His Majesty the Emperor was angry, although he didn't speak, but the coercion of the superior was enough to make the ministers tremble, especially in the narrow eyes of the Emperor, the fierce light that came out, scorching, Mitsuru was trembling with fear, his legs trembled involuntarily, and a chill rose along his backbone, he knew that he had touched the scale of His Majesty the Emperor, but there was no way to do it.

The atmosphere in the hall was so depressing that it was breathless, and the ministers were secretly looking at Emperor Hirohito's face, and next, it should be the wrath of thunder, and the guy from Michiichi Minai will be unlucky, maybe, the high-ranking position of Minister of War will be replaced soon, and some ambitious military generals are ready to move in their hearts.

Emperor Hirohito really wanted to severely punish Yonechi Koichi, his proposal was untimely and extremely bold, and he even spit out the fat that had been eaten in his mouth to the Kwantung Army.

But how to deal with this No. 2 boss of the army, but he wasted his brains, just when Emperor Hirohito muttered, an attendant officer walked to the side of Prince Zaihito, chief of the general staff of the base camp, and whispered a few words, Zaihito's face changed greatly, and hurriedly said to Emperor Hirohito: "Your Majesty, the Kwantung Army has an urgent military intelligence report, please ask Your Majesty to take permission, and the younger brother will deal with it, and it will not be too late to make a decision after understanding the latest situation about how to solve the crisis faced by the Kwantung Army!" ”

Emperor Hirohito nodded slightly, and Prince Zaihito hurriedly walked out of the main hall, leaving a cadre of civil and military ministers plus His Majesty the Emperor, who was scratching his heart and liver, and there was a rice inner koyichi, like a wooden stake. Stand before the crowd.

After a while, Prince Zaihito returned to the main hall with an ugly face, and without waiting for Emperor Hirohito to ask, Zaihito said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the General Staff has just received the second urgent telegram from the Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army, General Minamijiro!" ”

Emperor Hirohito's body was shocked, he stretched his neck, and a bad premonition appeared in his heart, and he spat out a word dryly, "Read!" ”

Prince Zaihito read: "The General Staff of the base camp has been transferred to His Majesty the Emperor, and my Kwantung Army troops are on the front line of the Outer Khingan Mountains. Faced with a ferocious attack by more than 4.5 million troops of the Soviet army, by the time of the telegram, the Soviet army had broken through our two lines of defense one after another, and the defensive space of the Kwantung Army was constantly compressed. Also, according to the information we have. Soviet Army. About 500,000 troops have already attacked Birobidzhan and Khabarovsk. ”

"The Fifth and Seventh Armies of the Kwantung Army, which defended the area, temporarily blocked the continued advance of the Soviet Army after bloody battles, but because of the huge disparity in strength, the Fifth Army suffered heavy casualties. The main force of the Kwantung Army was also under great pressure to deal with the three-way offensive of the Soviet army, and it was simply unable to divide troops to reinforce the Fifth Army, and Birobidzhan and Khabarovsk were lost. Just recently, please ask the General Staff to give tactical guidance as soon as possible, otherwise, the Kwantung Army is in danger! ”

"Shhhh The bigwigs of the Japanese military and political circles, including Emperor Hirohito, all gasped in unison, the Kwantung Army has occupied the Far East for more than two years, and these people know everything about the qiē there, and they all know what it will mean once Birobidzhan and Khabarovsk are lost?

It means that more than 1.8 million Kwantung Army troops will be cut off by the Soviet army, closed by the Soviets, and forced to fight to the death with more than 4.5 million Soviet troops on the front line of the Outer Khing'an Mountains.

Once more than 1.8 million samurai of the Great Japanese Empire were crushed in the Far East, and then, Manchuria, which had been in operation for almost a generation, would not be guaranteed, and do not expect Stalin to stop after recovering the Far East, that Georgian, whose greed for territory is no worse than that of His Majesty the Emperor, and even more so, such an opportunity, the Soviets will never miss it!

Mi Neiguang was in a hurry, and he couldn't care about the few cannons he had just put on himself, and almost put himself in an accident, tears flowed, and said bitterly: "Your Majesty, the Kwantung Army is facing such a dangerous situation, it's time for Your Majesty to make a decision, as long as you maintain the strength of the Kwantung Army, the minister made an oath that in the future, he will personally lead the samurai of the empire, and get back the lost qiē, Your Majesty, you don't hesitate anymore!" 陛xià——! ”

Emperor Hirohito's face changed from iron blue to bruised, and then to sallow, and he suddenly roared angrily: "Who can tell me, why don't the Soviets attack that damned devil with all their might, but attack the Kwantung Army?" Who can sue me! ”

The minister couldn't answer this question, even the scheming Prince Zairen was silent, the current Far Eastern battlefield, the Soviet army has completely grasped the initiative on the battlefield, with absolute superiority in troops, how to fight, want to fight there, the Soviets say!

After roaring, venting his inner unwillingness and evil fire, Emperor Hirohito was like a deflated ball, slumped on the dragon chair, and said weakly: "Zairen and Minai Aiqing, you two are in charge of the specific matters of the Kwantung Army's withdrawal to Manchuria, and I am exhausted. ”

After speaking, Emperor Hirohito, supported by two attendants, left slowly, and did not look at the ministers again from beginning to end.

Looking at the lonely and thin back of His Majesty the Emperor, the hearts of the ministers, unspeakably uncomfortable, this is the biggest setback since the Great Japanese Empire went on expeditions everywhere and sent troops overseas, even if His Majesty the Emperor had to bow to reality, whether the Kwantung Army could retreat to Manchuria under the siege of more than 4.5 million Soviet troops is still unknown?

In the office of Stalin, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR Stalin, Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Army, Marshal Petroshilov, Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Army, Moscow, Moscow, Kremlin, is reporting to Stalin on the war in the East.

"Comrade Stalin, our Far Eastern Front, the Trans-Khingan Ridge Front, and the Baikal Front have already encircled the Japanese Kwantung Army on the line of the Trans-Khingan Mountains, and in addition, the commander of the Baikal Front, General Gregariv, with more than half of the troops at the command post, is attacking Birobidzhan and Khabarovsk, and it will be conquered in no more than two days, and the Kwantung Army's retreat to Manchuria will be cut off by us."

Stalin's face was calm, and this was all in his own expectations, and he dispatched more than 4.5 million troops to deal with the Japanese Kwantung Army, which was no more than 1.8 million troops, and the strength was more than double that of the Japanese, so there was no suspense in the war.

"Comrade Petroshilov, how is the resistance of the Japanese?" Stalin spat out a puff of smoke and asked calmly.

Marshal Petroshilov replied: "Comrade Stalin, the resistance of the Japanese is quite stubborn, the battle is extremely fierce, and we have paid more casualties than the Japanese, but so far the progress has been very smooth, and the campaign plan has been preliminarily completed!" ”

Stalin said casually and with some contempt: "No matter how stubborn the Japanese resist, they will not be able to escape the annihilation of the whole army, and I order Comrade Zhukov, Comrade Kirganin, and Comrade Gregariv to gather and annihilate the Japanese Kwantung Army on the front line of the Outer Khingan Mountains, and clear the way for us to march into Manchuria!" By the first half of April, the Japanese Kwantung Army, which had occupied our Far East for two years, would no longer exist! This is exciting news! ”

Marshal Petroshilov immediately understood that Comrade Stalin gave a timetable for the annihilation of the Japanese Kwantung Army no later than April 20, which was the deadline given by the leader, and there were still more than twenty days, which was enough.

Suddenly, Stalin frowned slightly and asked: "Comrade Petroshilov, what's going on over there Vasilevsky?" The attack on the Japanese was carried out very smoothly, why did the Outer Mongolian Front attack on the Chinese Tang Qiuli troops not proceed for a long time, why? ”

Stalin's tone was accompanied by a great deal of dissatisfaction, apparently dissatisfied with Vasilevsky's lack of action with more than a million heavy troops, and perhaps a little disappointed.

In fact, after the other three armies of the Soviet Army launched a thunderous attack on the Japanese Kwantung Army, Marshal Petroshilov was also puzzled by General Vasilevsky's delay in moving and went to the telegram to inquire about this.

General Vasilevsky's answer was somewhat inexplicable, "General Staff, our Outer Mongolian Front has not completed the campaign deployment so far, in addition, Tang Qiuli is still in reconnaissance of the specific location of the main force, I suspect that the independent division troops on the front line of Seyinshanda are still Tang Qiuli's suspicious soldiers, and according to my experience in fighting with that cunning Chinese, he will not blatantly expose the main forces to our sight." ”

"Therefore, without fully preparing and determining the specific position of Tang Qiu's main forces, it is not appropriate to launch an offensive lightly, first, to ensure the total annihilation of the Chinese forces in Outer Mongolia, and second, to avoid unnecessary losses to the troops.

Marshal Petroshilov was a little unimpressed by this telegram, and he felt that Vasilevsky, who had more than 1.5 million troops after the two battles of the Tangnu Mountains and Minusinsk, was frightened by Tang Qiuli and was a little afraid.

However, even if the front-line commander is the chief of the General Staff, it is not easy to interfere in the specific campaign deployment, and besides, if he intervenes, in case the Outer Mongolian Front suffers another big loss like Minusinsk, who is responsible?

Is it Vasilevsky or himself? The methods of that Chinese are really terrifying, and now, Comrade Stalin asked, Marshal Petroshilov, of course, did not dare to hide it.

(To be continued)(To be continued......