Chapter 974: Okamura Neji's Purpose
If it were another person who was insulted and scolded so much, he had already left in anger. However, after experiencing Luxi, Kenji Doihara, who suffered a crushing defeat, obviously no longer cared about it.
"Get out, the soil is fat and round!"
A young Japanese major general suddenly stood up, slapped the table and pointed at Kenji Doihara and scolded.
Kenji Doihara did not move and looked up at the other party. The major general seemed to be a little embarrassed. He was also known to everyone.
This young major general looks only in his forties. If he becomes a major general at such a young age, he must be half of the pride in the army.
"Xiyuanjun, calm down."
Major General Shinichiro Nishiyuan replaced Naojima as the brigade commander of the 36th Brigade of the 6th Division, and reorganized the 36th Brigade with some officers and soldiers of the 6th Division who remained in the local area.
The 36th Brigade was originally going to return to Japan to rebuild, but because it took too long to return to Japan to rebuild, it would be better to send the recruited supplementary troops directly to China and rebuild on site.
In this way, the manpower and material resources are consumed much less.
A major general who has just been sent from the local area and has some connection with the senior management. He has been promoted and smoothly, so he naturally doesn't take anyone seriously.
"Mr. Xiyuan, do I have the right to stand here? What you say doesn't matter, and what I say doesn't matter. Only the commander's words can be said."
This secretly praised Hata Shunji. Hata Shunji and Dohihara Kenji had no personal grudges, but on the contrary they still appreciated it. Besides, although Dohihara Kenji was defeated, he would not have been beaten to death with one stick. Since ancient times, there has never been a victorious general. Failure is not a terrible thing for a soldier.
There are so many inspirational examples of being shameless.
Judging from Kenji Doihara's state, he did not become depressed because of his defeat. This is the strong psychological quality that a soldier should have.
Shinji Hata still has great hope for Kenji Doihara.
"Don't be impatient for a moment, and listen to Mr. Dohihara finish his words."
"You guys, the intuition I said is not random guessing, but with a certain factual basis." Kenji Doihara explained, "First, if China J has such a powerful tactical master, why is it not reflected in the Shanghai war? The dynamics of their command organization have always been in the control of our intelligence. We even know more about our ability and character than ourselves. Our army has been advancing all the way and is invincible until the classic ambush battle in Jurong in the Nanjing Peripheral War. An elite squadron of our army was eaten by China J in one bite. The 16th Division was in the Tiger Cave of Zijin Mountain. Our army was blown up on the way forward, and then to the Guanghuamen Blocking Battle..."
Kenji Doihara knew it well and almost told the great achievements made by Leng Feng and the "Yasha" brigade in Nanjing. Even those who wrote the war history in the New First Army mastered almost the same level as his, which shows that he had made considerable hard work.
"I have studied all the combat processes of Leng Feng, Yasha and Honorary Division, and have one thing in common, that is, attack them unexpectedly, launch an attack at a time and place that you unexpectedly want to be hit, not be greedy for battle, not be greedy for merit, and act decisively."
"Leng Feng, we have very little information about him now. Only Major Hiroshi Takahashi brought back a blurry photo when he fought to the death. We have nothing valuable in other aspects." Takeo Imai said regretfully.
"This person is so mysterious."
"This may be a strategy for the Chinese. They just want to mislead us with such a person. In fact, how many people may Leng Feng be?"
"Matsumoto, your imagination is really rich. With their internal responsible relationship, if this is true, can we hide it?"
"From the current news, this kind of speculation is nonsense."
"Leng Feng had briefly served as the leader of the teaching corps, and he and Luo Yufeng, commander of the new 38th Brigade of Taierzhuang blocking My Segu Detachment, were his former partner..."
"According to the latest information, Luo Yufeng has replaced Huang Jie as the commander of the Eighth Army of China, stationed in eastern Henan, with three divisions under his command, with a total force of about 30,000. It is one of the most powerful troops in China."
"After I studied the relationship between Leng Feng and Luo Yufeng, I found that whenever Leng Feng needed it, Luo Yufeng was always able to lead the troops. In other words, although Leng Feng was not Luo Yufeng's direct superior, he could command Luo Yufeng. I was in the western Shandong Province and lost generals. I didn't expect that Leng Feng could actually mobilize the troops in the Fifth War Zone to quickly support him."
"Isn't the Battle of Shandong Province not commanded by Li De's neighbor?"
"All signs show that Li Delin's active offensive awareness is not strong, and he doesn't like to use danger. In the series of combat styles of Luxi, he obviously has the personal color of cold front. I fought with him and felt that he was a person who likes to take the initiative. Therefore, although I have a powerful 14th Division and a heavy artillery brigade, he was beaten so hard that he could not let go and was blocked everywhere. Among the Chinese generals I met, none of them would be willing to use a regiment of heavy artillery to exchange for a victory, and he dared. After the shells, he directly exploded the artillery and then evacuated the personnel. After that battle, I exposed the life gate of my division. My mechanized corps could not exert combat effectiveness without oil..."
"What Dohihara-kun means is that once we launch a plan to attack Wuhan, Leng Feng and his new army are very likely to launch another attack and disrupt our strategy?"
"It is not possible, but it will definitely be. According to our investigation, near Wuhan, GMD mobilized at least 700,000 to 1 million troops to set up defenses. If our army wants to capture Wuhan, if we follow the rules, it will probably take more than several months. Therefore, completely conventional combat is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is not advisable. We must find a way to make Jiang from Wuhan relax his vigilance, attack him unprepared, and unexpectedly."
"How can we attack and surprise others?"
"I heard that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has some contact with the Chiang government in Wuhan, and I don't know how it is going?" Okamura Nishi asked.
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"There is not much progress at the moment. Chiang's attitude is very tough and he cannot accept the conditions we have proposed." said Colonel Minato, the chief of the Shanghai Special Service Agency.
"Can you make some concessions to Chiang? Do you know the reason for their tough attitude?"
"The domestic opinion is that as long as Chiang leaves the enemy, peace negotiations can be launched between China and Japan." Mitsuki said slowly. This request must be disagreeable for Chiang. Moreover, in addition, there are other requirements, such as "opposing communism", etc. Chiang can accept this, but cannot accept his own stepping down. Therefore, these military hardliners in Japan will not let go, and they can only make China more united and fight against Japan. Ben.
"Why do you have to step down?"
"Because the empire had announced to the public before that it would no longer use the 'Cheng's government as its opponent." Kawabian Masasaburo replied.
It's nothing more than a matter of face.
But now this is a complex "face" problem, which cannot be solved by just one sentence or two sentences.
"Can we make a concession?"
"I don't think the empire needs to negotiate with the Chinese, and fight directly until they surrender. These Chinese will only truly surrender if they break their knees!"
"Yes, negotiations are only for the strong. The Chinese are not worthy of sitting at the negotiating table with the Great Japanese Empire..."
"We are here to conquer China, not to negotiate with them!"
Kenji Doihara frowned slightly. Unexpectedly, after suffering such a big loss, his comrades seemed not at all awake. Is China J really that easy to fight?
Perhaps only after fighting can these people be clear-headed.
"Hata-kun, stop talking!"
Hatan Shigeyoshi sat down without refuting.
Anyone who has suffered losses in the Chinese battlefield basically did not speak out and spoke nonsense. On the contrary, those generals who have never been to the Chinese battlefield and have just fought a few so-called Chinese J. are all so arrogant that they don’t care about Chinese J. at all.
What did those people in China instill in these guys that made these people so arrogant?
"Your Excellency Commander, I have said so much, just to ask you to take the Leng Feng and the New First Army into account in this plan to capture Wuhan, especially when formulating a combat plan, you must not ignore his existence." Kenji Doihara solemnly bent down to bow to Hata Shunruo and bowed.
"Well, I understand the painstaking efforts of Doihirahara," said Mr.
This battle to capture Wuhan was nominally the commander-in-chief of the three armies. In fact, the Second Army of the North Line was commanded by King Higashiki Tokura, and the two attack lines along the Yangtze River were commanded by Okamura Yasuji.
As for Higashiraki Minorhiko's physical condition, the commander-in-chief of the front enemy was Okamura Yasuji alone, and he was responsible for the safety and logistics supply in the rear.
The one who was really fighting in front was Okamura Yasuji, and the base camp could be said to have entrusted him with important tasks.
Everyone discussed and formulated the plan and then submitted it to the base camp for approval, but in the end, Okamura Yasuji had the final say.
War is not about doing business. You can follow the plan and take it step by step. The opponent will not follow your design, so the plan is often just a reference. In a big direction, when it comes to a certain battle or battle, the front-line commander must have the final say. Even if the front-line commander wants to die, you have to let him die first.
The decision is largely in the hands of Okamura Yasuji.
"Commander, Doihara Jun's meaning is not to really give in to the Chinese, but to give the Chinese an illusion that we may change our current strategy towards China and engage in a strategic deception!" Okamura Yasuji said solemnly.
"Strategic deception?"
"That's right, after the battles of Shanghai, Nanjing and Xuzhou Airport, our army achieved great results. Not only did it occupy Nanjing, the capital of China, but it also opened up the Jinpu route and held the richest Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions in its hands. This was an amazing victory. However, the imperial army suffered great losses and continued to rest and replenish. In such a situation, if a large-scale battle was launched, it would inevitably cause great damage to the domestic finance and economy. So at this time, we have reason to truce, and the Chinese suffered greater losses than us, and their situation was worse than us. If we intend to reach a tacit understanding of a truce, I think the Chinese would be very happy."
"Okamura-kun means to deceive the Chinese, but our military mobilization and the gathering of troops will probably not be concealed."
"We may not attack Wuhan, but Doihara Jun didn't say just now, an opponent we need to pay attention to."
"Leng Feng, the new army!" Hata Shunrok's eyes lit up.
"The heroes of the commander are just the same!"
"Okamura-kun is building a plank road openly and secretly traveling to Chencang, right?"
"Yes, we are targeting Leng Feng and the New First Army who are facing northern Henan on the surface, but in fact we are still targeting Wuhan in secret. We should act like we want to reoccupy northern Henan and eat the New First Army. In this way, we can not only paralyze the Chiang government in Wuhan, but Chiang will definitely not act on the safety of northern Henan and Pinghan Line. Therefore, if we can induce him to withdraw troops from Wuhan to support northern Henan, wouldn't it be more beneficial for us to raid Wuhan?" Okamura explained.
"A clever plan!" Hata Shunruo jumped up excitedly with his eyebrows rolling.
"Your Excellency Commander, we also need a powerful force to restrain the forces of northern Henan and the first and fifth war zones of China. If we can take the opportunity to occupy northern Henan and control the Pinghan Line, it is also necessary for our Wuhan strategy."
Chapter completed!