The third bloody war of resistance Chapter 6 stalemate Chapter 8 turning point (thirteen)
…Ying Gaojun, you are really a person born in response to the war. Dan Shidan didn’t want to see it at all... Qin Yansanro thought about it and was overjoyed. This is indeed a solution. Japan is destined to be a supporting role in the war against the Soviet Union, and the goal of the war should be limited. Moreover, Rigaosuke was right. The Siberian Plateau is north of the Greater Khingan Mountains. It is snowy and icy, and it is difficult for a large number of troops to survive in this area.
The Soviet Union's major railway artery leading to the Far East, the Siberian Railway, was also chosen in Mongolia, and did not go north of the Outer Xing'an Mountains. Therefore, as long as we occupy the south of the Outer Xing'an Mountains, we can end the attack.
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"The Kanto Army will have to wait for a month and a half. How far the Soviet-German War will develop? We can also depend on the situation." Nishio Shouzuo looked up at the plaque of great openness and interrupted at this time.
"The feelings of the United States cannot be ignored. The Prime Minister will likely choose to negotiate and resolve the dispute first. In this way, we will leave room for buffering. During this period, we will first resolve the Soviet Union and then turn around to deal with the United States, Ritakanosuke, and walk to the throne and make a gesture toward Qin Hikasaburo.
Qin Yansanlang smiled slightly and sat on it. Then he felt that the position was not comfortable. A section stretched out from the back of the imperial seat, which was just under his waist, forcing him to straighten his body and maintain this posture. It was easy to say that the time was short, but it was very uncomfortable for a long time.
"Haha, Qin Yanjun. It's uncomfortable to sit in this position. It's obvious that Nishio Suzuo has already sat there. Knowing the taste of sitting on it, Ritakanosuke couldn't hold it back. It's obvious that he had tasted that taste.
"Yoxi" Qin Yansanlang showed a cheerful smile, got off his seat, looked at the magnificently decorated throne, shook his head and sighed. This imperial throne looked comfortable, but who knew it would be so uncomfortable to sit on it, but for thousands of years, the Chinese have been tirelessly fighting for this chair.
Qin Yansanlang lingered in the grand Supreme Hall, but he only had half a day and rushed to visit Zhonghe Hall and Baohe Hall. The two places behind were not so detailed, but they still made Qin Yansanlang constantly exclaim.
The situation surprised them. Konoe Fumima announced his resignation at the end of July due to the Ozaki Hidemi incident. The Konoe Cabinet fell. In early August, Hirohito authorized Tojo Hide to form the cabinet and agreed to serve as the Minister of the Army.
The first thing Tojo's cabinet did was to send a special envoy to the United States to negotiate with the United States. Tojo's national policy and strategy still regarded the resolution of the China incident as the primary task of the cabinet. However, Tojo still faced the demands of the army to declare war on the Soviet Union, and this demand was becoming increasingly strong. Tojo had received a secret connection from young officers of the Kwantung Army, preparing to imitate the old 918th and Lugou Bridge, and the lower side defeated the upper side and forced the government to agree.
As an expert in the Gunko-super, Tojo had no choice but to do anything about it. He knew that this matter could not be suppressed by orders. He led the advance corps of the Kanto Army to enter the pass without orders. This move led to the further expansion of the Lugou Bridge Incident, which led to the Chinese Incident today.
Tojo Hideki was not sure whether to declare war on the Soviet Union. The threat from the United States was close to him, and the Soviet Union was his long-standing enemy. Germany's attack on the Soviet Union was in full swing, and the ambassador to Germany Oshima frequently called and urged to start war on the Soviet Union immediately, believing that the collapse of the Soviet Union was right in front of him and that the capture of Moscow was just around the corner.
The island made such a judgment based on the battlefield situation. The German attack was unexpectedly successful. The raid was unexpectedly successful one day on June. More than 60 airports deployed by the Soviet army were bombed and 1,200 aircraft were blown up. On the ground, the three armies were unstoppable. By early July, the Central Army had conquered Minsk, the capital of Belarus, and conquered Smolensk, the Moscow gateway, in mid-July; after the Southern Army won the battle in the border area, it successfully attacked the fortification area of Kiev.
In mid-July, after conquering Smolensk, the Central Army turned its troops and attacked the southwest. It surrounded and annihilated two Soviet armies in Uman. Including the group commander, there were 100,000 prisoners. This huge victory was soon overwhelmed by the subsequent Kiev encirclement and annihilation battle.
The encirclement and annihilation of Kiev is the largest encirclement and annihilation battle in human history. This battle, from midsummer to early autumn, was eventually the Soviet Union's Southwest Front Army, the Bryansk Front Army, as well as one part of the Southern Front Army, six armies. The total number of troops reached one million. It was surrounded and annihilated by the German Central Army and the Southern Army, and 660,000 were captured alone.
Germany's attack was getting smoother and smoother, but Tojo Hideki was feeling uncomfortable. Indeed, because of the smoothness of military operations, the pressure from Germany was reduced, but the pressure from the army became increasingly greater. The Kanto Army's large exercises were repeatedly postponed, but Tojo felt bad from this postponement.
In mid-August, the Manchurian Gendarmerie Command reported that the North China dispatched Colonel Li Takanosuke secretly went to Xinjing and had a secret talk with the senior staff officer of the Kwantung Army's first class, Wu Liang, and other young Kwantung Army officers, and agreed to gather troops in the name of the exercise to create trouble during the exercise. Then they launched a large-scale attack on the Soviet Union.
"Bastard, bastard, what are they going to do! Why didn't Commander Umetsu stop it!" Dongbian Kazuji was angry and glared at Banfan Zheng Shiro, he thought it was Banhuan who was acting secretly with his lamp on his back.
"What should I stop Umejin?" Itagaki smiled bitterly: "Didn't the Kwantung Army always do this? September 18, Lugou Bridge, Kwantung Army always do this.
Tojo didn't know what to say at once. After the September 18th, the Kwantung Army carried out the cabinet behind the back of the cabinet, the government had to recognise it. During the Lugou Bridge Incident, the cabinet repeatedly ordered not to expand, but it was Tojo who personally led the Kwantung Army to advance into Chahar. Now these middle and lower-level officers are just imitating their actions back then.
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"No, I will never allow it, I will never allow it!" Tojo was a little angry: "War will never be allowed without the orders of the cabinet."
"How to stop the problem?" Muto asked. Danhuan was disdainful. The reason why Tojo could serve as Prime Minister of the Cabinet was that the veterans believed that he could control the army. The current army was controlled by a group of fanatics. Their actions made the important officials group worried and worried that they could not control them. This broke through the constitutional provisions and chose an active army general as prime minister, and allowed him to serve as the Army Minister for the first time. But once these veterans believed that he could not control the army, all the power of Tojo now might be lost, so Itagaki believed that Tojo could not stop the Kanto Army's actions. On the contrary, he would change with the Kanto Army's attitude.
Soon, news came from Manchuria that the Kwantung Army began to raid the establishment of the Manchurian National Defense Force, and 150,000 strong men were conscripted across Manchuria. The prisoners of war camps in the pass were straight to massacre prisoners of war, especially those Central Army prisoners of war. These prisoners of war were transported to Manchuria. Joined the Manchuria National Defense Force, in order to equip these prisoners of war, the Kwantung Army used materials from the strategic reserve warehouse and also required the domestic emergency transportation of weapons and equipment enough to equip 100,000 people to Manchuria.
The actions of the General Staff are intriguing. They quickly delivered the supplies to Manchuria without even discussing with the cabinet. After hearing about it, Tojo Hideki accepted this faita fact while slandering.
However, this rapid transportation also shook the warehouse of the General Staff so clean that it could not even be stuck in the mice. The commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Expeditionary Army called angrily and asked the military headquarters to explain why the materials that were ready to be transferred to central China were handed over to the Kwantung Army. Without these materials, the 11th Army could not launch the Yichang Battle, could not capture Yichang, and threaten Chongqing; the Eastern Chinese troops could not launch an attack on the Third War Zone of China, and the agreed attack on the China Sulu War Zone would not end in failure. If the military headquarters could not maintain the supply of materials to the China Expeditionary Army, especially the supply of ammunition, the China Incident would not see the dawn of resolution.
Tojo could not explain to Tada Jun, so he had to suppress Tada Jun's report. Tojo did not refuse to launch a war against the Soviet Union. What he disliked was that the Kanto Army was doing its own thing. When he was the chief of staff of the Kanto Army, he admired this decisive style of action, but now he served as prime minister and minister of the army, he felt that such action was really a big trouble.
However, Tojo's disgust did not last long, and the Kanto Army could no longer hold back. Umezu Mijiro sent his chief of staff, Hitotaro Kimura, to the military headquarters to report the preparations for the special exercise, while Nishio Shouzu sent Rikio Nosuke to the military headquarters to report the results of the security operations in North China.
Neither it is Tojo Hideki or Kyukiyama Metachishiro Itagaki Seishiro, he thinks it is a coincidence.
"According to intelligence, after the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, Stalin drew a large number of troops from the Far East to the European battlefield, including all tanks and 600 aircraft. At present, the Soviet army in the Far East has dropped from 1.2 million to 700,000. This situation is extremely beneficial to us. Kimura Hitaro did not report any preparations. On the contrary, at the joint meeting of the Military and General Staff, he first introduced the changes in the Soviet-Russian Far East force.
"Is the information reliable?" Shanshanyuan asked in a deep voice, his elbow was on the table, and he seemed very interested.
"Very reliable, Hitaro Kimura seemed very confident: "Stalin arranged a spy network in Tokyo. We also have an intelligence network on their side. The intelligence provided by this intelligence network has proved to be accurate several times.
Kenji Doihara felt relieved. This intelligence website was established by him in Manchuria and has finally begun to work.
"When the German-Soviet war network began, the Soviet army was very nervous, but after August, they relaxed, probably because they thought that winter was coming and the Imperial Army would not launch another attack. Kimura Hoedaro explained.
"This is reasonable, Oshima report. The Soviet army was hit hard by the German army, and Stalin no longer cared about the Far East. Besides, the number gap between the 700,000 troops faced the 700,000 imperial troops was not big." Itagaki said calmly.
"But Stalin was wrong. The attack on them by the Imperial Army would not be weaker than that of the German army, Takanosuke, said some anxiously, and did not pay attention to the fact that most of the people present were generals, and his colonel was considered a low rank here.
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