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Text Chapter 385 Hisao Tani¡¯s Ambition

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    Although he also attaches great importance to the opponent he is facing, who defeated the Kwantung Army last year, but for Hisao Tani, he attaches great importance to it, but he does not take it too seriously. In his opinion, the enemy's combat effectiveness  It is indeed fierce and well-equipped. In terms of equipment, it even exceeds the troops of the Kwantung Army scheduled to participate in the war.

    But they made a big mistake throughout Western Manchuria, that is, the deployment of their troops was too dispersed. Although the number of tanks they deployed in Western Manchuria almost exceeded that of the entire Kwantung Army, for Hisao Tani, it was  I didn't think this was a serious threat.

    Because their huge tank clusters were artificially divided into Linxi and Tongliao, which are not connected to each other, leaving a huge gap in the middle for them to exploit. At the same time, even if the troops in Linxi and Tongliao were added to  At the same time, it was less than the total strength of the Kwantung Army used for counterattack.

    Their overly huge appetite and desire to seize everything allowed them to disperse their forces, which they did not have the advantage to begin with. This situation was undoubtedly very conducive to the Kwantung Army defeating them one by one. Regarding the Kwantung Army's combat effectiveness, although they had fought consecutively before  Defeat, but Hisao Tani is undoubtedly quite confident.

    In his view, the previous defeat was not that the Kwantung Army's combat effectiveness had declined, but that a series of mistakes in command, coupled with the frontline commander's underestimation of the enemy and major mistakes in intelligence collection, led to last year's battle.  The defeat was definitely not that the Anti-Japanese Alliance really surpassed the Kwantung Army in terms of strength and combat effectiveness.

    Hisao Tani believes that he should be more cautious and try his best to avoid the tendency of underestimating the enemy's advance. As long as the battlefield in Xinjing can really hold back most of the anti-alliance troops as Commander Yoshijiro Umezu and Chief of Staff Yoshimoto Sadichi promised.  , making it impossible for Western aid, then judging from the comparison of the enemy's and our own forces, our chances of winning are still very high.

    Moreover, their huge tank cluster on the Linxi front line and the 51st Division in the north are still resisting tenaciously and restraining a considerable part of their troops in Nanxing'an. On the Tongliao battlefield, they are currently in a stalemate and are cut off from Tongliao.  In the case of Bei, it almost formed a situation of breaking in alone.

    The tank cluster in Qilinxi has not only become a lone intrusion, but its actual supply line is far from being opened. The supply of oil and ammunition required by the large-scale tank cluster can only rely on extremely unreliable air transportation.  The supply capacity of air transport is too insignificant for a huge tank cluster.

    This is undoubtedly a huge weakness that can be exploited by the Kwantung Army. Hisao Tani is quite scornful of the air transport capabilities of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. According to his understanding, even the Japanese army, which has its own quite strong aviation foundation, is not like this.  The large air transport capacity can meet all the supplies required by a mechanized group composed of a tank and a large number of infantry.

    What's more, the Anti-Japanese Alliance can only rely on imported aircraft and fuel for air transportation. In addition, the current transportation capacity of the transport aircraft is only a few tons. With their poor air transportation capabilities, even if all transport aircraft are mobilized to the Western Manchuria battlefield, I am afraid that  All the transport capacity added together may only be a drop in the bucket for the needs of a mechanized cluster.

    Although he is not a tank commander, as someone who has used a large number of tanks on the battlefields of North China and Central China, and who has a large number of staff who know how to use tanks, Hisao Tani, for the Anti-Japanese Alliance on the Linxi battlefield,  There is still a rough estimate of the amount of fuel required for a tank every day.

    Tens of thousands of people must eat horse chews, guns and ammunition, and the small amount of supplies transported by air alone may not be enough. Coupled with the fierce fighting during this period, according to their current firepower configuration and standards,  I'm afraid there is no doubt that there is no shortage of various supplies, but this is a very rare opportunity for the Kwantung Army.

    As long as the Kwantung Army takes advantage of the gap left between the enemy forces in Linxi and Tongliao, joins the Tongliao battlefield with one force, and cooperates with the Tongliao defenders to block the Tongliao enemies on the periphery of Tongliao, and completely cut off the resistance between the two places.  To strengthen the connection between the alliance, a division was used to launch a forcible assault from the Kangping line to Shuangshan, cutting off the connection between the enemy forces in Tongliao and those in other directions.

    The entire Western Manchurian resistance force can be divided into three non-connected parts. At the same time, more than three divisions can be used to form a pincer offensive from the front and the north flank. Concentrate the troops to attack first and become a lone army.  Although Linxi's enemy has sophisticated equipment, it lacks supplies.

    On the one hand, they had suffered heavy casualties after many days of fierce fighting, and they were stranded and lacking in supplies. On the other hand, they had been recuperating for a long time and had a complete organization and equipment. In the battle of Linxi, even if they could not completely annihilate the enemy forces in Linxi, they could still be severely damaged or defeated.  According to Hisao Tani, there is no problem.

    Once the enemy in Linxi is annihilated first, he will be free to turn to Tongliao. Although the resistance alliance between Tongliao and Linxi is notThey complement each other on the battlefield, but as long as one of them is defeated, the remaining ones are not to be feared. As long as these two groups of anti-alliance troops are eliminated, the overall situation of the war in Western Manchuria will be decided.

    Once the enemy in Western Manchuria, which has concentrated most of their current heavy equipment, is defeated or severely damaged, it means that the entire resistance alliance has lost its offensive power without a large amount of external assistance. As for the next step of the Kwantung Army  Or how the base camp decides whether to sweep across the so-called base areas of the Anti-Japanese Alliance north of the Songhua River in one go, or to temporarily recuperate and recuperate, that is what the higher-ups want. Anyway, he has accomplished a great job.

    It's not that Hisao Tani is careless or looks down on his current opponent. He is quite concerned about whether he can secure his position in this comeback. He knows that if he fails in this battle, although it does not necessarily mean that the Kwantung Army will be stronger in the entire battle.  The end of Manchuria's rule, but it means that the Kwantung Army's situation on the entire Manchurian battlefield will be completely passive, and it will be difficult to turn around.

    From now on, the Kwantung Army will no longer be able to exterminate this bandit. The most important thing is that once this battle is lost, it will not only shake the Kwantung Army's rule in Manchuria, but more dangerously it will affect the empire.  Hisao Tani knew better what the entire strategic landscape would mean for Japan as a whole once Manchuria, which was hailed as the lifeline and supported half of Japan's military industry that maintained the war, was lost.

    During this battle, General Umezu Yoshijiro not only called the base camp three times, requesting that he, a lieutenant general who had been transferred to the reserve, be resurrected, but he also trusted him with half of the current Kwantung Army's strength and two-thirds of its heavy artillery and tanks.  This shows that General Umezu is full of trust and expectations for himself.

    Hisao Tani knew very well that with General Umezu's connections in the army and the holy family members in front of the emperor, as long as he fought this battle well, his future and money would be bright. At his age, he was now serving as the land minister and chief of staff.  , Director of Education is almost impossible.

    But as long as this battle is fought and the Anti-Japanese Alliance is defeated in one fell swoop, then it is still possible to become a governor of Korea, governor of Taiwan, or commander of the China Expeditionary Force, a very lucrative position. So after having this idea  , although he seems not to care on the surface, in fact he attaches great importance to this battle.

    In fact, after he was transferred to the army commander responsible for commanding the entire Western Manchuria war, he conducted a painstaking analysis of the entire war situation. He admitted that the current opponent was not an easy opponent to deal with, but a very difficult bone to crack, and  The opponent he is about to face is obviously better than the Kwantung Army in terms of equipment.

    He had been transferred to the reserve force before and was no longer able to receive battle reports. He only really understood the situation in Manchuria before taking office. He did not expect that in just a few short years, the Kwantung Army would be reduced to the size of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which could only be trapped in the deep mountains and old forests.  Now his body bones are actually so strong.

    The number of tanks, aircraft, and heavy artillery almost exceeded that of the Kwantung Army, the largest strategic group of the entire Japanese Army. If they had won the previous battles by chance, then last year's battle was a head-on confrontation with the Kwantung Army on the frontal battlefield.  In the confrontation, through various strategic means, the final victory was achieved.

    This greatly subverted his previous belief that the Imperial Army was absolutely invincible when fighting against the Chinese. At the same time, it also made the veteran general more prudent in his actions, and it also changed his previous publicity.  His character appears to be extremely cautious, trying to get the final word.

    Of course, the Kwantung Army Headquarters set aside the Japanese military practice for this battle and directly formulated a combat plan, instead of only being responsible for strategic deployment and guidance, and forcing him to execute it. This combat plan has been from formulation to implementation until now.  So far, the Kwantung Army headquarters has been involved.

    He, the army commander responsible for commanding front-line operations, did not take over the final command until the final stage. However, Hisao Tani did not care about the Kwantung Army Headquarters' interference with him as the army commander, and he rushed to Manchuria.  It only lasts seven days, and this battle will decide the fate of the Kwantung Army and Manchukuo. It would be strange if the Kwantung Army does not pay attention to it. It is precisely because the Kwantung Army attaches so much importance to it that he is more cautious.

    However, although he had always been cautious, the superior strength in his hands, the two anti-alliance forces in Linxi and Tongliao, fighting alone, and the long and fragile supply line made him full of confidence in the upcoming counterattack. He believed  I will definitely re-enact the scene of landing at Jinshanwei and defeating hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops in Shanghai in this desolate Western Manchuria.

    Although Linxi's anti-alliance troops reduced their strength after the 23rd Division's tentative counterattack, and even abandoned the strategic point Sunjiayingzi line, which surprised him somewhat, it did not mean that he would postpone any action.  , in Hisao Tani¡¯s opinion, Linxi¡¯s Anti-Japanese Alliance?The adjustment of deployment is a kind of helpless contraction that proves that they were too eager to seek success and suffered excessive losses, which caused their weakness in the follow-up.

    Although the main force of the 23rd Division could not hold off Linxi's enemies for too long, with the strength of the 23rd Division and Linxi's solid fortifications, the casualties suffered by the Anti-Union forces in Linxi will definitely not be small.  Where did they go? Although there has been no information on the actual casualties of the Anti-Japanese Alliance in Linxi, judging from the battle reports of the 23rd Division, the casualties should be about one-third, or even half.

    It's not that Hisao Tani 100% believed in all the so-called battle reports of the 23rd Division. In fact, for a veteran like him, if he believed all of these battle reports, there would be something wrong. False reporting of battle results was not a problem in the Japanese army.  It has always been a common occurrence. Although it is not as exaggerated as the Chinese army, it is not uncommon.

    Exaggeration is not just a bad habit of the Chinese. Things like this kind of deception are not uncommon in that country's army. However, Hisao Tani still has no doubt about the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. In his opinion, Twenty-three  Although the battle reports of the division cannot be fully believed, one-third of the Linxi enemy's casualties can still be believed.
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