I am a wolf warrior

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"What?" Yusue Seizo was stunned when he heard the words, he always thought that the two would go back to Peiping together, but he didn't expect Neji Okamura to have other arrangements, so he asked again immediately, "Your Excellency, you are not going back to Peiping? "

Neiji Okamura nodded and said, "I still have to wait for the next flight to fly to Xinjing to meet Meizu-kun."

Yusue Seizo said with some astonishment: "Before your Excellency returned to Tokyo, didn't you already go to Xinjing to have an in-depth exchange with Your Excellency Meizu, and have you reached an agreement?"

Neiji Okamura said: "It was agreed at that time, and Meijin-kun also agreed, but now there are new changes? Not only is the headquarters changed this time, but also five divisions will be directly transferred from the Kwantung Army. Fearing that Meijin-kun would be resistant to this, he held on to the 3rd Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, and the 3rd Tank Regiment. It will seriously affect our future plans."

Although Hideki Tojo adopted Neiji Okamura's suggestion, Japan is an imperial country, and not all major national affairs are decided by the prime minister.

So in the end, it becomes a compromise.

The Japanese army base camp transferred five divisions from the Kwantung Army, together with ten newly formed divisions, a total of fifteen divisions, eight of which were allocated to the Southern Army to continue to implement the previous plan, and the other seven divisions The regiment was assigned to the North China Front Army to implement the sweeping campaign against the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army proposed by Ningji Okamura.

In other words, the Kwantung Army became the final loser, and five divisions were taken away at once.

As the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Yoshijiro probably also criticized me at this time.

"That's true." Arisue Seizo said deeply, "If the 3rd Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, and the 3rd Tank Regiment were detained by the Kwantung Army, then the 1st Division would also be captured. It is no longer a heavy armor division in the true sense, it is just an ordinary three-unit elite division."

By the way, the 1st Division originally consisted of four infantry regiments.

However, two years ago, the Japanese headquarters made adjustments to the army structure. All divisions canceled the infantry brigade system, and changed to an infantry regiment under the division headquarters, and the infantry regiment had three infantry regiments under its jurisdiction.

The 1st Division also took away an infantry regiment, but soon added a heavy artillery brigade, a cavalry brigade, and a tank regiment, reorganizing into the first heavy armored division of the Japanese army.

In the Kwantung Army's special exercise last fall, the 1st Division stole the limelight.

Neiji Okamura and Toshiichi Terauchi, the commander of the Southern Army, both went to the scene to observe the big exercise, so they learned that the base camp intends to build the Kwantung Army into a general strategic reserve force, and plans to deploy elite divisions from the Kwantung Army to support other theaters. After that, the two focused on the 1st Division at the same time.

After some intense competition, Neiji Okamura had the last laugh.

However, Neiji Okamura was still worried that Umezu Yoshijiro would make a discount, so he temporarily decided to fly to Xinjing again and have another long talk with Umezu Yoshijiro to make sure that nothing happened.

After a pause, Youmo Jingsan said again: "Is there anything else you need to tell me, General?"

Neiji Okamura waved his hand and said, "I've already told you what needs to be said, you just need to follow through, and besides, I'll be able to go back soon, and it won't take too long."

"Hai." You Mojing paused three times and said.

"As soon as I return to Peiping, I will start to organize the 3rd Chariot Division."

"Yes." Neiji Okamura nodded happily, "I will leave the preparations for forming the 3rd Tank Division to you."

"Hai!" Arisue Seizo gave Okamura Ningji a sudden nod again, then turned around and boarded the ramp of the transport plane. The ground staff quickly removed the ramp, and the transport plane also began to slide.

……

At this time, in North China.

Issei Nishihara, the group leader of the Mongolian Army Cavalry Group, drove more than 200 kilometers from Guisui, where he was stationed, to the headquarters of the Mongolian Army Garrison in Zhangjiakou.

Issei Nishihara thought that the headquarters was going to supplement the missing 4th Cavalry Brigade.

The 4th Cavalry Brigade was ambushed on its way south to reinforce the Henan battlefield, and has not been rebuilt since the entire army was destroyed at Feiyundu in northwest Shanxi.

So until now, the cavalry group has only one cavalry 1st brigade.

As soon as he walked into the office of Ichiro Shichita, the commander of the Mongolian Army, Ichiro Nishihara couldn't wait to ask: "Mr. Shichita, did the headquarters issue an order to rebuild the 4th Cavalry Brigade?"

Shichita Ichiro smiled and handed over a document on the table.

"What are you doing?" Nishihara Issaku took the document in confusion.

But after reading the document, Issei Nishihara was pleasantly surprised.

"A reorganization of the 3rd Chariot Division?" Nishihara Issaku asked incredulously, "Mr. Qitian, is it true or not?"

Issaku Nishihara originally thought that it was just to rebuild the 4th Cavalry Brigade, but he did not expect to reorganize the Cavalry Group into the 3rd Chariot Division. This is like winning a lottery!

Shichita Ichiro said: "The documents are all here, how can there be fake ones?"

"That's great." Issei Nishihara waved his fist vigorously and said, "This is the first chariot division of the imperial army in the Chinese battlefield. Now the imperial army can show Fu Yisheng some color."

"We'll talk about dealing with Fu Yisheng later." Shichita Ichiro said with a smile, "The most urgent thing is to adapt it first."

After a pause, Shichita Ichiro continued: "Tomorrow morning, Yumo-kun will come to Zhangjiakou in person to discuss with us about the adaptation."

Issei Nishihara lowered his voice and said: "Mr. Qitian, can you find out first, how many tanks will there be? I heard that the 1st Division of Tanks and the 2nd Division of Tanks have medium and light tanks. Up to more than 400 vehicles!"

"This, I really don't know." Ichiro Shichita spread his hands and said again, "You should wait for Yumo-kun to come and ask him, he must know the details of this adaptation."

"Okay, then I'll ask after Youmo-kun arrives."

Nishihara's heart itch was unbearable, so he could only bear it.

……

Northwest Shanxi, Wanmadu Arsenal.

The brigade commander is accompanying the bullet workshop accompanied by Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and Wang Ye.

But I saw that the workers were reloading the bullets, and these workers were extremely focused on their work, and the arrival of a group of people such as the brigade commander did not attract their attention.

It wasn't until he got close to the brigade commander that he realized that this was no worker, it was clearly a devil prisoner of war.

The brigade commander was startled at the time, and said, "Xiao Wang, is the arsenal unable to recruit workers or something? How do you use devil prisoners of war to work? These are devil prisoners of war. What if they wreak havoc?"

"Brigade Commander, you are worrying too much." Wang Ye said with a smile, "These devil prisoners are very obedient."

Li Yunlong smiled and said, "Brigade Commander, you still have to pay wages when you hire workers. Let these devil prisoners of war come to work. We don't have to pay a penny of wages, and we can save a lot of money."

"It's just you two who have a lot of crazy ideas." The brigade commander said angrily.

Wang Ye said with a smile: "Brigade Commander, it is much more efficient to work with devil prisoners of war, because devil prisoners of war generally have received elementary or even middle school education, and their learning ability and comprehension ability are inferior to those of those carrying poles. The local workers who write are much stronger, so the degree of completion of the work is much higher.”

The brigade commander said: "It is still necessary to take safety measures."

"That's for sure." Li Yunlong said, "There is a patrol team constantly patrolling and monitoring."

While talking, a group of soldiers with live ammunition came from the opposite side of the cave.

Seeing the brigade commander, Li Yunlong and his party, the soldiers stood at attention and saluted with their chests flat.

The brigade commander returned a military salute, then turned to Wang Ye and said, "Xiao Wang, how many bullets can you reload in a day now?"

Wang Ye said: "Now we can reload [-] rounds of ammunition and [-] rounds of artillery shells a day. When the acid factory's production capacity increases, we can reload up to [-] rounds of ammunition and [-] rounds of artillery shells a day!"

Li Yunlong chuckled, and then said: "In two months, we will have another 500 million rounds of ammunition and 12 rounds of artillery shells. By then, we will no longer be afraid of fighting the devils in a war of attrition."

The brigade commander asked with concern: "With so many bullets and shells reloaded, can the gunpowder be supplied?"

"Brigade Commander, gunpowder is not a problem at all." Li Yunlong smiled, "There is a nitrate mine next to our arsenal, and it is a large nitrate mine. Factory Manager Wang said that it is enough for us to use for 50 years."

"That's it." The brigade commander's eyes lit up, and he said, "Then I'll ask the Taiyue Military Region, Taihang Military Region, and even the entire Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region to send over the collected bullet casings and shell casings."

"No problem." Li Yunlong said with a smile, "Whether it's bullet casings or shell casings, as long as they have copper, we will accept them as they are ordered, and two bullet casings can be exchanged for one reloading bullet."

"Two bullet casings for one bullet?" the brigade commander scolded, "Do you still want to discount it?"

"Brigade Commander, it's really not that our old Li discounted it." Li Yunlong said with a smile, "Our arsenal needs to reload bullets. Although the devils don't need to be paid, engineers and technicians are still paid, and it's not low. You We can’t let our Shanxi Northwest Military Region subsidize money to replenish ammunition for our brother troops, can we?”

"No." The brigade commander snorted, "You can't take advantage of the brother troops."

"Brigade Commander, I can't make the decision." Li Yunlong said, "I have to discuss it with Lao Ding and Lao Kong."

"Make the decision? Did I let you make the decision?" The brigade commander snorted coldly, and then said, "I am still the commander of the Shanxi Northwest Military Region and Shanxi Northwest Column. Can you make the decision in this matter?"

"Uh..." Li Yunlong was speechless and careless.

After visiting the bullet reloading workshop, the brigade commander said to Wang Ye with emotion: "Xiao Wang, the deal you made with Yan Xishan is so worth it. With our arsenal, it will take less than a year. The Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region no longer has to worry about the supply of ammunition, and in the future when fighting devils, you don’t have to pick and choose, you can fight openly!”

Speaking of this meal, he said: "This will completely change the entire battlefield ecology!"

……

At the same time, in Xinjing.

Looking at the outline of Changbai Mountain in the distance, Ningji Okamura said in a deep voice: "Meijin-kun, if you can't occupy the mountainous area in Northwest Shanxi and annihilate the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible, the battlefield ecology of the entire Shanxi and even the entire North China will be completely destroyed. If it is reversed, then the North China Front Army will be unable to move an inch."

"Okamura-kun, is that an exaggeration?"

Umezu Yoshijiro said in disbelief, "Is a brigade of the Eighth Route Army really capable?"

"This is not an ordinary brigade." Neiji Okamura said solemnly, "The [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is a brigade in name, but in fact its strength is larger than that of a group army."

"Of course, it's not the scariest thing."

After a pause, he added: "The most terrifying thing is the potential for war in Northwest Shanxi."

"War potential?" Umezu Yoshijiro said, "I really can't imagine how much war potential a poor mountain valley in northwest Shanxi can have?"

Okamura Ningji said: "What if there is a large arsenal in the poor mountain valley in the northwest of Shanxi?"

"Arsenal?" Umezu Meijiro frowned. "The Eighth Route Army has the ability to build a large-scale arsenal in the poor mountain valley in Northwest Shanxi? Can't it?"

"It was originally incompetent." Ningji Okamura said, "But not long ago, the 200th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army made a personnel transaction with Yan Xishan, taking Naoko Hattori and more than 200 prisoners of war from the Imperial Army, and took them from Yan Xishan's hands. In exchange for more than [-] senior technicians from the Taiyuan Arsenal, Taiyuan Iron and Steel Works and Taiyuan Power Plant.”

"I see." Umezu Yoshijiro said sternly, "If this is the case, it really cannot be underestimated."

"Yes, this matter cannot be overemphasized." Neiji Okamura said, "The armed forces under the leadership of the Communist Party, whether it is discipline, training, tactical literacy or fighting will, are far superior to the Central Army of China and other regions. The armed forces of warlords have now replaced the Central China Army as the primary threat to the Imperial Army.”

"As of now, the only constraint on the Communist Party's arming is ammunition."

"Once the Communist Party is allowed to make up for this only shortcoming, the entire North China will be turned upside down."

Speaking of this meal, Okamura Ningji said again: "At that time, let alone opening up the mainland communication line and integrating the resources of mainland China and Southeast Asia, there will even be a question mark whether it is possible to hold North China. Relying on the Far East mainland and the alliance The military's strategic vision of a protracted war of resistance will also be completely shattered, and by then, the empire may also suffer accidents."

Umezu Yoshijiro turned his head silently, staring at Toyama for a long time without making a sound.

After a while, Umezu Yoshijiro asked again: "Mr. Okamura, is the situation really as pessimistic as you said?"

Neiji Okamura sighed softly, and said sadly: "Metsu-kun, the gap between the industrial manufacturing capabilities of the empire and the beautiful country is too big, and it cannot be reversed by one or two victories."

"To put it bluntly, it is not a big problem for the beautiful country to lose ten times in naval battles."

"But as long as the empire loses one of them, it will lose its command of the sea."

"So a reversal in the Pacific theater is absolutely inevitable, it's just a matter of time."

"If there is no accident, the beautiful country will launch a strategic counterattack in the South Pacific in the second half of this year."

"At that time, the Southern Army's troops stationed on various islands will be divided and surrounded by the beautiful country's navy, and then they will be wiped out one by one by the beautiful country's army in the desperate situation of running out of ammunition."

"So, the defeat and retreat of the empire in the Pacific battlefield is inevitable."

"At this time, the only hope for the empire to come back is to rely on the overall war in the Far East, and this requires the integration of all war resources in the entire Far East, including Southeast Asia."

After a pause, he added: "So the mainland transportation line is very important."

"Understood." Umezu Yoshijiro sighed, "Okamura-kun, you have convinced me."

After a pause, Umezu Yoshijiro said again: "I'm more worried now. The base camp only added seven divisions to your North China Front Army. With this strength, do you have the confidence to open up the mainland communication line?"

Neiji Okamura pondered for a moment and said: "If a campaign is launched now, it is almost impossible to achieve the intention, but if a campaign is launched two years later, there is great hope of success."

"Okamura-kun, I don't understand this." Umezu Yoshijiro said in surprise, "As far as I know, the Chinese government army is changing to American weapons. Even if it is the most conservative estimate, there will be at least two Fifty divisions of the national army were replaced by American weapons, but you actually said that it is more certain to open up the mainland communication line in two years."

"Yes, I think I will be more confident after two years." Okamura Ningji nodded, and said, "Because the Kuomintang army is corrupting at an alarming rate, their senior generals only know how to get money and fill their pockets. Their soldiers are being reduced to free coolies for senior generals, living worse than dogs and pigs."

"Such an army has no combat effectiveness to speak of."

"So, don't talk about fifty mechanics, a hundred are useless."

After a pause, Neiji Okamura went on to say: "When the time is right, it will take only five divisions to fight all the way south from Henan to Guangxi, and even less than seven divisions."

Umezu Yoshijiro shook his head and said, "Mr. Okamura, I really don't know what you think. You attach so much importance to the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army led by the Communist Party, but you despise the Central Army and the local army of the Kuomintang so much."

"Metsu-kun, this is my judgment based on facts." Neiji Okamura said, "It's not about personal likes and dislikes."

After a pause, Ningji Okamura said again: "In the first two years of the Sino-Japanese War, of course the Kuomintang army played a leading role on the battlefield, but now, the Kuomintang army has been rapidly corrupted, and only a few troops have remained. With combat effectiveness, the vast majority of the Kuomintang army has turned into sand, and it is completely vulnerable to a single blow."

"Okamura-kun, I have no intention of arguing with you." Umezu Yoshijiro waved his hand and said, "However, in order to show my support for you, I will give you the 28th Division as well."

"Metsu-kun, are you serious?" Neiji Okamura was overjoyed upon hearing this.

Because the 28th Division is based on the 1rd Infantry Regiment drawn from the 3st Division, its blood relationship with the 1st Division is closer than that of the 101st Division. A closer blood relationship means better logistical support and replenishment of soldiers, so the combat effectiveness will be stronger.

Chapter 525 Major Enemy Situation

"Okamura-kun, what did I lie to you for, the 28th Division will really give it to you."

Umezu Yoshijiro smiled, and said again: "By the way, how much supplies did Tojo-kun give you?"

To fight a large-scale and high-intensity battle, it is not enough to have soldiers, but also to have sufficient combat materials.

"Don't mention it." Speaking of combat supplies, Okamura Ningji's face immediately collapsed, and he said, "I was talking about it, and my saliva was almost dry, so he gave me supplies for the battle of fifteen divisions. .”