As for the independent navy garrison in Port Arthur, Qin Yansaburo didn't really believe in them. The essence of the Marine Corps is currently on various islands in the Pacific. The so-called navy in Port Arthur is based on the former special base area and has been pieced together and downsized.
The naval garrison and its elite soldiers and generals have been mobilized long ago.
The remaining garrison consisting of the Coast Guard, the Coast Fortress Artillery, the Navy's land-based aviation ground crews who have no aircraft to maintain, and the Navy's ship repair and maintenance personnel can defend Port Arthur is already pretty good.
If we expect them to defend the entire Liaodong Peninsula, we might as well forget about it.
If it weren't for the fact that reinforcements cannot be mobilized at the moment, Lieutenant General Qin Yansanlang would even want to increase the defense force on the line from Dalian to Haicheng. For Lieutenant General Qin Yansanlang, the strength of the Liaodong Peninsula must not be reduced by one soldier.
.It was the earliest foothold of the Empire in China, and it was also the place where the Empire’s conquest of the entire China began. It was also one of the earliest locations of the headquarters of the Kwantung Army.
Especially the Port Arthur military port that the empire fought for several times and paid a heavy price to seize. It was once the military soul of the Imperial Army and Navy, and it was a symbol in the Imperial Army. The Imperial Army God, General Nogi Nogi, and the Navy God, Togo Heihachiro
The generals all became the gods of the imperial army on the battlefield of Lushun. For the imperial army, Lushun is not only a spiritual pillar, but also a symbol.
If the Liaodong Peninsula is lost, it means that Port Arthur, which has lost all land barriers, will be impossible to hold. If the Imperial Navy is still strong, it may not have a chance to recapture it. But currently, the Mariana Islands and Leyte Gulf have been attacked twice in a row.
In the first sea and air battle, it was defeated and suffered heavy losses. The Imperial Navy, which had almost lost all its capital and could not even put together escort ships, was on its way to the end. Losing it meant eternal loss.
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Therefore, even under the current situation where the Kwantung Army has almost no mobile forces to use, Lieutenant General Qin Yanzaburang still refuses to mobilize the entire Liaodong Peninsula garrison. Even though he clearly knows that this garrison will continue to stay in the Liaodong Peninsula.
, no longer has any meaning.
Once the main force of the Kwantung Army suffered heavy losses, this force, which was only used by the Kwantung Army to ensure the safety of the Zhonglong Railway and was actually a military station garrison, would not be able to support the defense of the entire Liaodong Peninsula. But even if it was a symbolic presence, Qin Yanzaburo could not
It must be preserved because the entire Liaodong Peninsula, especially Port Arthur, is too important to the Japanese army.
Compared with the stubborn Lieutenant General Qin Hikosaburo, the more realistic Major General Tamura Yoshitomi also stubbornly believes that the Kwantung Army has no mobile forces at the moment, and the Korean Army is at both ends, and is defeated by the small number of enemy troops deployed on the Korean Peninsula.
With the troops being restrained, the Liaodong Peninsula garrison, although not large in strength, has become the last mobile force of the Kwantung Army.
Now that the Kwantung Army is in critical condition, why should we care about so much? The Liaodong Peninsula and Port Arthur are indeed very important in the entire Japanese army. But now the war situation has entered the most critical moment. If the decline cannot be restored, then
What else are we talking about about the defense of the Liaodong Peninsula?
There is a saying in China that once the skin is gone, the hair will be attached. Once the skin is gone, what use are the remaining hairs? In the current situation where there is no hope for reinforcements, the Kwantung Army, which can only save itself, must
Look for everything that can be used by the troops on the battlefield. You can't just sit there doing nothing while the front is tight, but there is still a relatively small force in the rear.
As the deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army in charge of military affairs, Major General Tamura Yoshitomi was unusually resolute. He also received the support of senior staff officers of the Kwantung Army, Tomokatsu Matsumura, Chief of the First Section, Chief of Operations Staff Sadago Kusanagi, and Chief of Rear Staff Yoshio Nakajima.
Waiting for the support of a series of senior officers of the Kwantung Army.
This Major General Tamura Yoshitomi was promoted to Deputy Chief of Staff when he was the former Chief of the First Section of the Senior Staff Section of the Kwantung Army. Although he was only a major general, he had served in the Kwantung Army for many years. In terms of connections among the mid-level officers of the Kwantung Army, he was far from
It is much broader than Qin Yansanlang, who only served as deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army for a period of time.
There are quite a few people around Major General Tamura Yoshitomi who support him. Another deputy chief of staff in charge of intelligence work, Major General Ikeda Junhisa, was killed by Yamada Otsuzo because of his work mistakes by his subordinate intelligence chief Kenji Ogoshi.
The general scolded the general with a lot of blood. Although he seemed cautious and did not actually express his position, he also showed his support for Major General Tamura Yoshitomi.
Throughout the whole debate, although Qin Yanzaburo was the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, the heads of various departments that actually operated the operations of the Kwantung Army were obviously not very supportive of him, who had only served as deputy staff officer for one year in the Kwantung Army.
Chief, the newly appointed Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army.
The reason why he did not take advantage of his high position is actually very simple. When this man served as the deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, who actually presided over the military work of the Kwantung Army, it was almost the peak period of the Kwantung Army's defeats. From the Fourth
From 1 year to 1942, it was the time when the Anti-Union Movement was developing.
In the situation of losing one battle after another, it was impossible for him, the deputy chief of staff in charge of the military at that time, not to be severely criticized. Others lost their offices, dismissed from active service, and retired from active service. Things were going smoothly for him.
He was first transferred to the China Dispatch Army as division commander, and later promoted to deputy chief of staff, director of the base camp depot and president of the Army University.
Now he has come full circle and been promoted to the crucial and powerful position of Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army. He was defeated but went smoothly, and now he is very jealous. Because the Kwantung Army suffered consecutive defeats before, he was in the Kwantung Army.
His connections and reputation are far less than those of his predecessor. When arguing with his deputy, as the chief officer, he obviously suffered a bit in terms of momentum.
Although he insisted on not transferring the Kwantung Prefecture Independent Guards to participate in the war, almost no one gave the Kwantung Army Chief of Staff any support, but it did not shake his determination at all. For Lieutenant General Qin Yanzaburo, since he
He is still the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, so the last garrison in Liaodong must not be moved.
Just as the two parties were arguing over whether to mobilize the so-called Kanto Prefecture Independent Guards, located in the Liaodong Peninsula and the last available force of the entire Kwantung Army at the moment, to join the war. The deputy chief of staff in charge of intelligence who had just been temporarily called out
Junhisa Ikeda, however, returned with a sad face. He placed a report on the enemy situation and a telegram requesting help in front of Lieutenant General Qin Yanzaburo.
Qin Yanzaburo, who was frightened by the strange look on Major General Ikeda Junku's face, picked up the materials and read them. Not only did his face instantly turn pale, but his hands were shaking as if he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Even he
The information in my hand was not known even if it fell to the ground.
When a senior staff officer next to him picked up the bulletin handed to him by Major General Junhisa Ikeda from the ground in front of Lieutenant General Qin Yanzaburo who had lost his composure, he read it carefully and immediately shouted out: "A large number of enemy troops suddenly came from Fuzhou."
We landed at Dalian Bay and successfully raided Dalian."
"The Kanto Prefecture Independent Defense Force, which is responsible for the defense of the entire Kanto Prefecture, was caught off guard without any precautions. Dalian has been lost and Lushun Military Port is besieged. At present, the enemy has not only established a foothold, but its follow-up troops are continuing to land.
And it is being airlifted to Dalian Zhoushuizi Airport."
"Did these Chinese troops descend from the sky to Fuzhou Bay? Although the current naval situation is unfavorable and there is no large naval ship formation in the Bohai Sea area, the control of the entire Bohai Sea is still in our hands. At least the United States is now far away in the Philippines.
It is impossible for human beings to provide these Chinese people with a large number of landing ships."
"Could it be that the enemy dared to cross the entire Liaodong Bay just by relying on those motor boats? Where did our maritime police force and the naval vessel force in Port Arthur go? Such a large enemy fleet crossed the entire
Liaodong Bay, don't they have any awareness? What do they do for food? "
When the staff officer, who was extremely shocked by the latest news, shouted out the enemy situation report, everyone present except Major General Junhisa Ikeda who was the first to know, and Lieutenant General Qin Yanosaburo who was the second to know, including
Everyone, including General Yamada Otsuzo, was dumbfounded by the news.
When Major General Ikeda Junkyu over there heard the staff officer exclaimed, he couldn't help but smiled bitterly and said: "Brother, don't just read the first one, please read all of this report before making any comments. Those Manchurian officers and soldiers in our maritime police force
, killed the Japanese officers and soldiers in the unit, and threatened most of the ships to mutiny."
"The Manchurian Maritime Police Force has mutinied, which means that after most of the naval ships in Port Arthur have been transferred away, we have lost the last maritime force. There is a saying in China that people who are not our race must have different minds. It is true.
I'm honest. These Manchus are really not trustworthy."
"We have lost the last available maritime force, but the enemy, with the help of these ships that surrendered to the enemy, used the large number of motorboats and sailboats concentrated in Tanggu, and they used the Kwantung Army's original shipyard in Harbin to build a number of
The small steamer transported three entire divisions of troops to Fuzhou Bay for landing."
"Using the opportunity of our army's garrison strength on the Liaodong Peninsula, most of which were concentrated in Fuzhou and Lushun, leaving Fuzhou Bay and Dalian empty of troops. Under the cover of a large number of aviation forces, we seized Fuzhou Bay and Dalian Zhoushuizi Airport.
And a large number of transport aircraft were gathered to transport the entire two divisions and part of the North China Communist Army troops to Dalian in the shortest possible time."
"After seizing Fuzhou Bay and Dalian, the enemy troops divided into two groups, with three infantry divisions advancing northward quickly. The other group, under the cover of an armored brigade, launched a rapid siege of Lushun. At present, Lushun
The two important strongholds of Nanguanling and Yingchengzi on the periphery have been completely lost, and the enemy has now controlled the entire Jinzhou Isthmus front line."
"Even during the Russo-Japanese War, General Nogi Hitori captured the 203 Highlands in the northwest of Lushun, East Jiguan Mountain, Wangtai Mountain, and Songshu Mountain, as well as the Naval Camp, East Balizhuang, and West Lake at the cost of the lives of countless imperial soldiers.
Balizhuang. Just when you were arguing, it had been captured by the enemy one after another."
"The loss of this line of commanding heights means that the entire urban area of Lushun no longer has any barriers. At present, the enemy troops are currently attacking Wangshan, Baiyinshan, and Niujiaoshan with the support of air and ground artillery fire. This is a big case.
Mountain line. Although the navy and the heavy artillery group of the Kwantung Army stationed in Lushun continued to provide fire support to the Lushun garrison."
"After the enemy seized Zhoushuizi Airport, they used the airport as a take-off and landing point and bombed Lushun with increasing intensity. The only heavy artillery fire support for the defenders caused a lot of interference. Only this morning.
During the battle, the Jinshan Fort was blown up by the enemy and two 150mm long-range cannons were destroyed."
"After the fall of Highland 203, the enemy's artillery fire has basically been able to cover the entire port area, including Tiger Ou. Now Lieutenant General Yanagida Genzo is organizing troops to try to retake Highland 203. But since then
Judging from the current war situation, this hope is too slim."