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Chapter 996 Love in the Snow

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    There is a winter chill outside, and the snow that fell a few days ago has not melted, giving off a halo at night.  Under the moonlight, the shadows of distant scenery are vaguely visible, and there is sufficient resolution even at close range.  On such a night, if there is a ball of hot fire in a room filled with beautiful women, there is a special sense of sadness in a world of ice and snow.

    Lieutenant General Wada Kameji looked out the window at the light snow that was gradually stopping.  At this time, there must have been heavy snowfall along the west coast of Hokkaido and Honshu, and the scale was definitely bigger than this.  At this time, if it had not been for the war, the Sapporo and Yokote Snow House Festivals would have been held in full swing. He would have walked the dog in the snow with the children, or built a simple sled for them.

    When the war reaches this point, it is no longer a display of personal strength and ability.  Every officer and soldier from top to bottom consciously or unconsciously became cannon fodder, fighting against the Chinese army in the ice and snow, in the rain of bullets.

    There is nothing we can do about it.  The General Staff Headquarters has been evaluating the performance of the Chinese army during the Korean War to assess China's determination, ideas and capabilities for the war.  According to their understanding, this is a completely different Beiyang army than they once knew.

    Good military discipline, excellent equipment, sufficient logisticsalmost every army that entered the North Korean war broke out with amazing combat effectiveness.  If they were generally cautious at the beginning, then they became more relaxed and their skills and tactics continued to improve.  Before the war, the young marshal once said that the China Army should use war to support war and improve the combat effectiveness of the army during the battle. They seemed to have done it.

    In a head-on confrontation, they did not fall behind at all; and according to experience, the Chinese are particularly good at fighting at night, and such nights are also particularly suitable for raids.

    Although the war has been in a state of truce for several consecutive months, because the young marshal rejected the Japanese government's proposal for a truce, as a form of publicity, he is very likely to start a war again.

    But in the several battles from last year to the beginning of the year, he has deeply realized that with the current army strength of the Japanese Empire, it is impossible to defeat the Chinese soldiers on land.  Although this idea sounds desperate, it is true.

    China is building a modern army from the ground up, avoiding many detours, leaping ahead twenty years and achieving the universalization of major equipment in one step.  Relying on the extraordinary development of industry and economy as well as huge manpower and material resources, it is a historical trend that it has surpassed Japan without any burden and has been unrivaled ever since.

    "Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements." As a figure who has always claimed to be the mainstay of the Imperial Army, although it is a huge shame that he cannot obtain an armistice through military means, he still hopes that the war can be stopped and the empire can be preserved.  face.

    So he was very disappointed with the failure of Shigemitsu Aoi's negotiations.  This means that the armies between China and Japan are still in a state of uneasiness and need to be vigilant at all times, as war may come at any time.

    However, according to intelligence, the young marshal will go to the front line to work in the near future, which makes him a little lucky.

    The usual practice of the People's Army is to carry out ideological mobilization before a war, which can stimulate the fighting enthusiasm of officers and soldiers.  The conclusion drawn based on the persistent information collection and analysis by the intelligence department of the General Staff Headquarters shows that the army under the control of the young marshal has been used very skillfully in the nearly ten years of war.

    We have to admit that although the Chinese army on the opposite side has not been baptized by the spirit of the Imperial Bushido, they are still a powerful force that is not afraid of death, has a fighting will that is not inferior to that of the Locust Army, and whose individual soldiers and firepower are superior to the Locust Army.

    As a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, Lieutenant General Wada Kameji actually understood that whether the opponent launched earlier or later would not have much impact on the outcome of the battle.  Failure is a high probability - in the face of absolute strength, the result of a head-on confrontation will definitely be loss.  But if the People's Army attacks later, he will have more hope for life.

    Before that, there should be no fighting for the time being, right?  He packed his coat tightly and got into his headquarters, where the chief of staff had prepared fine sake for him.

    ¡°Compared to the cold wind outside, it¡¯s still very warm inside.  Sakai Naoji simply prepared two side dishes and waited for him to come back.

    "Your Excellency, Commander, the Chinese Army has not launched an offensive all winter. They have to take a rest in such a cold weather, right? As a native of Tokyo, I can't stand it."

    Naoji Sakai is a descendant of the famous Japanese general Tadashi Sakai (a retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu) in the middle and late Warring States Period. He graduated from the 23rd class of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School and the 32nd class of the Japanese Army University. He became the chief of staff of the division at the age of 37, which is considered a great  He is a promising general in Japan.

    In the Japanese army, the rank of chief of staff of a division is a very strange phenomenon.  The division commander is usually a lieutenant general, the brigade commander is a major general, and the division chief of staff is usually a colonel, that is, a colonel.  The rank of colonel is generally awarded to the regiment.??, brigade chief of staff, division chief of staff.

    So there was a situation where the rank of a superior officer was lower than that of a lower officer. This was roughly the same as the Beiyang Army in the early Republic of China.

    In fact, because the Beiyang Army inherited its division from Japan, its chief of staff was assigned a rank of colonel, which was lower than the rank of brigade commander (major general).  It was only after Zhang Hanqing came out that this situation changed in his Guards Division and the 27th Division.

    Of course, for the same colonel, the weight of these positions is different.  Because the Japanese army does not have the positions of brigadier general and senior colonel, if we want to make a rigid distinction, it is more appropriate to compare the commander of the regiment to the "colonel", the chief of staff of the brigade to the "senior colonel", and the chief of staff of the division to the "brigadier general".

    In the book "Army and Navy General Personnel Overview" published by Furong Shufang in Showa 56, the chief of staff of the division (Colonel) was also included. It can be seen that the chief of staff of the division was regarded as a general in the Japanese army.

    "Sakai-kun, we should not take the fighting strength and fighting will of the Chinese army lightly! They will always take a bite out of our weak points. To be honest, we have nothing to do against their offensive methods and tenacious defense.  The most frightening thing is that their continuous supply of manpower and materials gives them the ability to start a big war at any time!

    As a soldier of the empire, I cannot win the war for my country, but I pin my hopes on the armistice negotiations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This is a lifelong shame!  "

    Speaking of shame, he drank down the wine in the glass, as if this would avenge his shame.

    Naoji Sakai comforted him sympathetically: "Your Majesty Commander, we have done our best. Compared with the annihilated Lieutenant General Akai's 2nd Division and the 19th and 20th Divisions originally in North Korea,  We still won the war, didn't we? If the war ends successfully, our heroic First Division can still accept flowers and applause from the people!" (Remember this site's website address: www.hlnovel.com
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