"A way?" Xianyuan Gong Zairen frowned and said in a deep voice, "What way?"
Koiso Kuniaki said in a deep voice: "Order the main force of the Far Eastern Army to return immediately! This is the only way."
"Let the Far East Army go back?" Xianyuan Gong Zairen said, "But the problem is that now the decisive battle between the Far East Army and the Soviet Far East Army has entered the final moment. It is about to completely annihilate the Soviet Far East Army. At this time, the Far East Army is ordered to mobilize
If the main force returns to support Manchuria, the intention of annihilating the Soviet army will definitely fail. Isn't this a pity?"
Koiso Kuniaki said: "Your Highness, there is an old saying in China, which is the lesser of two evils. Compared with the Chahar Independent Regiment, which is about to become a serious problem, the Soviet army, which has become a lost dog, will immediately be nothing.
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Terauchi Toshiichi: "What Koiso-kun said is absolutely true. At present, the Eastern Group of the Soviet Far East Front has been completely annihilated, and the Western Group has also suffered a decisive defeat. Not only has its military strength been severely damaged, but all its heavy equipment has also been lost. More importantly,
Yes, the Komsomolsk Industrial Zone has been completely destroyed, and the Irkutsk Industrial Zone is basically under the control of the imperial army."
After a pause, Terauchi Juichi continued: "The war potential of the Soviet Far Eastern Front has been basically destroyed, and the Siberian Railway alone cannot support a large-scale war. This means that the Soviet Far Eastern Front is no longer a concern. The Far East Battle
It's actually over."
Koiso Kuniaki nodded in agreement.
Terauchi Juichi continued: "However, the situation faced by Xu Rui's Chahar Independent Regiment is completely opposite. At present, the entire Manchukuo country is extremely empty of troops. He only needs to give him three to five months, and the Chahar Independent Regiment will immediately
It will expand into an unimaginable behemoth, so now, priority should be given to solving the Chahar Independent Regiment."
After finishing speaking, Terauchi Juichi and Koiso Kuniaki looked at each other again. Compared to the former Deputy Minister of War, Tojo Hideki, Oiso Kuniaki was so low-key, and Terauchi Juichi was like a spring breeze in getting along with him.
More importantly, many of the views of the two old Japanese are surprisingly consistent. For example, now, on the matter of whether the Far East Army will return to aid Manchukuo, the two men have surprisingly consistent views.
Xianyuan Gong Zairen's long eyebrows immediately frowned inadvertently. The Minister of War and the Deputy Minister of the Army actually had highly consistent views on many issues. This was not a good thing for the royal family, because there were only two people with the same views.
If there are disagreements and frequent disagreements, the royal family has the opportunity to mediate and always be in a detached position.
It seems that when this crisis is over, one of the two should move.
But for now, let's try to get through this major crisis before talking about anything else.
At that moment, Hanyuan Gong Zairen frowned and said: "Terauchi-kun, Koiso-kun, besides letting the main force of the Far Eastern Army return for reinforcements, is there really no other countermeasure?"
To be honest, Hanyuan Gong Zairen was still reluctant to let the Far Eastern Army return to Manchuria. He still hoped to completely annihilate the Soviet Far Eastern Front Army. He was mainly worried that if the snake was killed, the Soviet Army would have a chance to resurrect and become a serious problem for the Japanese army again. After all,
Before that, the Soviet Union or Russia put too much psychological pressure on the Japanese.
Although the Japanese army won the Russo-Japanese War, the price they paid was too high.
As a veteran who participated in the Russo-Japanese War, Terauchi Juichi could fully understand the mood of Kanin Miyazaijin. At that moment, Terauchi Juichi said: "Your Highness, the infantry group and tank group of the Far Eastern Army can return to the reinforcements a little later, but the aviation
The Corps must return to Manchuria immediately, otherwise, the situation in Manchuria will be irreversible."
Koiso Kuniaki also said: "Your Highness, the outstanding pilots of the Far Eastern Army were originally transferred from the Kwantung Army and the Chinese Dispatch Army. Now that the Far East Battle is basically over, the Chinese Dispatch Army and the Kwantung Army are in big trouble.
, So, it stands to reason that the pilots of the Chinese Condemnation Army and the Kwantung Army should be allowed to return to the old army, right?"
After repeated persuasion by Koiso Kuni Showaji Touichi, Kanin Gong Zaijin was finally convinced and nodded: "Okay, then order the Far Eastern Army Aviation Corps to return reinforcements as soon as possible."
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Meanwhile, in Siberia.
Yamashita Tomoe, the Far Eastern Army armored group commanded by Rommel has successfully bypassed Lake Baikal and captured Irkutsk, the capital of the Siberian region of the Soviet Union! In fact, Yamashita Tomoe has even moved his front army headquarters forward.
Ulan-Ude, a military center on the southern shore of Lake Baikal.
Ulan-Ude is not only a major military town in Siberia, but also a transportation hub, because the Siberian Railway has an additional branch here, going south to the Mongolian capital Kulun. In other words, the connection between Kulun and the Soviet Union has been completely eliminated.
Cut off by the Japanese army, Mongolia's situation was already very dangerous.
All in all, the situation of the Japanese army is excellent.
However, despite the great situation, there are also hidden worries.
The little devil's hidden worry is that the reserves of war resources are about to be exhausted.
As mentioned before, before Ishihara Kanji launched the Far Eastern Campaign, Japan's financial situation was already very bad. After Ishihara Kanji took the risk and forcibly launched the Far Eastern Campaign, the Japanese government found that there was a chance to win the Far Eastern Campaign, so it forcibly issued additional national debt, leaving the country's last financial crisis.
After squeezing all the potential of the Far Eastern Front, the Far Eastern Front was established and enough supplies were raised to sustain the Far Eastern Army for six months of operations.
But now, the Far Eastern Army's war supplies are almost exhausted.
The Japanese base camp still underestimated the potential of the Soviet army, and the intensity of the Far East Battle was also obviously underestimated. This led to the consumption of war supplies much faster than they expected. It was originally estimated that the supplies could last at least six months, but the result was only
Less than two months later, supplies were almost exhausted.
There is enough ammunition and enough rations, but the fuel supply is running out.
In particular, the reserve of aviation kerosene only has half a month left.
However, the existence of the aviation corps was precisely one of the key factors that enabled the Japanese army to maintain a crushing situation against the Soviet army!
Previously, the reason why Ishihara Kanji's Seventh Army was able to occupy Chita and hold it for a long time was because of the aviation troops fought on the Chinese battlefield. Even this time, the reason why the armored clusters commanded by Yamashita Tofumi and Rommel were able to fight on the battlefield was
The devastating situation was mainly due to the aviation regiment.
If it weren't for a powerful aviation group that always maintained an overwhelming advantage over the Soviet air force in the Far East and Siberia, even if the Japanese armored group was twice as strong, it might not have been able to defeat it in such a short period of time.
Western Group of the Soviet Far Eastern Front.
But now, the aviation regiment, which the Japanese army relies on the most, is about to stop.
After reading the report provided by the Logistics Department, Yamashita Fengfumi said with a depressed face: "Compared with the traditional industrial intensity of Europe, the industrial base of our Empire of Japan is still a bit weak, especially the refining and chemical industry. However, this is also different from that of the Empire itself.
No connection has been found with any large oil fields, which is why we are in the current predicament."
However, Rommel advised: "General Yamashita, the Soviet army is at the end of its war effort. The Far East Campaign will be over soon. The remaining half-month's fuel reserves are enough." After a pause, he added, "Wait until the occupation is over."
After covering most of Siberia and the entire Far East, you Japan has large oil fields, right?"
Large oil fields have been discovered in the Far East, especially in the Sakhalin area.
"That's true." Yamashita Fengwen nodded, "I really hope that day can come as soon as possible."
While the two were talking, a communications staff officer suddenly walked in and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, there is an urgent call from the base camp!" In addition to being the chief of staff of the Far East Army, Yamashita Nobumi is also the commander of the Armored Corps. From the beginning, the Armored Corps has followed
The Far East Front Army is a unified office, so the combat staff below call him commander.
Due to lack of fuel, Yamashita Fengwen was in a bad mood and said impatiently: "Read it!"
"Hai!" the communications staff officer gave a heavy pause, then opened the folder in his hand and said, "Far Eastern Front Army: The 1st Division was defeated by the Chahar Independent Regiment at about 2 o'clock in the morning today, and Fengtian has been completely occupied today.
, the situation in Manchuria is critical, I hereby order your main force to immediately return to support Manchuria, especially the aviation corps must return to support immediately after receiving the order, without any mistake! "
"Nani?" After Yamashita Fengwen heard this, he was immediately confused. How could this happen?
At this time, Rommel had also finished listening to the translator's translation. He immediately jumped up and roared loudly: "No, no, we absolutely cannot return reinforcements at this time! Not to mention the main force group of the front army, even the aviation corps cannot return reinforcements. Even
Not even an attack plane can go back, no, absolutely not!"
After a pause, Rommel continued to roar: "This is simply chaos, we cannot accept it!"
At this time, Yamashita Fengwen had recovered from the huge shock, and sighed and said: "General, I'm afraid we still have to return reinforcements."
"What?" Rommel said in surprise, "General Yamashita, do you know what you just said?"
"I know." Yamashita Fengfumi nodded and said, "I know that the Western Group of the Soviet Far East Front has reached its end. In ten days at most, the Imperial Army will be able to annihilate it. In this way, the Empire of Japan can permanently occupy Eastern Siberia and
The entire Far East region, and the Slavic power will be completely driven out of Asia."
After a pause, Yamashita Fengwen continued: "But the price of doing this is to lose Manchukuo!"
"What does a mere Manchukuo mean?" Rommel frowned and said, "When the Soviet Far East Army is completely annihilated, and then the Slavs are forced to sign the armistice agreement, the Far East Army can return to the south and easily recapture the entire three eastern provinces.
, wouldn’t it be better if we could easily wipe out the entire China?”
