Compared to China's affluence on the battlefield, those in the Pacific Ocean have nothing to see except the sea and coconuts, and are isolated in the surrounding seas, and some cannot even drink fresh water. I don't know when it will be targeted by the U.S. military, and the entire jade broken island is far from comparable.

In terms of the personality and consistent style of the prime minister in the base camp, who is definitely not called magnanimous, he will definitely not be transferred to the Dutch East Indies and Indochina at this time. I'm afraid it's either India and Burma, or that small island in the Pacific Ocean.

Except for the crater of the North China Front now, life in other parts of the Chinese battlefield is still very leisurely. Especially in the current China, except for the North China battlefield, other directions are simply a feng shui treasure land for making a fortune. The two new chiefs of staff did not want to be transferred to the Pacific Ocean to bathe in the sea or to go to Southeast Asia to drill in the rainforests.

So the two chiefs of staff, after the threat issued by General Harem Chun, Lima wisely shut his mouth. Anyway, at this time, if Chongqing falls into the ground and loses the middle reaches of the Yangtze River to let the family fight to Nanjing, don't complain that the 11th Army does not contribute. Because the current Eleventh Army no longer has the strength to come out.

Looking at the two indignant army chiefs of staff, they closed their mouths under the threat of General Harem Chun. Okamura Ninji had the intention to express two sentences and say two words for the Eleventh Army, his old unit. But under the slight shaking of his head by General Shunliu Hata, he finally chose to shut up.

At this time, Okamura Ninji was still unclear, in order for him to keep the position of commander of the North China Front, Shunroku Habata negotiated with General Harem Jun all night before convincing General Harem Jun to support his idea and vetoed the base camp's original decision to replace him with General Okabe Naosaburo.

As for the reason why Shunroku Hata tried to protect Okamura Ninji, it was because in the eyes of General Shunji Hata, although General Okamura Ninji was defeated this time, he believed that this battle was not his fault alone. If the base camp could give enough reinforcements at one time, the North China Front would not have suffered such a big defeat.

On the surface, this defeat was due to Okamura Ninji's unfavorable command, and I am afraid that the root still has to be found from the base camp. Although with the personality and character of the six generals of Shun Hata, he will never find out this matter, and this black pot Okamura Ningji has to continue to carry it. But what needs to be done, he still has to do as much as he can.

Moreover, no one will be more familiar with the Hebei battlefield and the communist army in the current Hebei battlefield than him, the commander of the North China Front. At this time, it is not the right thing to do. What's more, although he lost the battle this time, he still believes in the ability of this front commander, so he doesn't plan to change people.

However, in this matter, although Shunroku Hahata told Okamura Ninji to shut up. But in the direction of the main attack, Okamura Ninji expressed serious dissatisfaction with the base camp. According to the opinion of the base camp, the main direction of attack should be placed along the Pinghan Road, and the landing force on the flank should be coordinated with the landing force on the flank, as well as the northward movement at the same time as the Jinpu Road, so as to solve the communist army on the Hebei battlefield as soon as possible, reopen the connection with the Kwantung Army, and contain the communist army in the Shanxi battlefield from going east out of the Taihang Mountains to participate in the war.

Regarding this plan of the base camp, General Okamura Ninji was very unimpressed. He insisted that Pinghan Road could only be used as an auxiliary direction, and the real main direction of attack should still be placed on Jinpu Road. As for the Pinghan line, it should only be used as a subordinate direction, and it must not be used as the main direction of attack.

Okamura Ninji believes that in this battle, although the base camp allocated a considerable number of troops. However, judging from the previous counterattack of the First Theater of Chongqing against eastern Henan, during this counterattack operation, at least two or three divisions and regiments should be retained in the eastern Henan battlefield to ensure the safety of the flanks of all troops participating in the counterattack. If the main force of the First Army is not successful, it must remain in the eastern Henan region.

The security in eastern Henan is far less good than the base camp imagined. In the area at the junction of Henan and Anhui, it is necessary to retain a division and regiment. At the same time, the flanks faced the Shanxi Communist Army, which was already equipped with a different equipment from what it used to be, and needed a large covering force. In this way, the number of troops invested in the front line is far less than envisaged in the base camp.

With the Pinghan Line as the main direction of attack, there are not only the above problems. It is also necessary to face the situation that the attack distance is too long, and it is impossible to directly find the main opponent in the Hebei battlefield to fight against the United Nations. There is no such problem in the direction of Jinpu Road, which is backed by the sea. The enemy did not have a navy and could not carry out a landing operation.

At the same time, he painstakingly set up an overall situation on the battlefield in Shandong, trapping the main force of the communist army in Shandong on the Jiaodong Peninsula. With Jinpu Road as the main direction of attack, it can ensure that the rear will not be greatly disturbed. Instead of being like during the first phase of the battle, the Shandong battlefield was disturbed by the communist army, and the main force of the 12th Army was held back and could not be used in other battlefields.

The most important thing is that in Okamura Ningji's view, since the base camp has decided to land in Bohai Bay, then taking Jinpu Road as the main direction of attack can better coordinate with the landing force. Moreover, in the face of the enemy's superiority in mechanization and a large number of advanced tanks, Okamura Ninji always believed that it was better not to carry out large-depth interspersed attacks as much as possible.

As for the Shanxi battlefield, it is enough to feint with a force and rescue the 36th Division, so there is no need to worry too much. The full restoration of the Shanxi-controlled area is not necessary and energetic for the current Chinese dispatch army. Let the Chinese fight for Shanxi on their own, and it would be better for the Japanese army to reap the benefits of the fishermen.

Okamura Ninji's attitude was very clear, and the current demand of the base camp was to reopen ground contact with the Kwantung Army. Then the operation on the Pinghan Line is a little deviated from the combat goal. At present, Rehe and Chahar have been lost, and the strategic position of Beiping has declined significantly.

Tianjin faces the sea, north of eastern Hebei, and is connected by Beining Railway and Tianjin-Pudong Railway, and the transportation is far more convenient than Beiping. Moreover, the choice of the Tianjin-Pudong Railway and Tianjin as the main direction of attack can also get the full support of the Navy. In Okamura's view, recovering Tianjin and reopening the Tianjin-Pudong Railway and the Beining Railway is the most important thing to do.

The most important thing is that Okamura Ninji believes that the goal of this battle should be to annihilate the communist army on the Hebei battlefield, rather than pursuing the siege of the city. Only by eliminating the Northeast Communist Army on the Hebei battlefield can we recapture and hold the entire Hebei and Pingjin areas. Moreover, as long as the Jinpu Road is opened and the communist army on the Jinpu Road is eliminated, it will be difficult for the communist army on the Pinghan Road to gain a foothold.

Otherwise, even if the entire Hebei and Pingjin lines are re-controlled, it will be difficult to hold on. After all, it is impossible for the base camp to keep so many troops on the Chinese battlefield all the time. Once the war is over, the base camp withdraws some of the reinforcements, and it is difficult for the North China Front Army to hold the Pingjin line and the Jinpu and Pinghan railway lines at the same time under the condition that the surrounding enemy forces are looking around.

As a veteran, Okamura Ninji's vision is still very sharp. He could see at a glance the real location of the deployment of the base camp, not only to reopen the Jinpu Railway, but also to reopen the Pinghan Line and recover Beiping. Okamura Ninji believes that according to the strength of the enemy army at the moment, the hand is a little too big.

Originally, when I always thought that the battalion would mobilize reinforcements for itself, I was always unwilling to mobilize enough troops to reinforce at one time. And he always seems to have too much appetite, refuses to give up this place and refuses to lose that place, and as a result, he has never been able to concentrate enough troops, which is the main reason for the failure of the first phase of the battle.

It is not clear that the ultimate purpose of the base camp in launching this battle is far from being as simple as simply reopening ground contact with the Kwantung Army. He expressed considerable dissatisfaction with the base camp's operational deployment. Thinking that the base camp takes the Pinghan Line as the main combat goal, it is still guilty of the old problem of having too much appetite.

Okamura Ninji insisted on the Tsuura Road as the main direction of attack, while General Harem Jun insisted that the plan of the base camp must not be changed. The two people, who had opposite ideas, but no one refused to bow their heads, let this combat meeting be held for three days in a row, and no result was heard.

It's just that to Okamura Ninji's surprise, it turned out that he had always refused to express his position, and in the first phase of the battle, he even controlled himself in many ways. This time, it was unusual, and he resolutely stood on his side. And communicated with General Harem Chun many times in person, persuading Admiral Harem Chun to change his attitude.

General Harem Chun was convinced, which means that the main direction of the ground operation in the counterattack operation in North China has basically been decided. However, General Harem Chun also repeatedly told the Chinese army to send troops that everything in this operation should be based on the overall interests of the empire, and all parties should fully cooperate.

The army plan was decided, but the navy plan could not be come up with for a long time. This time, the navy was able to come up with a valuable special marine corps and an even more valuable tank unit to cooperate with the army in combat, and it cannot but be said that the navy's contribution was small. However, the fact that the navy was willing to dispatch only two aircraft carriers to cooperate in the operation, and repeatedly claimed that the army would withdraw the two aircraft ships immediately after completing the landing operation, aroused the dissatisfaction of all the senior army officers present.

At present, the army can devote itself to this counterattack operation, and it has only more than 200 planes at its disposal. In this landing operation, the army also expects the navy to be able to shoulder the heavy burden of fighting for air supremacy. However, the Navy was only willing to dispatch two aircraft carriers and withdraw immediately after the landing operation, which undoubtedly disappointed the Army.

It's not that the navy really doesn't want to work hard, after all, the base camp has decided to put the entire Jiaodong Peninsula under the management of the navy after this war, which makes the navy quite tempted. In addition to Qingdao and several other ports, the Zhaoyuan gold mine on the Jiaodong Peninsula has always been coveted by the navy.

It's just that the main force of the navy is based on Truk Island in the Central Pacific, and there are only three aircraft carriers that can be drawn out of the mainland. And the transfer of ships back from the Truk Island base in the Central Pacific Ocean is another rather risky move for the Japanese Navy. The entire western Pacific Ocean is now densely packed with American submarines.

The most critical thing is that in the Pacific theater, the US Navy has invested more and more troops, and has already started the momentum of counterattack. The Japanese navy was already at a disadvantage, and it was really unable to draw too many ships. Because no one knows where the Americans who are not fighting island by island at the moment, and who often escape some important islands, will go next.

In the vast Pacific Ocean, if the Americans want to penetrate into key positions, they do not need to think about what flank cover or what to outflank by enemy forces. The powerful US Navy can hit almost wherever it wants. The Japanese did not maintain sufficient forces in the Central and Southwest Pacific theaters. Perhaps the bold American fleet may one day hit the Japanese mainland directly.

Therefore, the number of troops that the Japanese Navy can draw at the moment is really not too much. In particular, the Japanese Navy believed that the enemy had no navy, and the only role of the warships supporting the landing was to carry out artillery bombardment of the landing site. However, the enemy forces on the front line of the Bohai Bay did not have the same permanent fortification group as the German army had built on the Atlantic coast, so it was useless to send too many ships. The transfer of a few old warships plus a few destroyers is already enough, and aircraft carriers are simply not necessary.