Looking at the scene of the bumper harvest, a middle-aged man sighed with emotion: "Commander Jiang is really a god, he can actually conjure so much grain out...... The farmers around him nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, the yield of one acre of land is two thousand catties, even if it is a storyteller, I don't dare to brag like this, but today it is really a dream come true, I don't know what to say." The man slapped his head and shouted, "Firecrackers!" Gotta celebrate! "That's right, set off firecrackers! Gotta set off firecrackers! It's an eyes-opener! No, this is brought by Commander Jiang, we have to thank Commander Jiang! Someone said eagerly: "You can't put it here, it's all grain, and it will be bad if you burn it." Let's put away all the food before we put it away! ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" As a result, the mountains of grain began to be transported into safe places by truckloads, and the farmers were worried that the grain would not be able to feed so many people in the Jiaodong area. But now it seems, more than enough! More than enough! In the afternoon, after the grain was harvested, the people excitedly took out the remaining firecrackers for the New Year and lit them excitedly. In the sound of crackling firecrackers, the Jiaodong area has become very lively.

The small Japanese troops who had taken great risks to reconnoiter Yantai heard these dense explosions and thought they were gunshots, so they immediately reported this unusual sign to their superiors. When the Japanese generals heard the news, they immediately laughed. They judged that the food crisis in the Jiaodong area had finally broken out, and the source of these gunshots was clear, and it must have been the Chinese army shooting at the refugees in China in order to grab the little food left. In other words, that damn Jiang Qiang can no longer contain the food crisis, and can only use the last method, that is, to control the situation by force!

The strategy of the sixth general of the sixth general of Hata Jun was really right, and the internal collapse of the Jiaodong Military Region began! For a while, the 10th Division and the 103rd Division were overjoyed, as long as the chaos continued, then the damned Chinese army in the Jiaodong area would definitely be self-defeating! Their chance for revenge has finally come! But the next day, the Japanese soldiers found that the faint "gunshot" on the other side of the mountain had disappeared. The people were so excited that they ended up setting off all the firecrackers at once.

The Japanese generals frowned, could it be that Jiang Qiang had already controlled the situation in just one day? This Jiang Qiang is so powerful? No, you have to add another fire to that Jiang Qiang! As a result, the Japanese army continued to drive more refugees to the Jiaodong area, to deplete Jiang Qiang's food reserves. Jiang Qiang did not refuse to come, opened the door to welcome the arrival of the refugees.

Far away Europe. Under Hitler's leadership, Germany also emerged from the shadow of World War I, the Treaty of Versailles was completely torn apart, and the Berlin Agreement was signed with Italy in Berlin, and the 'Berlin-Rome' axis was established, which brought fascism into the house. Under Hitler's leadership, the Germans not only occupied the Rhine Demilitarized Zone a few years earlier, slapping Britain and France in the face, but then annexed Austria outright. Hitler's popularity in Germany was almost skyrocketing.

And now, Hitler has extended his hand behind the scenes to the Czech Republic, and he has begun to deploy troops along the border between Germany and the Czech Republic, making a momentum to attack the Czech Republic in an all-out way. Britain and France, on the other hand, remained motionless, and under the influence of appeasementism, they watched Germany climb up step by step from the quagmire of World War I. As a result, the representatives of Great Britain, France, Germany, and Italy met alone in Munich without the participation of the Czech representative, and the Munich Agreement was signed.

The Munich Agreement represented a complete betrayal of the Czechs by Britain and France, because the agreement directly ceded the Sudetenland from the Czechs to Germany, and the wording was also very firm, directly demanding that the Czechs cede the Sudetenland to Germany within 10 days. For a time, appeasement reached its peak. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain did not know how much mistake he had made, and when he returned to England, he proudly announced that he had brought back a century of peace!

The so-called League of Nations, established for peace, has become a pitiful fig leaf, and Britain and France cannot even settle the mess on the doorstep of Europe, so what can they do to the distant Far East battlefield? At this time, no one in the world can believe that the 'fair and just' League of Nations can play any role. China, which pinned its hopes on the League of Nations to impose comprehensive sanctions on Japan, was also disappointed.

Hitler sarcastically said: "The League of Nations is a straw, but the Chinese side wants to seize this straw to cross the river." "It is helpless to pin their hopes on foreign aid, and countless Chinese soldiers and civilians are still unable to see through the essence of the Japanese as a foreign power and a middle-class cadre, and in the defeat of one major battle after another, the soldiers and civilians have gradually despaired, and they cannot see the slightest hope of defeating Japan. In the hearts of many people, the Japanese army was already a terrible army that could not be defeated.

Umezu Mijiro, who was Japan's vice minister of the army, muttered, "What can be wrong with our war strategy?" In just a few years, the Imperial Army has successfully trampled the giant dragon that had suppressed Japan for thousands of years under its feet, so that it could no longer compete with the Great Japanese Empire for the position of the hegemon of Asia, and could only become a vassal and vassal state of the Great Japanese Empire. ”

Konoe Wenlu sneered: "Yes, you have successfully started major battles on the front line, and you have successfully set off a fanatical military enthusiasm in the country. But don't forget, the food, bullets, weapons, and a lot of fuel consumed by the millions of Imperial troops on the front line every day are provided to you by the people of the entire Japanese Empire! ”

"With the support of the whole country, the military department has fought blindly again and again, spending a lot of manpower and material resources but not always achieving the previous war goals, leaving a mess. Throw this mess at our cabinet, and let us pay the consequences for you. Umezu Mijiro was furious: "What do you mean by this! Could it be that the immortal feats of the imperial army are a mess in your eyes? ”

Konoe Fumiro nodded: "That's right, it's just a mess." As soon as these words came out, the audience was shocked. Emperor Hirohito, who had been silent: "Konoe, make it clear. "Hi Yi, His Majesty the Emperor!" Konoe Fumiro immediately bowed and nodded, and then looked back at the Japanese generals: "Everyone, do you remember the bold words you made before the battle to capture Shandong?" It's okay if you don't remember, I'll help you remember the memories. ”

"You claimed at the time that as long as you took Shandong and captured the only last industrial city in China, Huaxia would definitely surrender to us. When the time comes, we can end this war when it is most profitable, right? Konoe Fumiro generously stated: "But now, you have blindly expanded the front again and again, claiming again and again that you can force Huaxia to surrender to us, but after such a long time, the anti-Japanese forces are still growing and growing, and our forces have exposed their shortcomings!" ”

The faces of the Japanese army generals present at the table became difficult to look at, while the admirals were happy to see it, watching the jokes of the army red deer. Fumiro Konoe looked at Emperor Hirohito: "Your Majesty the Emperor, if you are defended for a thousand miles, you will be defenseless for a thousand miles." The Kwantung Army, the North China Front, the Central China Dispatch Army, and the South China Front all need to bear serious operational pressure, and now our army's supply line is 2,000 kilometers long from Tokyo to the Wuhan front, and its troops are stretched to the brim and cannot be sustained. ”

He once again set his eyes on the Japanese generals, and his tone was full of accusations: "And at this moment, Shandong, as our safe rear, has suddenly risen an extremely dangerous enemy, what should the military department do!" Umezu Mijiro: "Naturally, we will continue to expand our troops, and the area and depth of China are too large, so we have defeated the Chinese army again and again, but we can't completely defeat them, because the Chinese army always has room for maneuver, and they can always retreat back to save their lives." ”

The crazy guy said: "I think that as long as we expand our army by another four million and build up the light infantry into a mechanized force, then our army can sweep away all the enemies, sweep all the way south to Hainan Island, push all the way north to Siberia, and even go west to Sichuan, and completely turn the Japanese Empire from an island country into a super land power!" ”

The eyes of the Japanese army generals lit up, and they heard the word 'Siberia' and knew that Umezu Yoshijiro was taking this opportunity to advocate the 'theory of going north'. Konoe Fumiro immediately reprimanded angrily: "Foolish people talk about dreams! Do you want to gamble on the national capital of the Great Japanese Empire? There must be a limit to the use of force! How can it be so crazy! The Minister of the Navy also sneered and said, "That's right, expand the four million mechanized army? What a fool's dream, so many resources are invested in the useless army, it is better to allocate our navy to build ships and build an extremely powerful naval fleet. ”

"In this way, the Combined Fleet will be able to go all the way south to seize the resource-rich Southeast Asia from the British and French, and provide the Imperial State with a steady stream of resources, and the oil resources of Borneo, the rubber of Indonesia, the tin mines of Malaysia, and the rice-producing areas of Thailand, Burma, and Vietnam will be the best nourishment for the Imperial Army." The admirals also puffed up their chests, and at this moment, the 'theory of going south' also appeared.

In 1939, Japan's financial situation was already so bad that it was in danger of collapsing after only a few more years of economic growth, so it had to start a new war to seize resources to restore its blood supply. And if the Japanese army wants to start a new war, it is nothing more than two goals. One is the Russian Far East, which is attacking northward, and the other is Southeast Asia, which is sweeping southward.

The northward march was a land war, mainly carried out by the Japanese Army, so the Japanese Army became a staunch northward faction. The southward movement was a naval battle, which was mainly contributed by the Japanese navy, and the Japanese navy naturally became the southbound faction. The navy and the army have been in dispute for a long time, and at this moment, it is natural that they will not give in to each other. Umezu Mijiro immediately shouted, "It's too risky to go south!" This plan will not only provoke Britain and France, which have been colonizing Southeast Asia, but also may rashly provoke the United States because of its deep penetration into the Pacific Ocean, and at the same time provoke the old Western powers, which will put Japan in a situation from which it will never recover! It is better to go all the way north by the Kwantung Army, attack Soviet Russia, and take the Far East, where there are also huge resources! ”

"Besides, Russia is our defeated general, and it is more secure to attack Soviet Russia!" Secretary of the Admiralty: "Fighting the Soviets in the icy Far East?" Even if we can take the Far East, what can we do? The cost of extracting resources is extremely high, but the resources of Southeast Asia are at your fingertips! Our Navy can guarantee the destruction of the British Navy's Z Fleet, don't your Army dare to fight with the British Army? "It's not that you don't dare, but you can't!" "You're just cowardly!" "Yaga! Your navy is the incompetent people who have been watching the fire from the other side! ”

……

Well, it's arguing again. Emperor Hirohito was a little at a loss, and the army and navy insisted on each other's words, and they did not let go of each other, and they attacked each other at every opportunity, which was really difficult. Fumiro Konoe shouted, "Everyone! Today, I am not here to discuss the strategic decision of going south or going north! The purpose of today's meeting is to resolve the current mistakes of the military department and discuss how to eradicate the threat of Wei Ping! Don't change the subject anymore! Konoe Fumiro forcibly pulled the topic back, lest these generals deliberately deviate from the damn topic.

After all, he broke the routine to attend the base camp meeting today, and he was held accountable! The base camp meeting continued under high pressure. Fumiro Konoe was aggressive: "Whether it is going south or going north, it is a major choice for the future." And now, we must solve the problems exposed by the destruction of the 107th Division, the 5th Division, and the 20th Division, as well as the problem of China's delay in surrendering to the Japanese Empire! Umezu Mijiro snorted coldly: "It's a big fuss, it's obviously one thing about the destruction of the 107th Division, but it has to be related to another matter of the Huaxia government's non-surrender." ”

General Sugiyama said in a low voice: "Enough, don't say it again." Konoe Fumiro immediately grasped the reason: "For this mistake in strategic decision-making, General Sugiyama Moto, who is the Minister of War, bears unshirkable responsibility. I propose that Senior General Sugiyama be removed from the post of Minister of War and replaced by Seishiro Itatsu. A look of loneliness crossed Admiral Sugiyama's face.

The admirals showed expressions that were not too big to see the excitement, and looked at Umezu Mijiro gloatingly. Umezu Mijiro is a real veteran. But Umezu Mijiro looked around, but no one said a word for him, not even General Sugiyama Moto, who seemed to have acquiesced in the dismissal.

Konoe Fumiro was-for-tat and smiled coldly: "Your Excellency, Deputy Minister of the Army, you don't have to bother to submit your resignation again, my second suggestion is to remove you from your position, you once shouted with General Sugiyama Moto that you could end the war with China in three months, but now two years have passed, the war is still far away, General Sugiyama Gen needs to be responsible, and you must also be responsible for this!" Faced with such a knife-wielding politician, Umezu Mijiro was stunned and almost blurted out a "Yaga", but because the emperor was still there, he gritted his teeth and held back his anger.

Fumiro Konoe sneered: "The Imperial Japanese Army needs generals who can really see the situation clearly to serve as the Minister of War, instead of some generals who claim to be old and senior, continue to act recklessly, wantonly expand the war and use military force. Ishihara is young and calm, and he can completely transform the army! Umezu Mijiro looked in the direction of Emperor Hirohito, but found that the emperor did not seem to have any displeasure or expression, and he was secretly surprised in his heart, it seems that the emperor is also very dissatisfied with the performance of himself and Admiral Sugiyama Moto......

He frowned, so he had to sit down first, but he secretly decided in his heart that he would also transfer his henchman Hideki Tojo and take over the post of deputy commander of the army, thus forming a constrainment situation. Umezu Mijiro gritted his teeth in his heart, the damn Fumiji Konoe did things so ruthlessly, sooner or later he would have to cultivate forces to overthrow his cabinet one day and make him kneel to beg for mercy!

And this secretly ruthless army vice minister did not know that just a few years later, Hideki Tojo, who he single-handedly supported, really overthrew the cabinet of Fumiro Konoe, and became the ultimate conspirator who combined the two major positions of prime minister and land minister at the same time, and successfully became the ultimate conspirator in Japan who was above 10,000 people under one person and had power over the Japanese government and the opposition. Of course, that's another story.

Next, Fumihiro Konoe continued: "As for the total annihilation of the 107th Division, the Supreme Commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, General Toshiroku Hata, and the Commander of the Front, Lieutenant General Minoru Higashikunomiya, also bear unshirkable responsibility. Hearing this, a trace of vigilance flashed in the eyes of Emperor Hirohito, who had been calm, but Shunroku Hata didn't care in his eyes, just replace it.

But King Minoru of Higashikure Palace is a royal family, and the identity of this royal family is an absolute taboo in his eyes. Emperor Hirohito can accept Fumiro Konoe as a good dog to balance and bite the growing military power for him, but he must not accept him showing his fangs towards the imperial family! Whoever dares to make a move against the imperial power is his absolute enemy!

Emperor Hirohito silently clenched his fists, ready to interrupt the man's words. However, in the next moment, Konoe Fumiro changed his words and handled the incident smoothly. "However, as far as I know, the beginning of the battle was independently commanded by Lieutenant General Kojimano, the commander of the 107th Division, and at that time General Shunroku Hata was far away in Guangdong, and King Minoru Higashikunomiya was also on the plane rushing to the front line, so the two did not need to bear all the responsibility." "As for Lieutenant General Kojimano, he has committed suicide in the battle with the Jiaodong Military Region, and he has made up for his guilt with his own life, so it is inconvenient to pursue it too much."

"I propose that General Shunroku Hata be transferred back to Japan and resume his position as Director of Education. Lieutenant General Minoru Higashikunomiya Minoru continued to be responsible for countering Jiang Qiang's army and regaining the initiative in the campaign. Emperor Hirohito's expression softened, and he was very satisfied with Fumiro Konoe's performance.

…… After the meeting at the base camp, the personnel situation within the Japanese army changed dramatically: the cabinet of Konoe Fumiro, because the end of the war with China was far away, dismissed Minister of War Sugiyama Moto, and Vice Minister Umezu Mijiro, who were clamoring for a solution to the Huaxia Incident within three months. And the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, Hideki Tojo, will serve as the vice minister of the army.

Shunliu Hata will be dismissed from his post and will return directly to his home country as the director of education, and the specific responsibility will not be dealt with for the time being. Lieutenant General Okamura Ninji was transferred to North China to take charge of exterminating the armed forces behind enemy lines. Lieutenant General Yamada Otsuzo, commander of the 3rd Army of the Kwantung Army, left the Tohoku and rushed to the Central China Dispatch Army, replacing General Shunroku Hata as the supreme commander of the Central China Dispatch Army. ……

At the same time, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters also submitted a detailed operational report on the annihilation of the 107th Division, which focused on the reasons for the defeat of this operation and analyzed Jiang Qiang. "Jiang Qiang's army now has the field combat capability of a large corps, and its maneuver speed even exceeds that of the first-class divisions of the imperial army, and it is far beyond any enemy army on the battlefield in China, and its firepower density can even rank among the world's first-class army levels. "Therefore, in a short period of time, our army should try to avoid falling into a field situation with Jiang Qiang, otherwise the risk will be extremely high and the benefits will be very ......small."

"According to the judgment of the battle situation, the biggest reason why the 107th Division was completely annihilated is probably the sudden appearance of a Chinese army in Wanjia Village." "It was the sudden appearance of this Chinese army that completely blocked the last road for the retreat of the 107th Division...... But at present, we have not detected the reason for the sudden appearance of this Chinese army......""A small number of units of the Chinese Army are equipped with a large number of heavy artillery and tanks, thus forming a rapid assault capability and an extremely strong fire suppression capability, which led to the delay in the arrival of our army's support troops on the battlefield, and finally caused the tragedy of the 3rd Division being completely annihilated......"The combat analysis class concluded that Jiang Qiang's operational thinking was different from that of the armies of all countries in the world, and he did not allocate tanks to various infantry units to use as fire support weapons, Instead, all tanks are concentrated in one unit to form a tank shock cluster of sufficient size, so as to give full play to the tank's mobility and firepower advantages. ”

"This point is consistent with the theory of "Building a Professional Army" written by a colonel named 'Charles de Gaulle' of the French Army, but this person is only a colonel, serving as the commander of the 507th Tank Regiment of the French Army, and the theory has not been accepted by the French Army." However, General Guderian, the commander of the German Army's Panzer Corps and commander of the 2nd Panzer Division, was very much in favor of this tactic, and is now vigorously developing it. The book details the tactics of high-speed attacks by tank shock clusters. ”

According to the analysis of the General Staff Headquarters, the Imperial Army should follow the example of the Jiaodong Military Region to establish a mechanized unit to fight against it, and it is also necessary to develop a new type of tank that meets the needs of high-intensity warfare. For 20 years, the Imperial Army continued to engage weak enemies, so it was often able to win easily, and the process of modernizing the army was relaxed, which was a major hidden danger. ”

"At present, the tanks equipped by our army are generally small in caliber, fragile in armor, extremely low in tonnage, slow in speed, and very short in travel, which is very handy for dealing with the former Chinese army, but it is absolutely not enough to deal with Weiping." "Therefore, our army should abandon the Type 95 and Type 97 light tanks, which are incapable, and the Type 94 ultra-light tanks can only be assigned to ordinary infantry wings."

"The Nagoya Arsenal, Ishikawajima Arsenal, Kawasaki Automobile Factory, Osaka Arsenal, Kokura Arsenal, Tokyo Gas Electric Company, Sagami Arsenal, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and Hitachi Manufacturing Co., Ltd. should immediately jointly design a new tank weighing at least 20 tons and with enough firepower to destroy the frontal armor of enemy tanks." "If this type of tank cannot be produced in a short period of time, the army should purchase this type of tank from overseas...... "The army should use this new type of tank to establish a tank division, so as to form the most powerful assault force on the battlefield, so as to confront Wei Ping." "On the day when the tank division has not yet been successfully formed, the imperial army will not have the ability to engage in a large-scale field decisive battle with Jiang Qiang in a short period of time." "Because even if we can annihilate it, it will take a lot of manpower, material resources and war resources. Once our army pays a lot of money to annihilate Jiang Qiang, it will empty the strength of the front line, and this situation will inevitably stimulate the Chinese army on the Wuhan front line to launch a large-scale counterattack, which will make the pressure on the imperial army even worse. ”

"Therefore, our army should maintain a strategic confrontation with Jiang Qiang at present, and completely blockade him at all costs to prevent him from purchasing weapons from any channel to expand the army." "All units must not rush out again to avoid repeating the tragedy of the 107th Division being completely annihilated......" "In addition, the heavy artillery and fighter planes of our army, which have increased dramatically in number, have also become a huge threat to our army, and the explosive ammunition they project is extremely easy to cause wound infection among our soldiers on the battlefield in a harsh environment."