Glorious Mission 1937

Chen Feng was extremely busy during this period, but the Japanese army was not idle either. After the second battle of Wuhan, the Japanese army captured the three towns of Wuhan, but the national government did not surrender as the Japanese army imagined. Some factories and enterprises withdrew to Chongqing to continue the War of Resistance.

Due to the extremely heavy losses of the Japanese army in the second Wuhan battle, the Japanese army in central China was unable to continue to launch a large-scale offensive. What's more, there are still a large number of squadrons in Jiangxi and Hubei, which may launch a counterattack at any time. The headquarters ordered the next task of the troops is to consolidate the occupied area and not to clash with the Chinese government forces for the time being.

The Japanese army in North China also temporarily retreated after the plan to attack Henan went bankrupt. The threat of the eighth war zone was too great. In less than a month, the North China Front Army lost a total of more than [-] people, which made Binshan Yuan The general was extremely annoyed, so he asked for help from the base camp in the name of the commander of the North China Front Army, and asked to mobilize more troops to North China, otherwise the North China Front Army would lose its offensive capabilities.

The Japanese base camp also attached great importance to the telegram sent by General Bin Shanyuan. They also saw the threat of the eighth theater. More importantly, during this period of time, Chen Feng had frequent activities with the United States, the Soviet Union, and the Australian government, which in itself made the sensitive The Japanese government felt threatened.

The resistance of the Chinese is not terrible. After all, where China's national strength lies, it is a flaw. Without the assistance of external resources, China cannot be the opponent of the Great Japanese Empire.But in fact, Japan has already felt huge external pressure, let alone the Soviet Union.After all, the animosity between the Soviet Union and Japan is already clear. No matter what the reason is, it is normal for the Soviet Union to assist China in resisting Japan.

But now, Japan not only feels deep pressure from the Soviet Union, but also feels a little hostility from the US government and the Australian government. This is the last thing the Japanese government wants to see.

The United States is Japan's most important trading partner. This kind of trade has been maintained for decades. In recent years, the United States has become Japan's largest trading country and the main channel for Japan's military material imports, including Japan's most scarce steel and oil. .It can be said that the scrap steel and a large amount of crude oil in the United States supported Japan's high-speed war machine.

However.This kind of trade has changed since last year. First, the U.S. government began to reduce the total amount of exports to Japan, and then stopped exporting steel and other strategic materials to Japan, except for non-important civilian materials.Japan can hardly buy any strategic materials from the United States.

这些事情完全可以从美日两国近三年的贸易总额就可以看出来。1937年日本从美国进口货物的总额为2.7亿美元。其中军用物资总额为1.8亿美元；1938年两国的贸易总额为1.9亿美元，其中军用物资总额为0.5亿美元；1939年两国贸易总额再度下滑，仅为0.9亿美元。其中军用物资成交额度几乎为零。

In the past three years, the US-Japan trade has continued to decline. The US has less and less support for Japan. On the contrary, the trade with Chen Feng's subordinates has become bigger and bigger. In 1938 alone, the total transaction volume between the two parties reached 22 billion US dollars. The data was obtained by the Japanese government from a high-ranking official in the United States at great cost.

Not to mention the Australian government, the sale of the New Guinea and Tasmania islands entrusted by the League of Nations to Chen Feng has already touched the bottom line of Japan. It can be said that the Australian government does not take the Japanese government seriously. .

All of this made the Japanese government extremely angry. It was with the support of the United States, the Soviet Union, and the Australian government that the hateful and bastard Chinese could develop so fast in such a short period of time, especially its air force and Chariot troops.

According to the statistics of the Northern China Front Army, in Showa 12 (1937), Chen Feng's headquarters had no air force at all, let alone chariot soldiers, and only a few regiments of ordinary infantry under his command. But now, that guy not only has There is a huge number of air forces, and there are hundreds of powerful tanks.The reason why the Imperial Japanese Army lost so much this time is directly related to that bastard's transfer of the air force in his hand to Wuhan. If the empire hadn't produced new fighters in advance, the second Wuhan battle would definitely be more difficult than this , the loss is even greater.

Now, the Chinese government has been driven to Chongqing. Although it still has the power to fight, it is not enough to fear. Therefore, this hateful Chinese general has become the biggest threat to the Japanese Empire and must be resolved quickly.

On November 11, the Japanese Army Headquarters convened a meeting of officers above lieutenant general level to discuss how to solve the problem of Chen Feng in China. In the eighth war zone, Chen Feng's troops in China must be wiped out.

But there are still some military officers who think that they should not go to war against a warlord like Chen Feng.The reason is that Chen Feng is now full-fledged, and it is by no means comparable to that of ordinary Chinese military officers. Therefore, dealing with such a NPC and the Japanese Empire should focus on wooing, supplemented by military strikes.After all, from the perspective of national unity and personal goals, Chen Feng, a warlord whose main goal is to be the emperor of the country, is on the opposite side of the Chinese government, so it is entirely possible for the Great Japanese Empire to cooperate with him.

As long as the Great Japanese Empire does not threaten the survival and development of this department, and if possible, it can even support its proclaiming the emperor and establishing a country, presumably an understanding should be reached with it. Of course, this requires the empire to give up the hatred between Chen Feng's department.

However, the vast majority of Japanese military officers are unwilling to reconcile with Chen Feng's troops. As for the reason, I won't talk about it. There are too many. There are no less than 20 Japanese generals who have been lost in Chen Feng's hands alone, let alone ordinary Japanese soldiers. The soldiers died, and besides, there was an imperial aircraft carrier and a large number of naval officers and soldiers who died at the hands of Chen Feng's subordinates. Even if the army was willing to give up their hatred, the navy probably would not.

The army and the navy have already reached a point where fire and water are incompatible. If the army insists on going its own way regardless of the feelings of the navy, it is likely to completely turn the face of the navy and army, which is full of gunpowder, and that is not what the top army wants to see.After all, the full support of the navy is still needed on the battlefield in China. If there is no navy to help transport troops, the army in China alone will not be able to withstand the crazy attack of the Chinese people.

After deliberating for a few days, the Japanese base camp finally decided to immediately carry out the fourth national mobilization to the country, with 10 infantry divisions at the fastest speed to deal with the situation in China, and at the same time, to send reinforcements to the North China Front Army at the fastest speed.

In view of the fact that the Eighth War Zone of China has a large number of tank units, the Empire of Japan immediately formed a large-scale tank unit, and at the same time transferred the newly formed third tank division to the North China Front Army, under the command of General Bin Shanyuan.

In addition, there are at least 1300 fighters in the eighth theater of China. Although they shot down more than 200 fighters during the second Wuhan battle, there are still nearly a thousand fighters. The troops posed a great threat, so the air force in the North China region had to be strengthened.

However, the new fighters newly produced by the Empire of Japan have passed the test of actual combat, and their performance is so excellent that it is far from being comparable to the Yi-15 and 16 fighters equipped in the Eighth Theater of China. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the aviation regiment. Therefore, the Japanese base camp is preparing to add 4 fighters to the North China Front Army in 800 aviation wings, including 200 new fighters, and then take the opportunity to wipe out the air force of the Eighth Theater of China in one fell swoop.

At the same time, the Japanese base camp focused on discussing the final direction of the Sino-Japanese war. According to the ideas of high-level Japanese government officials, this war cannot be fought any longer. The Empire of Japan must end this war as soon as possible on the premise of maximizing benefits. In the past three years of war, the Empire of Japan has invested a total of more than 2400 billion yen in military expenditures, which is 1.5 times the national fiscal revenue of Japan in the past three years.As a result of this, the economy of the Great Japanese Empire has fallen into an extremely difficult and dangerous situation. If this continues, the Great Japanese Empire will not only fail to reap benefits, but may be dragged down by the Chinese, and will only benefit the Western powers in the end.

The vast majority of military officers don’t know much about Japan’s economy, so there are not many military officers who agree to end the war as soon as possible. Many military officers believe that the Imperial Japanese Army has now defeated the second capital of the Chinese government, and the Chinese government has suffered losses. Seriously, as long as they persist, the Chinese government will completely collapse, and surrender will be their only way out, and the Great Japanese Empire will realize its dream of landing on the mainland for thousands of years.

Therefore, the final result of the discussion is that the base camp will speak to His Majesty the Emperor, continue to increase troops to China, and at the same time support the anti-Chiang forces in China, such as Wang or Zhou, and establish a government that is completely subordinate to the Empire of Japan, so as to divide the government of China, and at the same time It is also necessary to digest the occupied security area as soon as possible.

The most important thing is to transport the materials in the occupied areas back to the country as soon as possible to make up for the losses and consumption of the civil war.In addition, it is necessary to send people to continue to communicate with the US government, even if it is to bribe the US congressmen, there is no need to restore the relationship between the US and Japan to the level before the war, that is, the US supports the Great Japanese Empire to fight against China.

As long as the U.S. government is willing to support the Great Japanese Empire, then the empire will have the capital and guarantee to continue the war, and the benefits obtained by the empire will be even greater when the war ends. In this way, the Chinese can also cede all the land north of the Yangtze River to China. Great Japanese Empire. (To be continued..)