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Therefore, Tojo Hideki tried every means to let Ishihara Kanji, who was known for his strategy, join the field force as a military commander.__/看书蛧看书蛧/ But after thinking about it afterwards, he was still a little worried. After all, Ishihara Kanji was not He has never served in the frontline troops, and he has even served as an instructor in a military academy. Even if his tactical literacy is not as good as his strategic vision, it may not be that bad.
At this time, the Great Battle of the Central Plains had just begun, and Ishihara Kanji was very dissatisfied with the strategic decision of dispatching troops to Central China. He believed that based on the situation at that time, the Japanese army was no longer able to advance into the Central Plains, and even if it continued to expand, it would not be much. This is because the Japanese Army's philosophy in building an army has always been to have fewer but better troops. Rushing to pile up too many troops will only significantly reduce the combat effectiveness of the troops and further overdraw Japan's war and economic potential.
In Ishihara Kanji's view, rather than letting the Japanese army's increasingly depleted troop resources be lost in vain, it is better to retreat to the Yangtze River Delta to preserve its effective forces and at the same time take advantage of the contradictions between China's two parties. He even said He also came up with an extremely sinister plan, which is to voluntarily give up all the territory that the Japanese army is currently unable to hold and hand it all over to the Kuomintang. In this way, the Red Party will have no room for development and will be unable to attack the areas separated by the Kuomintang. Instead, the Japanese army could reach a secret agreement with the Chongqingzheng government to attack the border areas through the Kuomintang-controlled areas. The Kuomintang army only had to deliberately feign defeat to make way for the passage. Anyway, with their low combat effectiveness, the Japanese army did not have to worry about their violation. The agreement will cut off one's own retreat. In this case, if the Red Party troops cannot help but attack the Kuomintang, they will become the sinners of undermining the anti-Japanese national united front and fall into an extremely unfavorable situation politically. Judging from its purpose, the consequences of losses in this area are even more serious than military defeats.
But Tojo Hideki just grasped this point. It happened that the original commander of the Second Army of the Central China Expeditionary Army, who was born in a royal family, had been claiming to be ill and refused to take office because he was afraid of the 15th Army. Therefore, Tojo Hideki took the opportunity to see It seems that he magnanimously recommended Ishihara Kanji to be promoted to the new commander of the 2nd Army. Moreover, his "rewarding the virtuous and not avoiding the enemy" also won praise from all over Japan, which greatly improved his popularity." It is obvious that Hide Tojo The machine's ability to calculate people's hearts is far superior to its military ability.
But few people in Japan saw Tojo Hideki's calculations. The reason why he did this was actually because he knew that Kanji Ishihara had never paid attention to the orders of his superiors. Now that he has the power, he will definitely be more careful. Because they are domineering, even if Ishihara Kanji wins in Huaibei, it will definitely lead to the main force of the Central China Expeditionary Force withdrawing southward. The tradition of the Japanese army is that there will be no serious consequences if they advance rashly and fail, but they retreat, especially when the battlefield is favorable. However, he will definitely be criticized verbally and writtenly. Even with Ishihara Wanji's popularity in the Japanese military, it will be difficult to change this tradition. When the time comes, Tojo Hideki will use this to convict him. Even if he cannot be killed, he will never be able to stand up again.
What's more, in Tojo Hideki's view, the Fifteenth Army and the Eighth Route Army, the two main forces of the Red Party, combined have no less than one million troops. How can they be so easy to deal with? As long as Ishihara Wanji is unfavorable in the battle, he will take the opportunity to take them.
Hideki Tojo would be even happier if the squadron could give him the opportunity to kill with a borrowed knife. Tojo Hideki naturally knows that this is not good for Japan, but he is a politician. How many politicians in the world are truly patriotic?
"Rebirth of a Military-Industrial Power in the War of Resistance Chapter 366: Killing with a Borrowed Knife" Naturally, Hu Weidong did not want to miss this opportunity. Although he had never paid much attention to how many senior Japanese generals he had killed or captured, Ishihara Wan'er was different from others.
Hu Weidong looks at
If he could kill this guy, the value would be no less than the annihilation of 100,000 Japanese troops. And if possible, he would also like to capture alive this Japan's most powerful strategist since the Meiji Restoration, perhaps even Japan's ancient times. Ishihara Wanji is worthy of him.
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Since the railway station closest to Bengbu in Huaibei was under the threat of the 15th Army, Ishihara Wan'er chose to have the railway stop and the troops drove directly across the bridge instead of taking a train. But Hu Weidong wanted to ensure that Ishihara Wan'er was not
There is no way to escape, cut off Bengbu
The Jinpu Line Huaihe River Railway Bridge in the north of the city is still necessary, especially since Ishihara Wanji did not prepare a ferry on the Huaihe River. This means that once the traffic on the bridge is completely cut off, the 200,000 officers and soldiers of the Japanese Second Army will be blocked in the Huaihe River.
North Shore No Escape
However, from the perspective of Ishihara Kanji, this cannot be said to be a big mistake. After all, the fighter plane is fleeting, and the Japanese 2nd Army must cross the Huaihe River and head north as soon as possible before it can complete the "Southern Rebirth of the War of Resistance."
"The northern pincer attack annihilated China's number one ace 15th Army on the Huaibei Plain. There was really no extra time to collect a large number of ferries. This time
In addition, Ishihara Kanji was also worried that preparing a retreat before the war started would shake the morale of the army. Besides, in Ishihara Kanji's opinion, the 20,000 Japanese troops stationed in Bengbu were more than enough. The strength of the Red Party guerrillas in Huainan was still very limited, so it was impossible.
It poses a threat to it, and if the 15th Army Group sends troops to cross the Huaihe River and go south, it will be useless if there are too few troops. If there are more troops, they will definitely be discovered.
Ishihara Kanji even thought about the legendary "rebel" of Japan, but because intelligence showed that this army only had more than 10,000 people, and Ishihara Kanji did not believe that the Chinese dared to use this Japanese army.
Scaling to a size that is too large
model, as long as the Bengbu garrison is on strict alert, there is no need to worry about it. However, Ishihara Wan'er still missed two points. First, the powerful ability of red ideas to transform Japanese prisoners of war made Hu Weidong dare to rearm more than he expected.
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There are many more Japanese prisoners of war; secondly, the proportion of veterans among these original Japanese prisoners of war is much higher than that of the Japanese Second Army, which has been severely waterlogged in the past few months. Ideological transformation will take several months no matter how fast it is.
In addition to training, that is to say, even the new recruits of the Japanese Zong were captured at least half a year ago. At that time, the quality of the Japanese soldiers was far from being seriously diluted as it is now. Therefore, the combat effectiveness was much stronger;
Third, I did not expect that problems would also arise within the Japanese army.
Although due to the increasing vigilance of the Japanese invaders, as expected by Tomohisa Shiraishi, the Japanese were not able to completely deceive the Japanese as they did in the surprise attack on Qingdao, but the first-mover advantage of firing the first shot could not be lost, and in the battle
There was also an unexpected surprise for the Japanese officers and soldiers, which also caused the Japanese army in Bengbu to be quickly defeated, which might have been able to hold on for a while. To be continued.