"Toshikichi Ando—"

Humiliate! Deep humiliation!

Guzhuang Ganlang felt that his heart was about to explode...... Two guys who have lost battles one after another, who should have been replaced, are now not taking him seriously?

"Gu Zhuangjun, after several years of fighting, the Chinese have become more and more cunning, and similarly, because of the support of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union, they are also getting stronger and stronger." Shouichi Terauchi glanced at Furujo Michiro again, "So, don't use your previous experience to measure the current battle." Especially the tone that the Imperial army never retreated from before you, I don't want to hear it again from today. ”

"But we are the Great Japanese Imperial Army, even in the face of the most powerful enemy in the world, we ......"

"Kojo-kun," Toshikichi Ando unceremoniously interrupted Kojo's roar, "Nogi Noshinori is just the 'god of war' of the soldiers. In the eyes of the general, he is just an inflexible idiot! ”

"You ......"

Is this teaching yourself a lesson? But this guy is supposed to be his subordinate, and he should obviously listen to his own command! Furujo Kanro looked at Ando Toshiyoshi with a dumbfounded expression, of course he knew who Noshinori Michino was in the house. It was the "god of war" that Japanese soldiers revered. But this military god, after the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, served as the commander of the 3rd Army, and from late June, with a total of 56,000 troops and 386 artillery brigades of 3 divisions, 2 reserve regiments, and 2 field artillery brigades, launched 3 attacks on the 33,000 Russian troops in Lushun. This battle lasted 150 days, nearly half a year, the Japanese army wolf rush, flesh and blood flying, Nogi Noshinori used a sea of people, tunnels, night attacks, and even organized 3,500 death squads with white cloth tied to their heads to charge. But they all ended in failure, more than 50,000 Japanese soldiers were killed in the battle, and even his second son Nogi Honori was also killed in the battle, but Lushun was still in the hands of the Russian army. In the end, the base camp couldn't stand it, so he sent Gentaro Kodama to be his chief of staff, and it took only 8 days to achieve a decisive victory. But this is such a person, Emperor Meiji not only retained his official position several times, but also regarded him as the mentor of his emperor Sun Hirohito, just because Nogi Noshinori has a bushido spirit...... However, this is also true after the death of Emperor Meiji in 1912. Nogi Noshinori was martyred by disembowelment with his wife, which is really a typical representative of the spirit of bushido. And because of this, this stupid and incompetent general has also become the "god of war" in all of Japan! However, Ando Toshiyoshi compared him to Nogi Noshinori at this moment, which is obviously ironic that he is as inflexible as Nogi Noshinori. I only know that I rushed forward vigorously, and I was not much different from a fool.

"Eight-quack-aa-lur!"

Nothing makes a Japanese general angry more than such an insult...... In total, there were less than 60,000 troops. As a result, more than 50,000 people died in the battle and did not win. Compared to all the Japanese generals who fought on the battlefields of China, this is simply the stupid of fools. Guzhuang Ganlang subconsciously wanted to draw his knife and chop Ando Toshikichi, but after touching the air, he remembered that this was Nanjing, the headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army, and he usually didn't carry a sword here.

"Are you all enough?" looked at the appearance of Guzhuang Ganlang. Shouichi Terauchi felt that he had been holding back his breath for a long time, and it came out at this moment. With his status, when did he actually fall into being bullied by people like Guzhuang Ganlang? However, he didn't want his headquarters to become a dueling arena, and seeing that the scene seemed to be a little out of control, he hurriedly snorted coldly. "You are all generals of the Empire, not ruffians on the streets. Before you do something, find out who you are! ”

"Hey!"

Toshiyoshi Ando replied very neatly. Anyway, Terauchi Shouichi scolded him not so much.

"Commander, as the chief of the general staff of the dispatch army, why do I not know what secret news I have said?" Furujo Ganro is not as good at talking as Ando Toshikichi, Terauchi Shouichi made it clear that he was coming towards him, if he recognized it, how could he raise his head again in the future?

"It's just a small piece of news, and it's not a big deal, it's just that it's not made public for the time being." Terauchi Shou glanced at him, "Of course, Gu Zhuangjun, you are busy with affairs, and I haven't let anyone inform you, I hope you will forgive me." ”

"But I don't have anything to do right now!" Guzhuang Ganlang said loudly. Excuse me? Don't let Lao Tzu seize the opportunity, seize the opportunity to overturn you, and it will definitely throw you to the bottom of the Sea of Japan!

"Actually, it's still Taiwan!" Toshiyoshi Ando smiled again, "Your Excellency the Commander secretly let out the wind and said that there was a big riot in Taiwan...... Therefore, the sending army had no choice but to send troops to suppress it. And this news was handed over to Chiang Kai-shek by secret channels! ”

"Taiwan ......" Guzhuang Ganlang was stunned, "It's as simple as that?" ”

"Chinese make a posture of intent to attack Taiwan, then we will tell them that there has been a major riot in Taiwan......" Terauchi Shouichi's face flashed with a hint of pride, "With Chiang Kai-shek's nature, he will definitely not let go of this opportunity." However, since we have already sent troops to Taiwan, no matter what his previous goal was, he will take Guangzhou as his first target after getting the news! ”

"I still can't believe it. It's too easy. If the Chinese are so easy to deceive, then why did we always lose the war before? Guzhuang Ganlang asked.

"Because at that time, like everyone else, we always felt that we didn't need to use much advanced wisdom to deal with the Chinese, we just needed to send troops to fight over." The faces of Shouichi Terauchi and Rikichi Ando darkened again. Guzhuang Ganlang had something to say in his words, and he clearly wanted to provoke their scars again.

"Really?" Guzhuang Ganlang smiled coldly, as if he didn't hear the irony in the words of the two: "What about the Chinese Air Force?" I remember the commander repeatedly reminded us that our worst enemy is not really on land, but in the air! The Chinese's air force is the key to their victory! ”

"This is not a matter of concern to the Chief of Staff. Since we dare to go to war, we naturally have a way to solve the Chinese air force! ”

“……”

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"Where is Hu Zongnan?"

Nanjing's side sharpened the knife, Xu Tingyao's attack seemed to make Terauchi Shouichi and Ando Toshiyoshi see their hope of changing the current situation, both of them were a little excited, and in Beijing's Iron Lion Hutong, the former site of Duan Qirui's ruling government, the commander of the Japanese North China Front, Tada Jun, did not have as good interest as them: when Xu Tingyao marched into Guangdong. Hu Zongnan, who had been in Shaanxi to "guard" the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and surrounded the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo border region, suddenly concentrated a large number of troops and pressed towards Shanxi. Although Yoshio Shinozuka of Taiyuan was actively organizing defense, his troops were seriously insufficient. You must know that Hu Zongnan's hundreds of thousands of troops are all new forces, which were specially used by Chiang Kai-shek to guard against the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and now that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has moved to Khalkha, these hundreds of thousands of troops have no target, so they are naturally all pressed on the heads of the Japanese army in Shanxi...... According to reliable sources, a heavy artillery division that the Chinese government has just formed has also been equipped with Hu Zongnan's troops. THE GUNS OF THIS HEAVY ARTILLERY DIVISION ARE ALL RUMORED TO BE CALIBERS OF 100MM OR HIGHER. IT IS EVEN RUMORED THAT THERE IS A HEAVY GUN OF 150MM CALIBER. What this means is clear to Tada. The Chinese army has always lacked heavy weapons to attack fortifications, and now with the fire support of heavy artillery divisions, Hu Zongnan's troops will far surpass the average Chinese troops, and their offensive will certainly be extremely ferocious. It will be difficult to think of any role in the various strongholds and fortresses they have arranged in various parts of Shanxi.

"Hu Zongnan's front has reached Lanxian, Fangshan, and Lishi respectively. There is also Fenyang, whose forward is less than a hundred miles away from Taiyuan. In addition, the cavalry army of Fu Zuoyi's department has also come to Datong City! "Yukio Kasawara originally had no chance to take over the post of chief of staff of the North China Front. It's a pity that his predecessor Yamashita Fengwen was killed in Wuhan by the air force commanded by Qin Wei along with Sugiyama Yuan. There was no body, so he had to arrive "early". However, compared with the invading Japanese troops in the south, the life of the North China Front was hard enough. Although the strength of this force is considered to be the strongest in the entire Chinese dispatch army, the territory is so large that almost all of North China is under its control...... From Beijing and Tianjin, to Shandong, Shanxi. Then to Henan and Hebei, and then to Suiyuan, Chahar, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei and other provinces, it can be said that troops are used everywhere, and there are not enough soldiers everywhere. Especially after the invasion of the Far East by the Kwantung Army. In order to support Siberia, they were redeployed many more troops, and their troops were even more insufficient, plus they now had to support the Mongol garrison of Okabe Naosaburo...... The burden on my shoulders was so heavy that I couldn't breathe.

"In any case, we must hold Shanxi, once Shanxi is lost, Chinese can go straight to Hebei and Shandong, threatening Pingjin...... The sphere of the empire's power in China will be cut off from all of its powers, and it will be difficult to balance the beginning and the end. Deputy Chief of Staff Akira Muto shouted from the side.

"What is it that makes the Chinese suddenly so bold?" As the chief of staff of the North China Front, he did not know that he would become the commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army after Okamura Ninji and Anan Yuji in the future, and would also concurrently serve as the commander of the Sixth Front of the Central China Dispatch Army, let alone that he would lead these troops to surrender to the Ninth Theater. He only knew now that the originally weak and bullying opponent suddenly became so strong, which made him very uncomfortable, "South China, North China, are attacking!" Are they so confident they can win? ”

"The empire has invested so much effort in Siberia that they think they have found an opportunity." Tada sighed, "But now is not the time to talk about that. Muto-kun is right, we must block Hu Zongnan and Fu Zuoyi. Otherwise, if Shanxi is lost, the Chinese will be able to take advantage of the situation to come to Pingjin, and then communicate with Tang Enbo and others in Henan, and we will be completely separated from the imperial forces in central and southern China. In that case, the strategic advantage we have worked so hard to gain will be lost. ”

"The enemy's strength is several times that of ours, and there are Yan Xishan and Wei Lihuang to provide Austrian reinforcements, and there are strategic heavy weapons such as heavy artillery divisions...... And we have almost no troops to support, how can we resist? Yukio Kasahara said sadly.

"If you can't resist it, don't block it!" Tada Jun slammed his fist on the table, "Taking advantage of the fact that the Chinese army has not yet been fully concentrated, order Yoshio Shinozuka to abandon Taiyuan and various fortresses, concentrate all the forces, and give me the initiative to launch an attack on the south of Huzong......"

"But the distance between Hu Zongnan's various departments is very close." Yukio Kasawara shouted, "If the offensive does not go well, our troops may be surrounded by enemy forces. This will be even more terrifying than fighting alone in Taiyuan City. ”

"You won't be alone. Immediately organize the army of Hebei to enter Shanxi. ”

"But ......"

"No, but. Now I can't take into account the whole situation of the war. Only the strongest enemy can be defeated first. Tada Jun gritted his teeth: "I don't believe that in a short period of time, the Chinese army can be reborn!" Mrs. Chiang Kai-shek could afford to look down on his men...... Since Seishiro Sakagaki can sweep through Shanxi with half a division and defeat more than thirty divisions of Yan Xishan, then we can do it too! Hu Zongnan? Hmph, I want to use this first student of Chiang Kai-shek to tell all the Chinese, to tell all the Chinese soldiers, that they are too early to be proud! (To be continued......)