War Minister Hideki Tojo was once again summoned into his office by Kanin Miyazahito.
"Tojo-kun!" Kanin Miya Zaihito glanced at Tojo Hideki coldly and said in a deep voice, "Didn't you say that Shun Tada's Sanko policy is very likely to destroy the Chinese people's will to resist?"
Tojo Hideki was speechless. To this day, Tada Shun's Sanko policy has completely failed.
The massacre by the Japanese army not only failed to destroy the Chinese people's will to resist, but even prompted the Chinese to take crazy acts of revenge. The Eighth Route Army led by the Communist Party of China even controlled almost the entire North China region. Their guerrilla armed forces had already expanded in just two years.
Within a month, it quickly grew from less than 50,000 people to more than 500,000 people!
To make matters worse, Tada Shun's Sanko policy has caused the Japanese government to fall into unprecedented isolation internationally.
Due to public pressure, the U.S. government has significantly reduced its share of strategic material exports to Japan, resulting in a serious shortage of oil, steel, rubber and other materials urgently needed by the Japanese military industry. However, these materials cannot be obtained from China, which leaves Japan
The production of military industry has caused great pressure.
The Operations Department of the General Staff Headquarters has even formulated a detailed plan to move south.
According to this plan, the Japanese Army will deploy five to eight field divisions to form the Southern Army, which will first occupy Vietnam, then advance from east to west, gradually encroaching on Thailand, Burma, and even India. Once the Japanese army occupies the entire Southeast Asia, the military manufacturing industry will be able to
Obtain scarce supplies such as iron ore, rubber, and oil.
However, the plan to go south was fiercely opposed by Japanese Prime Minister Konoe Fumima, and was ultimately dropped.
The reason why Konoe Fumima opposed the plan to go south is actually very simple. After the full-scale war of aggression against China broke out, due to the unsatisfactory progress, the Japanese government had carried out two strategic mobilizations. By the end of 1938, Japan's national and military power had been exhausted, and the national
The economy is also on the verge of collapse.
At this time, Japan absolutely cannot afford another large-scale war.
Perhaps after two to three years of rest and recovery, Japan may have the ability to occupy Southeast Asia.
However, Southeast Asia is a traditional colony of Britain and France, and the United States is a traditional ally of Britain. Once the Japanese army sends troops to Southeast Asia and occupies countries such as Vietnam, Thailand, and Myanmar, it will be equivalent to declaring war on Western powers such as the United States, Britain, and France.
This is such a serious matter that Konoe Fumima would never dare to make a decision.
"Say it?" Xianyuan Gong Zairen said coldly, "Why didn't you say it?"
Tojo Hideki sighed and said: "Your Highness, the General Staff Headquarters seriously underestimated the resilience of the Chinese nation, which resulted in today's unfavorable situation. As the Minister of War of the Empire, I am fully responsible for this."
"Hmph, I didn't come to you today just to hold you accountable." Kanin Gong Zaijin snorted, then picked up a proposal from his desk and threw it in front of Tojo Hideki, saying in a deep voice, "This is the first
Why didn’t you report it to me in time about the suggestion that Commander of the Fourth Army Corps, Okamura Neiji, made to the base camp two months ago?”
Tojo Hideki couldn't help but feel distressed. How could he explain this?
"Tada Shun has lost his mind!" Kanin Gong Zaijin knocked on the table and said coldly, "As a soldier, his will has been controlled by the desire to kill. He is no longer suitable to continue to serve as the commander of the North China Front.
, I think Okamura Neiji’s suggestion makes sense, let Okamura Neiji succeed Tada Shun.”
"Hai." Tojo Hideki suddenly lowered his head, turned around and left.
"Wait a minute." Hanin Gong Zairen suddenly waved his hand and said, "Tojo-kun, have you heard of Wang Jingwei?"
"Of course." Hide Tojo turned around and stopped and replied, "Wang Jingwei is a man of great influence in modern China. His seniority in the Kuomintang is even higher than that of the national leader Chiang Kai-shek. If Wang Jingwei hadn't been appreciated and promoted by Chiang Kai-shek, I'm afraid that
There is no chance of becoming the principal of Whampoa Military Academy."
Xianyuan Gong Zairen nodded and said: "This person's theory of saving the country through curves is very interesting. I think it will be helpful for the imperial army to rule China. You might as well send someone to contact him. In addition, Chiang is a die-hard.
Don't have any illusions about him, but this Wang Jingwei seems to be able to become a friend of the imperial army."
"Hai." Tojo Hideki suddenly lowered his head and said, "I understand my humble position."
In early November of the 27th year of the Republic of China (1938), the Japanese government issued a statement to China, proposing that as long as the Nationalist government changed its personnel organization and punished war criminals who violated the moral bottom line, Japan could enter into armistice negotiations with China. If the conditions were right, Japan
The government can even completely withdraw its troops from central and northern China without requiring war reparations!
The conditions are not unfavorable, but the Japanese government's evil intentions are also obvious.
The change of personnel organization that the Japanese government refers to is actually to force Chiang to step down. As for the war criminal who trampled on the moral bottom line, he is undoubtedly referring to Yue Weihan. The Japanese government could not force Chiang to surrender through war, and the Japanese army could not defeat Yue Weihan on the frontal battlefield.
, now, they are trying to achieve their goals through non-war means.
As soon as the Japanese government's statement was released, it immediately caused an uproar in China.
Frankly speaking, after six hundred years of poisoning by feudal Neo-Confucianism, the blood of the Chinese nation has been greatly castrated. At the moment of life and death, the Chinese nation will still burst out with unprecedented cohesion. However,
Once the situation eases slightly, a considerable number of people will begin to dislike war and fantasize about peace.
Within the Kuomintang, a considerable number of senior officials advocated curves to save the country.
From this moment on, the split between the Kuomintang and the Chinese government is inevitable!
At the same time, this also means that the Anti-Japanese War has entered a new stage, which is the second stage mentioned by Chairman Mao in his book "On Protracted War": strategic stalemate!
Yan'an, Wayaobao.
Chairman Mao is climbing a mountain ridge and looking into the distance.
It is already quite cold in northern Shaanxi in November. It has just snowed heavily again. Standing on the mountain ridge and looking around, the entire land of northern Shaanxi is covered in silver, which is spectacular. Seeing the magnificent scene in front of him, Chairman Mao couldn't help but
I was so inspired by poetry that I put out my cigarette butts and was about to compose another poem that would be as famous as "Qinyuan Spring Snow" when Mr. Zhu and Duke Zhou came up the mountain.
"Chairman, Chairman." Zhou Gong beckoned from afar, "Something big has happened. Wang Jingwei, the vice president of the Kuomintang, has fled."
Before he finished speaking, Mr. Zhu and Duke Zhou were already panting on the top of the mountain. After listening to Duke Zhou's narration, Chairman Mao said with some emotion: "Wang Jingwei is too honest and too arrogant. He is a perfectionist. In his early years, he was also too proud."
He can be regarded as a staunch revolutionary, but he has never been a true nationalist fighter!"
After saying this, Chairman Mao added: "So, I am not surprised at all about his escape."
Mr. Zhu said with concern: "Old Mao, Wang Jingwei has a very high prestige within the Kuomintang. Once he really forms a puppet government with the support of the Japanese government, a considerable number of senior Kuomintang officials will definitely change their tune, and there may be a crisis.
A large number of national army generals will defect to Wang Jingwei with their troops."
"It's not a possibility, but a certainty." Chairman Mao said calmly, "Except for Chairman Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army, the Kuomintang troops operating on the battlefield behind enemy lines will all defect to the Wang puppet government. Even Sun Lianzhong's clique and Yu Xuezhong's clique may rebel and surrender to the enemy.
, We must not have any illusions about these miscellaneous troops of the Kuomintang, and we will resolutely eliminate them when necessary!"
Mr. Zhu and Mr. Zhou couldn't help exchanging glances, and they both saw a strange look in each other's eyes.
After experiencing brutal intra-party struggle and the arduous 25,000-mile Long March, Chairman Mao is increasingly showing his courage and ambition, openly denying the Soviet political line, radically reforming the party's line and charter, and strongly advocating for independence.
Guerrilla strategy and secretly accepting Yue Weihan into the party. Without enough courage and courage, one cannot shoulder this responsibility.
Boss Zhu thought for a while and then said: "Old Mao, the situation of the Thirty-ninth Army may also be more complicated..."
"Don't worry about the Thirty-ninth Army." Chairman Mao waved his hand and said calmly, "I have long said that Yue Weihan is politically mature and militarily strong, and he will handle it well."
Jingxing County, Headquarters of the 39th Group Army.
Yue Weihan was summoning Zhao Xinyi, Gao Jingwu and other key party members to hold a branch meeting.
The meeting was chaired by Zhao Xinyi, and the main purpose was to study Chairman Mao's "On Protracted War".
Yue Weihan also read this article carefully. He was no stranger to the name "On Foreign Warfare", but this was the first time he actually read this work! Yue Weihan never worshiped any great people, including Deng Gong.
But his admiration for Chairman Mao definitely comes from the bottom of his heart.
Putting aside the merits and demerits, Chairman Mao’s strategic vision and courage are definitely the best in history!
We can get a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg from the poetry written by Chairman Mao. Since China has had poetry, lyrics and music, no one’s poetry has ever surpassed Chairman Mao in terms of momentum. Even Chairman Chiang Kai-shek is extremely fond of Chairman Mao’s poetry.
The praise, especially the phrase "Ask the boundless earth, who is responsible for the ups and downs" made Chairman Chiang feel great pressure.
In later generations, it will be easy to look back and analyze the eight-year war of resistance and divide it into three stages.
But when the Anti-Japanese War just broke out, the international and domestic situation was in chaos. Theories of surrender and quick victory were rampant. Almost no one could make a clear judgment. Only Chairman Mao saw the essence of such a strategy through the fog of history.
The vision is by no means an exaggeration. On a certain forum in later generations, some people even speculated whether Chairman Mao also traveled through time?
The reason is very simple. The "guerrilla war theory" pioneered by Chairman Mao and the "land reform policy" advocated by Chairman Mao are almost great weapons that transcend the times. Including those poems, so many great men in history, such as Yue Fei and Su Dongpo, can write in their lifetimes
One or two magnificent poems is already the limit, but Chairman Mao wrote a whole lot!