Chapter 148 The Fearful Enemy
After Matsui Ishione shut up and sat in his seat, Okamura Yanji spoke, "Based on the information provided by the Special High School, and the many battles I have fought with Jiang Li on the battlefield during this period, the Chinese army commander Jiang Li can only be described as the word "terrible".
"Okamura, this battle in Fengtian Castle is indeed extremely difficult, but is it a bit inappropriate to praise a Chinese man so much?" Hirose Shousuke, the commander of the 10th Division, said with a frown.
"His Excellency Hirose, after listening to me, you will know if I am advocating this Chinese. Of course, I hope to admire an emperor." Okamura Yasuji said calmly in the face of Hirose Shousuke's doubts.
"Since the evening of September 18, Jiang Li came to a battalion commander of the 973rd Battalion of the 7th National Defense Brigade of the China Army, in less than three months, commanded more than 100,000 defenders to fight our Kanto Army, causing more than 100,000 casualties in the empire. I don't think I need to say anything more, everyone here should feel that this is a nearly impossible miracle."
"According to the oral narratives of some of the imperial expatriates and soldiers who survived from Fengtian City, when the Second Independent Guard Brigade attacked Beida Camp that night, Jiang Li took the lead and incited the soldiers of the 7th Brigade to resist. Then Jiang Li showed his outstanding command ability, and used extremely short speed to recapture Fengtian Arsenal, Dongdaying and other important places from the Second Division, and divided his troops to eliminate the 29th Infantry Regiment, the 29th Regiment, and the artillery at the Second Guard Brigade that entered the city. In the shortest time, the imperial army in Fengtian City was cleared, and Jiang Li intercepted the escaped Zhang Haipeng and issued a series of orders using Zhang Haipeng's orders, including the second Fengtian Provincial Defense Brigade's southward to Fengtian. This is the first step."
"Second Step. Jiang Li expected that the Empire's entire congress would be dispatched to attack Fengtian City, and sent an army north to Wenguantun to ambush two independent garrison brigades from Tieling and Gongzhuling south. In addition, he led his main force to fight the main force of the Second Division, which came from Liaoyang and Lushun the next morning. Jiang Li expected that the 7th Brigade alone could not destroy the Second Division. So he personally led his troops to detour for hundreds of miles overnight to raid Anshan County, cut off the supply of the Second Division, and made a situation of encircling the Second Division. Jiang Li still did not rest, but returned to Fengtian City without stopping. Just at this time, the direct troops of Zhang Haipeng of the Chinese Army arrived in Feng.
Outside Tiancheng, he brought Fengtian to release Zhang Haipeng. It once posed a great threat to the situation of the Chinese army in Fengtian City. However, at this time, Jiang Li had returned to Fengtian City from Anshan County. He did not rest all the way, and only brought two people to force the landing of Zhang Haipeng's Second Provincial Defense Brigade. As for the process, I believe that most of you here have learned about it, so I won't say much. But these still cannot allow Jiang Li to destroy the main force of the Kwantung Army before the imperial army stationed in North Korea arrived in Fengtian City. Once the 39th mixed brigade arrived in Fengtian, the empire could still occupy the entire Fengtian City at a very small cost and defeat the local troops in the northeast of China."
"But before Jiang Li went to Anshan, he sent a decisive force to blow up the railway from Fengcheng to Fengtian section. The 39th Mixed Brigade that rushed to Fengcheng did not carry too much baggage. Losing the railway, he cut off the possibility of rushing outside Fengtian City with enough ammunition in a short period of time and meeting with the Second Division."
"At this time, the Second Provincial Defense Brigade was forcibly recruited, and Jiang Li had 5,000 more troops to mobilize to cover the fragile flanks. The Second Division had lost reinforcements and supplies under the fierce attack of the 7th Brigade. From a military perspective, the Second Division had become an isolated army at this time. Jiang Li had already drawn all the aircraft from Fengtian City and carried out a frontal assault on the Second Division with absolute advantage in firepower, dozens of aircraft and nearly a hundred artillery pieces. The artillery corps of the Second Division lost half on the evening of September 18. Therefore, the Second Division was defeated head-on."
"Even at this time, Jiang Li won a series of victories, it was only temporary. His coalition forces with Fengtian Security Commander Huang Xiansheng had only more than 10,000 people, and the new army would never exceed 20,000. Such strength still could not resist the New Kwantung Army Group heading north of the empire."
"But Jiang Li implemented his third step plan. He completely blocked all the assets of the empire in the northeast and blew up Nanman Road south of Fengtian. The speed of the empire's increase in troops was greatly reduced, and he won enough time for his arrangements. It was also because of this time that Jiang Li improved the fortifications of Fengtian City while leading his troops north to capture Changchun City, and opened up the connection with the anti-Japanese army in the north. Using the anti-Japanese coalition forces in Jilin and Heilongjiang, as well as the fortifications made by hundreds of thousands of laborers, the Battle of Fengtian, which is currently causing heavy losses to the empire."
"Of course, in addition to big moves, there are also small moves. The standard firearms, even machine guns and mortars that appeared in the guerrillas in various parts of China were also arranged in advance by Jiang Li. It can be said that in this Fengtian Battle, Jiang Li's command was perfect in both tactical and strategic arrangements. Jiang Li used all the resources that Jiang Li could use to make use of, creating the most favorable situation for himself, taking up all the right time, place, and people. The empire fought against the Chinese army under the worst circumstances, so he faced a group of Chinese army with poor quality, and fought into the current situation. I wonder if you who are present still think that I am admiring Jiang Li, the Chinese people?" Okamura Yasuji said indifferently.
Hiss! Everyone present couldn't help but gasp. This series of wars, as long as one step is wrong, it will be a loss. Playing a bad deck of cards in your hand to achieve such an amazing effect, it would be difficult for anyone present to ask yourself.
"Even if Jiang Li withdrew from Fengtian, what is left to the empire is a mess. He almost packed the economic essence of Fengtian over the years. Once the machinery taken away by Jiang Li was put into production in a certain place, Jiang Li became a completely new climate and had more trump cards to play. Moreover, if the empire wants to eliminate Jilin, it will take longer for the Chinese anti-Japanese army in Heilongjiang to clear up Jilin."
Seishiro Itagaki said in a voice that it is easy to destroy and build it. The institutions in several major mining areas were either demolished or bombed. Without railways, it would be a big deal to transport those machinery into the mining area. If you want to restore Fushun coal mine to its previous production capacity, it will take at least three to four years to wait until the railway is completed. Otherwise, would you expect to pull nearly ten million tons of coal out in a year by carriage?
"So, no matter how difficult it is, after occupying China, Fengtian, we must try our best to enter the pass, give China a heavy blow, blockade Jiang Li's resources and mechanical channels as much as possible, and do not give him time to grow. Moreover, the empire can only control Japan as soon as possible and seize more land and resources from China." Matsui Ishigen hit the table with a punch, "And all this starts with the defeat of Fengtian City. As long as we work harder, Fengtian City will be trampled by the imperial army. Long live the empire, long live the emperor!"
Chapter completed!