Chapter 572: Scales

The security regiment is undergoing the test of life and death, but the whole country is jubilant.

The security regiment annihilated more than 20,000 enemies, captured countless people, and even had a number of tanks, whether it was the enemy's elite or remnants or the puppet army, this number alone really made the Chinese people excited, since the War of Resistance, there has really been no battle to create such a great glory, the Chinese people don't even dare to think about it,

As soon as the news was announced, the people and the officers and soldiers went crazy, and the humiliation and depression that had been felt for a long time were vented at this moment, and people rushed to tell each other and rejoice, donating money and materials to send their relatives to sign up for the army, and the anti-Japanese enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high.

The chairman of the committee even took this opportunity to presumptuously proclaim that the Japanese army was not invincible, that China had already ushered in the dawn of victory, and that the good fortune of the little devils was coming to an end, and that as long as the whole people were united, it would not be long before they could be driven back to their hometowns, and the reconquest of the lost territory was just around the corner.

The balance of international public opinion has also begun to tilt, and remarks ridiculing the Japanese army for not entering the stream abound, and some sharp media comments that the Japanese army has fallen into a quagmire from which it cannot extricate itself, and the war of aggression against China is bound to meet with a crushing defeat.

Japan, Tokyo Base Camp,

Emperor Hirohito was urgently convening a high-level meeting, the huge conference room was shining with stars, but the venue was silent, Emperor Hirohito sat in the first place with a gloomy face, a pair of eyes coldly swept over everyone's faces, but without exception, no one dared to look at his eyes, and lowered his head,

Not only was the myth of the destruction of China shattered in three months, but the Japanese Empire was also mired in the quagmire of war, not to mention the depletion of war resources, and several emergency conscriptions led to the brink of depletion of soldiers, and its finances were also shrinking rapidly.

Although it occupied a large area of China's territory, the war resources required were not solved, but a large number of materials were needed to fill the rear, and the Chinese battlefield was more like a terrible black hole like Japan at this time, devouring the poor resources of the island countries.

What is even more terrifying is that international public opinion is becoming more and more unfavorable to Japan, although they are still watching this war coldly, once Japan presents a defeat, they will definitely support China, no one is an idiot, and no one wants to take advantage of the huge benefits brought by the war, and no one will be bad at beating the water dogs.

Therefore, Japan has already faced a life-and-death choice, giving up all wars of aggression on the Chinese battlefield, stepping up the cultivation of a puppet government, exerting mental pressure on the Chinese government, forcing the Chinese government troops to surrender, or desperately breaking through Changsha and forcing the Chongqing government to become the main theme of this meeting, but no one dares to assert this choice easily, and no one wants to become the sinner of the empire through the ages.

"Ahem,"

The silent atmosphere made the whole venue look very depressing, and the Minister of the Navy, Admiral Dajiao Qinsheng, coughed dryly twice and immediately stood up, facing the emperor and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the current war situation in the Chinese battlefield is indeed unfavorable to the imperial army, but it is not that the imperial army is not heroic and the commander is ineffective, but our logistics are becoming more and more unable to keep up with the needs of the battlefield, had to use the lives of the imperial soldiers to fill, before the 731 biochemical troops were in, the equipment of the government army in China was also backward and scum, we can still properly alleviate this hard injury, and now, since Qin Feng was born, the Chinese government army has grown in wings, for a long time, the imperial army's strength and financial resources can not be consumed at all, and the Chinese army is getting stronger and stronger, so our top priority should be to solve the problem of resources first, I suggest that the Chinese battlefield temporarily stop all military operations, and make full use of non-war means to induce the Chinese government to surrender, Completely abandon the strategic concept of going north to the Soviet Union, but should step up the formulation of a plan to go south, obtain sufficient war resources such as steel, rubber, and fuel oil from the rich Nanyang islands, and then return to clean up the Chinese battlefield, or even implement the plan to go north, which will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort."

The Japanese army and navy have been at odds for a long time, and this has to start with the Meiji Restoration, the basis of the Meiji Restoration to establish a new army is the Satsuma Domain and the Choshu Domain, Satsuma became the navy, and Changzhou became the army, and in the early days of the Meiji Restoration, Japan had no parliament, no constitution, and was completely a feudal government, and the Satsuma Domain and the Choshu Domain each had their own military self-respect, affecting the political situation in Japan, and the navy and army represented the interests of different feudal lords and became the tools of various factions, so in the development and growth and resource disputes, there were many contradictions for a long time, and they ate each other.

At the beginning of the war of aggression against China, the Japanese army has always had two sets of plans to attack the Soviet Union in the north and seize Southeast Asia in the south, the Japanese navy is fully advocating the south, and the navy is the most well-equipped unit in Japan's armed sequence, and they have always held the belief that they will dominate the ocean and compete with the British and American navies. On the one hand, we recognize the capabilities of the Army, and we hope to gain the approval of the Army from the practical point of view of the shortcomings of the Japanese army.

But obviously, this kind of thinking is naïve, the Minister of War Tojo Hideki suddenly stood up when he heard this, and said: "Your Majesty, by all means, Qin Feng, this demon has committed a heinous crime against the Imperial Army, and now the perfect opportunity to annihilate him is in front of us, if we give up here, how can we be worthy of the iron-blooded support of the people of the Great Japanese Empire, and how can we be worthy of the heroic spirit of the hundreds of thousands of imperial army warriors whose jade is broken in Qin Feng's hands, at the same time, the plan to go north is also urgent, and we have been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, The Soviet Union Maozi is now supporting China's War of Resistance against Japan without restrictions, providing unlimited strategic materials such as aircraft, artillery, guns, etc., not to mention, and is actually preparing to form an air force with the government of China, and even the pilots are given away in vain, if we don't give them a head-on blow and beat back their despicable thoughts, I'm afraid that when the empire really sends troops south, even if Southeast Asia is taken, the Chinese battlefield has been as strong as a tiger with their support, and at that time, the empire's holy war will really be powerless, so, I suggest, Support Okamura Ningji's battle plan, give him ten days to seize the Lishui base, annihilate Qin Feng's department, just wait for his good news to come, and immediately launch the Battle of Nomenkan,"

Maybe the words of the big horn Qinsheng made Tojo Hideki a little anxious, and the decision that he didn't dare to make easily seemed extremely firm at this moment, and the words spurted out, giving people an illusion of confidence and unquestionable,

And Emperor Hirohito seemed to be waiting for this result, looking at Hideki Tojo with a calm face, and nodded slightly,