Chapter 339 Ishihara Project
It can be said that the failure of the battle against Zhang Xuewu twice in a row caused a disagreement among the Japanese. The Japanese are typical types of bullying good and fearing evil. If you respect him, he will bully you, and if you tyrannical him, he will respect you. Therefore, there are two voices in the military headquarters and the General Staff Headquarters. The armistice treaty faction, which advocates not to continue to invest all national strength, and the decisive battle faction that strongly advocates by Major General Nohara Tin.
Shin Ono, who is in charge of the China Division of the Headquarters, believes that although the Kwantung Army failed in this battle, this did not affect the overall decisive battle plan of the empire. Zhang Xuewu's tenth war zone was actually surrounded by Northeast China and North China. Behind it was the Soviet Union, lacking space for strategic maneuvers. Therefore, all the officers and soldiers of the tenth war zone in each battle fought to the death, because there was no retreat at all. The empire must concentrate all its troops again. If necessary, they can choose to give up Central China and carry out large-scale operations on the tenth war zone again in the short term, so that he could not get any rest and supplements, dragging Zhang Xuewu down.
Nohara Tin San was relatively rational because with Japan's current national strength, I am afraid that the empire would be exhausted if Zhang Xuewu had not been dragged down. The empire should reach a certain degree of understanding with the Chinese National Government in strategically. Even if it was to return Central China as a price, it would hand over some of the interests of North China to the Tenth War Zone. The main force returned to Manchuria, reached a strategic secret agreement with the Soviet Union, cut off the military aid it gave to China, and secretly provoked the increasingly greater conflict between the National Government and the Tenth War Zone.
However, outside these two factions, Ishihara Kanir doesn't think so. In Ishihara Kanir's opinion, whether it is Ono Shin or Nohara Tinzo, they are two idiots who will choose and detain, and are typical self-righteous people who walk without looking at the ground.
Ishihara Kanir is worthy of being the first Japanese military strategist. Saber and camera are Ishihara's lifelong hobbies. Ishihara Kanirir graduated as the second seat in the 30th session of the Army University. After graduation, he studied in Germany and was one of the few Japanese who could understand Clausewitz's "Theory of War"! Not only that, Ishihara Kanir also developed the theory of "Theory of War" and compiled a set of so-called "final war" based on it! However, Ishihara Kanir's "Theory of War" now has a great deviation from those in history. Because history has changed, the Japanese army encountered a second unprecedented defeat in the battles of attacking Rekawa, Suiyuan, and Chahar, which also made Ishihara Kanir begin to seriously review his previous strategic propositions.
Ishihara Kanir believes that the Japanese Empire must strive to maintain good relations with the United States, because Ishihara Kanir knows that Japan and Manchuria have rich media and iron resources, but the most important strategic resources are oil and rubber. Ishihara Kanirir knows that fighting with China and the Soviet Union and Russia will not cut off the empire's oil supply. The Soviet Navy is definitely not a rival to the joint fleet. With Siberia as a support, Zhang Xuewu, who has lost Soviet support, is not afraid!
However, Japan's national policy formulated before was to become the leader of East Asia. In order to do so, it is necessary to be able to eliminate the oppression of the Soviet Union, the United States and Britain. While enriching the arms and air forces that can fight against the Soviet Union, the United States and Britain, the work of stabilizing the rear of Japan and Manchuria and North China, and adopting the tactic of blocking the 10th War Zone without fighting to complete the basic work of preparing for a protracted war.
After completing the preparations for the full armament and protracted war, we first began to actively work to force the Soviet Union to give up support to China as soon as possible, and confuse the Soviets with illusions. During this period, we strive to maintain good relations with the United States, build the most solid line of defense in Jinzhou to resist Zhang Xuewu's armored troops, and equip more advanced fighter jets as soon as possible to regain air supremacy. When all preparations are completed, we signed a treaty with the Germans. After Germany attacked the Soviet Union, the Kwantung Army would attack the Far East and even the entire Siberia. We would join forces with the Germans in the Middle East. When the Soviet Union completely collapsed, we would expel British strength from East Asia and liberate all ethnic groups in East Asia.
It can be said that Ishihara Kanir's plan is undoubtedly the most crazy, and the degree of madness is even greater than that of Shin Ono and Tinzo Nohara. He was defeated in a battle zone with Zhang Xuewu and was defeated. He was actually thinking about the huge red empire that helped him?
However, Ishihara Kanir's plan was formulated with great strategic vision. The main reason why the Soviets aided Zhang Xuewu in the 10th War Zone was that they were worried that the Japanese Empire, which was very close to Germany, would sign a treaty with the Germans, and attack the Soviet Union from east to west, so the Soviets needed a huge restraint for the Japanese. If the Japanese government took the initiative to sign a non-aggression treaty with the Soviet government, the Soviet side would inevitably reduce or even cut off military aid to Zhang Xuewu and the Chinese government.
You should know that a lot of the materials Zhang Xuewu received were purchased from the United States or Europe and transported to the Soviet Union. It was transported to the Dingyuan Camp through the Far East Railway. If the Japanese Empire and the Soviet government concluded a non-aggression treaty, it would undoubtedly be like cutting off Zhang Xuewu's artery. In addition, it would be blocked from the outside, so Zhang Xuewu would not last long. You should know that the more mechanized the troops, the higher the requirements for logistics supply and support.
Rehe, Suiyuan and Chahar lack resources, so Zhang Xuewu had to take the initiative to attack. In that case, it would be much better than the Imperial Army forcibly attacking a solid fortress and facing the enemy's armored troops waiting for their hard work. Ishihara Kanr regarded quickly cutting off Soviet military aid to the Chinese government as an urgent need.
However, at this moment! Zhang Xuewu was also very depressed. The great fighter plane was in front of him, but he was unable to attack. Losing a fighter plane was undoubtedly the most difficult thing for Zhang Xuewu to accept. Since the Japanese Kanto Army Chief of Staff of the Kanto Army in Baotou, Hideki Tojo, who escaped after dozens of days of displacement, Hideki Tojo, who was able to escape by pretending to be a patient and a mute, returned to Xinjing. The trusted commander of the Kanto Army, Umezu Mijiro, did not make it difficult for the down-and-out "former" chief of staff. Zhi ordered him to rest well, because Hideki Tojo's affairs had been reported to the military headquarters, and everything had to be decided by the military headquarters.
In fact, there are major changes that have happened here in history, because the most glorious period in Ishihara Kanir's life was when he was promoted to the first minister of the General Staff, and it seemed that this step was not big.
Ishihara Kanir became famous through the Manchurian Incident, so he became a role model for the younger staff to admire and imitate. However, these juniors of Ishihara Kanir only had the ambition to get promoted and make money, but did not have the talent of Ishihara Kanir! Everyone was excited when they saw Ishihara Kanir's sudden rise. Didn't Ishihara Kanir become famous just after a Manchurian Incident? So everyone rushed forward and followed suit, including the battle plan to abandon the attack on Xuzhou and instead attack the 10th War Zone, with all the staff members in it.
Ishihara Kanir, who was frustrated in history, was recommended by his former chief of staff and friend Seishiro Itagaki, Ishihara was transferred to the Kanirvana Army to be the deputy chief of staff for Tojo Hideki. Ishihara Kanirir considered himself the father of the founding of Manchukuo. He established this Manchukuo in order to prepare for the final war with the United States. He wanted to build this Manchukuo into a rear base that can be self-sufficient and has a complete industrial system.
But for Hideki Tojo, the so-called Manchukuo is just three Chinese characters. Although Hideki Tojo handed over all military matters to Kanir Ishihara, Kanir Ishihara didn't want this. What Ishihara wanted was political control over Manchukuo, and Hideki Tojo refused to give up was this power.
In fact, under the rank of Hideki Tojo, the so-called Manchukuo has become Hideki Tojo's private world!
Tojo Hideki is the kind of person who is very scheming and does not show his emotions. Although he is very dissatisfied with Ishihara, he never reveals it like Ishihara. Instead, he uses his best method to solve the problem! Of course, even Tojo Hideki cannot openly use the gendarmerie to monitor the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Kanto Army, but those who have close contact with Ishihara have received the attention of the gendarmerie. Even the letter sent by Ishihara himself to former commander of the Kanto Army, Honjo Shin-sama was secretly demolished. Tojo Hideki has been deliberately looking for Ishihara Kanir's fault.
In history, Ishihara Kanir was completely defeated by Hideki Tojo. It can be said that Hideki Tojo is just a private in strategic vision, but in terms of playing with conspiracies and ruthlessness, Kanir Ishihara is far from being a match for Hideki Tojo, and he was so miserable that he retired and was eliminated!
However, the current situation is that Hideki Tojo is in trouble, so Ishihara Kanir seems a little excited. The life trajectory of two different people has undergone a drastic change, just like someone joked that the bamboo pole that Pan Jinlian dropped changed the historical process of China. Generally, if Pan Jinlian did not open the window and did not fall off the bamboo pole, it would not provoke Ximen Qing, Wu Song would not kill him angrily, Wu Song would not enter Liangshan without killing anyone, and it would not be possible to capture Fang La with one arm. Fang La rebelled successfully, and the entire history would be reversed. Perhaps the people who colonized America, Australia, and India would be the Chinese!
At the suggestion of Mijiro Umezu, the commander-in-chief of the Kanto Army, Ishihara Kanir took office as Chief of Staff of the Kanto Army. The one who was most shocked after receiving this news was Zhang Xuewu, because there were too many constructions on the history of the history. A mere Hideki Tojo and Kanir Ishihara were both militaristic war criminals, but there was an essential difference between the two.
Zhang Xuewu remembered that Ishihara Kanir had no children. After he passed away, the ones who sorted out his relics and mourned the funeral were organized by his younger brother Ishihara Rokuro! But there is a guy named Ishihara Shintaro, who is very shameless. Even though his clan genealogy is very clear, he still firmly believes that Ishihara Kanir was his grandfather?
Chapter completed!