Chapter 1053: Weixian Siege (2)

Ishihara glanced at Shigeharu Suematsu and his officers with a sharp gaze, although he wanted to reprimand them, now that the enemy is present, you don't go to various places to command the battle, but gather here to meet me, I don't know the severity.

However, considering that this would make them dissatisfied with themselves and not conducive to the next battle, Ishihara Wan'er changed his mind, nodded slightly and said without a smile: "Colleagues of the empire, thank you for coming to greet Ishihara Wan'er, but now that the war is urgent, please take the imperial military as the priority, immediately return to their respective posts, and meet the Shina army, and the reinforcements will arrive after I discuss with General Suematsu." ”

Shigeharu Suematsu sensed Ishihara's dissatisfaction, and immediately said to all the subordinates behind him: "General Ishihara is reasonable, you should return to your command post immediately, and it will be enough for me to personally receive Ishihara-kun." ”

Seeing that Moji Suematsu said this, the devil officers naturally did not dare to disobey, and they all slammed their heads: "Hai! Then they turned around and quickly left the docks.

Only then did Ishihara Wan'er say to Shigeji Suematsu: "Suematsu-kun, don't come to harm." ”

Shigeji Suematsu said with some emotion: "Ishihara-kun, the current situation is something we never expected, fortunately you came, otherwise, I am really not sure if I can hold the battle of Jiaodong." ”

"In the past two years, in addition to assisting the Imperial Army in weapon innovation, I have also been studying the tactics of the Chinese people, especially the Tubalu Dragon's Tooth Column, I hope this time it can come in handy!" Ishihara Wanerdo.

"Actually, what Ishihara-kun said, I also tried to use the tactics that the Shina people used to deal with us to deal with them, but I found that it was impossible to execute it at all, because we were not fighting on our own soil, and without the help of the people, we were constrained and leaked by the civilians of Shina everywhere.

The most important thing is that our opponents are now well-equipped and experienced in combat, and with the same strength, the Imperial Army is no longer their opponent. This gap is even greater than the gap between us and the Chinese army before. In addition, Tubalu has won the hearts of the people, and can win the support of many Chinese civilians, and their combat effectiveness has increased geometrically! Shigeharu Suematsu shook his head and said with a bitter expression.

Ishihara Wan'er bowed slightly: "What you said is not unreasonable, so I, General Itagaki Seishiro, and many of our colleagues in the headquarters of the Lu University, will be desperate to promote the innovation of imperial weapons, and we must produce more sophisticated weapons and equipment in order to make up for our innate disadvantage, that is, the people's heart."

Fighting outside the country is, of course, very unpopular with the people, and the people of China regard us as aggressors, so if we want to defeat their resistance, we must have more advanced weapons and tactics than them.

However, all this will take time, and with the constraints of the navy, the implementation will not go so smoothly, but fortunately, now that the base camp and His Majesty the Emperor have agreed to the proposal to improve the army's weapons on a trial basis, we have already imported a number of weapons production lines and technologies from the United States, and it will not be long before the Imperial Army will be equipped with more powerful American-style weapons, and at that time, we will no longer suffer in weapons. ”

"Oh? Is it? Shigeharu Suematsu was deeply excited, and immediately said, "I don't know how long it will take to achieve it?" ”

"It will take at least half a year later, after all, the strategic resources of the empire are pouring into the army little by little, and this will take a process!" Ishihara said: "And there is another premise, we must not lose the Jiaodong Peninsula again, otherwise our right to speak in the base camp will be further lost." In the past, Tianjin and other places were lost, because the naval fleet also had an unshirkable responsibility, so the emperor and the cabinet did not pursue it too much.

But this time Jiaodong must not be lost again, otherwise we really can't explain, and the consequences are unimaginable. ”

"Half a year." Shigeji Suematsu was a little frustrated, "In other words, we have to hold on to the Jiaodong Peninsula for more than half a year." ”

Ishihara Wan'er saw Suematsu Shigeji's frustration, and immediately said to him: "Suematsu-kun, you don't have to be too pessimistic at all, this time the naval fleet is different from the past, they will fully assist us, we can get extremely powerful sea-based aviation, as well as the support of naval artillery firepower, with this, even if we can't defeat the Chinese counteroffensive army led by the Dragon's Tooth Column, it is not a problem to hold the Jiaodong Peninsula."

As long as we contain the Dragon's Tooth Column here and have no time to move south or north, in a year at most, the Imperial Army will be equipped with advanced American-style weapons, and the Kwantung Army will also move south, and then it will be time for us to counterattack.

After all, the Dragon's Tooth Column was by far the most threatening anti-Japanese force to the Empire, and without their assistance, it would have been impossible for the armies of the other Nationalist governments alone to pose a substantial threat to the occupied areas of the Central China Front.

And as long as there are no accidents in the occupied areas of Central China, we will be able to obtain a considerable part of the tax revenue, and with these taxes, the empire will be able to purchase more strategic resources, so as to produce more advanced weapons and equipment to arm our new divisions. ”

After listening to Ishihara's words, Shigeji Suematsu's face was slightly better, and Ishihara Wanji smiled at him and said, "Suematsu-kun, aren't you going to pick up the wind and wash the dust for me here?" ”

Only then did Shigeji Suematsu come back to his senses, and hurriedly said with a guilty face: "General, please hurry up and get in the car, let's go back to the Qingdao headquarters, I have already asked people to prepare a reception banquet." ”

Ishihara said: "There is no need for a banquet, before I came, I had already heard that the Chinese army had already fought to Taierzhuang and Weifang, Linyi and other places, right?" ”

Saying that, under the guidance of Shigeharu Suematsu, Ishihara and the others got into a few cars, and then, escorted by a large number of Japanese military police, left the military port wharf and drove towards the downtown area of Qingdao.

After getting into the car, Shigeharu Suematsu's entourage staff officer took out a map, and Ishihara and Shigeharu Suematsu sat on the map to discuss the military situation.

After listening to Shigeharu Suematsu's introduction, Ishihara Waner nodded and said: "In this way, at present, the branch army of Taierzhuang has stopped advancing, and it seems that it is afraid that the lone army will go deep and be ambushed by the imperial army!" ”

"Yes, I think they should wait for the other two Zhina armies to capture Linyi and Weifang before they act." Shigeji Suematsu Road.

"So, Matsu-kun, what are your current countermeasures?" Ishihara asked.

"I have sent all the troops that I can send out under my command, and I have abandoned all the unimportant strongholds in various places, and concentrated my troops in three places, namely Xuzhou, Linyi, and Weifang, and resisted the attack of the Chinese army by separate routes. Now there are only three thousand gendarmes and a garrison squadron of our headquarters left in the whole of Qingdao. Shigeharu Suematsu told the truth, and there was helplessness in his words.