Chapter 208: Tokyo of Fear
The next morning, when the Tokyo people walked out of their homes, they did not see the sunshine at first, nor did they feel any happiness. The flyers everywhere forced them to frown and hurriedly picked up a flyer, but the content on the flyer was not much. A modern A4 paper size only had a few short lines of words written on it.
Those who offend our strong Han will be punished even if they are far away! A decision will be made within one day, otherwise the experiences of the 8th Division, the 11th Division, the 12th Division, the 14th Division, the 28th Division, and the 101st Division will be repeated again, the 99th Army of China.
A simple line of words caused a great panic in Tokyo. The people rushed to the streets and walked to the government, military bases, and even the police stations. They wanted to know what happened to the above divisions? What exactly did they encounter? Why did the empire hide from them? Where did the war on the front line go? Didn’t it mean that they could conquer Wuhan, the new capital of China, soon?
Compared with the chaos in Tokyo, Emperor Showa's palace seemed a little deserted. The ministers could only sit down below, sweating all over their heads, but they did not dare to make any moves.
"Can anyone tell me what's going on?" Emperor Showa asked with a flyer thrown by the Ninety-Nine Army in his hand, without any expression on his face.
The ministers below were frightened and had no expressions, indicating that the emperor was extremely angry at the moment. At this time, no one was willing to stand up and speak, otherwise the next unlucky person would be him.
Finally, when everyone's eyes fell on Prince Zai Ren, Prince Zai Ren sighed heavily. These ministers still did not have the courage to stand up and speak. Prince Zai Ren claims to be the emperor's uncle, so everyone naturally thinks that His Majesty the Emperor will not do anything to him.
After seeing this scene in front of him, Prince Zai Ren was not only helpless, but also hated these ministers. He also began to figure out whether he should find an opportunity to kick these people down and let his people come up?
"Your Majesty, judging from the content on the leaflet, it should be done by the 99th Army of the Sixth War Zone of China." Prince Zai Ren suddenly didn't know how to start, and it was a headache to think of the 99th Army.
It was too difficult for others to do it. Several battles had ended with the failure of the Japanese army and lost a large amount of Manchuria territory. Kenyo Ueda was dismissed and forced to retire. Originally, everyone thought that this was the reason for Kenyo Ueda, but no one expected that Mijiro Uezu, who had just taken office, launched a new battle again.
Of course, at the beginning, everyone thought that Kenyoshi Ueda was old and couldn't do anything. Who knew that the Kwantung Army was in a passive position at the beginning of the battle, and the resistance was everywhere failed. In the end, Jinzhou was lost in addition to the entire Reha Province.
The consequences of defeat became more serious every time. The base camp also thought that Mijiro Umezu had just taken office. He didn't know the situation of the Kanto Army, so there was a reason for his defeat.
However, when the bomber of the 99th Army flew to Tokyo, it was not discovered yet, and after dropping nearly 10 million leaflets, it was still able to retreat calmly. This made the base camp realize the seriousness of the situation, which reminded people that it was not that Mijiro Umezu did not understand the Kanto Army, but that the strength of the Kanto Army could not compete with the Ninety-Nine Army at all.
"I know the words. I know that this is a flyer released by the 99th Army. What I want to know is. What is this? The army formed by the empire with such a lot of energy cannot defeat them. Do you have nothing to say?" Emperor Showa could no longer hold it and roared angrily.
The empire worked hard to form the Kanto Army and had been developing for so many years. Unexpectedly, this would be the result in the end. How did Emperor Showa accept it? What he couldn't accept the most was that the 11th Division and the 28th Division actually surrendered.
There has never been a record of surrender in the history of the empire. Emperor Showa felt that he and the empire were completely lost, so he was so angry in public.
"Your Majesty, the Chinese people used very despicable means. They sent people to pretend to be Hinako and told Ishiguro Sadazusa and Naito Masaichichi to surrender and wait for the empire reinforcements to launch an attack from within as soon as they landed, so the two generals were fooled." Prince Zai Ren explained quickly.
He knew what was the reason why Emperor Showa was so angry. It was not just Emperor Showa, but Prince Zairen? His son Miyao Haruhito was still teaching at the Imperial Army University at this time and had never been to China at all. How could he meet with Ishiguro Sadazusa and Naito Masaichi?
Soon they found the reason, that is, the Chinese people are cheating, damn it, who can't pretend to be my son, aren't this going to put the shit on me?
"What should I do next?" Emperor Showa calmed down slightly.
Although he was still very angry, Prince Zai Ren was a royal family no matter how he said it. Moreover, his son had never been to China. It was not something they could care about being pretended to be. If you want to hate him, you would hate the two old guys, Seiko Ishiguro and Masaichi Naito, who couldn't even see a fake.
However, if Lu Guo took the letter to Emperor Showa, it would probably be difficult for him to see that there was fake on it. After all, the handwriting on it was completely imitated by Prince Zai Ren, and even whether Prince Zai Ren could recognize it, let alone other people.
"Your Majesty, Mejiro Umezu also heard news that Su Dao asked him to negotiate in Beizhen. I guess the 99th Army has recovered a large amount of land this time and has no power to fight again. I think we can mobilize several divisions from the local area and go directly to the abdomen of the 99th Army. At the same time, we order the North China to send troops to cross the Great Wall to fight. The Kwantung Army formed a pincer attack from the north, so that we can surround them on three sides, and there is a mountain to the west, which is not conducive to action. If we do not make any mistakes, we should be able to solve the 99th Army." Prince Zairen thought for a while and said.
Oh? And this is also true? Emperor Showa was shocked. If Prince Zai Ren said this, it would probably be impossible for the 99th Army to fight again. Otherwise, as it was the first time, why didn't he propose negotiations?
Thinking of this, Emperor Showa's mind became active again. The Northeast is a treasure land. Although the empire had plundered a lot of resources from the Northeast, it was still far from being able to keep up with the development speed of the Empire. However, it is certain that if there were no Northeast resources, the empire would have been unable to support it.
So no matter what, Su Dao's premeditation is impossible, at least it is impossible in the short term. Since Japan has the courage to invade his former sect leader country, it will not be scared and surrendered by your bomber.
Besides, how long has the war started now? The Japanese army suffered great losses, but it was still far from unbearable. The failure of the remarks of destruction of China in three months was basically attributed to the Ninety-Nine Army. It was good that the Ninety-Nine Army emerged from nowhere, and it changed the original history.
But in the same way, the Japanese mistakenly thought that it was precisely because of the emergence of the Ninety-Nine Army that they delayed their victory. As long as they could defeat the Ninety-Nine Army as soon as possible, the remaining Chinese army would not seem to be so terrible, and it seemed possible to perish in three months.
"What if it fails?" Although Emperor Showa was happy, he had to consider the consequences after the failure. He did not want the situation to become uncontrollable again.
"Your Majesty, this time, there will be no failure. Su Dao's 99th Army has only about 200,000 people, and has been scattered in part of Rehe Province and Jinzhou Province. In addition, new recruits are being recruited, the original troops will also be dispersed. So as long as we draw at least ten divisions from the local area, plus the Kwantung Army and the North China Expeditionary Army, the 99th Army will definitely perish." Prince Zai Ren said confidently.
However, it was precisely because he suffered a loss before that he said this time that he would directly transfer ten divisions from the local area. Why didn’t the Kwantung Army and the North China Expeditionary Army have to draw out five or six divisions? The fifteen or sixteen divisions fought against the 200,000 Su Dao’s men. Prince Zai Ren couldn’t find any reason to fail.
Moreover, Prince Zai Ren also made it very clear that Su Dao had already broken up his original troops, so it would not be that difficult to fight again. In addition, there were too many new recruits and sudden decline in combat power. The reason why Prince Zai Ren did this was nothing more than reminding the emperor that there was only one opportunity, and if you missed it, there would be no more.
"Yosi, I don't want to receive any news about failure. I will explain it to the people." After Emperor Showa weighed the pros and cons, he decided to destroy Su Dao's 99th Army immediately.
This support action really shocked the international community and made Chairman Chiang feel a little breathless. However, after hearing the news that the Japanese were going to launch a decisive battle in the Northeast, he also frowned deeply.
When fighting against the Ninety-Nine Army, Chairman Jiang would not believe that the Japanese only use soldiers transferred from their homeland to fight. The Kwantung Army will definitely participate. As for the North China Front Army, it is hard to say, but seeing that Tada Jun seems to have the intention of transferring troops secretly, it is estimated that the possibility of participating in the war is also very high.
The Japanese army with at least 280,000 troops of ten divisions, plus the uncertainties between the Kanto Army and Tada Jun, can at least be sure that the Japanese side will invest about 350,000 troops this time. The scale has long exceeded the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Wuhan. In contrast, the 99th Army had only less than 200,000 troops, and had to guard such a huge area. The prospects are really worrying.
But no one expected that Japan's offensive results this time were even more shocking. The Japanese Navy, which claims to be the world's number one, suffered a huge blow in this battle. Of course, this was just a face blow, which forced Japan to turn to passiveness. This battle was also known as the Waterloo of Japan's invasion of China. Since then, there has been no more strength to fight back. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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