In the debate between Ritakanosuke and Nakashima Katsuya, the generals below were divided into two factions. The division commanders transferred from the Soviet Union and South China supported Ritakanosuke, and the former North China dispatched troops, both supported Nakashima Katsuya. Okamura Yasuki's attitude was ambiguous, and he supported Ritakanosuke and Nakashima Katsuya, which confused Asakamiya.

In their debate, Okamura Yasuji thought more. He believed that the arguments about the drawbacks of both Riotakasuke and Kazunashima's withdrawal were correct, but he believed that simple withdrawal or simple attack was not enough. The latter lacked military strength, and the former seriously damaged morale. Now the defeatist sentiment of the troops has risen. The unwillingness of the division commanders to counterattack is one of the manifestations. Once they retreated to Shanhaiguan, the Chinese people won a large amount of land from Shijiazhuang to Shanhaiguan without fighting. It is conceivable that the blow to morale will be great.

In addition to morale, the imperial army's retreat with such a large stride would inevitably lead to the Soviet Union's spy. The Soviet army launched an attack on Mongolia, which was stimulated by the continuous victory of the Chinese army. Otherwise, Stalin would not have launched an attack on the imperial country without the end of the war against Germany.

Understand that, however, Okamura Yasuji faces the current situation, there is no solution. Attack cannot attack, defense cannot defend, retreat cannot retreat. Now Asakagumi asked again, Okamura Yasuji can only feel bitter in his heart. "I believe that after a few days of meeting, you have a full understanding of the serious situation facing the North China Expeditionary Force." Okamura Yasuji said slowly: "To change the current situation, I think it is necessary to add more than one thousand new fighter jets and five hundred bombers. You know, the last Damotobi Conference decided to add two thousand combat aircraft to North China. "But to this day", there are only more than one hundred aircraft, and most of them are old aircraft. Only one hundred aircraft have been lost in just over ten days, and the rest cannot be launched to fight.

The joint meeting of the base camp decided to add 20 divisions to North China, with a total force of 360,000 people, but a genius of 60,000 people arrived. It is said that the remaining two divisions of the Kwantung Army may not be transferred."

After the Soviet army launched a counterattack in Mongolia, the four divisions that were originally intended to be drawn from the Kwantung Army were strongly protested by Umezu Mijiro, the military headquarters decided not to transfer it, but the Tanzania troops were still to be transferred to the battlefield in North China.

Asakamiya was clear about these situations, and Okamura's complaint made him helpless. First of all, the planes, two thousand aircraft, Japan now produces nearly 10,000 aircraft per year. However, etc. Among these aircraft, there are only more than 3,000 Zero fighters, and just last year, Japan lost more than 5,000 Zero fighters in the Pacific, the Soviet-Russian battlefield and the Chinese battlefield.

The two thousand Zero aircraft assigned to the North China Expeditionary Force were then strongly protested by the Navy. The Navy demanded to obtain at least 4,000 various aircraft, including at least 3,000 Zero fighters. As a result, after coordination, the two thousand aircraft of the North China Expeditionary Force were reduced to 1,200, of which only 800 Zero fighters.

〖Japan〗There is now in full trouble. The complaints of Nishiji of the Umura left Asakagumi speechless. The group climbed up the stairs and soon walked to the gate of the Supreme Hall. The tall gate of the hall was already opened. Several soldiers stood at the door to guard.

"Great and grand." Asakaka Palace looked at the plaque on the imperial throne and said, "The Chinese people like to use the country's financial resources on this, and always think that majesty can be produced from these useless things, which is ridiculous.

Okamura has no interface. It is natural to laugh at the Shiraki Chinese people a few years ago, but in this situation, it is really a bit terrible. "Your Excellency is right." Li Takanosuke took a step forward and took over the words of Asaka Palace: "The prestige of the country comes from the strength of the country. In this regard, the empire is far ahead of China. Now the empire is facing difficulties, but the empire cannot fail in this war. You know, the Chinese government declares that His Majesty has become the war criminal they identified. If the empire is defeated, the state system will be subverted. Now we must grit our teeth and overcome the difficulties."

"Because of this," Nakajima Katsuya understood the meaning of Ritsunori's help and immediately stepped forward to intervene: "We must be cautious and cannot easily consume precious troops and supplies."

Okamura Yasuji put his hands in his trouser pockets, as if he was casually looking at the decorations in the hall. Tanisuo walked to Nakajima and said to Asakagumi, "The current Chinese army is not the Chinese army six years ago, especially the southwestern army commanded by the Chinese general. The combat effectiveness is greater than the Central Army. The troops are equipped with stronger equipment than the Imperial Army. You, you cannot counterattack rashly." Asakagumi looked at Tanisuo, and the chill in his eyes made Tanisuo feel tighter and he stopped talking. During the meeting for several days, the prince general did not express his opinion. He just listened and just kept encouraging the generals to speak. But in fact, Asakagumi was very disappointed. Most of the front-line generals opposed the active attack, which was a huge difference from the situation six years ago.

Six years ago, during the Lugou Bridge Incident, military generals unanimously demanded an attack, and the Kwantung Army generals even fought without warning. But what about now? The Six-year war, especially the defeat in the last year, made them lose confidence and began to seek avoidance of war, just because they were almost demanding surrender.

Of course, Okamura Yasuji understood the current situation of Japan and the possibility of a steady defeat in the war was very likely. If Japan had the possibility of seeking peace in the past, the list of war criminals issued by the National Government set Emperor Hirohito as the first place, which actually closed the door to seeking peace in Japan.

Tactically speaking, Okamura Yasuji hopes to retreat to Shanhaiguan and use the terrain on the front line of Shanhaiguan to block the China team. However, strategically speaking, it will be very difficult for Japan and Japan to counterattack North China. The China team will have greater room for maneuver. Moreover, it will have a serious impact on the satellite countries of the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and the South China Sea. The United States, Britain and the Soviet Union will inevitably strengthen their offenses, and the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and other countries will seek to break away from Japan's control.

"China uses such a hall to record the rise and fall of empires," Okamura sighed: "Your Excellency, now we fight against the Chinese people and Western imperialism with stronger fighting spirit and higher wisdom."

Asaka-chan frowned slightly. Okamura Yasuji said nothing, but he still waited patiently.

"From the current situation, the counterattack is relatively rash and rash." Okamura Yasuji carefully said slowly. This was his first time to explain his views. Kasuke Nakajima, Ritsunosuke, Tanisuo and others all held their breath and listened quietly.

"But just retreating like this will have a great blow to morale and the overall strategy," Okamura Yasuji said: "But to defend the Hiratsu area, we must have at least 400,000 troops. I have a plan."

Speaking of this, Okamura Yanji paused for a moment. He looked at the Imperial Seal and thought, "My plan is to use the Pingjin area as bait to attract the main force of the Chinese army. The main force of our army is hidden north of Pingjin and on both sides of the Great Wall. First, defeat the Chinese army in the Second and Eighth War Zones from Suiyuan, clear away the threat from the west. Then go south to face the main force of the Chinese army and defeat the Chinese general."

Asakagu nodded with satisfaction, but Okamura Yasuji added: "To implement this plan, the southern line must concentrate about 100,000 troops to defend the Tanggu line in Tianjin, Peking, and no less than 100,000 troops must detour from the Rehe area to attack the Chinese army in Zhangjiakou. There are 200,000 troops in Zhangjiakou and Nankou areas to set up pre-set positions to block the Chinese army from the east."

Rikio Nosuke made a quick judgment in his heart. He had to admit that Okamura Yanji's plan was very clever. The attack on Zhangjiakou's "Zhong" ** team must have solved the Shanxi problem. Among this army, only Fu Zuoyi's troops had stronger combat effectiveness, while the rest of the troops had poor combat effectiveness, so the attack planned by Okamura Yanji was very sure to succeed.

However, the question is, can the 100,000 troops that stick to the Pektsu area block the attack of the Chinese general? Ritakanosuke is very suspicious.

Sure enough, Kazuya Nakajima asked: "Commander, there are only 100,000 troops on the southern front? Is the force too thin?

Okamura Yasuji shook his head: "There are only one division left on the southern line, with 20,000 troops left behind in Peiping. The remaining main forces are sticking to Tianjin and Tanggu. You, please send a fleet to support Tanggu battles outside Tanggu Port."

Asakaguchi frowned slightly. He was puzzled. Only 20,000 people were left in Peiping. Is this force too thin? Once the Chinese army conquered Peiping, it could directly attack Nankou and Zhangjiakou. Okamura Yasuji was taking risks.

"Commander, isn't there too few 20,000 defenders in Peking?" Li Gaozuosuke asked in a tentative manner.

Okamura Yasuji smiled slightly: "The Chinese general will not attack Peiping, these things will protect us."

Asakagumi was stunned, but Kazuya Kazuya said with a voice: "Commander, you are gambling!", "War is sometimes gambling!", Okamura snarled and shouted: "But I didn't gamble casually. The Chinese have air superiority, but Peking has never dropped a bomb. Why? Is it the Chinese general kind? Or can't see us? None of them! It's a pity that the imperial palace has been in the past few hundred years! It's a pity that the ancient city has been in the past few hundred years! So I decided that he would not attack Peiping for force. I fought with him for this bet." Okamura Yanji said very resolutely. Ritakanosuke and Kazuya Nakajima looked at each other and stopped talking. They didn't believe that the Chinese general would not attack Peiping because of the historical sites in Peiping.

However, Asakagumiya heard another meaning. Okamura Yasuji was confident in defeating the Chinese army coming from the west, but not the Chinese general coming from the south. Therefore, he asked that reinforcements should not be less than twenty divisions and sufficient supplies, after all, this was two consecutive battles.

It was already nightfall when I returned from the palace. Asakagumi refused Okamura's banquet and returned to his residence. As soon as Okamura Nishi returned to his office, the adjutant came to report and moved to the political consultant to report.!~!
Chapter completed!