Seeing Yang Zhen making various decisions quickly, the commander-in-chief did not speak, nor did he seem unhappy because he did not discuss with him, nor did he seem unhappy, nor did he interrupt him. He just stared at Yang Zhen who had changed his silence for two days and seemed very energetic.

After Yang Zhen finished speaking, the commander-in-chief shook his head and said, "If you do this, you have to think about the consequences. Once you are surrounded by the enemy, you have to think about the countermeasures. I have no objection to the expansion of the troops. For the anti-Japanese war, the stronger our troops are, the better. If you pull out a front army, I will be happier. But is it appropriate to expand at this time? After all, the survival of the troops must be put first. There is also the reorganization, is it a bit inappropriate in time?"

Regarding the concerns of the commander-in-chief, Yang Zhen smiled and said, "Our army skeleton has already existed, and now is the time to fill the flesh. After the army is reorganized, the efficiency will be higher. The earlier the reorganization, the more familiar the troops will be, and the more combat efficiency will be. After the reorganization is completed, we will first take over the Japanese tribe in the Jiang area to practice."

Yang Zhen's answer made the commander-in-chief say nothing, and finally chose to default. No matter what, it is still a good thing to expand the troops. Only when the troops expand will the troops become stronger and stronger in the war.

Almost no one knows what impact will the next battle with more than 2,000 recruits who have almost never received any military training. No one knows how many of these recruits will survive. But as the situation develops a year later, almost everyone lamented that Yang Zhen’s decision was long-term.

Although the short two days of resting were not enough to completely restore these people's bodies, which were almost about to collapse, it was enough to roughly restore these people's vitality. The two-day resting time was the biggest time that Yang Zhen could take the risk.

On the third day after arriving at Laohei Ridge, Yang Zhen led his troops to defeat the Laohei Ridge blockade from the north in the early morning of the same day, and was preparing to enter the mountain. He seized a large number of weapons, ammunition and food and left.

At this time, the line from Laobai Mountain was slowly moving eastward. Although it had arrived at the main force of the Eighth Regiment, which was not far from the designated location, was camping, and the dense gunfire sounds not far from his straight line, they refused to go further east. Not only did they not move forward, they retreated for a full three kilometers, completely opening the door of Yang Zhen's northward entry.

After learning that the main force of the Eighth Regiment failed to complete the task of closing the blockade line, the opponent who had been surrounded by him not only slipped away in a swagger, but also knocked out a whole regiment of the Manchu army who was about to enter the mountain to clear the net, Sasaki went to No. 1 Filipino General furiously.

After Xingxianyi, who promised that he would definitely urge the main force of the Eighth Regiment to complete the encirclement of Laoheiling as soon as possible, scolded a bloody sprinkler and directly sent a telegram to the Kanto Army Command, and strongly demanded that the Eighth Regiment, which he called the shame of the Imperial Army, be replaced.

Not only the Eighth Regiment, but also the other 4th Division troops were not allowed. Other elite troops were drawn from the Eighth Division or the Twelfth Division, otherwise he would not be able to complete the crackdown on this anti-Manchurian and anti-Japanese armed forces.

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I feel quite dissatisfied with the fact that the anti-Manchu army, which has mastered and destroyed the so-called highest secret of the empire, has been slow to be resolved, and Tokyo, who has already had the idea of ​​replacing the commander of the Kanto Army, has put great pressure on Kenji Ueda these days.

Just at the beginning of this year, Prime Minister Lu bluntly told Kenyo Ueda that if the anti-Manchu army could not be resolved before spring and the lost empire secrets were recovered, his position as the commander of the Kanto Army of Ueda Kenyo would be at the end of his position.

His Majesty the Emperor, who was already extremely dissatisfied with the leakage of the highest secrets of the empire, was already considering asking the Army Province to replace the commander of the Kanto Army when the lost top secret information was delayed.

At this moment, in addition to being under great pressure from himself, Kenji Ueda, who was under pressure, received the pressure from Sasaki. After receiving the anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese elements for so long, not only did he fail to solve the problem of this anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese element, but he also defeated a reorganized brigade.

You should know that on the Chinese battlefield, a large group of Japanese troops were enough to defeat a regiment of the Chinese army, or even a division. What made Ueda Kenji difficult for him to accept was that the Jingtu Railway and the roadbed were blown up for more than 30 kilometers and were completely interrupted.

The successive failures made Sasaki Rakichi unable to withstand the anger in his heart after receiving the telegram from Sasaki Rakichi. Not only did he refuse Sasaki Rakichi's request to change the troops, but he also ordered Sasaki Rakichi to completely eliminate all the anti-Manchu armed forces before May 1st.

Received the answer from Kenji Ueda, Sasaki Sasaki faced Lieutenant General Isogai who came to convey the orders from Shinkyo and said with a wry smile: "Isogai, the commander, can't bear the pressure from Tokyo. March is coming soon. Although the weather is getting warmer, the snow in the mountains is melting and muddy, and the troops are greatly restricted in their movements."

"Besides, this anti-Manchurian anti-Japanese element is in a volatile battle, and its whereabouts are extremely strange. And its actions are often unexpected. I set up two blockade lines in a row, and both were defeated by them at unexpected points."

"And from the description of the survivors of several battles, these anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese elements are well-equipped, with a large number of heavy weapons such as shelling and heavy machine guns. They are well-trained, have extremely strict discipline, and their combat effectiveness is incomparable to the previous anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese armed forces in Manchuria."

"The blockade line I set up was continuously broken, which is certainly related to the poor performance of the Eighth Regiment. However, the combat effectiveness and equipment of this armed force were beyond my expectations and an important reason for the failure. The commander disagreed with the replacement of the troops, and it was really impossible to solve the problem in the past two months."

Hearing Sasaki Rakichi's complaints, Isotani Ryosuke also smiled bitterly: "Don't blame the commander too much for the urgent matter. The commander's Excellency has been under great pressure from Tokyo and even the Emperor about what happened in the epidemic prevention and water supply department."

"You also know what the truth there will mean to the Great Japanese Empire once it is leaked. So neither the Emperor nor the Army Province will accept the truth about the Ministry of Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply."

"It has been half a year since the incident happened, but it has not yet been completed. Tokyo has asked to eliminate this rebel and regain lost information. How much pressure do you think the Commander has to bear in Tokyo? Especially the progress you have made since taking over is slow but relatively conservative long-term siege plan, how much pressure does the Commander bear for you? You should understand the Commander's feelings."

"Sasaki Jun should not complain. Just think about how to eliminate these bandits as soon as possible according to the commander's request. These bandits have entered the Xiajiang area, which is across the river from the Soviet Union. Once this bandits enter the Soviet Union, the information will be leaked, neither the Army Province nor the Emperor will give up the commander easily. And you are the commander personally named to come from the North China Front Army. If the commander is unlucky, you will not be able to go there.

Hearing the last words of Resuke Isotani were half a warning and half a comforting word, Sasaki Hiroi smiled bitterly: "Your Chief of Staff, it's not that I have to change the Eighth Regiment, it's really hard for this Eighth Regiment to take on a major task. If you still use the Eighth Regiment as the main force to clean up, I'm afraid this army, which has no interest in other things except doing business, will miss the commander's major affairs."

"In the battle in northern Dunhua, the enemy launched a sudden attack, but with the complete brigade of the Eighth Regiment there, plus the Manchukuo Army that cooperated with its operations, according to the consistent combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army, even if the raiders cannot be defeated, it will not collapse on the entire line without even defending for a long time."

"And the two squadrons that I deployed on the South Road and were close to him, after the attack of friendly troops in the southeast direction, not only did not rush to support him, but instead retreated rapidly and ran faster than rabbits."

"When my main force deployed a continuous clearance of the bandits who sneaked into Laoheiling and ordered them to arrive at the designated location from the Laobai Mountain line in the northwest of Dunhua, the mountain road of only a few dozen kilometers did not arrive for even two days. The encirclement could not be fully formed."

"If you let such troops participate in the suppression, let alone two months, you won't be able to eliminate this bandit armed forces even in two years. Please ask Lieutenant General Isogaya to go back and report all this to the commander and report to the commander. If you want to eliminate this bandit, you can send any troops to him, but one thing is that you must replace the Eighth Regiment."

Regarding the helplessness that Sasaki showed in his words, Isotani Rysuke also shook his head: "This Eighth Regiment was originally transferred to participate in the clearing. Now you have proposed to change the troops. Do you think the Commander can agree at will? How could this Fourth Division look like this?"

Hearing the words of Isotani Ryosuke, Sasaki could only smile bitterly: "Chief of Staff, you and I are old friends who work in China, so I will speak out for some things. I ordered the Eighth Regiment, which is good. But I know that this Fourth Division will look like this."

"I originally thought that this Eighth Regiment had participated in the crackdown on anti-Manchuria and anti-Japanese elements in the Xiajiang area. Not to mention experience, he was the most elite and the oldest division in the empire. His combat power was naturally very powerful."

"Although this Fourth Division has not been on the battlefield since the Russo-Japanese War, it performed extremely well in the Southwest War and in the subsequent major army exercises. In particular, this Eighth Regiment was once the only Imperial Army to receive the Meiji Emperor's personal commendation. Where would you know that they would be like this as soon as they were on the battlefield? I have never stayed in the Fourth Division."

Seeing Sasaki Dao's face frustrated, Isotani Ryosuke could only shake his head and say nothing. For Isotani Ryosuke, who had worked in China for many years and had been familiar with each other, he believed that Sasaki Daoichi would not push the reason for the failure of this encirclement to the Eighth United in order to shirk responsibility. Perhaps this Eighth United is really as unbearable as he said. He still believed Sasaki Daoichi's words.

After hesitating for a long time, Isotani Ryosuke said: "Sasaki Jun thinks it is more appropriate to draw the troops of that division? The Ministry of Army has made a decision to launch a large increase in Manchuria in order to fight against the Soviet provocation. Although it cannot be all at once, the choice of troops is much greater. If you choose the troops of the division in the East Manchuria area, I will talk to you with the commander."

Hearing the words of Isotani Ryosuke, Sasaki was silent for a while and said, "It's better to draw from the 12th Division stationed in Mudanjiang area. After the 12th Division was transferred to Manchuria, it has been stationed in Mudanjiang area and is familiar with the terrain here."

"And the 12th Division has been involved in the anti-Manchuria and anti-Japanese armed forces in Xiajiang for many years, which is more experienced than the newly transferred divisions from the local area. I think the next clearance will mainly draw one or two regiments from the 12th Division, and select some Manchurian troops to assist. If necessary, the 8th Division or the 11th Division that has just been incorporated into the Kwantung Army can also send some troops to assist."

Regarding Sasaki's lion's mouth wide open, Isotani Ryosuke shook his head and said, "Don't think about the 8th Division and the 11th Division. Since the Battle of Zhanggufeng last year, the situation on the border of Suman has been very tense."

"Although the Kwantung Army has been increasing its troops one after another, it cannot use too many troops to eliminate a group of anti-Manchu elements. Besides, these anti-Manchu elements who are only a thousand people at most need to draw troops from three divisions to encircle and suppress them, wouldn't the Kwantung Army be laughed at by others?"

"In this way, according to the old rules of the Fourth Division, a corps of the 12th Division will be temporarily assigned to your command. I think it is enough to deal with these anti-Manchu elements who are no more than a thousand people with the combat effectiveness of a regiment."

"More than a thousand people, Isogaki, do you really think there are only more than a thousand anti-Manchukuo elements? You, according to one of the fallen recruits captured by the Manchu army north of Laoheiling, they intercepted labor trains abandoned by the empire on a railway branch near the Harbaling Station in Dunhua. All thousands of people on the train joined the ministry. Among them, there were more than a thousand Chinese army prisoners of war captured by the empire in the pass. And this captured person was one of them."

"Now this anti-Manchu army has 5,000 people. The weapons and equipment in their hands, and those captured in two consecutive battles, are partially short of them, but they are roughly considered complete. Such an increasingly large number of anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese armed forces, coupled with the excellent command capabilities of the command personnel, for Manchukuo, the threat is far beyond the previous scattered anti-Manchu anti-Japanese elements."

Speaking of this, Sasaki Tochi said to Akisuke Isotani: "Isotani, although the situation on the border between Isotani is a little nervous now, the possibility of a big war breaking out is not too high. The Russians' strategic focus is still in Europe, not the Far East."

"From the combat effectiveness of this anti-Manchurian anti-Japanese element in several consecutive battles, if it is not taken advantage of its weakness, too many new recruits, and its combat effectiveness is far from being formed, once it grows in time, it will become a confidant of the Kwantung Army."

Sasaki's words surprised Isotani Ryosuke. He did not expect that within a few days, the number of anti-Manchu troops in this anti-Manchu army increased sharply from more than a thousand people in the war report to more than 5,000. As a senior general, the chief of staff of the Kanto Army, he understood that for Manchu, which has now become the rear of the Japanese army's combat against China, so many anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese elements suddenly appeared according to Sasaki's description, what does it mean to be a relatively strong anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese elements?

Although according to the Imperial Army's assessment of the Chinese army's combat in the pass, it is no problem for a regiment to deal with the Chinese army with only more than 5,000 people, this is a mountain war, not a regular battle in the plains within the pass. The 5,000 people fighting in the mountainous areas cannot be calculated according to the conventional calculation.

Especially in this battle, it is not advisable to draw too many Manchukuo troops to participate in the war. Under the conditions of large regional combat, the strength of a corps is absolutely insufficient.

Sasaki's words made Aoshi Isotani silence for a while before saying, "I will return to Xinjing immediately, and you will report a specific number of troops you need. Commander, I will work with Deputy Chief of Staff Ishihara. Commander, he may not listen to my words, but Ishihara Kanji's words."

"The situation on the border between Suzhou and Manchuria is becoming increasingly tense, and there may be some conflict in the near future. I don't care whether the information from the Ministry of Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply will be leaked, but I only have one requirement. That is, when the Kwantung Army fights the Russians, there is absolutely no way to prevent any jeopardy of the war situation behind it."

(I don't know if there was a problem with my computer or a website. I didn't go up at home yesterday, but today I went to the Internet cafe to update, but the upload was not up. I had a headache. I finally got it up after a day.)
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