"Hit Nanjing Matsui-kun, it seems that your ambition is not small." After hearing Matsui Iwane's heroic words, Prince Kanin Palace Zaihito's face looked better.
"No, in fact, during the two years I have been in China, I have a very detailed understanding of the combat effectiveness of the China Army. They are more than twenty years behind the Imperial Army in terms of fighting will and weapons. If the Empire
It doesn't take much effort to deal with them." Matsui Iwane was full of confidence when he said this.
"What if we are dealing with Chahar's army?" Umezu Yoshijiro asked coldly: "Matsui-kun will not forget the empire's disastrous defeat in Rehe."
After hearing Umezu Yoshijiro's question, Matsui Iwane smiled confidently: "I have to admit that Chahar's army is indeed very good. They can even rival the empire's army. But they have the biggest
The weakness is that they don’t have a navy, let alone warships. They don’t even have a sampan. We dare to use two divisions to occupy Shanghai. What we rely on is that the navy’s naval gun support is always available. Chahar’s army
If they dare to come, I'm sure they will retreat under the fierce attack of naval guns."
"Bah bang bang!" Prince Xianyuan Gong Zairen took the lead and clapped his hands.
"Not bad, not bad, Matsui-kun, it seems you have put in enough effort."
"Hi, thank you for the compliment, Your Excellency," Matsui Iwane lowered his head and bowed.
Prince Kanin Gong Zaihito smiled and nodded at Matsui Iwane: "I still say what I said, as long as you can defeat China's political axe, the base camp's support for you will not change."
"Hi, thank you for your support, Your Majesty the Prince." Matsui Iwane knew that as long as he had these words from Prince Kanin Miya Zaihito, it would be equivalent to possessing half of the power of the base camp.
"Well, Matsui-kun, with old bones like us still supporting you, you can do it boldly, but as long as you serve the empire and the emperor, don't have any scruples." After saying this, Prince Kanin Gong Zaijin turned to face
Umezu Yoshijiro said: "Umezu-kun, originally I wanted you to stay at the base camp for a while, but this guy Ueda Kenkichi is too inactive. I am going to call him back to the country tomorrow. Just prepare yourself and pass.
Let’s go to Manchuria and take office in two days.”
Umezu Meijiro was stunned, but he bowed fiercely.
"I am willing to serve His Majesty the Emperor."
In the evening at the palace, Emperor Hirohito and Empress Ryoko were walking in the back garden of the palace after dinner. Hirohito and Ryoko have been married for more than ten years and have always been deeply in love. Whenever he is upset, Hirohito can always find peace and harmony in the harem.
Soothing. For this reason, he became even more affectionate and affectionate towards the eldest daughter of King Kunihiko, the lowest-ranking member of the royal family.
While Emperor Hirohito and Ryoko were whispering in the garden, the female official came to report that Prince Kanin Palace Zaihito asked to see him. Hirohito was startled. What was the emperor doing here at this time? Is there something urgent?
Hirohito, who was disturbed, had no choice but to rush to the living room, where he saw Prince Kanin Gong Zaihi kneeling respectfully next to the short table. When he saw Hirohito coming, he quickly handed over the conclusions and decisions reached after today's military meeting.
Hirohito put these documents aside and asked bluntly: "Is the military confident that the China issue will be completely solved within three months?"
Prince Kanin Miya Zaihito had guessed the emperor's inner worries. He felt that Hirohito lacked the courage to pierce this last layer of paper. It seems that if he does not pierce this layer of paper, he, the emperor's nephew who is worried about things, will not be able to pierce it.
will make this final determination. After thinking about it, he simply said bluntly: "Your Majesty, as things have developed today, the empire has no retreat except to send troops to conquer the country by force. Since the empire entered China, there have been nearly 100,000 people.
The officers and soldiers left their lives in China for the great cause of the empire. A few days ago, Rehe was taken away by Chahar. Now from the battlefield of China to the Tokyo military headquarters, officers and soldiers at all levels are working hard and must clean up their front.
Shame. To retreat at this time may cause chaos in the military, and the situation is not under control."
"According to what you said, we must continue fighting in China, no matter whether we can fight or not," Yu interrupted Xianyuan Palace, with a trace of displeasure in his tone.
"It seems to be yes now. Everyone now thinks that capturing Shanghai and Nanjing, and then defeating the China army is the fundamental policy to solve the China Incident. It is true that nothing in the world is 100% sure, but" Prince Ren
The conversation changed, "But war is inherently an adventure and a gamble. It is a gamble on both strength and luck. China is worth the gamble."
Hirohito was deeply moved. He really could not resist the temptation of China, which had a land area of more than 20 countries.
"Your Majesty," Prince Zai Ren saw that Hirohito was still hesitating, so he decided to add more fire. "Your Majesty, the current internal and external situation has made it impossible for the empire to conquer Shanghai and Nanjing. We will wait and wait for the Nanjing regime.
, but Jiang Jun did not want to repent, regardless of the ruin of his life, but he continued to clamor to resist the Japanese. At present, the prospects for political settlement are bleak. And in response to the collapse of the Ducai government, destroying its combat power is like pulling out the fuel from the bottom of the cauldron, and the war will
It is expected to end. Please give His Majesty’s sanction.”
Hirohito let out a long sigh, took the document, signed his name and handed it to Prince Zairen. He warned: "Nanjing should be cautious when attacking Shanghai. Because what China is doing is a colonial war.
Liberation War. The whole country shared the same hatred against the enemy. However, Japan lacked the power to arouse the common hatred among the people. Moreover, China was a semi-feudal and semi-colonial country. Japan fought on the mainland. The deeper it went into the interior, the longer its supply lines became, and it fell into the enemy's initiative.
The danger of attrition tactics in guerrilla warfare is greater, so you must be cautious and cautious in your battles."
Emperor Hirohito, as the supreme commander-in-chief of Japan's three armed forces, knew best that Japan could only make a quick decision and never fight for a long time. He also knew that when he signed this document, he had released a huge monster from the cage.
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However, Japan, an island country with poor resources and frequent earthquakes, has reached a perverted level of desire for land. Hirohito clearly knows that the monster of militarism he unleashed has now grown into a behemoth, and no one in Japan can anymore
Not even its original owner, Emperor Hirohito, could stop it.
After seeing off Prince Kanin Miya Zaihito, Emperor Hirohito walked down from the throne slowly, with his hands behind his back in deep thought. He stared blankly at the vivid map of China on the wall, feeling a wave of greed, desire, resentment, and excitement that connected him to
A complex feeling that I couldn't explain came to my mind. Suddenly, a shout came from the corridor of the palace, "Martial arts will last forever."
The next day, when Prince Kanin Miyazaihito presented Emperor Hirohito's handwriting to the staff officers in the base camp, the young officers of the Ministry of Land and Navy and the General Staff Headquarters were already busy nervously amid cheers. They
Everyone from top to bottom was full of confidence in conquering China.
Military intelligence reports, troop statistics, coordination plans, and material allocation orders flew towards the war room like snowflakes. The officers passing by in the corridor happily greeted each other and wished the Japanese army a great victory.
The auspicious words and war made them become the elite of the nation overnight and the heroes in the hearts of all people. This kind of vanity built on the flesh and blood of countless Chinese and Japanese soldiers has caused them to lose their reason and abandon their human ethics.
There was only one thought in their hearts, and that was victory in the war. There were no orders or instructions, but crazy belief. They had made them run like a tireless machine.
Whether on land or at sea. With the arrival of military orders, hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers in Manchuria and North China cheered. Yellow tides fell to their knees and looked into the east. Shouts of "Long Live the Emperor" and "Conquer China" kept coming one after another.
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Thick smoke of war drifted out of Japan and toward Shanghai, thousands of miles away.
In China, the Nationalist and Military Committees successively sent more troops to the vicinity of Shanghai. Chairman Chiang sternly ordered at the Supreme Military Conference in Nanjing that Shanghai must not give up and that greater Shanghai must be defended at all costs.
On August 9, Lieutenant Oyama Isamu and Soldier Saito Kaizo of the Japanese Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai drove into the Hongqiao Military Airport to provoke and were shot to death by Chinese soldiers. The Japanese Army stationed in Shanghai used this as an excuse to threaten the Chinese government and withdraw the Shanghai security forces.
, dismantled all defenses. After Japan's unreasonable demands were rejected by China, it immediately mobilized 4,000 marines and ship landing personnel stationed in Shanghai and more than 10,000 people from the "Japanese Overseas Chinese Volunteer Group" to prepare for war urgently.
On August 13, the Japanese Marine Corps first fired provocations from Hongkou to the section from Tiantong'an Station to Hengbang, and then attacked Baoshan Road, Baziqiao, and Tiantong'an Road with one unit, but were repulsed by the 88th Division.
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The Nationalist Military Commission ordered on the 13th to reorganize the central part of Zhangzhi into the Ninth Army, and launched a counterattack from dawn on the 14th. At the same time, the Air Force was ordered to coordinate ground operations. The Air Force bombed the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters and the Third Army on the same day.
fleet, damaging the flagship "Izumo". The Fourth Fighter Group shot down three Japanese planes that attacked Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport and injured one. On the 15th, the Japanese Army High Command ordered the formation of the Shanghai Expeditionary Force and appointed Matsui Iwane as its commander.
Commander, immediately dispatched additional 3rd and 11th divisions from China to Shanghai. On the 15th and 16th, fierce battles broke out between the Chinese and Japanese air forces. The Chinese air force shot down more than 40 Japanese aircraft over Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou. 17
Said that a Chinese Navy torpedo boat once again damaged the "Izumo" on the Shanghai Bund.
At this point, the Battle of Bayan and Lu finally kicked off.
The mountains shook and the rivers groaned.
Two loud roars collided in the Chinese sky, bursting out thousands of sparks and turning into a thunder. It shocked China, Japan, and the world. People held their breath and watched this event that decided the fate of the two eastern nations.
An unprecedented war. The Chinese land in August was scorching with summer heat, and the strong smell of gunpowder spread everywhere. It caused wounds all over the body, and the exhausted China began to become restless.