In the Japanese Army, if the Guards Division is the emperor's personal soldiers and has a preeminent status. [.Com/Text] Then the First Division, which has been stationed in Tokyo since the end of the Meiji era and has been serving as the capital's guard, is
It can be said to be the top priority. Its code name is Jade, which is enough to explain some problems.
Although the Japanese have always been proud of their own national culture, in fact their so-called national culture was greatly influenced by the styles of the Sui and Tang Dynasties in China. For the Japanese, jade is not valued as much in treasures as it is for the Chinese.
Don't go there. The code name of the First Division is enough to explain its status in the Japanese army.
Although every political turmoil in Japan is inseparable from the participation of the First Division, which takes advantage of the station. But unlike other standing divisions, this First Division has never been seen again since it was severely damaged in the Russo-Japanese War.
It has been on the battlefield. And its performance in the Russo-Japanese War was also very disconcerting. After being crippled in the Battle of Port Arthur, it was basically absent from subsequent battles. As the Tokyo Guard Division, this First Division played an important role in politics.
In the struggle, the performance is much more brave than on the battlefield.
As the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Yoshijiro did not dare to sit back and watch the First Division being crippled within the Kwantung Army's establishment. Although he was very concerned about the First Division, which was always causing trouble and even causing turmoil in Japan's political situation.
The regiment looked down upon him very much. This was why he insisted on using Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, who was known for his bravery and tough tactics, when he replaced the commander of the First Division.
In order to regain Harbin, the core city in Northern Manchuria, to open up the transportation lines throughout Northern Manchuria, and also to rescue the First Division that had repeatedly caused trouble and was originally sent from the bustling Tokyo to the desolate Northern Manchuria.
Umezu Yoshijiro had to use the 9th Division, which was originally intended to be used as the general reserve of the Kwantung Army, to cooperate with the 25th Division to regain Harbin.
Originally, in Umezu Yoshijiro's view, the loss of Harbin was a crisis for him, but an opportunity also appeared. In his opinion, the opponent's current strength was too scattered. In front of the First Division was Heihe, and the 51st Division
Qiqihar is located, as well as Weihe and Yanshou in the middle, Muling in the west, and the Dongning front line are full of opponents' offensives.
Their hands were stretched too far, and their forces were extremely dispersed. In Binjiang Province and Longjiang Province, although they concentrated the so-called two columns and eight brigades, they had to face the Kwantung Army's First Division at the same time.
The two-sided battle between the regiment and the 51st Division. Its logistical supplies will be affected by the Lesser Khingan Mountains.
As long as the Ninth Division and the 25th Division cooperate with each other, plus the First Division in Heihe, the 51st Division in Longjiang, and several brigades from the Manchuria Army, the total will be four divisions.
Nearly 20,000 Manchu troops were deployed to deal with the opponent's two so-called columns. With the superiority in strength and equipment, even if they could not be defeated, heavy damage was not necessarily impossible.
If the Kwantung Army can defeat these two lone columns, which are its so-called main columns, and severely damage its development momentum, even if it cannot completely reverse the situation of the war, at least it will be better on the surface. The most important thing is
Yes, I finally have a reason to go to the base camp.
As for Umezu Yoshijiro's eagerness to regain Harbin, there is another reason that cannot be brought to the table. That is the Japanese germ warfare unit that was taken over by Yang Zhen. After Umezu Yoshijiro took office, it was painstakingly managed and secretly rebuilt. Only talents
The relationship is still far from being restored to full strength.
Whether it is for evil or for self-development, it is easy to build the infrastructure, but it is difficult to replace the lost experts. The so-called former Kwantung Army epidemic prevention that Yang Zhen conveniently took away during the breakout
The water supply department has gathered almost the most famous bacterial experts in Japan.
The loss of this group of experts is even more harmful to the Kwantung Army and even the entire Japanese Army than the possible leakage of secrets. After all, hundreds of outstanding experts cannot be re-cultivated in a short time. Especially in the field of bacteriology
It is a subject that is not very popular, and it is not something that can be done in a short time to find hundreds of outstanding experts.
Therefore, the reorganized Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department only managed to meet the needs by transferring some experts from the 100th Unit in Xinjing, the so-called Kwantung Army Military and Horse Epidemic Prevention Department, which was also engaged in bacterial warfare research, and several domestic medical universities.
But the quantity is not comparable to before. Therefore, the re-established epidemic prevention and water supply department has been slow to recover.
However, recovery has been slow. The re-established Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department is a hope for the Kwantung Army to regain its germ warfare capabilities. The loss of Harbin means that the re-established Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department has been lost again. This is very important to Umezu Yoshijiro.
That said, it is even more unacceptable.
You must know that this reorganized Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department almost concentrated the last germ warfare experts in the Japanese army. Once lost, let alone the issue of leaks. It is a problem of talent loss, which is enough to make the base camp angry. For Umezu Yoshijiro
In the future, what happened in 38 years must not happen again to us. No matter what the war situation is, this germ warfare base must be recaptured.
It's just that Umezu Yoshijiro didn't expect that the 25th Division would be defeated so quickly. From the attack to the defeat, it took less than two days. It can be said to have created a record for the Japanese army's defeat. Although one of the main regiments was defeated
The reasons for the heavy losses to the opponent's aviation force and the shadow left by last year's failure could not help but make Umezu Yoshijiro very angry.
And now the Ninth Division, which he had high hopes for, actually requested to suspend the attack and wait for reinforcements after only three days of fighting. This undoubtedly made the army eager to regain Harbin, and even hoped to detour the enemy's troops by severely injuring the opponent in order to save a little face.
Umezu Yoshijiro was even more anxious.
If the defeat of the 25th Division in a short period of time only made him angry, then the request of the 9th Division regardless of the overall situation was not something that could be described as irritating to Umezu Yoshijiro. For him
He said he was very angry.
After the angry General Umezu Yoshijiro found the Kwantung Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Iimura Jo, his first words were: "Iimura-kun, the Ninth Division is afraid to move forward now. I hope you can go on behalf of the Kwantung Army Headquarters.
Supervise the battle in the twin cities. If Lieutenant General Kiichiro Kuchi refuses to carry out the order to continue the attack, I have decided that you will replace him as the commander of the 9th Division."
After hearing Umezu Yoshijiro's words, Lieutenant General Iimura Rō, who had received an order to be transferred to the General Staff Headquarters, seemed somewhat hesitant. After a long silence, Iimura Rō finally said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I think it is time to do this.
It is time to terminate this operation. The Kwantung Army is no longer able to bear the huge losses of personnel and materials."
"From the end of May to now, in just over three months, four powerful divisions have been completely wiped out. One division suffered 80% losses and has basically lost its combat effectiveness. Two divisions suffered more than half of their casualties, while the third
The 1st Division and the 51st Division are now overwhelmed by the opponent's open-ground flanking attacks and fire attacks."
"The Manchurian army, which was once regarded as the right-hand man by the Kwantung Army, now seems to be extremely unreliable in the face of superior opponents. The results of Mr. Sasaki's previous transformation plan were still limited, and could even be said to be very unsuccessful. Many troops were killed.
After the Japanese officers were removed, it became an organizational rebellion. The Manchu soldiers trained by the empire have now become important supplementary soldiers for the anti-Manchu armed forces. This cannot but be said to be a great irony to the Kwantung Army."
"At present, the Kwantung Army suffered heavy losses in the first stage and the Manchurian army is extremely unreliable. Unless there is a large-scale supplement, we no longer have the ability to carry out the next step of the operation. Your company is currently stationed in Jehol.
The 24th Division has been transferred back, what will happen to Nanman and Xinjing?"
"Your Excellency, Commander, unless the Korean army is mobilized now, with the current strength of the Kwantung Army, we have no ability to reverse our current situation. The losses of the Kwantung Army in the first stage were too serious, and that idiot Juichi Namada almost lost everything.
Half of the elite troops of the Kwantung Army and most of its technical equipment."
"Once we suffer even a small defeat, we will no longer have the troops to defend from Harbin to Xinjing. Your Excellency, Commander, you should know the reason why the base camp transferred me back to the country at this time. You should also know that the base camp will not
It is impossible to mobilize another soldier for the Kwantung Army, at least in a short period of time."
"For us now, what we should do most is how to withdraw the 1st Division and the 51st Division to the Hailar line, shrink together with the 23rd Division, and stick to the entire Xing'an area. Then ask for new ones from the base camp
Reinforcements. As for Harbin, we can only give up in a short time."
"Judging from the obviously European-made German weapons and equipment currently owned by this resistance force, the Russians have now begun to openly intervene. Unless those French heavy artillery and tanks fell from the sky, how could they be on the current European battlefield?
Under the control of the Germans, will it appear in Manchuria, which is far away?"
"During the first phase of the operation, we also captured a large number of Polish-made light and heavy equipment. Your Excellency, Commander, you can't think that these Polish-made rifle machine guns, anti-tank guns, anti-aircraft guns, and mountain field guns have their own legs.
From thousands of miles away, Poland, which was already controlled by the Germans, ran into the hands of the resistance alliance, right? Not to mention the huge number of empires with a complete military industry and no new fighter jets with excellent performance."
"Without strong external support, they have new fighter jets and a large number of trucks? There is also gasoline for these planes, tanks, and cars, as well as a large amount of military raw materials. Does your Excellency, Commander, think that with their own strength alone, they can
With almost nothing, can we manufacture a completely modern weapon like an aircraft and achieve complete military self-sufficiency in just two years?"
"You must know that the Empire of Japan used all the efforts of the country and it took decades of painstaking development to achieve the goal of no longer importing weapons and equipment. However, without modern steel plants and raw material production bases, they
With some captured machinery and equipment, a large amount of ammunition and equipment can be produced? This is simply a fantasy."
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