Tojo Hideki bravely walked into Kanin Palace Zaijin's office, immediately put his feet back and stood at attention and said: "Your Highness."
Kanin Miya Zaijin glanced at Tojo Hideki coldly and asked: "Tojo-kun, don't you have nothing to explain?"
"Hai." Tojo Hideki suddenly lowered his head and said, "The collective destruction of the First Army Corps in Shanxi is a humble duty and should be sanctioned by a military court."
Xianyuan Gong Zairen snorted and said nothing more.
In fact, the collective failure of the First Army Corps in Shanxi cannot be blamed on Hideki Tojo, because when Hideki Tojo was transferred from Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army to Minister of Army, the Battle of Wuhan had already broken out in full force, and the main force of the North China Front had already
It has been transferred to the frontal battlefield, and all of this was planted by the former Minister of War, Shan Shanyuan.
Thinking of Shan Shanyuan, Xianyuan Gong Zairen suddenly felt angry again in his chest.
The Wuhan Battle plan, which almost exhausted the empire's national power and military strength, was jointly promoted by two idiots, Shan Shanyuan and Ishihara Kanji. Until now, the Wuhan Battle has not achieved any of the two original strategic goals.
It failed to eliminate the main force of the national army, let alone destroy the Chinese government's determination to resist.
In fact, not only did the Japanese army fail to achieve their original goals, but they also diluted their precious troops because the front line was stretched!
The reason why the situation in North China recurred and the reason why the First Army Corps stationed in Shanxi was collectively crushed was because almost all the imperial forces were assembled in the Battle of Wuhan, which resulted in the entire North China defense being empty. When the First Army Corps was besieged by the Chinese army, the Empire unexpectedly
Can't find a capable troop to rush to reinforce!
Seeing that Kanin Miya Zaijin's face was ashen, but he never reprimanded him, Tojo Hideki roughly guessed what he was thinking, and immediately said: "Your Highness, I humbly believe that the reason why the First Army Corps was collectively broken was because of the relationship with the North China Front Army Commander Sugi.
General Sugimoto's wrong command is directly related, and he should be held responsible for it."
"Yes." Xianyuan Gong Zairen nodded coldly, "You can handle this matter."
Tojo Hideki thought for a while and then said: "Your Highness, if Shan Shanyuan is to be transferred to the reserve force, who do you think would be more suitable to serve as the commander of the North China Front?"
"That's your business." Xianyuan Gong Zairen waved his hand and said coldly, "Don't ask me."
"Hai." Tojo Hideki was secretly happy when he heard this. He lowered his head suddenly, then turned around and walked away.
Peiping, North China Front Army Headquarters.
Shan Shan Yuan was like an injured trapped animal, pacing back and forth anxiously in the office.
While pacing, Shan Shanyuan was still roaring: "Xiangyue Qingji, this idiot, bastard, idiot! What does he do for food, and how does he command? There are more than 40,000 people in the First Army, but only less than
The Chinese army was completely wiped out in ten hours. Even if we let the Chinese capture 40,000 pigs, it would be impossible to capture them all in ten hours!"
Yukio Kasahara and Akira Muto looked at each other, the general had lost his mind due to anger.
The First Army Corps had almost no decent field artillery group, most of its soldiers were supplementary troops, and its logistics support was completely cut off by the Chinese. In this way, they still persisted for seven days under the fierce siege of 500,000 Chinese troops.
, it was not until all the outer positions were lost that they were finally crushed to pieces. This was almost the limit!
Frankly speaking, the command of the commander of the First Army Corps, Kozuki Kiyoshi, is already impeccable.
"And you two idiots." The irrational Shanshan Yuan quickly transferred his anger to Kasahara Yukio and Muto Akira, and continued to roar, "As the chief of staff and deputy chief of staff, why didn't you discover Shanxi
Potentially dangerous situation? Why didn’t you propose to me in time to increase the number of troops in Shanxi?”
Yukio Kasahara and Akira Muto smiled bitterly at each other, and could only lower their heads and endure Sugimoto Yuan's roar.
After less than two sentences of training, the anger in Shan Shan Yuan's heart surged up again. Just when he was about to step forward and slap the two of them, the door of the office was pushed open heavily from the outside. Shan Shan Yuan was anxious.
When I looked back, I saw the commander of the Fourth Army Corps, Jun Tada, striding in with a saber in his hand.
"Tada-kun!?" Shan Shanyuan frowned, "What are you doing here?"
"Shanshan-kun." Jun Tada responded coldly, "You are old and it's time to go back to your country and rest."
"What do you mean?" Shan Shanyuan said solemnly, "Tada Shun, what are you talking about?"
Tada Shun waved his hand, and Fujimoto Shunhide, who was accompanying him, walked up to Sugi Sugimoto with a telegram. Sugi Sugimoto took the telegram and read it in a hurry. He suddenly slumped down in his chair. This telegram was
A letter of appointment issued by the Army General Staff of the base camp to Shun Tada.
From now on, Shun Tada has officially succeeded Yuan Shanshan as the commander of the North China Front.
However, Shan Shanyuan was directly transferred back to Japan by the Army General Staff Headquarters and transferred to the reserve force.
Taiyuan, Yan Gongguan.
Chief Yan is holding a banquet to celebrate the victory of Xinkou.
Regardless of whether it was the Central Army, the Jinsui Army or the Eighth Route Army, almost all the officers above the division commander in the entire second theater came here. Even General Wei Lihuang set out from Zhongtiao Mountain early and rode hundreds of miles.
We rushed to Taiyuan. When we arrived in Taiyuan, General Wei Lihuang's inner thigh was bruised and bleeding.
It would be impossible if General Wei Lihuang didn't come, because Chairman Chiang had issued a strict order.
The victory celebration meeting held by Chief Yan was nominally to celebrate the victory of Xinkou, but in fact it was a gathering to share the spoils.
In this battle, not only the Thirty-ninth Group Army, but also the Central Army, Shanxi-Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army also exerted great efforts.
In the Great Victory at Xinkou, one man wiped out more than 40,000 people from the Japanese First Army Corps in Shanxi. The entire Shanxi Province, except for the Datong area north of the Great Wall, has been liberated. This is not a small area, but nearly a hundred counties.
Which! How to divide so many counties and cities specifically is a very serious problem.
In addition, what to do with the more than 20,000 Japanese prisoners of war?
How to distribute the large amount of seized weapons, equipment and ammunition?
These are all problems. Chairman Chiang Kai-shek cannot come to Shanxi in person due to security issues, but General Wei Lihuang, as the top commander of the Central Army in the Second Theater, must attend this victory celebration. He deserves the equipment and benefits.
Especially the territory, Chairman Chiang would not give up even an inch. This is a matter of principle.
The entire Yan Mansion was already crowded and extremely lively.
However, there were only four people sitting in the chairman's chair in the mansion hall.
These four people are the landlord Yan Chief, Yue Weihan, General Wei Lihuang and Mr. Zhu.
Chief Yan was in high spirits, dragging Mr. Zhu into chatting, and the topic was spread tens of thousands of miles away. However, General Yue Weihan and General Wei Lihuang were obviously not in high spirits. One looked gloomy, and the other looked distracted. Yan
The chief tried to persuade him to drink several times, but the two of them just touched their lips symbolically and put down their glasses.
Yue Weihan's mood at this time was indeed a bit gloomy.
According to Yue Weihan's original intention, it is definitely not the time to celebrate the victory. After the victory at Xinkou, the national army should take advantage of the remaining power of the victory and continue marching northward, crossing the Luliang Mountains and marching directly to Datong. If the Japanese army can be driven out of the Great Wall,
It will undoubtedly greatly improve the security situation in Shanxi!
Although central Shanxi and most of Shanxi in southern Shanxi have been liberated, Datong in northern Shanxi is still in the hands of the Japanese army.
Once the Japanese army ends its offensive on the frontal battlefield and moves its main forces back to the rear, it can launch an offensive against Shanxi from four directions: Datong, Zijingguan, Tumenguan and Zhongtiao Mountain. Zijingguan, Tumenguan and Zhongtiao Mountain are in dangerous terrain
, is relatively easy to defend, but Datong and the Jinzhong Basin are only separated by the Luliang Mountains, which are not naturally dangerous, which poses a great threat!
Therefore, if we want to ensure the security of Shanxi as a whole, we must remove the nail in Datong.
However, Yue Weihan's suggestion was ultimately rejected by Chief Yan. At that time, Chief Yan patted Yue Weihan on the shoulder and said: "Brother, it's good that this battle can be fought like this. Russian Lao Yan is already very satisfied. It's too difficult to fight Datong."
Well, besides, the troops suffered heavy casualties and the continuous fighting was very hard, so it’s time to rest and recuperate.”
Without the support of the Jinsui Army, it would be too difficult for the Thirty-nine Group to regain Datong alone.
Because Datong is too far away from Jingxingguan, logistical support will be a big problem if the troops are forced to go on an expedition. Moreover, if the Thirty-ninth Group Army is deployed in full force, it will inevitably completely expose its flank to the Shanxi-Sui Army. However, Yue Weihan cannot trust Commander Yan.
If Commander Yan makes some small moves behind his back, the Thirty-ninth Army will be unable to return home.
General Wei Lihuang's mood was similar to that of Yue Weihan. He also advocated going north to regain Datong.
However, Chairman Chiang did more than Commander Yan. He not only strictly ordered General Wei Lihuang not to lead his troops north without permission, but also secretly instructed the First Army Commander Hu Zongnan to evade General Wei Lihuang. At this time, General Wei Lihuang was nominally
Although he is still the deputy commander-in-chief of the second theater, he is actually already a polished commander.
What makes General Wei Lihuang even more depressed is that he actually became Chairman Chiang's negotiator to bargain with the Shanxi-Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army. How can he, an anti-Japanese hero, be embarrassed? General Wei Lihuang has even decided to retire from the military.
As soon as he finished attending the victory celebration, he planned to return to Chongqing to live in an apartment on the pretext of illness.
Peiping, North China Front Army Headquarters.
Shunmasa Tada, who had just been promoted to general and commander of the North China Front, summoned officers such as Yukio Kasahara, Toshihide Fujimoto, Akira Muto, and Yunzi Minami to discuss how to retaliate against the Chinese government. Xinkou was defeated miserably, and the First Army was collectively shattered, which was a huge blow.
If the morale of the Imperial Army's officers and soldiers cannot be retaliated, where will the face of the Japanese Empire remain? Where is the military might of the Imperial Japanese Army?
However, Kasahara Yukio and others obviously have no good solution. The main force of the front army is still far away on the battlefield in Central China and will not be transferred back for at least two months. A large-scale mopping up operation is undoubtedly unrealistic.
Only Tada Shun, an old devil, said word for word: "Immediately implement the Sanguang policy in North China!"
"Isn't the Chinese government clamoring to resist to the end and never be conquered?" Shun Tada said in a ferocious voice, "Then burn, kill, and rob until the Chinese people completely lose their will to resist!"