Chapter 3 Itagaki's Determination

In a gray-white two-story small foreign-style building not far from the headquarters of the Kwantung Army in Northeast China, Seishiro Itagaki, Ishihara Guaner, Huaguzheng and others in khaki thick tweed military uniforms are sitting in the room with a serious look. In the sultry room, they cautiously carried out the launch of Liu on September 28th. The process of the Lake Incident is deduced.

But the result of the deduction is not optimistic, because the military force controlled by the Kwantung Army cannot give the 7th Infantry Brigade of the Northeast Border Defense Army stationed in Fengtian to annihilate the surname, and it is even difficult to defeat it.

Seishiro Itagaki, who is in military uniform, looks around like a torch, and his eyes from a pair of eagle-like eyes make people feel tingling and uncomfortable. In other words, Seishiro Itagaki is not a good person to get along with, unless Seishiro Itagaki is willing to get along with you.

Itagaki Seishiro slowly sat on the table and took a deep breath. Obviously, the results of the military deduction made everyone at the meeting a little worried. The wait-and-see atmosphere of Major Hanatani, the acting director of the Fengtian secret service was even stronger.

Itagaki Seishiro and Ishihara are like gamblers, pinning all their hopes on China's compromise and the rapid response support of the Central Military Department, which is obviously an adventure that seriously violates the essence of the staff's duties. This adventure is groundless.

With an inch head and a German guard Hu, Ishihara Guaner, who looked very tired, suddenly whispered, "Gentlemen! We regard Manchuria as an important and irreplaceable lifeline of the empire. Only by occupying Manchuria and making full use of Manchuria's resources can the empire completely get rid of the blackmail of Britain, France, the United States and other countries economically and politically. The rise of the empire will certainly be just around the corner. When will such feats wait? This can be called the battle of national fortune.

For the plan of Itagaki Seishiro and Ishihara Guaner, Hanaya Zheng believes that this is a huge adventure. If it fails, he, Itagaki Seishiro, Ishihara Guaner and others will face the danger of dismissal and military trial, but in the face of the rich harvest of success, this sacrifice is completely insignificant. Yes.

Seeing that everyone was hesitant, he slapped the table and said angrily, "As an emperor [***], you must have a sense of responsibility, everyone! The more risky you are, the more you can achieve the impossible great work!"

Ishihara Guaner then learned from Huagu that two 24-mm fortress guns had been installed. After the soldiers trained hard, Ishihara Guaner immediately said that the two cannons would play a role in determining the surname! The small source warehouse responsible for recording on the scene is a graduate of the artillery major. As far as he knows, the accuracy of the two-kilometer fortress cannons, which have already exceeded the length of service for ten years, is a little embarrassing.

After a cup of fragrant tea, Ishihara Guaner had a disagreement with the Fengtian secret service after the occupation of Northeast. Ishihara Guaner was very clear that the opinion of the Fengtian secret service was actually the intention of Kenji Dohihara, the director of the Fengtian secret service in Tokyo at this moment. See you.

However, Itagaki Seishiro believes that the most ideal is Zhang Xueliang. Assuming that Zhang Xueliang, in order to restore his strength, he admits and fulfills 21 cooperation with the empire, and implements it as goodwill. Otherwise, he will have to find a suitable candidate for the powerful faction in Northeast China. Finally, he will take Xuantong from Tianjin and organize a Youguan. The Eastern Army directly controlled the pro-Japanese regime that obeyed the orders of the empire.

The president of the agency, Huagu, just expressed his best to support the last plan. Ishihara Guaner believed that the restoration was a kind of regression, which was easy to make the empire passive internationally, while Seishiro Itagaki thought that it was too early to say at this moment. After the occupation of Manchuria, according to the actual situation It is more appropriate to adjust the established policies.

After a heated debate, it was obvious that no one could convince the other party. In the end, it was just a temporary balance.

After everyone dispersed, Ishihara mysteriously went to Seishiro Itagaki and asked, "Mr. Itagaki, what is the attitude of the commander of Honjo today?"

Seishiro Itagaki put on his shoes and said, "I really don't know what those guys in the military department are thinking. Obviously, they have issued the outline of Manchuria guidelines, but they have sent this old fox. Commander Benzhuang is very slippery!" VI. During the First Five-Year Incident, all the participants were transferred to the reserve, but he was not punished and promoted to colonel. It's not simple!"

Ishihara Guaner shook his head slightly and said, "He is Chinatong. He has many years of experience as a consultant in China and Manchuria. He is also the best candidate for the staff headquarters."

Seishiro Itagaki was slightly stunned and stamped his feet, as if his boots didn't fit his feet. He frowned and said, "Your Excellency Benzhuang said that he would decide how to give us timely support according to the development of the incident. The implication is that at the beginning of the incident, we can only rely on the Mantie Reading Force and the twenty-ninth Infantry. It's the team."

Ishihara sneered and said, "Len Senlian of the reading garrison has promised us to cooperate fully. We will launch a full-scale attack according to the original plan and open the scene. At that time, Mr. Benzhuang can't do it even if he doesn't want to fully support him. I'm afraid he will take the initiative to ask for reinforcements from the troops stationed in North Korea at that time."

Seishiro Itagaki rubbed his hands and said, "You and I have a heavy responsibility. We should be worthy of the sacred staff on our shoulders. The Imperial Army depends on the decision of our staff. It can be said that the fate of the empire is also in our hands."

I'm with you! Seishiro Itagaki and Ishihara's hands were tightly clenched together.

Zhang Xuewu, who returned to the Peking University camp, closed his eyes in the car, while Xu Guohui in the back seat chatted about the Kwantung Army. Wang Chuang suddenly interrupted: "The composition of my command and decision-making is very strange. Their major generals and lieutenant generals have no right to the strategic arrangement of the organization and composition of the campaign. The colonel's staff?

Zhang Xuewu smiled and said, "I'm afraid this is what you don't understand the composition of the command structure of the Japanese army. Once the empire enters a state of war, the general mobilization will first form a base camp with the land minister and the staff headquarters to uniformly command the army and navy to fight together, because there is no air force, only army aviation. Soldiers and naval aviation, although this model is more flexible at the tactical level in a certain sense, it limits the development, update and replacement of aircraft at the overall strategic level, which is definitely not worth the loss.

Zhang Xuewu paused for a moment and continued: "The staff system of the Japanese army originated after the Meiji Restoration. The core command idea is to command the headquarters to command the combat troops and achieve the purpose of the operation. It can be said that this move is a complete mechanized copy of the staff regulations and systems of the German army. The staff is unique in the decoration of military uniforms. The special red line to show dignity! Although these staff officers affiliated to the staff headquarters are not of high in rank, they actually hold the tactical command power at the level of the brigade and the division. In terms of strategy formulation and implementation, a division commander does not have the power of a lieutenant colonel, such as the division-level troops. When the division commander is away, they are directly commanded by the staff of the division headquarters. It is very normal for subordinate coalitions to fight in the Japanese army, and it is also divided into imperialists and ruling factions in the Japanese army. To a certain extent, the two factions compete for power and interests with each other. The young and strong factions in their army also especially like to highlight their ability and determination in the way of restraining the army, which are all the shortcomings of the Japanese military command system.

Zhang Xuewu's words immediately amazed Li Xinkai, Wang Chuang, Zhao Xinyu, Xu Guohui and Zhang Tianpeng! What Zhang Xuewu said today opened their eyes and gave them insight.

The car bumped all the way back to the Peking University Camp. Looking at the funny and embarrassing expressions of the two guard soldiers who used tree sticks as machine guns in the fortifications at the door, Zhang Xuewu really couldn't laugh!