Chapter 348: The Furious Japanese General Kuroki Weizhen
() The Japanese Army has many famous generals, such as Yamamoto Gonbei, known as the father of the navy, and his capable subordinate Heihachiro Oyama Iwa, the father of the army. These two people have the proverb of "the mountains of the land are like the movements of the sea" in Japan. This is the current pattern of Japan's navy and army, and it also proves the high degree of respect they receive in the military.
Later, there were Japanese army veterans Yamagata Aritomo, Kuroki Nori, Kawamura Keaki, Terauchi Masaki, Nozu Michinuki and his son-in-law Uehara Yusaku. This is the core figure of Japan's army.
The navy, under the leadership of Yamamoto Gonbei, Togo Heihachiro, Ijuin Goro, Saito Minoru, and Kato Yuzaburo. These are the current elite forces of the Japanese Navy.
This time the war against Russia was mainly based on the army, but the navy had no place to use its strength. This time, the Japanese who took the lead in invading Russia were Kuroki Weizhen, who was good at field artillery warfare in Japan, and his best partner Shigeta Fujii. This time Japan gave Kuroki Weizhen 120,000 people.
It was originally 80,000, but after seeing how quickly the German Empire pacified the Primorsky Krai, the Japanese government, which was determined to follow the example of Western powers, made up its mind and directly took out 120,000. It is a quick victory. Japan's sense of honor has increased to a higher level because of its victory over Russia, a powerful country in the West, 6 years ago. The domestic pride has increased and the light abroad has shone brighter. As long as the territory allocated to Japan from the Khabarovsk border region is captured before Spain and the United Kingdom, Japan's international reputation will definitely be even louder by then. Didn't Qing Dynasty's Zheng Fu, who was already overwhelmed by Japan, become weak even more when facing Japan? . .
Everything was originally planned, and the troops were divided into two groups. With the help of the navy, we landed in the town of Okhotsk in the northwest of the Sea of Okhotsk. After storming it, we can go south along the route. The southern route first takes Antkan, then goes north to take Nelka, and then northwest In the direction of Chagda and Ardan, Neryungri, this is the route to the south, Burgakhchan, the Okhotsk ferry, and Mastimaia in the south.
It is the steps of Japan's military operations. After several years of war, after defeating Russia. I thought Russia was nothing more than that. Therefore, although Kuroki Moraki and Fujii Shigeta are very cautious people, the slight contempt in their hearts is still fully revealed in their tactics.
Originally planned according to the original plan, the northern front would respond with 60,000 troops, and the southern front would also have 60,000 troops. The northern military advance method is the three-cai separation formation. That is to say, 15,000 people on each side will advance separately. The 30,000 people at the back serve as the rear and provide cover for the two directions in front, but. The general of the south this time is Nogi Nogi Nogi, or because of the influence of the superiors, and the impulsive psychology of revenge for the death of two sons in the last Japanese-Russian war, he actually directly adopted the march of the long snake formation. Ways to march.
As a result, he led 60,000 people on the road and was attacked from both sides by the Russian army, which had already received the news. In addition, with the bombers purchased in Spain, he was the first to obtain the weapons on these 60,000 people. The biggest interest in Russia's invasion this time. In addition, a large number of airships also participated in the massacre, although they did not stain as much blood as the bombers.
What even Alfonso didn't expect was that Russia actually purchased 24 aircraft from Spain, and the number known from takeoff turned out to be 6 and deployed them to this area. Originally, many people thought that Russia would deploy these powerful aircraft. The guy was deployed in Europe, but he didn't expect Nicholas II to make an unexpected and dangerous move to deploy the center bomber there. It was close to the Yakutia Autonomous Region. In other words, the Russians had already attacked there. A safety lock, due to the heavy snow and geographical location, it would have been difficult to walk during the march, and it would have been easy to suffer an avalanche, but now these bombers are still bombing in the air.
Walking together, it was difficult to maintain the proper distance for marching on the mountain road. When escaping, it was due to the accumulation of heavy snow and the slippery road. It was only after Nogi Nogi fled back to the small town of Okhotsk in embarrassment that... The original 60,000 people actually survived several bombings and interceptions, leaving only 13,000 people. The others either fell into the icy water and died of cold, were blown up by falling bombs, or were completely killed by Russian interception teams.
There were only 13,000 people left in a march of 60,000 people at a time. Even if the others were separated and came back, it is estimated that the number would never exceed 5,000 people. In other words, the resentment in his heart had not been vented yet, and it turned out to be like this. Let the great Japanese Empire have more than 40,000 elites. This made Nogi Nogi unbearable. So, after sending a message to Kuroki Weizhen to express his repentance, he actually met the great samurai spirit that night.
"Damn Nogi Nogi, this bastard, he lost a lot of our people last time in Russia. He was defeated by luck in the end because of Russia's Kuropatkin's miscalculation. The other party caused heavy losses to the other party, but his wrong leadership cost our country tens of thousands of people. That is absolutely true. I don’t understand why His Majesty the Emperor defended him so much this time and let him go to the battlefield again. , this madman who killed tens of thousands of compatriots, actually implemented his pustule policy again this time, and once again caused us heavy losses. Damn it, is it enough to just repent? We should just let him commit hara-kiri "Even a calm staff officer like Shigeta Fujii had to turn his nose up at Nogi Nogi's leadership this time. Cursing fiercely.
"Damn, that's more than 40,000 people. Look at Spain taking over several big states in the north with tens of thousands of people. If there are tens of thousands of people here, we may not be able to use them to do the same thing in a few years. , damn, it was all his stupidity that created a big trap for us. The country's current military strength is 700,000, and now there are almost 50,000 less, and the plan has changed. And those anti-war people in the country have There is a new theme against us.”
Fujii Shigeta was the one who spoke all the time, but Kuroki Shigema remained silent, "There is nothing in the country. Wherever Katsuraro Koshio and Kōmono Saionji are, there won't be any big fight. I'm worried." There may be a new international situation. Hey, if I had known about the cover-up, I might as well have directly asked you to lead the troops. Now I even doubt that there are two places in front of Chagda and Neliun Gesi. There will be airships and bombers. If that happens, we will be in some danger.
Hearing Kuroki Weizhen's words, Shigeta Fujii also had a side face and felt a little cold in his heart.
"In this case, how about we respond to the situation here as above and let the country also get the 12 center bombers purchased from Spain?"
"But Kuroki, this takes a lot of time, and time is exactly what we need most, but Russia will never give us that much time. To transport the bombers, we need to build runways and maintain snow. These are all We need something of a technical nature. Alas, it seems that our task is a bit hanging. Also, people in the Western world are watching our jokes again. What a bastards."
Just like Kuroki Weizhen said, with the vigorous publicity of Russia, Nogi Nogi's stupidity was quickly known to the international community, which greatly embarrassed Japan, and Japan's Emperor Meiji who recommended him They even carried out worship activities in the hope that the deceased could be buried in peace. The country was filled with voices of once again attacking Nogi Nogi Nogi, and the international community was also shocked.
At this moment, the news that Nogi Nogi committed suicide by seppuku aroused global attention. The governments of various countries are more concerned about what they will do with Japan's next action of invading Russia.
Second update. (To be continued.)