Chapter 13: Ishihara's Vision
The reason why Liu Yuan never let the air force dispatch was to give the Japanese troops who landed at Wusong a time, to give them a time to log in, and the Japanese Third Division had a full 5,000 soldiers, some of whom were still on the landing ship, and the supplies had not all been carried to the beach, and they were bombed into the sky by the B17. The battle loss rate was as high as 60 percent, which means that as soon as the Japanese army landed in Wusong, the Japanese army basically lost its combat effectiveness.
Matsui Ishine looked at the telegram requesting tactical guidance, and his body shook several times, if it wasn't for the staff officer next to him to support him, Matsui Ishine would definitely fall, and he knew that he had made a mistake. They should not have let their soldiers land on the shore and be targets for the enemy without the advantage of air supremacy.
Thinking of this, Matsui Shigen scolded the bureaucrats of the base camp fiercely in his heart, if they hadn't been destroying him, how could he have made such a mistake, and at the same time he also scolded Liu Yuan in his heart, Matsui Shigen thought to himself, Liu Yuan didn't let the Air Force take action earlier, so that at least he would not be paralyzed, and let the third division continue to log in Wusong. You must know that the battlefield of Lu Daoluodian is very cruel, and the commander under him said that the military uniforms of Zhina are all holding weapons to fight bayonets, and in this case, Liu Yuan is still enduring it, and the person who is ruthless to himself is the real powerful person.
"Immediately send a telegram to the base camp, last night our army successfully landed in Wusong, Shakou and other places, and formed a confrontation posture with the Chinese army, but today our army was bombed by more than 200 bombers in China, and the losses were extremely heavy, and we need the tactical guidance of the base camp, praying for the base camp to give air force support, and at the same time increase the number of reinforcements, I think that if we want to defeat the defenders of China, we need at least 100,000 reinforcements." Matsui Ishine said to the confidential staff officer.
"General, the telegram is a bit exaggerated, there are 200 bombers in China. Isn't 100,000 reinforcements a bit much? I'm afraid that the bureaucrats in Tokyo will say you're useless," the staff officer asked worriedly.
"Things have developed to such a point, all of them are the fault of the intelligence department, no one has ever said it, the air force of China is so strong, and their navy, we have lost three aircraft carriers, more than 200 fighters, if we can't defeat the defenders of Songhu, our Great Japanese Empire will definitely become a shame to the world, even if they say that I Matsui Ishine is useless, they will now do what I say, and in order to maintain the dignity of the empire, they will not say that I am useless, on the contrary, they will give me propaganda, I say that they have a hundred bombers, just to make the bureaucrats in the base camp realize the gravity of the situation. ”
When Matsui Ishone's telegram arrived at the Tokyo base camp, it immediately caused an uproar, and no one could have imagined that the small Shina Air Force would cause such a big trouble to the great Japanese Empire.
In this Songhu War, the Great Japanese Empire dispatched more than 2,000 aircraft, while China only had about 900 planes in the southwest and center, and many of them were obsolete products left over from the First World War, but this is how it turned out to be a shame that the air force of the Great Japanese Empire was defeated.
As one of the Yamato twin stars, Ishihara Waner is a very wise person, the war has been going on so far, he knows very well that the end of the war in three months is a joke, and now it has been fought for more than a month, and his own side has been partially logged in, and it has been beaten out by the air force of the people, and more seriously, the empire has lost a large number of fighters and warships, as well as three aircraft carriers, if it continues to fight like this, Ishihara Waner is even worried that the empire will not be defeated by China.
"Ladies and gentlemen, up to now, I have to say that we have lost this war, at least strategically we are wrong, and the war in Songhu itself is a mistake, we should now promise the foreign minister of China, we promise to negotiate peace with them, we can even not raise an opinion, the war must end." Ishihara said excitedly and loudly.
"Yaga, Ishihara Wan'er, you are a disgrace to the Empire." At the instigation of Muto, the hot-tempered Kawabe Torushiro slashed the table in front of him with a knife, "You have to negotiate with the Shina people, and you let the face of the Great Japanese Empire go there." Disgrace! With people like you in the General Staff, the Great Japanese Empire will definitely be wiped out. ”
The Japanese are a country with a very strong sense of crisis, and in the eyes of the Japanese, there is no difference between negotiation and surrender, so Towashiro Kawabe was furious.
Ishihara Waner can thrive in the staff department, and he is naturally a very well-educated person, although Towashiro Riverside scolded himself, in order to show his demeanor, Ishihara Waner did not immediately fight back, but asked, "The branch is so big, can we eat it in one bite?" We haven't taken North China yet, so we will go to fight with them for Shanghai, which is Chiang Kai-shek's base camp, we can't win, even if we win, we will drag the empire into the abyss of war, I feel that all this is a trap for the people of China, they want to use the vast China, drag us to death, we can't be fooled. ”
Ishihara tried his best to maintain his demeanor, just to persuade everyone.
"However, if we can conquer Shanghai, it will be equivalent to us choking the lifeblood of the Chinese people, which is their industrial center, economic center, no money, no steel, how can they fight. As long as we take Shanghai, we can threaten their Kyoto, and they will surrender to us. "I don't know when the General Staff Department split into two factions, and the opposition of Ishihara stood up and objected.
"Guys, you are dreaming, the economic center and industrial center of China have already quietly completed the transfer, although we can't get the data of the Southwest Special Economic Zone, but we can see from this battle of Songhu that the changes in the army of China, hundreds of planes cannot all be purchased, there must be their own production, as well as their tanks, although the quality is very poor, but they can already appear on the battlefield in formation, what is especially terrifying is that they can produce large-caliber artillery, these are things that cannot be done in Shanghai, You even said that Shanghai killed the center of China, and even Chiang Kai-shek moved the government to Chongqing, don't you understand the situation? Gentlemen. Ishihara shouted bitterly.
"Ishihara-kun, you need to realize a problem, since the beginning of the Northern Expedition in China, we have been in the war with China, we have not won, and now in such a large-scale battle, you let us sign a peace treaty with China, do you know how big a blow the Dao has to the morale of the imperial soldiers? Since the First Sino-Japanese War, our predecessors have accumulated a sense of glory that has been spent on our hands, do you know the truth? Our soldiers have begun to surrender, Ishihara-kun, do you know the way? Our mental advantage is gone, and we have to win that time thoroughly. "Muto Akira has always been an unreasonable person, and it was the first time he reasoned in the General Staff, but it deeply shocked everyone.
"Is the fate of the empire important, or is morale important?" Ishihara wanted to continue, but Binshan Yuan waved his hand and said, "The war can't end like this, I know what you said, but we must persevere." ”