The Red War God of Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 229 The Nightmare of the Japanese Army in East China

First, the Japanese naval fleet attacking Jiangyin was hit by a large array of mines from the Chinese army, and warships such as "Naka" and "Kinu" were sunk by the mines of the Chinese army; The division was almost completely wiped out by the Chinese army; and then from Suzhou being bombed at night, almost every place the Japanese army went, as long as they stayed at night, they would be bombed by the Chinese army.

At first, Matsui Iwane thought that the losses of the Japanese army were caused by the troops of the national government. However, Matsui Iwane soon learned from the intelligence agency that it was not the Chinese government army that caused the damage to the Japanese army, but the people living between Fujian and Guangdong. caused by the Wehrmacht.

"Baga——" Matsui Iwane was so angry that he immediately sent a report to the Japanese base camp after receiving the news, requesting the base camp to order General Abe Nobuyuki of the Japanese South China Front Army to immediately launch an attack on the Fujian-Guangdong area of ​​​​the National Defense Forces to contain the resistance of the Chinese Army. .In the telegram, Matsui Iwane "swears" that as long as Nobuyuki Abe keeps the National Defense Forces at bay, he is sure to win Nanjing within half a month.

However, the Japanese base camp did not adopt Matsui Iwane's suggestion, but urged him to speed up the offensive rhythm and take Nanjing and Wuhu as quickly as possible.

During the Japanese army's massive military expansion and strategic review, the Japanese base camp formulated several sets of plans for the battle in China.In the end, the emperor adopted the plan of "breaking through the Yangtze River, joining forces in North China, attacking Fujian and Guangdong, and unifying China".

The Yangtze River breakthrough was to defeat the resistance of the Nationalist government represented by Chiang Kai-shek and occupy the hinterland of the Yangtze River east of the Three Gorges; to join forces in North China was to turn north with the 4th Army Kenji Dohihara after the decisive victory in the Yangtze River breakthrough. The 1st Army, 2nd Army, and 3rd Army of the Sixth General Yan Jun of the North China Front Army joined forces and quickly captured Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan and other places, connecting North China, East China, and Central China to form an entire Japanese-occupied area.

The joint attack on Fujian and Guangdong means that after the settlement of North China, East China and Central China, the main force of the Japanese army will go south, and together with the South China Front Army, they will conduct the final strategic decisive battle against Wu Aihua's National Defense Forces.

The unification of China means that after the decisive victory of the military strategy, the Southwest and Northwest forces were divided, induced to surrender, and threatened to make them recognize the fact of the Japanese occupation and cooperate to build the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere."At this stage, military strikes have become a secondary means, while political means will become the decisive strategy for Japan to rule China in the end.

The people who participated in the formulation of this strategy were all officers above the major general of the Japanese army base camp and several generals of the front army, and no ordinary secretarial personnel participated in it. Therefore, the "Amorous Style Bureau" did not get relevant information. unexpected reasons.

Many years later, when Wu Aihua's troops finally set foot on the land of Japan and found relevant written materials from the Japanese imperial palace, Wu Aihua suddenly realized.

The research of war history experts is much more interesting. They believe that the reason why the Japanese army formulated such a strategy and was finally adopted by the emperor is that the Japanese national character of "weakness and fear of evil" is in the To make a mistake, the Japanese army and Wu Aihua's National Defense Forces fought in Pingjin. Compared with the military strength of the two sides, the National Defense Forces were in a weak position, but the result was that the Japanese army was almost completely wiped out, while the National Defense Forces lost very little. However, there are also sober people in the Japanese army who believe that there is still a big gap between the Japanese army and Wu Aihua's national defense force. Even if the Japanese army has conducted a review and improvement of strategy and tactics, even if the Japanese army has made considerable progress in aircraft technology, but If the Japanese army really wants to confront the National Defense Forces directly, the Japanese army's chances of winning are not great.

Even if the National Defense Forces are not able to fight as expected, the Japanese army and the National Defense Forces are in a state of anxiety and confrontation, which will also be very unfavorable to the Japanese army, because Chiang Kai-shek’s German weapon reorganization division still has a certain combat effectiveness. If Chiang Kai-shek’s troops are launched, or other local warlords support the National Defense Forces And if a surprise attack is launched, the Japanese army will also feel very uncomfortable.

The second is that the pragmatism of "picking peaches and picking soft ones" plays a role.Army combat is not about starting a decisive battle with a strong enemy. A decisive battle with a strong enemy is often a means in the middle and late stages of a war. Both the defender and the attacker will regard this decisive battle as the "winner" of the war. .

If there is a decisive battle at the beginning, it is not a war, it is a gamble!

Picking peaches and picking soft ones can quickly achieve results, which is very important for Japan, which is short of resources; secondly, because of the previous defeat in North China, a big victory is urgently needed to revive confidence.

Obviously, Matsui Iwane's request did not conform to the strategy and principles of the Japanese army, so naturally it was not adopted.However, the Japanese headquarters directly agreed to Matsui Iwane's request for an increase in the Army Air Force.

In fact, keeping Nobuyuki Abe's South China Front Army still is an absolute deterrent force for the two provinces of Fujian and Guangdong. If the war starts now and all their cards are lifted, it may not be more beneficial to the Japanese army.

Of course, this strategy has a premise, that is, Wu Aihua's National Defense Force does not send troops to support the Shanghai-Nanjing operation. If Wu Aihua dares to divide troops, Abe Nobuyuki's South China Front Army will naturally launch an attack to contain the National Defense Force's actions.

General Matsui Iwane sent a telegram requesting Nobuyuki Abe to attack, which was based on the participation of the Air Force of the National Defense Forces; however, the participation of the National Defense Forces in the Japanese military base recognized the Army, not the Air Force.

However, what the Japanese regret unceasingly is that it is this strategy of the Japanese army that gave the National Defense Forces the most scarce reorganization time. The 5 armies of the South China Front Army plus 4 armies of the East China Front Army, a total of 2 armies and 6 divisions with a total of 30 people attacked Fujian and Guangdong. If this kind of attack is best before the first ten days of December, the National Defense Forces are likely to abandon the coast. The cities had to retreat to the mountains to fight guerrillas.And the entire history of the Sino-Japanese War will be changed beyond recognition.

In early December, it was not long before the former Cantonese Army and the National Defense Forces were mixed, the old organization and combat effectiveness were not sustainable, and the new combat effectiveness had not yet been formed.

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Wu Aihua arrived in Shanghai with the "Wuweiying" on December 12. Due to the early arrangements of the "Bureau of Style", Wu Aihua and his party directly moved into the public concession after entering Shanghai.

The public concession was originally a joint concession of Britain, the United States, Japan and other countries, but later Japan formed a relatively independent "Japanese concession" within the public concession.Here, the straight-line distance from the East China Front Army Command in the "Japanese Concession" is less than 3 kilometers.

Of course, Wu Aihua's stay here was not to deal with the Japanese army headquarters. In fact, Wu Aihua's purpose in coming to Shanghai was very clear, that is to "add obstacles" to the Japanese. Haven't thought about it yet.

On the night of the 23rd and throughout the day on the 24th, Wu Aihua analyzed the information while looking at the detailed map of Shanghai.

Judging from the enemy's situation, the Japanese army's strength in Shanghai at this time is very weak. In the army, in addition to the former Marine Corps, there is also a newly formed 10th Division of the 38th Army. This division is the same as the 32nd Division that was destroyed in Zhoujing Lane Similarly, they are all newly formed divisions of the Japanese army. Although the officer configuration is good, the number of recruits exceeds 80.00%, and their combat effectiveness is quite average.

Although it seems that the Japanese army has a large number of people, due to the large number of targets to be guarded, Wu Aihua still has a lot of loopholes to exploit.

In terms of navy, the Japanese army was much stronger.Due to the first outbreak of the war in Shanghai, the Japanese "China Fleet" has long been divided into two. The aircraft carrier "Zuifeng", the dead ship Haruna, and the two heavy ships "Myoko" and "Maya" are sitting in Shanghai. The cruiser and a large number of other warships, such as the "Naka" destroyed in the Jiangyin ambush, also belong to the vital force of this fleet.

In addition, the Japanese Secret Service Organization in Shanghai, the Japanese Ronin Organization, and the Japanese Gendarmerie also possess certain forces.

Wu Aihua didn't want to start a full-scale war with the Japanese army in Shanghai, so the large-scale regular army didn't need to think too much.If Wu Aihua uses the power of "Dragon Nest", then Wu Aihua can definitely walk sideways in Shanghai, no matter what weapons the Japanese army has.However, Wu Aihua has always been entangled in the issue of whether to use the "Dragon Nest" and on what occasion.However, Wu Aihua finally thought of a way.

"Shen Ren, Kong Wu, I have a question that I would like to ask you to judge. It is the 'Dragon Nest' given by the meritorious service system. Do you think it is better for us in Shanghai to use it or not? In addition, it is Can the guys from Wuwei Camp know about this ring?"

This is what Wu Aihua thought of.It is really impossible to ask those guys in the Wuwei Camp this question, even to my closest lover Chen Siwei, they have to keep it a secret.

"Boss, use it, why don't you use it?" Shen Ren said affirmatively.

"Where's Kong Wu?" Wu Aihua looked at Kong Wu.This combat robot has never spoken much.

"I agree with Shen Ren's point of view." Kong Wu said.

"Then...can you let those guys from the Wuwei Camp know?" This may be the real reason why Wu Aihua couldn't make up his mind.

"This, absolutely not." Kong Wu said immediately.

"Well, it depends on what you think, Boss. If you want to use the 'Dragon Nest' for large-scale troop transport in the future, you will eventually have to disclose the Dragon Nest within a certain range; if you don't plan to use the Dragon Nest to transport troops It is better not to let them know." Shen Ren's thoughts fully considered Wu Aihua's difficulties.

"Uh, you two know that I'm just starting my business now. I'm short of money, supplies, ammunition, warships, everything. This time I came to Shanghai to find the Japanese to make some foreign money, such as grabbing some money." Going back with supplies and so on, but without the cooperation of those guys from the Wuwei Camp, how can we achieve this goal?"

"Oh, boss, so you're stuck here, this matter is very simple!" Shen Ren said immediately.

Following Shen Ren's explanation, Wu Aihua began to "understand the truth", and the nightmare of the Japanese Army's East China Front Army really began from then on!