Early in the morning, Fu Zuoyi summoned several senior staff members from the 35th Army Headquarters, who were working on the map.
Yan Hu quickly walked into the war room and reported to Fu Zuoyi: "General, the Chahar Independent Regiment has just issued an announcement, saying that it has completely annihilated the Japanese North China Front Army."
There was a sound of inhalation immediately in the war room.
The official announcement issued by the Chahar Independent Group must be credible.
Including Fu Zuoyi, the senior generals of the 35th Army had actually expected that the total destruction of the North China Front Army was inevitable. After all, whether it was the Twelfth Army, the First Army, the Mongolian Army or the Kwantung Army,
At this moment, they all had no time to clone themselves, and the North China Front Army alone would not be able to break through the encirclement anyway.
However, no one expected that the North China Front Army would be completely wiped out so quickly.
After a long while, Ye Qijie took a deep breath and exclaimed: "It's incredible, this is really incredible."
After a pause, Ye Qijie said to Fu Zuoyi: "Chief Commander, if I remember correctly, this should be the first time since the Sino-Japanese War broke out that the Japanese army's front-line troops were completely annihilated, right? Even though they were annihilated this time.
It is not the entire North China Front Army, but only three divisions plus some directly-affiliated troops, but it is also a front army!"
"Yes." Fu Zuoyi nodded and said with deep approval, "Xu Rui broke the record again this time."
"If you compare goods, you have to throw them away. If you compare people with others, you will die!" Ye Qijie shook his head and said, "Compared to Xu Rui, we should be ashamed to death, and those senior officials in the headquarters should be even more ashamed."
Fu Zuoyi said: "They won't feel ashamed."
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In Chongqing, the National Army Headquarters.
Whether it was Chairman Chiang, Chen Cheng, He Yingqin, Bai Chongxi and other senior generals, they were all shocked and dumbfounded by this sudden news.
Although Xu Rui was used to creating surprises for them before, those previous surprises were nothing compared to the surprise Xu Rui brought to them today! Damn it, one guy actually gave the entire North China Front Army its main force.
Annihilated, do you want to be more exaggerated? This is the front army of the little Japanese!
Although we owe the troops stationed in Mongolia, the First Army and the Twelfth Army, there are still three divisions plus a large number of directly affiliated troops! In total, there are hundreds of thousands of Japanese! This is hundreds of thousands of Japanese, not more than a dozen.
Thousands of pigs! Even if there are hundreds of thousands of pigs, if the Chahar Independent Group catches them, they may not be able to catch them all in such a short time!
But now, the North China Front Army has really been completely wiped out!
After a long while, Chairman Chiang said quietly: "Now we are in trouble."
He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Bai Chongxi and other senior staff all lowered their heads.
It is indeed trouble, and it is a big trouble! With the main force of the Japanese North China Front Army being completely annihilated, next, the Chahar Independent Regiment will definitely turn its attention to the Japanese Army in Mongolia and the First Army in Shanxi to use Chahar
The overwhelming advantage the independent regiment showed in the battle to encircle and annihilate the main force of the North China Front Army, the Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia and the First Army stationed in Shanxi may not be able to survive for long. Even the most conservative estimate is that within a month, the troops stationed in Mongolia and
The First Army stationed in Shanxi is bound to be doomed.
Although Japan's Kwantung Army is unstoppable in the Far East battlefield, the possibility of annihilating the Soviet Red Army within a month and then rushing to the Chinese battlefield is extremely slim. In other words, the entire North China will inevitably fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army.
In the hands of the Communist Party, this would be a disaster for the National Government!
After a long while, Chen Cheng said: "Now that things have happened, we can only wait and see what happens."
"Yes." Chairman Chiang said quietly, "We can only wait and see what happens."
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In Tokyo, the Japanese military base camp.
Koiso Kuniaki walked up to Kanin Palace Zaihito and said solemnly: "Your Highness, you have just received a farewell telegram from Major Ohara, the staff officer of the North China Front Army Headquarters. Lord Anan and Lord Kasahara have died for their country in pieces. All members of the North China Front Army Headquarters have
The one hundred and nine classroom staff members have also been collectively shattered."
"Hai." Xianyuan Gong Zairen nodded lightly and said, "That is to say, following the division headquarters of the 110th Division, the independent field heavy artillery second brigade tour headquarters, the second
After the division headquarters of the 17th Division and the division headquarters of the 35th Division, the headquarters of the North China Front have also been destroyed."
"Hai." Oiso Kuni Shoton said, "Now, it can be admitted that the main force of the North China Front Army was completely wiped out. This matter should not be denied, and I am afraid it cannot be denied."
Xianyuan Gong Zairen nodded and said: "This result can be said to be both expected and unexpected. It is expected because we have long thought that the main force of the North China Front Army would be attacked.
It was a major defeat, and we were fully mentally prepared for it, but we did not expect that the main force of the North China Front would be wiped out so quickly."
"Yes, the main force of the North China Front was defeated so quickly. The whole process was like cutting butter with a knife. It was so fast that people had no time to react!" Koiso Kuniaki nodded and added, "However, considering the Far East Front,
The performance of the armored cluster on the Chita battlefield seems to be reasonable."
Juichi Terauchi next to him continued: "Sodes, the performance of the Armored Group of the Far Eastern Front on the Chita battlefield can only be described as cutting butter with a knife. The Soviet Eastern Group's nearly 70 divisions with more than 500,000 troops, in
Under the tracks of the armored cluster, it was like snow poured over by boiling water, dissolving into nothingness in an instant."
"Suoga." Xianyuan Gong Zairen nodded and said, "The disastrous defeat of the North China Front and the great victory of the Far East Front are truly a world of ice and fire for the empire and the imperial army! However, the ice and ice caused this
The two consequences of fire are the new Blitzkrieg theory. From now on, the empire may have to strengthen its research on Blitzkrieg theory!"
"Hai!" Koiso Kuniaki said after a pause, "Starting from this period, the Imperial Army University will introduce the research and teaching of blitz warfare military theory." After a pause, Koiso Kuniaki added, "If it is possible,
, it is best to send a telegram to the Führer in the name of the royal family, requesting that General Rommel be allowed to stay in Tokyo and serve as a teacher at the Army University."
"Yoshi, I will let someone handle this matter. Even if Rommel cannot stay, I will definitely try to invite a senior general from Germany who is proficient in blitzkrieg theory." After saying this, Xianyuan paused.
Gong Zairen added, "Now, please come here to discuss the next response. Should the Far East Front go south to reinforce the Chinese battlefield?"
Koiso Kuniaki exchanged glances with Juichi Terauchi, shook his head and said: "Your Highness, I think it is not a good idea to send the Far Eastern Front troops south to reinforce the Chinese battlefield at this time! Because compared to the Chinese army, the Soviet Red Army is a greater threat.
The Soviet Red Army made a mistake, and the Imperial Army finally had a good opportunity to annihilate the Soviet Far East Front in one fell swoop. Such an opportunity cannot be missed easily, otherwise you will regret it!"
Terauchi Shouichi also said: "There is an idiom in China, which is that if you beat a tiger, you will not die, but you will be harmed by it! If the Imperial Army cannot seize this precious opportunity and annihilate the Soviet Red Army's Far East Front in one fell swoop, then when the Soviet Union catches its breath, it will attack the Imperial Army.
The threat posed by the army will be beyond imagination, so the Far East Front army must not go south!"
Xianyuan Gong Zairen said: "But if the Far Eastern Front does not go south to reinforce the Chinese battlefield as soon as possible, the Mongolian Army and the First Army in Shanxi will be absolutely unlucky. Once the battle to encircle and annihilate the Soviet Western Group lasts for more than a month,
, even the Twelfth Army stationed in Shandong is in danger, and then the entire Chinese battlefield north of the Huaihe River will be completely destroyed!"
"What does that matter?" Kuniaki Oiso shook his head and said, "Although the Chinese Communist Party is so powerful now, the only unit they can really fight is the Chahar Independent Regiment, and the foundation of the Chahar Independent Regiment is in Baotou.
, Therefore, after the battle to encircle and annihilate the Soviet Western Cluster is over, the Far East Front only needs to send a few armored divisions south from Mongolia, supplemented by three to five infantry divisions, to easily capture Baotou and cut off Chacha.
The foundation for the survival of the Hal Independent Group!"
Temple Shouichi echoed: "As long as the foundation of Baotou is cut off, the Chahar Independent Regiment will immediately become rootless, their tanks will have no oil to burn, their fighter jets will no longer be able to fly into the sky, and their
There will be no more bullets for the heavy machine guns, and no more shells for all their cannons."
Koiso Kuniaki added: "If this happens, the Imperial Army will easily be able to retake the entire North China. After all, facing the powerful armored cluster of the Far Eastern Front, although the Eighth Route Army has hundreds of thousands of troops, it may not be a match. Chaha
The Er Independent Regiment may be able to fight in a short period of time, but as time goes by, when the supplies are exhausted, I am afraid that they will have to return to the original state and crawl into the valley to fight the so-called guerrilla war with the imperial army."
Xianyuan Gong Zairen said: "So, you don't care about the Chinese battlefield at all?"
"Hai, leave him alone!" Koiso Kuniaki nodded heavily and continued, "There is an idiom in China, which is to live towards death. Let us use the troops stationed in the Mongolian Army, the First Army stationed in Shanxi and even the Twelfth Army stationed in Shandong
Die in exchange for the rebirth of the entire Imperial Japanese Army and the entire Empire of Japan!"
Temple Shouichi added: "There is also an idiom in China, which is to survive by cutting off the tail! The Mongolian Army, the First Army in Shanxi and even the Twelfth Army in Shandong are the tail of the imperial army. If you abandon this tail, you can get the imperial army.
The great victory in the Far East and the eventual exchange for the empire's dominant position in the entire East Asia are completely worth it!"
"Hey!" Xianyuan Gong Zairen finally made up his mind and said in a deep voice, "Then ignore the Chinese battlefield! Order Yamashita-kun to ignore the Chinese battlefield and use all your strength to encircle and annihilate the western cluster of the Soviet Red Army!"
