Chapter 342 They are stabbing a knife in the back!
In the conference room of the former North China Resident Army Headquarters of the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters in Tianjin, a room full of senior Japanese generals gathered together and greeted each other with glowing faces.
After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Shun Tada was ordered to be transferred back to Japan, and General Toruichi Terauchi succeeded him as the commander of the North China Garrison Army. The Japanese base camp also renamed the North China Garrison Army the North China Front Army. The main mission was: "Occupy the Pingjin area and nearby important places
, and ensure the stability of the area. Depress the enemy's will to fight, obtain a situation that ends the war, and quickly annihilate the enemy in central Hebei Province."
Maybe changing the name will really bring good luck. In the past few months, the North China Resident Army has expanded to Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong and other places and achieved great results. This has also made the North China Resident Army
The military strength expanded rapidly like a balloon. As of January 1938, the 27th year of the Republic of China, the North China Garrison Army also had jurisdiction over the First Army and the Second Army, and directly under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Division Seishiro Sakagaki and the 109th Division.
divisions, the Chinese garrison, the 11th Brigade Suzuki Shigeyasu, the Provisional Aviation Corps, eight divisions, one brigade, and more than 200,000 troops.
The frequent victories on the battlefield in recent months have also allowed the North China Front to come out of the shadow of the failure in the last Battle of Peking. Everyone has regained their previous fighting spirit, and everyone seems so high-spirited.
Okamura Neiji sat aside without saying a word, leaning on his command sword, looking coldly at the colleagues around him who were happily bragging about their achievements.
At this time, the voice of the duty officer rang out, "Your Excellency, Commander, has arrived."
"Wow"
The generals in the conference room stood up one after another, and then the figure of Juichi Terauchi appeared in front of everyone. Juichi Terauchi slowly walked to the hand seat and sat down slowly.
The generals had been watching Terauchi Shouichi sit down before sitting down with a crash. Looking at the gathering of generals in the conference room, Terauchi Shouichi nodded with satisfaction. Under his leadership, the North China Front achieved brilliant results. In Shanxi, he defeated Yan
Xishan fought its way into the ravine, and also made great progress in Hebei, Henan and Shandong. This was in sharp contrast to the defeat of the Kwantung Army led by Umezu Yoshijiro, Matsui Iwane and the Shanghai Expeditionary Army led by Prince Asaka Palace Hatuhiko.
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"Gentlemen, for the sake of the Holy War of the Japanese Empire and the great cause of His Majesty the Emperor, you have gone all the way to China and gone through hardships. This spirit is really admirable. I, the commander, would like to thank you all." After saying this, Juichi in the temple still stood.
He stood up and bowed to everyone.
"I dare not accept it, Commander, thank you for your hard work." Seeing the Commander bowing to everyone, the generals quickly stood up and returned the bow with a 90-degree bow.
"So, gentlemen, please take a seat." Shou Yiyi in the temple waved his hand and waited for everyone to take their seats. Then he said seriously: "Gentlemen, the main battle of our North China Front Army is to open up the Jinpu Road, and then occupy Anhui and push towards Wuhan, the base camp.
We are ordered to complete this task before May this year. Do you have the confidence?"
"Your Excellency, Commander." At this time, a division commander who looked like a winter melon and had a Danrenhu stood up and said: "If you want to successfully complete this mission, the assistance of the flying division is indispensable.
, therefore we must recall the Fifth Flying Division. Now we have less than a hundred aircraft in the flying corps, and it is really difficult to provide support to the ground troops. Your Excellency, it is time to recall the Fifth Division."
"Yes." Terauchi Shouichi's eyes narrowed, he looked at the lieutenant general and said slowly: "Itaheng-kun, you don't know that the 50th regiment is currently supporting Commander Matsui and His Excellency Prince Asaka Palace Hatuhiko. How can you be so careless now?" Are you trying to recall them?"
This division commander was none other than the commander of the Fifth Division, known as the Steel Army, Seishiro Ban Heng. He said slowly: "Your Excellency, Commander, please forgive me for speaking bluntly, the Fifth Division." He did nothing in Nanjing and just passively avoided the war every day. It would be better to call him back and let them restore their former glory under the leadership of the commander."
The generals were all happy when they heard this. Who said that Seishiro Itagi was a fool? Look at what he said. He was flattering and flattering so calmly. By the way, he also belittled Commander Matsui and Commander Matsui in Nanjing. His Excellency Prince Asaka Palace Hatohiko. What’s even worse about this guy is that he didn’t mention these two people at all in his words, but every sentence pointed to these two people.
Why did the Fifth Flying Division passively avoid the war when they arrived in Nanjing, and then returned to the North China Front to regain their former bravery? This is clearly saying that the two people outside Nanjing are incompetent. However, everyone does look down on the people outside Nanjing in their hearts. Matsui Iwane and Prince Asaka Palace Hatohiko, both of them had superior strength, but they were blocked by a group of defeated soldiers with less than half their own strength. They were really incompetent, and they were completely wiped out by someone. The 16th Division, I'm afraid the base camp is now considering calling the two of them back to the country.
After hearing Seishiro Banheng's words, Touichi Terauchi immediately straightened his face and scolded Banheng for a few words, saying that he had no regard for the overall situation and did not understand the decency of his words. However, he could not hide the smile in the corner of his eyes.
While everyone, Juichi and the others in the temple were feeling complacent, Okamura Neji was secretly shaking his head at the side, these guys who healed their scars and forgot about the pain, have they forgotten the lessons learned in Beiping so quickly? Commander Matsui's opponent now is Chahar's Su Tong. They are not a unit of Nanjing's political ax. Although the Fifth Flying Division is passively avoiding the war in Nanjing, their existence is really constraining the Chinese people in Nanjing. The aircraft prevented them from being too arrogant, and the strategy of the Fifth Flying Division was also correct. They would never waste their aircraft in a fight with a madman like Su Tong, otherwise he would definitely be the one to suffer.
But if the Fifth Division is transferred back, it will be difficult for Commander Matsui to survive without air support. And the idiot Ban Heng thought he had a good idea, but in fact he was sending the Central China Front Army to Shanghai The grave of the failed military advance. Neji Okamura, who was feeling sad, lowered his head and remained silent. He is only a small division commander now and cannot influence the development of the war. To speak out against it now is to push himself into the future. Facing my colleagues.
Lieutenant General Kozuki Kiyoshi, the commander of the First Army, also stood up and agreed, saying, "Your Excellency, Commander, Ban Hengjun's words are very reasonable, but our own troops have to pay for the failure of others. This is very unfair, Commander Matsui." It is absolutely impossible for the officer to use up his 3rd Flying Division but then take advantage of our 5th Flying Division. I also suggest that the 5th Flying Division should be recalled as soon as possible, while opening up Jinpu for the next step. To provide assistance in the battle of the road."
"Yes, we should have recalled the Fifth Flying Division a long time ago."
"Our own troops should fight for our own honor rather than to add luster to other people's military medals."
"Without the Fifth Flying Division, we cannot take the next step."
The more Okamura Neiji listened, the evil fire in his heart could no longer be suppressed. He slapped his hand to the side and was about to stand up and yell at these short-sighted guys, but found that his arm was held tightly by a hand behind him.
It's so tightly held that it can't move down even an inch.
When he returned home, he saw that it was Major General Taro Hashimoto, the chief of staff, who was sitting behind him. Ryutaro Hashimoto whispered in Okamura's ear: "Okamura-kun, in the words of the Chinese people, a small amount of unbearable will lead to a big loss."
It’s a big conspiracy.”
Chief of Staff Taro Hashimoto knows his immediate boss very well. Sora has outstanding talents, but so far he has not been reused by those gentlemen in the military who only value seniority and family background. Although he was appointed as the commander of the Second Division
Division Commander, but in the opinion of Chief of Staff Taro Hashimoto, Okamura’s talent is more than enough for him to serve as Chief of General Staff at the base camp.
Okamura Neiji, who was pulled by his chief of staff, suddenly woke up. Listening to the people next to him talking happily and imagining the wonderful situation of opening Jinpu Road and advancing to Wuhan, Okamura Neiji closed in pain.
With his eyes closed, he seemed to have seen from the words of these people the scene of the disastrous defeat of the more than 200,000 troops led by Matsui Iwane and Prince Asaka Palace Hatuhiko, but the saddest thing was that he could only watch all this unfold.
It happened in front of me, but I couldn't do anything about it
When the meeting ended, Ryutaro Hashimoto caught up with Neji Okamura who was walking out of the door quickly. "Your Excellency, division commander, I'm really sorry just now. If you feel angry, just scold me."
Seeing Ryutaro Hashimoto lowering his head, Okamura couldn't help but smile bitterly and patted Ryutaro Hashimoto on the shoulder, "Hashimoto-kun, you are right. If I objected impulsively just now, I would be hurting myself."
If you are on the opposite side of your colleagues, then not only will it not be helpful to the war, but you will also be involved in it. Thank you for what happened just now."
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, don't worry. No one can stop your talent. The base camp will definitely pay the price for their mistakes. You will definitely rise to the top one day. I have no doubt about this humble position." Hashimoto
Ryutaro had been Neji Okamura's chief of staff for two years. He was very familiar with Okamura's talent and knew that this was a master who would surely skyrocket in the future.
Okamura smiled, patted Hashimoto's shoulder again, and said kindly, "Hashimoto-kun, come and go back with me to have a few drinks, and we can talk for a few more games."
"Hi"
Hashimoto Ryutaro immediately lowered his head in gratitude. Being able to play Go with this arrogant Okamura means that he has regarded you as one of his own, not to mention that he can compensate him for drinking in private.
I want to express my closeness to you.
As soon as the meeting of the North China Front Army ended, the results of the meeting were notified to the base camp, and a recall order was issued to the Fifth Flying Division. It was this small order of less than a hundred words that made the already anxious Matsui Iwane and Asaka
Prince Miyako and Prince Miyako were getting worse and worse, and the war became more and more difficult.
"They are stabbing us in the back," an angry roar roared from the Chunhua command post outside Nanjing.