Chapter 216 The Battle of Nanjing in Xuzhou on

Zhang Xuewu is very confident in guarding Nanjing for two months. If Hu Zongnan can defend Jiangbei and Xuzhou is safe and sound, Zhang Xuewu can even hold for three months, because he has arranged a large number of barges in Nanjing. The materials of Jiangbei and the wounded in the south of the Yangtze River can be transferred at any time to defend the department of Nanjing. The team is not in the Jedi at all, because a large number of people in Nanjing have been evacuated in recent days, so the troops defending the city are not afraid at all. What's more, all the parts of the weapons and soldiers are now rubbing their hands, ready to get a lot from Zhang Xuewu, the god of wealth. After all, Zhang Xuewu's appreciation is really It's so tempting.

However, the abnormal behavior of the Japanese army is always concerned about Zhang Xuewu's heart. What Zhang Xuewu doesn't know is that at this moment, the sick General Matsui Ishigen has fallen ill in Zhenjiang and is being carried on a stretcher on the fast destroyer Duowu to return to the mainland for medical treatment.

Asakamiya Hatohiko, who was standing on the dock, looked at the distant destroyer and didn't even sound the whistle, and he still took advantage of the darkest time before dawn, and his face looked very ugly. In the battle for air slover between Shanghai and Nanjing, the Imperial Army and Navy Air Force paid a great effort and price, but failed to fully control it. With the air s control over Nanjing, the heavy explosive aircraft unit of the Imperial Army has regarded the airspace over Nanjing as a forbidden area. Even the commander of the flying force claimed that they would refuse to provide cover and support for the army if they could not get a strong escort.

If this sentence is said by the naval aviation, it is not a big deal. Originally, the relationship between the army and navy is that it has been in a state of hostility for a long time. If there are enemies in the war, the contradictions will be slightly released. If there is no war, the army and navy will carry out all kinds of infighting, lest their will be worn out. .

Colonel Kuroi, a senior staff officer standing next to Hatohiko of the Imperial Palace, was very dissatisfied and said, "Matsui Shigen Matsui, an old slippery man, said that he was not feeling well before. He had no problem when our army won the victory in the Shanghai battlefield. Now the 6th Division has damaged a whole infantry brigade, and the 16th Division and the 18th Division are also tigers. Isn't it very strange that you suddenly get sick at this time? Obviously, I drank so much wine last night and hugged the woman. Today, I heard that the supply fleet would arrive in eight days, so I fell ill? He was clearly afraid of being noticed by the enemy that our army's supply was insufficient to launch a counterattack, and he was afraid of taking responsibility.

Asakamiya Hatohiko looked at the angry Kuroi with a smile and said, "Kuroi! Don't you think you seem to have said too much? Both the headquarters of the military headquarters and the staff department like those guys who talk less and do more. It doesn't matter if you violate the officer's orders and intentions, but it depends on whose orders you violate. Do you remember?"

Asakamiya Hatohiko paused for a moment and said, "Compared with the unlucky guy of Nanjiro, we are much happier. Nanjiro has been thinking about the position of the commander-in-chief of the Chinese dispatched army. As a result, Terauchi Shouyi sat up. What is Nanjiro compared with Terauchi Shouichi? As a result, not only did he not get the position of the commander of the Chinese dispatched army, but even his position of commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army was robbed by Kenji Ueda. It is said that I have had a slight stroke and paralyzed, and I went back to my hometown to die!"

Asakamiya Hatohiko was very happy when talking about the unfortunate end of Nanjiro, a guy who had contradicted him many times and was very ignorant of current affairs.

In the city of Dezhou, where the smoke of gunpowder has not yet dissipated, [***] More than 4,700 officers and soldiers of the 105th Division were martyred. At that time, he was the deputy commander-in-chief of the 5th Theater Command and the Third Army. He was responsible for commanding the Shandong military and the two brigades of the main force of the Fifth Division of Han Fuyu, who was responsible for the defense of the Yellow River, retreated safely. The situation in Jinan suddenly became extremely critical.

A small general wearing shiny horse boots, not tall, with a big head, wearing a funny big-brimmed hat, a military dress and a medal, walked in the front, followed by Okamura Ningji, Itagaki Seishiro, Meizu Mijiro, Dohihara Kenji and others.

This whole body gathers all my genetics, such as, big head, collapsed nose, tall (one hundred and fifty-five centimeters is my big standard, and exceeding this standard is to thank the emperor for thank Tianzhao!), round legs, big teeth, and a military dress and medal that can only be worn on formal occasions. The man is the commander-in-chief of the Chinese dispatched army in the empire, and the general of the army.

Shouyi in the temple is different from most of the Japanese military generals. This buddy was born in a very famous and powerful hereditary aristocratic family in Yamaguchi Prefecture. His father, Count Zhengyi in the temple, is the Yuanxun of Meiji. He once served as the director of education, the prime minister of the army, the governor of the dynasty, the prime minister and so on. It can be said that he was prominent for a while, but the Japanese Both the political and military circles are replaced, and it is normal that he has held many positions. Like his father, Terauchi Shouichi has a typical five-short figure. It is estimated that his height can only find self-esteem in front of Hideki Tojo.

So Seishiro Itagaki, Ningji Okamura, Mijiro Umezu and Kenji Tobihara all kept a proper distance, so that his aide-secret officer, Matsui, who is 150 centimeters tall, followed by Jinai, because many people know that this strange-tempered general does not like to raise his head and his subordinates. Speak.

In fact, Seishiro Itagaki, Ningji Okamura, Mijiro Umezu and Kenji Tobihara are now responsible generals. It is already very puzious to be summoned to Texas for a meeting by their direct officers? What important things require the immediate officer to be present in person? Is it possible that the secret telegram of the dispatching troops is not reliable again?

However, the meeting originally scheduled to be held two days ago was postponed for three days because of the death of the [[***] team in Texas. Itagaki Seishiro, Okamura Ningji, Meizu Mijiro and others also dared to be angry and dared to say anything. According to later generations, everyone is the master of millions of minutes. Isn't it a waste of time? Question mark

However, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese dispatched army likes to have a meeting in Texas City, so he must have a meeting in Texas City. Under the threat of the consequences of the dismissal of two captains and a joint captain, the army razed Texas to the ground at all costs.

Itagaki Seishiro, Okamura Ningji, Umezu Mijiro and Tobihara Kenji and others are not without reason to fear Terauchi Shouyi, because Terauchi is not an ordinary person. Last year, the right-wing young and strong soldiers in China made two. The 26th Incident attempted to overthrow some of the important ministers of the ruling faction through a coup.

Due to the anger of the private killing of the emperor, the emperor, the coup failed without the support of the emperor, and then the army made the decision to rectify the military discipline.

At this time, Shouyi Terauchi had a complete resume because he was a famous family and extraordinary in the struggle of the faction, and his surname was cheerful and open-minded, and he had the courage to take responsibility for his subordinates. He is quite popular not only in the military, but also in the political and financial circles, and he has become the best choice for the army minister to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the army.

The three officers' meeting jointly convened by the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Director of Education and the Minister of the Army determined that Shouichi Terauchi would serve as the new land minister. After Terauchi Shouyi became the prime minister of the army, he immediately acted with his iron fist to rectify the army. In order to smash the imperial Taoist camp, the temple was replaced by a large number of two. The backbone elements of the February 6 Incident formed a new personnel arrangement of the army province and the staff headquarters. In addition, in order to strengthen control, Terauchi tried his best to control the power of personnel.

After cleaning up the imperial sect, the backbone of the ruling faction, Sugiyama Yuan, Nishio Shouzu and Umezu Mijiro, were transferred to control the central army. In the end, the ruling faction completely took control of the army. In fact, this means that Japan is about to embark on the road of comprehensive expansion to China.

People who have been in contact with Terauchi Shouyi know that he is not as cheerful and open-minded as he seems. In fact, his heart can no longer be described as narrow.

So whether it is Seishiro Itagaki and Kenji Toihara, who are not favored, or Ningji Okamura and Meijiro Umezu, who are favored by them, everyone has a respect for this iron-handed killing general. In fact, most of the time, most of them are so-called cheap skins. The more you kill him. The more he respects you, the better he treats you, the more he will ride on your head.

A thorough understanding of the human-oriented samurai spirit, and the summary is that the soft bullying, the hard fear, and the desperate are called father!

In the ruins, Shou in the temple tidied up his military uniform and sat next to the body of a bloody and smoky Chinese soldier. The upper half of the body of the so-called middle [***] person who was still wearing the people's trousers was missing, and his internal organs splashed everywhere, and the air was floating in the air. There is a strange smell, but the longevity in the temple seems to be deaf and blind?

In fact, Shouyi Terauchi advocated the strategy of quick battle, so the North China Expeditionary Army under his previous command rampantly attacked the whole North China region. At the beginning of his tenure, he issued an order for Baoding to fight with Zhuozhou. It is expected that the main force of the National Political Axe Central Army to fight in the north on the Great Plains of central Hebei will make a rapid breakthrough by relying on its firepower and mechanical power of the middle [***] team. As a result, the front of the [***] team was repeatedly broken through by the Japanese army before it was formed. The Liu Zhi Army, who was fighting on the front line, retreated again and again, making Baoding Xu Yongchang, the camp director, was at a loss and abandoned the city.

The army that defends Texas is actually a Chinese army that can't even be called miscellaneous cards. It is said to be a division's army, but in fact it is just less than 5,000 people. This army is adapted from various civil groups near Texas. The people of Texas with a strong local complex naturally rise up against the demons from the East, and wait is also a The knife, rising up and resisting is also a gun. After a big war, Texas became a ruin of rubble.

Terauchi looked at Okamura Ningji, Umezu Mijiro, Itagaki Seishiro and others with a smile and said, "Guys! We are waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to fight on the mainland. This will be the immortal Wuxun! I hope you can do your best, but I want to ask you, do you know the casualties of my royal attack on Texas? Why do I have to rise up to resist every branch of the imperial army?

(to be continued)