, and Adjutant Ono immediately took Muto Nobuyoshi's coat and handed over the half-moon hard top military cap, and Muto Nobuyoshi, who was wearing a large string of medals and a large treasure belt on his chest, entered the conference room accompanied by Koiso Kuniaki and Okamura Ninji.

With a sound of His Excellency the Commander arrived! The entire lively venue was suddenly silent, and only the sound of breathing could be heard, Muto Nobuyoshi took off his military hat and put it on his right, looked around and said, "Itamoto Masaemon!" Son of Itamoto Osawa, your father is a brave and fearless fellow! He's okay? ”

Itamoto Masaemon heard the commander's inquiry, and hurriedly got up and said, "It's okay! It's just that old injuries often recur, and there is a lack of special medicines! ”

Muto Nobuyoshi nodded and said: "The laboratory directly under the headquarters is stationed in Jinzhou, you can go over and have a look if you have time, they may have some special drugs from Europe, even the effect of morphine is stronger than that of the empire." ”

Muto Nobuyoshi turned to look at a bald-headed fat man with a very tight military uniform and said: "Nishi Yoshiichi, you are my old subordinate, Hirose Shousuke of the 10th Division, Naoliang Matsuki of the 14th Division, and Pumu of the 16th Division!" I'm sure everyone is familiar with me, an old guy! ”

The division commanders below nodded one after another, and the brigade commanders were looking forward to it, many brigade commanders had just been promoted, and they had admired Muto Nobuyoshi for a long time, the general of the Taisho era, and this imperial meeting and the military department have released news that Muto Nobuyoshi will be promoted to marshal after the Battle of Rehe! This will be the supreme glory of the emperor's life!

Muto Nobuyoshi took off the medals on his chest one by one and put them on the table, and said with emotion: "Everyone! Don't you feel like something is missing from your chest? A scar is the glory of a man, and a medal is the glory of a soldier! Now this opportunity belongs to all of you here, Rehe is an undoubted part of Manchuria, its terrain is complex and steep and mountainous, and there are a large number of Chinese [***] garrisons, according to the intelligence provided by the intelligence agencies, at least more than 100,000 Chinese [***] garrisons are stationed in Rehe, and the same number of Chinese [***] garrisons in Pingjin can enter Rehe at any time for reinforcements, which does not include the four divisions of the Nanjing Political Axe Central Army, especially the new first division of the National Political Axe stationed in Chengde! ”

When it came to the newly formed First Division, the division commanders below and even the brigades had a disdainful expression, and even Major General Takada Mikina, the commander of the 36th Infantry Brigade, bluntly said that one of his brigades could wipe out one army of the Chinese Army!

Muto Nobuyoshi glanced at Okamura Ninji quietly, and Okamura Ninji, who understood it, came to the map with a baton, first bowed slightly to express his greetings, and then used the baton to point Chengde on the map and said: "The predecessor of the new First Division of the Shina Army was the Seventh Brigade of the Northeast Army in Mukden, and at the time of the Manchurian Incident, it was a part of it that was stationed in the Beida Battalion, with a strength of about 1,500 to 2,000 people. I am not alarmist, this unit was originally adapted from the Northeast Army's Guards Brigade, well-trained and well-armed, and the quality of our Kwantung Army is almost on par with that of our own Kwantung Army, and its commander, Major General Zhang Xuewu, has a very high tactical quality, and if it is under the conditions of a field encounter with the same force, it is believed that it will not be difficult to defeat the unit, but once the department shrinks its defense, it will be very tricky, and it will become an extremely difficult hard bone to gnaw. ”

Next, I will announce the operational programming and sequence of each unit, Okamura Ninji took a deep breath, opened the file and said loudly: "The 11th and 36th Infantry Brigades and the 4th Cavalry Brigade under the jurisdiction of the 6th Division, and the 8th and 33rd Infantry Brigades under the jurisdiction of the 10th Division are assembled in Tongliao, and the attack from Tongliao advances, attacking in the direction of Kailu, Xiawa, Chifeng, Linxi, and Duolun, and attacking from Chaoyang Temple to the north of Jianping and Chifeng with a force, under the unified command of Lieutenant General Itamoto Masaemon. ”

The expressionless Itamoto Masaemon immediately got up and let out a high sigh with both legs, and took the battle order of the Kwantung Army Staff Headquarters handed over by Okamura Ninji with both hands, Okamura Ninji continued: "The 3rd and 16th Infantry Brigades and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade under the jurisdiction of the 8th Division, and the 27th and 28th Infantry Brigades under the jurisdiction of the 14th Division assembled in Beipiao, and advanced from Beipiao, occupied Chengde and Gubeikou, and completely swept away the Chinese army in Rehe, and sent a powerful force to occupy Luowenyu, Malanyu and other Great Wall passes, Under the unified command of Lieutenant General Xi Yiyi! ”

With a smile on his face, Xi Yiyi took the battle plan with both hands, gently placed it in front of him, and pressed the military hat on it, as if he was afraid that the order in front of him would fly.

The commander of the 14th Division, Matsuki Naoliang, looked at Nishi Yoshiichi and pouted slightly with disdain, how could he not have thought that the first joint operation would actually listen to Nishi Yoshiichi's command? That hillbilly who can grow rice can also take on the duties of what should be a commander at the military level?

This was the first large-scale corps operation since the abolition of the army-level combat organization after the Russian War, and everyone knew that if the temporarily appointed commander performed well, he would probably be favored by the military headquarters or His Majesty the Emperor!

Okamura Ninji opened the last volume and ordered: "The 19th and 30th Infantry Brigades under the jurisdiction of the 16th Division and the former enemy's general headquarters are in the center to plan the left and right routes, and the 14th Brigade and the 33rd Brigade are mixed into the general reserve, and it is planned that the Flying Brigade directly under the Kwantung Army, the Fujiwara Tank Brigade and the Kitano Heavy Artillery Brigade will be supported as special forces, and the Manchurian [***] Zhang Haipeng and Cheng Guorui will respectively advance with the two attack troops, and the headquarters of the 2nd Division will postpone their return to China and the garrisons drawn from each division. Intensify the suppression and suppression of the Hu bandit forces in various parts of Manchuria. ”

After Okamura Ninji read out the order, Muto Nobuyoshi put his hands on the table in high spirits and said: "The League of Nations will hold a so-called vote on the Manchurian issue on February 21, which is a deliberate interference by the European powers in the internal affairs of our empire. ”

"What are politicians? They are not things, they are a group of guys who want everything but their faces, whether foreign or domestic, we are emperors, and the only thing that answers them is cannons, if you want Manchuria, ask us about the guns in our hands first! Long live His Majesty the Emperor! Long live the Empire! Long live the Imperial Army! Muto Nobuyoshi's face was flushed, and he waved his arms vigorously with emotion!