Chapter 686: Oil is found in northern Shaanxi? (Thanks to the “book friend” for the reward!)

Tuanchengkou, Fifth Division, military camp.

Itagaki Seishirō frowned anxiously as he held the report in his hand.

He is Seishirō Itagaki, who is known as the ‘flower of my younger country’. He is Seishirō Itagaki, who is known as the ‘wisdom of Ishihara and the courage of Itagaki’. The Fifth Division he leads is the so-called ‘Steel Army’. How can he not be anxious?

There is an oil field in northern Shaanxi!

oilfield!

Their troops dug holes all over Daqing, and their “Manchurian Railway Investigation Department” sent out many exploration teams, but they couldn’t find the most important strategic material “oil”! This thing actually emerged from the ground in northern Shaanxi, and the 9th Brigade of the th Division was stationed in Shanxi. How could he not be anxious?

Especially when the Battle of Wuhan had reached Wanjialing and the entire army was in a deadlock, the intelligence sent by the Special High Technology Department made him feel cold!

The Special High Technology Department said that the 18th Group Army, with the help of the Maoxiong Mining Company, had discovered two oil wells in northern Shaanxi. The oil extracted was transported to Xin County after being sent to the refinery. The mechanized troops were currently being trained in Xin County, and the equipment they used was still the armored vehicles and tanks of their own troops…

We have to mention here the current stage, that is, the debate topic between the Japanese army and navy in 1938. The rift between their army and navy has a long history, but in 1938, the biggest controversy was still the issue of route.

The army’s idea is to go north and show off their strength to the Russians!
After all, in 1938, the Japanese 19th Division provoked the Russians at Zhanggufeng on the Sino-Korean-Soviet border. The Russians ignored them and slapped them to death more than 1400 people. Given the Russians’ temper, this really didn’t count as paying attention to them.

But the Japanese don’t think so. They shouted out the famous statement in the billiards circle at the end of 2024 – this one doesn’t count!
They felt that the 19th Division was not of the pure bloodline of the Kwantung Army. It might be because of different customs in different places. In our country, only those who play with dogs, horses, and pigeons are considered to have bloodlines…

But they had no idea what this sentence “this one doesn’t count” led to. Under the guidance of his kind father, Zhu Yuanzhang began to take over the Far East and became famous in the Battle of Nomonhan in 1939. The T34 began to run rampant, which completely proved the concept of the army, that is, to go north to fight against the Soviet Union, which was extremely wrong.

The navy also has its own ideas. The navy’s idea is to move south. When the battle between the two armies in the quagmire of China, the home of the Asian village chief, has not yet been sorted out, after the two major defeats in Taierzhuang and Wanjialing, they are still looking at the world unrealistically, just like a middle-aged young man shouting on the Internet: “Although I only earn three thousand yuan a month now, I feel that hundreds of thousands or millions are nothing to me.”

They also have their own reasons for wanting to go south. They are short of oil and desperately want to get rid of the oil control of the United States. The initial idea is to go to the East Indies to make a big move and start the good days of oil freedom. However, this idea also needs concrete facts to support it. You have to establish your own base between southern India and Thailand first, right?

Even if you take over the East Indies, it’s not that easy to transport them by sea. You have to go right under the nose of the Philippines, right? That’s the United States. The tax alone will cost you a lot. You got the oil from the East Indies after getting rid of their control. They can’t have a “really delicious” meal. How can they agree?

At the moment, the dispute over whether to go north or south is still going on in the headquarters, the Battle of Nomonhan has not happened yet, and the difficult devil of the old Zhu family is still an ordinary commander and has not become the top leader of the Far East. Everyone just turned their heads at the critical moment of the dispute over oil…

He saw that the 18th Group Army had quietly dug up two oil fields on the Chinese land, and turned his head to smile at them and said, “I really didn’t mean it!”

Hey!
no……

You are not even the direct descendants of the Chinese government, how can you have oil? Why!
Northern Shaanxi is adjacent to Inner Mongolia and Chahar… The closest to them is the 9th Division, which only has the th Brigade. During this period, Itagaki Seishirō wanted to rise up several times to prove himself again, but every time he stood up, he was defeated in Taierzhuang, and when he stood up again, he was about to lose Wanjialing. He even suspected that the huge war situation in China might be guided by his stool, and he was so scared that he dared not move.

It’s just… he’s greedy!

When the Fifth Division first entered Shanxi, it won wherever it fought. When talking to the headquarters, the superiors implicitly promised him that he would become the Minister of Military and Political Affairs of the Army. However, after the regiment was defeated at Chengkou, he was no longer a Minister of Military and Political Affairs, and even the troops were not replenished.

Not to mention the Chahar Corps, since its four mixed brigades were destroyed in Xinzhou, it was even less able to advance southwards…

Boom.

Thinking of this, Itagaki Seishirō’s back teeth made a sound. He hated Xu Chaoyang to death!
This guy seems to always have good luck. If oil had been discovered earlier in northern Shaanxi, the Chahar Corps would not have sent four mixed brigades to attack Shanxi! They must attack northern Shaanxi directly.

But what can you do now?
Forty thousand Sichuan troops were stationed at Lingshan in Xinzhou, and one regiment was stationed at Ekou with full weapons. The Fifth Division could not even pass from Shanxi to northern Shaanxi…

Still fighting?
Itagaki Seishirō was feeling doubtful.

He wanted to fight. He had raised an army even if the person stationed in Xinkou was not Xu Chaoyang. But this Xu Chaoyang, not even the Sixth Division and the Eighth Division could gain any advantage from him… For a moment, Itagaki Seishirō was stunned. What happened to him?
The Fifth Division is a steel army, carrying the “glory of the country”, so why are they still afraid of Xu Chaoyang?
But on second thought, Xu Chaoyang’s cruelty really made him feel uneasy.

Even though an entire regiment was left at Tuanchengkou and suffered heavy casualties, he still didn’t care and waited until the 21st Brigade under his command surrounded the regiment before he started to reap the rewards. It was said that the man leading the troops at Tuanchengkou was his brother, and in order to win the battle, this guy dared to push his brother to the gates of hell and face the shells!

“report!”

At this time, a Japanese soldier entered the room: “This unit asks if you can send a vanguard into Shaanxi to confirm whether the situation in the oil fields in northern Shaanxi is true.”

They were anxious.

Itagaki Seishirō knew too well what the word “oil” meant to them. The question was, was there still a need for reconnaissance? Xinzhou had already started training its mechanized forces. Don’t you know what was going on?

He stood up without any answer and walked towards the window. Just like the entire “Di Country” was betting on the country’s destiny, he was about to start betting on his own fate!

If the Fifth Division sets out, it will become an isolated army. However, as long as this isolated army opens up the road from Ekou to northern Shaanxi and secures… No, right now in Wuhan, the troops of the two countries are like glued together and cannot move at all. If they cannot extricate themselves, they will be stuck in the quagmire!

Itagaki Seishirō was still thinking about oil and had no idea that danger was approaching him. Xu Chaoyang was already here!
(End of this chapter)