Prince Xuan Yuan Gong Zai Ren of the Japanese Army Base Camp in Tokyo clutched a telegram in his hand. Next to him were several senior generals from the base camp. At this time, each of their faces looked as if their biological father had just died.
They are all changing color rapidly.
"Is the news that the Nanishina people are going to capture Vladivostok reliable?" a general asked with a livid expression.
"This news was revealed by a defected Soviet general who went to Manchuria and found Yoshijiro Umezu in person. It is not a problem to have reliable information." Prince Kanin Gong Zaijin also looked very unhappy at this news.
It touched them greatly. When did China actually threaten the Japanese Empire from a strategic level? If someone had said this to the Japanese generals a few months ago, they would have been regarded as crazy, but this incident
It just happened. Amaterasu, are you kidding your people?
Prince Xianyuan Palace Zairen felt that his head was going to be heavy. He looked at the generals around him, all of them lowered their heads, and no one said a word.
General Gen. Sugiyama, Minister of War, raised his lowered head and spoke slowly: "Maybe the empire can directly order the Kwantung Army to enter Vladivostok first. Occupy Vladivostok first, creating a fait accompli, so as not to let Chahar
Get a head start."
"No." Prince Asaka Palace Kituhiko took a step forward, glared at General Sugiyama Gen and said: "Your Excellency Sugiyama Gen, the empire is currently at war in China, and the outcome has not yet been decided. If there is another war with the Soviet Union, our empire will be in danger.
That’s it.”
General Sugiyama Moto retorted impatiently: "Huh, if you don't occupy Vladivostok first, but let the Chinese occupy it first, do you know the consequences?"
"What if the Chinese did not attack Vladivostok, but just stood in front of Vladivostok and watched the Empire and Soviet Russia fight to death, and then declared neutrality?" Prince Asaka Palace Hatohiko was not so easily persuaded.
"You" Sugiyama Moto couldn't help but feel angry for a moment.
"What are you doing? When the time comes, we and the Soviets will fight to the death, but it will benefit the Chinese people. Isn't our empire too stupid?"
The words of Prince Asaka Palace Jiuyan are also very reasonable, and some generals around him support his words. In their words, it turns out that we are watching Chahar and the Soviets fight to the death, but if the imperial army intervenes in Vladivostok
After the incident, it became a fight between us and the Soviets, while the Chinese became spectators. The expeditionary army led by Sun Liren could sit on the sidelines, eating melon seeds, watching the empire and the Soviets fight to the death, and then take advantage of it.
This is not okay. The empire cannot do thankless things. If he talks about it, we will be embarrassed.
But there are many supporters of General Gen Sugiyama, and their reasons are very good. If the empire does not take the first step, then when Chahar captures Vladivostok, it will mean that they have grasped the lifeblood of the empire, and Manchuria will be theirs.
They have something in their pocket, and they can squeeze it as much as they want. Instead of doing this, it is better to give it a try and fight for a glimmer of hope for the empire.
In the end of the debate, General Sugiyama Moto and the others had the upper hand. At the end of the meeting, the headquarters had decided to order the Kwantung Army to form an elite force and occupy Vladivostok first to gain the upper hand.
Of course, not everyone in the conference room thought of uniting with the Soviet Union, but their mouths were shut up as soon as the words came. This idea was too absurd, and it was no less difficult than trying to convince Stalin to believe in Buddhism.
The next day, Umezu Yoshijiro, who was still waiting for news in the office, finally received a telegram from the base camp, ordering him to send an elite force of 100,000 to 150,000 to the front line to occupy Vladivostok. The Chinese must not allow the Chinese to occupy Vladivostok and encircle Manchuria.
Succeeded.
After receiving the order, Umezu Yoshijiro did not dare to neglect, and immediately ordered the Kwantung Army to start combat preparations. With this order, the Japanese army in the entire three eastern provinces began to get busy.
Such frequent mobilizations of the Japanese troops in Manchuria naturally could not be hidden from the eyes of the agents. Telegrams flew like snowflakes to the Seventh Theater Headquarters in Zhangjiakou.
Mudanjiang City in Heilongjiang Province can be said to have been heavily invaded by soldiers in recent days. "Mr. Dan Ning, look, Japan is really coming." Su Tong put a stack of messages on the table. These are all hidden secrets.
It was sent by the agents in the Northeast and the Longya Special Forces. Especially the Longya Special Forces led by Liu Weiming. They rushed into a regiment headquarters of the Japanese army and seized an order, which ordered the regiment.
Order to quickly assemble with the rest of the division and march to Mudanjiang immediately.
Su Tong shook his head and sighed: "Japanese people, they have finally reached this point."
Jiang Baili curiously walked around Su Tong twice, exclaiming: "Jianming, I'm not surprised that the Japanese want to take risks, but you have never been to Japan, why are you so concerned about the Japanese customs?"
Understand it”
Su Tong curled his lips and said, "My Chief of Staff, after all, you have studied in Japan. You don't know what kind of virtues a villain has. Let's put it this way, due to the lack of resources in Japan, the earthquake
Frequent incidents and the small size of the country have given them a sense of crisis. They feel that danger may come at any time. This is originally a good thing. As the old saying goes, be prepared for danger in times of peace. In this regard, our countrymen are far inferior to those in the small country.
Book."
"Yes." Baili Jiang nodded with admiration, "There's more."
"It's a good thing to have a sense of crisis, but once the sense of crisis goes too far, it becomes a paranoia of persecution, and it almost becomes neurotic. I always feel that someone in the world is trying to harm me. During the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang formed
The Beiyang Fleet, the Japanese thought that the Manchus wanted to destroy Japan, so they saved money on food and clothing to build a fleet to deal with the Beiyang Navy. They won that time. The Americans imposed an oil embargo on him, and the Japanese
They also feel that the United States is putting a noose over their heads, so they feel that the Americans are a threat to them."
"Wait a minute." Jiang Baili interrupted Su Tong and looked at Su Tong in surprise. "You mean the Japanese will regard Americans as a threat?"
"Of course, I don't believe you can't see such an obvious thing," Chief Su said curiously. In later generations, even junior high school students will know this. Couldn't everyone not see Jiang Baili's art of war?
Jiang Baili's face turned red. To be honest, he really couldn't tell that Japan had regarded the United States as its imaginary enemy.
Chief Su did not notice the strangeness of the chief of staff next to him, and said to himself: "Japan wants oil, and if it wants oil, our country cannot do it. Our country is famously an oil-poor country, so the only option is to go south or
Go north. The road to go north to Siberia is too far and too desolate, and polar bears are also notoriously greedy. It is difficult to penetrate deeply with Japan’s national power. Then the only way is to go south. Luzon and the Philippines are the areas of American influence.
If they want to acquire these territories, the Americans will definitely not give them to them. What should I do? They have to start a fight. Moreover, the Americans are so far away from Asia, so the Japanese also feel that their hopes are quite high."
Seeing Su Tong's eloquent explanation, Jiang Baili was surprised but also felt relieved. He joked: "Jianming, it seems that I, the chief of staff, have to be replaced. You are much more qualified than me."
"No, please don't." Su Tong hurriedly stopped Jiang Baili. Everyone knew about his family affairs, and his little ability was not even close to that of this military expert who wrote China's earliest article on protracted war.
ah.
"If you don't do this anymore, where will I be able to be such a capable Chief of Staff?"
Looking at Su Tong's bitter face, Jiang Baili couldn't help but chuckle: "Okay, don't pretend to be pitiful with me. We will ignore him for the time being. That will happen in the future. The Japanese must seize Vladivostok first.
What do you think about the matter?”
"What else can you think about? Doesn't Japan want to march into Vladivostok? Well, let's give Vladivostok to him and see if they want Vladivostok or the three eastern provinces." The light shone on the face of Chief Su, who was originally handsome.
There was a hint of ferocity on it.
Following Su Tong's order, the troops of the Seventh Theater were quickly mobilized. Su Tong transferred three divisions from the mobile group stationed in Mongolia, and then raised seven infantry divisions, an artillery division, and an armored division from Chahar. The Air Force again
Two naval aviation divisions were urgently formed, but there was no navy for the time being, so they had to be forced to act as the army aviation and formed a bombing brigade with a total of 200,000 ground troops, more than 300 tanks, thousands of fighter jets, and more than 600 bombers.
A newly opened airport in Rehe.
Naturally, such a big move in the 7th War Zone cannot be hidden from those who are interested, and besides, Chief Su has no intention of hiding it. I just showed my family background openly and openly. In a word, I am going to start a war with you. Do you plan to take the Northeast or the Northeast?
Vladivostok, it’s up to you to figure it out.
"Outside, the Seventh War Zone has stationed 200,000 troops in Jehol, 2,000 fighter planes, and 500 tanks. The troops are directed towards the three eastern provinces." Newsboys were shouting everywhere in the streets and alleys of the country.
“Excuse me, explanatory note, Chief Su said that the Seventh Theater Command will also mobilize one million reserves. If there are not enough 70 million people in the Seventh Theater Command, there are still tens of millions of reserves that can be mobilized, vowing to raze the Kwantung Army.” This is a report from New Youth.
"Extraordinary, the Commander-in-Chief Su of the Seventh Theater Command announced that this time he will personally go to the front line to command this decisive battle that is rare in the history of world wars." This is a report from the National Daily.
This sudden news shocked the whole country and the world. For a time, countless reporters rushed towards Chahar.
Zhangjiakou, the heart of the Seventh War Zone, immediately welcomed countless reporters from home and abroad.
People want to know whether this news is a smoke bomb released by Chahar or whether he is really determined to regain the three eastern provinces.
Facing the swarm of reporters, Xi Hanqian, secretary-general of the Chahar Government, had no choice but to come out and announce that a press conference would be held tomorrow, September 25th, at the Provincial Government Building in Chahar.
General Su Tong personally answered everyone’s questions