Chapter 645: Great Northeast Strategy - Soldiers in Yichun

The first thing Umezu Mijiro did after taking office was to demand that all units immediately report their actual strength, and it was strictly forbidden to lie and conceal them, and the results of the statistics soon came out; according to the results of the previous statistics of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, the total strength of the various divisions, brigades, and regiments of the Kwantung Army totaled more than 874,000 people, the Imperial Allied Army in Manchukuo had more than 623,000 people, 120,000 armed immigrants, and some Korean Imperial Allied Army, with a total strength of about 1.62 million people.

However, in fact, there were far from such a large number of troops, and Umezu Mijiro knew that the Kwantung Army had always had a habit of lying about its defeats and casualties, so this statistics strictly forbade all units to lie and conceal their reports, and of course Umezu Mijiro also promised not to hold anyone responsible.

The results of the statistics are shocking, the actual strength of the Kwantung Army is only 670,000, the puppet Manchukuo National Defense Force plus police is only 490,000, and the armed immigrants are a full 120,000, but the quality is uneven, just as the Chinese said at the press conference, those hateful armed immigrants are indeed planning and premeditating to massacre the common people of China, and it is precisely because of these crimes of these bastards that the tragedy in Tokyo has been caused.

The total number of troops is only 1.28 million, 80% of the Arctic has received the various battlefields on the border, and there are only less than 300,000 military and police officers in Manchuria to maintain order, of which the main force is still the police, and only a small part of the army.

Such a grim situation was something that Umezu had not expected before, and the current Kwantung Army was like a ripe persimmon, which looked bright from the outside. But the inside has already softened into a thin mud, and once the outer layer of skin is pierced, the soup inside flows out.

The main force of the Kwantung Army is outside, which is like a turtle shell, once this shell is broken, the turtle king bastard inside will not be able to be saved. Umezu did not know how Yamada held on, according to his prediction, even with some strong fortifications, the Shina people would be able to capture most of Manchuria in three months at most, and the Japanese Empire would lose control of Manchuria in a year at most. It will even affect the Korean Peninsula.

I want to turn this situation around. The empire needed at least 500,000 additional troops to Manchuria, including at least 5 tank divisions and 20 artillery brigades, as well as an increase in the strength of army aviation.

As commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro was well aware of the importance of Manchuria to the Japanese Empire. Don't look at how much land the Great Japanese Empire occupies in the South Pacific now. But it was Manchuria that really supported the Japanese Empire to continue fighting. In the case of weapons and equipment, the empire's production base was in Japan, but its resource base was in Manchuria.

In addition, the weapons and equipment produced by the arsenals in Manchuria were directly supplied to the troops in North China. Once Manchuria is lost, then the Japanese Empire will lose the capital to continue fighting.

Therefore, on the third day of his tenure, Umezu Yoshijiro reported to the base camp that it was necessary to immediately increase the number of troops to Manchuria, and the first batch of troops could not be less than 150,000 troops in 10 divisions, and because the 1st Tank Division was completely annihilated, he requested that the 2nd Guards Tank Division stationed in Tokyo be transferred to Manchuria. In the words of Umezu Mijiro, if Manchuria's Shinkyo is lost, Tokyo of the Great Japanese Empire will be finished, and it is better to keep Shinkyo first.

In addition, Umezu Mijiro also ordered the Japanese puppet army on the front line to deploy troops according to the actual situation, and some unnecessary places would rather give up than deploy troops.

The Kwantung Army Headquarters quickly responded to the encircled Japanese puppet army in the Yichun area, and Umezu Mijiro transferred one field division from Shinkyo and Mukden, supplemented by two heavy artillery brigades and two cavalry divisions, to form the North Corps, and went to Yichun to meet the surrounded Japanese puppet army.

In this regard, Chen Fengyanling asked Chen Tiebao's subordinates to completely annihilate the Japanese puppet army in Yichun City, because it was this Japanese puppet army that caused a large number of bloody cases on the Sino-Soviet border, and it was not enough for the people to be angry if they were not killed.

Moreover, the total number of troops in the hands of Chen Tiebao and Ivanov is as high as 250,000, and the total number of Japanese puppet troops in the city is less than 80,000, even if the Japanese reinforcements arrive, it is only more than 70,000 people, 250,000 VS 150,000, and it is a combination of armed immigrants and field troops of the Japanese army with regular troops.

Umezu Mijiro still attached great importance to the battle on the Yichun side, although the intelligence department reported that the total strength of the Chinese and Soviet troops on the Yichun side was less than 100,000, and it also suffered heavy losses on the front line of the Tangwang River, with a conservative estimate of only 80,000 at most.

However, General Umezu Yoshijiro has fought with Chen Feng's subordinates, and he himself is also the Minister of War of Japan, and from the information obtained from various channels, Chen Feng is a very strange person, and his actions seem to be imaginative, but careful analysis is reasonable, and it seems that it is not risky.

In addition, Umezu Mijiro also found a very serious problem, that is, Chen Feng's unexpected understanding of the special high-tech department, and the intelligence aspect was extremely strict, and many battles showed that the information provided by the special high-tech side for the army was obviously wrong, so the commander of the multi-pseudo front line had reported to the base camp, demanding that the special high-tech be severely punished, and asked the special high-tech department to be responsible for several major defeats of the army, so Umezu Mijiro seriously doubted the accuracy of the information provided by the special high-tech department.

At the same time as sending troops to reinforce Yichun, Umezu Mijiro specially sent a small force to parachute into the rear of the Central Soviet Army for on-the-spot monitoring.

Nima, what bullshit 80,000 people, the mighty troop convoy is more than ten kilometers, and this is only a small part of it, according to the estimates of the special operations detachment, there are at least 200,000 enemy troops on the line from Yichun to Jiayin alone, or even more.

In addition, these enemy troops are not only numerous, but also very well-armed, in addition to a large number of cars and tanks, there are also a large number of large-caliber artillery, and some weapons and equipment that have not been seen before.

These circumstances completely stunned General Umezu, and he knew the combat effectiveness of Chen Feng's department, and it was absolutely leveraged. Not to mention that there is a difference of tens of thousands of people, even if it is a confrontation with the same strength, the Japanese army is not necessarily an opponent of others, not to mention that the imperial army in Yichun City is not all field army, but more puppet army and armed immigrants, these people are just to send meritorious service to Chen Feng's department in the eyes of General Umezu.

After reading the information sent back by the special operations team, General Umezu was completely speechless about the special high-tech department, this is the most mysterious and powerful intelligence agency of the Japanese Empire, and the accuracy of this information is really poor, more than 200,000 troops have already arrived in the city, and they don't know anything about it, which leads to the misleading command and almost sends 70,000 reinforcements to Yichun.

General Umezu is sure that if these tens of thousands of reinforcements arrive in Yichun like this without knowing the so-called, not to mention that the rescue mission will not be completed, these people are also very likely to be annihilated. Now Admiral Umezu also has the urge to pull the head of the intelligence agency out of the body and shoot him.

However, if you can think like this, you still need to think twice about it, after all, although the information provided by the intelligence agencies is not very accurate, it still has a great effect, and the imperial army still can't leave them for the time being.

Thinking that more than 70,000 reinforcements were rushing to the fire pit day and night, General Umezu could not sit still and immediately called the reinforcement headquarters and ordered them to immediately stop their advance, rest and replenish in place, and wait for orders from the headquarters.

Subsequently, Senior General Umezu urgently convened a military meeting to discuss the matter. However, now they are encountering an absolutely powerful Chinese and Soviet army, and any conspiracy and trickery are not feasible in the face of absolute strength, and they still can't come up with a better way after several hours of pulling the skin.

In the end, the chief of staff, Okabe Naosaburo, thought of a way, this Yichun is an important gateway city in North Manchuria, and there must be no mistakes. If Yichun is not lost, the entire Beiman will be fine, if Yichun is lost, Beiman will not be able to keep it, so this Yichun must still be saved.

At present, there is a huge difference in the strength of the enemy and us, so Okabe Naosaburo suggested that troops be transferred from the inland and Korea, and the inland that Okabe Naosaburo said does not refer to the Chinese mainland, but to the northeastern hinterland, such as Yanji, Tonghua, Dandong and other places, where the Kwantung Army still has nearly 100,000 elites and more than 200,000 puppet troops, and if 8-100,000 people can be mobilized from these places, this battle can still be fought.

Of course, these places can't be left alone, and according to Okabe Naosaburo's intentions, the defensive gaps left in these places after the troops are transferred will be handed over to domestic reinforcements.

This proposal was quickly adopted by the Kwantung Army Command, and General Umezu made a decision to urgently transfer seven wings from the hinterland of Manchuria to the north, and two more divisions from Korea to the north to participate in the war.

In addition to the Army, General Umezu also sent a telegram to the Japanese base camp requesting that the Third Flying Group of the North China Front be urgently transferred to Manchuria to assist the Kwantung Army in dealing with Chen Feng's air forces.

The Kwantung Army Command also attaches great importance to the crisis on the Yichun side, after all, the importance of the city of Yichun can be seen at a glance on the map, and there is absolutely no room for error.

Therefore, after receiving a telegram from the Kwantung Army Headquarters, the base camp immediately made a decision to urgently load the newly formed four divisions and regiments to the north, and at the same time promised to transfer the Third Flying Group to the puppet Manchurians.

After receiving the support of the base camp, General Umezu finally breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the base camp still knew the importance of Manchuria, then there was hope for the Kwantung Army. (To be continued......)