Chapter 203: Ah! Navy (13, first change)
ps: The manuscript is exhausted, the crying blood code word, the life is endless, and the battle is not stopped......
"What should I do?" As soon as Ishihara put down the phone, Tada asked worriedly, "The situation is worse than imagined?" Really use the Guards Division? ”
"Let's move. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" Ishihara sighed, "But don't be so fast, wait and see, take your time." The Navy has tanks, let the Guards Division pull out the tanks as well. But no matter how it drags on, it must be in place tomorrow morning. The security and security forces of the army ministry and the base camp should be strengthened, although Hori Yiyoshi promised not to move us, it is difficult to ensure that his subordinates have hot brains, and it is very likely that the killing of the red eye will be done, and if the base camp and the army organs are eliminated, it will be really difficult to end. ”
"Hello!" Several confidants and staff officers hurriedly took action, arranged the arrangements, and transferred the troops, all in a hurry.
"Do you want to send more troops to the palace?"
"Not yet." Ishihara Wan'er pondered for a moment and said, "Horiyoshi is still measured, the firefight is not intense, and it has even subsided now, it can be seen that he can effectively control the troops, strengthen the palace guards to pass through the territory they control now, it is easy to fight directly, and if there is a three long and two short, you and I can't afford to be guilty." ”
Shimomura asked: "Do you want to send more troops to Tokyo, there is only one Guards Division now, but I heard that Hori Tsukichi has brought in the 1st Marine Brigade, plus the number of sailors and naval organs, I am afraid that there will be at least 8,000 troops, and I am afraid that there will be insufficient troops." ”
"Not for the time being, there are more than 10,000 people in the Guards Division." Ishihara thought for a moment, "And if you want to transfer troops, you have to take a ship, what if you are sunk by the navy halfway?" ”
Since Japan launched the war, a large number of troops have been stationed abroad, and the Kwantung Army, Nanyang, Chinese mainland, India, etc. have hoarded a large number of troops, and there are only three and a half divisions on the mainland, and they are also distributed on separate islands such as Kyushu, China, and Shikoku, and it is not convenient to move between them.
Tada Jun was speechless: the army has its own transport fleet, but it can't fight a naval war, and now the attitude of the fleet is unclear, and it is speculated that it is likely to agree with Horiyoshi, at least some of the fleets must agree, if it is really a fight with the fleet at sea, it will be miserable, and the navy has no psychological burden on the army at all - this is the convention!
"A division is enough, after all, the other side is only a brigade and some sailors. But tell the troops that they can only confront each other, not move, even if the navy is impulsive, don't mess around - after all, there are still 4 heavy cruisers parked in the port, what if they open fire? The city of Tokyo will be in ruins. Ishihara Wan'er pondered, "Don't say that the army is not capable of quelling the rebellion now, even if it does, it can't be moved, otherwise the navy will hate the army to death for the rest of its life in the future, and if you want to go up, someone else will go to it." ”
"Someone else? The police? Stop dreaming. Tada Jun said disdainfully, "The police have long been scared and trembling, how dare they care about the affairs of the navy." ”
"It's not the police, it's someone, like the gendarmes......" and then he whispered Horikichi and what he said to Tada, and the latter's face changed dramatically. If what Horikichi said is true, I'm afraid the situation inside is very complicated, and Tada Jun believes that Horikichi doesn't need to lie to himself, it is understandable that Tojo is not willing to be lonely, and it is completely normal to hook up with King Fushimi Miyahiro Kyoshi, after all, they worked together in the last cabinet.
"We must guard against Tojo's troublemakers, such as deliberately provoking a conflict between the navy and the army to oust us." After all, Tada Jun's political experience is richer than Ishihara's, and he immediately thought of it, "It is not possible for him to deal with us directly, the only way is to incite the navy and army to oppose or even fight, in case of casualties, we will definitely have to take responsibility afterwards, even if we want to step down in order to appease the navy, he will have a chance then, and he will also sell King Fushimi Miyahiroko, so ......"
Ishihara Waner and Shimomura nodded again and again, they had just tasted power, and they didn't want to step down so soon, and Muto Zhang, the director of the Military Affairs Bureau who participated in the discussion, interjected: "Now that the Guards Division is in the hands of Tanaka Shinichi, what should I do?" ”
"Alas, it wasn't well thought out." Tada Jun sighed, "He is a hardliner, and he has a very average relationship with the navy, but I am afraid that it will not be easy to manage, and it is not good to disclose this concern to him, this must have a handle, and he will be happier in the future." ”
Everyone fell into deep thought, when Ishihara came to power, he transferred Tojo Hideki's henchman Kenri Sato directly to the reserve, Muto Akira returned from the head of the Guards Division to the head of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of the Army, and Tanaka Shinichi was sent to the Guards Division to take over Muto Akira's squad. Although Muto Akira and Tanaka Shinichi joined forces to oppose Ishihara Kanji on the issue of non-expansion, Muto Akira quickly changed his attitude after going to the Chinese battlefield and learning a lesson, and Tanaka Shinichi was not deferential to Ishihara Waner. Of course, his relationship with Hideki Tojo was even worse - he rushed to Tojo's office and called him a "bastard" and was locked up for 15 days.
"Notify as usual, see how he reacts, not to mention that if we don't notify, someone will notify, so don't be out of place." Ishihara Wan'er was very thoughtful, "This is a major event, it is very likely to change the entire political situation and the balance of power, and the navy red deer is not completely unbeneficial, at least it can help us see which are positive factors within the army, which are negative factors, we must take advantage of the situation and carefully identify - test the jade in the fire." And don't worry too much about the Guards Division, I have a backhand. ”
"Backhand?" Tada Jun thought for a moment, "You mean Takeda Attack?" ”
"That's right! He's Toshikun Obata with high feet, you know! Ishihara smiled meaningfully.
Everyone nodded knowingly, Toshiro Obata was the backbone of the Imperial Road faction and a supporter of the Showa Restoration at the time of the 226 Mutiny, which everyone knew. As his most proud disciple, Takeda Attack will of course bring this kind of political tendency, so Takeda Attack is likely to be unwilling to work hard in suppression, which is a great constraint on Tanaka Shinichi.
Because of his excellent fighting on the battlefield in India, Takeda made many great achievements, not only was he promoted from wing commander to brigade commander, but also hung up the rank of major general. Last month, the base camp was preparing to transform the Guards Division into a chariot unit, and the Kwantung Army was reluctant to send people for the time being (in fact, the Kwantung Army wanted to remove Tanaka Shinichi's position, but Ishihara and Tada Jun both thought it was inappropriate, so the Kwantung Army simply refused to send the brigade commander), so they set their sights on the Indian Dispatch Army, and now the mecha force is not only for the Eastern Army. Yamashita believed that Takeda's attacking talents were rare, but he was not good at letting go of important people in Tokyo, so he recommended him to be transferred to serve as a brigade commander.
The commander of the chariot brigade of the Guards Division is not as happy as the commander of the independent chariot brigade, and his rank has not moved, but Tanaka Shinichi has not been short since he took over as the commander of the division, and he does not understand mechanized troops, and Yamashita believes that as long as Takeda has performed well, he is very hopeful that he will become the commander of the Guards Division in the next year, and the rank of lieutenant general is just around the corner. Moreover, Takeda Attack served in the Guards Division back then, and it was not without foundation, if it weren't for the involvement of 226, maybe he would have been promoted a long time ago.
In Japan's political system, because the cabinet and military representatives need to have the system of senior and lieutenant generals on active duty, it is easy for lieutenant generals and above to become politicians, and if they are lucky, they will have the opportunity to take up important positions in the Ministry of the Army and the General Staff Headquarters in terms of Takeda's age, military exploits, educational background (Lu University graduated very early), and ability. If he Yamashita Fengfumi has the opportunity to become the Minister of War or Chief of Staff in the future, Takeda Attack is the most down-to-earth team, and from the future layout consideration, he reluctantly put Takeda Attack back to Tokyo.
While they were discussing, Prime Minister Ugaki Kazunari's phone call came in, and he shouted wildly: "Ishihara, Tada, what are you doing?" The navy has all defected, why not suppress it? Why not send the Guards Division into the streets? ”
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, the commander-in-chief is independent, do I dare to move without an explicit edict? Your Highness has just entered the palace to report, suppressing the rebellion is the daily work of the military police, why don't you call Tojo? Ishihara stabbed him without yin or yang.
"Nonsense, are naval rebels something that the gendarmes can deal with?"
"Then you can't use the troops at will, what if someone puts a rebellious hat on me?" Ishihara was angry, "Or if you write me a note, I'll transfer troops?" ”
"You ......" Ugaki Kazunari has been being hollowed out by the Big Four of the base camp for a long time, and suddenly thinks that there is an opportunity to seize power, but he didn't expect to hit a hard nail here in Ishihara Waner before it was launched. Of course, it's okay to write a note, but if Ishihara pokes the note out in the future, his prime minister will be finished, and he will be scolded by the navy for the rest of his life, Ugaki Kazunari is an old bureaucrat, how can this kind of question be unclear, and he was suddenly speechless.
"Besides, you know that Shinichi Tanaka of the Guards Division was against me back then, and I ordered him not to listen to him, or I will pass on your order to Koiso Kuniaaki and let the Korean army come to reinforce it? He will definitely listen to you. ”
"You? Yaga! Yaga! Ugaki Kazunari was so angry that he scolded a few words and hung up the phone.
If Koiso Kuniaki's Korean army is led to Tokyo to fight against the navy, then after the situation calms down, no matter who wins or loses, Ugaki Kazunari will inevitably face the wrath of the entire navy, and the prime minister will definitely come to an end. For Ugaki Kazunari, who finally got the position of prime minister, this result was more uncomfortable than killing him, so he could only hang up the phone angrily.
The third phone rang quickly, this time it was from King Minoru Higashikurenomiya, his voice was tired, but his voice was very clear: "Ishihara, I have been persuading for a long time, but His Majesty has always refused to listen, and insisted on suppressing it by force by the army, and also asked the head of the Hyakku Chamberlain to contact and Kawakoshiro to lead the main force of the combined fleet to Tokyo!" ”
"Doing so risks turning Tokyo into ruins."
"I know, I know." King Minoru of the East Kure Palace sighed, "But now that the situation is like this, we have no choice but to disobey the edict again, otherwise the world will be in chaos." ”