Hirohito had a faint smile on his face, and when he heard the word Juncao, he deliberately glanced at Akamatsu Sadaaki, and everyone was quite unimpressed at first, thinking that Horikichi was too child's play, and it was simply insulting to bring a Juncao to meet him at a critical moment. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info But when I heard the record, I became curious: such a powerful person, it seems that he is not young, how come he didn't even become an officer.

The chief of staff next to him, Kusaka, was embarrassed to help explain: "The Navy stipulates that officers are only selected from among the graduates of the Naval Academy, and Akamatsu Sadaaki is a graduate of the Naval Aviation School, so he ......"

Everyone sighed, doesn't this mean that Jun Cao should die? Some of the high-level officials, including Ishihara Wan'er, showed thoughtful expressions - on such a major occasion, Horiyoshi brought a military Cao Mian Saint who could not be promoted, and his motives were not pure.

Prime Minister Ugaki Kazunari frowned, his keen sixth sense had sensed that the atmosphere was not quite right, and he just wanted to stand up and say a few words, but he didn't expect the Minister of Finance to be the first to speak, he pointed to the rank mark on Akamatsu Sadaaki's shoulder and asked, "This rank doesn't seem to be the rank of Juncao, right?" Hey, I've never seen such a rank, the Navy invented a new rank? ”

Not to mention that it's okay, as soon as he said that everyone's eyes were projected over, Hori Yiji raised his head, and just caught a glimpse of Yamamoto Fifty-six behind Hirohito's side, and the other party pointed at him Nunu and asked him to pay attention to proportion, some things can be stopped, but Hori Yiji pretended not to see it, and immediately said: "Your Excellency clearly sees that this is the rank of captain of the German Navy." There is also a good story to say: when Akamatsu Sadaaki was training with the officers and men of the German Navy on Socotra Island, he quickly won the recognition of the other party with his bold style, skillful skills and superb combat ability, and German Navy Marshal Richthofen did everything possible to retain him to serve in Germany with the respect of a marshal. The German side was proud of his ambitions, meritorious achievements, and pity for his inability to be promoted, and specially awarded the rank of captain of the German Navy in order to command the relevant combat formations, and the German Führer also awarded him the Knight's Cross when the fleet returned home -- very few people in Germany have received it, and it can be described as a high honor for soldiers. ”

There were true and false words, and Kusaka Ren smiled very embarrassedly: in fact, Akamatsu Sadaaki was moved by Richthofen's kind invitation, and almost stayed in Germany and did not come back, if it wasn't for Horikichi ordering him to be retained, and letting Kusaka Ren personally come forward to do the work with the dignity of lieutenant general and chief of staff, there would be no later results. In order to appease and straighten out the relationship, it was finally decided that Akamatsu Sadaaki would command the carrier-based fighter fleet with the rank of captain of the German Navy. Moreover, Horikichi also demanded that the latter wear a German rank when he was in the audience.

There are many fighter pilots at the same level as Akamatsu Sadaaki, such as the slightly older Sakai Saburo, Nishizawa Hiroshi, Iwamoto Toru San, etc., and the younger generation of Sugida Sho Ichi, but Sakai and Nishizawa have outstanding personal level and average command ability, although Iwamoto Tetsuzo has a decent military rank, command ability and battle results are also good (ranked second at this time), but his qualifications and prestige cannot be compared with Akamatsu Sadaaki, so they all treat Akamatsu Sadaaki respectfully as a senior.

Everyone's faces suddenly became very exciting, all kinds of expressions, Hori Yiji said that it was a good story, but who was not an old fritter who had been in the officialdom for decades, and immediately understood the extraneous voice: this kind of loyal and brave man even rushed to ask for the German marshal, and the naval authorities actually sent him away with a military officer? This face was crackling, and Japan could stubbornly insist that the system was not compatible, and that non-naval academy backgrounds could not be promoted, and the Germans could not care about this, and directly took the rank of captain, and it was estimated that he would be a major in a few days.

And this is not an isolated case, Vice Admiral Jizaburo Ozawa of the 37th Marine Corps is not even qualified to be the commander of the mobile fleet in Japan, and immediately after going to Germany, he became the commander of the mobile fleet as a foreigner.

The scene suddenly became awkward, and some people secretly pondered: The disagreement between the system is only a superficial factor, but in fact it is a deep-rooted contradiction between the fleet faction and the aviation faction, which can be suppressed in Japan alone, and now the German and Italian allies are involved, and a large number of officers and men of the combined fleet have gone to Europe to open their eyes. Could it be that Japan has its own national conditions? Won't it make AIA laugh off its big teeth? People only ask one sentence -- "Doesn't the promotion of officers during the war look at their military exploits?" "It's hard to deal with. Officers and men at the grassroots level will certainly compare themselves with each other, and loyalty to the monarch and patriotism will also depend on whether the system is rational or not.

Hirohito's face was calm, not sad or happy, and he said: "Since Aiqing has this merit and is so loyal and patriotic, how can I be stingy with the reward?" The rank of major admiral officer is specially awarded, and the rest of the meritorious generals can also be promoted after the meritorious performance......"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your extraordinary promotion!"

Akamatsu Sadaaki respectfully bowed to Hirohito, and the scene was quickly confused, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, only Yamamoto Isoroku, who knew Horiki Yoshine, understood that this old classmate's wrist would never be like this. Although this extraordinary promotion is based on kindness, as long as the pilot's brain is not broken, he knows who the person who really appreciates and promotes him is -- the person who can become the first ace pilot of the Navy can never be a person with a bad brain. Horiyoshi's hand is no less than tearing a big gap in the vast and stubborn system, slapping the old man in the face.

It's just that he didn't understand why this old classmate has always been resourceful and resolute and forbearing, so why he is fighting-for-tat in such a scene today, and he has played it twice--this is not the way to be a minister.

The next scene was unexpected again, and Horiyoshi said: "Your Majesty, after returning from this expedition, the German side is deeply grateful for the assistance of our army. In addition to the original equipment and supplies, a number of additional gifts were also given, including several cars from the German Führer himself, one of which was specially given to His Majesty, the world's top bulletproof royal vehicle, and the rest were specially designated for important cabinet members and His Royal Highness the Chief of Military Orders, His Royal Highness the Chief of Staff......"

Hearing that there were high-end cars available, including the five phases and the head of the military department, King Fushimi Palace, who had been gloomy, looked a little better, and everyone hugged Hirohito and walked towards the brand-new shiny car, but soon Fushiminomiya's face sank again, because Hirohito actually greeted Horikichi with a smile: "Aiqing has made this immortal achievement, and he is really the first general of the empire, I don't know if I have the honor to ride with Qing to review the troops?" ”

When everyone heard this, their faces suddenly changed, and Yamamoto Fifty-six immediately "chuckled" in his heart: This invitation sounds like Corporal Emperor Lixian, but why is it not a killing? He hoped that Horiyoshi would know the advance and retreat, and this invitation must not be accepted, otherwise the situation in the future would be unthinkable.

But the development of the situation was greatly unexpected, Horikichi only said a few modest words, and finally said: "Your Majesty's request, how dare you not obey, please Your Majesty to see the majestic line......up of the combined fleet" Hirohito was finally sitting in the back row, Horiyoshi was not in a row with him, but sat in the front co-pilot seat.

"Onboard!" "Onboard!" The deafening cheers resounded after the convoy started.

The citizens on the streets of Tokyo watched in amazement as a large amount of equipment disembarked from the ship, and in their minds, it was difficult for the navy warships to go ashore no matter how mighty and majestic they were, and they had expected to see the navy phalanx on foot, but to their surprise, the navy was now even more powerful than the army -- all mechanized equipment.

At the top of the list are various types of tanks, starting with the Tiger tank, which is now known as the world's first, followed by a large number of tanks such as No. 4 and T-34, which completely exceed the number of active equipment of the army, let alone exceed the scale of the army's inspection, and then followed by a large number of armored vehicles and assault guns -- in the Japanese military system, these are all combat vehicles, and finally there is an almost endless fleet of trucks, except for a very small number of naval personnel, most of the rest are supplies, and many trucks are dragged behind large-caliber artillery.

The scene in front of him made the eyes of a cadre of army bosses straighten, and the chief of staff in a Mercedes-Benz car, King Minoru Higashikurenomiya, asked Ishihara Waner, who was also sitting in the same car: "The navy is so arrogant now?" ”

"Your Highness, the navy has always been generous, but not all of these equipment belong to the navy, at least more than half of it must belong to the army." Ishihara reminded with a smile, "The navy simply can't find so many drivers who can drive vehicles, and a large part of them are army officers and soldiers, who were temporarily replaced early this morning. ”

"Oh...... Hahaha. King Minoru Higashikunomiya laughed, "Anyway, this time the prestige of the empire has finally increased. Marshal Horikichi was a remarkable figure, and the Army owed him a favor. ”

But Ishihara Wan'er frowned and said, "I'm afraid things are not so simple, don't you think that many things today are weird?" I'm afraid that the days of Tokyo Ansheng are coming to an end. ”

"Nothing, he had reason to be proud - not only did he win but he also made a lot of money, which is really rare in the world. When Yamashita returns from the conquest of India, we will give him a bigger and more dignified ceremony. "King Minoru of Higashikure Palace is in a very good mood, "Didn't he say that he had already obtained 200 tons of gold in India?" Do the math, how many days have it been? ”

Inoue Narumi, who was in the same car as Yamamoto Fifty-six, said worriedly: "Sir, there have been some changes in your old classmate that I can't see through, so beware of the high merit." He pointed to the fanatical faces of the officers and soldiers under review, "Now this group of proud soldiers and fierce generals only know that there is Hori Yoshi, and they don't know that there is a military command department." ”

Yamamoto sighed: "When this time passes, I want to talk to him well, it is dangerous to go on like this." ”

"Will it be over there?" Inoue Narumi pointed to King Fushimiya's car.

"I don't think so." Yamamoto thought for a while, "After all, the big war is still going on, and we only have some advantages, far from being victorious. At present, as long as the brain is not broken, no one dares to kill the general! If something really happens, it's after the war, but now the estrangement between the two sides is deep, and I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with it. ”

The last to appear was the carrier-based aircraft, and in the midst of a roar, all the carrier-based aircraft lined up in a neat line from the sky over Tokyo to pass through the stadium, which stimulated the scene to the climax...... (To be continued.) )