Machijiri Liangji said: "Hai, Fushimi Palace is undoubtedly a young and promising soldier."
"Yes, if there is anyone among the royal family who is worthy of the four words "young and promising", apart from my imperial nephew who has been in the lineage for thousands of generations, I am afraid it is my brother Junyan." Dong Jiu'er nodded.
head, and continued, "However, who can believe that such a young and promising brother, Junyan, was killed by an unknown Chinese land turtle on the first day he set foot on the battlefield in China?"
Machijiri Ryouki corrected: "Your Excellency, Commander, Xu Rui is not a little-known Chinese land turtle. He is a training partner of Germany's Brandenburg Special Forces Training Camp. The Imperial Intelligence Department has specifically verified it with the relevant German departments. Germany
Sources reported back by the authorities said that the Brandenburg Special Forces Training Camp does have a group of high-level training partners, and there is indeed a Chinese-American among them, but he has now disappeared."
"Well, Xu Rui is not a country bumpkin. He is a very good special soldier." Dong Jiuyan waved his hand and continued, "What I just meant is that Brother Junyan is so young and promising, but the result has just been
I died on the battlefield. My ability is far inferior to that of Emperor Toshihiko. Machijiri-san, how long do you think I can survive on the battlefield?"
Machijiri Liangji was dumbfounded when he heard this. He never expected that Dong Jiu Nianyan would say such words in the end. This, this is simply to make other people's ambitions destroy his own prestige! This is what the two of them said in private,
If this really spreads, will it seriously dampen the morale of all the soldiers of the 2nd Army?
If you don't have confidence in the commander of your group army, how can your officers and soldiers have confidence?
Higashikata smiled and said, "Machijiri-san, do you think I am particularly unambitious?"
How do you want Machijiri Ryouki to answer this? Shaking his head, Machijiri Ryouki could only say: "Your Excellency, Commander, I just feel that the empire can only win and not lose in this holy war."
"Machijiri-san, you misunderstood me." Dong Jiuer waved his hand, but the expression on his face suddenly became more serious than ever before, and said, "I just want to tell you that this time when I come to China
, I have no intention of returning to Japan alive. Although my ability is not as good as Brother Toshiyan, I will make ten times or a hundred times the effort. No matter what, I will avenge Brother Toshiyan. No matter what, I will kill him with my own hands.
Take Xu Rui’s head!”
The expression on Machijiri Yuuki's face immediately turned solemn, and he paused and said: "Your Majesty the Commander's determination is admirable, but I think that as the commander of the group army, the Commander should not care too much about personal grudges, but
The interests of the empire should come first."
"The interests of the empire?" Dongjiu Nianyan smiled coldly, but his mind recalled a conversation he had with his nephew Hirohito when he returned to China not long ago.
After the Zhang Gufeng incident subsided, Hirohito specially recalled Higashikawa Tokyo to Tokyo for face-to-face interviews.
During that imperial meeting, Hirohito unabashedly told Higashikaru Nikihiko that he was deeply dissatisfied with Hata Shunroku's delay in annihilating the Daimeishan regiment and his delay in killing Xu Rui to save the imperial family's face, especially
The failure of the Feicheng defense battle and the capture and surrender of Inaba Shiro deepened Hirohito's dissatisfaction with Hata Shunroku.
Higashikata Higashihiko even vaguely felt that Hirohito seemed to have had the idea of changing coaches.
Of course, this is just Higashikawa's guess. He doesn't know whether Hirohito has the idea of changing coaches.
But there is one thing that Higashikata knows very well, and that is Hirohito’s hatred for Xu Rui! Higashikawa has never seen Hirohito hate someone so much!
Based on this alone, Xu Rui is already proud enough.
Higashikata asked Machijiri Ryouki: "Machijiri-san, speaking of the interests of the empire, what do you think is the primary interest of the empire at this stage?"
Machijiri Ryouki said without hesitation: "Of course we must resolve the China Incident as soon as possible and force the China government to surrender to the empire as soon as possible! After all, the empire can no longer afford it."
"No, you are wrong." Dongjiu Nianyan waved his hand and said quietly, "I can tell you clearly that it is impossible to solve the China Incident in a short time and force the China government to surrender! The Battle of Xuzhou failed
After that, this possibility has been lost forever. At this stage, the empire's main interest is no longer to occupy the entire China as soon as possible, but to digest the occupied area as much as possible and accumulate enough manpower for the next stage of the offensive.
and material resources.”
"Nani?" Machijiri Rangji couldn't help but was a little dumbfounded.
If this is the case, I am afraid that only a royal family member like Dong Jiuer Nianyan would dare to say so.
Dong Jiurenianyan was almost openly opposing the Japanese base camp.
Dong Jiurenianyan added: "In other words, after the Wuhan Battle, the imperial army will be unable to launch large-scale offensive operations in a short period of time. The follow-up war will be more about maintaining order and order in the vast occupied areas.
war, which means that the armed forces behind enemy lines represented by the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army will replace the regular army of the National Government and become the main enemy and the primary target of attack by the Imperial Army!"
"Hai." Machijiri nodded heavily and insisted on his point of view, "But that will have to wait at least until the end of the Wuhan Battle. The winner of the Wuhan Battle has not yet been decided. Although the 11th Army occupied the entire Jiangxi and half of Hunan, it has
We are also deeply trapped in the quagmire of the desperate struggle of the National Army, and I am afraid that we will not be able to capture Wuhan in a short time. It is for this reason that the commander of the Condemnation Army in Central China, His Excellency Shunroku Hata, repeatedly requested the base camp to let our Second Army go south to Central China.
Because of this, the empire made major concessions to the Soviet Union on the Soviet-Manchu border in order to quell the troubles in North Manchuria."
Higashikata Nianyan said: "Machijiri-san, what do you want to express?"
Machijiri Liangji paused and said: "I just want to remind you, the commander, that everything should be focused on capturing Wuhan!"
Dong Jiure twisted his hands and waved, and said: "It is Okamura Neiji's job to capture Wuhan. My mission is to sweep the Dameishan District and crush Xu Rui's Dameishan Regiment!"
"Nani?" Machijiri Rangki said again, dumbfounded, "Your Excellency, Commander, for a mere Xu Rui and a mere Dameishan Regiment, is it really worth the empire dispatching a group army and three field divisions?"
"No, no, Machijiri-san, you are wrong again. The main force of the Second Army will still follow the base camp's plan and go north from the Dabie Mountains to attack Xinyang in order to cut off the connection between Wuhan and Guanzhong. But I won't join in the fun." Dongjiu.
Nian Yan waved his hand and said, "I will lead the 10th Division to disembark from Pukou, and then transfer to Pucheng and go straight to Meizhen."
While they were talking, there was a burst of slow footsteps behind the two of them.
Then a short and stocky figure appeared in front of Dong Jiu Nianyan.
Machijiri Ryouki took a closer look and saw that it was the commander of the 10th Division, Xiaozhu Yoshio.
Xiaozhu Yinan strode up to Dong Jiuer Nianyan, paused and said: "Your Excellency, Commander!"
Dong Jiuer Nianyan returned the greeting and said calmly: "Xiao Zhusang, have all the orders been issued?"
"Hai." Xiaozhu Yinan paused and said, "The order has been issued to each regiment on time."
"Yo Xi." Dong Jiure nodded and said, "Then prepare to disembark at Pukou."
"Hai." Xiaozhu Yinan paused again and turned around.
Dividing line
Nanjing Fanghua Garden, Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters.
Shunroku Hata glanced at the situation map of the enemy and ourselves in front of him with a faint look, feeling both happy and worried in his heart.
What is gratifying is that the 3rd Division marched straight in and occupied the entire Jiangxi and most of Hunan. This was definitely a major blow to the National Government, because after occupying Changsha, the Japanese army not only cut off the railway transportation from Guangzhou to Wuhan, but also
Threatening Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, what is especially rare is that he has won the world's granary!
This also laid a good foundation for the Japanese army's strategic offensive in the next stage!
At present, the empire's treasury is empty and its financial resources are exhausted, especially food shortages. A serious food shortage has broken out in the country. The empire is no longer able to launch a major offensive. However, the empire's industrial base is by no means comparable to that of the National Government. In two or three years at most, Japan will
The government's financial pressure will be alleviated, but the National Government's finances will only become worse.
At that time, the Japanese army can send troops from Hunan, Hubei, and Shanxi directions at the same time to wipe out the remaining forces of the Nationalist Government in one fell swoop. It may still not be able to completely wipe out the main force of the Nationalist Army, but the Nationalist Government will be forced to move to Kangzang and will be completely reduced to
For the local government, by that time, the incident in China will be completely over.
But this is only one good aspect. In addition to the good aspects, there is also not-so-good news.
The bad news is that the progress of the 2nd Army is too slow. After nearly two months of hard fighting, the more than 200,000 officers and soldiers of the 11th Army have long been exhausted. Now is the time when the support of the 2nd Army is urgently needed.
, but the main force of the 2nd Army is still on the road, and it is not known when it will enter the battle.
The Second Army did not arrive for a day, and the Battle of Wuhan was still unspeakable.
Moreover, Shunroku Hata had another layer of worry. He was worried that something might happen to Higashikata Nakihiko.
Shunroku Hata was very dissatisfied with the base camp's appointment of Higashikaru Nishikihiko as the commander of the 2nd Army, and his level of dissatisfaction was even greater than the appointment of Okamura Neiji as the commander of the 11th Army.
Regarding Okamura Neiji, Hata Shunroku mainly thought that his qualifications were too low, but Hata Shunroku still recognized Okamura Neiji's ability. However, Higashihisa Nizhihiko, a famous libertine, how could he serve as a group army member?
Commander? Isn’t this taking the lives of hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Second Army as a trifling matter?
What makes Shunroku Hata even more worried is that Higashikawa Nakihiko is the younger brother of Fushimi Miya Toshihiko's mother.
How did Fushimi Miya Toshihiko die? Xu Rui beheaded him as soon as he got out of the car. As the younger brother of Fushimi Miya Toshihiko's mother, Dongjiu Nianyan was also a famous prodigal son. After arriving in Central China,
, it seems not difficult to guess what kind of reaction he will make. Yes, he will probably look for an opportunity to seek revenge on Xu Rui!
As the old saying goes, the more you fear something, the more likely it will come.
Shunroku Hata was still worried that Higashikata Nurihiko would seek revenge from Xu Rui, but Kawabe Shozo walked into his office with a solemn expression and paused to report: "Your Excellency, General, I just received a telegram from the 2nd Army.
Your Highness has already led the 10th Division ashore from Pukou." To be continued.
