Emperor Hirohito of Tokyo, Japan, summoned several ministers to discuss a new round of war against China, when he heard that the city of Qiqihar in Manchukuo was lost, all the troops stationed in Qiqihar were broken, Lieutenant General Shanshan Yuan was broken, all the strategic materials fell into the hands of the Chinese army, and the puppet Manchurian army was almost completely wiped out, and the news of the complete loss of combat effectiveness made Emperor Hirohito's already somewhat sallow face turn blue, and after a while, it became waxy white, and finally a few traces of flushing poured out, swallowed saliva, and Emperor Hirohito asked coldly: " Didn't Qiqihar be attacked by Manchurian bandits a few months ago, and didn't Umezu Yoshijiro promise me that they would be completely wiped out in May? Didn't he keep saying a few days ago that the main force of the Anti-Japanese Federation was blocked by him in Sunwu County, why did he let the Chinese army run to Qiqihar? How did Yamashita Fengwu, the commander of the division, be, he should apologize for his crimes, and why is Umezu Mijiro's face so thick-skinned, and he still has the face to send telegrams for planes, supplies, and reinforcements? There are less than 10,000 thugs in China, and the Kwantung Army, known as the flower of the imperial army, has no choice, is it because the combat effectiveness of our army has declined, or because they have stayed in Manchuria for too long or have been scared by the Soviet Union, and now all countries are looking at us and laughing at us, and everywhere they say that our imperial army is a paper tiger, and they can't even beat a group of Maruda, I am really ashamed of you. ”

As soon as he said this, the Prime Minister of Konoe and Prince Zaihito of the Idle Yuan Palace were dumbfounded, dumbfounded, and unable to answer.

Prime Minister Konoe felt that as the prime minister of the cabinet, he still needed to consider the overall situation, so he replied: "This branch of the army was led by Meng Qingshan of the Communist Party in attacking the Five Constants, infiltrating the Morgan Fortress, and sneaking into the Fengxiang Fortress. In this crusade, the main goal of General Umezu Yoshijiro was to destroy this force. For Manchuria, he eliminated his worries and completely sent troops to the border to guard against the Soviet Union. As a result, I never expected that this force would grow so much in less than a year. They divided a part of the main force to desperately block the attacking troops of our empire, so that my attacking troops mistakenly thought that the main force of the Chinese people was fighting against us, and took advantage of the crusade of the main force of our army to attack Qiqihar for a long time. It is a pity that the main force of the Kwantung Army of North Manchukuo is fighting in Sunwu, Habei and Tangyuan, and by the time the troops are returned, the people of China have already fled. Lieutenant General Yamashita Fengwu vomited blood from his mouth and fell unconscious, only to wake up after being rescued by military doctors. He had already written down the story of the battle and the guilty form. I would like to ask the Emperor to take a look at it.

Emperor Hirohito's face looked a little better, and he took Yamashita Bongbun's petition and read it, and asked coldly: "The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped, and he can't be forgiven for his mistake this time because of a petition for guilt, and he is ordered to retire from active duty and be arranged to serve in the "Concord Association" in the Kannai. ”

"Hey!"

"What do you think of the Manchurian Secretaries?"

Only then did Prince Zairen of the Xianyuan Palace play: "The ministers think that the current situation in Manchuria is very dangerous, internal and external troubles, and the polar bears in the north of Manchuria are actively hoarding troops in the north. The Kwantung Army troops stationed in Manchukuo were first defeated by Nomenhan, and then the Chinese Anti-Japanese Union was destroyed everywhere, and the Kwantung Army lost troops. If it weren't for the fact that Europe had our allies to contain the polar bears, I think that with their greedy nature, they would immediately attack Manchukuo and seize our territory. The Anti-League is the nail they set for us to prevent the empire from continuing to grow stronger, if they are allowed to continue such rampant activities. Then our rich Manchukuo will be ruined by them, so that the Kwantung Army will always be in a state of running around. At that time, the Chinese army and the civil resistance will take advantage of the situation, and at that time, the future of the current Manchurian army alone will be in doubt. In addition, considering that the Kwantung Army was going all out to deal with the Anti-Japanese Alliance, it would be easy to form a Manchurian air, so that the polar bears who were eyeing the outside would take the opportunity to take advantage of it. The ministers respectfully ask Your Majesty to grant permission to expand the army again, at least four divisions, in order to prevent the polar bear troops, and at the same time to cooperate with our allies to flank the polar bears on both sides, so as to repay the shame of Normenhan. ”

Emperor Hirohito was silent for a long time after hearing this, and Prince Zaihito of the Imperial Palace saw that the emperor was silent, so he said again: "Your Majesty sees it clearly." The imperial army is invincible in China, invincible, invincible, Chiang Kai-shek's government army is not our opponent at all, but the troops of this China are more special, according to intelligence agency reports, this force was originally the remnants of the Eighth Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army, and it was about to be wiped out by the imperial army. It is even larger than the most glorious period of the Anti-Japanese Federation, and it can be said that he alone led a remnant army. This army once attacked Wuchang County, Morgen Fortress, Fengxiang Fortress, and now it has attacked Qiqihar. It is said that Chiang Kai-shek also specially sent people to confer on him the post of lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army, and also gave them an important name, the 74th Army of the National Revolutionary Army. The minister thought that this army was a problem for the henchmen of the Imperial Japanese Army, and that it must be besieged heavily in order to completely eliminate it. In particular, this Meng Qingshan, who actively commanded the troops to destroy the Manchurian regime supported by the empire, preached anti-Japanese resistance, and instigated the Chinese people to riot and kill the imperial army. Otherwise, if it is allowed to develop, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Seeing that Prime Minister Konoe and Prince Zaihito of the Imperial Palace of the Courtyard were both advocating the expansion of the army, he was naturally unwilling, and immediately said: "Qiqihar has a lot of advanced industries, as well as financial institutions and expatriates of the Great Japanese Empire, and there are heavy supplies on the Hailar line and the Heihe line, if the materials are not recovered, and these materials fall into the hands of the Chinese army, they will soon pull up tens of thousands of well-equipped troops, and the situation in Manchuria will be even more dangerous." Your Majesty, it's not that Lieutenant General Fengwen is incompetent, but that this Meng Qingshan is too cunning. Lieutenant General Fengwu under the mountain is just more unlucky, and when he encounters this murderous and cunning Meng Qingshan, he doesn't play cards according to common sense at all. If the Chinese army had been like this army, the Manchurian Incident, the North China Incident, and the Shanghai Incident would not have happened. ”

Emperor Hirohito then said, "It's not that I disagree with your plan, but I'm thinking about how we can get rid of this stubborn group of bandits faster. As for the expansion of the Kwantung Army, it was nominated by the General Staff Headquarters and reported to us for approval. In short, we must be fast, we will start today, and I hope that in the winter of this year, the troops can be trained to combat effectiveness, and it just so happens that the Anti-Japanese Federation in Manchuria can be used as a stepping stone for the new recruits, and their lives will be used to create the glory of our Great Japanese Empire. Also, I hope that Qiqihar can return to the arms of the empire in a very short time, and I don't want any more newspapers to report this news. The bombing of Qiqihar should be considered and the enterprise should be preserved as much as possible. The empire didn't have that much money to build Qiqihar from scratch. ”

"Your Majesty, at present, the Tubalu and the Kuomintang in the pass are actively mobilizing troops, and from the information sent by our intelligence officers who have penetrated into the enemy, we have found that the people of China are going to launch a big move in the near future, and Zhu De, the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party of China, who commanded this battle, is now actively preparing for defense in North China, and in order to protect the interests of the empire in North China, the troops of the Kwantung Army entering the pass cannot be rebuilt for the time being."

"Nani? This group of damned Chinese actually wants to fight back, let Count Terauchi Shouichi give me a good fight against this group of people who dare to resist, and must arrest the leader of this Eighth Route Army for me, I will personally judge him, why not obediently submit to our empire. ”

"Your Majesty, that Meng Qingshan."

"Meng Qingshan, Meng Qingshan, it's this damn Meng Qingshan again, in just this year, I've heard his name no less than thirty times, he is simply the nemesis of the Kwantung Army, the Kwantung Army has always been victorious in a hundred battles, since he was born, the Kwantung Army has been suffering a crushing defeat, even if the victory is a small victory, is this Meng Qingshan sent by Amaterasu to test us?" Emperor Hirohito rubbed his temples and said helplessly.

"Your Majesty, the Kwantung Army needs time to rest after this encirclement and suppression, so we can only give the people of China a short time to rest, we can't move his army, but we can send ninjas to assassinate their officers, once all their officers are assassinated, then they are a circle of scattered sand, we can eliminate them whenever we want." Prince Zaihito said.

"But Umezu Mijiro didn't send troops before, but they failed one after another."

"Your Majesty, we can send the instructors of the special operations team sent to us by the German allies, I want them to train our kamikazes, and then send them to solve the problems of our henchmen."

"Yo Xi! Just do it, try to capture him alive, and I want to see for myself what this person from Manchukuo who is making trouble in our Manchukuo looks like. ”

"Hay!" (To be continued.) )