Beacon starts from the departure of a strong man

Chapter 519 He, Old Li, will never lose

Just when the Japanese army was discussing internally!
A major change occurred in Europa, that is, the Third Reich suddenly attacked Western Europe.

As soon as the armored forces of the Third Reich were dispatched, they directly captured Norway and Denmark!
The news quickly spread throughout the world!

When the Japanese army got the news, they had to re-examine the world situation.

Because, according to the Japanese army's judgment of the situation in Europe, the Third Reich wanted to launch a full-scale war and blitz Western Europe.

It’s at least until 1942!

Now a war has broken out in Europe, and the Third Reich has launched a full-scale attack.

This was like a thunderclap, shaking everyone's ears.

In any case, the current world situation is gradually becoming crazy.

The Third Reich in Europe was like a demon running out of hell, and the Japanese army in the Far East was like a vicious wolf.

The whole world has become uncertain. Where should the world go? This is a situation that some people in power must consider.

In the United States today, many people are opposed to their country being involved in the whirlpool of war.

The entire United States is still sleeping, and the Soviet Union does not want to get involved in this volatile world situation.

Even Britain and France, now facing the strength of the Third Reich, can only retreat step by step.

The failure of the Battle of Nomenkan, coupled with the Hundred Divisions War prepared by the Republic of China government, had a great impact on the Japanese army domestically.

Now the Japanese military's domestic cabinet has once again reorganized its cabinet.

The old Japanese who succeeded Hiranuma Kiichiro was Nobuyuki Abe.

Nobuyuki Abe is of average ability. Faced with the militaristic carriage of the Japanese army, he cannot force it to stop now.

He could only continue to sit in the driver's seat and set up the carriage to rush up the cliff!
Abe Nobuyuki glanced at everyone present: "Everyone!"

"Right now, the Third Reich is rising strongly in Europe."

"According to reports from the Imperial Intelligence Department, the Armored Corps of the Third Reich has swept through most countries in Western Europe."

"Denmark and Norway have surrendered!"

"The Third Reich took over these two countries in less than 24 hours!"

"On the road to empire, let's discuss where to go next."

Seishiro Itagaki spoke immediately: "We can't get involved in the war on Europa right now."

"The center of gravity of the empire is still the battlefield in the Far East."

"We have been fighting in the Far East battlefield for three years now, and the empire's military strength is obviously insufficient."

"The top priority is that we must resolve the war in the Far East as soon as possible so that the empire can get out of it in time!"

After Itagaki Seishiro finished speaking, many officers of the Japanese Navy agreed!

They believed that what Itagaki Seishiro said was reasonable, and even the newly appointed Prime Minister Abe Nobuyuki also recognized Itagaki Seishiro's statement.

In the previous cabinet meeting, the Navy also believed that it should escape from the Far East battlefield as soon as possible.

However, Tojo Hideki sang the opposite tune at this time: "Everyone!"

"The Third Reich is currently progressing smoothly, which shows that the Third Reich is powerful."

"The empire needs help like this."

"We should ally with the Third Reich!"

Unexpectedly, Tojo Hideki's words completely angered Navy Minister Yoneuchi Mitsumasa.

"Tojo-kun, the empire's alliance with the Third Reich is a recipe for death."

"The purpose of the Third Reich's strong rise was revenge. They suffered serious losses in World War I."

"France and the Third Reich have been enemies for generations, and Britain and the United States will never let the Third Reich dominate Europe."

"So, once the empire forms an alliance with the Third Reich, it will definitely offend Britain and the United States."

At this time, many senior figures in the Japanese Navy felt that they could not offend Britain and the United States.

However, many middle- and lower-level officers advocated war with Britain and the United States for the sake of their own military merit.

Especially the Nanyang region, which is a colony of Britain and the United States, is rich in natural resources.

There is a large amount of oil, which the Japanese army urgently needs now.

The middle- and lower-level officers advocated marching into Southeast Asia, sweeping away the British and American forces here, and then controlling the Western Pacific.

The rubber, oil, and ores here are the key to the empire's battlefield.

"Squeak!"

At this moment, the door to the Japanese cabinet meeting was pushed open.

Shunroku Hata was led into the conference room by a receptionist!

The Japanese military cabinet meeting specially invited Hata Shunroku to return to the country, and at the same time, arranged for him to serve as the Minister of War at the base camp!

Seishiro Itagaki was transferred to other departments.

As the commander of the Central China Front, Shunroku Hata was very familiar with the situation on the Far East battlefield.

After learning something about the meeting, he stood up and spoke: "Everyone..."

"Based on my experience in the Far East battlefield over the years, I can explain it to you."

"Allying with the Third Reich is accelerating the empire's descent into the abyss."

"We are now stuck in the quagmire of the Far East battlefield and cannot get out of it."

"If we continue to form an alliance with the Third Reich, Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union and other countries will support the Republic of China government even more."

"Now that a war has broken out in Europa, the world's attention is also focused on Europa."

"And we can think of ways to escape from the Far East battlefield as soon as possible!"

After Shunroku Hata's speech, the Japanese cabinet fell into discussions.

Some people thought it would be better to form an alliance with the Third Reich, and some people thought it would be better not to form an alliance.

Everyone was arguing non-stop in the conference room. Anyway, this will continue forever and will not end in three to five days.

After Shunroku Hata returned from the Far East battlefield, the designation of the Central China Front was revoked by the Japanese army.

The Far East Expedition Army was established at the Japanese base camp, with its headquarters in Jinling. This army unified command of the war against the Republic of China.

The first commander was Nishio Hiszo, and the chief of staff was Seishiro Itagaki from China!

The Far East Expeditionary Force consists of the Pingjin Front Army, the 11th Army stationed in Wuhan, the 13th Army stationed in Shanghai and Hainan, and the 21st Army stationed in Guangzhou;
The Pingjin Front Army consists of the First Army stationed in Jinyang, the 12th Army stationed in Quancheng, and the Manchu and Mongolian Army stationed in Zhangjiakou;
Afterwards, Nobuyuki Abe followed Hata Shunroku's suggestion to temporarily wait and see the international situation and not form an alliance with the Third Reich.

The strategy of the Republic of China government was changed to political inducement to surrender, supplemented by military strikes!

The military strike must give the Republic of China government some color and let them know that the empire's military strength is still very strong.

Even if it is now stuck in the quagmire, it can still attack major urban areas in the Republic of China! !

After Nobuyuki Abe finalized the plan, he immediately sent a message to the newly appointed commander of the Far East Expedition Force, Hisao Nishio.

Let him command the Far East Expeditionary Force to carry out a deterrent strike against the Republic of China government! !

In Jinling!
After Nishio Juzo got the message, he immediately called his chief of staff Seishiro Itagaki.

"Itagaki-kun, where should we start next?"

Itagaki Seishiro looked at the map hanging on the wall and pondered for a moment: "This place in Jin Province is very mountainous."

"Now Yan Laoxi's army has retreated to the southern part of Jin Province!"

"These areas have no strategic value at all."

"As for the Pingjin area, it is now completely under the control of our army!"

"Although there are the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in the occupied areas, which have caused some trouble for the empire." "But these are just small troubles and nothing to be afraid of!!"

Speaking of this, Itagaki Seishiro paused and looked at Nishio Juzo.

"Your Excellency Commander!"

"I believe that the Fifth and Ninth Theaters of the Republic of China government currently pose a threat to the Empire's 11th Army."

"Why don't we call Okamura Neji and ask him what he thinks!"

"Yo Xi!" Nishio Shouzou nodded slightly: "I will do as you say."

"I asked Okamura Neji to come to Jinling!"

at the same time!

At the military meeting in the mountain city!
Principal Chang also summarized some of the achievements of the Hundred Division War, but there were still some theaters that did not do well.

Principal Chang was very dissatisfied with this.

He also particularly emphasized that the Republic of China and the Japanese army were fighting a protracted war. Tactically, they must prevent the Japanese army from breaking through in the center and using detour strategies on both wings.

Afterwards, Principal Chang said that the military commander had found that the Japanese army was likely to launch a military attack on the fifth or ninth theater.

Hope these two war zones are ready!

Seeing that Lao Chang had already mentioned this, Bai Zhuge stood up and said straight to the point: "Next, the Japanese army will concentrate its forces to attack the fifth theater."

When Minister He heard this, he looked at Bai Zhuge!
"Old Bai, is the news you told true?"

Bai Zhuge nodded: "It's true!"

"This news was confirmed by the intelligence agency of our Gui clan."

"Just like the original Battle of Xuzhou!"

With Bai Zhuge's words, Minister He, Xu Yongchang, Liu Fei and others were relieved!

Because, during the battle of Xuzhou, the intelligence department of the Guangxi clique came out vigorously.

Even Dai Chunfeng wanted to get the Gui clique's intelligence agency into his hands. He also sent people to find out the Gui clique's intelligence agency many times.

All I know is that the Gui intelligence department has a codename called Eagle!

As for Yingying's name, appearance and place of origin, the military commanders could not find out at all, because this person had direct single-line contact with Li Delin.

Dai Chunfeng wants to know who the eagle is, unless Li Delin is arrested and tortured!

But, arrest Li Delin? Is this possible?

Unless Dai Chunfeng's head explodes, there is nothing we can do!

Now that he knew that the Japanese army would take action against the fifth theater next, Principal Chang asked Bai Zhuge and Li Delin to cooperate well.

The fifth theater strives to destroy the Japanese army's strategy and prevent the Japanese army from succeeding!
After the meeting!

Yu Hua and Deng Xihou returned to Shu County by train!
Because a batch of equipment came from Shu County, which Yu Hua got back from his last trip abroad.

Because Mark and Walter specially emphasized that the foreigners insisted on meeting Yu Hua, otherwise they would not be able to deliver the goods!

In order to develop the Sichuan army and increase its strength to fight against the Japanese army.

Yu Hua must go and see him!
On the train, Deng Xihou said to Yu Hua: "Brother Yu!"

"Facing the Japanese attack in the fifth theater, our Sichuan army is now moving north!"

"How do you think you can arrange it?"

"Also, is the information Bai Zhuge told us really accurate?"

"I can't believe it?"

Deng Xihou now expressed concern about some of the intelligence revealed by Bai Zhuge at the military meeting.

He was afraid that this was false news deliberately released by the Japanese army!

"Commander Deng!" Yu Hua waved his hand: "The news must be true."

"Don't worry about this!"

"Li Delin has a good partner within the Japanese army!"

"Oh?" Hearing this, Deng Xihou's eyes widened: "Is there such a thing?"

"This Li Delin is so powerful!"

"Even little devils can infiltrate it. Don't they say that the Japanese army is loyal to the emperor and will not be easily instigated to rebel?"

"Commander Deng, it is not the Japanese army who instigated rebellion!" Yu Hua quickly explained: "Since the war started until now."

"We have almost no important officers who have instigated rebellion against the Japs."

"In the staff office of the Far Eastern Front, there is an old Japanese named He Zhi Ying Er, and his translator is from the Republic of China."

Later, Yu Hua began to introduce this mysterious translator to Deng Xihou!
After the September 18th Incident, various provinces in the southwest also formed abnormal alliances in order to oppose the power of President Chang!

At that time, people like Li Delin, Liu Dashuai, Long Yun, Bai Zhuge and others were all the targets of the little devils.

At first, an old Japanese named He Zhi Ying Er was ordered to come to Gui Province to negotiate with Li Delin.

During the negotiation process, Li Delin discovered that Xia Wenyun, the translator, seemed to be a good person.

Therefore, during the negotiation process with He Zhiyinger, Xia Wenyun was secretly instigated.

Xia Wenyun speaks Japanese very well. He is worse than a kid, and he speaks with a pure Tokyo accent.

If he didn't explain that he was from the Republic of China and just listened to his accent, the kid would never suspect that he was a foreigner.

At that time, Xia Wenyun was working as a translator for the Japanese army and was afraid that his true identity would be revealed;

Therefore, He Yizhi declares himself to the outside world!
During the Battle of Xuzhou, Xia Wenyun provided Li Delin with a lot of information many times, so that the Chinese army could avoid detours.

During the all-out war of resistance, Xia Wenyun disclosed intelligence to the Republic of China many times, which also let the Japanese army know that there must be spies in the Far East Front.

When the Japanese army wanted to arrest Xia Wenyun, he had already fled in advance!
"It would be great if our Sichuan Army had such an intelligence system!"

After hearing Yu Hua's introduction, Deng Xihou couldn't help but sigh!

Yu Hua added slightly in his mind: Our Sichuan Army has this plug-in, a living radar! !
Jinling!

Japanese Far East Expeditionary Force Headquarters!

After Okamura Neiji met with Nishio Juzo and Itagaki Seishiro, he proposed to go deep into the fifth theater and eliminate its effective forces.

Especially the place of Zaoyang is like a sharp knife thrust into the heart of the 11th Army.

This makes Okamura Neji feel like he has an edge on his back!
After discussions between Okamura Neiji, Nishio Juzo and Itagaki Seishiro.

The Japanese 11th Army dispatched the rd Division, th Division, th Division, and the th Cavalry Brigade.

There were also some other arms that began to march towards the main force of the Republic of China army in the Zaoyang area of ​​the fifth theater.

Okamura Neji's tactics are very simple, which is to break through the center and bypass the two wings!

On the battlefield in the Far East, the Japanese army and the Republic of China army basically followed this routine.

After leaving Jinling, Okamura Neji issued combat orders to the 11th Army.

As a fish to lure the enemy deeper, the 3rd Division is preparing to attract the main force of the fifth theater to the Zaoyang area between Tongbai Mountain and Dahong Mountain.

The 13th Division marched north from the Han River on the left wing to cut off the retreat of the troops in the fifth theater to Xiangyang.

The 16th Division detoured toward Xinyang and returned to Tongbai Mountain, cutting off the Republic of China army's retreat to the north.

The fifth war zone!

Li Delin had long known the Japanese army's combat plan from Eagle and knew the enemy's trump card. This battle!
He, Lao Li, will never lose!
Just when Li Delin was happy, a phone call came. The first moment he answered the phone.

Lao Li's face looks bad!
(End of this chapter)