At the same time, the Kwantung Army headquarters in Xinjing (Changchun).
The commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Yoshijiro, was drinking with his chief of staff, Kimura Hyotarō. What they drank was dull wine, because the two old Japanese were both frustrated now. The newly formed Far Eastern Army was fighting with the Soviet army in the Far East battlefield and The Siberian battlefield was fiercely fought, but it had nothing to do with the two of them.
Especially Umezu Yoshijiro, he can be said to be the most frustrated person.
Umezu Yoshijiro especially remembered the excitement he felt when he and Anami Yuki were recalled to Tokyo together, because at that time he already knew that the empire was about to form a new front army. The old Japanese originally thought that he would be the new one. This can be called the most powerful commander of the front army in history.
Unexpectedly, in the end, Army Chief of Staff Hanin Gong Zairen also served as commander of the Far Eastern Army.
What makes Yoshijiro Umezu even more uneasy is that after Kanin Miya Zaihito concurrently served as the commander of the Far Eastern Army, he did not actually take charge of the affairs. Instead, he handed over all the affairs of the Far Eastern Army to the Chief of General Staff Nobumi Yamashita. In other words, the new commander The commander of the Far Eastern Army was actually a junior named Fengfumi Yamashita.
This result made Umezu Meijiro very worried.
Umezu Yoshijiro is in the 23rd issue of Rokuda, but Yamashita Tomofumi is in the 28th issue!
Compared with Umezu Yoshijiro, Yamashita Tomofumi is a complete junior! But now, the junior Yamashita Fengfumi has run ahead of him. Although Yamashita Fengfumi is only the chief of staff at this time, anyone with a clear eye can see that this guy will be promoted to commander as soon as the Far East Battle is over.
At that time, Yamashita Fengfumi will become the most powerful front commander in the history of the empire.
Umezu Meijiro was very unwilling to see this result. He wished that Yamashita Fengfumi would fall into a big fight.
Therefore, the two old devils, Umezu Yoshijiro and Kimura Hyoutarou, were not very enthusiastic about the ongoing Far Eastern Campaign. They even secretly thought in their hearts that it would be better if they lost the Far Eastern Campaign in the end. That would prove that the base camp's The choice was wrong and stupid. He, Umezu Yoshijiro, was the perfect choice for the commander of the Far Eastern Army.
Unfortunately, this sinister thought may not be realized.
Because the situation in the Far East battlefield and the Siberian battlefield is now very clear. The eastern cluster of the Soviet Far East Front has been defeated. The western cluster hastily switched from offensive to defensive. I am afraid it will be difficult to stop the Japanese Far Eastern Army's advance. The great rout has been It is inevitable.
For such a result, the two old devils had mixed feelings.
Of course they are happy. In any case, the Japanese army won this time. As Japanese, the two old devils are of course extremely happy. However, it is hard to say how happy they are because of this victory. , has nothing to do with the Kwantung Army, especially the two of them.
Hyōtaro Kimura drained his glass of wine and said quietly: "Your Excellency, Commander, I really didn't expect that the Far East Army would win the war so quickly. Now I'm afraid that idiot Yamashita Fengfumi's tail will be raised to the sky. Let’s go.”
It is true that Umezu Meijiro was jealous of Yamashita Fongfumi, but Kimura Hyoutarou was even more jealous of Yamashita Fongfumi and almost went crazy.
"Hmph!" Umezu Yoshijiro slammed the wine cup on the table and said disdainfully, "The higher you jump, the harder it will be when you fall. Kimura-kun, just look at it, one day Yamashita Hōbumi will Fall into a fight!" After a pause, he added, "Besides, it would be too early to say that the Far East Army has won the war now."
Hyōtaro Kimura shook his head and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, please forgive me for speaking bluntly. With the current situation, it may be difficult for the Soviet Far East Front Army to make a comeback. At least, I cannot think of any other way for the Soviet Army to reverse the situation." …”
Just as he finished speaking, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door. The two old devils turned their heads to look, but it was Qin Yansanlang, the deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, who walked in quickly.
"Your Excellency, Commander, Your Excellency, Chief of Staff!" Qin Yansanlang walked into the office, nodded heavily to the two old devils, and then said solemnly, "I just received an emergency report from the First Division. The main force of the Chahar Independent Regiment has already arrived. They left Shanhaiguan in a big way last night, and now their forward troops have entered Huludao!"
"Nani?" The two old devils were stunned when they heard this.
The Chahar Independent Regiment left the border last night, and the forwards have already arrived at Huludao
This sudden news shocked the two old devils. How could this happen
After a long while, Umezu Yoshijiro said: "No, isn't the goal of the Chahar Independent Regiment the troops stationed in Mongolia? Shouldn't they go to Cha'nan? Why did they suddenly leave Shanhaiguan?"
Qin Yansanlang said: "Now it seems that the flank attack on the Mongolian troops is just a smoke screen released by the Chahar Independent Regiment."
"A smoke screen?" Umezu Yoshijiro laughed, and then said, "Then what is their real intention? What does the Chahar Independent Regiment want to do? Attack Manchuria? This guy Xu Rui is too arrogant and overestimates his capabilities. Oh! Does he really think that our Kwantung Army is the same as the North China Front Army? Does he really think that I am that idiot Anan Weiji?"
Umezu Meijiro laughed angrily, but Kimura Hyōtaro and Qin Yanzaburo could hear some guilt in his laughter. Yes, that's right. I heard that Xu Rui had led the main force of the Chahar Independent Regiment to leave seclusion in a large scale. Umezu Meijiro was really a little guilty, because the combat effectiveness of the Chahar Independent Regiment had been proven in the Battle of North China.
The three main divisions of the North China Front, plus more than 100,000 directly affiliated troops, were completely wiped out by the Chahar Independent Regiment in just a few days. Is this powerful combat effectiveness just talk? Therefore, if the Chahar Independent Regiment really punishes the main force for invading, the Kwantung Army will really be in big trouble!
Because the Kwantung Army at this time was similar to the North China Front Army, they were both strong on the outside and capable on the inside!
When the Japanese base camp formed the Far East Front, in addition to transferring elite infantry regiments from the Chinese battlefield to form new divisions, they also directly transferred five main divisions from the Kwantung Army. Therefore, the Kwantung Army at this time was no longer what it was before. The strength of the Kwantung Army was reduced, and three divisions were taken away when it was organized into the Seventh Army. The strength of the Kwantung Army was even smaller.
Now under the direct command of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, in addition to the puppet Manchuria Army's several divisions, there are only five main divisions including the First Division. The five divisions have to protect the entire Manchuria, and their strength is already stretched thin. The key is They also had to defend the Hylar Fortress and protect the flanks of Kanji Ishihara's Seventh Army, which made the strength of the Kwantung Army even more tense.
In fact, the three northeastern provinces at this time were worse than Xu Rui thought.
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