Terauchi Shou wanted to carry out the operation of opening up the Jinpu line early on, but the base camp has been hindered and he is not allowed to cross the line, so he can only do it secretly, after all, he needs a steady stream of military supplies from the base camp.

Once he really did it, those conservative guys really cut off his food and ammunition support, and he, the commander, would not be able to conjure it.

He didn't care about the origin of this "front" plan of Inada Zhengjun, what he wanted to do, as long as he let him move south and open up the Jinpu line, it would be enough.

Okabe Naosaburo, chief of staff of the North China Front, was slightly bitter after hearing this, but he gave Terauchi Shouyi a message, when he asked the base camp to ignore the Jinpu route first, concentrate strong superior forces to take Wuhan directly, Nanjing fell, and the Chinese will to resist the war was the weakest, if Wuhan was contributed again, it would severely crush the Chinese's will to resist.

It is likely that the Chinese government led by Chiang Sr. will be forced to surrender, so that Japan will have access to vast land, human resources, and mineral resources, and will not have to continue to invest more war resources in China.

However, his proposal was directly rejected by Shouichi Terauchi!

The reason is that Japan does not regard the Chinese government as an adversary and is insignificant.

It turns out that Shouichi Terauchi is too wrong, but he will not admit his mistake, and Inada Masamune's "Feng" plan is even more in his arms.

At present, unless Japan wants to negotiate with Wuhan, there is only one way to go to "war".

Inada is a fanatical soldier, and Naosaburo Okabe can see that it's no wonder that the base camp is becoming more and more constrained by these war-ambitious guys.

There is also the shadow of the Central China Front, annihilating the elite field army of the Chinese side in the Xuzhou area, who is this talking about, not the honorary first division of the Chinese army that made Shunroku Hata suffer a big loss. (Regarding the term "Zhina", it will only be used from the perspective of the Japanese army, and we ourselves will not say this, and we will not say it in our hearts.) ）

As for the capture of Wuhan, at present, it seems that it is still a little far away.

However, judging from this plan, it is feasible, and if it can be completed, the situation of the Sino-Japanese war will change to a considerable extent.

Okabe Naosaburo is still very optimistic, so he has no intention of opposing this plan.

"Inada-kun, you gave me this plan, and His Excellency Shunroku Hata has a part to participate, right?"

"To tell you the truth, the earliest text of this plan was submitted to the War Department by His Excellency Shunroku Hatata." The rice fields are pure and colorful.

"Your Minister Hashimoto agrees with this plan?" Terauchi Shouichi felt a little uncomfortable, although he was very optimistic about this plan, but there was actually a plan of Shunroku Hata in it, his son of a dignified earl, is it not as good as the son of a down-and-out samurai?

"Minister Hashimoto has very high hopes for this plan."

"Well, I see, let me read this plan carefully and then give you an answer." Terauchi Shou said expressionlessly.

Inada Masajun was stunned, and was about to argue, but saw Okabe Naosaburo quietly give him a look, signaling him not to speak again, he didn't understand why, but he also knew that Okabe was known for his resourcefulness, since he didn't let himself say it, there must be his reason, so he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

"Hai, Daotian will fly to Nanjing tomorrow, I hope Your Excellency can give Daotian an answer before!"

"Got it, Okabe-kun, Inada-kun has been tired all the way, arrange for him to go down and rest." Shouichi Terauchi waved his hand one by one, picked up the top-secret plan and stood up.

"Inada-kun, please!"

"Okabe-kun, why didn't you let me continue just now?"

"Inada-kun, don't you have a gap in the temple that Your Excellency doesn't like His Excellency Shunroku Hatata, but this plan was proposed by His Excellency Shunroku Hata first."

Inada Masamune suddenly understood, feeling ashamed and angry, as an imperial general, how could he put his personal likes and dislikes in front of military affairs?

"Inada-kun, don't be angry, Your Excellency in the temple is not a person who can't distinguish between right and wrong, he is just uncomfortable for a while, don't worry, before you get on the plane tomorrow, I will give you a clear answer." Okabe Naosaburo persuaded.

With his understanding of Terauchi Shouichi, even if he was a little dissatisfied with the fact that Shunroku Hata had made a lot of money in this plan, he would agree to this plan, after all, the plan was to use the North China Front as the main force, and Shunroku Hatata's Central China Front was just cooperating.

Regardless of what other ideas Hatatake, the North China Front must have been the first to occupy Xuzhou.

Hearing Naosaburo Okabe say this, Inada Masamun's heart was relieved, and he didn't want this plan to die because of Terauchi Shouichi's opposition.

At the same time, Toshiroku Hata also convened a high-level military conference of the Central China Front in Nanjing, attended by officers at least at the rank of major general.

"Xuzhou, the land of a hundred battles, is known as 'the important town of the southern country, After our army captured Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Nanjing, the Chinese army occupied Xuzhou, which could separate the two major armies of Central China and North China, and could ensure the safety of their military artery Longhai Road, block our army to the east of Jinpu Road, barrier Central China, ensure the safety of Pinghan Road, attack Wuhan from the Yangtze River to the west, along the way to the mountains and mountains, which is not conducive to the movement of our mechanized troops, and is time-consuming and labor-intensive, so if our army wants to capture Wuhan in the shortest possible time, forcing the Chinese side to completely give up resistance, only to occupy Xuzhou, open up the Jinpu route, cut off the Longhai Railway, and take Wuhan directly along the Pinghan line！ Deputy Chief of Staff Akira Muto took his baton and waved his finger on the map.

"Your Excellency Commander, are we going to continue to increase our troops in Jiangbei?"

"Of course, if you open up the Jinpu line, how can you not have our Central China Front!" A Japanese major general shouted, this is a brigade commander who has just been transferred from China, and belongs to the newly formed 106th Division.

Of course, his troops were not yet fully in place, so he only brought the brigade headquarters to familiarize themselves with the situation first, and the follow-up troops would take at least a week, plus two weeks of adaptive training, and at least 20 days before they could officially take action.

"What about the Honorary First Division?"

I don't know who said this, but now the front army headquarters, as long as the words "honorary first division" are mentioned, it is definitely the best skill in the cold field.

To open up Jinpu Road, you will definitely not be able to get around a hurdle, and you will be honored as a division.

After hearing about the achievements of the Honorable 1st Division for the first time, any Japanese general did not believe that such a motley unit cobbled together from the refugee camp actually inflicted heavy losses on the elite 16th Division, and the division commander was angry to death, and the 16th Division was directly crippled, and even if it returned to the mainland to rebuild, it is estimated that it will not be able to recover its combat effectiveness in a short time.

The 3rd, 6th, and 9th main divisions also suffered heavy losses in the start, and if you count the previous battles of Songhu and Nanjing, these three divisions actually lost more than half.

The worst thing was the 13th Division, a whole division, and in the end less than 2,000 people broke through alive, which was the result of using special ammunition to break through.

If there were no special ammunition, it is estimated that the number of the 13th Division would have disappeared from the Japanese Army.

It can be said that the Japanese army fought Songhu and besieged Nanjing, and the final losses were not as great as those of the Honor First Division and the Yaksha Leng Feng, and it was such a person who had already lost more than 50,000 elite soldiers to the empire.

It's deaths, not casualties!

50,000 elites is shocking, how much manpower and material resources have to be spent to train 50,000 elite soldiers, which is equivalent to the loss of two elite field divisions.

When Shunroku Hata saw this statistic, he almost didn't spit out a mouthful of old blood, if he reported to the Tokyo base camp, wouldn't he scare the big people who sat in the office and pampered them half to death?

Toshiroku Hata's hatred for Leng Feng is difficult to wash away even if the water of the three rivers is poured out.

"Defeat it, eat it!" As the deputy chief of staff, Muto Akira has always participated in all the battles against Leng Feng and the Honor 1st Division, and he is the senior Japanese officer who is most touched and knows the Honor 1st Division the most.

He understood that if the Central China Front did not defeat the Honor 1st Division, then these troops would have a shadow for the rest of their lives, and that was the Honor 1st Division.

Only by defeating this army can their confidence be regained.

"The Great Japanese Empire will win!"

Subsequently, there were high shouts in the conference room, perhaps relying on these slogans, these Japanese generals who had been defeated by the Honor Division regained a little self-confidence.

"Your Excellency the Commander......"

"Is the information reliable?"

"It's very reliable, it's consistent with the information we got from Wuhan." Takeo Imai said solemnly.

Shunroku Hahata immediately announced the dismissal of the meeting, and he did not plan to explain all the "Feng" plans to his subordinates at once, because the stakes were too important, and the Wuhan side must not be allowed to smell a trace of it, otherwise all the achievements made would be wasted.

Now the most serious problem is coming, the "Feng" plan formulated by Shunroku Hata can be said to be running for revenge, and the focus is on the first division of honor.

He was not interested in opening up the Jinpu line, at least not much, and the occupation of Xuzhou was also secondary, he did not intend to compete with Terauchi Shouichi, he had only one goal: to honor the first division.

He just wanted to eliminate the Honor 1st Division, which is now the spiritual pillar of the Chinese and the most elite field army, and its combat effectiveness is not lost to the field division of the empire.

As long as this force is defeated, it can break the will of the Chinese to resist, which is far more important than the capture of Xuzhou, at least in the eyes of Hata Shunroku.

The repeated resistance struggles in the occupied areas had become his biggest headache, and these guerrillas who emerged from the ravines followed the example of the 'cold front' and attacked the Imperial soldiers everywhere, and the problem of law and order became the top priority.

The power of example is endless, and only by defeating it can we destroy the will of these Shina people to resist from within.

If the Wuhan side transferred the Honorary First Division from the Fifth War Zone, then he would not have the opportunity to fight against the Honorary First Division for at least half a year, which would not be tolerated.

Trying to find a way to leave the Honor 1st Division in the 5th War Zone, Shunroku Hata actually gave Takeo Imai such a ridiculous order.

It is very simple to keep the Honor First Division, that is, to send troops to fight him, but now the Honor First Division does not take the initiative to attack, if the Japanese army attacks and the number of troops is less, it will be to add military merit to people, send more troops, once it is eaten again, then the "Front" plan will face the possibility of miscarriage.

Rarely, the North China Front will accuse them of fooling around, and it is easy to disrupt the deployment of the plan.

The military side is definitely not good, and you can only start from the political side, and Takeo Imai went with this incomprehensible order.

(To be continued.) )