Chapter 355: Ishihara's Speculation
"Not enough for him to play for half an hour? Do you think this is the truth he is saying? ”
Shadow Zuo Zhenzhao was very sharp, and after hearing the warning, he immediately asked Qin Wei for the radio...... As a result, the news "provided" by Qin Wei reached Nanjing in the shortest possible time, and then from Nanjing to Ulan-Ude in Siberia.
"It's hard to guess."
Ishihara is a bald head, with a bent mouth and relatively small eyes, and the whole person looks like he has just woken up at first glance, but this is the appearance, but it gives people a very spiritual feeling...... It's very contradictory, but it's natural, and it doesn't feel like Seishiro Sakagaki, who has a beard next to him and looks like an old man.
"Hard to guess? Can't even you be sure if he still has his hole cards out yet? Hearing Ishihara's words, Seishiro Sakagaki looked surprised. They were the most famous young Zhuang officers in the Kwantung Army that year, and "Ishihara's wisdom and Sakagaki's courage" were famous. And both of them have made moves that are in line with their respective reputations. Ishihara not only masterminded the "Nine. 18", and actually planned the establishment of Manchukuo, which was still there later. It can be said that if it were not for Ishihara's plan, they might not have thought of provoking the Northeast Army, and if it were not for the Manchurian Incident, Japan might still be struggling to seize Manchuria, let alone occupy most of China. And he Sakagaki Seishiro is also not weak, the most brilliant record is to sweep Yan Xishan's hundreds of thousands of troops with half a division, although he and Isoya Ryosuke and others suffered a slight setback in Xuzhou, but who dares to deny his Sakagaki Seishiro's ability? He even thought that with their offensive at that time, they would only need to fight for a few more months before they would really be able to occupy the whole of China...... In the end, however, as Ishihara had predicted, the expected short-term war turned into a protracted war. During this period, however, they were deceived by petty profits and plunged headlong into the Far East. Penetrated into Siberia and fought again with the Soviets.
During the war with the Soviets, Seishiro Sakagaki understood Japan's weakness deeply. He was convinced that if it weren't for the fact that someone had provided accurate information about the Soviet troops on the other side, and if it weren't for the fact that Mitsubishi happened to develop the Zero fighter, which enabled them to gain air supremacy, they might not have been able to wait for Timoshenko, and the Soviets would have been able to knock them back with just one Zhukov, and even swallow Manchuria.
But now they can't stop it.
Retreat from Siberia, and the Soviets will give up? Not to mention the abundant resources of the Far East. Sakhalin's offshore waters are still rich in oil reserves, and although it is not possible to exploit it for a while, several major consortia have begun to find a way to do so...... If you withdraw at this time, wouldn't it be cheaper for the Soviets? Again. Having offended the Soviet Union but not getting oil, wouldn't Japan have to go to Britain and the United States again in the next step? If that's really the case. Why did they evacuate the Soviet Union?
"Qin Wei never fights uncertain battles. This can be seen in his historical victories. Every battle. He was fully prepared and would only make a move after he had an absolute overwhelming advantage. Ishihara Wan'er's eyes rolled, "But before the big war started, he first hid in Yunnan, and then ran to Burma...... And he did not hesitate to make a bet to attract people's attention. This cannot but make one suspect that he is avoiding responsibility for failure. ”
"But now he has told Kagesa that he has learned about our plan. It was even known that the two divisions drawn from Umezu Mijiro and Ueda Kenkichi had already moved south...... Was he really prepared, or was he just talking about intimidation? Seishiro Sakagaki was a little annoyed. Once upon a time, did the Japanese army need to consider the reality of the Chinese army? Just hit it. It doesn't matter if he is a few people or hundreds of thousands, they are all the same sideways. But now. Even the most elite Kwantung Army had to be cautious, for fear of too many casualties.
"Actually, I'm still against fighting this battle." Ishihara said, "Qin Wei already knows our plan, so Chiang Kai-shek must also know it." That being the case, no matter how well prepared we are, we are bound to engage in a large-scale fierce battle with the Chinese army. Although the Kwantung Army was elite, it had been fighting on the battlefield in the Soviet Union for too long and was inevitably a little tired, while the Chinese army in Guangxi had been recuperating for several months, and was well-equipped and on the defensive, even if it could not gain air supremacy, it still had a certain advantage. Think about the original Songhu War, think about the Nanjing battlefield, think about Xuzhou...... In fact, the Chinese army fought against us without the cover of artillery fire and air force. This time it was to defend one of their most important international routes, so once this battle began, the Imperial Army, whether or not it had air supremacy, would surely suffer huge losses, and according to my estimates, we might even lose a division, or even more. ”
"But now that Britain and the United States have begun to provide aid to Chiang Kai-shek, if they can't break his lines of communication with the outside world, his strength will only get stronger." Seishiro Sakagaki.
"Do you remember a story recorded in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?" Ishihara Wan'er looked at this old friend and smiled, "Yuan Shao was defeated, and his two sons fled to the tent of Sun Du, the Taishou Gongsun of Liaodong, with their soldiers and horses, and the three of them worked together to resist the menacing Cao Cao. But Cao Cao decisively stopped and did not send troops to Liaodong. As a result, it didn't take long for Gongsun Du to behead the second son of the Yuan family and send the head to Cao Cao, which made Cao Cao feel a big trouble. ”
"Do you think there should be a period of peace between us and Chiang Kai-shek?" Seishiro Sakagaki asked.
"That's right." Ishihara said: "Chiang Kai-shek was not a firm man, just like when we took Manchuria, he did not react, although he valued the loss of territory, he was more concerned about his political and military discourse. And the Chinese have always had a penchant for infighting. As long as the foreign enemy is not there, even if it is only a temporary reprie, they will quickly fight on their own...... We have oppressed the Chinese government too hard, and they can only put all the power in the hands of Chiang Kai-shek, let Chiang Kai-shek take them, and concentrate all his forces to fight us. This was true even of Chiang Kai-shek's greatest enemy, the Communists. But what if we choose to die down for a while? Chiang Kai-shek would be eager to purge his disobedient subordinates first. Just like the Ma Bufang he dealt with in Qinghai and the warlords in Sichuan not long ago. ”
"But now in the area ruled by the Chinese government, he has no enemies." Seishiro Sakagaki.
"And Long Yun. Of course, this is nothing, and I believe that without our pressure, Chiang Kai-shek could have cleaned him up quickly. Ishihara said: "But don't forget, Chiang Kai-shek's biggest enemy is still there, and it is getting stronger and stronger. ”
"CCP?" Seishiro Sakagaki asked.
"Yes." Ishihara doesn't sell Guanzi either. "As long as we take it easy, Chiang Kai-shek will attack the CCP. And the CCP's current strength is not weak, their strength has spread all over North China, and the New Fourth Army has also been deployed in Anhui, Jiangsu, and Hubei, and can even directly threaten Wuhan! Chiang Kai-shek, under pressure from us, did not dare to provoke an infighting with the Communists at this time, but if we were willing to relax him, he would certainly not have watched the Communists grow stronger and stronger...... The battle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party can almost be seen. ”
"At that time, we can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, waiting to reap the profits?"
"It's not." Ishihara pursed his lips. "We just don't waste unnecessary energy and wait for someone to give us an arrangement."
"Qin Wei?" Seishiro Sakagaki's eyes froze.
"This is our worst enemy." "He led us to the Soviet Union, fettered the most powerful Kwantung Army, and consumed more of the Empire's resources; He has a powerful intelligence system. Let us not be able to occupy an advantage on the territory of China, and even lose repeatedly...... And he also hopes that we can maintain calm with the Chinese side for the time being. Avoid engagements. In order to one day, so that we can have enough strength to challenge Britain and the United States. I don't know why he had such confidence, but the Soviet Union was clearly out of his mind, suggesting that he might have abandoned the Soviet Union. ”
"Abandon the USSR?" Seishiro Sakagaki was stunned, "Ishihara-kun." What are you kidding? Qin Wei is just a Chinese general, what qualifications does he have to decide the fate of the USSR? ”
"He can allow us to defeat the Soviet Union and occupy the Far East, and naturally he can also make the Soviet Union continue to fail......," Ishihara said in a deep voice: "What's more, the opponent that Stalin is about to face is no longer like ours. Rather, it is Germany, the most powerful in Europe. As long as Qin Wei is willing, he may even let Hitler easily conquer Moscow! ”
"Where the hell did this guy's information come from?" Seishiro Sakagaki suddenly shouted: "How can such a terrifying and huge intelligence organization seem to be unknown to the whole world? It's incredible, and it's incredible. ”
"No, this organization may be terrifying, but it's not huge, and it's unlikely to be as mysterious as we thought." Ishihara Wanerdo.
"What are you talking about, Ishihara-kun?" Seishiro Sakagaki frowned: "Isn't it huge? If it weren't huge, how could it know almost all the secret information from Moscow to Tokyo? According to Tu Feiyuan's analysis, each of the military information about the Soviet Union provided by Qin Wei requires a large number of manpower, not to mention that he also knows us well...... He has at least a thousand intelligence officers of all kinds of related information on his hands! There should be dozens, if not hundreds, of the top informants! ”
"If there are tens of thousands of people, how can there not even be a trace of spiders?" Ishihara sneered, "Sakagaki-kun, we have all entered the misunderstanding of thinking before...... Qin Wei may have so many subordinates, but his subordinates are certainly not great informants. ”
"Not an informant? What is that? ”
"Technician!" Ishihara smiled coldly, his eyes aimed at the radio on the table next to him, "Equipment!" Only by relying on equipment can a lot of secret information be stolen without a trace...... Only in this way can it be explained that only the most loyal generals of the empire attended the meeting, and the plans discussed will be known to him! This guy ...... He has mastered the latest communication skills, so he can know everything! His power is not so much an intelligence system as a scientific research system! And given his relationship with the universities in China, I even suspect that he is a scientist himself! (To be continued......)