Director Watanabe shook his head and continued: "The enemy's attack was sudden, and most of our troops fell into chaos. The Chinese army's offensive was very fierce. After landing at 1 o'clock in the morning, it quickly penetrated into the hinterland of Nagasaki in three directions. The Empire
Although the soldiers fought bravely and tenaciously, they could not resist the Chinese army that was like tigers and wolves. Except for the Takahashi Corps, which was trapped in the west of Nagasaki, the rest of the garrison troops had long been disbanded. News came that some troops were besieged by the Chinese army in the 3328 Highlands and were being treated miserably.
Saga's support troops rushed out rashly and were blocked by the Chinese army at the Nagasaki bottleneck. In addition, the Nagasaki cross-sea bridge was blown up in the early morning. The Takahashi supply base was breached at noon. The Takahashi Corps, which had lost supplies, was defeated and fled.
Go to the towns and cities to wait for reinforcements. The last news is that the Chinese army has surrounded the towns and cities."
Prime Minister Miura looked directly at Watanabe and asked: "Is there still hope for Nagasaki?"
Watanabe took out a map and laid it flat in front of Prime Minister Miura Isa's desk. He pointed and said: "Currently, communication between our armies has been restored. All armies use correspondents to communicate and gather in three directions. The first direction is Kumamoto.
The 40,000 reinforcements arriving from Minami Kyushu are gathered here. The main force is the Kumamoto garrison division; the second direction is the Nagasaki bottleneck, the Saga Mechanical Independent Division from Kitakyushu, the Korean Third Army stranded in the country, and the Fukuoka garrison.
The Guard Division, the garrison division of Shimonoseki, totals 70,000 people. The Oita troops have not yet arrived. The third direction is the 20,000 people of the remnants of the Sasebo and Takahashi Independent Divisions. This aspect is the weakest link in the attack, but the defense
Sasebo seems to be enough."
Prime Minister Miura thought for a long time, raised his head and said: "Although I am the commander-in-chief of the entire army, I don't know much about military affairs. Lieutenant General Takahashi, I leave the defense of Nagasaki to you. At present, communication is not convenient. Let's establish a headquarters from Saga."
, you go there and take command, take command of the recapture of Nagasaki, and drive the Chinese army back to the sea."
Takahashi Heiichi agreed and left the office, while the Prime Minister walked back and forth in the room.
Watanabe looked at the anxious Prime Minister and continued: "The Academy of Sciences has the latest news. It is currently confirmed that China has used electromagnetic pulse weapons. The electromagnetic pollution in Tokyo in East Asia exceeds 92 times the daily level. The radius of electromagnetic radiation covers the entire Asia.
The impact will be most profound in East Asia. It will take several hours to calculate the exact figures."
Miura Isa raised his head and asked: "How long do you think it will take to recover, and how big will the impact be?"
Watanabe thought for a moment and said: "The Academy of Sciences estimates that it will take at least 10 hours. Due to electromagnetic influence, various circuit boards must be demagnetized or inspected after the electromagnetic weakening. It will take at least 5 hours to resume normal use."
Prime Minister Miura suddenly sneered and said: "With such a violent electromagnetic attack, will it affect neighboring countries? There are many countries in Asia that have tense relations with China. Using this attack, we can win over some allies and lose Nagasaki in exchange for surrounding countries."
The country’s support is also worthwhile.”
Watanabe did not consider other issues, but was suddenly reminded by the Prime Minister, and he was busy carefully appreciating the meaning of the Prime Minister's words.
At the same time, in the Nagasaki Expeditionary Force Command Post, the Expeditionary Force Headquarters was also studying future military deployment issues. The terrain of Nagasaki was made to scale in a sandbox, and the leaders of the Expeditionary Force gathered around the sandbox and were studying the suggestions provided by the staff.
He Guojin said while looking at the sand table: "The escort fleet has arrived at the location of the city and town, and the general attack is scheduled to be carried out at 18:30. The enemy has smelled the smell of our army's general attack and seems to have strengthened its defense."
Then he pointed at the blue enemy arrow and continued: "From the periphery of the Nagasaki bottleneck, the enemy began to gather. According to the information provided by the scouts, the number of people gathered will not exceed 50,000. However, the enemy has reserved a lot of positions. They should continue to gather.
There are still enemy troops arriving. In the afternoon, they tried to rescue the enemies who were trapped in the 3328 Highlands but were repulsed by our army. A small number of surveillance troops were left behind. Most of the rest returned to the assembly area to join the enemy reinforcements. The 67th Division reported that the east was temporarily calm, but on the other side,
Signals are often fired, and it seems that the enemy has troops gathering in Kumamoto in the east. The 67th Division requested to send the navy to bomb Kumamoto to disrupt the enemy's deployment."
After hearing this, Ren Xiaoyao said: "Commander of the 67th Division, does he think that the navy is my subordinate? He can go wherever he is told, alas."
Ren Xiaoyao's relaxed words immediately livened up the atmosphere. He called the correspondent over to arrange for someone to coordinate the naval bombardment of Kumamoto.
After the correspondent left, He Guojin continued: "Currently, our army has 73,000 troops in Nagasaki. The staff negotiated to place half of the troops at the Nagasaki bottleneck. The 67th Division suffered relatively small losses and continued to guard the east. The 89th Division returned to the headquarters to replenish troops.
As a mobile force, the 118th Mechanized Brigade was mobilized to the west of Nagasaki. It will defend with full strength and await reinforcements."
After listening to the staff's plan, Ren Xiaoyao frowned slightly and said: "I feel that the staff's plan is too conservative. The battle situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. The staff has considered too many situations and the final plan may not be able to annihilate the enemy, but it can definitely annihilate the enemy.
Self-protection, this is the plan. How wide is the Nagasaki bottleneck in total? The enemy's navy is near Ryukyu. The navies near the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan have been destroyed by us. We have sea control, why can't we be more proactive. So I provide
A plan is to leave the armored division and one division at the Nagasaki bottleneck, guard one division in the east, and send a corps of troops to occupy Sasebo. In this way, we have a mobile division to deploy, and we can also seize the city under the cover of sea control and cut off the enemy's attack.
The retreat from the Nagasaki bottleneck, encirclement and annihilation of the enemy."
The staff members stuck out their tongues, this plan was too risky.
He Guojin said at this time: "It is not that the staff has not considered this plan, but it was rejected because it was too risky. It is easier for us to defend Nagasaki and wait for reinforcements than to attack Sasebo. And if we attack afterward, our troops will be slightly weaker.
Already."
Ren Xiaoyao pointed to the Nagasaki Bottleneck in the sand table and said: "More than 100,000 troops from both sides have been assembled at this position. It is impossible to deal with it. The effect of electromagnetic attacks is weakening. We are waiting for the enemy's planes to fly into the sky. Without air force support, we will be at a huge disadvantage."
Already."
What He Guojin wanted to say was interrupted by Ren Xiaoyao. Ren Xiaoyao said with a smile: "There is no need to argue on this issue. Chief of Staff He can imagine that when we fight in Japan, the more enemies we fight, the more we fight, the less we fight.
Competing with the Japanese in terms of numbers is not something a smart person would do. The idea of killing one to get enough, killing two to earn one must not exist. This must be informed to all soldiers on the battlefield. This is not the era of the Anti-Japanese War. Our weapons and equipment in that era
Competing with the Japanese day by day, a sword and a rifle are of course enough. Now the equipment we use is not behind the Japanese. You are wasting precious soldier resources by playing with the enemy and dying together. Our principle is to only kill the enemy, not ourselves.
How to annihilate the enemy and protect ourselves? We have to engage in tactics with the enemy. Strategies that even we ourselves dare not consider. Of course the enemy will not think of it. If we really succeed, we will disrupt the enemy's deployment in advance and complete the task.
The mission of defending Nagasaki. As for the Japanese planes, I still have a secret weapon that I have not taken out." Ren Xiaoyao finally started to laugh.