20demayo Chapter 804 Counterattack
Chapter 804 Counterattack
The equipment of the twenty regiments is not important; what is important is the reputation of the national government.
Now the Red Party dares to blatantly blackmail the National Government and find various ways to get equipment from the National Government. This is a kind of contempt for the higher-ups.
Originally, I was planning to discuss things with the other party politely, but now, the Red Party doesn't care about the orders issued by Shancheng at all.
Moreover, Zheng Jiemin speculated that even if the other party was given the equipment they wanted, there was no way they could participate in large-scale battles.
The Red Party's bases in North China were repeatedly raided by Tada Shun, and their own strength was severely hit.
Now they are asking the government for equipment in the hope of replenishing their blood quickly. Now they are using the guerrilla warfare that they are best at to contain the Japanese army.
You want them to follow Sun Weiru to conquer Zhongtiao Mountain? Humph, they will not pay attention to such an order.
Shanxi, Taiyuan...
After the fall of Zhongtiao Mountain, Tada Shun took advantage of the fact that the Kuomintang army had not yet reacted and quickly joined forces with Shinozuka Yoshio to encircle Hu Zongnan from the north and south.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Hu Zongnan quickly led his troops to withdraw from Shanxi, but these two troops were not so easy to fool.
Now Tada Shun and Shinozuka Yoshio had a total of seven divisions, which were enough to chase Hu Zongnan. The two soon met in Shanxi and drove all of Hu Zongnan's troops out of Shanxi. Tada Shun and Shinozuka Yoshio finally stopped.
Both of them are very proud and excited about this battle....
All the way from Zhongtiao Mountain to Shanxi, the two men demonstrated the mighty power of the Imperial Japanese Army. In just a few days, they defeated the two most powerful Nationalist armies in North China without any chance of fighting back.
Especially the Zhongtiaoshanwei Command, which almost disappeared completely after this battle.
This was a rare victory in the entire war of aggression against China.
Especially since they were short of supplies and achieved extremely rare results with only limited resources, this was even more valuable for them.
Shinozuka Yoshio said bluntly,
"This battle should be recorded in the history of war and become a classic example."
At this moment, they were all confidently waiting for commendation from the headquarters, especially Tada Shun. He not only wanted a commendation, but also wanted the mainland to revoke the order to transfer him back.
Tada Shun knew better than anyone what it meant to withdraw to the mainland.
Before, he might have thought that he would have a chance to regain power if he retreated to his homeland.
But now, he doesn't think so. He has never been popular, and Yoshio Shinozuka from Shanxi is one of the few people who can talk to him.
On the mainland, both Terauchi Juichi, who had retired from the North China Front Army, and the current Army Minister Tojo, were dissatisfied with his attitude.
If he was transferred back to his home country, the most likely possibility would be that he would be transferred to the reserve force and talk about the future with a group of new recruits.
It is almost impossible to have another chance to return to the Chinese battlefield.
This battle also rekindled his hope of staying on the Chinese battlefield.
Shinozuka Yoshio smiled and said, "Tada-kun, I heard that you will be returning to your home country soon to serve in the Central Army Department."
"That's a good job. I don't know how many people want to get in but can't."
After hearing what Yoshio Shinozuka said, Tada Shun's expression looked a little unnatural.
"Shinozuka-kun, my ambition is not to stay in the central department to study some information like some people do, and then come up with some battle plans that even dogs would shake their heads at."
Oh, how could this guy be so ignorant? If he wanted to be transferred back to his home country, Tada Shun wouldn't have to work so hard.
In the face of a shortage of supplies, they first raided the Red Party's base, broke up their troops, and then used all their might to capture Zhongtiao Mountain.
The purpose of his doing this is to let the local side know his strength.
Having said that, Tada Shun was considered to be one of the more knowledgeable generals who invaded China.
Not to mention his cage plan for controlling North China, he had also put forward many suggestions before. However, due to his poor popularity, many people knew that his suggestions were effective, but no one recommended them to the local area.
For example, he had long ago proposed that the Japanese invaders in China should not expand their victory too quickly, otherwise, the army of the Empire of Japan would be stuck in the Chinese battlefield and unable to extricate itself.
By then, the army's consumption will drag down the empire's economy.
This suggestion was opposed by the Army Minister, the Fool Yuan, and the Foreign Minister, Hirota Koki, especially the Fool Yuan, who firmly believed that China could be occupied in three months.
But the result was just as Tada Shun had expected. The empire's troops continued to be deployed to the Chinese battlefield, and various consumptions were also increasing.
The year before last, when Nobuyuki Abe formed a cabinet, he even hoped that Tada Shun could serve as the Minister of War. Unfortunately, Emperor Hirohito seemed to look down on him. After all, this man had a bad reputation. If he became the Minister of War, almost all senior generals would have a hard time.
So, Abe Nobuyuki sent Anami Korechika to find Commander Okamura and asked him if he was willing to be the Minister of War. As a result, Commander Okamura flatly refused and said bluntly that he wanted to stay on the battlefield in China.
There was no other way, so Nobuyuki Abe turned around and looked for Tada Shun, but the other party chose to ignore him this time.
As it turned out, he made the right choice again this time. It took Abe Nobuyuki only more than four months to mess up the empire's politics and economy.
If His Majesty the Emperor had not taken a tough stance in asking Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yonai to take over the mess created by Nobuyuki Abe, the Army Ministry would probably have been criticized to death by ordinary people.
"Report." Just when Yoshio Shinozuka didn't know how to respond, an officer hurried in with a telegram.
"Mr. Tada, Zhongtiao Mountain sent an urgent telegram for help."
"The government has gathered more than 100,000 troops and will attack Zhongtiao Mountain when you enter Shanxi."
"The main attackers are Sun Weiru's 98th Army Group. Wu Shimin's th Army Group stationed in Gaoping and Fan Hanjie's th Army Group stationed in Gaoping are also moving towards the Zhongtiao Mountain area."
"In addition, the Red Party troops are also destroying traffic arteries everywhere, trying to prevent us from returning to support them."
Tada Shun was slightly stunned and whispered: "It seems that they were hurt this time. The government's reaction seems to be a bit too strong."
As soon as Tada Shun finished speaking, an officer dressed as a major hurried in and handed a telegram to Shinozuka Yoshio with both hands.
"It is reported that Yan Xishan's troops in Linfen sent two armies, and Fu Zuoyi's troops in Peking also sent an army to enter from northern Shanxi. Hu Zongnan's troops, which had just left Shanxi, also showed signs of returning to Shanxi."
"Chief of Staff of the First Army, Nanshan Hideyoshi,"
Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the telegram and his face became inexplicably solemn.