All gods, the lord who started with the bright sword

Nishimura Shou took back the two reports he submitted and walked to the military staff office next door.

Although the commander paid great attention to emotional management, it was obvious that a series of bad news still gave him a headache.

Nishimura Shou also has no good solution, the gap in weapons is not so easy to make up.

Just like when the Japanese Empire invaded China, it crushed the enemy in all aspects from army tactics, soldiers' quality to weapons.

The enemy has organized a larger army, so what if they are not afraid of death?

It's not because they were defeated by the imperial army's strategy and lost a large area of ​​the country.

Now a similar dilemma has befallen the imperial army.

The quality of the soldiers of the number one enemy, the Sichuan Army, is not as good as that of the imperial soldiers!
But relying on more advanced weapons than the imperial army, and imitating the blitzkrieg of the Allied Powers, the combination of the two advantages will be devastating.

The failure of the 56th Division is a lesson from the past.

The intelligence department headed by Nishimura Shou, the advantage obtained by spying on the enemy's intelligence, is at best an icing on the cake when it goes well, but it cannot change the situation of the war.

The victory or defeat of a war still requires the army to go to the battlefield to win it.

"I hope the elites of the staff office can put forward some constructive suggestions." Nishimura Shou sighed at the door and continued to walk in.

The staff system is the brain of the army.

The traditional army relies on the commander to work alone, and all the information is collected by the commander.

He formulates plans, makes decisions, and supervises the execution of plans by himself.

The staff system liberates the commander-in-chief to focus on strategic decision-making.

The staff officer is responsible for the design of the plan and the execution of the commander's intention, thus making the modern army as precise as a machine possible.

In terms of the construction of the staff system, Japan followed suit from Germany.

After the Franco-Prussian War, the reputation of the German Army was obvious to all, and all countries followed suit.

Some have learned superficially, and some have made up their minds to delve into it.

Japan is a good student.

Beginning in [-], the Japanese government invited several officers of the German General Staff to go to Japan to fully learn from the experience of the German General Staff.

On this basis, Japan established its own staff system.

In order to replenish the staff of the staff system, an educational institution directly under the General Staff Headquarters, the Army University, was also established.

In the following decades, a large number of talents were trained for the Japanese Army.

Because the Japanese army is very strict about the promotion of generals, especially the degree of education is very important, and those who have not been to the Army University are basically stuck at the rank of general.

That's why there is a saying that only when you go to the mainland can you become a general.

In the staff office of the [-]th Army, the second-class staff officer who usually takes the lead is the middle assistant.

The first-class chief of staff in charge of each stall is the chief.

The Chief of Staff of the General Staff Office is Major General Kikuta Jiro.

All of them are high-achieving students who graduated from mainland China.

Nishimura Shou opened the door and walked in. The staff office was busy.

With the strong enemy of the Sichuan Army that occupied Mandalay, they are destined to be unable to rest, mobilize the army to distribute supplies, and most importantly, formulate multiple sets of combat plans.

As the brain of the [-]th Army, the responsibility is of great significance.

All in all, anyone can rest, but the people in the staff office cannot rest.

Nishimura Shou approached Chief of Staff Kikuta to explain his intentions and handed him two reports.

"What did the commander say?" Kikuta Jiro asked.

As a subordinate, it is natural to understand the intention of the leader, but there is no clear attitude, and it is inconvenient to explain what Nishimura Shou himself observed.

Kikuta Jiro was a little puzzled, and read the two reports one by one with doubts.

As he read more deeply, his face became more and more livid and ugly, and anyone could see that he was simmering with anger.

At first only one or two people noticed it, but gradually they all noticed it.

After a while, the staff officers all stopped their work and carefully observed the chief of staff's expression.

There is only one thought left in everyone's mind:
"What kind of bad news did Nishimura Shou bring, which can make the unsmiling chief of staff flustered, as if he was holding back his stomach?"

Suddenly someone whispered: "It can't be the news about the Sichuan Army?"

As soon as he said this, everyone suddenly realized.

Thinking of other things really can't disturb the mind of the chief of staff, only the enemy who is always unexpected.

The Sixth Division was defeated, causing the Fifteenth Army to suffer the biggest loss since the start of the war.

That time when he got the news, the chief of staff was emotionally unstable like today, and his face was very ugly.

But there has been no major war recently, only a large group of troops was sent, divided into a dozen or so guerrillas to harass the enemy.

Even if all were lost, it would only be one-eightyth of the total army.

It wouldn't make the chief of staff lose his composure.

What happened?

Of course, the guerrillas did not end up like this, because the enemy's strength expanded too fast, changing almost every day, and the [-]th Army could no longer keep up.

Disappointment and fear of the future made Chief of Staff Kikuta's emotional management fail again.

Kikuta Jiro wanted to slap the table angrily, but when he looked up and noticed that everyone was looking at him, he forcibly suppressed his movements considering the impact.

He threw the two reports to Hasegawa, the chief of staff for training beside him: "This is what the commander asked our staff office to discuss, please read it to everyone."

Hasegawa was very curious at first, but when he got the report and glanced at it, his expression changed drastically.

Who is not confused by this information?
Suppressing the shock in his heart, he read the two reports to everyone one by one.

Many staff officers were a little shocked by the report on guerrilla warfare at first, but they didn't think it was too serious.

Isn't it just a few more helicopters, a wasteful way of playing?

A temporary failure doesn't mean anything. Some people are already thinking about whether to send some anti-aircraft guns to the guerrillas to beat down the enemy's helicopters.

Without helicopters, let's see what they use to encircle and suppress.

It's not a problem if the [-] infantry artillery can't penetrate the enemy's heavy tanks, just replace it with a larger caliber heavy artillery.

The Great Japanese Imperial Army still has this family background.

When he learned that the enemy had added hundreds of light tanks and hundreds of heavy tanks at once, the expression on the face of the staff officer who had thought that way just now froze.

A completely black "?" face.

When chariots become Chinese cabbage, hundreds of them will be added at every turn.

For the front-line combat troops, if they can add more than a dozen chariots to cooperate in the battle, they can shout long live the emperor.

Dozens of chariots are to serve as the main assault force in the battle and play a decisive role.

The resources of the Japanese army are limited and the technology is backward. Not only the quality of the tanks is not good, but also the production quantity is not good.

To expand a tank regiment, it often takes two or three months to fill dozens of tanks.

So far, the total number of Japanese tanks is around one thousand.

That is to say, the Sichuan Army has replenished at one time, one-fifth of the number of tanks accumulated by the Japanese army for many years.

My jaw dropped to the ground in shock.

Some people even suspect that this is fake news, no matter how exaggerated it is, there is no such exaggeration.

Moreover, the protective ability of the enemy's heavy tanks is too strong. Does it have to be equipped with heavy artillery and armor-piercing bullets to penetrate?

Hasegawa continued to read the report with a serious and ugly expression.

Speaking of the addition of heavy rocket launchers to the Sichuan Army, reaching as many as five, there was a small burst of exclamation.

Speaking of recruiting and training pilots, it is possible to equip the aircraft.

The intelligence department judged that it was a more advanced aircraft that could completely seize air supremacy.

The staff officers looked like dead parents, their faces completely collapsed, and they even lost the air supremacy. Didn't they mean that they would be passively beaten?

After reading for a long time, the room was deadly silent.

Everyone was caught in the shock brought by the intelligence.

Chief of Staff Kikuta Jiro broke the silence: "Why, are you all dumb?
The commander is still waiting for the result of our discussion at the staff office. I will report that you are all dumb, so there is no need for discussion. "

Another moment of silence.

A Chief of Staff of the General Staff suddenly said: "Is the intelligence true? Could it be a deception by the enemy to make us think they are powerful and achieve ulterior motives."

In the face of many questioning gazes, Nishimura Shou said firmly:
"Impossible, absolutely impossible, all the information is the conclusion of our special agents who penetrated into the enemy's interior to see it with their own eyes and verify it in many ways.

All the information is true and verifiable, I guarantee it with my own head! "

Seeing that he put his life on it, everyone believed it for the time being, but it didn't matter if they didn't believe it, because they couldn't come up with evidence to refute it.

Suddenly a thin and tall chief officer said, "I believe his information is true."

All eyes were on him.

This person is Zhuuchi Lianshan, the old opponent of the Sichuan Army.

Takeuchi Lianshan led his own infantry regiment. From the beginning, the Sichuan Army was wiped out. Soon after being transferred to another regiment, the entire division was defeated.

Therefore, he was deprived of his temporary position as the captain of the regiment, and transferred to the [-]th Army Staff Office to take up an idle position.

We all know that he is a defeated general with ruined future, no one thinks highly of him, even some lieutenants and staff usually don't give him good looks.

"Do you trust him, based on his intuition that has been defeated repeatedly?"

The opening was a thorny rebuttal, and it didn't save Takeuchi Lianshan any face.

Takeuchi Lianshan said calmly, as if he didn't hear it: "By the seventh day of the offensive and defensive battle at the Gold Mine Airport, the enemy had suffered more than half of the casualties, and all the rockets were lost.

Originally, under my organization, the new tactical play was very effective, and I was about to completely capture the hilltop position and destroy this group of enemies.

At this moment, the enemy got reinforcements, and a helicopter appeared, blocking the pace of our wing's attack.

This is not the end.

Then a batch of rockets that had been destroyed appeared again, and the overwhelming rockets severely damaged our army.

Helicopters search and capture, and rockets cover and strike.

We retreated until we were out of the range of enemy artillery fire, and the escape came to an end. "

Apart from telling this experience in front of the questioning inspectors, Takeuchi Lianshan never told anyone after he came to the staff office.

No one is interested in hearing about a loser.

Takeuchi Lianshan realized that he had lost his composure, and his words were unavoidably a bit long-winded. He condensed and summarized what he wanted to express:
"This enemy is different from any of the usual ones. Their logistical supply capabilities are mysterious and quite powerful.

Don't judge them by past experience. "

The person who knows you best is often your opponent, because he has been observing and thinking about you.

Takeuchi Lianshan's observation of the Sichuan Army is far more than that, but I don't know if other people are interested in knowing it. He can't be annoying and annoying.

The expression of his point of view inspired everyone.

The Sichuan Army is indeed an enemy that cannot be estimated by common sense.

Nishimura Shou pondered that it is very important to let the agents inquire about this aspect, and maybe find out the source of the enemy's weapons.

Through his remarks, the staff members agreed with the information given by the intelligence department.

Chief of Staff Kikuta Jiro was even more impressed with him, and directly ordered Takeuchi Renshan to write a detailed report and submit it to the commander.

The topic inevitably returned to the original topic: discussing a solution.

"The number of enemy tanks alone can form five regiments, which is beyond what our [-]th Army can handle."

"That's right, there are also heavy rocket launchers, and the air force that will soon be available."

"In terms of frontal combat, our army is at an absolute disadvantage. It is not feasible to take the initiative to attack. It may be the best choice to stick to Yangon."

A group of staff officers who were pessimistic about the prospects expressed their opinions one after another.

They are undoubtedly sensible.

There are not many enemies, but the weapons are too strong.

The strength on paper completely forms an advantage locally, and any two divisions of the [-]th Army are not enough to successfully attack.

On the contrary, if you choose to defend, you can still have a chance of victory.

But there are more hawks in the Japanese army, and there is no shortage of guys with no brains but recklessness.

They didn't like the attitude of the pessimists, and immediately launched corresponding rebuttals.

"How many chariots and cannons are equipped is based on strength on paper. It is not known how effective it will be in actual combat."

"Those enemies are peasant soldiers, lacking proper training and not being able to use their weapons effectively."

"We should take advantage of the opportunity when the enemy has not mastered weapons proficiently, launch an attack on the enemy as soon as possible, completely kill the enemy, and seize those excellent weapons."

"With those excellent weapons, the imperial government's plan..."

As he said that, some military officers remembered the good things. It seemed that the enemy was vulnerable and could be broken with a snap of his fingers. He got advanced weapons to beat British and American ghosts and animals to dominate the earth.

The two factions were arguing endlessly, and Chief of Staff Jiro Kikuta had a headache. Is this the elite of the empire?
Why does it feel like a bunch of guys who can only talk about it.

Can you be more realistic?
Kikuta Jiro suppressed both sides of the argument, and said coldly: "Then form a complete battle plan for me according to your respective viewpoints.

Tomorrow morning at the latest, I will report to the commander with your respective plans. "

Even without sleep, there is not much time left.

After the chief of staff left, the two groups of staff officers with different views immediately divided into two camps, discussing the battle plan intensively around the map.

Nishimura Shou listened for a while, and in his opinion, the pessimistic conservative faction was more reasonable, and the plan was more feasible.

Radicals think the enemy is too simple.

The Sichuan Army, which has repeatedly won more with less, is not an easy person. If you don't respect the enemy's simple thinking, you will suffer a lot.

There is no room for Shou Nishimura to speak here.

He turned and left, planning to deploy further intelligence spying on the Sichuan Army.

I heard that Chen Hao, the head of the Sichuan Army, has a beautiful blonde beside him.

Chen Hao is undoubtedly the core soul of the Sichuan Army. Since ancient times, heroes have been saddened by beauty, so maybe beauty tricks are a good choice.