Chapter 1 The Emperor's Order
In Tokyo, Japan, the sun is shining brightly, the sky is very clear, and only a few dark clouds are fluttering. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoThe citizens on the street are bustling, but orderly. From time to time, military vehicles drove slowly by. A group of Japanese ronin, dressed in kimonos and wearing white scarves, shouted wildly.
In the heart of Tokyo, the Imperial Palace of Japan sits and is surrounded by water, with towering stone walls, green tiles and white walls, green trees, and cherry blossoms. The whole palace was silent, and even the green pheasants were quietly lying on the branches.
In the main hall of the palace, in front of the rectangular conference table sat the Japanese Emperor Hirohito, in his thirties, with a small face, a sickly body, and a pair of small glasses on his small eyes. There was also a group of people standing on either side of the table, all looking terrified.
The atmosphere was somewhat oppressive. After all, war is a zero-sum game, where some people win and others lose, and some people are happy and some are suffering.
"How is this going on? The 5th and 10th Divisions are the elite of our Imperial Japanese Army, and they all belong to the First Division, and the Fifth Division is also known as the ever-winning Iron Army, how could it be defeated by China's local miscellaneous troops?! Hirohito's eyes were filled with shock and even suspicion as he spoke. After speaking, he glanced back and forth at the three people with a cold eye: Prince Zaihito Miyaji, Chief of Staff, Sugiyama Moto, Lu Xiang, and Prime Minister Fumihiro Konoe.
Jae-in is nearly 70 years old, but he has to be straight and have a dark complexion. He faced Hirohito's gaze and said calmly, "Your Majesty." After the battles of Songhu and Nanjing, we believe that the field army of China has been exhausted, and now it seems that they still have a certain strength. I want to reflect deeply. In this battle, only three divisions of the imperial army participated, and the north and south were not coordinated, so that the 59th Army of China Zhang Zizhong was allowed to go back and forth between the north and the south to participate in the battle freely. In addition, General Seishiro Itagaki found that the troops guarding Taierzhuang were not large, and there was an elite Central Army of Tang Enbo in China behind him, so he did not dare to do his best to support Isoya Ryosuke's division, increasing troops one by one, adding fuel tactics, and committing a taboo in soldiers. When he went out with all his might, Tang Enbo suddenly went out with all his strength, causing chaos. ā
Hirohito waved his hand and said impatiently, "I don't care what the reason is, but the consequences are serious." You know, the Ping-type Guan Imperial Army only lost a thousand people, which greatly boosted the morale of the Chinese, and today we have lost more than ten times, and the Chinese will definitely be completely uplifted, and it will even affect the international attitude! So, when will we occupy all of China? Speaking of this, he stared at Binshan Yuan and asked, "Binshan Yuanjun, what about your so-called three-month solution to the Zhina incident?" ā
Binshan Yuan trembled, fine beads of sweat soaked out of his forehead, his eyes were fixed on the ground, and he didn't dare to come out.
Konoe Fumi's face was serious, but there was a trace of excitement in his eyebrows, and he looked at Bin Shan Yuan meaningfully, and said in his heart: Hmph, you don't listen to me. Now there's something to see.
Hirohito keenly saw the expression on Konoe's face and roared: "Prime Minister, I remember that at the Imperial Council on February 16, I decided that the Imperial Army would move to rest after the capture of Nanjing, why did Seishiro Itagaki and Ryosuke Isoya attack Taierzhuang?" ā
Cold sweat also broke out on the guard's forehead, and he quickly replied, "Your Majesty, please calm your anger." The glasses looked at Binshan Yuan.
Binshan Yuan replied cautiously: "Your Majesty." The 5th and 10th Divisions of the Imperial Army only lost a few thousand men and horses, and their retreat was not a rout, but a strategic adjustment. In addition, several soldiers reported that in Taierzhuang, as in Nanjing, there were supernatural incidents, and there was a Chinese soldier who was like a ghost, often striking at the imperial army in those key positions, causing chaos in the imperial army. ā
"Nonsense!" Hirohito was furious, got up from his chair, glared at Binshan Yuan angrily, his eyes were full of contempt, and he thought that the honest and honest Binshan Yuan was also dull, and he really lived up to the nickname of fool Yuan.
Hirohito raised his left hand and shouted, "To this day, I will tell you a secret." Before Emperor Meiji died, he told my father that he had a dream in which Amaterasu told him that the main gods had reached an agreement that they would no longer intervene in human disputes and that no subordinate gods should intervene in human wars. There are so many great gods in China who also have to restrain themselves, and Japan must take advantage of the opportunity to rise. Two years later, World War I broke out, and the casualties were so tragic that the gods did not intervene. How can there be gods in the war today? As for the secret report by the commander of the Nakajima Division and the special high-tech department about the surname Long, I think it is a false idea, and I make excuses for those casualties! It is precisely because of the absence of the gods that I will support a large-scale attack on China! ā
Binshan Yuan, Konoe and others looked at each other when they heard the emperor's words, while Zairen nodded slightly, echoing his nephew's words.
The scene fell silent for a while.
Jae-in looked around and said softly, "Your Majesty." Although the battle of Taierzhuang was a battle, the imperial army suffered a slight loss, but there was an unexpected gain! ā
"Oh, really?" Hirohito's small eyes immediately widened, and his mustache trembled.
Jae-in glanced at Bin Shan Yuan. Binshan Yuan woke up like a dream, and hurriedly said, "Yes, Your Majesty." During this campaign, through reconnaissance aircraft and ground agents, a large number of Chinese troops were assembled near Xuzhou. In addition, groups of troops marched towards Xuzhou. In total, there were 50 divisions and 560,000 people.
Striking hard at the Chinese troops concentrated in Xuzhou can have the tremendous effect of dampening the enemy's will to resist the war. As a result, the army was preparing to carry out an annihilation operation against Xuzhou, since the enemy was almost the elite main force of the Chinese army and was already isolated. Our army should lose no time in fighting with a large number of troops and on a large scale, so that it can completely annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop. He believed that as long as the strategic attempt to annihilate this enemy army was achieved, it would be possible to resolve the Chinese incident by force, induce the Chiang regime to surrender and take a decisive step, and also to restore the negative influence of our army in Taierzhuang. ā
"Good!" Hirohito became excited, frowned randomly, and said, "Are our troops enough?" ā
Seeing that the emperor was happy, Binshan Yuan's brows finally relaxed, and he quickly said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. Before coming to the palace, the military headquarters and the base camp had already discussed the general battle plan. It was determined to transfer 10 divisions in the Chinese Imperial Army to besiege Xuzhou. Moreover, in the early stage of the battle, the imperial army had to make a covert attempt and advance in a roundabout way, striving to encircle all the Chinese army. Your Majesty, please look at the outline of the operation. As he spoke, he took out a document from his briefcase on the table, walked up to the emperor, bowed and handed it to him.
Hirohito opened the file, held his glasses, reviewed it, and after a while, said with a smile: "Yaxi." The army's offensive is bound to achieve tremendous results, so that not a single one of the 50 divisions of the Chinese army in the Xuzhou area will slip through the net, and it will be completely annihilated. ā
All the officials at the scene looked tense, bowed their heads and said, "Hayi." Long live His Majesty the Emperor! Long live the Great Japanese Empire! ā
Soon, the Tokyo base camp conveyed the mainland's order No. 84, and the staff headquarters also issued the land command instruction No. 106, with only one core, to take Xuzhou and gather and annihilate the main force of the Kuomintang army in the Xuzhou area.
A dark cloud drifted towards the Chinese soldiers and civilians immersed in the joy of victory!