Chapter 374: Yamamoto Fifty-Six's Worries

Jonai Jonishi Maru in Tokyo

Hirohito was walking in the snow and enjoying plum blossoms in the garden of the palace with his Empress Ryoko, Hirohito was wearing a black shirt with a diagonal tie and a thick coat on the outside, and the whole person looked like an old peasant from the countryside who had entered the city, which was the 'old farmer' who was not very good at the moment.

Empress Liangzi bent slightly and followed behind with a half-step behind, and behind them there were several NV officials who were carrying food boxes.

Hirohito walked to a plum blossom that was in full bloom and suddenly said, "Liangzi, there is an old saying among the people of China: The edge of the sword comes from the sharpening, and the fragrance of the plum blossom comes from the bitter cold." It means that the sharp edge of the sword is obtained from constant sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the fact that it has survived the cold winter. After so much suffering, why can't we have a piece of wealth of our own? Why is Manchuria, which we have sacrificed countless soldiers and shed countless blood, to be spied on? Could it be that Amaterasu thinks that we haven't put in enough effort? ”

Liangzi bowed slightly before saying: "Your Majesty, the concubines don't know about these military affairs, but the concubines know that Your Majesty is doing her best for the prosperity of the empire, and she has devoted almost all her time to this, and those ministers and brave soldiers outside are also working hard for the future of the empire!" ”

Hirohito smiled slightly bitterly, "Ryoko, you will comfort me, now that the situation in Manchuria is unfavorable, Tojo Hideki has mobilized 500,000 troops to attack Rehe, claiming that he will definitely conquer Rehe and reach Chahar, but I am a little uneasy about this third son of Tojo Hideko's family for some reason." ”

Empress Ryoko looked at her husband, who had lost weight because she was worried about the war in Manchuria in the past few days, and felt distressed for a while, and comforted her softly, "Your Majesty, as the son of an important minister of the empire, Tojo-kun's knowledge and accomplishment must be first-class, so why should you worry?" ”

Hirohito shook his head, "I still trust Hideki Tojo's loyalty to the empire, but what about ability" Speaking of this, Hirohito didn't say any more, after all, it was not Mingjun who criticized the ability of a courtier behind his back.

"What a rich place Manchuria is, the land there can be pinched out of oil with a hand, and the hundreds of millions of citizens of the empire have worked hard for nearly a hundred years to occupy Manchuria, and now it must not be lost in my hands!" Hirohito secretly clenched his fingers and said with determination.

The sound of "boom, boom" was heard, and an NV officer trotted in front of Hirohito and bowed down, "Your Majesty, Senior General Tada, Vice Minister of the War Department, asks to see you." ”

"Call him over!" Hirohito stood up and asked Empress Ryoko to sort out his clothes for him so that he could look more jīng.

After a while, Tada Jun strode in with an NV officer, and after seeing Hirohito, he bowed ninety degrees: "Your Majesty, the commander of the Kwantung Army, Senior General Umezu Mijiro, and the deputy chief of the general staff, Lieutenant General Ishihara Waner, sent a joint telegram, claiming that now Manchuria has reached the most dangerous time, and they request that the lost planes of the First Manchurian Flying Division be replenished as soon as possible, and another flying division will be mobilized from the mainland to be stationed in Manchuria, otherwise Manchuria will be in danger." ”

"Manchuria is in danger." Hirohito muttered: "Manchuria has more than 2 million expatriates and 900,000 soldiers, is it still no match for a mere Chahar?" Is it the warriors of the empire who have become cowardly? Or Chahar is too strong. ”

"Your Majesty!" Tada Jun bowed again before saying: "Your Majesty, please forgive the minister, since ancient times, there has been no easy hegemony, which monarch who has achieved immortal hegemony is not a king who kills people?" Your Majesty's benevolent heart is indeed worth learning from your ministers, but this is not the time to feel this woman's kindness, what the empire needs is Your Majesty's determination and courage to kill, only in this way can you lead the people of the empire to a broader world! ”

Tadajun's words were indeed from the bottom of his heart, but Hirohito was unmoved, he knew the deputy commander of the army too well, and he would not nag him so bitterly about things without a clear purpose.

Hirohito waved his hand absently: "Say, what is the matter with your visit this time?" ”

"Hello!" Tada Jun took out another piece of music from his body, and respectfully took two steps forward and raised it above his head. "Your Majesty, please!"

An NV officer took the piece from Tada Jun and presented it to Hirohito, who opened it and frowned after looking at it for a while, "Is it that Ishihara's piece again?" ”

"Hello!" Tada Jun hurriedly took two steps forward and explained: "The minister thinks that Ishihara-kun's words are still quite reasonable, and now mobilize the navy to rush to the vicinity of Vladivostok to show the force of the Great Japanese Empire, so that those people know that even if they have temporarily achieved a small victory on land, the strength of the Great Japanese Empire is still far from being matched by them." If there is any change in Vladivostok, we can use our carrier-based aircraft and fleet to bomb their ports, so that the Kwantung Army in Jilin can rest assured that it can rush to the aid of the imperial ** team that is fighting fiercely in Tongliao! ”

Hirohito sighed and gave the Kantaji to the NV officer behind him, "But at once, two aircraft carriers and two battleships of Naga Mén and Mutsu, and even four heavy cruisers and many light cruisers and destroyers to match them, etc. This is equivalent to one-third of the entire strength of the Imperial Navy, isn't he afraid of any mistakes? ”

"Your Majesty!" Since it involves the navy, Tada Jun has no scruples when he speaks, "The army is expanding the territory of the empire, shouldn't the navy contribute?" What's more, it's just a containment, and it's not a desperate effort to let them go ashore and the army in China. ”

Looking at Tada's sneering gaze and disdain when he mentioned the navy, Hirohito sighed secretly in his heart, for the sake of consolidating his dominance, should the navy and army be so hostile?

Helplessly waved his hand to change the subject, "Okay, Qing's recital I will think about it carefully." I've heard that the air force in China is very powerful, and the air force of the empire has suffered a lot at their hands one after another, isn't that so? ”

"Hello, yes!" When the topic of the Air Force was mentioned, even Tada Jun, who had always been conceited, lowered his head in shame, "The ministers have failed to live up to Your Majesty's expectations, the Empire's current aircraft are indeed not the opponent of the Zhina aircraft, and several of the Zhina aircraft are the most advanced aircraft in the world today, and the Empire's aircraft are indeed outdated." But rest assured, Your Majesty, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of the Empire was already designing a new type of fighter last year, and thanks to the new 50 wind metal, this aluminum alloy is said to be harder than steel, so the development of this aircraft has been greatly accelerated. His designer, Mr. Jiro Horikoshi, assured that as long as this new type of aircraft was added, the planes of the empire would continue to dominate the skies of China. The thought of the new aircraft coming into service made Tada excited.

After listening to Tada's words, Hirohito was not as excited as Tada: "Tadaqing, I think that the outcome of the war cannot be decided by just one or two planes, so you better focus more on business!" Well, I'm tired! With that, Hirohito turned his head.

Seeing this, the NV officer next to him trotted over and bowed to Tada, stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation, Tada Jun sighed, bowed slightly to Hirohito's back, and went out with the NV officer.

"Woohoo"

In the port of Sasebo in Japan, an aircraft carrier is slowly approaching the dock, and on the deck are neatly placed two rows of fighters Mitsubishi 96 carrier-based fighters, and the captain of the aircraft carrier Akagi, Ugaki, is accompanied by the commander of the First Fleet of the Combined Fleet, Yamamoto Isoroku, who is looking out on the deck at a tall fence surrounded by tall hoardings on the dockyard, and inside is a giant, unfinished hull.

"Alas!" Yamamoto Five (3) sighed as he looked at the countless busy shipbuilders inside, and his melancholy face seemed to be even colder, "The empire has spent countless manpower and material resources for this ship, but in the end, it can only get a huge target?" ”

"Yamamoto-kun, please be careful!" Ugaki on the side looked around in fright, and when he saw that no one was talented, he hurriedly whispered: "Yamamoto-kun, this giant ship has poured the efforts of His Majesty and countless people, if it spreads, Your Excellency's trouble will definitely be indispensable." ”

Yamamoto Fifty-six glared at Ugaki, "Hmph, don't say it's here, even when I go to His Majesty's Imperial Council, I'll say the same, but Ugaki-kun, why did you become so cautious?" It's not like you, who are fearless on a daily basis. ”

Ugaki smiled bitterly, "Yamamoto-kun, you don't know that the Akagi lost too many fighters in the Battle of Songhu last year, which caused the base camp to have a bad impression of me, if it weren't for Your Excellency's death, I might not even be able to keep the position of captain of the Akagi." I really don't want to cause you any more trouble. ”

Yamamoto sneered: "You are not the only one who has lost troops, Commander Umezu, Vice Minister Tada, and Commander Matsui have not lost their troops, and who has been punished?" A few people even went up to the top, so why didn't anyone jump out and say they were going to punish them? ”

Ugaki was silent for a while before he said sullenly: "I'm just a nameless boy born in this poor place in Okayama County, how dare I compare with those nobles?" Just as they can meet the emperor at any time, the grace is beyond the reach of those of us. ”

"Alas"

Yamamoto just let out a long sigh and stopped talking