Glorious Mission 1937

Chapter 220 Five: Gathering in Saibei (asking for subscription, asking for monthly ticket, asking for all kinds!!!)

The troublesome military meeting of the North China Front Army is still going on. General Bin Shanyuan did not expect that the North China Front Army, which had been placed with great expectations by the base camp and His Majesty the Emperor, would have no fighting spirit. He was frightened by a local army in China. Yamamoto was disappointed but also extremely angry.

Seeing Bin Shanyuan's thoughts, Major General Kobe Naozaburo hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Commander, please allow me to explain the situation of the No.40 Army in China in detail, and then Your Excellency Commander can make a decision?"

"Mr. Gangbu, please tell me that you are the chief of staff of the front army. You have this right and this obligation." Bin Shanyuan quickly suppressed the anger on his face and said.

"Your Excellency, the No. 40 Group Army of China is a local army in China. The commander is Chen Feng. He has no experience in receiving systematic military education before. The No. 40 Group Army was formerly known as the Xinghe County Security Corps of Suiyuan Province, China. , with 2 battalions of 800 people, established on March 12, Showa 3. This unit has been supported by a large number of German-made weapons, and its individual equipment is not much worse than that of the Imperial Japanese Army.”

"The earliest record of this army fighting against the imperial army was in early June of Showa 12. At that time, a special operations team affiliated to Tegao was intercepted and killed when Chen Feng's transport team was intercepted. The entire army of 6 elites wiped out, including a major."

"After the China Incident, the imperial army marched all the way westward and quickly reached Tianzhen, an important town in northern Shanxi. During that battle, this security regiment repeatedly hit our army hard. With its cooperation, the imperial army captured Tianzhen and then captured the Shanxi Plateau The plan failed, and at the same time lost a large number of soldiers, including Major General Sakai Koji, the head of the Independent Mixed First Brigade."

"Since then, this Chinese army has fought dozens of times with the imperial army. The imperial army has lost more than it has won, and was wiped out by this Chinese army. More than 4 troops, including [-] lieutenant generals and many major generals, and officers above second lieutenants are not counted In addition, the headquarters of the garrisoned Mongolian army was breached twice in a row, and the headquarters of the North China Front Army was surrounded once. After more than a year of development, the hateful Chinese army was gradually expanded from the security regiment to brigades, divisions, and troops. Until now The group army is extremely powerful, and the front army really does not have the confidence to wipe it out."

After listening to the words of Major General Naozaburo Kobe, the young general asked in surprise: "One hundred thousand troops? You mean that the Imperial Japanese Army has wiped out more than one hundred thousand people in just over a year. And it also lost So many senior officers?"

"Hayi. I don't dare to lie. According to my statistics some time ago, since the full-scale war between Japan and China, the number of imperial troops lost at the hands of Chen Feng's troops was 11. In addition, there are no less than ten Wan's Imperial Alliance Army was lost in the hands of Chen Feng's subordinates." Naozaburo Kobe said.

Bin Shanyuan did not expect that Chen Feng's troops would cause such a large loss to the North China Front Army, even though he had heard of Chen Feng's name before.But he didn't expect the imperial army and that Chen Feng to have such deep hatred.

"Baga, those imperial alliance troops are nothing more than that, and the loss is insignificant. But the loss of more than [-] imperial troops failed to wipe out Chen Feng's troops. It is a great shame." General Bin Shanyuan roared angrily.

"Your Excellency, Commander, calm down. The reason why the imperial army has been repeatedly defeated before is due to the lack of intelligence of the imperial army. After fighting this Chinese army for such a long time, the imperial army has not figured out what Chen Feng's troops are from the beginning to the end." Real strength is why we lose again and again. Moreover, not all of the more than [-] imperial troops lost were real soldiers. Among them, there were nearly [-] imperial expatriates. The real loss of the front army should be more than [-] people."

"Baga, Baga, it's ridiculous that you don't know how many enemies there are after fighting for so long. Could it be that Shouyi in the temple was kicked in the head by a donkey?" General Bin Shanyuan cursed loudly.

After scolding, General Bin Shanyuan realized that even if he scolded Datian, it would not help, so he slowly relieved the anger in his heart, and asked: "Then how is it now? Have you found out the strength of the Chinese army? The No. 40 How many troops does the group army have, what is its equipment, and what is its overall combat effectiveness?"

Major General Naozaburo Kobe said: "After more than a year of fighting, our army has also gained a great understanding of this Chinese army. In addition, Ms. Suzuki from the Special High-Tech Division once infiltrated into Chen Feng's department, and became the sister of Chen Feng's fiancée. I found a good friend, and obtained a lot of useful information from the Chinese woman. Therefore, the intelligence department initially judged that Chen Feng's troops had a total of more than 10 regular troops, and there were also about 8 militia troops. The total strength should be 18 About 20, it should not exceed [-]."

"However, there is a special unit in this Chinese army. Its combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and everyone can understand Japanese. It has repeatedly sneaked into the occupied areas of the imperial army to carry out sabotage. In addition, Chen Feng's troops not only have infantry, but also cavalry, artillery, engineers, Armored troops, automobile troops, and aviation troops are all available. Before that, our army had always focused on the Central Army of China’s leader Chiang Kai-shek, and did not invest much energy in China’s local troops, including China’s No.40 Army Group. Let this damn Chinese army rise up in such a short time."

"Yo Xi, Mr. Gangbu's analysis is very thorough. Compared with this Chinese army, how is the strength of the imperial army in Northern China?" Bin Shanyuan continued to ask.

"Returning to Your Excellency, although the front army suffered heavy losses in the previous battle, due to the shrinkage of the army, the troops have gathered together. Now the front army has 9 divisions, 4 independent brigades, and three independent garrison regiments. It is 24, plus more than 5 Royal Association Army, the total force is about 30, plus the more than 5 new recruits who will be transferred to the Front Army in China, the total force of the North China Front Army should soon exceed 35 " Naozaburo Kobebe said methodically.

"It's still the same sentence. The task at this stage is those five. Although there are still great difficulties in destroying the No.40 Army of China, no matter how difficult it is, the Imperial Japanese Army must catch up. If there is no opportunity, it will create an opportunity. Complete the orders issued by the base camp.

While the North China Front Army was discussing how to deal with him, Chen Feng waited in Xinghe for members of the medical observation team from Britain, the United States, France and the Soviet Union.

Because it is the national government, the national government is now at a time of internal and external troubles.Therefore, Lao Jiang needs the support of foreign powers even more.With the assistance of the national government, the observation missions from various countries moved very quickly, and all of them arrived in Xinghe before August 8.

Except for the Soviets who arrived on the 23rd, the other observation groups all arrived in Xinghe on the 25th. On the evening of the 25th, Chen Feng held a welcome dinner for all members of the observation group at the No. 40 Army Headquarters.

These people did not travel thousands of miles to come to China for a good meal, so after Chen Feng expressed his goodwill, the entire observation group put forward their intention to come.

Before confirming the efficacy of penicillin, Chen Feng refused to trade with anyone. He sent 6 medical experts and front-line doctors from Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union to Datong, Jining, Zhangjiakou, Guisui, Baotou and Chicheng, these people are all temporarily incorporated into the field hospitals of various troops.While assisting the work of field hospitals of various troops.While testing the efficacy of penicillin.

During the period, the Japanese government also protested, saying that the national government could not link the non-governmental medical exchanges with the ongoing war.But Chen Feng refused to accept the move.You scold your grandfather.You can't influence Grandpa.

Chen Feng soon got the news that the commander of the North China Front Army had changed.Anyway, this kind of thing cannot be concealed. When he learned that Bin Shanyuan had succeeded Terauchi Shouyi as the commander of the North China Front Army, Chen Feng felt depressed for a while.This Bin Shanyuan is a hardcore militarist.As early as July 1931, he presided over the formulation of the "Outline of Strategies for Solving the Manchurian and Mongolian Issues", which clearly stipulated the principles, steps and measures for Japan's invasion of Northeast China.

After the news of the September 19th Incident spread to Tokyo, Sugiyama Moto urgently met with the Director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Army Komonokuni Showa and Ninomiya Shigeharu, the Deputy Chief of Staff Headquarters, and jointly decided to use this opportunity to expand the situation and realize the dream of dominating Northeast China in one fell swoop.Due to the instigation and instigation of military leaders such as Sugiyama Yuan, the Kwantung Army stepped up and expanded its war of aggression.Soon, the entire territory of Northeast China fell under the control of the Kwantung Army.After the Japanese invaders occupied Northeast China, in order to divert international attention, they provoked the January 3th Incident in Shanghai and began an armed attack on Shanghai.The No.19 Route Army stationed in Shanghai rose up to resist. At the beginning of March, the Japanese army landed in Taicang and Liuhe, and the No.[-] Route Army was forced to withdraw from Shanghai.At this time, Sugiyama Moto assisted in organizing and commanding the Japanese military operation as the Army Vice Minister.

There is also the shadow of this person in the Lugou Bridge Incident. As the Minister of War, Bin Shanyuan strongly advocated increasing the number of troops stationed in China and expanding the scale of the war. He strongly refuted the non-expansionist Ishihara Waner: "The so-called non-expansion is just to avoid a full-scale war. , rather than disregarding the prestige of the imperial army."

And the madman who proposed to destroy China in three months was also him. Under his interference, the Japanese Army Ministry and the relevant departments of the General Staff Headquarters jointly formulated the "Agreement on Combat in North China" and proposed to the cabinet a plan to increase troops in North China.Subsequently, Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro held a "five-phase meeting". As the land minister, Sugiyama Genli advocated the increase of troops in North China. He even personally issued mobilization orders to the fifth, sixth, and tenth divisions in the Mainland.On August 8 last year, the Japanese government issued the "Declaration of War on China" drafted by Moto Sugiyama, and the full-scale war of aggression against China was put into practice.

It is also understandable that Bin Shanyuan served as the commander of the North China Front Army Chen Feng at this time, although Bin Shanyuan is a full-fledged war madman, and he wants to bring China into Japan's territory, so as to realize the dirty ideal of the entire Japanese people to dominate East Asia.

But Bin Shanyuan is not very clear about the analysis of the situation. To put it bluntly, Bin Shanyuan is very arrogant, and he doesn't pay attention to the Chinese government and the more than 200 million squadrons at all.Sugiyama Moto had a very optimistic view of the war, clamoring for "quickly and thoroughly attacking the enemy, in order to clear up the situation as soon as possible."

The Japanese army in the early stage of development was indeed just as he imagined. The various armies were progressing smoothly. Although there were occasional minor setbacks, it was an unprecedented brilliant victory in the overall situation. With the establishment of the Mongolian army and the establishment of the army base camp, the Japanese army captured Nanjing, the capital of China, and occupied almost all coastal cities in China within half a year of the war.

However, even though the capital was lost, the national government did not surrender as Bin Shanyuan and others imagined. As Chiang retreated into the interior, he still did not surrender. The solution to the Chinese incident was far away. Only then did Sugiyama truly know the vastness of China boundless.

Unlike war madmen like Bin Shanyuan, Japanese Prime Minister Fumma Konoe proceeded from the overall situation and believed that ending the war against China as soon as possible is in the best interest of the Japanese Empire. After all, the war for more than a year has drained the national treasury. The government has even issued treasury bonds once, and the economic crisis passed on by sending troops to occupy Northeast China is also in danger of breaking out again.Konoe Fumma is very clear that if this fight continues, Japan's domestic economy is in danger of collapsing.

However, Konoe Fumma also knows that those guys in the cabinet are all war madmen, they don't care about the state treasury, and trying to persuade them to give up their original intentions, and then support him as the prime minister may not be right. Reality.Therefore, in order to solve the war against China as soon as possible, it is imperative to replace the foreign minister and the land minister, so it is completely conceivable that Bin Shanyuan and others will be out of the game. (To be continued..)

ps: (Today is still a chapter, of course it happened for a reason. There was no electricity during the day, and the whole county had a power outage, but those bastards didn’t notify in advance. After the power outage, Aotian went to the city to do some errands, and didn’t return until after eight o’clock in the evening When I went to the county, I endured all kinds of discomfort and difficulties, and finally finished this chapter before 11 o'clock in the evening, forgive me!!!)