Chapter 229 The Nightmare of the Japanese Army in East China
Chapter 229 The nightmare of the Japanese army in East China
First, the Japanese naval fleet attacking Jiangyin suffered a devastating blow from the Chinese army's mine array. The "Naka", "Kinu" and other warships were sunk by the Chinese army's mines; then late that night, the 32nd Army of Hisao Tani's 11th Army
The division was almost completely wiped out by the Chinese Army; and then, starting from the night bombing of Suzhou, almost every place where the Japanese troops went and stayed at night would be bombed by the Chinese Army.
Matsui Iwane initially thought that these losses to the Japanese army were caused by the troops of the Nationalist Government. However, Matsui Iwane soon learned from the intelligence department that it was not the Chinese government forces that caused harm to the Japanese army, but those between Fujian and Guangdong.
caused by the National Defense Forces.
"Haga——" After Matsui Iwane got the news, he was so angry that he immediately sent a report to the Japanese base camp, asking the base camp to order General Nobuyuki Abe of the Japanese South China Front to immediately launch an attack on the Fujian and Guangdong areas of the National Defense Forces to contain the resistance of the China Army.
Matsui Iwane "sweared" in the telegram: As long as Abe Nobuyuki restrains the National Defense Forces, he is sure to capture Nanjing within half a month.
However, the Japanese base camp did not adopt Matsui Iwane's suggestion, but urged him to speed up the offensive pace and capture Nanjing and Wuhu as quickly as possible.
During the aggressive expansion of the Japanese army and the strategic review, the Japanese base camp formulated several plans for the battle in China. Finally, the Emperor adopted the plan of "breaking through the Yangtze River, joining forces in North China, jointly attacking Fujian and Guangdong, and unifying China".
The breakthrough on the Yangtze River meant defeating the resistance of the National Government represented by Chiang Kai-shek and occupying the hinterland of the Yangtze River east of the Three Gorges; the joining forces in North China meant that after the decisive victory in the breakthrough on the Yangtze River, the 4th Army Doihara Kenji turned around and headed north, fighting with
The 1st Army, 2nd Army, and 3rd Army of the North China Front Army General Yan Junliu joined together and quickly captured Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan and other places, connecting North China, East China, and Central China to form an entire Japanese-occupied area.
In the joint attack on Fujian and Guangdong, after the settlement of North China, East China and Central China, the main force of the Japanese army went south, and together with the South China Front Army, carried out the final strategic decisive battle against Wu Aihua's National Defense Forces.
To unify China, after a decisive victory in the military strategy, the forces in the southwest and northwest will be divided, induced to surrender, threatened and other means to make them recognize the fact of Japanese occupation and cooperate to build the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere". At this stage,
Military strikes have become secondary means, and political means will become the decisive strategy for whether Japan can ultimately rule China.
The people involved in the formulation of this strategy were all Japanese army base camp major generals and above, as well as several front army generals. There were no ordinary secretarial staff involved. Therefore, the "Fengqing Bureau" did not receive relevant intelligence. This was also the first time the Japanese army attacked Shanghai Daide Takeihua.
Unexpected reasons.
Many years later, when Wu Aihua's troops finally set foot on Japanese soil and found relevant written materials from the Japanese Imperial Palace, Wu Aihua suddenly realized.
The research by war history experts is much more interesting. They believe that: The reason why the Japanese army formulated such a strategy and was eventually adopted by the emperor was that, first, the Japanese national character was accustomed to "be cautious of weakness and fear of evil".
To make matters worse, the Japanese army and Wu Aihua's National Defense Force fought in Pingjin. Compared with the military strength of the two sides, the National Defense Force was in a weak position. However, the result was that the Japanese army was almost completely wiped out, while the National Defense Force's losses were minimal. Although some officers in the Japanese army believed that it was just a sneak attack by the National Defense Force.
However, there are some sober people in the Japanese army who believe that there is still a big gap between the Japanese army and Wu Aihua's National Defense Force. Even though the Japanese army has reviewed and improved its strategy and tactics, and even though the Japanese army's aircraft technology has made considerable progress, there is still a big gap.
If the Japanese army really wants to confront the National Defense Forces directly, the chances of the Japanese army winning are not great.
Even if the National Defense Forces are not as capable of fighting as imagined, the Japanese army and the National Defense Forces are in a state of anxiety and confrontation, which will also be very detrimental to the Japanese army, because Chiang Kai-shek's German Armament Reorganization Division still has a certain combat effectiveness. If Chiang Kai-shek's troops are launched, or other local warlords support the National Defense Forces
And if a surprise attack was launched, the Japanese army would also be very uncomfortable.
Second, the pragmatism of "picking peaches and picking soft ones" comes into play. Military operations do not start with a decisive battle with a strong enemy. A decisive battle with a strong enemy is often a means in the middle and late stages of the war, regardless of whether the defender or the attacker
Both sides will regard this decisive battle as the "winner" of the war.
If there is a decisive battle from the beginning, it is not a war, it is gambling!
Picking peaches and picking soft ones can, firstly, achieve quick results, which is crucial for Japan, which is short of resources; secondly, because it has suffered a defeat in North China before, it urgently needs a big victory to restore confidence.
Obviously, Matsui Iwane's request was not in line with the Japanese army's strategy and principles, so it was naturally not adopted. However, the Japanese base camp directly agreed to Matsui Iwane's request to increase the army aviation force.
In fact, keeping Abe Nobuyuki's South China Front troops stationary is an absolute deterrent force for the Fujian and Guangdong provinces. If the war starts now and all the trump cards are revealed, it may not be more beneficial to the Japanese army.
Of course, this strategy has a premise, that is, Wu Aihua's National Defense Forces will not send troops to support the Shanghai-Nanjing operation. If Wu Aihua dares to divide his troops, Abe Nobuyuki's South China Front Army will naturally launch an attack to contain the actions of the National Defense Forces.
General Matsui Iwane sent a telegram requesting Nobuyuki Abe to attack, which was based on the participation of the National Defense Forces and Air Force in the war; however, the Japanese base camp recognized the participation of the National Defense Forces in the war as referring to the Army, not the Air Force.
However, what makes the Japanese regretful is that it is this strategy of the Japanese army that gives the National Defense Forces the most scarce reorganization time. If the Japanese army feigns attacks on Shanghai and Nanjing with about five divisions of an army, as it did in history, and uses
The four corps of the South China Front plus the two corps of the East China Front, a total of 6 corps and 30 divisions, totaling 750,000 people, attack Fujian and Guangdong. If this kind of attack is best done before early December, the National Defense Forces are likely to abandon the coast.
The cities would have to retreat to the mountains to fight guerrillas. The entire history of the Sino-Japanese War would be changed beyond recognition.
In early December, the former Guangdong Army and the National Defense Force had just been mixed together, the old organization and combat effectiveness were no longer maintained, and the new combat effectiveness had not yet been formed.
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Wu Aihua arrived in Shanghai with the "Wuwei Camp" on December 23. Due to the preliminary arrangements of the "Fengqi Bureau", Wu Aihua and his party moved directly into the public concession after entering Shanghai.
The Public Settlement was originally a shared concession of Britain, the United States, Japan and other countries, but later Japan formed a relatively independent "Japanese Concession" within the Public Settlement. Here, it is a straight line distance from the East China Front Army Headquarters in the "Japanese Concession"
Less than 3 kilometers.
Wu Aihua certainly did not stay here to deal with the Japanese military headquarters. In fact, Wu Aihua's purpose in coming to Shanghai was very clear, which was to "add to the obstacles" to the Japanese. But what exactly he wanted to do, such as whether to attack the Japanese military headquarters, Wu Aihua would
Haven't thought about it yet.
On the night of the 23rd and throughout the day of the 24th, Wu Aihua analyzed the intelligence while looking at the detailed map of Shanghai.
Judging from the enemy's situation, the Japanese army's power in Shanghai was very fragile at this time. In terms of the army, in addition to the original Marine Corps, there was also a newly formed 38th Division of the 10th Army. This division was the same as the 32nd Division that was destroyed in Zhoujing Lane.
They are all newly formed divisions of the Japanese army. Although the officer configuration is good, the number of new recruits exceeds 80%, and their combat effectiveness is quite average.
Although the Japanese Army seems to have a large number of people, Wu Aihua still has a lot of loopholes to exploit because there are many targets to guard.
In terms of navy, the Japanese army is much stronger. Since the war in Shanghai broke out first, the Japanese "Chinese Fleet" has long been divided into two. The ones stationed in Shanghai are the aircraft carrier "Ziho", the battleship Haruna, and the battleship
The two heavy cruisers "Myoko" and "Maya" and a large number of other battleships, as well as the "Naka" and other ships destroyed in the Jiangyin ambush battle, also belong to the effective force of this fleet.
In addition, the Japanese spy organization in Shanghai, the Japanese Ronin organization, the Japanese military police, etc. also have certain strength.
Wu Aihua did not want to go into full-scale war with the Japanese army in Shanghai, so he did not need to think too much about the large-scale regular army. If Wu Aihua used the power of the "Dragon's Nest", then Wu Aihua could definitely go sideways in Shanghai, no matter what weapons the Japanese army had.
However, Wu Aihua has been struggling with the issue of whether to use the "Dragon's Nest" and on what occasion. However, Wu Aihua finally thought of a way.
"Shen Ren, Kong Wu, I have a question to ask you to judge. It is the 'Dragon's Nest' given by the merit system. Do you think it is better for us in Shanghai to use it, or not to use it? In addition, that is
Can the guys in the Wuwei Camp know about this ring?"
This is what Wu Aihua came up with. This question is really impossible to ask those guys in the Wuwei camp, and even his closest lover Chen Siwei has to keep it a secret.
"Boss, why don't you use it?" Shen Ren said firmly.
"Where's Kong Wu?" Wu Aihua looked at Kong Wu. This combat robot never spoke much.
"I agree with Shen Ren's point of view." Kong Wu said.
"Then...can we let those guys in the Wuwei camp know?" This may be the real reason why Wu Aihua is undecided.
"This is absolutely not possible." Kong Wu said immediately.
"Well, it depends on what you think, boss. If you want to use the 'Dragon's Nest' for large-scale troop transport in the future, you will eventually have to make the Dragon's Nest public within a certain range; if you don't plan to use the Dragon's Nest for transporting troops,
Soldiers, it's better not to let them know." Shen Ren's thoughts fully took into account Wu Aihua's difficulties.
"Well, you two know that my career has just started. I am short of money, supplies, arms, warships, everything. I came to Shanghai this time just to make some money from the Japanese, such as grabbing some
We need to go back with supplies and stuff, but how can we achieve this goal without the cooperation of those guys from the Wuwei Battalion?"
"Oh, boss, it turns out you are stuck here. This matter is very simple!" Shen Ren said immediately.
With Shen Ren's explanation, Wu Aihua began to "enlighten", and the nightmare of the Japanese Army's East China Front really began!