At the beginning, the battle situation was still as expected by Emperor Hirohito and all the military personnel, although the strong fighting spirit of the troops on the Eighth Route and Chongqing sides was slightly beyond everyone's expectations, but it did not have much to do with it, after all, the casualties on the side of the Chinese army were increasing sharply, and it seemed that it was not far from a complete collapse like previous battles.

However, from the moment Tsuneoka Kanji entered Trojan Horse Prefecture, everything began to take a turn for the worse!

First of all, Abe Guixiu was stubbornly blocked by the Eighth Route Front Army in Anyuan, and suffered heavy damage, and was disguised as imperial soldiers by a group of people to blend into the imperial soldiers, causing great chaos, more than 3,000 people died overnight, and the army was defeated, and then forced to lead the remnants into the area of Trojan County, and finally died in the Loess Ridge of Trojan County!

In order to rush to the aid of Abe, the remnants of the Tokooka Kanji Department were forced to burrow into the ambush circle of Trojan Horse County, and the corpses were strewn all over the field......

Then, on the Chongqing side, which had been timid, Jiang actually rose up to the only determination in his life to break the cauldron and sink the boat, so that all the troops in Jiaozuo Xin'an and Zhongtiao Mountain rushed to the battlefield at all costs, and cooperated with the original troops to launch a counterattack desperately, forcing the imperial army to suffer heavy casualties, and had to retreat to the garrison, falling into the unfavorable situation of being passively beaten!

Since the start of the war, the Imperial forces have been attacking, attacking, and there has never been such a passive defensive situation as now, which makes Hirohito and all the high-ranking military and political leaders present have a sense of panic that the mountains and rivers are going down, and the wind and rain are about to come!

And that's not all!

In addition to these major battlefields, whether it was in the northeast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang after the occupation of the area, there were local armed forces such as the New Fourth Army of the Zhina Army, or the warlords of the separatist side took the initiative to attack, harassing frequently, although the casualties were not large, but the imperial garrisons everywhere were overwhelmed and tired to deal with.

What's more, the Kawagishi Division was unable to break through the Hunyuan defense line for a long time, so the Changgang Division had to go deep alone and attack Trojan County!

Last night, Changgang Kuanzhi finally broke through Trojan Horse County, but before he had time to enjoy a moment of victory, he found that he had fallen into the trap of Lu Yuan, and encountered countless carpet bombardment of heavy artillery, and the entire county seat of Trooka County was blown up, and the casualties were not counted, and what was more, Lu Yuan's department actually silently used countless hidden tunnels in the rear of the troops, and the dark fort was cast into a sinister counter-defense line, and the remaining more than 8,000 troops of Changgang Kuanzhi Department were trapped in Trojan County!

Now, the wind and snow in the area of Trojan Horse County are blowing, and the Torooka Kuanji Department is running out of ammunition!

"Damn it's a long way, it's really vicious and inhuman!"

"This person is really the nemesis of my empire, if you don't destroy this person, my empire will never have peace......"

Even through the war report, Hirohito and a leading figure in the military and politics can imagine the miserable situation that Tsuneoka Kanji is suffering now, and they scolded one by one, I don't know how many people have sour noses, and some people even shed tears.

"In this battle, our empire dispatched nearly twenty divisions including brigades, plus all the troops of the Imperial Allied Army exceeded 400,000 people, but this battle was fought like this, it was a shame for the empire, Matsui Ishine, the commander-in-chief, was the culprit, he should commit suicide and ask the emperor for ......"

It was Hideki Tojo, the powerful figure of the radical faction, who spoke, even in the Japanese military, which was known for its crazy radicalism, Hideki Tojo could be regarded as a radical among the radicals, and his madness made countless Japanese soldiers can't help but shudder.

"The defeat in this battle is the will of heaven, and the crime of non-war is ......"

Hirohito couldn't help but say, on the one hand, because Hideki Tojo is now jumping up and down, and the rapid expansion of power has caused his dissatisfaction, and on the other hand, he does think so.

After all, no one would have thought that the Chongqing Front, which had been fighting for a long time, would suddenly fight to the death this time, and even Chiang, who had always lacked decision, would desperately increase a large number of troops to the front line when it was facing collapse, all of which exceeded their imagination.

"Providence?"

Hideki Tojo sneered: "My empire was born on this narrow island country of hell, and for thousands of years there have been internal and external troubles, if I believed in the will of heaven, my empire would have perished a long time ago, how could there be today?" Our empire was born against the sky, and now, we must let go of all fears and move forward bravely, so that people can conquer the heavens......"

"You don't have to advocate your crazy plan to fight on multiple fronts, plunder supplies and replenish armaments!"

Hirohito said unhappily: "Don't you see that the battlefield of China has made my empire deeply mired, and everything in the empire is about to collapse, where can I have the ability to conquer everywhere?" ”

"Your Majesty the Emperor, please listen to me......"

Hideki Tojo said eagerly, but at this moment, a general hurriedly rushed in with a newspaper in his hand and screamed: "Oh no, something is wrong......

Hirohito took the newspaper, just glanced at it a few times, his head was spinning, he almost fell to the ground, and the newspaper in his hand fell to the ground with a click, and he shouted in a sad voice: "Is it really the empire that the sun never sets......

"A joint Anglo-American blockade of the Pacific? We now rely almost entirely on the Pacific Ocean for our strategic supplies, which is simply cutting off our back route......"

"The USSR, France were also involved in the blockade of the Pacific Ocean? Many small countries have responded that from now on they will refuse to sell weapons, oil, rubber, steel and grain to our empire and Germany and Italy? Oh my God......"

Some ministers stepped forward to pick up the newspaper and read it, and they also exclaimed, I don't know how many people are crying - once the Pacific Ocean is blocked, all the strategic supplies of the imperial soldiers outside will be completely exhausted, and even the people in the empire will even have a problem eating!

The news of the blockade of the Pacific Ocean, for them, is like the death knell of the empire!

"Afraid of what? The sky hasn't fallen yet! ”

Hideki Tojo shouted: "Emperor, I have said before that our eyes cannot be limited to China, and we must also be prepared for a decisive battle with the British, American and Soviet Unions, and now my words should be read, right?" These countries have wolf ambitions, even if we don't fight them, they will calculate us, and the plan for now is to take the initiative to get the empire out of the predicament! ”

Hirohito and many others have always disagreed with Hideki Tojo's idea, because he is too radical and crazy, and everyone knows that if the fate of the empire is in his hands, there will be only one way to go!

But now, they have no other choice!

If you don't listen to Hideki Tojo, it's a dead end, and if you listen to him, maybe you can really have a little hope!

"We should immediately send troops to India, Burma, the Philippines and other countries, do everything possible to plunder all useful strategic materials, and at the same time, secretly detect the loopholes of Britain and the United States, and strive to hit them with one blow, since they blockade the Pacific Ocean, we will attack their fleet, navy, as long as we can sink a large number of their fleets, I want to see what they use to blockade the Pacific Ocean!"

Hideki Tojo smiled madly in his eyes.

(End of chapter)