Age of Rebirth

The Germans attacked the Soviet Union, and Stalin was forced to transfer all his troops from the Far East to Europe. For the Japanese Kwantung Army, which was on the verge of extinction, it was different from escaping death. For Emperor Hirohito of Japan, it felt like impotence After a few years, I suddenly found that my guy was standing upright like a gun at a certain moment. How can the feeling of excitement, relaxation and eagerness to try be described by the word "cool"?

Emperor Hirohito’s character, like the general psychology of the Japanese people, is a virtue that can only be taken advantage of but not disadvantaged. The Kwantung Army suffered such a big loss and was almost wiped out by the Soviets. If the Soviets were allowed to leave calmly , can anyone swallow this breath?

First of all, His Majesty the Emperor himself was very upset. What's more, Zhukov, who didn't know how to live or die, fought against the Kwantung Army when the other two Soviet front troops withdrew. Isn't it too deceitful?

Therefore, Emperor Hirohito destroyed the General Staff Headquarters and sent an urgent telegram to General Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army. In addition to informing the outbreak of the Soviet-German war and the news that the Soviet army was eager to withdraw from the Far East battlefield, he also ordered Nanjiro, Immediately launched a counterattack to Zhukov's Far East Front Army.

Regarding the current situation of the Kwantung Army, Emperor Hirohito is still very familiar with it. Although he was beaten until his nose and mouth were bleeding, he was only half breathed. It was under the blow of more than 400 million superior troops of the three Soviet front armies. If Zhukov was singled out The Far East Front Army is still capable of a battle. It is a fact that the Kwantung Army has suffered heavy losses, but there are still more than [-] troops left. What's more, the domestic Far East Expedition Army and the Korean Resident Army who rushed over from the Korean Peninsula are two troops. , coming soon.

Moreover, according to the judgment of the senior staff of the General Staff Headquarters, the Soviet Far East Front Army, which is still maintaining an offensive posture against the Kwantung Army, will withdraw in a short period of time. Is Zhukov doing this to cover the Soviet Outer Xing'anling Front Army? Let’s retreat with the Baikal Front Army, and prevent the imperial army from chasing after it. The consensus of the staff is, “The Soviets will never entangle! Eager to get out of the Far East is the real purpose!”

After reading the reports of the senior aides, Emperor Hirohito felt a vicious pleasure in his heart, which was much more comfortable than venting his desires on the concubines, "Hmph! Stalin, you also have today, how rampant you were back then, More than 400 million troops pressed the border, which almost caused me to lose more than 100 million Kwantung Army troops. Now, when the Germans attack, you panic and order the troops to come back to help. That's such a cheap thing!"

"Want to leave? You have to ask me and the samurai of the Great Japanese Empire whether you agree or not!" Emperor Hirohito paced in the hall with a happy face, immersed in the pleasure of revenge like a child. This idea is inseparable from Tang Qiu. Coincidentally, Tang Qiuli also said something like this, the Soviet army who was missed by the Japanese and Tang Qiuli would not have an easy life.

Next, the excited Emperor Hirohito immediately summoned a group of civil and military ministers into the palace and held a military meeting before the imperial court to discuss how to use the opportunity of the Soviet army's eagerness to withdraw from the Far East battlefield to retaliate fiercely. [

At the Imperial Military Conference, the Japanese civil and military ministers had the same opinion on the opportunity to avenge the Soviets, but in terms of specific military operations, there were very big differences in any action and how to do it. Of course, This kind of disagreement is mainly within the army system, each has its own reasons, and people in the navy system are not afraid of watching jokes on the sidelines, arguing with spittle, blushing, and smoke from the seven orifices!

As for the naval system, if you don't want to interfere, you can't get involved. When discussing the army's operations, the navy is automatically ignored. The interests of the navy, the generals of the navy, are too lazy to mix with these rude generals of the army, especially the proud Kwantung Army of the Japanese army, which has just suffered a big loss in the hands of the Soviets.

The guys in the army are all red-eyed, like mad dogs, whoever catches and bites whomever they catch. Usually, what the navy says and sings are curses. The imperial army of the Great Japanese Empire, and the navy took pleasure in other people's misfortunes. It was not enough to see jokes, but some people felt sad and hurt other people's feelings.

Therefore, all the senior members of the Japanese navy sat upright with their lips tightly closed, just using erratic eyes to communicate with each other's inner thoughts, and their ears were as dumb as radar to capture every bit of information.

The differences in the army system mainly focus on two aspects. Retaliation against the Soviets is for sure. If you suffer a loss and don’t retaliate, you are still the descendants of the Yamato nation, but each has its own way of retaliation.

One point of view, represented by Lieutenant General Shinno Tatsuaki, head of the Operations Department of the base camp, advocated an all-round attack on the retreating Soviet army. The Far East Expeditionary Army formed locally has twelve first-class divisions with more than [-] troops, responsible for chasing and retreating the retreating Soviet Waxinganling Front Army troops, and the ten first-class divisions of the North Korean Resident Army with more than [-] troops are responsible for chasing and retreating Among the troops of the Soviet Baikal Front Army.

Lieutenant General Tatsuaki Shinno, who proposed this style of play, based on the fact that the Soviet army was eager to retreat because the Germans launched an all-out attack on the Soviet Union, and the Soviet army's strength in Europe was seriously insufficient. The Soviet army could only passively parry, never daring to turn around and fight the imperial army again to the death.

This is not the most convincing point of Lieutenant General Tatsuaki Shinno. He finally said: "Your Majesty, the Operation Department of our base camp believes that this is an opportunity to weaken or even seriously damage the Soviets' military strength in the Far East. We Don't forget that the reason why Stalin mobilized more than [-] million troops in the Far East was not only aimed at the Kwantung Army, but the bigger plot was to occupy Manchuria and even the entire Korean peninsula!"

As soon as Lieutenant General Shinno Tatsuaki made this statement, there was an uproar. If Lieutenant General Shinno's decision was established, the largest and most resource-rich region outside the homeland that the two generations of the Great Japanese Empire painstakingly managed would be lost. With the blood of the colonies cut off, what else can the empire use to support the long-running Australian battlefield in the Southwest Pacific, relying on local resources?

What a joke, as far as the local land of Maru is able to feed the current citizens, it is already living a tight life. Without the resources of Manchuria and the colonies of the Korean Peninsula, the empire would not be able to compete with Britain and the United States on the Pacific battlefield. The Indochina Peninsula, of course, the Indochina Peninsula is now in the hands of the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli. This is a variable and is not included in the discussion of this imperial meeting.

Lieutenant General Tatsuaki Shinno’s words were resounding, and described a terrible future prospect for the Japanese. All the civil and military ministers were not fools, and they couldn’t help shivering. After the offensive, after a period of recuperation, will they make a comeback and reignite the flames of war in the Far East? With Stalin's character, he will definitely do so. Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula are very attractive to the empire, so why not Stalin? !"

Taking advantage of the Germans making the Soviets struggling to cope, it is a way to greatly consume the military potential of the Soviets in the Far East. Convinced most of the big men in the army system to speak up and support his opinions, but they were also frightened by Stalin's deployment of troops in the Far East this time.

There are even a few radical army generals who advocate that the offensive on the Australian battlefield can be suspended, and most of the local military forces can be assembled to fight all the way there, fighting a national war with the Soviets, crossing the Ural Mountains, in the European part of the Soviet Union, Joining forces with the Germans, are the two sides allies anyway? At that time, the interests of occupying the Soviet Union will be divided up, and the Great Japanese Empire will be less expensive?

This suggestion is very tempting. Emperor Hirohito couldn't help but be moved. He launched the Southwest Pacific War and the Far East War. The purpose is to win the two big pieces of fat that he likes. If the national power allows, he doesn't want to neglect that war. Now The problem is that there must be a trade-off. On the Australian battlefield, Ito Yanzaburo's Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Army played well and stabilized the Allied forces.

Occupying the Australian continent is only a matter of time. It seems that there is no need to invest too much military power, but the Far East. If the guy in Xinye really becomes a reality, it will be more painful for me than gouge out meat. The opportunity of a large-scale fight to exhaust the military power of the Soviets in the Far East is the best policy. Emperor Hirohito is quite moved, but the matter is so important that it is difficult to make a decision at the moment. [

Hearing that several army generals advocated suspending the offensive on the Australian battlefield, the naval generals couldn't sit still. It was the unanimous proposition of the naval system to open up the Southwest Pacific battlefield. Although most of the troops used were the army, the navy was also On the Pacific battlefield, the main character, the task force of Admiral Yamamoto 56, did not completely cut off the connection between the continental United States and Australia!

Without the navy's combat operations, can the army fight on the Australian mainland with peace of mind?Therefore, when rewarding meritorious deeds after the war, the navy had to share a large portion of the cake, which involved the vital interests of its own faction, but was it necessary to use the navy to break into the Soviet Union?

Obviously it’s not necessary, and the warships can’t go to the land. Attacking the younger and impatient admirals, ready to move, is tolerable. If you want to refute the radical generals of the army, your army advocates breaking into the European part of the Soviet Union. I have no objection to the territory, but don't sacrifice the interests of the navy!

(to be continued) rs

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