When Hideki Tojo came to power, the devils in the General Staff all wanted to find opportunities to perform well and take advantage of the opportunity to rise to power, and completely reverse the situation on the Chinese battlefield, or even destroy China. In their eyes, this was a ready-made achievement, just like lying on the shoal. Just like the snails on the grass, as long as they bend down, they can be sure. At this time, last month Liangfu "exaggerated" the severity of the situation in the northwest, and the Changzhong Army's majesty destroyed the imperial army's ambition. In their view, it was intolerable, so they all Jumping out to attack: "It's extremely shameless. It's just a guerrilla force of the Chinese people. The 40,000 troops stationed in Mongolia are not enough to cope with it."
"Last month, Lieutenant General Lian Po became old. In my opinion, the commander of the Mongolian army should be replaced immediately, and the post of chief of staff of Masao Yano should also be abolished."
"No, Major General Yano's performance is still remarkable. He is just unlucky to have an officer like Yoshio Uetsuki."
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As the Prime Minister, Hideki Tojo should have been "taking care of everything" at the Prime Minister's Residence at that time, but at this moment, he was sitting there in the main seat of the main conference room of the General Staff Headquarters, lowering his head from time to time and writing seriously on his notebook. What is written,
When Tojo Hideki first came to power, he seemed very high-spirited after having his long-cherished wish come true, and he was going to burn three fires. However, as the saying goes, you don't know the price of oil and rice when you are not a leader. It was only when you became a leader that he discovered this prime minister. It's not as easy as imagined. Of course, his character is destined to not think about the problem comprehensively, and he doesn't know what pessimism and depression is. So when he thinks about it, although the Chinese battlefield and the Pacific battlefield are temporarily in a "deadlock" , but as long as the country can follow the steps he designed, defeating China and the United States will only be a matter of time. Ishihara Kanji described Tojo Hideki as an "army soldier". This is not without basis. Tojo Hideki has a relatively simple mind. Of course, this also allows him to simplify many complex problems when dealing with them. Although the sequelae will definitely not be less, it is the fastest effective. If Tojo wants Japan to completely follow his ideas, he will naturally be met with different opinions. Among these forces, the "conservatives" of the Navy headed by Isoroku Yamamoto were the biggest enemies of his new policy. Hideki Tojo's rise to power was actually due to the Navy's Iron Triangle's strategy of retreating in order to advance. ,,In the eyes of Yamamoto Isoroku, the cabinet is important, but the control of the military department determines the fate of the navy. Therefore, when choosing one of the two, he resolutely abandoned the cabinet and tried to protect the military department. The military department was actually controlled by Yamamoto Gothic. The Sixteenth Army was firmly in control, but Tojo Hideki wanted to have everything under control, so he made his next move, which was to bypass the military headquarters and directly give greater power to the General Staff.
The Japanese General Staff was originally a concentration camp for Japanese militants. Tojo Hideki's false strategy of attacking Guo had a miraculous effect. Therefore, when the edge of the Combined Fleet was completely obscured by the Pacific Fleet, the General Staff's Those militarists came on stage one after another, and then there were complete changes in the Japanese army's China strategy and Pacific strategy.
Previously, the Far East Army's combat plan designed by the Japanese military ministry had the primary target of attack being Vladivostok. After capturing Vladivostok and other Soviet Far East areas, it would then send troops to Novosibirsk, and then move all the way west until it completes the rendezvous with the German Siberian Army. In the first plan, the Far East Army would temporarily break away from the war in China and devote all its efforts to the war against the Soviet Union. But now, due to the intervention of the General Staff and the Northwestern Army of the Military Academy launching an attack at this critical moment, this plan has been completely rejected. ,
Unlike Yamamoto Isoroku who attaches great importance to relations with Germany, Tojo Hideki is self-righteous and doesn't care at all. This is related to the development process of the Japanese army and navy. The reason why the Japanese navy is strong is because it borrowed from the British Royal Navy. Therefore, the Japanese Navy people are also accustomed to paying attention to the world situation at all times and paying attention to absorbing advanced technologies and concepts. The Japanese Army does not have this experience. They were able to become the strongest army in East Asia. This was all done by themselves, so , although they claim to be the second strongest army in the world and recognize the ace status of the German Army, in fact they are somewhat unconvinced in their hearts and always want to regain the title of No. 1. In addition, Tojo Hideki's behavior is simply unreasonable. He did not consider the consequences, nor did he care about the national strength and the people's sentiments. Therefore, when someone suggested to him that the expedition to Soviet Russia could be postponed for a while and annihilating the Northwest Army should be the first choice, he only thought about it briefly and agreed.
Unlike Hideki Tojo who reacted quickly as soon as he received the telegram from Yoshio last month, Neji Okamura and Otsui Yamada felt that in order to completely solve the China incident, they had to invite German troops to enter China, so they all thought What Yue Liangfu should do now is to withdraw the front line to the Chahar line so as to obtain nearby support from the North China Front Army and the Kwantung Army, thereby stabilizing the Mongolian and Chahar front lines and buying time for the expeditionary regiment to move north.
The attitudes of Umezu Yoshijiro, Okamura Neji, and Yamada Otomi were different. Objectively speaking, at this time, Japan formed an expeditionary corps to enter Soviet Russia to cooperate with the German army. This was an excellent opportunity for Japan to defeat Soviet Russia. At this time, the long On the Sino-Russian border, the only army directly under the Soviet Russian command is the Siberian Front Army, which is in name only. Although the so-called Mongolian border guards are astonishing in number, Meijin, who has dealt with them more than once, is very Clearly, not to mention mobilizing the entire 300,000 expeditionary corps, even 100,000 people would be enough to crush the Mongolian border guards. Not to mention, there are still many pro-Japanese forces in the Mongolian border guards, so Although the content of the telegram sent by Yoshio last month was shocking, Umezu didn't take it seriously at all. The Kwantung Army, after repeatedly deploying elites to support the battlefields in Central China and the Pacific battlefield, still has nearly 600,000 troops. In other words, even if the 300,000 people in the expeditionary corps are eliminated, Yamada Otsui still has 300,000 troops at his disposal. Adding in the Manchuria and Mongolia National Defense Forces and the Korean Co-Prosperity Army, Yamada Otsui can actually mobilize There are more than one million troops, and such a large force is only used for defense. Umezu cannot imagine how stupid Yamada Oto must have been to be able to be copied on the back of the expeditionary army by the Chinese.
The assembly and formation of the Expeditionary Corps has been completed for a month, and the gasoline and aviation kerosene missing from the military supplies will also arrive within a week. This means that the day when the Expeditionary Corps will launch troops will be in Meizu within ten days. Once he thought of this, he couldn't help but get excited. He was looking forward to this expedition so much.