The War of Resistance: The Ten-Year-Old Warlord

Chapter 74

The commander of the First Army of the North China Dispatch Army, Kiyoji Kagetsu, was promoted to the new commander of the dispatched army because of his outstanding combat achievements.

Some people in the military department compared Kiyoji Kagetsu with Seishiro Itagaki, and even evaluated Seishiro Itagaki higher.

When he took office, the military department told him one thing, that is, to retake Shanxi at all costs and wash away the shame of the imperial army.

And what he is waiting for today is a person from the northeast, his name is Ishihara Wan’er, known as the first wise general of the island country, and one of the culprits who actively launched the 918 incident.

After the 918 incident, Ishihara Guan’er did not agree with the army going south to attack the land of China because of his different political views, and he advocated a steady and steady fight, first stabilizing the northeast, and then slowly going south.

However, this battle plan was obviously different from the decision of the top, so he was gradually squeezed out of the Kwantung Army and became an unimportant staff officer.

If it were not for this crushing defeat of the Japanese army in Shanxi, he would soon be transferred back to the Japanese staff and never have the opportunity to come to the battlefield again.

However, the collapse of Itagaki Seishiro and the Fifth Division made the emperor angry and reminded Hideki Tojo of the old brother Ishihara Wan’er.

At that time, Japan’s first wise general was not Ishihara Wan’er, but a man named Nagata Tetsuyama, and even Hideki Tojo had to call him big brother.

This is not an exaggeration, because when Nagata Tetsuyama and Okamura Ninji and others met in secret, Hideki Tojo was a small character watching the wind outside the door.

To say how powerful Nagata Tetsuyama is, it can be explained by two things.

First, although he is a junior officer, he has single-handedly controlled all units such as the military headquarters and the staff department, and all the generals must obey him, and he is the real behind-the-scenes boss of the army.

Second, long ago, he proposed a plan to invade the northeast.

Later plans such as 918 were basically copied from the plans he made back then.

Fortunately, this guy was later killed by his own people, otherwise this guy would have lived, the strategy of the Japanese army would have been better, and there would be nothing wrong with Ishihara.

Since the death of Nagata Tetsuyama, Ishihara has become the first wise general of the island nation.

He was a strategist, a conspirator, a military theorist, who had participated in all the plans to invade and occupy the northeast, drove out the 400,000 northeastern army with minimal casualties, and occupied the entire three eastern provinces.

Others don’t know how powerful he is, but Hideki Tojo still knows this old brother very well.

Hideki Tojo came from the army, and he understood that in order to win a battle, it was not enough for a good general, but also a strategist who could win thousands of miles for the general.

Just like Zhuge Liang in the past, he has many generals who are good at fighting, but without his strategy, those generals are difficult to use.

In order to save himself and to regain the face of the imperial army, Hideki Tojo recommended Ishihara Wan’er to the emperor.

At nine o’clock in the morning, Ishihara’s car arrived at the dispatch army headquarters on time.

Not a point, not a less.

In order to show the importance he attached to his new chief of staff, Kiyoji Kagetsu immediately stepped forward to open the car door for Ishihara Wan’er.

Ishihara Wan’er, who was wearing a simple suit, got off the car with a smile, he and Kiyoji Kagetsu were also old friends, and the two hugged warmly.

“Ishihara-kun, I thought you would never come to mainland China in your life, but I didn’t expect us to meet anyway” Kiyoji Kagetsu laughed.

Ishihara sighed: “I think so too, I really didn’t expect it.” ”

The two talked a little, and Kiyoji Kagetsu led him into the headquarters.

Kiyoji Kagetsu did not talk about work first, but personally arranged a residence and guards for Ishihara Wan’er, and the two had another light meal, and they did not sit down until eight o’clock in the evening.

Kiyoji Kagetsu poured a cup of tea for Ishihara: “Ishihara-kun, our burden is not light this time.” ”

“The Fifth Division was completely destroyed, and Itagaki Seishiro was killed in battle. None of the 130,000 garrison troops in Shanxi returned, and the imperial army suffered heavy losses in Shanxi and lost face. ”

Kiyoji Kagetsu sighed: “Ishihara-kun, you and my partner are actually very dangerous. I studied Chen Fan and his troops and found that their weapons and equipment were actually higher than ours, and they were more than one grade. And his troops were well trained, on a par with the imperial army. This battle is really difficult to fight. ”

Ishihara took a sip of tea and said lightly: “Xiangyue-kun, what do you think of Germany?”

Xiangyue Qingji froze for a moment: “I don’t understand what you mean.” ”

Ishihara smiled: “Germany was limited by Britain and France after World War I to 100,000 troops, and limited all weapons to the number of tanks and aircraft they built before the war, and the number compared with the British and French forces, there is no certainty of winning.”

“But they still won.” Ishihara took a deep breath. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!) ）

Kiyoji Kagetsu was interested: “What do you mean…. Do not consider the weakness of weapons and equipment, but consider tactical use?”

Ishihara nodded: “To be precise, it is a combination of tactics and strategy. Do not consider the gains and losses of one city and one place, do not consider the life and death of tens of thousands of people. As long as it can win and win, the empire can pay any price dog. ”

Kiyoji Kagetsu was already excited by what he said, and hurriedly asked, “Ishihara-kun, do you have any ideas?”

“Of course there is” Ishihara said with a cold smile: “We can emulate Germany, since we are weak, then preemptively”

At noon that day, Chen Fan, Zhao Changsheng, and Xu Shaohua were in the office, planning a plan to attack Hebei together.

Tomorrow is the battle, Chen Fan has already mobilized the forces of the two armies in the Yangquan and Jinzhong areas.

It included four separate heavy artillery regiments, a tank brigade, a mixed armored brigade, a fighter squadron of the Air Force and two bomber squadrons on standby.

Logistics units are stockpiling fuel at various gas stations, and the quartermaster department has prepared large quantities of ammunition and food that can be transported to the battlefield whenever war begins.

“Changsheng, you will command the first army. Guanyun, you will command the second army. The other troops are under my unified command” Chen Fan handed over the battle plan to everyone: “All troops must act in strict accordance with the combat plan. If any changes encountered on the battlefield can be reported in time, but if the order is not obeyed without authorization, it will be dealt with according to military law. ”

“Yes,” everyone whispered.