Chapter 514: The Strategy of the Japanese
After a month of reorganization, the Northeast Field Army was formed, including the Headquarters, the Political Department, the Supply Department, the Ministry of Health, the Military Industry Department, and the Finance and Economic Department. The headquarters consists of a staff office and operations, reconnaissance, communications, confidentiality, training, and management sections. The chief of staff is Liu Yalou, and the deputy director is Cui Shiquan. The Political Department has five departments, including Secretary-General Zhao Jingfu, Director of the Organization Department Guan Xiangying, Director of the Propaganda Department Jin Ce, and Director of the Hoeing Department Wang Xiaoming. Li Youde, head of the Enemy Army Work Department. Minister of Intelligence Li Kenong. Zhang Guangdi, Minister of Supply, and Sun Feng, Vice Minister. Minister of Health Zhou Wenhui. Minister of Military Industry Sun Qian. Li Fuchun, Minister of Finance and Economy, and Li Yanping, Vice Minister. The Ministry of Finance and Economy is also responsible for local economic work, including banking and taxation.
The establishment of the Northeast Field Army by the Anti-Japanese Federation was also reported to the Supreme Headquarters of the Kwantung Army of the Japanese Army at the first time. As for the commander Umezu Mijiro, who was already in his own headquarters and was waiting for the order to remove him from his post in the country. The first time he got the news, he collapsed, he took over at the wrong time, I thought that Manchukuo had been occupied by the empire for several years, even if there was some small turmoil in the country, but it was just a drizzle, when he was ready to show his skills to reorganize the war, first in Manchuria a powerful anti-Manchurian anti-Japanese armed forces sprung up, many times attacked the imperial army, causing several general-level officers to break jade, killed thousands of imperial soldiers, and even more unfortunate is that under the protection of the imperial heavy soldiers, the Ministry of Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply let the family serve a pot is not counted, also lost hundreds of aircraft. It also took away several secret warehouses and fortresses that the Kwantung Army had established in northern Manchuria and had a large number of reserves in preparation for an attack on the Soviet Union in the future.
Since he took office, he has not let go of the encirclement and suppression of the sudden rise of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, no matter how he encircled and suppressed, the result was a fiasco for the empire. On the other hand, the group of Chinese armed forces became stronger and stronger, and when they concentrated the tens of thousands of troops of the Kwantung Army, they launched a fatal blow against the United Nations. The troops' attack was like a blessing from heaven, and the troops advanced quickly. In less than a week, there were more and more good news from various troops, and he thought that he would be able to achieve victory this time, in order to prove his ability and shut up the people who were dissatisfied with him in the country, he opened a press conference in advance, but then the end of the world came, and Meng Qingshan, the bandit leader who had died in his eyes, came to life, and the anti-union forces that were to be eliminated also turned over and caught him off guard. If you let yourself out, you won't be able to get it back.
For this reason, he knew that as long as this incident spread to China, he would never be able to escape the trial of a military court, which would mean the end of his military career. Less than an hour after receiving the news, the commander, General Umezu Mijiro, committed suicide by disemboweling in his room in order to avoid being tried by a military tribunal and to avoid the humiliation of returning home. He apologized to His Majesty the Emperor and tried to wash away the last shame of his military career.
With the suicide of Umezu Mijiro, other officers of all ranks within the entire Japanese Kwantung Army Command. In order to escape culpability, almost all the blame will be taken. All pushed on the body of Umezu Mijiro, who had just committed suicide. As a result, the entire Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchukuo, except for the dead Umezu Mijiro. There have been no changes to the rest of the personnel. As for the newly appointed commander of the Japanese Kwantung Army in China, it was General Yamada Otozo who was taken to Boli for trial by the Soviet Red Army in later generations. Due to the changes brought by Meng Qingshan, he came here in advance.
Came to Manchuria. After a reception banquet prepared by his subordinates, he faced the current situation. Yamada Otozo will not be in the mood to rest. As soon as he refused the request of his subordinates, he came to the headquarters of the Japanese Kwantung Army Headquarters, wanting to know the distribution of enemies and friends in the entire Manchurian region.
In this way, several operational staff officers, under the command of the chief of staff, began to explain the current situation in Manchuria to General Yamada Otozo in front of him, facing a huge military map of Manchuria hanging on the wall
"Report to Your Excellency, Commander, this is the situation that the whole of Manchukuo is currently facing. Heihe Province has been completely occupied by the Anti-Japanese Union. In several other provinces of the North Manchurian region, due to the lack of strength of the Imperial Army, in addition to the main communication routes and all the strongholds still in our hands, the vast rural areas were also occupied by the Anti-Japanese Union, and the group tribal plan previously implemented by the Empire was also destroyed, and the pioneer regiments were also destroyed. "After about half an hour of introductions. The chief of staff looked at the commander in front of him who was speechless, General Yamada Otozo and said.
"Yaga, the face of the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire has been completely lost by you. The Imperial Japanese Army, which had at least three divisions, was all lost to the anti-Japanese Chinese armed forces, and more importantly, the Heihe Province, which played an important role in the empire, was lost. Eight Grid Tooth Road, this is simply a shame for the Empire, you are not known as the number one in the Imperial Army, you can't even beat a small branch of the army, but let them grow stronger and stronger" in front of a series of data. Yamada Otozo couldn't calm down anymore, and roared loudly at the officers in front of him, venting his dissatisfaction with the Japanese Kwantung Army.
"Hai, Your Excellency Commander" Facing the commander General Yamada Otozo with an angry face on his face, all the officers were red-faced and lowered their heads together.
"Gentlemen, after a series of battles, the North Manchukuo region can be said to have suffered heavy losses. The empire could be said to have lost not only a large number of mobile forces there, but more importantly, the local garrison stationed in Longjiang Province was also basically lost. Now we have to face not only the regular army of the Anti-Manchurian Union in North Manchuria, but also other anti-Manchurian forces scattered in other parts of Manchukuo, as well as the Soviets who are eyeing us. More importantly, the morale of the army has been severely hit. Speaking of this, Yamada Otozo's gaze swept over the group of officers in front of him and continued.
"But don't be discouraged. Here, I can tell you a piece of good news. When he saw the low morale of the officers in front of him, General Yamada Otozo changed his words and said loudly to the officers in front of him.
"Your Excellency, Commander, is it the headquarters of the Domestic General Staff that intends to increase our troops in Manchuria, so as to eliminate the Anti-Japanese Union that has caused us many losses." Just after Yamada Otozo's words were finished. The chief of staff was keenly aware of something. said with excitement on his face.
"Yo Xi, Chief of Staff. You deserve to be an excellent chief of operational staff. You are very right, because of the Kwantung Army. Poor results in the year. It is even more important to cause serious damage to the Reich's logistics base. It can be said that the Great Japanese Empire was disgraced. This incident not only shook the General Staff Headquarters, but even His Majesty the Emperor was very angry. At the same time, the Anti-Japanese Federation entrenched in the North Manchurian region has also attracted great attention from the General Staff Headquarters. Yamada Otozo paused here and continued when he saw the expectant expressions on everyone's faces.
"After a study by the General Staff Headquarters, His Majesty the Emperor finally decided to initiate a strategy of attrition. At the same time, we must continue to carry out the previous plan, move all the people within 30 miles of the so-called base areas of the Anti-Japanese Federation into the tribes, set up a pillbox for three or five miles, put mobile posts day and night, trap the Anti-Japanese League in the impoverished mountainous areas, and concentrate a group of troops on the front line to carry out some small-scale operations with them at the appropriate time. to weaken its viability as much as possible"
"Your Excellency, Commander, why don't we continue to fight against the encirclement and suppression of the United Nations, I believe that the Anti-Japanese Federation did not take much advantage in this operation, and there were also heavy casualties, as long as we concentrated a crusade against the troops. We'll be able to wipe out that damn group of resistances. ”
"As long as you organize an encirclement and suppression, you can wipe out the Anti-Japanese Alliance, I know this, and I am also a staff officer on this island. The emperor's subordinates all understand, but in that case. Although we have eliminated the Resistance League, our already insufficient forces will become even less. At the same time, even if we eliminate the anti-Japanese alliance in front of us, maybe there will be armed forces such as personal protection ****, we must solve their source, otherwise these people will never be finished. ”
"Your Excellency, Commander, are you talking about the Soviets?"
"Yes, it's them, if it weren't for their support, how could they have so many advanced weapons with those people from the dirt buns."
"However, we can't defeat the Soviet Far Eastern Military District at all."
"If we can't fight now, it doesn't mean that we can't fight in the future, so our main task now is to train soldiers and expand the strength of our Kwantung Army, and when I left, His Majesty the Emperor finally decided to mobilize two divisions and an aviation brigade from the main island, totaling 40,000 troops, these two divisions are equipped with all German weapons and equipment to support us, and it can be said that they are the only two divisions of the army. His Majesty the Emperor asks us to recapture North Manchuria from the hands of the Anti-Japanese Federation at the lowest cost and ensure the energy supply of the Great Japanese Empire. At the same time, to eliminate the Anti-Japanese Federation and save the face lost by the Great Japanese Empire in our hands. ”
"Long live the Great Japanese Empire, long live His Majesty the Emperor" just fell with Yamada Otozo's voice. The officers in front of Yamada Otozo learned that the two divisions transferred to the Kwantung Army were not ordinary divisions, but all-German equipment, which made them very excited, knowing that Germany is now one of the most powerful countries, and its weapons and equipment are dozens of times stronger than the Japanese army, and the officers couldn't help but start cheering. Suddenly, in the cramped command room, there was no longer a just oppressive atmosphere, but high morale, and everyone was full of hope for the future of the Kwantung Army and the entire Manchuria.
"Yo Xi, everyone be quiet. I'm very happy to see everyone's morale restored here. However, before the arrival of our two divisions, we still have very important things to do, to train all the recruits to become elites, and when the time comes, let those who laugh at us know the strength of the Great Japanese Kwantung Army. ”
"Onboard"
"Chief of Staff, you can find me all the information on the officers who have defected to us in recent years, and call them all to me."
"Your Excellency, the officers of the Anti-Japanese Federation who have defected to the empire are now all assigned to various places, and it will take a lot of time to gather them, I wonder what is the use of you looking for them?"
"We don't have the extra troops to encircle and suppress the United Nations at the moment, but we can't watch them regain their combat effectiveness, they will send people to make trouble, and we will, in the past, as long as our army was dispatched, the United Nations would hide in the deep mountains and old forests, which made it difficult for us who were not familiar with the terrain to find them, even if we met them, we would be trapped by them, resulting in non-combat attrition, only their own people would understand their combat methods, so the main force of our war of attrition this time was their ......" After General Yamada finished speaking, his eyes were small.
"Hey! The empire's plan to suppress bandits is really good, I'll go now. ”
In this way, with the transfer of the Japanese army, the officers of the former anti-Japanese alliance units who had surrendered to the Japanese army and were scattered in various places arrived one after another, and under the arrangement of Lieutenant General Muto Akira of the Japanese army, these people led their respective teams to the North Manchurian base area to carry out sabotage. (To be continued.) )