Chapter 196 Imperial Conference

There is no impenetrable wall in the world. Ying Detian, Miao Jianqiu, Sun Mingjiu and others fled to the [***] side, which also makes the differentiation of the Northeast Army more rapid and extreme. However, at this moment, Zhang Xuewu is withdrawing troops on a large scale and rapid, and the defense of Rehe, Chahar and Suiyuan are the most urgent.

The Double Twelve Incident and the previous Liangguang Incident made me smell it. The ambitious Nanjiro has made the final preparations for the war. The base camp, the staff headquarters and the army province have repeatedly carried out military and chess deductions on the large-scale attack launched by the punishment of China, but refer to the Battle of Rehe [* **] The combat effectiveness of the team is not too optimistic.

Nanjiro, who was recalled to the mainland to participate in the imperial meeting, is worried at this moment. What Nanjiro is worried about is not the success of this punishment against China, but whether he can still be in the position of commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army? Or Nanjiro is aiming at a position that makes him more moved. Although this position has not been established yet, with Nanjiro's foreboding, as many as 60 divisions have been put into the battle this time. Once the Kwantung Army enters the northern branch area, it is bound to become a unit at the level of the front army. The northern branch dispatched troops and Yao The Shanghai dispatch troops are all at the same level, so for both the Northern Expeditionary Army and the Shanghai Expeditionary Army, after the completion of the first phase of the combat tasks, a commander-in-chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Army is bound to be added.

If you can get what you want, I'm afraid that the position of marshal will not be a dream and empty talk. Nanjiro, who came to Tokyo with a cavity of eager hope, can be said to be a big deal. The golden bullet paves the way and almost worships at the temple. The generals who go on the horse to control the army and the horse to control the people are all rich without exception. It is said that I am naturally not immune from vulgarity, especially the Kwantung Army, which plundered crazily in the three northeastern provinces.

However, today's meeting made Nanjiro hear different opinions. It can be said that the battle determination of the base camp has been issued for a long time, but the specific strategy, tactics and battle synthesis can be said to be the same!

Because of the strategic deployment of the three ways, the plan of the staff headquarters conflicts with the plan formulated by the base camp. The staff headquarters plans to directly adopt the method of a heavy army group, first attack the Zhang Xuewu army of Rehe, Chahar and Suiyuan, annihilate the thorn in the side of this empire, and completely solve it. After worrying, it can also play a role in shocking the Chinese army.

However, the newly established Staff Strategy Department of the base camp holds the opposite view, believing that the fiasco of Chengde's attack has proved that the offensive ability of the Imperial Army is insufficient. Even if the Imperial Army has added new weapons and new large-caliber artillery, Zhang Xuewu's headquarters of the Chinese army is also desperately trying to strengthen Chaoyang, Chengde, Chifeng and Zhang Jia. These key points, attacking a fortress city with a large number of permanent fortifications will definitely consume a lot of supplies and time, and the troops will also pay serious casualties. For the plan to adopt north-south parallel tactics in three to six months to quickly make China's Nanjing political axe surrender, it takes too much time.

And if the attack is successful, everything is okay, once the attack fails? Then it will affect the formulation and subsequent implementation of the strategy of the whole empire. Moreover, Zhang Xuewu is no longer the head of a division in those years. He has more than 100,000 troops. According to reliable information, Zhang Xuewu has collected more than 50,000 well-trained Northeast officers and soldiers, with strong defense lines, fighters, chariots, heavy artillery and sufficient mobile troops. Is the martial arts regiment so good at it?

Nanjiro has always been playing a modest counselor. Naturally, he doesn't want to offend the staff headquarters, and he can't neglect the base camp. This is Nanjiro's principle of conduct, smooth! Don't offend people by talking and doing things!

However, in Nanjiro's view, the concerns about the base camp are absolutely reasonable. Now Zhang Xuewu has more than 200 combat aircraft. The surnames of these aircraft can surpass almost all models in the active service of the empire. The Kwantung Army Flying Division does not have an advantage in air combat effectiveness, and Rehe and Chahar The railway lines in Suiyuan have long been different from those years. Now the convenient railway network line allows Zhang Xuewu to quickly transfer troops calmly and form a local military advantage.

Nanjiro remembers that before he left, the flight division was shot down three reconnaissance planes by the Rehe side. Now the pilots of the flight division have to write a suicide note to say goodbye as soon as they enter the Rehe reconnaissance. The sky of Rehe, Chahar and Suiyuan are like a copper wall and iron wall, losing eleven reconnaissance aircraft. With the reconnaissance photos brought back, how many casualties will be paid to beat Zhang Xuewu? To be honest, Nanjiro is not sure at all.

Emperor Hirohito also frowned and looked at the generals who spit out their mouths, blushing and thick necks and kept arguing. It can be said that the fiasco of Rehe deeply stimulated the nerves of Emperor Hirohito, just like some Japanese series in later generations. It is said that men can keep winning, but only If you lose once, the sky and the earth will collapse completely. In fact, this is the real face of the so-called Yamato nation. Whether it is the Dazhi Empire or the Yamato nation, they can't afford to lose!

Emperor Hirohito, who was a little tired, finally turned his eyes to Nanjiro and said, "You are the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army. You are the most qualified to speak. You can formulate strategic plans and deploy them in the staff headquarters and the base camp, but when formulating tactical plans, you should listen to the words of the generals at the forefront. They have the deepest understanding. ! Although the empire has the most complete staff system and the best staff, it is difficult for us to avoid the tactics formulated by the staff officers of the following brigades, regiments and brigades on the map of one in 200,000 thousands of miles away.

Emperor Hirohito's mouth was open. The attention of the two groups of people who had quarreled before were focused on Nanjiro at this moment. At this time, Nanjiro was also very annoyed. If he had known that this was the case, how good it would have sent Chief of Staff Yasushi Okamura to come back?

Lieutenant General Aoki Daoyi, the head of the base camp staring at Nanjiro, stared at the big cow's eyes and said rudely, "Since His Majesty's mouth is open, please listen to the high opinion of the commander-in-chief of Nanjiro!"

Nanjiro is famous for being a man in the Japanese army, but his tactical and strategic achievements are really a little miserable. It is polite to say that he has not made any achievements, so Lieutenant General Aoki Michi, the head of the base camp, is so rude. In the view of Aoki Daoyi, Nanjiro must be in harmony this time. It's mud.

Do you expect Nanjiro to say something that is promising or practical? It's like looking forward to the autumn wind and white dew in Hokkaido. Once in decades, I don't know when it will happen?

After all, it is about his own reality. Nanjiro also hesitated for a moment and bowed respectfully to Emperor Hirohito and said, "Your Majesty, listed as a colleague. The goal of the first stage of the empire's three-way punishment China's campaign is to destroy the Zhang Xuewu army. The soldiers are under Nanjing, forcing Nanjing political axe to make the greatest concessions and let The realization of autonomy in North China has become a buffer zone for Manchukuo?

Aoki nodded and said, "At this point, the staff headquarters has the same opinion as the base camp. The empire cannot touch the interests of Britain, France, the United States and other countries in East China and South China. It can't be completely isolated by the international community. We need loans and waste from the United States. Steel and aircraft engines, and most importantly, the empire needs oil! Moreover, the main enemy of the Imperial Army is not the Chinese people, but the red beast Soviet Russia, stabilizing Manchuria to develop north and occupying Soviet Russia's large oil and gas fields in the Far East. This is the ultimate strategy of the empire. Otherwise, the empire's oil reserves can only be maintained for one year. If the joint fleet does not have an oil supply, it is a pile of scrap iron. "."

Sitting opposite the Secretary of Operations of the Navy Base Camp, the Undersecretary of the Navy, Xiaomi Doshan, stared at Aoki Road fiercely and snorted heavily. Because of the defeat of the Chengde Army, the navy's super warship plan was forced to stop. A large number of ships were waiting to update their weapons and equipment. The navy was full of complaints. Carry the road.

Deputy Director Masaki, the First Minister of the General Staff Headquarters, has been watching all this coldly, as if he was not the one who had just quarreled with Lieutenant General Fujiwara Motoyama. Deputy Director Masaki stared at the remnants of Fujiwara Motoyama. Emperor Hirohito's soft-heartedness made a guy like Fujiwara Motoyama stand here. In fact, II. The most important thing to kill at the time of February 6th is also these remnants, who are the stumbling block to the development and progress of the empire.

Undersecretary Masaki took a look at Doichi Aoki, who was staring at Nanjiro. Undersecretary Masaki knew the extent of Nanjiro. If he forced this good guy who was the best at seeing the wind and rudder to tell the truth? Undersecretary Masaki actually admires Nanjiro, who dares to be careless on issues related to his actual interests?

Undersecretary Masaki stood up slowly, bowed to Emperor Hirohito first, and then shouted, "After the fiasco of Chengde City, it can be said that the Imperial Army has been fierce for more than three years. The headquarters of the Fifth Army of the China Army that we dealt with in Shanghai was also a German engineer, and it was not the same as our army in Shanghai. Are you going to fight back and backwards? Why did I say that the prestige of the imperial army would be lost in the First Battle of Chengde?

Undersecretary Masaki looked around and roared, "It's not that our soldiers can't do it, and it's not that our equipment can't! Compared with China [***], our soldiers are well-trained. Our firepower is several times stronger than that of the enemy. Our army surrounds the enemy on all sides, and the strength is more than ten times that of the enemy. Why can't we be defeated for a long time? That's the result of the dereliction of duty of some of our generals, careless and contempt for the enemy! The determination to attack is not resolute. It is necessary to have the determination to attack the mountain of corpses and blood at the time of Lushun. Chengde can nibble down even if it is a stone, and the rear is careless. The airport and logistics supply transfer station were raided by a small elite enemy. How can it be invincible?

(to be continued)