Glorious Mission 1937

Compared with the good things of the Chen family, the Japanese side was much more miserable. At the end of 1940, they launched the second battle of Changsha, and then they were forced to fight the battle of southern Hebei. What happened?The second battle of Changsha, which was sure to win, was successfully counterattacked by the national government in the end. Not to mention the loss of troops, it was a great embarrassment internationally.

The Battle of Southern Hebei was the same. Except for finding some confidence in the Eighth Route Army, the rest of the battlefields were completely defeated. If it wasn't for Kimura Bingtaro's shamelessness at the critical moment, I am afraid that another pattern in the North China Front Army will be removed by Chen Feng's troops. up.

这不，战争刚刚结束，日军大本营就迫不及待的对侵华日军进行了大调整大换血！经日军大本营研究决定：“将新编成的第38、39师团调入中国。并分别将第38师团编入第21军；将策39师团编入第11军。将大本营直辖的第5师团（该师团原属第12军，后编入关东军，9月29日归大本营直辖）编入第21军。命令该部立即从大连、旅顺乘船出发，在海市岛三亚港登陆集结。”

“随后又将新编成的独立混成第16、17、18旅团调入中国，并分别将独立混成第16旅团编入第12军；独立混成第17旅团编入第13军；独立混成第18旅团编入第11军。”

“1940年12月12日，日军大本营下令将第20、101、108、106师团调回国内。其中：第20师团编入朝鲜军；第101、108师团归国复员，第106师团在归国途中又奉命折回编入第21军。将新编成的近卫混成旅团编入第21军。同时调任多田骏中将任陆军部军事参议官，并且由冈村宁次大将接任华北方面军司令官。原华北方面军参谋长冈部直三郎中将调任关东军参谋长。由笠原幸雄中将接任华北方面军参谋长！”

"On December 1940, 12, the base camp ordered the formation of the 17th Army and placed it under the jurisdiction of the North China Front Army! And Hideki Tojo was reactivated!"

"On December 1940, 12, the base camp revoked the battle order of the 19st Army, established the South China Front Army and the 21nd Army, and incorporated them into the battle order of the Chinese Expeditionary Army. Subsequently, the South China Front Army was ordered to break away from the battle order of the Chinese Expeditionary Army and transferred back to the base camp Directly."

After the above adjustments.By the end of 1940, the Japanese invaders stationed in China had 27 divisions, 21 independent mixed brigades, tank groups, and 1 flying group.The order of battle is as follows:

Sixth General Yan Jun, Commander-in-Chief of the China Expeditionary Force, and Lieutenant General Hisao Nishio, Chief of Staff.The headquarters is still located in Nanjing.Under the jurisdiction of the North China Front Army, the 11th and 13th Armies, and the 3rd Flying Group. [

华北方面军司令官冈村宁次大将，参谋长笠原幸雄中将。下辖第7、12军和第27、35、110师团、独立混成第7、8、15旅团，电信第5联队、华北气象部、第2野战铁道部、中国驻屯宪兵队。

第7军司令官东条英机中将、参谋长田中隆吉少将。司令部设在唐山，下辖第36、37、41师团、独立混成第5、9、16旅团、战车第8旅团、野战重炮第8旅团、山炮第5旅团、高炮第2联队。并且奉命重新组建骑兵集团！

第12军司令官饭田贞固中将、参谋长本乡义夫少将。司令部设济南。下辖第21、32、114师团、独立混成第6、10旅团、战车第9旅团、野战重炮第9旅团、山炮第6旅团、高炮第4联队。

Front Army Corps: 27th Division, stationed in Tianjin.The 35th Division, which is stationed in the Beiping area.The 110th Division, the Ministry is stationed in the Cangzhou area.Independently mixed into the 7th Brigade.In Huimin area of ​​Shandong.The 8th Brigade was independently mixed and stationed in the Zhulu area.The 15th Brigade was independently mixed and stationed in Peiping.

第11军司令官阿南惟几中将，参谋长青木重诚少将。司令部驻汉口。下辖第3、6、13、33、34、39、40师团、独立混成第14、18、20旅团。

第13军司令官泽田茂中将，参谋长樱井省三少将，司令部设上海。下辖第15、17、22、116师团。独立混成第11、12、13、17旅团。第3飞行集团集团长木下敏中将，司令部设北平，下辖第1、第3飞行团。

For this major adjustment, some people are happy and some are worried, compared to Tada Hayao and others who returned to China sadly.The newly appointed Okamura Ningji and others are undoubtedly happy, and the happiest is Hideki Tojo.Since the death of Norihide Abe a few years ago.Hideki Tojo was transferred back to China for investigation. Although Hideki Tojo was spared from prison because of the intercession of Prince Zairen of the Palace of Xianyuan afterwards, he was hidden by the Japanese army base camp. He has been in the base camp Army Department for several years Assuming a desirable idle position was completely forgotten by the higher-ups.

This time, because the North China Front Army was defeated here, not only did they lose southern Hebei, but North Korea and Manchuria were also bombed retaliatoryly by the Chinese, and the losses were extremely heavy. The commander of the front army, Hayao Tada, was replaced, and even the chief of staff, Naozaburo Okabe, was replaced.

Because the first army was completely wiped out in Taiyuan, the Japanese army only had the 12th army in North China. Therefore, the base camp ordered the North China Front Army to form the 7th army. Hideki Tojo, who had been hiding in the snow for more than three years, returned and was appointed commander of the Seventh Army.

This comeback is an extremely rare opportunity for Hideki Tojo, and it officially marks that the headquarters began to selectively ignore its mistakes three years ago.

In addition to military adjustments, the Japanese "government" has also adjusted the cabinet members of the "government". Due to continuous mistakes in foreign policy, the relationship between Japan and neighboring countries has become increasingly tense. The two sides negotiated and believed that it was necessary to make large-scale adjustments to the cabinet members, especially Matsuoka, the foreign minister who was in charge of foreign affairs, and decided to resign in general.

On the second night, the second Konoe cabinet resigned as general.The emperor again ordered Konoe to form a cabinet, so the third Konoe cabinet was established on December 12.The foreign minister of the new cabinet is Admiral Sadajiro Toyoda, former Minister of Commerce and Industry.Most of the members of the new cabinet are members of the previous cabinet, with the exception of three.

On December 12, the new "government" held its first joint meeting with the base camp.At this first meeting, the Minister of the Army and Navy made the following request to the "government":

The base camp believes that the impact of changing the cabinet at a time when the internal and external situation is very urgent and various policies of the empire are in progress is extremely important.But thankfully a new cabinet was formed quickly.The headquarters of the Army and Navy will not hesitate to give strong and sincere moves and assistance to the new cabinet.

According to previous "government" statements and other documents, the policy of the "government" has been clarified, but the High Command still wants to take this opportunity to make a few requests: First, it is about the current national policy principles that the empire should adopt. It has been clearly stipulated in the "Imperial National Policy Outline Adapting to Situation Evolution" that was decided.Various domestic and foreign policies formulated in accordance with the above-mentioned "Outline" need to be implemented quickly.Especially with regard to the military measures currently being implemented against French Indochina, the High Command must properly implement them according to established guidelines.For this reason, it is hoped that the "government"'s various measures will also be closely coordinated. [

There must be no negligence or delay in the war preparations for the south that have been initiated to meet the present emergency.In this regard, I am sure that the "government" can abide by the established policy, but I still want to take this opportunity to demand that it be implemented effectively.

With regard to the adjustment of Japan-US diplomatic relations, I hope that the established policy will be adhered to. In particular, I hope that it will not violate the spirit of the three-nation axis and implement its measures.

These demands from the Japanese base camp are actually asking the "government" to make an immediate decision to go to war against the United States, Britain and other countries. Not to mention the reason, the sudden factor that prompted the Japanese military base camp to make such a decision was the United States' freezing of Japanese property some time ago.As a result of the stationing in the southern part of French Indochina, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands imposed an asset freeze on Japan, which made Japan's external situation increasingly tense and deteriorating.

Murano, the Japanese ambassador to the United States, reported on December 12 that the United States believed that the Japanese troops stationed in southern French Indochina was the first step in the invasion of Singapore and the Dutch East Indies.Freezing assets is essentially a complete severance of economic exchanges.Since then, Japan's trade with regions outside the Yen Group has been cut off.Japan has faced a critical moment of life and death in terms of national defense.

Because the United States, Britain, and the Netherlands imposed asset freezes on Japan, Japan completely lost the way to obtain "liquid" fuel, which is absolutely indispensable for the survival of modern countries.Facts have proved that even if we stop enriching armaments and expanding other production sectors, and go all out to increase the production of artificial oil, it will not be able to meet the needs after all.Although it has considered developing oil fields in the northern half of Sakhalin Island or importing oil from places such as Iran and Peru, all these are nothing more than drowned people climbing grass for help.

If this continues, the Japanese Navy will lose its ability to operate in about two years, and the important industries based on liquid fuel will be paralyzed in only one year. The so-called situation of getting poorer day by day is inevitable. .Therefore, for Japan, severing economic ties is indeed more painful than using force, which also prompted the Japanese military base to decide to go to war with the United States.

The war may fail, but compared to the fact that the national power is weakening day by day, until there is no ability to stand up again, or when the national power is weakened to a certain extent and is overtaken by the Chinese or Britain, France and the United States, the Japanese army base thinks that the empire still fights to the death It's a good deal, and the chances of the empire winning are not small.Once the initiative of the war is obtained, the Great Japanese Empire will soar into the sky.

The most important thing is that even if the empire fails, it is nothing more than retreating from the China battlefield. That's all. The national power of the United States, Britain and other countries can't help the empire at all.On the surface, risks and profits are completely incomparable, so the Japanese army decided to take a risk. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote and monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to m to read.)

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