Chapter 2109: Disputes within the Japanese Army (I)
The Germans attacked the Soviet Union, Stalin was forced to transfer all the troops back to Europe from the Far East, for the Japanese Kwantung Army on the verge of despair, it was tantamount to escaping death, for the Japanese Emperor Hirohito, that feeling, like impotence for several years, suddenly found that his guy, at a certain moment, standing up like a gun, that kind of excitement, ease and eagerness to try, how can it be described by a "cool" word?
Emperor Hirohito's character, like the general psychology of the Japanese people, is a virtue that can only take advantage and cannot suffer losses, and the Kwantung Army suffered such a big loss and was almost destroyed by the Soviets.
First of all, His Majesty the Emperor himself was very unhappy, not to mention, Zhukov, who did not know whether he was alive or dead, fought against the Kwantung Army when the other two Soviet Front armies were withdrawn, wasn't it too much of a deception?
Therefore, Emperor Hirohito destroyed the headquarters of the base camp General Staff and sent an urgent telegram to the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Minamijiro, in addition to informing the news that the Soviet-German war broke out and the Soviet army was in a hurry to withdraw from the Far Eastern battlefield, and ordered Minamijiro to immediately launch a counterattack against Zhukov's Far Eastern Front.
Emperor Hirohito still knows very well about the current situation of the Kwantung Army, although he was beaten to the point of bleeding from his nose and mouth, and only half of his breath was left, that was under the blow of more than 4 million superior forces of the Soviet Union's three front armies, if Zhukov's Far Eastern Front was singled out, it would still have the strength to fight, and it was a fact that the Kwantung Army suffered heavy losses, but there were also more than 800,000 troops left, not to mention, the Far East Dispatch Army in China, and the Korean Zhutun Army that rushed over from the Korean Peninsula, two troops, were about to arrive.
Moreover, according to the judgment of those high-ranking staff members of the General Staff of the base camp, it was the Soviet Far Eastern Front, which was still maintaining an offensive posture against the Kwantung Army. Will also be evacuated in a short time, Zhukov will do this, it is not possible to cover the retreat of the Soviet Outer Khingan Front and the Baikal Front, just to prevent the imperial army from taking the opportunity to chase after him, and the unanimous opinion of the staff is, "The Soviets will never entangle!" The rush to get out of the Far East is the real goal! ā
After reading the reports of the senior staff, Emperor Hirohito felt a vicious pleasure in his heart, compared to the concubines. It's much more comfortable to vent your sexual desires, "Hmph! Stalin, you also have today, how rampant it was at the beginning, with more than 4 million troops pressing the border. I almost lost more than a million Kwantung Army troops, and now. The Germans got their hands dirty. You panicked and ordered the troops to come back, there is such a cheap thing! ā
"Want to go? I have to ask me and the samurai of the Great Japanese Empire if you say yes! Emperor Hirohito paced in the hall with a spring breeze on his face, immersed in the pleasure of revenge like a masturbation, this idea coincided with Tang Qiu. Tang Qiuli also said something like this, and the Soviet army, which was remembered by the Japanese and Tang Qiuli, would not have a good time.
Next, the excited Emperor Hirohito. A cadre of civil and military officials immediately summoned into the palace and convened a military meeting in front of the emperor to discuss how to take advantage of the opportunity of the Soviet army's eagerness to withdraw from the Far East battlefield and take revenge.
At the Imperial Military Conference, Japan's civil and military ministers were completely unanimous in their views on the opportunity to avenge the Soviets, but on specific military operations, there were very big differences in any action and how to do it; of course, this kind of disagreement was mainly within the army system, each with its own reasoning, and they were not afraid of the people of the naval system watching jokes on the sidelines, and the arguments were foaming at the mouth, red faces, red ears, and smoke!
As for the naval system, if you don't want to meddle and can't get involved, the naval side is automatically ignored when discussing the affairs of the army's operations, and the admirals who participated in the meeting can just come out of their ears, and the army's own affairs, as long as they do not involve the interests of the navy, the admirals of the navy are too lazy to mix with these rude army generals, especially the pride of the Japanese army, the Kwantung Army, which has just suffered a big loss at the hands of the Soviets.
These guys in the army, all red-eyed, like mad dogs, catch whoever bites whom, Ping Suri, what the navy says, singing is scolding, not to mention now, less is better, not to say better, the same is the same as the Imperial Army of the Japanese Empire, the navy gloating, it is not enough to see jokes, but some rabbits and foxes are sad and hurt their feelings, but if the kindness is treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, isn't it unlucky, why bother?
Therefore, the officers of the Japanese navy sat upright, their lips closed, and they just used their erratic eyes to communicate with each other's inner thoughts, and even kept their ears like radar, capturing every bit of information.
The differences in the army system are mainly focused on two aspects, retaliation against the Soviets, that is for sure, whether they suffer losses or not, or the descendants of the Yamato nation, but in the way of how to retaliate, each has its own opinion.
The specific tactics of one faction are that the Kwantung Army will hold on to the troops of the Soviet Far East Front in the Far East, and the Far East Dispatch Army formed locally will have more than 500,000 troops in 12 first-class divisions and regiments, responsible for pursuing the retreating troops of the Soviet Outer Khinganling Front, and more than 400,000 troops in 10 first-class divisions of the Korean Zhutun Army, responsible for pursuing the retreating units of the Soviet Baikal Front.
The basis for this method of play, Lieutenant General Ryuaki Shinno, was that the Soviet army was in a hurry to retreat because the Germans launched a full-scale attack on the Soviet Union, and the strength of the Soviet army in the European direction was insufficient.
The most convincing thing about Lieutenant General Ryuaki Shinno was not this, and he finally said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, our base camp operations department believes that this is an opportunity to weaken or even severely damage the military strength of the Soviets in the Far East in one fell swoop, and we must not forget that the reason why Stalin used as many as 4 million huge troops in the Far East is not only in the Kwantung Army, but also in the larger plot, which is to invade and occupy Manchuria and even the entire Korean Peninsula!" ā
If Lieutenant General Nino's inference is true, the largest and most resource-rich region outside the homeland that the Japanese Empire has painstakingly managed for two generations will be completely lost, cutting off the blood of the colonies, and what else will the empire use to support the long-fought Australian battlefield in the southwest Pacific and rely on local resources?
What are you kidding, as far as the local projectile land can feed the current people, and it has been living a tight life, if there is no resources of Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula colonies, the empire will not have the ability, in the Pacific theater, compete with Britain and the United States, and compete for the Indochina Peninsula, of course, the Indochina Peninsula is now in the hands of the devil Tang Qiuli, this is a variable, and it is not included in the discussion of this imperial meeting.
Lieutenant General Ryuaki Shinno's words were loud and sound, describing a terrible future for the Japanese, a cadre of civil and military officials, none of whom were fools, could not help but shiver, they were not fools, and they secretly thought to themselves, "If the Soviets repelled the German attack, after a period of recuperation, will they come back and rekindle the war in the Far East?" With Stalin's character, he would definitely do this, Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula had a great attraction for the empire, and it was not so for Stalin! ā
Taking advantage of the fact that the Germans were struggling to cope with the Soviet Unions, it was a practice to greatly deplete the military potential of the Soviets in the Far East, which could not be regarded as a way to never suffer in the future, and Lieutenant General Ryuaki Shinno's analysis and impassioned words obviously persuaded the bigwigs of the army system to speak one after another to support his opinion, and they were also frightened by Stalin's build-up of troops in the Far East this time.
There were even a few radical army generals who advocated that the offensive on the Australian battlefield could be suspended, most of the local forces could be gathered, all the way through, a national war with the Soviets, across the Ural Mountains, and in the European part of the Soviet Union, with the Germans, anyway, would the two sides be allies, and when the time comes, the interests of the Soviet Union could be divided and occupied, and the Great Japanese Empire could be less advantageous?
This building yƬ is very tempting, Emperor Hirohito can't help but be moved, launched the Southwest Pacific War and the Far East War, the purpose is to seize the two big fat pieces he likes, if the national strength allows, that war, he doesn't want to be wasted, and then the problem now is that there must be a trade-off, on the Australian battlefield, Ito Yanzaburo's Southwest Pacific Dispatch Army, fought well, stabilized the allies.
Occupy the Australian mainland, it is only a matter of time, it seems that there is no need to invest too much military power, but in the Far East, if the words of this guy in Xinye really become a reality, then for themselves, it hurts more than cutting meat, taking the opportunity of the Germans to fight the Soviet Union, the Soviet military strength in the Far East, exhausted, it is not a bad policy, Emperor Hirohito is quite moved, but the matter is important, it is difficult to decide for a while.
Hearing that several army generals advocated suspending the offensive on the Australian battlefield, the admirals couldn't sit still, opening up the southwest Pacific theater is the unanimous proposition of the naval system, although most of the military force used is still the army, but the navy is also in the Pacific theater, singing the protagonist, Admiral Yamamoto's 56 task force, didn't it completely cut off the connection between the United States and Australia!
Without the Navy's combat operations, can the Army fight with peace of mind on the Australian continent? Therefore, after the war, when the merit was rewarded, the navy had to share a large piece of the cake, which involved the vital interests of its own faction, and when it entered the Soviet mainland, could it be used by the navy?
Obviously, there is no need for it, and the warships cannot sail to the land, attacking the relatively young and impatient admirals, who are ready to move, is it tolerable or unbearable, and I want to speak to refute the words of the radical generals of the army, your army advocates entering the territory of the Soviet Union in the European part, I have no objection, but do not sacrifice the interests of the navy!
(To be continued)(To be continued......