Chapter 1052: Solution

Ishihara was now in a quiet room that he had specifically asked to prepare for himself, and his chief of staff sat beside him. Ishihara quietly took off his military uniform, slowly picked up the wakicha beside him, and carefully wiped the short knife with the sake that was rare to find in this Siberia.

Ishihara sat on his knees, and the chief of staff behind him looked solemn.

"Thank you for being willing to make a mistake for me at this moment, but unfortunately I can't repay you......" Ishihara didn't turn around, but the chief of staff behind him crouched down and said in a trembling voice.

"Your Excellency, Commander, why don't you explain to the battalion?! It's not your fault at all, it's all self-righteous graduates! You're just ......"

"Anyway, it's all my agreement...... Ishihara said with a wry smile, "At the end of the day, it's all my fault." I shouldn't have promised them a chance to relax, which has put the Empire on the cusp. In this matter, someone with sufficient weight needs to come forward and take responsibility. ”

"And I'...... It's the guy who has just the right amount ......."

Ishihara said, gently wiping the accord with a white cloth. Although he carried it with him, he never thought he would use it.

"In a moment, take my saber away! This is the reward I received when I graduated from Lu University. I'm sure you won't disgrace it, and that's the only thank you I can give you......"

As he spoke, Ishihara was about to pick up the co-cha and cut it towards his abdomen.

Seppuku, which was a form of suicide that existed in ancient China, such as the Korean assassin Nie Zheng during the Warring States period. In Japan, seppuku was a method of suicide that was only widely spread after the Heian period.

During the feudal period, if a samurai was given death by the lord, seppuku was regarded as the most honorable way to die for a samurai, compared to a mere beheading, which was considered dishonorable.

In the most orthodox seppuku technique, the seppuku is made directly into the abdomen in the shape of a cross. Tearing out the internal organs until you die of blood loss is called a "cross cut".

But this method is too difficult for many people to complete. Later, it developed into the "Ichichikiri" of slicing, but because it is not easy to die directly, it is necessary for the wrong person to help the seppuku to be beheaded to death.

And the last person in modern Japanese history who was able to complete the cross cut was Nogi Noshinori. What Ishihara is ready to do now is to cut it word by word. The chief of staff behind him was his intermediary.

Ishihara slowly aimed the coax at his abdomen. At the moment when he was about to cut it off, there was a sudden "boom~" sound, and the originally locked door was forcibly opened!

Ishihara's adjutant couldn't help but be shocked when he saw him holding the coacher to his abdomen! Hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Commander, no! His Royal Highness the Prince of the Xianyuan Palace in the big camp sent a telegram ordering you not to seek death by apologizing! ”

As he spoke, the adjutant hurriedly handed the telegram to Ishihara Waner, who was preparing for seppuku. Ishihara paused for a moment, then smiled wryly and put down the co-cha and took the telegram.

"The warriors of the empire should fight to the death. Dying in apology when he could continue fighting was undoubtedly the greatest shame of a samurai. Ishihara, how can I apologize for treating you as a Pythagorean?! You return to the empire, and I will settle this matter......"

Kanin Miyajihito always believed that Ishihara was a usable person. He was not as fanatical as other Japanese soldiers, but he had good analytical skills in strategy and tactics.

On the battlefield of the Soviet Union, although his performance was not very good, it was also remarkable. And most importantly, the Idle Courtyard Miyaehito passed through the intelligence system in the expeditionary force. Knowing that this matter was ordered by Ishihara Wan'er, his intention was not like this.

The reason why it has evolved like this is related to the officers who look at Ishihara unpleasantly. In their opinion, although Ishihara had some merits, his qualifications were completely insufficient to assume the position of commander of the expeditionary force.

But because of the absolute support of Ishihara Wan'er. so that they do not dare to act rashly. This time, it can be regarded as a kind of venting for Ishihara's order. But they didn't expect that this incident would cause such big consequences.

The United States and Britain directly issued a declaration condemning it, while Germany also called Japan to question the matter. Now they panicked. Fortunately, Ishihara didn't say much and decided to take all the responsibility himself.

"Your Excellency, Commander. Your Highness orders you to immediately reorganize your ranks and wait for the arrival of the new Commander of the Expeditionary Force. After the handover, you can go back to the Imperial Headquarters......"

Ishihara sighed secretly, I'm afraid I'm going to take off this military uniform. But being able to save his life is already the limit of what Xianyuan Gong Zairen can do......

"Let's go...... Assemble a meeting of everyone, and we'll announce it now......" Ishihara stood up after a moment of silence. And the chief of staff behind him hurriedly picked up his clothes and put them on Ishihara.

"This ...... Probably the last thing I could do for the expeditionary force. In the future, you can do what you want......"

And by the time Ishihara and Death passed by, the battle on the outskirts of Moscow had already entered a white-hot state. Under the bombardment of the K5E train guns, the American and British fortifications looked thin and ridiculous.

One shell after another, directly lifted the whole land. Rubble, dirt, and broken corpses were constantly tossed up and down by the blast of the artillery......

Montgomery, Eisenhower, and Tukhachevsky, the commander-in-chief of the Soviet army, sat opposite each other, silent. The form of the battlefield is not optimistic, but no one can come up with a good way to deal with it.

They did not think about the practice of sending small forces to attack. But such a train cannon must be heavily guarded, and calculating the trajectory can only roughly determine his position, but it is not possible to determine it.

I am afraid that a small force may be able to sneak into the forward line of the German army, but it will not be able to get close to the heavily guarded train guns. And in order to maintain the flexibility of small forces, then heavy weapons cannot be carried. This limits their offensive ability even more. So using a small force to complete the attack, which is an almost impossible task.

The artillery is completely out of reach of the train guns with a range of tens of kilometers, so they can only be beaten and unable to fight back. The Allies also did not have an advantage in the air, and a large number of German fighters were placed over their positions.

Due to the disadvantage of real combat experience, at least for the time being, the Allies did not achieve a certain superiority in the air. As a result, the Air Force is completely unable to provide effective support to the ground forces.

"We have to find a way to deal with those German train guns, they are too powerful. This is already a direct threat to our defenses, and any fortification is just a piece of paper in front of its shells......"

Tukhachevsky, after a long silence. "If the Germans continue to bombard us with these artillery, then no one is sure how long the positions will be defended......"

In fact, by the time the German train guns arrived, the Allied troops had already retreated to the second line of defense. And here, less than thirty kilometers from Moscow. That is, if the positions here were breached, then the Germans would only need a respite to reach the Moscow Gate.

"The big question now is, how are we going to destroy the train guns of the Germans?!" Eisenhower looked at Tukhachevsky and said: "The troops will not be able to fight first, and the air force will not be able to provide effective support for the time being. The artillery roots could not reach the position of the German train guns......"

Montgomery did not speak, he was thinking about how to break the German blockade and attack the German train artillery. There will definitely be quite a few troops as a garrison for train artillery like this, and it will not be difficult for small forces to infiltrate in. But it was extremely difficult to get close to the train guns and attack.

At this time. There was a knock on the door. Montgomery, Eisenhower, and the others looked at each other, then nodded to the note-taker.

The note-taker opened the door, and saw Barton slowly stepping into the conference room, standing up to the three Allied generals present, and saying, "Report! George Patton, report to the chiefs! ”

"General Patton, what's the matter?!" Patton had already been promoted to the rank of major general in wartime. It was Eisenhower who could call him a general.

"I think I've found a way to destroy the German train guns." Patton looked at the trio seriously, and Eisenhower and the others couldn't help but stand up when they heard this.

"General Patton, please state your opinion immediately!" Montgomery, the stern general, stood up and whispered to Patton, "This is not child's play! This is war, and I hope you will be able to provide a basis for your statement. ”

"Yes! General Montgomery, I assure you in honor of my soldiers! Everything I say is well-founded! Barton showed no trace of dissatisfaction. Turning to Montgomery, he replied in abrupt accord.

Montgomery nodded, motioning for Barton to continue. Tukhachevsky also looked at Patton with anticipation, and he also hoped that Patton would find a way to destroy the German train guns.

"Actually, there are people in our allies who have already done something similar. Merely. We didn't know much about it. And I used to study there, so I know a thing or two about it. ”

Eisenhower was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but then came to his senses and said, "General Patton, are you talking about that tiger who once did this?!" ”

"Yes! Units of the Chinese National Defense Forces. He once infiltrated the rear of the Japanese defense line with a small force and attacked the Japanese strongholds, transportation lines and even logistics nodes......"

"General Patton, I guess you're whimsical, right?! They attack strongholds, transport lines and logistical nodes. They are all troops with weak defensive strength, and they cannot be compared with the German army......"

Montgomery frowned and said, "You need to know that the German train guns must be well defended. Small forces, even if they penetrated the defensive line, could not get close. Without heavy weapons, there is no difference between attacking a well-defended train cannon and sending it to death......"

"General Montgomery! Hear me out! Barton's voice began to be low, a sign of his anger. Montgomery looked at Patton's expression and couldn't help but be stunned.

He didn't expect Major General Patton to dare to be angry with him, but Eisenhower immediately played a round when he saw this: "General Patton! General Montgomery has a higher rank than you, and please have enough respect for your superiors! ”

"Yes! I have a great deal of respect for General Montgomery, but allow me to finish what I have to say. When Barton heard this, he replied with anger.

"Okay, you go on. I won't interrupt you this time. Montgomery could see that Barton really seemed to have a solution to the problem.

"Yes, General. I would like to say that IDF units have the means to transport heavy weapons behind the enemy through small units. Barton hurried to finish what he wanted to say in one breath.

"Although they did not show this weapon, I learned through some sources that the Chinese defense forces have a special miniaturized rocket artillery. After dismantling, only a few people can carry the battle, and a team of less than thirty people can carry all the shells of an attack. ”

"The most important thing. The firing range of this rocket artillery is more than five kilometers. Rocket shells, on the other hand, can be fired at once. In other words, they did not have to get close to the German train guns at all, and only needed to carry out a covering blow on the train guns from a long distance, and they could damage or even destroy the train guns! ”

"Is there really such a weapon?!" Tukhachevsky's eyes widened suddenly, and he asked urgently: "Are you sure?!" ”

Tukhachevsky had previously contemplated infiltrating with small forces and then carrying mortars to bombard. Mortars are easy to carry, and the attack is not bad. But the biggest problem is that it is difficult to guarantee the level of damage of the bombardment.

The mortar fired at most one round, and the Germans would find it and look for it according to the trajectory. At that time, that small force can only face the result of destruction.

There was only one chance for such a battle, and once the German army was alerted, it would undoubtedly be even more difficult to infiltrate again. Therefore, Tukhachevsky attaches great importance to this issue.

"I can be sure that they have such weapons, but I can't guarantee that they will be willing to give them to us." There was a pause. Patton continued: "The most important thing is that we don't have the manpower to use this weapon. The only way to ensure the success of the operation is for them to send people to assist us in the war. ”

Patton's words silenced everyone. How to move the Chinese side to provide such weapons and provide personnel to assist them in fighting has become the biggest problem facing everyone.

Truly. China has promised to intervene in the Soviet Union. But only if they need to deal with the Japanese forces in Southeast Asia. Now apparently they don't quite have that premise.

And no one has a way to prove their existence with such weapons, or the Japanese who have been attacked by this weapon will have a way to confirm it. But there is no way that the Japanese will prove the existence of such weapons!

The Wehrmacht can simply push it off and say that it does not have this as a rumor. Then everything is over.

"We should give it a try anyway. I will personally contact the people on the Defence Force side to see if I can get their support. Eisenhower was the first to speak, but he took a deep breath.

"This is also the best way for us to solve the problem, if we can get this weapon from the Wehrmacht and get their assistance. We are sure to destroy the Germans, the most threatening of all of them. ”

Neither Montgomery nor Tukhachevsky spoke. The only people who had a friendship with the Tiger were probably Eisenhower and Patton. Among them, Eisenhower had the best friendship with the tiger.

It may be better for him to come forward than for others to come forward.

Eisenhower did not delay any time, and sent the telegram directly to the imperial capital. Then quietly waited for the news. Su Zongzhe, who received the telegram, could only smile bitterly and asked Tu Mengben to be found.

This is not a small matter. It's not big, but it's extremely tricky.

After Tu Menghu finished reading the telegram, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. It is unlikely that Eisenhower and Barton knew about the existence of the Tiger Roar, but Stilwell, who had been to the front line, should have seen such a weapon.

To be sure, Tu Menghu was reluctant to hand over such a weapon so quickly. After all, the war has only just entered a phase. And the Tiger Roar is a weapon that imitates it and has no technical content.

With the technical background of the United States, it will be imitated in just three or two clicks. Even the improved ones will be better than those in the hands of the slaughtering tigers.

"Commander-in-Chief. So are we pie or not?! Seeing that Tu Menghu fell into silence, Su Zongzhen couldn't help but ask. And Tu Menghu was also very hesitant.

Intervening in the Soviet Union now is obviously not what Tu Menghu wants to do. But since Eisenhower and the others were able to judge that the Wehrmacht had such weapons, it would certainly be a problem in the future if they were not given them.

Both sides have formed an alliance, and the Wehrmacht has promised to send troops to the Soviet Union. If you ignore it at this time or pretend to be stupid, China will definitely stand on the opposite side of the United States and the Soviet Union after the war.

"Pie! It can't be our people, though. At this time, Yan Zhengqing, who received the call, also came to the office. Lin Sen was old, and after Yan Zhengqing said that he would come to stare at it, Lin Sen went to rest.

He asked Yan Zhengqing to come over, representing the attitude of the coalition government. As for Yan Zhengqing's judgment, Lin Sen believed it.

"Aren't we the people who go to court?! Let them carry these weapons to the Soviet Union for support, and at the same time tell them that they must speak English on the battlefield. ”

Yan Zhengqing smiled and said to Tu Menghu: "And the Germans have not really seen this kind of weapon, and they have no way of judging whether it is our weapon or not." ”

"Now the situation in the Soviet Union is not good, and if it continues like this, the Soviet Union will definitely lose miserably. This is still extremely disadvantageous for us. Only when the two sides are evenly matched and constantly invest troops, manpower, and material resources can we be the most powerful against us. Paying some for this is also due. ”

Yan Zhengqing pushed his glasses and said, "There are also Chinese Americans in the U.S. military, and we won't comment on this at that time." Yan Zhengqing's statement made Tu Menghu's eyes shine.