There are many generals of the Japanese invasion of China who are familiar to the Chinese, but the most well-known among them are still so few, such as: Hideki Tojo, who was first the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army and later the Japanese prime minister; 10,000 people picked up 200,000 Northeast Army, and swept 30 divisions of the Jin Sui Army with half a division, and occupied Sakagaki Seishiro in Shanxi; Matsui Ishone, the culprit of the Nanjing Massacre; The promoter of the "three-light policy" and the commander of the North China Front Army, Okamura Ninji, who once made both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party bitter......

But these are all regular army generals, who lead the troops, and, really in detail, in terms of fame, they are not as good as a person:

Kenji Dohihara!

Japanese Army General, in charge of intelligence work, after Aoki Nobusumi and Sakanishi Rihachiro, the third generation of Japanese spy leaders engaged in espionage activities in China, the establishment of Manchukuo and the planning of North China autonomy behind-the-scenes figures, "China Tong", famous among the old Chinese bureaucrats for his boldness and righteousness. This person is familiar with "Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin", and understands the Chinese national character, so he attaches great importance to erecting his own name of valuing faith and righteousness and still making promises. Ma Zhanshan, a famous anti-Japanese general, believes that Tufeiyuan is not deceiving; Song Zheyuan, who once occupied Beiping, also commented that Tu Feiyuan was a good talker; When the Mongol king scolded the Japanese, if he was pulled to the soil and fertile plains, he said, "He understands, he understands, he speaks." Tu Fei originally had two nicknames, the Chinese called him "Bandit Yuan", and the Westerners called him "Thomas of the East. Edward. Lawrence". Later, he served as the commander of the Japanese 14th Division, participated in the Battle of Xuzhou, and was later promoted to the commander of the Seventh Front Army, the director of education, and the commander of the First General Army.

It can be said that whether it is to inquire about intelligence, or to engage in conspiracy and assassination, or to lead troops to fight, Kenji Dohihara is a good hand.

However, Kenji Dohihara was also Chiang Kai-shek's hate. It is said that he hated the Japanese generals to the bone. And the reason why Chiang Kai-shek was so jealous was not just Kenji Tohihara in "Nine. 18", "Puppet Manchukuo", "North China Autonomy" played a major role in a series of conspiracy to split China, and there was another extremely important reason, that is, the Battle of Xuzhou!

Speaking of the Battle of Xuzhou, we must mention the "Taierzhuang Victory" that once greatly boosted the morale of the Chinese military and civilians.

At that time, the Japanese North China Front invaded Xuzhou in the south, and Li Zongren led all his troops to fight with it in the Fifth War Zone, and after a hard battle, he finally achieved a major victory in the Taierzhuang area, annihilating most of the Japanese Seya Detachment and a Sakamoto Detachment, totaling more than 10,000 people. This victory was extremely rare at the time. After this war, there were two influences in the whole country, one was that the confidence of the people of the whole country in the victory of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression was greatly increased. On the other hand, it also contributed to the theory of quick victory within the Kuomintang, and many people believed that the Japanese were not worth a fight. But that's it. And from Chiang Kai-shek's heart, he also thought that the Japanese army was easy to fight. The most obvious manifestation is: After the victory in Taierzhuang, Chiang Kai-shek tried to expand the results in Xuzhou, and transferred a large number of elite troops to Xuzhou, and by the beginning of May 1938, the Chinese army near Xuzhou had reached 64 divisions and 3 brigades. A total of more than 600,000 people. At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek placed Hu Zongnan, Huang Jie, Gui Yongqing, Yu Jishi, Song Xilian, Li Hansoul and other main forces of the Central Army on the line of Guide and Lanfeng in eastern Henan, as the backup force of Xuzhou and the protection of the Longhai line. Put on a decisive battle posture.

However, just when Chiang Kai-shek was extremely confident and determined to fight with the Japanese army in the Xuzhou area, the Japanese army also mobilized a total of about 300,000 troops from various departments to encircle the west side of Xuzhou from the north and south. In the south, the 9th and 13th Divisions marched north along the west bank of the Beiqi River and the Vortex River from the Bengbu area, and after capturing Mengcheng and Yongcheng, they attacked Xiaoxian and Dangshan in Jiangsu; The 3rd Division entered the Dayingji area from Bengbu and attacked Suxian. To the north, the 16th Division crossed the canal from Jining, Shandong, and after capturing Yuncheng, Shanxian, Jinxiang, and Yutai, it advanced to Fengxian and Dangshan in Jiangsu; At the same time, after the 10th Division handed over the operations in the Hanzhuang and Taierzhuang areas to the 114th Division, it crossed Weishan Lake near Xiazhen and attacked Peixian, Jiangsu.

In less than half a month, the war situation, which had been very good, took a sharp turn for the worse, and the increasingly tragic battle reports on the front line continued to reach the case of Chiang Kai-shek of the Wuchang Kuomintang Military Committee. The sudden and serious crisis in Xuzhou calmed down his brain, which was a little dizzy because of Taierzhuang's victory. Chiang Kai-shek suddenly realized that the intention of the Japanese army was to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Chinese army in Xuzhou. If the 50 elite divisions in Xuzhou were eaten by the Japanese army, he would be completely defeated, and there would be no need to resist at all.

At the critical juncture, Chiang Kai-shek decided to withdraw his troops and withdraw the 600,000 troops from the Xuzhou battlefield. However, at this time, the 14th Division led by Tu Feiyuan forcibly crossed the Yellow River from Puyang, Henan, first trapped Heze and Caoxian in Shandong, and then penetrated directly into Lanfeng, Henan......

It was supposed to be an opportunity. The famous general Xue Yue felt that Tufeiyuan's headquarters was too forward, just enough to eat it in one bite, so he asked Lao Jiang to send troops to besiege the 14th Division. However, in a big battle, Tufeiyuan rushed thousands of miles, and defeated the armies of Gui Yongqing and Huang Jie of the old Jiang clan along the way, and broke through the encirclement of nearly 200,000 people with 20,000 people. Soon after, the 14th Division captured Sui County and approached Lanfeng and Qi County. At the same time, in order to cooperate with Tufeiyuan, another enemy army also approached Taikang from Boxian through Luyi and Zhecheng, and there was an attempt to invade Xuchang and Zhengzhou on Pinghan Road. At that time, the situation was that once the two enemy forces were encircled, they could "make dumplings" for the main force of the national army between Kaifeng and Lanfeng!

The situation of the national army is precarious.

And that's exactly what Tu Feiyuan wants. Soon, under his command, the 14th Division fell into Lanfeng and approached Kaifeng. At this point, the Longhai line and the Pinghan line are in turmoil, and Zhengzhou City is also in danger. But this is not the most terrible, the most terrible thing is that the Japanese army can already directly attack Wuhan along the Pinghan Road at this time!

On the other hand, Wuhan at this time is extremely empty. All the cards that Lao Jiang can play have been played, and the troops are still on the battlefield in Xuzhou, and there are no usable soldiers in his hands. This is not counting, the battle of Wuhan that is being planned in the planning is still relying on the more than 50 divisions and 600,000 people who retreated from Xuzhou. But at the moment, the morale of this team is low, and the incompleteness makes him even more anxious. In some cases, the number of a division is not more than the number of men, and it is not enough to be equal to a regiment. If such a unit is not retrained and replenished, it will collapse as soon as it enters the battlefield, and the lesson of the Battle of Nanjing is too deep. It can be rested, replenished, and takes time. Otherwise, you won't be able to stop the enemy at all.

Time, Chiang Kai-shek needed time too much. It took time to deploy the Wuhan battle, it took time for the army to reorganize, it took time for the central organs to evacuate to Sichuan, and it took time for factories and schools to relocate.

So, in desperation, Lao Jiang chose to dig the Yellow River!

The entrance of the garden exploded, and the surging yellow water burst down.

Most of the water from the Yellow River rushes into two small nearby rivers, the most of which flows into the Huai River and into the sea, creating a terrible 'Yellow Flood' along the way, 400 kilometres long and 50-80 kilometres wide, and the course is unfixed. According to statistics, the Yellow River flooded a total of 44 counties, affecting 12 million people and killing 800,000 people! In addition, more than 1,000 people were killed and injured in the soil and fertilizer department, and they were trapped in the yellow flood area for 1 month!

The Yellow River became the "New Yellow River", which was diverted from the original Henan and Shandong to Anhui and Jiangsu. The eastern part of the Yellow Flood Area became the territory of the Japanese army, and the western part became the territory of the Kuomintang army. Unfortunately, only 4 months later, Wuhan was occupied by the Japanese attacking from the east of the Yangtze River, and Chiang Kai-shek had to flee to Chongqing.

Blowing up the Huayuankou embankment can be said to be the most reluctant order given by Lao Chiang since the Anti-Japanese War, and it is even more difficult than abandoning Nanjing. It's not that he cares about the life and death of the local people, but that his reputation is too bad. But under the circumstances, he had no choice. Therefore, when Chen Bui objected to this, he denounced it as "the kindness of women". There were too many deaths, and Lao Jiang asked Cheng Qian to tell Western reporters that Huayuankou was blown up by the Japanese, but Japan did not want to 'carry the black pot', so he explained to the world that it was not bombed by Japan, so this became an unsolved case.

However, those who understand know by heart.

Lao Jiang also knew that he couldn't hide this matter forever. Therefore, he hates Kenji Tohihara, and he hates it very much.

Because it is rumored that when the Japanese army counterattacked, Tufeiyuan actually did not have any important combat missions, and it was actually Tufeiyuan who carried forward the "tradition" of the Japanese army's "disobedience" and made his own opinions. In other words, it was Kenji Dohihara's private actions that led to Lao Chiang's decision to blow up the Yellow River embankment.

The Yellow River embankment has not yet closed the dragon, and the Yellow River flood area will continue to exist...... This is like a thorn in Chiang Kai-shek's heart, constantly stabbing at his little remaining conscience.

However, he didn't have anything to do with Kenji Tohihara.

Not only did that guy live well, but he was also promoted, and almost got Wu Peifu out and formed a puppet regime that included North China, Central China, and Mongolia. If Wu Peifu hadn't been able to handle it, even if Tu Feiyuan knelt down and begged, he would have resolutely refused to cooperate with the Japanese, and the Japanese would not have needed Wang Jingwei at all. However, it is a pity that because of his refusal to cooperate, Wu Peifu was poisoned by people sent by Tufeiyuan.

And now, because of the information brought back by Nanzao Yunzi, Kenji Dohihara, who was originally going to Jiamusi to serve as the commander of the Fifth Army of North Manchuria, was once again sent back to Shanghai by the Japanese army base camp south.

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"General, why are you here?"

Kagesa was surprised by Kenji Dohihara's arrival, but as his successor, he still showed the respect he deserved. But it's a pity that Kenji Dohihara just nodded at him, and without saying a word, he stared straight at Nanzo Yunzi:

"Yunzi, is the news true or false?"

"There's a big possibility."

"Need to contact the Kuomintang?"

"Yes."

"Then get in touch right away! I want to see who that Qin Wei is. (To be continued......)