Chapter 810: The Japanese and Soviet Wars (2)

Tang Qiuquan, the commander of the special operations detachment of the Independent Division, according to the order of the division commander Tang Qiuli, lit fires everywhere for two consecutive nights in the eastern section of the Sino-Soviet border, creating incidents, and finally aroused the anger of Japan and the Soviet Union.

On the same day, Emperor Hirohito of Japan convened a military meeting to urgently discuss the invasion of Manchuria by the Soviet troops on the night of 24 April and their wanton attack on the Kwantung Army.

At the beginning of the meeting, the army and navy, each with its own purpose, had two completely different opinions,-for-tat, each not giving in, Emperor Hirohito did not express his position, and Foreign Minister Ishishè Inotaro wanted to be a peacemaker, standing on a neutral standpoint, and proposing a solution.

Unexpectedly, his good intentions, the army did not buy it, one of the leading figures of the army, the Minister of War Sugiyama Moto, directly questioned Shi Shishè Otaro, with foreign jiāo means, can it be guaranteed that the Soviets have no ambitions for the territory of Manchuria? And, never go to war with the Great Japanese Empire?

God, slow to say that it is Shi Shishè Pig Taro, even Emperor Hirohito, who is regarded as a demigod by the Japanese, does not dare to make this guarantee, Sugiyama Moto's question, in fact, is the general, a sentence to the poor Minister of Foreign Affairs bī to the corner, looking at Shi Shè Inotaro's face is as red as pig liver sè, sit down, Sugiyama Yuan is happy, this old guy, the ass always does the side of the navy, if you don't give you a great today, you don't know your own catties.

To tell the truth, Sugiyama Motomoto was a little wronged by Ishishè Otaro, a politician who campaigned for Japan's national policy, and did not want to have anything to do with the military, but the army was too domineering and arrogant, so he had a slight impression of the navy, but he was regarded as a person on the navy line by these diehard militants in the army.

His words today can be regarded as the words of the old man seeking the country, through guò waijiāo means, mōmō Soviet people's bottom line, and then determine the direction of action in the next step, it is indeed safe, but in the ears of the army, these generals who think that the imperial army is invincible in the world, but it is extremely uncomfortable, and they are impartial on the surface, and secretly they are fighting for the interests of the navy.

Shi shè Pig Taro was trying to weigh the pros and cons for the Japanese Empire, but he was burned by Sugiyama Moto's neck on the spot, why bother? The Minister of the Navy, Mitsumasa Yonechi, couldn't stand it anymore, stood up, and also relied on the number of courtesies, and said in a non-yang manner: "Sugiyama-kun, the outer means are an effective way to resolve disputes between countries, and I think it is feasible." ”

Emperor Hirohito, who seemed to have a blank face, and Sugiyama Moto, who was glaring at him, continued: "If there is a war with the Soviet Union, the military center of gravity of the empire will inevitably move north to the area of Manchuria, which is contrary to the national policy of occupying the entire China, and also affects the interests of the empire. In the event of a war with the Soviet Union, will the army, especially the Kwantung Army, be sure of victory? ”

Mitsumasa Mine's words are clear and convincing, but the last sentence is definitely a failure, who dares to guarantee victory in a war?

Sugiyama Moto's teeth itched with hatred, and he couldn't wait for a few slaps from Chōu, his sworn enemy, and ignored Mitsumasa Yonechi, turned to Emperor Hirohito and said: "Your Majesty, the current situation is that the main forces of the Soviets in the Far East are besieged by the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli in the outer Méng ancient region, and its end is to be completely annihilated, according to the intelligence of the Army Intelligence Bureau, the Second Army in the Far East commanded by Timoshenko is just a newly formed army, about 270,000 people, compared with the troops of the Kwantung Army of our empire, Definitely at a disadvantage. ”

"Furthermore, why did the offensive launched by the Chinese army in Liaoxi retreat when it had the upper hand? This made Tang Qiuli's forces insufficient to support his attack on the hinterland of Manchuria, and the large-scale decisive battle between Tang Qiuli and the Soviets in the ancient area of Outer Méng involved most of the forces of both sides. ”

"This is the best time for our Imperial Japanese Army to attack the Far East, does Minai-kun want to wait until the Soviets have made a few more provocations like August 24 and gradually infiltrate Manchuria, or when they reach Shenyang and Xinjing, and the whole of Manchuria has fallen into the hands of the Soviets, will we fight back? If the Army, like the Navy, blindly avoids war, how can it shoulder the historic responsibility of building a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere? ”

Sugiyama Moto's eloquence is good, and the analysis shape shì is also the head of the way, Tang Qiuli ordered Liu Tiehan to retreat from Liaoxi, which did give the Japanese an illusion, Mitsumasa Yonechi was just about to fight back, Emperor Hirohito waved his hand and stopped the dispute between the two important ministers, Sugiyama Moto's words, moved Hirohito, and also persuaded him.

It is true that as Sugiyama Mototo said, Tang Qiuli's main forces and the Soviets' Far Eastern forces were trapped in a stalemate, and the situation was extremely unfavorable to the Soviets, and the Soviets' protests and cross-border attacks were a kind of temptation and even a provocation, testing whether the Japanese Empire had any intentions on the territory of the Far East after the Soviet troops in the Far East were transferred to the Outer Méng Ancient Battlefield.

Provoking the dignity of the empire, provoking my patience Hirohito, besides, the Far East is indeed attractive, especially which sea and mountain are a sharp arrow in the back of the empire, Hirohito already has a plan, since the Soviets provoked the war first, it also gave the empire a good reason.

"Ministers, I have made up my mind to go to war against the Soviets," Hirohito said predictively, the army generals were overjoyed and geared up, and the admirals couldn't hide their disappointment, since His Majesty the Emperor had set the tone, all preparations must be carried out in this direction, Foreign Minister Ishishi Iotaro asked: "Your Majesty, do you want to grant the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a declaration of war on the Soviet Union?" ”

Hirohito glanced at him, and secretly scolded in his heart: "It's really a pig's head, undeclared war, unprepared to attack it, is our great skill of the Japanese Empire, how can there be a reason to tell the opponent before fighting, isn't his head rusty?" This glance made Ishishè Otaro tense, knowing that his question was inappropriate and unsanctified, so he had to hand Jiāo a letter of protest to the Soviets according to the usual practice.

In the end, it was decided that with the commander of the Kwantung Army, Kenkichi Ueda, as the commander, the strength of five divisions and regiments should be left in the western Liaoning region to monitor Tang Qiuli's troops, and the Kwantung Army would gather 18 divisions and regiments in the border areas as the main force in the Far East region of offensive strength, and mobilize 600 aircraft, 10 cavalry wings, and six technical units of heavy artillery brigades and regiments to strengthen the offensive power of the Kwantung Army troops.

Emperor Hirohito made a bloody effort to get the Soviet Union to fly to the Far East, and the Sea of Japan became an inland sea for the Japanese, and all preparations for war were completed within 15 days, and the time for the attack was set at 4 o'clock in the morning on 10 September.

Tang Qiuli received a telegram from Liu Tiehan, assembling the Kwantung Army troops in the Shenyang area, and recently transferred a large number of them to the East Manchurian region, Tang Qiuli knew that the Japanese were going to make a move, in order to let the Japanese rest assured that they would fight to the death with the Soviets, Tang Qiuli ordered Liu Tiehan's troops to the east, from the Beizhen, Panjin, and Panshan lines, and then retreated to the Linghai line.

This is to reassure the Japanese, you can rest assured that you can fight with the old máozi, it is also a deliberate show of weakness, and I am powerless to attack the hinterland of the northeast.

At the time when the Japanese were formulating their strategy, Stalin, who was far away in Moscow, was also holding a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and a series of attacks occurred within two days of 23 and 24 July, which made the military generals have a common judgment that the Japanese wanted to take advantage of the fact that the main forces of the Far Eastern Military District were surrounded in the ancient region of Outer Méng, and when the Second Army was about to leave for the ancient battlefield of Outer Mongolia, to carry out a substantial invasion of the great Soviet Far East.

Indeed, after Timoshenko's Second Army left for Wai Ménggu, there were less than 60,000 local troops in the entire Far East guarding the Sino-Soviet border, which was several hundred kilometers long, while the Japanese Kwantung Army had more than 900,000 men.

The Japanese took advantage of the danger of others, completely able to do it, and opened the history of this country, which is full of aggression, the two countries are a feud, and the Japanese have taken away the northeast from us, which was originally Russia's traditional sphere of influence, so the opinion of the military, especially the General Staff, is that it will resolutely fight back and cannot tolerate such provocations by the Japanese.

This opinion was brought to the meeting of the Political Bureau, and it was immediately decided by the Supreme Leader Comrade Stalin to immediately teach the Japanese a stern lesson and cut off their ambition to peep into the Far East.

Recently, Stalin was troubled enough, Tang Qiuli took the initiative to fight mén, and Zhukov and hundreds of thousands of soldiers were surrounded by Zhukov and hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and Tang Qiuli's troops went deep into the Baikal area, where the local garrison of the Soviet army was defeated, and the Transcaucasian Front army had not yet been formed, and it was impossible to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

Now, the Japanese have repeatedly attacked the Far East, and the most fatal thing is that in the direction of the Japanese attack, there is a sea and mountain power, which is the only outlet for Stalin to compete with the Americans for interests in the Pacific Ocean, and there must be no mistake, and the loss of sea mountain power is to cut off the Soviet road to the Pacific Ocean.

Stalin was now in a dilemma: the Far East, especially the Haishanwei military port, could not be lost, Zhukov and more than 100,000 Soviet soldiers could not be saved, and Waiméng Gu could not be lost, but in the Far East, there were only so many troops that could be used, and Timoshenko's Second Army could only be used in one direction.

The forces in Europe cannot be transferred to the Far East, and it is too late, Stalin has insomnia, Yan zhòng has insomnia, the great Soviet Union has encountered an unprecedented crisis, looking at the protest book of the Japanese, Stalin was so angry that he almost killed someone, he had never seen such a despicable and shameless country, invaded other people's territories, and he became a victim.

At the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPSU, the atmosphere was dull and depressing, except for the "sizzling" sound of Stalin's pipe.