Section 295 Calculated Costs
The news that the pontoon bridge was blown up was quickly reported to the Kwantung Army Headquarters in Shenyang. At this time, Hideki Tojo really felt a little difficult. The people from these security teams did not play according to common sense. They told themselves that we should retreat from the Northeast well. Did they change their minds later? In fact, why didn’t these Japanese think about it? If you keep all the things Mao Yuanshan said and then evacuate them honestly, this would probably not have happened. Now that you want to empty the entire Northeast, how could that be possible?
"How much stuff has our Kwantung Army stored and has not been transported out yet. If transportation is stopped now, how much damage will be to our Kwantung Army? Do you have a specific number?" Tojo Hideki looked at the staff below and said. These people kept asking for support from the Air Force and facing the security team when the security team bombed. Now he had to understand how much stuff there was to see if it was worth it. If it was not worth it, there was no need to fight with the security team again. After all, the strength of the Kwantung Army is not as strong as before, and there is oppression from the Northern Front Army. If it really worked with the security team, it would be hard to say what the result would be.
If there is a general from the security team here, people will definitely ask, your thoughts are like thinking that your Kwantung Army can beat us before, what a joke.
Since the day our Northern Front Army was established, we have not taken your Kwantung Army seriously. We have been plundering people's wealth and ointment in our Northeast region for so many years. When we left, we still wanted to take these things away. If we were asked to take these things away, we would become the country's sinners and not keep you guys. Even if we give you face, we still want to take these supplies away. Why did the North China Expeditionary Army lose 20,000 soldiers in the end? It was because they wanted to take them away and didn't take anything in the end, so we let them leave North China safely.
"Report to the Commander, our Kwantung Army now has various strategic and civilian materials, a total of about 600,000 tons, all of which have been hoarded by the Yalu River. If we do not transport these things, it means that our Kwantung Army has not done anything in the Northeast for several years, and many of them have been transported from the Imperial Base Camp. The base camp gave us instructions that we must bring these things back. If we do not bring these things back, we will not go back." In fact, the soldiers of the Kwantung Army did not want this. If they do not bring these things back, it is estimated that the Empire will not be able to do so.
The people in the base camp are also unwilling to do so. Who doesn’t want to be able to go back alive? They are all like a mirror. Now the situation is that the people who dare to retreat with these things will definitely not let you go so steadily. This will leave at least tens of thousands of soldiers or even more. If you don’t retreat with these things, it is very likely that there will be more people who retreat, and at most the security team will only symbolically attack you. If the soldiers of the Kwantung Army choose by themselves, they would like to take off the military uniforms on their bodies and throw them here. As long as they can live, they can give up anything.
But the people in the Japanese base camp didn't think so. In the eyes of the people in the base camp, these supplies were very important, but these soldiers were not very important. Even if the elite soldiers of the Kanto Army could go back, if there were no weapons after they returned, then what's the use? The newly formed soldiers had no weapons. The Kanto Army had stockpiled a large amount of weapons and ammunition, especially those guns, etc. It can be said that there is absolutely no problem to find 800,000 38 Daguer in the entire Northeast region. If these things were not transported back to Japan, what's the use of producing these things? The Kanto Army had been plundering here for twenty-thirty years before producing these things.
It turned out that Hideki Tojo also scolded the people in the Imperial Base Camp for being greedy. As long as they can retreat all the soldiers of the Kanto Army back, what can they do if they are gone? But when he spent half an hour reading all these data, he didn't think so. It was like the oil hoarded by the Kanto Army, enough for the Imperial Navy to go out and go around the Pacific Ocean, almost equivalent to only one-third of the entire Japanese country's reserves. In Japan, steel and oil have always been the most important strategic resources. But there are a lot of these two things on the Kanto Army. The Japanese Base Camp has ordered them to throw away other things. Don't just transport them all to Goryeo, and find a way to transport them back to Japan from there. Even if they are not transported back to Japan, staying in Goryeo is better than those who handed them over to the security team.
"In addition to retreating to Goryeo, how strong is our air force in the Northeast? If we are confronting the air force of the security regiment for a while, how many aircraft can we withdraw in the end?" For these strategic materials, Hideki Tojo had to take risks. There are too many of these things. If he gave it up, he would not be able to keep up with the country in the future. It was very difficult for him to get these things in China at the beginning. Japan lacks resources than other countries, so these things must be brought back, even if he lost hundreds of aircraft.
"Report to the Commander, we have about 400 aircraft left now, but the latest Zero aircraft can only be produced at most 35. The rest are all retreated to Koryo according to your orders, either to return to the local area or to retreat to Koryo. If we resist the attack of the security regiment air force, we can win about 24 hours for us, and these air forces are likely to be wiped out." After a certain period of discussion, several staff members came to the conclusion that in order to lose all the Kwantung Army's air force in 24 hours, it depends on the decision of Tojo Hideki at this time. If he thinks these materials are worth the money, then the Kwantung Army's air force will compete with the security regiment air force. If he thinks these air forces are more important, then these materials should not be transported back. Not to mention anything else, just the Yalu River, you will not be able to get through.
Chapter completed!