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Two days ago, the commander of the North China Front, Anan Weiji, received an order from the base camp, asking him to return to Japan for a meeting. Anan Weiji did not dare to neglect, arranged the military affairs, and immediately took a plane from Peiping to Fengtian, and then followed him in Fengtian. Umezu Yoshijiro, who took office as the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, met up and then transferred to Tokyo directly.
At this moment, the special plane taken by the two old devils had just passed Seoul.
Anami looked away from the porthole window, turned around and said to Umezu Yoshijiro who was sitting opposite: "Umezu-kun, do you know what happened when His Majesty the Emperor summoned us back to Tokyo this time?"
"I really don't know this." Umezu Meijiro said, spreading his hands.
After a pause, Umezu Yoshijiro continued: "But I do know that in addition to the two of us, His Majesty the Emperor has also summoned Tada-kun, so from this point of view, there should be some major matters that need to be discussed, otherwise he would not have We, the three commanders-in-chief of the front armies stationed abroad, were recalled together."
Anan Weiji said thoughtfully: "If you put it this way, whether you go south or north, there will be a result?"
There has always been a debate within the Japanese army between going south and going north. The south-going faction advocates sweeping across Southeast Asia and grabbing colonies from Britain and France in the name of liberating Asia. The north-going faction advocates going to war against the Soviet Union, seizing the entire Far East from the Soviet Union, and continuing to seek Siberia. , Japan can also obtain sufficient resources for development from the Far East.
Because of this, the two factions debated fiercely whether to go north or south.
"Anan-kun, I don't think so." Umezu Yoshijiro shook his head and said, "I think His Majesty the Emperor's call for us to return to the country this time has nothing to do with the dispute between the south and the north." After a pause, he continued. Said, "This time we are called back to the country, it is likely that we need to adjust our strategy towards China."
"Adjust the China strategy?" Anan Weiji said blankly, "Didn't you just adjust it?"
After the Battle of Wuhan, Japan did adjust its strategy towards China, from the previous military attack as the main focus, with political inducement as a supplement, to political inducement as the emphasis, with military attack as a supplement. So Anand Weiji has this question. Is it right? Will China's strategy change back to focusing on military offense? However, the empire seems not to have enough strength.
At that moment, Anan Wei was confused and said: "Are we going to change the focus to military offensive again?"
"Military offensive is the main focus?" Umezu Yoshijiro shook his head and said suddenly, "Anan-kun, you may have overestimated the empire's financial resources. With the empire's financial situation at this time, it is already very difficult to support the Far East Campaign, so what? Do you still have more resources to launch a large-scale offensive into the interior of China?"
Anan Weiji said blankly: "Then how can I change it?"
"It can still be changed." Umezu Yoshijiro said, "Offense should be changed to defense."
Anan was stunned for a moment after hearing the words, and said in astonishment: "Offense changed to defense?"
"Yes." Umezu Yoshijiro nodded and added, "Given the current financial difficulties of the empire, I am afraid that the Chinese battlefield can only be temporarily on the defensive. It is better to concentrate all resources to win the Far East Battle first, and then mobilize the main force of the Kwantung Army to enter the pass. , go back and resolve the China incident, otherwise we will fall into the quagmire of a protracted war."
"I'm afraid that's not right." Anan Weiji finally reacted and retorted, "The Soviet Union's war potential is more than a hundred times greater than that of China. The Kwantung Army is just barely holding on in the Far East battlefield. With the current situation, even if Even if the empire tries its best, it may not be able to win the Battle of the Far East in a short period of time.”
After a pause, Anan Weiji continued: "So, taking a defensive stance on the Chinese battlefield but investing all resources on the Far East battlefield will only make the situation worse. I think the empire should continue to increase its offensive on the Chinese battlefield. The investment of troops and resources, while continuing to increase pressure on the Chiang government, in order to end the incident in China as soon as possible, and then concentrate all efforts on dealing with the Soviet Union, will have a higher chance of winning."
Umezu Yoshijiro immediately shut up and stopped arguing with Anami Yuiki, because it was meaningless for the two of them to argue here with red faces. What kind of result would it be, wouldn't they know it when they get to Tokyo
At that moment, the cabin fell into silence, and the two old devils stopped communicating.
However, Umezu Yoshijiro is still better informed than Anami Yuiki.
The main topic of discussion at this imperial meeting held by Kanin Gong Zaihito in the name of Hirohito was indeed to mobilize the whole country to win the Far East Battle. In order to ensure the overall victory of the Far East Battle, China could only take a defensive stance on the battlefield, and in some areas , and even sold land in exchange for peace with the National Government.
But as Anami Weiji said just now, the Soviet Union's war potential is more than a hundred times stronger than China. Therefore, before that, Xianyuan Gong Zairen would never dare to have such extravagant hopes, but a Vietnamese from Berlin However, the foreign telegram prompted Hanyuan Gong Zairen to change his view and become confident about winning the Far East Battle.
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In Tokyo, the Imperial Palace.
After several months of combined Chinese and Western medicine treatment, Hirohito's condition finally improved. Although he was still hazy most of the time, he was able to wake up for a few hours every day.
At this moment, Hirohito's mind was clear.
It was precisely because Hirohito's mind was clear at this moment that he was very surprised by Kanin Gong Zaihito's decision.
"Imperial uncle?" Hirohito said faintly, "Are you betting on the fate of the country again? During the Meiji period, the empire did win in the end, but its opponent at that time was the decadent Qing Dynasty. But now, the empire's The opponent is the Soviet Union, which is more than ten times more powerful than the Qing Dynasty. Can this bet be won?"
Before Kanin Miya Zaijin could speak, Tojo Hideki rushed to answer: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the Soviet Union is indeed more than ten times more powerful than the decadent Qing Dynasty. However, the Soviet army has irreparable natural disadvantages in the Far East battlefield. , that is, the transportation between the European hinterland of the Soviet Union and the Far East is inconvenient, so even if the Soviet Union has a 100% war potential, it may not be able to display even 10% of its war potential in the Far East battlefield, hehe."
Hirohito said worriedly: "But even so, the Kwantung Army can hardly be said to be sure of victory. After all, it has been almost a year since the full-scale Battle of the Far East broke out, but the Kwantung Army cannot even organize a decent counterattack. The situation is so decadent. You guys Where does the confidence come from that the Kwantung Army can win a quick victory?"
Tojo Hideki said cheerfully: "Your Majesty, have you ever heard of blitzkrieg?"
Hirohito was confused when he heard this: "Blitzkrieg? Bring lightning from the sky down to fight?"
Terauchi Juichi immediately glared at Tojo Hideki. His Majesty has been confused for more than half a year. How could he have heard of the military theory of blitzkrieg that just emerged? He immediately said: "Your Majesty, blitzkrieg is a tactic pioneered by the German army on the Polish battlefield half a year ago. Its core is to use concentrated armor to quickly penetrate the enemy's depth and quickly cut off the enemy's retreat channels. Destroy the enemy's will to resist."
Xianyuan Gong Zairen also continued: "During the German-Polish War, the German army played an unimaginable role in lightning. In less than a month, millions of Polish Defense Forces were brutally defeated by the German army. After being wiped out, Poland immediately announced its surrender, but the most classic one is the Soviet-Finnish War that just ended not long ago."
Tojo took over the conversation and said: "In this Soviet-Finnish war, the German Major General Rommel led a Swedish armored force to quickly penetrate behind the Soviet Red Army, capture Vyborg with lightning speed, and gather in Helsinki More than 500,000 Soviet troops nearby almost became turtles in the urn."
Hirohito was a little dizzy after being talked about by Kanin Miyazaihito, Terauchi Juichi and Tojo Hideki. He quickly rubbed his temples and said to the three of them: "Wait, my mind is a little messed up. Let me sort it out first."
Xian Yuan, Gong Zai Ren and the others immediately shut their mouths and did not dare to say any more.
After a long while, Hirohito finally figured things out, frowned and said: "Uncle Emperor, what you three mean is that blitzkrieg is very powerful. If the imperial army uses lightning tactics, it can quickly defeat the Soviet Far East Front. Is that so? ?”
"Hai, that's it." Tojo Hideki said, "And before the Far East Battle broke out, Ishihara-kun had already established two armored divisions in Manchuria, and later built four more armored divisions. If we continue to All the tanks from the empire's mainland, Korea and China battlefields were concentrated in Manchuria, and four armored divisions could be formed."
Juichi Terauchi said in a deep voice: "With ten armored divisions, it is enough to launch a blitzkrieg!"
Hanyuan Gong Zairen continued: "If the Kwantung Army can gather more than ten armored divisions, plus more than twenty infantry divisions, they can hit the vicinity of Irkutsk with overwhelming force. , is enough to destroy the resistance will of all officers and soldiers of the Soviet Far Eastern Front, and then force more than one million Soviet officers and soldiers to surrender."
Hirohito was frightened when he heard this and assembled more than ten armored divisions? Isn’t this too embarrassing
At that moment, Hirohito said in a loud voice: "Uncle Emperor, you think it's easy for you to say, but it's not necessarily a real fight, right?"
After a pause, Hirohito added: "Let's not talk about him for now. Just who will take command is a problem. There are many capable senior generals in the empire, but I'm afraid none of them know how to blitzkrieg?"
Tojo Hideki chuckled and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, it is not difficult to understand the theory of blitzkrieg, but it is very difficult to master the essence of blitzkrieg. Among the many senior generals in the empire, there is indeed no one who can command blitzkrieg, but this Not a problem, because soon a German general who understands the essence of Blitzkrieg will be sent to the Reich!"
Hirohito was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked: "A German general, let Germans command the imperial army?"
"Of course that's impossible. The Germans only serve as military advisors." Xianyuan Gong Zairen shook his head and said, "There is another person who really commanded this rapid strike army. He was the one who just carried out the mopping up operation in Damei Mountain. The commander of the 11th Army who has made great achievements in neutrality, General Tomon Yamashita."