Ishihara sighed and looked at the people in the war room, "It's not that Su Tong doesn't want Nanjing, it's that Nanjing is purely a rib for him!" ”

"jīrib?" Hideki Tojo exclaimed.

"Yes, it's jīrib."

Ishihara walked to the corner and pulled back the curtain, revealing a huge map of China. He casually pointed to the location of Nanjing and said: "You see, the Central China Dispatch Army of our empire, under the 'wise' command of Commander Matsui and His Excellency Prince Hatohiko of Asakanomiya, has successively occupied all of Zhejiang except Nanjing. When Ishihara said the word 'wise', he deliberately accentuated his tone, but Hideki Tojo and the staff officers sounded sarcastic.

Therefore, it was no longer meaningful for Chahar to continue to hold on to Nanjing, and the supply of his hundreds of thousands of troops was all transported by air, which was very difficult and very unsafe, and could go wrong at any time. It is very unwise to fight hard with our empire for the sake of a land of jīribs. Therefore, he immediately retreated after searching Nanjing, and also evacuated the entire citizens of Nanjing, presumably our Commander Matsui must have a special feeling in his heart for an empty city now! ”

Looking at the sarcastic smile on Ishihara's face, everyone's hearts couldn't help but think: "This Ishihara is really bold, even Commander Matsui and His Excellency Prince Hatohiko of Asakanomiya dare to be sarcastic, no wonder Sora has such a high talent but is still only a major general." ”

Ishihara continued: "Look at what he wrote after evacuating all the high-class people from all walks of life in the city of Nanjing to Chahar? He immediately established two more universities in Chahar. Don't laugh! Looking at the sneering expressions on the faces of several staff officers in the war room, Ishihara said, "This just shows that Su Tong is a really difficult opponent to deal with. ”

"Oh? Please advise! Umezu Mijiro's curiosity was also ticked.

"Umezu-kun!" "A country's economy may not be developed and its military may not be strong, but its education must not lag behind, because only education is the foundation of a country's future development." This shows that this Su Tong is a leader with extremely far-reaching strategic vision. ”

"Yes!" Umezu Mijiro and everyone nodded in agreement, although Japan is not good in many ways, but there is one thing they do very well, that is, they attach great importance to education, which every Japanese person agrees on.

"Okay, that's about that later." Ishihara continued: "And even if he gave up Nanjing, his position in the hearts of the people of China did not weaken in the slightest, because he held on to Nanjing for two months, and he also brought the empire back at the cost of nearly 70,000 dead and wounded only to get an empty city. It's already a very good deal, you know, the empire doesn't have an endless supply of troops like China, how many 70,000 troops can we have for us to squander? Since he had reaped all the benefits, he naturally retreated. ”

Speaking of this, Tojo Hideki glanced at Ishihara Waner with a deep face: "Ishihara-kun, then what do you think of our action this time?" ”

Ishihara didn't even glance at Hideki Tojo, "This is a very boring operation, it took a huge amount of materials and manpower, and in the end I got only countless urns." ”

"Bump!" Hideki Tojo slammed his fist on the table, "You coward, you don't even have the courage to fight with Shina, you are not worthy of being a soldier of the Empire!" ”

After speaking, Hideki Tojo strode out of the war room, leaving only a loud "bump" after closing the mén, and the staff officers glanced at each other and followed Hideki Tojo out.

Umezu Mijiro said to Ishihara with a bitter face: "Ishihara-kun, you have also seen the situation of the Kwantung Army, and I am really aggrieved as a commander." ”

Ishihara Waner looked at Umezu Mijiro's somewhat old face and was silent, he knew that Umezu Mijiro's prestige among the middle and low-level officers of the Japanese army had been greatly reduced after being defeated by Su Tong once when he was the commander of the North China Garrison Army, and the Japanese believed in and worshiped the strong, and now his prestige in the Kwantung Army was much worse than that of Tojo Hideki, who advocated a decisive battle.

The staff officers are naturally willing to follow Hideki Tojo, like this operation was presided over by Hideki Tojo, it can be said that there is no Umezu Mijiro, and this time the transfer of Ishihara Waner is also the intention of using Ishihara Waner to compete with Tojo Hideki.

Ishihara smiled for a long time, "Commander Umezu, you don't have to worry too much, Tojo won't be here for long." ”

"Oh?" When Umezu Mijiro heard this, he suddenly looked up at Ishihara, "Ishihara-kun, please advise." ”

"There is a saying among Chinese people that it is called killing people with a knife, I don't know if you have heard of it?"

"Murder with a knife? Ishihara-kun refers to "Umezu Mijiro's eyes became brighter and brighter after hearing this, he was not a stupid person, and after a while, he naturally understood what Ishihara Waner meant, "You mean, borrow Chahar's knife and kill"

Ishihara nodded with a smile, "If it doesn't surprise me, he's going to plant a big fight on this matter, now we might as well add a fire to it, and then sit and play chess and watch the excitement."

"Yo Xi!" Umezu Mijiro laughed, and the sorrow of many days was swept away, "Ishihara-kun really deserves to be a military strategist of the empire, look at things and go into the wood, go!" Come and sit down in my office, I still have a few bottles of fine sake there, just waiting for Ishihara-kun to taste it."

"So, Ishihara dares to disobey?" Ishihara also smiled lightly, and the two of them also strode out of the war room.

Headquarters of the 41st Group Army in Tongliao

Hu Lian was drinking with Liao Yaoxiang and Yu Chengwan, who had just arrived with their troops.

Taizu once said that there are no factions in the party, and martial arts novels also say that where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, no matter where it is, as long as there are people gathered, people will automatically divide into large and small circles according to the region, concept or interests and other factors, which has nothing to do with faith or quality, but people's heaven is at work, and Chief Su is no exception.

The generals under Su Tong's command are also roughly divided into two major factions: the old people who followed Su Tong since the Mintuan period, such as Wang Dayong, Chen Dazhu, Wang Li and others, and the people who came to Su Tong after Su Tong became the chairman of Chahar Province. Although there is no contradiction between the two sides at present, it has already been revealed from the personal selfishness.

Liao Yaoxiang and Yu Chengwan first arrived, and when they saw Hu Lian, a former Whampoa classmate, they naturally felt more cordial in their hearts, and they also wanted to deepen the relationship between their classmates, so they held a banquet in the headquarters to entertain these two Whampoa classmates.

A few people pushed the cups in the headquarters to change the lamps, and after three rounds of wine and five flavors, Hu Lian said to Liao Yaoxiang with a smile: "Jianchu, our Chahar has just expanded more than ten infantry divisions now, and it is a good time for you to come now, otherwise the two máo three on your shoulders would not have been replaced by a golden bean so quickly, you are the first one among your classmates in the sixth phase." ”

Liao Yaoxiang stood up and toasted Hu Lian with a glass of wine, and said gratefully, "Thanks to the cultivation of Chief Su and the support of Senior Hu, Yaoxiang is grateful." ”

Hu Lian smiled and stretched out his hand to signal Liao Yaoxiang to sit down, "Jianchu, it seems that you have been in the Central Army for a long time, and you don't know our Chahar habits." We don't want this here, as long as you work diligently, Chief Su and Chief of Staff Jiang will not be able to treat you badly, and besides, don't bring the one you learned in the Central Army before, Chief Su is most disgusted with this, as long as you take your 46th Division well, it is better than anything else."

Listening to Hu Lian's experience, Liao Yaoxiang and Yu Chengwan were all gathering and listening, when they arrived in a new place, they had to abide by the rules of the new place, and it was human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, even Yu Chengwan, an honest man, was no exception.

In the end, Hu Lian looked at Yu Chengwan, with a puzzled face, "As for the old senior, I don't have a little incomprehensible, as far as I know, the old senior has not fought with Commander Su before, as soon as you come, he will give you the 102nd Division, which shows that Chief Su is very important to the old senior." The only people in our entire Chahar who can enjoy this treatment are you and Commander Sun of the current expeditionary army in Vladivostok, the old senior is blessed! In the end, Hu Lian was still amazed.

In fact, what they didn't know was that the title of 'Tiger Benshi' originally belonged to Yu Chengwan's fifty-seventh division in later generations, and now Su Tong just returned this honor to Yu Chengwan.

Yu Chengwan smiled bitterly and said, "When Chief Su came to me at the beginning, I also hesitated, but I also figured it out later, anyway, isn't the duty of our soldiers to resist foreign insults and protect the territory and the people?" Where is it not to fight devils, but I am also selfish, Chief Su promised me at the time that as long as I come over, he will give me more opportunities to serve the country, I thought about it Anyway, I am only a sesame mung bean regiment commander now, and no matter how bad it is in Chahar, it will not be bad, and Chief Su will not let me be a battalion commander, so I came over like this. ”

"Humph!" Speaking of this, Liao Yaoxiang said indignantly: "Senior Yu is just a do-nothing person, but the old senior was a famous handsome man when he was in Huangpu, and he fought bravely and bravely after joining the army, but when he came, he actually hung up a major general and became the head of the regiment, which almost became a laughing stock among our Huangpu classmates." Hmph, is there anyone in the first phase of Whampoa who has a lower position than the old senior? I really don't know what the chairman thinks, but it turned out to be"

Speaking of this, Liao Yaoxiang stopped talking, after all, the comments behind his back on the former boss are not good morals.

At this time, the communications staff officer suddenly appeared at the mouth of Mén, "Report, the Kwantung Army has begun to attack our front-line positions