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Chapter 1052: Changes in Japan¡¯s political situation (Part 2)

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    According to the national policy formulated by Konoe Fumima, the army and navy are facing many important problems.

    In addition to issues such as strengthening the Japan-Germany-Italy axis, stationing in French India, strengthening friendly relations with Thailand, and preparations for the Hong Kong war, the most heated discussion at that time was the issue of research and preparation for the southern war.

    Someone had raised the question of the South as early as April. The sharp turn in the war situation in Europe brought about huge changes in the political status of the French Indies, the Dutch East Indies and other places in the south.

    In addition, the southern countries are also related to the handling of the China Incident, so the Japanese government and the public naturally focus their attention on the south.

    Especially in terms of the military and government, considering that with the defeat of Britain and France, Germany's influence will rapidly expand to the south; the issue of the ownership of the Dutch East Indies arising from the defeat of the Netherlands; and the issue of French Indian independence, Germany's influence  There will be pressure on the Vichy government, etc., and it is believed that countermeasures must be taken against this.

    On April 15, Foreign Minister Arita issued a statement saying that once the scourge of war extends to the Dutch East Indies, it will be inappropriate for the stability of East Asia.  This hinted at Japan's concern for the Dutch East Indies.

    Then, on May 11, the government decided to make recommendations to various countries to maintain and ensure the status quo of the Dutch East Indies.

    In response, the Netherlands immediately issued a statement stating that it would not accept the protection of other countries regarding the Dutch East Indies issue. The United States and Britain also emphasized maintaining the status quo of the Dutch East Indies.

    However, the new policy decided that force could be used against the South according to the situation, and it was estimated that the opponent in the war might involve Britain.

    Since such a national policy has been decided, the headquarters must of course study and prepare war plans and operational plans.  This is a fundamental change for the Army, which has always only focused on fighting China and defending the Soviet Union.

    In response to the Army¡¯s theory of defending the south and advancing from the north, the Navy¡¯s traditional policy is to advocate defending the north and advancing from the south.  Throughout the China Incident, the Navy's particularly strong concern for South China was evident.

    Therefore, the Army Headquarters began on-the-spot investigations of important military areas in the southern region, the collection of military intelligence, and the study of combat plans.  It is a major question whether to determine whether the war opponent is the Netherlands alone, or whether it is the United Kingdom and the Netherlands who have an inseparable relationship.

    Although the army and navy commands have jointly studied combat plans repeatedly, neither the army nor the navy have seriously considered using the United States as a war opponent.

    In short, according to this policy, in addition to resolving the major issue of the China Incident as soon as possible, Japan also has to deal with the new southern issue.

    ¡°And in order to resolve the China Incident as soon as possible, we should not only target the Chongqing government as in the past, but also aim to make third countries, especially the United States and Britain, abandon their policy of aiding Chiang.

    According to the situation, in addition to using military operations to directly cut off the supply routes to Chiang Kai-shek, we must also pursue an active foreign policy in response to the international political situation.  As a result, it is inevitable to deepen the confrontation with the United States and Britain, and the danger of war is increasing.

    Affected by the changes in Japan's domestic political situation, the pressure on the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield is also increasing!

    After straightening out the domestic political situation, Konoe Fumima gave instructions on the issue of the defeat of the 17th Division and tens of thousands of prisoners of war that the Japanese people were concerned about. He hoped that the base camp would find out the situation as soon as possible and give the people an explanation.

    And the people need a reasonable solution to rescue the captured imperial soldiers!

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    Soon, the strict order from the base camp was issued to Nanjing, and General Nishio Hisou did not dare to neglect after receiving the order. He immediately called the North China Front Command to take action as soon as possible to quell the dissatisfaction of the domestic people as soon as possible.

    In fact, Jun Tada is already ready for battle, and all the troops ready to go out have been assembled and can go south to fight at any time.

    However, the intelligence that Te High-Tech came back from southwestern Shandong made him a bit confused. According to the intelligence department, a large number of government troops rushed to southwestern Shandong from the Yimeng Mountains in the east in the past few days, numbering as many as 20,000.

    After hearing the news, Tada Shun was also shocked. One Shandong guerrilla corps is already a headache, but if there are 20,000 more people, it will be okay.

    Just when he was considering whether to strengthen the strength of the southern front troops, he once again received top-secret information from THT, saying that Li Guoyao's troops had evacuated southwestern Shandong in just a few days, and that his main force had passed through  Fan County and other places entered western Shandong, but most of themSo we returned to Xiong'er Mountain from Zaozhuang.

    After receiving this information, Jun Tada was a little confused. Li Guoyao's troops actually took the initiative to withdraw from southwestern Shandong. What kind of trouble was this?

    Unable to figure out the situation, Tada Shun immediately ordered the 12th Army in Shandong to suspend operations and sent intelligence personnel to investigate the matter.

    Soon, the situation of replacing Li Guoyao's troops stationed in southwest Shandong was reported to the North China Front Army Headquarters. After learning that the 57th Army stationed in southwest Shandong at this time turned out to be the 57th Army of the former Northeastern Army, Jun Tada's expression was as if he had picked it up.  Like a treasure.

    Then, a top-secret telegram was sent from Peiping to Jinan, and a war began!

    On June 28, 1940, accompanied by Major General Hirata Masahan, deputy chief of staff of the North China Front, an investigation team of more than 30 people from Nanjing traveled south from Peiping to Jinan to investigate matters related to the annihilation of the 17th Division.

    Prior to this, they had met three times with Lieutenant General Tada Shun in Peiping, extracted all the information and files, understood the basic process of the matter, and clarified the role of the North China Front Army Headquarters in this matter.

    What they have to do now is to go to Jinan, where they will interrogate Lieutenant General Hirabayashi Morito, the commander of the 17th Division who is temporarily detained, while waiting for the troops to counterattack southwest Shandong.

    At the same time, another group of more than 200 middle and low-level officers, accompanied by Colonel Tokunaga Shikanosuke, the first section staff officer of the North China Front Army Staff Headquarters, headed south from Peiping and headed straight to southern Hebei.

    According to the plan previously formulated by the North China Front Army Headquarters, they planned to launch an offensive in southern Hebei first. Before that, the 36th Division responsible for attacking the Chinese army in southern Hebei had also arrived from Changzhi to Handan. The current situation is that there are opera singers.  , just waiting for the audience to take their seats.

    And the actions of the Japanese army were not a secret. Soon the Chinese army in southern Hebei received the news!

    Knowing that a complete Japanese field division had arrived in southern Hebei, both the Eighth Route Army, the National Army¡¯s Jicha Theater and Lu Zhanwu¡¯s headquarters became nervous!

    You must know that this 36th Division is the absolute main force of the First Army in Shanxi. On weekdays, the main combat targets of this unit are the main force of the national army in the Zhongtiao Mountains and the main force of the Second Theater. If there is no particularly important combat mission,  , this unit will never leave Shanxi.

    After all, there are now hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops in the Zhongtiao Mountains in southern Shanxi. If there is not enough deterrence, the Chinese army is likely to counterattack Shanxi at any time.

    But now the 36th Division has arrived in southern Hebei Province. Who is it coming for, the Hebei-Cha War Zone?  Or the Eighth Route Army?

    When receiving this news, both the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and the Commander-in-Chief of the Ji-Cha War Zone, Lu Zhonglin, were confused. The situation in southern Hebei was very complicated. It can be said that the enemy situation here is the most complicated place in China, bar none.  .

    The bosses here are apparently the Japanese, who occupy 80% of the towns in southern Hebei, but this is just on the surface. In fact, the strength of both the Eighth Route Army and the National Army in southern Hebei is not weak at all.

    In addition to these, there are also a large number of bandits in southern Hebei. These bandits rely on the potential development of the Taihang Mountains and the junction of Hebei and Henan. The strength of some large bandit villages is not weaker than a division and brigade of the national army.

    The most important thing is that these bandits do whatever they want and are completely driven by profit. When it is favorable, they fight the Japanese, and they also fight the National Army and the Eighth Route Army. Anyway, as long as the interests are in place, there is nothing they can't fight.

    Because of this, the sudden appearance of the 36th Division in southern Hebei caught the anti-Japanese forces and bandit gangsters in the area by surprise, and they could only step up their vigilance!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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