dmims Chapter 51: Set only the general outline, delegate full authority, use their own methods against the
Chapter 51: Set only the general outline, delegate full authority, use their own methods against the
Tsukamoto Kameichi bowed deeply again before saying, "Commander, Chief of Staff! I am deeply ashamed of the passivity caused by my mistake!"
However, after numerous analyses, Tsukamoto concluded that the Chinese spies lurking within our army were likely located in the General Headquarters on the mainland or in departments responsible for strategic planning, such as the General Staff Headquarters.
Not departments like our Special Higher Police, the Umega Agency, or the consulate's military police, which do specific work!
Chief of Staff Ieda Isao nodded in agreement, saying, "Tsukamoto-kun's assessment is the same as our General Staff's assessment. All three pieces of important intelligence are 'strategic level' intelligence, and it's impossible for the departments that do the actual work to have access to them all..."
Commander Tian Junlu waved his hand to interrupt the chief of staff, saying, "The root cause of the analysis has been explained countless times, so let's not go over it again. Tsukamoto-kun, please continue. Focus on how we should respond next."
Tsukamoto Kameichi continued, "Commander, we believe the best course of action is to employ four measures: 'establish a general plan, delegate authority fully, use their methods against them, and fight fire with fire.' This should break the deadlock!"
Commander Tian Junlu's eyes lit up, and he said, "Oh! Tell me in detail!"
"First, we need to formulate a general strategy. Our General Staff only needs to formulate a general strategy for each of our divisions and regiments to attack Xuzhou and Linyi along the west side of the Jinpu Railway!"
Second, it fully delegates authority, meaning that the specifics of how to attack, when to attack, and where to attack first and later are left to the individual division commanders to decide!
Our Central China Expeditionary Army consists entirely of battle-hardened Class A divisions. Although each division suffered losses after the first phase of the war, they have all been replenished and reorganized, and have now recovered to their full strength of 2.8 elite troops.
Moreover, the tanks, heavy artillery, automobiles, engineers, and poison gas are all rationally configured, and the air force provides support at any time, making it an integrated air and ground force with extremely powerful combat capabilities!
It is far superior to the Chinese army, which is composed of a single branch of the armed forces with only rifles and machine guns and no artillery or engineers. Since September of Showa 6 (1931), each of our divisions has never been defeated as a division in the battle against the Chinese army. The victory rate is 100%!
All the division commanders were top graduates of the Imperial Tokyo Army University, and all of them came from the "Shining Saber" group (the top thirteen graduates of each year, named...).
"Shining Saber Thirteen"!
Jiang Baili, a general of the Republic of China, was the only Chinese to receive this honor, but he was never given a prominent position...
His tactical command skills were unparalleled in the world. Even when facing 120 million elite Russian troops in the Russo-Japanese War, he still managed to fight three against one, which humiliated Russia and made it lose face. This was one of the reasons why Russia was overthrown by the Soviet Union!
Conversely, very few of the senior officers in the Chinese army were actually graduates of specialized military academies. Most of them rose to high positions by building up their own armies and seizing territory during the warlord era, relying on the number of soldiers under their command. Examples include the Zhili, Anhui, Hunan, Guangxi, and Sichuan cliques.
Although the Baoding clique also graduated from the Baoding Army Academy, and its outstanding graduates were of exceptional quality, most of the capable fighters had died in the warlord civil wars. Those who were able to rise to prominence now were mostly just sycophants; very few were truly capable fighters.
The quality of the Whampoa Military Academy graduates has improved, but it is still far from meeting the quality of the imperial generals!
Therefore, whether it is soldiers, generals, equipment, logistics, mobility, or discipline, the gap is huge. The normal battle loss ratio of ten to one is an understatement!
Based on this casualty ratio, for China to annihilate one of our elite Class A divisions of 2.8 men, it would be impossible unless they could assemble at least 30 men in one location, and only under conditions of "no factional strife, no vying for credit or shifting blame, and a united front against the enemy."
But given the current situation in China, there is absolutely no such possibility!
We should have full confidence in the division commanders below us and delegate authority to them to command independently!
In this way, each division has its own combat plan, and the Chinese spies who have infiltrated our army's high command immediately become useless!
Thirdly, we should use their own methods against them. This means that not only do we have spies infiltrating the high command of our military in China, but we also have spies infiltrating the high command of the Chinese military, and not just one.
Moreover, we are increasing the rewards to win over more Chinese spies. As a result, they can no longer fully grasp our army's strategy, while we have a clear understanding of the enemy's strategy!
The balance of power was immediately reversed!
The second phase of the offensive by the Great Japanese Empire will surely end in complete victory! Commander, Chief of Staff, my report is complete!
After a brief silence, thunderous applause erupted in the headquarters!
"Ha...................I used to say that Tsukamoto-kun was an unparalleled national hero, and I was right after all!"
Tsukamoto-kun is indeed a man of great talent. Based solely on Tsukamoto-kun's strategy, the Special Higher Police will no longer be held responsible for the crow incident. If the second phase of the warriors achieves a great victory as Tsukamoto-kun predicted, I will personally petition His Majesty the Emperor to commend Tsukamoto-kun!
Chief of Staff, immediately organize all staff personnel at the General Staff Headquarters to further refine the relevant details according to Tsukamoto's ideas...
Who says villains have to be brainless? With just one simple move, Han Zhenhua, who "knows the plot well," is about to lose all his "miracles"!!!
Villa at No. 169 Jing'an Road, British Concession!
At that moment, Han Zhenhua saw the news of Wang Duoyu and others jumping off buildings in the Shenbao newspaper and sighed inwardly.
I'm not a saint, I can't save that many people. Even if I were a saint, I'd still be a "dead devil who can't be persuaded with kind words," and these people wouldn't believe me anyway!
Suddenly he received a call from Feng Chengcheng, whose voice was gentle and expectant.
"Zhenhua... The weather's nice today. I heard the Grand Cinema is showing a new American film, 'Gone with the Wind,' and it's supposedly really good... Do you... do you have time?"
Han Zhenhua took a deep breath and smiled.
Life goes on, and compared to the tall and imposing Susan, he still felt that pure and lovely young beauties from the Republican era like Lin Xiaowen and Feng Chengcheng were more suitable for him.
Thinking of his senior sister Susan, he couldn't help but smile awkwardly and touch his kidneys. It really was true what they said in his past life: "You don't know you're not good enough until you've tried Yang Niu!"
Later, when the servants repeatedly brought him the British kidney-tonifying dish "avocado and oyster salad," he wished he could disappear into a hole!
He even dragged me to run a marathon in the park in the villa area every morning to exercise...
"Of course I have time, Chengcheng. What time does it start? I'll come pick you up."
The afternoon sunlight filtered through the plane tree leaves, casting dappled patterns on Yuyuan Road. Han Zhenhua drove his black Studebaker and pulled up right on time in front of the imposing gate of the Feng Mansion.
Feng Chengcheng was clearly dressed up carefully today.
She wore a light purple lace dress that accentuated her snow-white skin, and a matching cloche hat, making her look both fashionable and with a touch of girlish shyness. Upon seeing Han Zhenhua's car, a bright smile immediately bloomed on her face, and she quickly walked over.
"Have you been waiting long?" Han Zhenhua got out of the car and opened the passenger door for her with elegant and proper movements.
"No, I just came out too." Feng Chengcheng said softly as she got into the car. The faint scent of leather and the refreshing aroma emanating from Han Zhenhua made her cheeks blush slightly.
The car drove towards the Grand Cinema.