Chapter 1225: Hirohito vomits blood
Mitsumasa Yonechi is about to go crazy. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Overnight, the entire Third Fleet, which was fighting with the Ninth Division of the Army in Shanghai, was actually wiped out, and the moment he received the report, Mitsumasa Minai's heart suddenly hung up, and he thought that the British Royal Navy had come to fight, and looking at the whole world, I am afraid that only the British Royal Navy has this strength!
This is really not Mitsumasa Yonechi's conceit, because although the total tonnage of the United States, the total tonnage of the United States, the three major naval powers in the world is as huge as that of Britain and is in the first echelon of the world, and the total tonnage of Japan's navy is slightly inferior to that of the United States and Britain, but when it comes to comprehensive strength, the Japanese Navy can leave behind the US Navy a few streets!
To put it bluntly, the Japanese Navy grew up little by little in blood and fire, and the Battle of Tsushima was a baptism of blood and fire for the Japanese Navy, while the US Navy has hardly fought a war since the day it was formed.
It takes one year for the army, ten years for the air force, and a hundred years for the navy to be built.
Therefore, looking at the world today, only the British Royal Navy has the ability to completely annihilate the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet stationed in Shanghai overnight.
Therefore, Mitsumasa Minai immediately suspected the head of the British Navy.
However, in the next moment, Mitsumasa Yonechi immediately overturned this speculation.
As for the reason, it is very simple, because the intelligence organs of the Japanese Admiralty are not vegetarians, and they not only sent spies to Hong Kong and Singapore, but even have the eyes of the Japanese Navy on British soil, and they dare not say that every move of the British Royal Navy is under the surveillance of the Japanese Admiralty, but if the British Government wants to send a large-scale ocean-going fleet to Shanghai for an expedition, it cannot hide it from the intelligence personnel of the Japanese Admiralty in any way.
However, the intelligence officers did not have intelligence about the expedition of the British Royal Navy.
Therefore, the suspicion of the British Royal Navy can be ruled out, and this is by no means done by the British!
So, this matter is very ridiculous, who is the Third Fleet attacking?
A more detailed report was then sent to the Admiralty, which was sent by Seiichiro Fujimori, the commander of the aircraft carrier Kaga, before the sinking of the Kaga, and in a telegram Seiichiro Fujimori told him exactly what he knew, including the first receipt of distress signals from several warships, including the Yuteru.
Several warships, including the USS Yuzhao, sent distress signals after the attack on the Broadway building.
Then, just as they were about to dispatch their aviation to the rescue on the Huangpu River, they received an order from the commander of the Third Fleet, Hasegawa Kiyoshi, ordering the Kaga to stay in the waters off Wusong to stand by. Therefore, the aircraft carrier Kaga did not send carrier-based aviation to support.
Then the cruiser Izumo with the Kuma and the light cruiser Tenryu suddenly appeared near the aircraft carrier Kaga and launched a surprise attack on the Kaga.
The aircraft carrier Kaga was unable to react, was hit by a torpedo, and the hull broke and sank.
Of the 60 planes parked on the deck, except for one reconnaissance plane on duty, which took off in time to escape, the remaining 59 fighters, bombers, or combat reconnaissance planes all followed the Kaga aircraft carrier and sank into the waters off Wusong.
However, Seiichiro Fujimori raised his suspicions to the Admiralty in a telegram, believing that the ships of the Third Fleet anchored on the Huangpu River were most likely hijacked by the remnants of the Broadway Building! Otherwise, it is difficult to explain what happened last night, and everything makes sense only if the battleship was hijacked!
After receiving a telegram from Seiichiro Fujimori, Mitsumasa Yonechi was almost mad.
Although the Third Fleet is not the main force of the Navy, it is still a fleet no matter what!
Although the cruiser Izumo is old, the Kaga is the main aircraft carrier of the Navy!
In the event of a war with the British Royal Navy's Far East Fleet or the US Navy's Pacific Fleet in the future, ten aircraft carriers, including the aircraft carrier Kaga, will become the backbone of the Navy!
But now, the Kaga has sunk off the coast of Wusong!
In one night, the Japanese Navy lost a tenth of its aircraft carriers!
What the fuck is this called? The Navy's Third Fleet did not sink in a naval battle, but it was planted in the hands of a gang of traitors in the Broadway building? What made Mitsu Minei even more mad was that the remnants of the Broadway building were only accepted by the army at the repeated requests, and who swore that the Broadway building was fine?
Although this is just Fujimori Seiichiro's speculation, Mitsumasa Yonechi believes it, and he thinks that this is the truth!
Therefore, Mitsumasa Yonechi urgently ordered the Fourth Fleet to rush to Shanghai from Taiwan, and drove straight to the Imperial Palace, and he wanted to go to Hirohito before the people from the War Department to complain, if not, if he let the people from the War Department come to Hirohito first, he might even beat a rake and splash dirty water on the head of the navy.
In any case, the total annihilation of the Third Fleet is not a trivial matter!
Something so big, the loss of so many warships, and especially the loss of a valuable aircraft carrier, is an unbearable loss for the Japanese Navy and even for the whole of Japan! For such a heavy loss, there must be a high-ranking official who stands up to take responsibility for it, and Mitsumasa Yonechi doesn't want the board to hit him.
After all, the root cause of this matter is still in the army.
Therefore, Mitsumasa Yonechi drove to the Imperial Palace as soon as possible.
Mitsumasa Yonechi was afraid that the War Department would sue them for the Navy's misdeeds.
Shouichi Terauchi and Hideki Tojo were also afraid that the navy would sue them.
As a result, at the gate of the Imperial Palace, three people actually collided with one of them.
The Japanese Navy and the Army are at odds, which is an open secret in the entire Japanese military circles, but in normal times, as colleagues, how can they say hello to each other after meeting, but this will, whether it is Terauchi Shouichi and Tojo Hideki, or Yonechi Mitsumasa, they are too lazy to make superficial statements, they glared at each other, and the three of them rushed into the Imperial Palace.
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When Mitsumasa Yonechi and the three of them arrived, Hirohito had just gotten up.
Yesterday Hirohito suddenly fainted, but fortunately the imperial doctor arrived in time and rescued, and finally there was no major problem, and then after nearly 20 hours of sleep, the spirit recovered a lot, after waking up at six o'clock in the morning today, Hirohito did not have a trace of sleep, so he simply got up.
After receiving a report from the guards that it was the Minister of the Navy, Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, the Minister of War, Toshiichi Terauchi, and the Deputy Minister of the Army, Hideki Tojo, who asked to see him at the same time, Hirohito was a little puzzled, he did not order the convening of the Imperial Council today, why did the Minister of the Navy come to the Imperial Palace with the Minister of War and the Deputy Minister of the Army? Could it be that something is going on again?
Thinking of this, Hirohito's face immediately darkened, and he asked the guards to summon the three of them to his imperial secretary.
A moment later, Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, Toshiichi Terauchi, and Hideki Tojo walked into the study.
Hirohito put down the brush in his hand and said lightly: "The Minister of the Navy, the Minister of the Army, and the Vice Minister of the Army came to my imperial study at the same time, which is really rare, but I don't know what it is for?" ”
Mitsumasa Yonechi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, because the army is too incompetent, it has affected our navy, causing the Third Fleet to suffer heavy losses, and the aircraft carrier Kaga has also been sunk. ”
"Nani?" Hirohito was immediately stunned when he heard this.
The Navy's Third Fleet was heavily damaged and the Kaga was sunk?!
Suddenly hearing this news, Hirohito suddenly felt depressed in his heart, as if he had pressed a big stone, and he couldn't even breathe, this news was much more serious than the heavy damage suffered by the Ninth Division and the capture of the division commander Yoshizumi Ryosuke, because the weight of an army division is far from being compared with a fleet!
Hearing Mitsumasa Yonechi say this, Hideki Tojo immediately jumped up.
"Minai-kun, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense!" Hideki Tojo retorted sharply, "The Third Fleet of the Navy has suffered heavy losses, what does it have to do with our army? ”
Terauchi Shouichi also echoed loudly and said, "What Tojo-kun said is extremely true, what does this matter have to do with our army? ”
"It's a big deal!" Mitsumasa Minai said sharply, "If it weren't for your army's repeated requests, how could our Navy's Third Fleet take the remnants of the Broadway Building to the warships, and if the remnants of the Broadway Building were not on the ships, how could they pose a threat to the warships of the Third Fleet?" That's why I said, it's up to you to do this! ”
"Yaga!" Terauchi Shouichi said angrily, "When did our army make a request to take the remnants of the Broadway building onto the ship?" You are slander, slander! ”
Mitsumasa Minai waved his arms and roared loudly: "The one who made the request to take the remnants of the Broadway Building to the ship is Kagesa Zhenzhao, Kagesa Zhenzhao is the deputy head of the Nakamura Agency, is the Nakamura Agency a unit of your Army?" Is Kagesashi a member of your army? Dare to say that this has nothing to do with the Army? ”
Shouichi Terauchi immediately became dumb, because Kagesa Zhenzhao was really from the army.
Hideki Tojo said coldly: "This is just a side of your navy's words, do you have evidence?" ”
"Evidence? Of course there is evidence! As he spoke, Mitsumasa Yonechi took the telegram sent by Seiichiro Fujimori before the sinking from his briefcase, slapped it on the imperial case, and said, "This is a farewell telegram sent by Seiichiro Fujimori, the commander of the aircraft carrier Kaga, before the jade shattered, and it has a detailed story of the incident. ”
Shouichi Terauchi and Hideki Tojo just wanted to reach out to grab the telegram, but they were preempted by the other pair of hands.
Hirohito picked up the telegram from the imperial case, and after reading it in a hurry, a handsome face that originally looked a little pale suddenly became red, for Hirohito, the third fleet of the navy suffered heavy losses, it is the responsibility of the navy or the army, these are not important, the only important thing is that the third fleet has been completely destroyed!
"Yaga, my Third Fleet!" Hirohito let out a wail and spurted blood from the sky.