[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 1036: Doubts (Ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

Sitting in his office, Okamura Ninji's brow furrowed. The news from the front is becoming more and more shocking, and the actions of the Eighth Route Army are becoming more and more disturbing. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The suspicious Okamura Ninji didn't think that Ma Zheng couldn't see the tactics of the front army, otherwise he wouldn't have forced Terauchi Shouichi, Binshan Yuan and Tada Jun into a desperate situation, and he was not worthy of being called China's military god.

Since Ma Zheng has already gained insight into the battle plan of the front army, why did he take the initiative to send it to the door, things are abnormal and demonic, which makes Okamura Ningji puzzled.

Next to Okamura Ninji sat a high-ranking officer, none other than the newly appointed commander of the Twelfth Army, Lieutenant General Ichihashi Tsuchihashi.

Seeing that Okamura Ninji's brows were sometimes furrowed, and sometimes his face was solemn, he immediately asked suspiciously: "Your Excellency, is there something wrong, are you worried about the combat effectiveness of the imperial army?" ”

Okamura Ninji sighed and said: "Tsuchihashi-kun, you are too underestimated of the Chinese army, and even more underestimated Ma Zheng, the general of the Chinese army, he can force His Excellency Terachi and Binshan to return to China in disgrace and force His Excellency Tada Jun to death, and some time ago he almost captured me in Beiping, we must not be careless about such a person." ”

Then he said: "It's not that I don't believe in the combat effectiveness of the imperial army, but the performance of the people of China this year has far exceeded our expectations, according to my estimates, at this point in the war, both the empire and the relatively much backward China have reached the point of exhaustion, otherwise it is impossible for the empire to adopt such an extremely risky strategy and tactics as declaring war with the United States to continue this war." ”

"But now it seems that this is not the case with the Tubalu, and the people of China seem to have a new vitality, and the combat effectiveness of their troops has generally improved, whether it is bayonet fighting skills, shooting accuracy, or tactical literacy. In particular, the command level of their officers has changed dramatically, and it seems that all of them have undergone a formalized military education, but there is no lack of traces of peasant command, which is very puzzled to me. ”

"What worries me the most is their military production capacity, Tsuchihashi-kun still lacks enough understanding of the Shina army, and you don't know what the Shina army was like three years ago. Looking at the current equipment of the Dirt Eight Road, it seems that the ability to update weapons and equipment is not much worse than that of the Empire! ”

"Your Excellency, according to the top-secret information sent back by Tegaoke, the industrial zone in Baotou of Ma Zheng's headquarters is already quite large-scale. Although it was not enough to sustain the combat needs of all the troops of the Chinese people, it could meet the battle of Ma Zheng's troops. Lieutenant General Tsuchihashi said in a deep voice.

"That's exactly what makes me suspicious of this operation, after all, we are not ready for a second main decisive battle with Ma Zheng's troops." Okamura Ninji said with a frown.

"Nani? Do you think that the Imperial Army will be as defeated as it has been in the previous battles? Tsuchihashi asked with some surprise at one point.

"No, this time the Imperial Army will not lose, but it will not win!" Okamura Ninji Road.

"Nani?"

Okamura Ningji explained: "Judging from the situation transmitted from the previous line, Ma Zheng does not seem to have the intention of completely recovering Shandong. So I think that Tubalu only wants to rescue the thousands of Tubalu in the encirclement this time, and at the same time keep the battle line of the two sides on the border between Shandong and Hebei, and even hope to advance a little into Shandong. ”

"But what is certain is that they will never go deep into the hinterland of Shandong, because the people of China are not monolithic, their internal contradictions have not been eliminated, and before they think of how to deal with the relationship between them with the Jiang group, Ma Zheng and the entire Yan'an side will not fully enter Shandong."

Okamura Ningji is worthy of being a China expert, and even more worthy of being a famous general touted by the Japanese, who is quite capable in both command and combat, and pointed out the predicament that Ma Zheng's department is now facing.

In the eyes of the Japanese, Okamura Ninji is synonymous with the qualities of wisdom, insight, decisiveness, and strong will, and Okamura Ninji, who has come to China several times, is very aware of the dirt between these political parties in China, and the Japanese have never given up their political inducement to surrender to the Nationalist Government, so they are very familiar with some situations within the Nationalist Government.

"Your Excellency, haven't the people of China already established the so-called anti-Japanese national united front, although there are contradictions between them, they will not make trouble at this time, after all, this will only make the empire profitable, and the Chiang government and Tubalu in Chongqing will not be so stupid, right?"

He did not think that the contradictions between Yan'an and the Nationalist Government were irreconcilable, after all, it was a fact that the KMT and the CCP would cooperate again after ten years of confrontation.

Okamura Ninji frowned and said, "Tsuchihashi-kun, you don't know about Shina, let alone the people of Shina. A branch of people is a dragon, and a group of people of China is a worm. They are a group of people who are full of internal strife genes in their bones, so the infighting between them is extremely tragic, just like a group of peasants in China almost broke the entire Qing Dynasty eighty years ago, and the decline of China is not unrelated to the infighting between them. ”

"Ever since the British opened the gates of China with steam-engined ships and cannons, they have been fighting among themselves! I believe that if the Empire had not been so eager to invade China, then they would have continued to fight among themselves. ”

"This kind of infighting, in the words of the Chinese people, is an internal struggle or internal contradiction, and before the empire invaded China, the main contradiction within the countries of China was their internal contradictions. However, after the empire invaded China, the national contradiction became the main contradiction in China, so the Chiang government and Yan'an would cooperate. But as long as the empire's oppression of the Chiang government is loosened a little, then the Chiang government will be furious with Yan'an, so although Ma Zheng dispatched a lot of troops this time, he did not dare to go deep into the hinterland of Shandong, and Dezhou was their limit. ”

Tsuchihashi was not a fool once, and if he were a fool, he would not have been promoted to the commander of the 12th Army, and Tsuchihashi also had a certain understanding of China at one time.

In 1922, he went to China on a business trip as an instructor at the Artillery School and was hired by the Beijing government as an instructor at the Beijing Land University. He stayed in China for six full years, and these six years and six years were the whole process of the Great Revolution in China from its rise to its failure, so after listening to Okamura Ninji's words, Tsuchihashi was deeply moved.

"Yo Xi, Your Excellency is worthy of being a China expert, you have high attainments in the society, politics and culture of China, and you have served in the headquarters of the China Garrison Army, the Taiwan Army Staff and other armies, so you also have a certain understanding of the history of China, and I agree with your point of view! But I don't think that the Chinese army can get advantage in the hands of our Imperial Japanese Army! ”

Then Tsuchihashi said confidently again and again: "Your Excellency, don't forget that the front army has never been so strong as it is now, and it won't be long before the new recruits from the country will come ashore in Qingdao, and the imperial army in Shandong will reach an unprecedented 400,000 people. As far as I know, the Eighth Route Army was only 40,000 3 or 4 years ago, and Ma Zheng's headquarters will not exceed 400,000 now. ”

"When the time comes, let alone hold Shandong, even if it is a counterattack in North China, it is not impossible. Therefore, he believed that Ma Zheng's troops would inevitably pay heavy casualties in this battle, and it was even possible that all the troops attacking Shandong would remain in Shandong. ”

Lieutenant General Tsuchihashi was not a vegetarian either, and his experience was very similar to that of Okamura Ninji, who also started from the grassroots level, and was born in 1886 until August 1935, when he was promoted to major general. He has served as the head of the General Affairs Department of the Technical Headquarters of the Japanese Army, and the principal of the Army Mechanization School.

In July 1938, Tsuchihashi was promoted to lieutenant general, and served as the commander of the 22nd Division of the newly formed garrison unit, stationed in Hangzhou, and in March 1942, he succeeded Iida Sadagu as the commander of the 12th Army stationed in Shandong.

Tsuchihashi could be called an expert in operational command, and his experience in operational command was very rich, so he did not believe that the Japanese army would lose this battle of northern Lubei.

Okamura Ninji was about to say something when an officer in a major general's uniform walked in from outside, still holding a telegram in his hand, obviously there was a new situation on the front line.