After everyone else left the scene one after another, Tanaka Ji was left behind by Nishio, which made Tanaka Ji sigh helplessly.

"Your Excellency, Commander, why bother?" Tanaka said, "I didn't make any mistakes, did I? ”

Nishio nodded, "Of course not, I just wanted to ask you what you think of this plan." ”

"What can you think, I'm just a spy worker, collecting intelligence, catching spies or something, if you want to say that this kind of large army fights, I'd better forget it, you know, I'm not a person from a military academy. All I can say is that I have no opinion on the battle plan. Tanakaji said without the slightest hesitation.

But this answer obviously didn't satisfy Nishio, Nishio couldn't help but smile, "If you talk like this, it will be too foreign, there are no outsiders here now, tell me what you really think, you have always had a unique strategic vision, talk about your opinions, you don't have to be the head of the special high section, and you don't need to be the commander of the special high school." ”

Nishio said that when it came to this, it was not good for Tanakaji to continue to play haha, so he had to say: "Actually, there is nothing to say, this battle plan is not so old in my opinion, and it is not the first time to bomb Chongqing, and what the result will be has already been learned from the past." ”

Obviously, in Tanakaji's view, the future of this battle plan is not very bright.

"But this time the scale is incomparable to the past, the Navy and the Army have set up a joint air strike force, and unlike before, this time there are also coordinated military operations on the ground to exert pressure."

When Tanaka put forward his own opinion, Nishio added that he didn't seem to agree with Tanaka's view, but he didn't directly deny Tanaka's view.

But at this time, Tanakaji still didn't care, and said: "What if it is to cooperate with the action on the ground? If it was so easy to invade Chongqing, how could the war drag on for so many years? ”

"Hehe, so we're going to do more than that!!" Nishio suddenly laughed.

Tanakaji was a little surprised by Nishio's sudden laughter, and then said, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"Remember the side meeting I told you about earlier?"

"Yes." Tanakaji nodded.

Although he still doesn't know what it is, he told him on the first day he came to Nanjing, and although a few days have passed, he is not so forgetful.

"But what does that meeting have to do with what we are now?" Tanakaji couldn't help but ask, "I think you've already completed this battle plan." ”

Although Tanaka was not optimistic about the outcome of their plan, he could not find anything to add to their battle plan.

Nishio brought up the additional meeting again, which made him a little puzzled now that he knew the battle plan.

Hearing Tanakaji's question, Nishio still smiled, "You underestimated the determination of the local people this time, one thing you said is right, the battle plan is already very detailed, and there is nothing that needs to be added, but this is only from a tactical point of view......"

"Tactically?"

"That's right, he is indeed quite complete tactically, but the additional meeting is mainly aimed at strategic operations, which is also the meaning of the staff headquarters!" Nishiwei said loudly.

"Really? Now the people in the General Staff Headquarters also know how to talk about strategy? Tanakaji couldn't help laughing, "It's so fresh!" Didn't they know how to charge down below? If the charge doesn't go well, change the commander immediately, don't you think it's ridiculous to talk about strategy for such a group of people now? ”

Hearing Tanakaji's ridicule, Nishio couldn't help but cough lightly twice, "Don't turn over some old accounts...... You offended a lot of people by saying these things back then...... It's time to mature a little bit now......"

"So what? Am I wrong? Tanakaji asked rhetorically.

It was also a little embarrassing to be teased by Tanaka like this.

In those days, a group of people once said that China should be fought step by step, and a rash all-out war could easily drag the empire into the quagmire of a protracted war. Tanaka has also put forward and supported similar views.

But at that time, Nishio actually had the same attitude towards Tanakaji as most people, feeling that he was self-righteous and made irresponsible remarks about the empire's decision-making.

You must know that the Kwantung Army rushed down the entire Northeast all the way back then, and Nishio, who had served in the Kwantung Army for a period of time, sneered at Tanakaji's statement.

I feel that he really can't get on the stage to engage in spy work, lacks the kind of sharpness that an emperor should have, and says those things that are out of tune when the situation is good, and feels that he overestimates the squadron, thinking that the squadron can't hold on at all, and has no ability to drag Japan into a protracted war.

Under such a general atmosphere, it is no accident that there is such an idea as "destroying China in three months".

At that time, many people just thought that three months was enough to defeat the national government and exchange it for a letter of surrender.

In that atmosphere, those who believed that the empire should be a step by step were a minority, but anyone who held a view that it should be steady and steady would be despised and excluded by everyone.

However, in recent years, the views of a few people like Tanaka have finally been confirmed by time.

It was precisely because they saw that the quagmire of protracted warfare began to drag their feet, that the General Staff Headquarters thought of starting to exert force in other aspects.

"You were right, so I'd rather hear from you now." Nishio said, "And that's why I asked you to attend the additional meeting." ”

"Having said all that, isn't Your Excellency the Commander going to tell me what the Additional Meeting is about?" Tanaka chuckled.

"To achieve our strategic goals, of course!" Nishio smiled.

Hearing this, Tanakaji couldn't help but sigh and asked, "So what exactly is the strategic goal?" ”

"Forcing the Chinese government to surrender !!" Nishio said solemnly. "Use aircraft to bombard their cities, destroy their government departments and vital infrastructure, and cause panic in the cities!"

"You think too well, if it were so easy, the Imperial Army would have entered Chongqing a long time ago. I'm afraid that even if you bomb Chongqing into ruins, the Chinese government will not surrender. Tanakaji said.

"That's why we need your strength!" Nishio said confidently, "The so-called strong fortresses are breached from the inside, so I need your strength to disrupt their rear under the panic caused by the aircraft fire!! ”