Anti-Japanese blood sacrifice mountains and rivers

[Volume 3] Section 21: Chapter 9 Ambition to Nanjing (1)

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Chapter 9 Vision of Nanjing

The Imperial Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Force is a special existence in the sequence of Japanese combat forces. It is not under the direct control of the military headquarters, but is under the command of the General Staff Headquarters. General Tada Hayao, the Chief of Staff of the General Staff Headquarters, directly commands the Shanghai Expeditionary Army Commander Matsui Iwane. This is a unique command method among Japanese combat troops. It is the ultimate embodiment of the so-called staff system established in Prussia after the Meiji Restoration. If the division head is not in the combat command position due to special circumstances, the senior staff officer of the division will automatically replace him. , rather than the head of a certain brigade under the general opinion.

According to the strategic plan of the base camp and the General Staff Headquarters, at the beginning of the establishment of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, Chief of Staff Tada Hayao set his final campaign goal directly under the capital, creating the most favorable negotiation situation, so he dispatched Deputy Chief of Staff Wan Ishihara Er conducts operations.Anti-Japanese Blood Sacrifice Mountains and Rivers 21

The wild words of conquering Japan in three months have become the laughing stock of the world at this moment. The Chinese Japanese have proved their courage with mountains of corpses and blood. Moreover, the Shanghai Dispatch Army has changed from the first three divisions to include the third, sixth, ninth, eleventh, thirteenth, sixteenth, eighteenth, [-]st, The [-]th Division, the Heavy Rattan Detachment, the [-]th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, the Communications Team, and the behemoths directly under the depot, may be the most appropriate description of the Shanghai Dispatch Army.

From the Japanese point of view, the Japanese government's policy towards the United States at this time should still strive to maintain a proper goodwill relationship with the American government, because the Japanese themselves are very clear that although Manchuria has rich coal and iron resources, it lacks the most Important strategic resources are oil and rubber.

These important strategic resources are controlled by the Americans and British in Southeast Asia. Therefore, the Japanese are not prepared to turn against the U.S. government unless it is a last resort. The policy of Britain will acquiesce in the existence of Manchukuo, because there is a Manchuria controlled by the Japanese, which just eliminates the worries of Britain and the United States going south.

Matsui Iwane remembers that in the early 30s, the General Staff Headquarters had planned a joint naval and army assault to capture Wuhan. As soon as the war started this time, the General Staff Headquarters had been forced to abandon its plan to capture Wuhan once the war started, because that was not allowed by Japan's comprehensive national strength.

However, according to the actual situation of Japan's national power, the North-South division of the squadron's combat strength formulated by the General Staff Headquarters made it impossible for the main force to respond to the north and south. The overall strategy of the Japanese Empire is still permissible in terms of the national strength of the Japanese Empire. It will take a certain amount of time for occupation to eliminate unstable factors and stabilize the international situation.

In Japan, people who are still clear-headed have already realized that it is impossible to completely destroy China within six months to a year, and Japan is likely to be dragged into the quagmire of a protracted war. Inextricable.

In the early morning, on the surface of the light mist drifting, the sound of the roaring waves could not conceal the sound of the roaring guns in the distance. A few dozen nautical miles away from the mouth of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, seven large Japanese navy ships of more than 7446019 tons The destroyer is closely protecting the battleship Izumo, the flagship of the Chinese dispatched fleet. From time to time, there are multi-aircraft formations of Type [-] and Type [-] naval attack aircraft cruising past. It seems that today is a big day for the Japanese. ? [-]