Chapter 243: The Commonwealth Army of the Greater East Asia
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 who were responsible for the security of the meeting, they later privately told that there were more than one fierce quarrels during the meeting.
At one point, medical staff were called in. From hindsight, an unpleasant fight did occur at this meeting. For example, "Private First Class" Hideki Tojo came out of the conference room with bruises on his forehead.
A 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, began to emerge half a month later. First of all, the Japanese government formally proposed a plan to build a "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" for the first time.
And surprisingly, 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
The 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 deployment. Finally, the Japanese Navy expanded the establishment of the Marine Corps and began to form the First Marine Corps, the Second Marine Corps, and the Third Marine Corps.
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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, the Japanese army had just smashed their plan 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" spread among the senior leaders of the Xuebing Army. Li Tieshu, Ji Xing
Others regard it as a joke, thinking that this is an act of the Japanese dying and desperate to seek medical treatment. Their perspective on this matter is: I am not even afraid of the real Japs, how can I be afraid of the second Japs? Ouyang Yunque
Don't look at 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 it all too well. The North Korean puppet army was a "second-class soldier" in the Japanese military system and was a Japanese
The product of the enslavement policy in North Korea. They dared to do evil in all directions in North Korea, and they will definitely be even more unscrupulous when they go to the country. And in the official history, the crimes committed by the North Korean puppet army against the people of the country are even worse than those of the Japanese army.
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"Neji Okamura is a scourge. Damn it, we shouldn't have let that guy Xue Yue take over in the first place!" During a regular meeting, Chu Tiange, who had always been rude, 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, just take advantage of the unstable foothold of the North Korean puppet army and take the initiative to attack him and give him a severe blow."
One hundred thousand Korean puppet troops entered the country, and 60,000 of them 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 prestige and momentum. The ensuing public trial raised the morale of the people to a considerable height. The low-level officers did not know what kind of dilemma 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 somewhat affected by this, and since he had not been able to visit the front line in person during successive battles, it was inevitable that he had other ideas in his mind, which was why he acted so bellicose.
There were many people who had the same thoughts as him at the meeting. 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 the matter of the "Co-Prosperity Army" has gone off topic. 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
Those with ulterior motives are adding fuel to the flames. He waved his hand and said: "A 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 troops, and there were about two brigades of tanks and three brigades of high-ranking soldiers.
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 say it.
——Lao Li, you travel to Guangzhou the most, 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 this time with fewer strikes and more strikes? 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
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, such as the Whiteback fighter jet, and the 'Thunderbolt' rocket launcher. The Japanese army does not have any 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 we will be the winners. Commander-in-Chief, this is just an immature idea that we imitate from the Sixth Army Corps.
, please correct me."
"I don't have anything to correct, I've already hit 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 exhausted
How many artillery shells? How much are these artillery shells worth? Of course I want to defeat the Japanese army as soon as possible and recover all the lost ground 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 Xing 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 so. Lao Li, didn't you notice? This paragraph
Time, there are far fewer vendors selling fish and meat in the city than before, and 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 the number of employees. After discussing with the Commander-in-Chief, I also asked the Commander-in-Chief to
All agencies under the ministry followed suit - hey, you don't know how expensive oil and rice are if you are not a master."