Xu Rui led the main force of the Chahar Independent Regiment and suddenly crossed Shanhaiguan and launched a blitzkrieg to the northeast. He advanced nearly two hundred miles eastward overnight and entered Huludao. After the news was sent back to Tokyo, it immediately shocked the entire Japanese military hierarchy.
Chief of General Staff Hanyuan Gong Zairen held an emergency staff meeting.
However, the staff meeting discussed it for a long time, but there was no result.
Because no one can say which of the two consequences is more serious?
Keeping the remnants of the Soviet Far East Front? Maybe there will be a story of being injured instead of being killed by a tiger!
If the Chahar Independent Regiment is allowed to regain Fengtian, the trouble may be even greater, because the Japanese army has already seen the Communist Party's ability to mobilize troops, and Xu Rui's ability to command large forces in combat has also been demonstrated in the recent Battle of North China.
China has witnessed that once the two are perfectly combined, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Finally, Juichi Terauchi and Kuniaki Koiso proposed to throw this hot potato to the Japanese commanders on the front line. Kanin Miya Zaijin also acquiesced to this suggestion, so the Japanese base camp sent a telegram to the Far East Front Army Headquarters, instructing the Far East Front Army
The headquarters makes appropriate decisions based on the actual situation.
When the telegram from the Japanese base camp was sent, Commander Ishihara Kanji of the Seventh Army happened to be at the Far East Army Headquarters.
As the eastern cluster of the Soviet Far East Front was completely defeated, the western cluster also retreated in great strides. The siege of Chita had long been resolved. In order to unify the command of the Japanese army, the Japanese base camp had transferred the Seventh Army to the Far East Front.
So now Ishihara Kanji is already a subordinate of Yamashita Tomofumi.
Of course, Ishihara Wanji was very unconvinced about this.
Ishihara Kanji believed that he planned and instigated the Far East Battle, and then led his troops to defend Chita for more than a year, and finally succeeded in defeating the Soviet army. Therefore, he was the first to annihilate the Soviet Far East Front and occupy the Far East and Siberia.
, it should be him Ishihara Wanji, not Yamashita Tomofumi, a guy who only knows how to flatter.
Because of his inner dissatisfaction and the fact that Ishihara Wanji had a bad temper and liked to contradict his superiors, he and Yamashita Fengfumi did not get along well. The Seventh Army was transferred from the Kwantung Army to the Far Eastern Front Army in just a few days. Ishihara
Wan'er had already quarreled with Yamashita Fengfumi twice, and they even slapped the table yesterday.
After receiving the telegram from the Japanese base camp, Ishihara Kanji and Yamashita Tomofumi quarreled again.
"Ishihara-kun, I understand what you mean." Yamashita Fengwen tried his best to suppress the boiling anger in his chest, trying to make his tone calmer, and said, "Xu Rui is indeed the most dangerous enemy of the empire, but at this stage...
In other words, the threat posed by the Chahar Independent Regiment to the Imperial Army is far less than that of the Soviet Far East Front!"
After a pause, Yamashita Fengfumi continued: "So now, the Far East Army's primary task is to concentrate all its efforts to deal with the Soviet Far East Front Army as soon as possible, rather than dividing the troops southward at the critical moment, thereby giving the Soviet Far East Front Army a breathing space and ultimately missing out on the total annihilation of the Soviet Union.
A great opportunity for the Far Eastern Front!"
"At this stage, the threat of the Chahar Independent Regiment to the Imperial Army is far less than that of the Soviet Far East Front? I really don't know how you came to such a stupid conclusion!" Ishihara smiled and sneered, almost pointing at Yamashita Fengfumi.
She called him an idiot. This old devil is indeed very capable, but his emotional intelligence is still as negative as ever.
After a pause, Ishihara Wanji continued: "Yamashita-kun, you are not so naive as to think that the Kwantung Army's remaining troops alone can defeat the Chahar Independent Regiment's blitzkrieg, right? If you really think so,
Then I can only say that you are too young and naive, and the Kwantung Army has already become an empty shell!"
Ishihara Wanji verbally attacked several times, and Yamashita Fengfumi gradually couldn't suppress his anger, and his voice gradually became louder, loudly saying: "No matter how empty the Kwantung Army is in terms of strength, it still has at least five divisions. This
It’s always right, right?”
Ishihara Wanji said contemptuously: "It is true that the Kwantung Army still has five divisions, but two of them are stationed at Hailar Fortress to cooperate with the Far East Army, one division is stationed at Dongning Fortress, and another division is at the same time.
Jiang, the only one that can really resist the attack of the Chahar Independent Regiment is the First Division!"
Yamashita Fengwen hummed and said: "It is enough to have the First Division in Fengtian. Ishihara-kun, the First Division is a model division second only to the Guards Division among the seventeen permanent divisions in the empire. Retreat ten thousand
Bu Dao, even if the First Division is not the opponent of the Chahar Independent Regiment, there is no problem in holding them back for a while, right?"
Ishihara chuckled and said: "Yamashita-kun also knows that the First Division is a model division second only to the Guards Division, but what if it is stronger than the Guards Division? Why not be beaten to a pulp by Xu Rui all the same?
The jade is broken? What's more, the Chahar Independent Regiment at this time is much stronger than the original Songhu Independent Regiment! And the first division is missing the third infantry regiment! Yamashita-kun, such a simple addition and subtraction
You can’t even calculate correctly. Was your primary school arithmetic taught by your physical education teacher?”
"Ishihara-kun, watch your words!" Yamashita Fengfumi glared and said, "Don't forget, I am your boss."
"Yamashita-kun, I have been very careful with my words." Ishihara Wanran said, "If you were my subordinate, you would have been waiting for me long ago, and you will still be allowed to chatter in front of me?"
"Baga!" Yamashita Fengwen said angrily, "Ishihara, you bastard!"
"Baga, you dare to scold me?" Ishihara Wan'er was also furious, and immediately punched Yamashita Feng in the face.
Yamashita Fengwen was caught off guard and was punched in the face, causing his nose to bleed. However, Yamashita Fengwen was also completely angered by the punch and immediately struck him with a pair of iron fists. At that moment, the two old devils were in the Far East.
A full-scale military exercise was staged in the war room of the military headquarters, but Rommel and the staff were dumbfounded.
In just a moment, the two old devils were beaten to a bruised and swollen face.
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In Xinjing, Kwantung Army Headquarters.
Umezu Yoshijiro had already received a reply from the Japanese base camp. The reply from the Japanese base camp did not clearly state whether to let the Far East Front Army return reinforcements, but only said that the Far East Front Army Headquarters would make an appropriate decision based on the actual situation. Umezu Yoshijiro then hurriedly sent a call to the Far East Front.
The military headquarters sent a telegram requesting the Far Eastern Army to return reinforcements.
Then Umezu Yoshijiro began to wait for the Far Eastern Army's reply.
A rush of footsteps suddenly sounded from behind. When Umezu Yoshijiro turned around quickly, he saw Kwantung Army Chief of Staff Hyoutaro Kimura hurriedly walking into the war room.
"Kimura-kun!" Umezu Yoshijiro asked immediately, "How did the Far Eastern Army respond?"
"Your Excellency, Commander, there is no reply from the Far Eastern Army." Kimura Hyōtaro shook his head. However, just when Umezu Yoshijiro was disappointed, Kimura Hyōtaro continued, "However, Kobayashi-kun sent a secret message to me.
Your Excellency, Commander, you must not imagine what happened to the Far Eastern Army Headquarters."
"Kobayashi Sensaburo?" Umezu Meijiro's heart moved slightly. He knew that Kobayashi Sensaburo was the deputy chief of staff of the Far Eastern Front and had a very good personal relationship with Kimura Hyoutaro. So he asked with great interest, "Kimura-kun, Commander of the Far Eastern Army."
What happened in the department? Did that bastard Ishihara quarrel with Yamashita Tomofumi again? "
"It's not just a quarrel." Kimura Hyōtaro shook his head and said, "This time both of them took action."
Then, Hyoutarou Kimura picked up the main contents of Asasaburo Kobayashi's secret message.
"It's really outrageous." After hearing this, Umezu Yoshijiro snorted and said, "As a senior general of the Imperial Army, he acted like two ronin in front of so many staff members in the headquarters, especially in front of Rommel, a German adviser.
A big fight would bring the Imperial Japanese Army and the Empire of Japan into disrepute."
After a pause, Umezu Yoshijiro asked again: "What happened in the end?"
"In the end, the two parted ways. Yamashita Tomofumi led the main force of the Far East Army to continue to advance, while Ishihara Kanji led the main force of the Seventh Army back to rescue Manchukuo." Hyōtaro Kimura said, "Since the prompts from the base camp were also ambiguous, so
Yamashita Tomofumi did not stop Ishihara Wanji and allowed him to return to aid."
"We parted ways?" Umezu Yoshijiro was stunned when he heard this.
Hyōtaro Kimura snorted lightly and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, it is regrettable that the Far East Army failed to return reinforcements, but it is also a very good result that the Seventh Army returned to assist Manchukuo. After all, the Seventh Army not only
There are five infantry divisions, and more importantly, two armored divisions, which are enough to resist the Chahar Independent Regiment."
Umezu Yoshijiro nodded and said: "But that requires the First Division to be able to hold on until the main force of the Seventh Army comes back."
"There should be no problem with this." Kimura Hyōtaro said, "When the base camp was organized into the Far East Front, a large number of trucks were transferred from the Chinese Condemnation Army and the Kwantung Army, but not a single truck was transferred from the Seventh Army, so the first
The Seventh Army's maneuverability is still very strong, and most of the North-Manchuria railways are intact, so it can reach Fengtian in as little as three days."
Umezu Yoshijiro shook his head and said: "But the First Division may not be able to last for three days."
"This can't be true." Kimura Hyōtaro said disapprovingly, "Although the First Division has been transferred to an infantry regiment, and it is also the oldest third regiment, the first infantry regiment is still there, as long as the infantry regiment is still there.
As long as the First Regiment is here, the military spirit of the First Division is still there, and its combat effectiveness is still guaranteed."
After a slight pause, Hyōtaro Kimura continued: "What's more, the imperial army had already built fortifications along the line from Panshan to Heishan. In addition, Lu Heng's 5th Division of the Manchuria Defense Force blocked the Chahar Independent Regiment for five days.
Time should not be a problem, the Seventh Army should arrive in five days, then there will be no problem."
Umezu Meijiro shook his head and said, "I hope so."
