"Brother Yan Mou said very well, you have to be careful! Then let Zhang Zizhong return to the base immediately, and we will face a big battle soon!"

Li Zongren nodded slightly. There was now the Third Army and Yang Fan blocking it in the south of Xuzhou, especially Yang Fan, the insurmountable mountain. The Japanese really couldn't move south in a big way!

But it is obvious that the Japanese devils will not give up the strategic goal of connecting the northern and southern battlefields. Xuzhou is a must-fight for the Japanese devils, so the Japanese Central China Front Army is very likely to strengthen its offensive!

Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army is composed of the 38th Division of the 29th Army and the spy brigade. It is well-equipped and military literacy of officers and soldiers. The overall combat effectiveness of the troops is very strong. It is currently one of the fist troops that can be used in the Fifth War Zone!

Li Zongren naturally had to hold it firmly in his hand. If he had been with Yang Fan for a long time, he would have really been "a meat bun that would go but not return to the dog". If that were the case, he would have no place to cry!

Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters!

Ishihara Kanir walked into the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff Tada Jun with a very complicated mood. After entering the door, he bowed deeply when he saw him and said, "Secretary, thank you for your recommendation for me to return to the General Staff Headquarters. I am so grateful!"

Chief of Staff, Miyao Miyain, is a member of the royal family and is old, and basically doesn't care much about specific matters, so the real person in charge is actually Deputy Chief of Staff Jun Tada.

So after Ishihara Kanir returned to Tokyo from the Kanto Army, he immediately visited Tada Jun!

Tada Jun quickly stood up and quickly met Ishihara and smiled: "Ishihara Jun, you are finally back! Our General Staff urgently needs military strategists like you to give advice! Haha!"

Ishihara Kanir quickly bent down respectfully and said, "Thank you, Mr. Jung-Chances, for your love. I will do my best to devote myself to His Majesty the Emperor and the Great Japanese Empire until my death!"

After the 226th Mutiny in 1936, Ishihara Kanr ushered in the most glorious period of his life. He was promoted to the Minister of the First Division (Combat Department), only one step away from the Deputy Chief of Staff!

But later, due to a series of struggles, Ishihara was transferred to the Kanto Army to be the deputy chief of staff for Hideki Tojo in September last year with the recommendation of his friend Seishiro Itagaki!

"Soga!"

Tada Jun nodded and smiled, then asked with caring face: "I heard that Ishihara Jun was injured some time ago. I wonder if he has healed now?"

Ishihara Kaner blushed and could only answer against his will: "Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for your care. It's much better, nothing serious!"

Two months ago, Ishihara Kanir was accidentally injured and stabbed in the crotch by a saber he was in Kanto, causing a cleft urethra opening. He still has symptoms of hematuria!

In the history of the original history, Ishihara Kaner died of illness at home on August 15, 1949 at the age of 60 because of long-term hematuria.

"That's good!"

Tada Jun nodded and smiled, "Ishihara, I believe you should be very clear about the reason for summoning you back this time. The great Japanese Empire is currently facing a big problem! His Majesty the Emperor may summon you at any time, so you must prepare in advance!"

Ishihara Kaner said gratefully: "Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for your recommendation, I will definitely not disappoint you!"

After nearly half an hour of discussion, Ishihara Kanir walked out of the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff with a breeze on his face, and no longer had the decadence and confusion he had before!

Ishihara Kanir was a planner, theorist, thinker, politician, and advocate of militarism in the Japanese aggression strategy. He was known as the first Japanese military strategist.

It should be said that Ishihara Kanir is a terrifying genius.

In the "Grand View of the History of War", published in 1941, Ishihara not only emphasized the role of aircraft in future wars, but also pointed out the application of nuclear fission energy in the military.

Ishihara said, "Using this energy destructive power may make the war decide the outcome in an instant", and "It is also possible that the sudden appearance of strange light weapons and other things will occur."

Ishihara is different from the Japanese Army in terms of attaching importance to weapons, which is also one of the reasons why Ishihara was finally rejected by Hideki Tojo.

Of course, even Ishihara did not expect that Japan would become the first test item for nuclear fission energy weapons, and "the winner was decided in an instant."

For China, Ishihara Kanir is a very terrifying enemy. The reason why he is very terrifying is that Ishihara's idea has a considerable chance of winning.

Ishihara Kanr once said: "If you enter a state of war, it will definitely be a long-term and protracted war. If you punish China, the Chiang regime will collapse in several months, so it is a huge mistake to only need a short-term decisive battle.

Until the Meiji Restoration, China was an advanced country in Asia and was scary. Since the Japanese defeated China in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, they have considered China an old country and looked down on it."

"China has a high degree of civilization that has been around since ancient times, and its material life is extremely primitive. Various places have the possibility of high self-sufficiency, which have become extremely favorable conditions for protracted warfare.

If war begins, it may force China to fight to a decisive battle, but whether it will become a protracted war depends mainly on China's intentions."

In addition, Ishihara Kanr considered himself "the father of the founding of Manchukuo". He established this "Manchukuo" in order to prepare for the "final war" with the United States. He wanted to build this "Manchukuo" into a rear base that can be self-sufficient and has a complete industrial system.

But for his immediate superior Hideki Tojo, the so-called "Manchukuo" is just three Chinese characters, turning "Manchukuo" into his private world, and he refused to give autonomy to Ishihara Kaner at all.

Due to the inability to display their ambitions and plans, Ishihara Kanji and Hideki Tojo have become increasingly stiff!

Ishihara Kanir can be said to be the only strategist among the graduates of the Japanese Army University who have been operating for decades. In this sense, Ishihara is an "outlier" of the Army.

It is precisely because he is an alien that he is very far away from him. After graduation, he stayed at school as an instructor and went to Germany to study, forming his "final war theory" in Germany. Later, he went to the Kwantung Army, but he just couldn't enter the General Staff Headquarters.

By chance, Ishihara Kanir was recalled to the General Staff Headquarters. After a long talk, Ishihara Kanir's heart, which had been silent for a long time, began to revive and beating again!

Shandong, Gaomi!

"Oh, there is no banquet that never ends, and it's time for us to go back!"

After receiving Li Zongren's telegram, Zhang Zizhong couldn't help but sigh!

In just two or three days in Gaomi, Zhang Zizhong saw too many new things and learned too many war theories that he had never been exposed to. If it were possible, he really wanted to put aside everything and calm down and improve himself!

But the military order is like a mountain and he cannot tolerate him continuing to linger in Gaomi!

"Martial throne, are we really leaving like this?"

Yao Jingchuan, the commander of the 13th Cavalry Brigade, looked at Zhang Zizhong with hope, and the subtext that could not be expressed is self-evident!
Chapter completed!