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Chapter 1,450: The Situation of the Puppet Army (please vote for me)

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    Looking at Zhu Fugui¡¯s retreating figure, Li Fengshan took a few sips of the sobering tea, and then let out a long sigh.

    "My chief of staff is really useless except for being obedient. How can he understand my own thoughts with his knowledge!"

    What¡¯s wrong with exaggerating your opponent¡¯s strength?

    Are you afraid that the Japanese will think you are incompetent?  This is really naive. The Japanese never needed capable Manchurian officers, but obedient dogs.

    A few years ago, it was easy to say that because of the presence of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and hundreds of thousands of volunteers, the Japanese rule in the Northeast was not stable at all, so they were regarded as important pawns.

    In addition, Japan's national power was still relatively strong at that time, and the Kwantung Army was even more wealthy, so the Japanese were quite generous to their Manchurian troops.

    Especially in terms of weapons and equipment, not only has a large number of elite infantry and cavalry been established, but also technical units such as engineering corps, flying teams, automobile regiments, and anti-aircraft artillery teams have been established, such as the Jehol Detachment, Iron Stone Troops, Lanshi Troops and other benchmark units, whose weapons  The level of equipment is beyond imagination.

    The above-mentioned troops all followed the Japanese army into the customs. At that time, each battalion of these troops had a heavy machine gun company, and each platoon was equipped with 3 light machine guns and 4 grenade launchers. The equipment level was close to that of the Japanese Army's Class A division.  Even some Japanese soldiers in North China were jealous.

    The reason why the Manchurian Army was armed in this way was because the Japanese army intended to let the main force of the Manchurian Army independently undertake "domestic" defense and security tasks. On this basis, it would use part of its troops for external expeditions to strengthen the strength of the puppet Manchurian Army.

    Therefore, the attitude towards this army has also changed. In the document sent by the Kwantung Army Headquarters to the base camp, it was clearly mentioned: "The Manchukuo Army should quickly become independent to assume the tasks of defending the Puppet Manchukuo and maintaining public order;  In wartime, the Manchukuo Army should undertake a large number of rear security tasks such as defending strategic locations, protecting railway lines, protecting and transporting strategic materials, etc.; strengthen the strength of the Mongolian cavalry so that it can gradually take on external expeditions."

    It is precisely because of this thinking that the mission scope of the Manchukuo army has expanded from "maintaining public order" to cooperating with the Japanese army in combat. Its most important task is to replace the Japanese army and become the main force for "punitive expeditions".

    The Kwantung Army wanted the puppet army to take on the task of crusading against the anti-Japanese armed forces and maintaining "public order" so as to free the Japanese army from them and prepare for further aggression.

    Of course, its so-called "Great Crusade for Independence" did not allow the puppet army to take charge alone. The puppet officers and soldiers went to the battlefield like puppets under the "guidance" of Japanese officers at all levels. It can be seen that the Kwantung Army used the puppet army as a "policeman"  The transformation from a "symbolic army in nature" to a "national army undertaking tasks alone" does not mean that the independence of the puppet Manchukuo army has increased. The essence is that the Kwantung Army used the trick of the puppet Manchukuo army as cannon fodder in order to reduce its own bloodshed and sacrifices.  That¡¯s all.

    With the expansion of the war of aggression, the Kwantung Army increasingly felt that it was short of troops as it continued to strengthen its preparations for war against the Soviet Union, and had to turn to the puppet troops to serve as cannon fodder for the war.

    Under such circumstances, the puppet Manchukuo army, which numbered only about 70,000 in 1937, has now expanded to nearly 130,000, greatly exceeding the Japanese limit of 60,000.  This is because the Kwantung Army's troops were deployed in large numbers to various battlefields in the Pacific, and had to use puppet troops to fill the gaps in the Northeast's defense.

    But the strength of the troops has increased, but the treatment of the puppet Manchukuo army has declined!

    This is not Li Fengshan¡¯s own illusion, but a fact known to all the puppet troops. The Japanese are massively reducing the expenses of the puppet troops, from military pay to weapons and equipment to all aspects.

    Although there is Japan¡¯s economic downturn, the more important reason is that in the eyes of the Japanese, these troops in Manchukuo are no longer useful.

    Needless to say, there is no need to elaborate on the principle of killing rabbits and killing dogs and cooking birds. In the Northeast, the main task of the puppet Manchukuo army is to assist the Japanese army in "crusade" the anti-Japanese armed forces and achieve "public order and order".

    Especially from 1933 to 1934, the puppet Manchu army participated in "punitive" operations many times. From July to October 1933 alone, the puppet Manchu army conducted more than 230 battles against the anti-Japanese armed forces on Dongbian Road.

    During the two-year "Independence Crusade" of Dongbian Road, Japanese military advisers only "guided" from the side, with the puppet Manchukuo army acting as the main force.  Through this "crusade", the anti-Japanese armed forces in the eastern region were completely disintegrated.

    Especially the "Special Crusade" in Sanjiang in 1937 was personally commanded by Hideki Tojo. The Kwantung Army dispatched the 4th Division, and the Puppet Manchukuo Fourth Military District mobilized 1 infantry brigade, 2 mixed brigades and infantry and  Riding 1 regiment each and other main forces.

    After the "crusade", the number of anti-Japanese armed forces decreased from 14,000 to 1,200.  Xie Wendong, commander of the 8th Anti-Japanese Army, and Li Huatang, commander of the 9th Army, were both present.Surrendered to Japan during the battle.

    With the continuous ten years of encirclement and suppression by the Anti-Alliance and Volunteer Army, so far, the Anti-Alliance forces in Northeast China have suffered a devastating blow. Most of the Volunteer Army has been annihilated, a small number has surrendered, and the rest have fled deep into the mountains and old forests.  came out, and the subsequent transfer of the main force of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance to the Soviet Union brought the Northeast Anti-Japanese Movement to a low ebb, and the puppet Manchu Army's existence value as the main force for internal "crusades" was increasingly reduced.

    In order to prevent the puppet army from rebelling when the Japanese army lost, and to adapt to the military situation of shifting from offensive to defensive, the Kwantung Army disarmed the puppet army as much as possible.

    In addition, the Japanese army suffered a complete defeat in the Pacific battlefield and suffered serious losses in weapons and equipment. In order to make up for the shortfall, the Japanese army actually confiscated most of the field artillery, mountain artillery, mortars, machine guns and other heavy weapons equipped by the puppet Manchukuo army to equip the newly established Kwantung Army.  of troops.

    The puppet Manchukuo soldiers who lost their weapons were reorganized into engineering corps, mainly building fortifications for the Japanese army and repairing military facilities that were attacked by air raids.  Most of the cavalry in the puppet Manchukuo army were converted into infantry, and the eliminated military horses were organized into 17 baggage brigades, specially used for military transportation for the Kwantung Army.

    The Puppet Manchukuo Army was transformed into an "engineer team" with a "migrant worker character" that built fortifications for the Kwantung Army to defend against "Soviet attacks." This marked that the role of the Puppet Manchuria Army was completely changed from accompanying the Kwantung Army in "crudes" and "external expeditions."  "The main combat force was transformed into the service force of the Kwantung Army.

    Li Fengshan and others all saw these things, but they were unable to do anything. After all, their arms could not twist the thighs.

    So when a large number of volunteers appeared in the defense zone, Li Fengshan, instead of being worried, was actually a little happy.

    He knew very well that he and the troops under his command were watchdogs raised by the Japanese. If the thief was gone and all the rats were caught, it would be inevitable to be killed and eaten by their masters.

    The only person who can save them at this time is not the Emperor Kant in the Xinjing Palace, but the "thieves". As long as there are "thieves", the role of these watchdogs will be highlighted, and the Japanese will not think that they are useless.  , not to mention worrying that they will rebel if they have nothing to do.

    Therefore, when he learned that there were traces of volunteer activities in the defense zone, Li Fengshan did not send anyone to encircle and suppress them at all. Instead, he was worried that these volunteers were too weak to make any big noise, and ordered people to deliberately use some tattered weapons that were no longer needed.  "Send" to the other party.

    In the Northeast, it is not just Li Fengshan who is doing this, many senior officers of the puppet army are "raising bandits".

    They know very well that bandits are rats in the warehouse. Although they are enemies in nature, they are dependent on each other. When one party does not exist, the other party has no value.

    But what Li Fengshan didn¡¯t know was that the ¡°thieves¡±, ¡°bandits¡± and ¡°volunteers¡± in his eyes were basically wolves in sheep¡¯s clothing. When he was preparing to raise the bandits to respect themselves, the ¡°thieves¡± planned to steal others and smash the dishes.

    Whether it¡¯s Li Fengshan¡¯s 8th Brigade or Matsuura¡¯s friendly 53rd Unit, they are both targets!

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