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After meeting with Oshihara Toshihito at the War Department, he immediately took the battle plan for the Third Battle of Songhu formulated by the War Division, and flew directly to Ryukyu by special plane.

When he met Hirohito, Hirohito was lying on a lounge chair by the hot spring, massaged by a plump and charming female technician.

I haven't seen him for nearly half a month, and Hirohito's complexion has improved a lot.

Obviously, after leaving Tokyo, after staying away from the troubles of many state affairs, Hirohito finally had a chance to rest, and his body quickly recovered as before, after all, Hirohito has just turned thirty-eight years old, and he is not yet forty years old, which is the most vigorous time in his life, and can be recovered with a little care.

Seeing Xianyuan Palace Zairen coming over, Hirohito waved his hand, and the plump female technician bent down and retreated, Hirohito grabbed a towel from the side and wrapped it around his waist, and then sat up and greeted Xianyuan Palace Zairen: "Uncle Huang, you are not in Tokyo to preside over the War Department, and you are also running to this day Kuyama Hot Spring Palace to do something?" ”

"Hello." Xianyuan Gong Zairen first paused, and then said, "The War Department has just drawn up a battle plan for the Third Battle of Songhu, and I respectfully request Your Majesty to judge it." ”

"The Third Battle of Songhu?" Hirohito frowned slightly and asked, "What about the second Battle of Songhu?" I remember that the 20th Division seemed to go to Shanghai first, how was the fight? Speaking of this, Hirohito suddenly waved his hand again and said, "Just looking at your face, Uncle Huangzu, I know that I must have lost the battle." ”

"Hello." Xianyuan Gong Zairen paused again and said, "It's true that I lost." ”

Hirohito snorted lightly and asked again, "And you still lost badly, didn't you?" ”

"Hello." Xianyuan Gong Zairen paused for the third time, and then said with a face full of shame, "The old minister has failed His Majesty's expectations, and His Majesty has punished him." ”

"That's it." Hirohito waved his hand and said indifferently, "I have been mentally prepared for this. ”

After finishing speaking, Hirohito stretched out his hand again and said, "Uncle Huang, bring the plan to me to see." ”

"Hello!" Xianyuan Gong Zairen paused heavily, and then handed over the folder in his hand, Hirohito reached out and took it, then opened the folder, and read it very carefully.

After watching it for half an hour, Hirohito finally finished reading it all.

After closing his eyes and thinking for a while, Hirohito suddenly opened his eyes and asked: "Uncle Huang, have you thought about it, if I approve this plan and send the Guards Division to the Songhu battlefield, it will almost stake the face of the Japanese imperial family, and if you win, it will be fine, but if you lose in the end, the imperial family will lose face!" ”

"Hello!" Xianyuan Gong Zairen suddenly said, "But the old minister thinks that he will definitely not lose this time." ”

"Really? Uncle Huang is so confident? Hirohito shook his head and said leisurely, "I don't have much confidence. ”

Xianyuan Gong Zairen explained: "Your Majesty, regarding the defeat of the Second Battle of Songhu, the War Department has made a profound and detailed summary of the defeat, and the old minister has read this summary of the defeat, and it can be said that the analysis is very objective, and the advantages and disadvantages of the two armies, as well as the gains and losses of their respective tactics, are fully displayed......

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Hirohito.

Hirohito waved his hand and said: "Uncle Huang, I don't need to explain, I don't disagree, how difficult the empire's finances are at the moment, you don't say that I also know, with the current national strength of the empire, although ten divisions can still be mobilized to the front line, but these ten divisions are prepared for the decisive battle of the Far East Battle, and they must not be moved lightly." ”

After a slight pause, Hirohito continued: "Therefore, transferring the Guards Division to Shanghai is the only way, the reason why I said this just now is just to remind the Emperor Uncle, and at the same time hope that the Emperor Ancestor will tell Tojo-kun and Itagaki-kun that this third Battle of Songhu cannot afford to be lost!" Otherwise, the face of the royal family will be lost. ”

"Hello!" Xianyuan Gong Zai Ren suddenly said, "The old minister understands. ”

"Go ahead." Hirohito waved his hand and closed his eyes again.

Xianyuan Gong Zairen bowed deeply, and then retreated.

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At the same time, in the port of Tokyo.

Although the battle plan had not yet been approved by Hirohito, both Kaihito Kanin and Hideki Tojo were confident in it, so although they had not yet been formally appointed, Seishiro Itagaki had already borrowed a naval camp near the port of Tokyo to set up the temporary headquarters of the 12th Army.

At present, the temporary headquarters of the 12th Army only has one function, which is to coordinate with the navy to transfer as much transportation capacity as possible, and the Guards Division and the Seventh Division will be transported to Jiangyin Fortress at one time.

Since the chief of staff of the 12th Army has not yet arrived, Kokahara Toshisi temporarily serves as the chief of staff.

Although he has not yet arrived in Shanghai, Seishiro Itagaki has quickly entered the role and began to plan for the upcoming third Battle of Songhu.

In the war room, Seishiro Itagaki was working on the map, and Toshimi Okahara suddenly came in with a telegram.

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Oshihara Toshisi stiffened his feet, and then said with a pause, "I just received a telegram from His Royal Highness Prince Kanin Palace from Ryukyu that His Majesty the Emperor has approved the battle plan drawn up by the War Department, and the appointment of you as commander of the Twelfth Army has also been down. ”

Seishiro Itagaki waved his hand and said, "Got it." ”

Oshihara Toshisi closed the folder of the telegram and handed it to the orderly beside him, and then slowly walked behind Itagaki Seishiro and stood still, watching Itagaki Seishiro work on the map, the senior generals of Little Japan, without exception, all graduated from the Army University, and all of them have excellent level of work on the map.

Itagaki Seishiro suddenly looked back at Kokahara Junsi and said: "Kokahara-kun, I forgot, you are not only an excellent special forces commander, but also an elite who integrates the military ideas and theories of Japan and Germany, for the third Battle of Songhu, do you have any good suggestions for me?" ”

Xiaoluhara Junsi waved his hand and said, "How dare you show your ugliness in front of Your Excellency the Commander. ”

Itagaki Seishiro belched and said, "Oshihara-kun, you don't look like an imperial soldier, but like a sleek and sophisticated Chinese soldier. ”

"Hello." Oshihara Junsi suddenly said, "In this case, the humble position can be said directly." ”

"That's like an Imperial soldier." Seishiro Itagaki smiled, stretched out his hand again, and said, "Please speak." ”

Xiaoluyuan Junsi bowed slightly, and said: "There is an old saying in China, called the soldiers and horses are not moving, the grain and grass go first, which means that if you want to win a war, the first thing is the supply of grain and grass, if the supply of grain and grass is interrupted, the army will be defeated without a fight. ”

Itagaki Seishiro said: "What does Okahara-kun mean by cutting off Xu Rui's grain channel? ”

"Hello!" Xiaoluyuan Junsi was stunned and said, "As long as the food supply of Xu Rui's department is cut off, within three days, Xu Rui's troops will be defeated without a fight, and the imperial army will be able to recapture Shanghai without much effort." ”

"Cut off the food supply of Xu Rui's department? This is not easy. Itagaki Seishiro shook his head and said, "Intelligence shows that before the Second Battle of Songhu, Xu Rui had purchased millions of stone rice from Nanyang through Yu Qiaqing, a wealthy merchant in Shanghai, and with so much grain in hand, Xu Rui's troops would not be short of food for decades!" ”

Itagaki Seishiro originally thought that cutting off the grain was to cut off Xu Rui's channel to buy grain, but it was useless.

"That's not quite true." Kokahara shook his head and said, "What if this batch of grain is suddenly burned by a fire?" ”

"Burned?" Itagaki Seishiro was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he was overjoyed, "Oshihara-kun, what do you mean by your special operations brigade to carry out a surprise attack on the granary of the Songhu Military Division?" ”

"Hello." Xiaoluyuan Junsi shook his head heavily, and then said, "Your Excellency Commander, it will take at least a week for the Guards Division to complete the assembly, at least in these seven days, Your Excellency Commander, and the division headquarters of the Guards Division are safe, then our special operations brigade can take this opportunity to raid the granary used to store grain in the Songhu Military Division, if it can burn all the reserve grain in one fell swoop, it is good, but even if only part of it is burned, it can also shake the opponent's military heart." ”

"But ......," Seishiro Itagaki frowned and said, "After the defeat of the Second Battle of Songhu, the Nakamura organs have been wiped out by Xu Rui's troops, and the intelligence and reconnaissance capabilities of the Imperial Army in Shanghai have been devastated, so now, it is not easy to investigate the location of the granary of the Songhu Military Division." ”

Xiaoluhara Junsi said indifferently: "There is a way to solve this humble position. ”

"Yo Si." Seishiro Itagaki was overjoyed when he heard this, "In this case, it's really worth trying." ”

Oshihara Toshisi continued: "If Your Excellency the Commander agrees to this plan, I want to lead the special operations team to Shanghai today. ”

Seishiro Itagaki said in surprise: "There's no need to be in such a hurry. ”

But Kokahara Junsi insisted: "Your Excellency, Commander, the soldiers are very fast. ”

"Yo Si." Seishiro Itagaki nodded happily and said, "In this case, I will contact the navy and ask them to secondment four Douglas III transport planes, and you will take the navy's transport planes to Shanghai tonight, and if everything goes well, you can land at the Suzhou military airport before dawn tomorrow." ”