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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 2399 The Sad General Tanaka

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    Busan, an important port city at the southernmost tip of the Korean Peninsula, is the seat of the Japanese and Korean Garrison Headquarters. On the same night, the commander, General Tanaka Shinichi, had not left his office. For a whole day, the general locked himself in the  In the office, not only was there lunch and dinner, but no one was seen. All the officers who came to report the situation were told by the guard captain at the door, "For all military matters, please go to Chief of Staff Kamiya."  deal with!"

    As the night deepened, none of the officers in the headquarters left. General Tanaka did not show up all day. The atmosphere in the headquarters was somewhat panicked. Major General Kamiya Toshihiko, the chief of staff of the Korean garrison, finished handling the last thing at hand.  On business, I yawned tiredly, stretched out my hand to greet a staff officer, and asked with a tired face: "Your Excellency, Commander, are you still in the office?"

    The staff officer with the rank of Major said worriedly: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, the commander has not left the door of his office all day long. He has not seen anyone. He has not eaten lunch or dinner. He came here from the front lines of Gwangju and Mokpo.  Several division commanders have also been rejected. Please forgive me for being so presumptuous. Your Excellency, Commander, is in such a state that it will definitely affect the morale of the Imperial soldiers. Within the headquarters, people's hearts are already unstable. The powerful enemy is pressing the situation.  How can a commander behave like this?"

    Chief of Staff Kamiya, who was originally careless, suddenly raised his head with surprise in his eyes. He looked at this little junior staff officer. In terms of what he just said, it was extremely disrespectful. As a subordinate, he would comment on the highest officer without hesitation. First of all, it was against the rules.  With the military regulations and the vastly different statuses and ranks between the two sides, who gave this major staff officer, who he couldn't even name, such boldness?

    Chief of Staff Kamiya¡¯s expression changed.  He yelled: "Baga! What do you know? Your Excellency, the Commander, is thinking about strategies to deal with the battle situation in front of you, and you, a major staff officer, are guilty of the following. You are commenting on the Supreme Commander. Your words are offensive. You don't know the Imperial Army's strategy."  Military regulations and discipline? So far, I will not hold you accountable because you are young and ignorant. Otherwise, no one can save you!"

    There was a look of fear in the eyes of the major staff officer, and he bowed hurriedly.  "Hai! I follow the teachings of your Excellency the Chief of Staff, and please forgive me for my presumption and ignorance. I have no intention of disrespecting Commander Tanaka. I am just worried, so I am lying. However, these are the staff officers of the headquarters.  , a common view, the humble position happened to be asked by the chief of staff!¡±

    Chief of Staff Kamiya frowned.  With a wave of his hand, he told the major staff officer to stand down like a fly, and he knew it in his heart.  What is General Tanaka thinking? Although the words of the staff are disrespectful, they also express the true thoughts of most of the officers in the headquarters. If this emotion is allowed to spread and spread to the troops below, the entire Korean garrison will be affected.  The morale of the military will be shaken.

    Chief of Staff Kamiya decided to meet with Commander Tanaka. He simply packed up his desk and walked along the long corridor towards the innermost office of the commander. The officers of the headquarters he met along the way had friendly expressions.  His expression was similar to what the major staff officer said, with a hint of panic, and Chief Kamiya's heart also felt heavy.

    When I arrived in front of the commander's office, I saw the guard captain hanging his gun and knife as if on a peg, and leading four fully armed guards, standing there upright. When he saw Chief of Staff Kamiya approaching, he raised his hand as if he hadn't seen him.  He was about to push the door open and hurriedly reached out to stop him: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, please stay. Your Excellency, the Commander, ordered that no one be seen!"

    Chief of Staff Kamiya's face turned cold, his eyes glanced over like knives, and he said in a sinister tone: "Including me?"

    The captain of the guard was forced to take half a step back by the cold eyes of Chief of Staff Kamiya. After thinking for a moment, he stood up at attention and lowered his head and said: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, I am responsible for this humble position. Please forgive me!"

    "Go away!" The words of the guard captain did not stop Chief of Staff Kamiya. He shouted lowly and stretched out his hand to push open the office door. The room was pitch dark, without any light at all. With the help of the lights in the corridor,  , Major General Kamiya saw the figure of General Tanaka that looked like a clay and wood sculpture behind the desk.

    "Bang!" Chief of Staff Kamiya stretched out his hand to turn on the light switch. The office suddenly became bright. The sudden light made General Tanaka's eyes dizzy. Chief of Staff Kamiya saw in shock that he had not seen him for a day.  , General Tanaka is frighteningly old, his face is haggard, his eyes are dull and the bags under his eyes are droopy. He is like a traveler who has traveled long distances for many days in the desert. He looks exhausted from the inside out.

    Chief of Staff Kamiya lost his voice and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, you?" He didn't know what to say next.

    The guard captain who did not stop Chief of Staff Kamiya followed behind and said in panic: "Your Excellency, Commander, I!"

    ? ?The general waved his hands silently, and the guard captain bowed his head and bowed out. Then, he said expressionlessly: "Kamiya-kun, I know you will come, please sit down!"

    Chief of Staff Kamiya sat across from General Tanaka. For a moment, he didn't know how to speak. General Tanaka's dejection was beyond his expectation, as if he had experienced some heavy blow, and his spirit was on the verge of collapse.

    Seeing Major General Kamiya¡¯s searching eyes, General Tanaka reached for a telegram, pushed it in front of him, and said in a hoarse voice: ¡°Kamiya-kun, take a look at this!¡±

    Chief of Staff Kamiya picked up the telegram and after reading the contents, he realized that his previous guess about General Tanaka's thoughts was completely wrong. The telegram was sent by the General Staff of the base camp. The content was very simple, which was to reject General Tanaka's request.  The base camp requested to send more troops to the battlefield on the Korean Peninsula as soon as possible, and clearly told him that the empire's current focus is on Manchuria and the Far East. It is imperative to increase troops on the Korean Peninsula, but not in the near future!

    The base camp is forming a new division to form a reserve corps to reinforce the Korean Peninsula battlefield. The North Korean garrison must guard the existing area and wait for the arrival of reinforcements for at least a month. In other words, reinforcements are certain.  But not until a month later.

    "Your Excellency, Commander, why did the base camp receive such a call back?" Chief of Staff Kamiya asked tentatively, not knowing why. He felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, asking for reinforcements from the base camp. For such a big thing, he himself  The chief of staff didn't know anything about it, just like an outsider. Besides, how did Commander Tanaka know that the local people had the ability to form an army of hundreds of thousands of people in the shortest possible time?

    General Tanaka, who was mentally exhausted, did not hear the trace of discomfort in Major General Kamiya's tone. He sighed and said: "Kamiya-kun, I received news from an old friend in the base camp that the Empire was transferred back from the Southwest Pacific battlefield.  Of the seven first-class divisions, four of them had already arrived in the mainland. Therefore, I immediately sent a telegram to the base camp, requesting that three of the divisions be sent to the battlefield on the Korean Peninsula as reinforcements as soon as possible. Unexpectedly,  The base camp rejected my request without any room for accommodation!¡±

    "Moreover, it is clearly told to us that the status of Manchuria is more important than the Korean Peninsula. It is really a frustrating reply. The base camp just does not understand that Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula are equally important in strategic positions and can be the horns of each other. Once  If the Korean Peninsula falls, Manchuria will not be protected. The independent division troops attacking the Korean Peninsula can cross the border and directly attack Fengtian in southern Manchuria. By then, the main force of the Kwantung Army concentrated in the Liaoxi and Western Manchuria areas will be attacked from both sides.  situation?"

    Chief of Staff Kamiya understood that this telegram from the base camp was a huge blow to General Tanaka. Since the war on the Korean Peninsula began, the North Korean garrison has been at a disadvantage. Hundreds of thousands of troops have been divided from the north of Incheon to the Manchurian border.  In this area, under the fierce attack from the front and rear by the independent division troops, it is only a matter of time before all the jade is shattered. On the battlefield from Busan to Mokpo, they are in a defensive state. Let alone dividing the troops to rescue, it will take no time for them to survive.  It¡¯s an unknown!

    Moreover, abandoning soldiers to protect chariots and abandoning that part of the force was a decision made by General Tanaka with the pain of a strong man breaking his wrist. If he still cannot hold the line from Busan to Mokpo, he will not be able to explain to the base camp no matter what. In this case, the North Korean garrison is in urgent need of reinforcements.  , otherwise, the situation is critical, but what you can get is such a reply. No wonder General Tanaka is like an eggplant beaten by frost, half dead.

    After understanding General Tanaka's thoughts and pondering for a while, Chief of Staff Kamiya said: "Commander, the situation may not be as bad as you feared. Yesterday's battle at Mokpo Beach, we paid the price of more than 10,000 people and severely damaged the offensive.  According to initial estimates, the casualties of the Chinese independent divisions were around 20,000, which dampened their morale. Therefore, there was no fighting on the front line all day long!"

    "And you ordered the beachhead troops to quickly withdraw to Mokpo's second line of defense, and even avoided the offensive momentum of the independent division troops who were eager for revenge. From this point of view, the Imperial Army has been holding on to the line from Busan to Mokpo for several months.  Time should not be a problem, and besides, we still have over 200,000 troops and are in control of several key points, so, Commander, you don¡¯t have to worry too much.¡±

    "As for the call back and attitude of the base camp, there is no need to be depressed. Moreover, the base camp has not completely ignored the situation on the battlefield on the Korean Peninsula. Yesterday, the base camp and the Ministry of War sent a telegram to transfer eight fighter wings from the Home Air Defense Command.  Together with four bomber wings, we have formed a joint air force on the Korean Peninsula battlefield, which has been stationed at field airfields in various places on Kyushu Island, and we are just around the corner to regain air supremacy on the Korean Peninsula battlefield!¡±

    "Without the air threat, the Imperial Army is not afraid of any enemy!" Chief of Staff Kamiya said. His judgment on the war situation on the Korean Peninsula is not like that of General Tanaka.?Pessimistic.

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