Rise from eight hundred.

October 1939, 2!

It’s already the beginning of spring after nine months of cold winter, but Pingbei City, a big city in northern China, is still freezing cold and there are very few people walking on the streets!

Perhaps it is not only the people who are helpless in the cold weather and have been struggling to survive under the Japanese rule for more than a year, but are not willing to go out, but the vigilance in Pingbeicheng has been suddenly strengthened since the past two days.

There were at least twice as many Japanese soldiers and security forces patrolling the streets as there were the previous two days. When they met a few pedestrians, they would usually come forward to check their IDs. Those who did not have IDs would be beaten and kicked by the security troops, who would then take them away and imprison them. Relatives should bring the crime money and personal identification documents to the Public Security Army to pick up the person.

It goes without saying that this is a big move by the Japanese North China Front Army, or a big shot is coming. The military commander's spies in Pingbeicheng invariably set their sights on the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters!

In the small conference room of the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters, four people were sitting in Banban.

There were General Sugimoto, the commander of the front army, Lieutenant General Saburo Miyamoto, the chief of staff of the front army, Lieutenant General Shiro Itagaki, the commander of the Japanese Third Army, and a Japanese army lieutenant general with a stern face and droopy eyes, showing a bit of cruelty.

Obviously, this is an extremely high-level military meeting. Shanshan Yuan and the other three alone are already Japan's top military decision-makers in North China.

But even Army General Shan Shanyuan still sat at the bottom of the conference table instead of taking the main seat. This was the first time in the more than half a year since Shan Shanyuan arrived in China.

Sitting on the main seat was a 70-year-old man with a big belly and an old face.

Facing the old man who was over seventy years old and sitting on the main seat, the current commander of the North China Front, General Shan Shanyuan, had a stiff expression on his face.

Perhaps, if someone knew that he was leaving the position of commander of the front army to become an education director, he would not be in a good mood.

After the "New Year's Day Offensive" was thwarted, Shan Shanyuan already knew that his time in China had begun to count down, but he did not expect that the base camp would be so disrespectful that he could not wait to transfer it in less than two months.

If it were anyone else, he, the former minister of the army, would not look down upon the person who came to announce the order of the base camp, but even he did not dare to offend the old man in front of him.

Prince Kanin Miyahito, the uncle of His Majesty the Emperor, was promoted to marshal 20 years ago and is currently the Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army. He is the de facto head of the Japanese Army. Every important order in the war of aggression against China was personally signed by him.

Facing such a person, Shanshan Yuan can only obey.

"Yuanjun, can you tell me why the war situation in North China has become so difficult?" The old man in military uniform asked straight to the point.

"Your Excellency, the Chinese Second War Zone has accumulated heavy troops in North China, and behind it is the Yellow River chasm, which they call the last line of defense. They can only fight to the death, thus erupting with amazing combat effectiveness. This is something neither Itagaki-kun nor I have. I didn't expect this, so I suffered this setback!" Shan Shanyuan could only lower his head in reply.

But Shanshan Yuan is not a fool. Even when facing the top figure in the army, he admits that he has a problem and at the same time pulls out Shiro Itagaki, the designated frontline commander of the base camp, with a gun and a stick. The subtext is clearly: But it’s not just my fault, the base camp and Itagaki Shiro are the main ones.

Itagaki Shiro's body stood straight and straight, but his lowered eyelids blocked the flash of fierce light.

"Yuanjun, don't put all the responsibility on the base camp. I just made it very clear. I'm not just referring to the so-called New Year's Day Offensive, but the entire North China War situation." The old man had no intention of giving face to the army general, and He said it bluntly.

"The original strength of the North China Front is 33. In the past year alone, how many imperial officers and soldiers have been added to the North China Front in China? More than 13. Does that mean that the North China Front has died in battle and had to be injured due to injuries in the past year? The number of people who have retired has reached 5 divisions?

Do you think this responsibility should be borne by the base camp or by His Majesty the Emperor himself? "

Shan Shan Yuan's face turned pale as he spoke, but he was unable to refute.

Although half of the blame had to be shouldered by the guy in the house shroud, he, the then commander of the North China Front, had no choice but to carry it.

The year 1938 could be called the Waterloo of the Japanese North China Front. The two elite divisions dispatched by the Taierzhuang Front suffered losses of more than 2 people; in the Battle of Licheng in April, more than 4 people were stolen by the Chinese;

When he took over as commander in May, he planned an eight-sided siege in southeastern Shanxi, which ended with the Chinese annihilating a mixed brigade and a rising army major general;

In September, the Chinese took the lead in launching a counterattack in eastern Shanxi. They tried their best to attack the east and attack the west, but they failed again. Not only did they lose tens of thousands of people, but they also took an army lieutenant general and two major generals with them. My life is gone;

The New Year's Day Offensive, which was carried out with all the energy, was beaten into disgrace, with an overall loss of more than 6 people, almost equal to the Battle of Central China.

But one is that both sides have invested no more than four and a half million troops, and the other is that both sides have invested more than one million troops. They are not on the same level at all.

Seeing that Shan Shanyuan lowered his head and stopped beeping, the old man's tone became softer: "I remember I told you before Mr. Indoors resigned last year, Mr. Yuan, before you took office, don't underestimate this ancient country. This country has many things that are beyond our reach. This is our best opportunity to inherit our civilization. Once we miss it, we may never be able to conquer them again.

It's a pity, Mr. Yuan, you are still like those people, still stuck in the glory of the Imperial Army that easily took away the three eastern provinces and easily knocked on the door of North China.

I am going to serve as the director of education. I hope you will learn a lesson and live up to His Majesty the Emperor's trust! "

"Hi! Shan Shanyuan will live up to the great trust of His Majesty the Emperor and Your Excellency the Prince!" No matter how tough Shan Shan Yuan is, seeing that the boss has already given him a step, he hastily steps down the hill.

Although the Director of Education does not have the same authority as the Commander of the Front Army, he is still in charge of the empire's military education. If given the opportunity, he may be able to make a comeback. Now if I go toe-to-toe with the Chief of Staff of the Army, I might even lose this position and end up hanging around as a military counselor like that unlucky boy in the indoor shroud.

"Yuanjun, although you made mistakes when you were in office, you are also a person who has a clear understanding of the war situation. Both Duo Tianjun and I want to hear your opinions on China's war situation." Seeing Shanshan Yuan's submission, the old man showed a smile.

"This" Shan Shanyuan hesitates slightly.

"But it doesn't matter. The reason I came to China this time is to listen to the opinions of you frontline commanders and suggest adjustments to His Majesty the Emperor.

The international situation is now urgent, and the German Empire is on the verge of firing at their feud at any time. His Majesty the Emperor and their head of state's emissaries have been in contact several times, and we may have a few more powerful enemies at any time.

We can only and must end the Chinese battlefield as soon as possible. The empire's goal is not just here, but the entire continent, and even the other side of the ocean. "The old man's face became serious, and his eyes were full of ambition.

"The empire's military fortune is prosperous!" Several Japanese generals showed joy on their faces, including Shan Shanyuan, who was still feeling sad just now.

The more troops the empire uses, the more opportunities these army generals will have to be reused, and the wealth they will gain will be greater. The success of the family depends on the empire.

"The empire has invested nearly one million troops in China, including the Central China Front Army and the North China Front Army. They launched attacks on the interior of China from the north and south lines respectively. It seemed to be a two-line attack, so the Chinese side had to divide its forces to fight. , weakening its investment in a certain direction.

However, after more than a year of fighting on the battlefield, in fact, due to organizational issues and generals' different judgments of the battle situation, the two front armies basically worked independently and were unable to form the joint force previously envisioned by the base camp.

Just like in September last year, our North China Front Army planned to mobilize divisions to increase troops for the Central China War based on instructions from the base camp. Our North China Front Army Headquarters needed to conduct telegram communication at the Chief of Staff level with the Central China Front Army Headquarters, and then handed it over to the staff of the staff to make tactical arrangements. Finally, the order was sent to the division headquarters, but its efficiency was appallingly low.

In the Battle of Taierzhuang, the detachments dispatched by the Fifth Division and the Tenth Division collapsed, which was not unrelated to this inefficient communication. "Shan Shan Yuan started to talk eloquently.

"What's your opinion, Yuanjun?"

"I suggest that a general headquarters of the Chinese Expeditionary Forces be established, with independent corps under its jurisdiction, to uniformly command operations in China." Shan Shanyuan continued, ignoring the suddenly ugly look on the face of the cold-faced and brutal Army Lieutenant General.

As the Undersecretary of the Army, the President of the Army University, and the deputy of Prince Kanin Giyahito, this man arrived in North China, didn't he just want to take over his position as the commander of the North China Front? Shanshan Yuan gave him a stumbling block before leaving without any psychological burden.

"This old dog must die a good death!" The Japanese army lieutenant general hated Shan Shanyuan in front of him to his core.

His appointment as the commander of the North China Front hadn't even been announced yet. Shan Shanyuan, who was about to leave office and return to his hometown in despair, gave him a hard deal that would have made anyone else scold him.

"Well! Yuanjun, what you said is exactly what I want. Before I came here, I discussed with His Majesty the Emperor the issue of reorganizing the organizational structure of China's two major front armies. The base camp is far away from home, and the exchange of information in coordinating the two major front armies is too slow. Fighter planes are often fleeting, so how can they tolerate such inefficiency?

It is imperative to establish the China Dispatch Force Headquarters! "Compared with the dissatisfaction that has surfaced on the surface of his subordinates, the old man nodded with satisfaction. "What else? "

"There is also the war situation in North China. China's second theater has hundreds of thousands of troops, and its strength cannot be underestimated. However, there is nothing to be afraid of. Only the two armies need to be more vigilant.

The first is the Four Lines Regiment. This regiment is well-equipped, its officers and soldiers are brave and good at fighting, and its commander is cunning and scheming. The combination of the two has caused a lot of damage to the imperial army in the past year, and it has become a serious problem for the empire!

The second is the 80th Group Army. The equipment and the quality of the soldiers of this group army are average. However, this group army is different from other Chinese armies. It is very good at hiding troops among the people. It uses this as a cover to vigorously develop new recruits. Its strength expands very quickly. In addition, it likes to organize into Fighting with small groups, attacks on the Imperial Army's logistics units were extremely frequent, causing losses in personnel and material.

Over time, they will become a more troublesome existence than the Four Elements Group. "When mentioning these two old enemies, Shan Shan Yuan's mouth already showed bitterness.

The reason why he was forced to step down was that these two troops were the instigators. More importantly, he, the commander of the front army who commanded hundreds of thousands of troops, could not do anything about them.

The Japanese Army Lieutenant General with a cruel face showed a trace of disdain on his lips! No wonder the military generals rated Shan Shanyuan as foolish, and this was absolutely true.

An infantry regiment with no more than a few thousand troops and a small army group that was not even a formal establishment in China could both be regarded as serious problems for the empire. His vision was only so broad.

"Duo Tianjun, you have done a lot of research on China's war situation in the past two months and have done a war game in mainland China. Now that you have heard your predecessor's views and suggestions on China and North China's war situation, why don't you tell me What do you think?" After hearing this, the old man turned his attention to the disdainful Japanese Army Lieutenant General.

Yes, Lieutenant General Duo Tianjun, the third commander of Japan's North China Front during the Anti-Japanese War, finally made his "sparkling" appearance.

However, what is slightly different from the past time and space is that because both predecessors dismissed get out of class early one after another, this unlucky kid who was originally supposed to take over in September 1939 achieved the 'great cause' of a general 9 months in advance!

This is actually true! Not a good sign.

If Kanin Miyahito hadn't personally come to stand up for him, he, an army lieutenant general, and Shiro Itagaki and Saburo Miyamoto sitting on the other side wouldn't have taken a serious look at him.

After all, one is a veteran army lieutenant general who has long controlled an elite division, and the other is a direct lineage of the Kwantung Army who wants to break away from the quagmire of the North China Front Army and has never been able to escape. They both have the qualifications and confidence to ignore the deputy chief of staff of the army.

In fact, both of them have realized that the base camp's appointment of an army lieutenant general to take over as the commander of the North China Front has already begun to pave the way for the establishment of the China Expeditionary Army Headquarters. Otherwise, the commander of the lower-level combat unit is an army general, and the commander of the dispatched army Isn’t the official a marshal?

The ambitious and talented Duo Tianjun obviously did not realize the crux of the problem. He was still completely immersed in the excitement of being the commander of the North China Front Army. He stood up and walked to the hanging map of North China: "After months of experience in the North China battlefield, my subordinates According to research, before last year, the Chinese army would often choose to hold on until it was defeated in frontal army confrontations. After the North China Front army's front line was lengthened, the logistics and transportation lines were also too long, which gave opportunities to small groups of Chinese troops hiding in the countryside. It is the Eightyth Army that General Shanshan Yuan just mentioned. The front army's logistics and supply troops have been attacked frequently, which has made it difficult to obtain supplies on the front line and the morale of the army has fluctuated. How can we not lose?

The areas controlled by the imperial army are mostly in cities, and they have almost no control over the vast countryside. This also gives fertile ground for the so-called serious troubles of the empire to spread and grow. This is the main reason for the frequent defeats of the North China Front, not the mere deaths of thousands of people. How powerful the Four Lines Regiment is does not depend on the extremely rapid expansion of the Eighty Group Army's strength. "

"Haha! Mr. Duotian, you have done a good job in research. As your predecessor, I can't give you any more guidance. I can only tell you an ancient Chinese story. In ancient China, there was a man named Zhao Kuo who could study the battle situation. , and then die very young on the land you are standing on." Shan Shanyuan responded with a sneer.

Duo Tianjun was just pointing at the monk and scolding the bald donkey, without any hindrance. How could Shanshan Yuan be able to swallow this? Zhao Kuo just used paper talk to ridicule him, and it was all for the sake of Gong Ren of Xianyuan.

"Whether I am an armchair strategist or not, I don't bother Commander Shan Shan Yuan, but I have a plan to defeat the enemy, which His Excellency the Prince has already approved." Duo Tianjun did not argue with Shan Shan Yuan face to face.

The accusation he almost made just now was out of spite in his heart. If he continued to bicker with him, it would arouse the same hatred between Shiro Itagaki and Saburo Miyamoto.

Among the Japanese generals present, except for the old man, no one knew how Duo Tianjun moved him and made up his mind to replace the commander of the North China Front Army in advance.

But Tang Dao knows!

The reason why Duo Tianjun, a notorious Class A war criminal, can be ranked alongside Gu Shifu and others is not because of how brutal he is on the battlefield, but because he proposed the famous "Three Guangs Policy" during his tenure. In rural areas of North China, the specific actions carried out by Japanese soldiers were to carry out cruel acts against civilians and unarmed personnel based on the principles of 'kill them all', 'burn them all' and 'rob them all'.

Duo Tianjun attempted to solve the source of the Eightyth Army's continuous recruitment and frequent activities in the occupied areas by destroying people and materials in the countryside.

Historical data shows that from October to December 1940, when the Japanese army was raiding the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu border area of ​​the 10th Army, it was this man who ordered: "This operation is completely different from the past. It is to achieve the complete annihilation of China." In the army and its base areas, all people in the enemy's territory, regardless of gender, age or child, should be killed; all houses should be burned down, all grain and fodder that cannot be moved away should be burned down, pots and bowls should be broken into pieces, and wells and wells should be smashed. All must be buried or poisoned!"

It was under the guidance of this idea that Duo Tianjun's successor, Gangcun Xiao, ordered the execution of the 'Ember Destruction Operation' several times, which continued until the end of the entire war.

This unmistakable tactic caused great losses to the soldiers and civilians in the base area, and also dampened the enthusiasm of the Japanese army to resist the war in the occupied areas.

Those who wanted to fight the war had many villages massacred.

However, life is like weeds. The Chinese nation, which even survived the Wuhu Rebellion, has a tenacity that the Japanese cannot imagine. They still live strongly on the land left by their ancestors.

Moreover, in this era, there are little butterflies from the future. Although Duo Tianjun arrived early, it was still within his plan.

Because of the arrival of Kanin Gongjin, the Japanese North China Front Headquarters completed the handover of military power in just one morning.

Itagaki Shiro and Miyamoto Saburo also expressed their full support for the new Lieutenant General Commander Duo Tianjun.

Hanyuan Gongren drew enough cakes for each of these two people!

Of course, this cake is really not drawn on paper. Miyamoto Saburo only needs to persist for another half year. The position of commander of the first division belongs to him. The China Expeditionary Force Headquarters is already under preparation. The current education director Hisashi Nishio Although the general has not yet been formally appointed, he has begun to lead the preparation headquarters. The candidate for chief of staff has basically been decided on Shiro Itagaki, and the rank of army general is just around the corner.

How can the two people who were comforted not submit? Duo Tianjun's two biggest obstacles to becoming commander have been removed.

After staying in Pingbeicheng for another two days, Xianyuan Gongren met with several lieutenant generals of the Class A divisions, paving all the way for his deputy, and then took the disgraced Shanshan Yuanfei to leave. Return to homeland.

This is the second general-level commander forced to resign from the Japanese North China Front Command in less than a year.

Changing people is like changing knives. The Japanese understand this. What if they find a good one?

Sitting alone in the spacious and bright office of the commander of the North China Front, Duo Tianjun, with droopy eyes and raised mouth, no longer suppressed his joy, laughed loudly!

Although he had the dispatched army headquarters above his head, he still became a commander in charge of an army of 300,000 people. Looking at the entire Imperial Army, how many people can achieve such an achievement?

However, Duo Tianjun, who is ambitious but not talented, still underestimates his opponents just like before.

Especially, there is Tang Dao who knows what he wants to do.

Do you want to create a no-man's land in North China? It depends on whether your teeth are strong enough!

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