Chapter 189: The 1935 Military Parade (Part 1)

However, Okamura Yasuji dared not sweep Hikaru, the former Army Minister, the current commander-in-chief of the Kanto Army, in person. Nanjiro knocked on the map with a baton and said, "Of course, there is such a argument in the base camp. He believes that we should first take over the relatively backward China, use the technical and industrial foundation of China's resource empire, and work hard to govern for 30 years before fighting the Soviet Union to the death!"

Minamijiro looked around with great pride and said, "In fact, I am more inclined to the latter's argument. China and the Empire are not countries at the same strategic level. Eating China first will be at a strategic high point that is very favorable to the Empire. But it is a pity that China does not have oil or rubber, which is an important strategic material that is urgently needed by the imperial grand strategy. The Empire's joint fleet needs a large amount of oil to exert its huge power, but oil is controlled by the European countries in Southeast Asia. He can completely kill the entire war potential of the Empire by blocking the Strait of Malacca. What a terrible thing!"

In an uproar, Minamijiro pointed to Rehe with his baton, Shanxi and Shanghai again: "Fortunately, the empire has a strong navy, and the ultimate responsibility for solving the Chinese problem will be borne by our glorious Kwantung Army. If the empire mobilizes a fleet to block the Chinese coast, cut off its foreign aid channels, organizes a large corps to land from Shanghai, and directly penetrate Nanjing, the capital of China. The main force of our Kwantung Army will be divided into three groups, attacking the Zhang Xuewu headquarters of Rehe, Chahar, and Suiyuan, and attacking the Zhang Xueliang headquarters of Northeast Army in North China. They will directly attack Shijiazhuang through Beiping, attacking Taiyuan, the hinterland of Shanxi, avoiding the dangerous places of the West Road such as Xinkou and Niangziguan. The navy plans to transport two divisions to land from Qingdao to support the main force to complete the horizontal cut off the Jinpu Road, and echoing the north-south attacks with the Shanghai dispatched troops, and destroying China in three to six months!"

Amid the applause, Seishiro Itagaki frowned. Seishiro Itagaki, who started out by speculation, is actually a stable and strategic person. The implication is that he can do it himself, but he can't do it if other families do it. He is a typical person who can make a move, but he cannot take risks.

The reason why Minamijiro was able to make such remarks at the Kanto Army Senior Officers' Meeting proves that in China, the military headquarters and even the base camp, this argument of quick victory occupies an absolute peak, and is likely to represent the opinions of some senior generals of the General Staff Headquarters, the base camp and even Emperor Hirohito!

After the meeting, Okamura Yasuji and Itagaki Seishiro returned to the chief of staff's office on the third floor of the west building. As soon as he entered the room, Seishiro Itagaki entered the room, "How can the Commander-in-Chief talk about the absolute strategic secrets of the empire in front of so many people? What if that person was drinking too much and talking nonsense? Some of us who were ourselves almost destroyed the Manchuria Incident."

Okamura Yasuji smiled slightly and said, "Maybe the secret we think is not a real strategic secret at all! The empire's guidance for Manchu and Mongolia comes from stabilizing Manchu and Mongolian politics and military, making it the lifeblood of blood transfusions to the empire. Therefore, the Kanto Hall was abolished, and the general's political power was given to me. This is the trust of His Majesty the Emperor and it is also a responsibility!"

Seishiro Itagaki was still a little dissatisfied and said: "The responsibility of the empire is on our shoulders, and some high-ranking officials are not in their positions and have been in charge of their positions for a long time. As the commander-in-chief of the Kanto Army, how could General Minamijiro publicly make so-called strategic remarks in front of so many people? What a dangerous thing? This is like telling the enemy to prepare quickly! The war is about to begin, which is extremely irresponsible remarks and actions."

Okamura Yanji looked at Itagaki Seishiro meaningfully and said, "Itagaki, this is not like you! I remember Ishihara Jun likes to complain. Originally, the position of the senior director of the Kanto Army was left for him, but Ishihara Jun's complaints made some people in the military unhappy. Not only did Japan have Ishihara Kanir have the so-called strategic vision, but who is missing from the Great Japanese Empire still remains the same? Do you understand? At this time, we should say less. We can only do our best to do our best for things that we cannot dominate. This is the duty of the imperial soldier who is loyal to His Majesty the Emperor."

Seishiro Itagaki was stunned by Okamura's words, and hesitated for a moment and said ashamed: "Okamura's lesson is right. I was also in a hurry. The empire began to expand its army on such a large scale before entering the wartime system. This will worry more countries in the international community and reach our opposite. Moreover, the empire's economy may not be supported for long, and two or three years may be the limit."

Okamura Yasuji was slightly stunned and said, "Didn't the Commander-in-Chief say today! The full-scale war against China will be launched in two to three years at the latest. Rekawa's avenge is just a gimmick of the military, the General Staff Headquarters, and the base camp. The real significance is probably to prevent China's military and political power from being unified, and to rush to complete the reorganization plan of the 60 German reorganization divisions. Before the Chinese government completes the reorganization plan of the 60 German reorganization divisions, it is necessary to destroy the Chinese government's will to resist while ensuring the inherent interests of Manchuria, and thus end the war completely in a very short time. All of this depends on the progress of the early stage of the war. In fact, you and I are very clear about the guys in the General Staff Headquarters. Where do they have any goals and strategies to speak of? They are all guys who take one step at a time. I am afraid that if you ask him what meal to eat at night, he still has to think about it for a while and don't count on them too much!"

Seishiro Itagaki sighed helplessly, "The military expenditure of the imperial government is inclined toward the army for the first time since the Meiji Restoration. If the army does not seize this opportunity to win the greatest glory with the army, then the army's advantages in the Navy will probably be lost, and they will be stepped on the heads and cannot turn over in the future. Some of the military headquarters are too self-centered and too scammers! The implementation of the empire's strategy is related to the future destiny of the empire."

Okamura Yasuji handed a file on his desk to Itagaki Seishiro and said, "We will use tactics to make up for it. When did we become so pessimistic? The empire has one of the most powerful navy in the world and an invincible army. The Japanese Imperial Army is invincible! Look at this information! This is about the general list of weapons purchased by Zhang Xuewu from Germany and the deployment of troops, as well as the construction progress of the construction of four fortress cities in Chaoyang, Chifeng, Chengde and Zhangjiakou. The current three places in Rehe, Chahar, and Suiyuan are not the time for our personnel to enter and exit before the war. In order to reconnaise their main deployment, we have lost dozens of spies and many capable Manchukuo colleagues!"

In fact, Seishiro Itagaki was actually dissatisfied with what Okamura Yasuji had just said, "We will use tactics to make up for the lack of strategy." Idiots know that the outcome of a war, in addition to the economic, industrial foundation, and war reserve potential, the most important thing is to formulate national strategies. Seishiro Itagaki has never heard of strategic shortcomings that can be made up for with tactics? Is this what the Chief of Staff of the Kanto Army should say? It is obvious that Okamura Yasuji just said that he was perfunctory.

It is obvious that Okamura Yasuji is also the overall supporter of the Chinese mainland strategy. It seems that Atako's failure has not really affected the Chief of Staff at all. It was more helpless to see the Japanese military's behavior of only selecting factions and people and not strategic policies.

The actually upgrade of the Kanto Army has shown that Japan's determination to make big fuss in China's hinterland. Because without the restraint of the Japanese government, the military seems to be even more in a fishy way. A Manchuria Incident almost left Japan alone and an international orphan. If it weren't for profit-oriented Americans, Japan's economy would have collapsed at this moment. The large amount of loans from the United States allowed Japan to use the military industry to drive heavy industry, and it could excessively carry out open plunder from the Manchukuo they fabricated, so Japan could support such a crazy expansion of military force.

Japan's continuous increase in troops in Manchuria has caused great international turmoil and panic, because at the same time, the new German leader, who was revived in Europe, was shouting slogans of revenge wildly, which made the British and French very worried. Under the guidance of the appeasement spirit, Britain and France decided to make all concessions to the irritable German children. After all, the Treaty of Versailles almost crushed Germany. The principle of avoiding war is to sacrifice as much as possible for others' interests.

As the world's industrial foundation and the most powerful country in the world, isolationism has become a trend, and only making money and not bearing any international responsibility is the only consensus among American businessmen and politicians.

Time flies. Zhang Xuewu, who was in the Rehe Army, and in May 1934, successively sent a German inspection team composed of up to 2,000 officers and soldiers, and then sent more than 5,000 technical workers, technicians and engineers from all walks of life to study in Germany. These personnel were trained for free on behalf of Germany within the contract, but the round-trip travel fee alone made Zhang Xuewu feel heartbroken! In order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the troops for a long time, Zhang Xuewu must pay attention to the reserve of talents.

Hao Wenbin and Li Songtao almost almost stayed in Germany and traveled around. Zhang Xuewu heard that even Hao Wenbin could even use simple German dialogue? This seems to be a big miracle. How far can China-German relations go? Zhang Xuewu didn't know at this moment, because Germany is also evaluating the so-called national value between Japan and China. If the Germans want to start from Europe, they will inevitably need a strong ally. Compared with Japan, China seems vulnerable?

What Zhang Xuewu couldn't understand the most was whether it was Germans or Japanese? Why did they all look very radically on the Soviets? Could it be an epic glorious task that was difficult to accomplish in history?

With the support behind Zhou Ying, Zhang Xuewu's intentional mobilization funds finally became abundant. However, Zhang Xuewu, who was afraid of being poor, dared not spend all his money. However, Zhang Xuewu would never be stingy with the things he should buy. Taking advantage of the US financial crisis, a large number of companies went bankrupt, Zhang Xuewu used Chen Hanze's relationship to buy some factories in the United States and dismantled them back to Tianjin to transfer them to Baotou, while the other part continued to operate, because once the war started again, heavy industry, military industry and related industries would undoubtedly become gold flow lines, and Americans were used to making war money! No shell fell on its homeland in World War II in history.

However, there was something that was beyond Zhang Xuewu's expectations, that was that Zhou Ying actually became a friend of Chen Yilan with Shen Hanze's tacit consent. Zhang Xuewu also had a little inexplicable feeling. This was what happened? But what gave Zhang Xuewu the feeling was that Chen Hanze and Zhou Ying were almost venting their anger? Could it be that Zhou Ying was Chen Hanze's illegitimate daughter? The old man wanted to marry both daughters to him? Zhang Xuewu found that he was becoming more and more gossipy now and was more and more enthusiastic and impulsive?

However, he did not dare to ask Chen Hanze about this, because Chen Hanze needed to complete the subsequent contact with the Soviet Union and other aspects. After all, the Nanjing government has not officially broken with the German side, so he still has a very deep taboo on the Soviets. Before the signing of the Japan-Soviet Treaty on Non-aggression, Zhang Xuewu still had a lot of projects to prepare to cooperate with the Soviets.

As time went by 1935, Zhang Xuewu heard a bolt from the blue, that is, three of the four armies of the Northeast Army were transferred to northern Shaanxi to continue to clear out the remaining bandits?

Zhang Xuewu knew that the conservative and tormenting Zhang Xueliang's biggest wish was to fight back to his hometown in Northeast China, but this wish was too dangerous for Zhang Xueliang, especially Wang Yizhe, who was subordinate, and Yu Xuezhong's subordinates had a low stability. Standing at the junction of Shanhai, he could not counterattack and return to his hometown. The morale of the Northeast Army officers and soldiers was already very low. Now he was going to take him to fight a civil war in northern Shaanxi. The Northeast Army officers and soldiers were even more unwilling. What they were most willing to do at the moment was to fight back to his hometown in Northeast China!

Zhang Xueliang's personal emotions and tendencies cannot be interfered with. It can be said that Zhang Xueliang is also a person with his own opinions. He has to bear all the responsibility for becoming the 200,000 soldiers of the Northeast Army, and he has to bear all the responsibility for becoming the rootless Ping. In addition, the Nanjing government's austerity in military expenditure made him very embarrassed. Even if Zhang Xuewu's Baotou military factory funded the military ammunition, he would inevitably have complaints or other thoughts in his mind.

Zhang Xuewu also realized that history did change to a certain extent, but the main trajectory did not undergo a major reversal. For example, although Zhang Xuewu expanded his army to purchase and produce weapons and ammunition, he expanded the largest military factory in China with the assistance of the German Krupp and Mauser brothers, with the assistance of the German Krupp and Mauser brothers, five 75mm Krupp l32 caliber field gun production lines, annual output exceeds 300, Czech zb-26i improved light machine gun production line, honorary tank assembly workshop, cold rolled alloy steel production line, etc.

However, the strength of the Japanese army is also increasing. Rehe's failure made the Japanese army pay attention to the construction of armored combat vehicles. Although the quality and design are basically the same as in history, the quantity has changed greatly. Zhang Xuewu's Rehe Legion is not afraid of Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, but other troops of the National Army are not good. The overall comparison of military strength between the two countries is even worse than in history. This is also Zhang Xuewu's helplessness. The country has been weak for too long and cannot be reversed overnight.

Just like two automobile production lines purchased from the United States, the two-and-a-half-ton Ford truck was offline, which was very good in all aspects, but the domestic imitation engine was not up to standard. The same four-cylinder engine imported by the United States was 127 horsepower, while the domestic one was only 87 horsepower. The huge difference made Zhang Xuewu ashamed and could only comfort himself. At least it was produced. In comparison, the Calvins semi-track truck introduced by Germany was more suitable for China's complex road conditions. It was equipped with a machine gun or a 37-mm anti-tank gun, which was an armored vehicle. It was almost omnipotent to tow and transport ammunition and battlefield rescue. However, its high cost and complex process and precision assembly also made the engineers of Baotou First Automobile Manufacturing Plant repeatedly entangled.

At the end of 1935, Kanto, Japan had reached the establishment of 37 divisions. Its commander, Minamijiro, held an unprecedentedly large-scale Kanto Army exercise. When he heard the news that the Japanese Kanto Army organized a large-scale exercise, Rehe, Chahar, Suiyuan, and Pingjin were suddenly panicked, prices soared, and many merchants were preparing to withdraw their investment or dismiss personnel on the spot to sell goods. Zhang Xuewu naturally knew that someone must have secretly contributed to the fire. However, in the face of the Japanese's arrogance, Zhang Xuewu immediately decided to organize a large military parade of the Rehe Legion in Chengde.

The Japanese have made their old secrets in the three northeastern provinces. Zhang Xuewu has always been pursuing the spirit and principle of hiding the shackles at critical moments before, but if you think about it carefully, what are the secrets of the arms he bought in Germany? The Japanese spies and traitors lurking in the Nanjing Military and Political Department probably had already passed the news back. Due to the lack of materials and materials in later generations, several famous lurking spies and traitors who Zhang Xuewu knew were still very hidden at this moment, and there was no evidence at all. The only way was to consider adopting a fixed-point removal method to reduce the losses of the full outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan in the future. As for most of the lurking Japanese spies and traitors, Zhang Xuewu did not know. After all, Zhang Xuewu is just an individual, not a computer or a god of memory!

Zhang Xuewu took a look at his family's assets. Now he knows why the Americans in later generations had some good things and quickly pulled them out and savored them. It turned out that this was called a threat strategy.
Chapter completed!