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The golden signboard of the Japanese Kwantung Army Command has disappeared in this time and space for almost 8 years, but now it quietly appeared in an inconspicuous military camp in Pyongyang, North Korea.

Standing in front of the huge map of Northeast China with his hands behind his back, General Toshiichi in the temple remained silent, staring at this familiar yet unfamiliar map.The reason for this is that this map of Northeast China is completely different from a few years ago!On the map, the Soviet Union that once surrounded Northeast China from three sides no longer exists, and is replaced by Binhai Province, Xing'an Province, part of Beihai Province, and the Far East Republic.Further north, there are vast northern and western Xinjiang provinces, but this map can no longer be drawn... This is the current enemy of the Japanese Empire. One has eliminated the Soviet Union, defeated Britain and France, and has the world's No. [-] Two powerful army and air force, the navy is also enough to overwhelm Japan's Republic of China!

If we say that this country has gone from divided civil war to unification in just a dozen years, quickly established a heavy industry relying on their rich resources and vast market, and expanded its land area to the current size in less than two years of world war Such a state is an unimaginable miracle of words.If the plan to use only 80 soldiers, 1200 chariots, 3500 cannons, and 700 planes to seize the Northeast from this country is successful, it can only be said to be a miracle.

Now the burden of creating miracles for the Japanese Empire falls on the shoulders of General Earl Shouichi Terauchi, who is said to be the most talented military officer in the Japanese army.Four chariot divisions, 25 infantry divisions, three aviation divisions, five independent heavy artillery brigades, and two independent cavalry brigades were drawn from the Korean garrison and the Japanese mainland in the shortest possible time. Everything was handed over to him, and at the same time, the hope of the survival of the entire Japanese Empire was handed over to him.

On the map, the situation south of the Yalu River is clear at a glance, and the location of each wing of the Japanese army has been marked out in detail.The territory of Japan (North Korea) in the lower reaches of the Yalu River is densely packed with military designations, as well as markings on various lines of defense, roads, airports, and warehouses.The tactics planned by the Kwantung Army this time are similar to the Soviet Union's large-depth assault, and the breakthrough is chosen in the lower reaches of the Yalu River.The assault force consisting of four tank divisions, two independent cavalry brigades and eight elite infantry divisions has been deployed in the area from Longchuan to Shuozhou in North Korea, and the five independent heavy artillery brigades are also concentrated on this line.

And the opponents they will face, according to the reconnaissance of the Japanese military intelligence department, are two Chinese infantry armies. Under normal circumstances, they should each have three infantry divisions, as well as artillery, workers, supplies, and cavalry (scouts). Each regiment, in addition to some infantry corps will be assigned a light tank battalion.Such two infantry armies, when fully staffed, have a total strength of around 11, with nearly 600 cannons and 120 tanks... absolutely unable to stop nearly 30 Japanese troops, 1500 cannons and 1200 vehicles Chariot Assault!

But these two armies are just the first-line troops of the Chinese army, and defeating them is only the beginning of this war!Afterwards, there will be a steady stream of troops transferred from all over the Northeast and the pass, among which there will definitely be an armored army with powerful assault capabilities, and there will be hundreds of nearly invincible No. [-] tanks and No. [-] assault guns.

Will the mecha army of the empire be able to handle them by then?Terauchi Shouyi gritted his teeth and asked himself in his heart.However, there is really no way to give a definite answer. The land battle part of this "Special No. [-] Battle Plan" is not so much a military battle plan, as it is a gambler betting his life in a hurry to lose!And it is using the life of the Japanese Empire to win a very slim hope of victory.But if you don't gamble like this, the empire will also be unable to avoid the fate of destruction!

Looking at this picture of the military situation, Terauchi Shouichi sighed again. Ever since he took over as the commander of the Kwantung Army, he seemed to sigh like this several times every morning before going to deal with military affairs.Just when he finished sighing and was about to sit back behind his desk, the adjutant's report suddenly came from outside the door.

"Your Excellency, the representative of the base camp, Major General Ishihara Waner, please see me!"

"Please come in." Terauchi Shouichi did not look up, but picked up a report sent by the commander of the Mecha Army, Yoshida Takumi, and pretended to read it.

This is probably a complaining report. Yoshida's mecha army is the key assault force in this battle. The four tank divisions it belongs to, including auxiliary and reserve tanks, need to be equipped with 1200 tanks.But now the number of tanks is good, but among the 16 tank brigades belonging to the four tank divisions, only three brigades are equipped with Type 97 assault tanks, and three brigades are equipped with Type 97 assault tanks. Ten brigades are still using Type [-] tanks.

In other words, the four tank divisions have a total of only 360 assault tanks worthy of World War I, and their strength is at most equivalent to a Chinese armored division.Seeing that the day of war was getting closer and closer, the commander of the Mecha Army, Yoshida Tsui, was very anxious. Almost every day, a report was sent to Terauchi Shouichi to complain, asking the general to find a way to help the Mecha Army get enough assault tanks as soon as possible.But Shouyi in the temple is also a clever woman who can hardly cook without rice...

"Your Excellency, General." Ishihara Wanji and Kwantung Army Chief of Staff Kimura Heutaro walked in side by side, and after paying a military salute to the temple, they stood still.

"Ishi Yuan-kun is here, please sit down, and Kimura will sit too." Si Nei looked up at the two of them, and handed the report in his hand to Shi Yuan. "Ishi Yuan-kun, take a look at this first. When will the military headquarters send the tanks needed by the Mech Army to North Korea?"

Ishihara accepted the report with a smile and respect, and read it carefully. In fact, the military headquarters has received many such reports, not only from the Mech Army, but also from various aviation divisions of the Army.The content is also very different, both lack weapons and equipment, the Mech Army wants new tanks, while the Pilot Division needs Zero fighter jets and pilots.

"Your Excellency, General," Shi Yuan put down the report in his hand, took out a wax-sealed document bag from the briefcase he brought, and handed it to Si Nei with both hands. "This is the order from the base camp to launch the special No. [-] combat plan, please read it over."

Si Nei took the file bag and put it aside, staring at Shi Yuan with burning eyes, and said coldly: "Isn't this special No. [-] battle plan written by Shi Yuan-kun?"

"The lower officer is just proposing a plan," Ishihara Waner said lightly: "The military department, the naval command department, and the joint fleet command also participated in the formulation and revision of the plan, so this plan concentrates all the Japanese army and navy. Wisdom, the most complete decisive battle plan formulated!"

"Oh, the most perfect plan, but can it win the battle?" Terauchi Shouichi asked unhurriedly.

"No," Ishihara shook his head slightly, and smiled wryly: "Although we can't win, it is possible to win the empire for 6 months to a year. As long as the war is delayed until after the defeat of the United States, the empire can rely on Germany's support." Intervene to preserve part of the interests."

After Ishihara Waner finished speaking, he looked at the temple quietly.Terauchi Shouichi sighed lightly. Delaying time and waiting for German intervention was probably the only way out for Japan in this war.Of course, this kind of words cannot be written into the general outline of the battle plan...so it is not included in the special No. [-] battle plan.

"Then, Case A of Special No. [-] Operation Plan is just a cover, and the real plan is Case B?" Terauchi Shouichi looked at Ishihara and asked calmly.

The special No. [-] battle plan is a battle plan for a war that will destroy the country. Of course, various situations must be considered, and corresponding plans must be formulated for this.And plan A, which was to crush the main force of the Chinese army in Manchuria by surprise attack, and then quickly take Manchuria as its own, was the most appetizing and unrealistic "best plan" among these plans.

However, Japanese generals with a slightly clearer mind would not think that this plan is feasible. This plan is only used to fool the Japanese emperor, the navy, and laymen in the Japanese government who know nothing about land warfare.

Moreover, to realize the prerequisites of Plan A—that is, the plan to lure all 8 armored divisions of China to Australia, it seems that it has failed now, so the second best plan has become a de facto plan. The best choice.

Same as Case A, Case B also required the Japanese army to concentrate its superior forces and take pre-emptive raids on China's Nanyang Fleet and Northeast garrison, so as to damage the vital forces of the Chinese navy and army to the greatest extent.However, after the successful raid, the Japanese army will take the initiative to switch to strategic defense.On the South Seas side, defensive operations were carried out relying on the Philippine Islands and the Indonesian Islands; on the battlefield in Northeast Asia, it was divided into several parts. North Korea's mountainous defenses will delay the time to the greatest extent in defensive operations and consume the combat power of the Chinese army; in addition, the Japanese Army will send a division to clear the Japanese People's Liberation Army on Huatai Island (Sakhalin Island) with the cooperation of the Navy. At the same time, it captured the area around the mouth of the Amur River and forced the Far Eastern Republic to withdraw from the war.

Of course, in addition to the two plans A and B, there are three preparatory plans for the C case, the D case and the Xu case in the special No. [-] combat plan.Among them, case C deals with the situation where the navy’s surprise attack on the Zhanjiang military port failed, the Chinese navy gained control of the sea in the South China Sea, and the army’s surprise attack on the main force of the Northeast National Defense Force was successful.The case of Ding is just the opposite. It is aimed at the plan that the navy's surprise attack is successful but the army's surprise attack fails.In the case of Xu, all the sneak attack plans of the army and navy failed!Under such circumstances, the Japanese mainland may also be invaded, and the Japanese government will fully mobilize the masses and rely on the masses to fight a people's war against the invading Chinese imperialist aggressor army...

"Your Excellency, at present, we still have to try our best to win case A, and we can only consider case B as a last resort." Ishihara Waner met the gaze of the temple, and responded lightly: "Of course, whether to choose case A or case B , It all depends on the general's grasp of the battlefield situation."

Terauchi Shouichi sneered in his heart, this genius Ishihara suffered setbacks in Mexico, and the problem of big mouth has improved a lot.But this is also good, the responsibility of giving up the "best plan" is on the earl's responsibility, so as not to drag down Ishihara's bright future... Maybe the post-war reconstruction and revival of the Japanese Empire can still use this What a clever mind.

Thinking of this, Terauchi Shouichi sighed: "From the current point of view, the only thing we can achieve is a relatively decent peace, and we will save a little vitality for the future development of the empire." As soon as the temple said, Ishihara Waner and Kimura Hyintaro heaved a sigh of relief inwardly.The two of them had already exchanged opinions in private, and they also felt that the possibility of realizing Case A was gone. What they were most worried about was that Temple Shouyi would lose face and had to fight for his last breath.

"Using Case B, or even Case C, Case D, even if using Case Xu, I believe that with the tenacity and endurance of the imperial warriors, the war can always be delayed for six months," Terauchi Shouichi sighed softly, He continued: "But what I am worried about now is that if Germany fails to defeat the United States within six months, but instead falls into a protracted war in the Americas for ten or eight years, what will the empire do? We have enough Will supplies keep the war going?"

The tone in the temple was a bit bleak. Both Ishihara and Kimura lowered their heads and had nothing to say. Japan’s oil reserves can support at most six months of war consumption. At that time, the Japanese army will only have the most basic infantry left to maintain operations.Moreover, the communication between the mainland and North Korea, Sakhalin Island, and other overseas colonies will all be cut off... Those lone troops scattered everywhere will inevitably be wiped out sooner or later!

There was a dead silence in the office. I don't know how long it took before I heard Ishihara gritted his teeth and said: "If this really happens, it will be a holy war for all of our Yamato nation, and every citizen will fight under the banner of His Majesty the Emperor. Fight to the last breath!"

Speaking of this, Ishihara's voice seemed to become distant: "Even if our combined fleet should be paralyzed without oil, even if the enemy destroys our industry with plane bombing, even if the Chinese invaders armed to the teeth landed on the Japanese islands, Land, we must resist to the end! Even if all our cities have fallen, we must resist in the countryside of Japan, in the mountains, in the forest, and fight to the end wherever we can! That is by guerrilla warfare War, but also to expel the enemy from the land of Japan!

Because, the world has changed, and the Chinese have also changed.Only by resisting to the end can the Japanese Empire survive!If it fails, it will be the end of the Japanese Empire and the Yamato nation! "

After hearing these words, both Si Nei and Kimura froze there, but after thinking about it, Shi Yuan's words were very reasonable.In the face of an extremely expanding China, Japan’s greatest value is to become a pawn for other superpowers to contain China. The reason why Japan has become stronger in history is because Britain needs a tool to contain China and Russia, and its land is small and its potential is limited. Japan just meets this requirement.Even at this point, isn't Japan still counting on becoming Germany's pawn to contain China?But once the United States and Germany are in a bitter battle in the Atlantic Ocean, and Japan can only face China alone, can it still count on the Central Empire under the control of Luo Yaoguo, the most ferocious imperialist in the world, to let it go and cause trouble?

Shi Yuan looked at the temple, then at Kimura, and finally smiled deeply: "Your Excellency, Mr. Kimura, the fate of the defeated is always extremely miserable. Because of this, our generation of soldiers must fight hard, even if the last drop of blood is shed. Never give up! Only in this way can the empire win the chance to turn things around." He said in a more emphatic tone. "And Japan is not without a chance to win. Although China is strong, they are not without weaknesses. As long as we seize their weaknesses and make use of them, Japan has a chance to win."

"Oh, does Mr. Shi Yuan have any tricks up his sleeve?" Shou Yi raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Yes," Ishihara twitched his lips, showing a sneering smile: "The Chinese think they are united. They say so in their newspapers and on the radio. But I know that the Chinese are not united. , this old problem was only covered up by a series of victories of the national government. Of course, if there is no external force to interfere, or if the national government remains strong, in ten or eight years, the hidden danger of China's split may not exist. But this is not the case now! The goals of the CCP and the Kuomintang are not the same. The CCP wants to establish a socialist country in China, but the big bosses of the Kuomintang are only thinking of colluding with the plutocrats and taking what China has gained from foreign wars in the past few years. Take the fruits of victory for yourself!

If the Kuomintang-controlled government always wins the war easily, the CCP can only continue to tolerate it.However, as long as they suffer temporary setbacks in Manchuria, the CCP will seize the opportunity to develop and grow stronger. At that time, Luo Yaoguo will probably be troubled by conflicts within China, and the empire will naturally be able to sit back and relax. "

Terauchi Shouichi already understood what Ishihara meant. Ishihara wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to invade China and occupy part of the territory after the Japanese army finished destroying the Chinese National Defense Forces on the border between China and North Korea.At that time, the CCP will definitely come to develop guerrillas and establish base areas.The Japanese occupying forces turned a blind eye to this and allowed the CCP to grow stronger.When the Chinese National Defense Forces are pressing down on the border, let the CCP regain its lost ground, and it can also allow the CCP to seize enough infantry equipment... Of course, it is not so easy to achieve this goal, because it requires that the Chinese territory occupied by Japan is large enough and time-consuming Also long enough.

Chapter 0920 Sino-Japanese battle (eleven) ready to go

"Your Excellency, General," Ishihara Waner walked to the front of the map, picked up his baton and stroked along the border between China and North Korea, and said with a sneer, "The border between China and Japan (North Korea) is more than 1300 kilometers long, and both sides of the border are continuous. The mountainous area is not conducive to the entry and exit of large troops. Therefore, at present, we and the Chinese army are focusing on the east and west sides of the Sino-Japanese border. The focus of the Chinese army's defense is Anton at the west end of the Sino-Japanese border and Vladivostok at the east end. There are no heavily armed defenses in large mountainous areas.

The Kwantung Army's offensive focus in the special No. [-] combat plan B case is also at the east and west ends. The east end is required to encircle Vladivostok and control the southeastern mountainous area of ​​Jilin Province.The requirement at the western end is to defeat the two armies deployed by the Chinese army in Andong County, and expand the front as far as possible to the north... and this arrangement is actually to facilitate us to use China's internal conflicts to ease our pressure.Although it is impossible for us to use the conflict between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China to defeat this old enemy, we can always ease the pressure on the North Korean side to the greatest extent and delay it for a while. "

"Mr. Shi Yuan, are you sure that the Chinese Communist Party will take advantage of this opportunity to establish a base in South Manchuria to fight against the National Government?" The temple looked at Shi Yuan doubtfully, smiled, hesitated, and reminded: "The National Government has served the Chinese people all these years. Some things have been done, such as six years of free education and land reform, etc. Chinese people, especially farmers, are also more supportive of the national government, it seems unlikely..."

Ishihara smiled and shook his head, and replied: "Of course, it is impossible in other provinces, but in South Manchuria, the situation is completely different. Because the Han nationality policy adopted by the Kuomintang is against the minority in South Manchuria. Because of the oppression of the ethnic group, their support rate in South Manchuria is not high. In particular, they refused to recognize the millions of Koreans exiled to South Manchuria to have Chinese nationality, and sentenced the former Qingxun Emperor Puyi to life imprisonment... Therefore, They have quite a few opponents in South Manchuria!"

Terauchi Shou did not know much about the current situation in South Manchuria, he looked up at Kimura, and Kimura hurriedly added: "What Ishihara-kun said is the truth, especially those Koreans who were exiled in South Manchuria, after the September 9.18th War They were treated as refugees by the Kuomintang authorities, deprived of their land and imprisoned in dozens of refugee camps in the Jilin Mountains. Life was very difficult. However, the Workers’ Party of Korea and the Communist Party of China developed organizations among these refugees and had a strong influence They even organized several large-scale hunger strikes, and finally forced the Kuomintang authorities to make some concessions and improved their lives, but they still refused to recognize their Chinese nationality and refused to allocate land to them.”

"But after these North Koreans are armed by the CCP, will they be used to attack North Korea?" Terauchi Shouyi shook his head, seemingly hesitant.

"It's very possible." Ishihara thought for a while, and said with a wry smile: "It is precisely because of this worry that the lower officials did not put forward the idea of ​​using China's domestic conflicts in the official plan. After the CCP acquired the base area in South Manchuria, it is very It may be possible to compromise with the Nationalist government again, and then drive these Koreans and Manchus to attack us... However, this is better than letting the Chinese National Defense Forces do it themselves. Moreover, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have conflicts after all, and they certainly do not want to see The Communist Party really controls the Korean Peninsula, right? Then their cooperation will become very uncoordinated, and our pressure on the Korean Peninsula will be greatly reduced.”

"Hey, this can be considered a solution." Terauchi Shouichi sighed, the Japanese Empire absolutely cannot afford to lose, so no matter what the trick is, as long as there is a chance, it must be fought for.But now that the CCP is manipulating the Communist International and expanding its territory, Shi Yuan's method is still a little feasible.But the premise is that the Japanese army must defeat the Chinese army on the border between China and North Korea, otherwise everything is a fantasy!

He looked at Shi Yuan again, and frowned slightly: "Mr. Shi Yuan, I will find a way to arrange this opportunity you proposed. But first we still have to win a battle, otherwise we will be blocked by the Chinese, what will happen?" The chances are gone. Do you have anything to say about the upcoming actions of the Kwantung Army?"

Shi Yuan thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Then let's talk about a few more points. The Chinese have an overwhelming air superiority, and they have built a lot of airports in Liao and Kyrgyzstan provinces. It is estimated that once a war starts, the Chinese aircraft will It will fill the sky! Originally, we planned to choose a few rainy days in October to operate, but now in order to cooperate with the navy's operation time, I am afraid that we can only use the night sortie... The navy will set the sortie time for a certain afternoon in mid-October At 10:10, the 2 planes that took off from the airports and aircraft carriers in the Philippine Islands took about 30 hours to arrive in Zhanjiang, and then used 1100 hour to launch an attack! Therefore, the time for the Kwantung Army to launch an attack was set at 3:1 p.m. .

Your Excellency, the Kwantung Army must strictly observe these key points in time.Can't act in advance, then the navy's surprise attack will fail!

In addition, the Kwantung Army had at most only two nights and one daytime in which it could operate without being threatened by the air.One night when the surprise attack was launched, the next day the two pilot regiments would fight desperately for air supremacy, and the second night, and on the third day, the sky belonged to the Chinese!At that time, all daytime military mobilization and material transportation will be suspended.Moreover, the engineers will also organize North Korean militiamen to rush to repair the communication lines that were blown up by the Chinese... There are already arrangements for this in the special No. [-] plan. "

As he said that, Ishihara turned around, bowed solemnly to Juichi and Heutaro Kimura, and said in a deep voice: "Finally, I wish the Kwantung Army a long-lasting military fortune! The prosperity and failure of the empire depends entirely on the efforts of the kings!"

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At this time, on the surface of the Pacific Ocean thousands of kilometers away, the night has gradually drooped down.Huge monsters made of steel.Slowly head west at a speed of about 15 knots on the sea.Each warship was painted with a camouflage similar to the waves of the sea, and the entire fleet formed an anti-submarine formation on the sea surface, surrounded by the four largest aircraft carriers among a group of heavy cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers, carefully walking in the shape of a Z route.

This is the Japanese 10th Air Fleet, commanded by Lieutenant Admiral Chuichi Nagumo. They sneaked out of Wujun Harbor at 10:13 p.m. middle.Although their actions have escaped the eyes of the Chinese secret agents lurking in Wujun Port, they cannot guarantee to escape the periscopes of British and American submarines that seem to be everywhere!Once the movement of the fleet is discovered by the British and American submarines, they are likely to inform the Chinese side through certain channels, and the surprise attack on Zhanjiang Naval Port will become a complete disaster!

Throughout the day, Commander Nagumo stood on the bridge of the aircraft carrier Chicheng, looking out at the sea with his binoculars.My heart was in my throat, and I was afraid of hearing the alarm sound of the discovery of the submarine.When the sun was setting, I was a little relieved, but I still didn't dare to take it lightly, and ordered the entire fleet to continue to implement blackout this night.