Chapter 198: Face and Inside
WWXOM Chapter 198
The Dawei Cabinet, known as the puppet cabinet, finally came up with a resolution at noon the next day. In fact, this was the result of a quarrel between the military headquarters, and the two factions that expanded the war and those who did not expand the war, naturally the result of the quarrel was that they could not convince each other, and after arguing for more than ten hours, there was no result, and when they were about to continue arguing in the morning, Aritomo Aritomo, the Meiji Gendaiyama Prefecture, appeared at the venue.
The appearance of Youpeng in Shanxian County has drawn an end to this quarrel, and no matter how awesome the Japanese soldiers are, they will not dare to be stubborn with a bull like Youpeng in Shanxian County. When he arrived at the venue, Yamaprefecture Aritomo was the first to set his eyes on Nagata Tetsuyama, who was attending the meeting and had no chance to speak.
"Are you the future star of Lu Da, Nagata Tieshan?" Shan County Youpeng asked with a stern face, at this time, Yongtian Tieshan was still a small. This time and space is known as the "star of the future", and has not yet become the boss of the control faction, and is not known as the first brain of the Japanese army. Of course, the Japanese have this problem, they like to exaggerate historical figures and events. For example, the so-called Warring States period in Japan was essentially a war between a group of village chiefs, which later developed into a war between county-level units, and when it reached its peak, it barely became a war between prefecture-level cities, nothing more.
"Your Excellency, this is a colleague's excess! I never dare to boast of myself! "Nagata Tieshan can't be better in front of Yama County.
"I know your opinion, eight to ten divisions, have you ever thought about what the consequences will be if the empire expands the war to this point?" There are friends in Shan County with a playful look on their faces, but their tone is also peaceful.
"I didn't think about it, I just knew that the empire could not be defeated. China is a big country, and once it wins, even if it is a small victory, the morale of the people will be greatly improved. I have studied the person of Fang Jianxiong, chairman of the Military Committee of China, who is very good at using external events to improve the morale of the military and the people. During the Xinhai Incident, he challenged the British. This time his target is the Empire, my judgment is. He even did not hesitate to fight the whole country. The active army in China consists of 64 infantry divisions, plus cavalry units, with a strength of one million. Fang Jianxiong has developed from a few infantry divisions to today, and it has only taken three years in total. This person is in charge of the Shina, which is terrible. Once this war ends in defeat, the empire will not be able to conquer China for a hundred years. ”
"Yaga!" An officer on the side shouted angrily to stop Nagata's speech. There are friends in the county county. The white hair on his head stood on end, and a look pressed over, and the officer immediately shut up and bowed his head. "You go on!" Yama Prefecture has a friend on the Nagata Tetsuyama Road.
"I think that the intelligence services of the Imperial General Staff Headquarters and the Military Department have seriously misjudged the battle of the Chinese army. The current China Army, with the help of the Germans, has become quite effective after being equipped with a large number of new equipment. Among them, the combat effectiveness of the 24 Division A is particularly prominent, and it is absolutely not to be taken lightly. In my judgment, if we want to win the Qingdao War, it is reasonable to dispatch ten divisions and regiments. The minimum should not be less than eight. ”
Yama Prefecture has a friend of Okaichi Nosuke, and the military boss is silent with a sad face. Shan County Youpeng nodded and said, "I understand." Ladies and gentlemen, I have just received the news that a destroyer of the Navy was sunk by a submarine of the Chinese people, and three freighters suffered the same fate. The War Department should want the Cabinet to raise the number of standing divisions and expand the Army to 20 standing divisions. ”
The Navy actually sank another destroyer? Every year, it spends a huge amount of military spending, but it has been repeatedly won by the weak and negligible navy. A contest between the Japanese army and navy. It's been an unusually intense year.
Since Shigenobu Okuma came to power, he has been promoting the establishment of 20 standing divisions and regiments of the army, and the navy is unwilling to make concessions. Even because of the Siemens bribery case, it has not backed down on this issue. Now the opportunity has come, the needs of the Qingdao war, and the need to punish the tyrannical expenditure. Coupled with the poor performance of the Navy, the Army finally found its chance. The matter of reinforcing Qingdao seems to have become less of a theme.
What Fang Dashuai didn't expect was this result, the submarine touched the fleet of the Japanese Navy and created an opportunity for the army.
Under the leadership of Youpeng in Shanxian County, the military department quickly reached an agreement. China did not have much navy, but the army has developed and expanded rapidly in recent years, and this result is reflected in the passivity of the imperial ** team in the Qingdao War. It was precisely because of the large size of the Chinese army, which could easily mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops equipped with German-made weapons into battle, that the battle of Qingdao came to a stalemate. On the other hand, the navy accounts for the majority of military spending every year, but it can't even deal with submarines. The reality is that the threat from the land requires increased investment in the Japanese Army.
After raising the issue to this level, Nosuke Okaichi went to a cabinet meeting on behalf of the War Department and put forward a request for ten more divisions and a request for the establishment of a standing division. Reinforcing Qingdao is a top priority at the moment, but on the issue of the number of additional troops, differences have arose, and in the end we can only compromise and increase the strength of three divisions and regiments and put them into the Qingdao battlefield.
So on the one hand, they stepped up their troops, and on the other hand, they continued to quarrel. The purpose of the troop increase, in the words of the Cabinet, is to pursue a decent end, and the Japanese government really has no money. Externally, the Japanese government continued to be tough, issuing a statement saying that the government of China and its army did not hesitate to use the violent means of war to prevent the Japanese army from attacking Qingdao. The Imperial Japanese Army has repeatedly tolerated to no avail, and so far, the Chinese army has caused a certain number of casualties to the Imperial Army through various means of military violence. The increase of three divisions and regiments is the largest operational financial strength that the Japanese Government can support at present, and if the war is expanded, the Japanese Government's finances will inevitably go bankrupt. The victory in the Russo-Japanese War was supported by large borrowing. Every year, Japan still has to pay interest to Britain and the United States, haven't you seen Japanese women selling x for foreign exchange in Nanyang? Many years later, there was a movie called "Wangxiang", which told the story of these women, and after the introduction of such a movie, the rabbit was still edited in a mess, and the discordant shots were all killed, just like that, this film was still popular all over the country.
Gossip aside, after the Japanese government's statement was issued, it quickly spread to Weifang. The three divisions and regiments of the additional troops wanted to punish the tyrannical support, and almost didn't laugh off Fang Dashuai's big teeth. If you are not afraid of Japan's increase in troops, you are afraid of Japan's all-out war. Unexpectedly, the Japanese government has made mistakes again and again. In fact, it was really not the fault of the Japanese government, but that the Japanese military department, after some deduction, believed that by adding three more divisions, it would be able to defeat all the divisions of the Chinese army. Of course, this is a statement that wants to save face and lining, but in fact, it is because the government has no money.
After the inefficient Japanese military department and government made a statement, the Pingdu battlefield also reached the most critical moment. It was already four o'clock in the afternoon, and there were still three hours before dark, and Mitsutomi Kamio was working hard to continue to expand the results of the battle on the other side, and did not hesitate to invest in the last reserve of the 24th mixed brigade, hoping to defeat the Shina army before it got dark and enter Pingdu.
The battle between the two sides reached a fierce peak before dark, and the Japanese put in the last reserves and launched a decisive charge to the Wehrmacht position, and the Japanese soldiers with rifles shouted long live to attack, with a very death-defying momentum.
It seemed that this momentum had played a role, and half an hour after being put into reserve, the Japanese army broke through one position after another. Kamio Mitsutomi continued to receive good news that the Shina army was retreating on all fronts, and the imperial army had successfully advanced two kilometers, and the walls of Pingdu could already be seen.
Victory is in sight! Pingdu is in sight!
The Wehrmacht Tank Brigade was quietly hidden behind a dirt slope, and behind it was Liu Yutang's 21st Division, more than 10,000 tigers from the land of Sanxiang. Liu Yutang's division is a very special unit in the National Defense Force, and ninety percent of the division are Hunanese. In modern times, "no Hunan can not be an army", this sentence is not in vain. The Hunan army is brave and brave, daring to fight and fighting. During the reign of Beiyang in history, Duan Qirui always wanted to deal with the south, but he was stuck in Hunan. Wearing straw sandals, neither of them had a Hunan army made in Hanyang, and the elite of the Beiyang Army who fought in Yangsilou could not move an inch.
At this time and space, the Hunan army received the attention of Marshal Fang, and there were twenty-four divisions, four of which were formed with the Hunan army as the main force.
Liu Yutang's face was like sinking water, he lowered his watch, and the hands were ticking and ticking, pointing to 4:30, Liu Yutang let out an angry roar: "Start!" ”
More than 100 artillery pieces roared in a neat 30th quarter! In an instant, a barrage was created, cutting off the frantically attacking Japanese troops, and then the artillery fire extended backwards. At the same time as the artillery opened fire, thirty-six Great Wall 1 tanks of the tank brigade ignited at the same time, emitting a piercing roar, spewing smoke and a pungent smell. The infantry that followed rose to their feet, the tanks jumped up the dirt slope, and the infantry followed in a skirmisher formation.
The Japanese army, which was frantically assaulting, did not retreat in the slightest in the face of artillery fire, which was expected. Pingdu is in front of you, as long as you rush forward a little further, you can get entangled with the Chinese army, and it will be difficult for their artillery to play a greater role.
The Japanese army, which was like a rainbow, did not expect a scene to appear, one by one moving fortresses, suddenly appeared on the battlefield, spewing black smoke, making strange screams, lined up in a line, and pounced on the Japanese army that was soaring.
Xia Xiang wanted to drive the chariot to kill himself, but unfortunately the discipline of the Wehrmacht pressed him, so he had to follow slowly in the command vehicle behind. Tanks lined up in a long line of snakes, one every hundred meters. The 7 guns kept firing, the heavy machine guns sprayed tongues of fire, and the stretching tank line, like a moving Great Wall, suddenly blocked the way of the Japanese advance.
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