Rebirth of the Military Industry Power of the Anti-Japanese War

(Thanks to book friend Tian Cangye, I don’t know ★so, Fantasy·Light and Shadow for the reward ^_^)

The glorious victory of the Eighth Red Army not only inspired the Chinese people, but also shocked Japan. Even just to save face, the Japanese military would not let it go. But on how to deal with the Red Army, senior officials of the Japanese Army Staff Headquarters

However, serious differences have emerged. The "slow advance faction" represented by Kanji Ishihara, chief of the operations section of the Army General Staff Headquarters, believes that judging from the combat effectiveness displayed by the Red Army, the Chinese army is far stronger than Japan originally estimated. In addition, Japan is currently

Preparations for a full-scale war have not been completed, especially since there are still a large number of anti-Japanese armed activities such as the Anti-Japanese Alliance in Manchuria. If a full-scale war is launched hastily now, it is very likely to fall into the quagmire of a protracted war. Japan is short of local resources and has not yet completely controlled Manchuria.

It is simply unsustainable. Regarding the Red Army, Ishihara Kanji proposed the method of killing with a borrowed knife, that is, supporting the Nanjing government of China to wipe out the Red Army. It would be best if it succeeded. Even if it failed, it would consume China's vitality and prepare Japan for war.

Gain time.

The Kwantung Army Chief of Staff Hideki Tojo and other "radicalists" believed that doing so was a sign of weakness. If the Chinese lost their fear of Japan, it would be more difficult to conquer China in the future. And in their view,

Even if the scale of the war is out of control, it is not a big deal. Although Japan is indeed not ready for a long-term war, in fact, China, which is still divided, is even more unprepared. They even arrogantly clamored that "it only takes three to six months."

Force the Chinese to surrender."...

Seeing that the military headquarters was more inclined to the opinions of his rival Hideki Tojo, Ishihara Wanji couldn't help but feel extremely angry, and complained to his close friend Seishiro Itagaki, "What does Hideki Tojo, a 'high-ranking soldier' ​​(Note 1), know?"

"Be more open-minded, Ishihara-kun, and I believe that the military headquarters and His Majesty the Emperor will make the right choice." Seishiro Itagaki comforted him.

"I hope." Although Ishihara Wanji was in a bad mood, he still accepted Itagaki Seishiro's consolation, and soon comforted Itagaki in turn.

It turned out that Seishiro Itagaki was in a bad mood these past two days. Before he could reach the army after taking over as the commander of the Fifth Division, the remnants of the Fifth Division were wiped out by the Red Army in Tanggu.

It was a great shame and humiliation for Itagaki. But to be honest, under the circumstances at that time, even if Itagaki arrived at the army in time, he would still be unable to save his life and would end up losing his own life. In fact, Itagaki should feel lucky.

Of course, Ishihara would not say that. He explained to Itagaki, "More than 20,000 veterans of the Fifth Division were crushed. It is certainly a huge loss, but the young recruits (relatively speaking) are more energetic and capable."

Accepting your tactical thinking, senior, maybe this is what the Chinese people often say, 'a blessing in disguise.'?"

However, just as the two of them were licking each other's wounds, a signal soldier suddenly came to inform them to go to the military headquarters immediately to attend an emergency meeting. It turned out that the Red Army unit that had been hated by the Japanese had launched an offensive again, and

This time the target is Rehe, which Japan has occupied for more than three years...

Shortly after Jiangxi launched its troops, Hu Weidong developed a good habit. As long as he decided to stay in a certain place for a period of time, he would send special forces or scouts to adjacent enemy strongholds to infiltrate them for reconnaissance.

, there are important underground party factions, but there are no more important factions, and even a small number of people will be left lurking for a long time. On the one hand, they will continue to provide follow-up information to the headquarters, and on the other hand, they will develop the organization locally.

As the number of special forces members and scouts continues to increase, the penetration range of the Eighth Red Army is also expanding. After advancing into the east of Hebei, to the east is the Shanhaiguan station stationed by the 29th Army. You only need to send a few people to watch in case of

It would be fine if the Japanese Kwantung Army suddenly entered the customs in large numbers. As for the coast of the Bohai Bay, although there are many places where landings can be made, it will take time for the troops to get ashore and assemble, so just send a few advance warnings. Moreover, Hu Weidong abandoned Tanggu soon after he captured it. In this way, the Japanese army

If it comes, it is very likely that it will still land from Tanggu, and Hu Weidong can learn about it at the first time through the scouts staying in Tanggu City...

Therefore, the focus of Hu Weidong's infiltration was on Rehe Province, which had been occupied for many years. Since the grassland was vast and sparsely populated, Chengde was the only city that could station a large number of troops and was relatively close. Therefore, the goal was very clear. If Chengde had not had a small population,

For fear of arousing the suspicion of the Japanese, Hu Weidong could even send more than a thousand people to them. Due to the sufficient manpower, the telegrams sent back by the scouts were more detailed than previous operations, and Hu Weidong also learned from this that Chengde had just built a large airport.

, and Japanese aircraft had begun to arrive. Hu Weidong felt nervous when he read the telegram. He quickly walked to the huge map of North China and measured the distances between several cities, and then converted it into actual distances according to the scale. He immediately found that the situation was much worse than the actual distance.

He expected something more serious...

Chengde's geographical location is right on the flank of Pingjin. Once the airport is put into use, not only the Pingjin area, but also Zhangjiakou and Baoding will be within the combat radius of the Japanese aviation forces. Moreover, although the 15th Red Army occupied Tianjin,

The Japanese air raids have become increasingly frequent, but since there is only one airport in Jinzhou available, the Kwantung Army Flying Group has five flying wings (the destroyed flying wing has been quickly rebuilt, and the spare aircraft of the Japanese two flying wings are enough

Rebuilding a new flying wing, there is no shortage of pilots.), but only 2 wings can be put into combat. Once the large airport in Chengde is officially put into use, all the aircraft of the Kwantung Army Flying Group, and even the additional troops in Japan

, can participate in the battle, the threat to the 15th Red Army will be too great.

In fact, the two Japs Flying Wings in Jinzhou alone had already caused considerable losses to the Red Army's 15th Army. Although the number of fighter jets available to the Japanese Army was compared to the twenty-four Type 95 fighter jets of the Red Army Flying Group,

There is no absolute advantage (each Japanese flying wing has 4 squadrons, of which generally 2 are fighter squadrons, that is, a total of 48 fighter planes.), and the quality is even inferior (Note 2), but the Japanese pilots

Generally speaking, they are well-trained. In comparison, although there are many good talents in the Red Army Flying Group, most of them are still immature, especially the 24 Japanese fighter jets that were just captured. The Red Army pilots are far less familiar with the Japs, and the Japs'

Even if the flying wing suffers losses, the aircraft can be continuously replenished, while the Red Army flying group loses one aircraft. Even if there is anti-aircraft firepower to help, it is never a good idea to fight head-on.

Note 1: Kanji Ishihara, who was proud of his talent, had always looked down on his former superior, Hideki Tojo, thinking that his talent could only serve as a good soldier, and he was often called "Junior Tojo" in front of and behind him, so the relationship between the two

Liangzi was thus forged. However, although Tojo's military ability was mediocre, he was much better at politics than Ishihara Kanji. Historically, since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Ishihara Kanji has been suppressed by him and never got a chance to come forward. However, this is not the case.

It's China's luck...

Note 2: The Type 95 fighter first flew in March 1935 (no matter how quickly it enters service, it usually will not be until the end of 2035). It was discontinued in 1938. Only 588 were produced in total, of which only 300 were type 1 (the 24 captured

That is this model). It is obvious that in May 1936, the fighter squadron of the Kwantung Army Flying Group could not be equipped with too many Type 95 fighters. If we deduct the 24 captured ones, there would be even fewer. Therefore, it is still

The Kwantung Army Flying Group, which is equipped with many old-fashioned fighter jets, is not as good as the Red Army Flying Group, which is all equipped with Type 95 fighter jets, in terms of average quality of fighter jets. (After acquiring 24 much better Type 95 fighter jets, the original 6

All of the old fighter jets have now been converted into trainer aircraft.) Of course, with the production capacity of the Japanese aircraft manufacturing industry, this advantage will soon disappear...

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