Chapter 359 Undercurrent Surge

Mijiro Umezu stood in front of the map and sighed: "The guys who can really affect the fate of the empire have always been self-righteous. They never look at the overall strategy. They always use the theory of invincible weapons as an excuse repeatedly. Since weapons are useless, why does the navy have to build such How many warships?

Ishihara Guaner said helplessly: "The theory of useless equipment seems to be only for our army. The army and navy have their own systems. Take the aviation as an example, all countries in Europe and even China have the air force of reading ability, while the air force of the empire is divided into two halves. The army aviation force and the naval aviation force The limited resources are divided and cannot be used effectively. The research and development of fighters is almost an era behind that of Europe. We are almost stuck in the World War I model of the double-wing open cockpit. The Type 9 is our latest all-metal single-wing fighter, but it is still an open cockpit, and Zhang Xuewu introduced B from Germany. The F-109F fighter is a fully enclosed all-weather combat aircraft. Although we shot down more than 30 of these BF-109F fighters over Nanjing, what is our loss? The number of land and naval aviation, together with the warships destroyed on the ground and on the aircraft carrier, reached an amazing proportion! It's already more than ten to one!"

Mejiro Umezu was surprised and said, "Didn't the military say that there was only two to one? And I remember that the military department was still publicizing the news that the Rehe Air Force would be annijudized in China at that time? Is it possible that those guys in the military department even deceive the people in the country?

Ishihara Guaner shook his head and said, "The guys in the military department are almost crazy. What else do they dare not do? It is their patent to deceive the superiors and subordinates. In this war, they not only deceived His Majesty the Emperor and the people in the country, but also did not let us ourselves go. I have investigated the remains of the killed pilots, technical sergeants and corporals of the shot down Rehe Air Force. The flight time did not exceed 100 hours, and the pilots we lost. Most of them are lieutenants, captains, majors, Morita, Manseat and others are senior and excellent pilots with a flight time of more than 1,600 hours. Our losses are too great. Our pilots rely on their rich flight experience and team cooperation to shoot down the Rehe Air Force combat aircraft, and the other party is just a group. The newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. The huge gap in weapons alone has brought great casualties to our army. Moreover, the pilots in the Rehe Theater are very special. They seem to inherit the consistent style of the China Air Force. Even if they are shot down, they will never be captured. They often leave the last bullet to themselves.

Mijiro Umezu exhaled deeply and said, "If our army is equipped with a new fighter, can we have an advantage in surnames?

Ishihara Guaner shook his head and said, "I'm afraid you will be disappointed, my commander. What we got is only the model that Zhang Xuewu got four years ago. During this period, Rehe has updated and improved several BF-109 series models, and it is also equipped with better falcon fighters. I believe they are also In the development of the next fighter, we are still lagging behind, but there is not such a huge difference in what we are lagging behind.

Mezumijiro rubbed his hands in disbelief and said, "Then before the new fighter plane forms combat effectiveness, we must keep a low profile. The flying division of the Kwantung Army transferred to Seoul for flight training, otherwise they would be targeted by the damn enemy over Manchuria. If so, they will be the target of hunting again. I don't want our excellent pilots to be slaughtered because of the fighter's surname.

Meizumi Mijiro and Ishihara Guaner both know that Zhang Xuewu is the strongest now, because according to imperial intelligence, Zhang Xuewu went to the Soviet Union for a secret visit. It is said that the two sides had a very pleasant exchange and large-scale cooperation. Although the empire is also secretly negotiating with the Soviet Union, the Soviets It cares more about whether the empire has concluded an agreement with Germany and Italy and the content of the agreement.

If Su can conclude a treaty, then the Soviets are bound to reduce their assistance to Rehe and Zhang Xuewu to a minimum, which is more beneficial to the Kwantung Army. They don't have to face Zhang Xuewu's aggressive offensive, but now they still have to endure the fun of meeting in the basement. Rehe The strafing and bombing of the air force have escalated from boredom to terror. There is no inch of land in Manchukuo, and the loss of dealing with warplanes that come and go in the sky with ground firepower is not affordable for the Kwantung Army.

Meizumi Mijiro and Ishihara Guaner are very depressed, and Chiang Kai-shek in Wuhan is also very difficult, because due to the Rehe War, he sat with nearly one million troops in the fifth war zone and watch the Kwantung Army fight with the tenth war zone, and missed the great opportunity for the North China Japanese army to be extremely empty. If Chiang Kai-shek could seize the opportunity. If he would give a counterattack to the army in Central China or North China, then he would not have to be pushed to the forefront by public opinion now.

Although Dai Li personally gave a death order for the military unification, seized dozens of newspapers, and arrested hundreds of editors and reporters, the overwhelming news was still turbulent, and there was no wind and no waves. Chiang Kai-shek was a political background, and his political means and abilities far exceeded his military achievements. So Chiang Kai-shek must be behind this. Is it Zhang Xuewu or others in the party? There were too many enemies to offend, and Chiang Kai-shek was not sure who was taking the opportunity to make trouble to him for a while.

It was not Chiang Kai-shek's intention to miss the opportunity, but he was scared by Zhang Xuewu's strength. A tenth war zone suddenly had the power to compete with the government? In just a few years, Zhang Xuewu actually connected Rehe, Suiyuan, Chahar and the northwest to exploit the oil field in Yumen? Yumen Oilfield is the only oilfield that can be exploited by the government's exploration reserves. Now it is controlled by Zhang Xuewu, which means that the only oil channel of the government can only be imported through Hong Kong, and there are many restrictions on imports. The British took the opportunity to blackmail, and Chiang Kai-shek was almost crazy about it.

Chiang Kai-shek supported the army and watched the tiger fight, and Zhang Xuewu naturally cut off all his Soviet aid materials. In Zhang Xuewu's words, he gave the anti-Japanese materials to the real anti-Japanese people. Therefore, Zhang Xuewu openly cut off the supply of Soviet aid materials from the state government. It can be said that Chiang Kai-shek had nothing to do about this. The military and political department and Rehe Gong The department has made many negotiations, all of which refused to transport on the pretext of military threats.

When the National Government Axe informed the Soviet Union to suspend the transportation of military aid, weapons and ammunition, the Soviet Union replied that all the materials had been handed over in place and all of them were allocated to the tenth war zone, which was received by Li Xinkai, the chief of staff of the theater, in the Dingyuan camp. It was very obvious that Zhang Xuewu and the Soviet Union People are likely to be bastards in a pair of trousers. 180 million of the 240 million US dollars of military aid materials in the government entered Zhang Xuewu's pocket. How can this not make Chiang Kai-shek furious? You should know that it only cost 20 million yuan for me to build China's largest Fengtian Arsenal for Zhang Zuolin, so that the Feng army could produce its own Type 38 75 mm field guns and shells. The knives of the Northwest Army and the cannons of the Northeast Army were all afraid of the princes in China at that time.

Zhang Xuewu's attitude towards the government also showed his dissatisfaction. In this regard, the Ministry of Military Affairs also had no way. Chiang Kai-shek also played scoundrels when he was young, but he really had to hesitate about such a blatant and shameless thing as Zhang Xuewu. It can be said that Chiang Kai-shek, who was wandering between shameless and shameless, did not It may defeat Zhang Xuewu, who is completely shameless.

Moreover, what made Chiang Kai-shek most angry was that Zhang Xuewu reorganized his troops into four clusters. The Northwest Cluster was beginning to crack down on local warlords such as Ningma and Ganma. Originally, these were local affairs. Chiang Kai-shek did not want to intervene, and he was most willing to see the war and consumption between local forces, but Zhang Xue Wu is different. His tenth war zone is really too powerful. If the northwest is occupied by him and a solid rear is formed. In the northeast of the war, I'm afraid that his own government will rule the river with it, and the premise is whether Zhang Xuewu is willing to do it or not.

Chiang Kai-shek also regretted this time, but what he regretted was why the northwest was included in the sequence of the tenth war zone. Originally, he thought that the Ma army of the Central Committee would contain Zhang Xuewu, but now Zhang Xuewu has defeated the Ma army in the name of suppressing bandits. It is said that Zhang Xuewu has invested all the light armor. The cavalry regiment, with an attack distance of 150 kilometers every day, made the horse team that the horse army proud of, was divided and annihilated before it was assembled.

Does Zhang Xuewu dare to risk the world to fight a civil war under the current situation of the enemy? This was not expected by Chiang Kai-shek, but the name used by Zhang Xuewu was to suppress bandits. Who doesn't know that the Ma army in the northwest was started by bandits? Since ancient times, the family of soldiers and bandits, the family of police and bandits have all fixed things. Have you even suppressed the provincial party department and the provincial government axe of the national government? This is a naked rebellion!

Zhang Xuewu can slap Jiang's face, but it is difficult for him to draw back, because if he wants to label Zhang Xuewu, he must first move the sequence under the jurisdiction of the tenth war zone. This is obviously a little too much suspicion. On this issue, Chiang Kai-shek often seems very calm. He wants to Find a very good opportunity to first combat Zhang Xuewu's political prestige. Chiang Kai-shek is about to regret that he once tried his best to create a heroic image for Zhang Xuewu.

However, the glass of bitter wine brewed by Jiang himself is now in front of him. Drink it? Obviously, this bitter wine seems to have been changed into the utensils for the wine! Not a cup! It's a big jar! Self-inflicted!

(to be continued)