Chapter 903 The Japanese army must be defeated and our army must win
"Bagaya Road, why are there so many Eighth Route Army leaflets in the city? Is Xuzhou's city defense useless to the Eighth Route Army? What do you military police do?"
In the eyes of the local people, the Japanese Military Police Headquarters was the Palace of Hell. No matter what the reason was for being captured by the Japanese, it was basically impossible to come out alive.
The gendarmerie enforces military discipline internally and is responsible for local security and inspections externally. It has great power and a wide jurisdiction. It is notorious in the local area. However, facing the furious Yamashita Fengwen, the gendarmerie captain was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat and became tense.
Upright, head lowered, not daring to make the slightest move.
Doihara Kenji's eyes were lowered with a sarcastic look on his face. Tanaka Kuichi, the commander of the 21st Division, saw his expression in his eyes, and a sentence suddenly came to his mind, "A dog bites a dog by its hair." Thinking about it carefully, he felt
Not suitable.
Yamashita Fengwen scolded the military police captain bloody, but it still depends on the owner to beat a dog. Even though Yamashita Fengwen now has the power, this three-acre land in Xuzhou is ultimately Tanaka Jiuichi's territory.
The Jiluyu Daily published an article titled "The Japanese Army Must Defeat, Our Army Must Win", which was written by the Deputy Chief of General Staff himself.
The wording and writing style are sharp, and the content is penetrating, pointing out that the current situation between China and Japan has reversed from offensive to defensive. The article discusses that the Japanese army suffered three defeats, while the Eighth Route Army had three victories.
Not only was it widely circulated in the base areas, but leaflets were printed and distributed everywhere around Xuzhou and Jining on the route of the Japanese army's advance, and even a Japanese version was specially printed and distributed, and many Japanese and puppet troops got their hands on it.
"Yamashita-kun, please don't get angry. This matter is indeed the responsibility of the gendarmerie. However, the flow of people in Xuzhou City has increased sharply recently, and many officers and soldiers are causing trouble wantonly, which has taken a lot of energy from the gendarmerie!"
"The Eighth Route Army has always been good at deceiving people. This move is intended to disturb people's hearts. It's not surprising. After all, victory or defeat is decided on the battlefield!" Tanaka Jiuichi said.
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Yamashita Fengwen actually pointed his finger at Doihara Kenji, who was watching the excitement, with a solemn expression and a fierce look on his face: "The Fourteenth Division should leave as soon as possible!"
The Japanese advance force, the Fifty-seventh Division and the Tank Training Brigade, have already advanced westward from Dangshan, and the second echelon of the Guards Division has also set off from Xuzhou. Only Kenji Doihara's Fourteenth Division has not yet arrived.
movement.
Faced with Yamashita Tomofumi's sudden attack, Doihara Kenji didn't care at all. The policy he currently pursues is not to take the initiative and not to cooperate. This attitude is really annoying.
The relationship between the two parties is like a cold war between husband and wife. Yamashita Tomofumi is a frustrated little daughter-in-law, and the Japanese military headquarters controlled by Tojo Hideki is the husband's family, so naturally he is on the side of Doihara Kenji.
Therefore, Yamashita Fengfumi did not dare to complain to the military headquarters. He might get scolded or even questioned, which changed his high-spirited attitude in the previous combat meeting.
As a commander of a front army, he seems to have a high position of authority. The advance troops have already started the battle, but the commander cannot even direct the troops under his command. It is really difficult to describe how frustrating it is.
Doihara Kenji seemed relieved and said: "Yamashita-kun, please be patient. As a commander, you must remain calm at all times and coordinate the overall situation. This is related to the safety of thousands of imperial warriors!"
"Wars are raging around Xuzhou, and the Eighth Route Army is deliberately creating momentum in Jining. Therefore, our 14th Division is the final reserve and cannot be easily mobilized!"
Kenji Doihara's words were high-sounding, but his true intention was still not to obey Yamashita Tomofumi's order, and to deliberately hinder him, and to sit back and watch the situation develop.
The Kwantung Army's established plan was to concentrate the main force of the three divisions, supplemented by the cooperation of the tank training brigade, and push it forward all the way. Kenji Doihara's unauthorized changes made Yamashita Fengfumi furious, but there was nothing he could do.
"In that case, you should take a good rest and recuperate. Your name will surely be on the list of achievements after the war!" Yamashita Fengfumi walked towards the door angrily. When the office door opened, he turned to look at Doihara Kenji fiercely.
"The Empire of Japan will be destroyed by Tojo Hideki and bureaucrats like you. Your Majesty the Emperor, take a good look at how the ruling faction is loyal to you and how they hollow out the corners of the empire!"
The voice of grief, anger and helplessness resounded throughout the entire office building. Amid the surprised gazes of the Japanese officers along the way, Yamashita Fengwen got on the long-awaited special car and drove away from the headquarters compound.
Other Japanese officers were unaware of the conflicts in the office, but the military police captain who witnessed the whole process was trembling with fear. Fortunately, Tanaka Jiuichi spoke and allowed him to walk out of the office safely.
"Doihara-kun, you still have to put the overall situation first!" Tanaka Kuichi said this suddenly after holding it in for a long time.
The war slowly began, and Zhou Weihan was at ease. Yang Bo, Tian Defu and other members of the headquarters sat around Zhou Weihan.
"In the early days of the founding of a new dynasty, its population and industries were depleted due to wars. After decades of recuperation, it will usher in a so-called prosperous age!"
"That's because the population is too small and the means of production are rich. However, with continuous development, land annexation will gradually occur. This situation was particularly prominent in the last years of the dynasty. The wine and meat smelled stinky in the rich families, and there were frozen bones on the roads. This is not just talk!
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Those who can serve in the column headquarters, whether they have gone to school before or studied after joining the army, all have a certain level of education, but they may not necessarily know much about history, let alone be able to see the essence through phenomena.
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"Comrade ***, why didn't the emperor and officials at that time carry out reforms?"
"Yes, they were the elite group of society at that time, so they couldn't come up with effective methods, right?"
"It's not necessarily true. There have been many reforms in the late Qing Dynasty, but they still have no results!"
A group of people had different opinions. Zhou Weihan's plan at this time was not without purpose. After the war, these people in the headquarters were going to northern Anhui and eastern Henan to assist in land reform.
Even if there are clear rules and regulations, they still need to be implemented by people. If you don’t have a clear understanding, how can you grasp the scale?
Zhou Weihan continued: "Our country's thousands of years of history, the decline and rise of dynasties, internal reforms and struggles, all in one sentence, class determines the stance!"
"It's not that some things can't be done, but that they simply don't want to do them. Few people are willing to give up their own interests!"
"The ancient emperors were feudal monarchs. Would they betray their own class for the benefit of ordinary people? What's more, would the last monarch have the courage and ability to promote change?"
"If we force the change, I am afraid that what awaits us will not be the peasant uprising army, but the black hands of aristocratic families and bureaucratic groups. Therefore, we must be cautious when it comes to reform, and we must not rush forward!"
The Hebei, Shandong, and Yu Daily published an article titled "The Japanese Army Will Defeat, Our Army Will Win." This move was to stabilize people's hearts and boost morale, with the former being the focus, especially in the newly opened base areas in northern Anhui and eastern Henan.
Ordinary people only care about the harvest in the fields, and their children get married and have children. Landowners and gentry who occupy certain means of production also only care about their own one-third of an acre of land.
To explain in one sentence, the knowledge of the small peasant class is limited. If the little devils had not destroyed their families and scattered their wives and children, there would be no way to survive, and few people would rise up to resist.
From a dialectical point of view, if the Eighth Route Army carries out land reform, it will inevitably touch the interests of the landlords and gentry, so will they also rise up to resist?
Therefore, correct guidance is needed to make the broad masses of the people closely unite around the Eighth Route Army, and even to win over a group of landlords and gentry to concentrate their efforts on attacking those stubborn elements.
Zhou Weihan did not reveal these words in front of everyone, but they would need to implement them in the future.
"Member, is the invasion of our country by the little devils an unprecedented change?"
"I sometimes think about it, if the little devils' methods were not too cruel, and they implemented the policies that were implemented after the Manchus entered the customs, and united the bureaucrats and landlords and gentry, what would the current situation be like?"
