General Muto Nobuyoshi, the commander of the Kanto Army, enjoyed a high prestige in the Japanese Army. He participated in the Russo-Japanese War and served as the commander of the Tokyo Garrison, deputy chief of the General Staff, and director of the Army Education. After 18th, he served as the commander of the Kanto Army, ambassador to Manchuria and the head of the Kanto Department. He was the first person in the Northeast of Japan. The attack on Rekawa this time was due to his persistence.

After the news of Badaozi's frustration reached the Kwantung Army Command far away in Shenyang, Muto Nobuyi severely rebuked Nishiyi for failing to seize the fighter jet in time to completely defeat the resistance of the Zhongzhang team. Faced with the tenacious defense of the Central Army on the front line of the Nantianmen, Chief of Staff Koikiki Aki suggested adjusting his tactics, strengthening his offensive against Lengkou, and breaking through the Great Wall defense line from the flank.

"No! The purpose of the Great Wall Operations is not only to occupy the Great Wall's passes and ensure the security of Manchukuo, but also to weaken the direct army of Chiang Kai-shek in the south, completely attack the resistance spirit of the young and strong sects in the Central Army, and to crack down on the anti-Japanese sentiment of the Chinese people! Declare the great military power of the Imperial Army!" Although he was already 65 years old, Muto Nobuyi's spirit was still very strong. He roared at Koi Iso Kyoko, who Koi Iso Kyoko respectfully did not dare to be dissatisfied at all.

The success of the Battle of Rehe made Muto Nobuyi's prestige in the Kanto Army unprecedentedly high, and the young officers of the headquarters regarded him as a god.\\\\\\\No wonder the praises from these young people. Before the Battle of Rehe, the military headquarters and the government demanded that the current defensive force should be used to consolidate Manchuria, but Muto Nobuyi believed that to consolidate Manchuria, the first thing to do was to suppress the Chinese resistance. After a year of combat, a large number of volunteers had been defeated, but they were not eliminated, but retreated into Rehe, attempting to continue to harass Manchuria with Rehe as a base. Therefore, the first thing to consolidate Manchuria was to occupy Rehe and ensure the security of the western border of Manchuria.

The Military Department expressed its recognition of Muto's judgment, but the Military Department believed that the terrain of Rehe was complex and that China's domestic anti-Japanese sentiment was rising after 9/18. Therefore, the attack on Rehe may lead to resistance from the Chinese central government. If the war is in a stalemate, it will cause a newly improved Manchurian public security to change to an unfavorable aspect, and at the same time it will also create opportunities for Europe and the United States and other countries, leading to passive diplomacy, which will be unfavorable to the League of Nations to promote the recognition of Manchuria.

But Muto Nobuyi believed that China was divided into pieces. The Chinese team was not strong in combat. Once the Imperial Army entered the Rehe River, it would be like thunder to sweep the cave. As for the League of Nations, it didn't have to worry about it. When His Majesty's warrior stood on the ancient Great Wall of China, the world would understand that Japan would never give in on the issue of Manchuria!

Although both the military and political parties did not agree to launch an attack on Rehe, Muto Nobuyi relied on his personal strength to convince the military headquarters to agree to his actions. As expected, the Imperial Army only took more than ten days to occupy the entire territory of Rehe, which was surprisingly successful. However, the battle to attack the Great Wall was in a stalemate. The defeat of Xifengkou made the Kwantung Army wake up from the fanaticism. After that, Muto Nobuyi pulled back the troops scattered throughout Rehe to the pursuit of the Zhong** team, and drew troops from the 14th and 7th Divisions in Manchuria into Rehe to the support. I thought the troops from the reinforcements could successfully defeat the Zhong** team, but I didn't expect that in just a few days, Xiyi, who was responsible for attacking the Nantianmen, had news of the attack on the frustrated place. This made Muto Nobuyi a little unacceptable.

Okamura Yasuki, the deputy chief of staff, Okamura, did not change his views as easily as Koikikami. Seeing that his boss was about to retreat, he couldn't help but stand up. But he did not directly oppose Muto Nobuyoshi, but said tactfully: "Yes, according to the information we have obtained, the 87th Division of the Chinese Army, which is known as the Imperial Guard, has already been opened to the front line of the Nantianmen. This unit is well-equipped and the commander is Lieutenant General Song Xilian, a middleman in the Nanjing Young Gate. If our army attacks Nantianmen, it will confront these Chinese troops under unfavorable terrain, which may cause a large number of casualties of imperial samurai,..."

Before Okamura Yanji finished speaking, Muto Nobuyoshi interrupted him: "Major General Okamura is afraid? The emperor is not afraid of sacrifice! The emperor has always been honored by fighting in mountains of corpses and seas of blood!"

Muto Nobuyi's beard was standing up, and almost all bald heads showed a chill. Okamura Neji couldn't help but chill, but Muto Nobuyi's mocking him for a few words, but instead changed his tone of explanation: "Okamura, if we retreated against the Whampoa Army in China, it would undoubtedly inspire their fighting spirit. Even if we break through the Chinese local army in cold mouth, this victory is not enough to offset the failure of the Nantianmen. Do you understand this truth?"

"Hayi! The commander is far-sighted and admirable!" Okamura Yasuji replied loudly. He had to act as convinced, but he was far from showing it in his heart. He believed that he should break through from the direction of Lengkou or Luanhe River, and then rushed directly to Pingjin, attracting the defenders of the South Heaven Gate to return to defense, and fight against the Central Army in the northern Hebei Plain, so that we can better utilize our army's firepower advantages. But he could not say that Muto Nobuyoshi is too strong now.

Muto Nobuyoshi was very satisfied with Okamura's surrender. Okamura is known as one of the three Japanese army's great masters. It is one of the initiators and leaders of the Yi-Sun Club. This Annual Meeting gathered many outstanding young generals such as Kawamoto, Isotani Ryosuke, Itagaki Seishiro, Kenji Doihara, Hideki Tojo, Tomofumi Yamashita, and Kanir Ishihara. It was these people who launched the September 18th Incident to promote the empire's occupation of the Northeast, allowing Honjo Shin-moto that fool took a big advantage. Not only was he promoted, he also won the title of Rising Sun Award, and was known as Nogi Nobuki Nobuyuki. What about himself? The news from Tokyo was that those bastards were planning to retire and become a free official in the Privy Council. This was unacceptable. I fought for the empire all my life, but in the end I was not as good as Honjo Shin-moto!

A young master came in from outside the door. He quietly walked to Okamura Nishi and handed him the telegram in his hand. Okamura Nishi frowned after seeing it**

"Okamura, what's wrong? Nishiyi's attack failed again?" Muto Nobuyoshi quickly discovered his expression and thought that something bad was coming from the front line.

"It's Itagaki's intelligence," Okamura Yanji said, his deputy chief of staff was to collect information related to the battlefield at any time and keep in touch with Itagaki Seishiro from Tianjin. The telegram in Okamura Yangyang said: "Itagaki said that the work in North China was not going smoothly. After Duan Qirui went south, Wu Peifu refused to cooperate with the Imperial Army. Although Sun Chuanfang did not explicitly refuse, he thanked the guests behind closed doors. Only Zhang Jingyao agreed to cooperate with us, but he judged that Zhang Jingyao's ability was limited and his appeal in the Chinese army was relatively small."

"Hmph," Muto Nobuyi said with contempt: "Kun Okamura, these Chinese people are fence-bearers who change their responsibilities when the imperial army wins a complete victory."

"Yes, you, it is also mentioned in the information of Itagaki Kwan that the Chinese team is planning to counterattack in Chadong." This is the real reason why Okamura Nishi frowned. He was very clear about the layout of the Japanese army in Rekawa, and Chadong was a weakness.

"Oh, does Itagaki have more specific information?" Muto Nobuyoshi took it seriously. Although he looked down on the Zhongxun team, Hifengkou and Nantianmen reminded him that the Zhongxun team may not be as weak as they imagined. If they really came in from Chadong, the flanks of the 8th Division would be greatly threatened.

"Itagaki Jun said in the telegram that Chiang Kai-shek sent his student Major General Zhuang Jihua to Zhangjiakou to recruit the Rehe Volunteers and the Northeast Volunteers who retired there. He estimated that these troops had about 100,000 people. In addition, he was also investigating whether the two departments of Fu Zuoyi and Li Fuying, who belonged to the Yanxishan system in Shanxi, participated." Okamura Yanji felt that the name was familiar, as if he had heard of it there, and remembered it. He heard it when he was consulting Sun Chuanfang. The general of the five provinces had gritted his teeth and scolded the name countless times.

"Ha! Ha! Ha!" Muto Nobuyoshi and Koiki Aki laughed almost at the same time. Koiki Aki Aki said before Muto Nobuyoshi said: "Okamura, it seems that there is no one in the Chinese team, and this kind of mob is used to make up for the numbers."

"Yoxi, come on, and add a glory to our great Japanese emperor!" Muto Nobuyoshi laughed and waved his hand, as if tens of thousands of volunteers had disappeared in his wave. He turned to the young master and said, "Hey, Master Li Gao, what are you talking about?"

"Yes," the intelligence official Li Gao, who sent the telegram, replied loudly in front of him with his head held high and his chest raised his eyes: "The commander is right, these mobs are only worthy of being the foil of the imperial army's great military achievements!"

The Kwantung Army looked down on these bandits who were called Volunteers by the Chinese. Once upon a time, such bandits were everywhere in Manchuria, with a population of hundreds of thousands, but Kwantung only called a division, and it was expected that most of them would be wiped out in less than a year. Those who survived by chance went into the mountains and forests. The Chinese government actually wanted to use such troops to counterattack, which was the most funny thing in the world.

Muto Nobuyi nodded majesticly. Perhaps he was too excited just now. He suddenly let out a violent cough, his chest fluctuated sharply. The guards who had been standing beside him immediately stepped forward. Muto Nobuyi reached out to stop him irritably. After a while, he slowly came down.

"Commander, do you want to take a break?" Koiki Akira said with concern.

"Woo, I'm not old yet!" Muto Nobuyi roared, and he looked at Okamura Yanji and said, "Let's go ahead, Major General Okamura, you are China League One, who is that Zhuang Jihua? How could he do such a move?"

Okamura Yanji secretly admired her. It really responded to the old Chinese saying. Jiang is still old and he grasped the core of the problem. After thinking carefully, he said: "Zhuang Jihua graduated from Huangpu first class and served as a division commander in Chiang Kai-shek's army. He fought the Niuxing War during the Northern Expedition, but there was no news afterwards. There was no news about him in the previous wars of the Northern Expedition after China, until last year..."
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