When Zhang Tianhai woke up, he found a beautiful flower-like smile staring at him, with love clearly visible in his eyes.
"How long have you been here?" Zhang Tianhai asked.
"It must have been half an hour, right? I saw you were asleep, so I didn't bother you to rest." Zheng Man said with a smile, his eyes full of blurred nostalgia.
"Silly girl." Zhang Tianhai smiled and touched the hair on her head, full of tenderness.
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Before I knew it, the time had arrived on January 2, 1938.
This day is already the third day that Zhang Tianhai's Zhiyi Regiment has carried out internal team training since Chief Li Zongren and his delegation inspected the troops.
Everything here seems so orderly, after all, it is unfolding step by step.
For the national army in the entire fifth theater, they are actively preparing for war. After all, there are currently troops from the third theater in the southern part of the fifth theater to buy time for their defense, so the pressure in the south is still there for now. Not that big.
But for the Japanese army, which has already gained the upper hand, it is also preparing for an active war.
The camera turns to Jinan, the office of the former commander-in-chief of the Third Army.
Now this place no longer belongs to the national army. It is now the division commander's office of the fifth division commander Itagaki Seishiro.
There used to be a portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen hanging in the center of the office, with the blue sky and white sun and the red military flags hanging on both sides. Now the two sides have been replaced by the Japanese sun flag and plaster flag, and a white background and black flag hangs in the center. The length of the characters has four big characters written on it: "Martial arts will last forever"!
Now, Seishiro Itagaki, the commander of the Japanese Fifth Division, was not the only one in this office, but also Lieutenant General Rensuke Isotani, the commander of the Tenth Division.
"Commander Itagaki is indeed a blessed general of the Empire. He led the Fifth Division of the Empire's 'Steel Army' to defeat more than thirty division-level units of the China Army in Shanxi with just one brigade of the 21st Brigade. , this time he took Jinan again, he is really a man and a hero." Sitting opposite Itagaki Seishiro, Isotani Rensuke praised without any concealment, and anyone could see the envy in his eyes. come out.
I saw Itagaki Seishiro waving his hand, shaking his head, and then poured a glass of sake for Isotani Rensuke, and said: "Captain Isotani Division is too praised. The Fifth Division was originally one of the six first established by the empire. , has a relatively long history. Furthermore, Hiroshima is also a wealthy place for the empire. The military generals also prefer our Fifth Division in Hiroshima, and various policies are relatively tilted. Can we defeat these local chickens? It is not surprising that the China Army exists like a war dog."
"The combat power of the Hiroshima Division is certainly strong, but without the excellent command of Commander Itagaki, the North China battlefield would not have gone so smoothly, right? Han Fuqu, chairman of the Shandong Province of the China Army, did not fight after hearing about Commander Itagaki's illustrious reputation. And retreating shows that the reputation of Commander Itagaki is well known." Isotani Rensuke raised the sake in his hand and drank it down in one gulp.
"Commander of the Isoya Division, don't belittle yourself. The Tenth Division is also a standing division of the empire and an elite force. As long as you are willing to fight and do it, you will definitely succeed. As far as I know, our enemy is face to face. They are miscellaneous troops in the China Army. Compared with Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army, which has a more fierce fighting capacity, these troops are just a bunch of local chickens and dogs." Seishiro Itagaki also drank the sake in his hand, but this time it was his subordinates. Fill their glasses with sake.
Isotani Rensuke carefully tasted the sake in his mouth, and after swallowing, he said: "Your Excellency is right. Nowadays, almost all the elite main forces of the China Army are concentrated in central China. They are in Nanjing, where the elites are gathered and protected by heavy troops. Nanjing was still captured by our army, not to mention this group of Chinese miscellaneous troops who are like chickens and dogs? Haha, come, Commander Itagaki, for the sake of the military fortunes of our fifth and tenth divisions, Have another drink!"
"Fuck!" Itagaki Seishiro also picked up the small wine glass in his hand and drank another glass of sake with Isotani Rensuke.
"This time, the commander of the North China Front, General Toshiichi Terauchi, ordered you and I to serve as the vanguard. We must capture the entire territory of Shandong as quickly as possible to clear the way forward for Lieutenant General Hisao Nishio's Second Army. Yes. Now, Commander Itagaki, what are you going to do?" Isotani Rensuke asked.
The Japanese army has a long tradition of conquering superior forces from below, especially the 10th Division of Rensuke Isotani. However, the Japanese army launched the "226" mutiny in the center of the young faction. The custom of conquering superior forces from below is not ordinary. Even the division The leader of the group, Rensuke Isotani, is no exception.
Itagaki Seishiro thought for a while and said: "Except for our division, the other divisions of the North China Front have not made much achievements. Although they have won victories, they have also suffered a lot of losses. The fifth theater of the China Army now is A war zone with a large number of miscellaneous troops is an excellent opportunity for you and me to make contributions. According to the intelligence from the Special High School, Han Fuqu's 100,000 troops have abandoned the entire territory of Shandong, and the eastern part is empty. time, and the southwest is where the Chinese army is concentrated. If you want to gain qualifications, go east; if you want to fight a tough battle, go west. Let’s see how Isotani-kun makes his decision.”
Isotani Rensuke thought for a moment, raised his glass, and said: "If Itagaki-kun allows it, our 10th Division will choose to fight in the southwest to establish meritorious service. Only the Fifth Division, which has wronged Itagaki-kun, will go to Ludong." It’s time to travel.”
After saying that, Isotani Rensuke drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, seemingly very happy.
"Okay, I will lead the troops to fight east. But Isoya-kun's statement is wrong. My fifth division is fighting east for the sake of the overall situation. After Isoya-kun's tenth division has established its merits, , my fifth division will come again!" Itagaki Seishiro looked at Isotani Rensuke with a smile and said, and then drank the wine in the glass.
"Yo~ Nishi~!" Isotani Rensuke already understood what Itagaki Seishiro meant and smiled in return.
At this point, the war situation in southeastern Shandong and southwestern Shandong has been decided between the two of them. As for the order of Lieutenant General Nishio Hisao, the former enemy commander of the Emperor's faction with Isotani Rensuke, the two are completely Don't take it to heart.
For these mid-level and senior officers of the Japanese army, since they have reached the front line, they should be responsible for commanding everything that happens on the front line. As for the high-level officials of the base camp who are not aware of it, they should not interfere with the front line war, especially these Among the troops, which are mainly composed of young men from the Imperial Road Sect, their ideas are particularly radical and they do not listen to the orders from the top.
In fact, in the eyes of Isotani Rensuke and Itagaki Seishiro, the Chinese army's combat effectiveness is not strong. It is more than enough for one division to fight eastward and another to fight westward. One brigade can defeat more than thirty divisions. Well, wouldn't two divisions be able to defeat a hundred divisions?
Therefore, in addition to not taking Nishio Juzo seriously, the more direct and deeper reason is that they don't take the Chinese military seriously at all - what about Shanghai, which is heavily guarded by troops? Wasn't it smashed open by heavy Japanese troops? What will happen to Nanjing, the capital city where elites gather and are said to be defended? Didn't they die under the attack of their heavy Japanese army?
Overall, that's arrogance!
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