The third part of the War of Blood, Fire, Chapter 9 is rushing, and Section 8 is the Yellow River roaring

Tokyo in early autumn can already feel the coolness, but in the compound of the War Department, the atmosphere is very tense, the officers who come in and out all look serious, the situation on the battlefield in Shandong is getting worse day by day, Jiaodong is lost, Liaocheng is fighting hard, Laiwu is broken, the Taishan defense line is crumbling, the latest situation is that Okamura Ningji decided to give up the south of the Yellow River, and even to give up the entire Shandong Henan.

"Why don't you talk now" Ishihara Wan'er stared at Sugiyama Mototo and Kimura Hyotaro with contempt, at this moment he seemed to stand out from the crowd, almost all the officers of the War Department and the General Staff Headquarters stood opposite him, and there were only a few around him, such as Muto Akira.

The development of the war in China was almost exactly what he had predicted a few months ago, and he had strongly advocated abandoning Jiangnan and concentrating his forces in North China in order to prevent such a situation from happening today.

"You can't do anything but mislead the country." Ishihara Wan'er was very frustrated and very sad, it was because of their interference that his strategy could not be implemented, and now the loss of Shandong was a foregone conclusion, even if the main force of the Twelfth Army could escape the attack of the Shina Army, the losses would be heavy, and Okamura Ninji could hold Beiping even if Amaterasu was blessed.

"Even if Shandong loses, we can't give up Jiangnan," Sugiyama argued: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has concluded that it is unacceptable ......to abandon the Wang Jingwei government in Nanjing." ”

"Ridiculous" Ishihara sneered and interrupted Sugiyama Moto, then let out a long sigh, ignoring the many officers present, and left the war room directly, he was completely desperate for this group of people, relying on these people It is impossible to save Japan in crisis.

"What is this?" Hattori Takushiro shouted dissatisfiedly: "Why did the chief of the General Staff leave like this at the operational meeting?" ”

"Such a chief of the general staff is irresponsible, and it is a disgrace to the empire," Ryuzo Sejima looked even more angry.

"What else can you do with you waste here, is there still a chance for the empire to save it, end this war, stupid" Ishihara Wan'er dropped this sentence and turned away without looking back.

This rare circumstance made the officers who were in a meeting stupid, and the chief of staff left while presiding over the operational analysis meeting, which was the first time in the history of the Japanese Army. After a few minutes of silence in the venue, it suddenly became like an exploding honeycomb, and the crowd was turbulent.

Muto Zhang sighed secretly in his heart, he seemed to understand Ishihara's despair, North China was already empty, and the reinforcements of ten divisions were still on the way, if the Twelfth Army suffered heavy losses, there would be only seventy or eighty thousand Gu Shoufu's seventy or eighty thousand people left in the whole of North China, as well as two divisions withdrawn from Shanxi, and the troops withdrawn from Datong must stay in Chahar and Suiyuan to ensure the safety of the rear of the Mongolian Front.

In this way, the number of troops available to Okamura Ninji is about 1120,000, and these 100,000 troops have to stop the siege of China's million-strong army, and it is still under the condition that the other side has firepower and air superiority, Muto Akira can imagine how anxious Okamura Ninji is in Beiping now.

Looking back, from the beginning of the Lugou Bridge Incident, the mainstream judgment of the base camp has always been wrong, Ishihara Waner left sadly, which can only be said to be disheartened, and Muto Akira concluded that Ishihara's next step was to submit his resignation to the emperor.

Sugiyama Gen has now completely lost his authority, and the ministers of various departments and section chiefs don't care about Sugiyama Gen at all, and they start to talk about it on their own.

"Matsui Ishine is already old, he shouldn't be made the commander of the Twelfth Army at all," someone rushed to the head of the personnel bureau, Tominaga.

Tominaga protested: "The personnel issue is decided by the Ministry of War and the Chief of Staff, and besides, the fundamental problem in North China is the shortage of troops, do you understand?"

"The only way to do this is to call up the reserve again, form twenty divisions, and quickly transport them to North China to fight to the death with the Chinese army."

Muto Zhang couldn't help but curse in his heart, forming twenty divisions, not to mention the soldiers, weapons and equipment, these soldiers who can't even hold a gun will only become the target of the slaughter of the Shina army, and add medals to the Shina general.

"Transfer the Kwantung Army to Kannai, the Kwantung Army is invincible in the world"

Muto Akira sighed softly, turned around and wanted to leave, the Kwantung Army is still invincible in the world, and the protest telegram from Mijiro Umezu is three feet thick, and it is still invincible in the world? What a joke, now the Kwantung Army has only one 10th Division left to hold the façade there, and the rest is not even a Type B Division.

"General Muto, what do you think?"

Muto Akira turned his head and saw that it was Takeda, the deputy head of the first section under the Military Affairs Bureau, and this Takeda was the surviving follower of Ishihara Waner in the military department, and all of them who had been expelled from the Ministry of War and the General Staff Headquarters when he was fighting against the expansion with Ishihara, which was also the biggest reason why Ishihara was isolated as chief of staff this time.

Takeda's gaze was cold, Muto Akira knew what the reason was, he was one of the most fierce people against Ishihara at the beginning, and he was also the backbone of the expansion of the Lugou Bridge Incident, and now Takeda is taking revenge.

"What else can I say, things are already like this, only I beg Amaterasu to bless General Matsui to lead the Twelfth Army to the north bank of the Yellow River." Muto Akira's tone was calm.

Takeda still didn't let him go: "General Muto, back then, you were arrogant and advocated the punishment of Zhina, why are you a general now, is it possible that you have become a general, but your courage is gone?" ”

Takeda's words were a bit vicious, satirizing Muto Akira The reason why they fought the main battle back then was just to be promoted to the general level as soon as possible. Muto Akira was furious: "How can you say that? When China provoked the incident, shouldn't it be punished? What we want to do now is to unite and tide over the difficulties together."

Muto Akira is not worried about what Takeda can do at all, he is now a major general, Takeda is just a newly promoted Shaozo, besides, the biggest help for the expansion back then was Sugiyama Moto, Takeda made it clear, and it would only offend more people.

Sure enough, Takeda retreated and did not continue to investigate, but asked softly and rigidly: "In the face of such a crisis in North China, does General Muto have any countermeasures?" ”

Muto Zhangxin said, what are the countermeasures now, didn't I say it just now, only begging Amaterasu for help, what other countermeasures can there be, almost all the troops in North China have been transferred to Shandong and Henan, and the troops that Okamura Ningji can control now will not exceed 5,000 people, all of them will be sent to Shandong, do you want Pingjin or not?

What you said just now can be taken as a joke, but now you can't say it like this anymore, Muto Zhang thought for a while and said: "If you want to hold Shandong, it is impossible to defend, you can only tear down the east wall and make up the west wall, there are currently 82,000 Gu Shoufu in Anyang, and the attack of the Chinese army on Gu Shoufu is not fierce, I think that two divisions can be drawn from it to quickly move eastward, seize Dexian, and meet Matsui-kun's breakthrough." ”

"I think this plan is feasible," Sugiyama Moto, as if grasping a straw, immediately expressed his support, which made Muto Akira feel fooled, knowing that once this plan is adopted, he will bear the consequences in the future.

"General, I think that it should be up to General Okamura to decide whether or not this plan can be implemented, and we had better discuss the eastward direction of the China Dispatch Army after the fall of Shandong." Akira Muto cleverly retracted the suggestion and put the blame on Okamura Ninji. But this is also beyond reproach, after all, Okamura Ninji is close to the battlefield.

"You're right, but we can give General Okamura a reminder." Sugiyama Yuan nodded slightly, now Sugiyama Yuan is under very much pressure, the Lugou Bridge Incident in the distance, the near obstacle to give up Jiangnan, everything proves him wrong, the position of the Minister of War is in jeopardy, and now the only thing that may allow him to keep the position of Minister is the independence of the Minister of War, if he does not resign, Koiso Kuniaki can only replace the Minister of War by means of general resignation.

"It's for the best." Kimura Hyotaro was in a bad mood at all, he also saw that Ishihara Waner might have to resign, and as soon as Ishihara resigned, the emperor would inevitably ask questions, and he would be held accountable in the end, who would bear this responsibility? Ishihara Waner? It is impossible, this strategic deployment was not his, and he twice made generous statements at the joint meeting of the cabinet base camp, strongly advocating the abandonment of Jiangnan and the concentration of troops in North China, but was denied twice. Sugiyama Gen is an army general, an old minister of the three dynasties, if Hirohito can't bear it, he, Kimura Hyotaro is the scapegoat.

"However, the prospects for the war in North China are worrying," Kimura Hyotaro said hesitantly, "I think it is not enough to reinforce ten divisions, more troops must be drawn from the mainland, and in addition, the Korean governor can be ordered to form a Korean division and transfer them to fight in Guannai." ”

"Can logistics be guaranteed?" Sugiyama Mototo's attention was set on the director of the Ordnance Bureau, Haruki Suga, who was actually in charge of logistics equipment, including reserves and development.

After thinking about it, Kan Qingji replied with some embarrassment: "More than 200,000 is very difficult, I must leave at least 100,000 supplies behind, and the local defense needs it." ”

Sugiyama Yuan didn't say anything anymore, the Shandong War Analysis Meeting ended hastily, and before the afternoon, Sugiyama Yuan received a report, Ishihara Waner submitted a letter of resignation to the emperor, and the emperor personally summoned Ishihara, and the two talked for two hours, this length of time is beyond imagination, even if it is the first to face the saint, it has never been so long.

But now he can't care so much, in the afternoon he sent the urgently drawn up plan to increase the number of troops to Koiso Kuniaki, Koiso Kuniaki's expression was solemn, and after reading it, he said to Sugiyama Yuan a little helplessly: "General Sugiyama, this time we have to recruit 150,000 people, as far as I know, the army's conditions for increasing troops have been repeatedly lowered, and those who could not be recruited at all are now also recruited, and the conscription age has been lowered to 16 years old and raised to 42 years old. ”

Sugiyama Mototo was a little impatient, and he interrupted Koiso Kuniaki: "Prime Minister, this is the war years, and the conditions have naturally changed, so there is no problem with this. ”

Koiso Kuniaki did not immediately approve the plan, but put it aside and looked up at Sugiyama: "I must consult with the Chief of Staff and the Cabinet. ”

Sugiyama Yuan nodded: "I hope it will be as soon as possible, the situation in North China is urgent." ”

The situation in North China is indeed very dangerous, but the first thing to be solved now is Sugiyama Moto, Hirohito summoned Ishihara Waner, Ishihara Waner analyzed the entire war situation to him, and told Hirohito unequivocally that Japan is now losing the war, and in order to change this situation, it is necessary to solve the strategic problem first. Ishihara began to talk about the Lugou Bridge Incident, the China Incident, the war against the Soviet Union, and the war against the United States.

From the outbreak of the war to the present, the empire has always lacked a long-term strategy, and has always been busy solving problems after they have arisen, fighting against the Soviet Union in order to solve the China Incident, and fighting against the United States is also to solve the China Incident, thinking that cutting off the Yunnan-Burma road can force Chiang Kai-shek to submit, but he has never thought that what if Chiang Kai-shek does not give in? What is the solution to the China incident?

..., as Minister of War at the time of the Shina Incident and Chief of Staff at the time of the declaration of war against the United States, General Sugiyama must be held responsible, and it is inappropriate for him to continue to serve as Minister of War. …”

Ishihara made it possible for him to remain in office, and Sugiyama had to go to work, but Hirohito did not object, and after his Majesty's meeting, Hirohito told Koiso Kuniaki through Kido that Sugiyama would resign himself at the right time, and the army would choose another war minister.

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