Chapter 586: Isamu Temple: Big Business Opportunities
In Handan City, inside Temple Yong's office.
"Hi, hi, thank you for the compliment, General. This is what a subordinate should do. It is my duty to share the worries of His Majesty the General!" Isamu Terauchi nodded in response, with a smile on his face, obviously in a very good mood.
"Yusishi!" Okamura Neji's voice came from the other end of the phone. The words immediately changed and his tone became extremely serious: "Compared to you, Kawada Tsuchizaburo and others are extremely incompetent. Not only did they fail to replace the heavy artillery
, and they were deceived by this guy Zhou Weihan into stealing a batch of weapons and equipment. The imperial army will lose all face to them, it’s a huge shame!”
Under the same order of operations of the North China Expeditionary Force, Isamu Terauchi in Handan, Tsuchizaburo Kawada in Tunliu, and several Japanese commanders in Anyang and Xinxiang had similar military ranks and statuses.
Isamu Teuchi sent people to direct planes to blow up the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery. If it had been before the Japanese troops were defrauded by Zhou Weihan in Tunliu, Anyang, and Xinxiang, Okamura Neiji might not have expressed joy, and would have even reprimanded Isamu Terauchi.
After all, the 24 heavy artillery pieces were also a strategic weapon for the North China Expeditionary Force. However, a comparison with the current situation shows that Isamu Terauchi was very talented and saved the face of the Japanese army in disguise.
"Your Excellency, General, when it comes to combat command skills, I cannot compare with Kawada-kun and others. I can only stabilize the security in the defense area, but I have no ability to make progress!" Terauchi Isamu was very shady, and he casually gave Kawada Tsuchizaburo a thumbs up.
The public security in the area is corrupted.
"No! Terauchi-kun, generals like you may be the generals that the Empire of Japan needs most today!" After Okamura Neiji finished speaking, he paused and didn't say anything for a long time. He was obviously thinking about something, but then he sighed.
Said: "Mr. Temple, you have done a good job in Handan. Although the Eighth Route Army exists in Wu'an and other places, compared with other areas, in this environment, you still stabilized the security in the rear.
My previous idea of dividing Wu'an, Wuyi and Shexian counties into separate areas was not considered well."
"Your Excellency General, there is nothing wrong with your strategic plan. It's just that Mr. Imada who was responsible for the execution failed to meet the general's strategic needs, which led to the imperial army's successive defeats in the Changzhi area!" Terauchi Isamu said.
"Today, the empire's strategy has changed, and the imperial army cannot conduct large-scale battles in North China. Terauchi-kun, you need to do more!" Okamura Neiji said.
"General, please clarify!"
"The imperial troops in Licheng and Lucheng are trapped in Gucheng, Pingshun, Lin County is fully occupied by the Eighth Route Army, and Changzhi and its southern areas are occupied by the national army. At this difficult moment, I need you to lead the warriors to regain Licheng.
Lucheng and Lucheng must at least restore the smooth flow of highways and prepare in advance for the imperial army's counterattack in the future!"
Temple Yong was overjoyed when he heard this. He had long been salivating over Licheng and Lucheng, but without orders from his superiors, he could not turn them into defense zones for the 104th Brigade.
What Okamura Neiji just said is extremely vague, but it implies that Licheng and Lucheng can be included in the 104th Brigade defense zone as long as they are recovered.
The main force of the 104th Brigade commanded by Teruchi Yong is all in the southern Hebei region, and the three counties of Tainan have successively transferred a lot of troops to southern Hebei.
As the captain of the regiment, Hideo Ohki had the rank of left-wing military officer. He actually had less than two brigades of Japanese troops under his command, supplemented by a large number of puppet troops.
It stands to reason that Licheng and Lucheng are a burden and worthless to Yong Teraui, but Yong Teraui's brain circuit is different from ordinary people, and he can see the business opportunities at a glance.
The various factories in Handan were built to meet the daily supply needs of the Japanese army in the Changzhi area in the future. However, now that there are no Japs in Changzhi, this has restricted the factory's production capacity.
According to Terauchi Isamu's idea, if an agreement can be reached with the National Army in the Changzhi area, the Changzhi area will become a dumping ground for the Handan factory in the future, and tens of thousands of local National Army soldiers and a large number of ordinary people will be buyers.
If once this idea is realized, the profit will be visible to the naked eye, and Isamu Terauchi, as the person who handles it, will have to make a profit no matter what.
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguoyuedu to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. Yeguoyuedu is available for Android and Apple.]
"Please rest assured, General, I will do my best to regain Licheng and Lucheng, and rescue the trapped warriors of the Japanese Empire!" Driven by interests, Isamu Terauchi readily accepted this task.
"Youxi, Temple-kun, I'm waiting for good news from you!"
After hanging up the phone, Isamu Terauchi walked around the office and seemed to see the golden gold bar waving to him again. He murmured to himself: "Business opportunities, huge business opportunities!"
The impact of the deception of the Japanese troops in Tunliu, Anyang, and Xinxiang by Zhou Weihan was far-reaching. After the defeat of the Changzhi War, Okamura Neiji almost lost his position as commander of the North China Expeditionary Force. Once this scandal is exposed, it will definitely
have a negative impact on it.
Shortly after Isamu Terauchi ended the call, Okamura Neiji asked someone to send a telegram to the base camp. In the name of the poor command of Kawada Tsuchisaburo and others in the Battle of Changji, he suggested that the base camp recall the three men to the country and transfer them to the reserve force.
At the same time, compared with the misery on the Japanese side, the Eighth Route Army was making a lot of money.
"Each regiment has sent all the weapons and equipment sent by the little devils to Pingshun. According to statistics, there are 24 mountain guns, 24 Type 92 infantry guns, 36 heavy machine guns, 60 Type 96 light machine guns, 38 large cover
1,500, 3,000 mountain artillery shells, 2,500 Type 92 infantry artillery shells, 80,000 heavy machine gun bullets, 100,000 light machine gun bullets, and 150,000 6.5mm bullets!"
"Except for one vehicle's Type 92 infantry artillery shells that were detonated, there was no difference in the other numbers!" Xing Zhiguo said with a smile.
"Okay, first store these equipment in the combat readiness warehouse of the second division!" Zhou Weihan nodded.
"Then how will we distribute it next? The several group leaders below are all staring at it, and they are all jealous!" Xing Zhiguo joked.
"Look at it, everyone is so rich, and they always want to reach out to their superiors. I am not used to this problem. Old Xing, in this batch of weapons and equipment, except for the artillery, the rest of the weapons and equipment mainly need to be strengthened.
Give some backbones!"
"The main force of our Tainan Military Region is strong, but we can't stand out from both ends and leave the core group alone!" Zhou Weihan set the tone for the distribution of weapons and equipment this time.
"Okay, I'll send someone back to each group to check and try to make the distribution plan as reasonable as possible!" Xing Zhiguo nodded in response.
This is a job to control the discourse and offend people. Every regiment will definitely want more weapons and equipment.
In Zhou Weihan's plan, the fifth regiment, the 279th regiment, the 280th regiment, and the 281st regiment in the Tainan Military Region's combat order will be mainly allocated to the Type 92 infantry artillery, the Shexian base regiment, the first division base regiment, and the 29th regiment.
, the supplementary group will focus on strengthening the light and heavy machine guns, and replacing the equipment with the 38 large cover.