The Japanese troops as far away as Hailar were indeed severely weakened and unable to launch a counterattack in a short period of time. This accelerated the establishment of the Sixth Army of the Kwantung Army to a certain extent.
After the Japanese Army Base Camp Staff Headquarters received news of the disastrous defeat on the Hailar front line, they immediately held an emergency meeting to discuss whether to continue fighting or negotiate.
Just as the doves were slowly losing ground and the hawks were gradually gaining the upper hand, a telegram from General Kenkichi Ueda, commander of the Kwantung Army, came.
"My generals, the commander of the Kwantung Army, His Excellency General Ueda Kenkichi, has an urgent message." A Japanese colonel knocked on the door and reported.
That's right, in this situation, the extremely high-ranking colonel on the battlefield of the invasion of China could only act as a small messenger, responsible for reporting the latest situation to higher-ranking generals.
Yes, the conference room at this time was filled with senior Japanese military officials at the general level. The lowest ranking among them was the major general, and this major general was mainly able to get to the conference room for the meeting because he was in a confidential department.
"Read it!" one of the Japanese generals said.
"Comrades and generals from the Headquarters and Staff Headquarters, we are aware that the situation in Hailar is very serious. The Soviet army has deployed 150,000 troops along the Halaha River. Our army must win a huge victory to end this war, otherwise it will be difficult to negotiate during the negotiations. On the table, our army will be completely at a disadvantage, which is very disadvantageous. In order to solve the disadvantages our army currently faces, I propose to form a corps-level combat unit with a standing division as the main combat force, and then select a Lieutenant General Ogisu Tatehei, the commander of the 13th Division, will serve as the commander of this corps. If there is no candidate, Lieutenant General Ogisu Tatehei, commander of the 13th Division, will serve as the commander of this corps. Officer! Commander of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, Kenkichi Ueda, sent an urgent message. Report completed." Colonel read.
After hearing the telegram from General Ueda Kenkichi, everyone present immediately started talking.
Soon, a unanimous resolution was formed among the senior Japanese generals present - to agree to the proposal of General Kenkichi Ueda, commander of the Kwantung Army, to establish a corps-level unit with standing divisions as the main force and non-standby divisions as the backbone, and The division commander of the 13th Division, Lieutenant General Ogisu Tatehei, was urgently transferred to the position of commander of the military-level unit, and it was finally decided that the designation of the military-level unit would be the Sixth Army of the Kwantung Army!
After the minutes of the meeting were formed, the telegram was quickly sent to the Kwantung Army headquarters in Changchun.
"Your Excellency, Commander, there is an urgent call from the base camp!" A Japanese lieutenant colonel knocked on the door of Ueda Kenkichi's office.
"Quick, submit it right away!" Ueda Kenkichi sounded a little excited. If he guessed correctly, this proposal would definitely be approved. After all, for him, this result was not surprising.
"We have requested the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Kenkichi Ueda, to review the information. After review and judgment at the headquarters meeting of the General Staff Headquarters, it was unanimously decided to establish the Sixth Army of the Kwantung Army, with the commander of the 13th Division, Lieutenant General Ogisu Tatehei, as the commander of the army. In this position, the Sixth Army of the Kwantung Army is a military-level unit, with the Second and Fourth Divisions of the standing divisions as the main force, and the Central Non-Standard Division of the Kwantung Army as the backbone force, dedicated to fighting the Soviet army on the Hailar front. . The Kwantung Army Headquarters is fully responsible for this matter. The headquarters staff headquarters sent an urgent call! Over!" the Lieutenant Colonel read.
After hearing the news, a rare hint of excitement appeared on the old face of General Ueda Kenkichi - the base camp still did not give up on him, Ueda Kenkichi, and still believed in his abilities as always.
"Immediately execute the order. By the way, go ask the chief of staff to come over. I have to discuss this matter with him." General Ueda Kenkichi said seriously. The excitement in his face was visible to the naked eye - after all, this is This was the few good news he had heard in the past few days.
In the view of General Ueda Kenkichi, now that he has received the full support of the base camp, he will definitely win this battle - because from his experience, as long as it involves gambling on the fate of the country, any war or battle , the Japanese seem to be blessed by "Amaterasu", and they have achieved decisive victories in many wars and battles betting on the fate of the country.
"Yes! Sir!!" the Japanese lieutenant colonel responded, and then hurried to carry out the order of the commander.
After walking back and forth in excitement for a few steps, the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Kenkichi Ueda, finally waited for his chief of staff, Lieutenant General Isotani Rensuke.
"Congratulations to your Excellency, Commander. With the full support of our base camp, I believe we will definitely achieve military victory in the Nomonkan area this time!" Lieutenant General Isotani Rensuke congratulated after entering the door.
"In this way, this recognition is indeed good news for us. But the next problems will also follow. So we must be prepared and ready to deal with whatever is going to happen next. ." At this time, General Ueda Kenkichi had put on a very serious face.
Hearing this, Lieutenant General Isotani Rensuke immediately changed his serious face, and then assured: "I understand, General. Please rest assured, we will definitely win this war!"
"Yoshi!" General Ueda Kenkichi stepped forward and patted Lieutenant General Isotani Rensuke on the shoulder.
In fact, it has already reached this moment, and Lieutenant General Isotani Rensuke also understands that he and General Ueda Kenkichi have already been tied to the same boat - only if they win this war will they not be forced to retire early or even be forced to leave the army. Incorporated into reserve force.
All in all, they must find a way to win this war together, otherwise their end will not be pretty.
"Your Excellency General, I must remind you that this Fourth Division is probably not a good enemy. As early as the Battle of Xuzhou, when the main force of the Fifth Theater District of the China Army broke through the gap in our encirclement, they were We encountered the Osaka Division head-on, but the Osaka Division did not pursue or intercept our enemy forces at that time, and there was not even a battle. Moreover, their commander directly said that he had not received combat orders from his superiors!" Obviously, in When talking about this matter, Lieutenant General Isotani Rensuke was not the usual gnashing of teeth. After all, he was in the Battle of Xuzhou and encountered a battle that could be called Waterloo.
Lieutenant General Isotani Rensuke, who was the commander of the 10th Division at the time, led a reinforced brigade and attacked Taierzhuang directly from Teng County in the north. However, he never expected to hit someone and flip him over when he was in Taierzhuang - this The First World War was his personal shame, so when talking about the "pig teammate" of the Osaka Division, Isotani Rensuke was full of resentment...
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