There is nothing to refute in the palace of the idle house, because Hideki Tojo has already said this, if he refutes it again, it will be doubting the combat effectiveness of the Guards Division, if this is spread, the more than 30,000 officers and soldiers of the Guards Division will not hate him to death? What's more, the temple also served as the division commander of the Guards Division. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Okay." Xianyuan Gong Zairen said helplessly, "However, even if His Majesty the Emperor agrees to the Guards Division to go to Shanghai, will the two divisions be enough?" Will it be a little thinner? ”

Xianyuan Gong Zairen felt that as a battle, at least four divisions should be mobilized.

Hideki Tojo replied with a pause: "Your Royal Highness, if there is a Guards Division plus the Seventh Division, the strength will be enough!" Because there are more than 40,000 people in the Guards Division, which is more than the two special divisions. ”

The size of the Guards Division was indeed the largest of the seventeen permanent divisions, because in addition to the Guards Division, the First Division, and the Second Division, the remaining fourteen permanent divisions usually had only eight wings, four infantry wings, plus one wing each of cavalry, engineers, artillery, and baggage.

But the Guards Division has sixteen wings under its command!

These 16 wings include four infantry wings, four artillery wings, two cavalry wings, two railway wings, and one company each for reprocessing troops, balloons, communications, and baggage, so the size of the Guards Division is much larger than that of ordinary permanent divisions, with a full number of more than 35,000 troops.

It's just that Tojo Hideki's opinion alone is not enough to convince Kanin Miyazaihito, and at that moment, Kanin Miyazairen turned his gaze to Itagaki Seishiro and asked, "Itagaki-kun, what do you think?" ”

"Hello." Itagaki Seishiro slammed his head, and then said, "The view of the humble position is similar to that of Tojo-kun, if there is a Guards Division and the Seventh Division to Shanghai, the troops are indeed enough, and even, there is no need for so many troops. ”

"You don't need that many troops at all?" Xianyuan Gong Zairen was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise, "How do you say this?" ”

Seishiro Itagaki replied: "His Royal Highness has already read the detailed battle report on the Second Battle of Songhu, and if you analyze it carefully, you will find that Xu Rui's Songhu Army Division in this battle was only won by means of intrigue and trickery, and if they had an honest confrontation, they would not have much chance." ”

"Sodax." Hideki Tojo thought deeply and said, "If Xu Rui hadn't set a fire in Jiangwan and burned the three infantry wings of the 20th Division, the 20th Division would definitely not have suffered such a fiasco." ”

Xianyuan Gong Zairen frowned and said, "Who is sure that Xu Rui will not come up with another conspiracy to deal with the Guards Division and the Seventh Division?" And who dares to guarantee that the Guards Division and the 7th Division will not repeat the mistakes of the 20th Division? ”

Of course, Seishiro Itagaki would not make this guarantee, but insisted: "Your Royal Highness, the reason why a conspiracy is a conspiracy is because it can only be used once, and it will not work if you use it again after using it once!" ”

This is said by Itagaki Seishiro very confidently, at least, if he is allowed to command the third battle of Songhu, he can ensure that he will not repeat the mistakes of the 20th Division and be broken by Xu Rui's conspiracy.

In fact, in the opinion of Itagaki Seishiro, the 20th Division was also very unjustly defeated.

But as long as Kawagishi Bunzaburo is a fool who is a little cautious, he will never have such a fiasco!

"Yo Si." Finally convinced, he asked Hideki Tojo, "Tojo-kun, if His Majesty the Emperor finally approves the War Department's battle plan for the Third Battle of Songhu, who are you going to recommend to be the commander of the Twelfth Army and be responsible for the overall command of the Third Battle of Songhu?" ”

"The candidate for the commander of the Twelfth Army is none other than Itagaki-kun." After Tojo Hideki finished speaking, he turned around and bowed deeply to Seishiro Itagaki again, and said in a sincere tone, "Itagaki-kun, please!" ”

Hideki Tojo is also single, and his posture is low enough.

Seishiro Itagaki looked at Hideki Tojo with a somewhat complicated expression on his face.

Seishiro Itagaki did a good job as commander of the 12th Army, but just because he did not agree with the plan of the base camp, he was brutally dismissed by Hideki Tojo, and it is absolutely impossible to say that he has no opinion on this! However, after the 20th Division was completely annihilated, Hideki Tojo's performance was unusual.

Hideki Tojo not only summoned him to the War Department to participate in the summary of the defeat, but also asked him to preside over the meeting! Now, in front of Prince Zaihito Miyaji, Chief of the General Staff of the Army, and Minister of War Toshiichi Terauchi, he has asked him to re-serve as the commander of the 12th Army, which can be said to have given him enough face for Seishiro Itagaki.

Hideki Tojo has reached this point, and no matter how big Seishiro Itagaki is, his resentment has long since disappeared.

However, this does not mean that Seishiro Itagaki is willing to return to the command of the 12th Army.

Therefore, Seishiro Itagaki always turned his face and did not express his position immediately, Hideki Tojo was also a bachelor enough, and seeing that Seishiro Itagaki always refused to express his position, he kept bending over and refused to get up.

In the end, Xianyuan Gong Zairen couldn't stand it, and asked with a frown: "Itagaki-kun, don't you want to?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, it's not that you are unwilling." Itagaki Seishiro waved his hand, and then said, "What I want to say is that if we can't solve a problem, no matter who is sent to serve as the commander of the Twelfth Army and command the Third Battle of Songhu, I am afraid that there will be no satisfactory result. ”

"Oh?" Xianyuan Gong Zairen asked, "What's the problem?" ”

Itagaki Seishiro froze and said in a deep voice, "Wolf teeth! ”

"Wolf Fang?!" When Hideki Tojo heard this, Huo Ran straightened up.

When the Xianyuan Palace Zairen and the temple Shou heard this, they also looked awe-inspiring.

"Yes, Wolf Fang!" Itagaki Seishiro nodded, and said, "His Royal Highness, as well as His Excellency the Earl and Tojo-kun, if you carefully analyze the Second Battle of Songhu, the fire that Xu Rui put in Jiangwan is actually just an appearance, a fire, no matter how big the fire is, it is impossible to burn the three wings!" ”

Hideki Tojo said, "Itagaki-kun, what do you mean ......?"

"It's the chain of command!" Itagaki Seishiro nodded, and said in a deep voice, "The reason why the three infantry wings of the Twentieth Division were defeated in Jiangwan Town was that the fire that Xu Rui set was just the trigger, and the real fatal factor was actually that the command system of the Twentieth Division and the Twelfth Army were destroyed at the same time!" ”

"Sodesnay!" Terauchi Shouichi said thoughtfully, "From common sense, no matter how big the fire in Jiangwan is, the officers and soldiers who were directly burned to death are at most one or two thousand, but the infantry wing that attacked Jiangwan Town is full of three, nearly 10,000 people, which means that there are still at least seven or eight thousand imperial troops still fighting at that time!" ”

After a pause, Terauchi Shouichi said again: "If the division headquarters of the Twentieth Division or the headquarters of the Twelfth Army are not destroyed, there will be a chance to reorganize the remaining seven or eight thousand imperial troops, so that even if we will suffer a defeat, we will never be wiped out by the three infantry wings, which will affect the subsequent siege and annihilation of Luodian!" ”

"Your Excellency the Earl is on point." Itagaki Seishiro nodded heavily, and said, "Therefore, if the threat of the wolf's tooth cannot be effectively resolved, no matter who is sent to Shanghai, no matter who is sent to serve as the commander of the Twelfth Army, in the end, I am afraid that it will still be inevitable to repeat the mistakes of Kawagishi-kun, and the third battle of Songhu will not have a good result." ”

"Are wolf fangs really that powerful?" Xianyuan Gong Zairen frowned and said, "Can't you strengthen your vigilance?" ”

Itagaki Seishiro shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Your Royal Highness, there has always been only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no thousand days to prevent thieves, if you are just blindly passive guard, no matter how high your vigilance is, it is inevitable that there will be times of negligence after all, however, maybe as long as you neglect once, it may lead to irreparable results." ”

"What then?" Xianyuan Gong Zairen said, "Is there no way? ”

"There is still a way!" Seishiro Itagaki said, "Xu Rui has a wolf tooth force, and our Great Japanese Empire also has its own special forces!" ”

"Okahara Special Operations Brigade!" Xianyuan Gong Zairen said.

"Hello!" Itagaki Seishiro paused heavily and said, "Your Royal Highness, only Okahara-kun's special operations brigade can deal with the wolf's tooth troops, if you can't transfer the Ojihara special operations team to the Songhu battlefield, no matter who is chosen to be the commander of the 12th Army, you will be under the threat of wolf's tooth and will die at any time." ”

Hideki Tojo understood, this is the condition for Seishiro Itagaki to open.

Itagaki Seishiro's condition was to transfer Okahara Toshisi's special operations team to the Songhu battlefield.

At that moment, Tojo Hideki said to the idle palace Zaihito: "Your Royal Highness, I think that what Itagaki-kun said is reasonable, only Ojihara-kun's special operations brigade can deal with Xu Rui's wolf teeth!" And the current battle for the defense of Chita has been fought into a positional battle, and it is redundant for Xiaolu Yuanjun's special operations team to stay there, so it is better to transfer to Songhu. ”

Xianyuan Gong Zairen bowed his head lightly and said: "Itagaki-kun, if I transfer Xiaoluyuan-kun's special operations brigade to the Twelfth Army, are you willing to re-serve as the commander of the Twelfth Army and provoke the heavy responsibility of the Third Battle of Songhu?" ”

"Hello!" Seishiro Itagaki paused and said, "As a soldier, you should obey military orders. ”

Hearing this, Hideki Tojo couldn't help but pout, it was bullshit, and he didn't know who proposed the conditions just now?

However, Tojo Hideki did not break it, and it was even more impossible to break it when Zaihito was old and refined, so he nodded and said: "Yo Xi, I will go to Tianjiu Mountain to meet His Majesty the Emperor, and ask His Majesty the Emperor to approve your appointment with Itagaki-kun and the battle plan for the Third Battle of Songhu, but before that, you can prepare first." ”

"Hello!" Seishiro Itagaki, Hideki Tojo and Shouichi Terauchi all bowed at the same time.