―― Datong

After the Eighth Route Army hit the city of Datong, it received the news that the Japanese army had gathered, in order to avoid unnecessary losses, the Eighth Route Army withdrew to, and it became the northernmost part of the Jin Sui Army at this time, Yan Xishan knew that the Japanese army would retaliate, he sent people to secretly contact the Japanese army, while concentrating troops, building fortifications, and preparing for battle.

In Datong Castle, a small farewell party was being held at this time, and although Tada Jun was exempted from punishment, he was also removed from the post of commander of the Third Army and transferred to the Kwantung Army, and Sugiyama Moto, who took over the Third Army.

Tada Jun looked at Takeda, who was bowing his head on the side, and Ushijima, who was angry, and said, "Everyone, what's wrong?" I wasn't disciplined, I just changed jobs. There's nothing to be unhappy about. ”

Ushijima sighed and said, "I just feel pity, we went through life and death to return to Datong, and we were thinking about regaining our strength, but I didn't expect Tada-kun to leave, it's a pity." ”

Tada Jun smiled, said that he didn't care, and said to Takeda, "Takeda-kun, now that your teacher has the trust of His Majesty the Emperor, and your name has reached the ears of His Majesty the Emperor, work hard, I believe that sooner or later you will surpass your teacher." ”

Takeda nodded gratefully, and Tada Jun continued, "Okay, don't send it anymore, I'm going to Beiping, and then to Manchuria, I'm not a good commander, gentlemen, I'm really sorry!" ”

Looking at the distant vehicles, Takeda slowly clenched his fists, Ishihara's coming to power can indeed make him go further, but his strategy has also greatly offended the main battle faction of the army, what should he do later?

"It's a war, it's a war, the Chinese army is attacking us!" A communications soldier hurriedly ran to speak.

"What? Where did the Eighth Route Army go? Ushijima asked nervously.

"It's not the Eighth Route Army, it's Yan Xishan's troops. I don't know the specific situation, but His Excellency the Commander asked everyone to go over as soon as possible. The messenger shook his head.

Takeda felt that something was wrong and said, "Where did this Yan Xishan get the courage to attack us?" He shouldn't have defended Shuozhou to keep his Taiyuan, right? ”

Ushijima grabbed Takeda and said, "Don't guess, won't we know everything when we go?" ”

Everyone came to the headquarters, and Sugiyama didn't ask where everyone went, nodded and said, "It's good to come, it's started." Signal soldiers, say the situation again. ”

The signal soldier wiped his sweat and said, "At seven o'clock tonight, Yan Xishan's troops suddenly attacked Huairen County, our army fought back, repelled Yan Xishan's troops after a hard battle, and pursued with victory, the latest battle report shows that our army has conquered Shanyin County, in order to prevent Yan Xishan's troops from sweeping back." Your Excellency the Commander is requested to send reinforcements as soon as possible. ”

"Did you hear me clearly? It's not that we don't obey Tokyo's orders, it's that the people of China are too deceitful! I order, all units immediately enter the state of combat readiness, waiting for the order to leave, the 27th Division immediately set off from Youyu County to attack Shuozhou!! ”

Takeda looked at Sugiyama Gen in disbelief, and now that he had just suffered a big defeat, he was actually going to attack, which was simply sending him to death.

Didn't wait for him to speak. Ushijima said first, "Your Excellency Commander, the combat strength of our three divisions has not yet recovered. I'm afraid the follow-up of the attack will be weak now, so it's better to wait a few more months. ”

Takeda looked at Ushijima and couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, Sugiyama Moto's tricks could even be seen by Ushijima, and he didn't know what kind of attitude Tokyo would have when he knew he was so bold.

"Don't worry, the First Army will soon come to reinforce us. This time, we have more than 40 brigades participating in the battle, and our goal is not to completely restore Shanxi, as long as we can fight to Taiyuan. Moreover, Yan Xishan forced the Eighth Route Army to withdraw from Taiyuan and other places, and it was too late for the Eighth Route Army to hate him, so where would they go to the rescue? ”

Takeda rolled his eyes secretly. didn't even hide it, and directly admitted that it was attacking.

Ushijima wanted to say more, but Takeda stopped him and shook his head, and Ushijima stopped talking.

Takeda looked at Sugiyama Yuan, secretly happy in his heart, and was worried about how to let the Japanese army and Yan Xishan exchange fire, but this was sent to the door, which saved him a lot of effort-

Tokyo

Ishihara walked into the War Department angrily with a telegram, came to Seishiro Itagaki and said, "Itagaki-kun, what the hell is going on?" Haven't we all agreed? No longer counterattack Shanxi, take advantage of the contradictions between Yan Xishan, Jiang Zhong and the Eighth Route Army to make them kill each other! Why is the North China Front already fighting with the Jin Sui Army? ”

Itagaki Seishiro shook his head helplessly and said, "The North China Front's statement is that the Jin Sui Army attacked Datong first, and the local defenders were forced to counterattack. ”

Ishihara said anxiously, "The first step in our strategy has become like this, and I can't imagine what will happen next." ”

Itagaki Seishiro smiled bitterly and said, "Ishihara-kun, we have all despised the madness of the army in China, they can already ignore everything for the sake of the so-called imperial face and military merits, if Sugiyama Gen defeats Taiyuan this time, not only can we not blame him, but we also have to reward him." ”

Ishihara shook his head, walked around the office a few times, and said, "No, absolutely not. Ishihara looked back at the door, closed the door, and said in a low voice, "This time, the commander of the Third Army is Sugiyama Moto, he is the original Minister of War, and he was asked to go to Shanxi in the hope that he could control the army, but it turned out to be like this, what does this mean?" This shows that the monster of the army is becoming more and more unable to obey Tokyo's orders, and if we can't control the situation in time, I am worried that our strategy will eventually become an empty talk. ”

Itagaki nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, but you also know that just like we are in Manchuria, the troops in China all want to get military merits, because only military merits can make them promoted, I think we should change the approach, our initial plan is to control the situation first and then withdraw the troops, I think it is better to change now, withdraw the troops first!" Then control the situation, withdraw half of the troops stationed in China, leave three to four divisions in North China, five divisions in South China, and withdraw all the others from Guannai. Recruit Chinese in large numbers and fight in the name of the Nanjing government. ”

Ishihara was embarrassed and said, "I'm afraid that after they conquer Shanxi, they will refuse to withdraw their troops!" All of our main forces are in the Kannai, and once the world situation changes, we will definitely be too late to deal with it. ”

Itagaki asked, "Ishihara-kun, how long do you expect the world situation to change?" ”

Ishihara looked to the west and said, "It's up to Hitler." I expect him to annex the rest of Czechoslovakia and then either go to war with the Soviets in line with the British and French ideas, or turn around with the Soviets and go to war with the Anglo-French. Hitler would never have made the mistakes of the last war, and he would have avoided the two fronts and the protracted war, which would have caused Wilhelm great suffering. ”

Itagaki sighed, "It's not easy to talk about, it's okay to want to fight on the front line, just look at our war against China, if you want to avoid a protracted war, it is simply impossible for the Soviet Union or a big country like France and Britain." ”

Ishihara nodded, but he never felt it. This is what everyone thinks is impossible, and it is precisely the most likely thing to happen.

-- Berlin

Jiang Cheng read the report and said, "Yes, the sales of novels and toys are growing rapidly, our magazines are also selling well, stockings and penicillin are also very stable, very good, it seems that Europe is still very calm in the past few months." ”

Chen Nan smiled and said, "East, after Munich." Everyone thought that the war was far away from Europe, so these entertainment products were selling well. By the way, tonight the Chinese community is going to hold a celebration to celebrate our recovery of Shanxi, I wonder if the owner is willing to go? ”

Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "No, it's not the time to celebrate, is there anything else?" ”

Chen Nan nodded, took out a piece of paper and said, "The things that the owner brought my attention to last time have developed. The experiment in that lab was successful, albeit a little later than the owner expected, and our destruction could only have this effect, Paul? As expected, Hartek wrote a letter to the German War Ministry. But we intercepted it. ”

Jiang Cheng frowned slightly, the shadow of nuclear weapons has appeared, although it is still the preliminary stage of theory, but science and technology are so annoying, as long as they start and are willing to invest, then it is only a matter of time to get the next thing, and they can only delay this time.

Jiang Cheng asked, "Is it difficult to get rid of all the people on the list?" ”

Chen Nan thought for a while and said, "If it's just an assassination, it's not difficult, but these people are all famous scientists, and I'm afraid that a sudden mass of deaths will attract attention." ”

Jiang Cheng immediately said: "You must not let others find out that they were killed because they studied nuclear physics." After saying that, he thought about it and said, "Germany has been taking half a year from the discovery to the beginning, and all these people must be dealt with in this half year, and it would be better if they could be kidnapped." ”

Hearing that Jiang Cheng not only wanted to kill them, but also wanted to kidnap these people, Chen Nan said helplessly, "This is even more difficult than killing them." ”

Jiang Cheng said firmly, "No matter how difficult it is, we have to do it, but don't reveal our identity, I'll give you half a year, if there is still one person alive, you can come and see it yourself." ”

This is the first time Chen Nan has seen Jiang Cheng so nervous, he nodded and said, "Don't worry, we have already arranged people around these people in the past few months, no matter where he is in Europe, we can solve it, we just have to use some brains." ”

Jiang Cheng nodded, thought about it and said, "Don't forget their research materials, they must also be cleaned up, and those from other countries must also start taking action, not only Germany, but also the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland and other people and materials who have studied these things must be destroyed, of course, it would be better if they could be brought back." After all, these are the elite of the human race. When the war is over, let them study it. ”

-- United States

When Situ Meitang saw Jiang Cheng, he hugged it, and if it wasn't for Jiang Cheng's body being strengthened, he would have to break bones.

"Good boy, the Red Party you support has done a good job, Shanxi has actually been recovered by you, but why do you want to return Taiyuan Shuozhou to Yan Xishan? That's the essence of Shanxi. Situ Meitang let go of Jiang Cheng and asked.

Jiang Cheng took a few deep breaths and said with a wry smile, "Old man Situ, don't be excited, I didn't die on the battlefield, I almost died in your old hands, we can give this Taiyuan out, it means that we can get it back at any time, don't worry about your old age." After speaking, Jiang Cheng said in a low voice, "If my prediction is correct, at the end of this year at the earliest, at the slowest early next year, Germany will definitely provoke a war in Europe, of course, I will try my best to delay this time, but it is difficult to say how long it can be delayed." ”

Situ Meitang has been studying the world situation with Jiang Cheng for more than a year, and he also knows a little about this, he touched his beard and said, "I remember you told me before that the only countries in the world that really have the strength to be the world hegemon are the United States and the Soviet Union, and if Germany goes to war, it is very likely that the Soviet Union and the United States will turn their guns against him, and I am afraid they will not be able to support it for a few years." ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "That's right, in fact, the German war was doomed from the beginning, but we can't let Germany lose too easily, let alone let the United States sit on the fisherman's advantage, once Europe is completely destroyed, under the threat of the Soviet Union, the United States can easily co-opt European countries, and then we won't spend one or two hundred years, don't want to regain the world's first position." Therefore, we must make Germany as strong as possible in the early stage, so strong that it can exhaust the blood of the United States and the Soviet Union together. It would be better to bring the flames of war to the United States. ”

Situ Meitang shook his head and said, "This is very difficult, I have been in the United States, I know the strength of the United States best, if Germany is one hundred, Japan is twenty, and the United States is three hundred, Germany will not fight the United States so stupidly." ”

Jiang Cheng naturally understands the strength of the United States, which developed to a level where it could produce 40,000 planes and 20,000 tanks a year in the late stage of World War II. In comparison, Germany's highest tank productivity is only 7,600 units, only one-third of the United States, which is still Germany's strongest tank, if it is compared to the navy, Hitler really wants to cry. In contrast, the Soviet Union, which produced a total of 110,000 tanks and self-propelled guns in World War II, although nearly 70,000 were destroyed by the German army, but its never-ending sea of tanks and people was the nightmare of all German commanders, and in the late stage of World War II, the number of Soviet troops even reached 12 million. It is worth mentioning that the United States also reached this number of troops in the end, and this is the horror of the industrial countries.

If Germany wants to smash these two giants, the difficulty can be imagined, but fortunately, the war machines of these two countries have not been opened, and Jiang Cheng's plan is still possible. (To be continued.) )

PS: When I write this, I can't help but think that now our country, which accounts for half of the world's steel production, if there is really a full-scale war, plus the organizational strength of our party, how many troops will appear? Do you think that in a modern all-out war, on the premise of not using nuclear weapons, the tactics of crowding are still useful? Those who are interested can chat in the book review area, and there will be a double update tomorrow.