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Xinhua Palace, Beijing.

"How's the war going in Japan now?" After dealing with the daily routine administrative affairs, Wang Yuze sent someone to find Xiong Wu, the general staff officer, and asked about the war situation on the Japanese side. Now, except for Japan, after the war continued, all other wars have come to an end. Next, the squadron will enter the stage of rest and recuperation in an all-round way.

"陛xià! The Second Army had successfully landed in the southern part of Honshu and was attacking north with naval support. The Eighth Army had captured Tokyo and was reaping its wealth. The commander of the Eighth Army, General Zhao Bowen, was preparing for a decisive battle, so he did not continue the offensive against the Japanese troops who had retreated to Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, but asked the Japanese army to gather forces. Half of Japan's two million army has been wiped out by us. Moreover, the elite units of the Japanese army have been basically wiped out, and the remaining Japanese troops are no longer to worry. After the victory of the Eighth Army in the next battle, the war in Japan will almost be over! Chief of the General Staff Xiong Wu said.

Wang Yuze nodded, although he also graduated from the Army Academy, he had not personally commanded the army for many years, and he was not an expert in this regard. Therefore, he has always not interfered in specific operations, and it is better to leave them to these professionals to command.

"That's good, as soon as the war against Japan is over, the army can begin to rest and reorganize, and begin to reorganize according to the new plan. Has the General Staff made a specific plan for the reform of the military system? Wang Yuze asked. Now China's territory has more than doubled, and the military system of the previous eight military regions. It's no longer suitable for the current situation. Therefore. Wang Yuze asked the General Staff Headquarters to take into account the current situation. Reform of the military system so that the current situation can be used.

"Your Majesty, the General Staff has made a general plan. After that, the military would tighten its grip on the territories newly incorporated into the empire. Therefore, most of the places where the troops are stationed are also border areas. According to the plan of the General Staff, the army will be organized into two types of troops, one is the field force and the other is the district defense force. The field army will be reorganized into ten army groups. In addition, with the addition of the Praetorian Guard garrisoned in Beijing, there were 11 group armies. The establishment of each army group is equal to the current size. The plan for the local defense forces is to form a brigade in each province, and in the event of war, these brigades can be sent directly to the battlefield, or they can be expanded into divisions and then form new group armies. Because the Cabinet is in the process of dividing the newly annexed territories into the Empire, it is uncertain how many provinces there are in the Empire! Chief of the General Staff Xiong Wu said.

After listening to Xiong Wu's words, Wang Yuze couldn't help frowning. 11 army groups. That's about 1.8 million people, and each province will form another brigade. That's hundreds of thousands of people! In the end, after the end of the war, the army not only did not decrease, but expanded a lot.

"Chief of Staff, in this case, is there too many troops?" Wang Yuze asked.

"Your Majesty, this amount is not much at all. Although the Empire won this great war, the Empire also had more enemies. The Imperial ** team must at least maintain such a large number in order to ensure that the interests of the empire are not harmed! Xiong Wu said resolutely.

"Alright then, let's do what you planned! However, there is only so much military spending every year, so don't think about increasing military spending. If you don't have enough then, don't come to me! Wang Yuze said after thinking for a while. Now, the cabinet has begun to make plans for next year's economy, after winning the war, the country's focus will be shifted to economic construction, only the economic strength has improved, the military strength can be supported, in order to ensure that the imperial army in the next war, can still be victorious.

"Rest assured! A solution has been found to the problem of military spending. The Second Army and the Eighth Army were able to get a lot of money in Japan, and with this money as a backing, it was enough to ensure the development of the imperial army. Even if this money is spent, at the current rate of the empire's economic development, the annual military expenditure will be enough to support the development of the empire's army! Xiong Wu said with a smile. The improvement of the economy will lead to an increase in fiscal revenue, and the annual military expenditure will naturally increase accordingly. The agreement reached between the emperor and the cabinet was that in peacetime, military spending accounted for 10 percent of the fiscal revenue, and once war broke out, the cabinet had to fully support the army to achieve victory.

Wang Yuze nodded, and did not continue to dwell on this issue, since the General Staff already had a solution, then there was no need for him to say anything more.

"What about naval reform? Now that we have occupied Burma, the power of the Imperial Navy has extended to the Indian Ocean. Wang Yuze asked. Previously, the Imperial Navy had only two fleets, the Home Fleet and the Pacific Fleet

And now, it is already urgent to add an Indian Ocean fleet and compete with the British for the interests of the Indian Ocean region.

"The Admiralty intends to build a new Indian Ocean Fleet. After that, the Indian Ocean Fleet and the Pacific Fleet will become the two main fleets of the Imperial Navy, and the Home Fleet will play more of a role as a reserve! Xiong Wu said.

As for the plan of the Admiralty, Wang Yuze was deeply convinced. The Indian Ocean Fleet will face mainly the British, and the Pacific Fleet will face mainly the Americans. The home fleet acts as a decisive combat force. In the event that the great enemy of Japan has already been resolved, the home fleet will become a mobile force of the Navy. When it comes to attacking any enemy, the home fleet joins in and plays a decisive role.

"By the way, Chief of Staff, how much money will you be able to get in Japan this time?" Wang Yuze asked curiously. Little Japan has already used its national strength for the war, and it is already in debt, so it stands to reason that there should not be much wealth left! However, Xiong Wu was able to use the funds obtained from Japan to support the reform of the military, which shows that the funds obtained by the military from Japan are not a small amount!

"Haha, Your Majesty. Don't look at the fact that the Japanese already owe a lot of bad debts. But there are still a lot of rich people, those aristocrats, high-ranking officials and big entrepreneurs and the like, but they are very rich! The Second Army obtained 300 million Chinese won in Kitakyushu, and the Eighth Army directly collected 500 million Chinese won in Tokyo. After waiting for the end of the war, it is estimated that hundreds of millions of Chinese dollars can be obtained! Xiong Wu said with a smile. The military in Japan can get more than a billion Chinese dollars! This is already equivalent to more than ten years of military spending of the emperor team, which can fully support the development of the emperor team.

Hearing this number, Wang Yuze couldn't help but be dumbfounded. Obviously, the imperial ** team is in Japan, and they must have sacked Japan into a blank field. However, he will not pity these Japanese, and the life or death of the Japanese has nothing to do with him. The rest of the mess will naturally be left to the Japanese to solve by themselves when the time comes.

By November 13, the situation of the war on the Japanese side had changed again. First of all, in the battle in southern Honshu, the squadron continued to win, and now it has advanced its front to the Hiroshima area, and with the support of the navy, it is advancing north along the Seto Inland Sea to threaten the Hanshin Industrial Zone, the core of the Japanese army. and the Kyoto area, where the Emperor of Japan is now located.

And in the direction of Tokyo, the Japanese army gathered a large number of troops in just five days. The armies of the northern and western parts of the state have all been assembled, and the total strength has reached 500,000 men. It's just that the elite army has only a few divisions. In addition, the Japanese army also formed a large number of reserve divisions composed of soldiers in the township, with a total strength of more than 300,000 troops. Of course, these reserve divisions and regiments, which do not have much combat effectiveness, will be used as cannon fodder.

The Eighth Army has now completed the sacking of Tokyo and obtained a fortune worth 500 million Chinese dollars, and the Eighth Army is almost recuperating. The 6th Marine Brigade remained to maintain stability in Tokyo, while the 8th Army, spearheaded by both the 9th and 10th Divisions, began its march toward Takasaki in Gunma Prefecture.

General Zhao Bowen, commander of the Eighth Army, was ready to deal with the Japanese army at one time. To this end, he specially ordered the 44th Division to occupy Shibukawa in the northwest of Takasaki, and ordered the 45th Division to occupy Takasaki Tomioka to block the retreat of the Japanese army. Prepare to attack these hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops in the past. However, after all, the Eighth Army only had a few hundred thousand men, and it was still relatively difficult to deal with the Japanese army, which had a total strength of up to 800,000. As a result, the Eighth Army could only make use of its firepower superiority as much as possible to offset its inferiority in terms of strength.

The Eighth Army began to press on the Japanese army step by step, and the Japanese army also felt the danger of the war situation. Katsura Taro began to move his forces frequently, and nearly 800,000 Japanese troops were all assembled near Takasaki.

"Lord Shanxian, the people of China have already arrived, we can't wait any longer. I have decided to launch an attack on Fukaya City, which is occupied by the Shina people, tomorrow and wipe out the main force of the Shina people! This time, we have gathered an army of 800,000 troops, and I am confident that I will defeat the Chinese in one fell swoop! Japanese War Minister Katsura Taro said resolutely. In addition to the squadron pressing forward step by step, although the Japanese army has gathered so many troops, the logistics are very bad, especially the food, which can no longer last for a few days. If you can't defeat the squadron, I'm afraid the Japanese army itself will collapse.

Yama Prefecture Youpeng also knows the strict nature of this problem, he knows that now they can only bet on this last hand, if they can beat the ** team, then Japan still has hope, if it fails, then Japan will be completely finished. Having come to this point, they have no other way.

"Katsura Taro, let's do it! Do your best to win for the Japanese Empire! "There is a friend in Shan County said in a deep voice!