Just when Ouyang Yun decided to take the initiative to attack the Japanese 11th Army, Japan, Tokyo and Nagasaki, the Japanese Military Headquarters and the Combined Fleet Headquarters, headed by Seishiro Sakagaki and Minichiro Koizumi, and two groups of Japanese were also discussing In the following South China War, the initiator of this battle was Yamamoto Isoroku. However, because Japan has always been strong on land and weak at sea, the commander-in-chief was positioned as the current commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Forces. Shunroku Hata, in Yamamoto Isoroku's letter of advice Here, the advantages and disadvantages of this battle are already very clear. The advantage is that it can not only solve the serious problem of the Xuebing Army at once, but also occupy Fujian, Guangdong and Qiong, thereby opening up a new land passage to Chongqing; the disadvantages, Isoroku Yamamoto believed that during the battle, the Central Army and other anti-Japanese armed forces might take advantage of it and encroach on part of the occupied area. However, at the base camp, the harm caused by this shortcoming was reduced after the intervention of Japanese Prime Minister Nobuyuki Abe. At the lowest point, among them, Xue Yue's voluntary withdrawal from Gao'an was a masterpiece of him and his subordinates.
At the Japanese Military Headquarters in Tokyo, Seishiro Sakagaki personally presided over the meeting. After nearly ten hours of day and night discussions, a combat plan was finally formulated. In this combat plan, the Japanese Army will initially dispatch three front armies and three land combat aviation forces. The corps are Nishio Hiszo's 2nd Army, Okamura Neiji's 11th Army and Matsui Iwane's South China Front, the 1st Air Corps, the 2nd Air Corps, the 5th Air Corps, and the Navy, the Combined Fleet will be divided into one. For four, use four aircraft carriers as flagships to become the first to fourth aircraft carrier fleets, and cooperate with a division of the Marine Corps and the First Guards Division to choose opportunities to carry out landing operations from the coasts of Fujian and Guangzhou.
The dispatch of so many troops at once was a huge test for the Japanese army's logistics system. The army was okay, after all, it could collect food on the spot. In addition, the arsenals in Nanjing and Shanghai could also solve some of the ammunition problems, but the navy's supplies could only be solved. Trouble is, the failure of the Hainan Campaign dealt a heavy blow to the navy's logistics supply fleet. Then something very embarrassing happened for Yamamoto. In their desperation, they couldn't find so many supply ships.
Just for the navy's supply issue, a group of Japanese soldiers discussed it for three hours. In the end, Inoue Narumi, who was demoted, came up with a way. She thought that instead of transporting supplies to the navy all the way from the base camp, it would be better to set up a supply base in Taiwan. First gather the combined fleet and make two trips to Taiwan, use fighter planes to help Kobayashi stabilize the situation in Taiwan, and bring a large amount of supplies to Taiwan, and then resupply from nearby Taiwan. In that case, it will not only save time, but also the required ships. greatly reduced,
Since the "Kaga" was attacked in Nagasaki, Yamamoto Isoroku's personality changed drastically, from a "dove" to a "hawk". All the former "doves" in the navy were purged, and Inoue Narumi was Together with Yamamoto and Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, they are well-known in the Japanese military circles as the "Iron Triangle of the Navy". This time, Inoue was not spared. Inoue knew how to adapt. After discovering that the navy's atmosphere had completely changed, he immediately changed his style and began to try to get along with Yamamoto again. Together, and when he made this suggestion at this time, it can be said that he was playing into Yamamoto's favor. No, after he made this suggestion, Yamamoto looked at him differently.
The navy's supply problem has been solved, and then there is the issue of coordinated operations between the land and sea. There has always been competition between the Japanese navy and the army. The current top officer of the navy has recently changed his temperament. Sakagaki and other senior army officials originally thought that this matter would be a waste of words. , who would have expected that Yamamoto would be surprisingly cooperative and actually agree that this time the battle will be based on the army, and the navy will try its best to cooperate.
The pre-war meeting at Tokyo Base Camp was held smoothly, but the meeting of the Nagasaki Combined Fleet was held with some difficulty.
Although Koizumi Minichiro gained Yamamoto's unreserved trust, his qualifications were too low, and he also failed in the Hainan Campaign. Therefore, except for the direct descendants of Yamamoto, other naval officers were very indifferent to him, and even Some people questioned the legitimacy of Koizumi's position in person. In the end, it was two new powerful forces, Tsukahara Tsukahara and Masafumi Arima, who supported him and ensured that the meeting forcibly passed Koizumi's decision.
Koizumi and others were holding a meeting on the "Kaga". The Nagasaki naval port area was already a busy scene. Vehicles transporting various supplies were coming and going, and "big mountains" were piled up on the dock. In the Combined Fleet camp a little further away, a large number of soldiers flocked here to start training before departure. Within a few days, Nagasaki turned into a war machine and began to operate crazily.
When Japan was conducting its final mobilization for the South China Campaign, Shunroku Hata invited Wang Zhaoming to the headquarters of the China Expeditionary Forces in Nanjing and began to vaccinate him about the South China Campaign.
"Wang Sang, the empire has decided to eradicate the biggest scourge of the student army. During this period, because the main force of the empire will go south to fight, the occupied areas and the front lines of the Kuomintang-controlled areas can only rely on you."
Wang Zhaoming's life was not easy during this period. As early as a month ago, Ouyang Yun had a premonition that the Japanese army might "make a big move" against the student army. From this, he deduced that once the Japanese army really did this, many occupied areas would have to rely on puppet troops. The army maintained the army, so they gave orders to Fox Tong and Langya to start punishing traitors in the occupied areas. By the time Wang Zhaoming was summoned by Hata Shunroku, nearly a hundred "well-known" traitors had been recruited by the military in many places. The leader or assassination caused panic in the traitor community. Those traitors, big and small, turned to Wang Zhaoming for help. While Wang Zhaoming was troubled, he also began to worry about his own safety. Xuebingjun was not very concerned about those evil deeds. Since all the traitors were killed, it was naturally impossible to let him, the leader of the traitors, go. However, as long as he thought of his dealings with Mu Jiandie and Guo Kui, the two leaders of the Xuebing Army Hu Tong and Langya, he couldn't help but feel sick. Cold, afraid that a bullet will suddenly pop out and fly towards me,
The Japanese want to concentrate their efforts to deal with the Xuebing Army, which is naturally a good thing for Wang Zhaoming and others. However, when they think that Nanjing will become a Chinese nation due to the withdrawal of the Japanese army, this will definitely make it easier for the Xuebing Army to assassinate. Wang Zhaoming, who was already afraid of his compatriots, couldn't help but feel chills in his heart.
Sweat appeared on his forehead unconsciously. Wang Zhaoming took out his handkerchief and wiped it. He replied respectfully: "The imperial army will eliminate dissident forces for us. This will definitely speed up the process of unification of the Republic of China. This is what Zhaoming wishes for. Sir Hatatoshi, please rest assured. Although the strength of our Central Army is not as good as that of the Imperial Army, it still has certain advantages over those local separatist forces. Here, I would like to wish you a successful start, an early victory over the Xuebing Army, and a triumphant return. Your Excellency, do all the imperial troops near Nanjing City have to move out?"
"yes."
"Well, where are my garrison?"
In the name of protection, but actually for surveillance, the Japanese arranged a squadron of elite military police around Wang Zhaoming. Wang Zhaoming was quite disgusted with this at first, but judging from what he meant now, he really hoped to keep this military police.
Shunroku Hata obviously heard the implication of his words. He glanced at him and smiled: "Wang Sang, don't worry. We will let this military police continue to protect your safety. Wang Sang, the war is coming. I will also There are many important matters that need to be dealt with, and I leave it to you to maintain the occupied area." After saying that, the old Japanese bowed to Wang Jingwei and said,
Wang Jingwei was flattered and surprised that the military police squadron that protected him would stay with him. He quickly returned the courtesy and said: "Your Excellency, you are too polite. For the sake of Sino-Japanese friendship, this is what I should do."
Shunroku Hata raised his head and looked at him, and the two of them immediately laughed and said "haha".