Beacon starts from the departure of a strong man

Chapter 388 Japanese Army Staff Headquarters
"Order!" Sun Zhenlang said in a loud voice: "In view of the bravery of the Jin Jizhong Regiment of the 122nd Division, we now appoint Jin Jizhong as the brigade commander, Zhang Kang as the regiment commander, Liao Junjie as the battalion commander, and Wu Tianlu as the battalion commander."

"The rest of the officers will be appointed by Jin Jizhong himself and reported to the division headquarters for approval."

Looking at Yu Hua, "Staff Yu, my appointment has been issued, please tell me, who will be sent out to contact the friendly army this time."

"Commander-in-Chief, Zhang Kang can go to the Hutou Mountain Base to talk to Qiu Ming about joint operations, and Wu Tianlu can go to Qingfengzhai to find Zhu Ziming."

"Wu Tianlu has been in both the north and the south. He is a member of Brother Pao's team. He has a lot of seniority and knows a lot of slang in the Jianghu. It is very suitable to find Zhu Ziming."

After hearing Yu Hua finished speaking, Sun Zhen laughed loudly: "Okay... I will do as you say!"

"Let Jin Jizhong's people handle the contact with the Eighth Route Army and Qingfengzhai this time. As for Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun, I will come in person!"

Afterwards, Sun Zhen called in the communication soldiers, drafted a telegram, and sent a telegram to Pang Bingxun and Zhang Zizhong in Langye.

And just when the Chinese side is deploying the campaign!
The base camp of the Japanese army is also further discussing the war in the Far East. The new Chief of Staff of the General Staff Headquarters is Hashimoto Gun.

Hashimoto Group took over the position of Shimomura Sada and became a new powerful figure. In Shimomura Sada's career, forming the Tenth Army, launching a landing battle in Hangzhou Bay, and annihilating the Japanese army in the Songhu area were his highlights.

Due to the Jinling incident, it aroused huge public opinion in the international community, and Shimomura was attacked by Hashimoto Gun, Tanaka Shinichi, Hashimoto Shingoro, Changyong, Muto Akira and others in China, and was forced to resign.

Previously, Shimomura Sada joined forces with Hashimoto Group and others to drive away Ishihara Wanji, and Shimomura Sada served as the chief of operations. However, after Shimomura Sada took office, he drove Hashimoto Group and others to the front-line troops. accurate.

Now that the Jinling incident has condemned Shimomura, Hashimoto Group and others did not let go of this opportunity to make things worse, and drove away Shimomura.

As the newly appointed Minister of Operations, Hashimoto Group must now make a new campaign plan. The Sichuan army gathered in the fifth theater, and also wiped out the Shigeto detachment.

This swollen the face of the Japanese Pingjin Front Army. Terauchi Shouichi asked Shimomurasada to send reinforcements to the Pingjin area many times. He wanted to wipe out the 22nd Army of the Sichuan Army and wash away the shame.

However, there are now two arguments in the Japanese Army's General Staff Headquarters, that is, some of the staff agree with the campaign plan of the former Minister Shimomura.

That is not to hold a big battle in the Xuzhou area, but to concentrate superior forces, let the Japanese army in East China cooperate with the Japanese army in Pingjin area, organize a large mobile corps, go south along the Ping-Han line, and directly defeat the Central Army in the first theater. Go straight to Wuhan.

The Central Army in the first war zone was weak and vulnerable. The division commanded by Kenji Doi directly attacked Liu Zhi's group army and retreated all the way.

Many Japanese troops believed that there would be no problem at all for the large mobile corps to penetrate the Central Army in the first theater.

This plan is very risky, and Hashimoto group is aware of it. After all, there are still a large number of Republic of China troops in the Xuzhou area.

The Hashimoto group is not worried at all about the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army in East China and Pingjin. They can easily penetrate the Central Army in the first theater;

However, defeating the Republic of China troops head-on, the side of the imperial army was easily attacked by the Republic of China troops gathered in the Xuzhou area.

The reason why Xia Cunsada proposed this battle plan was recognized by some Japanese troops is that at that time, Xia Cunsada also specifically said that during the Three Kingdoms period, Deng Ai took the Yinping trail and crossed the mountains and went south to Chengdu.

The essence of combat is also to use deceitful tactics to surprise the enemy and deal them a heavy blow.

After discussing for a while, Hashimoto Group is the new Chief of Operations after all. How can he approve the plan of the previous Chief of Operations? Doesn't it seem that he is incompetent?

He simply rejected this risky plan. In addition, now that the Sichuan army has wiped out a detachment of the imperial army near Teng County, this must teach the Sichuan army a severe lesson.

Among them, the combat staff officer of the Pingjin Front Army went down the mountain to ponder over the Colonel, and also submitted several telegrams to the staff headquarters.

There was a large-scale mobilization of the Republic of China army near Xuzhou, bringing together the main force of the Jinling Command.

According to the empire's combat plan, it is necessary to quickly subdue the government of the Republic of China. If it wants to surrender, it must annihilate the main force of the Republic of China army.

Among them, the Sichuan army has repeatedly destroyed the battles of the imperial army. This team must be listed as a priority target.

After this telegram was reported to the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters, the newly appointed Chief of Operations Division of the General Staff Headquarters Masazumi Inada highly praised Shimoyama Takumi, saying that Shimoyama Takumi's idea is very good.

Masazumi Inada is an aristocrat from Tokyo with a powerful family. He has just been promoted to the position of section chief and is in a hurry to brush up his resume!

"minister!"

"I agree to conduct a large-scale battle in the Xuzhou area, dispatch elite troops, and encircle and annihilate the army of the Republic of China."

"The domestic reserve soldiers have now been mobilized and can be added to the Pingjin and Songhu areas at any time."

Masazumi Inada is now eager to brush up his resume, and at the same time, prove that he is also a capable person in the family and does not rely on family background for promotion.

Masazumi Inada also has an older brother named Kazuyoshi Sakanishi. The reason why the two have different names and surnames is because Inada's brother was forced to marry into the Sakanishi family for the sake of family development.

Speaking of Kazuyoshi Sakanishi, this old devil is also a bit famous, because Kazuyoshi Sakanishi was the commander of the Japanese army in the final battle of the Xuefeng Mountain battle between China and Japan.

Masazumi Inada's father-in-law Abe Nobuyuki was a general in the army, and later served as the prime minister of the Japanese army.

"Minister, we also agree to carry out a decisive battle in the Xuzhou area, wipe out the main force of the Republic of China army in one fell swoop, and completely annex the Far East mainland."

"We must make a quick decision, eat up the hundreds of thousands of troops gathered here, and seriously damage the vitality of the Republic of China."

Many Japanese officers also demanded a decisive battle in the Xuzhou area. Hashimoto listened for a while and thought about it.

First of all, now that the Sichuan Army has killed the Chongteng Detachment in Teng County, the imperial army has listed the Sichuan Army as the number one hunting target, which must be surrounded and wiped out, plus the gathering of the Republic of China troops in the Xuzhou area.

The central China front army in the south went north, and the Pingjin front army went south. They could completely encircle Xuzhou, eat up the main force of the Republic of China army in one fell swoop, and disintegrate their will to resist.

Hashimoto group made a final decision: "Yoxi!"

"Immediately discuss the deployment of the campaign. The Xuzhou area will carry out a large-scale battle to wipe out the main force of the Republic of China army. How to allocate troops, come up with a proposal as soon as possible, so that I can report it to the emperor."

The Japanese officers in the General Staff Headquarters all cheered, the war is over, and finally a big battle is going to be held in the Xuzhou area. This is a military achievement.

A group of people told Hashimoto Group that they can come up with a combat plan today.

The Japanese army in the General Staff Headquarters, as if they had taken a stimulant, began to call friends one by one to formulate a plan for the Xuzhou campaign. Everyone was determined to draw up a plan in the shortest possible time.

(End of this chapter)