"Didn't you say that the Chinese army was too vulnerable? Doesn't it mean that as long as Nanjing is conquered, China will lose the will and courage to resist? Can anyone tell me what's going on? Who can tell me who will make up for the loss of more than 80 tanks of all kinds and armored vehicles! The entire North China Front lost more than half of its armored forces, but destroyed less than half of its own tanks. Since the start of the war, more than 100,000 Imperial soldiers have been lost in Shanxi in North China alone, and until now, the Empire has almost carried out several mobilizations, and the scale of the war has been expanding, but I do not see any hope of ending the war in the short term, but I feel more and more threatened, who can tell the Chinese Army what is going on with one tank that can destroy at least three or four tanks of the Empire? Have you not been boasting to me that the weapons produced by the Empire are not at all comparable to those of the Chinese people? Isn't it said that it can be compared with the Anglo-American powers? Why are they silent now? ”

Emperor Hirohito almost smashed the report in his hand directly into the face of War Minister Sugiyama Moto.

A large group of people below looked at the angry Hirohito and were all silent. lest it ignite the fire at this time. As for Sugiyama Yuan, even if there are close ministers at this time, there is something he can't help, and the current level must be completed by himself.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the tenacity and resilience of the Shina Army have indeed exceeded the expectations of the Ministry of War, but the assessment of the Shina Army is a comprehensive assessment made by the General Staff Headquarters and a group of officers. Although there were some casualties this time, relatively speaking, the army also achieved great results. Won the battle and defeated the strongest Northwest Army in China head-on. The whole of Hebei also fell into the hands of the Empire, and with the addition of Shandong, the Empire now has a preliminary grasp of the richest region of Northern China. The losses paid, relative to the gains, are still well worth it. ”

"But the problem is that this time the army has suffered great losses, especially the most elite armored forces, not only in terms of quality, but even in quantity, and no longer have an advantage, which means that in the later war, it is inevitable that soldiers will use their own flesh and blood to attack the enemy's position, which means that it will be more disastrous, and the mobilization of the empire will be further increased. I wonder how Lord Sugiyama intends to solve this problem? The Minister of the Navy, Mitsumasa Minechi, smiled coldly.

"Since the start of the war, the Soviet Union has imported an unknown number of weapons into China, from aircraft, tanks to artillery, everything from aircraft, tanks to artillery, plus the strength of the Northwest Army itself is not weak. Now the empire is not only fighting against the Chinese army, but also testing the strength of Soviet Russia. It is understandable that the losses are a little larger. Otherwise, if the Chinese army was really so strong, why couldn't it show it before? Do you really believe that only a partial army of the Northeast Army, which has only been in the northwest for six or seven years, can develop to such a point? ”

For Yonechi Mitsumasa's questioning, Sugiyama Mototo, it is not the first time that the other party has demolished the platform, and at the beginning of the war, Yonechi Mitsumasa also predicted that the Japanese army's front could not break through the Yongding River and Baoding? Now even Shijiazhuang has been defeated, and the whole of Hebei and Shandong have basically fallen into the pockets of the army.

"Even if you are right, the continuous expansion of the war in China has seriously affected the Empire's investment in the navy, and it is necessary to know that the development of the navy is fundamental to the empire. In addition, the empire has basically surveyed all the provinces of China, except for a certain amount of oil reserves in the northwest of China, there is no energy that the empire urgently needs. Minechi Masamitsu didn't dwell on this matter too much, after all, his lame prophecy before was still a bit embarrassing.

In this regard, the cabinet also had a certain consideration, according to the original plan, which was to force the central government to request peace as soon as possible, and then sign a peace treaty favorable to the empire, so as to achieve the goal of ending the war. However, now the central government of China has also been kidnapped by the will of the people, and the main force of the China Army still exists, and the whole country thinks that they still have the ability to continue fighting, so even if the empire wants to negotiate peace now, in the case of occupying so many territories in China, the main force of the China Army has not been destroyed, and they will not compromise with the empire, therefore, the General Staff Headquarters has formulated a separate set of combat plans to conduct a new battle, and strive to annihilate the main force of the China Central Army in one fell swoop, so that they can realize that it is impossible to continue to be enemies of the empire. Then it will not be difficult for the people of China to sign a treaty that is relatively humiliating and humiliating. ”

Prime Minister Fumima Konoe and Sugiyama Moto, after looking at each other, said to Hirohito. He did not dare to tell Hirohito the truth on this point, he could not say that the army sent to the Republic of China at this time was already a little unobedient to the command, and the North China Front Army and the East China Dispatch Army had united and begun to implement the plan of a decisive battle with the Central Army in Nanjing. Adding up to nearly 800,000 troops, if they are buried in the Republic of China, I am afraid that they will have to be purged once from the beginning of him, the prime minister, and no one can afford such serious consequences. At present, he and Sugiyama Motoya can only drive ducks to the shelves, even if they are unwilling, they can only continue to drive on the track arranged by Shouichi and those people in Terauchi, and desperately continue to send various resources, food, medicine, weapons, and replenishment to the hundreds of thousands of troops who have invaded the Republic of China.

"But now the empire has suffered heavy losses in Hebei? The main force of the Northwest Army has always been there, and it has failed to destroy the other side in several previous battles, but has paid heavy sacrifices, can it be that the other side can be annihilated in one fell swoop this time? Hirohito questioned.

"Relatively speaking, there are two major forces in China, one is the Northwest Army of China, and the other is the Central Army of China. Nothing else is a cause for concern. The Northwest Army of China is the strongest in terms of combat strength and will to fight, supported by the Soviet Union, and is also a great enemy of the empire. And this time the empire's goal is the Central Army of China, as long as the main force of the Central Army of China is annihilated, it is forced to sign a peace treaty with the empire, and after freeing up its hands, whether the Northwest Army wants to fight or peace, it is the empire that occupies the initiative. Sugiyama explained out loud.

"Exactly, Your Majesty, there are also forces in the Friendly Empire among the people of China, as long as they eliminate the other parts of the war, the Lord and the faction will have the upper hand, and then things will be relatively easy to handle." Konoe Bunma said that the hole that the army has poked out now can only try its best to make up for it, but it is not the first time that the army's horse manure has wiped the buttocks, of course, it is not him, but the previous ones, and the previous 918 was not the same. Hopefully there will be a good result this time as well. (To be continued.) )