The Japanese military has always attached great importance to technical units such as pilots. If they are captured, they will definitely find ways to rescue them. The Japanese have also done this several times to exchange captured Chinese and Soviet pilots. But as a
The Japanese military department has always held the attitude that being captured is disloyal to the emperor. Not only will they not try to rescue them, but even if the Chinese release them, the Japanese military department will often not spare them.
A "coward" in the face of the "Japanese Empire".
But that was before. Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, under the constant attacks of the Chinese army represented by the 15th Group Army and the increasingly awakened Chinese people, the total number of Japanese soldiers killed, captured, missing and other permanent casualties has exceeded
800,000, especially the well-trained and battle-hardened elites
The veterans suffered heavy losses. Although the Japanese Army temporarily maintained its strength advantage through crazy expansion, the combat effectiveness of the troops has begun to plummet. Otherwise, no matter how powerful the 15th Group Army was, it would not have become as fierce as it is now.
, even the casualties in field battles were less than half that of the Japanese army
In this regard, the Japanese military believes that on the one hand, it is because too many recruits have been recruited, which has led to the dilution of the elite of the army, especially the infantry; on the other hand, it is because of the lack of a sufficient number of veterans to guide them, so that the recruits have been
The growth rate did not meet expectations, which made the previous problem more serious. Therefore, in this case, those captured Japanese infantry became very valuable, not to mention that the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Force happened to be short of troops. Isn't this right?
I feel sleepy. Did someone bring me a pillow?
Of course, the Japanese army can think of the possibility of the Fifteenth Army taking back those Chinese prisoners of war and integrating them. But the Japanese generally believe that the combat effectiveness of those Chinese soldiers is far inferior to the elites of the Fifteenth Army. If the Fifteenth Army insists on recruiting them, I am afraid it will end up like
The current situation of the Japanese army has resulted in a huge increase in combat effectiveness.
Decline, at least for a period of time, and the 15th Army, as the Red Party's army, if it recruits so many national troops at once, the relationship between the Red Party and the Kuomintang will definitely deteriorate extremely, which will be a big problem for the delusional attempt to induce Chiang Kai-shek to surrender.
For the Japanese, doubt is a dream.
In addition, the Japanese base camp also wanted to take this opportunity to let the special high school, which had hit the red party several times since the war of resistance, infiltrate the 15th Army. It would be best if the enemy did not discover it. Even if they did, their plan to recruit them would be affected.
Serious interference would be of great benefit to Japan [
Therefore, the Japanese side quickly agreed to exchange prisoners of war. Since the military quality of the Japanese prisoners of war was significantly higher than that of the Chinese army, and Japan lacked manpower than China, after some negotiations, the plan was finally determined to exchange 250,000 Chinese military prisoners of war for 120,000 Japanese soldiers.
Prisoners of war, this number is much less than they expected, but it can also replace a large number of previously captured pilots (the Chinese captured pilots
All pilots, including the Soviet aid air force, were also brought back, but the number was much less than that of the Japanese pilots. The Japanese made a profit in this regard.) China also agreed to release those who had received political and ideological education in the border areas for a period of time.
Prince Mikasa Takahito and all his entourage except the "Jackal Staff Officer" who was executed, so Japan finally accepted this condition.
It is worth mentioning that these prisoners of war are basically in good health, at least not seriously injured. The reason is very simple. The Japanese will not be kind enough to send people to treat the seriously wounded members of the national army. Although the Fifteenth Army has a prisoner policy, Hu Weidong
However, we will not waste the already tight medical resources for those Japanese who are difficult to treat, and most importantly, we will not waste prisoners of war who are seriously injured. In addition,
, the Japanese Army in Xuzhou and even the Japanese Military Headquarters actually do not want to rescue the captured Japanese naval officers and soldiers, and have been deliberately avoiding it during the negotiations, but this is fine, anyway, we will need these people to help train us for a long time.
own navy. Later, although the Japanese Navy Command spent money to redeem some of the prisoners, this matter had further deteriorated the relationship between the Japanese Navy and the Army.
The glorious victories in the three battles of Lunan relieved Chiang Kai-shek, who had been overwhelmed by the Japanese offensive during this period. However, the terrifying combat effectiveness displayed by the 15th Army Group frightened him and made Chiang Kai-shek even more uneasy.
Unfortunately, the high-ranking officials and generous salaries that he had used to disadvantage in the past had repeatedly hit the wall with the Fifteenth Army just like other Red Party troops. For Sun Liren, this
As the current "number one general" of the 15th Group Army, Chiang Kai-shek made an unprecedented promise of the position of commander-in-chief of the group army and a large sum of money. He also successively invited his brother-in-law, Sun Liren's old boss, with whom he had always had a bad relationship.
Song Ziwen and his brother-in-law Kong Xiangxi, who had some personal relationship with Sun Liren, went to win over him in the name of Lao Jun, but they were both sternly rejected by Sun Liren.
In order to avoid Lao Jiang's entanglement and cause him trouble, Sun Liren pointed out the key to the problem directly to Song Ziwen. Once he joined the Red Party, the army would no longer be under the personal control of the general. Even if he was willing to accept the government's solicitation, he could only
Go there alone, this polished commander
No matter how high the position is, what's the point? Besides, after knowing that he can't recruit the army, will Chiang Kai-shek continue to value himself so much? The answer is obvious. Sun Liren will not be so stupid as to abandon himself for a false position.
Handy troops and a bright future
It's okay if Sun Liren didn't get it, after all, he had defected to the Red Party in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. Old Jiang just regretted that he had underestimated this general, but the words conveyed by Song Ziwen made Old Jiang even more worried.
, he suddenly gave birth to a
The formation has a bad premonition, maybe not only Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army, which is always at odds with the Central Committee, but also the 71st Army of the National Revolutionary Army, which was just formed from the direct lineage of the Central Army's ace, will become a "meat bun" after being integrated into the 15th Group Army.
Beat the dog"
The more he thought about it, the more worried he became. He immediately issued an order in the name of the Military Commission to the former enemy headquarters in the First Theater Zone, requesting that the 71st Army be transferred to the Lanfeng Defense Line and form the 20th Group Army with the Shangzhen 32nd Army stationed there.
It was Hu Wei, who was worried that the Japanese army would divide its forces and advance westward, who had just won a great victory.
Dong Que replied that the 71st Army suffered too many casualties and needed a long period of repairs, so it was not suitable to leave Shandong for the time being. When Chiang Kai-shek's plan failed, he tried another one. He promoted the positions of many mid-level officers of the 71st Army on the grounds of meritorious service awards. As a result,
He was flatly rejected by Hu Weidong on the grounds that he could not destroy the military merit system.
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