Okamura replied calmly: "I suspect that this Chinese army that invaded Manchukuo is likely to be the Chinese army that fought first in Burma and then in the Pacific theater, and is now called the New Seventh Army!" ”

If Zhang Chi heard Okamura Ningji's words, he was afraid that he would be surprised, you must know that the Chinese army had only landed for one day, and even the attacked Japanese army in Shenyang did not know what the opponent was, but Okamura Ningji could guess it. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Staff Officer Kobayashi couldn't help but gasp: "Is that the Chinese army that just captured Iwo Jima?" ”

Okamura Ninji nodded heavily: "They started from Iwo Jima and then went straight to Lushun to attack Shenyang...... It was able to hit Shenyang in one day, and there is no doubt that it was a mechanized army, and it was very likely to use the German 'blitzkrieg'! ”

"'Blitzkrieg'?!" Staff Officer Kobayashi was taken aback by the term.

The term was coined by the Germans, who used this tactic to take a country in a few days and a country in a few days...... And now this tactic is being used by the Chinese in the puppet state of Manchukuo.

"So!" Okamura went on to say, "It is likely that the Chinese forces came prepared and with the full support of the Americans, while Manchukuo was drained of forces because of our 'Operation No. 1' plan...... Shenyang, Xinjing, and even the whole of Manchukuo are going to fall! ”

"Your Excellency, General!" Staff Officer Kobayashi was a little panicked: "Manchukuo...... It must not fall into the hands of the enemy! ”

There is no doubt about this, and the Japanese during this period even shouted the slogan that they would rather give up the Japanese mainland than Manchukuo, and one can imagine how important the position of the puppet Manchukuo was in the hearts of the Japanese.

Of course, the importance of this is not only a territorial issue, but also the fact that Japan is barren and has no resources, and it is also an island country, so it is very passive in defense, on the contrary, Manchuria has all kinds of minerals, and there is still a great depth of defense, plus Japan has been operating in Manchuria for many years...... Railways, factories, power stations, etc., have surpassed the industrial scale of Japan, and it has become the largest industrial region in Asia.

"But...... What if we call back? Okamura Ninji said: "If we transfer half of our troops back, and then cooperate with the Third Front Army and the Seventeenth Front Army, we may be able to take back Manchukuo from the Chinese." However, do you think that after we take it back, we will still get the original Manchukuo? ”

Hearing this, Staff Officer Kobayashi was as if he had been poured a basin of cold water.

Okamura Ninji was right, it would take time to transfer the troops back, and in this time, according to the speed of the Chinese army's attack, I am afraid that Xinjing would have already been captured...... In fact, there was no need to capture Xinjing at all, most of the military industry in Manchukuo was concentrated in the Shenyang area, as long as the Chinese army captured Shenyang, the Japanese army would lose the initiative.

To put it simply, when the Japanese army fights back again, what they can get will definitely not be an arsenal, but piles of ruins...... This is also the reason why the Japanese army stationed in Shenyang has always been reluctant to bomb the arsenal, in fact, the bombing of the arsenal is also very simple, such as the gunpowder factory, the shell and bullet factory, but it is just a matter of lighting a match.

But the problem is that every Japanese soldier knows in his heart that this match is struck, and although the Chinese cannot get these arsenals, at the same time the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops have lost hope.

Therefore, they would rather let these arsenals fall into the hands of the Chinese, so that at least there is a glimmer of hope to take them back.

Okamura Ninji is a man who understands and does not have unrealistic hopes like everyone else.

"Then ......" After a long time, Staff Officer Kobayashi asked with a pale face: "Your Excellency General, what should we do now?" ”

Okamura Ninji pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and calmly ordered: "Block the news and continue the attack!" ”

Therefore, what President Jiang said to Roosevelt was really true, but it was because of President Jiang's previous "criminal record...... In order to preserve his strength, President Chiang repeatedly refused to launch a counteroffensive against the Japanese army on the grounds of insufficient preparation. So Roosevelt took it for granted that this time it would be the same.

I have to say that Okamura Ninji's choice was correct...... You must know that there are 400,000 or 500,000 troops involved in the "No. 1 Operation" plan, including reserves and logistics personnel, to say the least, there are 700,000 or 800,000 people, and if all these people are to return to Manchukuo to get back to a ruin, and the Japanese mainland is unable to provide them with any food supplies, and it is winter at this time, then this army will starve to death in Manchukuo even if it does not die on the battlefield.

Since this is the case, it is better to attack to the south with all your might, and only by opening the passage connecting Vietnam and joining forces with the Japanese army in Vietnam can it be possible to get supplies...... That's the only way to survive.

Therefore, Okamura Ninji's side is to completely block the intelligence that Manchuria was attacked by the Chinese army, so as not to affect the morale of the soldiers...... Among them, President Chiang also once distributed leaflets to the Japanese army, saying that the Japanese puppet Manchukuo had been captured by the Chinese army, but on the one hand, this was unimaginable, and on the other hand, the Japanese army looked down on the Chinese army and thought that the Chinese army was not capable of this at all, so they did not take it seriously at all, and even took it as a joke.

On the other hand, Okamura Ninji tried to get his soldiers to feed the war by plundering the Chinese people, while conserving ammunition and even using rifles captured from the Nationalist army...... This has never appeared in the Japanese army, and the equipment of the Chinese army will be used only in extreme circumstances, and it is the first time that mass equipment has been used.

The Nationalist army also lived up to the expectations of the Japanese army, and the retreat along the way provided the Japanese army with a large number of guns and ammunition so that the Japanese could support the battle.

As for the Third Front's request for help and Hideki Tojo's plan to encircle the puppet state of Manchukuo...... Okamura Ninji has an attitude of being a snake.

Refusal is definitely not possible, Hideki Tojo is at least the prime minister and chief of staff, not to mention that the puppet state of Manchukuo is indeed of great strategic significance to Japan.

It's just that Okamura Ninji will not risk the starvation of hundreds of thousands of troops under his command for the sake of this strategic significance...... According to Okamura Ninji's idea, it is not too late to consider recapturing the puppet Manchukuo after opening up to Vietnam and getting supplies.

As a result, Okamura Ninji only sent two divisions that did not have much combat experience as reinforcements to support the puppet Manchukuo, and their supplies even had to be solved by themselves on the way.

As for how to solve it...... Needless to say, burn and loot all the way.

All of this was unexpected by Zhang Chi...... Zhang Chi originally thought that he could force back the Japanese troops who carried out the "Operation No. 1" plan, so as to reduce the casualties of the Chinese military and civilians, but he was wrong on this point.

(To be continued.) )

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