Today's battle report of the Japanese North China Front is on the table at the Army Base Camp Headquarters.

Looking at the content above, Gen. Sugiyama, Minister of War, couldn't believe it.

It couldn't believe it: the empire's ranks had become so corrupt.

The attacking team was wiped out!

The defending team was wiped out!

If the attacking team can avoid being completely wiped out, it is already considered a strong combat force!

What happened to the North China Front Army?

Two years ago, they were driven back to the Northeast from North China by the national army. At that time, Touichi Terauchi vowed:

Because the North China Front has insufficient troops!

Now the North China Front has 25 infantry divisions, with a total strength of more than 500,000 people. It must be sufficient!

The war still ends like this!

Without the support of the Navy's Fifth Fleet, Minister Sugiyama Gen believed that he would be forced to resign.

Fortunately, with the complete destruction of the Navy's Fifth Fleet as a backdrop, I can make my life easier.

At the imperial meeting: the Minister of the Navy and the Minister of War agreed for the first time.

They all believe that after ten consecutive years of resistance, the current national army has greatly increased its strength and is no longer the original national army that can be slaughtered at will.

It’s time to change from advancing eastward to expanding westward!

The two ministers agreed: go west! Expand to the Pacific!

The United States has developed industry and rich mineral deposits. As long as it occupies the United States, it will also have the ability to dominate the world.

The emperor originally wanted to summon them to discuss what to do next?

I didn't expect that the two ministers had such unanimous opinions. In this case, let's formulate an attack plan first.

To fight against the United States, the Navy has always had operational plans.

In the past, the U.S. Navy was only used as an imaginary enemy for exercises, but this time the exercises were conducted as actual combat.

According to their previous plan, they were to first occupy Northeast China, then occupy North China, and control Central China.

In the end, they no longer dare to think about controlling the entire continent, Central China, and North China. Even the Northeast cannot be defended.

In this case, the army and navy decided to turn their attention in another direction: the United States, as the richest country in the world.

If this fat sheep is slaughtered, Japan will become rich and its territory will expand.

The world is currently in chaos, and no matter how well the Chinese military has been fighting during this period, not many eyes are paying attention to East Asia.

For the established powers in the world, the war in East Asia is just like a child's joke playing house.

When there are no major international events, they can still take a look. When there are major international events, they are too lazy to pay attention here.

They take care of their own affairs, and the Nanjing Military Commission now regards meetings after 8pm as regular meetings.

The Chairman of the Generalissimo was obviously very excited today and asked Chen Cheng to read out the achievements of Wei Mingyang's entire army in the Northeast one by one today.

Wei Mingyang came out of the 98th Division and was labeled as Chen Cheng.

Today, the chairman asked Chen Cheng to host the meeting, and he also wanted to comfort him.

After all, at yesterday's military meeting, He Yingqin's team was sent to the Northeast to share Wei Mingyang's cake in the Northeast.

The results of the battle have been reported, and there are no more issues to discuss tonight.

The reinforcements to be sent out are all in action. The nearest Han Fuqu has already sent an army on a train and has arrived at Shanhaiguan.

The other teams were in action, and the big guys attending the meeting excitedly discussed how Wei Mingyang defeated the Japanese Navy's Fifth Fleet this time.

How to replicate such a naval battle is what all the big guys are most interested in.

Today, the teams of Yang Sen and Zhang Zizhong captured Lingnan and Lingyuan in one fell swoop. This is a sample of a special operations mixed group siege.

This is what makes the chairman very happy. If a team can fight, it is not strong; if every team can fight, then it is really strong.

The Japs guarding Lingyuan and Lingnan are both infantry divisions, which makes the Chairman the happiest.

Being able to annihilate a Japanese infantry division at once was simply unimaginable before.

At this time, Wei Mingyang was at Jinxi Port again. He arrived at the port ten hours later than planned today.

The plan was perfect, but the execution was unexpected.

No one expected that the Japanese Navy’s Fifth Fleet would come to intercept them midway.

If the warships of the Japanese Navy's Fifth Fleet were trailing behind, it would take a lot of effort to get Wei Mingyang's fleet to dock.

Tank divisions and cavalry divisions are disembarking in an orderly manner.

Wei Mingyang had already received reports from various battlefields throughout the day on his way here.

I have just decided on the next main battlefield: Suizhong! Or Suizhong!

He had already issued an order to Yao Ziqing: "Concentrate all forces and strive for seven days to wipe out all ten Japanese infantry divisions between Suizhong and Xingcheng."

In order to achieve this goal, the tank divisions and cavalry divisions that just landed today have all devoted themselves to this encirclement and suppression battle.

Han Fuqu's army, which had just arrived at Shanhaiguan, immediately went to Suizhong to participate in the battle.

Gu Zuo's first division immediately went to Jinzhou to assist Li Daqiang's second division in holding Jinzhou for ten days.

Yang Sen's team sealed off Lingnan tightly to prevent any Japanese from escaping on the road.

Zhang Zizhong's team continued to attack from Lingyuan. The Japanese could not take care of both at the moment. They took this opportunity to recover the entire Chahar and Rehe and prepare for the next attack on Shenyang.

After the order was issued, Wei Mingyang sighed:

When raising soldiers, I always feel that the pressure is too great and the finances cannot bear it.

When using troops, I always feel that the number of troops is too small. When the troops are used, I will regret that they are too few!

If there were another 200,000 troops at this time, Wei Mingyang would dare to cross the sea and directly attack Dalian and Lushun.

The Japanese Navy's Fifth Fleet stationed in Lushun has just been severely damaged, and their strength is at its weakest at this time.

At this time, sending a team can achieve the best results at the lowest cost.

After retaking Port Arthur, the army marched along the border and imprisoned all the Japanese.

Wei Mingyang could only think about this battle plan. He didn't have enough troops, so he had to do it step by step!

The Ishiguro Division's attack suffered heavy losses on the first day after arriving in Jinzhou, which made the commander of the Ishiguro Division very angry.

In the evening, it convened a meeting of the remaining Japanese soldiers above the rank of commander of the entire division.

There is only one topic: How to fight tomorrow?

The four infantry regiment captains are all there, but the cavalry and artillery are missing.

The four infantry regiments all knew that the Chinese army's artillery fire was powerful, but they had no corresponding means.

Captain Mizuno Fukushin suggested: Ask the aviation force for guidance!

The commander of the Ishiguro Guard Division said depressedly: "Commander Juichi Terauchi no longer has aviation troops at his disposal.

The national army’s anti-aircraft fire was even more powerful.”

Nothing came of this military meeting.

After Captain Mizuno Fukushin came back, he could only hold his own military meeting.

This time, I first asked Captain Toyokawaemon to finish talking about his battle experience during the day.

Then tomorrow's attack was arranged. Captain Mizuno Fukushin ordered: "The Iseya Daisuke Brigade will attack as the first echelon tomorrow.

The entire brigade launched an attack."

It will use a large number of troops to overwhelm the national army's defense line.

On the first day of defending Jinzhou, the entire division suffered few casualties, which made Li Daqiang very happy.

What made him even happier was that reinforcements had arrived.

Gu Zuo led the First Division to Jinzhou, which was something he had never expected.

The two divisions combined had 60,000 men, and Li Daqiang felt that he could defend Jinzhou for half a year without any problem.

Nowadays, there is sufficient food and ammunition in Jinzhou.

Gu Zuo entered Jinzhou and found that all the factories around the train station were operating normally and the shops on both sides of the street were open.

The Second Division fought well during the day, and Gu Zuo's First Division was stationed in the city.

After daybreak, Isegu Daisuke's brigade began to attack Weijiacun.

At the military meeting last night, Captain Iseya Daisuke had learned about the fierce artillery fire from the Japanese army on the opposite side.

What it can do now is to divide its troops into six groups like a cavalry regiment, with six arrows attacking Captain Lechang's defense line at the same time.

Captain Iseya Daisuke saw through the telescope that all the corpses in front of the battlefield had disappeared overnight.
To be continued...