Zhang Xuewu is very confident in garrisoning Nanjing for two months, if Hu Zongnan can hold Jiangbei and Xuzhou is safe and sound, Zhang Xuewu can even hold on for three months, because he has arranged a large number of barges in Nanjing, and the supplies in Jiangbei and the wounded in Jiangnan can be transferred at any time, and the troops holding Nanjing are not in a Jedi at all, because a large number of people in Nanjing have been evacuated in large numbers these days, so the troops defending the city are not afraid at all, not to mention that the various departments that have replenished weapons and soldiers are now gearing up, ready to take a big profit from Zhang Xuewu, the god of wealth, after all, Zhang Xuewu's reward is too tempting.

What Zhang Xuewu didn't know was that at this moment, the sick Admiral Matsui Ishine had fallen ill in Zhenjiang and was being carried on a stretcher onto the Dofog fast destroyer to return to the mainland for medical treatment.

Standing on the dock, Hatohiko Asakanomiya looked at the destroyer in the distance and did not even sound the whistle, and he took advantage of the darkest time before dawn, his face looked very unsightly, in the battle for air supremacy between Songhu and Nanjing, the imperial army and naval aviation paid a huge effort and price, but failed to fully grasp the air supremacy over Nanjing, and now the imperial army aviation heavy bomb aircraft unit has regarded the sky over Nanjing as a forbidden area, There are even commanders of flying units who claim to refuse to provide cover and support to the army if they cannot get a strong escort.

Originally, it was said that the relationship between the army and navy was in hostility for a long time, and if there was an enemy engaged in wartime, the contradictions would be slightly let go to the side, and if there was no war, the army and navy would engage in all kinds of internal fighting, lest their will be weakened.

Kurosa, a senior staff officer standing beside Hatohiko of Asakamiya, was very dissatisfied and said: "Matsui Shigen, this old slippery head, he said before that he was not feeling well, and he had no problem when our army was winning in the Songhu battlefield, and now the sixth division has lost an entire infantry brigade, and the sixteenth and eighteenth divisions are also out of danger, but at this time, he suddenly fell ill, isn't it very strange?" Obviously, I drank so much wine last night, and I got carried away with the woman in my arms, and today I heard that the supply fleet will arrive in eight days, so I fell ill? He was clearly afraid that the enemy would notice that our army was undersupplied and launched a counterattack, and he was afraid of taking responsibility. ”

Hatohiko of Asakamiya glanced at the angry Kuroi and said with a smile: "Kuroi! Don't you think you're talking too much? Both the military headquarters and the staff headquarters like those guys who talk less and do more, it doesn't matter if you disobey the orders and intentions of the commander, but it depends on whose order you are violating, remember? ”

Hatohiko Asakanomiya paused and said: "Compared to Nanjiro's unlucky guy, we are much happier, Nanjiro has been thinking about the position of the commander-in-chief of the Chinese dispatch army, and as a result, Terauchi Shouichi sat up, what is Nanjiro compared to Terauchi Shouichi?" As a result, not only did he not get the position of commander of the Chinese dispatch army, but even his position as commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army was robbed by Kenkichi Ueda, and it is said that he had a slight stroke and hemiplegia, and went back to his hometown to die! ”

Hatohiko Asakanomiya was very happy when talking about the unfortunate fate of Minamijiro, a guy who had contradicted him many times and was very ignorant of current affairs.

In the city of Dezhou, where the smoke of gunpowder had not yet dissipated, more than 4,700 officers and men of the 105th Division of the provisional organization were martyred, and the situation in Jinan suddenly became extremely critical when he was the deputy commander of the Fifth Theater and the commander-in-chief of the Third Group Army, who was responsible for commanding the Shandong military, and Han Fuyu, who was responsible for the defense of the Yellow River.

A small man wearing shiny riding boots, not tall, with a big head like a bucket, wearing a very funny large-brimmed hat, wearing a military dress and wearing a group of medals, said that the army general walked in the front, followed by Okamura Ninji, Itagaki Seishiro, Umezu Mijiro, Dohihara Kenji and others.

This whole body is a collection of all the genetics of the person, such as, big head, collapsed nose, tall (155 cm is the standard for my own size, and if this standard is exceeded, thank the emperor and Amaterasu!) The man with lap legs, big teeth, and a military dress and medals that was only worn on formal occasions was the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Dispatch Army of the Empire, General Terauchi Shouichi.

Terauchi Shouyi is different from most of the generals of the army from a poor background, this guy was born in a very famous and powerful hereditary aristocratic family in Yamaguchi Prefecture, his father Earl Terauchi Masaki is the founder of the Meiji era, once served as the director of education, land minister, governor in Korea, prime minister, etc., can be described as prominent, but it is said that this is a change on the side of the marquee in both political and military circles, and it is normal to have held many positions, Terauchi Shouichi is the same as his father, are typical five short figures, It is estimated that his height can only be found in front of Hideki Tojo.

Therefore, Seishiro Itagaki, Ninji Okamura, Mijiro Umezu, and Kenji Dohihara all kept their distances appropriately, and let Matsui, his adjutant Matsui, who was 150 centimeters tall, follow behind Shouichi Terauchi, because many people knew that His Excellency the general with an eccentric temper did not like to talk to his subordinates with his head tilted.

In fact, Seishiro Itagaki, Ninji Okamura, Mijiro Umezu, Kenji Dohihara and others are now all generals in charge of one side, and it is already very puzzling that they were summoned to Texas for a meeting by their direct governors? What important matters require the presence of the immediate officer? Could it be that the secret telegram on the part of the dispatched army is unreliable again?

However, the meeting that was originally scheduled to be held two days ago was postponed for three full days because of the stubborn defense of the Texas Central [***] team, and Seishiro Itagaki , Okamura Ninji, Umezu Mijiro and others also dared to be angry and dare not speak, according to the words of later generations, everyone is the master of millions of minutes and minutes, isn't this a waste of time?

However, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Dispatch Army liked to hold a meeting in the city of Texas, so it had to be held in the city of Texas, and under the threat of the consequences of the disembowelment of two captains and the dismissal of one of the captains, the army razed Texas to the ground at all costs.

Itagaki Seishiro, Okamura Ninji, Umezu Mijiro and Kenji Dohihara and others are actually not without reason that they are afraid of Terauchi Shouichi, because Terauchi Shouichi is not an ordinary person. The 26 Incident attempted to overthrow some of the important ministers of the ruling faction through a coup d'état.

Due to the anger of the emperor, who killed an important minister of the empire, the coup d'état failed without the emperor's support, and the army immediately made a decision to rectify military discipline.

At this time, Terauchi Shouichi was a famous family, extraordinary outside the faction struggle, had a complete service resume, and his surname was cheerful and open-minded, and he had the courage to take responsibility for his subordinates. Not only in military circles, but also in political and financial circles, he has become the best candidate for the Minister of War who is responsible for the heavy task of suppressing the army.

A meeting of the three chiefs, jointly convened by the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Director of Education, and the Minister of the Army, decided that Toshiichi Terauchi would be appointed as the new Minister of Land. After Terauchi Shouichi became the Minister of Land, he immediately purged the Army with his iron fist. In order to crush the camp of the Imperial Road faction, Terauchi Shouichi removed a large number of two. The backbone elements of the 26 Incident formed a new personnel arrangement for the Army Ministry and the General Staff Headquarters. In addition, in order to strengthen control, Terauchi Shouichi tried every means to grasp the power of personnel.

After the liquidation of the Imperial Road faction, the backbone of the ruling faction, Sugiyama Moto, Nishio Shouzo, and Umezu Mijiro, were transferred to control the army center. In the end, the ruling faction completely took control of the army, which in fact meant that Ben was about to embark on a path of full-scale expansion against China.

Anyone who has been in contact with Shouichi Terauchi knows that he is not as cheerful and open-minded as he seems, but in fact his mind can no longer be described as narrow.

So whether it is Seishiro Itagaki and Kenji Dohihara, who are not favored, or Okamura Ninji and Umezu Mijiro, who are favored by it, everyone has a respect for this iron-fisted killing general, in fact, many times I say that most of me is the so-called cheap skin, the more you kill him, the more he respects you, and the better you treat him, the more he will ride on your head.

A thorough understanding of the spirit of bushido, summed up is that the soft bully, the hard fear, and the death of the dad!

In the midst of the ruins, Terauchi Shouichi tidied up his military uniform, and sat next to the corpse of a Chinese soldier with blurred flesh and blood and green smoke, the upper half of the body of the so-called [***] person who was still wearing ordinary people's pants was gone, and the internal organs were splashed everywhere, and there was a strange smell wafting in the air, but Terauchi Shouichi seemed to be deaf and unsightly?

In fact, Terauchi Shouichi advocated a strategy of quick victory, so the North China army under his command rampantly attacked the entire northern part of China. At the beginning of his tenure, he issued an order for mobile operations in Baoding and Zhuozhou. It was expected to meet the main force of the Central Army of the Nationalist Axe in the north on the Great Plain in central Hebei, relying on its firepower and mobility to carry out a rapid breakthrough beyond the [***] team, but the front line of the [***] team was repeatedly broken through by the army, and the Liu Zhi Group Army, which was fighting on the front line, retreated again and again, making Xu Yongchang, director of the Baoding camp, at a loss and abandoning the city.

Stubbornly defending Texas turned out to be a branch army that can't even be called a miscellaneous card, said to be a division of troops, in fact it is less than 5,000 people, this force is adapted from various militia groups near Texas, the people of Texas with a strong local complex are naturally fighting against the demons from the East, sitting and waiting is also a knife, and resisting is also a gun, and Texas has become a ruin after a big war.

Shouichi Terauchi looked at Okamura Ninji, Umezu Mijiro, Itagaki Seishiro and others and smiled slightly: "Everyone! We will fight for His Majesty the Emperor, and this will be an immortal martial artist! I hope you can do your best, but I want to ask you, do you know the casualties I have suffered from the royal capture of Texas? Why do I say that the people of this imperial army have to rise up and resist everywhere they go? ”

(To be continued)