People are all complicated, and the current Japanese Prime Minister Konoe Fumima is especially complicated. There is a saying in Japan that Konoe Fumima is like Mount Fuji. It is very beautiful from a distance, but it is all rocky and rough up close. It means that he is indecisive.
He had great ambitions but few talents, and his leadership ability was very limited. Therefore, when Tojo Hideki became Prime Minister in 1942, Japanese public opinion said that Konoe Fumima was the most stupid person in Japan and a defeatist.
In fact, this is not the case. How can it be so simple for Konoe Fumima to form a cabinet three times and become the Prime Minister of Japan? The reason why Tojo Hideki indulges the public opinion that Konoe Fumima is the number one fool is because he dislikes Konoe Fumima for expanding his aggression.
His pace is not as fast as his, and his determination to do bad things is not as strong as his.
Generally speaking, Chinese people of later generations are familiar with Konoe Fumima for five main reasons. First, he issued the infamous three Konoe statements; second, he was a Japanese signatory of Japan's "Three-Nation Axis Agreement"; third, he proposed
Fourthly, the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Songhu Resistance and the Nanjing Massacre occurred during his tenure. Fifthly, he actively persuaded the National Government of Chiang Kai-shek to surrender, but the conditions he imposed were too harsh.
Enough, based on these five points that people in the country know, you can know who Konoe Fumima is. It can be said that this is a man who has a complete set of theories of aggression, actively promotes the expansion of aggressive wars, and understands that it is impossible to completely occupy Japan.
The Chinese guys never forget to seek territory, resources, and markets for Japan through aggressive wars, and they never forget to persuade Chiang Kai-shek to surrender or support a new puppet regime, so that Japan can get out of the quagmire of Anzheng.
Fortunately, the opinions of the Japanese military headquarters and Konoe Fumima sometimes agree and sometimes disagree. Otherwise, if Japan had lowered the negotiation conditions and only sought the independence of Northeast China, Chiang Kai-shek would have agreed to end the war at that time, and it would have been difficult for the suffering China to take back Northeast China.
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At this time, the Japanese base camp had not yet woken up from its arrogance. Although the Japanese army suffered heavy blows in Shanxi, Nanjing, and Tianjin, and the North China Aviation Division was wiped out twice, the base camp believed that it was all accidents and that the Chinese army won by sneak attacks.
, the smooth recovery of Tianjin shows that
The Chinese army did not dare to face the imperial army. If the National Government of Chiang Kai-shek did not seek peace, it would completely eliminate him and form a new government friendly to Japan to replace the rule of the National Government of Chiang Kai-shek in China. So, for the first time, the unreasonably arrogant
The Konoe statement was issued.
At this time in Japan, everyone from the emperor to the traffickers and lackeys were extremely arrogant. Even the geishas in Tokyo were talking about when China would be completely destroyed. As for how arrogant the emperor was, only half of the Guards Division was left in the country.
It can be seen from the move to serve as a garrison, leave one division in Korea, and send all other standing divisions and newly formed divisions to the Chinese battlefield. The emperor is not afraid of others attacking Japan or the Japanese people rebelling, let alone occupying the country.
It’s China’s business.
Chiang Kai-shek learned of Konoe's statement in Xuzhou.
After reading the transcript of Konoe's statement, Chiang Kai-shek swayed, slowly sat on a chair, took a sip of boiled water, and stabilized his mind.
Zhang Qun, who was standing by for the first time, said hurriedly: "Commissioner, don't let this kind of thing interfere with your thinking. Konoe Fumima probably took the wrong medicine, and he can even raise such a confusing question. Don't say that he doesn't regard the National Government as his
Our opponent, even if he wants to negotiate peace, we may not negotiate with him. Guawazi, you think so!"
When Chiang Kai-shek heard this, his eyes immediately lit up and he hurriedly asked what Yue Jun's advice was.
Zhang Qun said: "It's hard to say that the report committee has high opinions. However, during the negotiations in Xi'an, Ci Xiu, Wen Bai and I talked with Liu Yimin. We carefully studied and judged Japan's tactics. At that time, I judged that Japan would adopt
The method of one-hit-two-pull is to attack first and then persuade them to surrender. If they fail to persuade them to surrender, they will then support the traitor regime. Therefore, I think this Kuomintang statement is nothing, and history will prove that it is just a joke in the future."
Chiang Kai-shek said "Oh" and then asked: "At that time, when you were studying and judging, how did you judge the outcome of the Anti-Japanese War?"
Zhang Qun blurted out: "We will win the war of resistance!"
Chiang Kai-shek thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "The current situation of the Anti-Japanese War is not optimistic!"
After hearing this, Zhang Qun said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about the committee. Liu Yimin said that the Japanese are just three axes. When they finish swinging their three axes, it's time to rest. It's not terrible to lose the capital.
It’s not a big deal if you lose a big city. The key is not to compromise, not to surrender, and to keep training.
Organize and train troops, develop production, engage in diplomacy proactively, mobilize the people to unite to resist Japan, and fight the Japanese army endlessly, consuming its strength and consuming its resources. If we are in trouble, their life will be hard too. As long as we persist, Xiao
Japan is no match for us!"
Chiang Kai-shek calmed down and had a smile on his face. He asked Zhang Qun to inform Li Zongren that Bai Chongxi came in and continued to study the defensive deployment of the Jinpu Line.
After the Luoyang Military Conference, due to the urgent military situation, Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, Lin Biao, Liu Bocheng, Xu Xiangqian, and He Long all set off overnight and rushed back to the Shanxi base area.
In order to rush for time, a group of people took a car to cross Hebei overnight. The next day, they transferred to war horses and hurried back to the base area in southeastern Shanxi. Here, the Eighth Route Army headquarters held a combat meeting to make detailed plans for the anti-Japanese encirclement and suppression of each division and base area.
Deployment. Each division is required to send elite small units to seize strategic points, prepare to resist at all levels, harass and harass, and the main force to hide urgently.
Concealedly gather in favorable areas to eliminate the lone Japanese troops that stand out at any time; the base area immediately implements strongholds and clears the fields, mobilizes and organizes militia to destroy roads and bridges, lay mines, and hang strings as soon as the Japanese arrive, turning the Japanese who enter the base area into blind men and horses. Reconnaissance troops must
The scope of reconnaissance was expanded, and the intelligence department stepped up the collection of intelligence to clarify the Japanese aggressors' operational intentions as soon as possible.
After deploying the battle in Shanxi, the headquarters ordered the instructors to stick to southern Hebei and Luxi, concentrate the main force, and wait for the enemy's forces to expand and the war enters a stalemate, strike hard, and seize the camera to seize what the instructors thought could force the enemy to rescue them.
Strategic points, supporting Shanxi battlefield, Pinghan line and Jinpu line battlefield.
After the meeting, the Eighth Route Army headquarters was divided into two. President Peng led some staff officers and confidential personnel to follow Lin Biao and He Long northward to unified command of our army's operations in the area north of Taiyuan. President Zhu and Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo Quan accompanied the independent division to command the Shanxi Army.
Central, southeastern Shanxi, and southwestern Shanxi base areas fought with the Independent Division and the 129th Division.
When he received the combat order from the headquarters, Liu Yimin had already basically made arrangements, and had also received intelligence feedback from the reconnaissance force.
The first Japanese army to be dispatched was the 21st Division. On January 13, the division left Tianjin and headed south along Jinpu Road. The division headquarters moved into De County to strengthen the defense force on the Jinpu line. It may be that General Touichi Terauchi was afraid of the division.
The regiment was wiped out, and the division was strictly ordered to camp at night and march as a group during the day, relying closely on the Jinpu Line and cooperating with the railway security forces to step up the construction of strongholds to ensure the safety of the Jinpu Line.
The 23rd Division moved at the same time as the 21st Division. On January 14, the division left Tianjin and arrived at Zhuozhou via Langfang. From Zhuozhou, it went south along the Pinghan-Han Railway. The division headquarters stationed in Shijiazhuang and began to organize its forces.
Rush to repair railways and highways, establish strongholds, and prepare to open up the traffic between Pinghan Line and Jinpu Line.
Then the 22nd Division traveled from Tianjin to Zhuozhou via Langfang, and headed south along the railway. The division headquarters stationed in Handan, taking over the defense tasks of the 14th Division from Handan to Anyang.
When Liu Yimin saw the Japanese's posture, he felt a little confused. Is this what the old Japanese Shouyi in the temple sang? Could it be that he wanted to create a large encirclement targeting Jizhong and southern Hebei to completely wipe out the resistance in central and southern Hebei?
After stabilizing the rear area, should we send troops towards Shanxi and Xuzhou?
Liu Yimin knew that the 23rd Division, the 22nd Division, and the 21st Division were all newly formed divisions reinforced by Japan. Their combat effectiveness should be slightly worse than the permanent divisions, so he couldn't help but want to use his main force to pounce on them.
I took a bite, but considering the need to conceal my strategic intentions, I held back and waited for the main force of the Japanese to make new moves.
However, looking at the attitude of the Japanese, it seems that they have learned their lesson and have begun to pay attention to strengthening the security of railway lines and relying on railways to control the occupied areas. Needless to say, soon Jizhong and southern Hebei will face a raid by the Japanese. In the future, the troops will think about it again
I'm afraid I won't be able to cross the railway as if no one else is around. Liu Yi
The people were resentful and kept cursing Lao Guizi Nauchi Shoichi. Once the railway was blocked, the living environment in the base areas in western Shandong and southern Hebei was worsened. If the Japanese army did more research in the future, they would have introduced a cage policy in advance and used the transportation network
The base area is divided into densely packed strongholds.
In this case, if you want to hold on to southern Hebei and central Hebei, you must carry out raids to completely smash and paralyze the enemy's communication lines. Otherwise, southern Hebei and central Hebei will become guerrilla zones.
After thinking about it, Liu Yimin knew that no matter what kind of battle he fought, it all depended on the timing. It was definitely not possible now. The Japanese heavy-armed group was worried about not being able to find a trainer! If he made any move at this time, it would be like taking the initiative to send him to his door.
.In the Great Plains of North China without the cover of mountains, although my instructors are elite, they are definitely no match for the more than 400,000 heavily armed Japanese troops. I have no choice but to wait for the Japanese to divide their troops and go south, and then look at the situation.
It depends.
While Liu Yimin was paying close attention to the movements of the Japanese troops, General Juichi Terauchi, commander of the North China Front, was also anxiously urging the troops to take action.
In fact, although General Shoudai in Laoguizi Temple was very high-spirited with a large number of troops, he had no choice but to have difficulties. The reason was all caused by Liu Yimin. The railways and highways were damaged too much, which affected the speed of the Japanese's troop transport. Especially the Tianjin Station, not only the station
It was completely destroyed, even the locomotive was completely blown up, there was no
Fa Qi. Like the 23rd Division, which walked from Tianjin to Zhuozhou on two legs, the 21st Division was even more difficult, walking directly from Tianjin to Dexian step by step. Terauchi Juichi had no choice but to supervise the engineering troops
Step up action to repair railways and highways as soon as possible, and dispatch locomotives from Northeast China and Peiping to Tianjin to transport troops.
This is nothing. The most important thing is that all the supplies stored by the North China Front Army in Tianjin have been emptied by the instructors. Fortunately, the newly arrived reinforcements from the mainland took part of the supplies with them, and the other Kwantung Army troops going south were drawn from Nanjing.
The Sixth Division, the Sixteenth Division, and the original divisions in North China all faced the problem of replenishing fuel, weapons and ammunition, and solving food and drink problems.
After Terauchi held a combat meeting, he immediately urged the troops to take action. However, the commanders of each division came to him for oil, ammunition, food, and medicine. The reasons were all the same. Without oil, tanks and cars could not run, and without food.
Without the help of the Chinese army, the soldiers will starve to death. Without ammunition supplies, after a big battle, the cannons will be empty cannons, the guns will be empty guns, and the imperial army will become unarmed farmers. Without medicines, the wounded soldiers will not be able to heal their wounds, which will affect
The soldier's will to fight.
The problem of these troops has not yet been solved. A telegram from Lieutenant General Xiangyue Qingsi, the commander of the First Army stationed in Taiyuan, came to urge for supplies. He said that the Taiyuan area had been strictly cleared by the Chinese army, not to mention that people and food had been found.
It’s very difficult to find an animal
The 20th Division and the 109th Division tried to organize raids several times, but they gave up due to lack of fuel and food. If the front army did not provide supplies, the 20th Division and the 109th Division had no choice but to retreat first.
Shijiazhuang, solving the food problem on the Hebei Plain.
Temple Shouichi had no choice but to request the Kwantung Army to provide food supplies as soon as possible and transfer them to the Zhengtai Line through the Ping-Han Line to solve the feeding problem of the 20th Division and the 109th Division; at the same time, he kept sending reports to the base camp, urging them to hurry up.
Transporting supplies. That’s all
Unable to solve the current problem, Temple Touichi ordered each division to collect food and grass in the Jidong and Pingjin areas, and let the 21st Division, 22nd Division, and 23rd Division from the mainland set off first to ensure Pinghan.
Line and Jinpu Line are safe, laying the foundation for dispatching the main force.
Since arriving in Tianjin, Hisao Tani felt very useless. The most elite army division of the Imperial Japanese Army was led by the Chinese instructors like a fool. It was not easy to get from Nanjing by car and boat.
When he arrived in Tianjin, he was ready to fight and loot, but he didn't expect that the Chinese instructor had sneaked away. Hisao Tani felt that his punch had hit the cotton bag, and he was so weak that he couldn't exert any force. He felt as uncomfortable as he wanted.
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What Hisao Tani couldn't tolerate in particular was that when he arrived in Tianjin, so many Chinese families could not be robbed, and so many Chinese women could not be raped at will. Hisao Tani felt that everyone from General Touichi Taniuchi to Lieutenant General Hisao Nishio were all old men. He would not rob.
, If you don’t rape, don’t kill, and don’t set fire to China, what are you doing in China?
?Don’t tell me about the establishment of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. That was the dream talk of Prime Minister Konoe Fumima. Since he came to fight with the Chinese people, occupied their land, robbed their property, and killed their people,
You are still thinking about the co-prosperity of East Asia that Hehe people are trying to do. Who would believe your deceptive theory!
Hisao Tani felt that the fundamental interest of the Japanese Empire was to occupy all of China. If you want to achieve this goal, you must kill people, kill more people, and completely kill all the Chinese people. At the very least, you must kill those Chinese who are willing to resist.
Only when all the people are killed can China truly be incorporated into the territory of the Japanese Empire. Only then can the famous mountains, beautiful waters, land and wealth here truly become the property of the Japanese Empire.
Lieutenant General Hisao Tani, who was dissatisfied with Juichi Terauchi and Hisao Nishio, plunged into a brothel after arriving in Tianjin. The military affairs of the division were left to the chief of staff. In a word, he asked Count Juichi Terauchi to replenish troops, weapons and ammunition, and
Oil, medicine, food and fodder were needed. When Count Juichi of the temple solved these problems, the Sixth Division would be dispatched to carry out the orders of the front army.
The chief of staff felt that Hisao Tani was a little dizzy, but he also felt that letting the elite Sixth Division worry about food and grass was in itself a manifestation of the incompetence of the North China Front Army Headquarters. Naturally, he was happy to follow Hisao Tani's orders and go to the headquarters every day to urge supplies.
As soon as he received the order from General Touichi Teuchi to collect grain and grass in the Jidong and Pingjin areas, Hisao Tani came out of the brothel. When he convened a meeting with the captains of the Sixth Division, Hisao Tani looked radiant and shouted loudly to his officers.
Roar: "Spring is coming for the Sixth Division! Juichi Terauchi
The count ordered the troops to collect food and grass in the Jidong and Pingjin areas. This is to let us find food for ourselves. Warriors of the emperor, it is now up to us. Cheer up and collect the food of the Chinese people.
Find me gold, silver, banknotes, cattle and sheep to comfort our soldiers!"
After speaking, Hisao Tani ordered the troops to take action.
Tangqiao Village is located next to the railway. It is a small village with more than 30 households and a population of more than 100. Although it is close to the railway, it is in chaos and war. Naturally, the lives of the villagers are extremely difficult, and most of the houses are thatched houses.
On the morning of January 13th, Japs from a squadron of the Sixth Division arrived here. Seeing the arrival of the imperial army, the village maintenance president hurriedly held a cigarette to entertain the imperial army and asked what the imperial army wanted.
The Japanese squadron leader asked the translator to tell President Sui that the imperial army was here to collect food. He asked the fellow villagers to take out all the food and hand it over to the imperial army and everything would be fine.
Chairman Sui felt that the Japanese had bad intentions, and he was afraid that he had to give some food. He hurriedly arranged for people to boil water for cooking, treated the imperial army leniently, and notified every household to hand over food to the imperial army.
The Japs squadron leader gave a grim smile and waved his hand, and the Japs rushed towards each house.
Soon, cries, shouts and gunshots were heard from the yards of every house.
President Sui knew that the Japanese were doing evil, and he hurriedly bowed and paid tribute to the Japanese squadron leader, begging the imperial army to show mercy. The Japanese squadron leader laughed evilly again, and went to President Sui's house.
The maintenance president hurriedly followed the Japanese squadron leader, constantly saying good things and begging the imperial army to bypass the villagers.
The guy who served as the translator didn't seem to know that he was Chinese. He didn't care what the Japanese squadron leader wanted to do. He pulled President Sui and gestured with gold bars with his hands. Unfortunately, this small village is full of ordinary farmers. President Sui
Where can I get gold bars? He had to take out a few paper tickets issued by the fake Jidong Anti-Communist Autonomous Government from his pocket, hand them to the translator, and beg him to explain.
The translator took the note and saw that it was not Japanese yen, nor currency issued by major banks circulating in Tianjin. He threw the note in the face of Chairman Sui.
In just a moment, the Japanese squadron leader had already entered the home of President Sui, and pinned the old woman who was sitting on the kang doing needlework on the kang.
The woman was doing needlework when she looked up and saw a Japanese officer coming in. She was startled. Just as she was about to lift her legs to get off the kang, the Japanese officer rushed forward and pushed her down onto the kang. She was so frightened that she immediately yelled.
When the president saw that the translator didn't want the paper note, he was thinking about taking out two silver coins hidden at home and letting the Japanese go away.
The mother-in-law knocked her down and was tearing off her clothes.
President Sui became anxious and shouted, "Your Majesty, you can't help me. I'm a friend of the Imperial Army, and that's my woman." Then he walked into the house, trying to save his woman.
The two Japanese soldiers who came in with the Japanese squadron leader were laughing, holding rifles and shining bayonets, pressing the president's chest into the yard, forcing him into the yard, swung their rifle butts and beat the president to the ground.
Then he went back to the house and waited for the squadron leader to take turns to enjoy the Chinese women.
Listening to the increasingly miserable screams of his woman in the room and the wild laughter of the Japanese, President Sui finally burst into tears: "Oh my God, please open your eyes and see what evil we have done to give you such a child."
Beasts come to harm people. God, open your eyes and see, I am a friend of the Imperial Army and I work for the Imperial Army!"
After crying for a while, God did not open his eyes, and the crying of the woman in the room became smaller and smaller. President Sui knew that his woman might not survive today. After wiping his tears, President Sui stood up and said,
He walked into the kitchen, picked up a pot of foreign oil that he had just bought from the market for lighting, and poured it on the pile of firewood. Then he carried the firewood under the eaves, took out a match, struck it, and threw it on the firewood that had been poured with oil.
.Turn around and ran to close the door and lock it.
Seeing the flames soaring into the sky, burning the windows, burning the eaves, and the raging flames completely devouring his house, President Sui was a little dazed and kept shouting, "Burn you beasts, burn them to death."
You bunch of beasts.
The fire spread quickly and swept into neighboring buildings.
By the time other Japs arrived and shot dead the Chairman and the surviving villagers, the small Tangqiao Village had been shrouded in fire and thick smoke, and it was impossible to tell who was inside and who were the Japs.
It was because of the order of General Touichi Teruchi to requisition food that the Japanese army acted recklessly in the Pingjin area and the eastern Hebei area. Under the banner of requisitioning food, they started looting again. Disaster once again befell the kind-hearted Chinese people, with robbery and rape.
, massacre, and the brutality of the Japanese army caused rivers of blood to flow and tears to fall like rain in the Jidong region and Pingjin region.
In the end, Wang Kemin of the Provisional Government of the Puppet Republic of China had to come forward to remind Juichi Terauchi that the Jidong and Pingjin areas were the basic areas for public security in North China, and the imperial army had to pay due attention to the image of the Japanese Empire. Only then did Juichi Terauchi order all troops
Stop collecting grain, tighten military discipline, and order all levels of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China to collect grain and grass for the imperial army.
Finally, on January 20th, the first batch of supplies shipped from Japan arrived in Tianjin, and the reorganized aviation division from China also arrived in North China, Peiping, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, and Jinan airports were full of planes.
The confidence of Juichi Terauchi was completely strengthened, and he ordered all troops to distribute supplies and immediately go out to carry out combat missions.
At this time, the main force of the Japanese army, with soldiers and supplies initially replenished, began to take action. Trains on the Jinpu Line and Pinghan Line kept running, transporting the main force of the Japanese army to Shandong and Shanxi. The war was finally about to break out!