PS: PS: I just returned to the unit from my hometown today, and I got off at eight o'clock in the evening, and I sat in the car for a whole day, and I was so tired, so I'm sorry that there is only one shift today!

In fact, many officers of the North China Front Army also wanted to know the answer to the question raised by Yan Junliu, because they had fought too aggrieved and too embarrassed for more than a year, and many people thought that the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army had improved, but some people thought that the quality of the imperial soldiers had declined, which eventually led to the decline in the combat effectiveness of the troops.

However, this issue has been debated within the North China Front for some time, but no one can convince the other side, and they all feel that their views are the most correct, and the other side's views are only one-sided, or simply wrong.

The question raised by General Yan Jun was too acute, and Tada Jun had only been the commander of the North China Front for just over two months, and he still lacked sufficient understanding of the situation in North China and the army under his command, so this question really stumped Tada Jun. If it were someone else, Tada Jun was confident that he could get away with his incorruptible tongue, after all, he had been an instructor at the Army University in Beiping three times, and it can be said that he was an authentic Chinese expert.

But now it was the sixth general Yan Jun who asked him, and he knew that His Excellency the Chief of the Guards under His Majesty the Emperor did not know much worse about China than him, and the most important thing was that His Excellency the Chief of the Guard had also commanded the army in Central China and fought against the government army in China for more than a year, and if he did not tell the truth, it would be easy to be debunked on the spot.

Xu saw Tada Jun's predicament, and Lieutenant General Naosaburo Gangbe, chief of staff of the North China Front, got up and said, "Your Excellency, Chief of Guard." The lowly post is the chief of staff of the North China Front Army, Naosaburo Gangbe, and now please allow the humble post to tell you about the self-defense of our North China Front! ”

"Self-justification? Although there is no reason for the defeat, I still want to hear what your Northern Front thinks about the successive defeats and the reasons for the failures, you can say! Yan Jun said loudly.

"Hay! Your Excellency, the Chief of the Guard, as an officer of the Imperial Japanese Army, especially a high-ranking officer, is very ashamed of his humble position. Soldiers regard obedience to orders as their duty, and soldiers regard victory as the highest honor, but it was under our command that the front army was repeatedly hit hard by the Chinese army. In this respect, it is true that a lowly officer is not a qualified officer. Not even a qualified military man. ”

Speaking of this, Naosaburo Okabe paused, and he looked up at the senior officers of the North China Front who were listening with their heads bowed in the conference room. He knew that all the officers present at the present must have been very bitter and ashamed in their hearts, but he knew better that there were some things that had to be said if everyone had doubts about the enemy. Then the result of continuing to fight will not be much better than now.

"As Chief of the General Staff of all campaigns. The humble position believes that the command of the front army bears the most important responsibility for the repeated failures of the front army. And the troops below have nothing to do with it. As the command center of the hundreds of thousands of troops in North China, all the front army headquarters has to do is to draw up a rational and perfect operational plan, and then mobilize troops to implement this operational plan. In fact. It has been three years since we started the war with the Chinese people, but the front army command still has not figured out how many troops there are in the Eighth Theater of Operations, what their numbers are, who the commander is, what is his personality, and whether there are any shortcomings? We are not aware of any of this, and as the command organ of the front army, this is obviously absurd and extremely unreasonable. Speaking of this, Naosaburo Gangbe's voice changed: "Contrary to the inaction of the command center, the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level of the front army showed great bravery, they did not retreat in the face of the powerful firepower of the Zhina people, but bravely met the enemy by thousands, although the final result was not very ideal, at least they made the Zhina people pay a heavy price!" Therefore, he believes that the main responsibility for the repeated defeats and heavy losses of the front army lies with the command organs of the front army, not the grassroots level. Even if it is a disgrace, it is only that we, the high-ranking officers, have failed to live up to the trust and trust of His Majesty the Emperor, and those junior officers and soldiers are heroes. ”

"Gangbu, do you mean to say that the defeat of the North China Front was not caused by the decline in the combat effectiveness of the Front Army, but by the command error of the North China Front Army, isn't that the case?"

"Your Excellency Chief of Guard, you have misunderstood the meaning of humble duties, although it is true that the headquarters of the front army bears the main responsibility for repeated failures, but there are many reasons for the continuous fiasco of the front army, the most important thing is the rapid increase in the strength of the Zhina people, and at the same time, it is also an indisputable fact that the combat effectiveness of the subordinate units of the front army has declined. It's just that, relatively speaking, the front command should pay more for the defeat of the war. ”

Then Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe explained: "Your Excellency Chief of Guard, the main part of our North China Front Army is the Eighth and Second Theaters of the Chinese Army, and the troops of the Tubalu and the First Theater of the Chinese Army are also often engaged in battles with the Imperial Army. Among these hostile forces, the front army poses the least threat to our army from the first and second war zones in China, and we all know very well the troop establishment and deployment of troops in these two major war zones and the situation of the principal military and political chiefs of each army that if it were for these two war zones alone, the front army would not have fallen into the miserable situation it is in now. ”

"In fact, the existence of the Eighth War Zone of China and the Eighth Road of China is indeed a big trouble for the front army, especially the Eighth War Zone of China! The monarchs of the Eighth Theater of China must not know about this strategic unit of China, but what I want to say is that the supreme commander of this Eighth War Zone is Chen Feng! ”

"Chen Feng! Nani, is that the devil? ”

"Yaga! Devil Chan? ”

Ignoring the roars of these high-ranking officers, Lieutenant General Naosaburo Gangbe continued: "I don't want to say too much about the affairs of the Eighth War Zone, I think everyone here also knows a little bit about the Dao, maybe the knowledge of the Dao is not very comprehensive, but I want everyone to give a warning, no matter who encounters this general in the future, all the monarchs must fight with 200% of the spirit, this Shina person is too weird and terrifying!" ”

"Your Excellency the Chief of the Guard may think that his humble words are demoralizing the enemy and destroying his prestige, but in fact the Shina man and the mysterious army under his command not only appear strangely, but also develop in a strange way. According to reliable information, three years ago, the hateful Shina man was just a gentleman, no different from those young men in the city of Tokyo, who spent his days wandering in brothels in Qinglou and being a little bully under the protection of his family. But just after the Great Japanese Empire and the people of China undeclared war, this brother suddenly appeared on the battlefield with a force of less than 3,000 people, so far out of control, so far, the most conservative estimate of this army is 40-500,000 people, and each army is the elite of a hundred battles, and the combat effectiveness is extremely strong. ”

"And that's not all, the most incredible thing is that this powerful Chinese army has gotten a large number of new weapons from nowhere, including powerful field artillery, advanced aviation fighters, and powerful heavy combat vehicles. According to the information collected by our North China Front, this army has at least two artillery divisions, one tank division, and an air force composed of no less than 200 new fighters. With the support of this strange general of China, the government of China, as well as a number of local troops, received a lot of support. According to the reports of our intelligence officers who were lurking inside the Shina government, starting from Showa 13, the Shina government purchased at least 20 infantry divisions of weapons and equipment from the north of Shina at extremely low prices, and the most important thing was that those weapons and equipment were the standard equipment of the Imperial Japanese Army. In addition, the troops of the Eighth Road of China and the Jin Sui Army also successively obtained weapons and equipment from at least 15 infantry divisions from Chen Feng's subordinates. Although we are very reluctant to admit it, the fighting power of the Shina army has indeed increased, and at least in terms of light weapons they are no longer weaker than the Imperial Japanese Army. As for the northern part of the country, the Imperial Japanese Army was even at a disadvantage. ”

In addition, the decline in the combat effectiveness of the imperial troops is an objective fact, which no one can deny, and the main reason for the decline in the combat effectiveness of the troops is that the battle at the front is not going well, and a large number of veterans have died in battle, resulting in a rapid increase in the number of soldiers required for the war. The newly recruited troops did not undergo rigorous and systematic military training, and the vast majority of them were thrown into the battlefield after only simple military training, resulting in a rapid decline in the combat effectiveness of the troops. It is precisely because of these reasons that the front army was repeatedly hit hard by the Chinese people! ”

Obviously, Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo had made some careful preparations, and his words caused the entire conference room to fall into a brief silence, and everyone was thinking about Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo's words.

After a long while, the six generals of Yan Jun spoke: "Although there are several points of your self-defense that I don't agree with, it is undeniable that this self-defense still moved me, so I decided to personally meet the resistance of the northern branch for a while to see if they are as strong as Gangbe-kun said." ”

"Hay! I think the answer will surely satisfy His Excellency the Chief of the Guard! Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe said loudly.

Yan Junliu's decision relieved the entire North China Front Command, they were not afraid of the domestic inspection team to hold them accountable, but they were afraid that the masters of the inspection team who held Shang Fang's sword would not give them a chance to defend themselves. Since His Excellency Yan Junliu wants to personally see the combat effectiveness of the Zhi Na people, it is the best thing, only in this way will these masters fully understand the hardships of the front army.

With this tone set by the six generals Yan Jun, the inspection group of more than 200 people was immediately divided into four detachments at the meeting to carry out all-round inspections of the military, politics, and economy in North China. (To be continued......)