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 battlefield of the country, or even destroy the country. In their view, 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 of it. 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 opinion, it was intolerable, so they all
Jumping out to attack: "How shameless! It's just a guerrilla force of the Chinese people. Isn't the 40,000 troops stationed in Mongolia not enough to cope with it?"
"General Lian Po was old last month. 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 came to power, he seemed very high-spirited after his long-cherished wish came true, and he was ready to burn three fires. However, as the saying goes, you don't know how expensive oil and rice are 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 domestic battlefield and the Pacific battlefield are temporarily in a "stalemate",
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", which is not without basis. Tojo Hideki is relatively simple-minded, of course.
This also allowed him to simplify when dealing with many complex problems. Although the sequelae will certainly not be less, it is the fastest effective. If Tojo wants Japan to completely follow his ideas, he will naturally encounter dissidents.
Among these forces, the "conservatives" of the Navy headed by Isoroku Yamamoto were the biggest enemies of his New Deal. Hideki Tojo's rise to power was actually due to the Navy's Iron Triangle's strategy of retreating to advance -
-In Yamamoto Isorokuyan, 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 Isoroku.
Liu was firmly in control, but Tojo Hideki wanted to have everything under control, so he took the next step, which was to bypass the military headquarters and directly give greater power to the General Staff.
The General Staff of the Japanese Army 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
Those militarists came on stage one after another, and then there were complete changes in the Japanese Military Strategy and the Pacific Strategy.
Previously, in the Far East Army combat plan designed by the Japanese military, the first target of attack would be Vladivostok. After capturing Vladivostok and other Soviet Far East areas, troops would then be sent to Novosibirsk, and then all the way west until they completed the rendezvous with the German Siberian Army. This
According to the plan, the Far East Army would temporarily break away from the national war situation and devote all its efforts to the war against the Soviet Union. But now, due to the intervention of the General Staff and the launch of an attack by the Northwest Army of the Academy of Sciences 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.
Successful experience. 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 ideas. 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 world's second strongest army and recognize the German Army's ace status, 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
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 immediately as soon as he received the telegram from Yoshio last month, Neji Okamura and Otsui Yamada felt that in order to completely solve the Korean incident, they had to invite German troops to enter the country.
What Yue Liangfu should do now is to withdraw the battle line to the Chahar line in order to obtain nearby support from the North China Front Army and the Kwantung Army, thereby stabilizing the Mongolia and Chahar front 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, it was a long time.
On the Russian border, the only army directly under the Soviet Russian command was the Siberian Front Army, which was in name only. Although the so-called Mongolian border guards were astonishing in number, Meijin, who had dealt with them more than once, knew very well
, let alone mobilizing the entire 300,000 expeditionary force, even 100,000 people are enough to crush the Mongolian border guards. Not to mention, the Mongolian border guards also have many pro-Japanese forces. Therefore, the above
Although the content of the telegram sent by Tsukiyoshi was shocking, Umezu didn't take it seriously at all. The Kwantung Army, after repeatedly deploying elites to support the battlefields in China and the Pacific, still has nearly 600,000 troops. That is,
It is said that even if the 300,000 troops of the expeditionary corps are eliminated, Yamada Otsui still has 300,000 troops at his disposal. And together with the Manchu and Mongolian National Defense Forces and the Korean Co-Prosperous Army, Yamada Otsui's actual mobilizable troops are still at 300,000.
More than one million people. A force of this size was only used for defense. Umezu couldn't imagine how stupid Yamada Oto must have been to have the Chinese expeditionary army's back be stolen.
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 date of dispatch of the Expeditionary Corps will be around ten days.
Once he thought about this, his blood boiled - he was looking forward to this expedition so much.