--Outside Hengyang

"What? The Imperial Army Lost? Toushan exclaimed in disbelief. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The old farmer nodded and said, "Hey, I went to the Shiniufeng position today to help dig the fortifications, and I saw the battle of Shiniufeng with my own eyes, although the imperial army attacked bravely, but the national army's fortifications were very reasonable, and the firepower was also very strong, according to my estimates, the loss of our army today exceeded two thousand people." ”

"Two thousand?" He slowly sat down and asked, "What about the National Army?" ”

The old peasant shook his head and said, "I don't know the specific situation, but in the trench where I am, the national army of a company only suffered a dozen casualties, and only five were actually killed, so the casualties are very low." ”

A female agent next to him comforted Toushan and said, "The offensive battle will have relatively large losses, don't worry about Toushan-kun." ”

Tou Shan threw his hand and said, "Where am I worried about the war, it is the business of the generals, I thought that after the imperial army attacked, the losses of the national army would not be small, and then they would be chaotic, and we would have the opportunity to mix into Hengyang, but now it seems that they are completely orderly, if we can't find a chance to enter Hengyang, how can we find the target?" ”

When several Japanese agents heard this, they couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"Actually... There is a way. The female agent said.

Toushan raised his eyebrows, looked at the female agent and asked, "Tianzi, what do you have in mind?" ”

The female agent said, "Captain, according to my observation outside today, I found that their hospital is divided into two parts, behind Shiniufeng is the field hospital, but the real seriously wounded are all transported back to Hengyang City, those seriously injured are blurred flesh and blood, and many of them are unconscious, and they can't see who is who at all, and most of the people who transport the wounded are ordinary people, and these people can enter the city." ”

Toushan's eyes lit up, he nodded and said, "That's a good idea, then immediately go to a lone national soldier, tie him up and injure him, just say that he was injured by a plane, anyway, ordinary soldiers can't see it." ”

The rest of the group nodded, and immediately went out to find their target.

At the same time as the Battle of Hengyang began, a new type of aircraft was slowly taking shape in Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries factory.

Hirohito, accompanied by Ishihara and Koyata Iwasaki, chairman of the Mitsubishi Foundation, was visiting the arsenal.

Iwasaki Koyata pointed to the aircraft on the production line and proudly said to Hirohito, "Your Majesty, this is our latest design of the fighter, we combine the Type 96 carrier-based fighter and the aviation technology provided to us by Germany, as well as the feedback of the Imperial Army in the battlefield of China, the design of the cutting-edge fighter, we can proudly say that this aircraft has reached the highest level of aircraft in the world." ”

Hirohito touched his beard and said, "Oh? Is this the first prototype? ”

Koya Iwasaki shook his head and said, "This is already the fifth prototype, and it is completely different from the first prototype." ”

Hirohito smiled and asked, "So is this fighter winning with cornering fighting performance, or is it superior to speed?" ”

Ishihara said in surprise, "Your Majesty is really knowledgeable, but our fighter is all-powerful, his turning radius has reached the smallest we know now, and the speed has reached more than 550 kilometers, and every adjustment has increased, it can be said that it is the strongest fighter." ”

Hirohito looked at Ishihara in surprise, he knew that Ishihara had always argued that the Japanese army's armament was lagging behind Europe and the United States, so when he heard Ishihara say this, he believed that this fighter was indeed extremely good.

Hirohito asked, "What is this plane called?" ”

Iwasaki Koyata bowed and said, "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I haven't chosen a name yet." ”

Hirohito thought for a while and said, "This year is the year 2600 of the Imperial Age, and the last two numbers are just "00", so let's call it Zero War." ”

"Hey!"

Coming out of the arsenal, Hirohito said to Ishihara, "Ishihara, apart from airplanes, have there been any new products in armaments during this time?" ”

Ishihara nodded and said, "Germany's military technology is indeed very strong, and the German government is also very sincere, but it will take some time to absorb it, although the products we are developing now have been formed, but I think it is still necessary to absorb Germany's new technology and arm the soldiers of the empire with the best weapons." ”

Hirohito narrowed his eyes and asked, "How long will it take?" ”

Ishihara replied: "By the end of this year, new rifles, machine guns, armored vehicles, light and heavy tanks, howitzers, and anti-aircraft guns will be designed and put into production, and the real large-scale refitting will not take until 41 years, and it is expected that half of them will be reequipped in 43 years." The keels of the battleships on the naval side have been laid, and they can only be modified, and they cannot be torn down and restarted. ”

Hirohito asked, "Is it Yamato?" ”

Ishihara nodded and said, "Yes, Yamato is the highest achievement in the design of our country's warships, but the naval squadron Yamato also has doubts, I once talked to Yamamoto Isoroku, he thinks that we should develop aircraft carriers now, not battleships, you must know that the cost of one Yamato is expected to exceed 100 million US dollars, which is too expensive, enough to change six aircraft carriers." ”

Hirohito nodded and said, "Japan is an island country, the navy is the foundation of our survival, and the direction of the navy's development will determine our life and death, what do you think about this?" ”

Ishihara shook his head and said, "Wechen studied the army, and he doesn't know much about the navy, and now the navies of the world are arguing endlessly about whether the future is the era of battleships or aircraft carriers, for example, Germany, it is said that they did not decide to build aircraft carriers. ”

Although Ishihara has a strategic vision, he was born in the army, and when he talks about future weapons, he still unconsciously looks at Germany, while Hirohito vetoes and says, "The German army is indeed first-class, but the navy still has to look at the British.... However, Yamato was accumulated by the blood and sweat of all the people of the empire little by little, and it cannot be easily given up.... Let's go, let's get in the car first. ”

Seeing the car coming, Ishihara hurriedly stepped forward to open the front door for Hirohito, who pointed to the back door and said, "I'll sit in the back, you come in with me." ”

Ishihara was a little flattered and sat down after Hirohito entered, and after the car started, Hirohito said, "Recently, some people have come to see me and told me about something. ”

Ishihara knew that Hirohito would not be untargeted, and quickly bowed his head to show that he was listening.

Hirohito continued: "Shanxi, Mongolia, and Suiyuan have all been lost....do you have any ideas? ”

Ishihara only felt a fine sweat break out on his back, and he said slowly, "The Shina Red Party has received a lot of assistance from overseas forces, so that its strength has increased very quickly. The main reasons for the defeat in Shanxi, Suiyuan, and other places are, first, that our army is too light on the enemy, and second, the main forces of our army are in Central China and Manchuria. Moreover, the expansion of the Red Party can put some pressure on Chongqing, so I think this matter has both advantages and disadvantages for the imperial strategy. ”

Hirohito hummed for a moment and asked, "The American ambassador came to negotiate a few days ago, hoping that we would stop the war in China, and said that there would be problems with the supply of our orders some time ago, what do you think?" ”

Ishihara had already thought about this question, and immediately said: "I think the Americans are afraid that after we and Germany are starting to get closer, they are afraid that after we formally form an alliance with Germany, they will wage war against the British and American colonies in Southeast Asia, especially after seeing us capture Changsha, and the United States is even more afraid that our victory in the China Theater will finally affect American interests in the Pacific." Some signs of this can be seen in the fact that the United States has promised to give Chiang intermediary economic assistance some time ago. ”

Hirohito took a breath and said, "I recently read a book written by an American, called "Pacific Maritime Hegemony", have you read it?" ”

Ishihara was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes, Wechen has read this novel..."

Hirohito nodded and said, "After I read it, it feels very real, real like it's about to happen..."

Ishihara immediately heard what Hirohito meant, and Hirohito was already prepared to go to war with the United States. He hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the empire is not ready to fight the final war now because of the drag of the battlefield in China. ”

Eventual war is what Ishihara has always said, which means to concentrate the forces of the yellow race and the white race to engage in a racial showdown.

Hirohito smiled, "I didn't say I was going to fight... Is the power of the empire no longer enough? ”

Ishihara analyzed for Hirohito: "Now the empire does not count the navy and aviation, there are a total of 48 divisions and 23 mixed brigades, including 2 divisions of the Korean garrison, 10 of which are left behind in China and are being formed and trained, 15 divisions and seven mixed brigades in Manchuria, two divisions and regiments of the Taiwan garrison, four divisions and regiments of the South China Battlefield plus three mixed brigades, nine divisions and regiments of the Central China Battlefield plus six mixed brigades, and eight divisions and regiments of the North China Battlefield plus seven mixed brigades, and the strength of the whole army has reached 1.84 million. Among them, there are nearly 700,000 Kwantung troops stationed in Manchuria and Korea, about 100,000 in Taiwan, 300,000 in North China, 150,000 in South China, 400,000 in Central China, and 200,000 in China. ”

Hirohito sighed and said, "Back then, you said it would be over in three months, but now it's been three years..."

"Wechen is incompetent!" Ishihara hurriedly apologized.

Hirohito was silent for a moment and asked, "I heard that someone in the army is proposing a new round of military expansion?" ”

Ishihara snorted, "The expansion of the army requires funds and weapons, the empire's economy is already overwhelmed, those people are just martial artists, there are 10 million people suitable for soldiers in the empire, and 10 million troops can naturally be formed, but that kind of army does not have much combat effectiveness, it can just scare people." ”

Hirohito waved his hand and said, "Since you've thought of everything, you should have a new plan, right?" ”

Ishihara nodded and said, "I analyzed our troops, in which the Kwantung Army had to deal with the Soviet Union, as long as the Soviets and Germany did not go to war, they could not move here, and even strengthened ... We have 700,000 people in North China and in China, and the two places are connected, but we can only use less than 150,000 men in the Changsha-Hengyang Campaign that we are currently fighting, and we can only use 100,000 men in the Battle of Hengyang, which is still being fought. ”

Hirohito asked incomprehensibly, "Why is that?" ”

Ishihara sighed, "China is so big that most of our troops are scattered in the various cities we occupy, such as Shandong, there are hundreds of counties and thousands of towns and villages, and it costs us 60,000 or 70,000 people just to defend these places, but the guerrillas here are already claimed to be more than 100,000...."

Hirohito asked, "What do you think?" ”

Ishihara was silent for a while and said, "The battle between Germany and Britain and France is about to begin, the intelligence from Germany shows that Germany's preparations are nearing the end, once Britain and France go to war with Germany, the British and French forces in Asia will be withdrawn, and the opportunity for imperial expansion will come, my idea is to make a truce with China, recuperate, and the battle between Germany and Britain and France will not be divided between high and low for a year or two, and our army can use this time or two to recover and capture Southeast Asia in one fell swoop, Southeast Asia is a European colony except for Thailand, There is no concept of a nation-state there, the Europeans can colonize them, we can go and liberate them, as long as we enter Southeast Asia as liberators, we will definitely get the support of the locals. Even... Our army can cut off the last blood vessel of the Chongqing government and force Chongqing to surrender completely. ”

Hirohito felt something was wrong and asked, "Didn't you start talking about a truce?" ”

Ishihara nodded and said, "Just like Weichen just said, the strength of the Red Party in China is increasing rapidly, and our army in the battlefield of China should change from attacking Chongqing from the front to clearing the Red Party forces in the rear, and at the same time, we can give Chongqing some sweetness in non-strategic areas, and we can talk with Chongqing to promote peace by retreating." Give them a county today, give them a town tomorrow, and behind enemy lines, Wechen has already read General Okamura Ninji's plan, Wechen thinks it's very good, you can give it a try, Wechen thinks that a county with good law and order is more useful to the empire than a province with chaotic law and order. ”

Hirohito sighed and said, "All brothers in the four seas, why is the wind and rain chaotic in the world..."

Ishihara immediately understood, "Hey! ”

-- Outside the city of Hengyang

The defense of Hengyang has been fought for four days and four nights, Hu Lian and Fang Xianjue support each other, cooperate with each other, with the support of Jiang Cheng, the logistics captain, there is no need to worry about food and ammunition, every time the Japanese attack is forced to evacuate under the rain of bullets, from the mine array to the hundreds of meters of Fang Xianjue's trench, full of Japanese corpses, these corpses stinky and rotten under the autumn tiger in early autumn.

Because the Japanese army is attacking, it is difficult to withdraw the wounded, and most of the wounded of the defenders of Shiniufeng can be well treated, two or three villagers are carrying a stretcher to Hengyang City, in order to encourage these people who are not afraid of life and death, under Jiang Cheng's proposal, Li Yutang hit every time he saves a wounded person to Hengyang City, he will give the people fifty catties of rice or the equivalent of silver dollars, which also makes most of the wounded are carried by the people, saving a lot of military power for defense.

"Stop!" Seeing this group of people carrying stretchers, the national army guarding the city gate hurriedly walked over, stepped forward with a flashlight and asked, "Why are you here now?" Didn't you say you weren't allowed to send them over at night? ”

The old farmer at the head hurriedly pointed to the wounded on the stretcher and said, "We are from Qian Village, we were going back to the village in the evening, but there was a devil's plane bombing, this boss and the other two bosses were bombed in order to cover us, and the other two bosses did not survive, so this boss still has a breath, and it will be too late if he is not sent to the big white house!" ”

The guard looked at the wounded soldier with a flashlight, and found that the wounded soldier was indeed injured by the explosion, and his flesh and blood were blurred, but his chest was slightly undulating to indicate that there was still a breath of air, and the commander of the national army hurriedly beckoned and said, "You, take them to the field hospital immediately, fellow countryman, our people will lead the way for you, you go quickly, you must come out immediately after taking the reward, and you are not allowed to stay in the city at night." (To be continued.) )