[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 795: Stimulated (Ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

Despite this, Yukio Kasawara still felt that there was something that had to be said, and this was also an explanation for the hundreds of thousands of imperial warriors who died on the front line and the tens of thousands of expatriates who died unjustly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After sorting out his thoughts, Yukio Kasahara said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency the Commander and Your Excellency the Chief of Guard, as the command center of the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Northern Branch, what the Front Army Headquarters has to do is to formulate a reasonable and perfect battle plan, and then mobilize troops to implement this battle plan. In fact, it has been three years since we started the war with the Chinese people, but the front army command still has not figured out how many troops there are on the Eighth Route of the Chinese Army, what their numbers are, who the commander is, what is his personality, and whether there are any shortcomings? We are not aware of any of this, and as the command organ of the front army, this is obviously absurd and extremely unreasonable. ”

Speaking of this, Kasawara Yukio's voice changed: "Contrary to the inaction of the command center, the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level of the front army showed great bravery, they did not retreat in the face of the powerful firepower of the Shina people, but bravely stepped forward to meet the enemy, although the final result was not very ideal, at least they made the Shina people pay a heavy price!" ”

Therefore, he believes that the main responsibility for the repeated defeats and heavy losses of the front army lies with the command organs of the front army, not the grassroots level. Even if it is a disgrace, it is only that we, the high-ranking officers, have failed to live up to the trust and trust of His Majesty the Emperor, and those junior officers and soldiers are heroes. ”

"Kasawara, do you mean to say that the defeat of the Northern China Front was not caused by the decline in the combat effectiveness of the Front Army, but by the command error of the North China Front, isn't that the case?" Nagano Shusei grasped the key to Kasahara Yukio's words in time, and then asked.

Yukio Kasahara shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, the Chief of the Guard, you have misunderstood the meaning of lowly duties. Although it is true that the headquarters of the front army bears the main responsibility for the repeated defeats, there are many reasons for the successive fiascos of the front army, the most important of which is the rapid increase in the strength of the Chinese people, and at the same time, it is also an indisputable fact that the combat effectiveness of the subordinate units of the front army has declined. It's just that, relatively speaking, the front command should pay more for the defeat of the war. ”

Then General Kasawara Yukio explained: "Your Excellency, the main enemy of our North China Front is the Eighth Route of the Central Chinese Army and the Second Theater of Operations, and the troops of the Sulu Theater and the First Theater of Operations in China are also often engaged with the Imperial Army. ”

"Among these hostile forces, the First Theater of Operations in China and the Sulu Theater pose the least threat to our army, and we all know very well the troop establishment and deployment of troops in these two major theaters of operations and the situation of the principal military and political commanders of each army.

"In fact, the existence of the Suicha Military Region and the Tuba Road is the biggest trouble for the front army! The chief of the guard must not know that this Suicha Military Region is the strategic unit, but you must have heard of Ma Zheng, he is the commander of the Suicha Military Region! ”

"Ma Zheng! Nani, is that the devil? ”

"Yaga! Devil horse? ”

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Ignoring the roars of these high-ranking officers, Yukio Kasawara continued: "I don't want to say too much about the affairs of the Suicha Military Region, I think everyone here also knows something, maybe they don't know it very comprehensively, but I want everyone to put forward a warning, no matter who encounters this general in the future, all the monarchs must fight with 200% of the spirit to deal with it, this person is too weird and terrifying!" ”

"Your Excellency the Chief of the Guard may think that his humble words are demoralizing the enemy and destroying his prestige, but in fact, the Shina man and the mysterious army under his command not only appear strangely, but also develop in a strange way."

"Oh, what a weird way?" Nagano asked curiously.

"According to reliable information, three years ago, that hateful Shina man was no more than a small infantry battalion commander, about the same as a squadron leader in the Imperial Japanese Army, with only three or four hundred soldiers under his command, and he had been broken in the head twice in the battle with Chiang and Yan. But just after the undeclared war between the Japanese Empire and the Chinese people, this small infantry battalion commander suddenly broke out, and it was out of control, so far, the most conservative estimate of the army under his command is more than 200,000 people, and each unit is an elite of a hundred battles, and the combat effectiveness is extremely strong. ”

"In addition, the decline in the combat effectiveness of the imperial troops is an objective fact, which no one can deny, and the main reason for the decline in the combat effectiveness of the troops is that the battle at the front is not going well, and a large number of veterans have died in battle, resulting in a rapid increase in the number of soldiers required for the war."

"The newly recruited troops have not undergone rigorous and systematic military training, and the vast majority of them have only undergone simple military training before being thrown into the battlefield, thus causing a rapid decline in the combat effectiveness of the troops. It is precisely because of these reasons that the front army was repeatedly hit hard by the Chinese people! ”

Obviously, Major General Yukio Kasawara had made some careful preparations, and his words caused the entire conference room to fall into a brief silence, and everyone was thinking about Major General Yukio Kasawara's words.

After a while, Senior General Nagano Xiushen spoke: "Although there are several points of your self-defense that I don't agree with, it is undeniable that this self-defense still moved me, so I decided to personally meet the resistance forces in the northern branch to see if they are as strong as Gangbe-kun said." ”

"Hay! I think the answer will surely satisfy His Excellency the Chief of the Guard! Major General Yukio Kasahara said loudly.

Nagano's decision to cultivate himself made the entire North China Front Army Command breathe a sigh of relief, they were not afraid of the domestic inspection team to hold them accountable, but they were afraid that the inspection team would not give them a chance to defend themselves.

Since His Excellency Nagano Xiushen wants to personally see the combat effectiveness of the Shina people, it is the best thing, only in this way will these masters fully understand the hardships of the front army.

With this tone set by General Nagano Xiushen, the inspection group of more than 200 people was immediately divided into four detachments at the meeting to carry out all-round inspections of the military, politics, and economy in North China.

Nagano Shushen's inspection of the North China Front this time had profound intentions, and it was far from being as simple as Kasawara Yukio and others had guessed. Half a month ago, the German army completed a devastating assault on the Belgian and French armies in the north, which directly led to the annihilation of the Belgian army, and the 30 divisions of the French army and the 9 divisions of the British army ceased to exist.

The new commander of the French army, Maxim. Weygand hastily cobbled together 49 divisions plus 2 British divisions to form the 6th, 7th, and 10th Army Corps, which formed the Weygand Line, about 300 miles east and west, along the Somme and Aisne rivers, and held the Maginot Line with 17 divisions. The two lines of defense joined together in an attempt to prevent the Germans from moving south.

However, the great victory some time ago made the Germans see that France at this time was just an old-fashioned paper tiger, and it was not at all the great power of Western Europe that they imagined, so the high command formulated the second phase of the French campaign operation plan codenamed the Red Plan. This plan called for the Germans to move south and defeat the French completely.

Although the situation of the war was not yet clear, many high-ranking officers in Japan were inclined to believe that France would not be able to hold back a strong German invasion, which meant that French demise was inevitable.

Originally, Japan no longer had any hope of forcing China to surrender by military strikes, and in order to resolve the national incident as soon as possible, the Japanese Government had already planned to hold very sincere peace talks with the Chinese government. At the same time, the Japanese army base camp also decided that if there was no further progress on the army side, the Japanese troops stationed in China would be reduced from the current 850,000 to 400,000 and withdrawn from the Wuhan area.

But the major victories of the German government and Hitler in Europe quickly caused great waves in Japan and around the world. The whole country was shaken. Seeing that France, the Netherlands, Portugal and other countries were about to surrender, and many colonies in Southeast Asia were all deserted in the blink of an eye, "don't miss the bus" became a slogan in Japan. All in all, this time the Japanese were stimulated. (To be continued.) )