For China, the situation on the battlefield has never been better, with tons of bombs flying in the sky and dropping on Japanese positions; Hundreds of thousands of teams on the ground launched a siege and interception of the Japanese army, Linjining Yanzhou, the team is attacking fiercely, Nakajima Imago and Nakano Naozan frequently ask for help, Ita Seisaro, Alum Valley Ryosuke, Shimoto Kumaya desperately relieve the siege, Yamaoka Shige is struggling to support in Yanzhou, an unprecedented victory is just around the corner, people all over China are holding their breath and watching the war in Xuzhou. //、ＱВ⑤、CoМ\\

In Tokyo, the Japanese cabinet and the base camp held an emergency joint meeting, and Prime Minister Fumi Konoe led the cabinet members to attend the base camp combat meeting, and the deputy chief of staff Tada Jun was responsible for briefing on the war situation, but before the meeting began, he received a telephone call from the minister of the Imperial Household Province, Kido, who was very concerned about the war situation, and requested that an imperial meeting be held, which should be attended by the cabinet, the Ministry of the Army, and the main generals of the base camp.

Konoe immediately led all the members of the cabinet and the main cadres of the base camp into the palace and held a meeting in the palace, which was still presided over by Tada Jun and was responsible for introducing the development of the war situation.

In the palace, Tada Jun spent an hour explaining the situation from Shanxi and Inner Mongolia to Central China and Jiangnan to the emperor and cabinet, focusing on the situation near Xuzhou. After speaking, Tada sat behind Sugiyama Moto.

Hirohito's face was a little pale, and his voice was still very soft, but the civil officials and military generals who knelt on both sides were all trembling, and their faces were as pale as earth.

"Admiral Sugiyama, why is this happening? What exactly went wrong there? Is it the responsibility of the base camp or the General Staff of the War Ministry? Last year, you said here that the incident could be resolved in a few months, why has it continued until now? ”

In the face of the emperor's series of questions, Sugimoto sweated on his forehead, and his head bowed deeply: "The minister's judgment error is the responsibility of the minister," and he raised his head again when he said this: "However, it is an indisputable fact that the national strength of the empire far exceeds that of China, and now that it is like this, we can only fight and cannot explain to the people." ”

Hirohito sat on the throne with no face, his wide gown neatly placed in front of his knees, only his eyes slowly turning.

"What are the Cabinet's strategies?" The soft voice continued.

Konoe had already had a plan in his heart, and immediately replied: "The minister thinks that China can launch an attack on the empire because Germany and the United States are behind to support the planes of the air force purchased in the United States, and most of the equipment of the troops is purchased by Germany, and the minister has ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to negotiate with Germany and the United States, asking them to strictly abide by the neutrality law and stop selling weapons to China, and China will no longer have the strength to attack the empire." ”

After saying that, the guards peeked at the gods on the throne. The god still didn't move, and he quickly buried his head in it. After a while, a voice sounded again.

"Will the United States and Germany stop selling weapons to China?"

"Your Majesty, please. The minister has ordered the ambassadors to the two countries to make representations with the German and American governments, and the countries are seeking to sign a mutual defense agreement with our country. We must not refuse them. The United States has close ties with China's local economy. We ask for something and they won't refuse. Foreign Minister Hiroki Hirota replied respectfully.

"The battle situation in Xuzhou. What countermeasures does the General Staff Headquarters have? ”

"Your Majesty. The General Staff Headquarters has drawn up several measures. Tada replied, "First." An additional 500 aircraft were transferred from the mainland to Shandong. Three hundred of them came from the Navy; Second. Twenty new divisions were immediately formed. All of these divisions were sent to China; Third. A division was immediately drawn from Manchuria. A mixed brigade was dispatched from Inner Mongolia and Shanxi to reinforce Xuzhou; Fourth. accelerate the development of new aircraft; Fifth. Strive for the Chiang Kai-shek government to accept our conditions. Achieve an armistice. ”

After Tada Jun finished speaking. There was silence in the room. Long. Hirohito asked again: "When will the twenty divisions be formed?" ”

"Three divisions can be organized within one month, eight divisions and regiments within three months, and the rest of the troops can be formed within half a year." Tada replied.

"A month?" Hirohito repeated softly: "Can the Xuzhou front line support it for a month?" ”

A layer of fine sweat broke out on the corner of Tada Jun's forehead, and he couldn't quench his thirst from far away: "Your Majesty is right, but General Terauchi Shouichi has already transferred two divisions to reinforce the Xuzhou front, and these two divisions can relieve the siege of General Nakajima and stabilize the battle situation in Xuzhou." However, the minister believed that with the current strength of China in Xuzhou, it would not be possible to conquer Xuzhou by only adding these two divisions, so the minister had already ordered that once General Nakajima broke the siege, the troops should temporarily withdraw to the north of Tai'an and reformulate the battle plan to open up the Jinpu Road. ”

"After the transfer of troops from Manchuria and Inner Mongolia, if Soviet Russia launches an offensive, does the General Staff have a plan?"

"Your Majesty, the General Staff believes that Soviet Russia will not attack us at the moment, and they are currently adopting a defensive posture. Moreover, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that because of Germany's actions in Europe, Soviet Russia is more concerned about the situation in Europe. ”

In the first half of this year, Hitler proposed that the Czech Sudetenland be assigned to Germany, and the situation in Europe suddenly became tense, and the world's attention was focused on Europe

It is also an important reason why Hirota Hiroki has the confidence to convince Germany and the United States.

Hirohito didn't continue to ask, but thought silently for a moment, and then sighed for a long time: "The world is originally a brother, but there are endless disputes; Prime Minister Konoe, is contact with the Shina government still ongoing? ”

Konoe Wen turned his head to look at Hirohito and said respectfully: "The matter of negotiating with the Shina government is being implemented by the Shanghai Mei Agency, and there has been some progress. ”

"The Shina incident has consumed the strength of the empire and delayed the development of the empire, and the Ministry of War has miscalculated the strength of China, and this situation must be ended as soon as possible."

Hirohito's words shocked the important ministers present, after the Meiji Restoration, although the emperor was the leader of the country, a god-like figure, but the emperor rarely asked about specific affairs, let alone directly blamed the ministers, and now Hirohito actually broke this convention, indicating that the anxiety in his heart has been very serious.

China, which seemed to be extremely weak before the outbreak of the war, actually broke out with such a strong force after the outbreak of the war, and if it continues like this, let alone three months, even thirty months, it will not surrender. All of you here are Japan's top-level elites, and they fully understand that Japan's national strength simply cannot support a long-term war.

Sugiyama Moto's face was flushed, he knew that Ren was actually accusing him, this time last year, he swore in front of Hirohito that he would end the war in three months, and now he must bear this responsibility, but he was not convinced in his heart, the conquest of China was the wish of several generations of the empire, and this desire finally began in his hands, although Shina is now showing a little strength, but he firmly believes that this is just a flash in the pan, the empire cannot support a long-term war, and the branch cannot support a long-term war, and history will eventually give him a name for Sugiyama Moto.

Leaving the palace, Sugimoto submitted his resignation to the cabinet, and after consulting with the base camp, the cabinet accepted his resignation, but there was a disagreement about who would take over the post of land minister, and the base camp recommended Itagaki Seishiro, and the important ministers of the palace province belonged to the governor of Korea, Nanjiro, and the subordinates of the army ministry elected the commander of the Kwantung Army's Mongolian Xinjiang Corps, Hideki Tojo, and the several parties were deadlocked, and the vice minister of the army, Umezu Mijiro, temporarily acted as the land minister.

The next day, Japan announced the formation of 20 divisions, the parliament urgently approved 2 billion yen war appropriations, the Third Fleet gathered in the port of Arthur, and the 2nd Division, the main force of the Kwantung Army, quickly assembled and boarded the ships in Arthur.

In the land of North China, the troops on the Jinpu line rolled, the 14th Division retreated from Henan, and the vanguard boarded the car in Shijiazhuang and assembled in Jinan; Jidong, Chahar; The units of the 21st Division assembled in Beiping from all over the country. In Datong, Shanxi, Yamashita Fengwen led the troops to board the train to the east.

With the withdrawal of the 14th Division and the 21st Division, the 3rd Route Column of the Eighth Route Army led by Zhonglu Zhengcao took the opportunity to counterattack and regained three county towns in a row; Nie Rzhen of the Jin-Cha-Ji Base Area also took the opportunity to develop greatly, and the Jin-Cha-Ji Base Area violently expanded to 30 counties.

Henan, theater, Cheng Qian commanded the 20th Group Army and the 1st Group Army, launched a counterattack against the Japanese army, continuously regained Huang Anyang in Puyang, and slaughtered Henan in one fell swoop to attack.

In the Jiangnan battlefield, Gu Zhutong also commanded the troops to launch a counterattack in southern Zhejiang, Zhejiang, and fought fiercely with the Japanese army outside Tianmu Mountain and in the mountainous area of southern Gansu. Song Xi, who had completed the reorganization in Wuhan, and the newly arrived Tang-style Zunbu launched an attack on the Wuhu and Guangde areas, and Junliu contracted his defense in Jiangnan and strictly held Nanjing.

On the Shanxi battlefield, Wei Lihuang commanded the 14th Group Army to launch a counterattack on Lincheng, and the Shanxi New Army's death squad took advantage of the evacuation of the Shanxia Brigade to launch an attack on the periphery of Datong, and the 129th and 120th Divisions relied on Luliang Mountain and Taihang Mountain to attack everywhere, frequently attacking the Japanese army's communication lines, and the Japanese army was fighting fires everywhere and was exhausted.

In the Battle of Nanjing, he was forced to abandon the 18th Division and the 114th Division, which was because of the lack of troops, but this time it was different, this time he had an absolute superiority in troops, but the Japanese reinforcements were thousands of miles away, and they would never be able to catch up with the battlefield within three or five days.

"The biggest problem now is Ryosuke Isoya, this kid is desperate enough," Zhuang Jihua said to Pang Bingxun and Wang Shouwu in the command headquarters: "Commander, is there any way to make him slow down." ”

Pang Bingxun looked at Zhuang Jihua's eyes, his face was happy, he had reason to be happy, the 12,000 soldiers who had been replenished by the theater command had arrived in Lin, all of them were replenished into the troops, and the strength of the troops did not decrease but increased, he asked Zhuang Jihua to fight, but Zhuang Jihua refused, most of these soldiers were farmers who had just put down their hoes, and they could not go to the battlefield without a few months of training.

"Deputy Commander, are you playing on Ryosuke Isoya's idea?"

Zhuang Jihua smiled indifferently, Pang Bingxun is an old soldier after all, and he can see through his intentions at a glance, Alum Valley Liansuke looks menacing, but in fact, he is a strong outsider, with the support of the Air Force, he is confident that after cleaning up Nakajima, he will turn around and clean up Isoya Liansuke.

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