"Army horse manure failed?"

In Tokyo, a naval gathering place, several naval officers are discussing the information they heard not long ago.

"It is said that it was defeated by the guerrillas in the rear, and several divisions suffered heavy casualties, with nearly 20,000 casualties, and all of them were the elite of the empire"

A high-ranking naval officer spoke.

"20,000 killed?"

"Aren't there only more than 5,000 casualties?"

Another naval officer was surprised by the news that the news of the army's defeat had already spread within the military, and the official propaganda was that the battle objectives had been accomplished, that a large number of guerrillas had been eliminated, but that there had been a large number of casualties themselves. The specific battle report was: annihilated more than 50,000 enemy guerrillas, suffered more than 5,000 casualties, and captured a large amount of supplies, especially silver dollars, and captured tens of millions.

"Phew"

The highest-ranking naval officer snorted, and after tightening his cotton coat in the low temperature of Tokyo in late December, he continued.

"Listening to the army's nonsense, I have a friend of the special high-tech department, and I got the news from him that this combat battle was completely defeated, and all the participating divisions and regiments suffered heavy casualties."

"I'm afraid that the casualties of each division and regiment will add up to at least 30,000 people"

"And they didn't eliminate so many guerrillas at all, they were just and deceived the people."

When Dao was emotional, he stomped his feet fiercely, the Japanese army and navy have always been at odds, once there is an opportunity to tear each other down, it is a common thing, if this news is finalized, then the navy will definitely take the opportunity to suppress the army, so that the army will spit out a large wave of interests. Just like the annihilation of an infantry wing and a chariot brigade during the Battle of Xuzhou before, the army spit out a large wave of interests to suppress this matter.

But now that more than half a month has passed since the fighting, there seems to be no movement.

"No one cares? Just let that group of horse manure casually deceive the people? ”

A naval officer was indignant, why didn't the top brass of the Navy teach this gang of horse manure a lesson?

"Hey"

"Although the army suffered heavy losses in this battle and concealed casualties, they did capture hundreds of millions of silver dollars, and now all these silver dollars have been shipped back to the Empire, and the Imperial Government is preparing to use this silver and the United States and Germany to buy machine tools and steel and other materials."

"The merchant group has been sent out"

The first officer with the highest rank sighed, and he continued.

This devil officer seems to have a high source of information and knows a lot of secret information.

"A total of 20,000 tons of silver, a total of more than 700 million US dollars, has been used to buy steel machine tools and other materials"

"The conflict between the empire and the European and American ghost animals is becoming more and more severe, and the European and American ghost animals are very dissatisfied with our occupation of the Republic of China, and I heard that the top management of the empire intends to take advantage of this time to buy more materials we must to prepare for the next battle."

"And the army also made a guarantee to provide another 10,000 tons of silver in the next few months, so that the base camp did not hold the horse manure accountable for its dereliction of duty"

"20,000 tons of silver!"

"Seven hundred million dollars!"

"That's enough to build several Yamato"

"Is the Republic of China so rich? It's only been a year since the war began, and so many silver dollars have been captured! ”

The huge harvest amazed the naval officers.

"So the top brass of the Navy acquiesced in this matter"

The last sentence silenced everyone, in the end, the war is for profit, even if tens of thousands of imperial warriors are killed, even if the entire people are deceived and deceived, but as long as there are enough benefits, this is not a problem.

20,000 tons of silver, 700 million US dollars, converted into more than 2 billion yen, which is close to last year's total military expenditure, in the face of such huge interests, it is not unacceptable to die in battle. Moreover, the army also promised to provide 10,000 tons of silver, that is, more than one billion yen, which is good news for the Japanese military leaders who have always wanted to feed the war with war.

In this way, even a doubling of casualties is acceptable.

"According to the army, it also asks for more investment in the army's military spending, especially the procurement of light weapons, and also asks for more tanks and artillery."

"The great defeat was largely due to the disadvantage of the Imperial Army in light weapons and artillery"

"Moreover, the fourth round of army expansion also began yesterday, and this time fifty army divisions will be formed"

In the face of billions of war revenues, it is certain that the status of the Army will definitely rise in a straight line, and as long as the Army can continue to provide benefits, then these requirements will definitely be met.

"Fifty army divisions?"

Everyone silently digested the news.

Fifty army divisions and regiments, calculated as a B-level division, is one million troops, which can be an unprecedented large-scale expansion of the army, and all of these soldiers belong to the army, and all of them will be thrown into the battlefield of the Republic of China.

Everyone didn't know what to do for a while, the thing was obvious, the empire was stimulated by huge interests, and was ready to increase its strength to loot the Republic of China.

Eventually, the conversation ended in silence.

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"The final statistics are out"

In Beiping, in the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front, a major general counted the results of the recent siege against the Eighth Route Bureau.

"Reading"

The general sitting on the Taishi's chair spoke coldly.

"There are five divisions and regiments participating in the war, the 5th Division, the 109th Division, the 6th Division, the 20th Division, and the 108th Division"

"The 5th Division suffered 3,290 killed and 2,300 wounded, of which 780 were seriously wounded and disabled"

"The 109th Division suffered 3,300 killed and 3,200 wounded, of which 1,209 were seriously wounded and disabled."

“····”

Major generals report from low to high according to the severity of losses.

"A total of five divisions and regiments have accumulated dead and wounded, of which 7,098 are seriously injured and disabled"

Finally, the major general made a summary.

"That is, the cumulative reduction of 30,000 soldiers in this battle"

The general sitting on the Taishi's chair said in a much lower tone.

"Hey, this doesn't include the two divisions of the Kwantung Army, their casualties are about the same as those of the 6th Division"

Major General added.

"Hey..."

After a long silence, the general let out a sigh.

The Eighth Route Army launched an encirclement and suppression campaign that lasted for nearly three months, with a total of more than 200,000 troops, but the final result was not only not achieved, but also suffered heavy losses, and this battle could be a complete fiasco.

"Major General Ye, what do you think of this battle"

The general asked the major general beside him.

"This defeat is really a failure of our army's intelligence"

Major General began to organize the language.

"The Eighth Route Army is completely different from the Eighth Route Army that we thought before, even far beyond our imagination, their firepower is far stronger than the Imperial Army, their training is not bad at all, and their fighting will is much stronger than their so-called regular army."