Glorious Mission 1937

Chapter 640: The Great Northeast Strategy—Bings in Yichun

The first thing Umezu Yoshijiro did after he took office was to ask all units to report their actual strength immediately. False and concealed reports are strictly prohibited. The results of the statistics will come out soon. The total military strength is more than 87 people. The Imperial Association Army in Manchukuo has more than 62 people, 12 armed immigrants, and some Korean Imperial Association Army. The total strength is about 162 million people.

But in fact, there are not so many troops. Umezu Yoshijiro knows that the Kwantung Army has always had the habit of lying and concealing defeats and casualties. Therefore, this statistics strictly prohibits all troops from lying and concealing. Of course, Umezu Yoshijiro also promised not to hold anyone accountable. Responsibility.

The statistical results are shocking. The actual strength of the Kwantung Army is only 67, the National Defense Force and the police of the Puppet Manchukuo are only 49, and the armed immigrants have a full 12, but the quality varies, just as the Chinese As said at the press conference, those hateful armed immigrants are indeed massacring the Chinese people in a planned and premeditated manner. It is precisely because of these crimes of these bastards that the tragedy in Tokyo has been caused.

The total force is only 128 million, and 80% of the North Pole is connected to the various battlefields on the border. There are only less than 30 military and police in Manchuria to maintain order, mainly the police, and only a small part of the army.

Such a severe situation was something Meijin had never thought of before. The Kwantung Army now is like a ripe persimmon, which looks bright on the outside.But the inside has already softened into a slime. Once the outer layer of skin is pierced, the soup inside will flow out.

The main force of the Kwantung Army is outside, which is like a tortoise shell. Once the shell is broken, the tortoise bastard inside will not be able to keep.Meijin didn't know how Yamada persisted. According to his estimation, even with some strong fortifications, the Chinese would be able to capture half of Manchuria in at most three months, and the Japanese Empire would lose its opponents in at most one year. Control of Manchuria.It may even spread to the Korean peninsula.

I want to reverse the current situation.The empire needs at least 50 additional troops to Manchuria, of which at least 5 tank divisions and 20 artillery brigades are needed. In addition, the strength of the Army Air Force also needs to be increased.

As the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Yoshijiro knew the importance of Manchuria to the Japanese Empire.Don't look at how much land the Great Japanese Empire now occupies in the South Pacific.But it is Manchuria that really supports the continued fighting of the Great Japanese Empire.Take weapons and equipment as an example, the production base of the empire is in Japan, but the resource base is in Manchuria.

In addition, the weapons and equipment produced by the arsenal in Manchuria were directly provided to the troops in North China.Support the army to fight against China. Once Manchuria is lost, the Great Japanese Empire will lose the capital to continue fighting.

Therefore, Umezu Yoshijiro reported to the base camp on the third day of taking office, and needed to immediately increase troops to Manchuria. The first batch of troops should not be less than 10 divisions and 15 troops. The Second Guards Tank Division stationed in Tokyo was transferred to Manchuria.In Umezu Yoshijiro's words, if Manchuria's Xinjing is lost, the Tokyo of the Empire of Japan will be over. It is better to keep Xinjing first.

In addition, Umezu Yoshijiro also ordered the Japanese and puppet troops on the front line to deploy troops according to the actual situation, and some unnecessary places would rather give up than deploy troops.

For the Japanese and puppet troops surrounded in the Yichun area, the Kwantung Army Command quickly responded. Umezu Yoshijiro dispatched a field division from Xinjing and Fengtian, supplemented by 2 heavy artillery brigades and 2 cavalry divisions to form the Northward Corps. Going to Yichun, the Japanese and puppet troops were far away.

In this regard, Chen Fengyanling asked Chen Tiebao's troops to wipe out all the Japanese and puppet troops in Yichun City, because it was this Japanese and puppet army that caused a lot of murders on the Sino-Soviet border, and not killing them would not be enough to cause civilian anger.

Moreover, the total strength of Chen Tiebao and Ivanov is as high as 25, and the total number of Japanese and puppet troops in the city is less than 8. Even if the reinforcements from the Japanese army arrive, there are only more than 7 troops, 25 vs. 15. If the combination of the regular army against the Japanese army's armed immigrants and field troops is still allowed to run away, it would be a shame to throw it to grandma's house.

Umezu Yoshijiro still pays more attention to the battle on the Yichun side. Although the news from the intelligence agency said that the total strength of the Chinese and Soviet troops on the Yichun side was less than 10, and they suffered heavy losses on the Tangwang River. 8 people.

However, General Umezu Yoshijiro fought against Chen Feng's troops, and he himself served as the Minister of War in Japan. According to the information obtained from various sources, Chen Feng is a very strange person, and his actions seem to be unconstrained, but careful analysis makes sense. According to the evidence, it looks risky but it is not.

In addition, Umezu Yoshijiro also discovered a very serious problem, that is, Chen Feng's unexpected understanding of T-Tech, and his intelligence was extremely strict. Many battles showed that the information provided by T-Tech to the Army was obviously wrong, so The commanders of the puppet front once reported to the base camp, demanding severe punishment for the idiots of Tegako, and asking Tegako to be responsible for several major defeats of the army, so Umezu Yoshijiro seriously doubted the accuracy of the information provided by Tegako.

While sending troops to reinforce Yichun, Umezu Yoshijiro specially sent a small force to the rear of the Central Soviet Army for on-the-spot surveillance.

Nima, what the hell is 8 people, and the mighty troop convoy is more than ten kilometers long. This is only a small part of it. According to the estimates of the special operations team, there are at least 20 enemy troops on the front line from Yichun to Jiayin alone. million, or even more.

In addition, these enemy forces are not only large in number, but also have excellent weapons and equipment. In addition to a large number of cars and tanks, there are also a large number of large-caliber artillery, and some weapons and equipment that have not been seen before.

General Meijin was completely stunned by these circumstances. He knew the combat power of Chen Feng's troops, and it was definitely leveraged.Not to mention that there is a difference of tens of thousands of people, even if it is an equal force confrontation, the Japanese army may not be their opponent, not to mention that the imperial army in Yichun City is not all field troops, but more of them are puppet troops and armed immigrants. From General Meijin's point of view, people are just giving meritorious service to Chen Feng's troops.

After reading the information sent back by the special operations team, General Meijin was completely speechless about TGK. This is the most mysterious and powerful intelligence agency in the Empire of Japan. The accuracy of this information is too poor. More than 20 troops have already approached the city. What happened, they didn't even know it at all, which caused the headquarters to be misled and almost sent 7 reinforcements to Yichun.

General Meijin is sure that if these tens of thousands of reinforcements rushed to Yichun without knowing the so-called, not to mention that the rescue mission cannot be completed, these people are likely to be wiped out. At this time, General Meijin finally Li Lie. The commander's helplessness is so embarrassing. Inaccurate information killed not one person, but tens of thousands of people.Now General Meijin also has the urge to pull out the head of the intelligence agency and shoot him.

But it seems that you can think about it this way, and you need to think twice about doing it. After all, although the information provided by the intelligence agency is not very accurate, it still has a great effect. The imperial army still cannot leave them for the time being.

Thinking that more than 7 reinforcements were rushing to the fire pit day and night, General Meijin couldn't sit still, and immediately called the reinforcement headquarters, ordering them to stop advancing immediately, rest and replenish on the spot, and wait for the command of the headquarters.

General Meijin then called an emergency military meeting to discuss the matter.However, what they are encountering now is the absolutely powerful Chinese and Soviet Army. In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy and tricks are unfeasible, and they still can't come up with a better way after several hours of pulling the skin.

In the end, Chief of Staff Naozaburo Okabe came up with a solution. Yichun is an important gateway city to North Manchuria, and there must be no mistakes.If Yichun is not lost, the whole of Beiman will be fine. If Yichun is lost, Beiman will not be able to keep it, so this Yichun must be saved.

Now the strength difference between the enemy and us is quite different, so Naozaburo Okabe suggested to transfer troops from the inland and North Korea. The inland mentioned by Naozaburo Okabe does not refer to the inland of China, but the hinterland of Northeast China, such as Yanji, Tonghua, Dandong In other places, the Kwantung Army still has nearly 20 elite troops and more than 8 puppet troops in these places. If 10 to [-] people can be mobilized from these places, this battle can still be fought.

Of course, these places can't be left alone. According to Naozaburo Okabe's intention, the defense gap left by these places after the troops are transferred will be handed over to domestic reinforcements.

This proposal by Naozaburo Okabe was quickly adopted by the Kwantung Army Command. General Umetsu made a decision to urgently transfer 7 regiments from the hinterland of Manchuria to the north, and another 2 divisions from North Korea to participate in the war.

In addition to the army, General Meijin also sent a report to the Japanese base camp, requesting that the third flight group of the North China Front Army be urgently transferred to Manchuria to assist the Kwantung Army in dealing with the air force under Chen Feng's command.

The Kwantung Army Command also attaches great importance to the crisis in Yichun. After all, the importance of Yichun city can be seen at a glance on the map, and there is absolutely nothing to lose.

Therefore, after receiving the telegram from the Kwantung Army Command, the base camp immediately made a decision to urgently ship the four newly formed divisions to the north, and at the same time agreed to transfer the third flying group to Puppet Manchuria.

After receiving the support from the base camp, General Meijin finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the base camp still knows the importance of Manchuria, then the Kwantung Army has hope. (To be continued..)