The silence of his subordinates was like gold, which made Umezu Yoshijiro even more depressed and angry. Umezu Yoshijiro looked at his subordinates who were silent and said coldly: "What the Empire of Japan needs is the courage to take responsibility."
[.Com text] As senior officers of the Kwantung Army, when the Kwantung Army encountered such a crisis, you did not want to serve the country and instead kept silent. How can you be worthy of the emperor's kindness at the top and the people at the bottom?"
After that, he looked at the senior officers who were still silent. Umezu Yoshijiro, who had spent a lot of effort to suppress his anger, simply named him directly: "Nakayama-kun, you are the current chief operations staff officer of the Kwantung Army. Regarding the current situation,
How to deal with it? What are your ideas?"
In fact, there was nothing wrong with Yoshijiro Umezu asking his subordinates to speak by name. Moreover, according to normal thinking, there was nothing wrong with letting the Chief Operations Staff Officer, who was responsible for formulating the battle plan, to speak first. But the key point was that the person he named was wrong.
The first person he named was the one who had been on the bench for two months since he was transferred to the Kwantung Army because his predecessor had not handed over power under the protection of the commander. It had only been a few days since he took over.
Even Nakayama Geno, whose relationship has not been straightened out yet.
Hearing Umezu Yoshijiro's first choice for his general, Nakayama Geno, who was full of resentment at the moment, simply stood up. With a certain prince as his back-up, he stood up and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, although the humble position has been transferred,
The Kwantung Army has been in force for more than two months. However, due to some reasons at the top, it has not been able to take charge."
"This combat plan was drawn up by the former Lieutenant Colonel Hattori Takushiro, and he had no knowledge of it despite his humble position. So I'm sorry, Commander, I can't answer your question. As for how to solve the crisis, I think the commander should consult Lieutenant Colonel Hattori.
That’s what I mean. After all, Lieutenant Colonel Hattori is a talented person who the commander has always relied on, and we are all ashamed of his talent and strategy.”
In just a few years, this man was promoted from Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Operations Staff of the Kwantung Army to Lieutenant General and Chief of Staff of the Twelfth Army. At this time, he was just a Lieutenant Colonel and an officer. Although he said it very euphemistically, it made people feel.
General Umezu Yoshijiro was extremely reluctant to step down.
Since he was transferred to the Kwantung Army Commander, Umezu Yoshijiro, who has always been domineering, has been contradicted like this for the first time. The livid-faced General Umezu Yoshijiro wanted to get angry, but suddenly remembered what he had heard at the General Staff Headquarters.
There were rumors about the relationship between the prince's chief of staff and this guy. Umezu Yoshijiro, who had suppressed his anger, sat down with a pale face and said nothing, but stared at the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Iimura Jo.
Being stared at by Umezu Yoshijiro, Iimura Rang's heart went crazy. Knowing that the commander asked him to speak, Iimura Rang hesitated for a long time before saying: "Commander, we don't have enough troops now. Except for the 14th Division, the current
The Kwantung Army does not have any mobile forces. But we cannot use the 14th Division for the time being. This is the last reserve force of the Kwantung Army."
"Once used, at least for a short period of time, we will no longer have any mobile power. Unless we can risk the emptiness of the Manchurian-Soviet border and deploy other divisions. But Commander, we cannot afford this consequence. We cannot deal with it.
The hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops on the other side of the Manchu-Soviet border turned a blind eye."
"I think now let Shozaburo Katayama gather the troops of the Second Division still in Jiangbei and withdraw them first. If all the Second Division is lost, the Tokyo base camp will not be able to spare the Kwantung Army. As for the clearing operation, I think it will be temporarily suspended.
It’s best. At least under the current situation of insufficient troops, it’s better to terminate it temporarily.”
Having said this, Iimura Rang looked at General Umezu Yoshijiro, who turned even more ashen after hearing his words, and then said: "Of course, the temporary termination does not mean that we give up. Manchuria is the lifeline of the empire, and it is even more important to the empire.
resource supply area. Without Manchuria, the empire will be unable to continue this war."
"Maintaining the stability of Manchuria is the most important task assigned by the empire to the Kwantung Army. The ancient emperor of China once said a very classic saying: No one can sleep soundly on the side of the bed. Therefore, if the Kwantung Army wants to protect the stability of Manchuria, it must eliminate all those who dare to
Resist the hostile elements and this is what we have to do."
"But the current situation is that we do not have enough troops, but it is a fact. So I suggest that we stop it temporarily. Your Excellency, General, our current situation is very similar to the situation when the Chinese government encircled and suppressed the *** base area, so I have checked it out in the past few days.
I have obtained a lot of information in this area. That’s why I suggested that we might as well learn from the practices of the Chinese government forces back then.”
"We can continue to take siege measures before the new division is transferred, or even for a period of time after it is transferred. It has already entered October. According to the climate in northern Manchuria, it will be necessary in half a month.
Entering winter, I think everyone here has some experience of the severe cold in northern Manchuria."
"We will carry out the strictest blockade of its control area from now on. Not even a grain of grain or a tael of cotton will be allowed to enter its control area. For the areas bordering it, we must strictly implement the measures of integrating villages and households. Grain, cloth, cotton
Necessary daily necessities must be rationed according to minimum needs only."
"The severe cold in Northern Manchuria can reach minus 40 degrees in winter. There is no cotton-padded clothes, food, or even salt. I wonder how they survive the winter? They are not stragglers with 1,800 people now. They can eat so many of our troops, at least
It requires tens of thousands of troops. Just relying on the few counties they currently control, which are vast and sparsely populated, with a combined population of less than 200,000, are simply unable to afford winter clothing and supplies for so many people. After a winter when food and clothing are scarce, I think they can still
How many people can be left and how much fighting power can be left?"
"Your Excellency, Commander, this anti-Manchurian and anti-Japanese armed force is now fully fledged. If we want to completely annihilate them, it seems that we must mobilize at least four divisions or more. And what we are most short of at the moment is troops. This force is different from the previous one.
The anti-Manchu armed forces are different, and their combat effectiveness is unprecedented since we entered China."
"Even the so-called elite German weapons troops of the Chinese government army are slightly behind them. For such an army, if we rely solely on force to suppress them, even if we wipe them all out, the price we have to pay is unbearable.
.So we need to take a two-pronged approach, both military and political. We can adopt the method used by the Chinese government to deal with the so-called base areas of the Communist Party, blockade them and weaken their combat capabilities to the greatest extent, so as to provide priority conditions for the final military solution."
"On the one hand, we must impose a tight blockade on the areas under its control and do our best to weaken its combat capabilities. At the same time, we must take advantage of the difficulties it encounters to divide and disintegrate its troops. After its strength is greatly weakened tomorrow spring,
Carrying out a final military solution to it."
"As long as our blockade is effective, it doesn't matter even if all the Manchus in the Lower River area freeze or starve to death. As long as we can weaken their combat capabilities, we can take all necessary measures. At the same time, we will also deploy some aviation forces to control them.
Conduct strategic bombing in the area, especially to find the opponent's arsenal and completely destroy them."
After that, Lieutenant General Iimura Rang stood up and said to General Umezu Yoshijiro, who looked thoughtful after hearing his suggestion: "Your Excellency, Commander, several divisions on the China battlefield will be transferred to Dalian for rest. We need to
At that time, you can ask Tokyo to temporarily transfer these divisions to the Kwantung Army."
"In this battle, the Manchurian troops are basically unusable, and the elite Jing'an Division they did must never happen again. Moreover, the Manchurians are greedy by nature, and it is difficult to ensure that they will not be bribed and send supplies northward without permission. Therefore,
The blockade task should be handed over to the Imperial Army as much as possible."
"At the same time, we must adopt diplomatic means to take advantage of the European war, and we must cut off its channels for obtaining external supplies through Soviet Russia. Soviet Russia is short-sighted, greedy, cunning, and extremely selfish. The empire can take advantage of their shortcomings and find ways to make them
It terminates its assistance."
"As long as we cut off their access to outside aid and coupled with our strict blockade, so that they can't even get a grain of salt, we will starve them all to death north of the Songhua River even if they are hungry. We have experienced a north
After a brutal winter, I wonder if they can still be so good at fighting?"
Iimura Rang's words made General Umezu Yoshijiro nod his head repeatedly. After Iimura Rang's words fell, Umezu Yoshijiro pondered for a long time and said: "Iimura-kun, we must come up with a blockade plan and the required resources in the shortest possible time.
Troop allocation. As for the divisions that have gone to Dalian to rest and recuperate, I will go and talk to the Tokyo base camp. Since it is rest and recuperation, it is the same wherever they go to rest and recuperate. Let these divisions that have been fighting in the interior of China have a taste of the winter in Northern Manchuria.
The scenery is also good.”
Speaking of this, General Umezu Yoshijiro smiled coldly and said: "Although Iimura-kun's plan is suspected of trying to stir up Sasaki-kun, it is a good plan after all, isn't it? But maybe they will freeze to death or starve to death.
, will be more suitable for our current situation."
As soon as Umezu Yoshijiro said these words, everyone here breathed a sigh of relief. Jiangbei is a hard rock, whoever touches it will feel uncomfortable. It is also a prickly hedgehog, whoever gets hit will suffer.
You will be unlucky, very unlucky. I came to the Kwantung Army to gain gold, not to be a scapegoat.
No matter what kind of plan is proposed, as long as the battle is defeated, someone will be unlucky. Although Geno Nakayama contradicted the commander and was extremely dissatisfied with Hattori Takushiro occupying his position, he did not think that he was better than him in tactics.
Hattori Takushirō cleverly went there.
Now, although Umezu Yoshijiro did not say it directly, the meaning of his words has already shown that he accepted Lieutenant General Iimura Rang's idea. And whether this plan can be finally approved, it still needs the approval of the Tokyo base camp. This may come and go.
My transfer order has been issued. I don’t need to work on this crater anymore.
As for what Geno Nakayama is thinking, Umezu Yoshijiro, who does not have clairvoyance, naturally does not know. What he knows now is that if the Tokyo base camp does not approve him, and it is not the suggestion of Chief of Staff Iimura to trap the opponent, he can only think of other ways.
Even if you bite the bullet, you still have to mobilize troops from other places.
What kind of decision the Kwantung Army Headquarters will make, Major General Saburo Katayama doesn't know. But if Major General Saburo Katayama knows and doesn't run away, he may really have no chance. The troops on the front line of Wangshazitun and Fuguitun
After losing contact, Major General Katayama Shozaburo found that his situation was getting worse and worse. The opponent's main force was probably rushing towards him now.
For Major General Katayama Shozaburo, what makes him even more troubled is that now even the shadow of his opponent has appeared behind him. In other words, there are no more remaining troops of him and the Second Division crossing the river.
The strength of a large group is currently in danger of being surrounded by opponents.
Seeing Major General Katayama Shozaburo's uncertain expression after he saw the opponent's strength behind him, Hattori Takushiro suppressed his inner fear, but his anxious tone revealed his true thoughts: "Your Majesty, Major General, you must immediately
Make a decision. Otherwise, we will be surrounded by the other side."
Katayama Shozaburo, who was now extremely disgusted with this guy who was chattering in front of him, glanced at him and said: "Lieutenant Colonel Hattori, as a major general officer of the Imperial Army, I know better than you what to do now. Now you
What you need to do is shut your mouth, I am the supreme commander here."
Since Hattori Takushiro came to supervise the operations of the Second Division, Katayama Shozaburo, who had always been kind to him, suddenly became angry. Hattori Takushiro was shocked and he shut his mouth at that time.
Looking at Takushirō Hattori who finally shut up that annoying mouth and stood aside honestly not daring to talk nonsense anymore, Shozaburo Katayama turned to the captain of the 1st Battalion of the 30th Regiment, Koji Yabiki, Nakasado behind him.
: “How many people are there in China’s anti-Manchurian armed forces appearing behind us now?”
Yabiki Koji said quickly: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, so far, at least one company of the opponent's cavalry has appeared behind us, and we have also found traces of large troop movements on both wings. They have launched a counterattack from the front, and the offensive
Although it is not violent, it has put on a posture of clinging to us. Your Excellency, brigade commander, if we do not retreat, once the opponents on both wings encircle us, we will be trapped here."
After listening to Yabiki Koji's report, Major General Katayama Shozaburo hesitated for a long time and gritted his teeth and said: "How many troops do you have that are entangled with them now?"
Yabiki Koji said quickly: "The brigade commander, my first squadron, two squadrons of the second squadron, and part of the machine gun squadron were entangled by it. Now we only have two squadrons, the third and fourth squadrons, and those who stayed in Jiangbei.
One squadron of the 29th Regiment is still intact. The rest of the troops?"
Major General Katayama Shozaburo stopped Yabiki Koji from continuing, gritted his teeth and said: "Order the First Squadron and all other troops entangled by the opponent to stop the opponent, and the remaining troops will retreat immediately. All supplies that cannot be carried, and heavy
The weapons were destroyed on site."
"As for the wounded? The lightly wounded who are still able to move are left to participate in the blocking. The other severely wounded who are unable to move are given a grenade each and let them be loyal to the emperor. Order the rest of the troops to prepare within fifteen minutes.
Disengage with the enemy and set out within an hour."
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