Rebirth of the National Marshal

The Soviets and Japanese, who had received the news and were waiting to see the joke, were now depressed again. How come these Chinese are so smart now? It was not like this during the Central Plains War. As long as we provided them with some weapons and equipment or sent them some instructors, they would immediately go to war with other warlords. How come they are so rational now? At that time, there was no rationality at all. They would just lead their troops to attack us if we provoked them a little.

In fact, this involves the Japanese. If the Japanese did not send a large army to invade China, but instead slowly carried out a boiling frog in warm water invasion, it would be just as a Japanese officer said, don't be too eager to occupy China. China is really too big. If we are eager to occupy China, we will drag the whole of Japan into the quagmire of war. At that time, not only will we fail to occupy China, but we will also reduce Japan to a third-rate country.

This person is one of the rare strategic military strategists in Japan. His name is Ishiwara Kanji. Unfortunately, no one accepted his ideas. All the Japanese military was controlled by young and middle-aged people. These young military members wanted to occupy China quickly. Anyway, China is a patient who can't get any older. We can solve the problem with just a few moves.

These young and vigorous people can do anything to achieve their own goals, just like now. In order to start a war with China, they are constantly creating frictions within China. Some of them are allowed by their superiors, and some of them are completely unknown to the headquarters. Anyway, as long as they formulate a plan, the wind direction in Japan will surely change. Just like now, didn't the headquarters that originally didn't want to start a war also send troops?

This kind of bottom-up riot has been happening in Japan for many years. Whenever a slightly moderate person becomes prime minister, he will immediately be disliked by lower-level military officers or even assassinated. Later, these people gradually stopped caring about state affairs and returned home to cultivate themselves, allowing these madmen to take control of the Japanese government.

That's why they started a massive war of aggression against China. Just like now, the battle in the Yangtze River Delta has exhausted the entire Japanese government's strength, and the Kwantung Army cannot spare a single soldier. Hundreds of thousands of troops from both sides are confronting each other in the Chengde area, and a war may break out at any time. The Kwantung Army wants to ask the country for resources every day, especially air force resources.

Even with the increase in resources, the Yangtze River Delta region only has five societies with a few hundred thousand people, which is far from the 20 people in history. Even if there are several thousand marines for support, it will be of little use. The central army in this area plus the warlord troops from various places have exceeded 50 people. Now they have formed an advantage. Although it is not possible to launch a strategic counterattack, they have fought the Japanese devils vigorously. Both sides have a lot of fun fighting back and forth.

Because the Chinese army is fighting on the home ground, there are always some advantages that the Japanese devils do not have. The first is the advantage of supply. The problem of eating can be solved on the spot, and the people can also provide some support to the army. The Japanese devils came here as invaders. They wanted to take some resources on the spot, which was impossible. In response to the call of the central government, the residents along the coast have already moved inland, and some have even set their own houses on fire! Nothing is left for you, just let you sleep outside at night.

When General Matsui Iwane first arrived, he was indeed full of energy and thought that he could eliminate the main force of the National Army in the Jiangnan region in a short period of time, so that he could then march towards Nanjing. As long as he occupied the capital of the Republic of China, the following days would be much easier. In the country of China, as long as the capital was occupied, it would be as if the entire country had failed.

Back then, the Qing government conquered the Ming Dynasty, a country with tens of millions of people, with only 20 cavalrymen. They wanted to replicate this.

General Matsui Iwane had strictly prohibited the Japanese from massacring civilians, but the Japanese army's discipline was too poor, and their domestic supply delivery was not timely. People were often killed and robberies occurred frequently in their occupied areas. As for those young women, their fate was predictable. The Sixth Division was the division that committed the massacre of 30 people.

Now the Central China Expeditionary Army can be said to have two leaders. On the surface, the highest-ranking official is General Matsui Iwane, but in fact, everyone knows that Prince Higashikuni Yasuhiko is also a very important person.

General Matsui Iwane was very angry about the actions of the Sixth Division. He had already taught their division commander a lesson many times. Unfortunately, the soldiers under him did not care at all. They still did what they wanted. This was the prince's indulgence. This prince was cruel and ruthless and could do anything. He felt that Matsui Iwane's kindness was useless. The Chinese should be killed until they were afraid.

Because the soldiers did not make rapid progress, the prince found a way to amuse himself, which was to slaughter Chinese civilians at will in his occupied area. Every afternoon, he would take a cavalry squadron to stroll around. As long as he saw someone at home, he would rush in directly. If there were young girls, they would naturally know what was going on. If there were not, the whole family would be dragged out and dragged to death on the horses.

In addition, this guy also did terrible things to the captured Chinese soldiers. He tied up all of them and tortured them with some cruel methods. Sometimes he took these people directly to the front line, cut their flesh with a knife and dug out their eyes so that the Chinese soldiers on the opposite side could see clearly. He also threatened the Chinese soldiers on the opposite side that if they did not surrender, this would be the end result for them. This did put some pressure on the Chinese soldiers.

Originally, there were many foreign journalists in Shanghai. These journalists all had consciences in their hearts. They took pictures of all these things, hoping to publish them in newspapers to put some pressure on the Japanese. Unexpectedly, when they took the photos back, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper directly confiscated the photos. They did not want to offend the Japanese because of this matter. In their opinion, the Japanese are far more important than these Chinese people.