Chapter 67: Counterattack (7)

"In fact, there is another problem that we have not taken into account, and that is the attack of the guerrillas and the air force."

Shogun Terauchi spoke up about issues that made the empire very angry.

The special forces of China are always elusive, and the airports in Tai'an and Dawenkou were attacked by the people of China without any preparation.

Hundreds of planes were set on fire at the airport, and in many air battles, up to 400 fighters from both sides were fought, resulting in at least 100 Japanese fighters being shot down.

The planes, which accounted for more than half of the North China Front, withdrew from the battlefield, and now the Japanese army no longer dared to enter the battlefield in a big way during the day.

Radar and Soviet pilots helped China gain air supremacy in space.

Then there are endless guerrillas, the land of Shandong, from the Jiaodong Peninsula to Tai'an, there are Chinese guerrillas everywhere, half a month ago, a young man named Yang Jingyu, attacked a pack horse transport in the empire, and a large number of supplies were destroyed.

At least 500 imperial soldiers were shattered, and the Matsushita Brigade of the Tai'an garrison was directly sent to a military court.

The Matsushita Brigade mobilized a large number of troops and launched a mopping policy against their guerrillas, but their guerrilla vehicles disappeared quickly.

You must know that the people of Daochina are their best cover, and when everyone is looking for them, they suddenly appear in Qingdao and sweep many arsenals of the empire in succession.

A large number of officers of the Qingdao garrison committed suicide because they chose to cut their stomachs at this time.

General Shina was a great propagandist, and wherever he went, he was always able to mobilize the people against us, and you may not know that our lines of communication in the occupied areas were almost always in a state of sneak attack, and every day we needed to transport supplies with heavy troops.

But even so, it is difficult to escape the fate of being hunted by snipers, and even their common people actually use stones to make mines and bury them in the geography, and that kind of thing detectors do not work. Soldiers of the Empire were often inexplicably sent into the blue sky.

Under the dual threat of the Air Force and the guerrillas, it would be good for our supplies to be able to enter the front line in general.

The war in Xuzhou progressed to such an extent that all the Japanese, including Terauchi Shouichi, did not expect it. At the beginning of the war, the military strategists of the empire believed that the Chinese had exhausted their strength, and they would definitely not have the strength to compete with the empire.

But who would have thought that the attack of more than 300,000 imperial troops like Mount Tai did not open the Jinpu line, and was hunted down by the Chinese troops.

Now the Imperial forces have begun to show their inadequacy, and the huge contrast makes many Japanese generals simply unacceptable.

Looking at the more than 10 million square kilometers of China, which is too huge, Matsui Shigen silently stroked the map, and his heart was full of emotion.

He couldn't help but think of the deep vision of the Imperial Twin Star Ishihara Waner, the wisdom in contemplation, he had long expected that the Imperial Strategy had gone wrong.

The group of officers and men in the staff headquarters are pushing Japan into the abyss.

Shoukashi Terauchi glanced at the command headquarters, seemed to be thinking about something, and shouted, "Everyone, hurry up." ”

Basically all the officers left, leaving only three people, Shouichi Terauchi and Naozo Okabe, and Ishine Matsui. Shouichi Terauchi handed a telegram to Naozo Okabe.

"General, the General Staff will not approve your proposal." Naozo Okabe had to think about his superiors because the interests of the two were one.

"For the future of the empire, I am not afraid of death, what are you afraid of." Terauchi Shouichi's face bears the glory of dedicating himself to the empire.

He knew what Naozo Okabe was worried about, and if he gave in to Shina now, it would make those officials in the staff think that Shouichi Terauchi was too weak.

Even when the troops retreated from Xuzhou, he would be transferred back from the Chinese battlefield like Matsui Shigen, and then retire and live this life silently.

Matsui Ishine wisely didn't read the telegram from Shouichi Terauchi, he knew that he should give the general the most respect, and the content of this telegram must be very important, so it is better not to participate in it.

Okabe Naozo didn't want to give up on dissuading Shouichi Terauchi like this, but Terauchi shook his head and let him go. Okabe handed the telegram to Matsui Ishone, hoping that he would say a few words.

Matsui Shigen suddenly realized that the telegram from Shouichi in the temple at this time was very similar to his own day.

"First, Terauchi Shouichi asked the empire to give support to the troops, he believed that the Chinese battlefield was not going well because the military department did not give enough support, and he hoped that the empire would support the 30 divisions in China, and the division empire's troops in China could reach more than 2 million. In this way, the troops of China can be resolved.

Second, it is necessary to re-understand the strength of China, recognize their overseas aid channels, and recognize their strength in the southwest and Chongqing.

Third, it demanded a change in the strategy of aggression against China, under the guise of a greater Central Asian co-prosperity sphere, to politically lure Chiang Kai-shek and sow discord between Liu Yuan and Chiang Kai-shek, and at the same time the empire took time to digest the strength of the rear and encircle and suppress the guerrillas in the rear.

In this way, it is possible to solve the problem of China.

"You are a respectable soldier of the Empire." Matsui Ishone straightened up, saluted Terauchi Shouichi and said.

He knew very well that Naozo Okabe showed the telegram to himself, hoping that he could persuade Terauchi Shouichi, but he would not say that.

"Senior General of the temple, you can add such a sentence to the telegram, as long as China is willing to negotiate, we can restore the state before the Lugou Bridge Incident."

"Bastard, we have come up with this discouraged telegram, and we need to show our victorious attitude with real actions, not humiliation." Okabe said with his neck straightened and his face flushed.

"Today's retreat is for tomorrow's stride, and excessive radicalism will only harm the empire." In the face of Okabe's swearing, Matsui Ishine did not shy away from refuting him.

"Waste." If it weren't for the many good suggestions made by Matsui in the past, Shouichi Terauchi would have slapped Matsui Ishine.

"Matsui-kun, the soldiers of the empire are fighting bloody battles on the front line, what are we talking about here, return the territory they have exchanged for blood. Are you trying to make me a traitor? ”

"Is it right to keep going?" Matsui Ishine kept his composure, and the telegram from Shouichi Terauchi just now made him feel a lot, and combined with Ishihara's words in the past, he made his own suggestion just now.

Since the Northeast Incident, the war has always been promoted by the Kwantung Army, and if they waver, then the military department may reconsider its strategy against China, and achieving an armistice against China is definitely the best choice for the empire.

"The strength of the empire is indeed very strong, but you don't forget how big the branch is, we need time to digest it, the northeast is rich in resources, we need to build and digest it, instead of insisting on fighting, the national fortune of the empire consumed in this way is to destroy the empire."

Okabe stood up and waved the telegram in his hand angrily, "Do you know Matsui-kun, this telegram will already ruin the future of the commander, are you still going to let him go to court-martial?" If he is gone, who will lead the troops to victory. ”

"What the empire needs is not war, but temporary peace, and what the general needs to do most now is to feed back the situation on the front line to His Majesty the Emperor."