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Chapter 1555: The Japanese Army¡¯s Response (please vote)

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    Lu Zhanwu's move hit Yamada Otsuzo in the back. The Kwantung Army was already in a very bad situation. In the first half of the year, in view of the southern army's retreat, the base camp had to draw elites from the Kwantung Army.  The troops moved south.

    In order to maintain the situation, eight elite divisions from the Kwantung Army Headquarters have been transferred away.

    Coupled with the three divisions annihilated by Li Guoyao, the Kwantung Army headquarters lost more than 200,000 elites in the first half of the year alone.

    This does not include various garrison troops and puppet troops. If these are included, the number of troops lost has reached 260,000, accounting for almost a quarter of the Kwantung Army.

    Although in order to make up for the lack of troops, the commander of the Kwantung Army has also ordered the formation of six divisions of new soldiers, which can be regarded as regaining some blood.

    But recruits and elite veterans are completely different things. Even though these people have the same head and two shoulders, there is a gap between people.

    A field division with rich combat experience will have no problem facing off against four new divisions in a face-to-face situation.

    What¡¯s more, due to the limited military production capacity of the Japanese army, the newly formed field divisions did not have all the weapons and equipment. They even had to collect all the training guns from the puppet military academies in the Northeast and transport them to the front line.

    "This is just light weapons, heavy equipment such as artillery and tanks, don't even think about these new divisions, they don't exist at all.

    Such a division cannot be compared with those Class A divisions, even with Class B divisions or Class C divisions.

    Under such circumstances, the Kwantung Army still had to maintain alert against the Soviet army and maintain force deterrence against the puppet Manchukuo government and North Korea. It was really a bit weak.

    Coupled with the fact that Li Guoyao's troops launched successive attacks in Chifeng, Tongliao and Wangye Temple, the Kwantung Army headquarters had to deploy a large number of elite troops in the border areas, thereby loosening its control over the hinterland of Northeast China.

    At this time, Lu Zhanwu and others were like monkeys who had entered the belly of Princess Iron Fan. They punched her in the heart and kicked her in the stomach. Yamada Otozo had no way to do anything with him.

    In the office, Yamada Otsuzo stared at the military map in front of him without saying a word.

    Although the aviation force has been dispatched, he knows very well that even if the aviation force arrives on the battlefield within half an hour, it is impossible to rescue the Hirota Brigade. They are just giving other troops a dose of peace of mind and letting everyone know that Kanto  The military headquarters will not give up any of its troops.

    "Kasahara-kun, this is the top-secret information collected by the secret service first. Take a look first!"

    With that said, Yamada Otsuzo handed a piece of paper to Yukio Kasahara.

    Kasahara Yukio did not pretend to be pretentious. He directly took the document and read it. After just two glances, he lost his voice and said: "Thishow is this possible? How could Li Guoyao's troops appear in Manchuria?"

    "Kasahara-kun, you once served as chief of staff in the Northern Branch/that area, so you should know about Li Guoyao. What do you think about this matter?"

    "Your Excellency, Commander, is this information accurate?" Yukio Kasahara asked in a deep voice.

    "It was just collected by the secret service. One of our intelligence stations was almost destroyed by that person for this reason. There should be no problem with the accuracy!"

    "If that's the case, then things will be in trouble!"

    "How to say?"

    "Your Excellency, Commander, you may not know much about this temporary ninth army. Since this/that army appeared on the battlefield in Central China in the 12th year of Showa, it has been floating like a ghost on the battlefield inside the pass. In the past seven years, this army  Later, he went through the Duqi Brigade, the 61st Army, the Shandong Guerrilla Corps, the Temporary 9th Division, the Temporary Ninth Army, etc. He fought thousands of miles and fought hundreds of bloody battles with the Imperial Japanese Army, winning many times and losing many times.  few!"

    Then Yukio Kasahara continued: "Wherever this unit went, the Imperial Japanese Army was retreating steadily. When they were on the battlefield in Wuhan, the 11th Army commanded by Okamura-kun was unable to move forward. When the unit was transferred to Jiangbei Station  , the Third Division and the 13th Division were hit hard, and the command level of the Second Army was hit hard."

    "After that, the unit was deployed to Shandong, and then the 12th Army in Shandong suffered an unprecedented defeat. In just two years, the 12th Army lost control of southern Shandong, western Shandong, southwestern Shandong, northern Jiangsu, and northern Anhui.  The strength of the Zhuzhi/Nasulu war zone suddenly surged, and the imperial army¡¯s rule in Shandong was in jeopardy.¡±

    "And when the army was transferred to Jinan, Jinan controlled by the Northern Branch/That Front suffered two devastating blows in less than half a year. Handan City was attacked one after another, and the imperial army stationed in Jinan suffered heavy losses.  , so that the North??/The front army had to abandon the entire southern Hebei Province.  "

    "Later, the unit was transferred to the Suichai area. As a result, the Mongolian army suffered a devastating blow. The Northern Branch/That Front lost the entire Suiyuan, Chahar and most of Shanxi. Even Zhangjiakou, the most important gateway to Peking, was destroyed.  lost."

    "And not long ago, the Ninth Army took advantage of the opportunity of the Northern Branch/That Front to implement the "No. 1 Operation Plan", and the main force suddenly launched a full-scale attack on the Imperial Army in Hebei and Shanxi. In less than a month and a half,  They defeated the main force of the First Army stationed in Shanxi, and with the cooperation of the Second World War Zone and the main force of the Eighth Route Army, they recovered all of Shanxi."

    Yukio Kasahara then concluded: "Although the Jiujiu Army is a military-level combat unit, its combat capabilities and tactical and strategic qualities are definitely theater-level. As a soldier, I feel that it is an honor to fight against such a unit.  , but at the same time I feel very unfortunate.¡±

    Yamada Otsuzo said in a deep voice: "As far as I know, the strength of a combat unit at the army level should be around 20,000 people. Is a mere 20,000 people really so powerful?"

    "The strength of the general field army should be 16,000 to 7,000 people. Even the direct descendants of the Chiang Kai-shek Army only have three divisions and more than 30,000 people. But this temporary Ninth Army cannot be inferred by common sense. Its strength has always been a mystery. According to the special  After investigation by the relevant departments of the High-tech North China Front, it was concluded that in the 17th year of Showa, the strength of the ninth army had exceeded 50,000, and it is probably even more now," Kasahara Yukio said.

    Yamada Otsuzo shook his head and said: "Fifty thousand people? It should be far more than that. If the troops that fought with the imperial army in the eastern grasslands some time ago were indeed the temporary ninth army, their troops in Manchuria would not be lower than  One hundred thousand people, plus its troops in the pass, this number is probably even more astonishing."

    "Compared with the powerful strategic group of the Jiujiu Army, what I am more worried about is Li Guoyao. It is said that this person is not very old, but he is very good in terms of tactical command level and strategic vision, comparable to the support/that person  There is no one who is the most capable commander. Now this person is eyeing our army, which is definitely a test for our Kwantung Army!"

    Unlike the arrogance of ordinary Japanese commanders, Yamada Otsuzo himself is very cautious.

    Hearing what Kasahara Yukio said, he couldn't help but become cautious, and immediately asked: "Then how do you think the current situation should be resolved?"

    Kasahara Yukio was silent for a while and said: "There are three solutions. The first is to mobilize troops from the border areas of North Manchuria and then fight in the hinterland to completely drive the forces of the Jiujiu Army out of the hinterland of Manchuria!"

    "The second is to mobilize troops from North Korea, and transfer the two divisions stationed in North Korea to the Shulan front line, and then coordinate them with the troops from Fengtian, Xinjing and Harbin to encircle the Chinese/Native army in the hinterland of Manchuria.  Then catch them all in one fell swoop.¡±

    "The third way is to cooperate with the Northern Branch/That Front Army. Each of our two major strategic groups will dispatch 100,000 to 150,000 troops to attack simultaneously from Hebei and the eastern grasslands to launch a full-scale attack on the defense area of ??the 9th Army. Once its rear  After being attacked, the Z/n people will no longer have the intention to cause trouble in Manchuria."

    Yamada Otsuzo thought for a while and said: "It is not feasible to mobilize troops from the border areas. Although the Imperial Army has 7 divisions of field troops stationed along the long border, plus 26 border guards (brigade level)  , with a total strength of more than 250,000, plus no less than 300,000 of the Imperial Army's cooperating troops. However, the Soviet Russian army we face also amounts to 500,000 to 600,000. Once we withdraw our troops from the border now, the Soviet Union will  The Russian army may not crush them directly, and the base camp will not agree to this in any case."

    "It is possible to mobilize troops from North Korea. There are only a small number of rebels in North Korea. Only a few infantry brigades can maintain order. The remaining troops can enter Manchuria to fight."

    "As for uniting with the Northern Branch/That Front Army and concentrating our forces to deal with the Jiujiu Army, this is also possible, but we need to contact Okamura-kun. This matter will be left to you, Kasahara-kun. After all, you and Okamura-kun are considered  Good partner, it should be easy to coordinate with you!"

    "Hai!"

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