"The base camp and the headquarters of the dispatched army have repeatedly considered this matter. They believe that Yokoyama Isamu has a long history, has always been very arrogant and conceited, and is a difficult to control guy. Therefore, it has been decided that he cannot join the military for the position of commander of the Sixth Front Army.
Promoted directly from the rank of commander."
"In the end, the base camp decided to transfer the commander of the North China Front Army, General Okamura Neiji, to Jiangcheng to serve as the commander of the Sixth Front Army, and continue to preside over the battle against the Yamacheng government. The commander of the Kwantung Army's Third Front Army, General Naosaburo Okabe, was transferred to Jiangcheng.
Beiping serves as the commander of the North China Front." Matsui Tataro said with a smile.
Lieutenant General Yokoyama Isamu is a relatively domineering figure in the Japanese Army. Because of his seniority, he graduated from the 21st batch of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School. Among the eight military-level commanders under the Kannai Dispatch Army Headquarters, he is the only one.
He is a classmate of the 12th Army Commander Eitaro Uchiyama.
The remaining commanders, such as Lieutenant General Sumita Raishiro of the First Army stationed in Shanxi Province, Lieutenant General Takahashi Tan of the Mongolian Army, Lieutenant General Hosokawa Tadayasu of the 43rd Army stationed in Quancheng, and the 13th Army Stationed in Shanghai
Lieutenant General Nagatsu Sahiju of the Army, Lieutenant General Tanaka Kuichi of the 23rd Army stationed in Yangcheng, and Lieutenant General Sano Tadayoshi of the 34th Army stationed in Jiangxia were all their later students.
The Japanese army is very particular about seniority. Just as the Tenth Army was about to lay down its weapons and stop resisting, and went to contact the division commander of the Japanese army. Obviously, the first person they contacted was Lieutenant General Iwanaga Wang, the division commander of the 116th Division. At that time, he was still
There was Lieutenant General Mouri Suehiro, the commander of the 58th Division, but it was Lieutenant General Mikio Tsutsumi, the commander of the 68th Division, who came to negotiate.
The division commander of the 116th Division, Lieutenant General Iwanaga Wang, and the division commander of the 58th Division, Lieutenant General Mori Suehiro, are both veteran division commanders. Lieutenant General Tsutsumi Mikio is only the second time.
When he attacked Hengzhou, he was promoted from brigade commander to division commander.
Lieutenant General Mikio Kotsutsumi is a student of the 22nd class of the Japanese Army Military Academy, Lieutenant General Mouri Suehiro is only in the 23rd class, and Lieutenant General Iwanaga O is in the 24th class, so when they encounter important matters
, when everyone is the division leader, the senior one has to step forward as the representative.
"From what you say, the General Headquarters of the Expeditionary Forces seems not to be satisfied with the current achievements. After capturing Hengzhou, it does not make any repairs and will continue to go south to expand the results?" Chen Mingxiang asked.
Okamura Neiji is a graduate of the 16th class of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School. He can naturally surpass Yokoyama Isamu in terms of qualifications. However, this old devil, whose hands are stained with the blood of the Chinese people, was actually transferred from North China to Central China as a commander.
This will be very detrimental to the subsequent battle between the Yamacheng government and the Japanese army.
Although I hate Neji Okamura deeply, I have to admit that this guy is very powerful, and he is very sophisticated and sophisticated in his actions. He is an extremely difficult person to deal with.
"Chen Jun, you have served the empire for many years. You have always performed your duties with outstanding results. You are a rare friend. It doesn't matter if I have something to say to you. This battle cannot stop in a short time."
"The next task of the Sixth Front Army is to launch the third phase of the offensive, using the Eleventh Army and the Twenty-third Army to march into Guangxi Province with all their strength, control the north-south transportation of China, and connect China with the French Indochina region.
In this way, the empire's supplies can be transported from China to the Southern Army through this communication line."
"In addition, we must also prevent the U.S. military from landing on the southeastern coast and using the Yamashiro government's airports in Guizhou and Guangdong provinces to bomb the Japanese mainland. Therefore, the dispatched army headquarters believes that no matter how much sacrifice it takes, it must be completed
This combat objective.”
"The reason why we did not launch an attack immediately but postponed it to the end of the month is mainly because the units under the Eleventh Army need a period of repair, the wounded need to be treated, and the lost structures need to be restored. In this Hengzhou battle,
Some regiments have been reduced to nothing, and ammunition and food have to be transported to the front."
"The situation is very unfavorable to the Empire. The Yamashiro government and the U.S. Air Force have actually begun to conduct suppressive operations against the Imperial Army Air Force. The aircraft they use are more advanced. The Fifth Air Force is at a disadvantage. Logistics and transportation are very difficult. Some troops are still hungry.
My stomach is at war."
"As for the current Jinling government, Chen Gongbo and Zhou Fahai found various reasons to shirk the food and material requirements put forward by the dispatched army headquarters. For this reason, the headquarters transferred Shibayama Kenshiro back to China to serve as the deputy minister of the Ministry of the Army.
Lieutenant General Yazaki Kanju came to take over the position of top military adviser." Matsui Tataro said.
The Japanese army indeed suffered a big loss in Hengzhou, not only due to the heroic resistance from the Tenth Army, but also due to their own disadvantages. A large number of troops were really hungry due to insufficient food supply, and they could not even guarantee rice dumplings.
Last year, the rice production in Jiangsu Province was already reduced and was robbed by various forces. The Japanese army's food collection reached the lowest level. Not to mention transporting it domestically, even the garrison troops were not enough to eat.
In addition, the Yamashiro government has benefited a lot from its cooperation with the U.S. government, especially in terms of the air force, which has been greatly enhanced. With the help of the U.S. Air Force, it can even suppress the attack of Japanese aircraft. The era of the enemy's domineering has passed.
Gone forever.
"It is a pity that due to the serious lack of exchange materials, my Huatong Trading Company is now in increasingly difficult business and cannot provide any help to the imperial army, especially the cotton cloth and grain needed by the army. You probably know the situation in Shanghai, if not
If General Kinoshita stopped me, I was going to close the company," Chen Mingxiang said.
This is really something that he has been considering all along. Huatong Trading Company was originally his lurking method, and it also played a key role in the execution of the mission. The construction of the intelligence network was mostly due to this smuggling agency.
Chen Mingxiang believes that the quantity of goods in the smuggling transaction between Huatong Trading Company and the Military Command Bureau is getting smaller and smaller. It has completed its mission and will be closed down by the end of the year at most.
Because as the situation worsens, it is no longer possible to have a large amount of materials available for trade on the market, and the Japanese army is even more difficult to protect itself. There is really not much meaning in barely maintaining it.
However, the closure of Huatong Trading Company will not affect him too much. His own Fenghua Company, which owns cigarette factories and tea factories, and also operates coal and salt, can still continue to ensure the funds needed to maintain relations.
"Chen Jun, your sensitivity is still a bit low. This company has made great contributions to the imperial army. Even in the military department, it is also a registered smuggling agency. There is no need to cancel it. It should continue to be maintained.
Go ahead and avoid people saying bad things about you, it won't cost much anyway."
"The garrison can't come up with bargaining chips, so you can search for scarce supplies on the market yourself, continue to do business with the Military Command Bureau through the original channels, and save yourself some future capital. The empire is in a precarious situation now, and the mainland is nervously preparing for a decisive battle.
, the situation of the Jinling government will become very bad in the future." Matsui Tataro said with a bitter tone.
