"...**Annihilated a total of 400,000 Japanese troops, surrounded a total of 160,000 Japanese troops in Beijing, and captured the three general generals of the Japanese chief, Lieutenant General Tanaka Shinichi, Lieutenant General Tokawa Jilang, and other seven general-level officers, 38 auxiliary officers, and the remaining 48,900 officers and soldiers at the lieutenant level and below, which is the greatest victory since the beginning of the War of Resistance!"

"President Roosevelt of the United States of America today sent a telegram to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek and congratulated the great victory of the Chinese team in North China. President Roosevelt said in the telegram that your team has made great sacrifices to promote the great progress of our common cause. This victory proves the belief that I have always believed in. The Chinese people are a huge force in the world's anti-fascism and a major force in maintaining world peace in the future!"

"Mr. Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, sent a congratulatory message, in which Mr. Churchill congratulated the Chinese team on a great victory, which accelerated the destruction of Japanese militarism and laid the most solid foundation for the final and complete defeat of the Japanese army!"

Chongqing organized a large-scale tour to celebrate the victory. Hong Kong people organized a death squad. Three thousand Hong Kong youth rushed to the North China front. Guangzhou people once again launched a donation, raising more than one million French currency in a short period of time. People from both lakes raised a large amount of grain to send to the North China front.

An unprecedented victory has put all Chinese people in a carnival, the sales of wine have soared, the Spring Festival seems to be coming again, and deafening firecrackers exploded in the streets and alleys.

This happy spring breeze quickly blew from North China to Jiangnan. In Nanjing, the pace of spring was obviously earlier than that in Peking. On both sides of the Qinhuai River, willow trees sprouted green buds, and firecrackers were everywhere in the city. The Nanjing Municipal Government issued an emergency order to maintain public order, prohibiting the sale and setting off firecrackers in Nanjing, but the streets and alleys were still filled with the cheerful laughter of children.

However, the government agencies of the Wang Jingwei government, which was spreading across Nanjing, were panicked. When news of the Battle of North China came, the entire Nanjing officialdom suddenly felt like he was lost. If they were lucky ones a year ago, after the Battle of North Hubei, they were still lucky, but now even the thugs on the street know that the Japanese will not be able to live long.

Although the newspapers were still hoarsely declaring war on British and American imperialism and the Imperial Army was powerful, the crowds in front of the Japanese embassy were overcrowded, and officials began to make the idea of ​​immigrating to Japan. What made the occupying army depressed was that not only Chinese officials wanted to leave this dangerous place, but a large number of Japanese people who came to China to hunt for gold also wanted to leave this dangerous place. The Japanese began to sell their industries in China, and Shanghai revealed that there were records of 16 Japanese factories reselling within one day, and the people who acquired these factories were very mysterious, and no one knew who he was.

Not only did the Japanese civilians begin to think about retreating, but even the Japanese army began to become unstable. The alert around the Chinese Expeditionary Force Command was tighter than before. Cars kept picking up senior generals from the train station and docks. The headquarters building was brightly lit, and officers were in and out. Everything showed that the army had been operating on a large scale recently.

In the headquarters conference room, a large map was hung on the wall, Nishio Suzuo sat at the first seat of the conference table, and Sakagaki Seishiro stood in front of the map. The map was very different from the shape of the previous few years. The Sun Flag was limited to the Jiangnan area, and it seemed so lonely and powerless.

Seishiro Sakagaki introduced the current enemy situation to the senior officers present. After Suzuki Kantaro became prime minister, the base camp proposed a new strategy, which is more political than military.

"The purpose of the new strategy is to exchange the Jiangnan region for peace," said Sakagaki Seishiro after introducing the war situation: "The base camp judges that the main force of the Chinese army will continue to attack Manchuria, but the dispatched army headquarters believes that even if the Chinese army only remitted a small part, the strength of the Chinese army to join the Jianghuai War Zone or the Jiangnan War Zone is far greater than that of the Imperial Army. In the Battle of North China, the Chinese army invested about two million troops, and as long as 200,000 were transferred, they could capture the north of the Yangtze River.

According to the situation provided by the base camp, the Kanto Army currently has 400,000,550, of which 300,000 will be mobilized to the Manchurian border, and the remaining 100,000 and 500,000 Manchurian National Defense Forces will block the Soviet attack in the ancient and Far East battlefields. In the south, the Imperial Army has been greatly weakened, with only about 300,000 left in the entire southern army, of which 300,000 are on the Thai-Myanmar border, 50,000 are in Singapore to Malaysia, 20,000 in Vietnam and Laos, the Imperial Army concentrates 100,000 troops in the Philippines, and 80,000 troops in the Mariana Islands."

Seishiro Sakagaki's voice floated in the room. Although it sounded full of energy, the content was thrilling. Behind this simple and boring number is that if the Zhong** team launched an attack on Jiangnan, the base camp would not send any reinforcements. Before the Battle of North China, the dispatched army headquarters had all drawn a large number of troops from Jiangnan to the north, but now all these troops have lost, but they cannot be supplemented.

"In light of the current situation, the new Chief of General Mei Jin proposed to shrink the Jiangnan War Zone and all the troops in the northern part of Jiangbei to the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou area, abandon the areas west of Nanjing, including Anqing, Wuhu, and Nanjing will become the front line, and the generals of the Expeditionary Army Headquarters will be moved to Shanghai.

The Jiangnan War Zone has no expression on the face of Seishiro Sakagaki, and there are still 210,000 troops left. There are no tanks or aircraft. There are only more than 100 armored vehicles. 210,000 troops are distributed in a wide area from the sea to Anqing and across the banks of the Yangtze River. The two war zones in China, the Jiangnan War Zone and the Jianghuai War Zone, have a total force of up to 1.2 million, of which the Jiangnan War Zone has about 800,000 troops.

The Jianghuai War Zone has 400,000 troops.

The main force of the Japanese army is distributed south of the Yangtze River, and only more than 60,000 troops north of the Yangtze River. Guan Linzheng, commander of the Jianghuai War Zone in China, is rectifying the troops. Once the rectification is completed, the peace north of the Yangtze River will be broken.

After Kantaro Kishiki became Prime Minister, the cabinet members have not announced it yet. However, news came from various channels. When Kantaro Suzuki became Prime Minister, he made a request to launch a group of people willing to be peaceful to form a peaceful cabinet. This request was approved by the group of important officials and the emperor. Foreign Ministers will replace Shigemitsuku Ao with Togo Momoto. In addition to the Foreign Minister, others are still pressing for mediation.

However, the news said that Nishio Suzusaki may be appointed as the Minister of the Army, and the Chief of Staff has determined that the former commander of the Kanto Army, Mijiro Umezu, was appointed, and the commander of the Kanto Army, was taken over by Naossaburo Okabe. Such adjustments will not affect the Kanto Army's operations.

In recent years, China's dispatched troops have failed frequently. Sakagaki Seishiro's vicious guess was that Suzuki transferred Nishio Suzusao and Umezu Mijiro back to China, probably because he hoped that they would support his peaceful proposition.

After taking office, Mijiro Umezu quickly proposed a contraction strategy for the Chinese battlefield, mainly to shrink the Jiangnan War Zone. According to Mijiro Umezu, he gave up the entire Jiangnan and quickly transported the Jiangnan team to Manchuria, blocked the ** team at the front line of Shanhaiguan, and quickly formed fifty divisions in the country. However, these troops were not going to be involved in the Southern Army or Manchuria, but were responsible for domestic defense.

The failure of the Battle of North China made all Japan's weaknesses come out. The total number of Japanese islands was less than 400,000 troops, which was only enough to meet the defense needs of Kyushu. Large-scale military expansion was necessary to meet the needs of domestic war preparedness.

Seishiro Sakagaki paused for a while and saw that no one spoke, he continued: "According to the practice, the Chinese army needs three to five months to rest after a large-scale battle. We must seize these three to five months and make large-scale adjustments to the troops."

"Your Excellency," Someone finally broke the silence. Sakagaki looked back at the commander of the 13th Army, Shimomura, who was indeed stationed in Shanghai: "Nanjing becomes the front line, what should the Nanjing National Government do? Should I move to Shanghai together or stay in Nanjing?"

"The relocation of the headquarters to Shanghai was a military decision, and it had nothing to do with politics. Where will Nanjing's amplitude go, the commander will discuss with Chen Gongbo as acting chairman." Sakagaki Seishiro replied. The Nanjing government was a troublesome, and when the war was going smoothly, it was a bad assistant, but it was a big trouble in my heart, which became a huge obstacle to negotiations with the Chiang Kai-shek government.

Shimomura must not speak anymore. Nishio Suzuo looked up at the generals attending the meeting. All the division commanders of Jiangnan or the Chinese Expeditionary Army were here. Of course, the exception of Peking and Tianjin, everyone did not say a word. "Sakagaki-kun continue reading." Nishio Suzuo said.

Seishiro Sakagaki continued to read out the retreat sequence and first gave up Anqing. The 15th Division of the 116th Division retreated to Wuhu along both sides of the Yangtze River.

The 137th Division was responsible for the support. After the Anqing garrison retreated to Wuhu, the Nanjing garrison sent the 17th Division to support. The Wuhu garrison abandoned Wuhu and retreated to Nanjing. In this way, the entire army retreated to the Jiangnan area centered on Shanghai.

After Seishiro Sakagaki read the retreat sequence, Nishio Suzuki stood up seriously. "Your lords, the empire is in the most severe and difficult period in history. Whether the Yamato nation can exist and whether the empire can survive depends entirely on your efforts!"

"I wish to break my bones for Your Majesty! I will never refuse!" Shimura Dingteng stood up and replied loudly.

Then all the generals stood up together: "I wish to break my bones for Your Majesty! I will never refuse to die!"

"Very good! You guys! In this retreat, all the news cannot be leaked. No matter it is the Nanjing government or anyone else, you cannot let them know a word!" Nishio Shou's god-making sè was extremely strict.

“Hayi!’

After the meeting, Shimomura Takashi deliberately walked at the end. When he arrived at the door, Shimomura Takashi suddenly turned around and walked to Sakashi: "Sakashikun, is there any news about Okashikun?"

Nishio Suzuo and Sakagaki Seishiro looked at Shimomura Tingshimura Tingshimura with some surprise as the name of Tomoe General among Japanese generals. After Ishihara Kanir resigned, he took over as the Minister of the Operations Department and was the first to propose the idea of ​​landing in Hangzhou Bay. But his question today seems a bit abrupt. According to the tradition of the Japanese army, Okamura Yasuji defeated such a crucial battle. Even if he was not killed in the battle, he would have seduced his stomach after the war.

"Quanmura, if Okamura can hold the Chinese army for five months, it will be considered as making military achievements for the empire." Sakagaki Seishiro replied expressionlessly.

"How many troops do we have in Beijing, Tianjin?" Xiacun Ding asked again.

Seishiro Sakagaki shook his head slightly, 'Before Okamura's report, there were about 30,000 in Peking, and about 70,000 soldiers in Tianjin, and 100,000 soldiers were counted as 100,000 troops."

Sini Shouzao kept staring at Shimura Ding, thinking about his thoughts. Shimura Ding sighed: "It would be great if they could rush to Tanggu. The Navy could send a ship to pick them up in Tanggu. This is a hundred thousand troops."

So that's how it was. Nishio Shuzuo shook his head slightly in his heart. He was a little disappointed. He scolded seriously: "Kun Shimomura, what's wrong with you? Are you confused? In this state, how can you complete the mission assigned by the Emperor! Complete the expectations of the people!"

Shimomura was stunned, then lowered his head with shame. He understood that Nishio Shouzuo saw that his fear was found. The 200,000 troops were shrinking to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, but the ** team still had a million people. The Jianghuai War Zone was north of the Yangtze River and still threatened the Jiangnan area.

"Yasumura-kun wants to be very smart," Sakagaki Seishiro said, "The commander has an idea, you come and find out for us." Shigaki Taki looked up at Sakagaki Seishiro and Nishio Shozuo with some confusion. Sakagaki Seishiro and Nishio Shozuo exchanged glances. Sakagaki walked to the map and said, "After the withdrawal is completed, the commander will decide to launch a local attack on the China Jianghuai War Zone north of the Yangtze River, with the purpose of attacking the Chinese army on Taixing and Taizhou front lines to boost morale."

In fact, in addition to Peking and Tianjin, there are also some Japanese soldiers who are struggling to marching among the mountains on both sides of the Great Wall. For them, the most dangerous thing is not the lack of food or the ** team in the brigade, but the bandits that have lasted for hundreds of years in the mountains on both sides of the Great Wall.@.
Chapter completed!