Chapter Eighty-Eight: The "Five Phases" Meeting of the Japanese Invaders

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On the target plane, in the middle of the night on June 17, 1943, after receiving the news that the Yanhuang Dispatch Army had sent all the troops stationed in Mongolia and the Soviet troops attacking south from Mongolia, the restless Emperor Hirohito held the highest level of the meeting overnight, the "Five Phases" of the Japanese Army. The so-called "five phases" refer to the prime minister, the land minister, the sea minister, the Tibetan minister, and the foreign minister, who are representatives of the real power faction in the country. Of course, although they are both "five phases", their status is also very different, for example, the Japanese army respects the land minister more and hates the sea minister, as for the foreign minister, the army will only think of him when he finishes causing trouble and doing things, and when it comes to wiping his buttocks. In addition, it should be noted that Yongye, the chief of the Navy's Military Command Department, is also qualified to participate in the "Five Phases" meeting.

"Gentlemen! Everyone has already read the urgent telegram sent by the military headquarters of the Yanhuang Dispatch Army, and it is very likely that the Soviet Union has intervened in the war in Yanhuang, and the most feared thing of the empire has happened. Hirohito said.

"Your Majesty, although I received this telegram, I still can't believe that the Soviets will send troops to the Yanhuang Continent when they are at a disadvantage in the civil war, after all, according to the intelligence we have received, the Soviet army left in the Far East is only about 50~600,000 troops, and they also have to take into account the defense of Mongolia, the Soviet-Mongolian border and Siberia bordering the imperial Manchukuo and other vast areas, from the perspective of their troops, it is already extremely stretched to maintain the defensive line!" Foreign Minister Shigemitsu Aoi, who has the lowest status among the "five phases" of the Japanese Kou, said.

It is necessary to say a digression here, due to the appearance of Wang Fan, the target plane completely changed the outcome of the key battles of the Soviet-German battlefield such as Stalingrad, North Caucasus and Transcaucasia, Kursk, etc., and the direct consequence was that Germany avoided the loss of nearly 500,000 troops in the history of the main plane, while the Soviet Union lost up to 700,000 more combat power than in history with the successive defeats of these three battles. In addition, judging from the war situation, compared with the original history, Germany not only smashed the Kursk, a Soviet salient in the middle of the Soviet-German battlefield, but also took advantage of the victory to pursue and attack in the opposite direction, highlighting the Soviet army's defense line in the central part of the Soviet-German battlefield by more than 200 kilometers, forming its own salient. At the same time, because of the defeat in the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia, the Soviet Union lost Baku's oil producing areas, a large number of factory facilities in the Caucasus, and important grain and cotton crop producing areas, and in terms of specific ratios, the Soviet Union lost 40% of the country's oil supply and about a quarter of its grain, cotton, and industrial production and manufacturing capacity. Coupled with the threat of the German salient, a large number of supplies transported from the eastern part of the Soviet Union needed to be transported to Moscow by detour, so compared with the history of the main plane, in order to defend the Soviet Union's Jinghua - the European part, Stalin not only transferred more than 200,000 Siberian troops from the Far East to support the European battlefield, but also in order to maintain the European battlefield defense line and recover the disadvantage, he also "gambled" from the Far East Army to withdraw nearly 700,000 troops one after another, and transported away a large number of tanks, including T34, Heavy equipment, including armored vehicles and large-caliber artillery. It can be said that almost all the troops in the Far East with a little military training have been withdrawn, compared with the original history of more than 1.4 million troops to guard the Far East, the target plane of the Soviet Union only left about 50~600,000 troops, and most of them are new recruits, and the weapons and equipment are so simple that they have to carry the flag with weapons such as 75mm guns.

Now the Soviet Far East Army is completely supported by the aftermath of the 1939 battle of "Nomenkan" and the previously constructed defensive positions. Although the Japanese were not well aware of this, they still had an understanding of the general military strength of the Soviet Army, and this kind of battle situation also aroused the desire of many "young Zhuang factions" of the Japanese Army to avenge the "Nomenkan" battle of that year, but with the turbulent and unsmooth operation in the Guannai, they were forcibly suppressed by the Japanese military high-brass.

"Your Excellency, this is not a question of whether the Soviets can attack or not, but that the Soviets have already attacked us!" This was stated by the Minister of the Navy, Shigetaro Shimada.

"Ahem! Indeed, as His Excellency Tojo said, the Soviets have already started a war against us, so there is no need to discuss the topic of whether they will attack us or not! Junnosuke Inoue, who was sitting on the side, also said (the name of the Tibetan minister is Lalang).

"But the Soviet Union did not submit the letter of opening the war!" After hearing the rebuttal of his colleagues, Foreign Minister Shigemitsu Aoi continued.

"Do you mean that the jade fragments of the more than 20,000 athletes of the imperial army stationed in Mongolia are not worth a letter from the Soviet Union?" Sitting under Hirohito, Emperor Hirohito's confidant, the Minister of the Interior, Yuasa Kurahira suddenly spoke.

"Hey! Your Majesty the Emperor, that's not what the minister meant! Seeing the almost accusatory questioning of the Minister of the Interior, Yuasa Kurahira, Foreign Minister Shigemitsu Aoi hurriedly explained to Emperor Hirohito.

"Okay, stop making these useless arguments, just say what should we do, fight? Or not to fight? Hirohito ignored Shigemitsu Aoi's explanation and asked.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, in the past, the army side made two plans for the war with the Soviet Union, the first plan was to start attacking the coastal frontier of the Soviet Union, and the second plan was to outflank the "Manchurian" Mongolian border. Hearing Hirohito's question, Prime Minister and Minister of War Hideki Tojo said: "At that time, according to the judgment of Masanobu Tsuji (in the staff group of the Japanese army in the Showa era, Masanobu Tsuji was very well-known, and his reputation was at the same level, there were Hideki Tojo and Ishihara Wanji in the army, and Yamamoto Fifty-six and Mitsumasa Yonechi in the navy), Case B was better than Case A, mainly because the Soviet Army had built a network of fortress positions with a depth of 200 kilometers on the coastal frontier, and more than a dozen infantry divisions were responsible for defense. The team also has to pay a great price, and Case B can not only avoid the drawbacks of Case A, but also the route from Hailar to the Haraha River is also the route of Genghis Khan's expedition to Central Asia and Europe! ”

"But the Battle of Nomenkan 5 years ago has proved that the imperial ** team is not at an advantage in the face of the Soviet army, but at a great disadvantage!" Yongye Xiushen, the chief of the Naval Command Department, interjected.

"Your Excellency Yongye, in the original Battle of Nomenkan, although the army officers and men had to retreat strategically, they still inflicted great casualties on the Soviet army, but due to insufficient preparation in the early stage of the campaign, they were defeated by the combined attack of Soviet armored combat vehicles, artillery clusters and aircraft." Hearing that the chief of the Navy's military command department, Nagaye was slim and uncovered the scars of the army's past, Prime Minister and Minister of War Hideki Tojo immediately shot back.

"Defeat is defeat! No matter how much you embellish it, you can't hide the essence of failure! As a "land and sea discord" with historical traditions, Yongye, the chief of the Navy's Command Department, said half-sarcastically and half-satirically.

"Oh? If so, why would the defeat of the Combined Fleet at Midway still be embellished with the word 'turn in' to the outside world, wouldn't it be better to simply inform the inhabitants of the empire directly! Prime Minister and Minister of War Hideki Tojo replied unceremoniously.

"As for whether the Combined Fleet will win or lose, Admiral Yamamoto has proved once again with the victory on Bougainville, there is no need to say more!" Yongye Xiu, the chief of the Navy Military Command Department, said.

"Humph! If you didn't have the large number of warships and aircraft carriers aided by the puppet Emperor Meiji, with the 4 aircraft carriers in your hands, you would still be able to achieve such a record? ”

"Alright, stop arguing!" Seeing that the important ministers of the army and navy under his command were arguing like children, Hirohito rebuked loudly: "What we want to discuss now is the Soviet Union's attack on the empire, and if there is anything else, get out of here!" ”

"Hey! Your Majesty, please be angry! ”

"Hey! Your Majesty the Emperor! ”

"Ahem! Your Majesty, the minister has an opinion. The Chief of Staff, Prince Zaihito, Hirohito's uncle, saw that the scene was a little cold, so he interjected.

"Oh? You said! Emperor Hirohito said.

"As His Excellency Tojo said earlier, the original Battle of Nomenkan was not won, mainly because of the joint attack of Soviet armored fighting vehicles, artillery clusters and aircraft." Hearing Hirohito's permission, Prince Zaihito spoke: "But in the past six months, intelligence shows that the Soviet Union has been heavily damaged by the German army, an ally of the empire, on the Eastern Front, and has transported away a large number of Jingrui troops and a large number of heavy equipment, and most of the Soviet troops left in the Far East are mainly recruits who have not undergone much training, and their weapons and equipment are also quite poor, especially the lack of armored combat vehicles, large-caliber artillery and aircraft support, so the minister's opinion is that the Soviet attack is not terrible, and the current Soviet army is no longer the Soviet army of the past." Moreover, this Soviet army of up to 100,000 men also committed the taboo of being alone and going deep, as long as the empire gathered superior forces, it was enough to completely wipe them out. ”

"But they wiped out the Empire's Third Tank Division in the encounter, and it was one of only three Tank Divisions in the Empire!" Unlike Prince Zaihito, who was the main war faction against the Soviet Union, Hirohito's confidant and Minister of the Interior Yuasa Kurahei was strongly opposed to the war with the Soviet Union.

"With the current strength and equipment of the Reich, can the Soviet Union be defeated?" Hirohito asked, in fact, Hirohito has always hoped to be able to point out what the soldiers pointed out and what the emperor ** team wanted, but the "Zhang Gufeng" incident and the "Nomenkan" incident in history all told him one thing, that is, the Soviet Union is not easy to provoke, once the war starts, the "Su" brother is very angry, and the consequences are very serious!

Hearing Hirohito's questioning, the high-ranking members of the Japanese army, who were familiar with the actual level of the Imperial Army, couldn't help but be speechless, and the scene was cold for a while.

"Well, Your Majesty, in fact, whether we want to fight with the Soviet army or not, it will not change the fact that the Soviets have already attacked us, and now whether we want to or not, in fact, we need to face the 100,000 Soviet troops going south, so whether he is easy to fight or not, we must destroy it, otherwise it will directly threaten the empire's rule in the Yanhuang Continent, especially the war situation in the northwest region of the Yanhuang Continent will fall into erosion, and it will further threaten the Beijing-Tianjin region of Jinghua in the Yanhuang Continent!" Chief of Staff, Prince Zaihito, Hirohito's uncle, spoke again.

"I agree with Prince Zairen, whether we want to or not, the 100,000 Soviet troops going south have already attacked the Chahar region occupied by the Empire, and we must destroy them for the sake of the Empire's rule over Yanhuang for thousands of years!" Prime Minister and Minister of War Hideki Tojo agreed.

"But the Imperial Army's military strength is almost at its limit!" Minister Yuasa Kurahir, who is also familiar with the current situation of the empire, said, "Now the southern army of the empire is deep in the battlefield of Southeast Asia, the strength is not enough, and it is impossible to draw troops, the Yanhuang Dispatch Army will gather 200,000 troops in Shanxi, ready to enter Shaanxi, these 200,000 troops can be said to be all the mobile forces of the Yanhuang Dispatch Army, the base camp is now reserved for the newly established divisions, except for the Guards Division, the combat effectiveness of the other corps is worrying, as for the Guan Dong Army, from the second half of last year, They have successively dispatched troops to enter the customs or go south, and now there are about 70~800,000 troops, plus 30,000 troops have just been drawn out to board the ship in Lushun and go to the way to join the combined fleet! ”

"Your Excellency Tojo, I want an accurate answer, how many troops does the empire need to be able to destroy this lonely Soviet army!" Hirohito, who was sitting on the top seat, suddenly interjected and asked.

"Well~ The army once calculated that if it is only defeated, it is more certain that it is twice the strength of the Soviet Union, and if you want to completely annihilate the enemy, 3 times is a safer number." After struggling in his heart, Prime Minister and Minister of War Hideki Tojo still told the actual estimates.

"That is, 300,000 troops are needed, so in addition to the 200,000 troops in Shanxi, 100,000 reinforcements are needed!" Interior Minister Yuasa Kurahira muttered to himself.

"Can't be counted then, Shanxi's Yanhuang dispatch army also has to deal with the attack of the Yanhuang Red Party army hidden in Shaanxi, according to the calculation that they can completely annihilate the empire's 20,000 troops, they have at least 200,000 troops, so if you want to contain the Red Party troops, the empire needs to deploy at least another 6~80,000 people, so that the gap in troops is about 170,000 people." Prime Minister and Minister of War Hideki Tojo continued.

"We need so many 170,000 people, and now we can come up with so many troops, I'm afraid it's only the Dong Army!" Hirohito's uncle, Prince Zaihito, frowned and didn't speak.

"If only 170,000 people are needed to solve everything, the empire can still support it," Hearing Prince Zaihito's words, Prime Minister and Minister of War Hideki Tojo spoke again: "What I am most worried about is that if the empire squeezes out 170,000 troops from the Guan Dong army and eats this Soviet army, then once the Soviet Union sends a new 10 or 200,000 offensive troops, how should the empire deal with it, after all, although they only have 50~600,000 troops now, and they are all new soldiers, but there are still millions of troops in the east, And the Soviet army itself was also very fast in recruitment! ”

"This..."Hearing Tojo's judgment, everyone in the room was speechless for a while.

"In fact, in addition to fighting or not fighting, there is a third way to choose!" has not spoken, since Hirohito's grandfather Emperor Meiji, the important minister of the three dynasties, Saionji, who is well-known in the court and the opposition, suddenly spoke: "All the monarchs have been affected by the battle damage of the Battle of Nomenkan, although the Soviet Union is strong, but it is not without any weakness, the biggest difference between now and then is that Germany has declared war on the Soviet Union and captured a large territory of the Soviet Union, except for the northern part of the Soviet-German battlefield, the other central battlefields and the southern battlefield, the German army is in a strategic advantage, especially the southern battlefield, An important supply lifeline for the Soviet army has been cut off. The current Soviet Union completely relies on the central region of its territory and the Far East in the west to maintain its war potential, so at the strategic node, the Trans-Siberian Railway is its most vulnerable link, whether it is Siberia to the east and the center to transport soldiers and materials, or the east and the center to the Siberian Far East to send reinforcements, all need to be connected and implemented through the Trans-Siberian Railway, so if we cut off this big railway, the eastern battlefield of the Soviet Union will fall into a great crisis, and once the western material supply is lost, the Soviet Union, which was supported only by the central region, was very likely to be defeated or completely annihilated by the German army, and then the remaining Soviet troops in the Far East would be like rootless weeds that had lost their roots, quickly withering and withering! ”

"Your Excellency Xiyuan, what you said is very reasonable, but the empire is extremely far away from the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the important importance of this railway is also clear to the Soviet army, and it will definitely send heavy troops to protect it, and it is difficult for our army to capture it." Minister of the Interior, Yuasakura, raised an objection at his discretion.

"The total strength of the Soviet Union in the Siberian Far East is now more than 500,000 people, and minus the 100,000 troops going south, do you think he has how many troops can be used for maneuvering in addition to maintaining the long Soviet-Manchurian border, not to mention the victory of the Soviet army in the Battle of Nomenkan, relying on its strong logistical support capabilities, at Nomenkan, which is 750 kilometers away from the Trans-Siberian Railway, the Soviets actually managed to lay water pipelines to divert water from behind, thus avoiding the attack of the Imperial Special Bomb, which I have to admire, But Chahar is not a Normenkan, the straight-line distance has increased by hundreds of kilometers, the actual distance has increased by thousands of kilometers, and I absolutely do not believe that the Soviet Far Eastern Corps will be able to ensure the supply and operation of armored forces 2,000 kilometers away from the Trans-Siberian Railway when a large number of cars are transferred to fight on the Eastern Front! Therefore, it is only necessary for Yanhuang in Shanxi to send troops to feint to attack Shaanxi, draw out this Soviet army and then stick to and drag them, and then order the first and second chariot divisions and chariot teaching brigades under the jurisdiction of the Guan Dong Army as the core, forming an assault force of 170,000 to 200,000 people, imitating the German army's blitzkrieg, surprise attack Mongolia, detour into the Soviet Union, and before they can react and mobilize enough counterattack troops, quickly assault the Trans-Siberian Railway, and wreak havoc on this section of the railway, the empire does not need to occupy the Soviet area, It only takes the purpose of sabotage, blowing up bridges, destroying railroad tracks, and burning sleepers, just like what the Yanhuanghong Party did to the empire a few years ago (the Battle of the Hundred Regiments), and you think that when the whole country is already in the army, how much strong labor can the Soviet Union spend to repair the railway? And how much steel is not used to make weapons to forge rails? Even if the Soviets did this, but the imperial army destroyed the railway, how much time did the Soviets need to repair it, especially now that it is summer, once it is October, the cold weather, the bad climate, not only the Soviets' protectors, but also their urging officers. Saionji continued.

"What Your Excellency Xiyuan means is that we will attack the Soviet Union, destroy the Trans-Siberian Railway as much as possible, cut off the lifeline of the Soviet resistance to the German army, and then wait for the German army to win a big victory, encircle and annihilate the main Soviet forces, and then join hands with the German army to deal with the remnants of the central and western Soviet Union." After hearing Saionji's words, Hirohito repeated.

"Hey! Your Majesty the Emperor, that's what the old minister meant! Saionji bowed to His Majesty the Emperor.

At this time, everyone in the room fell into deep thought, carefully thinking about the feasible xing suggested by Saiyuan Temple, and the room was silent for a while.

Two hours later, after intense discussions, the military leaders of Hirohito and the Japanese Kou, who had unified their thinking, decided on the outline of the plan for the Yanhuang Army to be responsible for sticking to the Soviet troops going south, and the Guan Dong Army to attack the Soviet Union's Trans-Siberian Railway in a blitzkrieg.

As a result, the second general war between the Japanese and the Soviet Union, which had never happened in the history of Wang Fan's main plane, took place.

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