Just when Umezu Yoshijiro was in panic all day long, exciting news finally came from the field hospital. After a long period of coma, Okamura Neji finally woke up. Although Okamura Neji's body is still very weak, he is now the most vulnerable.
What was needed was bed rest, but Umezu Yoshijiro could no longer care about that and immediately drove to the field hospital.
In the special care ward, Umezu Yoshijiro finally saw Okamura Neji, who looked as depressed as a dead man.
"Umezu-kun, is the attack on Jinzhou Bay not going well?" Okamura Neji asked weakly.
"Alas, not only is it not going well, the situation is simply extremely bad." Umezu Yoshijiro sighed, "The No. 1 and No. 2 combat plans formulated by the staff have all suffered decisive failures. If they do not decisively change their tactics, I think the Kwantung Army will
This battle will definitely be lost, and the Empire will lose the entire war."
"Umezu-kun, this is also expected." Okamura Neiji waved his hand feebly and said with a gloomy expression, "I was originally very unfavorable about the No. 1 and No. 2 combat plans formulated by the staff department, but it's just that
I couldn't find a better plan for the time being, so I reluctantly adopted these two combat plans."
Umezu Yoshijiro said in astonishment: "Okamura-kun, you are not optimistic about Plan 1 and Plan 2 to begin with?"
"Yes." Okamura Neiji nodded weakly and continued, "Although our Kwantung Army aviation can effectively contain the Chinese Air Force, our heavy artillery group and the armored group also have an overwhelming advantage over the landing Chinese troops.
Advantages, but how could Yue Weihan fail to see these? Since the Chinese *** team dares to face our Kwantung Army in a decisive battle in Jinzhou Bay, they must be fully prepared. Although I don’t know what the Chinese *** team’s trump card is
What, but I think it must be extremely powerful."
"The trump card of the Chinese *** Team is indeed very powerful." Umezu Yoshijiro nodded heavily, "The most troublesome thing is the cooperation between the land, sea and air forces of the Chinese *** Team. Since yesterday's day and
Judging from the combat situation at night, if our Kwantung Army assembles slightly at the forward position, it will immediately attract carpet bombing from the opponent's rocket launcher group and heavy artillery group. If the armored troops are dispatched, it will immediately attract a counterattack from the opponent's armed helicopters. This battle is completely useless.
Damn it!"
"Really?" Okamura Neiji's face suddenly became more and more frustrated, and he sighed, "It seems that the Chinese *** team has made breakthrough innovations in tactics and tactics, so their army, navy and air force
Only the cooperation between them can be so tacit and the response can be so quick. Umezu-kun, frankly speaking, the chance of the empire winning this war is extremely slim."
Umezu Yoshijiro's face suddenly turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Okamura-kun, what do you mean by this?"
Okamura Neiji sighed again: "Umezu-kun, if I were the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, I would not hesitate to order the surrender when I get this job, but the prerequisite is that China must let the two million Kwantung Army surrender after the armistice.
All officers and men must return to Japan safely and shall not be detained for any reason or in any way."
After saying this, Okamura Neiji said lonelyly: "However, now you are the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, so the final decision is still made by you. If you decide to surrender, I can sign the surrender document on your behalf.
, if you decide to continue fighting, I have two sets of tactics that are not tactics, or you can try them."
Umezu Meijiro stared at Okamura Neji, the expression on his face changing again and again.
Japan's political landscape has always been composed of two forces, one is young military officers and the other is conservative politicians.
Both Umezu Yoshijiro and Okamura Neiji were once the core figures of the young military officers, but now they are transitioning to conservative politicians. At their level, the so-called loyalty or sacrifice for His Majesty the Emperor is just a joke. They
Already have their own political demands and independent political views.
That's why Okamura Neiji proposed surrender, because in his view, continuing this so-called Holy War in Greater East Asia would no longer be able to gain any benefits except maintaining the poor face of Japan and the Japanese royal family.
The entire Japanese nation will pay a heavy price for this.
Okamura Neiji believed that defeat was inevitable and surrender was the only way out.
For the sake of the so-called national system of Japan and the so-called face of the Japanese royal family, the entire Japanese nation and tens of millions of Japanese people were destroyed. It is undoubtedly extremely inhumane and absolutely inconsistent with the trend of history. The first thing the Japanese nation should consider now is
How to preserve vitality as much as possible and how to preserve the hope of national rejuvenation as much as possible.
However, as the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Yoshijiro found it difficult to make such a decision.
Once Umezu Yoshijiro ordered surrender, regardless of the reaction of all officers and soldiers in Japan and the Kwantung Army, the history books of Japan alone could nail him to the pillar of shame as a coward. As a soldier, Umezu Yoshijiro really did not want to be in his own country.
It left an infamy in the history books.
After a long while, Umezu Yoshijiro said in a deep voice: "Okamura-kun, let's talk about your tactics."
Okamura Neiji sighed silently in his heart. He had known that Umezu Mijiro would not choose to surrender, but after all, this was related to the precious lives of more than two million Kwantung Army soldiers! Umezu Mijiro's decision may very well mean
The more than two million Kwantung officers and soldiers in Manchuria will never be able to return to their hometown alive.
This is more than two million strong men. If these last two million strong men are lost, it is very likely that there will be serious problems in the continuity of the bloodline of the entire Japanese nation, because at this time in Japan, apart from women, only the elderly are left.
There are underage children. Can those boys shoulder the historical burden of national rejuvenation with their immature shoulders?
However, now that Umezu Yoshijiro has made his decision, Okamura Neji is relieved.
At that moment, Okamura Neiji said weakly: "In order to destroy the anti-tank trenches of the Chinese *** team, I have two sets of tactics. One is to mobilize high-power water pumps to inject water into the anti-tank trenches. It is now the middle of winter when dripping water turns to ice.
, as long as the anti-tank trenches can be cut into sections of cofferdams, it will definitely not be a problem for the water to turn into ice and then allow tanks to pass through."
"Then there is blasting, secretly digging tunnels to the bottom of the anti-tank trench, burying explosives to blast, first blowing out a large gap in the anti-tank trench, and then using armored groups to crush a passage for passage. As long as we, the Kwantung Army
If the armored group can break into the deep positions of the Chinese Army, it still has a chance to win this battle."
"Yoshi." Umezu Yoshijiro's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this. These two tactics seemed feasible.
In fact, these two sets of tactics are the usual tactics used to deal with city walls and trenches in the era of cold weapon warfare. They are used randomly and have excellent results. However, if used as regular tactics, they are easily cracked by the enemy. That's why Okamura Neiji said this
It's not even a tactic, but Umezu Yoshijiro and the combat staff of the Kwantung Army fell into the mindset of mechanized warfare, and instead forgot many tactics and tactics in the cold weapon era.
This absurd phenomenon also occurred in the liberation wars in history.
There are four million soldiers in full armor and equipment, and the leaders of dozens of elite corps. All of them are obsessed with mechanized integrated operations, and all of them are keen on infantry and artillery coordination and land and air coordination operations. But what is the result? The result is...
He was defeated by less than a million people and ended up relying on many tactics and tactics of the cold weapon era, and the great mountains and rivers were handed over to others.
Without further ado, let’s get back to the business. After Umezu Yoshijiro obtained countermeasures from Okamura Neiji, he immediately drove back to the Nanman Headquarters and urgently deployed engineers to secretly dig tunnels. He also urgently dispatched dozens of high-power water pumps from Fengtian and Xinjing.
, and at the same time ordered the puppet Manchurian troops to launch a desperate attack to cut off the anti-tank trenches and build cofferdams.
In the next three days, the Kwantung Army invested hundreds of thousands of infantry to launch strong attacks from different directions.
However, the Kwantung Army's armored forces never participated in the battle again. Even though the Kwantung Army's death toll exceeded 100,000, it still did not send out even a single regiment of tanks for cover. It seemed that the Kwantung Army's headquarters had made up its mind.
It is necessary to use the flesh and blood of Kwantung officers and soldiers to fill up the anti-tank trenches built by the Chinese *** troops.
Mr. Li keenly sensed something unusual and immediately went to the forward observation post regardless of his personal safety.
Looking forward through the artillery mirror, I saw that the anti-tank trench directly in front was filled with corpses of Japanese soldiers. Tens of thousands of corpses were piled on top of each other, and they actually used their corpses to survive in the anti-tank trench.
A smooth path has been created. Infantry can definitely pass through, but it is impossible for tanks to pass through.
Mr. Li adjusted his perspective again and found another bloody path with corpses piled up about 500 meters away.
Suddenly, Mr. Li's thick eyebrows frowned. He felt a little uneasy, but he was so anxious that he didn't know what the Japanese army was planning. Okamura Neji and Umezu Yoshijiro were not fools, and they couldn't really use it.
The corpses of the Kwantung Army were piled up from the anti-tank trenches on several smooth roads. So, what was the intention of the little Japanese?
When Mr. Li was puzzled, the guard had already walked in, waving his hands and murmuring as he walked: "Commander, it's really cold outside the customs. It's much colder than in our hometown. It freezes to ice in the blink of an eye when you urinate."
No wonder Daniel and the others joked that a brother was freezing when he was on duty at night, hehe."
"Fuck it into ice?" Mr. Li's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and he immediately yelled, "Yes, it must be like this!"
"Commander, what's wrong with you?" The guard was confused when he heard this, wondering if the commander's words were also frozen during the attack?
Mr. Li ignored the guard and turned to the Chief of Staff beside him: "Chief of Staff, call the headquarters immediately and request an urgent supply of a batch of napalm bombs. The more the better!"