Chapter 359 Undercurrents

Meijiro Umezu stood in front of the map and sighed: "The guys who can truly influence the fate of the empire have always been self-righteous and arrogant. They never look at the overall strategy, and always use the theory of invincible weapons to repeatedly use them as excuses. Since weapons are useless, why does the navy still build so many warships?"

Ishihara Kanir said helplessly: "The uselessness of equipment seems to be only targeting our army. The army and the navy have their own systems. Take aviation as an example. All countries in Europe and the world, and even China, you have the highest air force. The air force of the Great Japanese Empire is divided into two half. The limited resources of the army aviation force and the naval aviation force are divided, which makes it impossible to use effectively. The research and development of fighter jets lagging behind Europe is almost an era. We are still almost stuck in the first-machine aircraft model with a dual-wing open cockpit.

The Type 96 ship war is our latest all-metal monoplane fighter, but it is still open cockpit. The bf-109f fighter jets introduced by Zhang Xuewu from Germany are fully enclosed all-weather combat aircraft. Although we shot down more than 30 such bf-109f fighters over Nanjing, what are our losses? The Army and Navy aviation team, together with the warships destroyed on the ground and on the aircraft carrier, reached more than 370, an astonishing proportion! It has exceeded 10 to 1!"

Meijiro Umezu said in surprise: "Didn't the military headquarters say that it is only two to one? And I remember that the military headquarters was still hyping up the news of the Inuka Air Force in China? Could it be that the guys from the military headquarters deceived the people in the country?"

Ishihara Kaner shook his head and said, "The guys in the military are almost crazy. What else do they dare not do? It is their patent to deceive the superiors and the people in this war. They not only deceived His Majesty the Emperor and the people in the country, but even us, our own people. I have investigated the bodies of the fallen pilots of the Atako Air Force, technical sergeants and corporals. The flight time is not more than one hundred hours. Most of the pilots we lost are lieutenants, captains, grandson, Morita, Manzuo and others. They are all senior and excellent flights with flight time of more than one thousand six hundred hours.

Our losses are too great. Our pilots shot down the combat aircraft of the Rehe Air Force by relying on their rich flight experience and team cooperation. The other party is just a group of newborn calfs who are not afraid of tigers. The huge gap in weapons alone has brought great casualties to our army. (, watch the latest update of this book) (, watch the latest update of this book) and the pilots in the Rehe Air Force are very special. They seem to have inherited the usual style of the Chinese Air Force. Even if they are shot down, they will never be captured. They often leave the last bullet for themselves."

Umezu Mijiro exhaled deeply: "If our army's new fighter jets are equipped, can we have an advantage in performance?

Ishihara Kaner shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it will disappoint you. My Commander. What we got is just the model that Zhang Xuewu got four years ago. During this period, Rehe has updated and improved several BF-109 series models, and is also equipped with better performance Falcon fighter jets. I believe they are also developing the next fighter jet. We are still behind, but the ones behind are not that huge."

Umezu Mijiro rubbed his hands in disbelief and said, "Then before the new fighter jets have developed combat effectiveness, ours must keep a low profile. The Kanto Army's pilot division will transfer to Seoul for flight training. Otherwise, if they are targeted by damn enemies over Manchuria, they will become the targets of hunting. I don't want our excellent pilots to be massacred because of the performance of the fighter jets."

Both Umezu Mijiro and Ishihara Kanir knew that the most powerful person now was Zhang Xuewu, because based on the imperial intelligence, Zhang Xuewu went to the Soviet Union for a secret visit. It is said that the exchanges between the two sides were very pleasant and there was a large-scale cooperation. Although the empire was also conducting secret negotiations with the Soviet Union, the Soviets cared more about whether the Japanese Empire and Germany, Italy concluded an agreement and the content of the agreement.

If the Soviet Union could sign a treaty, the Soviets would inevitably reduce the assistance to Zhang Xuewu in Rekawa to a minimum, which would be more beneficial to the Kwantung Army. They would not have to face Zhang Xuewu's aggressive offensive. However, now they still have to endure the fun of meetings in the basement. The strafing and bombing of the Rekawa Air Force headquarters has escalated from boredom to terror. Manchukuo has no inch of land safe, and the losses of using ground fire to deal with fighter jets that have come and go in the sky are not affordable by the Kwantung Army.

Mejiro Umezu and Kanir Ishihara were very depressed. Chiang Kai-shek was also very difficult in Wuhan because due to the Rekhe War, he had nearly one million troops in the Fifth War Zone, watching the Kanto Army fight with the Tenth War Zone, and missed the great opportunity for the Japanese army in North China to be extremely empty. If Chiang Kai-shek could seize the opportunity to give the Japanese army in Central China or North China a counterattack, then he would not have to be pushed to the forefront by public opinion.

Although Dai Li personally issued a death order, seized dozens of newspapers, and arrested hundreds of editors and reporters, the overwhelming news was still raging, and there was no wind and wave. Chiang Kai-shek was a political leader, and his political means and ability were far beyond his military actions. So Chiang Kai-shek must be behind this, was it Zhang Xuewu or other people in the party? There were too many enemies offended, and Chiang Kai-shek could not be sure who was taking the opportunity to attack him for a moment.

It was not Chiang Kai-shek's plan to miss the opportunity, but he was frightened by Zhang Xuewu's strength. A mere battle zone suddenly had the power to compete with the National Government. In just a few years, Zhang Xuewu actually connected Rehe, Suiyuan, and Chahar to the northwest to develop oil fields in Yumen? Yumen Oilfield is the only oil field in which the National Government can explore reserves and can be mined. Now it is controlled by Zhang Xuewu, which means that the only oil source for the National Government can only be imported through Hong Kong, and there are many restrictions on imports. The British took the opportunity to make things difficult for extortion, and Chiang Kai-shek almost went crazy about this.

Chiang Kai-shek was holding troops and watching the tiger fight, and Zhang Xuewu naturally cut off all his Su aid supplies. In Zhang Xuewu's words, he gave anti-Japanese materials to those who were truly anti-Japanese. Therefore, Zhang Xuewu openly cut off the supply of Su aid supplies from the State Government. Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to do so. The Ministry of Military Affairs and Political Affairs negotiated with the Rehe Office many times, but he refused to transport them under the pretext of threat from the Japanese army.

When the National Government informed the Soviet side to suspend the transportation of military aid supplies, weapons and ammunition, the Soviet side replied that all the supplies had been handed over and all were all allocated to the Tenth War Zone, which was accepted by Li Xinkai, the chief of staff of the theater, in Dingyuan Camp. It was obvious that Zhang Xuewu and the Soviets were probably bastards wearing pairs of pants. 180 million of the 240 million US dollars of military aid from the National Government entered Zhang Xuewu's pocket. How could Chiang Kai-shek not be angry? You should know that the Japanese only spent 20 million yen to build the largest Fengtian Arsenal for Zhang Zuolin, so that the Feng army could produce its own 38-type 75-mm field cannons and shells, the Northwest Army's big swords, and the Northeast Army's cannons were all things that the princes in China were terrified by it at that time.

Zhang Xuewu's attitude towards the State Government was also very obvious, and the Ministry of Military Affairs had no choice but to do anything about this. Chiang Kai-shek was also a rogue when he was young, but he really had to hesitate about such a blatant shameless thing as Zhang Xuewu. It can be said that Chiang Kai-shek, who was wandering between shamelessness and shamelessness, could not defeat Zhang Xuewu, who was already completely shameless.

Moreover, what made Chiang Kai-shek most angry was that Zhang Xuewu actually reorganized his troops into four clusters. The Northwest Cluster was launching a crackdown on local warlords such as Ningma and Ganma. Originally, these were local affairs. Chiang Kai-shek did not want to intervene and was most willing to see the infighting and consumption between local forces. However, Zhang Xuewu was different. His tenth war zone was too powerful. If the northwest occupied him and formed a stable rear. When he was swinging the northeast, his national government might have to be ruled by him, and the premise was whether Zhang Xuewu was willing or not.

Chiang Kai-shek also regretted this time, but what he regretted was why he placed the northwest into the 10th War Zone. He originally wanted to let the Ma family army, who had always been dissatisfied with the central government, restrain Zhang Xuewu. However, Zhang Xuewu now defeated the Ma family army in the name of suppressing bandits. It is said that Zhang Xuewu invested all light armored cavalry regiments, and the attack distance of 150 kilometers per day made the Ma family army proud of before they assembled.

Zhang Xuewu dared to fight a civil war in the face of a great enemy? This was something Chiang Kai-shek never expected. However, Zhang Xuewu used the name to suppress bandits. Who wouldn't know that the Ma family army in the northwest started with the bandits? Since ancient times, soldiers, bandits, police, bandits, and bandits, all have a certain number. Zhang Xuewu's suppression of bandits, even the provincial party department and the provincial government of the State Administration were suppressed together? This is a naked rebellion!

Zhang Xuewu could slap him in the face of Jiang, but he was difficult to pull him back because if he wanted to put a hat on Zhang Xuewu, he would have to move the sequence under the jurisdiction of the Tenth War Zone first. This is obviously a bit too suspicious. Chiang Kai-shek often seems very calm on this issue. He wants to find a very good opportunity to first attack Zhang Xuewu's political prestige. Chiang Kai-shek is almost regretful about his efforts to create a heroic image for Zhang Xuewu.

However, the glass of bitter wine that Mr. Jiang himself brewed by him has now been placed in front of him and drink it? Obviously, the bitter wine seems to have been replaced by a container for the wine! It is not a cup! But a big jar! It’s a sin!
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