From the landing at Huāyuankou to the capture of Jinzhou, in one day and one night, the Eighth Route Army captured Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou on the South Manchurian Railway and the Beining Road.

After the chief of the Japanese General Staff, Sugimoto, finished the concert and returned to his office from Matsunokaku to sit down, he issued a series of orders to mobilize the Fifth Flying Group to reinforce the Kwantung Army to fight, and then called to urge the order to be completed. After receiving an affirmative reply, Shanshan Yuan was relieved and ordered the War Department to send a telegram to the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Umezu Mijiro, informing him of the decision of the base camp and ordering the Kwantung Army to resolutely eliminate Liu Yimin's troops who had landed on the Liaodong Peninsula.

After everything was handled properly, Shanshan Yuan left the office and drove home. Because he was hungry and needed to eat.

At this time, there were few cars, there was no traffic jam in Tokyo, and the place where Sugi Sugimoto lived was not very far from the Imperial Palace, so he soon returned home. Mrs. Shanshan Yuan and her daughter Yunzi have also come back a long time ago and have had lunch. Seeing that Shanshanyuan was back, Mrs. Shanshanyuan ordered her subordinates to hurry up and serve food and serve food to His Excellency the Chief of the General Staff.

The meal was served, but Sugi Sugimoto was not in the mood to eat it, because his follower combat staff officer Ryuzo Sejima came in a hurry and handed him a telegram that made him thunder: The commander of the Kwantung Army, General Umezu Mijiro, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadachi, were assassinated in front of the Kwantung Army headquarters building, and the commander of the Kwantung Defense Army, Lieutenant General Yasui Toji, was killed.

At this time, the commander and chief of staff of the Kwantung Army were both assassinated, and the commander of the Kwantung Defense Army was killed, and the fool knew what was going on. Shanshan Yuan is not stupid. Naturally, it was immediately clear who did this and what the purpose was.

Shanshan Yuan held the telegram and trembled.

Mrs. Shanshanyuan originally did not have the right to read Shanshanyuan's telegram, but when she saw her husband's face was pale, his eyes were red, and he was trembling. Just like having a stroke, for fear that Shanshanyuan would be so angry and faint, he hurriedly walked over to support Shanshanyuan, and glanced at the telegram in Shanshanyuan's hand by the way, and was stunned all of a sudden, and scolded Liu Yimin for being shameless, a hooligan, a scoundrel, and a bad death!

It's still the same old saying, if you want to sleep with the master. Mrs. Shanshan Yuan is the real name of the girl. Since you were a child, when have you ever scolded someone? After marrying Shanshanyuan, especially after Shanshanyuan became the deputy chief, the land minister, the commander of the North China Front, and the chief of the general staff, Mrs. Shanshanyuan was exposed to it, and she changed from a skilled lady to a first-class powerful lady, and her words and actions were different. The telegram said that the commander of the Kwantung Army, Senior General Umezu Mijiro, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadachi, had both been assassinated, and Mrs. Sugi Sugimoto blurted out a curse for Liu Yimin. This woman's judgment is more accurate than the reconnaissance of the Japanese army aviation!

Mrs. Shanshan Yuan scolded. Awakened by Sugi Moto, he glanced at the table full of delicacies, and decisively turned around and went out.

Shanshan Yuan did not go to the staff headquarters. Instead, he went directly to the Imperial Palace and asked to see His Majesty the Emperor.

Emperor Hirohito was happier than Sugimoto, and after the summons, he returned to the inner palace to have a good meal and began to make up for a nap, and he was dreaming at this time!

Emperor Hirohito's dream was magnificent: he rode a snow-white war horse galloping across the plains of Western Europe, and Hitler and Mussolini followed him on horseback, one on the left and one on the right, which looked like a character from Greek mythology.

It's a pity that the good dream was awakened by Sugi Sugimoto, and when Emperor Hirohito got up and washed, he went to Matsuno Pavilion to sit down. Sugi Moto hurriedly reported the assassination of Umezu Mijiro and Yoshimoto Sadachi, and the death of Yasui Fujiji.

Emperor Hirohito was even more shocked than Sugimoto and almost fainted.

The Minister of the Interior, Kido Koichi, is the Minister of the Interior who is in charge of the affairs of the Imperial Palace, and he is also the most trusted person of Emperor Hirohito, and he is extremely powerful. In order not to encounter obstacles when the emperor's edict is issued.

Koichi Kido often accompanied Emperor Hirohito to meet with cabinet ministers and loyal ministers of the army and navy, and often attended events on behalf of Emperor Hirohito. Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor's face was blue and his forehead was bruised, he was afraid that Emperor Hirohito would faint if he was not careful, so he hurriedly sent the medical officer to prepare for an emergency, and asked someone to notify Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, Minister of the Navy Shigetaro Shimada, and Minister of Military Command Nagano Shusei to immediately enter the palace to discuss matters.

By the time Hideki Tojo, Shitaro Shimada, and Shusei Nagano rushed to Matsunokaku, Emperor Hirohito had already relieved himself, and was glaring at Sugi Sugimoto with hungry wolf-like eyes!

Hideki Tojo heard it clearly, and Emperor Hirohito reprimanded him, "The Kwantung Army Military Police Command is damned, and he actually let the killer infiltrate the military police headquarters and shoot and snipe General Umezu Mijiro and General Yoshimoto Sadachi at the military police headquarters, all of them should be damned!" ”

Only then did Hideki Tojo learn that it turned out that the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Umezu Mijiro, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadachi, who commanded the Kwantung Army to win the victory in the Japanese-Soviet War, had been assassinated. Hideki Tojo sighed in his heart, fortunately he came back early from Manchuria, otherwise, it would not be Yoshimoto Sadaichi who accompanied General Umezu Mijiro to die, and it may not be Yoshimoto Sadachi's predecessor Hyotaro Kimura and others, but himself. You must know that among the previous chiefs of staff of the Kwantung Army, several of them are famous. Moreover, the military police command of the Kwantung Army was developed by itself. Liu Yimin's snipers have all infiltrated the military police headquarters of the Kwantung Army, how can they let themselves go?

Hideki Tojo didn't have time to think deeply, because Emperor Hirohito began to ask him: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, what do you think of what is happening in Manchuria?" ”

This matter has just been discussed, and it has been less than an hour since Hideki Tojo returned to the office from Matsunokaku! However, Hideki Tojo is indeed a war maniac, and it is clear that the decision this morning is to send the Fifth Fleet and the Fifth Flying Group to reinforce the Kwantung Army to fight, and now Hideki Tojo's tone has changed. I only listened to the loud report: "Your Majesty, the goal of Liu Yimin's department is now very clear, that is, to defeat the Kwantung Army and seize Manchuria." The reason why General Umezu Mijiro was assassinated. It must have been Liu Yimin's murderous actions in order to create chaos and disrupt the command system of the Kwantung Army. The Great Japanese Empire must not let the arrogant Liu Yimin succeed! Manmeng is the lifeline of the Great Japanese Empire, and it must not be lost! The minister believed that a new commander and chief of staff of the Kwantung Army should be appointed immediately, and the three elite divisions of the Kwantung Army that were fighting in Shandong should be transferred to Manchuria to participate in the war as soon as possible. In addition, troops were transferred from the Southern Army and the North China Front Army to participate in the war, and the Liu Yimin Division, a cancer of public security, was completely eliminated. The Japanese army and navy drove the Soviet army to the west of the Xing'an Mountains, drove the American and British troops out of Southeast Asia, and never allowed Liu Yimin's troops to wreak havoc on Manchuria! ”

When Hideki Tojo said this, he was completely different from his usual taciturn and cherishing style of words, but was full of fanaticism. Emperor Hirohito, though, liked it. I feel that Hideki Tojo in front of me is much more capable than Hideki Tojo when he was playing right here at noon!

If Fumima Konoe were prime minister, he would probably consider the military spending needed to mobilize such a large army, and whether he would have to issue war bonds again. Hideki Tojo doesn't think so, he doesn't understand the economy at all, so he doesn't care whether the economy is developing deformously. In addition, the Japanese army newly occupied Southeast Asia, and it wanted oil and oil, rice and rice, and money. Hideki Tojo is crazy!

Shanshanyuan was the land minister at the time of the Lugou Bridge Incident, and was one of the main culprits who set off a full-scale war of aggression against China, so he naturally knew that Manchuria must not be lost! Lost Manchuria. Northern, Central, and Southern China will be lost one after another, and the occupation of Southeast Asia will become meaningless. However, Shanshan Yuan is a guy who is wooden on the outside and tough and murderous on the inside, he knows that now is not the time to deceive the world, once Liu Yimin fully occupies Kwantung Prefecture and Mukden, and controls the South Manchurian Railway and the Beining Line, the supply of the main force of the Kwantung Army will be cut off, not to mention the war, and his own survival is a problem. You know, neither the Far East nor Mongolia can provide enough military rations. Nor can it make enough munitions. The foundation of the entire Northeast industry and agriculture is in Kwantung Prefecture, Fengtian Province, and Jinzhou Province, and without the production of industrial raw materials, grain, and ammunition in the Northeast, what will the Kwantung Army do to fight Liu Yimin! Not to mention the Kwantung Army, many factories in Japan are probably at risk of closing.

Shanshan Yuan hurriedly reported: "Your Majesty, the army will definitely do its best to support the Kwantung Army to eliminate Liu Yimin's department." Just ask Your Majesty to decree the cabinet to meet the logistical supply. In particular, once Liu Yimin's ministry took control of the South Manchurian Railway. The amount of grain, coal, steel, and ore imported from Manchuria by the Great Japanese Empire will be greatly reduced, and your Majesty will consider this. ”

Shanshanyuan said this, Emperor Hirohito was like pouring a basin of cold water on his head, and he suddenly sobered up. yes, it's not the past. In the past, when they fought the Japanese-Soviet War and the Pacific War, they could get a steady stream of food support and ammunition support from Manchuria. Now the factories in Dalian and Shenyang have all fallen into the hands of Liu Yimin, and the Kwantung Army can only rely on the original ammunition reserves for operations, and there is no longer a steady stream of automobiles, artillery, and artillery shells produced in the Northeast to support the Kwantung Army's operations.

Hideki Tojo shouted: "It is precisely because the loss of Manchuria will create problems for the industry of the Great Japanese Empire that it is necessary to recapture Kwantung Prefecture and Mukden as well as the South Manchurian Railway and the Bac Ninh Railway at all costs. Rest assured, the oil, rubber, and rice from Southeast Asia will meet the supply! ”

Minister of Military Orders Nagano Shushen asked rhetorically: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, without the steel, coal, and ore of Manchuria, what will the army and navy use to make guns and artillery?" Apart from oil, rubber and rice, what other thing in Southeast Asia can compare with Manchuria? Do they have a steel company the size of Anshan Showa Steel? Is there a coal mine as big as Fushun Coal Mine? Is there such a developed railway and highway as Manchuria? ”

Hideki Tojo said arrogantly: "The domestic supply of materials has the ability to support the Kwantung Army's operations. The Cabinet is ready to put the seized supplies from Southeast Asia on the domestic market to enrich the supply. The people should also have the consciousness to tighten their belts and support the war. You can't eat rice, you can't stop fighting! ”

After Tojo Hideki finished speaking, Emperor Hirohito didn't let anyone else say it anymore, and said coldly: "Kanto Prefecture can't be lost, Mukden can't be lost, and the South Manchurian Railway must be restored." The Navy fully supported the army's operations and was ready to transfer no less than four divisions from the Southern Army to reinforce the Kwantung Army, and the Korean Army cooperated in the operation, and the three elite divisions of the Kwantung Army in North China were immediately returned to their formations. General Otozo Yamada, director of education of the Army, was transferred to the post of commander of the Kwantung Army, and Akira Muto, director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of the Army, was appointed chief of staff of the Kwantung Army. The Kwantung Army mobilized with all its might to eliminate Liu Yimin's department! The Cabinet is responsible for military supplies, and the General Staff Headquarters is responsible for overall command. ”

Emperor Hirohito made a final decision at a critical time, stopped the quarrel between Hideki Tojo, Sugi Sugimoto, and Nagano Shushen, and made a decisive decision.

After speaking, Emperor Hirohito paused, and his tone was a little sad and poignant: "The Great Day is the army that dominates the world and is invincible. Unexpectedly, he encountered the defeat of Liu Yimin's department in successive battles and defeats. The elite 21st Brigade and the Eighth Division, and a large number of units that formed into a collective were all poisoned by Liu Yimin. What kind of character is this Liu Yimin? I really want to meet him and see if he has three heads and six arms, as the Chinese myth says. ”

When he said this, Emperor Hirohito's face was flushed, and he couldn't help himself with resentment, so he couldn't help but stretch out his hand and slap it on the imperial case, and suddenly said loudly: "This battle of Manchuria is about the rise and fall of the empire. Eliminate Liu Yimin's ministry and successfully recover Kwantung Prefecture and Mukden, then the empire can attack and retreat, otherwise the empire will fall into an unprecedented difficult situation! The safety of the Empire depends on you, and I await the news of your victory! ”

Hideki Tojo, Sugi Sugimoto and others were busy shouting long live.

To Emperor Hirohito's surprise, General Yamada Otosan, the director of education of the army, who received the notice to enter the palace for the audience, was admitted to the hospital, saying that he had a stomach problem and needed treatment.

Clear-eyed people can see that General Yamada Otomi is not a stomach problem, but a cowardly heart disease, and he is afraid of Liu Yimin!

This is not the style of the Japanese generals, think about the ferocity of the Japanese generals during the 918 Incident, the August 13 Incident, and the Lugou Bridge Incident, and then look at the performance of the three major generals Yamada today, I am afraid that Emperor Hirohito's heart is cool and cold.

However, Yamada Otozo can't pretend to be a dead dog! There are only a few active generals in the Japanese Army, Terauchi Shouichi is in the Pacific Theater, Shunroku Hata is the commander-in-chief of the Dispatch Army of the China Nation, Okamura Ninji is the commander of the North China Front, Sugi Sugimoto is the chief of the General Staff, the newly promoted army general Hideki Tojo is the prime minister and land minister, Kenji Dohihara is long in conspiracy and clumsy in commanding the large corps to fight, who will go if Yamada Otozo doesn't go?

Interior Minister Koichi Kido personally went to the hospital to comfort General Yamada Otozo's condition, forcing Yamada Otozo to brace his spirits and fly to Changchun overnight with the new chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, Muto Akira.