Ishihara Wanji's words were filled with a hint of frustration, and Juichi Terauchi also felt the same way.
Compared with the Seventh Army, Japan now has an absolute advantage in terms of comprehensive strength, soldiers and numbers, but it is overwhelmed by the Seventh Army. This is really frustrating.
.Although the reason is understood by both Ishihara Kanji and Terauchi Juichi, that is, although the Central China Front Army is stronger than the Seventh Army in terms of comprehensive strength, the territory occupied by the Central China Front Army is too large, whether it is Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian or Jiangxi.
All require a large number of troops to defend.
This is also the natural disadvantage of the invaders. They cannot get the same support from the people as they do when fighting on the mainland. Moreover, the existence of a large number of civilian armed forces and countless guerrillas, local armed forces and other forces that remain there force them to allocate part of their forces.
Beware of them. Just like Manchukuo, which Japan worked hard to build.
When the Zhang family and his son ruled the three eastern provinces, although Zhang Zuolin was born with a beard and his reputation was not very good, because of his Chinese identity, he could manage the three eastern provinces with only 200,000 to 300,000 troops.
Like an iron barrel. But since the September 18th Incident, the Japanese occupied the three northeastern provinces. Although it has been operating for nearly ** years and the size of the Kwantung Army has also increased, the security of the entire three northeastern provinces has become worse and worse.
The situation became more and more chaotic. By 1940, the number of main divisions of the Kwantung Army had reached twelve, and the number of combat troops reached nearly 600,000.
What is the reason for such a large-scale garrison? Although it is a reason to guard against the Soviet Russian army in the north, is it not because it is to suppress the rising resistance in the three eastern provinces? Just like the Central China Front Army, which obviously has hundreds of thousands of troops,
But due to various reasons, he was unable to do his best to deal with the Seventh Army. It was like a giant competing with a small man who was both agile and powerful. Although the giant was powerful, he had one hand tied up.
There were also people constantly trying to trick him, so he was so cumbersome that he was beaten black and blue by that little man.
Thinking of this, Ishihara Kanji and Terauchi Juichi looked at each other at the same time, and found that there was a trace of sadness on each other's faces. Although they both knew their own disadvantages, it was not that simple to come up with a solution, otherwise Huaxia
There is no old saying that it is easier said than done.
"Ishihara-kun!"
"Your Excellency Commander!"
Ishihara Wanji was about to speak, but he heard the voice of Juichi Terauchi at the same time. Ishihara Wanji smiled slightly and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, please speak first!"
Terauchi Shouichi waved his hand, "Forget it, you should talk first, I want to hear your opinion."
"Okay!" Ishihara Wanji nodded: "Your Excellency, Commander, I just said that although the Central China Army on the Jiangxi battlefield is still confronting us in Jiujiang and Nanchang, their forces are limited, and Li Zongren of the Guangxi faction
They are definitely not willing to use their direct troops to support them, so as long as the casualties of the Central Army reach a certain proportion, they will definitely withdraw their troops."
"Well, that makes sense, keep talking!" Terauchi nodded.
Ishihara Wanji's expression became a little solemn: "But the withdrawal of the Central Army of China does not mean that we can rest easy. On the contrary, our troubles have just begun, because once the Central Army retreats, the Seventh Army will not
Hesitantly, we turned around from Fujian and headed towards Jiangxi again. We will definitely still have a hard fight by then, and we still don’t know who will win.”
Hearing this, Shouichi Terauchi felt irritated. He interrupted Ishihara Wan'er and said, "Ishihara-kun. I don't want to hear this. I just want to know. Is there any way you can drive the Seventh Army out of Jiangxi?"
"No!" Ishihara Wanji said simply: "I think that with only two divisions, it is impossible to withstand the attacks of two armies of the Guangxi faction and one army of the Seventh Army, let alone the attacks received from the front line.
Judging from the situation, the Chinese have now formed an armored division with hundreds of tanks. Their momentum is unstoppable and it is impossible for us to withstand their attack!"
"Then what should we do? Are we going to give up Jiangxi to this bastard Suri?"
Terauchi Shouichi couldn't bear it any longer and shouted angrily. It was because Gushuo Qianlang of the 21st Army lost Guangdong that his corpse was turned into ashes. Although his rank was higher than that of Gushuang Qianlang, he was also
He is a well-known second-generation official (the eldest son of the former Prime Minister Masaki Terauchi), but if he really wants to lose Jiangxi, the best outcome is probably to be dismissed from his post and kicked back to his hometown to suffer his own fate.
Thinking of this, Shouichi Terauchi couldn't help but count on his fingers. He now only has nine divisions, but he has to defend as many as four provinces. On average, one and a half divisions have to defend an area of one province. This is
This also puts Touichi Terauchi in a very difficult position. Although he has tried his best to allocate his troops according to the key offensive directions of the Chinese army, for example, Jiangxi Province and Fujian Province, which border Guangdong, have placed three divisions in each province, while the remaining Jiangsu Province
and Zhejiang only have two divisions each, but this does not mean that Zhejiang and Jiangsu are safe. After all, the Nationalist Government has accumulated hundreds of thousands of troops in Anhui. Once the Japanese show a slight weakness, they will definitely take the opportunity to pounce.
In addition to Zhejiang, the resistance strength in Jiangsu is also rising one after another. I want to ask, with strong enemies outside and unstable internal governance, how can the Japanese army dare to mobilize heavy troops to deal with the Seventh Army with confidence and boldness?
Thinking of losing Jiangxi in his own hands, Terauchi Shouichi felt so worried that he almost grew hairy.
However, it is difficult for a good woman to make a meal without rice, and Ishihara Wanji did not have a good solution for this problem. However, Ishihara Wanji was not a poor person. After thinking for a long time, he said: "Let's do this, Commander, let's put this place
Explain the situation to the base camp. I hope the base camp can send us one or two more divisions, and the most important thing is to send us another flying division. Only in this way can we cope with the increasing numbers of the Seventh Group Army.
The more rampant planes.”
After listening to Ishihara Wanji's words, Terauchi Juichi couldn't help but rolled his eyes. This is just a cliché. Saying it means not saying it. But under the current situation, this is the only way. At least if he loses in the future, he will face the accusations from the base camp.
It's good to have an excuse. It's not that you guys didn't try your best, but that you didn't even send a single reinforcement. Isn't there nothing I can do?
Thinking of this, Touichi Terauchi sighed softly: "Okay, that's all. Let's continue to send a request for help telegram to the base camp!" To be continued)