Chapter 606: The Japanese Army Changed Generals

He did not hesitate to mobilize the forces that could be mobilized to completely eradicate the bandits in Shandong and establish a stable rear in the shortest possible time, and he entrusted the commander of the special operations detachment of the independent division, who was also his cousin, Tang Qiuquan, with full command responsibility.

Qiuquan accepted the task of presiding over the suppression of bandits in Shandong, although he knew that this task was much more difficult than killing a wing of the Japanese army, and in terms of the nature of bandits and local armed forces, it was very complicated, there were habitual bandits who had been bandits for several generations, some were armed by local spontaneous organizations, and there were also complex backgrounds, similar to political armed forces, such as Chen Tiannan, plus the troops were not familiar with the terrain and people's feelings when they first arrived in Shandong, all of which brought practical difficulties to the suppression of bandits, and he still gladly accepted them.

However, there is one thing that Qiu Quan will never agree, that is, the importance of transferring the division guard brigade to Shandong to protect Tang Qiuli is much greater than that of Shandong's suppression of bandits, he can't let Tang Qiuli be a little dangerous, Tang Qiuli can't resist Qiu Quan, so he has to revoke this order, looking at the back of Qiu Quan's departure, his heart is a lot quieter, his cousin, how much burden he has to share for him, perhaps, even Tang Qiuli himself can't count.

In the evening, the convoy returned to Dingbian, Tang Qiuli didn't have time to go home, and went directly to the war room of the Dingbian Garrison Headquarters, there are more things for him to deal with, the front line is a big mess, he must make preparations with both hands, the current calm of the Japanese army in North China is absolutely abnormal, according to the historical record of Okamura Ningji, as soon as this guy arrived in North China, he planned many attacks against the Chinese armed forces in North China.

The high-power radio station in the telecommunications room of the Dingbian Garrison Headquarters sent orders to various localities, and the three cavalry brigades that received the orders assembled in the direction of Xuzhou at the fastest speed; Qiuquan was on his way to Xuzhou; judging from the location where Tang Qiuli ordered the troops to assemble, his preferred target for striking was Liu Motou's bandit unit entrenched in the Yimeng Mountains in southwest Shandong.

The order was conveyed to the independent division aviation team, and something went wrong, Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang looked at each other, looked at the order signed by the division commander Tang Qiuli personally, and doubted their eyes, was it really signed by the division commander? Let the air team fight the bandits, no mistake, right? The technical content of this work is too low, just send infantry to bandits, can you use planes? The heads of those bandits are not as valuable as an aerial bomb, and they say that they are overkill, but secretly they say that the division commander has not yet looked at the air force and has not realized his own value.

The two muttered for a long time, it happened that the division commander was in Dingbian, let's go to the division commander, the aviation team will do a big job, such as bombing Jinzhou or Shenyang, the two drove to the Dingbian Garrison Headquarters, the sentry checked the documents and let them go, they came directly to the war room, Tang Qiuli was in front of the large map, thinking intently.

Seeing that it was two baby bumps, a smile appeared on his face, and asked them, are the air teams ready to go to Shandong, and after listening to their opinions, Tang Qiuli's face immediately sank, and he slapped the table, so frightened that Le Yiqin and Liu Cui just jumped up from the chair and stood upright again.

Tang Qiu told the two of them, an order is an order, there is no room for bargaining, don't underestimate these bandits, underestimating the enemy will bring fatal consequences, the use of air power is carefully considered, go back and execute it immediately, you must choose the best pilot to carry out this mission, and at the end, warn them that don't let the bandits' machine guns knock down your plane

It was the first time they saw the division commander have such a big fire, and they also realized the importance of this mission, otherwise, the division commander would not have paid so much attention to it.

Looking at the backs of Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang, Tang Qiuli realized that there was a strict problem, that is, the troops generally had the idea of underestimating the enemy, and this kind of thinking should also exist in the three cavalry brigades, and the root cause was to look down on the bandits, so he immediately sent a telegram to Qiuquan to remind him to pay attention to the situation of the troops and strengthen education in this regard.

Tang Qiuli hurriedly deployed, mobilized troops, and strived to solve the problem of bandits in Shandong before the Japanese army in North China launched the next round of offensive.

The commander of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army, Army General Kazuki Kiyoji, locked himself in a room, looking at the base camp order in his hand that he didn't know how many times he had read, since he saw this order, he had lost the concept of time, the winter sun outside had nothing to do with him, and Kazuki Kiyoji's heart was dark and cold.

Although he already had a premonition, when did this premonition arise, maybe it was the day of the 77 Incident, maybe it was the moment when all the jade of the Yamaguchi troops was shattered, or maybe it was when the First Army of Isoya Ryosuke was destroyed under the city of Xuzhou, he couldn't tell how high-spirited and confident he was at the beginning of taking charge of the North China military, and he could make contributions and show his ambitions.

Eight months, just eight months, a series of failures, like a ferocious boxer, constantly hitting his body and spirit, before and after, the imperial army lost in his own hands has exceeded hundreds of thousands, several battles, no victory, thinking of this, Kazuki Kiyoji is so painful that his heart is dripping blood, but he is unwilling, but there is no reason for failure, with the strong national strength and military strength of the Great Japanese Empire, he should not suffer such a defeat.

Only in this way, Kazuki Kiyoji was even more painful, the contrast between the hope in his heart and the reality, so that he did not dare to recall the eight months in North China, the battles he experienced, every time he thought about it, his heart seemed to be stabbed by a knife, at the beginning, when Tashiro Wanichiro left gloomily, he looked down on this senior in the military circles who were older and more senior than himself, and now, it was his turn to become the laughing stock of those bureaucrats in Tokyo, following in the footsteps of Tashiro, and leaving sadly.

All the qiē is due to one person, the person who makes Xiangyue Qingji hate to the bone, the devil Tang Qiuli, Xiangyue Qingji nervously stretched out his hands into the air, as if he was choking Tang Qiuli's neck, choking his throat, tearing him to pieces, his throat let out a beast-like moan, and his eyes flashed with cold light.

Tang Qiuli's blurred figure disappeared in front of his eyes, and all he caught was air, conjecture and reality, and at the same time disappointed Kazuki Kiyoji, the order of the base camp made him almost collapse, this order ruined his future and ambition in the army, his dream of making contributions to China and revitalizing his family, and also ruined his pure heart of loyalty to the emperor.

"Since the beginning of the war against China in North China, the former commander of the dispatch army, Kiyoshi Kazuki, made a mistake in command, made an unclear judgment of the situation of the army in China, and failed many battles, resulting in hundreds of thousands of loyal and brave soldiers of the Japanese Empire, which completely destroyed the military prestige of our empire, made the war situation in North China erosive, worried about the situation of the war in China, and disappointed the high hopes of His Majesty the Emperor."

"In accordance with the imperial decree of His Majesty the Emperor, the base camp removes me from the post of commander of the North China Dispatch Army of the Japanese Empire, as well as all the posts I hold concurrently, and orders me to withdraw from the military circles, escort me back to the mainland for strict investigation, and immediately hand over all military affairs from the moment I receive the order, and return to the mainland as soon as possible, without any excuse for delay."

Every word stabbed the heart of Kazuki Kiyoji like a knife, which means that he was mixed up in the military world, and was abandoned by the emperor like throwing a pair of stinky socks, looking at it once, Kazuki Kiyoji's heart was cold once, and he wanted to cry without tears, and before he left, he was already tea-cool, his former old friend, the chief of the general staff of the base camp, and Prince Zaihito of the Idle Courtyard Palace, hid himself like a plague god, not to mention a visit, or even his own phone call, he was destined to be an abandoned person.

In fact, he was wrong to blame Prince Zaihito, who was now in a state of anxiety, and it was difficult for the mud bodhisattva to cross the river himself, and for the heavy losses in North China and the successive defeats, there was a crusade in Japan, and the people were full of resentment, demanding that the supreme commander of the North China Dispatch Army be held responsible, as well as the joint and several responsibilities of the plenipotentiary representative of the base camp stationed in North China.

Zairen knows where this wind is coming from, it is his sworn enemy, the current Minister of War Sugiyama Moto, without him fanning the flames, the local reaction will not be so strong, directly attacking himself, because of his identity, Sugiyama Mototo's inexplicit and blatant is too explicit, so Kazuki Kiyoji has become the main target.

The Japanese Army is not monolithic, there are many internal factions, but on the goal of aggression against China, it is surprisingly unanimous, this may be Japan's unique political scenery, Kazuki Kiyoji is a person on the line of Zairen, and to bring him down is to bring down Zairen himself, at least to make Zairen disgraced.

Therefore, Sugiyama Moto and others, seized the military defeat in North China and made a big fuss, Zairen was too busy to take care of himself, and he couldn't keep Kazuki Kiyoji, so he could only throw his pawn and protect the car, and throw Kazuki Kiyoji out, so that he could get out of the whole body, and he had to face the questioning of his brother Emperor Hirohito, what made Zairen extremely uncomfortable was that in this incident of pouring Kazuki Kiyoji, the current Minister of the Navy, Mitsumasa Yonechi, was on the side, secretly helping Binshan Yuan, the navy and the army never peed in a pot, this time, the ass sat on a bench, Could it be that some kind of compromise was reached between these two politicians in order to oust themselves from the throne of the Chief of the General Staff?

Zaihito's mood is not much better than that of Kazuki Kiyoji, but also extremely depressed, he is facing pressure from many parties, he can only use his old friend for many years as a scapegoat, and put the responsibility for the defeat of the North China War on the head of Kazuki Kiyoji, Zairen while drafting a recital to his brother Emperor Hirohito, and explaining the war in North China to the base camp, while secretly scolding the two old foxes of Yonechi Mitsumasa and Binshan Moto, and he has to comfort himself, Kazuki-kun, I'm sorry, Zairen is difficult enough.

(To be continued)