The Fourth Disaster, Starting from the Movie Eight Hundred

This is a hell of a joke.

"Kill him!"

The Japanese army, feeling that they had the advantage, launched a fierce attack and even dared to provoke the volunteers. The main reason was that they found that the volunteers surrounding Changchun at this time were far less terrifying than the previous volunteers.

Especially the anti-artillery capability. Before, the Japanese artillery was suppressed and could only be used as a one-time branch of the army, or the artillery was no longer needed after firing. This forced the Japanese army to even start developing a modified version of the truck gun for emergency use, installing the Type 92 infantry gun on a truck or tank chassis. Regardless of the performance, the key was to run away after firing, and the effect would be discussed later. If they were bitten by the artillery of the Volunteer Army, there would be no future.

However, the current volunteer troops obviously do not have such capabilities. Although the volunteer army's artillery is still threatening, after all, they are all large-caliber heavy artillery, but their mobility and accuracy have declined a lot.

Before, they had to worry about the Volunteer Army’s heavy artillery suddenly appearing in a position where heavy artillery theoretically could not appear, but now they don’t need to worry, because this time the enemy is an enemy that can be understood with common sense.

For example, you can observe the supply lines of these troops.

To be honest, the Japanese soldiers are already in tears. They have finally encountered an enemy that can be understood by normal people. The ones before were all monsters and demons. They were so terrible that they could not be looked at directly, understood, or touched. They were really not something that humans could fight against. Now this is a serious matching mechanism.

The Japanese high-ranking officials therefore concluded that the Volunteer Army had suffered heavy losses, their elite troops had been exhausted, as had those previously incomprehensible technologies, or they were now busy attacking Chita.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The Imperial Army will completely break the myth of the Volunteer Army's invincibility, and even completely annihilate the Volunteer Army in the Northeast, making the glory of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere great again!

The old devils on the front line also discovered that the combat style of the volunteers had changed. They had fought against the volunteers, mainly against the players, the most times. The old devils who could survive the players were all very shrewd. They immediately judged that the volunteers on the opposite side were not of the same type as them, so they decisively took out their best skills and pressed forward without hesitation, trying to wash away the shame engraved on them by repeated failures.

So the Japanese soldiers, who seemed to be at the end of their strength, actually became more arrogant and more arrogant than puffer fish.

"Hit! Hit hard!"

On the battlefield, the local volunteer army commanders led the way, appeared in the most dangerous places, and led everyone to fire at the attacking Japanese. Those with minor injuries did not leave the front line, and only those with serious injuries were considered to be carried away. As long as they were not dead, it was not a big deal.

Officers become commanders and soldiers become combatants. This is the tradition of equality between officers and soldiers of the Volunteer Army. Moreover, in the Volunteer Army, if a commander does not lead by example, then he is not qualified to lead the troops, and others will not obey him. He will probably be kicked out after a soldiers' committee is held.

Because the first batch of veterans were brought up by the players themselves. They have seen time and again the most elite volunteers fighting bravely. If they can do it, why can't you? What treatment did the volunteers receive back then? You are receiving the same treatment now, but you can't do it. You are trash. Get away. You are not qualified to command us.

Respect in the military is so simple and unpretentious. If you have the ability, dare to take responsibility, and can fight, then you are the boss of the team. Otherwise, you are nothing.

Moreover, there is the core system of the Volunteer Army with players as the core. Even if the middle and lower-level commanders want to return to the state of the officer era, there is no soil. If any soldier reports you, professionals will come to investigate immediately. Once the evidence is conclusive, your career will be ended directly. If there are other crimes, it is very likely that your biological life will be executed together with yours.

This formed the tradition of the Volunteer Army, letting the leaders go first.

It is true that they leave first, and those who are not strong enough will never come back.

Moreover, there is no distinction between civilian and military officers among the officers and soldiers of the Volunteer Army. Civilians also have to go to the battlefield. The only difference is the equipment and gear they use. They can all fight.

The most heroic among them were the former anti-Japanese fighters.

In the past, when they had nothing, they were able to hold out until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War using only portable guns and homemade guns. Now, the worst weapons they have are equipment captured from the Japanese devils, and are mainly equipped to the militia. The regular army is equipped with semi-automatic and submachine guns.

The firepower density of the Volunteer Army on the front battlefield is more than ten times that of the Japanese Army. Players who have long suffered from severe fear of insufficient firepower naturally try their best to equip these local volunteers with good things. They dare not guarantee timely supply after leaving the system mall, but they will definitely have enough mortars of this level, and grenades can be carried at will. As long as you are strong enough, you can pull a cart of ammunition to the battlefield.

After the proletarian fighters experienced the happiness of the American soldiers, the story became increasingly abstract.

In the past, we saved ammunition, but the enemy had to come and attack us.

Now, whenever you feel there are enemies, don't be polite, try out a basic mortar first, and let the veterans train the recruits to use the mortar. It would be best if everyone knows how to use the mortar, and everyone can be a gun god. There is no need to worry about consumption. The volunteers will pay for everything, and as long as we can kill the Japanese, we will make a profit.

When it comes to consuming ammunition or consuming life, players' choice has always been to use steel to consume the enemy while reducing their own consumption.

In this way, our own casualties will become very low, and when the local volunteers kill the Japanese soldiers, the head points will be counted in the volunteers' accounts, and can be converted into point rewards later. After exceeding a certain standard, there will be additional point bonuses.

In that case, why be polite? Just use the Italian artillery and give the Japs a pot of steel broth.

The local volunteers are indeed less difficult to deal with than the players, but the risk factor has not decreased at all.

In any case, even if the Japanese army charged at the position with bayonets, the volunteers on the position would not collapse, but would fight them with bayonets, provided that the volunteer soldiers were willing to use bayonets. In most cases, they would use shotguns and submachine guns to fight them.

The battlefield was indeed a sea of ​​blood and corpses, but it was mainly the corpses and blood of Japanese soldiers.

"Baga! Why haven't they made any progress yet?"

Kenkichi Ueda was very angry. It was obvious that the volunteer troops on the front line were not the main force of the enemy. Some of the so-called volunteer troops were even reorganized from former local armed forces. However, after they arrived at the volunteer camp, they fought desperately as if they had taken the wrong medicine. The Japanese front line attacked fiercely for three days and successfully advanced to 200 meters.

When this data was presented to Kenkichi Ueda, the old Japanese almost vomited blood.

He advanced nearly 200 meters in three days, which is more efficient than crawling in one day.

"General, even though the main force of the Volunteer Bureau is gone, those local forces are still very formidable. They have ample ammunition and supplies. Our soldiers have been suffering casualties since before the offensive began. Without air superiority, our logistical supplies can only maintain less than 40% of their capacity. Some troops in some areas of the front are even out of food."

"That's nothing! The Yamato people have been herbivores since ancient times. They have to find a way to overcome this difficulty on their own!"

How should I put it? In terms of human-like aspects, the Japanese high-ranking officials are really of the same lineage. It's not that they don't know that an army that eats grass has no combat effectiveness, but they think that the failure of the battle is not due to my improper command, but that the soldiers on the front line are unwilling to shed their last drop of blood for the great cause of the emperor.

Why can't they learn from the loyal Indians, especially the princely nobles, who are really willing to sacrifice their lives for the British Empire?

Indeed, when Britain was about to withdraw, the princes and nobles of the Indian princely states clung to Britain and some even wanted to commit suicide in exchange for the Queen's change of heart. They were truly loyal people.

In history, the ruthless man who said that the Yamato people were a herbivorous nation was named Mutaguchi Ren'ya, but this did not prevent other Japanese military officers from thinking so. In their eyes, the soldiers were all bargaining chips for them to achieve success. Do you understand what "one general's success means thousands of soldiers' sacrifice" means? It's because you are not generals, so if that's the case, be prepared to sacrifice thousands of soldiers' lives.

Many Japanese officers, including Kenkichi Ueda, thought so, but the Japanese soldiers on the front line of the rain of bullets did not want to be sent away like this. After discovering that the local volunteers were also so difficult to deal with, the horrific memories of previous battles with the volunteers began to surge back. As a result, many Japanese soldiers began to comfort themselves in their hearts that "losing to the volunteers is not shameful." Those volunteers composed of local people in Northeast China are also volunteers. The volunteers have such magical abilities, you can't help but admit it. -p

The Japanese soldiers' extreme nature of admiring the strong began to take effect again. Although not every Japanese soldier dared to rebel, at least they knew that their lives were their own, so they began to slack off on the battlefield, and the Japanese army's grassroots officers followed them in slacking off.

Because they were charging along when the enemy was fighting, and they didn't want to die either!

So after a brief three-day abnormal erection, the Japanese army immediately returned to the starting state, and the battle lines of both sides began to confront each other steadily again, as if the previous frenzy was a story that only happened in dreams.

This change was naturally discovered by the Volunteer Army, so Commander Yang and his staff discussed it and decided to launch a big attack and directly launch a fierce attack on Jilin.

What no one expected was that when the Volunteer Army's artillery shells began to fall in Jilin, the intensity of the Japanese defenders' counterattack began to decrease rapidly. The sparse gunshots were like firecrackers. After the charge sounded, the Volunteer Army rushed into Jilin with almost no hindrance.

You ask where the Japanese troops are?

They retreated and reported that they were attacked by the main force of the Volunteer Army and Jilin was lost.

This is a classic blame-shifting operation. It is impossible for the Japanese top brass to fail to see it, but the problem is that they cannot pursue it.

Because soon after, Qitaihe, Jixi, Mudanjiang and other places began to report the news that "the main force of the Volunteer Army was encountered and XX was lost", which caught Kenji Ueda off guard and made his hair stand on end.

It’s over, the Kwantung Army began to collapse systematically!

Chapter 81: Transition is also a form of winning

(Fuck (‵o′)凸! I woke up to so many tickets urging me to update, you guys are going to fight me to death! Fine, since you all think so highly of me, then I'll do my best too. Today is also the day of updating 10,000 words, ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!)

A sign of a system's collapse is that the people below it stop working and even start to sabotage the system.

Japan's militarism has brainwashed the entire country for so many years, and its suppression of the entire grassroots is still very strong. In addition, some of the invasion dividends obtained before have indeed improved Japan's social environment and sense of honor. Therefore, after being defeated by the Volunteer Army, the middle and lower-level Japanese officers and soldiers did not immediately launch a French Revolution in which the emperor acted separately.

But under the pressure of life and death and facing the slim hope of victory, Japanese soldiers would choose to escape, choose to leave the sheep, and choose to give dignity to the superiors who forced them to die when necessary.

They can't reach the ones at the top, and they usually can't see the ones in the middle, but the team leaders who are directly responsible for them are very close, so it is not difficult to make them disappear.

Anyway, after the bodies are thrown on the battlefield, the battlefield will soon be cleaned up by the volunteers. By then, everyone will be accomplices and will unify their statements to say that they were killed by the volunteers, and no one will doubt it.

Some grassroots officers who usually bullied lower-level soldiers by relying on their status were humiliated by their own people during the defeat of the Japanese army. When grassroots command nodes fail to function one by one, it is the beginning of the collapse of an army.

If this collapse is magnified to the level of the entire legion, it is just like the old saying - a defeat is like a mountain collapsing.

The Japanese upper echelons do still want to fight, but the people below them no longer want to play with them.

From the Battle of Shanghai to the Northeast Battlefield, Japan has paid the price of more than one million soldiers. These are Japan's most elite combat forces. Now the overall strength of the Japanese army has dropped to the level of 1944 and is beginning to move towards 1945. On the islands of the Pacific battlefield, the trapped Japanese troops can only fight desperately, but on the mainland battlefield, they still have many options. They can continue to retreat, retreat to Shenyang, retreat to North Korea, or even retreat to their homeland.

Many Japanese soldiers had actually accepted the fact that Japan was about to be defeated in China.

However, there are exceptions, that is, the soldiers who came to support from Japan. They had not witnessed the cruelty of the Chinese battlefield and had not suffered the beatings of the volunteer army, so they were in high morale at the beginning and were willing to take the initiative to attack.

But this also means that they do not understand the tactics of the Volunteer Army at all. If they are mixed with veterans, the low morale of those veterans will inevitably affect the new recruits. The problem is that the new recruits will inevitably suffer heavy losses without the experience of the veterans, and then their morale will drop even more than that of the veterans, eventually forming a vicious circle and continuously consuming Japan's human resources.

The number of young and middle-aged men available for military service is limited. Japan's total population is only 7300 million, and including colonies, it's only about 7800 million. Theoretically, there could be 2000 million men of military age, but it's impossible for all of them to serve. Factories would close, transportation would cease, and society would cease to function. If heavy casualties among young and middle-aged men occurred, the postwar problems would only worsen.

The most typical example is the Soviet Union, where an entire generation of people died. After the war, the Soviet government had to allocate special funds to deal with the mental trauma of the veterans alone, not to mention suicides and other cases of suicide.

Although Japan has not yet reached its terminal state, signs of collapse have already appeared. The Red Party has already shouted the slogan of "all-out counterattack and decisive battle against the Japanese invaders", which shows how miserable the Japanese invaders are now.

Although the Red Party and the National Army are still unable to fight against the Japanese army on the front battlefield, they can still contain and pull them back.

Kenkichi Ueda roared angrily in his office, but after that, he had no choice but to allow the troops to withdraw.

Because this is not a problem of one or two troops, the entire Kwantung Army is beginning to collapse, and his personal prestige alone cannot suppress it. Unless he can win a victory over the Volunteer Army now, or a victory that can annihilate the Volunteer Army, otherwise this trend will not be reversed.

"General, Staff Officer Ishihara is here."

"Well, let him in."

"Hi."

Personnel are politics. Looking through the history of the Kwantung Army, we will see a very interesting scene.

As the mastermind of the September 18th Incident, Ishihara Kanji's strategic thinking profoundly influenced the Kwantung Army. During his tenure as commander of the Kwantung Army, Ueda Kenkichi maintained a relatively good relationship with the Ishihara faction, aiming to consolidate colonial rule and expand Japanese military influence. For example, the establishment of the Kyowakai and the control of the Northeastern education system reflected Ishihara's colonial ideology in action. Ueda, as the nominal supreme commander, did not openly oppose this. In his position, refraining from opposition was in itself the greatest form of support.

For this old Japanese, Ishiwara Kanji was a smart person worth cooperating with.

Of course, Ueda Kenkichi was wary of Ishiwara Kanji's coup d'etat on 9/18, but historically, he more often sided with, or even condoned, Ishiwara Kanji and his clique. For example, during the Nomonhan Incident, Tsuji Masanobu (a member of the Ishihara clique) independently drafted operational plans and provoked conflict with the Soviet Union without Ueda Kenkichi's approval, ultimately leading to a disastrous defeat. Logically, he should have been dismissed and investigated, his career ending there. However, in reality, Ueda, as the superior commander, was held accountable and dismissed, but Tsuji Masanobu was not punished.

At this moment, the country is in crisis, and Ueda Kenkichi really wants to hear the ideas of Ishiwara Kanji, the "army heretic."

After all, at the moment, tricks and strategies are more important than militaristic fanatics who claim to be "willing to die for the Emperor."

After a brief greeting, Ishiwara Kanji got straight to the point.

"Commander, the current situation in the Northeast is extremely unfavorable to the Empire. We need to make some plans."

Ueda Kenkichi shook his head and said, "This is not something we soldiers should consider. Our mission is to fight and fight the volunteers with all our might until the last soldier."

This was obviously a polite remark. As the commander of the Northeastern Army, not understanding politics would be fatal. When Ueda Kenkichi said this at this time, he was actually hinting to Ishiwara Kanji that if he had any good ideas, he should speak up quickly, otherwise he would just be beating around the bush like this.

Leaders need to ensure their dominant position at all times. As for what they want to express, you can just guess. If you can't guess what your superiors mean, you won't be able to hold any official position.

Ishihara Kanji, a man of action, nodded and said bluntly, "Commander-in-Chief, the empire's lifeline of Manchuria and Mongolia may be lost. We must make plans early."

"Counselor Ishihara, be careful with your words."

Although he said this, Ueda Kenkichi had no intention of letting Ishiwara Kanji stop there.

This is a signal for Ishiwara Kanji to continue. I need to evaluate your suggestion more deeply and then consider what to do. It is impossible for me to express my opinion now. After all, once the words are spoken, I am no longer the master of these words.

Ishiwara Kanji had been in the officialdom for so many years that he knew what the old devil Ueda Kenkichi meant. He immediately followed his subtext and said, "Sir, the empire's homeland is just an island, but we are not facing a fragmented Europe, but a great power that has long maintained order in this area. Now with the participation of the volunteer army, the speed of recovery here will be unprecedentedly accelerated. Once China completes its integration, I am afraid..."

Everyone knows what is said next without having to say it explicitly. The Japanese senior officials who can come to China to take charge of affairs at this time have all read some of China's history. If they are not China experts, they are at least half China experts. The more harshly they bully China now, it represents how much they fear China's rise.

And now, if the number has become 10,000, the volunteer army is about to sweep across the Northeast and then liberate the whole of China. By then, with a population of 400 million and an area of ​​tens of millions of square kilometers, plus the industrialization level of the volunteer army, if they launch an endless war of revenge against Japan, then the fate of the countries that killed the Han envoys in the past will most likely be the same as that of Japan.

The destruction of the country and the extinction of the race are the least of their consequences. It is very likely that the country will be completely wiped out under the light of Chinese civilization.

Although the full name of the Volunteer Army is the "Sixth Column of the International Volunteer Army", the external explanation is that the Sixth Column is mainly composed of Chinese and its mission is to rebuild China with advanced communist ideas. However, from its actual actions, the internal behavioral logic of the Volunteer Army is still strongly influenced by nationalism.

Looking at the more than 400,000 kneeling statues of Japanese pirates in Shanghai, this is pure revenge. I'm afraid the next scenario will develop in the direction of "rewarding ten dollars for every Japanese head".

After all, the volunteer army had already shouted in public that "dead Japanese are the best Japanese, and living ones are not considered human beings."

Of course, this is just my personal opinion, but you have to know that there is a situation in this world called massive individual cases.

As for whether the reborn Eastern dragon will seek revenge, it will definitely do so. Even if it doesn't appear to be doing so on the surface, the monument in Shanghai will tell them what to do.

If a former king were to return, he would definitely brutally execute the traitor who stabbed him in the back. The foundation of the new world is built with corpses, whether their own or their enemies'.

Ueda Kenkichi sighed and shook his head, saying, "Ishihara-kun, this matter is too complicated. We can't solve it."

Ishihara Kanji is right, but it is all at the macro level. Ueda Kenkichi cannot only focus on big issues. He also needs to care about some "insignificant" personal problems. -p

Simply put, we need to ensure his safe landing.

Now Kenkichi Ueda no longer expects to have a decent retirement, but at least he will not be punished by God as a traitor to his country. It would be best if he can have a relatively good retirement life. As for the rest, he doesn't want to care about it and can't do it.

As a single man, he only cares about himself.

Ishiwara Kanji understood that this was a showdown. For Ueda Kenkichi, the situation could not get any worse, so he was willing to give it a try in desperation, but you have to satisfy my personal little need.

"Your Excellency, the situation in Manchuria has deteriorated to such a degree that His Majesty must understand that nothing can be done. However, there are some things His Majesty cannot discuss, and he needs someone to help him resolve his concerns. If the Kwantung Army can be relatively intact and withdrawn to Korea, or to the country, it will be a great contribution to the preservation of the Empire, and His Majesty will surely be very pleased."

"But the problem is, the divine will is hard to predict."

"This requires the Commander to personally discuss this with His Majesty. When the land is lost, the Empire's warriors are the only bargaining chip for the Empire's comeback. Your Majesty must take this very seriously."

That’s all I have to say. Ueda Kenkichi was very satisfied with Ishiwara Kanji’s approach.

Of course, there is an element of gambling here, that is, the meeting with His Majesty. If His Majesty himself has no intention of doing so, then if he goes back to see the emperor at this time, he will be doomed, and the best result will be to be treated decently.

But if His Majesty is willing to see me, it means that he has other arrangements for the Northeast Army.

One step is retirement, the other step is hell. It’s not easy to walk.

Kenkichi Ueda was well aware of this, but he had no other choice now. If he did not have the bargaining chips to make the influential figures in the empire willing to protect him and get official endorsement, then the moment the Northeast Army and the puppet Manchukuo disappeared, he would also disappear. If he did not want to become a laughing stock in history books, he had to fight for survival.

So the next day after his conversation with Ishiwara Kanji, Ueda Kenkichi flew back to his homeland.

Then he got the opportunity to meet Hirohito.

At this moment, Kenkichi Ueda knew that he had won the bet.