(73) Dark hour
Mitsutomi Kamio, who is currently the supreme commander of the Japanese Army in Qingdao, is an intelligence officer, and during the Sino-Japanese War, he was once known as one of Japan's three major spies, along with Arao Seiki and Ishikawa Wuichi.
"The Chinese army has been strengthened, but they are still far from being able to go head-to-head with us!" Mitsumi Kamio said, "We've only suffered some 'minor setbacks' for a while, but we can definitely defeat them!" ”
Hearing the phrase "small setback", the eyes of the Japanese ronin suddenly widened, and he looked at Mitsutomi Kamio with an unbelievable gaze, as if he did not believe that he, who had always been known for his caution in the Japanese Army, would say such a thing.
"I'll take Qingzhou back." Kamio Mitsutomi's gaze fell on the map on the wall, "The Chinese can't hold it for too long." ”
The Japanese ronin continued to stare at Mitsutomi Kamio, as if trying to figure out where his confidence came from.
"Our reinforcements are coming." Kamio Mitsutomi quickly gave his answer, "The main force of the Shina army is all here, and we can just eat them bite by bite." ”
The Japanese ronin looked at Mitsutomi Kamio and didn't say anything more, but bowed, then turned around and walked out without looking back.
Late at night, Tokyo.
At the Imperial Headquarters of the Imperial Empire, the highest command body of the Japanese Empire during the war, an Imperial Council was being held with the participation of Emperor Taisho himself.
"The Army is so incompetent! There were so many imperial soldiers lost in Shandong! Kamio Mitsutomi should apologize for his sins! ”
A vice admiral with a medal on his body cursed.
"Please don't slander the Army like this! And what is the Navy doing in these days? ”
"If warships can sail to land, the navy itself can take down Beijing and the whole of China!"
"Please don't speak irresponsibly! Especially in front of His Majesty the Emperor! ”
"I'm just going to tell His Majesty the Emperor the truth! The army invested in the Shandong battlefield were the most elite divisions, but they could not break through the defense line of the Chinese army, and they are still standing still! If the army could have taken the entire territory of Shandong earlier, and the navy would not have to stop at Jiaozhou Bay all the time, then Vice Admiral Kato Dingyoshi would not have died! ”
"Lieutenant General Kato Dingyoshi was hit by the plane of the Shina! This just speaks of the incompetence of the Navy! What do you do with the high budget that the state gives to the Navy every year? I'm embarrassed to bite people here! ”
"What do you say! You bastard! I'm going to duel with you! Right away! Do you hear that? You coward! ”
"Enough! How dare you be so presumptuous in front of His Majesty the Emperor! After losing the battle, you feel that you are very honorable, don't you? A man who looked like a prince stood up and shouted angrily.
Listening to the prince's roar, the two generals glared hatefully and sat down again.
The prince turned his head and was about to explain to Emperor Taisho, but suddenly found that Emperor Taisho's expression at this time was actually in a trance, and he seemed to suddenly remember something, and he couldn't help but be shocked.
"When the warship sails to land, it can enter Beijing, right?" Emperor Taisho said in a strange tone, "Why don't we study the construction of some of these warships?" ”
After listening to Emperor Taisho's words, the originally lively venue suddenly fell silent. Everyone's eyes were focused on Emperor Taisho.
"Our army in Shandong is in danger at the moment, Your Majesty." "We should now adjust our policy toward China......
"Don't worry, Your Excellency." Emperor Taisho waved his hand, interrupted Okuma's words, and continued to mutter, "We should immediately build such warships to form a land fleet, and such a fleet is invincible in Chinese mainland." ”
"Your idea is very good, Your Majesty, but our existing technical conditions have not yet been able to realize your idea." Okuma Shigenobu sweated on his forehead, he knew that at this time, Emperor Taisho was likely to have a recurrence of his "old disease", but now he could only follow Emperor Taisho's words and strive to let Emperor Taisho recover from this state as soon as possible.
"Why not? Isn't Japan always ahead of all other countries in Asia in science and technology? Emperor Taisho looked at Shigenobu Okuma and said puzzledly, "Didn't someone say that there is nothing that Japan can't make?" ”,
Okuma Shigenobu was speechless for a while, and he looked at Emperor Taisho who had completely entered the "meditative state" with some madness, and he didn't know what to do for a while.
"The fact that the Chinese hit General Kato with a plane shows that they are not stupid and have very flexible minds." Emperor Taisho went on to say, "We should also build more planes, use these planes to fly with bombs to Beijing, drop bombs into Yuan Shikai's presidential palace, and the Chinese will surrender to us." ”
"Your Majesty is simply a genius!" The prince looked at the two generals who were still about to duel with some annoyance, and was the first to applaud, "Let's applaud and cheer for Your Majesty's whimsy!" ”
The two generals were stunned for a moment, but immediately understood, and immediately slapped them with their fat palms, and shouted: "Hurray! Banzai! ”
Shigenobu Okuma slowly got up and applauded, followed by all the attendees, whether generals or ministers, dukes and princes, all stood up and clapped vigorously, and for a moment the room burst into thunderous applause, mixed with many "long live" shouts.
As if with great satisfaction from the thunderous applause and the shout of "Banzai", Emperor Taisho stood up from his throne, stretched out his hands with a smile on his face, and waved them gently to greet everyone.
After the applause and cheers gradually subsided, Emperor Taisho rubbed his neck and said to everyone: "I am a little tired, you Aiqing can continue to discuss here, and after the results are obtained, it is enough to report to me." As he spoke, he stepped down from his throne and walked out of the conference room with a gentle step, surrounded by the officers of the guard.
Everyone watched as Emperor Taisho disappeared at the door, and before Okuma Shigenobu came to his senses, a quarrel began between the navy and the army generals.
"Since the Meiji era, the Imperial Navy, which Japan has spent decades of hard work building, failed to fire a single shot in the war against China! Shouldn't the top brass of the Navy be fully responsible, you say? ”
"The navy is to avoid the interference of the great powers and cooperate with the actions of the army! Look at your army! Tens of thousands of officers and men have wasted their lives by improperly employing personnel, and not only have they not been able to conquer Beijing so far, but I really don't know why high-ranking officers of the army should not be held accountable for this! ”
"That's it!" The prince shouted again.
At this time, the Minister of War and the Minister of the Navy also called their subordinates separately. The scolding between the army and navy finally subsided for the time being.
"Ladies and gentlemen, since His Majesty the Emperor has entrusted us with the problem, we as our subordinates should not disappoint him. The most important question now is how to determine what we should do next for China, and I would like to ask you to comment on that. ”
"We must immediately reinforce the army in Shandong, otherwise they will have to die."
"Our army should launch a large-scale joint attack on land and sea to encircle and annihilate the Chinese army, and then our army will have a land advantage on the Shandong Peninsula."
"Yes, now that we have sea supremacy, we are free to cut off the sea supply lines of the Chinese army, and we can land on one or several coasts of our choice and attack the rear of the Chinese army. The rear road of the Chinese army was cut off by our army, and in the face of a flanking attack, it would not only spit out all the things it had eaten, but it was more likely to be surrounded by our army until the whole army was annihilated. ”
"We should not attack Beijing. Shandong and Mukden should be completely occupied, and Manchuria and Mongolia should be separated from China and become Japanese dependencies. ”
"If you want to achieve all this, only the army can do it! I hope that the cabinet can be more reasonable about the allocation plan of the budget! Over the years, the army has received too little budget! ”
Okuma Shigenobu was unaware that the army general brought the topic to the budget, and he couldn't help but be very embarrassed, and he just wanted to speak, but was rudely interrupted by the admiral's words.
"Only the Army can do it? Hum! Presumably, the army engineers have already found a way to build a bridge from Japan to China? ”
"Yes! If there is no navy to deliver grain, grass and weapons to your army, what will you use to enter Beijing! ”
"Even without naval support, the army can still penetrate China through North Korea! Seize the ammunition and food of the Chinese people as supplies, and attack Beijing all the way! The generals were obviously annoyed, and I don't know who said this, which caused a burst of laughter from the admirals.
"Then let's see how the army went from Japan to Korea, did it swim there?"
Hearing this sarcastic and spicy or even insulting and abusive words, an army general couldn't help but step on the conference table and pounced, just grabbed a naval general and pressed the other party to the ground, the naval general tried hard to push him away, but the army general shook his fist, and the two scuffled together.
Seeing this, the Minister of the Navy and the Minister of War immediately rushed forward, and after receiving a few accidental blows, they were able to pull their respective men apart. But I don't know who scolded again, and the generals of the navy and army immediately left their seats and rushed forward, fighting angrily.
Shigenobu Okuma sighed helplessly, looking at the chaos in front of him with a frustrated expression, helpless. And the other personnel in the base camp sat in their seats even more helplessly, all of them stretched their faces and did not say a word.
"What a dark hour!" Shigenobu Okuma sighed and shook his head, looking at the clock on the wall, hoping that this difficult meeting would pass soon.
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Extreme contempt for wireless SIM cards! Extremely despise those who rub the net!
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Because of force majeure, it was late, but the collection and recommendation still have to be ......
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