(This story is purely fictional, please do not imitate it!)
Since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, Japan has been going smoothly, and has been able to reap huge dividends every time in its war gambles with China. Because of this, Japan's gambling capital has become bigger and bigger. Japanese militarist fanatics are in charge of Japan. The national affairs finally made their ambitions extremely inflated. The September 18th Incident in 1931 allowed them to occupy the three eastern provinces of my country almost without a fight, and their land area was several times that of Japan. Later, the September 18th Incident in Shanghai, It was very easy for China to lose the right to station troops on Chinese territory.
In 1935, Japan repeated its old tricks and created the so-called North China Incident and the "Zhangbei Incident". Through the "Ho-Mei Agreement" and other measures, Japan also easily took over large tracts of land north of the Great Wall of China and east of Jidong. It adopted
The method is exactly the same as that in Northeast China, which is to support the local traitor and puppet regime, infiltrate, control, and plunder, so that China will eventually lose its sovereignty in the above-mentioned areas.
China, this poor and weak giant, was bleeding heavily from Japan in every limited struggle. It seemed that it could no longer hold on and was about to fall! The Chinese nation has reached its most dangerous moment!
Regarding the independent detachment of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, the predecessor of the National Defense Force, which suddenly emerged from the Battle of Eastern Guangdong in the summer of 1935, the arrogant Japanese government did not feel that it was a threat to Japanese interests, but only regarded Wu Aihua as a force of "civil strife" in China.
The Japanese government also arrogantly believed that Wu Aihua's "anti-Japanese" proposition was just the way for Wu's power to survive. No, although Wu Aihua's slogans were shouted loudly, they were not used in any anti-Japanese actions.
The Japanese view does have some validity. Wu Aihua did not take any special anti-Japanese actions at that time, at least on a public level.
When the Japanese army launched the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, they also did not take into account the strength of the independent column, or in other words, they regarded it as an ordinary army with some combat power. Compared with the Imperial Japanese Army, they were still far behind.
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It is precisely because of this that Wu Aihua's attack on the Japanese army was successful. Finally, the night attack of the National Defense Forces Air Force and its power supply made the Japanese government wake up: the National Defense Forces are China's real anti-Japanese force.
When the Wehrmacht sent out the power, Old Japanese Touichi in the temple, Tomofumi Yamashita, Naozo Okabe and others were "studying" how to word the matter to report the matter to the base camp.
The consequences of this night air attack were disastrous. There were three people in the meeting, and they couldn't even find enough qualified meeting secretaries. The destruction of the 3rd Flying Group made the North China Front unable to control the air for at least a month; the Tianjin baggage warehouse and
The supplies were destroyed, leaving the North China Front with only half a month's worth of supplies and an average of one base amount of ammunition in each division. The sinking of the "Tizo" will further deepen the conflict between the Japanese navy and the army.
However, the Japanese government is basically a completely unreasonable and unpredictable government controlled by several mad dogs. At 4:00 pm on September 2, the Japanese cabinet made a decision: First, dispatch aircraft from the country and within half a month
Restore the organization of the 3rd Flying Group; secondly, the current task of the North China Front Army is to take a defensive position against Wu Aihua's National Defense Force and take an offensive in the direction of Shandong, requiring the North China Front Army Headquarters to capture Shandong within half a month; thirdly, the Japanese Cabinet and
The Ministry of War decided to dispatch an additional 3rd Army to the North China Front. The establishment, equipment, and soldiers will be in place within a month; fourth, the Japanese Navy decided to fully join the campaign to conquer China and will take action against China's economic center Shanghai and East China at a later date.
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"Yamashita-kun, Okabe-kun, the base camp is really far-sighted! We should have taken tougher measures and stronger pressure on China long ago!" Terauchi Shouichi was happy when he saw that he was just being "reprimanded" and his official position was not at all.
Flattery.
"Your Excellency, Commander, although the base camp said that it will take a defensive position against the National Defense Forces, I believe that this defensive position also depends on how to abide by the law. Besides, being on the defensive does not mean not attacking!" Yamashita Fengfumi, the "Malay Tiger", decided to increase the intensity of the attack.
His right to speak.
"Oh, Yamashita-kun, do you have any good suggestions?" It would be a lie to say that Terauchi Juichi did not want to fight back. He dreamed of wiping out the abominable resistance force of the National Defense Forces.
"The humble position believes that in terms of the Air Force, the base camp should be asked to immediately relocate the Kwantung Army's 1st Flying Group to North China, and at the same time carry out attacks on the National Defense Forces airports and bases, and bomb villages and towns in the areas controlled by the National Defense Forces. From the root, the soul
Destroy the resistance of the Wehrmacht!
In terms of the army, the army of the Mongolian military government should be the forerunner. The Mongolian army should draw out the main force of the National Defense Forces, and then concentrate on the 1st Army of our Front Army and the units directly under the Front Army. With the cooperation of the 1st Aviation Group, we should attack the main force of the National Defense Forces.
Attack violently!
Your Excellency, Commander, since the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, although the Imperial Army of the Empire of Japan has suffered heavy losses in front of the Chinese National Defense Forces, I wonder if the Commander has discovered that the combat methods adopted by the Chinese National Defense Forces are all sneak attacks and have no connection with the Imperial Japanese Army.
The Japanese army has conducted a frontal decisive battle. What does this mean? This shows that the National Defense Forces are timid and afraid of battle. As long as our Imperial Japanese Army displays an upright decisive battle, the National Defense Forces will most likely flee!
Of course, in order to be safer and to cherish the lives of our Imperial Japanese Army, we can let the Mongolian Army or the Manchurian Army conduct a tentative attack on the Wu Aihua Department.
In order to cooperate with this operation, I suggested that the front army should adopt separate strategies when dealing with different factions of the Chinese army. For example, against Yan Xishan's Shanxi-Sui Army, they should adopt the policy of appeasement, inducement, and even cooperation to affirm and retain Yan Xishan.
For the control of Shanxi, our Imperial Japanese Army can provide it with weapons and equipment, machinery and equipment, etc. Our Imperial Japanese Army can do business with Yan Xishan in cash and on a fair basis. For the troops of Fu Zuoyi, Shang Zhen and Han Fuju, we can also
This approach can also be adopted.”
"But... Yamashita-kun, this is contrary to the plan of the base camp." Terauchi Juichi quickly understood Yamashita Fengfumi's thoughts.
"No, I don't think so. After we concentrate on wiping out Wu Aihua's National Defense Forces, Shanxi and Shandong, and even the entire area north of the Yangtze River in China, will no longer be left to them. If the commander has concerns, contact the above-mentioned forces.
For the contact and signing of relevant documents, I can completely handle it for you.”
"Okay, okay, okay! Mr. Yamashita deserves to be the elite of our Imperial Japanese Army. If this strategy is implemented, the situation in China will be completely changed. Even if China still has the power to resist, it will be powerless."
Major General Naozō Okabe felt very uncomfortable when he saw the two singing together. Originally, the base camp was going to appoint him as the chief of staff of the North China Front Army, but Yamashita Fengfumi came out of nowhere, and his dream suddenly came to nothing.
.At this time, Okabe Naozo was not very optimistic about Yamashita Tomofumi's strategy, but he could not oppose it head-on. However, he soon thought of how to "counterattack":
"Your Excellency, Commander, Yamashita-kun. Judging from the battles in the past two months, the National Defense Forces are not only good at sneak attacks, but their combat power is also extremely powerful. Otherwise, the Kawabe Shosan Brigade and Suzuki Shigeyasu Brigade will not be able to attack overnight.
They were completely wiped out. Moreover, the Shosan Brigade by the river was attacked, but the Suzuki Shigeyasu Brigade had an encounter with the National Defense Forces. This situation must cause us to think deeply, otherwise, the Imperial Army will still suffer.
. Moreover, the fact that the National Defense Forces Air Force is able to dispatch at night shows that the National Defense Forces have more advanced technology than the Imperial Japanese Army!"
"This..." Juichi Terauchi felt that what Deputy Chief of Staff Naozo Okabe said made sense.
"What Okabe-kun said makes sense. However, this is exactly the tactical issue we should focus on next." Yamashita Tomofumi responded gently. But the meaning contained in his words was very direct: Okabe Naozo
Don't change the concept. What I just talked about was strategy, and what you talked about was tactics. You, a dignified major general, can't even distinguish between strategy and tactics, right?
"Yes, that's right. Next, we should discuss the tactical issues." Terauchi Juichi was awakened by Yamashita Hobumi. These are indeed two issues. From a strategic point of view, Yamashita Hobumi's strategy is a very complicated one.
Strategy, which includes strategic weakness, strategic deception, strategic offense, and many strategic thoughts such as the theory of friend and foe, conspiracy theory, etc.
The old Japanese soldier Shouichi in the temple may indeed belong to the old school of soldiers. As he gets older, his thinking is not quick enough. In fact, Yamashita Fengfumi's approach is called "managing his subordinates", or "to achieve the goal, do whatever it takes". In terms of strategy,
It is not a new thing; when the old Japanese in the temple or Yamashita Tomofumi, a rookie in the imperial army who thinks highly of themselves, really understand what the means of modern warfare are, what are "three-dimensional warfare", "asymmetric warfare" and "special operations",
Japan is no longer a country but a general!
Next, the three Japs actually discussed some tactically useful things.
In view of the fact that the National Defense Forces have an air force, the North China Front submitted an application to the base camp to strengthen the air defense firepower of each unit. The specific goal is that each wing is equipped with an air defense squadron (4 20mm anti-aircraft guns, or 8 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns), and each brigade is equipped with an air defense squadron.
Directly under an air defense brigade (12 20mm anti-aircraft guns, or 12 anti-aircraft machine guns), each division is directly under an air defense wing (24 anti-aircraft guns or 24 anti-aircraft machine guns).
In view of the tactics of the National Defense Forces that are good at night attacks, the North China Front Army applied for a group of military dogs from the base camp, which basically reached the level of one military dog for each brigade. At the same time, all units of the Front Army were required to maintain at least 10% dog strength, whether marching or camping.
When camping, one-third of the patrol and security forces (including heavy firepower) must be able to enter the battle within one minute.
In response to the strong intelligence and special operations capabilities of the National Defense Forces, the front army also requested the base camp to dispatch intelligence warfare experts and special operations experts to guide operations and training.
It can be said that these strategies and "requests for instructions" almost cover the attack methods currently displayed by the National Defense Forces, which are highly targeted. It may be difficult for the National Defense Forces to regain that feeling of ease in future operations.