Wang Jiuling knew that the war would definitely break out, so he tried his best to transport weapons and ammunition there. At the same time, Fu Zuoyi's factories were all operating at full capacity. It was inconvenient if the railway was not built. Wang Jiuling missed the railway too much. He was still in Suiyuan and could now produce all light weapons.
The bullets and some light weapons, the artillery can also produce 105 mm artillery, Fu Zuoyi is very happy, the equipment of their army is amazing, except that they are not equipped with Baiqi light and heavy machine guns, the other light weapons are exactly the same as those of the Qin army
The bullet production line for assault rifles was also immediately shipped to Suiyuan, but this time it was not Fu Zuoyi who was responsible for the production, but Wang Jiuling's people who produced the whole process, and others were not accessible.
At the same time, Qin is also urgently expanding its production lines to produce assault rifles, as well as heavy tanks and medium tanks. Li Huixian will form three armored divisions. Wang Jiuling strives to complete the refitting of Li Huixian's Fourth Army by the end of September.
, and then transferred to the Northeast to participate in the battle. In addition, a monoplane was finally designed and has been tested for half a month. Although it is not perfect, it is enough to deal with the current biplanes. Wang Jiuling cannot care so much, and there are no fatal flaws.
We will produce 800 of them first, but this may not be completed until February next year, and the production line has not yet come out.
While Wang Jiuling was preparing, the Kwantung Army was also preparing. Although they were intimidated by the Qin Army's combat effectiveness, they could not say no due to strong domestic demands, not to mention the strong internal demands of the Kwantung Army for another fight.
At this time, the Kwantung Army originally had more than 400,000 people, but after the Battle of Jehol, there are now only more than 300,000 people. However, the Kwantung Army has drawn some troops from Japan and North Korea.
Historically, after Nanjiro took office in February, it was originally Ueda Kenkichi. However, this old devil had been killed by Wang Jiuling for several years, so he was replaced by the historically famous Umezu Yoshijiro.
In August 1931, Umezu Yoshijiro was appointed as the General Affairs Minister of the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters, responsible for formulating the army establishment and supervising staff personnel work. A month and a half later, the Japanese Kwantung Army suddenly launched the "September 18th" Incident in Shenyang, Northeast China. Umezu asked the Kwantung Army Staff Officer Ishihara
Wan'er was dissatisfied with the strategy of launching the incident and believed that it violated the Japanese military's "Outline of Strategies for Solving the Manchuria and Mongolia Issues" which stated that "it will take about one year to prepare and implement it after the next spring". After the Japanese army invaded Northeast China, military pressure
After a sudden increase, Umezu consulted with Director of Military Affairs Koiso Kunaki and Umezu's First Section Chief Tojo Hideki and Military Section Chief Nagata Tetsuyama to formulate an arms reform plan to meet the needs of emergency armaments.
Umezu is a typical militarist in Japan. He has a strong smell of old professional soldiers. He has no superfluous hobbies. He just considers problems thoroughly and carefully, collects intelligence calmly and meticulously, and pays attention to the development of the situation. He admires the martial spirit of soldiers very much and believes that soldiers cannot
Being influenced by politics, the greatest wish of a soldier is to be a general, not a prime minister. If he wants to be a prime minister, he is doing something wrong. He hates the involvement of soldiers in politics, and he has never joined any factional organization.
In May 1935, Meijin used the Chinese authorities to assist the Northeast Volunteer Army Sun Yongqin's troops to enter the "demilitarized area" of Luandong. Two pro-Japanese journalists were killed in the Japanese Concession of Tianjin, and proposed to He Yingqin, acting chairman of the Peking Army Branch of the Kuomintang, to "expel the Northeastern clique."
and the central forces to leave North China", and dispatched Japanese troops from the Northeast to enter the country to threaten force. On June 9, Mei Jin, commander of the North China Garrison Army, submitted a "letter of awakening" to He Yingqin, acting chairman of the Peking Army Branch of the Kuomintang government, and
Within three days, the garrison chief of staff, Takashi Sakai, and the military attache of the embassy in Peking, Tan Takahashi, met with He Yingqin (the two were actually the masterminds) to force him to accept the requirements.
On July 6 of the same year, under Japanese military and diplomatic pressure, He Yingqin was forced to acknowledge Japan's request in the form of a typed letter and signed the so-called "He-Mei Agreement". The main contents are: 1. Abolition of all Kuomintang parties in Hebei Province
Party Headquarters; 2 Withdraw the 51st Army of the Northeastern Army of the Kuomintang, the Central Army of the Kuomintang and the Third Military Police Regiment stationed in Hebei Province; 3 Disband the Political Training Office of the Kuomintang Army Branch and the Blue Clothes Club and Inspirational Club; 4 Recall Yu Xuezhong, Chairman of Hebei Province; 5
All anti-Japanese groups and activities were banned. This agreement caused China to lose all sovereignty over Hebei and opened the door for the Japanese army to launch a full-scale attack on North China. Since then, the crisis in North China has become increasingly serious.
On August 1, 1935, Umezu was transferred to the position of commander of the Sendai 2nd Division. On February 26, 1936, after the military coup in Japan in which imperial officers attempted to kill Prime Minister Okada Keisuke and related elders, Umezu was in Sendai.
Immediately sent a telegram to the Ministry of War, strongly demanding the suppression of the rebellion, and stating that the division was ready to set off to attack the rebels at any time. At that time, the situation in Japan was very chaotic. Among the 17 division commanders, only the 2nd Division
Lieutenant General Umezu and Lieutenant General Hisao Tani of the 6th Division expressed a clear attitude to the Army Central Agency. Umezu's clear attitude played a great role in promoting the Army Central Committee's handling of the February 26 incident. At the same time, Umezu also deeply understood the situation.
Appreciated by the Ministry of War, Umezu was appointed Army Undersecretary in March 1936, and it was at this time that he served as commander of the Kwantung Army.
Umezu Yoshijiro was an old and cunning man. He was almost twice as old as Yu Han. It could be said that he had eaten more salt than Yu Han had eaten rice. After receiving the instructions from the Japanese military, he sent a large number of espionage agents to infiltrate Rehe.
, it is necessary to spy on the strength and equipment of the Qin army, but there are only more than 6 million people. The Qin State also has a large number of spies monitoring Rehe. Of course, the most important thing is that more than 6 million people can be screened easily. Although
There is no guarantee that there are no Japanese spies and traitors inside, but the Qin army implemented military control and strictly restricted the free movement of the people. As for supplies, the Qin State shipped a large amount of food and various daily necessities. The lives of the people in Rehe were better than before.
Most people have no intention of going out. Even if they want to go out, they can't come back. In addition, government departments and soldiers must have strict censorship system when entering and exiting, so it is difficult for Japanese spies to infiltrate and pursue Qin.
The Japanese army bought time, but it seemed that the time for the Japanese army to launch an attack was repeatedly postponed.
Umezu Yoshijiro was very afraid that the Qin Army could annihilate so many elite Kwantung Army in one week, and refused to send troops easily. To send troops again, more than 300,000 troops must be sent, which is not even enough. The Qin Army has 200,000 troops in one group.
They all know that the total strength of Song Zheyuan's troops is 400,000, leaving 100,000 for defense, and at least 300,000 for fighting, so the Japanese army must have the same number, or more.
, otherwise there is no guarantee of victory, and it is very likely that the Kwantung Army will perish like the Kwantung Army in Rehe. Japan does not have so many elites to consume with the Chinese.