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"The prime minister's meaning is that in the end, he will make peace with China.?? ⑤???? Read the latest chapter of the book," Hirohito asked in a slightly hoarse voice, "is that so?" ”

"Yes." Hara Kei replied respectfully, carefully wording his words to make his language sound as gentle as possible, so as not to upset the regent's palace and the soldiers, "The present situation has shown that with the support of Britain and the United States, Japan cannot defeat China in a decisive battle, as it did in the Meiji era. If China is to be conquered, it will have to wait until the international environment becomes favorable to Japan. ”

"What the Prime Minister said is very reasonable." Hirohito said, nodded, and turned his gaze to Yusaku Uehara, "What does Uehara General think?" ”

"The Imperial Army has made great progress in Siberia and is capable of launching a decisive campaign against the Chinese army on the Liaodong Peninsula." Yusaku Uehara looked at Admiral Gentaro Yamashita, the head of the Navy's military command, who was not far away, and said, "However, the Imperial Navy must first break through the main force of the Shina Navy and gain sea supremacy, so that the Army can maintain contact with the Japanese mainland. ”

Although Yusaku Uehara's words were very tactful, he was still angry with Gentaro Yamashita, who felt humiliated and angry at the army's "Shimokajo" for starting a war without authorization and putting the blame on the navy for an accident, but he did not want to commit the crime of dishonorment in front of the "quasi-emperor", so he held back his anger and said: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, the military command department has ordered the main force of the combined fleet to rush to Ludagang. "Yamashita Gentaro was very clever, and at this time he was fully aware of Uehara Yusaku's situation and Hara Kei's mentality, so Xiōng made a generous statement, "The navy is determined to use the battlefleet as the main force to go to the waters near Luda to seek a decisive battle with the Shina navy, and the cruisers will serve as support, and once the decisive battle is successful, they will all attack." This battle is intended to be won by surprise, like a sharp blade piercing the enemy's vital points, and our fleet has the same hatred for the enemy, the morale is high, and the determination to put it to death and survive, so this battle can only be advanced and cannot be retreated. ”

"Good." Hirohito immediately approved the Navy's battle plan.

"Does the Army have a specific battle plan?" Hirohito's eyes fell on Yusaku Uehara.

"At present, the situation on the front line in eastern Liaodong is relatively grim, and the combat strength of the defenders of Ludagang is close to the limit. Judging from the map, our army's defense line is in the shape of a taut inverted bow, and the center of this arc-shaped defense line, that is, the area where the pressure is most beared, is here...... If the bow were to break, it would collapse in the middle and not at the ends. On the other hand, if our army wants to counterattack, inflict heavy losses on the enemy, and force the enemy to retreat on all fronts, its breakthrough can only be chosen in the middle and not on the flanks. With the current combat strength of our army and the material reserves of Ludagang, it will not be a problem to hold on for another half a year. The Chinese army has 18 divisions of about 300,000 men, and after more than two months of fighting and attrition, it is exhausted, and many grassroots combat units are very dilapidated...... Once the enemy reinforces on a large scale, the fighters will disappear immediately, and our army will inevitably fall into a situation of passivity and hard fighting......"

Although Uehara Yusaku said it quite lightly, none of the people who were qualified to attend the headquarters meeting were fools, and they all heard the dilemma of the Japanese Army in the Chinese battlefield as expressed in Uehara's words. The latest and fastest update of this book comes from du58.

Yusaku Uehara was a native of Miyazaki Prefecture and the current leader of the Japanese Army. He was born under the name Mén, the second son of the old Ryuoka Suzan of the Metropolitan Domain, and the adopted son of the Metropolitan Domain, Naomi Uehara. In 1877, he entered the third phase of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and successively served as an instructor of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, the captain of the 5th Engineer Group, an adjutant of the General Staff Headquarters and an instructor of the Army University. During the First Sino-Japanese War, Yusaku Uehara served as a staff officer of the 1st Army, deputy chief of staff of the 1st Army, the fourth director of the General Staff Headquarters, and the third and fifth director of the General Staff Headquarters. In July 1900, he was promoted to major general, served as the principal of the Army Artillery Engineering School and the third director of the General Staff Headquarters, the engineer superintendent, and the chief of staff of the 4th Army during the Russo-Japanese War. Later, he served as Commander of the 7th Division, Commander of the 14th Division, Minister of War, Commander of the 3rd Division, Director of Education, Director of Education and Military Counselor, and finally Chief of Staff of the Army. He was promoted to General on February 15, 1915, and in 1921 he was promoted to Viscount, and was promoted to the rank of Marshal's General. ,

Yusaku Uehara was born as an engineer and is known as the "father of Japanese engineers". He made the "Three Chiefs of the Army" (i.e., the Minister of the Army, the Chief of the Army General Staff, and the Director of Army Education) and was the leader of the Satsuma faction after Oyama Iwa. After the death of a friend in Yamayama and Masaki Terauchi, the Choshu faction gradually declined. Yusaku Uehara organized a "Uehara faction" on his own to oppose Yoshiichi Tanaka of the Choshu faction. After Yoshiichi Tanaka's successor, Minister of War Kazunari Ugaki, came to power, he once promoted the modernization of the army and implemented a policy of military reduction, which was opposed by the Uehara faction. The antagonism between these two factions eventually evolved into the source of the open and covert struggle between the so-called "imperial faction" and the "unification faction."

As the supreme commander of the Army General Staff Headquarters and the de facto leader and commander of the Japanese Army, Yusaku Uehara had no other choice but to wipe the butts of these fanatical war maniacs.

"According to the order of the base camp, the next action of the army in the Liaodong battlefield is that the seventh and eighth divisions of the Kwantung Army will serve as the main attack, carry out a breakthrough in the middle, and cut into the junction of the southern army and the northern army of the China Army. The Guards Division and the 4th and 5th Divisions quickly followed, expanding the results in depth along the breach, and pressuring the enemy to retreat to the sea......"

After listening to Uehara's somewhat vague commentary on the battlefield, War Minister Ugaki Kazunari and Prime Minister Takashi Hara unconsciously exchanged teasing glances at each other, while some officials and admirals sneered at Uehara's embarrassment.

Suddenly, someone on the side said: "Sir, with all due respect, the focus of contention between the Chinese army and our army is Wafangdian and Jinzhou, Wafangdian is located at the junction of the urban area and the suburbs of Luda, and it is a place where the enemy and us must fight. In my opinion, if our army first attacks Jinzhou and then attacks Wafangdian through the flank, the enemy will lose its support point and will retreat without attacking. ”

Yusaku Uehara turned back with some embarrassment, looking for the man who dared to question his battle plan with an angry gaze, and when he saw that the person who spoke was standing next to Lieutenant General Bentaro Hongo, the director of the Ministry of Education, Nagata Tetsuyama, he still couldn't resist an immediate attack. The book is updated in real time DU(5) 8.сΟm

As the well-deserved leader of the Japanese Army, it should be said that General Yusaku Uehara, known as the "father of engineers", is conceited. There is also a certain reason why he can get to where he is now. Although he knew the talent of this Nagata Tetsuyama, as the chief of the Army General Staff, it was still difficult for him to accept that a small officer was pointing fingers at him.

"Of course, your words are very reasonable, but Jinzhou and Wafangdian are both places where the enemy's heavy troops are concentrated, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is the most sharp central army of the squadron to confront our army. If our army's assault is not successful and the enemy counterattacks on all fronts, our attacking troops will inevitably fall into a heavy encirclement and will not be able to get out. ”

Nagata Tetsuyama could certainly hear the dissatisfaction in Uehara's words, and although Uehara was explaining to him in a generous and condescending tone, he risked offending the army leader in order to achieve victory, and said his proposal in a consultative and even pleading tone.

"The enemy's naval guns were fierce, and the planes also had an absolute advantage, and our troops' sortie positions were low-lying and vulnerable to attack. At the Wafangdian front, our army has already established existing positions, which are connected by jiāo moats everywhere, which is conducive to the concealed attack of large troops. In the event of a failed sortie, they can also rely on it so as not to shake the entire front. ”

After Nagata Tetsuyama finished speaking, he looked at Yusaku Uehara with expectant eyes, but Yusaku Uehara remained unmoved.

As the supreme commander of the Japanese Army, he will never easily give in to the will of others.

Uehara Yusaku, like many Japanese army generals, has always looked down on the squadron, believing that they are just a group of sobbing lackeys controlled by mercenary warlords and the "Yingmi ghost animals" behind them. Not only that, but he always thought that the Americans were nothing remarkable, and they all said that the Americans were so fierce and tenacious when they fought in Europe that they were not even opponents of the German Army, which dominated the world, but his Imperial Japanese Army was not equally known for not being afraid of death when it started fighting.

"The Ministry of War doesn't have to worry about the specific operational details." Yusaku Uehara said with some annoyance, "The General Staff Headquarters has drawn up a detailed battle plan, and His Highness has approved it, so the Ministry of War doesn't need to ask." ”,

"So be it." Hirohito looked around, got up to signal the end of the meeting, and the generals and officials all stood and watched Hirohito board the car and leave the base camp. After Hirohito left, Hara and key members of the cabinet also left. But what Yuan Jing didn't expect was that a palace servant was waiting for him outside.

"Your Excellency, Your Royal Highness, Your Highness, please."

Yuan Jing was stunned for a moment, then nodded as if he understood, and followed Miyauchi shì to get into the car.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I would like to know, in your opinion, is Japan in great danger this time?"

As soon as he got into the car, Hirohito, who was sitting in the car, immediately asked.

"Yes. This war is a wrong war fought at the wrong time, in the wrong place, and with the wrong opponent. If it is protracted, Japan will be in trouble. Yuan Jing hesitated for a moment, nodded and replied, "And the reckless actions of the military department are more dangerous than the Chinese army and the British and Mimetry behind them." ”

"There is no point in pursuing the cause of this war now." Hirohito calmly looked at the somewhat disgruntled prime minister and said, "I would like to hear if the prime minister has a way to end this dangerous war quickly." ”

Listening to Hirohito's words, Hara Kei felt a wave of panic and did not answer immediately.

"Does the prime minister think that it will be difficult for the imperial team to defeat China this time?" Hirohito realized the Prime Minister's panic and asked as kindly as possible.

"That's right." Hara Kei was ruthless and said, "Actually, even without the support of Britain and Mi, Japan may not be able to defeat the current China." ”

"Oh? Why did the Prime Minister say that? Hirohito asked, somewhat surprised.

"I have a report here, Your Highness." Hara Kei took out a document from his purse and respectfully gave it to Hirohito, "This is a briefing on the military, politics, and economy in China that our intelligence officers in China have collected in recent years on the military, politics, and economy of China, and what is said in it is surprising, because if what this report says is true, then in the past few years, the rapid development of China is shocking, and the current China is no longer the previous China." ”

Hirohito opened the report and looked at it a few times, and the boring numbers and explanatory text in it made him feel impatient for a while, but there was a map attached to it, and the content drawn on it made Hirohito immediately understand what Hara Kei's sentence "The current Shina is no longer the former Shina" meant.

It was a map of Chinese mainland, showing neither mountains and rivers, strategic locations, nor advance routes, but a map of China's current distribution of major industrial areas.

Although these industrial zones resemble rags of rags compared to China's vast land area, their actual size is not much different from that of Japan's largest industrial zones.

"That means that even without the help of Yingmi, the current industrial production capacity of Echinaa will be enough to support a large-scale war with the Empire, right?" Hirohito asked, staring at several important ports and shipbuilding bases along the Chinese coast on the map.

"I think so." Hara replied when he saw that Hirohito's face had become very ugly, and added, "However, the authenticity of the contents of this information needs to be further verified." ”

"There is no need to verify, I think the prime minister's judgment is correct." Hirohito returned the report to Hara and said, "The current situation on the battlefield has proven that these situations are true." ”

Listening to Hirohito's words, Hara Kei couldn't help but be silent.

"Since the Sino-Japanese War, the Beiyang Fleet has been completely annihilated by the combined fleet of our imperial navy, and China has been in a slump, and the sea power in East Asia is in my hands. But now, in the face of the Chinese Navy, the Imperial Navy has actually shrunk its hands and feet, and has not dared to fight to the death with it. Hirohito's words were filled with unspeakable unwillingness and humiliation, "This is unthinkable. ”

"The combat power of the Chinese Navy has been tested in the European theater, and the warships it purchased from the United States are sturdy and durable, and the firepower is powerful, which is really a strong opponent of our navy, so it is understandable that the navy is cautious." "But in the current situation, if we want to end the war, we can't just rely on the operations of the navy and army. ”

"I want to hear what the prime minister is planning." Hirohito quickly regained his composure and said.

"Between countries and countries, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests." Hara Kei carefully worded his words and said, "For example, Japan and Great Britain, before the alliance ended, Britain had already betrayed Japan for its own interests. Now Japan needs the help of powerful allies. ”,

"The Prime Minister has said before that it is crucial for Japan to improve its relations with Britain and Mikistan, especially with the United States," Hirohito said, "and in order to reduce the hostility of Britain and Mikistan, the Prime Minister has also proposed a rapprochement with China, and I have always been very much in favor of the Prime Minister." ”

"If His Royal Highness can think so, there will be hope for Japan." Listening to Hirohito's words, a glimmer of hope flashed in Hara Kei's eyes, "I have a suggestion, I don't know if His Royal Highness the Prince is willing to listen to it." ”

"Prime Minister, please speak." Hirohito's face showed concern.

"His Royal Highness the Prince is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, familiar with scripture and history, of course he knows the story of King Chu Huai during the Warring States Period in Chinese history." Yuan Jing said.

Hearing that the prime minister actually taught himself a history lesson at this time of 100,000 urgency, Hirohito couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, but he didn't say anything, but listened intently to the prime minister's words.

"During the Warring States Period, the Seven Kingdoms competed for power, Qi and Chu were an alliance, Qin was very worried, in order to break up the Qi and Chu alliance, Qin Minister Zhang Yi lobbied the King of Chu Huai, willing to allocate the land of Qin to the State of Chu, and wanted the State of Chu to break off the land of the State of Qi, King Huai of Chu was greedy for the land of the State of Qin, so he broke off the land with the State of Qi, and after the break of the Jiāo, the State of Qin did not give the land of the State of Chu, the King of Chu Huai was furious, sent troops to attack Qin, and was defeated, but lost a lot of land. King Huai of Chu was not reconciled, mobilized the whole country to attack Qin, some ministers suggested, it is better to bribe Qin with land, and join Qin to attack Qi, so that the loss of land in Qin, but can be compensated in Qi, if blindly attack Qin, Qi and Qin join forces to attack Chu, then the state of Chu is in danger. King Huai of Chu did not listen, led the army to attack Qin, at the critical moment of the battle between the two sides, the Qi army attacked Chu behind the back, as a result, the Chu army was defeated by the joint attack of the two armies of Qi and Qin, and the king of Chu Huai not only lost more land, but also lost his life. ”

"The prime minister is trying to say that the current Japan is like the Chu State at that time, right?" Hirohito asked, as if he understood something.

"In the current situation, if Japan is the state of Chu and China is the state of Qin, then Soviet Russia is the state of Qi." Yuan Jing nodded and said, "Blindly attacking Qin, it is better to bribe Qin with land, join Qin to attack Qi, and if you lose land to Qin, you will be compensated by Qi." ”

"Lost land in Qin, compensated in Qi?" Hirohito had fully understood the meaning of the prime minister's allusion to him at this time, and he was silent for a long time, and couldn't help but nod slowly.

"Behind China, with the support of the United States, achieving peace with China is also the best way to ease relations with the United States." Yuan Jing said, "At present, Soviet Russia is completely isolated in the international community, and its military strength is not strong, if it joins forces with China to destroy Soviet Russia, then the fertile field of Siberia will be the second Manchurian." ”

"I see." At this time, Hirohito's heart was full of shock, and he was completely frightened by Hara's bold thoughts.