Chapter 208: Tokyo of Fear
The next morning, when the people of Tokyo walked out of their homes, the first thing they saw was not the sun, and what they felt was not happiness, and the leaflets everywhere made them have to frown and hurriedly pick up a leaflet, but the content of the leaflet was not much, a piece of paper the size of a modern A4 paper with only a few lines of words written on it.
Those who commit me as a strong man will be punished even if they are far away! The decision should be made within one day, otherwise the encounters of the 8th Division, the 11th Division, the 12th Division, the 14th Division, the 28th Division, and the 101st Division will be repeated again, and the 99th Army of China.
A simple line of words, but it caused a great panic in Tokyo, and the people rushed to the streets one after another, and went to the political axe, the army station, and even the police station, they wanted to know what happened to the above-mentioned divisions. What happened to them? Why did the empire hide from them, where is the war on the front line, doesn't it mean that Wuhan, the new capital of China, will be captured soon?
Compared to the chaos in Tokyo, the palace of Emperor Showa was a little deserted, and the ministers could only sit below, sweating profusely, but they did not dare to make any moves.
"Can anyone tell me what's going on?" Emperor Showa asked, holding the leaflet dropped by the Ninety-Ninth Army in his hand without any expression on his face.
The ministers below looked frightened and expressionless, indicating that the emperor had great anger in his heart at the moment, and no one was willing to stand up and speak at this time, otherwise he would probably be the next unlucky person.
In the end, when everyone's eyes fell on Prince Zaihito, Prince Zaihito sighed heavily, these ministers still didn't have the courage to stand up and speak after all, and Prince Zaihito claimed to be the emperor's uncle, and everyone naturally thought that His Majesty the emperor would not do anything to him.
After seeing the scene in front of him, in addition to being helpless, Prince Zairen hated these ministers more, and began to wonder in his heart, should he find an opportunity to kick these people down, and then let his people come up?
"Your Majesty, judging from the content on the leaflet, it should have been done by the 99th Army of the Sixth War Zone." Prince Zairen suddenly didn't know how to talk about it, and he had a headache when he thought of this 99th Army.
Engage in it and can't get people, several battles have been said to be the end of the army's failure, and also lost a large amount of Manchurian land, Ueda Kenkichi was removed from his post and forced to retire, originally everyone thought that this was the reason for Ueda Kenkichi, but no one thought that Umezu Mijiro, who had just taken office not long ago, launched a new campaign again.
Of course, at the beginning, everyone thought that Ueda Kenkichi was old, and many things were beyond his strength, who knew that the Kwantung Army was in a passive position at the beginning of the battle, resisting everywhere and failing everywhere, and finally lost Jinzhou in addition to the entire Rehe Province.
The consequences of the defeat became more serious each time, and the base camp also thought that Umezu Mijiro had just taken office and did not know much about the situation of the Kwantung Army, so there was a reason for the defeat.
However, when the bombers of the 99th Army flew to Tokyo, they had not yet been discovered, and they could retreat unhurriedly after dropping nearly 10 million leaflets, which made the base camp realize the seriousness of the situation, which reminded people that it was not that Umezu Mijiro did not understand the Kwantung Army, but that the strength of the Kwantung Army could not compete with the 99th Army at all.
"I know how to read and know that this is a leaflet dropped by the 99th Army, what I want to know is, what is this for? The empire has spent so much energy to build an army, and it can't defeat people, don't you have anything to say? Emperor Showa couldn't hold back any longer and roared angrily.
The empire has worked hard to form the Kwantung Army and has been developing it for so many years, but I didn't expect it to be such a result in the end, how did Emperor Showa accept it? The most unacceptable thing for him was that the 11th and 28th Divisions surrendered.
There has never been a record of surrender in the history of the empire, and Emperor Showa felt that he and the empire had lost face by them, which is why he was so angry in public.
"Your Majesty, the Shina people used very despicable means, they sent someone to pretend to be a dog, and told Ishiguro Sadazo and Naito Shoichi to ask them to surrender, and as soon as the imperial reinforcements landed, they would start attacking from the inside, so the two generals would be fooled." Prince Jaehito hurriedly explained.
He knew what was the reason why Emperor Showa was so angry, not only Emperor Showa, but also Prince Zaihito. His son, Haruhin Palace, was still teaching at the Imperial Army University at this time, and he had never been to Shina at all, so how could he go to meet Ishiguro Sadazo and Naito Shoichi?
Soon they found out the reason, that is, the person of the branch is cheating, damn it, who can't pretend to be me, you have to pretend to be my son, isn't this a shit basin on me?
"What's next?" Emperor Showa calmed down a little.
Although he is still very angry in his heart, Prince Zaihito is also a royal family no matter how he says it, and his son has indeed never been to Shina, and being pretended to be that is not something they can control, if they want to hate, they hate Ishiguro Sadazo and Naito Shoichi, two old guys, and they can't even see that they are impostors.
However, if Lu Guo took the letter and showed it to Emperor Showa, it was estimated that it would be difficult for him to see that there was a fake on it, after all, the handwriting on it was completely imitated by Prince Zaihito, and even whether Prince Zaihito could recognize it was one thing, let alone others.
"Your Majesty, Umezu Yoshijiro also came with news, saying that Su Dao asked him to negotiate in Beizhen, and I guess the Ninety-ninth Army has recovered a large amount of land this time, and there is no strength to fight again. I think we can mobilize a few divisions from the mainland and go directly to the belly of the 99th Army, and at the same time order the North China Dispatch Army to cross the Great Wall and go out to fight, and the Kwantung Army will form a flanking attack from the north, so that we will surround them on three sides, and the west side will be a big mountain, which is not conducive to operation, and if nothing goes wrong, we should be able to solve the 99th Army. Prince Jaehito thought for a moment and said.
Oh? And this is the case? Emperor Showa was suddenly shocked in his heart, if Prince Zaihito's words were true, it was estimated that the 99th Army really had no strength to fight again, otherwise, like the first time, why didn't he propose to negotiate?
Thinking of this, Emperor Showa's mind also became active again, the Northeast is a treasure land, although the empire has plundered a lot of resources from the Northeast, but it is still far from being able to keep up with the speed of the empire's development, but it is certain that if there is no resources in the Northeast, the empire will long be unable to support.
So in any case, Su Dao's premeditation is impossible to realize, at least in the short term, it is simply impossible, since Ben has the courage to invade his former suzerain, he will not be frightened into surrender by your bombers.
Besides, how long has the war started now? Although the losses of the Yue Army were great, they were far from reaching the point of being unbearable, and the failure of the rhetoric of destroying China in three months was basically attributed to the 99th Army, which was born out of thin air, which was of course good and changed the original history.
But in the same way, he mistakenly thought that it was precisely because of the appearance of the 99th Army that the pace of their victory was delayed. As long as they can defeat the Ninety-ninth Army as soon as possible, the remaining Huaxia Army seems to be less terrifying, and it seems possible to perish in three months.
"What if it fails?" Although Emperor Showa was happy in his heart, he also had to consider the consequences of the defeat, and he did not want the situation to become out of control again.
"Your Majesty, this time there will be no defeat, Su Dao's 99th Army is only about 200,000 people, and it is scattered in Rehe Province and part of Jinzhou Province, plus new recruits are being recruited now, and the original troops have also been dispersed, so as long as we draw at least ten divisions from the mainland, plus the Kwantung Army and the North China Dispatch Army, the 99th Army will definitely perish." Prince Jaehion said confidently.
However, it was precisely because of the previous losses that he directly said in one breath this time that he would transfer ten divisions from the mainland, why didn't the Kwantung Army and the North China Dispatch Army also have to draw out five or six divisions? Of the 200,000 people in the fifteenth and sixteenth divisions fighting Sudao, Prince Jaehito really couldn't find any reason to fail.
And Prince Zairen also made it very clear that Su Dao had already scattered the original troops, so it would not be so difficult to fight again, plus the number of recruits was too large, and the combat effectiveness dropped sharply. The reason why Prince Jaehito did this was nothing more than to remind the emperor that there was only one chance, and if he missed it, there would be no more.
"Yo Xi, I don't want to hear anything about failure. I'll explain it to the people. After weighing the pros and cons, Emperor Showa decided to immediately eliminate Su Dao's Ninety-Ninth Army.
And this support operation really frightened the international community, and even made Chairman Jiang a little breathless, but after hearing the news that he was going to start a decisive battle in the northeast, he also frowned deeply.
Fighting with the 99th Army, Chairman Chiang would not believe that he would only use soldiers transferred from the mainland to fight, and the Kwantung Army would definitely participate, and it would be difficult to say as for the North China Front, but seeing that Tada Jun seemed to have the intention of secretly transferring troops, it is estimated that the surname of the person who participated in the war is also very large.
With at least 280,000 troops in 10 divisions, plus the uncertainties on the side of the Kwantung Army and Tada Jun, it is at least certain that the troops invested in this side will be around 350,000. Its scale has long been far greater than the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Wuhan, on the other hand, in China, the 99th Army has less than 200,000 troops, and it still has to defend such a huge area, the prospect is really worrying.
It's just that no one expected that the results of this attack were even more shocking, and the self-proclaimed navy of the world's first in this battle was dealt a great blow, of course, this was only a blow to the face, which forced the ship to turn passive, and this battle was also known as the Waterloo of the invasion of China, and since then there has been no strength to fight back. (To be continued.) )