936 Total War Eight Victories at the Price

"Old Mao, take a look" Zhou E came to hand over the telegram to Mao Zd again, after Mao Zd read it, he handed the telegram to Zhu D, Zhu D took the telegram and looked at it a few times, then shook his head slightly, and said to Zhou E: "Chairman, the Kuomintang was attacked by the Japanese, and the losses were a bit big when they were caught off guard, but they were not fatal, so we still have to be cautious." ”，

"Well, it should be cautious, but it's not inaction." Mao Zd took a sharp puff of his cigarette and interjected: "The current situation is definitely an opportunity for our party to develop, regardless of whether the Kuomintang can provoke anti-Japanese resistance on its own...... Uh, it's supposed to be the War of Resistance Against Japan, right? He glanced at Zhou Elai, and saw that the other party's expression was flat and unresponsive, so he shook his head and said: "The telegram said that although Japan had the upper hand in the battle on the Yalu River, the resistance of the Kuomintang was also very tenacious, and the Kuomintang brigade was moving forward along the railway line from Shenyang to Andong, and the Kuomintang army might turn to a counteroffensive within a few days, and it seems that it is not very possible to open up an anti-Japanese base behind enemy lines in South Manchuria." The focus of our work should also be on North Korea, at least to try to form a coalition government in North Korea, and to avoid North Korea becoming a Chinese colony. ”

"The North Korean people will not agree to this." At this time, Zhang Xueliang, who had just finished drawing the map, interjected, and he sneered a few times: "The sticks in the refugee camps in Liaoning and Jilin all want to be Chinese, and they want to turn North Korea into Chinese territory." ”

Zhou Elai nodded, a wry smile appeared on his face, in the past few years, G has established organizations in several Korean refugee camps in the northeast, and has also led the North Korean refugees there to fight some against the Kuomintang. The main content of the struggle is to win Chinese nationality for North Korean refugees...... Then they would have the right to acquire land located in new Chinese territories or colonies without compensation.

"Therefore, we should get the Workers' Party of Korea in contact with the provisional government of the Republic of Korea as soon as possible and establish a unified Korean national coalition government, so that we may be able to avoid China's annexation of North Korea." Zhou Elai's biggest fear now is that China will directly annex Korea after defeating Japan...... The possibility is very high! Because the appearance and even language of North Koreans are close to China, the population is only 20 million, and it is very easy to be assimilated by 650 million Chinese. And once Korea becomes a province of China, then the layout of the GC international world revolution will be destroyed.

"There should be a coalition government of the Korean nation." Mao Zd extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand and lit a cigarette for himself: "And a unified Korean Liberation Army should be established to participate in the war to liberate Korea." ”

"But will the Kuomintang agree? This army will be somewhat influenced by our party. Zhou Elai hesitated: "And to set up such an army, it cannot be without the support of the Kuomintang, will they support it?" ”

"They'll support it." Mao Zd nodded quite confidently, he turned around and pointed to the map on the wall and said: "The Korean Peninsula has narrow terrain and hills, and it is not an ideal battlefield for mechanized troops at all. Japan has been operating on the Korean Peninsula for several decades, and has long been familiar with the mountains and rivers there, and has also bought and raised a large number of traitors and lackeys. Moreover, the Korean Peninsula is a must for Japan, because the Kuomintang has nearly 2,000 medium and heavy bombers, and if it is based in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, it can cover most of Japan. If the Japanese did not want their cities to be razed to the ground by Kuomintang planes, they had to keep the Korean Peninsula at any cost! Even if the Kuomintang can win, I am afraid it will inevitably pay the price of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of casualties...... Comrades, don't forget that after all, China is dressed in a cloak of democracy, and if its own casualties are too heavy, it will always affect the election results, so they will not refuse any foreign cannon fodder. ”

Mao ZD had just returned from India and had seen the huge casualties caused by modern large-scale warfare, especially on the Korean Peninsula, where tanks could not fully exert their power, and if the Kuomintang army wanted to seize Korea, it had to use infantry inch by inch to repeatedly fight with the Japanese army!

"Although the Nationalist Government now controls large swathes of the colonies and has formed as many as 60 colonial divisions, how can the morale of the colonial troops who are forced to fight compare with that of the Korean Liberation Army, which is fighting for the liberation of its homeland? There are now no less than 2 million Koreans in exile in China and the Far Eastern Republics, and it is not a problem to recruit 200,000 to 300,000 troops from them.

Moreover, after the Korean People's Liberation Army invades North Korea, it can directly recruit new recruits from the local area to expand its strength, and it is still possible to eventually replace the casualties of millions of Chinese. ”

At this point, Mao Zd's expression was a little solemn, and after taking a few puffs of cigarettes, he said: "But we'd better not come forward directly in this matter, after all, the Kuomintang is very jealous of us now...... The last request for them to recognize the Japanese Soviet Republic was rejected by them. This time, it would be better for the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) to persuade the Korean Independence Army (KIA) and the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea to submit a request to the Nationalist Government. Ask the Nationalist government to allow them to recruit troops from among Koreans in China and provide infantry equipment that can arm 300,000 people. ”

"I agree with Comrade Mao Zd's suggestion that even if the DPRK after independence is not governed by the Workers' Party alone, it will still be beneficial and harmless to the world revolution." Zhou Elai's tone was slow, and he paused and said: "But the work of the anti-Japanese national united front should still be advanced, and this war should also be characterized as a war of the Chinese people against Japanese imperialist aggression." His tone was a little heavy, "This is good for our party." Moreover, we must also put forward a proposal for the establishment of a nationwide anti-Japanese coalition government, and we must allow all opposition parties with seats in the two houses, including our party, the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, the Youth Party, the Chinese GC League, and the National Socialist Workers' Party, to join the coalition government and unite in the war of resistance! In addition, the Chinese border guards under the leadership of our party should also plunge into this nationwide war of resistance. However, the necessary independence should be maintained, and the Kuomintang must not be allowed to use our army to fight a frontal war of attrition against Japanese imperialism. ”

As soon as Zhou E said this, Mao Zd nodded slightly, but Zhang Xueliang and Zhu D twisted their eyebrows and looked at him in surprise.

"Of course, we do not expect the Kuomintang to sincerely cooperate with us in the present situation to resist Japan." Zhou Elai smiled deeply: "However, we want to use this to show the people of the whole country our determination to fight Japanese imperialism to the end, which is very necessary in the current situation." In addition, in the unlikely event that the Kuomintang suffered defeat on the frontal battlefield, we could justifiably support the Kuomintang on the frontal battlefield behind enemy lines. After all, it is only the first day of the war, and it is difficult to predict who will win and who will lose! ”

As he was talking, Deng Xping, secretary general of the Central Committee, knocked on the door and came in, bringing a telegram from the Japanese GCD to GC International, which reported the situation in Japan, the Japanese government had just declared war on China, and at the same time announced that the Japanese army and navy had achieved an unprecedented victory on the first day of the operation! Among them, the Japanese Navy has achieved brilliant results in sinking four Chinese aircraft carriers, severely damaging three, hitting two heavy cruisers, and destroying and shooting down 500 aircraft! The army thwarted the squadron's plot to attack North Korea, and also counterattacked into the territory of Manchuria, China! The Japanese GCD also informed the Chinese G that according to the information obtained by their intelligence officers embedded in the Japanese Prime Minister's Office, the Japanese Navy had indeed achieved an unprecedented victory

Hearing the news, the leaders of the Zhong G in the office were stunned, and the expressions on their faces were even more uncertain, and everyone turned their eyes to Zhou Elai. Zhou Elai twisted his eyebrows and thought for a moment before he spoke: "This situation should be true, after all, the loss report released by the National Government also sank two aircraft carriers, and they lost the battle, so they always have to whitewash!"

However, the victory of the Japanese at sea will not shake the Kuomintang's land superiority for the time being, and we should still take Korea as the main direction of development. At the same time, he instructed the Manchuria Provincial Party Committee and the Far Eastern Republic to make all preparations for carrying out anti-Japanese work behind enemy lines, to turn the Party's forces in South Manchuria underground, to try to enter the Kuomintang army to carry out military movement work, and to strive to draw a part of the patriotic officers and soldiers into the revolutionary ranks in the course of the defeat of the Kuomintang army. ”

At this point, he pondered for a while and added: "Of course, the work of the military movement should be carried out under the banner of patriotism and resistance against Japan, and our party can only lead in secret, which is particularly crucial. ”

Konoe looked through the car window at the streets on both sides, and although it was late at night, the streets were still full of people celebrating the victory. The Japanese people in the streets spontaneously gathered in the streets tonight after the Japanese Government announced a major victory in the war against China, and all the people cheered hoarsely. These Japanese ordinary people have paid too much for the sake of strengthening the country and overthrowing the Chinese empire that has been pressing on Japan since the 9/18 war, and now they finally see the hope of victory, and they see the hope of Japan to subdue China and become the hegemon of Asia again!

This is what the Japanese people are thinking about today, and it is also the basis for the development of this country, which has a weak heavy industrial base, a small territory, and poor resources, to the current stage. Fumiro Konoe also understands this very well. That's why he stands with the army and navy, ignores Japan's weak national strength, and fantasizes about using the morale of the people to lay the foundation for Japan to become a real power in this opportunity of reshuffling the cards of world imperialism!

Looking at the citizens who were excited about the victory of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Konoe Fumiro smiled with satisfaction, after decades of imperial education since the Meiji Restoration, 70 million people have become the largest capital of Japan to participate in this world war! In contrast, although China has a population of 650 million, how many people are really willing to give everything to the country? According to the information sent back by the Japanese intelligence service, most Chinese have little interest in this war of national fortunes between China and Japan, and they are only concerned about how much they can benefit from the rapidly expanding country. As long as this war becomes a bloody protracted war, it is very likely that the Chinese government will be forced to back down under popular pressure, and even the Chinese GCD will take advantage of popular discontent and war weariness

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, do you really believe the war report from the War Department?" The Imperial Interior Minister Koichi Kido's voice was soft, but he still pulled the guard out of his thoughts.

"Kido-kun, do you think there's something wrong?" Konoe Fumiro looked at Koichi Kido, who looked worried, and said with a smile: "The results reported by the Navy are only twice as big as the Chinese themselves admit, so the credibility is very high. Besides, even if the navy falsely reported its achievements, according to the losses reported by the Chinese, the winner of today's sea and air battle is still us! After all, none of our aircraft carriers sank, and the Chinese sank two. ”

Koichi Kido bowed slightly to Konoe and reminded in a low voice: "Your Excellency, the lower officials just think that when Minister Nagata and Minister Yamamoto reported the battle situation to you at the five-phase meeting just now, their faces were extremely gloomy, and it didn't look like they had won the battle at all. In addition, on behalf of the Ministry of War, the two ministers also proposed a general plan for the mobilization of 100 million people, the expansion of the army to 6 million, and the training of 8 million reserve soldiers at the same time. Don't you notice that something is wrong with these policies? ”

"Kido-kun," Konoe sighed softly and explained, "There is no doubt that the navy will win, but the strength of the Chinese navy is still there, and it will be very difficult to completely destroy them. And if the empire wants to truly defeat China, it can't rely on the navy alone. Admiral Nagata Tetsuyama believed that the decisive battle between Korea and Manchuria would really determine the fate of the two countries, just like the Sino-Japanese War of the year. The defeat of the Qing Beiyang Fleet was only the beginning, and in order to force the Qing to cede land and pay reparations, it was also necessary to defeat their main army force. Speaking of this, his face became solemn, "But the strength of China's army now is by no means comparable to that of the Manchu Dynasty at that time. Not to mention defeating them, even if it is a draw, I am afraid that it will require unimaginable casualties! Therefore, it is very necessary to expand the army to 6 million and train another 8 million reservists, and when I meet His Majesty later, I will ask Kido-kun to explain the reason to His Majesty. ”

"Xia Guan knows." Kido Yuki nodded and said in his heart: "What 6 million army and 8 million reservists, without the permission of the emperor, how could Nagata Tetsuyama and Yamamoto Eisuke propose it at the Five Phases Conference?" It's just that Japan may have these 1,400 strong men, but does it have the weapons and equipment to arm them? ”

"What's wrong? What did Kido-kun think of again? Fumiro Konoe seemed to see Kido's concerns.

"Nothing." Kido thought for a moment, and then asked, "Your Excellency, can the resources of the empire support the consumption of 6 million army operations?" ”

Hearing this, Konoe Fumiro sighed lightly: "In short, the government will do everything it can, don't dare to say anything else, rifles and bayonets can always be guaranteed." ”

Kido Koichi shook his head slightly, the ghost believes that the Chinese aircraft cannons can be defeated with rifle bayonets, I really don't know what these people are thinking?

Wuhan, the official residence of President Moshan.

This night, the core of power in the Republic of China, is also brightly lit, and it seems destined to be a sleepless night. There was already a long line of cars parked on the road in front of the Presidential Palace, and the license plates were all from the heads of various departments of the National Government, and it seemed that they had all been summoned to the Presidential Palace for a meeting.

"The National Assembly has passed a resolution to declare war on Japan with a high vote, and now our Republic of China is in a state of war again, and there is also news from the Japanese side, and Konoe Fumiro has also held a five-phase meeting overnight, and it is estimated that there will be news of a general mobilization tomorrow. It is estimated that the Japanese will fight to the death with us this time, Comrade Zhaoming, what do you think. Do we also need to make a general mobilization plan accordingly? ”

President Luo Da spoke slowly, his expression was very relaxed, and he looked confident. Of course, he knew the real situation of the war on the Philippine side of the South China Sea this afternoon, but he only sank two seaplane carriers converted from "Republic ships." Such 10,000-ton freighters are not worth much at all, and China's major shipyards can build them in batches.

"Of course, mobilization is necessary, but the victory or defeat of the war between China and Japan probably depends mainly on the navy and air force, as long as the army can strictly defend the defense line of the Yalu River, it is enough, and the existing 200 or so divisions should be enough to cope with the situation, and there is no need for large-scale expansion, right?" Wang Jingwei frowned and said cautiously.

Luo Yiqun said with a smile: "Whether you want to expand the army or not, it depends on what is the operational plan of the base camp and the general staff?" He turned his head and asked Luo Yaoguo with a smile: "Fuwen, how are we going to defeat those Japanese devils?" You, the chief of the General Staff, should have a plan in mind, right? ”

Luo Yaoguo nodded slightly, with a hint of solemnity on his face, "With our current strength, it is not difficult to defeat Japan, but it is not easy to eliminate the great calamity of this country and nation." To defeat them, it is enough to rely on the navy and air force, and the role of the army is really not great. However, in order to destroy Japan, it was inevitable to land on their own soil, and it was expected that they would be subjected to the fiercest resistance, and it would not be possible to do without a sufficient number of troops. Of course, I do not want to expand the army's existing 212 divisions, but it is still necessary to mobilize and train about 3 million reservists. However, it is still worth it to eliminate the great scourge of Japan forever. ”

"Destroy Japan forever!" Wang Jingwei was stunned when he heard this, looked at Luo Yaoguo fixedly, and said after a while: "Brother Fuwen means to destroy the country of Japan?" ”

Luo Yaoguo shrugged his shoulders and said lightly: "Only in this way can we really win the war, and there is no way to do it!" And to achieve this goal, it is inevitable to destroy 10 million to 15 million Japanese troops, and our Wehrmacht must also be prepared to pay more than 2 million casualties! ”