Regarding this attitude of the base camp, although General Shunroku Hata expressed limited support, he did not agree with the base camp's request to start a counterattack immediately. In the eyes of this cunning general, it is a bit too hasty to carry out a counteroffensive on all fronts, both in terms of preparation and strategy.

It's just that this old treacherous and cunning general has a dense network of connections in the upper echelons of the military department, and his nose is more sensitive than a dog. I saw it very clearly and profoundly in this matter. Therefore, his opposition is not very resolute in his attitude. It's just a clear suggestion that this time it's better to push it back and give China at least one to two months to prepare for sending troops.

However, General Harem Jun clearly told him that this was a decision made by the prime minister and land minister and the chief of staff. After all the reinforcements and equipment are ready, a counterattack must be launched within a week. This operation must not affect the deployment of the base camp in the next step.

In order to ensure that the Chinese dispatch army has enough troops to carry out this operation, the base camp is already replenishing the dispatch force. In order to support this operation, the base camp has been fully mobilized, and it can even be said that it has done its best. And for the Chinese dispatch army, the requirements of the base camp must be fulfilled.

As the former chief of staff of the former dispatch army, he is also an old subordinate of General Shunroku Hata. General Harem Chun kindly told his old superior that if he didn't want to be transferred back to China and transferred to such an idle position as a military senator, it was best to support the decision of the base camp. Because of many problems, among them are the imperial judgment of His Majesty the Emperor.

As for what the next deployment of the base camp will be, although not much can be said. But in order to win this deep background, he has been re-elected as the Minister of War for two consecutive terms, and the director of education for one term, and the network of relationships he has built in the military and political circles is so dense that even his old classmate, who is now holding three positions, is somewhat taboo The support of this general, and the harem Chun General also revealed some of it.

After hearing the harem Jun, General revealed that although it was not much, it was enough to frighten people. The original opposition attitude of the six generals of Shun Hata, which was not strong, disappeared completely at once. However, the supreme commander of the entire Japanese army invading China also insisted that if the base camp insisted on counterattacking North China now, then he should not replace the current commander of the North China Front.

Regarding the insistence of this army general, it was already in the matter of removing Okamura Ninji, because the emperor's attitude was ambiguous, and Harem Jun, who had opposing opinions, still chose to accept it. At present, since the commander of the Chinese dispatch army fully supports Okamura Ningji, he will also get off the donkey by the way.

And in this counterattack operation, how many troops the Japanese army is prepared to invest, when talking with General Shunliu Hata, General Harem Jun never revealed. However, on the first day of the combat meeting, General Harem Chun did not hide in the slightest and opened all the mysteries.

On the first day, he announced that he had begun to arrive in China one after another, and that the base camp had supplemented the Chinese Dispatch Army with eight field reinforcement teams, all of which had replenished the several divisions that had been disabled in the battle. The focus was on the First Army, which had been withdrawn from Shanxi, and its divisions and independent mixed brigades.

At the same time, the base camp has decided to transfer the newly formed 114th Division, 115th Division, 117th Division, 118th Division, and 120th Division to the North China Front. The 114th Division and the 118th Division will all arrive in Lianyungang within two days. The 115th Division will arrive in Yantai at the same time, and the 117th Division will all arrive in Shanghai three days later.

Among them, except for the 114th Division, which was supplemented by the First Army, the remaining three divisions were all merged into the 12th Army. In addition to the four newly formed divisions, the base camp decided to transfer the 52nd and 72nd Divisions of the Eastern Army of the Mainland, the 44th and 100th Divisions of the Central Army, and the 9th and 50th Divisions of the Taiwan Army to the command of the Chinese Dispatch Army.

In addition to these 10 infantry divisions, the base camp decided to transfer the newly formed 28th, 29th, and 30th Tank Wings, as well as the 2nd and 4th Brigades of the Independent Tank Brigade, which had been fully organized in the mainland, to the Chinese Dispatch Army. And to add seventeen squadrons of anti-aircraft guns, twenty-one squadrons of separate anti-tank guns.

The equipment of these tank brigades and wings, as well as anti-aircraft artillery and anti-tank gun squadrons, is all new and factory-made. It can be said that everything from the troops to the equipment is completely new. Three of them are newly formed tank wings, and they are even equipped with the latest tanks. During the first phase of the battle, the Japanese took advantage of the Anti-Japanese Union to temporarily suspend air raids on Japan, and went all out to produce new army equipment, which was given to the Chinese dispatch army this time.

At the same time, two independent field artillery wings, three independent mountain artillery wings, two field heavy artillery wings, and three independent field heavy artillery brigades were transferred to the base camp. Plus eleven automobile squadrons, plus four field railway wings.

In addition to the combat units, the base camp will also prepare four combat units of light weapons and ammunition, six combat artillery shells, a large number of river crossing equipment and assault boats. In the fourth and fourth years, the army allocated 60 percent of the oil. And in order to transport these troops, equipment, and supplies, the base camp mobilized all the transport ships that could be mobilized at present.

The 10 divisions and regiments newly integrated into the Chinese Dispatch Army, together with all the equipment, including 5,000 trucks, 60,000 pack horses, and horses, will be shipped to Shanghai, Yantai, and Lianyungang in the shortest possible time. However, the 9th and 44th Divisions will carry out landing operations on the Qikou front line after the counterattack operation has started in an all-round way, so as to coordinate with the frontal operation.

In order to transport such a large number of troops, the base camp has decided to temporarily suspend transport operations in the remaining directions until all the attached units are in place. All ships that can be concentrated, including all destroyers and coastal defense ships that can be dispatched by the Navy on the mainland, will be used for this transport operation.

The Navy will deploy large fleets in wartime to provide fire cover and escort, as well as air cover. A special marine corps and the navy's only two tank brigades were dispatched to cooperate with two divisions to carry out a landing operation at Qikou. In the current war situation, these base camps have only one requirement to increase the number of troops sent to China, and that is to open up ground communication with the Kwantung Army at all costs.

For the base camp, which has always been very tight on the dispatch of troops to China, this time it is so unprecedentedly generous. Not only the senior officers who were supposed to attend the meeting were quite surprised. Even General Shunroku Hatata, who had spoken with Admiral Harem Jun before, but did not ask how much additional troops the base camp had promised to send to the Chinese army, was quite surprised.

All senior military officers present at the meeting, including General Shunroku Hata. After listening to the numbers of these divisions and regiments reported by Lieutenant General Harem Chun, they all understood that the base camp was really in a hurry this time. These new divisions and regiments were almost two-thirds of the new divisions and regiments formed by the base camp in '44.

In addition to the 42 divisions that are currently deployed on the front line in Yantai, which have only recently been transferred, the number of divisions and regiments newly assigned to the command of the Chinese Dispatch Army alone has reached 11. Of course, these 11 divisions and regiments will not all be thrown into the Hebei battlefield at once.

Even if these 10 divisions are put into two-thirds of the North China Battlefield, plus the few divisions and regiments that are still in the North China Front, it can be said that the number of troops invested by the base camp in this operation can almost be said to exceed the Battle of Wuhan, the largest in the Chinese battlefield since the July 7 Incident.

However, for this deployment and replenishment of the base camp, among all the senior officers present at the meeting. Except that General Okamura Ninji snorted in his heart, he was very disapproving, and secretly scolded why he went earlier. The dispatch army directly under the jurisdiction of the 11th Army and the chief of staff of the 13th Army who attended the meeting as observers were also quite dissatisfied.

In order to support the North China battlefield, these two armies transferred a large number of troops, but they basically went and never returned. At present, the base camp is only concerned with replenishing the North China Front, and none of the eight newly arrived field replenishment teams have been given to two armies. This made it difficult for the two armies, which were also facing a vast occupation area, with the same heavy losses and some unsustainable conditions, to accept.

Especially the 11th Army, which originally suffered a lot of losses in the Battle of Changde. As a result, before returning to the garrison, he had no time to take a breath, and even before he had time to reunite, he was transferred a large number of troops to reinforce the North China battlefield. As a result, these troops beat the dogs with meat buns, and they never came back.

The current 11th Army is not only unable to maintain its original attack power, but even defending the current control area, and its strength is already quite tight. According to intelligence, the 11 th Army is currently facing the Chongqing side with the largest number of troops and the most well-equipped weapons in the 6th and 9th theaters, and a large number of US weapons are being replaced.

That is, the current 11th Army is facing more and more threats. If the 11th Army is not replenished, the 11th Army will even reach a situation where it is no longer possible to maintain the current front. The base camp gave all the reinforcements to the First and Twelfth Armies. The fact that the 11th Army was not replenished by a single soldier undoubtedly made the newly appointed Chief of Staff of the 11th Army, Major General Nakayama Sadatake, quite angry and dissatisfied.

In the face of the dissatisfaction of the two chiefs of staff of the 11th Army and the 13th Army, General Harem Chun, the former chief of staff of the China Dispatch Army, was the final word. He directly told the chiefs of staff of the two armies attending the meeting that the first priority of the base camp now is to reopen the ground links between the Chinese Dispatch Army and the Kwantung Army to ensure the strength and heavy equipment needed for the operation.

If anyone gets in the way of this battle, then the base camp will not mind dismissing them from their duties as sending troops in China and transferring them to other fronts instead. Although the war is imminent, the base camp does not care about making certain adjustments to the personnel of the Chinese dispatched army in non-main combat directions at this time.

As for the battle losses of the 11th and 13th armies, the base camp is not unconsidered, but that is the next step. If the chiefs of staff of the two armies could not accept this decision of the base camp, they would complain to the Ministry of War and the General Staff Headquarters. But now, the base camp does not have the energy to take care of them.

The clear statement of General Harem Chun made the chiefs of staff of the two armies directly shut their mouths. This is the decision of the base camp, not the decision of China to send troops. Even if the two of them are dissatisfied, they can only endure it for the time being. I heard that after the previous battle, the Prime Minister, Minister of War and Chief of Staff was very angry.

There are already a few people in the Ministry of War and the General Staff Headquarters who have fallen into bad luck because they don't know what has offended him. Even General Nishio Shouzo, who had great military achievements, only sarcastically mocked him, and he was put into the reserve in advance. If the two of them touch the moldy head of the prime minister with three positions at this time, they may end up with some results.

Although the current Chinese battlefield is tight for the North China Front, the life of the 11th Army and the 13th Army is quite good. The pressure is great, but in rich South China, the life of the two armies is quite comfortable. In particular, the Thirteenth Army controlled the richest part of China, and the strength of the surrounding China army was not strong, and this standard of living was even better than that at home.