Glorious Mission 1937

It has to be said that the speed of the Japanese army base camp was indeed shocking. Soon after the meeting, the Japanese army base camp ordered the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, Hata Shunroku, to make necessary preparations for dealing with the hostile concessions and rights immediately by force, and to Instructions to pay attention to the rights and interests of the Axis countries and third countries, not to cause conflicts of interests, and to strictly conceal our intentions.

Then, on August 8, the base camp once again issued a clear order: "The commander-in-chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force must deal with the interests of the British Concession in Tianjin, the Joint Concession in Shanghai, and other enemy countries in China. Force may be used according to specific needs."

The above-mentioned measures of the base camp were also issued to the fleet stationed in China.According to these measures, the preparations for the Chinese dispatched troops and the fleet stationed in China have made steady progress.

At the same time, the base camp gave the final reply to the China Expeditionary Army Command's report on the combat plan against China. In principle, it agreed with the China Expeditionary Army Command to implement the plan, but asked Hata Shunroku to stop the campaign in moderation and not to expand the campaign restrictions, so as not to A battle affecting the direction of Southeast Asia.

With the instructions from the base camp, the General Headquarters of the China Expeditionary Army moved quickly. On the one hand, it ordered the mobilization of troops to prepare for the implementation of a new combat plan, and on the other hand, it began to deal with the issues of foreign concessions in China with great fanfare.

On August 8, the Japanese Army China Expeditionary Force Command began to deal with the "hostile" concessions and rights and interests in China, and at the same time mopped up the US and British troops in the concessions. The so-called "hostile" concessions and rights and interests It refers to the concessions and related rights and interests of countries that are hostile to the Japanese army in China, and actually refers to the United States and the United Kingdom.

The first to act was the Japanese fleet stationed in China.The military envoy of the fleet paid a visit to Major Smith, the captain of the American gunboat Waikiki anchored in Shanghai, and personally handed over the document of advice from Japan.The document was written by the commander of the Japanese fleet stationed in China, which means that the Empire of Japan has entered a state of war with your country, and you are also surrounded by the imperial navy fleet, and you are advised to surrender the ships of your country that are anchored in Shanghai.Respond to this advice immediately to the military envoy.If you refuse this advice or show hesitation, or destroy the hull, weapons, or adopt combat deployment, this duty will immediately attack with force.

This is a "naked" persuasion document, there is no temptation, only intimidation, if you disagree, you will open fire.Major Smith is well aware of the strength of the Japanese fleet stationed in China.It is simply not something that these broken warships can compete with.Whether it was resisting or escaping, the final result was to be sent to the bottom of the sea by the Japanese, so Major Smith soon issued an order to surrender.

At the same time, the Japanese fleet stationed in China also sent another military envoy to visit the British ship Bertholle.He handed over the same document to persuade him to surrender.The captain refused on the spot.The Japanese regular team has already prepared in anticipation of this situation.The bombardment of Bertholle then began, and she was sunk half an hour later. [

At the same time, the Japanese army also started operations on land.The Consul General of Shanghai, Hori Nei, visited the Works Bureau together with the Army and Navy Staff, notified that the Japanese troops would be stationed in the concession, and asked the Works Bureau authorities for understanding and assistance.Before the Public Works Bureau responded, the Japanese army began to station in the Shanghai Concession, the Marine Corps stationed in the old British garrison area centered on Nanjing Road on the Bund, and the Army troops stationed in other important locations in the concession.

In North China, at 24:8 a.m. on the [-]th, the Japanese Military Police Corps of the North China Front took over the rights and interests of the United States and Britain in Tianjin, Tanggu, and Qinhuangdao.Among them are the British Concession in Tianjin, British and American barracks, police stations, docks, docks and warehouses in Tanggu and Qinhuangdao, etc.

In view of the strong force of the Japanese side, neither the British Concession nor the French Concession, nor the American Concession resisted. In the words of the Japanese side, the French Concession in particular "showed an attitude of active assistance."Even the U.S. Marine Corps, which has always boasted, was discouraged this time. When the Japanese military police took over the American concessions, barracks, docks, warehouses in Beiping, Tianjin, and Qinhuangdao, and even disarmed them, the U.S. Marine Corps He didn't make any resistance, and was disarmed in front of tens of thousands of American people, and all of them became Japanese prisoners.

In just one day, the Japanese army completed the occupation of dozens of foreign concessions and barracks in China. About 8000 police troops from the United States, Britain, France and other countries were disarmed and became Japanese prisoners. Yu Nian’s country’s Chinese concession completely disappeared, but it’s ironic that it was the Japanese who presided over the completion of this matter, and it only took one day. Great irony.

Nanjing China Expeditionary Force Command.

It has been a full year since Hata Toshiroku took office, but his life was not easy. The Japanese army was besieged by the Chinese "government" army in Changsha when he took office. He was seriously injured, and the subsequent warring Japanese troops in a small area did not take advantage of it. That is to say, Hata Shunroku can be said to have achieved nothing in the first year of his tenure, which is far behind Neji Okamura in North China.

However, the outbreak of the U.S.-Japanese Pacific War gave Hata Shunroku an opportunity to perform. Just before the Japanese base camp was about to declare war on the U.S. military, Hata Shunroku issued an order to fight against China in order to contain the Chinese "government."

After receiving the order, Hata Junliu was ecstatic, and immediately spent a lot of time with several division heads and a staff under his command to formulate a battle plan and report it to the base camp.

Now that the approval from the base camp has come down, Hata Toshiroku ordered the heads of divisions and regiments under the command of the Chinese Expeditionary Army to go to Nanjing for a meeting, while conveying the orders from the base camp, and at the same time making combat arrangements and deployments.

When Hata Junroku walked into the meeting room, the circular conference table was already filled with senior military officers participating in the meeting, all of them were two-star generals. Seeing these lieutenant generals sitting there in a serious state, Hata Junroku was very surprised. satisfy.

"Your Excellency the Commander is here!"

"Wow" all the officers stood up, bowed their heads and stood with their feet together in a standard posture, waiting for Hata Junroku's instructions!

"Gentlemen, please sit down!" Hata Jun said six times.

After everyone sat down, Hata Junliu got up and said: "Before the meeting, I will read out the order of the base camp for you, Dalu Ming No. 575 to ensure the traffic from Yuezhou to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, based on the three towns of Wuhan and Jiujiang. , try our best to destroy the enemy's ability to resist the war, and the combat area is roughly between Anqing, Faith, Yichang, Yuezhou, and Nanchang."

After reading the order from the base camp, Hata Shunroku said loudly again: "Masters, according to the news from North China, Central China, and South China, the Imperial Japanese Army has completed the task of taking over all hostile concessions in China. They took over 83 concessions, barracks, warehouses, and docks in countries such as the United States, Britain, France, and the Netherlands. In addition, they disarmed more than 8000 policemen, patrols, and regular troops from various countries, and captured 8213 people. [

"Papapa!!!" As soon as Hata Junliu finished speaking, there was warm applause in the conference room.

Signaling everyone to be quiet, Hata Junroku said again: "In addition, the base camp has approved our battle plan. The main purpose of our meeting this time is to make the final deployment! Do you have any comments or suggestions, please tell me?"

Anan Weiji, the commander of the 11th Army, got up first and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, and all the gentlemen, the Imperial Japanese Army has conducted strategic decisive battles with the Chinese Army many times, but every time the result is a loss of troops, so I think that This attack on the "government" of China should not focus on occupying its main cities, but should focus on destroying its field troops!"

"Yoxi, what Commander Anan said is very reasonable. Although your department should use the surprise attack on Chongqing through Hunan as the last resort, you should strengthen the combat power to crush the enemy at the moment. At the same time, you should strengthen strategic propaganda while seeking to achieve a partial truce. , the goal should be placed on the strategy of 'safeguarding the environment and the people'." Hata Junliu said.

Lieutenant General Eitaro Uchiyama, the commander of the 13th Division, also got up and said: "Your Excellency, now that the battle plan has been drawn up, please give me an order. The Southern Army is creating a new history of the empire in the South Pacific. Our China Dispatch Army I can't disappoint His Majesty the Emperor, please give me an order!"

Hata Junliu got up and said: "Yoxi, Mr. Uchiyama is worthy of being a famous brave general in the empire. As you wish, order!"

"Wow" all the officers stood up and waited respectfully for Hata Shunroku's order!

"According to the instructions given by the base camp, the China Expeditionary Army Command first used the 6th Division and the 40th Division to defeat the 20th Army of China's Tang Enbo on the left bank of the Xinqiang River, and captured it near Guanwang Bridge. Then, with the arrival of the 3rd Division, they threw themselves into the right side of the 6th Division and defeated the 37th Army in the area on the left bank of Mishui. The operation began on August 8 and ended in about two weeks. The specific orders are as follows: 28. The 6th and 40th Divisions of the Army began to attack on the night of August 8. Crossed the Xinqiang River, defeated the defenders in the southeast of Xinqiang Town, and then advanced to the south bank of Mishui to defeat the defenders in the area. 27. The 6th Division began to attack on the night of August 8, broke through the defense of the defenders west of Xinqiang Town, wiped out the defenders east of the area, and quickly reached the vicinity of Sanjiangkou, southwest of Guanwang Bridge. 27. The first The 40th Division began to attack on the night of the 27th, broke through the defense of the defenders in the area east of Tongxi Street, captured and annihilated them in the west of the area, and attacked near Guanwang Bridge. At dawn on the 3th, bombarded the defenders' positions near Tongxi Street to support the attack of the 28th Division; the main force was on the right side of the 40th Division, crossed the Xinqiang River, defeated the defenders there, and attacked Guiyi Nearby. Fifth, flying the 6th Squadron, the 44st Squadron of the 11rd Fleet, and the [-]nd Squadron to support the offensive operations of the [-]th Army.”

"Hay!"

(To be continued..)

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