[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 3341: Public Security and Rectification Battle Plan

After Yamashita finished speaking, Sugiyama Mototo said again: "Ladies and gentlemen, this public order and rectification plan was personally arranged by His Royal Highness Zaihito from the base camp, so it is necessary to do it to the best of its ability and live up to the trust of His Royal Highness the Prince and His Majesty the Emperor. ”

"Hay!" All the generals said in unison.

Binshan Yuan said again: "Gentlemen, the operation of public order and rectification is different from ordinary operations, there should be a detailed battle plan, and it is impossible for the front army headquarters to meddle in the war on the front line, so the affairs of the division and regiment are decided by themselves, so the scope of the operation should be decided by considering the characteristics of the combat area of each corps and its breadth and narrowness, especially the size of the troops used. ”

"In addition, we must also consider the effect of the battle, it must not be just a simple encirclement and suppression, but also to achieve that even after the implementation of the crusade, even after the withdrawal of the imperial army, there is still a certain degree of self-defense ability in various places, until it is no longer possible to banditry, what is the best strategy for this monarch?"

Lieutenant General Umezu Yoshijiro, commander of the First Army, stood up and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I believe that although the operation of law and order is different from ordinary offensive operations, it is also necessary to achieve resolute, rapid and precise strikes. In order to gradually make it have no gap for the outward expansion of the territory, the remnants of the bandits will flee to the area near the edge of the combat area, so the crusade against the edge of the battlefield is extremely important. ”

"In addition, the army should first crusade against and sweep away the remnants of the enemy and bandits, and then lead the Chinese side to reorganize the self-government organs in the occupied territory and restore law and order. For this reason, every time the county seat or the equivalent of the county town is occupied, that is, the troops required for the garrison, under its cover, the remaining residents are required to set up a law and order maintenance association. In order to restore law and order as soon as possible, the county office should be established as soon as possible. Before the crusade, if there are important members of the prefectural office prepared in advance, they should be accompanied by the crusading army as much as possible, and as soon as the fighting stops, they should start work as soon as the fighting stops, so that they can be responsible for restoring law and order in the area. ”

"To restore law and order. Immediate measures should be taken to organize the restoration of self-defence organizations, such as police, security regiments or self-defence regiments, with the strengthening of self-defence capabilities as the primary priority. In the case of a prefecture that is in the process of restoring public order, the Provisional Government shall pay the expenses required for the restoration of the prefectural administration, and such expenses shall be used for the main aspects of the restoration of the prefectural government, especially for the police, security corps, etc., which shall be used for the restoration of public order. In addition, the prefectural government subsidy is paid in addition to the prefectural government restoration fee. Each county shall raise its own funds as soon as possible for the restoration of the county administration. ”

Sugiyama nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yo Xi, Umezu-kun is worthy of being the elite of the Imperial Japanese Army, and he has a deep understanding of the strategic thinking of the base camp to control China with China, which is very good!" ”

"Thank you, Your Excellency, Commander, for the compliment!" Umezu Mijiro said modestly.

After Umezu Yoshijiro sat down, Chief of Staff Yamashita Fumifumi also got up and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, I believe that all departments should strengthen cooperation in the operation of law and order, and cannot ignore the role of intelligence agencies, military police, and police. The military should be the core of public security, and the secret services, gendarmes, propaganda and fussiers, and liaison officers under its command, as well as the Chinese administrative organs, the army, the police, the self-defense regiments, and other railways, ships, and other transportation organs and organizations, etc., should be carried out in a centralized manner. They should be made to work together in unison. ”

"To this end, the chiefs of staff of divisions, brigades, and wings should always be as necessary as the situation requires. In conjunction with the staff officers, secret services, unit commanders, gendarmes, officials of the provincial office, and other personnel, they provide thoughtful and specific leadership, and at the same time try to clear up mutual opinions. Commanders of armies scattered throughout the region shall also exercise leadership within the area in which they are in charge in accordance with the preceding paragraph. With the gradual restoration of law and order, the various organs of the Chinese side should be led. It is necessary to enable them to work independently over time. ”

"Yo Xi, what Yamashita-kun said makes a lot of sense!" Sugiyama nodded in satisfaction.

Yamashita then continued: "Your Excellency, Commander, as Your Excellency Umezu said just now, in view of the lack of troops of the Imperial Japanese Army and the long front. The Imperial Army must vigorously organize the Imperial Allied Army, which is mainly composed of provincial and county police, security regiments, self-defense regiments, and public security forces, and its organization should be organized as a principle by the good people who have settled in the area as far as possible, and the use of those with good quality in the Guishun bandit regiment can only be used as a temporary expedient measure. ”

"If possible, the aforesaid self-defense organs shall be trained by the Imperial Army in order to improve their quality and at the same time to enable the Imperial Army to maintain close relations with their respective security organs. The weapons needed for the self-defense of the various organs shall be purchased by the private sector or confiscated from the Guishun bandit groups and seized by the crusade. ”

"Second, it is necessary to implement the armor protection system, strengthen self-defense capabilities, organize a rural espionage and warning network, and gradually guide the formation of a strong rural joint self-defense organization with military garrisons as the core. At this time, the head of the local police may be assigned to the gendarmerie. It is also necessary to gather and train the local elite youths to strengthen the relationship between the army and the people, and at the same time make them the core of the **** and pro-Japanese cells, and strengthen the self-defense forces in the villages."

According to this operational plan, the Japanese North China Front will dispatch eight divisions, four independent mixed brigades, and nearly 50,000 puppet troops, totaling 240,000 troops, to launch an all-round conquest, encirclement, and suppression of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, northern Jiangsu, Shandong, and other places in three phases, in an attempt to eliminate the resistance forces in the occupied areas and consolidate and expand the occupied areas.

However, to the surprise of all the Japanese generals, it was really inconceivable that the Suicha Military Region, which was the most representative of the Eighth Route Army, was not within the scope of the attack on this public order and rectification operation.

In fact, whether or not to include the Suicha Military Region in the scope of the attack was also carefully considered by General Sugiyama Moto, but the final result was that it was decided not to move Ma Zheng's headquarters.

Judging from the news sent back from Kojima Yoshizo and Yamashita Fengfumi and others, the real combat power of Ma Zheng's department is far more powerful than they understand, and the department not only has at least 50,000 elite infantry, but also has a large number of cavalry that can be used for long-distance attacks, and secondly, it also has a large number of artillery, and its comprehensive combat capability is not weaker than that of a corps of the Imperial Japanese Army.

If we want to completely eliminate such a strategic group, we must draw up a separate operational plan, and it is obviously unwise to include it in the operational plan for the suppression of public order and rectification, and it will inevitably affect the effectiveness of the plan for the suppression of public order.

Second, the two provinces of Suicha, where Ma Zheng's troops are entrenched, are both remote border provinces, with mountainous terrain and weak infrastructure, and the mechanized troops of the Imperial Japanese Army will greatly weaken their mobility and other capabilities when they enter these areas, so it is best not to provoke Ma Zheng's troops before they are prepared.

In addition, the main operational scope of this public order and rectification operation is Shanxi, Hebei, and Shandong provinces, and the 240,000 troops are not very abundant, and they are really unable to open up new battlefields in the Suicha area.

As the new commander of the North China Front, what he needs most now is his achievements to affirm himself, rather than blind military adventures, so after weighing it again, Sugiyama Yuan still decided to exclude the Suicha Military Region from the scope of this public order and rectification operation.

However, before the ambitious Sugiyama and others could implement this battle plan, they were caught off guard by a sudden incident.

On January 22, that is, only a week after the Beiping Conference, when more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers who were preparing to return to China from East China and South China arrived at the mouth of Dagu in Tianjin by boat, the Japanese base camp changed its plan temporarily in view of the fact that the strength of the North China Front was still weak, and decided to let them disembark at Dagukou, and then change to a train to go to the front line in Shanxi to attack the Eighth Route Army.

However, the Japanese soldiers, who were looking forward to returning to their hometowns day and night, felt deceived and fooled, and then the largest mutiny in the history of the Japanese invasion of China occurred. Although the mutiny was suppressed, it caused a great shock in the Japanese army invading China.

This also made Sugiyama have to temporarily stop the encirclement and suppression of the Eighth Route Army and other anti-Japanese forces behind enemy lines, and instead carry out an internal investigation of the Japanese army to prevent similar things from happening. (To be continued.) )