This night was a long and torturous night for many people in the Ming Empire and the Japanese Empire. www.biquge.info Within two days after the Ming Empire declared war, the Yalu River defense line, which the Japanese army had painstakingly operated for a year and a half on the Korean Peninsula, became precarious with the breakthrough of the Ming Empire.

The Japanese did not expect that the defense line on which they had high hopes would be as vulnerable as confetti, and even felt that Miyamoto Yuhito would be able to turn the tide and repel the breakthrough of the Ming Empire that night.

After all, in the process of drawing up the plan at that time, these Japanese leaders were involved, and they knew that this defense system was resilient and had a back-up, so they were still very optimistic about the war situation, at least they thought that it should be possible to delay for more than a month.

Even on the day of the war, there were still people in the Japanese high-level who shouted that the Ming Empire could see the strength of the Japanese Imperial Army, and even shouted that "let the Ming Empire suffer some hardships on the Yalu River defense line".

However, when General Miyamoto Arihito sent a telegram asking for help and taking responsibility back to Japan when the counterattack was unfavorable, even in the middle of the night, His Majesty the Emperor still summoned the important minister Adachi Ueyama, hoping to get some news about the front line from the prime minister.

"General Yuhito Miyamoto called late at night...... The Prime Minister must already know about it...... The Ming people have broken through the defense line of the Yalu River and endangered the flanks of our army, and the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Korean region are the foundation of our empire. In this state of war, the emperor was no longer in the mood to fight with a fight, and as soon as they met, he asked Prime Minister Uesugi who was kneeling on the floor.

Uesugi had obviously been concerned about the most important battlefield on the Korean Peninsula now, and opened his mouth worriedly to answer His Majesty Emperor Tammu's question: "Your Majesty, all we can do now is wait. Even if you want to send the right people to replace the incompetent Miyamoto Yuhito, it is too late. ”

In fact, on the day the Ming Empire declared war on Japan, there was a division on the Japanese mainland that had just completed training and was ready to go to the Korean Peninsula. However, they had to pass through Jeju Island and land in Busan, crossing the entire peninsula by land to the front line.

Therefore, this division is still on the road to the distance, and there is no way to become the support of the Japanese front-line troops. Of course, even if this division is counted, the forces that the Japanese army has gathered on the defense line of the Yalu River are still less than the Ming Empire that is preparing to attack.

"Incompetent Miyamoto! Thief of the kingdom! Emperor Tamumu slapped the table and cursed loudly at Uesugi Adatsu. He is really heartbroken, and every loss on the front line is a heart-piercing pain for poor Japan. That's all the money that Japan has accumulated by tightening its belt up and down, and for Japan, it is a strength that cannot be made up in a short period of time.

The news of the total annihilation of the 17th Division was definitely a major blow to Emperor Tammu. Japan has a standing force of 700,000, and the total strength of the recently mobilized troops is only about 1.5 million.

Under such circumstances, the loss of an elite unit of nearly 30,000 people in a division is definitely a major event that can shake the Japanese leadership. It is a pity that the news of the equally heavy losses of the 8th Division, which was fighting hard at the front, is not known in Japan now.

If Emperor Tammu had known the absurdity of losing 40,000 soldiers in one day, he might not have been in the mood he is in now. It is estimated that he will immediately ask Uesugi Anda to dismantle Miyamoto Yuren into eight pieces to vent the anger in his heart.

Uesugi Adachi had also heard the news of the heavy losses at the front, and even before he came, he was discussing with the Minister of War of the Ministry of War Fumi Sato about the mourning of Major General Kazuhiro Ozawa. Under the influence of the Ming Empire, or the influence of traditional oriental culture, Japan also attaches great importance to the face of those who sacrifice their lives for the country, and often have to receive military ranks and various honors for the deceased.

But no matter how much honor Ozawa Kazuhiro was given, more than 20,000 people in a major Japanese division were really lost. These losses were irreparable for Japan, and the equipment, formation, training, and other inputs of a division and regiment were all wasted, which absolutely made Emperor Tammu vomit three liters of blood.

"The matter of the 17th Division...... Hold it down for now! Wait a few days before sending the obituary to the people. We will let the newspapers in the country stir up more incitement and turn the grief of the people into a fighting force. Uesugi Adachi bowed his head and told Emperor Tamamu about the cabinet's arrangements, at least to prove that he was not a vegetarian corpse in this position.

This prime minister of the Imperial Japanese Cabinet of the same era as Zhao Hongshou and Ge Tianzhang is indeed worthy of his own position. After a short period of chaos, he dealt with the issue of the declaration of war of the Ming Empire very well, setting off an anti-Ming wave in the country, and it only took one day to temporarily stabilize the situation.

Then he mobilized Korea and Japan and other regions, and began to arm 30 new divisions, so that the country entered a state of full mobilization. Although the production of heavy weapons was still sluggish, it still allowed Japan to enter a state of all-out war in most areas.

"In addition, His Majesty the Emperor, it is necessary to arm at least five divisions as soon as possible, based on the soldiers who have just been discharged from the army, to form combat capabilities, and send them to the Korean Peninsula to reinforce the troops who are fighting the front line......" Uesugi Adachi did not wait for His Majesty the Emperor to say anything, and continued to apply.

As a far-sighted politician in Japan, Uesugi Adachi is well aware of the importance of the Korean Peninsula and even the entire Liaodong region to Japan. At this time, he did not dare to give up the Korean Peninsula, and he did not even dare to think so, he could not let Japan become a slave of the Ming Empire, as it did more than a hundred years ago.

It is precisely because of the importance of the Korean Peninsula that Uesugi Adachi and War Minister Fumito Sato, who uses the Korean Peninsula to demand military spending, are both supporters of the strategy of sticking to the Korean Peninsula. Therefore, when faced with the situation that the defense system of the Korean Peninsula was collapsing, he put forward a proposal to increase the number of troops in the DPRK.

"What? Assemble now? The treasury is almost empty, we owe Ceylon and the British Empire's loan has not yet been repaid, what do you want me to use to form a new division? "Because of the continuous expansion of armaments and the arms race between the Ming Empire, the current Emperor Yumu immediately instinctively resisted in anger as soon as he heard that he would spend more money.

However, he was halfway angry, and half of his body collapsed back into his chair, waved his hand weakly, and ordered: "The specific matter, your Excellency, you should go and prepare it." ”

The current situation of the war is not that Emperor Tamamu himself does not want to have a seizure, but that he knows that even if he only has a pair of underwear left at this time, he will have to fight this war. If he wins, he can still mix up with the Japanese emperor naked, and if he loses, he really has nothing even if he wears a dragon robe.

"War Minister Fumi Sato suggested that General Takanomiya Mitsui be sent to Korea to replace General Miyamoto as Commander-in-Chief of the Korean region......" Uesugi Adachi continued to propose countermeasures given by the Ministry of War after explaining the increase in troops in Korea.

Emperor Tamakitake was very much in favor of the replacement of Miyamoto Yuhito, but in this kind of crisis, the temporary replacement of the front-line commander was originally a very taboo thing. Therefore, Emperor Tammu looked at Uesugi Anda and asked, "Then Prime Minister, does the Ministry of War think that this is a safe thing to do?" ”

"Your Majesty...... In fact, at this time, when General Mitsui Takanomiya went to the Korean Peninsula and was able to reach the front line, the victory or defeat might have already been known. When the time comes, we will arrange the appropriate commander according to the situation and make corresponding responses, which is relatively more secure. Uesugi Adachi prostrated himself on the floor and replied.

"Go ahead!" Seemingly losing interest in the Korean war, Emperor Tammu waved his hand to signal that Uesugi Anda could withdraw. Prime Minister Uesugi bowed respectfully and withdrew from His Majesty's dormitory, which may not be the size of a building in the Imperial Palace.

Walking to the door of the imported car, an officer helped the Japanese prime minister open the door, and before he could get into the car, another officer ran over and handed a telegram to a tired Uesugi Anda.

Prime Minister Uesugi Adachi, who was standing next to the car, took the message and looked at it carefully, and almost spit out a mouthful of old blood and sprayed it on this telegraph. He shook his hand and held on to the open car door, and finally managed to stabilize himself.

The elderly Japanese prime minister slowly collected his emotions from shock and collapse, and it took a long time to suppress the dizzy feeling that he wanted to faint. He read the message again, word by word, as if he was afraid that he had missed something or read some sentence wrong.

After a long moment, he finally sighed and slipped the classified message into the pocket of his jacket. Then he instructed the officer who sent the telegram: "First class secret telegram, do not alarm His Majesty the Emperor...... If you can hide it for as long as you can, press it first. ”

When he said this order, he seemed to be ten years old all of a sudden, and when he got into the car, his movements were a little incoherent, and he still asked the accompanying officer to help him, and he barely sat in the back seat of the car. Leaning on the back seat of the car, Uesugi Anda felt that his breathing was slightly smoother, and his spine, which was already not straight, finally had a place to lean. (To be continued.) )