"Radius? Commander, do you think that the Chinese would dare to attack all these areas? Guzhuang Ganlang snorted coldly, "Do they have that guts?" ”

“……”

Ignorant!

For the first time, such a word flashed in Terauchi Shouichi's mind. When is it, Guzhuang Ganlang still looks at the Chinese army with that old eye? Doesn't this guy know that the current Chinese are far less cowardly and timid in the face of their imperial army? In particular, the Chinese Air Force has basically achieved an advantage over them, and those already restless Chinese pilots, under the leadership of Qin Wei, are idle and still have to come to find trouble, not to mention such a big scene?

"Gu Zhuangjun, you remind me of my previous me." Shouichi Terauchi didn't want to get into trouble with Guzhuang Kanro, because now was not the time: "The same is full of contempt for the Chinese, thinking that they are vulnerable." But you see, even when the Imperial army was at its strongest, they still stubbornly held the rearmost line of defense. Now, the Imperial Army is moving steadily towards Siberia, and our Chinese troops have shrunk from nearly 900,000 at their peak to less than 500,000 today, and we do not have air superiority...... But what about the Chinese? Not only have they actually received support from Britain and the United States, but their command system, which was originally almost scattered, has also been basically unified. In particular, the transfer of the CCP to Outer Mongolia made Chiang Kai-shek's hundreds of thousands of troops in Shaanxi idle, which was a new force, and the leader of the troops was the extremely famous Hu Zongnan in Chiang Kai-shek's lineage......"

"Hu Zongnan is far away in North China, and he does pose a certain threat to Yoshio Shinozuka, but it is only a threat." Guzhuang Ganlang said, "But what we need to pay attention to now is Nanchang!" ”

"It's not Nanchang! Definitely not! Qin Wei would never do such a meaningless thing. Shouichi Terauchi shouted.

"Meaningless? These airports are located in central and southern Zhejiang and northern Fujian, and they are not coming towards Nanchang, but they want to directly attack Shanghai or Hangzhou? Guzhuang Ganlang asked rhetorically.

"Guzhuang Ganlang. You're arguing with reason! Shouichi Terauchi finally got angry. Although he repeatedly restrained himself, his nature was arrogant and irritable, and he couldn't endure it for long. Furujo repeatedly ignored his advice and authority, making him feel that his face had been greatly damaged.

"Am I forcing my words, or are you afraid of the enemy, Commander?" Guzhuang Ganlang did not back down, "I have never understood how you, who command the bravest army in the entire world, can be scared like this by a group of cowardly and incompetent Chinese?" You and Kenji Dohihara still advocate defense again and again? The Imperial army is used to attack, not to shrink into the city like a woman, to be humiliated by the other side...... If you can insist on attacking the Chinese, then. At this moment, how can we care where the Chinese build what airports? ”

"Baga-a-lur! Get out of here—"

Shouichi Terauchi was so angry that he trembled. Once upon a time, he said the same thing to those who tried to restrain them from expanding the war against China; Once upon a time, he also despised Chinese and the Chinese army...... I didn't expect that one day these words would be returned almost intact. He really wanted to pull out the knife and directly split Guzhuang Ganlang in half. But this is the office, and his knives are still resting on the knife holder. And Furujo is three years younger than him......

"Commander. I'll come over and get the book later! I hope you will be able to sign it, after all, it will be good for you as well. Of course, if you don't want to sign it, I'll report it to Base! Guzhuang Ganlang glanced at Shouichi in the temple, and a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes again. He didn't care how unruly his behavior was. Shouichi Terauchi used to be the head of the Imperial War Department, so what if he was in charge of the army personnel alone? What about deep relationships in Tokyo? Lost several times in a row. No matter how deep the foundation is, no matter how thick the relationship is, it will not work. The upper limits of what can tolerate him up to now.

"It's nothing more than trying to force me away in advance, and then before the people sent by the base camp arrive. Become the acting commander, and then you can naturally become the commander of one of the five major forces of the empire. With such a little calculation, who do you think you can hide? Watching the arrogant back of Guzhuang Ganlang disappear outside the office door, Terauchi Shouichi panted like a cow. He understood Guzhuang Ganlang's thoughts too well...... He is now a defeated general in the eyes of many soldiers, and only by not caring about him will Guzhuang Ganlang gain the admiration and support of those fools who only have hot brains. Just like when he himself was the commander of the 4th Division, an ordinary private named Matsui had a conflict with the traffic police because of running a red light in the center of Osaka, and as a result, the matter became more and more troublesome, and he, the commander of the division, not only did not act in accordance with the law, but instead led the soldiers of the division into Osaka, shouting "to maintain the dignity of the Imperial Japanese Army" and destroying the Osaka Police Station...... As a result, he immediately established great prestige in the 4th Division. It's just that he challenged the laws of the empire and the justice of society at the beginning, but Guzhuang Ganlang challenged himself.

"Hey, pick me up for the plum trap!" After sulking for a while, Shouichi Terauchi forcibly suppressed the uncertainty in his heart and picked up the phone: "Is it Shibayama-kun?" I'm Shouichi Terauchi! I know that you have a set of passwords for contacting Ishihara and Seishiro Sakagaki...... Don't lie to me, it was left by Tufei Yuanjun, others don't know the way, do you think I still don't know the way? …… Yes, help me contact Ishihara-kun immediately, presumably you should also know what the Chinese are doing, I won't blame you for not informing me, but you must pass this information on immediately. Then, give me Ishihara-kun's reply...... Come to Nanjing and hand it over to me in person! Don't let anyone else know! Or I'll kill you!" ”

……

"Radius, what a long radius!"

Tu Feiyuan is an old fox, and the old fox will naturally leave a few tails for future things. Although Shibayama Kanshiro was not used by him, he and Kagesa Zhenzhao had also kept many things from the second-in-command of this plum organ before, but he still left Shibayama Kanshiro as a line to Terauchi Shouichi and Ishihara Waner. This shows that he is not at ease with Terauchi Shouichi, but Terauchi Shouichi is not unhappy about it...... Because the commander of the Chinese dispatch force also has little confidence in himself. When Tohihara was there, the two could still discuss, but now that Dohihara was ordered to retire from the base camp and went back to Japan to farm, he could only contact Ishihara directly. This is also a helpless choice, because if he contacts Toshihara or Toshiro Kohata, who is also "suffering" in Japan, he will be easily discovered by the base camp, which will only make the base camp angry! When the time comes, his fate will only be worse than it is now.

But then again, leaving things to an "expert" like Ishihara Waner, Terauchi Shouichi is at least a lot smarter than Kojo Kanro. But he also gave Ishihara a dilemma.

"Central and southern Zhejiang and northern Fujian...... In terms of the radius of the Chinese's bombers, Shanghai, Nanjing, Nanchang, Wuhan, these important towns are all within the strike range. And judging from the cunning of Qin Wei and the distribution of Chinese troops, any area could be the target of their attack. "Nishio Shouzo has officially taken office and has become the deputy commander of Seishiro Sakagaki, but he, the deputy commander, rarely takes the initiative to take care of things, but more follows Ishihara Waner, like Ishihara's deputy chief of staff. And he also has his own explanation for this: he believes that his military talent is worse than Ishihara's, and he is new to Siberia, so following Ishihara Wan'er can have a deeper understanding of the strategy and tactics of dealing with the Soviets, and it is more convenient for things to happen later. His explanation was very straightforward, and he directly stated that he would take over Sakagaki's position in the near future, but in this way, he won the trust and acceptance of Ishihara and Sakagaki Seishiro.

"Nishio-kun, you deliberately missed a point." After listening to Nishio Shouzo's analysis, Ishihara glanced at the former commander-in-chief of the dispatch army with a smile, and pointed his hand on the map: "There is also here, it may also be the target of the other party." ”

"Guangzhou?" Nishio Shouzo smiled, "I did think about this. Our army has taken over French Indochina, cutting off one of the most important lines of communication for the Chinese. Therefore, it is indeed very likely that they will recapture Guangzhou and open up international communication lines this time. But Canton could get support from the Empire by sea at any time, and the navy had already been enraged by the Chinese, and if Canton was lost, they would certainly do everything in their power to blockade the mouth of the Pearl River...... Even if the Chinese recapture Guangzhou, it will be difficult for them to reopen the international shipping channel of their dreams. ”

"They have the Air Force." Ishihara said with a smile, "And I heard that the Navy is already re-examining the status of battleships and aircraft carriers in future naval battles, and according to news from Tokyo, even Nagumo Tadaichi is beginning to waver...... The battleship had little strength to resist in the face of a blow from the air, and the huge artillery hitting the plane was not only wasteful, but also had little effect. And aircraft carriers can bring their own aircraft...... That is, if you want to counter the threat from the Chinese Air Force and blockade the mouth of the Pearl River, the Navy will have to send aircraft carriers! But our fighters have lost their original advantage again, and at this time, blocking the Pearl River Estuary is simply asking for a dead end! Those in the Navy are not going to take that risk. ”

"Haven't they already blocked the coast of Vietnam?"

"That's right. But how big is the coastal area of Vietnam? How big is the Pearl River Estuary? If the Chinese plane is discovered, they can immediately evacuate to the ports of Vietnam or Hainan off the coast of Vietnam, but at the mouth of the Pearl River, do they dare to run to Hong Kong for refuge? ”

"Could it be...... Do the Chinese really want to recover Guangzhou? Nishio Shouzo asked with a frown.

"There is another possibility," Ishihara smacked his lips and poked his fingers down heavily: "They want to take Taiwan!" (To be continued......)