After the Manchurian Incident, Nanjiro was not only not incorporated into the reserve like Kanaya Fanzo, but sat on the throne of commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army smoothly, which fully shows that Nanjiro is very good at being a man, although Nanjiro has not made any achievements in military command, but in history he is very virtuous in suppressing the guerrilla anti-Manchu resistance forces.

In the Kwantung Army Headquarters in Shinkyo, Minamijiro, dressed in a ceremonial dress, wore the Order of the First Class Asahi Ribbon awarded by Emperor Hirohito himself ten days ago, which was an extremely rare honor, and most of this medal had been awarded to the prince and members of the imperial family before that, and it was an unexpected surprise that Minamijiro was able to receive this honor before he went to his post as the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army.

Looking at his chief of staff, Okamura Ninji, deputy chief of staff Itagaki Seishiro, and the twenty-six subordinate division commanders and garrison commander Itamotoro, military police commander Hideki Tojo, and Lieutenant General Ogasawara III of the directly subordinate flight division, Minamijiro nodded with satisfaction, the rise of the Showa faction and the old school figures such as Minamijiro felt tremendous pressure, compared to the defeat of Rehe, Okamura Ningji, as the deputy chief of staff, was not only dismissed, but also promoted to the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army? If it were placed in normal times, this would be an arrangement that would be difficult for the Ministry of War to talk about!

It is not difficult to imagine the background, because Okamura Ninji formed the Baden-Baden Covenant with Nagata Tetsuyama and Kohata Toshiro back then, vowing to defeat the forces of the army stalwarts such as Tanaka Yoshiichi, the head of the Choshu lord, in the army, and support the crown prince, that is, Hirohito's enthronement of the Great Treasure, Nagata Tetsuyama and Obata Toshiro are the backbone of the imperial faction, while Okamura Ninji is the emperor's confidant Konoe origin, Nanjiro has heard the following people call Okamura Ninji and others the Showa faction.

Although this remark made him very unhappy, but in the case of Minamijiro's castle government, how could all the joy, anger and sorrow be expressed on his face? Especially the person the emperor wants to promote, can he be guilty of not wanting to talk to him? And Minamijiro noticed that there didn't seem to be a lot of Showa factions in the conference room? Yamashita Fumi, Umezu Mijiro, Matsui Ishone, Isoya Ryosuke, etc., all of these people seem to have been promoted to serve in the Kwantung Army through various channels in the past six months.

After looking around, Minamijiro took a deep breath and said, "Everyone! His Majesty the Emperor has authorized the base camp to carry out the second phase of the mobilization order, and the Imperial Army will organize the main strength of 60 divisions and regiments, including chariots, artillery, cavalry, engineers, baggage, and other special forces, and the 40 divisions and regiments mobilized this time will be organized in the B and D divisions and deployed in the country, and about 45 of them will be incorporated into the battle sequence of our Kwantung Army, and the total strength of our Kwantung Army will increase to nearly 800,000 at that time. It is equipped with at least five tank brigades, eight heavy artillery wings, and special technical units such as flight divisions and regiments. ”

As soon as Nanjiro's voice fell, an excited voice suddenly sounded in the venue, and the audience, including Okamura Ninji and others, were also excited, obviously the final establishment of this expansion greatly exceeded their expectations, after the Kwantung Army Headquarters was upgraded to the General Headquarters, many people were speculating about the future establishment of the Kwantung Army, and the purpose of such a behemoth's strategic deployment was obviously not as simple as annihilating Zhang Xuewu's corps, which posed a serious threat to Manchuria, Everyone present quickly calmed down from the noise.

Nanjiro glanced at the two oblivious and still eagerly discussed, and snorted heavily: "Where is the discipline of the emperor [***]? This officer is still in the middle of the lecture, which unit are you two from? ”

Commander-in-Chief Minamijiro, who is known as a good old man in the military headquarters, got angry, and Okamura Ninji on the side did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly got up and pointed to the short guy with a meaty face and introduced: "This is the trusted captain of the 38th Infantry Wing of the 16th Division, and Tian Lu is a big one!" ”

Oh? Nanjiro frowned slightly, as if recalling something, and after a while, he suddenly said in surprise: "Are you the one who submitted the "Death Training Method to the Ministry of War in My Opinion?" Very good, your suggestion is very good, let the timid soldiers use bayonets to kill a few people, this will make them bold, and the battle is also brave and abnormal, this officer remembers that you are a graduate of the 29th class of Lu University, do a good job, there is a lot to do! ”

Many generals on the side looked sideways at this guy with a fierce expression like a butcher, maybe only such a guy could come up with such a way to carry out rapid training in combat effectiveness! Although the Ministry of War did not openly promote this training method, the Kwantung Army and all units of the Korean Army were doing their best to promote and train them, especially in the process of purging the anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese forces, and having soldiers kill a few Shina people has become a compulsory course for new recruits.

Many generals and officers of the Japanese army were very happy and excited to meet the initiator and initiator of this training today, and Nanjiro was also very happy that such a wise and insightful officer could serve under him.

Then Okamura Ninji deliberately lowered his voice when he introduced another big sa to Nanjiro, but everyone in the venue still heard it very clearly, Numata Tokushige!

It's a name that has caused an uproar even in Minamijiro! If Zhang Xuewu knows, he will definitely scold the good name for the beasts, Numata Dezhong This person belongs to the natural beast faction without virtue, and he has two records that are the record holders in this army, the first is to like to torture and kill, and the second is to like to force exotic virgins!

He forcibly annihilated his sister when he was fifteen years old, but instead of scolding him, his father as a pervert connived at him. It's a waste to leave it dry, and it's not bad to use it?

As a result, Numata Tokushige often showed off when Lu Shi was studying that he enjoyed the experience of his sister with his father, and he also openly declared that he wanted to exterminate 10,000 virgins before the age of seventy, in fact, he did the same, Numata Tokushige was transferred to Manchuria not long after, there were twenty-nine incidents of robbing girls, when there was a gap between the handover of the old and new commanders, Okamura Ninji could only laugh at himself with Numata Tokushige's spirit too strong, and as a result, Numata Tokushige recently robbed the niece of Zheng Xiaoxu of the Han Dynasty.

What made the Kwantung Army even more embarrassed was that this wing commander even recorded each experience clearly in the form of a note and submitted it to domestic newspapers? If it weren't for the quick reaction of the military department, the Kwantung Army would probably have become notorious because of this "highly respected" Dazuo!

Nanjiro nodded slightly, Numata Tokushige is indeed a rare fierce general, but his behavior is tantamount to chaos, and long-term control of Manchuria requires the cooperation of the Manchurians, so Minamijiro made up his mind and transferred Numata Tokushige's 47th Infantry Wing to the Rehe border, far away from the Emperor of the Mountain, lest he do something derailing and embarrass the Kwantung Army and cannot be explained.

Minamijiro returned to his seat and slowly sat down and said, "Everyone! During the period when this officer was in charge of the Kwantung Army, I hope that all of you here can work together, and the first thing to be eliminated is the anti-Manchurian anti-Japanese militants in Manchuria. Please come to the map. ”

The two staff officers opened a huge map, and the key points and equipped troops of the [***] team along the Shanhaiguan and Rehe lines were all highlighted, which shows how much work the intelligence system of the army had put into it before this, looking at these clearly marked numbers of the Chinese army and the firepower of the troops, Nanjiro nodded slightly with satisfaction to Kenji Dohihara, who had been promoted to major general not far away, and said: "The strategic intention of His Majesty the Emperor, the base camp of this official, is to defend Manchuria to the greatest extent and establish a buffer zone in North China, try to touch as little as possible the interests of the United States, Britain, France and other countries in China, eliminate the Nanjing political axe Central Army under Zhang Xuewu's department, give a great shock to China's political axe, strike the enemy first, and force him to be afraid and afraid! ”

Minamijiro looked around at the crowd, picked up the baton, and nodded to the far east: "This is what the empire lost during the Russian War, and when the time comes, this will once again be included in the territory of the empire." ”

Okamura Ninji frowned slightly, this is obviously a continuation of the so-called Tanaka line, to minimize conflicts with European and American countries, and to stabilize Manchuria under the premise of defeating the Soviet Red Army in the Far East for a decisive battle, but Okamura Ninji knows very well that the Imperial Army is indeed very powerful and invincible, but it is the navy and naval aviation that are powerful, and the army and army aviation are not opponents of the Soviet Army in terms of quantity, weapons and firepower.

However, the Soviets did not have any fleet in the Far East at all, the Pacific Fleet of the United States, the Far East Fleet of Britain, and the Indochina Fleet of France, which were not worth mentioning at all in front of the combined fleet of the Imperial Navy. The combined fleet of this empire is so huge that there is no opponent that can be compared?

And the weapons and firepower of the Imperial Army may only be able to find the so-called sense of superiority and modernization of weapons with the [***] team, and attack the Soviet Union before the completion of the Soviet Five-Year Plan? In Okamura's view, there is no doubt that a group of madmen will not be able to defeat the Soviets alone, you must know that all the tanks in the entire current book together are not more than one-third of the Soviets deployed in the Far East, the planes and artillery are far from the Soviet side, and the Soviet Union still has a vast strategic depth as a cover, and the harsh winter in Siberia is the grave of all invaders.

(To be continued)