If we talk about the dissatisfaction of the fifth and seventh corps commanders, it is due to the major adjustment of cadres at all levels. They have been familiar with it for many years, so their old subordinates who were very comfortable were transferred, and they have some doubts about future cooperation. As well as their new partners
If you don’t understand. [.Com text] Then the dissatisfaction between Liu Changshun and Wang Xiaoming is due to their own reasons.
Liu Changshun, who was born in the 18th Army Group, knew that whether the military chief and the political chief could have a harmonious relationship and whether they could achieve unity was a major factor affecting the combat effectiveness of the army. Although he had not been paired with Wang Xiaoming for a long time,
Although the relationship between the two of them is very harmonious, Wang Xiaoming, who is a few years older than me, has always been tolerant of me like a big brother.
Now that Wang Xiaoming has been suddenly transferred, the new political commissar, although the commander did not announce it at the meeting. But whoever the new political commissar is, it will take a long time for him to get used to it. According to his personality, the replacement
The last political commissar was as tolerant as Wang Xiaoming, or had a similar temperament to me.
If a strong-tempered political commissar is replaced, or a political commissar with the same irritable personality as the commander, the result of these two stubborn donkeys being tied to the same trough will give Liu Changshun a headache just thinking about it. No matter who this is, except for a very well-educated person
In addition, it is foreseeable that the temper and character of this person who has been on the battlefield for many years are not very good.
Just like his own commander, he is a serious college graduate. In the past, he was the number one scholar and a literary star. According to this statement, his temperament should be very good, at least it should match the ink in his belly. But now
Look at the commander, he has only been in the army for a few days, and his temper is getting stronger.
Thinking of this, Liu Changshun suddenly became wildly imaginative: "How wonderful it would be if the new political commissar were as good as the chief of staff? You see, the chief of staff has drank foreign ink. This kind of self-cultivation is good. Even if he is very angry, he can still
He rarely trains people. There is no one like the commander, who is barely kicked."
Liu Changshun was daydreaming here, but Wang Xiaoming had a sad face over there. He understood what the military division was doing. To put it bluntly, it was the same as the provincial defense army in the days of the young marshal. The only difference was that in the past
The opponents of the Provincial Defense Force were the numerous bandits in the Northeast, and the opponents of the current military divisions are the local police and local organizations of the Puppet Manchukuo.
When Wang Xiaoming was in the Laoer Route Army, due to limited conditions, although the number of troops he had commanded for many years was large, the number was always small, and his talents were somewhat buried.
However, since the Second Route Army and Yang Zhen's headquarters were combined, even though they were only the regiment political commissar who served as the chief political officer, the strength of a regiment of 3,000 people was as strong as the previous army, and even much more.
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Not only are there sufficient soldiers, but they are also well-equipped, including light and heavy machine guns, mortars, and infantry artillery. Although I now have more than enough of a regiment, its firepower configuration is even greater than that of the Second Route Army combined in the past.
Not on.
The army is developing rapidly, and now is the time for me to show off my skills. But I didn't expect that at this time when the army was developing greatly, I would be kicked from the main force to a local force with the nature of a security group.
Although he was promoted one level and became a political commissar of some military division. If this was based on the establishment of the Second Route Army in the past, it would be at least a division political commissar. Moreover, it was still a division formed with the fifth army of his old army as the main body. But in
In his opinion, this military division political commissar might as well assign him to be a good battalion commander who can fight on the front line.
I don’t know how determined Yang Zhen was before he decided to transfer him to a district as a political commissar. But Wang Xiaoming, who knew Yang Zhen’s character well, did not dare to show his reluctance to adjust his work. Wang Xiaoming
He wisely knew that if he proposed not to work in the division and would rather stay in the Second Regiment, even as a battalion commander or battalion instructor, I'm afraid a severe reprimand would be inevitable.
Liu Changshun and Wang Xiaoming's dissatisfaction could only be suppressed in their hearts, but Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru's dissatisfaction was actually written on his face. For the two reorganized regiments of the 104th Division who were ordered to go north this time, plus
One brigade has the strength of seven infantry brigade, and those who returned who had lost almost all their weapons and equipment could barely make up two infantry brigade. Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru said that he was dissatisfied, and almost all of them were light.
The three commanders who faced the attack suffered one and a half casualties, and almost all the heavy weapons they carried were lost. Many of them even ran away with only a piece of crotch cloth left on them. Even the front-line commander Fukutaro Nishiyama was also killed.
He was so angry that he vomited blood and fell into coma. Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru almost burst his lungs with anger.
The 104th Division suffered such heavy casualties, and it can't be said that it made Sawada Shigeru a little angry. Especially after learning that the 104th Division almost lost in a confusing and inexplicable way. If it weren't for Sawada Shigeru, who is the commander of the 4th Division,
After the battle at Qunce Mountain, he had become accustomed to blows, otherwise he would have followed in the footsteps of Nishiyama Fukutaro and become so angry that he would vomit blood.
This battle lasted only half a day and a whole night, not counting all those killed in the battle, including the brigade commander Major General Naoda Yoshi and the third cavalry mixed brigade. Even except for a brigade that stayed behind in Jiamusi, all the soldiers were killed.
The 104th Division, which Ueda Kenji transferred to Jiamusi against all opinions, almost lost its main force.
Especially after learning that an infantry brigade of the 104th Division was chasing a small group of harassing troops from the opponent, but was led into the swamp by the opponent and lost most of its troops. Among the three infantry squadrons dispatched, only one squadron escaped and was captured.
Bury it directly on the spot, saving you the trouble of even digging a hole.
None of the others, including their extremely stupid captain, were fired. They were all abandoned in the Shitushi Temple, which is the southeast of Xingshan Fortress, in the almost endless swamp.
This embarrassing ending made Shigeru Sawada, who had always regarded himself as a tough and steady character, unable to bear it anymore. He directly suggested to Ueda Kenkichi that next time he would encircle and suppress this bandit, he hoped to mobilize the Second Division or the Eighth Division.
It must have elite troops and generals such as regiments, and send puppet Manchukuo troops familiar with the terrain to cooperate in the battle. And it must have at least two divisions with strong aviation support.
It's a pity that General Ueda Kenkichi will not give him any more answers. After the Fourth Division, the 11th Division and the 104th Division failed miserably in two consecutive encirclement and suppression campaigns, and the news of the loss of troops and generals was transmitted back to Japan, it was already
Because the Kwantung Army had been unable to completely annihilate this group of anti-Manchu anti-Japanese elements who could be said to hold the so-called top secrets of the Empire of Japan, the Japanese Emperor, who was extremely dissatisfied, ordered that those responsible must be dealt with the harshest punishment.
A week after the 104th Division withdrew to Jiamusi, a high-level investigation team composed of six army and navy military counselors personally named by the Emperor, led by Lieutenant General Nishio Hisao, the Japanese military education director, arrived in Xinjing. After half a
After months of detailed investigation, a report that was extremely unfavorable to Ueda Kenkichi was released.
Through this report, the Japanese base camp learned that it was not only the Kwantung Army’s Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department that suffered serious losses from this anti-Manchurian anti-Japanese armed force. It was not just the Fourth Division and the 104th Division that suffered heavy losses.
.Suffered a heavy loss and was forced to turn around. Among the heavy losses were the 12th Division and many other elite members of the Kwantung Army.
Regarding this report, what is most detrimental to Ueda Kenkichi is not only the delay in recapturing the Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department, but also the top-secret information that must not be leaked.
What Ueda Kenkichi had been trying to cover up before was the Qunceshan Secret Warehouse, the largest secret warehouse in the entire Northeastern Manchuria region of the Kwantung Army, and one of the most secret so-called national defense projects of the Japanese army. The ten warehouses built by the Japanese army around the entire Manchurian-Soviet border
The loss of Xingshan Fortress, the largest of the four large fortresses, made the Japanese base camp even more angry.
After learning that the Kwantung Army had actually made so many mistakes in less than a year, the entire Japanese military hierarchy, including the Emperor of Japan, was extremely angry. As the first person responsible for these incidents, as the current commander of the Kwantung Army
Ueda Kenkichi received the most severe punishment from the Japanese army since the establishment of the new army.
The Japanese base camp even ignored the growing conflict on the Manchu-Soviet border and directly dismissed Ueda Kenkichi from his position as commander of the Kwantung Army and ordered him to retire immediately.
Even according to the usual practice, Japanese officers above major general and above, regardless of their official position, cannot be promoted after serving for a certain period of time. After retirement, they must be transferred to reserve service or serve as military counselors as a consolation benefit. They did not give him a consolation benefit and directly ordered him to retire completely.
Even his rank of general was stripped and he was directly demoted to major general.
As for the outcome of this decision, Tojo Hideki, the former Army Undersecretary and current Director of Army Aviation, who once served as the Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army when Ueda Kenkichi was the Commander, was extremely dissatisfied because of the participation of the Emperor's Admiral Midori in the investigation team.
The result of the lieutenant general's mediation. Otherwise, according to the emperor's opinion, he would be completely stripped of his military rank and the general would be allowed to retire as a civilian.
For Ueda Kenkichi's direct order to retire from active service, he was not even given a reserve duty or a short-term transfer of duty. He was even deprived of his rank of general and was directly ordered to retire with the rank of major general. It can be said that it is an unprecedented outcome among the Japanese army.
Not to mention unprecedented, according to the Japanese military structure and the fine tradition of always giving special care to senior generals, it can be regarded as unprecedented.
He became the most severely punished by the Japanese army since the establishment of the new army in Meiji, and even broke the record as the first person to be eaten by crabs. The 64-year-old Ueda Kenkichi could no longer withstand this blow. Half a year after returning to Japan,
, died of cerebral hemorrhage.
After Ueda Kenkichi was dismissed, in order not to affect the command of the Kwantung Army that was fighting the Soviet army in the Nomonhan area, the Tokyo Base Camp transferred Lieutenant General Umezu Yoshijiro, the commander of the First Army of the Japanese North China Expeditionary Force, as quickly as possible.
Commander of the Kwantung Army.
As for the 104th Division, which was privately considered by the Tokyo Base Camp and the Kwantung Army Headquarters to have pioneered the new army since the establishment of the new army by the Meiji Emperor, it suffered the heaviest losses in a battle that could not even be called a battle.
He was also swept away by the typhoon and became another unlucky person.
Half a month after the investigation team completed the investigation of the person responsible for the Kwantung Army accident and returned to Tokyo, the 104th Division, which was originally scheduled to be stationed in Manchuria for one year, was transferred back to China for collective recovery after the new division had developed combat effectiveness.
The time was advanced by a full year. In early July of 1939, the 104th Division, known as the shame of the Imperial Army, was transferred back to Japan as quickly as possible. All officers and soldiers, including Major General Fukutaro Nishiyama, were transferred to Japan.
recovery.
The severe punishment suffered by the Kwantung Army, especially the outcome of General Ueda Kenkichi, left a deep impression on the newly appointed commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Yoshijiro. Umezu Yoshijiro, who performed extremely well in the First Army of the North China Front, this
But this time he was extremely cautious.
After Umezu Yoshijiro took office, he changed his previous attitude of being extremely sharp and even somewhat sharp-edged in the battle in Shanxi, and changed his style to focus on stability.
The Kwantung Army has been unable to win the Battle of Nomonhan, and suffered heavy casualties under the Soviet ground and air fire and the impact of a large number of tanks, making the main force of the Kwantung Army unable to move eastward.
Next, Umezu Yoshijiro changed his predecessor Ueda Kenkichi's strategy of blindly attacking.
This Umezu Yoshijiro is extremely cunning. Although he also thinks that this anti-Japanese armed force who does not know what situation it has developed now is a serious problem for him. However, he still does not take immediate action against it, but focuses his main energy on this moment.
The Soviet army was fighting fiercely with the Kwantung Army in the Nomenhan area.
Umezu Yoshijiro understood that for the Western Front, which was mainly focused on its European part and the most developed Western Front in the entire Soviet Union. Nowadays, the war clouds are so thick that everyone can smell the smell of war. He is fighting against him in Nomenhan.
The Soviet army was an itching pain at best.
Although I know that the current battle will not really develop into a war between the two countries, after all, the outcome is still related to the national system, especially to prevent this bear with a good appetite from going north to stab him when he is fighting China. Therefore.
After taking office, Umezu Yoshijiro focused his main energy on the Nomonhan area. As for Yang Zhen's headquarters, he only temporarily adopted a strict blockade and sealed it in a narrow area west of the Songhua River, north of the Songhua River, and east of the Lesser Khingan Mountains.
In Umezu Yoshijiro's view, as long as it is blocked and prevented from expanding outward, even though there are several counties in size, the total population is not larger than a county in southern Manchuria or mainland China, and neither can
It cannot provide it with enough supplementary soldiers. It cannot provide it with enough supplies, and in the absence of effective strategic space, it is simply impossible to develop and grow.
As long as it cannot develop and grow, after it has defeated the Soviet army, it can free up its hands and mobilize the elite troops of the Kwantung Army, which will be enough to solve it in one battle.
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