[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 803: Report that is not taken seriously (ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

In the eastern Hebei direction, because the Japanese army was relatively well prepared, and this time it was aimed at the troops of the Jichare base area of the Eighth Route Army, which had relatively weak combat effectiveness, the advance was relatively smooth, and the units of the Eighth Route Army suffered extremely heavy losses. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Especially in the battle of Tiangezhuang, except for Bao Sen who broke out of the encirclement under the protection of the guards, more than 800 soldiers died in battle, the only thing to be thankful for is that after the battle started, Bao Sen ordered the troops to escort the people in Zhuangzi out, and the casualties of the people were not large.

On March 27, at the same time as the Japanese troops on the southern Hebei side were withdrawn, Okamura Ninji also ordered the Japanese troops in eastern Hebei to stop the pursuit and begin to digest the results of the battle.

For Okamura Ninji, this battle was just a rehearsal before the big war, and there was no need to fight too hard. Moreover, his actions in eastern Hebei have also achieved his strategic goals, so that's it.

But for Yongye self-cultivation is different, this battle he himself and the Japanese army in southern Hebei are very unhappy, they originally planned to eliminate the Eighth Route Army Mountain in southern Hebei in one fell swoop, but the final result was the loss of troops and generals, and let the Eighth Route Army break through, during which they also lost the logistics base of Nangong, and lost a large number of weapons and equipment.

Of course, the Eighth Route Army did not get any favors, the Jinpu detachment was almost made dumplings, and nearly 10,000 troops were lost in the First World War, not to mention that one-fifth of the villages in the base area were slaughtered, and tens of thousands of civilians were killed and wounded, which can be said to be the biggest loss of the Eighth Route Army in the past two years.

After the battle, General Nagano personally reported the results of the battle to the Japanese base camp and Emperor Hirohito, and he wrote in the summary of the battle: "...... The main manifestation of this is that the weapons and equipment of the Chinese army have been greatly improved, and even the eight roads of China, which have always been poorly equipped, can now reach one rifle per person, and even an artillery team has been formed......

"The second biggest change is the fighting will of the Chinese people, three years ago, the Chinese army and the imperial army clashed, often at the touch of a button. Now the people of China not only dare to fight with the imperial army face to face with bayonets, but even dare to open a posture to fight positional warfare and a war of attrition with the imperial army......"

Regarding the Japanese army's combat effectiveness, Nagano Xiu said this: "...... Facts have proved that the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Japanese Army has indeed declined, and the magnitude of the decline is relatively large, mainly in the composition of the Imperial Army's troops and its will to fight. Three years ago, the Imperial Japanese Army was almost entirely composed of veterans who had been in the army for more than three years, and those veterans had undergone strict military training and had extremely high individual quality, so their combat effectiveness far exceeded that of the Chinese army with the same strength. ”

"But after three years of war attrition, the veterans of the imperial army suffered extremely heavy casualties and were almost exhausted. The new recruits who have been added to the various units are all new recruits who have been temporarily conscripted into the army, and at most they have only undergone a short period of military training for three months, which cannot be compared with the previous veterans at all...... Three years ago, when fighting against the Imperial Army, there were almost no soldiers who surrendered to the Imperial Japanese Army, but now it is not uncommon for the Imperial Army to surrender to the Imperial Army, and there is no such determination to die, which is also another reason for the decline in the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Japanese Army! ”

Therefore, Admiral Nagano Shusei suggested that the Great Japanese Empire should not consider going south or north for the time being, because if the Shina people were not defeated, going north or south would only lead to their own destruction. At the same time, General Nagano sent a secret telegram to Emperor Hirohito, suggesting that Emperor Hirohito should continue to contact the Nationalist Government and hold peace talks with the Nationalist Government in the shortest possible time, even if he did not hesitate to give up a little benefit.

However, although Nagano Shusei's telegram attracted the attention of the Japanese emperor, the Japanese army base camp, which was red by Hitler, was almost unanimously opposed to peace talks with the Nationalist Government.

Konoe Ma, who had been brought to power by the base camp, also openly supported the military department to continue to expand the war, and even put forward the concept of greater East Asia co-prosperity. This time, even Mitsumasa Yonechi and others, who had originally supported the peace talks, did not speak, and although they did not explicitly support the military department, everyone at the time could see that Mitsumasa Yonechi and others acquiesced in continuing to expand the aggression.

In fact, it is no wonder that the attitude of the Japanese top brass has changed so much, and the performance of the Germans is really incredible. In just over half a year from September '39 to now, Germany quickly defeated Poland, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. As of now, Germany occupies all of Western Europe. From then on, the entire Atlantic coast from Norway in the north to Spain in the south was controlled by Germany.

Britain and France, which once controlled the League of Nations, were left with only Britain still surviving, and although the British army retreated from Dunkirk before, although it withdrew some troops, it lost a large number of weapons and equipment, including 2,450 artillery pieces, 6,400 anti-tank guns, 11,000 machine guns, more than 75,000 vehicles, and 500,000 tons of military supplies.

In addition, the Germans sank 224 ships and shot down 106 aircraft, and the British were already in great discouragement, leaving only 500 artillery pieces and 200 tanks in the country. The Air Force has also been greatly weakened, with only a little more than 1,300 combat aircraft remaining. As for the navy, due to the blockade of the German navy and air force, it lost the conditions for cooperation with the French fleet.

Whether it is the Soviet Union, Japan or other countries, they all believe that Britain has lost the ability to continue fighting, and the German army will attack the British Isles in the shortest possible time, completely destroy the empire on which the sun never sets, and then it will be swept into the garbage heap of history in a very chic manner.

What the Germans can do, the Japanese think they can do. Compared with Germany, which has been beaten by Britain, France, and other countries for 20 consecutive years, the Japanese believe that their national strength is much stronger than that of Germany. The main thing is that the Japanese believe that their opponents are not as strong as their German counterparts, and that the weak China is simply not comparable with Britain and France.

The reason why the Germans were able to successfully defeat Britain and France, while the Empire of Japan remained alive and well in the quagmire of the Sino-Japanese War, attributed this to the fact that Japan had no allies.

On the one hand, it is true that Germany is indeed strong in the German army, but it is undeniable that Germany has allies such as Italy, Spain, Finland and Romania, and it is precisely because of the help of these allies that Germany can gather forces to wage war against the British, so the Japanese government is eager to find a reliable ally.

The performance of the Germans is indeed amazing, not only the countries of Europe and Asia are shocked and inexplicable, even Ma Zheng, the traverser, is also surprised by the Germany of this matter, it is too sharp, although due to the huge inertia of history, Dunkirk still let Britain and France withdraw more than 300,000 troops.

But the Germans soon realized their mistake, and under Hitler's command, the Germans swept through France, and then deployed their troops on the east coast of the English Channel, ready to launch a full-scale attack on Britain in the sea.

The German tanks charged again, this time targeting the British Empire, which had dominated the world for more than 200 years, but this time it was not Guderian's panzer group that was the main force, but Goering's German Air Force.

In fact, at the beginning, Hitler was ready to use the German navy as the main force of this operation, and planned to force the English Channel with the support of the air force, but the Germans also knew that although the British army was rubbish, the British navy was the best navy in the world, and even the great German navy was no match for the British navy.

In addition, Germany was limited in the development of its navy after World War I, even civilian ships were also restricted, and in terms of the surface power of Germany as a whole, it was far from being the opponent of the powerful British Navy, so the strength of the English Channel, landing on British soil to fight had insurmountable difficulties such as ship preparation, logistics supply and weather, etc., and finally Hitler decided to force Britain to surrender by simply attacking by air.

Hitler was well aware of the weakness of the British, as an island nation, Britain had many of the usual ills of island countries, such as lack of resources, small land area, etc., when the invincible British Empire changed from the status of a blockad, once it became a blockade, the situation was precarious. Hitler believed that Britain would soon succumb if he insisted on a non-stop bombing of all British military installations.

Therefore, on Hitler's orders, the Luftwaffe launched a brutal bombing campaign against the British mainland. In order to carry out air offensive operations, the Luftwaffe assembled 3 air armies. Given that the German combat aircraft were far superior to the British in both quantity and quality, and that the Luftwaffe bombed almost invincestively since the beginning of the war. Therefore, all countries in the world are not optimistic about the British side, believing that the British Ministry may hold out for more than a month. (To be continued.) )