Chapter 273 Situation Assessment: When will the Japanese send troops to Southeast Asia? "No, no, no, Mr. Qin, you misunderstood, you misunderstood, the Osaka Division... uh, I'm sure you are also aware of the reputation of the Osaka Division." Seeing that Qin Yangming misunderstood his meaning, Cunkou Sanlang hurriedly explained, fearing that the misunderstanding would worsen. "Mr. Qin... the Osaka Division was originally on the side of the Kwantung Army... but because of the Osaka Division's... uh, to use your words... in short, the Osaka Division is now in a situation where everyone is disliked and the dog is abandoned. The Kwantung Army did not want the Osaka Division, so it sent the Osaka Division to the North China Front Army... The North China Front Army sent the Osaka Division to the Southern Front Army... So it is impossible for the Osaka Division to return to the north, and it is impossible for the North China Front Army Command to accept the Osaka Division again. Even though the combat effectiveness of the Osaka Division is really strong. " "Mr. Qin, I am not bragging, but the combat effectiveness of the Osaka Division is the strongest among all the divisions in our army, except for the Imperial Guard Division that we have left behind on our home soil! No other!” When Saburo Murakuchi mentioned the Osaka Division, a look of pride appeared on his face. After Kiyomizu Muichi started the handover with Murakuchi Saburo and others and was accommodated, he also learned about the latest situation of the Osaka Division and spoke with pride.
"Mr. Qin, before the war started... I mean when our army was first formed. At that time, our army had only six divisions, and the Osaka Division was one of them. It can be said that our Osaka Division is one of the oldest troops in our country. Then there are the seventeen regular divisions. These seventeen divisions are what you call Class A divisions. In our country’s military organization, they are similar in nature to your German-equipped divisions. China's German-equipped divisions are a general term. There are not many real German-equipped divisions. The rest are training divisions with only some German equipment, or adjustment divisions, German helmet divisions and the like. And these are collectively referred to by you as the German-equipped divisions, no more, no less, and these German-equipped divisions can be said to be the elite of all the armies in China." When talking about China's German-equipped division, Murakuchi Saburo paused, then spoke seriously. "Mr. Qin, although I know you have conflicts with Chongqing, from a military perspective, the German-equipped division is worthy of the title of elite... To be honest, I once participated in the Battle of Songhu, the first time... If we only judge from the perspective of combat effectiveness and will. Mr. Qin, please forgive me for being frank, but among all the Chinese armies I have seen, before I met you, no army could compete with the German-equipped division in terms of combat effectiveness and will. Even your troops, before meeting you, could only compete with the German-equipped division in terms of willpower. In terms of combat effectiveness, you are definitely not as good as the German-equipped division. " Qin Yangming listened to Murakuchi Saburo's evaluation of the German-equipped division and nodded without comment. Of course he knew the situation of the German-equipped division. The German-equipped division was the central army in the bald man's hands. It was the most loyal among the loyal, and the elite among the elite. It can even be said that he also has some connections with the German-equipped division. The initial German-equipped divisions, or the Central Army, were basically composed of local armies such as the Zhejiang Army, the Jiangxi Army, and the Hunan Army... Many of the original Red Army soldiers came from southern Hunan and western Jiangxi. The reason why we no longer hear the names of the Hunan Army, the Jiangxi Army, or even the Zhejiang Army is entirely because these local armies were included in the Central Army, and they were originally the Central Army. During the Battle of Shanghai, all their establishments were wiped out. After seeing that Qin Yangming approved of his evaluation, Murakuchi Saburo continued to talk about the combat effectiveness of the Osaka Division. Murakuchi Saburo didn't want to talk so much nonsense with Qin Yangming. But he didn't want to tell Qin Yangming his true thoughts, so at this moment, Murakuchi Sanlang could only helplessly find some miscellaneous things to talk to Qin Yangming about.
He wanted to use all kinds of trivial things to disrupt Qin Yangming's thinking and thus conceal his true thoughts. Qin Yangming also saw through Murakuchi Saburo's thoughts, and he also knew that it was unrealistic to ask Murakuchi Saburo to speak out his thoughts directly. So he also planned to disrupt Murakuchi Saburo's thinking through conversation, so as to get the other party's thoughts out by using set questions. All we can say is that both of them are making their own calculations, and now it depends on who has a more determined mind. "Mr. Qin, since you agree with my evaluation, let me put it this way. The first 17 divisions are equivalent to the German-equipped divisions in our country... and our first few divisions are the German-equipped divisions among the German-equipped divisions, the elite among the elite. Our Osaka Division is one of them. When the subsequent war broke out, except for the Guards Division and several regular divisions responsible for guarding the mainland, all other troops went to the battlefield. After a series of battles, each division suffered heavy losses. Although a large number of new recruits were recruited, those new recruits had also received rigorous training, and most of them were even retrained from retired soldiers. But in terms of combat effectiveness, they are definitely not as good as the original veterans. But as for our Osaka Division... due to various reasons, we don't have many new recruits in our Osaka Division, and most of them are veterans from before the war. Even though a lot of soldiers were withdrawn from the Osaka Division later, due to our unique training method, the number of veterans in our Osaka Division still far exceeds that of other divisions. In addition, when drawing troops, each unit gave priority to sending out soldiers that had been recruited from other places, and those who remained were soldiers recruited from our Osaka area. Osaka is a wealthy place, and its people are basically fishermen, small vendors and the like. Therefore, both the physical fitness and cultural level of the soldiers are far superior to those of soldiers from other regions, except for the new recruits recruited from Kyoto. Therefore, as a result of this increase and decrease, the combat effectiveness of our Osaka Division has become the strongest among all the divisions of the China Expeditionary Force. And because of the efforts of several division commanders and the concerted efforts of the entire division, the Osaka Division has the highest level of mechanization among all divisions... But for various reasons, our Osaka Division is not well received by all the fronts of the expeditionary army." Listening to what Cunkou Sanlang said, Qin Yangming couldn't help but laugh out loud. There are many reasons, but it is nothing more than that the Osaka Division is too afraid of death. Do your best to refuse the orders from above. If you cannot refuse, you will strictly follow the orders and will never do even a little bit more. You will take advantage of loopholes whenever you can. Even if the fighter plane is right in front of them and they can win with just a slight move, the Osaka Division will never fire a shot unless there is a mandatory order from above or the opponent does not provoke them. In order to get the Osaka Division to participate in the battle, the Japanese army's various fronts headquarters racked their brains. After all, the combat effectiveness of the Osaka Division is there. Such a powerful division can change the direction of the battlefield situation wherever it is placed. But the people of the Osaka Division don't like fighting. If there were only one or two battalions, the Japanese could still use force to force the other side to join the battle. However, facing the entire Osaka Division, especially the Class A division, the most powerful division with a strength of over 30,000. Where could the Japanese headquarters find such a powerful division to force the Osaka Division to join the battle? If the Japanese headquarters really dared to do this, the Osaka Division would definitely not mind letting the headquarters see what a Class A division is and the combat effectiveness of the strongest division. Qin Yangming was not sure, but Murakuchi Saburo knew exactly what the current situation of the Osaka Division was.
Ever since the Osaka Division was tricked once, the division's troops were dispersed and a large number of personnel were transferred out. The Osaka Division was no longer willing to disperse its troops. The division would either not move or move as a whole. The headquarters would never allow even a small team to be withdrawn from the Osaka Division. In order to consolidate its position, the Osaka Division would even take away all the Osaka soldiers among the new recruits and incorporate them into the division whenever new recruits arrived. Seeing Qin Yangming smile, Cunkou Sanlang felt a little embarrassed. Seeing that both Murakuchi Saburo and Qingquan Muyi were looking at him, Qin Yangming felt that he might have gone a little too far and quickly shut his mouth. "Well, I just thought of something funny, and I couldn't help laughing. "Muraguchi-kun, you just said that the Osaka Division will not be transferred to the north. You are so sure. In addition to the fact that your North China Front Command is unwilling to accept the Osaka Division, there may be other reasons, right?" Qin Yangming thought that the Osaka Division was later transferred to Southeast Asia to fight. Considering that the current situation has changed due to his own reasons, Qin Yangming also wants to see whether the Japanese will launch an attack on Southeast Asia in advance. "I hope the Japanese can help and drag America into the war as soon as possible!" As a time traveler from the future, Qin Yangming knew very well that the world war was actually a game of cards that would reshuffle the world pattern. Whether it is World War I or World War II, the later a country enters, the more benefits it gains. After all, war will not last forever, and every country has a limited war potential. When the war just began, the morale and training levels of the armies of various countries could be said to be at their peak. However, as the war progressed, it was still possible to recruit qualified young and strong men to serve as soldiers and fight in the war. When all the ordinary young and strong people (those who don’t have any jobs) are killed, it’s the students, workers, and farmers’ turn… But what are students, workers and farmers? One is the future of the country, and the other is the cornerstone of the country! Once these two classes of people are wiped out, even if the country wins in the end, it will not be able to survive. Without enough farmers, who will provide food after the war? Without enough workers, who would carry out post-war reconstruction? Without students, who will guide the country's future? The sooner you join the war, unless you have absolute strength to end the battle in a short time, otherwise once you are stuck in the quagmire of war, you can only start to compete with national strength. Whoever has stronger national strength can last longer, and the longer they last, the greater the losses they will suffer. Once the foundation and future of the country begin to go to the battlefield. Even if this country wins in the end, it will be difficult to return to its pre-war level, and it may even fall into civil strife. Why start a war? It's nothing more than wanting to plunder external resources to fill its own gaps. But if the war lasts too long, all resources will be consumed by the war. How can we fill the gap? Not only was it unable to plunder resources to fill its own gaps, but it also consumed a large amount of its own resources and population. Even if we win and occupy a large area of land, there are no resources left on that land. Not only did they consume a large amount of resources, but they also lost a large number of people. By that time, you will be faced with a shortage of population and want to carry out post-war reconstruction, so you will need to reduce your troops... If you reduce your troops, you will have to face the rebel forces in the occupied areas, or even lose the land in the originally occupied areas. However, if the troops are not cut, there will not be enough people in the country to engage in production, and post-war reconstruction will not be possible. Not only will new resources not be produced, but a large amount of resources will have to continue to be spent to maintain a large army.
But the situation is different for the party that joins the war later. For example, America, relying on the fighting between the two sides, made a lot of money by reselling supplies in the early stage of the war, successfully solved the domestic deficit, and even stored a large amount of resources. Then she joined the war midway. Relying on the large amount of resources accumulated in the early stage, America was not only able to design more advanced weapons according to the progress of the war. In addition, there are sufficient resources stored locally, and they can quickly use various advantages to gain the upper hand in the war without suffering any losses. It is equivalent to three equally strong men, two of them started fighting, and the third one did not join the fight because he was far away, but watched from the side. In order to make money from the other two strong men, the third strong man continued to provide various resources and weapons to both sides... and at the same time made the two sides fight more fiercely. After both sides start fighting, the third strong man will join forces with one of the strong men in his prime to kill the other strong man, and then everyone will share everything of the killed strong man. However, the strong man who fought first had already been seriously injured because the fight lasted too long. The strong man who joined the war later did not suffer any serious injuries, so he was able to recover his strength quickly. The last strong man in his prime faced a half-crippled strong man, and the half-crippled strong man had no choice but to surrender to the strong man in his prime. And during World War II, Amelica was clearly the strong man in his prime. However, there are too many half-crippled strong men. If America wants to do something reckless, the others will be forced to die together with America. (End of this chapter)
