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Volume 3: War in the Far East Chapter 139: Bloody Tokyo (Part 1)

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    The only major town in Japan second to Tokyo was captured by the Chinese Army in more than three hours. This speed was terrifying.  Wu Jiu's literary book friend couldn't upload it, but in Tang Jian's eyes it was still too slow. Although it took only fifteen days to reach Kyoto from Xiaguan, it was still a few days slower than Tang Jian expected.

    Germany's blitzkrieg of Poland took only twenty-seven days, conquering Denmark in one day, Norway in twenty-three days, the Netherlands in five days, Belgium in eighteen days, and the so-called "Europe's Strongest Army" in thirty-nine days.  "France.

    But now, it took China fifteen days to capture Kyoto, which is still a certain distance from Tokyo. This means that it may take more time to conquer all of Japan.

    In fact, this is not to be blamed on the Chinese Army soldiers. According to the current military quality of the Chinese Army soldiers, they are already comparable to the armies of several powerful European countries.

    In the final analysis, the weapons are still too backward, and the number of tanks and aircraft is too small. Although it can form a certain combat effectiveness, it is still far from the huge power Tang Jian imagined. Just like conquering Xiaguan, if China has hundreds of  By plane, the battle can be resolved in two hours instead of a day.

    The maneuverability is not very flexible. After all, transport trucks have not yet been mass-produced. A large amount of material preparation still needs to be transported by mules and horses. The mules and horses need to rest and eat, and they also have to bring their own fodder. This invisibly makes the blitzkrieg more effective.  Amplitude decreases, thereby increasing combat time.

    ¡° If Yamagata Aritomo and Ito Hirofumi knew that Tang Jian was not satisfied with the speed of his advance, I wonder if they would vomit blood on the spot.

    Because at this time, the two of them were already very busy in the wartime base camp. The Kyoto defense line that Yamagata Yuto had sworn to guarantee in front of Emperor Meiji actually resisted for less than three hours and was captured by the Chinese Army. You know, at the time,  Shanxian Youpeng spent three months and 100,000 people meticulously building it.

    However, no matter how carefully built the fortifications were in this era, they all seemed so vulnerable to China's three-dimensional lightning attack.

    Tang Jian personally admires blitz warfare. He had thoroughly studied blitz warfare tactics when he was in the original world, and carefully analyzed every successful battle. When he first established the Wolf Fang Mercenary Group, Tang Jian had used this tactic.  Although there are only five people, sometimes strategies and tactics are not limited to the number of people.

    Tang Jian analyzed the blitz battle and came up with the three essential points, namely folding space, maximum impact and mental power transformation.

    Tang Jian pursues the view that "time is the army" and "time is victory". Seizing time and seizing space are important contents of military confrontation. Being one step ahead of the enemy in time can gain the advantage of the opportunity.

    During World War II, in the "Barbarossa Plan", the German army advanced to a depth of 400-600 kilometers in the Soviet Union in just three weeks. One can imagine the superiority of folding space.

    Regarding the maximum impact, the ancient Chinese actually put forward a similar theory earlier. Sun Tzu wrote in "The Art of War": "What cannot be controlled further is speed." The important offensive idea is to surprise the enemy at an extremely fast speed, causing the enemy to attack quickly.  The enemy army won more than half of the victory before they could react.

    This point can be clearly seen in the example of this blitz on the Japanese mainland. The Chinese assault force captured Kyoto, which basically declared that most of southern Japan has fallen.

    "Sun Tzu's Art of War" also made a beautiful metaphor for the rapid impact: "The rapidity of the water, as for the one who drifts the rocks, is momentum; the rapidity of the bird of prey, as for the one who destroys it, is the integrity."

    According to the theory of war mechanics studied by Tang Jian, there is an overview: The combat effectiveness of an army depends on its troop strength, mobility and impact force, and the mobility force is related to the size of the impact force and speed. The faster the speed, the greater the impact force.

    Tang Jian¡¯s series of successful military operations in the war against Japan relied on the high-speed and deep assaults of tank and armored units. The impact generated by this made the carefully constructed defense lines of the Japanese army appear so vulnerable.

    The last goal, all the way from Xiaguan to Kyoto, Tang Jian believed that another goal of this blitz was almost achieved, that is, the transformation of mental power.

    In the theory of blitz warfare, spirit is crucial to the victory of combat. Its main role is to attack the enemy unprepared and take them by surprise. Whether it is Clausewitz in the West and Mao Taizu (Harmonious Society) in the East, many outstanding  Military strategists in China are very concerned about the suddenness of operations, and point out that suddenness and surprise can make up for the lack of military strength. This can be seen from the fact that the Chinese Army quickly attacked Kyoto from Xiaguan with 30,000 elite troops, even if the assault force only had 30,000 elite troops.  There are more than 10,000 people, and the Japanese army has tens of thousands.Strong defense lines, but these 30,000 commandos easily tore through these defense lines and penetrated deep into the hinterland of Japan, getting closer and closer to Tokyo.

    The second is shock and awe. During World War II, shock was exactly the effect pursued by Hitler and Guderian, and it was also the effect pursued by Tang Jian. Although the more than 30,000 assault troops now seem too small in front of the 100,000 Japanese troops, even Europe and the United States  Many countries believed that Tang Jian was taking a risk and going deep alone, and that the entire army would probably be annihilated.

    However, it was such a lone army that penetrated deep into the Japanese mainland and scattered hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops blocking the front. Now many troops and militiamen in the Japanese mainland have been frightened by the powerful combat effectiveness of the assault troops and have gradually lost their strength.  Fighting will, so when the assault troops captured Kyoto, it only took more than three hours. This is another effect of the blitzkrieg, which shocked other Japanese troops and weakened the Japanese army's fighting will.

    From the beginning of the war to now, except that the marching speed is slightly slower than Tang Jian expected, everything else has been carried out according to Tang Jian's plan. This makes Tang Jian have no doubt about the outcome of this war. Now it is just  It's just a matter of time.

    Early the next morning, Tang Jian and Duan Qirui's 50,000-strong army continued to advance parallel to the defense line of Kobe, helping the advance troops clear out the remaining Japanese troops in the rear, stabilize the rear, and at the same time provide powerful supplies, and Tang Jian  Also acting together were the 100,000 Chinese Army troops who had just landed from Xiaguan.

    At the same time, after capturing Kyoto, the assault force did not make any stop in Kyoto. They just took a brief rest and continued towards Nagoya. After Nagoya is Tokyo, the capital of Japan.

    On April 15, 1907, 30,000 Chinese assault troops continued to advance toward Tokyo after capturing Nagoya. Three days later, the assault troops encountered a Japanese blockade in the direction of Nagoya, but it was only a blockade. The Japanese army still suffered more than 10,000 casualties.  There was no time to stop the assault troops from advancing eastward.

    After Nagoya, Yamagata Aritomo's thirteen lines of defense, mostly composed of militiamen, were defeated one by one by the assault force in a hurry. Except for wasting two hours on the last line of defense, breaking through the other lines of defense was like a flat river. Most of them  At this time, the morale of the Japanese army was extremely low after repeated attacks. In addition, they had no combat experience at all. In front of the 30,000 Chinese elites who had been tempered by blood and fire, they were like children with weapons facing physical strength.  Generally speaking, a strong warrior will not play any helpful role in the war situation, except for the unnecessary increase in casualties. The outcome of the war is already obvious.

    On April 16, 1907, the Chinese Pacific Fleet shelled Yokosuka, Japan's military port second only to Sasebo. Japan's Yokosuka coastal positions suffered heavy losses. At the same time, the Pacific Fleet continued to cause nuisance in Ito and Tateyama. The Japanese base camp was worried about the Chinese  The Army would land in Tokyo Bay with fire support from the Pacific.  Therefore, the wartime base camp had to adjust its defense policy and allocate some troops to defend Tokyo Bay to prevent the Chinese Army from opening a second battlefield in Tokyo Bay.

    On April 19, 1907, the assault force marched rapidly day and night. At dusk on the 19th, they arrived fifty kilometers southwest of Tokyo, showing their intention to attack Tokyo.  At the same time, the Chinese Army's large army of 100,000 troops has also assembled in Kyoto. Tang Jianqin led an army of 50,000 troops to Nagoya, echoing the invitation of the assault force.

    When the news that the Chinese Army was preparing to attack Tokyo, the capital of Japan, spread throughout Tokyo, chaos broke out in Tokyo. Some wealthy businessmen no longer hoped that the Imperial Army could withstand the tiger and wolf troops outside Tokyo, and took their families with them.  The family fled Tokyo.

    Tokyo wartime base camp.

    Ito Hirobumi, Katsura Taro, Yamagata Aritomo and other Japanese military and political figures gathered in the conference room. Everyone present had a solemn look on their face. Tokyo was in danger. How could Japan's core political figures relax?

    Katsura Taro said to the pale-faced Yamagata Aritomo: "Yamagata-kun, didn't you say that the empire's defense line is very strong? But what I saw is that after the Chinese Army crossed Nagoya, it was completely like a deserted land.  , you have arrived outside Tokyo in just a few days, are you the one you promised to His Majesty the Emperor?"

    Shanxian Youpeng didn't refute. He had promised it swornly in front of everyone, and then in front of the facts, if he had the slightest excuse, he would undoubtedly have given himself a resounding slap on the spot.

    Ito Hirobumi took a breath and said: "Katsura Tai-kun, now is no longer the time to accuse someone. The enemy is currently facing us. We should discuss how to face the biggest crisis facing the empire at this time."

    Everyone nodded, Yamagata Aritomo cheered up and said: "In order to stabilize the chaotic situation in Tokyo, I have ordered the ministries to block the various gates of Tokyo, and the other 100,000 troops will be mainly deployed in the southwest of Tokyo. Although  Guard the EastThere are 100,000 troops in Japan, but only 30,000 Chinese Army troops are preparing to attack. However, facts have proved that the numerical advantage is not an advantage in front of the Chinese Army. My personal opinion is to abandon Tokyo!  "

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