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Chapter 1147 is under a lot of pressure

Tianjin, the headquarters of the North China Garrison Army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

More than 20 military and political officials stationed in China, including Commander of the Garrison Army, Ichiro Tashiro, Chief of Staff Hashimoto Gun, Military Attache Kita Seiichi, Ambassador Shigeru Kawagoe, and Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army, Seishiro Itagaki gathered together to listen to the detailed report of Kenji Dohihara, the head of the secret service who was about to be transferred back to China.

Kenji Dohihara's report has been read for an hour and a half, and it still doesn't seem to stop.

In the report of the previous hour and a half, Kenji Dohihara gave a detailed account of the "Liangguang Incident" that had been initially quelled, the situation of the two consecutive months of exploratory military exercises conducted by the invading Japanese army in the Suicha area and the Pingjin area, the half-month exchange of fire between the puppet Manchurian army and the squadron supported by the Kwantung Army, the results of the rebellion of the secret service against the Shandong warlord Han Fuqu and the Shanxi warlord Yan Xishan, and the process and results of the anti-Japanese beating of Watanabe Kuzaburo and Fukagawa Keiji in Chengdu on 24 August under the cover of being overseas Chinese. On 3 September, the 1st Anti-Japanese Rescue Division stationed in Beihai, Guangdong, Weng Zhaoyuan, instigated the people to kill Nakano Shunzo, a Japanese intelligence officer under the cover of a pharmacy, and the circumstances of the negotiations, so that everyone in the conference room could have a general understanding of what was happening in various parts of China.

Subsequently, Kenji Dohihara gave his own specific analysis of the process and purpose of sending seven special military trains to Nanjing and Wuhan in the past two weeks to transport a large number of weapons and ammunition to the two major military stations in Zhengzhou and Baoding, and also explained the general whereabouts and purpose of An Yi, the leader of the Young Zhuang faction of the squadron, as a special commissioner in North China, who has been in Baoding for a month and a half......

“…… All kinds of circumstances can show that the central army and the local army stationed in Hebei, Shandong, and Henan are very likely to hold a large-scale military confrontation exercise in the coming week, because the officials we have installed in the Nanjing government who are inclined to our great empire have been ostracized after Wang Ching-wei resigned to recuperate from his injuries, and Chiang Kai-shek's reorganized Nanjing Central Military Commission has adopted strict secrecy measures, we have not yet been able to obtain a detailed plan for this exercise, and the only thing that can be determined is that Pang Bingxun's 40th Army, stationed in northern Henan, will be part of the confrontation exercise unit.

"So far, the 17th Army of the Central Army Hu Jialin and the 53rd Army of the Northeast Army Wan Fulin stationed in the central and southern Hebei regions have not made any changes, and the six divisions of the Third Route Army of Han Fuqu stationed in Shandong are in normal condition. It is worth noting that an air defense regiment of about 2,500 men of the Anjia Army quietly stationed in the ** battalion on the north bank of Nanjing three days ago, and no less than 200 tractors of various types, about 30 German-made 77 air defense guns, and about 100 modified trucks equipped with 20 twin anti-aircraft guns were stationed in the ** battalion in batches. The sudden disappearance of two new fighter groups of the China Air Force stationed in Yichang, and the complete closure of the Yichang military airfield yesterday, seem to be very likely to appear in this exercise. ”

Kenji Dohihara put down the report, raised his head, and made a final summary with a solemn expression: "Over the past few months, the high-altitude reconnaissance planes and new-type attack planes of the Anjia Army Air Force have been hovering over North China and the Suicha region, and the military exercises carried out by various units of our army have all been under the supervision of enemy fighters without exception.

"What is sad is that the fighter parts of the Kwantung Army Aviation and the Naval Aviation in China are outdated, and their performance is extremely backward, and they are simply unable to compete with the advanced fighters of the Anjia Army Air Force, and both the speed and the ceiling are far behind the advanced technology of European and American countries and the Anjia Army fighters produced under the personal guidance of aviation experts. In the competition in the airspace of North China, our air force is very passive. ”

The venue was suddenly buzzing, and the generals were very dissatisfied with the efficiency of the domestic base camp, and they all looked gloomy and quite annoyed.

Kenji Dohihara paused very patiently, waited for a moment, and continued to state: "Secondly, the 17th Army of the Central Army, which poses a military threat to our army, is the first to be the 17th Army of the Central Army, followed by the 24th Army of the Anjia Army, which is also the consensus formed after many discussions among the gentlemen, precisely because the existence of these two armies, especially the existence of the 17th Army stationed in the central and southern Hebei regions, has seriously hindered our strategic process in North China, and also because of the strong support of the Anjia Army to the Fu Zuoyi Department in the Suicha region, Seriously interfering with the military operations of the Mongol army and the Manchurian army, and with the implementation of most of the plans of the China strategy going smoothly, the 17th Army of China in north, central and southern China has undoubtedly become our greatest obstacle and threat, and has had an extremely bad impact on the surrounding pro-Japanese regions and various forces.

Therefore, how to remove this huge stone on the path of the empire has become an important problem that we must face, and it is also the most urgent problem to be solved. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the end of my report, please advise! ”

Kenji Dohihara bowed deeply, sat down slowly, and took out a handkerchief to wipe the dense beads of sweat on his forehead.

The generals did not discuss again this time, but looked at the supreme military governor of North China, Tashiro Wanichiro. Tashiro Wanichiro looked calm, his lips were closed, he nodded slightly, and turned to his chief of staff, Hashimoto Group.

Hashimoto stood up knowingly, bowed deeply to the surroundings, and then spoke eloquently: "The current situation in China is quite unfavorable to us, the rebellion of Liangguang did not develop to the end of the year as we expected, but surprisingly quickly subsided, and the sixteen main divisions of the Central Army and the Local Army of China were able to withdraw and go north again, so that our No. 3 plan lost the basic conditions for implementation; Secondly, at present, the strength of our army in China is still thin, the total strength of the three brigades and a division supported by the Kwantung Army is only 55,000, while the 17th Army, which is well-equipped and well-trained, has reached more than 80,000 people, the 53rd Army of Wan Fulin, which has 30,000 troops and refuses to cooperate with us, and the 40th Army of Pang Bingxun, which is stationed in northern Henan and can go north to participate in the war at any time, the total strength of the total strength is as high as 150,000. It is impossible to wage a war without certainty of victory. Third, and the most critical point in the situation in North China, although Song Zheyuan's troops worked closely with our side and chose to retreat under the pressure of our troops stationed in North China, so far he still has no clear choice of position, and we cannot launch military operations before the Pingjin area is stabilized.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if we recklessly launch a large-scale military attack, even if we win in the end, we will accept the punishment of the base camp, and if we are defeated, we can only apologize to the emperor. Therefore, our North China Garrison Army Headquarters unanimously agreed that in order to remove the 17th Army, which was the most powerful in the Central Army of China, it was necessary to solve the Song Zheyuan Department first. ”

After Hashimoto finished speaking, he bowed and sat down, and the "buzzing" discussion sound sounded in the venue again, and Seishiro Itagaki, chief of staff of the Kwantung Army who attended the meeting, smiled noncommittally, and Kenji Dohihara still had a calm and humble expression.

The *** ambassador to China, Shigeru Kawagoe, who was still wearing a suit on a hot day, stood up, bowed to the surrounding generals, and explained not without apology:

"Your Excellency's ambition is extremely admirable, and I and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs very much agree with the strategic plans of the troops stationed in China. However, I also ask for your forgiveness, the current domestic and economic crisis has just been lifted, everything needs to be put on the right track, in a short period of time, even if the whole country is exhausted, it will not be able to guarantee the production and supply of materials needed for a huge war, and it will not be able to support our heroic army to win the victory of the China War that is related to the future destiny of the Yamato nation.

"Here, I implore you to endure for another half a year to a year, whether it is the cabinet or the subjects of the entire Great Empire, they are now going all out to make unremitting efforts for the glorious tomorrow of our Yamato nation! As of the end of last month, the expansion plan of the first phase of the two divisions is progressing smoothly, and I believe that the combat readiness will be completed in the spring of next year, and the rest of the plans are being implemented intensively at the same time. ”

Although Shigeru Kawagoe's words made the participating generals very dissatisfied, this is a clear fact, no one can do anything, after all, the strength of Hu Jialin's 17th Army, which is equivalent to a corps, is there, and the 17th Army, which participated in the Shanghai and Great Wall Wars, not only has amazing combat effectiveness, but also weapons and equipment are not inferior to the Japanese army, and there are many central army, local army and Anjia army base camp support behind it. There is also the mysterious elusive deterrent power of the Southwest Air Force, relying only on the current strength of the Japanese army, there is no chance of victory at all, and the whole country must coordinate with one another in order to change the current passive situation.

Therefore, after some deliberations, the special meeting of the Japanese army invading China made three decisions:

1. Make every effort to obtain the scale, content, purpose, units, and weapons and equipment of the squadron's military confrontation exercise; 2. Immediately increase the military and *** pressure on Song Zheyuan's ministry to force Song Zheyuan to make a clear choice; 3. With the North China garrison as the mainstay, we will immediately hold a series of live-fire exercises on an expanded scale in Fengtai, Lugouqiao, Changxindian, Wulitai, Mentougou, Babaoshan, and other places, intensify military intimidation, and provide the greatest help for the Chinese embassy and consulates in China to increase pressure on China in various economic fields.

Baoding, Hebei, Headquarters of the 17th Army.

An Yi and more than a dozen army-level generals of the 17th, 40th, and 53rd armies were also holding intense theater intelligence seminars. So far, except for the 40 th Army, which has been clearly demonstrated, only the commander-in-chief of the other two armies understands the entire content of the plan, and the two armies, from division commanders to ordinary soldiers, are still sticking to their own defense areas, and they have no idea at all that they may become a member of this large-scale exercise that can go down in the history of the squadron.

After analyzing the situation between the enemy and us in North China, Major General Peng Xiang, An Yi's operational staff officer, walked to the front of the large map, and the two staff officers slowly opened the heavy curtain, and the detailed map of the large-scale exercise area carefully made was displayed in front of the generals.

Fang Pengxiang waited for the generals to come forward to observe carefully, and then raised the baton and explained loudly: "In order to ensure the smooth progress of the confrontation exercise in five days, the two divisions of General Gu Changfeng's 24th Army have begun to feint, they will collect ships, go down the river from Yichang, and rush to Wuhan to assemble within a week.

"It will take seven days for this trick to be implemented, in order to give the enemy the false impression that we will not be able to hold military exercises until seven days later, and at the same time, in order to ensure that in case, the Military Commission will call all the armed forces of the country in three days and invite the generals of all armies to come and watch, but will make a separate arrangement the day before the exercise. In addition, the Central Military Commission will order a division of General Han Fuqu's Third Route Army to leave for the Hebei-Shandong-Henan border area in six days, creating the false impression that the Shandong army will also participate in the exercise. ”

The generals nodded knowingly, not at all surprised.

The number of departments involved in this large-scale military exercise and the high standards have far exceeded everyone's imagination, and at the same time, they are secretly amazed by An Yi's careful and confidential arrangement, and they all feel heavy pressure on their bodies.

Liu Qing then introduced the relevant requirements, specific contents and management principles for the distribution of ammunition for the exercise, and finally admonished very solemnly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the success or failure of this exercise does not depend on whether the armies are fully prepared, because there is basically no time for preparation for the war we are about to face, and the most important and crucial thing is to find out the defects and deficiencies through the exercise and quickly make up for and rectify them. In addition, because this exercise is the largest confrontation exercise in the history of our army, all kinds of warplanes, armored vehicles, large-caliber artillery, and a small number of special weapons were mobilized, and casualties were inevitable. ”

The generals were taken aback and looked at An Yi one after another.

An Yi shook his head and said helplessly: "Don't be surprised, this is also a last resort, after all, the various exercise ammunition newly developed by our arsenal is still technically imperfect, and it still has a certain lethality, and the mortality rate of three percent is still acceptable."

"But I want to state that this is the maximum allowable value, and if it exceeds this number, it will be abnormal, and if it turns out that there is a problem with your logistics organization and on-the-spot command, I will hold you responsible. For example, at 4 o'clock this morning, I received the bad news that during the night training of the Fifth Regiment of the Southwest Air Force, a new large bomber crashed into a mountain cliff and crashed, killing two pilots, three mechanics, and two American experts on board.

"In comparison, the pressure on me is not necessarily less than yours!"