Chapter 974: Okamura Ninji's Purpose
If he was another person, he was insulted and abused like this, and he had already gone away angrily, but Kenji Dohihara, who had experienced the fiasco of Luxi and Guide, obviously didn't care anymore. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Get out of here, Dirt Round!"
A Japanese major general of the Shaozhuang faction suddenly stood up, slapped the table and pointed at Kenji Dohihara and scolded.
Kenji Dohihara didn't move, raised his eyes and glanced at the other party, this major general seemed to be a little faceless, there are so many generals in the empire, he is also known to everyone.
This young major general looks like he is only in his early forties, and to become a major general at such a young age must be half of the proud existence in the army.
"Xiyuan-kun, calm down."
Major General Shinichiro Nishizono, who succeeded Mitsuru Ushijima as the commander of the 36th Brigade of the 6th Division, and reorganized the 36th Brigade with some officers and soldiers of the 6th Division who remained on the mainland.
Originally, the 36th Brigade was going to return to the Japanese mainland to rebuild, but because it took too long to rebuild on the Japanese mainland, it was better to send the conscripted reinforcements directly to China to rebuild on the spot.
In this way, the manpower and material resources consumed are much less.
A major general who has just been sent from the mainland, and he still has a little relationship with the high-level, he has been promoted all the way, and it is smooth sailing, so naturally he doesn't take anyone seriously.
"Xiyuan-kun, whether I am qualified to stand here or not, if you say it, it doesn't count, I also say it doesn't count, only if His Excellency the Commander says it."
These words secretly praised Shunji Hata, Shunroku Hata and Kenji Dohihara have no personal grudges, on the contrary, there is some appreciation, besides, although Kenji Tohihara was defeated, but it will not be beaten to death with a stick, since ancient times, there has never been a victorious general, and defeat is not a terrible thing for a soldier.
There are too many examples of such inspirational courage.
Judging from Kenji Dohihara's state, he was not depressed because of the defeat, which is the strong psychological quality that a soldier should have.
Shunroku Hata still has a lot of hope for Kenji Dohihara.
"Don't be impatient, and listen to what Tu Feiyuan-kun has to say."
"Gentlemen, the intuition I am talking about is not random speculation, but has a certain factual basis." Kenji Dohihara explained, "First, if China J has such a powerful tactical master, why did it not reflect it in the battle in Shanghai, the dynamics of their command structure have always been in the grasp of our intelligence, ability, temperament We even know better than themselves, our army marched all the way, invincible, until the Nanjing Peripheral War, the classic ambush battle that occurred in Jurong, an elite squadron of our army was eaten by Chinese J, the 16th Division was in the Tiger Cave of Purple Mountain, Our military column was blown up on the way forward, and then to the Guanghuamen Blockade ......"
Kenji Dohihara was like a treasure, and he almost told the great deeds that Leng Feng and the "Yaksha" Brigade had done in Nanjing, and even the people who wrote the history of the war in the New First Army had mastered it to the same extent, which shows that he had put in a lot of hard work.
"I have studied all the combat processes of the Cold Front and the 'Yaksha' and the Honor 1st Division, and they all have one thing in common, that is, to take them by surprise, to attack them unprepared, to launch an attack at a time and place that you do not expect, and to hit with one blow, not to love war, not to be greedy for merit, and to act decisively."
"Leng Feng, we have very little intelligence information about him now, only Takahashi Koshaozo desperately brought back a blurry photo, and we don't have anything of value in other aspects." Takeo Imai said with regret.
"This man is too mysterious."
"Maybe this is a strategy of the Chinese, they just want to mislead us into such a person, in fact, how many people could be the cold front?"
"Matsumoto-kun, your imagination is so rich, with their internal responsible relationship, if that's the case, can you hide it from us?"
"Judging by the current information, this speculation is nonsense."
"Leng Feng once served as the head of the teaching corps for a short time, and he was a former partner with Luo Yufeng, the commander of the new 38th Brigade of Taierzhuang's blocking of our Segu detachment......"
"According to the latest intelligence, Luo Yufeng has replaced Huang Jie as the commander of China's J Eighth Army, stationed in eastern Henan, with three divisions under his command and a total strength of about 30,000 people, which is currently one of the most powerful troops in China's J."
"After I studied the relationship between Leng Feng and Luo Yufeng, I found that whenever Leng Feng was in need, Luo Yufeng was always able to lead the troops to appear, that is to say, although Leng Feng was not Luo Yufeng's direct boss, he could command Luo Yufeng, and I lost troops in Luxi, but I didn't expect Leng Feng to be able to mobilize the troops of the Fifth War Zone to support him quickly."
"Wasn't the Battle of Luxi commanded by one of Li De's neighbors?"
"All kinds of signs show that Li Delin's sense of active attack is not strong, and he does not like to use risks, in Lu Xi's series of combat style, obviously with Leng Feng's personal color, I have fought with him, I feel, he is a person who likes to take the initiative, so, although I have a strong 14th Division and heavy artillery brigade, but he can't let go of his hands and feet, everywhere is blocked, among the Chinese generals I have met, none of them are willing to use a regiment's heavy artillery is in exchange for a victory, and he dares, finished the shells, I just blew up the artillery and then evacuated the personnel, and after that battle, I exposed the fate of my division, and my mechanized corps could not exert its combat effectiveness without fuel......"
"What does Tu Fei Yuanjun mean is that once we launch our plan to attack Wuhan, then it is very likely that Leng Feng and his new army will make another sortie and disrupt our strategy?"
"It's not possible, but it will be, according to our reconnaissance, in the vicinity of Wuhan, the GMD has mobilized at least 700,000 to 1 million troops, layer by layer fortification, if our army wants to capture Wuhan, if it follows the rules all the way, I am afraid it will take more than a few months, therefore, completely conventional operations are time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is not advisable, we must find a way to make Jiang in Wuhan relax his vigilance, attack him unprepared, and take him by surprise."
"How can we be unprepared and taken by surprise?"
"I heard that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has some contacts with the Chiang government in Wuhan, but I don't know how it is going?" Okamura asked.
"This ......"
"There is not much progress at the moment, and Chiang's attitude is very tough and cannot accept the conditions we have proposed." The head of the Shanghai secret service, Minoru Kusunagi, said to the top.
"Can you make some concessions to Chiang, do you know the reason for their tough attitude?"
"The opinion in China is that as long as Chiang goes down, China and Japan can start peace talks." Kusunoki Minitaka said slowly, this request is definitely not agreed to by Chiang, and, in addition, there are other requirements, such as "opposition to communism" and so on, Chiang can accept this, but he can't accept his own wilderness, so these military hardliners in Japan will not let go, and can only make China more united against Japan.
"Why do you have to go into the wilderness?"
"Because the empire had already announced to the outside world before that it would no longer regard the government of 'Chiang' as an opponent." Shozaburo Kawabe replied.
It's nothing more than a matter of face.
But now this is a complex "face" problem, which cannot be solved in one or two sentences.
"Can we make a gesture of compromise?"
"I don't think the empire needs to negotiate with the Chinese, fight directly until they surrender, these Chinese will only really give in if they break their knees!"
"Yes, the negotiation is only for the strong, Chinese is not worthy of sitting at the negotiating table with the Great Sun Empire......"
"We are here to conquer China, not to negotiate with them!"
Kenji Dohihara frowned slightly, he didn't expect that after suffering such a big loss, these colleagues of his didn't seem to be sober at all, is China J really so easy to fight?
Perhaps only after the fight will these people clear their heads.
"Hata-kun, shut up!"
Habata Shigeyoshi looked scornful and sat down without refutation.
Anyone who has suffered losses on the Chinese battlefield basically did not open their mouths and made a lot of nonsense, but those generals who had never been to the Chinese battlefield and had just fought a few so-called Chinese J teams were not good at all, and they didn't pay any attention to China J.
What is it that those people in the country have instilled in these guys that make these people so arrogant?
"Your Excellency Commander, I am saying so much just to ask you to take into account the factors of Leng Feng and the New First Army in your plan to capture Wuhan this time, especially when formulating a combat plan, you must not ignore his existence." Kenji Dohihara solemnly bowed to Shunroku Hata.
"Well, the hard work of Tu Fei Yuanjun, this commander understands."
In this battle to capture Wuhan, he was nominally the commander-in-chief of the three armies, but in fact, the Second Army on the Northern Front was commanded by King Minoru Higashikure, and the two attack lines along the Yangtze River were commanded by Okamura Ninji.
And the physical condition of Minoru Higashiku, in fact, the former enemy commander-in-chief is Okamura Ninji alone, and he is responsible for the security of the rear and the supply of logistics.
It was Okamura Ninji who really fought in front, and the base camp could be said to be entrusted with a heavy responsibility to him.
The plan was discussed and formulated, and then reported to the base camp for approval, but how to fight at that time, in the end, it was Okamura Ninji who had the final say.
Fighting a war is not a business, you can follow the plan, step by step, this opponent will not come according to your design, so the plan is often just a reference, a general direction, specific to a certain battle or battle, then it has to be the front-line commander who has the final say, the front-line commander just wants to find death, you have to let him die first.
The decision is largely in the hands of Okamura Ninji.
"Your Excellency Commander, Tu Feiyuan-kun does not mean to really make concessions to the Chinese, but to give the Chinese an illusion that they may think that we may change our current strategy towards China and carry out a strategic deception!" Okamura Ninji said solemnly.
"Strategic deception?"
"That's right, after the battles of Shanghai, Nanjing and Xuzhou airports, our army has achieved good results, not only occupying Nanjing, the capital of China, but also opening up the Jinpu route, holding the richest Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions in their hands, this is a great victory, but the empire's army has also suffered great losses, continue to rest and replenish, in this case, if a large-scale campaign is launched, it will inevitably cause great damage to the domestic finances and economy, so at this time, we have a reason to cease fighting, And the Chinese have suffered more losses than us, their situation is even worse than ours, and if we are interested in reaching a tacit agreement on an armistice, I think the Chinese will be very happy. ā
"What Okamura-kun means is to deceive the Chinese, but our military movements, troop build-ups, I am afraid this cannot be hidden."
"We can not do anything to Wuhan, but Tu Feiyuanjun didn't say it just now, an opponent we need to pay attention to."
"Leng Feng, the new army!" Shunroku Hatata's eyes lit up.
"Your Excellency Commander, the hero sees the same thing!"
"Okamura-kun, this is the Ming Plank Road, and the dark Chen Cang, right?"
"Yes, on the surface, we are targeting Leng Feng and the New First Army in northern Henan, but in fact we are secretly targeting Wuhan, and we want to put on the appearance that we want to reoccupy northern Henan and eat the new First Army, so that not only can we paralyze the Chiang government in Wuhan, but Chiang will definitely not be in danger of the safety of northern Henan and the Pinghan line, so if we can induce him to withdraw troops from the Wuhan area to support northern Henan, wouldn't it be more beneficial for us to raid Wuhan?" Okamura explained.
"Brilliant plan!" Shunroku Hata's eyebrows jumped up excitedly.
"Your Excellency Commander, we also need to have a strong force to contain the troops of northern Henan and China's J 1st and 5th theaters, if we can take the opportunity to occupy northern Henan and control the Pinghan line, it is also necessary for our Wuhan strategy."
"Yes, the devil troops, the hatred of Nanjing, this commander is also like a fish in his throat!" Toshishi Hata's six times again, his hatred for Leng Feng and the new army is also very great.