At Tianjin Dongjuzi Airport, a military Zero transport plane landed slowly on the runway. Neji Okamura stepped down from the ramp with a grim look on his face.
He had just returned from Nanjing, and the peace talks were not going very smoothly. The governments of Manchukuo and Nanjing naturally responded positively. Even the Soviet Union agreed that peace talks could be held. Only Chongqing had an ambiguous attitude and has not given a formal reply so far.
Okamura Neiji just wants to promote peace talks with the Chongqing government. Chongqing has not expressed its position so far, so what is the point of talking about it?
Now Foreign Minister Shigemitsu Aoi is still mediating in Nanjing, trying his best to promote the Chongqing government to participate in the peace talks.
Okamura Ningji took the opportunity to escape and return to Tianjin.
There was a fire at home, and he had been restless in Nanjing for a long time.
Naosaburo Okabe, Chief of Staff of the North China Front of the Japanese Army's China Theater, came to the airport to greet Okamura Neiji. He saw Okamura Neiji coming down the gangway and hurriedly and anxiously stepped forward to greet him.
Okamura Neji stopped in front of Okabe Naosaburo, stared at Okabe Naosaburo and asked in a deep voice: "Why don't you carry out my order?"
The smile on Naosaburo Okabe's face disappeared in an instant. He hurriedly stood at attention, lowered his head and saw sweat on his forehead and replied: "I am reporting to you, Commander, that at that time the Miyamoto division was in close combat with Xie Baoqing's troops and it was no longer possible to withdraw from the battle."
"Pah, pah, pah", Okamura Neji suddenly slapped Okabe Naosaburo four times in the mouth. The crisp sound frightened several other senior officials of the North China Front Army who came to pick him up to shudder and hurriedly He straightened his back, lowered his head, and stretched his face to the most convenient position for Okamura Neji to slap his mouth.
Everyone knew that Neji Okamura would never hit anyone personally unless he couldn't bear it anymore.
Naosaburo Okabe was slapped four times in the mouth by Neji Okamura. Both sides of his face instantly swelled up. Blood was seen flowing out of the corners of his mouth, but he didn't know if some of his teeth had been removed.
Okabe Naosaburo is almost sixty years old and has always been in a high official position. He has always been the only one to slap others, and he has never been slapped. What's more, in public, an old face is more embarrassing than a big mouth. She was still red, but she could only straighten her waist without saying a word.
When he made a sound, he couldn't control the blood in his mouth.
Okamura Neiji stared at Naosaburo Okabe and snorted angrily: "I am now conveying an order from the Army Headquarters to you. Naosaburo Okabe resigned from the post of Chief of General Staff of the North China Front Army in the China Theater and will return to the Army Headquarters in Tokyo to report on his duties today. This aircraft is It’s prepared for you, go ahead.”
"Ah?" Naosaburo Okabe looked at Neji Okamura in surprise.
Okamura Neji no longer looked at Naosaburo Okabe and strode towards the car on the tarmac.
The senior officials who came to greet Okamura Neji hurriedly trotted to follow Okamura Neji. No one took another look at Okabe Naosaburo. They knew that Okabe Naosaburo's highlight moment was over.
After serving as temporary commander-in-chief of the North China Army for twenty-two days, he lost an entire division. Less than a hundred Japanese troops escaped from the main division of Yangquan Palace, and a total of 41,000 people were lost.
The destruction of Miyamoto's division and the fall of Yangquan, Niangzi Pass, and Pingxing Pass put the five-party peace talks between China, Japan, the Soviet Union, Manchuria, and Puppetry that were promoted by Neji Okamura at a very disadvantageous position.
Under the current situation, even if the Chongqing government is willing to sit down and talk with the Japanese, it will definitely open its mouth.
Not to mention that there is a Soviet Union that is eyeing covetously in Guandong. The greed of Lao Maozi is beyond the comparison of these Chinese people.
After fighting with the Soviet Union in Northeast China for so many years, the two sides fought back and forth for control of Northeast China, and no one wanted to give up this rich and fertile land.
The idiots have long forgotten that the Northeast is the Northeast of the Chinese.
The person that Okamura Neji has the biggest headache now is not the Soviets or the Chongqing government, but the Xie Baoqing who can no longer be suppressed.
At the Tokyo Army Headquarters, in front of the Emperor, Okamura Neiji told the First Army's setbacks in Shanxi without concealing a single word. He even told Xie Tian that he hit him from the plane with a big leather boot at the expense of face. It caused ridicule from many people.
But it was the two unknown quantities of weapons in Xie Tian's hands that ultimately led to the peace talks.
One is a cyanide grenade that can kill people invisible. Each use of this weapon can cause at least thousands of deaths. What's even more annoying is that this weapon was developed by the Japanese army's own 731 water supply unit.
The other is an unknown and extremely powerful bomb. One bomb can also cause more than a thousand casualties.
This kind of bomb has been confirmed by the officers and soldiers of the Miyamoto Division and the Nakamura Division who returned from the rout. Xie Baoqing's troops only dropped six such bombs from bombers, and the remaining more than 15,000 soldiers of the Miyamoto Division were More than half of them fell down. The power of the explosion was extremely terrifying. One bomb covered an area of 20,000 square meters. It was everywhere and there was no way to escape. There were also incendiary bombs to fuel the fire. The soldiers who were hit were in agony and extremely miserable.
None of the Niangziguan defenders survived, but Okamura Neji expected that Xie Baoqing must have used this kind of bomb at Niangziguan, otherwise the impeccable Niangziguan defenses would not have been so easily conquered by Xie Baoqing.
After listening to Okamura Ningji's description of these two weapons, Emperor Hirohito and those at the Army Headquarters couldn't laugh anymore.
Because of Xie Baoqing, Okamura Neji also plucked forty Zero fighter jets and ten Zero bombers from domestic strategic resources that were tense and almost collapsed.
If the offensive of Xie Baoqing's troops is not contained, conditions for peace talks cannot be created.
Okamura Neiji believes that Xie Baoqing's troops have gained three new strategic points: Yangquan, Niangzi Pass, and Pingxing Pass. They need at least three months to recuperate before they can organize the next large-scale battle. That is to say, they have to wait until they have sufficient food reserves after the wheat harvest. Just fine.
As a result, Okamura Neiji had just returned to the Japanese North China Garrison Headquarters near Kaiguang Temple. Before he could sit down, the chief attendant rushed into the room with two telegrams in hand and reported in panic: "Your Excellency, Commander, urgent telegram from Datong and Jingxing. , Fu Zuoyi’s troops of the Seventh Group Army of China’s Second Theater Division launched an attack on Datong, and the 41st Group Army of China’s Tenth Theater Division launched an attack on Jingxing.”
Okamura Neiji couldn't help but shake his body and grabbed the two telegrams.
Xie Baoqing launched another offensive so quickly, and this time he fought in conjunction with the Second War Zone.
These two places are important coal supply bases in North China. The Chinese army attacked these two places at the same time. The strategic intention was too obvious, which was to attack the Japanese army's energy supply.
If these two places are lost, even Japan's domestic military production will be greatly affected. If the steel mills reduce production, it will mean that there will be problems in the supply of tanks, aircraft, warships, and weapons and equipment.
There was faint sweat on Okamura Neiji's forehead. He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly roared to the sergeant: "Send power to the Army Headquarters. It's urgent. Please dispatch our fighter bombers and deliver them immediately. Deliver them immediately!!!"
Xie Baoqing, you gave me such a meeting gift just after I came back. Okay, great, you are trying to fight me to the death.
