Chapter 305: The Two Traditions of the Japanese Army

After Jinling was taken by the Japanese Army!

A great debate took place within the Japanese Army regarding how to proceed with the next steps.

Yu Hua was very clear about the Japanese Army's Greater East Asia dream and their delusional dream of conquering the world.

That is to say, the Nanjing Command was just like a weed, and the little devils didn't look down on it at all.

Their targets were the United States and the Soviet Union!

After taking Jinling, the Japanese Army issued a notice to the Nanjing Command through the German ambassador.

If they wanted to stop the flames of war from rising in Zhongtu, the Nanjing Command had to recognize all the powers the Japanese Army had currently acquired in the Pingjin Region and the Songhu Region.

These regions would also be incorporated into the Japanese Army's territory, and regarding the economy, the Japanese Army also wanted to acquire certain special privileges.

It was surprisingly not like before, where the Imperial Army would strike fiercely and then demand peace talks.

"Currently, the strength of my 18th Group Army is distributed in Northwest Shanxi."

The Nanjing Command came fawningly to offer itself up.

After Lao Chen finished smoking a cigarette and stubbed out the butt, he looked at Yu Hua.

At this moment, they were cowering in Southern Shanxi licking their wounds!

After Fu Zuoyi was abandoned by Yan Laoxi, he was disheartened and gathered his remnants to head north to the desert.

"The Sichuan Army 22nd Group Army attacking Pingyao is also a good opportunity right now."

"It's fine!"

"The Japanese Army in the Pingjin Region will definitely commit the troops they have withdrawn to the Xuzhou Battle."

Moreover, the little devils were boiling a frog in warm water, and the Nanjing Command was also aware of this.

Facing such a harsh treaty, the military and political officials of the Nanjing Command were all very clear about it.

Although the peace talks failed, the Imperial General Headquarters still decided to first digest the resources of the occupied areas.

The second was insubordination!

"They will absolutely not head north to outside the pass!"

As for Yan Laoxi of Jin Province, don't even count on him; this old fellow has now directly cut off the money and grain for the Sichuan Army.

The little devils were originally an island nation lacking resources, and now their military expenditures were so high.

By now, military expenditures had already reached as high as 8 billion yen.

"As long as the Sichuan Army attacks Pingyao, my 18th Group Army will definitely organize forces to intercept the enemy reinforcements."

Yu Hua looked at Brigade Commander Chen.

Once they expanded by another 45 Divisions, this military expenditure would be simply unimaginable.

They played the game of burning bridges after crossing the river quite smoothly!

After all, Brigade Commander Chen wouldn't believe it if he said it, and he wasn't Terauchi Hisaichi himself.

From the 3.2 billion yen in military expenditures at the beginning of the war.

The first was the soldiers' unconditional obedience to orders; the little devils could slap soldiers in the face at will.

As for the Second War Zone Deputy Commander Wei Lihuang, he still had a bit of human touch; at least he supplemented the Sichuan Army with some equipment.

The Nanjing Command already had the air of sharpening their knives for the sheep.

Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen were both very happy after learning this news.

But!

"Brigade Commander Chen!"

They would not participate in the Xuzhou Battle!

At the same time, strengthen the garrison in the north.

As a transmigrator, Yu Hua could not tell Brigade Commander Chen everything he knew.

The current addition of the 18th Group Army also warmed the hearts of the Sichuan Army for a while.

The last point was that the Japanese Army required the Nanjing Command to pay reparations for the money and grain consumed during several major battles.

According to the calculations of the Imperial General Headquarters, if they wanted to continue fighting.

To completely disintegrate the living forces in the hands of the Nanjing Command, a minimum of sixty Divisions needed to be committed within the passes of Zhongtu.

As he spoke, Brigade Commander Chen came to the map.

"We are just discussing it, after all!"

Now that the Sichuan Army had lost its commander.

Yu Hua nodded, regarding the combat capability of the 18th Group Army.

Yu Hua understood!

But, at the moment, the Central Army under Wei Lihuang had suffered significant casualties in the Xinkou Battle and the Jinyang Defense Battle.

Digest all the resources inside and supplement them to the home country.

The information Brigade Commander Chen had given him before was that the three Divisions withdrawn were very likely to be garrisoning the Soviet Union.

Now, under Yu Hua's training, the two Group Armies of the Sichuan Army were also changing their fighting methods.

Within the Japanese Army, there had always been two traditions.

Just like that!

The Sichuan Army held a military conference in Hongdong, Southern Shanxi.

Obviously!

"Anyway, the Pingjin Area Army has now withdrawn three Divisions from Jinyang."

This was much more serious than the Twenty-One Demands signed by Yuan Shikai.

Because the two branches of the military had inconsistent ideas, it resulted in the Imperial General Headquarters failing to come up with a definitive plan.

Yu Hua was very clear about it.

He still believed very strongly that when it came to Movement Warfare, the 18th Group Army was quite adept.

This made Terauchi Hisaichi, as Commander of the Pingjin Area Army, very envious.

However, heading north to fight the Russians was the Army's idea, while heading south to seize oil resources in Southeast Asia was the Navy's idea.

As a soldier!

Terauchi Hisaichi did not care about military expenditures; that was a matter for the Cabinet to manage, not the military headquarters.

He only wanted the Pingjin Area Army to achieve military success now!

Since the Imperial General Headquarters was still wavering internally, he, Terauchi Hisaichi, would simply push it along.

"The pressure in the Jin Province region has instantly decreased a lot."

"I still stand by my viewpoint."

Yu Hua sent telegrams to Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen to inform the two of them.

Terauchi Hisaichi learned that Matsui Iwane's troops had achieved results after breaking through the directive line set by the Imperial General Headquarters.

He directly rejected the Japanese Army's request for peace talks!

Terauchi Hisaichi did not take it seriously at all.

After all, Shan Shan Yuan had previously shouted that the Zhongtu issue would be completely resolved in three months, and now he had been slapped in the face.

However, in the end, it was decided not to expand the policy, requiring the Central China Area Army and the Pingjin Area Army to hold their current occupied territories.

Army Minister Shan Shan Yuan wanted to head north to fight the Russians!

Within the Japanese Army, there had always been ideas of heading north and heading south.

Terauchi Hisaichi wanted to be such a person now.

Regarding the non-expansion policy issued by the Imperial General Headquarters.

Once such a treaty was signed, the lost land of Zhongtu would amount to hundreds of square kilometers!

Losing that much national territory was something only the Great Qing had done at the time.

"The 18th Group Army has received instructions from headquarters to cooperate with you in this operation."

As for whether to head north or south next.

The 18th Group Army would also participate in the attack on Pingyao City; they would ambush the enemy's reinforcements.

Among the Sichuan Army units, only Guo Xunqi's 144th Division was relatively formidable at Movement Warfare.

Pingjin Area Army Commander Terauchi Hisaichi did not think so at all!

Likewise!

Both were Commanders; since the Central China Area Army had achieved excellent results, the Pingjin Area Army under his command had to keep up.

Furthermore, purchasing various resources from the United States required consuming a lot of money.

Immediately!

He also understood that there was logic in the Imperial General Headquarters issuing the non-expansion policy.

The Nanjing Command not only did not sue for peace, but instead made up its mind to continue resisting.

The grassroots officers below pushed the upper-level officers to make decisions.

At least they were not fighting alone!

The Imperial General Headquarters not only did not hold them accountable but even gave them some rewards.

Calculating it this way, it gave the little devils quite a scare!

Sixty divisions—with so much manpower, fifteen divisions and one brigade were currently committed to fighting inside the passes.

They were also very puzzled as to how the previously cowardly Nanjing Command had suddenly stood tall.

After the Control Faction within the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters learned of this result.

Especially since fighting Movement Warfare was much better than holding a position to the death.

"The Jinzhong region, as well as the border area between Jin Province and Ji Province."

They confirmed the operational plan to attack Pingyao City and, at the same time, arranged blocking forces.

Wang Mingzhang's 122nd Division would serve as the main force for the attack on Pingyao City.

(End of this chapter)