A loud noise came from the office. Although it was separated by a door, it still scared the staff outside the door. None of the more than ten staff outside the door dared to approach the door of the office, for fear that they would be harmed.
"Why is this happening? Why were eight divisions of troops beaten so badly by the Chinese? What does Okamura Neji do for a living?" A voice full of irritability came from the crack of the door.
"And the matter of rescuing [***], why hasn't it been resolved yet? This is a serious dereliction of duty. I will send all those who dereliction of duty to a military court..."
The roaring sound continued, and the staff outside the door were all silent and did not dare to say a word. A staff officer who had just entered quietly asked a major next to him: "Is Prime Minister Tojo still angry?"
The major had a stern look on his face and shook his head: "No, it's been almost half an hour, and he's still angry in the office. No one is there."
The staff officer looked around and quietly said to the major: "Can you help me inform His Excellency Prime Minister Tojo Riku and say..."
"No, no, please don't hurt me." The major shuddered and shook his head like a rattle, "I would rather fight with someone now than open that door. If you insist on
If you go, I won’t stop you, you can just do it on your own.”
The staff officer sighed helplessly. Still unwilling, he wanted to say something to the major, but was stopped by a bony hand full of age spots. An old voice sounded in his ear: "Forget it, Koizumi."
Sir, I'd better go in by myself, I want to see if Tojo-kun will give me this face."
"Ah... you... you..."
Seeing the person coming, all the staff officers were startled. They were about to speak, but were stopped by the person raising their hands.
The person came to the door and knocked on the door.
"Dong dong dong..."
"Baga, have I told you not to disturb me from time to time? Why did you come here again?"
Tojo Hideki's angry curses came from the office.
But the voice seemed to be consumed by him and kept knocking on the door relentlessly.
"Bata!"
The door opened, revealing Tojo Hideki's angry face.
"Asshole, didn't I say no...ah, why is it you? Why are you here, Your Highness?"
The visitor snorted coldly, "Humph! I heard that you are so powerful now, causing the whole base camp to be in a panic. Even the staff can't work normally today. I also want to come and visit and take a look.
What kind of majestic method does our Prime Minister Tojo have?"
Tojo Hideki, who had an angry face at first, understood that the person was coming, and his anger instantly disappeared, like an eggplant beaten by frost. He said dejectedly: "Your Highness, please don't laugh at me anymore.
, I can’t wait to do it now.”
It turned out that the person coming was none other than the Chief of Staff of the Japanese Armed Forces, Prince Kanin Giyazaihito. This veteran of the Taisho period was already over seventy years old, and his eyebrows were all white, but at this moment, a fierce light appeared in his eyes.
Prince Zai Ren casually slapped Tojo Hideki in front of him, making a loud sound.
One side of Tojo Hideki's face immediately became red and swollen, but he still lowered his head and did not dare to say a word. As the saying goes, one thing descends on another. Prince Zaihi is the emperor's uncle, and he is in the Japanese army.
After staying there for almost half a century, its power has become more deeply rooted than ordinary people can imagine. Therefore, Tojo Hideki, who was fierce just now, was unusually docile in front of Prince Zaihi, and did not dare to say a word.
After giving Tojo Hideki a slap in the face, Prince Zaihi asked in an unusually calm voice: "Tojo-kun, do you know how others usually evaluate you?"
Tojo Hideki answered honestly: "I don't know."
Prince Zai Ren sneered: "I don't know? I'm afraid that's not the case. I remember that your former friend Ishihara Wanji's description of you was approved by many people."
As soon as he heard the name Ishihara Kanji, Tojo Hideki jumped up and shouted loudly: "Your Highness, Ishihara Kanji is just a talkative guy, why do you care about his words?"
Prince Zaihi ignored Tojo Hideki's words and continued: "Ishihara Wanji said that you only have the ability to manage ten machine guns. If you exceed ten machine guns, your mind will fall into chaos. I originally said this.
I don’t believe it, but now it seems that this sentence does not make sense at all. You are a complete idiot!” When Prince Zai Ren said the last sentence, his voice almost roared, and his saliva was almost spitting out.
To the face of Hideki Tojo.
Facing Prince Zaihi's anger, Tojo Hideki could only stand still and bear it silently, letting Prince Zaihi wash his face with his fishy-smelling saliva.
Fortunately, the manned prince was old and not as energetic as young people. After scolding him for a few times, he became tired and sat down on the sofa next to him. Then he asked in a gloomy voice:
"Now the Fujian battlefield in China has become eroded. Eight divisions have been defeated across the board. As the land minister, do you have any thoughts? How do you deal with Okamura Neiji, the direct commander of this battle? Some people say that he should be
He was dismissed from his post and even transferred back to his homeland for punishment. Do you agree?"
Seeing that Prince Zairen finally lowered his anger slightly, Tojo Hideki secretly breathed a sigh of relief, strode up to Prince Zairen, bowed, and then said: "Your Highness, I think Okamura Neiji is very important to Fujian."
The defeat on the battlefield is indeed an unshirkable responsibility. After all, he organized and initiated this battle. However, if Okamura Neiji is to be held fully responsible for this, and even dismissed from his position as commander of the Central China Front Army, this is
inappropriate.
I think the failure of this battle is not entirely the responsibility of Shi Okamura, because facts have proven that Suri and the Seventh China Army under his command are indeed a very powerful armed force. Since he began to rise, many empires have
The general fell into his hands, which proved how difficult an opponent he was. Moreover, it was very simple for us to remove Okamura from his post. We only needed a telegram, but after removing him from his post, we
Who can deal with Suri and his Seventh Army?"
"Well..." Prince Zai Ren nodded, "The fact that you think so proves that you are not stupid enough. A large part of the reason for Fujian's defeat was indeed non-war crimes!" At this point, he sighed and shook his head.
Said: "Suri is now full of wings, with hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, and they are well-equipped. According to intelligence, they not only have a large army and an elite air force, but they are also starting to build a navy. This
This is a very dangerous signal, and I have already been mentally prepared for Okamura-kun’s failure in the Fujian battlefield.”
"So you just ordered last month to shift the focus of operations in the China battlefield to the Seventh Army?" Tojo Hideki on the side asked.
"Yes, don't you think so from time to time?" Prince Zai Ren asked, "You know, they have even started to form a navy now. Don't you think the situation is already very urgent?"
Tojo Hideki sneered: "Build a navy? Do the Chinese also have a navy? I'm afraid it will take half a century before they have a navy."
Tojo Hideki's words are indeed very reasonable. The establishment of a navy does not happen overnight. It requires time to settle and accumulate. China's naval strength sank into the Yellow Sea with the Beiyang Navy as early as the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Even though
It was the defeated Beiyang Navy that took the Qing Dynasty government decades to build. Now it is not easy for the Seventh Army to reorganize the navy.
Prince Zai Ren smiled hoarsely, and probably felt that his worries were unfounded. He waved his hands: "Forget it, we won't discuss this issue. Now you should report to me the plan you have formulated to deal with Suri and the Seventh Army.
Plan it.
"Hai!" Tojo Hideki bowed and began to report to Prince Zain...
Just when Hideki Tojo began to make his report, the Japanese army in Fujian also fell into a complete collapse. Following the restoration of the Qing Dynasty in Fujian, the Japanese army in Nanping also suffered heavy casualties under the fierce attack of more than 100,000 Chinese troops.
In the end, only 40,000 of the 100,000 Japanese troops were left. In the end, they had to retreat in embarrassment toward Zhejiang under the leadership of Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu. So far, except for the tens of thousands of Japanese troops surrounded in Fuzhou, all Fujian has fallen to the Seventh Army.
hand.
After the news of the complete defeat of the Japanese army spread, the anti-Japanese sentiment of the people across the country reached another level. Especially people in cities such as Chongqing, Xi'an, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Guilin, etc. took to the streets to parade and celebrate [***
] regained another province, and what's more, many radical people wrote to the government, demanding an immediate counterattack in the occupied areas to regain the country in one fell swoop. However, the officials in charge of the government were not ready yet with [***]
When they were waiting for reasons to answer, people now had reasons to refute, and many celebrities wrote articles in newspapers.
"The Seventh Army is just a war zone under the command of the National Government, with only a few hundred thousand troops. However, the Government has millions of troops, but it has been doing nothing. On the contrary, it has continued to lose cities and territory. Is this just a sentence that has not been done yet?
Can you just prevaricate it if you are ready?"
In the restaurant of Zeng Jiayan's official residence, Chairman Chiang put down the newspaper in his hand and couldn't help but curse. "Niang Xipi, they are all a bunch of short-sighted bastards. They don't understand the difficulties of Zheng Hao at all. They only ask Zheng Hao to launch a major counterattack.
Don’t they know that war costs money?”
"Darling, those reporters don't understand state affairs at all. They only know how to make noises. Why do you need to be familiar with them?" Mrs. Jiang on the side couldn't help but persuade her softly. As the first lady, she knew her husband very well.