The sky was cloudy, and snowflakes were falling one after another.Between heaven and earth, there is a plain white, and the earth is covered in silver, like a white wedding dress.The cherry blossom trees have long since withered, and the swaying notes can no longer regain their glory in full bloom.On the silent road, the footprints were gradually covered with snow, and after a while, they disappeared.But the soldiers standing by the path were motionless, like statues that were eternal and eternal.Let the wind and snow cover their bodies, but they acted as if they were unconscious.At the end of the trail is a nondescript traditional Japanese house, nestled in a forest rustling in the wind, looking so bland that one can never associate him with the leaders of the war machine.At this moment, the house was surrounded by soldiers, all of whom were wearing traditional army uniforms, with red trim on the cuffs and corners, and looked much more powerful than ordinary Japanese soldiers.Every soldier looked ahead without squinting, as if there was nothing but snow and nothing in their eyes.They surrounded the house and guarded it tightly.Outside the house, on the floor were damp boots, apparently the owners of which had braved the snow and wind to get there.Compared with the bitter wind and cold outside, the inside of the house is a different scenery.Underground fire dragons were steaming under the floor, bringing warmth to every corner.There are also many plants in the house, so that even the dry house does not feel so boring, and occasionally you can smell a hint of flowers that do not belong to this season in this cold winter.But in stark contrast to the warmth of the house, everyone sitting around the long table had a bitter face, as if something uncontrollable had happened that made them helpless."
Ladies and gentlemen, I have invited you here today to ask you on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor.In the end, how bad the situation on the battlefield in China is today, please tell us the truth. ”After saying this, a mustachioed man sitting at the top bowed deeply to everyone present."
Hiranuma-kun, you are too polite, it is the responsibility of our people to assist His Majesty the Emperor."
The person who spoke turned out to be Seishiro Itagaki, who had a fiasco in Xuzhou some time ago.He was supposed to be on the battlefield, but he was transferred back to Japan and took up the post of Minister of War.And the mustache who just spoke was the prime minister of Japan, Kiichiro Hiranuma.Kiichiro Hiranuma presided over the meeting in place of the emperor, and brought together the top figures of the Army, Navy, and Air Force to discuss the critical issues of the Chinese battlefield.Beginning with the July 7 Incident, the Japanese, who had threatened to destroy China in three months, no longer dared to mention the original big words.Although they made their way all the way to the Chinese mainland, they paid a huge price for every step they took.Especially since the Battle of Xuzhou, the situation on the Chinese battlefield has been reversed, and now the Japanese army in China has almost reached the point of difficulty.The person who has the most say here may be Itagaki Seishiro, who has just been transferred back to China as the Minister of War and was almost wiped out on the battlefield in Xuzhou, after all, he has the most painful experience he has ever experienced.Seeing that no one in the audience spoke, Itagaki Seishiro let out a long sigh and said: "The situation in China has reached the brink of a very critical situation, and in the past we could bully the Chinese, the troops were of poor quality, the equipment was backward compared to ours, and they were not united. ”"But all this can come to an end, it's a thing of the past.On the Chinese battlefield today, there are not only teams with a strong sense of combat, a super-high-quality troops, and a super-good use of tactics.Their weapons and equipment have also been rapidly improved from the captured troops, and it can be said that today's Chinese battlefield has been pulled into a quagmire by this newly emerged team.If we do not increase our troops and continue to use our original strategy against China, then we will surely be completely defeated in the Chinese battlefield. ”Seishiro Itagaki spoke quickly, although there was shame in his heart, and his strong self-esteem was also poking him from time to time.But for the sake of the overall situation, he still told these facts."
Hmph, your army is so incompetent, just one branch, it has made you to such a point, it really disgraces our Imperial Japanese Army."
A man in the admiral's uniform sitting opposite Seishiro Itagaki said disdainfully, his status was similar to Seishiro Itagaki, and he was the Minister of the Navy, Gengo Hyakuzum."
You" Seishiro Itagaki looked at Momotake Gengo with an angry face, but the other party just glanced at him contemptuously, snorted and ignored it at all."
Okay, Baiwu-kun, please don't interject, let Itagaki-kun continue."
Hiranuma Kiichiro said unhappily.Seishiro Itagaki glanced at the prime minister gratefully and continued: "The anti-Japanese sentiment in China today is very high, and the Chinese have never been united.Our troops and squadrons have formed a stalemate, especially in the Anhui area, which has formed a situation of separating land and dividing the territory with the squadron.If this kind of development continues for a long time, our national strength will inevitably be dragged down.Therefore, we must increase our troops as soon as possible, destroy the living forces of the squadron, and strike at all the anti-Japanese forces, so that we can win this holy war. ”Hiranuma Kiichiro listened calmly, nodded from time to time, and recorded on paper with a pen: "I will tell His Majesty the Emperor all this, how many troops do you want to increase" "800,000" Itagaki Seishiro raised his fingers: "Only this number can allow us to wipe out the squadron with a thunderous force, and at the same time, I will also increase the production of newly developed weapons from the army, and then distribute them to the front-line troops."
With absolute superiority, we will completely wipe out all anti-Japanese forces in China in the shortest possible time.We also asked the Cabinet to allocate this fund to us. ”"It's not 800,000, it's 1,200,000."
At this moment, the Chief of the Army General Staff, Binshan Yuan, who had been sitting next to Seishiro Itagaki and was silent and did not speak, spoke.In fact, Japan's Minister of War does not really have real power over the use of troops, but only manages military and political affairs.The person with real power who really cooperated with the emperor in commanding the army was the chief of staff of the army, and he was the number one person who directly commanded the army."
You can consider it," Kiichiro Hiranuma said with a calm breeze and no expression."
No, no, no, this thing is absolutely not going to work."
At this time, Nagano Shushi, the chief of the Naval Command Department, who was sitting at the other end of the long table, spoke.Like the army, the navy's military command department is the real power, the navy minister is also just a figure who manages the military and politics, and Nagano Shusei is the one who really manages the army.Since the Meiji Restoration, Japan has been vigorously developing its navy.Because they are an island country, if they want to develop, they must invade, and if they want to invade, they must go out of the island country.Then the navy has become a key development target, from the original emperor personally donated money to the whole people to buy foreign ships with food and clothing, to Japan can build large aircraft carriers on its own.Japan's navy has always played an important role in Japan, and every war is indispensable to the navy.And the navy is necessarily dominant, without the navy, the army is not even a fart.The strength of the navy was also quite deep in Japan, but it was only after the beginning of World War II that the army began to gradually rise.However, compared to the entrenchment of the navy, the army is still far behind.At this time, the number one person in the Japanese Navy spoke, and even the prime minister Kiichiro Hiranuma had to look sideways and solemnly listen to what the chief of the military command department had to say."
Germany has thrown an olive branch to us, and that European power will surely become the master of the whole of Europe.At this time, we should cooperate with Germany to move south and seize all the interests of Britain, France, and other countries in Asia.In this way, we will have more resources to sustain this war, and we will be able to spread the might of our Imperial Army to every corner of Asia. ”Nagano Xiu said extremely excitedly: "On the Chinese battlefield, I think an increase of 500,000 troops is enough.If that's not enough, I can ask the Navy to send a fleet to support you.We are confident that the strength of the Army is limited, but our Navy is different. ”Nagano Xiu's words were very arrogant, and he looked down on the army very much in his words.The Minister of War and the Chief of Staff present all held their breath and glared fiercely at this powerful figure in the Navy."
In my opinion, the opinions of both the Navy and the Army are very correct."
Just as the two sides were arguing, suddenly a closed door in the house was suddenly opened.A man in a military uniform slowly walked out of it and looked at everyone with a smile.Everyone in the "Emperor Emperor" quickly stood up and paid their respects to Emperor Hirohito, the nominal supreme ruler of Japan and indeed the culprit of normal war.Hirohito smiled slightly and said to everyone: "I heard your proposal just now, and everyone said it well." ”"The Navy's proposal to go south is something we have been considering and actively preparing.Both Nagano-kun and Yamamoto-kun have come to me to discuss and study this point many times, and it can be said that it is very certain that there is no need to discuss it anymore. ”After the emperor finished speaking, Nagano Xiu looked proud, and did not look at the two heavyweights of the army at all.And Seishiro Itagaki lowered his head, he knew that if the emperor decided, then everyone's opinion would basically be the same."
However, the difficulties of the army must also be solved."
The emperor said with a straight face: "China is our top priority, and our culture and resources should all belong to our Yamato nation."
We must rescue the fooled Chinese and let them throw themselves into the arms of our Yamato nation.The Chinese battlefield is our foundation, and we must not lose this war. ”"Therefore, I propose to increase the number of troops by one million, and at the same time collect troops from North Korea, Taiwan and other places, and all of them go to the Chinese battlefield, so as to break the confidence of the squadron."
The emperor said with a smile.On this day, Japan's core top brass made a unified decision.Sending 1 million more troops to China will really shift the war situation in the whole of Asia to China
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