Chapter 647: Great Northeast Strategy - Slaying the Dragon and Subduing the Tiger

The news that Chen Feng's department cleanly wiped out the Japanese puppet army in Yichun City spread far and wide, and suddenly the words "China" and "Chen Feng" quickly occupied a conspicuous position in the mainstream media of various countries in the world.

The invincible Kwantung Army suffered heavy losses again, this was the third heavy defeat suffered by the Japanese army after the Battle of Hailar, the Japanese army lost more than 150,000 soldiers in this war, counting the losses in other battlefields, the Kwantung Army lost more than 350,000 soldiers in the past three months.

Although a large part of them were puppet troops, such heavy losses were the first for the Japanese army. As the Washington Post commented: "Japan's chrysanthemum sword met the steel dragon in Northeast China, and the demon knife that once cut down the corrupt Manchu government and the Tsarist Russian Empire met an opponent in Northeast China, and we have reason to believe that China's dragon can subdue that demon sword." ”

In contrast, the British Times report is more straightforward, the famous British critic Johnson commented on the front page: "The invincible Japanese Empire in the Far East has finally met the most formidable opponent they have encountered so far, in fact, this Chinese general has fought with the Japanese army no less than 100 times, but it turns out that there are really victorious armies in the world, and there are real victorious generals, according to incomplete statistics, the Japanese army has lost nearly one million soldiers in the hands of this General Chen, A number of strategic groups were wiped out, and the Japanese generals who were killed and captured could form a reinforced company."

Johnson's comment is exaggerated. But it has played an encouraging role in the morale of Britain, and with the Chinese containment, the gentlemen of the British Empire are more confident in keeping the most beautiful pearl in the Queen's crown.

Since the outbreak of the Pacific War, the performance of the Japanese army has been too amazing, and such coquettish results have directly killed the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, and France, and only a limited number of places such as Portugal and Australia, which are supported by Brazil, have survived in the entire South Pacific region, and the rest have become Japanese colonies.

Although the United States, Britain and other countries have the intention to fight back, they are in the context of Europe first and then Asia. The U.S. government is really powerless in the South Pacific theater. Moreover, having just experienced such heavy losses, neither Britain nor the United States can counterattack the South Pacific region in a short time.

Although the American people are calling for the government to fight back, and the US government has promised to fight back against Japan, the reality is that MacArthur is waiting for more than 100,000 Australian soldiers in Australia. Neither the Navy nor the Army was ready to fight back.

For the government side of the procrastination. The American people are very dissatisfied. After all, Chen Feng is still the supreme commander of the Northeast Asia Theater, and it is the US Government that makes Chen Feng the commander of the Northeast Asia Theater. In this respect, the US Government believes that it has also contributed to such a great victory.

On the second day of Yichun's victory, the US Government telegraphed Chen Feng, saying that 133 large cargo ships bound for the Soviet Union and China had set sail from New York Harbor and would arrive in Vladivostok in 20 days at most, and demanded that the Chinese and Soviet governments immediately make preparations to receive ships, especially the Pacific Fleet of the Soviet Navy.

This was an agreement between the governments of China, the United States and the Soviet Union, in which China and the Soviet Union sent troops to contain or even eliminate the Japanese Kwantung Army, while the United States provided weapons, equipment, and industrial equipment. The weapons and equipment were mainly supplied to the Soviet government, and the industrial equipment was owned by Chen Feng's department.

The defeat of Iharu greatly stimulated the Japanese government and the base camp, and Emperor Hirohito personally inquired into the matter, and boldly spoke at the imperial council, demanding that the base camp must deal with the matter, otherwise he would personally send someone to the Kwantung Army headquarters.

With the pressure from the emperor's side, the base camp is not calm, and the base camp has indeed not been calm for a while.

On the afternoon of the 17th, the five-phase meeting was held at the Prime Minister's Office to discuss countermeasures.

This time, the big guys realized the seriousness of the matter, Yichun, a small place with a small name, was lost, and a huge loophole suddenly appeared in the defense circle of the Kwantung Army, and the Chinese and Soviet troops rushed to Hegang and Suihua in two ways, Hegang already had a Zhina army, and it was also the most elite paratrooper unit in China, if these two armies were allowed to join forces successfully, then the entire Mandong region would be completely finished.

And Suihua is the gateway to Harbin, once Suihua is lost, Harbing will not be able to keep it, and there are still hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops on the line from Harbin to Qiqihar, so the base camp must come up with a charter, and it must not be ripped off again.

The War Department and the Admiralty, the base camps, were really panicked, and the Army suffered heavy losses in the southern and northern regions of China at the same time, especially in the northeast, where Japan's largest military group was defeated and suffered heavy losses in front of the Soviet Army. In northern Burma, the Japanese army was also blocked by the Chinese army, and was never able to completely cut off the Yunnan-Burma road.

The progress of the navy has also been slow, since the sinking of the heavy cruiser Kako, the Japanese Navy has reduced half of its intelligence officers to Australia and the Nanyang Territory to collect intelligence on the Nanyang Navy, and the Japanese Navy is dumbfounded, although it is not clear for the time being how many new warships the Nanyang Navy has, but they have seen seventy or eighty naval warships being dismantled in Port Moresby, and it seems that these warships have been eliminated.

The intelligence personnel of the Japanese army were also serious and responsible, figured out the numbering and tonnage of all the large and small ships, and sent all the information back to the Japanese Admiralty, through data comparison, these warships were launched between the United States and the Soviet Union between 1910 and 1930, although the service time is somewhat long, but the performance is not bad, I did not expect the Chinese to even eliminate such ships.

Compared with the previous Chinese Navy, even the old things from decades ago were used as treasures, and the Japanese Navy suddenly felt an unusual meaning.

The reason why Chen Feng's navy did this must have been to obtain a large number of more advanced ships, otherwise it would not have been possible to eliminate so many ships. As soon as the results of such an analysis came out, the entire Japanese Navy collectively lost its voice, and a single destroyer with a small displacement could easily wipe out a detachment headed by a heavy cruiser of the Japanese Navy.

The problem is that people have even dismantled large warships such as heavy cruisers, which shows that people don't care about these large warships at all, are there really only a dozen or twenty new warships? The top brass of the Japanese Admiralty has no bottom in their hearts!

The army suffered losses at the hands of others, the navy was frightened by the beating, and the Japanese army base camp finally had a sense of hatred for the enemy under external pressure this time, and all the generals made suggestions, which was a rare occasion.

On the 18th, the Japanese army base camp issued eight orders in succession, all of which were to increase troops in the northeast, and the troops to be transferred this time were mainly the Japanese mainland, the Southeast Asian theater, and the Taiwan garrison troops; according to the plan of the Japanese army base camp, 15 divisions and six mixed brigades and regiments should be transferred from these places within two months, and in addition, the troops of four tank divisions and seven heavy artillery brigades and regiments should be reorganized, and all of them should be transferred to northeast China.

In addition to maintaining the puppet regime of the puppet state of Manchukuo, the Japanese army also planned to use troops against the Soviet Union and attack the Soviet Union from east to west together with the German army.

In addition, for the third time, the base camp urged the special high-tech department to implement the plan of "slaying the dragon and subduing the tiger" in advance to cooperate with the actions of the navy and army.

Nanking. General Headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army.

Today, the whole city of Nanjing is under martial law, and the number of troops patrolling the streets has more than doubled compared with usual, and the Japanese puppet army has gone door to door to inform the residents of the city that they are not allowed to go out after 7 o'clock this evening, and if they still wander around the streets after 7 o'clock, they will be punished for the crime of collaborating with the enemy.

In fact, such a strict order of the Japanese puppet army was just an attempt by the General Headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army to welcome an important guest, and due to the frequent activities of the military command during this period and the assassination of two senior members of the Wang puppet regime, the Chinese Dispatch Army Command increased the patrol force for the safety of this important person, and at the same time ordered martial law throughout the city.

In the residence of the sixth general Yan Jun, two old men in kimonos were chatting, and the sandalwood and steaming tea in the living room swept away the humidity of Jiangnan in November.

"Tufeiyuanjun's visit to Nanjing has added a lot of color to the entire Nanjing city! Hahaha! "Sitting on the main seat and speaking is none other than the commander of the Chinese Dispatch Army, General Yan Junliu!

"Hehe, Your Excellency's words are serious, and it may not be necessary to add color, but it is true that it adds trouble! I'm afraid that the people in Nanjing City are about to scold me to death! Tsuchihara said with a smile.

"Ha Lu Ha! You don't have to care about the thoughts of inferior peoples, in the eyes of the people of China, we are invaders after all, and even if the empire does well, it will not win the approval of the common people of China. It's just that I don't know what the purpose of this visit to Nanjing is that the base camp will not let you, the general in charge of intelligence work, leave Tokyo at will? Yan Junliu said with a smile.

"For the sake of slaying the dragon and for the tiger!" Tu Fei Yuan ambiguous said!

"Slay the dragon and subdue the tiger! Does the base camp have to act in advance? Yan Junliu asked in horror!

"It's an order from the base camp!" Tu Feiyuan said helplessly.

"But Miss Yunzi, they are not ready yet, especially the retreat plan has not been thought out yet, and acting now is likely to lead to the failure of the mission?" Yan Junliu said depressedly.

"Let's gather Yunzi and the others for a meeting first, and then discuss it then!"

"Well, that's all there is to it!"

(To be continued......)