This is a very critical issue. He believes that the Japanese communists never shed tears when they see the coffin. Although the situation is very dangerous, after all, they have not been beaten to the mainland by the US military and they easily choose to compromise.
Surrender, this is not in line with the other party's way of thinking at all.
"How is that possible! I reported this issue to General Okamura Neiji and General Umezu Yoshijiro from the base camp respectively. The reply I received was that the measures taken by Koiso Kuniaki this time were just wishful thinking and did not receive the support of His Majesty the Emperor and the Military Ministry.
approval, in other words, this is a private act on his part!”
"The mainland is preparing for a decisive battle with the US military. There has never been any idea of relying on the Yamashiro government to get out of the unfavorable situation. They are not qualified to mediate at all. In other words, this cabinet of Koiso Kuniaki will collapse soon!" Kawamoto
Youtarou shook his head and said.
"In accordance with the decision of the base camp, I have set up special inspections at the airport and will never let him get on the plane to Japan. It is a shame for the empire to have such a cabinet prime minister!" Shifang Ryoji said.
Hearing the attitude of the Japanese army, Chen Mingxiang was relieved for the time being. He knew that even if Miao Bin arrived in Japan, there would be no substantial progress, because the Japanese military headquarters was firmly opposed to this, and this also represented the intention of the Japanese emperor.
There may be unilateral peace talks with the mountain city government.
Thinking about it, Chen Mingxiang felt that he was a little confused and his thinking had entered a misunderstanding. Considering the performance of the Yamashiro government during the Anti-Japanese War, how could it have the qualifications to coordinate the relationship between Japan and the United States?
In the early days of the Pacific War, the U.S. government suffered a lot from Japan and suffered extremely heavy casualties. Even the home port of the Pacific Fleet was bombed. How could it be willing to listen to the Yamashiro government and sit down and negotiate with the Japanese government?
It’s not that the U.S. government doesn’t want to force Japan to surrender, as it can also reduce its own burden. Although it is rich and wealthy, the problem is that fighting not only costs money, but also a large number of American officers and soldiers are bleeding and dying.
But everyone knows the situation in Japan. The communists never shed tears when they see the coffin. Without a beating, they would be heartbroken and there would be no possibility of negotiation.
Of course, if the Japanese government takes the initiative to seek peace talks with the U.S. government, it can sit down and talk about how to end the war.
"I went to Peiping before New Year's Day. When Lieutenant General Shimomura hosted a banquet for me, he mentioned that the dispatched troops planned to continue to advance into Sichuan and Guizhou provinces and completely destroy the economic and industrial base of the mountain city government. How did it get to this point?
It's been two months and you haven't heard anything?" Chen Mingxiang asked.
"Lieutenant General Shimomura Sada is right. General Okamura Neiji did have such an idea. Taking advantage of the dispatched troops' great advantage in Operation No. 1, they occupied Sichuan and Guizhou provinces in one fell swoop and destroyed the base of the Yamashiro government.
But this plan was not approved by the base camp."
"At the end of last month, the dispatched army headquarters held a top-secret meeting. The people who attended this meeting were all commanders and operational staff officers of all front armies and armies. I went to attend this meeting with the help of the chief of staff, Major General Toshiya Yamamoto.
In fact, it is an announcement that General Okamura Neji’s plan is completely dead.”
"After consideration, the base camp believes that the defeat of the Fourteenth Front Army in the Philippines has been determined. The US military is now the most important enemy of the empire. Therefore, in order to prevent the US military from landing in the southeastern coastal areas of China after occupying the Philippines
, the entire dispatched army’s attention needs to be adjusted.”
"According to the arrangements at the base camp, the dispatched army headquarters decided that in addition to the newly added 40th Division and 27th Division from Guangdong Province, seven divisions from North China will be transferred to the southeastern coastal areas, and arrangements will be made
The North China Front Army attacked the Laohekou area in Hubei Province, and the Sixth Front Army attacked the Zhijiang area in western Hunan Province and destroyed the airport there." Nagajin Sahichu said.
The Japanese base camp considered that the Huaxia region was too large. During Operation No. 1, the Japanese army occupied too many areas and their forces were severely dispersed. If they launched another attack on Sichuan and Guizhou provinces, there would be almost no mobile troops to mobilize.
The current situation is very unfavorable to Japan. If the U.S. military, which has sea and air superiority, lands in China, it will be difficult for the dispatched troops to resist. For this reason, not only cannot they launch a large-scale attack, but they must adjust their strategy and put limited forces into fighting the landing.
war aspect.
According to Nagatsu Sahiki, the sequence of troops to be transferred to the coastal areas of Shanghai and Zhejiang Province in North China includes the 63rd Division stationed in Peiping and the 69th Division stationed in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, which will be transferred in April.
The 117th Division in Xinxiang and the 118th Division in Datong.
The troops transferred out in May were the 59th Division stationed in Quancheng, and the troops transferred out in June were the 110th Division stationed in Luoyang, Henan Province, and the 3rd Tank Division stationed in Xiangcheng, Henan Province.
Last year, in order to reinforce the South Pacific battlefield, the Japanese base camp first transferred the 32nd Division and the 35th Division of the North China Front in February. In the second half of the year, in July, the 26th Division was transferred to
The Philippine Army was incorporated into the battle order of the 14th Front Army, and the 62nd Division was transferred to Taiwan and returned to the 32nd Army's battle order.
In order to make up for the shortage of troops on the North China Front, the Japanese base camp ordered in July to organize the independent mixed seventh brigade into the 115th Infantry Division, the 3rd Independent Infantry Brigade, the 4th Independent Infantry Brigade and the 9th Independent Infantry Brigade.
The regiments were organized into the 114th Infantry Division, the 117th Infantry Division and the 118th Infantry Division.
These four divisions, which were just formed last year, are all Type C divisions of the Japanese Army. They are also called two-brigade divisions. Because the division has two infantry brigades under its jurisdiction, and the brigade has four infantry brigades under its jurisdiction.
, each infantry brigade has four infantry squadrons and one eight heavy machine gun squadron. The division does not have an artillery wing or a cavalry wing, but only an engineering team, a baggage team and a communications team.
However, as the situation worsened, the Japanese army made the final adjustment to its military strength, adding an infantry artillery squadron to the infantry brigade of the C Division. As a result, the strength of the C Division reached more than 13,000
people.
The infantry brigade of the independent mixed brigade was reorganized into four infantry squadrons, a machine gun squadron and an infantry artillery squadron, with a strength of 1,500 people. The brigade artillery was equipped with six field guns and 12
Mountain artillery, engineering troops and baggage troops of the brigade were also expanded, with the total number reaching more than 8,000.
The D Division of the Army was re-established. Its organization is roughly the same as that of the C Division. However, the machine gun squadron of each infantry brigade only has four heavy machine guns, which is half less than the machine gun squadron of the C Division. The infantry squad only has one light machine gun.
