Chapter 561: Difficult Choice
Hideki Tojo heard the request that the navy must kill the defenders of Tianjia Town, because only by killing the defenders of Tianjia Town can the naval forces continue to advance, then Wuhan may be able to take it back.
Now Tianjiazhen can't get by, and the army troops don't dare to fight in Wuhan at all, and the most important thing is that there is still one person, Hu Bin.
Hu Bin's troops have very strong combat capabilities, and the two divisions used to single-handedly take Hu Bin with those tens of thousands of people, and now those army generals dare not fight in the face of Hu Bin, Hu Bin has formed a shadow in the hearts of those army generals, and they dare not confront Hu Bin at all.
So their base camp has always wanted to kill Hu Bin, and they sent several groups of assassins, but to no avail, they were killed before they could get close to Hu Bin.
"If Tianjiazhen wants to break through, it is estimated that it will be too late, it is impossible to break through Hu Bin's defensive position on the river, we have also fought before, we can only rely on land landing to fight, now your army troops dare to go up? Will you be able to win the battle after you go up? Yoshida said, looking at Hideki Tojo.
"What do you mean?" Hideki Tojo looked at Yoshida Zengo and asked, he was surprised to say this, but he was still not sure.
"Give up Wuhan, this is the best choice for your army, if you continue to fight Wuhan, I don't know how many people you plan to put in the past to guard, one or two divisions are definitely useless, at least 4 divisions must be deployed near Wuhan, and from time to time to replenish the troops over, because Hu Bin will definitely fight you!
Since the Chinese side wants to retake Wuhan, then you might as well give up Wuhan and let the Chinese control it, and then your Jiujiang and Anhui sides will attack the Hubei direction from time to time, and there is another place where you can also fight, Henan.
According to what I know. Henan is a large province of military rations, and the military rations of the large army come from here, you don't control such a place, what else do you want to control? Fighting a war is about resources, and not only do we need to increase resources, but we also need to make our opponents lose resources. You tell me? Yoshida said, looking at Hideki Tojo.
"Your Majesty will not agree." Hideki Tojo heard him say this, of course he understood, Wuhan actually he also thought that it could not be defended, with Hu Bin here, no number of troops could hold it.
The 12 divisions were over there before, and they had just launched an attack on Hu Bin, and they were beaten like this, and now I don't know how many casualties they were? But it's definitely indispensable.
"Your Majesty, you just go and convince him, the key is those troops in Xianning now. It should be retreated quickly, I always feel that Hu Bin must still have a backhand, he can't put tens of thousands of troops in Xianning, regardless of it, and he has also arrived at Huangshi! Yoshida reminded him.
"You mean Hu Bin may already be fighting Xianning's idea?" Hideki Tojo looked at him and asked.
"That's right, according to my research on Hu Bin, this person won't give us a way out. It looks like a way to live, but it's actually a dead end. I suggest that you do not retreat directly from Xianning to the Jiujiang side, but retreat from the Hunan side to Jiangxi, I estimate that Hu Bin's troops may be waiting for you on the way to retreat before! Yoshida said with a smile.
"It's even worse over there, there are other Chinese troops over there, and they've already repaired their defensive lines, so it's even harder to fight. You know, we don't have much supplies on our side, and we won't be able to hold out for a few days.
If, as you said, Hu Bin's troops have already arrived there, then our troops have just left Xianning by then. His troops may catch up soon, and we'll be in even more trouble.
Another is that Xianning can't be lost, once lost, then if we want to attack Hubei in the future, it will be even more difficult, and it will be difficult to come to Wuhan again? In the last battle of Wuhan, our losses were not small, and if we do it again, the losses may be even greater, Hu Bin is over there! Hideki Tojo said as he looked at Yoshida Zengo.
"I'm just suggesting, how to fight, it's up to you to decide, however, if you want to fight Wuhan again, I feel that it has been impossible in recent years, unless you knock down Henan and Hunan first, or there is no such possibility at all!" Yoshida said with a smile.
"Yes, there is no such possibility at all now, your navy is about to go to war, now it is up to the German side, it would be nice if the German side could fight the Soviet Union, but they will not fight at all now.
Damn, if Germany fights the Soviet Union, and we also attack from the Far East, we will be able to occupy most of the land in the Far East, and then the area of our empire will be larger, and in addition to the lack of population, the resources of the Far East are much richer than China's, and the population is not a problem, we can completely migrate the population from the places we occupy! Hideki Tojo said.
"You still don't expect Germany's good, we don't know when they will fight, I think, it's better to occupy Southeast Asia first, and if you occupy that side, China can only rely on itself, do you think China can do it on its own? Without the support of other countries, they simply wouldn't have been able to support that long! Yoshida said, staring at Hideki Tojo.
"You're right, we need to think differently, now we have a bit of casualties on the Chinese side!" Hideki Tojo nodded and said.
"Also, you should let the Chinese fight the Chinese, let Wang Jingwei organize the troops to fight, just provide them with weapons, they Chinese fight each other, it is the most beneficial for our empire, and the other is the relationship between Yan'an and Chongqing, you still need to provoke it, let them turn against each other, so that we can benefit from the fish."
The tighter we press on the Chinese side now, the more they will come together, and if we don't attack them, after a long time, they will have problems themselves! I still know a lot about the character of the Chinese! Yoshida said with a smile.
Hideki Tojo nodded when he heard it, he didn't think about this matter, they were also carrying out such a plan before, but things did not develop as he imagined, on the contrary, his troops were counterattacked by the enemy.
"However, Wuhan still has to ask you, your naval forces have passed, and my troops can withdraw safely!" Hideki Tojo looked at him and pleaded.
"No, I won't let them continue to attack, this will only increase our losses, I still mean what I just said, give up Wuhan, your army units will retreat immediately, even if Xianning is lost, it doesn't matter, when we defeat Southeast Asia, you can still fight back!" Yoshida Zengo said with a smile and shaking his head.
"Damn, there are still tens of thousands of troops over there, and there are so many resources, you must know that there are a lot of copper and iron ore on the Huangshi side, if you give up over there, the empire's resource reserves will be in trouble!" Hideki Tojo looked at Yoshida Zengo and said anxiously.
"I know, but, but please think about it carefully, are you sure that those troops you are now in Hubei can defeat Hu Bin's troops?" Yoshida Zengo looked at him quietly and said.
"Why can't we win, we still have more than 80,000 troops now, as long as your navy passes, we can win!" Not to be outdone, Hideki Tojo stared at him.
"Damn, 80,000 people, now Hu Bin is more than 80,000 people near Wuhan, and on your way from Xianning to Wuhan, how are you going to get there, will they let you pass? They just need to block the road, how do you get there? Do you still have so many resources to support more than 80,000 troops to continue dragging on the Xianning side?
If I were you, I would immediately order the troops to retreat and retreat to Jiangxi, instead of staying in Hubei, Hu Bin's strategic intention is very obvious, that is, to control the whole of Hubei, in addition, to kill the troops of our empire, now that they are all in shape, you still want to fight Wuhan, do you think Hu Bin will give you this opportunity? Yoshida stood up and said to Hideki Tojo.
Hideki Tojo heard it and sat there without speaking.
"Think about it yourself, I don't want all the warriors of the empire to be shattered in Hubei, although we are not in harmony, but those soldiers are the soldiers of the empire!" Zengo Yoshida opened the door and left.
At Anan Weiji, who was in Xianning, he learned that the fleet on the navy's side had been repulsed, and stood there silent, and at this time, several division commanders who had returned were also standing around him.
"We have to retreat, we can't think about attacking Wuhan, we can't fight it at all, even with the help of the navy, we can't fight it, from our side to Wuhan, this way, the navy can't come over, you say, Hu Bin, isn't it good for them to set up a defense line here?
Will our supplies be able to hold out for that long? Don't forget, Hu Bin's troops have already chased after us, and they will be able to reach our side by noon tomorrow at the latest, I mean, now we have to retreat, retreat to Jiangxi! A division commander said to Anan Weiji.
"Yes, now we can't fight at all, the troops have been scattered, and now there is a shortage of supplies, how can we fight!" The other division commanders also shouted, they didn't want to continue fighting Hu Bin's troops, at least not now.
"Baga, now we have to wait for news from the base camp, if the base camp doesn't plan to give up Wuhan, we can only fight." Anan Wei scolded a little annoyed.
"Just now we have sent the situation to the base camp, I think there will definitely be a decision on the base camp, everyone still wait!" The chief of staff also spoke.
"Damn Hu Bin!" One of the division commanders heard this, sat down and cursed. (To be continued.) )