Chairman Chiang was furious, but Japan's Emperor Hirohito was a little sad at the moment. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The second sweeping operation of the Japanese Central China Army on the Damei Mountains has been completely defeated, and the two divisions and detachments involved in the sweep, plus an independent tank eighth wing, of which the Iida detachment was completely annihilated, and the eighth wing of the independent tank was also completely annihilated, the Kumamoto division was basically annihilated, and the Osaka division was also defeated!

By now, more than 2,000 troops of the Osaka Division had fled back to Pukou.

According to the intelligence, the main force of the Dameishan Independent Regiment has already killed Benfeixi, so the remaining troops only held the various intersections, and did not send search troops to continue to encircle and suppress the remnants of the Osaka Division, so in the next few days, there should be remnants of the Osaka Division fleeing back one after another, and the final total is likely to exceed 10,000.

Such a result, before the start of the sweep, I am afraid that no one could have imagined.

The Iida detachment, which performed well in the Battle of Wuhan, was completely annihilated, and the Kumamoto Division, which has always been known for its ferocity, also reduced the Dameishan Independent Regiment to only one division headquarters, and the Eighth Wing of the Independent Tank, which was armed to the teeth, was also completely annihilated, but the Osaka Division, which was known for its weak combat effectiveness, was only defeated in the end and fled back with more than 10,000 remnants.

However, the more than 10,000 defeated soldiers who fled back were not enough to hide the cruel fact of the fiasco of the sweep!

Since it failed, and it was a fiasco, someone must be responsible for this, and it was only natural that Kawabe Shozo, as the planner and executor of this sweep, was responsible for it, so when the news that the 8th Independent Tank Wing was completely annihilated and the Osaka Division was routed came back from the front line, Kawabe Shozo committed suicide by cutting his stomach.

Early yesterday morning, the news of Kawabe's suicide by Seppuku came back to Tokyo.

When Emperor Hirohito received the news, he immediately locked himself up in the Imperial Study.

A day and night passed, just when the entire imperial family was worried about Hirohito, Hirohito issued an edict, ordering the chief of the army staff Kanin Miyazahito, the army chief of the army Terauchi Shouichi and the deputy army chief Tojo Hideki, to go to the imperial palace to meet the driver, the three old devils after receiving Hirohito's edict hurriedly set off and hurried to the imperial palace.

When the three of them walked into the imperial study, they found that Hirohito was kneeling on the tatami mat, but there was a chess table on the imperial table on the tatami mat, and there were many chess pieces on the chess floor, but what made the three of them feel stunned was that there were only black seeds on the entire chess table, but there was not a single white seed.

"Your Majesty." Xianyuan Gong Zairen bowed deeply, unable to hide the worry on his face.

Seeing Hirohito locking himself in the imperial study alone to play Go, Kanin Palace Zaihito couldn't help but think of his imperial nephew, that is, the emperor of the previous generation, the previous generation of Taisho Emperor died of mental illness, and he was worried that this generation of Emperor Hirohito would also follow the mistakes of the previous generation of emperors.

Terauchi Shouichi and Tojo Hideki bowed and stood up, their faces were also full of worry, obviously, these two old devils also had the same worries as Kanin Miyazahito, if Emperor Hirohito suffered from the same mental illness as Emperor Taisho, it would be a catastrophic blow to the entire Japanese Empire, because Prince Akihito was only six years old.

Once Emperor Hirohito was forced to abdicate due to mental illness at this time, or even died, it would undoubtedly be a great blow to Japan's rising momentum, and it may even cause Japan to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rise.

Hirohito didn't see the worry on the faces of the three people at all, or he had seen it, but he didn't bother to explain it at all, just picked up a sunspot by himself, gently patted it on the corner of the chessboard, and then said to the empty futon opposite: "Teacher Riverside, it's your turn now." ”

The futon on the opposite side naturally did not react.

"Good chess, this chess hand of the riverside teacher is wonderful." Hirohito suddenly sighed at the chessboard, and then took the long test on the chessboard for a long time, and finally picked up a sunspot, gently patted it on the lower left corner of the chessboard, and then frowned and said, "Although this handicap is exquisite, I am afraid it is still not enough to defuse the teacher's offensive......"

Seeing Hirohito talking to himself alone, Xianyuan Gong Zairen couldn't help it.

"Your Majesty!" Xianyuan Gong Zairen bowed deeply again, then straightened up and said, "Wait for the minister." ”

"Your Majesty!" Hideki Tojo also stepped forward and said quickly, "Kawabe-san has already sacrificed his life for the empire!" ”

Hirohito was shocked when he heard this, and finally came back to his senses from the illusion, glanced at the three people standing in front of him, and then threw a few sunspots in his hand into the chess basket, and sighed: "I still remember the scene when I first met the riverside teacher in the imperial study of the former emperor, when I had just turned six years old. ”

Hirohito gently rubbed the ivory chess table on the imperial case, and remembered: "At that time, the emperor was playing against the riverside teacher, and the emperor hugged me and said to me, using soldiers is like chess, if you can play Go well, you will definitely be a good commander, but the riverside teacher said that the way of Go is more profound than the way of using soldiers, and if you can use good soldiers, you may not be able to play good chess, but if you can play good chess, you will definitely be able to use good soldiers. ”

"This is nothing more than the wild words of Shozo Riverside." Xianyuan Gong Zairen said, "The old minister has always felt that this person will only talk about it, in fact, there is no real talent and learning, if it is really as he said, if he plays good chess, he will definitely be able to use good soldiers, then how can the second sweep of Dameishan fail and end?" ”

Hirohito frowned and said, "Uncle Huang, the people are gone, so there is no need to criticize behind your back, right?" ”

Xianyuan Gong Zairen said: "Although the riverside Zhengsan is dead, but what should be said, the old minister still has to say that the failure of the second sweep of Dameishan, the improper command of the riverside Zhengsan is the main reason, before the start of the sweep, the base camp has an opposing opinion, it is the riverside Zhengsan who insists on going his own way, and he has to ......"

"Uncle Huang, don't talk about this." Hirohito interrupted Miyajihito again.

I have to say that the relationship between Hirohito and Kawabe Shozo is excellent, in another time and space, Kawabe Shozo is the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army in Burma, but he was defeated in the campaign against India, but in the end he was not punished for this, but was promoted to the commander of the aviation army, but in this time and space, the hole under Kawabe Shozo is too big, so big that even Hirohito can't hold it, so Kawabe Shozo will simply and neatly end himself.

But now that Kawabe Shozo has chosen to commit suicide by seppuku, Hirohito refuses to be harsh anymore.

At that moment, Hirohito said again: "I came to you today, not to criticize the river teacher, but to ask you, what kind of policy should Xu Rui's Dameishan Independent Regiment hold in the future?" Is it necessary to transfer five to eight divisions from the North China Front Army and the Central China Dispatch Army to form a regiment specifically for sweeping Dameishan? ”

Assemble an exclusive legion to sweep Damei Mountain? The three of them immediately looked at each other.

Hirohito paused, and then said faintly: "I don't believe it, the Dameishan Independent Regiment really can't be defeated." ”

Xianyuan Gong Zairen knew that he could no longer remain silent, and said immediately: "Your Majesty, the old minister knows that you have a deep relationship with the master and apprentice of the riverside Shosan, and also knows that you want to avenge your teacher, but the old minister must remind you that the treasury is really out of money, and the 50 million yen used to purchase military supplies before is still raised by the Ministry of Finance in every possible way." ”

Terauchi Shouichi also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, wouldn't it be better if the empire's finances were still generous, and it would be better to continue to expand the scale of the war and directly annex the whole of China?" As a result, Xu Rui's Dameishan Independent Regiment will become a rootless tree, and sooner or later it will be wiped out by the imperial army, but the problem is that the imperial finances can no longer afford the offensive on the frontal battlefield. ”

Hirohito frowned and said, "The finances can't afford the offensive on the frontal battlefield, can't they even afford to maintain the offensive in the Damei Mountains?" I don't want much, as long as I can have five or eight divisions! ”

"Your Majesty!" Hideki Tojo also said, "If the imperial finances can still afford the offensive of five to eight divisions, it will be enough to launch the Battle of Chongqing, and it will be enough to drive the Nationalist Government to Xikang or even Qingning, so that the Nationalist Government will immediately be demoted to a local government, and China will be destroyed, but the problem is that the imperial finances really can't afford the Battle of Chongqing." ”

Seeing that Kanin Miyajihito, Terauchi Shouichi and Tojo Hideki opposed it in unison, Hirohito's heart sank little by little.

The reason why Hirohito only looked for people from the military, but not from the cabinet, was to set the tone first, and then put pressure on the cabinet through the military, and finally force the cabinet to make concessions, but Hirohito did not expect that even the military people were firmly opposed to continuing to expand the offensive, and then Hirohito was completely helpless.

After a long time, Hirohito said quietly: "Is that it?" ”

"Of course, you can't just forget it, but it is definitely not possible to mobilize more troops and launch a new round of sweeps against Dameishan, and it is redundant to form a legion dedicated to dealing with Dameishan." "Actually, before I came, the old minister had been discussing with Terauchi-san and Tojo-san in the War Department how to deal with the Dameishan Independent Regiment. ”

Hirohito sighed and asked, "Have you ever discussed the result?" ”

Terauchi Shouichi replied: "In view of the reality that the empire's finances are close to exhaustion, the ministers unanimously believe that the Dameishan Independent Regiment should be on the defensive, in addition to sticking to the surrounding cities and various transportation arteries, but also instructing the Restoration Government to recruit people to build a blockade ditch around the Damei Mountain, supplemented by a large number of artillery towers, to completely blockade Dameishan!" ”

Hideki Tojo added: "All in all, if you can't defeat it militarily, then blockade it economically, so that in less than half a year, the Dameishan Independent Regiment will collapse without a fight." (To be continued.) )