Age of Rebirth

Chapter [-]: The Japanese Army Changes Generals

The banditry sweeping across Shandong and the government's chaotic state have seriously affected Tang Qiuli's strategic plan to set up the Shandong base area. The banditry will not be eliminated, and various construction laws will be carried out. He will spare no effort to mobilize all the forces he can. Completely eradicating the banditry in Shandong and establishing a stable rear, this arduous task, he handed over to the leader of the special warfare detachment of the Independent Division and his cousin, Tang Qiuquan, who gave him full command responsibility.

Qiuquan accepted the task of presiding over the suppression of bandits in Shandong, although he knew that this task was much more difficult than killing a regiment of the Japanese army. The nature of the bandits and local armed forces alone was very complicated. Several generations of bandits Some of the habitual bandits were self-organized local armed forces, and some had complicated backgrounds, similar to political armed forces, such as Chen Tiannan. In addition, when the troops first arrived in Shandong, they were not familiar with the terrain and the people's conditions. All these brought practical difficulties to the suppression of bandits. Still gladly accepted.

However, there is one thing Qiuquan will never agree to, that is, to transfer the divisional security brigade to Shandong. The importance of protecting Tang Qiuli is much greater than that of suppressing bandits in Shandong. He cannot let Tang Qiuli be in any danger. Li couldn't resist Qiuquan, so he had no choice but to revoke the order. Looking at Qiuquan's leaving back, he felt a lot quieter in his heart. His cousin, how much burden for him, maybe even Tang Qiuli himself countless.

The convoy returned to Dingbian in the evening. Tang Qiuli didn't have time to go home, so he went directly to the war room of the Dingbian Security Command. There were more things that he had to deal with. The front line was a big mess. He Two-handed preparations must be made. The current calm of the Japanese army in North China is absolutely abnormal. Based on the historical records of Neiji Okamura, as soon as this guy arrived in North China, he planned many attacks against the Chinese armed forces in North China. [

The high-power radio station in the telecommunications room of the Dingbian Police Command sent orders to various places. The three cavalry brigades who received the orders assembled in the direction of Xuzhou at the fastest speed. Qiuquan was on his way to Xuzhou. Judging from the location where Tang Qiuli ordered the troops to gather, his preferred target was the Liu Motou bandits entrenched in the Yimeng mountain area in southwest Shandong.

When the order was conveyed to the Air Force of the Independent Division, something went wrong. Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang looked at each other, looking at the order signed by the division commander Tang Qiuli himself, and doubted his own eyes. Was it really signed by the division commander?There is nothing wrong with letting the aviation team fight the bandits, right?The technical content of this job is too low. If you are a bandit, you can just send infantry. Is it worth using an airplane?The heads of those bandits are not as valuable as an aviation bomb. On the surface, they say they are overqualified, but secretly they say that the division commander has not yet taken the aviation team into his eyes, and has not realized his own value.

The two of them murmured for a long time, it happened that the division commander was in Dingbian, let's go to the division commander, the air force can do big things, such as bombing Jinzhou or Shenyang. The two of them came directly to the war room, where Tang Qiuli was thinking intently in front of a large map.

Seeing the two baby bumps, he smiled and asked them if the air team was ready to go to Shandong. After listening to their opinions, Tang Qiuli's face immediately darkened, and he slapped the table, scared Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang jumped up from their chairs and stood at attention again.

Tang Qiuli told them that an order is an order and there is no room for bargaining. Don't underestimate these bandits. Underestimating the enemy will bring fatal consequences. The use of air power has been carefully considered. Go back and execute it immediately. You must choose the best The pilots, come to carry out this mission, and at the end, warn them, don't let the bandit's machine gun shoot down your plane!

After a violent training, Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang didn't dare to show their anger. It was the first time they saw the teacher get so angry, and they also realized the importance of this mission. The two of Dunbaoke left the security headquarters with their heads drooping, and went back to make serious preparations.

Looking at the backs of Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang, Tang Qiuli realized a serious problem, that is, the general idea of ​​underestimating the enemy in the army. This kind of thinking should also exist in the three cavalry brigades. The root cause is that they look down on bandits. Qiuquan sent a telegram to remind him to pay attention to the mood of the troops and strengthen education in this area.

Tang Qiuli stepped up deployment and mobilized troops, striving to solve the banditry problem in Shandong before the Japanese army in North China launched its next attack. The high-level Japanese army in North China also underwent major personnel changes. Objectively speaking, Tang Qiuli created a powerful force. Perhaps, this was something that the Japanese base camp never expected.

***The commander of the North China Dispatch Army, General Xiangyue Qingji, locked himself in a room, looking at the order from the base camp that he had read countless times in his hand. Since seeing this order, he has lost Losing the concept of time, the rising sun in the winter outside has nothing to do with him, and Kiyoshi Kazuki's heart is dark and cold.

Although he already had a premonition, when did this premonition occur, maybe it was the day of the July [-]th Incident, maybe it was the moment when all the Yamaguchi troops were smashed, maybe it was when the first army of Isoya Rensuke was destroyed under the city of Xuzhou, he also wondered I can't tell how high-spirited and full of confidence I was when I took charge of the North China military, and I was able to make contributions and show off my ambitions.

Eight months, just eight months, a series of failures, like a fierce boxer, constantly beating his body and spirit, back and forth, the empire lost in his own hands The team has already exceeded hundreds of thousands, with several battles and one victory. Thinking of this, Xiangyue Qingji was so painful that his heart was bleeding, but he was not reconciled, but there was no reason for his failure. and military power, should not suffer such a defeat.

Only in this way, Xiangyue Qingji suffered even more. The contrast between the hope in his heart and the reality made him dare not recall the battles he experienced during the eight months in North China. Stinging, when Tashiro Kanichiro left sadly, I looked down on this military senior who was older and more experienced than me. Now, it's my turn to become the laughing stock of those bureaucrats in Tokyo, following in the footsteps of Ayutashiro , sad to leave.

Everything is thanks to one person, the person who made Xiangyue Qingsi hate to the bone, the devil Tang Qiuli, Xiangyue Qingsi stretched his hands into the air nervously, as if he was strangling Tang Qiuli's neck , strangled his throat, and tore him to pieces, with a beast-like lust coming out of his throat, and a cold light in his eyes.

Tang Qiuli's blurry figure disappeared before his eyes, and what he caught was only air, fantasy and reality. At the same time, he disappointed Xiangyue Qingji. The order from the headquarters almost made him collapse. This order ruined his future in the army and his Ambition ruined his dream of building a career in China and rejuvenating his family, and also ruined his pure heart to be loyal to the emperor.

"Since the Great China Empire started war against China in North China, the former commander of the dispatched army, Kazuki Kiyoshi, made a command error and was unclear about the situation of the Chinese army, which led to the failure of many battles, resulting in hundreds of thousands of loyal and brave soldiers from the Great China Empire. The soldiers are broken, and the power of our emperor is ruined, so that the war situation in North China is corrupted, and the situation of the war in China is worrying, and he has failed His Majesty the Emperor's high hopes."

"In accordance with His Majesty's imperial edict, the base camp was dismissed from the post of the commander of the North China Expeditionary Army of the Japanese Empire, as well as other concurrent positions, ordered to withdraw from the military, and escorted back to the mainland for strict investigation. From the time of receiving the order , immediately hand over all military affairs, and return to the mainland as soon as possible, without any excuse for delay."

Every word hurts Xiangyue Qingji's heart like a knife, which means that he has been mixed up in the military and was abandoned by the emperor like a pair of stinky socks. Seeing it once, Xiangyue Qingji's heart is cold Once, when I wanted to cry, the tea was already cold before I left. My old friend, the chief of the general staff of the base camp, and Prince Zairen of the Xianyuan Palace hid himself like a plague god. He didn't answer his phone calls, so he was doomed to be an outcast.

In the dark room, Xiangyue Qingsi complained and felt sorry for himself. In fact, he wrongly blamed Prince Zairen. Zairen is in a state of desperation now, and the mud bodhisattva crossing the river cannot protect himself. For the heavy losses and successive defeats in North China, *** There was a crusade in the country, and the people complained, demanding that the supreme commander of the North China Expedition Army be held accountable, as well as the joint and several responsibilities of the plenipotentiary representatives stationed in China by the base camp in North China.

Zai Ren knew where the wind came from, and he was his deadly enemy. The current Minister of War Sugiyama Moto, without him fanning the flames, the local reaction would not have been so strong, directly attacking himself, due to his identity, Sugiyama Moto would not have It was too blatant and blatant, so Kiyoshi Kazuki became the main target of attack. [

The Army of the Communist Party of China is not monolithic. There are many internal factions, but they are surprisingly consistent in the goal of aggression against China. This may be the unique political landscape of the Communist Party of China. If the people on the line moved him down, they would also bring down Zai Ren himself, at least making Zai Ren ashamed.

Therefore, Sugiyama Yuan and others seized the military defeat in North China and made a big fuss. Zairen was too busy to take care of himself, and he couldn't keep Xiangyue Qingsi. What makes Jae-in extremely uncomfortable with the questioning of his elder brother, Emperor Hirohito, is that in this incident of the Kyoko Seishi, the current Minister of the Navy, Mitsumasa Yonei, is helping the flames and secretly helping Bin Shanyuan. Instead of going to a jug, this time, the ass sits on a bench. Could it be that some kind of compromise was reached between these two politicians in order to oust themselves from the position of chief of the general staff?

Zai Ren's mood is not much better than that of Xiangyue Qingsi, and he is also extremely depressed. He is facing pressure from many sides, and he can only use his old friends for many years as a scapegoat, and put all the responsibility for the defeat in the North China War on Xiangyue Qingsi's head , Zairen was drafting a memorial to his elder brother, Emperor Hirohito, and explaining the war in North China in the base camp, while secretly scolding the two old foxes, Minai Mitsumasa and Bin Shanyuan.

(To be continued)