One thousand one hundred and sixty-two chapter head adjustment
On the 25th and 26th of July, General Yoshijiro Umezu, Chief of the General Staff of the Army Staff Headquarters at the Japanese Army Base Camp, and General Shiro Oikakawa, Chief of the Naval Command Department, summoned the Southern Army of the Japanese Navy and Army and the Taiwan garrison.
, dispatched important operational staff officers from the Army and the Internal Defense Force to Tokyo for a secret meeting.
This meeting was held to report to the Japanese Home Defense Forces Headquarters of King Higashino Higashino, the Southern Army Headquarters of Marshal Juichi Terauchi in Manila, the Expedition Force Headquarters of Marshal Shunroku Hata, and the Kwantung Army of General Yamada Otsuzo.
The general headquarters and all units under the direct jurisdiction of the base camp announced orders.
The latest decision of the base camp is to stick to the Philippines, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands and the mainland. The new combat policy has been approved by the Emperor and is codenamed Operation Jihao.
"Jie 1" represents fighting for the Philippines, "Jie 2" represents fighting for Taiwan and Okinawa, "Jie 3" fights for the mainland, and "Jie 4" fights for Hokkaido.
Masao Amano, the senior operational staff officer of the Expeditionary Forces Headquarters who attended this important meeting, reported the contents of the meeting to the main generals after returning from Tokyo. As the deputy chief of general staff, Major General Yoshitaro Kawamoto was naturally qualified to attend.
As the deputy chief of staff, he is responsible for, on the one hand, the procurement of materials for the troops under the dispatched army headquarters in Shanghai, and on the other hand, for the secret service of the Thirteenth Army. Therefore, when dealing with Chen Mingxiang, it becomes more and more difficult for him to deal with it.
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When he came back from the meeting, Yoshitaro Kawamoto specially came to Chen Mingxiang to chat and drink tea. The purpose was to talk about the material transaction, but he just mentioned it in passing.
Now the Eleventh Army's third attack on Hengzhou has begun. Even if the content of this conversation is a leak, it will not cause any serious consequences.
At this time, Chen Mingxiang also completed the enrollment of the second batch of trainees at the Shanghai Higher Police School of the Police Department. This time involved the enrollment of 300 potential operatives from the bureau headquarters. He did not make it too grand and only invited Major General Kinoshita Sakae to attend.
He gave a speech, he gave a lecture, and the entrance ceremony was over.
"I have heard before that the Eleventh Army Headquarters has an extremely powerful code monitoring and deciphering agency. I didn't expect that it can even decipher the top-secret military orders of the Shancheng Government Military Commission. Now that I already know the contents of the rescue operation of the Shancheng Government Army,
Then the Eleventh Army will definitely be able to capture Hengzhou this time." Chen Mingxiang had to say a few nonsense words.
The Japanese army besieged Hengzhou and launched three consecutive strong attacks. The Tenth Army was in a very bad situation. In order to rescue its direct troops, the commission strictly ordered all units to attack Hengzhou.
However, the Military Commission would never have expected that the instructions issued to the participating troops would be deciphered by the Japanese army's intelligence agency, which would bring a catastrophe to the Tenth Army.
The reinforcements have been delayed in arriving at Hengzhou. The tenth army's will to fight hard for more than a month is bound to be seriously affected. From the two battles, it can be seen that the troops of the tenth army are all good. They are not afraid of fighting.
Don’t be afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice!
But the question is, how can we fight this war when there is no food and reinforcements inside and outside? Fighting on an empty stomach? Fighting with bare hands?
"Let me tell you something in advance. According to the instructions from the base camp, Shibayama Kenshiro, the top military adviser of the Jinling government, is going to leave. He will be promoted to the Ministry of War as a deputy minister, which should be regarded as being promoted to work in the central department."
"During the period when he took over as the top military adviser, the imperial military's management of the Jinling government was basically a waste of energy. The base camp asked the Jinling government to provide combat materials for the war, but look, everything was messed up."
"The empire shipped a large amount of gold and purchased cotton cloth and yarn in the Shanghai market for military use and to exchange for scarce supplies. However, the merchants in Shanghai sold large quantities of cotton privately and smuggled cotton cloth and yarn into the Kuomintang-controlled areas. Such behavior was not punished.
To be punished."
"More importantly, the food collection work is in trouble. One-third of the imperial troops in central and northern China are actually hungry, which has also greatly reduced their combat effectiveness."
"After the meeting, Marshal Hata Shunroku had dinner with us and expressed his strong dissatisfaction with Shibayama Kenshiro's work. If it weren't for the current situation and to protect the face of the empire, he would have wanted to take Kage Sasaki
The lieutenant general was transferred back to take charge of the Mei Agency again." Kawamoto Yoshitaro said.
To be fair, Shibayama Kenshiro did not make any outstanding achievements in his position as the head of the Ume Agency. This is also related to the gradually deteriorating general situation. The traitors in the Wang Puppet Government did not want to work for their master, but they were really incompetent.
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The constant practice of killing the goose to obtain the eggs has resulted in all available resources being exhausted. At a time when the war is in chaos, where can so much materials and food be provided to the Japanese army?
Our own government officials, puppet troops and police still need food relief! Between the two, of course, we should take care of ourselves first. Anyway, we don’t have any. If we can, we will abolish the Wang puppet government!
"Since General Shibayama has been promoted to the Ministry of War as a deputy minister, who will be the new chief of the Mei Agency? What is his personality like?" Chen Mingxiang asked.
From his point of view, if Kenshiro Shibayama continues to serve as the head of the agency, it will not have much impact on him, but leaving is also a good thing. Kitazawa's greatest strength comes from his old superior, Kenshiro Shibayama.
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"This is Lieutenant General Yazaki Kanju. He was just promoted on June 27th. He is a graduate of the 36th batch of the Imperial Army University. He served as the head of the secret service of Guangdong Province and was promoted to major general. Later, he served in the 3rd year of the Republic of China.
He has served as the Minister of General Affairs of the Port City Governor's Office for eleven years. According to arrangements, he will take over the position of Kenshiro Shibayama as the agency director at the end of the month."
"As for his personality, he is not as ruthless as Kenshiro Shibayama. After all, he is about to retire. I guess this position of agency director is a transition and will not have any impact on you."
"Shibayama Kenshiro has left a mess, and Chairman Wang's situation in Japan is not good either. Being able to maintain the current situation is our best hope," said Yoshitaro Kawamoto.
Facing the Wang Puppet Government's Chen Gongbo and Zhou Fahai, it is estimated that Japan has also lost confidence that it can take care of itself. If it does not drag down Japan, it will be a blessing. The mainland is facing the attack of the US military, and it will have no time to take care of itself.
Where do you have time to deal with these traitors from the Wang Puppet Government?
After Yoshitaro Kawamoto left, Chen Mingxiang immediately asked Wang Zhen to pass the news to the bureau headquarters as soon as possible. The Military Commission issued a military action order to rescue the Tenth Army, which had been deciphered by the Special Intelligence Section of the Japanese Eleventh Army Headquarters.
The rescue operation will be intercepted by the Japanese army.
