"Mr. Chen, when I was the commander of the Thirteenth Army, you took great care of me. Your home is also the warmest place outside my homeland. We say goodbye this time. I don't know if we can meet again in the future.
The situation is so difficult, I have nothing else to say, please take care of yourself!" Nagatsu Sahige actually stood up and bowed to Chen Mingxiang.
In this major adjustment of Suzuki Kantaro's cabinet, Nagatsu Sahishige was appointed as the commander of the 58th Army of the 17th Front, based in Jeju Island. The person who took over the position of commander of the 13th Army was dispatched
Lieutenant General Matsui Tairo, Chief of General Staff of the Army.
The new chief of staff of the dispatched army is named Asasaburo Kobayashi, with the rank of Army Lieutenant General. He previously served as the chief of staff of the Twelfth Army and the chief of staff of the Fourth Army of the Kwantung Army.
Another piece of news that surprised Chen Mingxiang was that Lieutenant General Saburo Miura was actually transferred to Shanxi Province and served as the division commander of the 114th Infantry Division of the First Army of the North China Front.
This guy is an Army Gendarmerie and does not have field military command capabilities. From this, we can also know that in order to resist the US military and the future Soviet army, the Japanese army expanded its army crazily, which also led to very serious consequences. It lacked experienced senior commanders.
official.
The division is an important combat unit of the Japanese army, and the division commanders all have the rank of lieutenant general. Due to the need for seniority, general officers from the military police system have to be transferred to the field troops to make up their numbers. The combat effectiveness of such a unit will be greatly reduced.
After the handover of the post of commander of the Thirteenth Army was completed, Chen Mingxiang held a banquet at his home to see off Nagatsu Sahige, and in accordance with the old rules, he gave generous gifts and Cheng Yi.
"Please take care of yourself, Mr. Yongjin. It is a great blessing in my life to be friends with Mr. General. Please drink up this glass and wish Mr. General a good journey!" Chen Mingxiang raised his glass and said.
The situation has reached this point, and no one needs to be secretive anymore. With the US military attacking Okinawa, the attack on the mainland is not far away. Japan's failure is already doomed. These senior generals have no more high-sounding words.
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According to Matsui Tataro, the 161st Infantry Division will be established in a few days, with Lieutenant General Shigeju Kei Takahashi as the division commander, who will be transferred from Fuzhou to Shanghai to be stationed there.
"This time I went to Jinling to say goodbye to General Xianggangcun. He went to the Sixth Front Army Headquarters in Jiangcheng to listen to a report. I felt that he was in a very bad mood and was not even interested in talking. He only gave me some encouragement."
Nagatsu Sahiju said.
"This is not surprising at all. First, the domestic situation made him anxious. Lieutenant General Ushijima Mitsuru led the 32nd Army and was fighting a desperate battle with the US military on Okinawa, our empire. However, the 9th Division was taken away early.
, causing the combat effectiveness to drop by half.”
"This time, the newly formed independent 86th and 87th brigades of the Twentieth Army do not even have Type 38 rifles, Type 11 light machine guns and Type 92 heavy machine guns. They are all obtained from the mountain city government troops.
The weapons captured there are just like this, and the soldiers are teenagers without any actual combat experience."
"The main division has suffered a massive reduction in personnel. The original infantry squadron of 200 people is now only half the number. The artillery of the field artillery regiment, and even the old mountain artillery from the Russo-Japanese War, are not even a single field artillery! How can such a unit do it?
Going to fight a tough battle with the mountain city government troops?"
"General Okamura Neiji once had peace talks. He believed that we might lose this battle against western Hunan Province. Now he works at the headquarters as usual in the morning and goes fishing in the afternoon, every day!" Matsui Tataro smiled bitterly.
said.
He used to be the Chief of Staff of the General Headquarters of the Expeditionary Forces and had always had a close relationship with the Commander-in-Chief. Therefore, he was one of the very few people who knew the inside story.
On April 12, Chen Mingxiang received news from the bureau headquarters that President Roosevelt of the United States had unfortunately passed away and was succeeded by Truman.
On April 13, the 20th Army under the Japanese Sixth Front Army, commanded by Commander Lieutenant General Ichiro Banishi, mobilized the 116th Army Infantry Division, the 47th Infantry Division, and the 64th Infantry Division.
The 69th Infantry Brigade of the Division, the 58th Infantry Brigade of the 68th Infantry Division, the 217th Infantry Regiment of the 34th Infantry Division of the 11th Army, Independence Mountain
The Second Artillery Regiment launched the last large-scale military operation.
This was a battle destined to fail. In order to prevent the Japanese army from invading Sichuan and Guizhou provinces after Operation No. 1, the Yamacheng government troops had already made preparations for the battle in various places and built a large number of fortifications.
The Military Commission of the Yamashiro Government also judged the critical situation facing Japan and issued a death order to the troops that carried out the blockade and counterattack. This battle was only allowed to win but not to fail.
In addition, the New Sixth Army, which mobilized the main force of the 74th Army, the 18th Army, the 100th Army and all the art equipment, can be said to be the strongest force in the mountain city government's military system.
"The bureau headquarters called to report the combat situation in Zhijiang. The Japanese attack was crushed, and then our Shancheng government troops launched a counterattack. This time we will definitely win a big victory. According to the US Navy, the German war
It will end in these few days.”
"Italy's puppet Prime Minister Mussolini was captured by the guerrillas on April 27, and shot together with his lover the next day. At 3:30 pm on the 30th, the German leader Hitler shot himself.
My wife committed suicide by taking poison." Wang Zhen said while holding the message.
Now that Germany, Italy and Japan, the masterminds behind the criminal war, have lost two of them, the remaining Japan will not fare much better. It is just a matter of time.
"I'll go see Zhou Fahai later and try to get to Jinling this afternoon and talk to Chen Gongbo about the issue of Dingmo Village in the evening. He hasn't shown any value yet, so it's time for him to repay me," Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.
"Then where do you want him to serve? Among the administrative areas of Wang Puppet Government, the most important ones are Shanghai City, Jinling and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces." Wang Zhen asked.
"There are some places. Chen Qun was removed from his position as a senior official because Japan's grain collection work in Jiangsu Province was hindered. He was transferred back to Jinling to serve as the dean of the examination. Ren Yuandao also served as a senior official. But this place in Jiangsu Province is owned by Zhou Fahai.
For the long-coveted site, Xiang Zhizhuang, a high-ranking official from Zhejiang Province, can be transferred there to make room for Dingmo Village." Chen Mingxiang said.
"From your tone, it seems that the Wang Puppet Government is a business run by our family, and we can do whatever we want!" Wang Zhen said with a smile.
"Don't tell me, the current situation is really like this. Zhou Fahai will not refuse me. After all, Ding Mocun An has been following him for so many years, but he has nowhere to go. Besides, he doesn't care about anywhere except Shanghai."
"For Chen Gongbo, no matter who becomes a senior official at this time, it doesn't matter to him. He has no confidants." Chen Mingxiang said.
