"Eight grids!" A telegram was thrown to the ground.

It was Japanese War Minister Seishiro Itagaki who was scolding, and he served as Minister of War from the beginning of June this year, and he organized six new divisions and regiments in the country, and under his leadership, launched the Battle of Wuhan on an unprecedented scale, but he did not expect that the battle would be fought for more than four months, and the Japanese army suffered heavy losses and repeated setbacks.

"Itagaki-kun, I heard that the Central China Army wants us to increase our troops!" , The second chief Okamura Ninji pushed open the door and broke in with a roar.

Okamura Ninji picked up the telegram and saw that it was a request from General Yan Junliu, commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, to replenish the troops, requesting that 2-3 field divisions and more than 50,000 supplementary soldiers be replenished as soon as possible.

"How did General Yan fight? For the Wuhan Raiders, the empire has replenished 45,000 soldiers! And increase the number of troops! Okamura Ninji spoke in a very dissatisfied tone, in the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese army mobilized 11 field divisions and 1 reinforced brigade-level Hatian detachment, plus the relevant subordinate troops, with a total strength of 300,000 people, not including the navy and more than 40,000 supplementary troops.

If Yan Junliu had asked for it, the Japanese army would have invested more than 450,000 troops in Wuhan!

"The empire does not have such troops, there is only one Guards division in the country, Manchuria cannot be transferred, there are only 9 divisions there, but hostile Russia has at least 25 sniper divisions!"

"In this way, transfer the Guards Division to China, and quickly form another 4 divisions in the country."

After barely coping with Yan Junroku, Seishiro Itagaki and Ninji Okamura still can't feel at ease, and they still have to go to the Ministry of Finance to ask for money.

It is a request for an increase in temporary military spending, and in order for the bill to pass smoothly through the Diet, the Ministry of War and the relevant departments must reach an agreement in advance.

"What! Your Excellency Itagaki, you are going to increase military spending again, aren't you kidding, didn't you just increase it by 75 million 10 days ago? Minister of Finance Kaya Xingxuan said in surprise.

"Sir, 75 million is not enough, the war in China has to be increased a little, the water is about to boil, and the last piece of firewood is missing."

"How much will it take this time."

"350 million is about the same."

Kaya Koshin almost jumped up, and Seishiro Itagaki said as if it was three yuan and five cents, which was 3.5 billion yen.

"What is the use of so much military spending?"

"There are 4 new divisions and regiments in China, and the various expenses are about 50 million; The imperial army that died in battle must have a pension of 65 million... Sir, 350 million is already a very economical spending of the imperial army on the front line. ”

When Heya Xingxuan heard Seishiro Itagaki say this, he explained helplessly: "Your Excellency, I understand very well the hard work of the soldiers on the front line, and you can't save money in a war, but please understand us as well. Last year's fiscal revenue was only 11 billion, because of the war in China, this year's military expenditure exceeded 7 billion, for the battle of Wuhan, 3.25 billion expenditure empire could not come out at all, of which 2.6 billion was carried out through people's donations and the sale of national bonds! ”

He Ya's words were a little excited, "Now that the domestic economy and construction have been greatly affected, and the anti-Japanese forces abroad have hindered it, our country's exports have halved last year, while imports have doubled, two Excellencies, you know what this means!" In addition to steel, petroleum and rubber, the import of other products has been greatly reduced, but these are also necessary in the country, the need to import machinery and equipment, the need to import fertilizers and pesticides, the need for new product research and development, I have heard rumors, next year Japan may suffer a famine! ”

"How so!"

"Because of the war! General Gangmura Itagaki has left the countryside to go to the front line, there are not enough pesticides and fertilizers, and there is not enough money to import food. ”

Although Kaguya Xingxuan complained, he still agreed to the "Temporary Military Expenditure Increase Bill" proposed by Seishiro Itagaki, and the war had reached this point, Japan had been kidnapped, and there was no other choice but to agree. But in the end, He Wuxing declared: "I hope this is the last time, if it is increased, even if it is passed by the Congress, I, the Tibetan minister, will not be able to raise so much money, I can only protest by resigning!" ”

The matter of increasing military spending can be considered to have been settled, but Itagaki Seishiro's heart is extremely heavy, this general who carefully planned and frantically waged a war, now knows that the war is easy to fight or not, whether it is military spending or casualty figures, this war has surpassed the Battle of Rilu, and the terrible thing is that the war may have just begun.

After all, Japan is still a country with limited resources and land, and even if it occupies Manchuria, it is not fully developed, and there is no money to develop it.

Itagaki Seishiro was thinking wildly, and suddenly there was a piercing siren, 4 rectangular fighters appeared in the sky, the sleek top blue sky and white sun marks are faintly visible, Itagaki is knowledgeable, at a glance it can be seen that this is the Soviet Union's super heavy bomber TB-3, this bomber has 4 engines, wingspan of more than 40 meters, can carry up to 4 tons of bombs.

Itagaki looked at the scene in disbelief, there were raging fires in some corners, accompanied by violent explosions and thick smoke, unprepared citizens ran everywhere, and there was a stampede in the bustling Ginza building, killing dozens of people.

The Japanese never imagined that their capital would be bombed, and the terrified faces of the citizens, the miserable cries of women and children, and the roars of angry policemen were played out in China and were just as lavish in Japan.

China's bombing did not cause much damage to Tokyo, Japan, taking off from Quzhou Airport, the TB-3 can only carry one ton **, and the bombing has no target, just looking at which place is prosperous, a bomb is thrown casually, and the drop is not accurate, but for Japan, the bad political and international influence cannot be eliminated.

On October 8, all but China, which was touting it, reported on the Tokyo air strikes, all of which gloated.

Even Hitler began to laugh at the Japanese.

A joint meeting of the base camp was held overnight in Tokyo.

"Are the casualty figures out?"

"157 people were killed, about 440 were injured, and about 70 buildings were destroyed."

"The empire must take full revenge on China and blow up Wuhan in China to ruins!" Okamura Ninji was barehead and roared like an orc.

"Your Majesty wants to know, is there a way to stop the bombing of the Empire by China?" Yuasa, the expressionless Minister of the Interior, asked.

"After studying, the provincial ministry decided to strengthen the aviation units in China and add 5 squadrons of light bombers, 3 squadrons of heavy bombers, 4 squadrons of reconnaissance planes, and 5 squadrons of fighters, making a total of 17 aviation squadrons."

"Will this stop the Shina people?" Yuasa also asked immediately.

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone, Yuasa was on behalf of the emperor, and Seishiro Itagaki was sweating profusely.

Sending aviation units will not only take time, but it will also be difficult to destroy the enemy's aviation forces in a short time, and there is only one way to completely solve this problem, to capture all the airfields off the coast of China!

This requires a continuous increase in troops, but where are there so many troops!

Sweating profusely was not only Seishiro Itagaki, but also the Minister of Finance, Koshin Kaguya.

Seeing that Itagaki, who was known for his courage, did not speak, Yuasa couldn't help it, and said, "Your Majesty will understand you, since the incident, you have worked diligently and fulfilled your duties." But I personally think that if possible, the bombardment of the people of China will be resolved, and if it disturbs Your Majesty, what sins can we as courtiers atone for! ”

Itagaki Seishiro, who had been silent for a long time, finally said: "The army will draw up a plan to attack Zhejiang. ”

On 8 October, the General Staff Headquarters of the Japanese Army passed a resolution and formulated the "Operational Plan for Attacking Zhejiang" and put the 5th and 18th Divisions, which were originally used for the Guangzhou Campaign, into the campaign to attack the coastal airfields of Zhejiang.

On the same day, the Japanese Diet passed the "Bill on Temporarily Increasing Military Spending," deciding to increase the Japanese army's military spending by another 11.5 billion yuan to be used for the war of aggression against China.

"Declaration", "Break through the sky and complete the sacred mission." The Condor team marched long to the three islands, shattered the enemy's fear, and carried forward the prestige of our country. At about 10 o'clock in the morning of October 7th, my fearless air warriors bombed Toei Mishima and dropped a revenge bomb on Sasebo Tokyo Kobe..."

Xu Ming took this newspaper and almost couldn't believe that the Chinese Air Force really went to bomb Tokyo, Japan, because the TB-3 was blown up by the Japanese at the airport, he could only use the Martin heavy bomber with a limited range to go around the Japanese archipelago, because he couldn't carry much **, and scattered millions of leaflets.

History has been changed beyond recognition, and Tokyo in Japan has been bombed several times.

At the beginning of World War II, when Germany attacked Britain, because Britain bombed Berlin, Hitler changed his original plan and listed London as the main air target, allowing Britain to escape, in a sense, the bombing of Berlin changed the outcome of the Anglo-German war. Doolittle attacked Tokyo, and Isoroku Yamamoto launched the Battle of Midway in order to relieve the threat of American aircraft carriers to Tokyo, which turned out to be a complete defeat and became a turning point in the Pacific theater.

So what about the bombing of Tokyo, will it induce the Japanese army to make mistakes? Will it be a turning point in the Sino-Japanese war.

"Staff Officer Cheng, send a telegram to the chairman."

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