Chapter 243 The Greater East Asia Commonwealth Army
The meeting, which was later called the "Tokyo 2.13 Decision" by the Japanese, lasted for a total of five and a half hours. According to the officers and soldiers of the Japanese Royal Marines responsible for the security of the meeting, they later privately told that there were more than one fierce quarrels during the meeting, and at one point Medical staff were also called in, and from hindsight, an unpleasant fight did occur at this meeting. For example, "Private First Class" Hideki Tojo came out of the conference room with an extra band on his forehead. Bandage, and "Eighty Cent" Yamamoto Isoroku's left eye turned into a panda eye,
What kind of resolution was reached at the meeting, and what impact it had on Japan's military and political circles, half a month later, clues began to emerge. First, the Japanese government formally proposed a plan to build a "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" for the first time. And unexpectedly, the defeated general Okamura Neiji was appointed as the chairman of the newly established "Greater East Asia Alliance". Secondly, the "Greater East Asia Alliance" began to form its own army, with more than 100,000 North Korean puppet troops and nearly 50,000 soldiers. The Chinese puppet troops and about 20,000 Japanese troops were organized into the so-called "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Army" and began large-scale defense deployments. Finally, the Japanese Navy expanded its Marine Corps establishment and began to form the First Marine Corps, the Second Marine Corps, and the Third Marine Corps. military……
These traceable actions of the Japanese army were detected by the Xuebing Army intelligence personnel at the beginning. A series of intelligence was sent to Ouyang Yun's desk, which aroused his high vigilance. Not long ago, he had just smashed the Japanese army's attempt to kill the Xuebing Army in one fell swoop. While they were busy raising funds to survive the economic crisis caused by successive wars, even bigger troubles came. The emerging product of the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Army" was spread among the senior leaders of the Xuebing Army. Li Tieshu, Ji Xing Wen and others regarded this as a joke, thinking that this was an act of desperate Japanese people seeking medical treatment in a desperate situation. Their perspective on the matter was: I am not even afraid of the real Japs, but also the second Japs. Ouyang Yun But he didn't see it that way. He had to admit that the Japanese were really smart. Li Tieshu and others did not know the harm of the North Korean puppet army, but he knew very well that the North Korean puppet army belonged to the "second-class soldiers" in the Japanese military system. The product of the people's enslavement policy in North Korea. They dared to do evil in all directions in North Korea. When they arrived in China, they would definitely be even more unscrupulous. And in the official history, the crimes committed by the North Korean puppet army against the Chinese people were even worse than those by the Japanese army. Of,
"Neji Okamura is a scourge. Damn it, we shouldn't have let that guy Xue Yue take over in the first place." At a regular meeting, Chu Tiange, who has always been gentle, couldn't help but slap the table and curse,
Li Tieshu: "It's useless to do this now. Let's think about how to deal with the so-called 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Army.' Commander-in-Chief, we might as well take advantage of the unstable foothold of the North Korean puppet army and take the initiative to attack him and hit him hard."
One hundred thousand Korean puppet troops entered China, of which 60,000 entered Zhejiang and Jiangxi and were added to the Shangying and Wenzhou front lines. Obviously, the Japanese established the so-called "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Army" precisely to target the student army.
After a series of great victories during the New Year period, the Xuebing Army showed its majesty and momentum. The ensuing public trial raised the morale of the people to a considerable height. The middle and low-level officers did not know what kind of difficulties the Xuebing Army was facing. Everyone thought that the Japanese army was in decline, and there were constant calls for war and counterattack. Li Tieshu was affected by this to some extent. In addition, he had not been able to visit the front line in person during successive battles. It was inevitable that he had other thoughts in his mind, which is why he behaved so belligerently.
At the meeting, there were many people who had the same thoughts as him. Stern, the commander of the Sixth Army, also came to join in the fun, and then said: "I think we should take the initiative to attack, which can just expand the strategic depth."
The central topic of this meeting was originally related to Taiwan and the northwest, but now because of the "Co-Prosperity Army" incident, Ouyang Yun thought of the constant calls for counterattack from the civilian and military circles in recent times, and according to Chang Gen's investigation, some of them The reason why people with ulterior motives are adding fuel to the flames, he waved his hands and said: "Counterattack is a matter of time, because the purpose of our Xuebing Army is to expel the Japanese aggressors and completely defeat Japan, but do you think the time is ripe? Yes, this time we We achieved a series of victories and annihilated more than 200,000 Japanese troops. But don’t forget that we ourselves also lost more than 50,000 people, and there were about two brigades of tanks and three brigades of high-speed vehicles. The torpedo boat and more than 60 fighter planes were destroyed. In addition, we also spent a full year and a half of financial reserves. There are some things that I didn’t want to tell you at first for fear of distracting you, but now it seems that I can’t do it. ,,Lao Li, you travel to Guangzhou most frequently, haven't you noticed some changes?"
Li Tieshu was stunned for a moment, while the others looked at Ouyang Yun in deep thought.
Ouyang Yun smiled bitterly, spread his hands and said, "Do you know why we were able to achieve an overwhelming victory with fewer strikes and more strikes this time? Stern, tell me."
Ouyang Yun asked Stern to answer this question by name, which already had the element of taking a test. Stern solemnly stood up and gave a military salute to everyone, saying: "Some time ago, I convened officers with the rank of brigade commander or above from the Sixth Army to discuss the matter. We all agree that the main reason for this problem is that our weapons and equipment occupy an absolute technological lead, such as self-propelled artillery, such as the 'Mandrill' heavy tank, and the Whiteback fighter jets, and the 'Thunderbolt' rocket launcher, which the Japanese army does not have at all. Weapons that can compete with these equipment, so as long as we do not make strategic mistakes, it can be said that this battle will continue to be fought, and the winner will still be us, Commander-in-Chief, this is just an immature idea that we imitate the Sixth Army Corps. , please correct me."
"I have nothing to correct. I have already reached the point. So I have to ask, do you know how much a 150mm caliber artillery shell is worth? Also, how much is a 'Thunderbolt II' worth..." Ouyang Yun Stern was stunned by the barrage of questions and could not answer.
His pale face turned red, and he said with shame, "I really haven't considered these issues."
Ouyang Yun waved his hand towards him: "Sit down." Then he glanced at everyone and said: "Everyone, your views must be consistent with Commander Stern's. Then you know that in the Battle of Fuding alone, our army has been consumed How many shells are there, and how much are these shells worth? Of course I want to defeat the Japanese army as soon as possible and recover all the lost territory as soon as possible, but fighting costs money, and we are almost bankrupt."
"ah,."
"I know our finances are not tight, but have we reached this point?"
"Commander-in-Chief, we in Fujian and Guangdong are very wealthy. Why?"
After everyone was shocked, they started talking about it.
Ji Xingwen waved his hands to silence everyone and said: "The Commander-in-Chief is currently discussing with Mr. Jiang how to overcome the current difficulties. He didn't want to tell you this originally, but you forced him to do this. Lao Li, didn't you notice? For a period of time, there have been fewer vendors selling fish and meat in the city than before. The market vitality in Guangzhou is obviously not as good as before. That is the reason why General Jiang mobilized all government staff to reduce openings. After discussing with the Commander-in-Chief, I also asked the Commander-in-Chief to All agencies under the headquarters will follow suit, hey, you don’t know how expensive oil and rice are if you are not a master.”