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Peiping. North China Front Army Headquarters!
As the owner of this place, Shun Tada is not in a very good mood at this time!
Just yesterday afternoon, he received a telegram of reprimand from the base camp. The reason was that the North China Front Army under his command made repeated mistakes during the entire battle, which aroused the dissatisfaction of several leaders in the base camp. Some people already wanted to remove him as the front army. The commander withdrew.
The person who held the most determined attitude was Army Minister Lieutenant General Hideki Tojo. He wrote two consecutive letters of advice to the Chief of Staff and His Majesty the Emperor, hoping that Shun Tada could be transferred back to the country, not to mention whether he would be held accountable. , at least he cannot be allowed to serve as the commander again.
Mainly because since the second half of last year, the North China Front has performed very disappointingly. First, it failed two battles in southwest Shandong, and then it also failed in the southern Hebei battle. It also found time to be launched by the Eighth Route Army in a large-scale raid. .
Although the North China Front's counterattack has defeated Tubal Road's attack, the losses and impacts caused are not so easy to eliminate!
The only good news is that Shun Tada also has a backend at the base camp, and the relationship is still very strong. Even if Tojo Hideki wants to evacuate him, it will not be easy.
Of course, it is a good thing that he has not been removed from the position of commander of the front army for the time being, but those who are dissatisfied with him in the base camp will naturally not give up, so the reprimand telegram was sent directly to his desk, and the wording was quite harsh. .
Regarding the accusations from the base camp, Shun Tada has nothing to say!
Not only the bosses at the base camp were dissatisfied with the fighting situation in the past six months, but even Tada Shun himself was dissatisfied. They fought some rubbish battles and lost many troops. They didn't even have impressive results in the past six months. It was simply It was detrimental to his military honor, Shun Tada.
What Tada Shun cannot accept most is that in just six months, under his command, the Imperial Japanese Army not only failed to annihilate the Chinese army in Shandong, Hebei and other places, but instead lost nearly thirty counties and districts in the two provinces.
That¡¯s more than thirty counties, and there are two central cities alone. This loss is really unbearable.
¡°Tada Shun is deeply ashamed of this!
There is an old saying in China, which is to know shame and then be brave. This is the state of Tada Shun at this time!
Although the war was not going well, although the pressure was great, and although he himself felt embarrassed, Tada Shun still did not give up. He wanted to find his own dignity, but also the lost dignity of the front army and the entire Imperial Japanese Army!
The previous concluding meetings have been concluded, and the opinions of almost all senior officers are consistent. Although the combat effectiveness of the Grand Japanese Army has declined, there are still many people in terms of single soldiers and weapons and equipment.
Although it is impossible for one Imperial Army soldier to fight against five branches/that person at the beginning of the war, it is still no problem for one Imperial Army soldier to fight two branches/that person.
The fundamental reason for repeated defeats is the mistakes of the intelligence department, which is caused by information asymmetry.
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"Before they launched the battle, the Imperial Japanese Army basically knew nothing about it, let alone respond in advance.
Therefore, they will be caught off guard when they are attacked. They will be hit by various strange tactics of the opponent in a panic. As far as they have learned, there are encirclement and reinforcements, mobilizing tigers from the mountains, mine warfare, tunnel warfare, etc. Sparrow battles and more.
Therefore, the problem does not lie with the soldiers, and the frontline commanders do not have much responsibility. On the contrary, the performance of the soldiers and officers is remarkable. The biggest problem lies with the intelligence department.
It is precisely because of this situation that Shun Tada recently removed Major General Hirota from his position as chief of the secret service of the North China Front and transferred him back to the country.
After receiving support from the base camp, Saburo Hattori, a well-known domestic intelligence expert, was transferred to North China and served as the head of the secret service and commander of the military police in North China!
Today is Major General Abdomen¡¯s first day in office, so Shun Tada wants to formally talk to this elite of the intelligence department in his office!
¡°Ding-deng-deng¡±
"Come in!" Jun Tada's thoughts were brought back to reality and he said calmly.
The door was opened, and a middle-aged man wearing a major general uniform opened the door and walked in!
The image of Saburo Hattori and Shun Tada as cold and cunning intelligence officers was very different. Shun Tada had met many intelligence officers, and all of them looked more feminine. For example, at first glance, he thought he was Major General Hirota. Where are the movie stars??
But the man in front of me looks like most Japanese men of this era. He is short, bow-legged, and strong. His neck is about the same thickness as his head. At first glance, he looks like a large shotgun bullet.
Moreover, his temperament is more like that of a soldier in the field force. His face always has the usual expression of Japanese officers - cold and perseverance, like an unsheathed steel knife. The first impression he gives is Danger.
"Your Excellency, Commander, Hattori is reporting to you, please take good care of me!"
Although the words were polite and the tone was more respectful, Jun Tada still felt a chill all over his body!
"sit!"
"Hai!"
"Hattori-kun, you are a well-known intelligence expert in the country. The headquarters sent you here, which is naturally a recognition of your ability. From now on, I will leave it to Hattori-kun for the intelligence collection of the front army!" Tada Jundao.
"This is what a humble person should do!"
"Hattori-kun, how much do you know about the situation in North China?" Jun Tada saw that Saburo Hattori was a person who didn't like to be long-winded, and asked straight to the point.
"Your Excellency, Commander, before I took office, I conducted a detailed investigation on the situation in North China, and the result was very bad!" Saburo Hattori said directly, without any regard for Commander Tada Shun's feelings.
¡°How bad is it?¡±
"If tactics cannot be adjusted in time, in less than three years, the situation in North China will be completely out of control. By then, the entire front army, not to mention maintaining the situation, may even be completely defeated by the enemy and lose control of North China. Control!" Saburo Hattori said in a shocking tone.
"Nani, is it really that bad?" Shun Tada asked with a shocked look on his face.
"Your Excellency, North China includes Beiping, Tianjin, Hebei, northern Henan, and Shandong and Shanxi provinces, in addition to all of Chahar Province and parts of Suiyuan, Jehol, and Jiangsu. Although the Imperial Japanese Army currently controls these provinces, places, but in fact they can only be regarded as occupying the big cities in these places, and the rural areas that really account for the majority of the population are not under the control of the imperial army!"
Then Hattori Saburo continued: "Take Shandong as an example. Shandong has 16 central cities and more than 130 counties and districts. Now the imperial army controls 15 of the key cities and more than 110 counties and districts. Tomorrow On the surface, the situation in the entire Shandong is controlled. But can the Imperial Japanese Army dare to say that it has completely established a foothold in Shandong? It is obviously impossible."
¡°Most counties in Shandong are under the control of the imperial army, but the population controlled by the imperial army is less than one-third of the total population of Shandong. Two-thirds of the rural areas and almost all mountainous areas are under the control of the Chinese people. under!"
"There are a large number of Tubal Roads in northern Shandong and Jiaodong, there is the Sulu War Zone of the National Government in southern Shandong, and there are Li Guoyao's troops in southwestern Shandong and northern Jiangsu. The existence of these troops always threatens the security of the Imperial Japanese Army. And with Judging from the development speed of these troops, if they are not stopped, they will catch up with the strength of the imperial army in at most two years, and it is possible to launch a strategic counterattack in three years!"
Tada Shun nodded and said: "Hey, Hattori-kun's analysis is reasonable. Who do you think is the biggest enemy of the front army? The government army? The Tubal Road? Or Li Guoyao's army?"