Chapter four hundred and seventy first horse change
"Tsk tsk..."
Terauchi Shouichi shook his head as if he had a toothache. He had to admit that although Ishihara Kanji's plan took a long time, it was very effective and a very vicious method. The best way to conquer a nation is to start from the root. If
If a nation has forgotten its own history and writing, then what future does this nation have?
If we can do what Kanji Ishihara said, in less than fifty years, when all the people of this generation die, the people of this newly grown huge and ancient country will probably become obedient citizens of the Japanese Empire.
After being silent for a long time, Terauchi Juichi sighed and said: "Ishihara-kun, your method is good, but it takes too much time. There is an old saying in China that time waits for no one. I am afraid that the United States, Britain and other countries will not give us so much time.
And have you ever thought about how much manpower and material resources it will cost the empire to implement this policy? Will His Majesty the Emperor and the headquarters support your policy?"
"Hmph..." Ishihara smiled sneer, "No matter how much money and material resources are consumed, is it more than the beginning of the empire's military? Last year, the empire's military expenditures, excluding weapons expenses, reached two
One billion yen, on average each citizen pays more than 20 yen, which is already a heavy burden for Japanese people. However, to implement my plan, it only requires less than 200 million yen per year.
Even primary school students can calculate gains and losses, but the officials in the base camp just turn a blind eye. Do they think that only conquering with bayonets and force can bring them pleasure?"
Terauchi Shouichi stopped talking. After a long time, he shook his head sadly: "Ishihara-kun, this issue is not something you and I can decide. Besides, even if I make a decision now, it won't work. I can't stay in this position for long.
This plan should be left to the new commander to solve."
"Nani?"
"This is impossible!"
As soon as Terauchi Shouichi said this, both Nakagawa and Ishihara were shocked. Especially Nakagawa became panicked. As the captain of the guard, he can be said to be the confidant of Terauchi Shouichi. Despite his usual majesty,
Lin Lin, as a major, he seems to have a pretty good military rank, but in the front army headquarters where generals are everywhere, he is really nothing as a major. Just like just now, he dryly Ishihara smiled and talked back, relying only on Juichi Terauchi
If Touichi Terauchi leaves, Ishihara Wanji will probably have no more trouble dealing with him than dealing with a chicken.
"Your Excellency, Commander, what is going on?" Zhongchuan panicked and asked quickly: "You are the commander of our Central China Front Army. You are not an ordinary regiment commander or brigade commander. How can you change it so easily?
Replaced?"
Terauchi Shouichi smiled bitterly: "What's not easy about this? Will I stop turning around after the empire leaves? Someone must be responsible for such a big thing like the loss of Jiangxi. As the commander, I am not responsible. Also
Who will be responsible?”
As soon as Terauchi Shouichi's words came out, Nakagawa fell silent. Although his rank was relatively low, he was still aware of some of the high-level practices despite his daily exposure. Jiangxi was lost, and one of the two divisions fled in panic, while the other was completely wiped out.
, the capture of the division commander was such a huge defeat. It was impossible to just let it go. Someone had to be responsible for it, and Juichi Terauchi was the best candidate.
Seeing Juichi Terauchi's bitter expression, Nakagawa knew that this matter was irreversible. He asked sadly: "Your Excellency, Commander, who will take your place if you leave?"
After pondering for a while, Terauchi Juichi said: "If my estimate is correct, it should be Okamura Neji."
"impossible?"
This time, Ishihara smiled and jumped up, gritting his teeth and saying: "Isn't it said that Okamura has gone to serve as the commander of the North China Front Army? How could he come to the Central China Front Army?"
Terauchi Shouichi licked his dry lips and then said: "I heard that this was the opinion of Prime Minister Tojo. It is said that Prime Minister Tojo said at the meeting in the base camp that Okamura-kun is a rare general. There is no one in North China now.
The war was too big, so he was transferred to deal with the Seventh China Army."
"Baga, you are so bullying. This superior soldier definitely did it on purpose. He must have brought Okamura over to insult me. This must be the case!" Hearing this, Ishihara Wanji said with certainty.
"You are wrong." Terauchi Shouichi said with a bitter smile: "Okamura will not humiliate you, because in the new transfer order, Ishihara-kun, you will also return to the homeland with me."
"Nani? Even I want to be transferred back to the mainland?" Ishihara couldn't believe his ears. The loss of Jiangxi had nothing to do with him. He was just a division commander defending Nanjing.
How can you be held accountable if you haven't even been there? This is obviously unreasonable.
However, Ishihara Wanji was not an ordinary person, and he quickly turned around.
"It must be this superior soldier Tojo, it must be him!" Ishihara smiled and roared again, but this voice was not only angry, but also full of helplessness...
In March 1940, just after the Spring Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, Okamura Neiji came to Nanjing and officially took office. This time he came to Nanjing to serve as the commander of the Central China Front. Not only Ishihara Wanji was surprised, but even Okamura Neiji
This time I was also a little surprised. He had only been serving as the commander of the North China Front Army for less than a few months, and the base camp transferred him to the Central China Front Army. This kind of thing was very rare.
According to the unwritten rules within the Japanese army, if a senior general does not make an obvious mistake in a new post, he should at least stay in it for more than eighteen months. Okamura has only been in office for three months now, and he has not
It is obviously unreasonable to transfer him when he makes any mistakes. Moreover, such frequent transfer of senior commanders is not good for the combat effectiveness and cohesion of the army. Although Okamura Neiji also knew that the North China Front was fighting this time
The battle was defeated and Jiangxi was also lost, but in Okamura's view, Juichi Terauchi was not entirely to blame for this incident. The Seventh Army's powerful combat effectiveness and Su Rui's good fighting skills were famous in Japan. The Central China Front Army was behind him.
Suffering some losses is not a big deal, but the base camp's move was too harsh, not even giving them a chance.
However, although he was a little confused about the policies of the base camp, Okamura Neji had no choice but to obey...
In Su Rui's office, Director of Military Intelligence Yu Xueying stood in front of Su Rui wearing a brand new military uniform with the rank of major general.
Since Yu Xueying took over the Military Intelligence Bureau, the intelligence work of the Seventh Group Army has been carried out in an orderly manner. After less than half a year of development, the Military Intelligence Bureau has grown from a small place with no more than a hundred people to a large one with nearly five hundred people.
It has core personnel and a large and medium-sized intelligence agency with more than 3,000 peripheral intelligence personnel. Its intelligence tentacles are not only spread throughout Guangdong, but also extend to all provinces across the country. Every day, they have hundreds of pieces of intelligence, large and small, flowing through radio waves.
It reached the building of the Military Intelligence Bureau located near the group army headquarters, and Yu Xueying's work ability was also recognized by Su Rui, and he began to slowly delegate the power of intelligence work to him.
"Sir, this is the latest situation of the Central China Front. Their commander has been replaced by an old man like Okamura Neiji."
"What? Okamura Neiji took over as the commander of the Central China Front?" A look of astonishment appeared on Su Rui's face. If Su Rui remembers correctly, historically Okamura Neiji took over as the commander of the North China Front at this time.
Ah, why did you suddenly come to the Central China Front Army now? Could it be that this butterfly has so much power that it slapped this old ghost Okamura Neiji here?
In fact, Su Rui is a bit underestimating himself. Now he and the Seventh Army are not just a butterfly in China, they are simply a tornado. In another time and space, Jiangxi and Guangdong were not as good as Japan.
It returned to the hands of the Chinese only after the Japanese surrendered, but it was not as if it had been recaptured in advance by Su Rui. Moreover, several elite Japanese divisions that were originally going to be transferred to the Pacific battlefield in the future were also beaten to death by Su Rui.
, Damn it, history has long been tampered with by him, and it has been changed beyond recognition.
However, Yu Xueying ignored the surprised look on Su Rui's face and continued to report: "Yes, according to the report of our agents lurking in Nanjing, just yesterday morning, Okamura Neji officially replaced Juichi Terauchi.
He became the commander of the Central China Front Army, and he also formally proposed the future combat direction at a meeting of senior generals above the major general level, which is to defeat our group army as the primary goal."
"hehe……"
Suri sneered and quickly turned the pencil in his hand a few times out of habit. After thinking about it, he asked again: "Does Neji Okamura have any new combat deployments recently?"
"This..." Yu Xueying hesitated for a moment, shook her head sadly and said: "The staff is incompetent. Okamura Neji's combat deployment is top-secret information for the Japanese army. At present, we can't find out anything."
"Haha... I forgot that when the Military Intelligence Bureau was first established, I pushed you too hard." Su Rui waved his hand and did not mean to blame Yu Xueying. If even the Japanese front army's combat deployment can be known, then the Japanese will also
Too useless.
"Let's do this." Su Rui pondered for a while and then said: "You continue to strengthen the movements of the Japanese troops in Zhejiang and Fujian, and report to me as soon as there is any movement!"
"yes!"
Yu Xueying kept her body straight, touched her right heel with her left heel, made a "pop" sound, and quickly exited Su Rui's office.
After Yu Xueying left, Su Rui turned his attention to the large map hanging behind him, looked at the blue areas marked with Japanese forces in Zhejiang and Fujian, and murmured: "Okamura, Okamura, in the past two years
I was not very strong at that time, and you chased me from Wuhan to Hunan. This time, I will have a good fight with you!" (To be continued)