Regarding Okamura Neji's lion's mouth, Lieutenant General Jun in the harem just smiled and nodded: "Okamura-kun's appetite is not small, but these demands are not excessive and are reasonable. After all, the enemy has quite a few It is not unsatisfactory to provide more tanks and strengthen rapid-fire artillery and heavy artillery units."
"In this way, I can guarantee that the dispatched army headquarters will try its best to meet your requirements. However, the specific quantity will not be discussed with the commander until I return to Nanjing. The 11th Army is planning a new Changsha operation. All We need to wait until the end of the matter before we can give you an answer."
Lieutenant General Haremiya Jun's ambiguous and even obviously slippery answer did not pay much attention to General Neji Okamura. Now that Lieutenant General Haremiya Jun agreed, the dispatched army headquarters would more or less provide some assistance. But the difference is only in the amount. If it's more, he won't think it's too much. If it's less, can he open his mouth again?
Anyway, judging from the current situation, there is still plenty of time. In the war that just ended between the Anti-Japanese Alliance and the Kwantung Army, the Kwantung Army was indeed defeated miserably, but judging from the Kwantung Army's combat effectiveness, their casualties would not be too great. However, if they want to accumulate strength to launch another attack, they still need a certain amount of time to recuperate. Without this time, they will not be able to restore their offensive strength.
However, how much support will be provided by the dispatched troops, and there is still time to bargain, but for Neji Okamura, these are not too critical issues. For him now, the most critical issue is intelligence, especially this The North China Front has never had contact with the army, and all detailed information is the basis for operations against the North China Front.
In this aspect, for the North China Front Army, it is basically blank and needs the support of the Kwantung Army. At present, the total number of soldiers of this new opponent, the maximum number of reserve soldiers that can be mobilized, the organization of technical arms, and combat technologies and characteristics, the main performance of combat equipment.
There are also the approximate numbers of tank troops, aviation troops, and heavy artillery troops. This is all the information he, the commander of the front army, needs to assess the battlefield situation. The North China Front Army has never had any contact with this army before, and he wants to obtain similar information. We can only rely on the Kwantung Army's intelligence system.
Although it felt somewhat disgraceful that he was exposing someone's background, Okamura Neiji hesitated for a moment and turned the topic to Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Teiichi: "Yoshimoto-kun, your Kwantung Army has fought against them many times. Their tactics of warfare are quite familiar, and Manchuria has always been the sphere of influence of the Kwantung Army, which has a strict intelligence agency there."
"I request the Kwantung Army to first mobilize a group of officers who have fought with them to strengthen the North China Front Army so as to enhance the North China Front Army's understanding of the combat style of this army. This is what we urgently need at present. We must know the North China Front Army's understanding of this army's combat style. The newly appearing opponents are completely unfamiliar, and we know nothing about them except for the battle status report sent from the base camp."
"The second is to use your intelligence system to find out how many tanks and aircraft they currently have, the maximum number of tanks and aircraft they can dispatch at one time during combat, as well as the status and quantity of other equipment, especially the quantity of technical equipment. , this North China Front Army is the most urgently needed."
"In addition, their total military strength, the approximate proportion of their dispatchable forces, their aviation strength and combat effectiveness are also what the North China Front Army currently needs. This battle is crucial, and the North China Front Army must not allow the battle to begin. , only then did we finally discover that our opponent’s equipment had undergone tremendous changes.”
Faced with the two requests from Okamura Neiji, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Teiichi said with a somewhat embarrassed expression: "General Okamura, the first point is absolutely no problem. I will start the deployment immediately after I return, so that I will not be on the battlefield with him. A group of elite soldiers and generals from various field divisions and corps-level headquarters that have fought against us will be transferred to the North China Front Army."
"As for the second request, I can only say that the Kwantung Army can only guarantee that it will try its best to meet your request, but how accurate it is can only be judged by the North China Front Army itself, because judging from the current situation, I I have to remind you that the intelligence in this area is likely to be quite limited, and the Kwantung Army's intelligence collection work on its so-called base area has failed, at least for now."
"Their so-called base area is now almost airtight like an iron curtain. I'm sorry, everyone, I used this word that sounds very frustrating to us, but apart from the word iron curtain, I think There is no other adjective to describe the current situation in which they have extremely tight control over the area under their control."
"As you all know, the Kwantung Army's control over Manchuria far exceeds that of previous Chinese governments. Even without these so-called resistance alliances, the Kwantung Army still has a large number of Manchurians in the former northern Manchuria area that are used to secretly monitor the anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese behavior of the people. Spy network, but such a huge intelligence system was destroyed in a short period of time, and its counter-espionage capabilities are so strong that I have rarely seen it."
"The original intelligence system of the Kwantung Army suffered a devastating blow due to the rapid loss of Harbin. The newly established intelligence system either suffered repeated failures, or the information it transmitted was of no value at all. Although there was some economic information, it was There is almost nothing usable about military intelligence.”
"Since they re-strengthened and moved out of the mountains, the Kwantung Army has rarely been able to accurately judge their intelligence. This includes their total strength, the equipment system of the entire army, and even what they can do before each battle. It is impossible to make an accurate judgment on the amount of troops invested."
“Although there are successful examples of instigating military officers at all levels to rebel against them, they are basically insignificant personnel. Those who really have core secrets, more intelligence, and higher-level positions, but we don’t even know their whereabouts. It's hard to touch, and as for instigating rebellion or assassination, it's simply impossible."
"The biggest result achieved by the Kwantung Army intelligence department since 1939, when this resistance alliance grew stronger, was to get rid of the fiancée of their military commander. As for other aspects, there are almost no successful examples. On the contrary, they are the ones we have painstakingly cultivated for many years. Almost one of the spies dispatched disappeared, and the few survivors were all in a state of inactivity."
"This also includes Miss Nanzao Yunzi, who was called the flower of the empire because of her many extraordinary achievements in the war against China. She pretended to be a so-called progressive college student and detoured from Shanghai to the Soviet Union in the first half of the year to enter Northern Manchuria. After that, it disappeared without a trace, and no information was ever sent back."
"If you are not afraid of laughing at everyone here, before the last battle, the Kwantung Army could not even figure out that they actually had a large number of Soviet-made tanks, that they had aviation, or that after we suffered serious losses on the battlefield, Only then did we realize that our opponents actually also have combat aircraft, which means that the only way for the Kwantung Army to grasp the new weapons they possess is basically through encounters on the battlefield."
"However, the number and scale of their aviation forces has not yet been completely investigated. The Kwantung Army failed in several battles. A large part of the reason was errors in intelligence collection, which led to the mismatch between its equipment and the actual situation. Judgments vary greatly, and we only found out a lot of their equipment on the battlefield."
"Now the Kwantung Army has been reduced to the point where it is unable to make accurate judgments on the total number of troops it can invest on the battlefield. If each battle is calculated according to their establishment and the number of troops within the establishment, it can basically be said that It's wrong. Every time they go to the battlefield, their troops always increase in number, and new unit numbers keep appearing."
"At the most, the number of troops that appeared was more than double what we judged. Now, in every battle, the intelligence staff of the Kwantung Army dare not make any estimates in terms of the strength that the opponent may invest in each battle, except Apart from relying on the Kwantung Army's previous predictions of the total population in its so-called base area, our intelligence department will not be able to play a big role at all."
"Although the serious errors in its intelligence collection and judgment were a disgraceful incident for the Kwantung Army, here today, I have to remind everyone here that what you are about to face is an army that is closely related to the Chinese government forces and North China. The communist army is a completely different army."
"They not only have more powerful equipment than the Chinese government forces, but also have a stricter organizational structure than the North China Communist Army. Their confidentiality system is so strict that we have never fought against anyone before. Not only do they keep strict confidentiality to the outside world, The internal confidentiality system is also extremely complete.”
"It can even be said that their junior officers in various branches of the military do not know the exact quantity of a certain type of equipment they have. We captured a certain number of their pilots on the battlefield, but these prisoners of war did not know the fighter jets they were flying. How many aircraft are there in total? Apart from their own squadron, they don’t even know how big their troops are.”
"What is particularly noteworthy is that not only do they have very strong counter-espionage capabilities, but they are also extremely good at using the imperial spy network they uncovered to confuse us, constantly leading us to make mistakes, and making us judge their intelligence. Something went wrong.”
"The Kwantung Army's current spy network in the areas under its control has been almost destroyed, and the repair of the spy network is also progressing extremely slowly. The re-selected spies are either missing or are under its tight control and have difficulty in carrying out activities. At present, the intelligence department of the Kwantung Army can hardly meet the expectations of the North China Front."
"Now the Kwantung Army has been reduced to the point where it is unable to make accurate judgments on the total number of troops it can invest on the battlefield. If each battle is calculated according to their establishment and the number of troops within the establishment, it can basically be said that it is Wrong, every time they go to the battlefield, their strength will always increase, and new unit numbers will continue to appear."
"At the most, the number of troops that appeared was more than double our predicted strength. Now, the Kwantung Army's intelligence staff dare not make any estimates at all, except relying on the Kwantung Army's previous estimate of the total population of the so-called base area.
Apart from collecting information and making certain predictions, our intelligence department cannot play a big role at all."
Speaking of this, Yoshimoto Teiichi said something embarrassing that everyone present was amazed: "In response to Okamura-kun's request, the Kwantung Army can only promise to do its best. As for the accuracy of this information,
Sorry, I can't guarantee this at all."
"If the next move of the Anti-Japanese Alliance is really in mainland China, then the Kwantung Army promises to launch a synchronized offensive to coordinate the North China Front Army's operations. In other aspects, as the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, I can only wish the North China Front Army good luck and hope that
General Murun's judgment can be accurate. If I add another sentence, then I can only hope that the North China Front Army will be able to wish itself well."