Spy Wars: I signed in at the Military Police at the beginning

"I've also heard that our former royal family's Prince Asaka Naruhiko was very capable. He allowed the Kwantung Army to approach us so quickly."

Zhou Ke just learned the news this morning. Crown Prince Akihito ascended the throne in Manchuria and proclaimed himself the legitimate ruler of Japan. He still used "Showa" as the reign title and was known as Showa II.

"It's not that he is powerful, but the Kwantung Army had already had rebellious intentions after we issued the "Notice of Termination of War"." Shimazu Chinobu replied.

"Even so, there is one thing I still don't understand. Most of those Kwantung Army soldiers should not be die-hard fans of Emperor Showa, right? Do they really not care about their families at home at all?"

Zhou Ke asked the question that was in his mind. The reason why the military reform in China before did not cause any major chaos was largely because most of the families of those officers and soldiers were in the country.

The Kwantung Army in Manchuria also faced this problem. Previously, they helped Crown Prince Akihito and his men to go to Manchuria in the hope that their presence would cause chaos in Manchuria.

But at present, it seems that Manchuria is not only not in chaos due to the internal differences between the pro-war and pro-peace factions, but has even become more united than before.

"It is true that there are many people who are not loyal to Emperor Showa, but the Kwantung Army has been planning for a long time. Even if some people are unwilling to join the rebellion, they have been controlled."

"Besides, every household in our country has more than one male conscripted, and not all of them will serve in the Kwantung Army at the same time. In this way, their families in the country will not cause those people to have too many concerns," Shimazu Chinobu explained.

"In that case, it will probably take some time for the Chinese to conquer Manchuria alone, and we can't afford to wait!" Zhou Ke said after thinking for a moment.

"That's true. The longer the war in China drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for us internationally! At present, our troops stationed on the peninsula are already putting pressure on the Kwantung Army."

"But it might be difficult to rely on them to break the impasse. Why don't you move your Tiger Guards? You can take this opportunity to expand them!" Shimazu Chinobu suggested.

"Expand further?" Zhou Keben had planned to personally send troops to Manchuria to attack the Kwantung Army, but he couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Shimazu Chinobu say the word expansion.

After several rounds of reorganization of the old army, the number of Tiger Guard troops has reached a staggering 150,000, almost twice as many as at the time of the previous uprising.

You have to know that this does not take into account the strength of the Huben Army at sea, and the Yingzhou Army, which has basically become the second Huben Army.

"In your father's vision, the number of troops under your command should be increased as much as possible to over 450,000. You must know that these people are the cornerstone of your future!" Shimazu Chinobu said earnestly.

"I understand, father. I will do this!" Zhou Ke nodded in agreement and felt that the value of his title of commander was constantly increasing.

He probably knew what Shimazu Chinobu meant. Although the Shimazu family and the Matsudaira family were currently in a state of high cooperation, due to historical issues, the two families were on guard against each other.

Unlike everyone else in the Matsudaira family, Shimazu Chinobu was not clear about Zhou Ke's true status in the Matsudaira family, so he was always worried that the Matsudaira family would support someone else and affect Zhou Ke's future development.

..............

In this life, the entire northern China battlefield no longer had any Soviet involvement because of the appearance of Zhou Ke, a troublemaker. Instead, it was replaced by the Japanese army and other anti-Japanese forces after they had restored order.

Under the relentless pressure from the powerful Tiger Army and other anti-Japanese forces, the Manchurian defense line had to begin a strategic contraction.

The Kwantung Army gradually retreated back to the interior of the country, and the Huben Army and troops from other forces also benefited from this and marched all the way to Shanhaiguan.

"I never thought that after fighting for a lifetime, I would actually have to cooperate with the Japanese!" A second lieutenant of the National Army who was watching the scene from the periphery sighed as he watched the Tiger Guards passing by.

"Dude, not only you didn't expect it, no one did. I really don't know what these Japanese are up to!" Another second lieutenant who was gathered together was still very vigilant as he looked at the passing T series tanks.

The Japanese's small iron lumps had caused many of his brothers to die before, and now that the small ones have grown into big ones, they are definitely more dangerous.

"But these new Japanese troops are really fierce when fighting their own people. I heard that if it weren't for the purpose of dealing with the Kwantung Army, they would have withdrawn from the battlefield in our country long ago!" The second lieutenant who spoke before took out a pack of cigarettes and started to smoke.

"That's right. I heard from my brothers in the south that they have already started the handover process."

"Many towns have returned to our hands without losing a single soldier!" a lieutenant interjected, exhaling a puff of smoke.

"Hey, look, who is that young man wearing the Japanese uniform? What a grand show!" Looking at Zhou Ke and his group entering the Allied Forces Headquarters, a second lieutenant in the team asked curiously.

"You don't even know him? He's the commander of the Tiger Guards, the ace unit of the Japanese new army. I heard his rank is a general!"

The other lieutenant couldn't see Zhou Ke's appearance clearly, but among the young Japanese soldiers who could have such a grand appearance, the only one who could have such a grand appearance was the commander of the Tiger Guards.

"Oh my goodness, that Japanese guy looks like he's only in his early thirties, right?"

"Yeah, it looks like it's not even as old as me!"

Amid the stunned discussions among the officers, Zhou Ke, his men and the three generals who had come to greet him quickly disappeared from public view.

.................

"The next battle will definitely not be as easy as the previous one. My strategic deployment is..."

In the headquarters of the Allied Forces that was encircling the Kwantung Army, senior officials from various forces gathered together to discuss future combat plans.

As the commander of the Tiger Guards and the representative of the new Japanese army, Zhou Ke came here today to participate in this punitive meeting.

The meeting room of the Allied Forces Headquarters was not large, but it was filled with many generals whom Zhou Ke had seen in textbooks. Zhou Ke was somewhat excited to be in the same room with these people.

Fortunately, he brought his personal photographer with him this time, so after the meeting he can take a group photo with these uncles and generals around him as a souvenir.

"Commander Matsudaira, since you haven't spoken yet, I would like to ask you what you think of what we just said? Or do you have any ideas for future expeditions?"

The general who was in charge of presiding over the meeting and had studied in Japan looked at Zhou Ke, who had remained silent, and asked in fluent Japanese.

"It's not really an idea, but it's a bit superficial..."

Seeing that the other party was asking him, Zhou Ke did not hesitate and spoke in fluent Mandarin about the sudden and sudden strategy that the Tiger Guards Headquarters had planned before.