Chapter 368: The war expands!

After the visit to the Staff Academy, Zairen of the Immortal Court suddenly became busy! The situation and battle examples of each standing division were all retrieved to assess whether they could participate in the battle.

After Zai Ren of Ichimiya-in left, the current cabinet, Nanjiro, sent someone a letter. The letter came from the Japanese Army General and one of the founders of the Japanese militarist "national mobilization system": Ichizumi Ugaki!

Hideki Tojo opened the letter with a little excitement and saw that the letter read: This Manchuria incident will become a major issue related to the rise and fall of the empire... I feel deeply responsible for the outcome of this incident. If it ends in failure, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to our great Japanese Empire.

If you want to establish the position of the empire in Manchuria, Mongolia and the coastal coast, you must show your strong determination to use your strength to maintain the security of the three northeastern provinces. Therefore, even if the war is expanded, even if the power of the empire is devoted to the power of the empire, you must take this war down! I hope you will plan for the benefit of the empire! You will be careful!

For this matter, I have invited Prime Minister Ruosuke, the elder Nishienji, Lu Xiang Nanjiro, Foreign Minister Binhara, Inuyasu, President of the Massacre Association, and other important people in the Empire. I will do my best to work hard and hope that all the colleagues in the military will work together for the interests of the empire! You all! The interests of the empire are in your hands, so you must not slacken! Please!

After reading this letter, Hideki Tojo couldn't help but feel excited! Ichizen Ugaki, who is it?!

This Ichisato Ugaki is not a simple person! He has partnered with former Prime Minister Yoichi Tanaka many times and has a great influence in the Japanese army!

In September 1911, he served as the head of the military section under the leadership of the Military Affairs Director Yoshiichi Tanaka, and directly participated in the plan to expand the military's military and add two divisions, thus making his mark in the army.

In July 1916, under the recommendation of Yoichi Tanaka, he served as the Minister of the First Division (Combat Department) of the General Staff Headquarters, actively participated in the activities of forcing the Chinese authorities to sign the "Japan-China Army Joint Defense of the Enemy", planned troops in Siberia, and amended the national defense policy, etc. (--net.)

In 1923, Tanaka was the Minister of the Army in Yamamoto's Cabinet, and he was the second officer of the Army. The following year, under the recommendation of Tanaka, he served as the Minister of the Army of the Kiyoura Cabinet, and occupied the most influential position in the Army. Since then, he has served as the Kato Takamei Cabinet, Wakatsuki Reijiro Cabinet, and Hamaguchi Cabinet, the Minister of the Army of the Hamaguchi Cabinet for 5 years!

Since 1925, Ugaki has implemented the "military shrinkage" policy with the purpose of accelerating the modernization of the army, and established a highly centralized national mobilization war system that is fully intelligent and versatile in the country, so that he has made him extremely prestige in the army!

Tojo Hideki couldn't help but tremble excitedly when such an old senior actually wrote to him! After a while, he calmed down, and then opened various information about the divisions sent to him by his subordinates to decide which unit was going to North Korea to provide military support.

Subsequently, the Japanese Army suddenly announced that because the North Korean garrison was attacked by the puppet Northeast Defense Force, in order to safeguard the "special interests of Manchuria and Mongolia" of the Great Japanese Empire and implement the "Manchuria-Japan Security Treaty", Japan will send the 9th Division and the 10th Division to North Korea to fight in Manchuria! And the 11th Division will travel to Shanghai to participate in the Battle of Shanghai!

At the same time, Japan also announced that the Third Fleet will arrive in Shanghai to participate in the war! You should know that the Third Fleet of Japan has 4 cruisers, 4 destroyers, 2 aircraft carriers and more than 7,000 Marines!

Then, Japan will form the "Shanghai Expeditionary Army". General Shirakawa Yoshinomi took office as commander-in-chief, and the chief of staff was Lieutenant General Tashi Ichiro's Army. He also incorporated the 24th** mixed brigade, the 11th Division, the 14th Division and the 3rd Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy!

"We will protect the interests of the Japanese army in Manchuria and Mongolia and Shanghai at all costs! Even if we exert the strength of the whole country, we must maintain it at all times!" This is the last words of the Japanese spokesperson!

This news came out, and the world was in an uproar! Especially the Nanjing Government, the originally stalemate Battle of Songhu made them extremely troubled! Hearing that the Japanese army decided to expand the war, and deployed an additional division and a whole fleet to continue the war! The Nanjing Government immediately fell into a high tension!

You should know that these three divisions are all standing divisions of the Japanese army! They have extremely strong combat power, especially the 9th Division!

The 9th Division of the Japanese Army, also known as Kanazawa Division, is an A-type division of the Imperial Japanese Army. It is one of the 17 standing divisions of the Japanese army before the outbreak of World War II. It is well-equipped and is one of the most powerful divisions of the Japanese army. It often fights bad wars and tough battles in wars!

During the Russo-Japanese War, the Ninth Division was affiliated with the 3rd Army of General Nogi, and participated in the Lushun attack.

During the Lushun battle, the 9th Division attacked 3 times, and the company captain of the infantry company (7th, 19th, 35th, 36th) was either killed or injured. After suffering such a huge loss, the division immediately entered the Battle of Fengtian without any adjustments.

The result is self-evident, with the loss of troops reaching 20%, and the commander of the 9th Mountain Artillery Regiment to which he belonged was also killed in battle. But at that time, the unit still did not collapse and continued to fight. After the Russo-Japanese War, the 9th Division was stationed in North Korea for nearly two years. From 1921 to 1922, it sent troops to interfere in the Russian Revolution. The current division commander of this division was Lieutenant General Ueda Kenyoshi, a cavalry department of the 10th phase of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and a graduate of the 21st phase of the Army University!

Originally, the military headquarters arranged for this army to let them participate in the war in Shanghai, but unfortunately, the Tu Qianjun that emerged from the sky suddenly disrupted the deployment of the entire military headquarters! In particular, Fengtian had been occupied, and the North Korean troops could not defeat the Yalu River!

This made the General Staff decide to send the Iron Fist of the Ninth Division to completely smash the defense line that Tu Qianjun arranged on the Yalu River!

The 10th Division sent to support the North Korean and Kanto Army is not simple! The 10th Division is a Class A Division of the Imperial Japanese Army. It is one of the 17 standing divisions of the Japanese army before the outbreak of World War II. It is well-equipped. This division was even used as a model for the modern division by the Japanese army! The current division commander Lieutenant General Hirose Suzusuke is a graduate of the 11th class of the Japanese Lushi!

From this we can see that this division is so well equipped and well-trained!

The 11th Division, which was assigned to the Battle of Songhu, was not a good deal. The division commander of this division was the famous Japanese Nogi Hinomi! Many celebrities later, including the former Lu Xiang Shirakawa Yoshinori, also came from this division!

The current division commander of this division is Lieutenant General Atsutado Atsuta who participated in the Russo-Japanese War and served as an adjutant of the Liaodong Garrison Army. Later, he served as an adjutant of the Army Governor's Office. In November 1910 (Meiji 43), he graduated from the Army University (22nd Division)!

In this way, it is easy to imagine how powerful the combat effectiveness of this division team is!

The three standing divisions, nearly 80,000 people, couldn't help but make the big men of Nanjing's government explode! In contrast, the Third Fleet was not so eye-catching. After all, the 7,000-man Marine Corps, those ships could not drive ashore directly to fight, right?!

"Boom! Boom!! Boom..." At this time, the sound of cannons outside Shanhaiguan rumbling! The military officer was wearing a light military uniform without epaulettes, frowned in the simple wisdom tunnel and looked at the strategic map.

"Report!" At this time, the telegraph soldiers hurried in and stood at attention at Tu Qianjun! Then they handed a telegram to Shang Dinnan. Shang Dinnan looked after the telegram, frowned and said in a deep voice: "Report Commander! Fengtian called, and the Japanese army announced that they would send the Ninth and Tenth Divisions to North Korea to participate in the war against me!"

"And, the 11th, 14th Division and the 24th** mixed brigade, and the third Navy fleet together form the 'Shanghai Expeditionary Force' to fight in Shanghai!"

Tu Qianjun heard Shang Dinnan's words, but he didn't even snorted. He continued to look down at the map, and after a while, he asked Su Zongzhe, who had been silent all the time, in a deep voice.

"Where has the Cavalry Division been?!" Su Zongzhe was stunned when he heard Tu Qianjun's question, then walked to the edge of the map and pointed to a point outside Shanhaiguan and said in a deep voice: "Now the Cavalry Division is located here. According to the report, they will be able to arrive at the scheduled location tomorrow at noon!"

Upon hearing this, Tu Qianjun threw down the pen in his hand, squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Notify the troops to maintain their energy and attack tomorrow night! We must take down Shanhaiguan in one fell swoop, so that Zhou Tuolong of the Fourth Army must hold me back! At least we must drag it until we take down Shanhaiguan!"

As he said that, Tu Qianjun stood on the table with the map and said coldly: "Since the Japanese want to continue playing, I naturally have no reason not to accompany you! Then let's see who will kill whom!"

Unlike Junzi's determination, the meeting of Nanjing National Government was silent. Chiang Chiang looked at these veterans and said in a deep voice: "Now the Japanese army has announced that it will strengthen its troops, and Songhu has become like this. Do you think we should continue to fight or do the peace talks?!"

Everyone didn't say anything when they heard Chiang Chiang's words, and they continued to fight?! The Japanese army's combat effectiveness has been seen now. If the troops are increased again, then there is no doubt that the government will not be able to support it.

But peace talks?! Who dares to make such a statement?! Whoever wants to propose peace talks will kill the name of a traitor! No one in this government wants to be blamed for this infamy! Zhang Xueliang is the lesson of the past! After losing Manchuria, everyone in the whole country is scolding him to death!

It is said that he dared not leave the door now! He was afraid that the students would smash his car with rotten eggs! The officials here did not want to accept this treatment and became the target of public criticism at the forefront.

At this moment, he heard a voice outside the door: "Report! The American Consul Mr. Jensen is visiting, please see me!"
Chapter completed!