At the Kwantung Army Headquarters in Fengtian, flying snow continued to fall on the ground. Thick snow covered the ground, as if the whole world had turned silver. A black Datsun slowly parked at the headquarters.
In front of the door, a middle-aged man of medium build, unattractive appearance, and miserable face opened the car door and slowly got out of the car. If not for the military uniform on his body and the military rank on his shoulders, which showed that he was coming.
Given his identity, people would have thought he was an old farmer buying vegetables on the street.
When the visitor walked into the door of the hall, he saw a group of people welcoming him in front of the door, and then slowly walked over. The leader was the Kwantung Army Commander General Umezu Yoshijiro, and behind him was the Kwantung Army Chief of Staff Toshi.
Lieutenant General Hideki Tojo. However, Hideki Tojo's stiff face and droopy lips showed that his master was not in a good mood.
When Umezu Meijiro saw the person coming, he immediately came up to him and said with a smile, "Ah ha, Ishihara-kun, you are finally here. Once you come, our Kwantung Army's strength will be strengthened a lot."
"Commander, you are too polite. My abilities are limited, so I'm afraid I can't help you much."
"No, no, Ishihara-kun, you are a famous military expert in our Japanese Empire. How can you be so humble? It doesn't look like your Ishihara Wanji personality." After Umezu Meijiro said this, he laughed.
At this time, a soft "hum" came from behind. Umezu Yoshijiro knew that it was Tojo Hideki's voice without looking, but he just frowned slightly and didn't say anything.
"Ishihara-kun, come on, let's go to the war room to talk." He took Ishihara Wanji's hand and strode inside. The two of them ignored Tojo behind them from beginning to end. Tojo
Yingji looked at the backs of the two people from behind, with a sharp look in his eyes, but he did not stop at all. He turned around and shouted to the staff behind him: "Let's go"
This was the former residence of a Manchu prince, but it was now recruited as the headquarters of the Kwantung Army. The war room was very spacious and could accommodate hundreds of people at the same time without feeling crowded at all.
Umezu Meijiro took Ishihara Kanji's hand and walked to the war room. He came to a large sand table, pointed at the sand table with his finger and smiled enthusiastically: "Ishihara-kun, you just arrived, so I shouldn't have brought you here right away.
But the situation is urgent now. Both we and Chahar have assembled hundreds of thousands of troops near Tongliao and Zhangwu, and war is about to break out, so I am rude, please forgive me, Ishihara-kun." After saying this, Umezu Yoshijiro bowed to express his apology.
Ishihara Wanji smiled bitterly, "Commander, you are too polite. I think I, Ishihara Wanji, am just a dreamer. How can I have the ability to deserve such courtesy from you?"
At this time, Tojo Hideki filed in with a group of staff. He happened to hear the word "visionary" and couldn't help but snorted again. Because the name of this visionary was officially the nickname given to Ishihara Kanji by Tojo Hideki.
, meaning a person who can only dream all day long and cannot do practical things.
Kanji Ishihara was born in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. He was a planner and theorist of the Japanese invasion strategy. He was a Japanese thinker, politician, and advocate of militarists. But he was different from other fanatical Japanese militarists.
Ishihara acted cautiously, fearing that a full-scale invasion of China would plunge Japan into a quagmire of war and unable to extricate itself. He advocated the gradual occupation of China, rather than being as arrogant as other fanatical militants.
After Ishihara Kanji entered the military, he gradually disagreed with his former good friend and old classmate Hideki Tojo on strategic issues, and he despised Hideki because of his relationship with his father, Lieutenant General Hideki Tojo of the Japanese Army.
As he rose through the ranks, he became enemies with his good friend at the time, the "King of Fighters" Tojo, and laughed at Tojo for being a "cute fool".
After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Ishihara Kanji was different from other fanatical militarists. He strongly advocated not to expand the war, strongly advocated reducing disputes with China, using gentler methods to plunder China's resources, and strongly advocated a speedy
Hideki Tojo, who was victorious, gave him the nickname "Junior Tojo" to mock Tojo's IQ, which was only at the level of a senior soldier.
Although Tojo didn't want to see Ishihara Kanji, Ishihara Kanji had a lot of supporters in the military circles, and Umezu Yoshijiro was one of them. Under his strong request, the Japanese headquarters finally agreed to send Ishihara Kanji to him.
The Kwantung Army was sent to serve as deputy chief of staff.
Ishihara Wanji frowned and looked at the red and blue flags on the sand table. The faint expression between his eyebrows did not change. When he saw that the blue flag representing the Japanese army on the sand table had an obvious advantage, he was already vaguely aware of it.
There was a tendency for soldiers to press forward. But Ishihara Wanji did not show any joy, he just sighed softly.
Umezu Yoshijiro on the side looked at Ishihara's expression and couldn't help but asked nervously, "Ishihara-kun, is there something wrong with our troop deployment?"
Before Ishihara Wanji could answer, Tojo Hideki on the side sneered: "This is a battle plan that our Kwantung Army Staff Department worked hard to come up with. How can there be any problems?"
"Yes." Ishihara Wanji nodded, "There is indeed no problem with this troop deployment."
Hearing what Ishihara Kanji said, Tojo Hideki's eyes showed a hint of joy. This troop deployment was a plan he led a group of staff to work hard for a week. How could there be any problems?
But Kanji Ishihara's next words made Tojo Hideki very angry: "But this plan is just taking off your pants and farting. It's good, but it's completely unnecessary."
"Baga Ishihara Wanji, you are so presumptuous." Tojo Hideki's eyebrows suddenly rose, "If you don't give me a reason, I will report to the headquarters and charge you with contempt for the commander and opposition to the Greater East Asia Jihad."
"Haha" Ishihara smiled contemptuously, "I have always been opposed to the Greater East Asia Holy War. Even the Emperor knows about it. Did you just know about it today?"
"Uh" Tojo Hideki couldn't help but hesitated for a while. Ishihara Kanji was the initiator of the non-expansion of the war. The whole of Japan knew that it would be ridiculous to charge him with this crime.
"Well, since you are not convinced, I can tell you again why I said this plan is a plan for taking off your pants and farting." Ishihara Wanji picked up a pointer and pointed at the line from Tongliao to Zhangwu.
one time.
"You have deployed all your main forces to Tongliao and Zhangwu, a small area of several hundred square kilometers. You actually plan to deploy 500,000 troops. What is your purpose?"
"Of course it was the 41st Army that destroyed Chahar." A staff officer next to him replied somewhat unconvinced.
"Okay, how long do you plan to eliminate them? One week, one month, or even half a year?" Ishihara Wanji asked with a sarcastic face.
"The enemy's 41st Army only has about 150,000 people. With the empire's 500,000-strong army, we can definitely destroy them within one to two months unless they retreat to the territory of Jehol." Tojo Hideki said with certainty.
"But this premise is that the Chahar government will not send more troops to Tongliao."
As soon as these words came out, everyone including Tojo Hideki's face turned red. He concentrated an army of 500,000 people to attack another country's 150,000 people, and then imagined that they would not increase their troops. This dream should not be too real.
"It doesn't matter if the Chinese increase their troops, we still have the advantage in strength. We can still defeat them." Tojo Hideki said with a red face. He had never defeated Ishihara Kanji in a verbal battle since he was a child.
, this time is no exception.
"Okay, let me first assume that we can defeat the 41st Army, but have you considered the other tiger behind us?" Ishihara Wanji pointed his pointer to another place.
People in the command room couldn't help but stare blankly when they saw this place, because that place is called Vladivostok.
"Vladivostok is also stationed in China's other more ferocious tiger, the expeditionary group commanded by Sun Liren." Ishihara Wanji said word by word, and the air in the command room seemed to solidify.
"I know that you are still deploying 200,000 troops on the front line of Chunhua and Hunchun on the border of Jilin Province, but don't forget what the 101st Armored Division under Sun Liren is best at." Before anyone else could answer, Ishihara Wan
Er said word for word: "What he is best at is large-scale and deep penetration. He may not be able to challenge us. As long as he leads the army to turn in one direction and attack Heilongjiang, we will be in a hurry and have no time to do it."
Forget it. We might have to send more troops to Heilongjiang. At that time, should we attack Tongliao or reinforce Heilongjiang and Jilin?"
Facing the questions raised by Ishihara Wanji, everyone was speechless.
"Also, according to reports from the intelligence department, the Chahar government has formed 15 more infantry divisions with a total of 270,000 troops, which is almost equal to our strength."
Ishihara shook his head and sighed, "Since we and Chahar are equal in strength, who said we can't swallow each other in one go, so don't think about the dream of eating Chahar in one go. This is unrealistic.
Since you can’t eat each other, is the plan you created just to take off your pants and fart, which is unnecessary?”
Tojo Hideki's face was ashen, and his carefully crafted plan was criticized completely by others, which made no one feel good.
"Also, do you all think that Su Tong gave up Nanjing because the Kwantung Army invaded the border and hurriedly returned to Chahar to defend Tongliao and Zhangwu?" Ishihara Wanji said again.
Isn't it? This time, everyone, including Umezu Yoshijiro, looked at Ishihara Wanji in surprise. This time, the Japanese media boasted that Su Tong retreated hastily in order to keep his home base under the pressure of the Kwantung Army, leaving Nanjing behind. How?
Does Ishihara Wanji have any other opinions?
Ishihara Wanji sighed and expressed his other opinions.