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Sadao Araki looked at Toshishiro Obata with indescribable eyes, nodded slightly, and strode towards the car that greeted him.Before coming to Okinawa, he thought that two or three divisions would be enough to defend Ryukyu.However, he was reminded by Xiaohata just now that he realized that his military strength was so weak, and the Chinese did not need to attack the heavily defended main island. They only needed to occupy the subsidiary islands with few troops and build an airport on them. It will be able to seal off the entire sea area, and also cut off the connection between Okinawa Main Island, Amami Oshima Island and Kyushu Island... How long can such two isolated islands be guarded?In the warm air of Okinawa, Araki felt that there was only a slight chill, and the cold sweat flowed down almost uncontrollably.

Arriving at the Taiwan Army Headquarters in Naha City, Araki Sadao tactfully rejected the invitation to a banquet arranged by Lieutenant General Yahiko Kamada, who arrived earlier, on the grounds that he was tired from the journey.Instead, he and Toshishiro Obata and others plunged into the headquarters war room that had just been set up.Around the map platform, I started to study the defense plan of the Ryukyu Islands.

Toshishiro Obata rowed his fingers along the Amami Islands and Okinawa Islands to the Senkaku Islands near Taiwan. He shook his head and complained: "Your Excellency, there are too many islands, even if you don't count the Tukara Islands and Osumi Islands near Kyushu. , there are also Amami Islands, Okinawa Islands, Kerama Islands, Daito Islands, Sakishima Islands, Senkaku Islands, etc. There are hundreds of large and small islands, and dozens of them are inhabited and can be built with airports. The division really can't keep up."

"What's happening with the Chinese people? Where will they attack first?" Araki Sadao frowned and asked.

Toshishiro Obata said in a low voice: "China's Zhongshan and Guangdong aircraft carriers have arrived in Shanghai a few days ago. In addition, the Taiwan Strait Theater Command has also moved from Guangzhou to Shanghai, and the army of four divisions has also been mobilized to Shanghai. In addition, The battlecruiser Selim Sultan will arrive in Shanghai no later than April 4 after emergency repairs."

Araki Sadao was startled: "How do you know such details?"

Toshishiro Xiaohata smiled wryly: "The Chinese people are preparing a battle plan to invade the empire with great fanfare, and they have no intention of hiding it. And they don't need to hide the current situation. Many islands in the entire empire are in front of them. A group of naked girls, we can only let them ravage wantonly."

"The guys in the navy are really stupid..." Araki Sadao couldn't help but cursed, but besides scolding, what else could he do?At this point, it seems that there is only a division of troops to guard.He looked at the map for a while, and sighed: "The order of the military department is not to abandon every inch of land, including the Senkaku Islands and the Sakishima Islands, all must stick to it... Mr. Obata, calculate how many troops are needed, and then report to the military department Bar."

The corner of Toshishiro Obata's mouth curled up slightly, showing a hint of sarcasm: "Your Excellency, the military staff has already estimated the troops needed to defend the Ryukyu Islands. If you want to completely defend the Ryukyu Islands, you need at least ten troops." A division. And it needs to stockpile supplies for at least a year, and it needs to transport about 20 tons of materials. In addition, a large number of 105mm, 150mm and 240mm cannons are needed to defend the coast... These troops and materials must be at the end of April Everything is in place before, otherwise they will block the route after the Chinese army is ready."

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With a soft snap, Nobuyoshi Muto threw three requests for help in front of Director of the Military Affairs Bureau Nagata Tieshan and Director of the Weapons Bureau Haruhiko Uemura.

These three requests for help were submitted by the Taiwan Army responsible for guarding the Ryukyu Islands, the North Korean Garrison Army responsible for guarding the Korean Peninsula, and the Fourth Army responsible for guarding Jeju Island.

The Taiwan Army has proposed an additional 10 divisions and 30 tons of supplies, as well as a request for 200 150mm heavy cannons, and these troops and supplies must be in place before the end of April, otherwise the route may be blocked , the Ryukyu Islands are also difficult to guarantee.The North Korean garrison army is also like a lion. It needs 15 divisions, but only 400 tons of supplies, mainly weapons and ammunition, and food will be raised from the Korean peninsula.However, the opposite bank has put forward a request for 5 fire guns!Twice as much as Taiwan's army.The Fourth Army defending Jeju Island requires 15 divisions, 100 tons of supplies and [-] shore artillery pieces, and requires all supplies to arrive at Jeju Island in mid-April to avoid being blocked by the Chinese Navy.

Obviously, whether it is the North Korean Army, the Taiwan Army, or the Fourth Army on Jeju Island, they are all ready to be blocked. What they ask for is that they can persist for about a year without backup. materials and troops needed.

The strength of thirty divisions is not bad. Although it is huge, there are more than one hundred Japanese army divisions that have completed two rounds of general mobilization now!Even if thirty reinforcements were allocated to the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and the Ryukyu Islands, there would still be enough troops to maintain Manchuria and defend the mainland.However, the demand for 55 tons of supplies and 700 shore fire guns made Nobuyoshi Muto a little worried.

The war and sanctions that lasted for six months have long consumed more than half of the material reserves in the hands of the General Department, and have lost raw materials such as coal and iron ore from Manchuria, oil and scrap steel from the United States, Lanyin, and Japan. Although the general mobilization was implemented, the production of weapons, ammunition and combat materials did not increase but decreased.In addition, there has also been a serious shortage of food supply. Due to the loss of imports from Manchuria, domestic agriculture has experienced labor shortages due to the large number of young and strong being conscripted into the army... In the foreseeable future, Japan may even face a famine.

Nobuyoshi Muto raised his head, and looked at Nagata and Uemura in embarrassment: "Nagata-kun, Uemura-kun, you should have read these three requests for help, right? Do the Military Affairs Bureau and Weapons Bureau have any countermeasures for this?"

"Your Excellency, General." Nagata Tieshan sighed deeply: "If only the Taiwan Army, the Korean Army and the Fourth Army need supplies, they can still deal with them, but the defense of the Kwantung Army, Kyushu Island, and Honshu Island also needs a lot of supplies. A total of millions of tons of supplies are needed, and the Military Affairs Bureau really has no way, and it is impossible to do anything." He turned his head and gave Haruhiko Uemura a wink.

Uemura also immediately echoed with a bitter face: "Yes, Your Excellency, there is no way. The Taiwan Army, the North Korean Army and the Fourth Army alone do not have the 700 shore fire artillery weapons bureaus that have produced more than 100 mm over the years. There are not so many cannons added together. And the defense of Kyushu and Honshu also needs at least 500 coastal defense guns... How can the Weapons Bureau get it. In addition, the Kwantung Army, the Taiwan Army, the Korean Army and the Fourth Army The Army requires ammunition to last for a year of combat, which... this is really too much, and the Ordnance Bureau simply doesn't have that much ammunition."

"Then what should we do?" Of course Nobuyoshi Muto also knew his family background, and the two people in front of him really couldn't change weapons and equipment.

"We can only choose key defenses." Nagata Tieshan said sternly: "Now the materials owned by the empire are no longer enough to maintain the defense of the five battlefields of Manchuria, the Korean Peninsula, the Ryukyu Islands, Jeju Island, and the Japanese Islands. Everywhere The defense is insufficient everywhere, it is better to concentrate our forces and defend the foundation of the empire."

"Give up Manchuria? But giving up Manchuria is tantamount to giving up the hope of taking back Taiwan!" Nobuyoshi Muto was a little surprised, staring at Nagata Tieshan coldly.

"Not to abandon Manchuria, but to focus on defending the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, Kyushu Island and the Ryukyu Islands, so as to defend the safety of Honshu Island and His Majesty the Emperor! The imperial army cannot put the Japanese archipelago and His Majesty the Emperor under the threat of bandits (referring to the Chinese army) Below." Nagata Tieshan's tone was low, as if he didn't see Muto's eyes at all.

The room fell into silence. After a long time, Nobuyoshi Muto sighed: "I understand what you mean. We are not abandoning Manchuria... but focusing on protecting His Majesty the Emperor. His Majesty is always the most important thing."

Of course Muto Nobuyoshi knew that there was not much hope for this war at the moment, but because of the militant atmosphere inside the country and the Japanese army, he did not dare to rashly propose to end the war and admit defeat.But at this moment, he saw a curved road to withdraw troops from Nagata.

"However, it is not enough to just allocate the Kwantung Army's material share to North Korea and Ryukyu." Nobuyoshi Muto shook his head slightly: "To defend the Ryukyu Islands, Jeju Island, and the Korean Peninsula, we must use elite divisions and rely on those hastily formed third-rate troops. Divisions are not enough. It is better to transfer 20 divisions under the Kwantung Army, and at the same time shrink the front of Manchuria appropriately, abandon Shenyang, Changchun, Jilin (Jilin City) and other places, and withdraw the troops to the east of the Liaohe River... …In addition, we will start to evacuate the nationals from Kantung Prefecture. If the situation of the war is unfavorable, the Kwantung Army will abandon the Liaodong Peninsula, retreat to the south bank of the Yalu River and merge with the Korean army, and must defend North Korea to the death.”

Seeing that Nobuyoshi Muto was finally relieved, Nagata Tieshan let out a sigh of relief. Army Chief of Staff Shirakawa Yoshinori and Kwantung Army Commander Hishikari Takashi have also been persuaded by Nagata Tieshan to transfer the main force of the Kwantung Army to "more important With the support of Minister of War Muto Nobuyoshi and the Prime Minister Ugaki Kazushige who has colluded with him for a long time, this war should end soon.

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"Fu Wen, we have defeated the Japanese invaders this time." Chiang Kai-shek announced the good news to Luo Yaoguo who was visiting the Northeast Theater with a red face.He said with a smile: "The Japanese invaders suffered extremely heavy losses in the second battle of Western Liaoning. More than a dozen divisions were severely damaged by our Northeast theater, and the loss of troops is estimated to be over 15. This is really the biggest victory since the war began! Moreover, we have also recovered Jinzhou and the entire mountainous area in western Liaoning, and the remnants of the Japanese army have now retreated to Shenyang and the east bank of the Liao River."

Luo Yaoguo also nodded with a smile: "It seems that the Japanese can no longer fight. Not only are they encountering great difficulties in Manchuria, but they also have to divide their troops to defend North Korea, Jeju Island, the Ryukyu Islands and Kyushu. It is estimated that Shenyang, Changchun, Jilin, etc. It won’t be long before the land will be abandoned.” At this point, his face became a little serious again: “The Japanese are gone, and we Chinese don’t know if we can live in peace, Jie Gong, has the CCP made any progress during this period? What action?"

"Of course they are going to grab the territory." Chiang Kai-shek seemed to be in a really good mood, and he didn't gnash his teeth when he talked about the Communist Party.This "Third Battle of Western Liaoning" made him, the chairman of the Military Commission, show his face, and shattered the rumors that Chairman Jiang would not fight.

"As soon as Zhang Xueliang went back, the CCP regained control of the three Red Army regiments, and it was much more relaxed in the use of troops." Chiang Kai-shek sighed softly: "Now they have formed a Northeast Front Army, with Zhu De in charge. Commander-in-chief, Zhou Enlai personally served as political commissar, sent 20 troops to the Horqin Grassland to launch an attack in the direction of Jilin Province, and it is estimated that Changchun and Jilin will be recovered in a short time."

Speaking of which, Chiang Kai-shek walked to the map platform, picked up the baton and clicked on the eastern part of Heilongjiang and Jilin Province on the map: "After taking the eastern part of Heilongjiang and Jilin Province, the territory of the Communist Party has become a long strip, starting from the east of Heilongjiang to the east Fuyuan County at the end of the province, and the Heigobi in the west of Suiyuan in the west, is about [-] kilometers long from east to west! But the width from north to south is only a few hundred kilometers, and the narrowest point is the west of Rehe Province, which is only about [-] kilometers wide. Brother Fu Wendi , do you have any thoughts on such a long strip that cannot be seen from the end to the end?"

Chapter 0605 post-war layout (a) sandwich

"It's really a long snake formation of [-] kilometers!"

Luo Yaoguo circled the map platform several times.Because the CCP temporarily gave up its attack on Mongolia and shifted its forces to the northeast, such a strange layout was formed.The territory of the CCP is both a long snake array and a sandwich. To the north of them is the western part of Heilongjiang and Mongolia under the control of the Trotskyist Wang Zhongyi, and to the south of the CCP is most of the territory controlled by the Kuomintang. The CCP is caught in the middle, it seems. Caught in the midst of enemies.If Wang Zhongyi is willing to join forces with the Kuomintang to attack the CCP, it seems that it will not be difficult to defeat them militarily, but it is not easy to completely eliminate them, and the war may continue for a long time.

"Brother Fuwen, how much power do you have over your brother Wang Zhongyi?" Chiang Kai-shek asked with a smile.

"Understood?" Luo Yaoguo shook his head slightly, and said with a faint smile, "Although Wang Zhongyi's power was fostered by us, it is not under our complete control. They used the sign of the Communist Party from the very beginning, and there were also members of the Communist Party involved. They also learn from the Communist Party’s system and ideological education, and it can even be said that they are the Communist Party. They are just an independent faction within the Communist Party or a warlord within the Communist Party, which is not the same as us after all.” With a face full of helplessness: "At that time, when supporting this force, I just wanted to contain their power after the Japanese took control of the Northeast. I didn't expect things to develop to the point where they are today. The plan really couldn't keep up with the changes. Miscalculation, miscalculation."

Chiang Kai-shek smiled and shook his head: "No miscalculation, no miscalculation. Brother Fuwen, I can only say that you made a wonderful move by accident. It was a wonderful move."

"Good chess?" Luo Yaoguo was taken aback when he heard the words, after thinking for a while, he still couldn't figure out what is so good about supporting an ambitious man like Wang Zhongyi?Is Chiang Kai-shek referring to the current sandwich-like layout?Although it can be seen from the map that the Communist Party is under the attack of the Kuomintang and Wang Zhongyi's Trotskyist forces, Wang Zhongyi must know the truth of the cold lips...

Chiang Kai-shek ignored Luo Yaoguo's doubts, and said on his own: "In my opinion, supporting Wang Zhongyi can be regarded as the best two moves our party has made in so many years. The other step is to gradually reform the people. The revolutionary army transforms our party’s warlords into a revolutionary army, so that the army can obey orders and obey commands. Only with the unity of the army can there be political unity, and only with the unity of the military and government can there be social stability and economic development.”

"Wang Zhongyi's situation is just the opposite...he set a bad example for the Communist Party. He first slaughtered the Mongolian People's Party, then threatened the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China with force, almost openly engaged in armed separatism, and now he simply launched a rebellion to unite the Trustees. Send another central government! But the CCP has always had nothing to do with him. Because of Wang Zhongyi’s bad example, the CCP did not dare to deal with the three Northeast Army regiments adapted from Zhili after Zhang Xueliang was detained by me. I It is safe to say that if the CCP cannot wipe out Wang Zhongyi’s forces in a short period of time, their cohesion will be greatly reduced.”

"What Jiegong said makes sense." Luo Yaoguo thought about it carefully, and it was really the case.In the memory of his previous life, there was also an incident of armed resistance against the central government within the CCP, and the person involved seemed to be Zhang Guotao, but this time his crime ended in failure.It seems that such things as the powerful faction embracing rebellion seem to be very common among the various factions in the Republic of China, and it is not just the Kuomintang or Sun Yat-sen who will encounter it.

"Now, can you tell me how much the Military Intelligence Bureau can control Wang Zhongyi's forces? I mean the control of their internal situation, such as military strength, troop mobilization, and combat plans." Chiang Kai-shek looked up. Glancing at Luo Yaoguo: "You should have placed a lot of people around him, right?"

"Of course, there are many of us around him." Luo Yaoguo did not deny it, but immediately replied: "Among his two most trusted generals, one is working for us, and there are at least one in his headquarters." Half of the staff officers are our people. At least [-]% of the staff staff at the corps, army, and division level under him are agents of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and basically we know every move they entrust the troops to send.”

Chiang Kai-shek looked at Luo Yaoguo with a smile, and asked, "That is to say, if Wang Zhongyi's forces can become a genuine Communist Party, we can easily eliminate them?"

"What does Jiegong mean?" Luo Yaoguo hurriedly asked: "Could Jiegong want to support Wang Zhongyi to become... But how is this possible? He is a Trotskyite, and he also offended Stalin on the Mongolian issue. Is the Soviet Union right?" Will support him."

"Then what if the Soviet Union has no choice?" Chiang Kai-shek said indifferently: "The CCP is now preparing to attack Wang Zhongyi by force, and Wang Zhongyi's military strength is far inferior to that of the CCP, and the territory is sandwiched between the CCP and the Soviet Union. The only way out is to unite with us... ...And if the main force of the CCP is broken by me, then Wang Zhongyi will naturally become the only choice for the Soviet Union. At that time, he can abandon the Trotskyist sign and accept the support of the Soviet Union to incorporate the CCP that we defeated, and then become the real leader of the Communist Party. Supplementary text Brother, do you think this possibility exists?"

Hearing Chiang Kai-shek's unconstrained thinking, Luo Yaoguo was also secretly surprised. To be honest, this possibility really exists!If the CCP is defeated by the Kuomintang, Wang Zhongyi can of course take the opportunity to incorporate their remnants, and Stalin will have no choice but to support Wang Zhongyi’s people to become an authentic Communist Party... All the resources and hidden power of the CCP will be destroyed Accepted by Wang Zhongyi.And Wang Zhongyi was surrounded by Kuomintang secret agents, and even he himself was inextricably linked with the Kuomintang secret agents!

"However, the CCP is not easy to defeat. If they hadn't reached the point of desperation, it would be impossible for the Soviet Union to abandon them and support Wang Zhongyi." Luo Yaoguo thought for a while, and still thought that this possibility was extremely low. I understand that as long as the CCP does not push Wang Zhongyi into a hurry, he is probably very happy for the CCP to block the Kuomintang in the front.Without Wang Zhongyi and the KMT's north-south attack, the CCP, which has opened up international lines of communication, should be able to support the KMT's attack for a long time.This is very detrimental to China's reserve of combat power for the world war eight years later.

Chiang Kai-shek sneered: "I also know that the CCP is not easy to deal with. They now have more than 40 troops and a very vast territory. If Wang Zhongyi did not cooperate with our north-south attack, they would be able to deal with us to the end with the support of the Soviet Union. So next One step, we should create a good external environment for the war between the Communist Party and the Trotskyites, brother Fuwen must have some good solutions in this regard?"

Luo Yaoguo raised his eyebrows and thought for a long while before he said, "The CCP has 40 soldiers, the Trotskyists have more than 20 soldiers, and the two families together have 70 million. If we push too hard, the two families will join forces. If we don't have time to go north Gu and they are bound to fight each other. But how to create a situation where we have no time to look north? Unless there is something that involves all energy and financial resources, so that they can win a period of respite, just like the Warring States Period It’s the same as Zheng Guoqu in the period.”

"Okay then, brother Fuwen, please think about it carefully. What projects can we launch now, and give them and the Trotskyites a little room to move." Having said that, Chiang Kai-shek smiled slightly, and beckoned at Luo Yaoguo : "This matter ends here first, then let me accompany you to inspect the newly recovered Jinzhou City, and by the way, help me see the new round of counterattack plans formulated by the staff."

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Just a week after Luo Yaoguo inspected the front line of Jinzhou, the troops from the Northeast Theater began to launch a massive counterattack against the Japanese troops on the Shenyang and Liaohe lines. With 40 cannons (excluding 70mm infantry guns and mortars), [-] tanks and armored vehicles, and [-] aircraft, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, chairman of the Military Commission, also visited the front line to command. This was the largest counterattack since the outbreak of the Northeast War of Resistance.

At the same time, the CCP’s Red Army also launched another large-scale counterattack to Jilin Province. According to the CCP’s propaganda, there were 21 divisions in seven legions and a total of 25 Red Army participated in this counterattack. CCP leaders Zhou Enlai, Zhu De He also went to the front line to command operations.

However, in the minds of the senior generals of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the two counter-offensives were nothing more than walking. The main force of the Japanese Kwantung Army was transferred to the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, Ryukyu Islands, Kyushu Island and other battlefields before the counter-offensive of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was launched. up.In these two strange counterattacks that were staged at the same time, the attacks of the Kuomintang and the Communist armies were not violent, and the Japanese army's persistence was perfunctory. Both sides had a tacit understanding. The main city of Jilin Province, withdrew the troops of Jilin Province to Liaoning, and then held on for three days in Shenyang, then retreated again, successively abandoned Shenyang, Liaoyang, Lushun and other places, including some puppet troops who supported Puyi Most of the Japanese and puppet troops retreated across the Yalu River unharmed, and then began to deploy defenses along the banks of the Yalu River, confronting the National Revolutionary Army and the Red Army Jiahe who arrived later.

Of course, the Japanese army did not only retreat steadily during this period of time. They repelled several harassments initiated by the CCP’s Red Navy and Red Army on the Korean Peninsula, and recovered Baekling Island, which had been occupied by the CCP’s Red Army for a period of time. It shattered the great idea of ​​the Red Army going abroad to fight local tyrants.However, partial victories could not redeem the overall defeat after all. The Northeast Anti-Japanese War, which lasted for more than six months, finally ended with the overall victory of the Chinese army, and the mainland dream of Japanese militarism was finally shattered.

The victory of the Northeast Anti-Japanese War naturally made the majority of Chinese feel extremely excited. The gloom of oppression and bullying by imperialism that had been oppressed on the Chinese people for a long time was swept away. Grand celebration parades were held in Wuhan, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places. The Kuomintang and the Nationalist Government Naturally, his reputation also skyrocketed.

The results of the Sino-Japanese War also caused a huge shock in the world, and most of the political leaders in Germany and Poland made positive comments on it.In particular, Hitler, the leader of the German Socialist Workers Party, sent congratulatory telegrams to the Kuomintang and the National Government.Piłsudski of Poland also personally sent congratulatory messages to Luo Yaoguo and Chiang Kai-shek.