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Volume 1: On the Songhua River Chapter 2109: Disputes within the Japanese Army (Part 1)

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    The Germans attacked the Soviet Union, and Stalin was forced to transfer all troops from the Far East back to Europe. For the Japanese Kwantung Army, which was on the verge of despair, it was tantamount to escaping from death. For Emperor Hirohito of Japan, it felt like  After suffering from impotence for several years, I suddenly found that my penis, at a certain moment, stood as straight as a gun. How could the feeling of excitement, relaxation and eagerness to try be described by the word "exhilarating"?

    Emperor Hirohito's character is the same as the general psychology of the Japanese people. He can only take advantage and cannot suffer losses. The Kwantung Army suffered such a big loss and was almost destroyed by the Soviets. If the Soviets were allowed to leave calmly,  Go ahead, can anyone swallow this breath?

    First of all, His Majesty the Emperor himself was very unhappy. What¡¯s more, Zhukov, who did not know whether to live or die, fought against the Kwantung Army when the other two Soviet front armies had withdrawn. Isn¡¯t it too much of a lie?

    Therefore, Emperor Hirohito destroyed the general staff of the base camp and sent an urgent telegram to General Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army. In addition to reporting the outbreak of the Soviet-German war and the Soviet army's eagerness to evacuate the Far East battlefield, he also ordered Nanjiro to  Immediately launch a counterattack against Zhukov's Far Eastern Front.

    Emperor Hirohito still understood the current situation of the Kwantung Army very well. Although he was beaten until his nose and mouth were bleeding, and he only had half a breath left, that was under the attack of more than 4 million superior troops of the three fronts of the Soviet Union. If Zhukov was singled out  The Far East Front Army is still capable of fighting. It is a fact that the Kwantung Army suffered heavy losses, but it still has more than 800,000 troops left. What's more, there are two domestic Far East dispatched troops and the North Korean resident army that came from the Korean Peninsula.  The troops will arrive soon.

    ¡° Moreover, according to the judgment of the senior staff of the General Staff Headquarters of the base camp, it is the Soviet Far East Army that is still maintaining an offensive posture against the Kwantung Army.  They will also evacuate within a short period of time. Is Zhukov doing this? It cannot be just to cover the retreat of the Soviet Union's Outer Khingan Mountains Front Army and the Baikal Lake Front Army, and to prevent the Imperial Army from taking the opportunity to pursue them. The unanimous opinion of the staff is, "The Soviets will never  Will be entangled! Eager to escape from the Far East is the real purpose!¡±

    After reading the reports of his senior staff, Emperor Hirohito felt a vicious pleasure in his heart, which was felt by his concubines.  It feels much better to vent my passion, "Humph! Stalin, you are also here today. You were so rampant back then, with more than four million troops pressing down on the border. I almost lost more than one million Kwantung Army troops. Now, the Germans have taken action.  . You just panic and order the troops to come back for reinforcements. How can you do that?"

    "Want to leave? You have to ask me and the samurai of the Japanese Empire whether I agree!" Emperor Hirohito paced the hall with a spring breeze on his face, immersed in the pleasure of revenge as if masturbating. This idea did not agree with Tang Qiuli.  And together.  Tang Qiuli also said something similar to this. The Soviet army, which was worried about the Japanese and Tang Qiuli, would not have an easy life.

    Next, Emperor Hirohito was extremely excited.  A group of important civil and military ministers were immediately summoned into the palace and a military meeting was held to discuss how to take advantage of the Soviet army's eagerness to withdraw from the Far East battlefield to exact revenge.

    At the imperial military meeting, Japan's civil and military ministers had completely unanimous opinions on having the opportunity to avenge the Soviets. However, when it came to specific military operations, they had very different opinions on how to carry out any action. Of course,  This kind of disagreement is mainly within the army system. Everyone has his own reason, and he is not afraid that the people in the navy system will watch the joke and argue with each other until they are frothing at the mouth, flushed, and full of smoke!

    As for the naval system, if you don't want to get involved, you can't get involved. When discussing the army's operations, the navy was automatically ignored. The naval generals who participated in the meeting just had to listen. As long as the army's own affairs are not involved,  The interests of the navy and the navy generals were too lazy to mingle with these rude army generals, especially the Kwantung Army, the pride of the Japanese Army, which had just suffered a big loss at the hands of the Soviets at a sensitive time.

    The guys in the Army are all red-eyed and like mad dogs, biting whoever they catch. In normal times, everything the Navy says and sings is insulting. What's more, now, it's better to say less, and it's better not to say anything.  The Imperial Army of Japan and the Navy are gloating over misfortune, not to the point of laughing at the joke, but rather feeling like a rabbit dies and a fox grieves for its own kind. But if your good intentions are regarded as a donkey's liver and lungs, wouldn't you be asking for trouble? Why bother?

    Therefore, the senior officials of the Japanese navy were all sitting upright, with their lips tightly closed. They only used their erratic eyes to communicate their inner thoughts to each other, and their ears were as alert as radars, capturing every bit of information.

    The differences in the Army system are mainly concentrated in two aspects. To retaliate against the Soviets, that is for sure. If you suffer a loss and do not retaliate, are you still a descendant of the Yamato nation? However, each has its own view on how to retaliate.

    One group of views, represented by Lieutenant General Ry¨±aki Shinno, Chief of the Base Camp Operations Department, advocates an all-round attack on the retreating Soviet army. The specific tactics are that the Kwantung ArmyIn the Far East, to hold back the Soviet Far Eastern Front troops, the locally formed Far East Expeditionary Force, with 12 first-class divisions and more than 500,000 troops, was responsible for chasing the retreating Soviet Outer Khingan Mountains Front troops, and ten North Korean garrison troops.  The Class A Division, with more than 400,000 men, is responsible for pursuing the retreating Soviet Baikal Front troops.

    Lieutenant General Shinno Ry¨±aki who proposed this strategy was based on the fact that the Soviet army was eager to retreat because the Germans launched a full-scale attack on the Soviet Union. The Soviet army's strength in Europe was seriously insufficient. Facing the attack of the Imperial Japanese Army,  The Soviet army could only passively resist, and would never dare to turn around and fight to the death with the Imperial Army again.

    The most convincing thing about Lieutenant General Shinno Ry¨±aki was not this. He finally said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, our headquarters operations department believes that this is an opportunity to weaken or even severely damage the Soviet military strength in the Far East. We  Don¡¯t forget that the reason why Stalin mobilized a huge force of more than 4 million in the Far East was not only to target the Kwantung Army, but also to invade Manchuria and even the entire Korean Peninsula!¡±

    When Lieutenant General Shinno Ry¨±sho said this, everyone was in an uproar. If Lieutenant General Shinno's inference is true, the largest and most resource-rich area outside the homeland that two generations of the Japanese Empire have worked hard to manage will be completely lost.  After cutting off the bloodline of the colonies, what else can the empire use to support the long-term Australian battlefield in the Southwest Pacific? Will it rely on local resources?

    Are you kidding me? The small land on the mainland can support the current people, and they are already living a tight life. Without the resources of the colonies in Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula, the empire would not have the ability to compete with Britain and the United States for supremacy in the Pacific battlefield.  Indochina, of course, is now in the hands of that China devil Tang Qiuli. This is a variable and is not included in the discussion of this imperial meeting.

    The words of Lieutenant General Ry¨±aki Shinno were resounding, describing a terrible future prospect for the Japanese. All the important civil and military ministers could not help but shudder. They were all not fools. They all thought to themselves, "If the Soviets repel the Germans,  After the attack, after a period of recuperation, will it come back and reignite the war in the Far East? Given Stalin's character, he would definitely do this. Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula were extremely attractive to the empire, and why not to Stalin?  !¡±

    While the Germans are leaving the Soviets struggling to cope, consuming the Soviets' military potential in the Far East is a way to avoid future troubles. Lieutenant General Ry¨±aki Shinno's analysis and impassioned words clearly indicate that  He persuaded most of the big bosses in the army system to speak in support of his opinions. They were also frightened by Stalin's plan to raise troops in the Far East this time.

    Some radical army generals even advocated suspending the offensive on the Australian battlefield, massing most of the local military forces, and fighting all the way to fight a national war with the Soviets, crossing the Ural Mountains, and in the European part of the Soviet Union.  If we join forces with the Germans, are the two sides allies anyway? When the time comes, will we be able to divide the interests of occupying the Soviet Union without taking advantage of the Japanese Empire?

    This suggestion was very tempting, and Emperor Hirohito couldn't help but be moved. He launched the Southwest Pacific War and the Far East War, with the purpose of seizing the two big pieces of meat he liked. If the national strength allowed, he did not want to be partial in any war, and now  The problem is that there must be a trade-off. On the Australian battlefield, Ito Genzaburo's Southwest Pacific Expedition Force fought well and stabilized the Allied forces.

    Occupying the Australian continent is only a matter of time. It seems that there is no need to invest too much military power. But in the Far East, if this guy Xinye really becomes a reality, it will be more painful for him than to cut out his flesh. With the help of the Germans, he will attack the Soviet Union.  It would be a good idea to use the opportunity of a big fight to exhaust the Soviet military power in the Far East. Emperor Hirohito was quite moved, but the matter was so important that it was difficult to make a decision at the moment.

    Hearing that several army generals advocated suspending the offensive on the Australian battlefield, the naval generals became a little unable to sit still. Opening up the Southwest Pacific battlefield was the unanimous opinion of the naval system. Although most of the military forces used were the army, the navy was also involved.  On the Pacific battlefield, the task force of General Yamamoto, who played the leading role, completely cut off the connection between the United States and Australia!

    Without naval combat operations, how can the army safely fight on the Australian continent?  Therefore, when the postwar war was about merit and rewards, the Navy had to take a big piece of the pie, as matters involving the vital interests of its own faction, and to break into the Soviet Union, would the Navy be needed?

    Obviously there is no need, and warships cannot go to land to attack the relatively young and impatient naval generals who are ready to take action. This is intolerable. If you want to speak to refute the radical army generals, your army advocates invading the European part of the Soviet Union.  I have no objection to the territory, but don¡¯t sacrifice the interests of the navy!

    (To be continued) (To be continued.)
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