~~ Chapter 1152 Ito's Three Prohibitions

The Japanese army and navy have never been able to urinate in a pot, this is the most headache for Emperor Hirohito, and it has become a normal state in the Japanese military circles, every time a military meeting is held, it is a strange thing not to quarrel.

The navy has always been very dissatisfied with the empire devoting most of its energy to the army, but this is the mainland policy of His Majesty the Emperor, and it is the basic national policy of Japan.

However, this does not prevent the navy from making small moves in specific affairs and controlling elbows in various ways, and the contradictions between the two branches of the armed forces have also accumulated more and more, and they have to fight for everything in terms of capital investment and campaign command, and the consequences for Japan are disastrous for its lack of resources and limited national strength, and the army and navy are unable to form a joint force, which invisibly disperses the strength of the Japanese army.

All along, Japan's foreign aggression has been led by the army, and the war against China, the Soviet Union, and the war in Southeast Asia has reduced the navy to a supporting role in all wars, which has made the Japanese navy, which has a very high opinion of itself, feel humiliated in its heart, and is even more anxious to highlight its position in the Japanese military circles.

Emperor Hirohito was on the throne, the more he listened, the more impatient he became, the navy guys, only care about their own interests, the South Pacific region, that is the traditional sphere of influence of the Americans, before the Indochina Peninsula problem is resolved, it must not start a war with the Americans, the empire can not afford it now, and then open up another battlefield, the devil Tang Qiuli has already made the generals anxious.

The most important thing is that the Americans still maintain good relations with the Japanese Empire, especially those American companies, with the tacit approval of the government, have been maintaining frequent trade contacts with the Empire, and the current United States is similar to the main artery of Japan, and it is really stupid for the navy to go to war with the Americans.

It's not that the Americans can't move, but at least after the emperor defeats the devil Tang Qiuli and occupies the Indochina Peninsula, there will be an alternative to strategic materials and energy, and the Americans will turn their faces, Emperor Hirohito himself is not a good man and woman, Southeast Asia, including China, was originally regarded by him as his own bag, and now, the Americans occupy the South Pacific region, Hirohito will definitely not be indifferent, but the time is not ripe.

"Enough, don't quarrel anymore, I have made up my mind, the War Department, immediately start to set up the troops needed to send troops to Southeast Asia on the mainland, the base camp Ordnance Bureau, in the shortest possible time, to produce the necessary equipment, our senior generals in the homeland, can not let our soldiers, use inferior equipment, fight with the enemy, this is irresponsible, the people in the navy stay, disband!"

Hirohito couldn't bear it anymore, such an unprincipled and endless quarrel, a big plan was made in a word, and his tone was cold to the bones, it really had the effect of cleaning the street, Hirohito's voice was not high, and the movement was not big, but as soon as the words came out, it was like a cold wind in the heart, which made these high-ranking Japanese army and navy senior generals all silent at that time.

Generally speaking, as long as it is something decided by Emperor Hirohito, it will not be changed, and there is no minister who dares to oppose it, unless he doesn't want to mix up in Japan, His Majesty the Emperor attaches great importance to the dictatorship of the cadres, the imperial power cannot be challenged, and the army generals, with a triumphant expression, Shi Shiran left.

The admirals who stayed behind were angry, but they didn't dare to show it, and they had to pretend to be a face, listening respectfully to the teachings of His Majesty the Emperor, Hirohito of course was not idle and had nothing to do, leaving these generals with shining stars, talking about the red light district of Tokyo's Ginza, the problem of the geisha's white skin and big buttocks,

He left the admirals alone to persuade and persuade, which was also a means for the superiors, of course, to give a little sweetness to comfort the admirals, the fragile and wounded hearts.

In the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, Tang Qiuli, who was far away in Wubin, northern Burma, certainly did not know that in view of the war in northern Burma, the independent division ended in a complete victory with outnumbered people, and it was not very important whether Feng Jiwu Corps and Ma Chaoyang Corps, which were urgently ordered to join the battlefield in northern Burma, could rush to the battlefield in northern Burma.

According to this, Tang Qiuli ordered, "The headquarters of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps and the Southeast Mobile Corps to cross the Salween River is no longer a top priority, and the two corps can cross it, and after crossing the river, they can spread along the line of Legou, Taunggyi, Mandalay, and Libao, and slowly advance to the central region of Burma, and gradually form an oppressive trend against the Japanese army under Ito. ”

Feng Jiwu, who received the order from the division commander, breathed a sigh of relief; to tell the truth, in view of the current flood in the eastern part of the Indochina Peninsula, the troops of the 11 brigades of the two corps will not be able to cross the river in another 10 days and half a month, and the logistics department has worked hard to purchase the boats to cross the river, and they have been in place one after another, but there are too many troops and weapons and equipment to cross the river, and it is not possible to cross the river in a short period of time.

Especially Ma Chaoyang's corps, which was still trapped in the Chiang Mai area of northern Thailand, this order of the division undoubtedly sent a pair of relief to Feng Jiwu and Ma Chaoyang, who were very anxious, and at the same time, he also regretted that he did not catch up with the battle in Wubin in northern Myanmar.

He sent a telegram to the division, in view of the new problems encountered by the large-scale mobilization of troops in the subtropical areas of the Indochina Peninsula, he proposed: "This corps plans to make use of the existing ferries, boats, bridges, and other equipment to increase training in river crossings and other aspects, especially to solve the problems encountered by mechanized troops in marching in subtropical areas, and at the same time, to improve the ability of engineering units to cope with unexpected situations in the subtropical geographical environment. ”

In fact, since the troops entered Burma to fight, from the beginning of the Myitkyina Campaign, Tang Qiuli realized that the independent division with a high mechanized Cheng Dù entered the Burmese troops, and in the complex geographical environment of the Indochina Peninsula, how to improve the ability to move quickly, but at that time, the battle situation was tense, and Ito's main Japanese army was aggressive, and he did not have the extra energy to carefully consider this issue.

At the same time, he issued an order to Major General Zhang Quan, commander of the Joint Rear Service Command of the Independent Division, "Before the end of August, each corps will be equipped with at least one engineer brigade of equipment suitable for operations in subtropical areas, and if necessary, it can be purchased from abroad." ”

Zhang Quan, who received Tang Qiuli's order, sat on the chair, waved a telegram, and said to his deputy Zhou Yushan: "Yushan, you say, didn't the division commander kill us?" Just arched his head, he just finished more than half of the ship, and he came to ask for the equipment of the engineers, you say, where can we get it, more than a month, the equipment of the five engineer brigades, besides, how much does it cost? ”

Zhou Yushan also straightened his lips, the division commander's task was too anxious, and the chief and deputy commanders of the joint rear service headquarters were worried and worried, racking their brains to find a way, and followed Zhou Yushan to the service headquarters to do business, Zhou Yushan's chief of staff, Liu Hongzhang, the former commander of the first brigade of the directly subordinate corps, was stunned and listened to the bitterness of the two commanders.

His mind was not on this, "What? The troops must be equipped with so many engineering equipment, which is to prepare for a big battle, Burma is a place where there are many rivers, this is a large-scale mobilization of troops, no, we must find an opportunity, beg the division commander, and return the old troops," Liu Hongzhang's heart was like a long grass, and he had already flown to the battlefield full of artillery fire.

The war situation in Burma is at a stalemate for the time being, the Japanese army is holding the Libao Grand Canyon, and the troops of the Independent Division are deployed on the front line of Mogok, which seems to be a confrontation, and no one can help anyone, but Ito, who is in the battle situation, knows very well in his heart that this is a fragile balance like an eggshell, as long as Tang Qiuli is willing, he will pour thousands of shells on the heads of his troops at any time.

The base camp has called back, and all the supplementary requirements he put forward have been met, and he also specially explained that this is the emperor's personal approval, and after Ito chanted "Long live the emperor", he prayed every day, "Amaterasu bless, before the supplement comes, that branch of the devil Tang Qiuli, but don't do it!" ”

Far water does not quench the thirst of the near, it is said that the current situation faced by Ito, the arrival of local troops and equipment, it will take time, maybe Amaterasu really blessed General Ito Yanzaburo, until the end of July, on the side of the independent division, there was no attack, and on the front line of the Libao Grand Canyon where the two armies confronted, even small-scale battles did not happen.

Since Tang Qiuli's independent division troops did not take the initiative to take action, Ito Yanzaburo couldn't ask for it, and he was recovering his vitality, so he must not give birth to other incidents, Ito strictly restrained his subordinates, and must not take the initiative to provoke the troops of the independent division, and must not make any actions that cause trouble to the soldiers of the independent division, and the patrol team must not go out of the defense line of the Grand Canyon of Libao for half a step, and in the face of any provocation by the soldiers of China, they will ignore it, and if there is any disobedience to the above military orders, they will be severely punished!

The head was full of fanatics of the bushido spirit, and this grievance in their hearts, after several series of tandem and incitement, hundreds of junior officers and soldiers of the Japanese army, wrapped in a white cloth on their heads, with the words "glorious death in battle" written on them, knelt down in front of Ito's headquarters and petitioned bare-chested, asking His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief for approval to fight to the death with the soldiers of Shina and die a glorious death!

Ito was in the war room, with a few senior staff officers, sand table to deduce the next military action plan, heard the commotion outside, called the guards to ask, at that time he was so angry that his face turned into pig liver, carrying the saber given by the emperor, and walked out angrily, several senior staff officers were afraid that the matter would be big, and hurriedly followed.

(To be continued)

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