Chapter 7733: The Kwantung Army’s unusual movements (please subscribe!)
The Kwantung Army's unusual reaction
In the conference room of the Kwantung Army headquarters, almost all senior officers of the entire Kwantung Army including lieutenant generals and above were gathered here, waiting for the call from Commander Mizu, General Lang...
"Your Excellency, Commander, is here..." Just as the voice of the aide-de-camp of the headquarters was heard entering the conference room, dozens of generals with the rank of lieutenant general on their shoulders stood up from their seats almost at the same time.
"Everyone, please sit down..." He quickly walked to his seat and saw the performance of his subordinates. General Mizu nodded with satisfaction, then waved his hand and said.
"Everyone, you are all the best generals of our Kwantung Army. The meeting held here today, to be more serious, is almost related to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of our elite Kwantung Army. Therefore, what I want to emphasize here is,
The specific contents of today’s meeting are not allowed to be leaked to anyone without authorization from the headquarters. Otherwise, military law will be engaged..." With a pair of murderous eyes, after quickly scanning dozens of generals, Meijin said to General Lang every time.
He ordered with a serious look on his face.
"Hayi..."
"Okay, now let me ask the chief of staff to introduce to you the specific content of the emergency meeting that was suddenly held today..." General Mitsu nodded with satisfaction. Then he turned his attention to the chief of staff Toyoshima.
On the body of Lieutenant General Fuotaro.
"Hai, your Excellency, Commander..." After saying that, the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Toshima Botaro, stood up from his seat with a serious look. Then, he took out a telegram and spoke to the dozens of generals sitting in front of him.
said.
"Everyone, I will now read to you a telegram sent to me by the Kwantung Army personally signed by His Majesty the Emperor... His Majesty the Emperor's imperial edict, in order to end the war that took place on the Chinese battlefield as soon as possible, has been studied and decided by the Imperial Council.
It is a favorable opportunity for China to once again fall into civil strife and change the route of invasion of China. From now on, the imperial army troops in North China and Northeast China will mainly focus on holding on. At the same time, the main force of the Kwantung Army will be transferred to form a Southern Expedition Group. The Kwantung Army will
The Supreme Commander serves as the overall commander. With the support of the combined fleet, we will immediately break through and join the southern combat sequence..."
"Buzz buzz..." As soon as the Chief of Staff finished speaking, the conference room, which had been quiet just now, immediately became noisy. After hearing the Chief of Staff's report, dozens of generals' faces immediately changed.
They showed various expressions, some were angry, some were puzzled, some were thoughtful...
"Baga... everyone is quiet. As a senior general of the Kwantung Army of the Japanese Empire, do you still need me to personally maintain the discipline of the meeting for everyone? Everyone, do you have any questions about His Majesty the Emperor's edict? If so,
Bring it up right away..." He slammed the table in front of him, and when the entire conference room became quiet again, General Mitsu ordered with a dissatisfied look on his face.
"Ha Yi, your Excellency, Commander, do you have something to say in your humble position?" As soon as General Lang finished speaking, a lieutenant general and division commander quickly stood up from the table. Then, he said with an angry look on his face.
.
"speak….."
"Your Excellency, Commander, under the decades-long management of our Kwantung Army, the entire Manchuria region has, to a certain extent, become the territory of our great *** empire. Are we really going to give up on our Kwantung Army?"
Do you want to go south to fight in the Manchuria area that you have worked so hard to manage? I want to know why?"
For a moment, everyone's eyes in the entire conference room were focused on the commander in front of them, waiting for Commander Mizu's explanation from General Lang...
Before Commander Meizu could speak to General Lang, the chief of staff sitting next to him stood up from the table first. Then, he quickly walked to the huge combat map and began to explain.
"Everyone, I will not say anything about the current distribution of enemy and friendly forces in the three eastern provinces, but everyone is very clear about it. The entire situation can be said with certainty that it is very unfavorable to our Kwantung Army. In this case, our Kwantung Army
, it is almost impossible to get rid of the current predicament by relying on one's own strength. To put it more harshly, our Kwantung Army is no longer the Kwantung Army a year ago. What's more important is that
, we have reached a critical moment related to our own life and death..."
Seeing everyone nodding in agreement, the chief of staff continued to speak.
"And now, the united front between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party has broken down, and the whole of China has once again fallen into civil strife. This is a great opportunity for our Great *** Empire to launch a general offensive and take over the whole of China in one fell swoop. According to His Majesty the Emperor's order, I, Kanto
Except for the Northeast Field Army of the Communist Party of China, which left the necessary troops to continue to contain activities in the northeastern region, the remaining main forces immediately launched a breakout. With the cooperation of the combined fleet, they joined the southern battlefield and annihilated southern China in one fell swoop.
All the *** armies in the region. Then, taking advantage of the situation, they went north, with the cooperation of the North China Front Army and the remaining troops of our Kwantung Army in the three eastern provinces, they annihilated the North China Eighth Route Army and the Northeast Northeast Field Army respectively, and finally occupied the entire China..."
"Everyone, after research by Your Excellency the Commander and I, we, the Kwantung Army, have lost some of their interests through this route of invading China. However, it is of great benefit to the overall situation. Because, as long as we cooperate properly,
, the whole of China is about to become the territory of our Great *** Empire... Therefore, I hope that everyone can carefully analyze His Majesty the Emperor's edict and not act out of emotion and destroy the entire overall situation. Because we are all under the leadership of His Majesty the Emperor.
The imperial army of the great *** empire..."
"Ha Yi, please forgive me, Commander. I was too reckless for my humble position. I contradicted you, Commander, without knowing the facts..." After hearing this, I saw the huge strategic concept on the map. Zhong, who was still angry just now
The commander of the general division immediately showed an expression of shame on his face...
"It's okay... Everyone, do you have any other questions about His Majesty the Emperor's edict?" General Mizuno nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask.
"No…."
"Yo Xi, very good. Now, please ask the Chief of Staff to assign specific tasks to everyone. As for the specific route of the main force of the Kwantung Army to break through, I will inform everyone through the radio at that time..."
"Hayi..."
Finally, after a day-long debate, the entire meeting came to a successful conclusion.
The meeting decided that the fifteen new divisions and all local garrison troops just formed by the Kwantung Army would be responsible for staying in the three northeastern provinces and containing all the Northeast Field Army operating in the three northeastern provinces... Of course, with only hundreds of thousands of new troops, it is not possible to
It is obviously impossible to protect such a large area...
Therefore, after careful analysis, the Kwantung Army Headquarters finally decided that all remaining troops should immediately abandon their original garrison, and then all gather in two areas centered on Changchun and Harbin to maintain their positions and activities in the three eastern provinces.
The Northeast Field Army in the area engaged in a confrontation, trying to contain the Northeast Field Army in the three northeastern provinces as much as possible.
At the same time, the entire Kwantung Army and the remaining dozens of elite field divisions carried almost all the heavy weapons of the entire Kwantung Army and carried out a breakout under the cover of their aviation regiments...
Along with the secret messages, they were quickly sent from the Kwantung Army headquarters to the hands of the highest officers of each army. The nearly one million Kwantung Army troops in the entire three eastern provinces immediately began to fight rapidly like a huge war machine.
Get running.
As for the entire three eastern provinces, the Northeast Field Army, the mortal enemy of the Kwantung Army... Although the intelligence department could not detect the specific plans of the Japanese high-level officials at the first time. However, the dispatch of the Kwantung Army troops distributed in various places could not hide the pervasive intelligence of the Northeast Field Army.
The eyes of personnel. In this way, under the investigation of intelligence personnel, one piece of information after another, like snowflakes, was placed in front of Liu Hua at the headquarters of the Northeast Field Army.
"Commander-in-Chief, the Kwantung Army suddenly made such a large-scale military mobilization. What is its ultimate purpose? So far, I have no clue..." Seeing the military map in front of me, which was already filled with arrows,
Chief of Staff Zuo Quan still said with a puzzled look on his face.
"I don't understand what the specific purpose of the Kwantung Army's military mobilization is..." Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan also shook his head helplessly, and then said...
For a moment, the eyes of Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan and Chief of Staff Zuo Quan were focused on Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua, hoping that Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua could give a reasonable explanation.
However, at this moment, what Liu Hua himself feels is that with his joining, the entire Anti-Japanese War situation in China has been changed into a mess compared with the previous life. At this moment, there is no historical event to draw reference from.
Next, Liu Hua's head was also in chaos, and he did not know the specific intention of the Kwantung Army's move. However, Liu Hua, who had a certain understanding and research on the Kwantung Army, believed that behind this huge military mobilization, there must be something
A huge conspiracy is hidden...
For a moment, the entire war room fell into a deathly silence.
"Commander-in-Chief, the latest information just came from the Intelligence Department. A large number of elite Kwantung Army troops are secretly gathering in the Siping area. According to the investigation by intelligence personnel in the Siping area, so far, dozens of Japanese troops have been gathered in the entire Siping area.
Wan Jingrui..." A few days later, another piece of information reached Liu Hua's ears...
"What are you talking about? Hundreds of thousands of elites have all gathered in Siping... What does the Kwantung Army want to do? So many elite troops have gathered in such a small area as Siping... Is there any other news?" Liu Hua
His brows immediately furrowed, and he followed closely and continued to ask.
"There are... Not only have hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army elites gathered in the Siping area, but there are also a large number of troops who are quickly approaching Siping... In addition, the local garrison troops of the Kwantung Army distributed in various places have also begun to give up some
Surrounding counties and strongholds began to gather in Harbin and Changchun... At present, my troops stationed on the edge of the base area have successfully taken over dozens of county towns. However, it is a pity that in these counties that were voluntarily abandoned by the Japanese army,
Almost all strategic materials have been looted..." Chief of Staff Zuo Quan continued to report...
After a brief period of reflection, Liu Hua asked: "Chief of Staff, what do you think?"
"Commander-in-Chief, I think it is certain that the current Kwantung Army troops must be shrinking their defenses. They are trying their best to collect as many strategic materials as possible, and they will fight a protracted war with us with Harbin and Changchun as the centers.
An offensive and defensive battle. However, the Kwantung Army gathered so many elite troops in the Siping area. I can’t figure out this problem." Looking at the map in front of him, Zuo Quan analyzed with a thoughtful expression...
"I agree with you. As for the hundreds of thousands of elite Kwantung Army troops that have just been assembled in the Siping area. I thought about it. Siping is so big. If we engage in a large-scale strategic decisive battle here, there is no chance at all.
Strategic depth. Therefore, we don’t even have to think about the decisive battle with our army in Siping, we can deny it..." Regarding Zuo Quan’s analysis, Liu Hua nodded in agreement and said.
"If it wasn't for a strategic decisive battle with us, why did the Kwantung Army gather so many troops, and they were the elite of the entire Kwantung Army? What do they want to do? Do they know they are not our opponents and plan to escape..." Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan suddenly said
.
"Escape...Wait a minute...Yes, it's a breakout, it's a breakout...Chief of Staff, Political Commissar, if my guess is correct, our old rival, the Kwantung Army, must be planning a breakout..." I heard the Political Commissar
reminder, and then thinking about the current situation in the three eastern provinces and the great changes that had just occurred in the pass. Liu Hua's face immediately showed a thoughtful look. Then, he responded excitedly to his two partners beside him.
…..
"Breakout? How is it possible? Commander-in-Chief, tell me your reasons?" the political commissar asked incredulously.
However, just as Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan finished speaking, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan also showed a thoughtful look on his face for the first time. Then he spoke.
"Political Commissar, the Commander-in-Chief is right, nothing is impossible... Think about the current situation in the three eastern provinces... If the Kwantung Army continues to hold on, there is only one way waiting for them, and that is to be encircled and suppressed by heavy troops from our Northeast Field Army.
Next, the entire army was destroyed...and only by breaking through, the main strength of the Kwantung Army can be preserved...However, I am not particularly clear about what happened after the Kwantung Army broke through..."
Just when the two people once again focused their attention on Liu Hua, Liu Hua, who was looking at the map with a thoughtful look on his face, already had a thoughtful look on his face. Seeing the eyes of the two partners,
Liu Hua opened his mouth to explain...
"Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, I don't know what you think about the war between our New Fourth Army and the *** troops in Central China... Of course, I believe that the final winner must be our New Fourth Army. What I want to ask is, this
What kind of huge impact will this incident have on the entire domestic war situation..."
"Not to mention anything else, first of all, the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party will definitely break down. Perhaps, the whole of China will once again fall into civil war..." When mentioning the great changes that had just occurred in the customs, political commissar Luo Ronghuan looked worried.
said.
"So, if the whole of China falls into civil war again, who do you think wants to see this result most?" Liu Hua continued to ask.
"Needless to say, of course they are little devils... If China falls into civil war again, the little devils who have already fallen into the quagmire of war in China are likely to usher in a new development opportunity..." Luo Ronghuan replied without thinking.
"You're right, it's the little devil... I believe that we can see this conclusion, and the little devil can also see it. Our opponent, the little devil, will definitely not let such a good opportunity go easily... If you think about it again
When I think about it, although the war in central China affected the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, it did not have much impact on us far away in the Northeast..."
Seeing that both of them nodded thoughtfully, Liu Hua changed the subject and continued:
"The war in the Jiangsu and Anhui areas did not have much impact on us. However, it had a huge impact on the resistance of the Japanese army south of the Qinling Mountains and the Huaihe River. After all, the Japanese army is not as united as our ***
, it has become a well-known fact that there are many factions..."
"Let's imagine again, if the Kwantung Army suddenly mobilized 300,000 elite troops to go south to participate in the battle against the Japanese army. What kind of situation would the entire Japanese army south of the Qinling Mountains and the Huaihe River be in...
"
For a moment, the entire war room fell into silence. Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan and Chief of Staff Zuo Quan both opened their mouths in shock, facing the battle map in front of them, digesting what Liu Hua had just said.
The conclusion….
A few minutes later, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan slowly recovered from his shock. Then he said: "Commander-in-Chief, if the situation is as you said, the Japanese army in the south will face more than 600,000 elite Japanese troops.
The attack. This will be a huge catastrophe for the *** army with many factions..."
"Commander-in-Chief, this matter is too serious. I suggest that you report your analysis to the central government immediately. At the same time, mobilize heavy troops to block the elite Kwantung Army who broke out as much as possible..." After listening to the chief of staff's answer,
Political commissar Luo Ronghuan asked anxiously...
"Okay..." Liu Hua nodded affirmatively and then ordered.
"Political Commissar, I will leave it to you to report to the Central Committee... As for the mobilization of heavy troops, leave it to me and the Chief of Staff. We will act separately and strive to be able to maintain stability in response to all changes..."