Anti-Japanese War: When I get promoted, the system will explode with soldiers

Some were happy while others were sad. Those who were punished naturally left the meeting room with sad faces.

But their positions will definitely need to be filled. Major General Kono did not bring anyone from the headquarters, which means that the positions vacated by these people will have to be selected from within the Kwantung Army. Then many officers below will have opportunities. Some people are already impatient to send a message to their own people and prepare the money to start the activities.

After Major General Kono finished speaking the order from headquarters, he sat down in his seat obediently and took out a notebook. His attitude was very obvious: I have done my job, and all that remains is for you to discuss the next step.

"Secretary Kono, regarding the battle situation in Rehe, what does the headquarters mean?"

Before the meeting, Muto Koichirō wanted to meet with the secretary to see what the above meant, but Secretary Kono did not give him this opportunity. So during the meeting, in front of so many people, he had to ask what he had to ask. Although this was embarrassing, it was much better than misunderstanding the meaning of the above.

Now it's nothing more than an embarrassment. You will misunderstand and fight the wrong battle. The most important thing is that we haven't won yet, so you just have to wait for the punishment from the higher-ups. Those people just now served the Japanese Empire for many years, but with a single order, they either went back and committed suicide by seppuku, or flew back to their country under the supervision of the military police and found a school to spend the rest of their lives.

"Matsumoto-kun, headquarters has not issued any orders. All authority has been given to you. I am only here to take notes and then report to headquarters. This is a turbulent time, and headquarters does not want to hear any more bad news."

Major General Kono stood up very respectfully and said that people living in the base camp have a very strong sense of hierarchy, and when a general asks him a question, he can't just sit next to him and talk.

"Kano-kun, please take a seat..."

Muto Koichirō gave a wry smile and nodded. It was the same as if he hadn't said anything.

No, it says later that I don’t want to hear worse news.

Victory was certainly good news, but the question was how to achieve it? His staff had done the math and found that even if all the existing Kwantung Army and the Goryeo garrison were added together, there was no chance of a 100% victory.

Understood!

If you don't want to hear worse news, why not just not fight?

"Everyone, I'm extremely dissatisfied with you all during this past war, especially our troops stationed in Rehe, who were beaten so badly by the 72nd Division that they couldn't even raise their heads. Therefore, my Kwantung Army is preparing to launch a larger-scale campaign. I'm ordering the current garrison in Rehe to go on the defensive and await the decision of the next meeting of the Kwantung Army Headquarters..."

Muto Koichirō thought he understood what the above meant, so after thinking about it for a while, he immediately announced his decision.

Major General Kono also labeled him as a cunning person in his mind.

This means that they can advance or retreat. Although they are on the defensive now, they are defending in order to mobilize troops to better attack the 72nd Division.

As long as we avoid war, there will never be worse news.

In fact, this basically conforms to the idea of ​​the Japanese headquarters. According to the idea of ​​the Japanese headquarters, if we cannot win on the battlefield, then we have to find a way off the battlefield. Now the Kwantung Army has exerted all its strength and mobilized more than four divisions, as well as troops coming from Goryeo, but still cannot win. It is obviously not possible to continue to dispatch troops.

Japan has not yet carried out a nationwide mobilization, and the Kwantung Army already has a lot of troops. If all the domestic troops are mobilized, what will happen if they still can't win the battle?

So now we are switching from offense to defense, but we have to declare to the outside world that it is for a larger offensive and continue to put pressure on the 72nd Division and the Nanjing National Government.

What's more, Major General Kono has another trick in his mind, which he has already instructed the Fengtian Secret Service to do. I believe there will be results in the next few days.

"The commander is wise!"

Originally, these commanders of the Kwantung Army were all very bellicose, but they all wanted to win. Who wanted to lose? Look at those generals who just lost. If we continue to fight, sooner or later, we will be like them.

Now the commander wants to change tactics and take a defensive stance in the entire Rehe area. Isn’t that a good thing for us?

Although we cannot avoid the attack from the 72nd Division, at least we will not be defeated so quickly by relying on the existing defensive positions. Moreover, the 72nd Division is developing so fast, is their internal foundation stable?

It can be seen from the wars fought in recent times that although the 72nd Division is extremely large, it does not have that many troops that can be mobilized. Even the security corps has become the main force. This shows that they only have an empty shell. If they want to train internally, it will take some time.

After the meeting, the headquarters' order was quickly spread, and the brothers of the aviation regiment who were conducting aerial reconnaissance immediately reported the news to Li Shaoyi.

"Aren't these devils going to fight a decisive battle with us? So many people have died. Compared with the army they are talking about, it's just a drop in the bucket."

Ma Leizi, sitting across from Li Shaoyi, was puzzled by the report. It was a little different from the Japs we knew. Didn't the Japs fight to the bitter end? Why, after losing 20,000 men, were they completely on the defensive?

"This is not a simple matter. If there is hope of winning, they will definitely continue to send troops. If there is no hope of winning, as many people as they send will die. By the time the losses in Rehe are too heavy, they won't even be able to hold on to the Northeast."

Tang Guoping said with a sneer that the Japs often used this trick, but in their propaganda they always said that they would not admit defeat, so many people were deceived by this. But if you analyze carefully their past, you will find that they negotiated many times when they couldn't win, but their negotiation was just an opportunity to buy time.

"Brother, do you think it's possible that they will mobilize more troops?"

Liu Xiaoshan said excitedly that the last battle was not very satisfying because the reorganization was not completed. Now one third of the troops under his command have been completed, and they can at least fight against a brigade.

Everyone also looked at Li Shaoyi, wanting to see what Li Shaoyi thought about the current battle situation.

"If I were to put it bluntly, it would be that the Japs were scared."

Li Shaoyi showed a wicked smile on his face and said this.

Did we scare the Japanese?

The brothers all felt it was a little unbelievable.