Kanin Gong Zairen, a member of the Japanese imperial family, studied in a law school, has the rank of marshal, is one of the few professional soldiers in the Japanese imperial family, has participated in the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, although he is now 73 years old, he still serves as the chief of the general staff of the Japanese Army, and holds the command of the Japanese army. [No pop-up novel network]

When he walked into the imperial study, he saw Hirohito lashing out at the two guards on duty, and the cause of the incident was just that the two guards opened the window.

Of course, Xianyuan Gong Zairen knew that these two guards had just suffered an unwarranted disaster.

In normal times, Hirohito would never be angry with Miyagi's guards, but today is a special situation.

Seeing Xianyuan Gong Zairen slowly coming in, Hirohito's anger immediately shifted to his imperial uncle, and he said to Xianyuan Gong Zairen with a blue face: "Imperial uncle, have you seen the remarks of the Western media?"

Xianyuan Gong Zairen nodded and responded: "Back to Your Majesty, the old minister has already heard about it." ”

Hirohito's eyes showed a cold and faint anger, and then asked, "I don't know how the emperor's uncle feels."

After the attack on Toshihiko Fushimi Palace in the early hours of yesterday morning, Miyazahito foresaw that the Western media would definitely make a fuss about this matter, especially Britain and France would definitely be sneering about Japan, and this is indeed the case, and the major newspapers in Britain and France, such as The Times and Le Figaro, all published the news of the attack on Fushimiya Toshihiko on their front pages today, and there was quite a ridicule of the Japanese army and the Japanese imperial family.

For example, the Times, the headline is quite annoying: The small country is ridiculous, and the prince crushes China

Due to the distance across the ocean, the original English version of the Times was not seen, but just the Japanese translation translated by the secret service was enough to kill the Japanese translation of the secret service

However, the cold tide of public opinion in Britain and France has long been expected by Xianyuan Gong Zairen.

But what Gong Zairen didn't expect was that even the United States, the Soviet Union, and even Germany joined in the ridicule.

Especially Germany, Germany is now an ally with Japan, and it is actually ridiculing the Japanese army, saying that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is so low, and even the safety of the commander of the army they send cannot be guaranteed, this is still in the face of an opponent like China, if it faces a stronger opponent, such as the British ** team, the performance of the Japanese army is only afraid that it will be worse, and the editor of the German newspaper Die Welts also took the trouble to suggest to the German government to reconsider the alliance with the Japanese government.

When he saw this paragraph, Xianyuan Palace was so angry that he tore the Japanese translation in his hand to pieces.

Previously, the German government provided a large amount of military aid to the Nationalist Government, and even after the full-scale outbreak of the Sino-Japanese war, there were still German advisers in the squadron to give advice, and the Japanese government has not yet protested to the German government on this matter.

If the editor-in-chief of Le Monde was in front of him, Xianyuan Gong Zairen really wanted to talk to him.

But the question now is how to calm Hirohito's anger, this young emperor has been regent since the age of 20, ascended the throne at the age of 25, and is just in time for the good time when Japan's national fortunes are thriving, since the accession to the throne for more than ten years, Hirohito has never had a bad time, so he is more arrogant than Emperor Meiji.

Because of this, Hirohito became more and more intolerant of the stain on the imperial family.

Now, as a child of the elite of the imperial family, Fushimi Palace Toshihiko smashed the Chinese battlefield, and the attack on Fushimi Palace Toshihiko was a Chinese rout army that was almost disabled, which is simply an unprecedented shame for the Japanese imperial family, because Fushimi Palace Toshihiko was the first royal child to die on the battlefield, and he died so badly.

At that moment, the Xianyuan Palace Zairen considered his words and said: "Your Majesty, the media in the West have always been like this, although the national strength of the Japanese Empire has been thriving in recent years, and it is not inferior to the Western powers, but the Western world has never really accepted us, and now that Toshihiko has unfortunately shattered the Chinese battlefield, it is not surprising that the public opinion of the Western countries will have such a reaction." ”

Hirohito said again: "Then what does the Emperor of the Emperor think about the incident of Emperor Uncle Yu shattering the Chinese battlefield?"

"Jun Yanyu smashed the Chinese battlefield, it is indeed a great shame for the empire and the imperial family, and the old minister has sent a telegram to the commander of the Central China Front Army, Matsui Shigen, on this matter, expressing the concern of the imperial family." Hirohito suddenly stopped when he said this, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

After the outbreak of the Battle of Songhu, the Imperial Council decided to form a Central China Army, and there were a total of six candidates for commanders, namely the Korean Governor Nanjiro, the Kwantung Army Commander Ueda Kenkichi, the former Prime Minister Hayashi Mijuro, the Minister of War Sugi Sugimoto, the Army Education Director Terauchi Shouichi, and Matsui Ishine, who was idle at home.

At that time, most of the members of the meeting, including Hirohito, were inclined to the Minister of War, Sugi Sugimoto, but because of his personal relationship with Matsui Ishone, he pushed Matsui Ishone to the throne.

However, Matsui's performance did not match his reputation.

First of all, the Battle of Songhu was not fought well, because the situation in Shanghai was not opened for a long time, forcing the base camp to increase the troops of Songhu again and again, and finally relying on the 11th Army of Yanagawa Heisuke to land from Jinshanwei, it finally broke the stalemate of the Battle of Songhu that lasted for more than a month, and at this time the Japanese army had suffered more than 50,000 casualties.

The casualties were 50,000, which greatly exceeded the base camp's previous expectations.

Finally won the Battle of Songhu, and because of Chiang's mistakes, hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the Songhu battlefield were defeated like a mountain, and the Japanese army took advantage of the victory to pursue, like a bamboo, and saw that Nanjing could be captured in a few days, as long as Nanjing was captured, Matsui Shigen would become an imperial hero, and it was inevitable to be promoted to the rank of marshal.

And he will also leave a good reputation in Japanese history.

But at this juncture, there was an unfortunate incident in which Fushimi Palace Toshihiko was attacked by a broken jade.

Fushimi Palace Toshihiko caused himself to shatter China due to his arrogance and contempt for the enemy, which has nothing to do with Matsui Ishone, but the next thing is related, if Matsui Ishone can't destroy the Chinese rout that attacked and killed Fushimi Palace Toshihiko as soon as possible, and can't save face for the empire and the Japanese imperial family, then he is incompetent.

The final result did prove that Matsui Ishine was really incompetent.

With three infantry wings and the full help of the air regiment, Matsui Ishine failed to wipe out a Chinese army of less than 500 men, and finally allowed this Chinese army to successfully cross the Yangtze River, and left a sign insulting Emperor Hirohito on the beach in the north of the river

In addition to incompetence, Miyajihito Kanin really can't think of any other adjective to describe Matsui Ishone's performance.

It is no wonder that Hirohito was so angry just now, because the slogan left on the beach of the Yangtze River by the provisional 79th Division is really hearty.

"The concern of the royal family" Hirohito's brows jumped suddenly, and he said faintly: "Uncle Huang, the imperial family is not only concerned about the performance of the Central China Front, not to mention that the Battle of Songhu was fought like that, with the heavy troops of three infantry wings, it was impossible to destroy a Chinese rout of less than 500 people, how can such a person be worthy of being the commander to replace it?"

The last sentence is a substitution, Hirohito said categorically, he can't bear Matsui Ishone's performance anymore.

Xianyuan Gong Zairen sighed in his heart, he originally wanted to fight for Matsui Ishine again, but when he saw Hirohito's tone, he knew that he had made up his mind, and immediately took out the resignation telegram that Matsui Ishine had just sent, and said: "Your Majesty, Matsui Ishine has sent a resignation telegram." ”

"He's still a little self-aware." Hirohito snorted and said, "Immediately convene a meeting of the Imperial Front to agree on the replacement of the Central China Front Army and the commander of the Central China Army. ”

Soon, the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Land Minister, and Navy Minister, as well as various officials who were eligible to attend the Imperial Council, came to the Imperial Palace and began the Imperial Council.

Due to Matsui Ishone's failure case in the past, this time the idle courtyard Miyayae Jaeren chose to shut up.

In the end, Emperor Hirohito made a final decision and selected the Minister of War, General Sugi Sugimoto, to fly to China to serve as the commander of the Central China Front and the commander of the Central China Army.

History is skewed here.

After receiving the letter of appointment, Shanshanyuan, in his capacity as the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, issued an order to the Chongdo Detachment of the Central China Dispatch Army, ordering the Chongdo Detachment, which was attacking and advancing along the Jiangbei to Yangzhou, to immediately turn on the spot and return from Jingjiang to Nantong to sweep away the remnants of the provisional 79th Division, and at the same time order the Aviation Regiment to go all out to provide tactical guidance.

Shanshanyuan knew very well that the reason why Matsui Ishine was dismissed from his post was not because he did not perform well in the Battle of Songhu, let alone because he did not advance quickly enough to Nanjing, but because he failed to eliminate the remnants of the provisional 79th Division and failed to save face for the Japanese imperial family and the empire.

When the Shigeto detachment received the order, the troops had just crossed the Jingjiang River and were attacking in the direction of Yangzhou.

Although Chiaki Shigeto was very unimpressed, he finally carried out the order of the command of the Dispatch Army, and led the Shigeto Detachment, which was formed based on the Taiwanese mixed brigade, to turn east and go to the vicinity of Nantong to sweep the remnants of the Provisional 79th Division, which was less than four hours after the remnants of the Provisional 79th Division came ashore from Nantong and wrote provocative slogans on the riverside.

In less than four hours, the commander of the Central China Direction Army of the Japanese Army was actually replaced.

This also shows how desperately the Japanese Imperial Family, or Emperor Hirohito, wants to save face.

Of course, with Yi Shuai, the commander of the Central China Front of the Japanese Army, the commanders of the three infantry wings under him who were responsible for sweeping up the remnants of the provisional 79th Division were also punished without exception, especially the acting wing commander of the 6th Infantry Wing, Akita, who was the most miserable, was ordered by the base camp to defend his reputation in the form of a samurai