Ishihara smiled and looked at everyone in the war room, "It's not that Su Tong doesn't want Nanjing, but that Nanjing is just useless to him."
"Tired," Hideki Tojo exclaimed.
"Yes, it's just tasteless."
Ishihara Wanji walked to the corner and opened the curtain, revealing a huge map of China. He pointed to the location of Nanjing and said: "Look, our empire's Central China Expeditionary Force is under Commander Matsui and Asaka Miyako.
Under the wise command of His Excellency Prince Hiko, we have successively occupied the entire Zhejiang Province except Nanjing." When Ishihara Wanji said the word wise, he emphasized his tone, but Tojo Hideki and other staff members heard it.
A sense of ridicule.
"Therefore, it is meaningless for Chahar to continue to hold on to Nanjing, and the supplies for his hundreds of thousands of troops are all transported by air. This is very difficult and very unsafe, and problems may occur at any time. For a useless thing
It was very unwise to fight head-on with our empire. Therefore, he immediately retreated after plundering Nanjing, and also evacuated all the citizens of Nanjing. Presumably, our Commander Matsui is now facing an empty city.
You must have a different feeling in your heart.”
Looking at the sarcastic smile on Ishihara Wanji's face, everyone couldn't help but think: "This Ishihara is so bold. Even Commander Matsui and His Excellency Prince Asaka Palace Hatuhiko dare to sarcastically. No wonder Sora is so tall.
He is talented, but he is still just a major general."
Ishihara Wanji continued, "Let's look at what he wrote after he evacuated the upper class people from all walks of life in Nanjing to Chahar. He immediately established two more universities in Chahar. Don't laugh." Watching the battle
After several staff members in the room showed mocking looks on their faces, Ishihara smiled and said seriously: "This just shows that Su Tong is a truly difficult opponent."
"Oh, please enlighten me." Umezu Meijiro's curiosity was also piqued.
"Umezu-kun" Ishihara Wanji said sternly: "A country's economy may not be developed and its military may not be strong, but its education must not fall behind, because only education is the foundation for a country's future development. This shows that Su Tong
He is a leader with extremely far-reaching strategic vision.”
"Yes." Umezu Yoshijiro and everyone nodded in agreement. Even though Japan has all kinds of bad things, there is one thing they do very well, that is, they attach great importance to education. This is something that every Japanese agrees with.
"Okay, let's talk about this issue later." Ishihara continued: "And even if he gave up Nanjing, his status in the minds of the Chinese people has not weakened at all, because he held on to Nanjing for two months and allowed the empire to come back.
At the cost of nearly 70,000 casualties, we only got an empty city. It is already a very good deal. You must know that the empire does not have endless sources of troops like China. How many 70,000 troops can we have for us to squander? Since
After he had reaped enough of the benefits, he naturally returned them."
Having said this, Tojo Hideki glanced at Ishihara Wanji with a gloomy face: "Ishihara-kun, what do you think of our action this time?"
Ishihara didn't even look at Tojo Hideki. "This was a very boring operation. It cost a huge amount of materials and manpower, and in the end we only got countless urns."
"Peng" Tojo Hideki slammed his fist on the table, "You coward, you don't even have the courage to fight China, you are not worthy of being a soldier of the empire."
After saying that, Tojo strode out of the war room, leaving only a loud "clink" sound after closing the door. The staff looked at each other and followed Tojo out.
Umezu Yoshijiro said to Ishihara with a bitter face: "Ishihara-kun, you have also seen the situation of the Kwantung Army. I am really frustrated as a commander."
Ishihara Wanji looked at Umezu Yoshijiro's somewhat old face and remained silent. He knew that Umezu Yoshijiro's prestige among the middle and lower-level officers of the Japanese army had been greatly reduced after he was defeated by Su Tong when he served as the commander of the North China Garrison Army.
Believing in and worshiping the strong, the prestige in the Kwantung Army is already much lower than that of Tojo Hideki, who strongly advocated a decisive battle.
The staff members are naturally willing to follow Hideki Tojo. For example, this operation was presided over by Hideki Tojo. It can be said that there is no role for Yoshijiro Umezu. The transfer of Ishihara Kanji this time means that he can rely on Ishihara Kanji.
The meaning of competing with Hideki Tojo.
After a long time, Ishihara smiled and said, "Commander Umezu, you don't have to worry too much, Tojo won't be able to stay here for long."
"Oh." Upon hearing this, Umezu Yoshijiro suddenly raised his head and looked at Ishihara Wanji, "Ishihara-kun, please give me some advice."
"Chinese people have a saying, which is called borrowing a knife to kill someone. I wonder if you have heard of it?"
"Killing Ishihara-kun with a borrowed knife means" Umezu Meijiro's eyes became brighter and brighter after hearing this. He was not a fool. After thinking about it for a while, he naturally understood what Ishihara Wanji meant. "You mean, borrowed Chahar's knife to kill."
Ishihara smiled and nodded, "If it's not what I expected, he's going to make a big fuss over this matter. Now we might as well add fuel to the fire, then sit back and play chess to watch the fun."
"Yo!" Umezu Yoshijiro laughed, and all his worries for many days were swept away. "Ishihara-kun is indeed a military strategist of the empire. He sees things very clearly. Come to my office and sit down. I still have some..."
Several bottles of fine sake are waiting for you, Ishihara-kun, to taste."
"So, Ishihara dares not to obey orders." Ishihara smiled softly, and the two of them strode out of the war room.
Hu Lian, the commander of the 41st Group Army in Tongliao, was drinking and chatting with Liao Yaoxiang and Yu Chengwan, who had just arrived with his troops.
Taizu once said that there are many different factions in the party. It is also said in martial arts novels that wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. No matter where it is, as long as there are people gathering, people will follow factors such as region, philosophy or interests.
Automatically dividing into large and small circles, this has nothing to do with belief or quality, it is just the nature of people, and Chief Su is no exception.
The generals under Su Tong are also roughly divided into two major factions: the old people who followed Su Tong from the militia period, such as Wang Dayong, Chen Dazhu, Wang Li and others, and the people who joined Su Tong after Su Tong became the chairman of Chahar Province. Although
There is no conflict between the two parties at the moment, but it has already emerged from the personal relationship.
Liao Yaoxiang and Yu Chengwan were new arrivals. When they saw Hu Lian, a former Huangpu classmate, they naturally felt more cordial in their hearts. Internet also wanted to deepen the relationship between classmates, so they hosted a banquet in the headquarters to entertain these two people.
Huangpu classmate.
Several people exchanged glasses in the headquarters. After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Hu Lian smiled and said to Liao Yaoxiang: "Jianchu, our Chahar has just expanded more than ten infantry divisions. You are here now."
It's a good time to catch up, otherwise the 23 cents on your shoulders would not be turned into a golden bean so quickly. You are the first among your classmates in the sixth period."
Liao Yaoxiang stood up and toasted Hu Lian with a glass of wine and said gratefully, "It's all thanks to the cultivation of Chief Su and the support of Senior Hu. Yaoxiang is grateful."
Hu Lian smiled and stretched out his hand to signal Liao Yaoxiang to sit down, "Jianchu, it seems that you have been in the Central Army for a long time and you don't know our Chahar habits. We don't do this here. You just have to be diligent.
Commander Su and Chief of Staff Chiang will not treat you badly. Also, don’t bring the tricks you learned in the Central Army here. Commander Su resents this the most. Just bring your Forty-sixth Division
Take it with you, that's better than anything else."
Listening to Hu Lian's experience, Liao Yaoxiang and Yu Chengwan were listening attentively. When you arrive in a new place, you must abide by the rules of the new place. It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Even an honest man like Yu Chengwan also
No exception.
At the end of the sentence, Hu Lian looked at Yu Chengwan with a look of confusion on his face, "As for the senior senior, I'm not a little confused. As far as I know, the senior senior has never dealt with Commander Su before.
He handed over the 102nd Division to you as soon as you arrived, which shows that Commander Su has great respect for the old senior. Only you and Commander Sun of the current expeditionary group in Vladivostok can enjoy this treatment in Chahar.
Yes, the old senior is so lucky." In the end, Hu Lian still said in wonder.
In fact, what they didn't know was that the title of Master Huben originally belonged to Yu Chengwan's Fifty-Seventh Division in later generations. Now Su Tong just returned this honor to Yu Chengwan.
Yu Chengwan said with a wry smile, "When Commander Su came to see me at first, I hesitated, but I later figured it out. After all, isn't the bounden duty of our soldiers to resist foreign humiliation? To protect the country and the people? Wherever we are, we are not fighting against Japanese invaders."
Well, but I also have selfish motives. Commander Su promised me that as long as I come here, he will give me more opportunities to serve the country. I thought about it and I am just a regiment leader as big as sesame seeds and mung beans. When I get to Chahar, I will
It's not bad at all, Commander Su would never let me be the battalion commander, so I just came here."
"Humph." At this point, Liao Yaoxiang said angrily: "It would be fine if Senior Yu was just a mediocre person, but when the old senior was in Huangpu, he was a famous hero. After joining the army, he fought bravely and made great achievements. But now, he actually...
He has become the leader of a group with the title of major general, which has almost become a laughing stock among our Huangpu classmates. Huh, I wonder if there are any seniors in the first phase of Huangpu who have a lower position than the old senior? I really don’t know who the chairman of the committee is.
What did you think, it turned out to be true?”
At this point, Liao Yaoxiang stopped talking. After all, it was not a good character to comment on his former boss behind his back.
At this time, the communications staff suddenly appeared at the door and said, "Report, the Kwantung Army has begun to attack our front-line positions."