Chapter 424: Stalemate

Less than a month after the start of the war in North China, the strategic concept of the Japanese base camp was on the verge of miscarriage, and there was a quarrel within the high-level, Lieutenant General Xiangyue Qingji, commander of the North China Garrison Army, because on the day of the 77 Incident, the loss of 130,000 soldiers, the enemy's situation was unknown, and the handling was improper, although he occupied Beiping City, he lost Tianjin recently, resulting in the Tianjin garrison of more than 60,000 people all broken, the commander Lieutenant General Takashima Masao was killed, and the empire's assets in Tianjin were plundered by Tang Qiuli Yanzhòng, and the losses were huge, Commander Xiangyue Qingji, There is an unshirkable responsibility for this.

The commander of the Kwantung Army, Senior General Minamijiro, was unclear about the enemy's situation, and he had an unshirkable responsibility for the annihilation of the Itagaki Division by the independent division and the subordination of Suizhong Castle, and the commanders of the two divisions of the second echelon of the Kwantung Army's southward corps, who were in the first place to fear the enemy and the rescue was delayed, and sat back and watched the entire Itagaki Division be shattered within three days, which was actually the culprit of the Kwantung Army's fiasco, and then it was pursued and annihilated all the way by the independent division of the Chinese army, losing troops and losing Jinzhou, which was really an unprecedented shame in the history of the Kwantung Army.

On the side of the Kwantung Army, the two division commanders were considered to be scapegoats, and Nanjiro was able to avoid this pass for the time being, he knew very well in his heart that he really didn't know that Tang Qiuli's independent division of 160,000 people gathered on the front line of Shanhaiguan, and with the Itagaki Division taking the lead, he was relieved.

It is also natural to ask yourself the responsibility of not knowing the enemy's situation and neglecting to overlook, fortunately, he gathered heavy troops to drive away Tang Qiuli and recapture Jinzhou, he is not very passive, otherwise, he will be ugly, the position of this commander should also change hands, who made Itagaki Seishiro not only famous within the Kwantung Army, but also in the base camp and staff headquarters, he is also regarded as the number one general, and the influence is too great.

And Xiangyue Qingji is not so easy to pass, North China Pingjin area, is the Japanese base camp deliberately launched a war against China, I really hope that the first war can determine the situation in North China, and then wave the army to the south, west attack the whole territory of Shanxi, send troops to Henan, and then take Shandong, drink the horse Central Plains, the wealth and development of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so that the Japanese have coveted for a long time, this qiē, because of the appearance of Tang Qiuli, and came to naught, had to increase troops in North China again, and fought all the deployments before the war, you say, such a big responsibility, Can Kiyoji Kazuki afford it?

The news of the defeat in North China was transmitted back to the Japanese mainland, causing an uproar *, the whole country was shocked, on the day of July 7, the loss of 130,000 soldiers, and a few days, the commander Xiangyue Qingji was besieged in Beiping, and retreated in the city, seeing that Tianjin was in danger, but could not be rescued, and as a result, Tianjin was lost, with more than 60,000 soldiers lost, and the commander was killed.

In front of the Shanhai Pass in Manchuria, the pride of the army, the Itagaki Division, the whole army was shattered, and the commander of Itagaki was killed in battle, what happened? The fanatical Japanese people are like being poured a bucket of cold water on their heads, and His Majesty the Emperor has said that he can occupy the entire territory of strategic China in three months? It's been a month, and even North China has not been able to conquer, how can we conquer the entire China?

The Japanese people were full of discussion, and then they were extremely angry, and we sent the best subjects of the Japanese Empire to Shina in order to open up the territory of the empire, not to send them to death under the command of you rice bucket commanders, and Kazuki Kiyoji and Minamijiro committed suicide to thank the people, to comfort the emperor's warriors who died in battle, and to the people who were full of expectations to go to Shina to become a superior man.

In Japan, the crowd was indignant, demanding severe punishment of the voices of Kazuki Kiyoji and Minamijiro, endlessly, some fanatics, ran to the palace, poured gasoline on their bodies, self-harmed on the spot, and some ran to ****, kneeling down, facing the portraits of Nogi and other great generals during the Russo-Japanese War, howling and crying, praying for their courage back then, attached to the bodies of today's emperors, and the people who were so sad that they fainted, had a heart attack, and fell to the ground and died.

Emperor Hirohito's mood was extremely bad in Japan, and he recorded in his diary: "In recent days, for the most unfortunate situation in the past few years, with the powerful force of our great Japanese Empire, and years of planning, the first attack on the long-ill China, the first war and the inability to support the North China, the loss of soldiers, the death of the generals, all passive, the crime of war? Will it be sinful too? ”

The conquest of China, the conquest of East Asia, and the domination of Asia are the lifelong aspirations of Emperor Hirohito, and it is far from enough to have a Manchuria, and his original intention, in his own hands, the sun flag of the Japanese Empire, should fly high in every inch of Asia, and everywhere will return to the singers of the Junno generation.

But the reality in China made Hirohito so depressed that he almost vomited blood, just like facing a desperate ** Mei NV, he was about to raise his knife and go on a wanton expedition, but he found that Mei NV held a cold dagger in his hand, facing his throat, from extreme excitement to fear from the heart, this change is enough to test Hirohito's mental ability to bear.

Therefore, Emperor Hirohito's mood has been extremely bad these days, Empress Ryoko has been abused by him several times on the imperial chuáng, and now he is avoiding him from afar, and after a few shì guards were inexplicably whipped, they were thrown into prison, more than a dozen shìnv, bleeding more than once, the body was covered with scars, and the well-developed huge double rǔ was even more red and swollen, ** was almost bitten off.

On 4 August, Emperor Hirohito convened a military council to study the military problems in northern China, at which the chief of the General Staff of the General Staff Headquarters and the Minister of War of the Headquarters of the Imperial Headquarters, who were scolded for their blood, and the imperial hand of His Majesty the Emperor, almost came into contact with their noble faces.

After Emperor Hirohito finished his frenzy, the military dignitaries below put forward various plans, while talking, and at the same time slipped the dragon face of His Majesty the Emperor with their eyes, at the meeting, a resolution was formed, called "Outline of the Guiding Ideology of Military Operations in North China", the central gist of the outline is that the imperial war against China is inevitable, the determination to conquer China is unwavering, and the strategic guiding ideology from North China to the Central Plains remains unchanged.

The military strength of the empire in North China has been strengthened, and the headquarters of the Imperial North China Garrison Army has been changed to the North China Dispatch Army Headquarters of the Imperial China Dispatch Army, and the former commander Kazuki Kiyoji has temporarily retained his post to observe the after-effects and wash away his mistakes with his military exploits, in the words of Emperor Hirohito, only when the empire has gained a firm foothold in North China and turned North China into a strategic base for the empire to launch a full-scale holy war, can it realize my lifelong ambition, devote all the strength of the empire, and Tang Qiuli, the devil of China, to duel in North China and purge North China. It was when the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire went south.

Emperor Hirohito's Imperial Military Council soon led to Japan's continued action to increase troops in North China, and the newly formed six first-class divisions, three heavy artillery brigades, two tank brigades, two cavalry brigades, and one aviation brigade were immediately rushed to North China, and the imperial ** team in North China was divided into two types of troops, field and garrison, with more than two divisions and regiments, with artillery and cavalry to form a field corps, and learned the lesson of a single division and regiment surrounded by a superior Chinese army.

The chief of the general staff of the base camp, Prince Zaihito of the Imperial Palace, as the emperor's special envoy, rushed to North China to do tactical guidance, and coordinate and command all the troops of the empire in North China, including the naval and air forces, his only task is to kill the devil Tang Qiuli in China, and kill the independent division in North China.

This means that the position of Kazuki Kiyoji has been set aside, with the emperor's own brother, or the chief of the general staff, where is his turn to give orders, speaking of which, Kazuki Kiyoji can stay in the post of commander, but also thanks to this Prince Zaihito of the Xianyuan Palace, Kazuki Kiyoji and he sījiāo are quite deep, can replace Tashiro Wanichiro's position, Zairen did not do less behind the scenes, originally expected that his old friend could make contributions in North China, but he did not expect to be disgraced, broken halberd and sinking sand, and the first battle was beaten to the head and blood, Zairen could only volunteer to go to the rescue.

As for General Minamijiro, he continued to remain in the post of commander of the Kwantung Army, but he received a handwritten reprimand from His Majesty the Emperor, and finally, Emperor Hirohito slapped him with a sweet date and encouraged him to continue to contribute all his wisdom and talents to the Japanese Empire.

Hirohito also had to think about striking some balance among his courtiers, retaining the people on the younger brother's line, and punishing the people on the Toyota Yongjian line, for fear of causing strict confrontation and division within the army, and the Kwantung Army was single-handedly supported by Toyota Yongjian.

The base camp of the Japanese army was busy transferring troops to North China, at this time, North China had gathered more than one million Japanese troops, which was a strategic direction for the largest number of Japanese troops in China, and it was also the most prosperous period of the Japanese army in North China.

At this time, Tang Qiuli, from the appearance of the large-scale and frequent movement of the Japanese army, had already felt the atmosphere of the mountain rain and the wind and the building, I am afraid that he has become the primary target of the Japanese army, his Yellow River theater, will face unprecedented pressure, the lack of troops in his hands, is his biggest heart disease, and cào in the direction of Songhu, expanding the army and recruiting troops is what he urgently needs to do.

The 77 Incident, the first battle in Beiping, the second battle in Tianjin, the third battle in Shanhaiguan, two Japanese lieutenant generals, more than 300,000 Japanese troops, in the hands of Tang Qiuli, ashes, halberd sinking sand, at this time, the end of the war opened, but more than a month, the Japanese army was forced to take a defensive position, unable to invade the south, this qiē, are in his hands to create a miracle.

The whole country is boiling, Tang Qiuli's name and large photos appear frequently in major newspapers across the country, and the words of praise such as the world's famous generals, contemporary Yue Fei, and the mainstay of the Republic of China are endless, and the headquarters of the independent division has received letters of condolence and condolences from all over the country, which are piled up throughout the room.

In North China at the beginning of August 1937, the Japanese army was busy adjusting its strategic deployment and determining the target of the next attack, the Japanese army was massing heavy troops, and Tang Qiuli did not have the strength to launch the attack first.

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