Nakagawa Hiroshi had already learned about the fire attack on the Yamada Regiment from the last telegram sent back by Yamada Abe. He was a little confused at the time. After the contact was interrupted, he was still lucky. He knew a little about the terrain there and knew it clearly. There were no forests or grasslands there. There might be weeds or wormwood, but he didn't think that was enough to wipe out a regiment. The Japanese were sometimes really arrogant and had short memories, and Hiroshi Nakagawa was undoubtedly one of them. Like many of his colleagues, subconsciously, he still views the current situation between China and Japan from the perspective of 1937. Under this perspective, the Japanese army is blindly strong and still invincible, while the Chinese army is still weak, so they This view is deeply ingrained in my mind, thinking that one Japanese soldier is as good as three Chinese soldiers. By analogy, if the Xuebing Army wants to destroy a Japanese regiment, it must mobilize at least two divisions of troops, and more The commander of this regiment was stupid enough to stay in place and be beaten passively. The Nakajima regiment was completely wiped out. Because the information sent back by Nakajima Junzu was limited, Nakagawa Hiroshi thought that they had suffered an advantage from the cadet army. The siege of troops, and the total strength of the Xuebing Army in Nanchang is so large, and the Nakajima Regiment has attracted so many troops, how can the Xuebing Army have any spare troops to deal with the Yamada Regiment? The two photos don't actually explain much. , but the close-up of the facial expression of a Japanese soldier who was burned to death in the photo made Nakagawa feel the despair and fear. He imagined the soldier struggling and howling in the sea of fire, but in the end he could only die in infinite pain. A chill suddenly arose in my heart,
"Your Excellency, should we ask Commander Anan for tactical guidance? Our current strength is not enough to resist the Chinese." Suzuki Qingye suggested in a low voice. Suzuki and Nakagawa were different. Nakagawa's first reaction after seeing the photo was feeling After being provoked and threatened, he remembered the legend among the top military officials about the "war criminal records" of the Xuebing Army. Ouyang Yun emphasized the need to record the crimes committed by the Japanese troops in China, and made strong voices in public more than once, saying that they would The liquidation of war criminals after the war was carried out because there was a precedent of senior Japanese military officials captured by the Xuebing Army undergoing public trials and being jailed. Therefore, although the Tokyo Base Camp had strict orders not to allow the troops stationed in China to discuss related matters, this matter still It spread and created a certain deterrent effect. Some people even believe that the reason why Okamura Neji strictly enforced military discipline in North China was because of this influence. In Nakagawa's vision, once the surprise attack plan failed and there was a shortage of troops, He would coerce the Chinese people in Jiujiang to carry out a defensive war, so that the Xuebing Army would not dare to use superior weapons and could only use human sea tactics. In his opinion, in terms of the quality of the soldiers alone, the Imperial Army was stronger than the Xuebing Army. Yes, then the defeat of this battle will be between May and May. Looking back now, the surprise attack plan formulated by Nakagawa is more like taking the initiative to send the troops of the two regiments to the Xuebing Army to encircle and annihilate them. Because of their massacre of Chinese civilians, Not only did it fail to play its due role, but it also attracted thunderous revenge from the Xuebing Army. It was really not worth the gain.
Nakagawa Guangyin said nothing with a sullen face. Anan Weiji did have a surplus of troops, but because the plan he made was mainly in the direction of Changsha and Jiujiang as a supplement, the task assigned to him only required him to hold on to Jiujiang for a certain period of time. Now because He rashly chose to take the initiative, resulting in heavy losses in troops. He was very worried that if he asked Anan Weiji for help now, instead of receiving reinforcements, he would lose his dominance in the Jiujiang battlefield. "We still have seven regiments with a total of two Fifteen thousand people, the Chinese claim to be 80,000, but after this surprise attack, they will definitely set aside a certain amount of troops to garrison key points in various places, so the actual number of troops that can be put into the Jiujiang offensive and defensive battle will not exceed 50,000, as defense On the one hand, we have an advantage, so I think if we are more cautious, we should be able to complete the tasks assigned by the headquarters." He thought for a while and said slowly,
Seeing that he was still talking about a surprise attack, Suzuki Keiye felt anxious and said: "But Your Excellency, the Chinese have air supremacy and their tanks are more advanced than ours. Moreover, they are fighting on the mainland. I, I don't think we can persist until the decisive battle in Changsha." Win or lose."
"I just said, don't worry about this. It is precisely because we are fighting on the land of the Chinese people. Therefore, as long as we control the Chinese civilians in Jiujiang City, they will not dare to use the air force and powerful weapons. Suzuki-kun , I don’t need to mention this suggestion again. If you have the time, you should run the troops for me. The Chinese want to use leaflet offensive to break down the imperial army’s defenses. We must guard against the mood swings of the soldiers below. Tell them, this is exactly what happened. The guilty conscience of the Chinese people shows that my decision is correct..."
A fire destroyed and drowned a Japanese regiment. When the photos of the scene were published on the front pages of newspapers and shown on TV screens by major media under the jurisdiction of the Xuebing Army, the protests in various places finally subsided, but Ouyang Yun did not expect that However, these photos actually triggered a big debate about war and humanity between reporters from the Xuebingjun media and Western media reporters. The Japanese army launched the Qinling Operation, and the front troops had entered Sichuan. This caused the security situation in Chongqing, the capital of the country, to drop sharply. In this grim situation At this time, many well-known Western media stationed in China chose to move to Guangzhou to continue reporting on China's Anti-Japanese War. Most of these media were from the United States and the United Kingdom. Some of them took a clear stance on the Allies' side, while some were simply doing news. Reports, and even those who clearly stood on the Allied side, when they saw the close-up shots of the Japanese soldiers being burned to death, they still made a different sound from the Chinese media people, "It's too inhumane, stand up From China's perspective, although Japanese soldiers are their enemies, they are also living people after all. As soldiers, it is natural for them to fall under gunfire. I think Japanese soldiers have already had this awareness. However, as a soldier, The military actually killed them in this way. I think this is a serious violation of the Geneva Convention and is inhumane... This is really a setback on the road to civilization for mankind." This is the news that a British reporter wanted to send to New Delhi. When the report was submitted to the General Political Department of the Xuebing Army for review and approval, the officer in charge did not dare to be expert and immediately asked Ji Xingwen for instructions. After Ji Xingwen read it once, he drew a " Cross, and then wrote another line: "When the reporter was considering whether the Japanese soldiers should enjoy the humanity of war, did they ever think about the Chinese people who died in Wuning County and how they deserved it."
When a press release is marked with a What's going on, he is so stubborn that he has already seen it, and because the Xuebing Army has always strictly controlled military-related news reports, it has long aroused the dissatisfaction of Western reporters. In addition, a large number of Western reporters from Chongqing gathered in Guangzhou, so The matter quickly became a big deal, attracting more than a dozen well-known journalists to collectively go to the Xuebing Army Headquarters, raise banners in protest, and demand Ouyang Yun to answer in person.
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