Chapter 180 Contradictions and calculations among the Japanese army
The reason why the Navy is not interested is very simple. The entire Manchuria is the territory of your Kwantung Army. If you defeat it, it has nothing to do with the Navy. My warships cannot go ashore to compete with you for territory. The navy has a few
This special Marine Corps is still precious and cannot be wasted in the desolate mountains and wilderness of Manchuria.
Since there is no benefit, why should you ask me to step in if you lose the battle? Who is willing to step forward to do something that has no benefit? What's more, the navy, which has already made plans to move south, has focused its main energy on Southeast Asia. Especially the long-distance voyage
The land-based aviation forces have been withdrawn from the Chinese battlefield and the mainland and are gradually deployed to Hainan Island and Taiwan.
The Navy was very inactive in this attack on the Songhua River Basin. For the Navy, Manchuria was the Kwantung Army's sphere of influence, and it could not get involved. In addition to Luda, the Kwantung Army had always been hostile to the Navy regarding the use of other ports.
Strict restrictions. I would rather support a so-called Puppet Manchukuo Maritime Guard than allow the navy to intervene.
It is not surprising that the Navy is not enthusiastic under the situation that it is quite dissatisfied. Who told you that the Kwantung Army is so stingy that it does not even allow the Navy to use the Huludao port that the Navy has long targeted. As for the resources of Manchuria, it is yours.
The Army is exclusive. Even the weapons and equipment produced by the Fengtian Arsenal, which has been incorporated into the entire imperial military production system, are of Army standard, and the Navy cannot get anything.
It’s just that this time it was the Army that proposed the battle plan. Although the Navy was not very enthusiastic or even indifferent. However, after a period of wrangling, it was finally decided by His Majesty the Emperor, and the Navy was unable to raise any objections. Moreover,
In the view of some senior personnel of the Navy, the Army's request for help from the Navy this time is obviously the Army bowing to the Navy.
With this rare opportunity to overpower the Army, after putting on airs and bargaining, we still have to grasp what we should grasp. The Navy also took advantage of this rare opportunity and finally took over what was originally strictly controlled by the Kwantung Army.
Now that Huludao Port has been acquired, it is natural to give some face.
However, due to the excessive conflicts accumulated in the past, the Navy obviously does not want the Army, especially the Kwantung Army, to stop executing this plan. At the very least, it has to find ways to find something to cause trouble for them. And it is doing its best.
The navy, which is preparing to march south, is really afraid that the army will lose all the navy's new fighter jets, which currently only have more than 200 aircraft.
With this mentality, the navy had to bow its head under the emperor's tough attitude. But it chose to send such a thorn in the side, which was clearly meant to weaken the army. Although this guy's ability is not to be said, he is also one of the Japanese soldiers.
He is one of the few senior commanders in China who has jointly commanded military and naval aviation operations.
And the most important thing is that this guy will not follow the army's arrangements and be at the mercy of the army. During the battle, he will protect the interests of the navy. If there is another person, the navy will not worry. The two hundred soldiers dispatched by the navy this time
Of the new Zero fighters, more than ninety were withdrawn from aircraft carriers by the Navy specifically for this operation. The rest are almost all the new Zero fighters in the land-based aviation force.
The Navy participated in the war this time. The thirty-six Type 1 land attack aircraft deployed on Jeju Island that had just been transferred back from Taiwan were almost all of the latest bombers in the Navy's hands, except for the part deployed in Saigon. These aircraft are the Navy's
To advance south, fight against the American and British aviation forces, and deal with part of the American and British fleets. We cannot let the Japanese army sell out all at once in this battle.
Some time ago, the Navy's latest and only a small number of Zero fighters participated in the war. Faced with the heavy losses suffered during the counterattack, the Navy still remembers them deeply. In order to preserve these precious combat aircraft, the Navy specially sent these
Major General Onishi Takijiro, who always had his own way and never let anyone manipulate him, was transferred to cooperate with the Army.
This guy is talented and extremely capable. But he is difficult to get along with others and is not easily manipulated by others. He is also famous in the navy. During the joint air raids by the army and navy on Chongqing and the rear areas of the China battlefield, the army almost failed
Several aviation team leaders stationed in China always resigned due to schizophrenia.
When I heard that the Navy actually sent this guy, he was transferred from the deputy position of the General Staff Headquarters to the commander of the Kwantung Army Aviation Corps just before this battle. On the battlefield in China, because he served as the commander of the Army's Provisional Aviation Corps, he had a relationship with this guy.
Lieutenant General Tokugawa Yoshitoshi, who had cooperated with him, repeatedly protested and even resigned.
It was only under the forcible suppression of General Umezu Yoshijiro that he withdrew his resignation. You must know that Lieutenant General Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was once a descendant of the shogunate and the current head of a branch of the Tokugawa family. Because of his family education, he is quite well-educated.
It's good, and the city is deep enough.
Lieutenant General Tokugawa Yoshitoshi has a very good relationship with people no matter how difficult to get along with. It is rare to see him get angry. At least his temper is quite good compared with the generally grumpy Japanese soldiers.
Not bad. But this guy is the only one I can’t get along with. This shows how difficult this guy is to get along with.
The arrival of this guy made the Kwantung Army, which had already admired his famous name for a long time, feel as if he had swallowed a fly. Even if he couldn't spit it out, he had to bite the bullet and accept it. The navy's attitude was already clear, either use it,
There is no need to pull him. It is absolutely impossible to replace him. Your army does not like to see this major general, but our navy takes it very seriously.
The most important thing is that it is not just the top brass of the navy who hold this idea. This request for help undoubtedly represents the bow of the army to the navy in the eyes of many army generals. This is especially true for the Japanese navy's fight for control of the coastal areas of Manchuria, because
It was even more difficult for the Kwantung Army, which had always had the upper hand due to its geographical convenience, to accept it.
It's just helpless that the performance of the navy's aviation aircraft has always been superior to that of the army. Although most of the army aviation does not admit this, it is a reality after all. The Kwantung Army's own aircraft losses were huge, and the replenishment was extremely slow. Moreover, the performance lagged far behind its opponents.
The new aircraft has just been produced and the quantity is too small.
With its own capabilities alone, the Kwantung Army simply cannot complete its mission. To implement the so-called collapse plan formulated by the Kwantung Army, it can only ask for help from the Navy. Unless the Army transfers all its aviation forces that have been transferred to South China and Vietnam back
.Otherwise, the number of bombers the Kwantung Army has on hand alone will simply not be able to meet its needs.
Therefore, under the current situation of asking for help from others, General Umezu Yoshijiro, who has always been arrogant and arrogant, can only turn a blind eye to the contemptuous look exposed by this guy when he glanced at his subordinates. At least until the execution of this plan,
You have to be patient with this guy.
It's just that no matter how generous General Umezu Yoshijiro is, his face is somewhat ugly. As a general, the commander of the largest strategic group of the Imperial Japanese Army, he is actually looked down upon by a rear admiral. It will change the heart of anyone.
It won't be too comfortable.
This time, General Umezu Yoshijiro summoned all the senior personnel of the Kwantung Army for this combat meeting. In fact, there was nothing else. The only purpose was to prepare to finalize the matter that Yang Zhen was most worried about and start to enter the execution state.
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As for the current situation on the battlefield, the Kwantung Army does not want to expose its current defeat in front of Major General Onishi Takijiro, a guy who eats wheat. Although this matter cannot be hidden from the top management for a long time, General Umezu Yoshijiro clearly does not want to do this at least for now.
Talking too much in front of a tough guy.
Especially now, when the Army is making an exception to ask for help from the Navy for the Manchuria War situation, if this guy knows something, there may be some unpleasant words coming out of his mouth. It will only arouse his own anger, but when the time comes, he will arouse the calf protector.
The navy took the opportunity to take advantage of the situation, but it was the Kwantung Army's major event that was ruined. This was something that General Umezu Yoshijiro, who had always regarded loyalty to the emperor and patriotism as his duty, decided not to accept.
Originally, there was no need to hold a special combat meeting for this plan that had been formulated as early as the beginning of this year. It was just because this was the first time in recent years that the Kwantung Army had cooperated with the navy and the aviation force to cooperate with the combat area.
As well as the division of combat tasks, we still need to sit down and discuss.
Especially the guy sent by the navy, he has a bad mouth and is even more unruly. For example, if the division of combat areas and task divisions between the two armies are not discussed in advance, this guy may not be able to figure it out.
Whenever I cause trouble for you, leave the blame behind.
And in view of the importance of the matter and the joint operations between the two armies, General Umezu Yoshijiro specifically requested such a so-called coordination meeting. He also named the naval officer who refused to carry out the execution after arriving in Xinjing before he arrived in Xinjing.
, a command that must be changed.
He wears his navy uniform all day long, which makes him look very different among all the Kwantung Army generals who wear army uniforms. Moreover, the lower lip of his mouth is always slightly tilted downward, showing a look of contempt. When it comes to food, he is picky.
Fourth, it was completely required to comply with their navy's food standards. The food was better than him, the commander of the Kwantung Army, and let a guy who gave him a headache at the sight of it participate.
In fact, since the first day that the rear admiral arrived in Xinjing, General Umezu Yoshijiro had a headache. After two days of contact, the Kwantung Army commander was even more bored to the extreme. In the past few days, Umezu
General Meijiro has been trying his best to avoid meeting this guy.
And today's meeting can be said to be held specifically for this guy. If you don't explain it clearly and thoroughly, this guy may give you a strike. The Kwantung Army's battle plan this time, in addition to
In addition to requiring naval heavy bombers to participate in the war and even undertake more than half of the combat missions, the task of escorting the bombers also depends on the naval aviation.
If this guy makes trouble, it may be difficult for this combat plan to succeed. Especially when faced with such a thorn that is well-known throughout the Imperial Army. If anything is discussed publicly now, it is better than when the plan is launched, this guy
It would be much better to go on strike again.
It can be said that this combat meeting was held specifically for the bright-eyed people of the Navy, and especially for this guy. If the Kwantung Army itself could fully undertake this combat mission, General Umezu Yoshijiro is always a clean and tidy soldier.
The rule is that you won't waste your saliva here, let alone bear that guy's unreasonable gaze.