Hearing the words of Commander-in-Chief Ito, the Japanese commanders who attended the meeting were taken aback and realized the weight of it, and they didn't even have the heart to exchange glances with each other, so they hurriedly stood up and stood solemnly, one by one.

The reason why Admiral Ito made so many movements was for a purpose, among them, there was no lack of elements of showing off, as the commander-in-chief of the imperial army attacking Australia, it was not an ordinary order from the General Staff, but an imperial seal from His Majesty the Emperor himself, the gold content of which is self-evident, the only regret is that those guys in the navy, because of the relationship of time, did not have time to participate in this military meeting.

Otherwise, it must be very happy to see the generals of the navy who have no one in their eyes, with a deflated and unconvinced and helpless look, in fact, it is also true, if the previous commander-in-chief of the dispatch army is an important position, then the current commander-in-chief of the Australian attack army is inlaid with a beautiful gold edge, and it is impossible to dazzle!

I don't know which army commander took the lead in applauding, in the tent, there was a burst of warm applause, General Ito was very satisfied with the applause of his subordinates, pressed his hands weakly, and said modestly: "This is the great trust of His Majesty the Emperor to our dispatched troops, Ito is also sincerely afraid, I hope that this battle, let the sun flag of the Japanese Empire, fly high on the land of Australia, and I hope that all the monarchs will work together, please sit down, next, please Kawashima Chief of Staff, announce the battle plan approved by His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

Admiral Ito is a little addicted, the official is the emperor of the emperor, the battle plan is the emperor's majesty, open and close his mouth and do not leave the emperor's majesty, although it is somewhat exposed, similar to the nouveau riche, but it is also accurate to these Japanese generals. Convey a message, I, General Ito Yanzaburo, am the supreme commander of the Southwest Pacific Theater and the sole master of the army and air forces!

The Japanese generals also knew in their hearts that the day when Commander-in-Chief Ito was really smoking from his ancestral tomb and making good fortune would be able to enter the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor.

Chief of Staff Kawashima opened the top-secret document bag calmly, took out a few pages, and read it unhurriedly: "The Second Battle Order of the Southwest Pacific Dispatch Army of the Imperial Japanese Empire." With the approval of His Majesty the Emperor and the General Staff, the target of the operation was Australia. ”

"The specific plan is as follows: At 6 o'clock in the evening of 24 August, the troops participating in the battle will board ships at their respective stations and march according to the predetermined plan. The attack on Australia will take place at 4 a.m. on 24 August. The naval fleet will provide artillery support for the landing of troops. ”

"Fight for this. The Attack Australia Corps was specially formed, with General Ito Yanzaburo as commander-in-chief and Major General Kawashima as chief of staff, and the troops participating in the campaign were numbered as follows, stationed in the 21st and 22nd Divisions of the Fifth Army of the Southwest Pacific Dispatch Army on the island of Sumatra. Koizumi Brigade. ”

"The 25th and 26th Divisions of the 6th Army stationed on Kalimantan Island, the Itano Brigade, and the 31st, 32nd and 33rd Divisions of the 8th Army stationed on Java, and the Sasaki Brigade of the 8th Army stationed on Java. The 41st, 42nd, 43rd, and 45th Divisions of the 10th Army stationed on Sulawesi. ”

"This time, our Imperial Japanese Southwest Pacific Dispatch Army attacked the Australian Legion, and there are a total of 11 divisions and four brigades, with a total strength of 260,000 troops, including three heavy artillery brigades, eight field artillery wings, two tank wings, the Araki Air Force under the dispatch army, and the Navy's Third and Fourth Fleets.

After the chief of staff of Kawashima read out the battle plan, he sat down calmly, and the commanders of the Japanese army below were boiling in their hearts, they were all old fritters who had been mixed in the Imperial Army for many years, how could they not hear the content contained in this battle plan approved by His Majesty the Emperor.

To put it simply, this extraordinary battle can be described as the most dazzling and brilliant stroke in the history of the Great Japanese Empire, the last battle in which the empire controlled the entire Pacific Ocean, and the attack was on the British and Australian troops with a strength of only more than 60,000 people.

But I can hear that the deployment in this battle plan is to draw troops from each army separately to form a new corps, and the commander-in-chief and chief of staff have been positioned, and it seems that there is nothing to do with us, could it be that the two of them, Commander-in-Chief Ito and Major General Kawashima, will take this great credit alone, right?

The Japanese generals muttered in their hearts, the expressions on their faces were not so natural, it was not that we were greedy for merit, such a huge victory at our fingertips, those who saw it had a share, so we could give a piece of the pie, and even if you Commander-in-Chief Ito were sympathetic to his subordinates, however, General Ito had not yet spoken, nor did he talk about the personnel arrangements after the formation of the Australian Attack Corps.

The expressions of the generals are not bad at all, and they are all under the eyes of General Ito, and General Ito, who has become a fine general, how can he not know the careful thinking of his generals, and said calmly: "After the formation of the Austrian Attack Corps, the monarchs must command the remaining troops and garrison them in the current occupied area, and they must not slack off!" ”

"Boom", the grievances in the hearts of the Japanese generals instantly fermented, "Yes, it's confirmed now, it's really nothing wrong with us," dissatisfaction, loss and other complicated feelings spread in their hearts, and in the conference tent, there was a sudden wave, looking at General Ito's eyes, somewhat unkind, but none of them dared to come forward.

Admiral Ito was completely enraged by the eyes of these subordinates, "A bunch of guys with muscles in their heads, really fucking think that Lao Tzu wants to take the credit alone?" He slammed the table, stood up and shouted, "Stupid, short-sighted! Do you think that it doesn't matter if you stay in the occupied area, you have to command operations on the front line to show that you are a qualified general of the Imperial Army? Well! ”

"Remind you, don't forget jì, beside us, there is still a vicious wolf, staring at us, he is the devil Tang Qiuli, I also want to remind you that Tang Qiuli's independent division has more than 700,000 troops in the Indochina Peninsula, and it will pounce at any time, which is also the reason why I will send most of the troops to stay in the current occupied area, all the monarchs want to make meritorious contributions, so who will defend the results that our army has achieved?"

After a while, he yelled and scolded, looking at the angry face of Commander-in-Chief Ito, how many Japanese generals have come back to their senses, too, they are all going to fight the British, who will defend the territory that has been occupied, and the troops of the devil Tang Qiuli are only separated by the Strait of Malacca, and the commander-in-chief Ito can't be allowed to stay, one of our brothers, commanding the attack on Australia, right?

In this way, those who did not become the commander of the Australian Legion will feel more uncomfortable, and it is only when Commander-in-Chief Ito sits in this position that he can balance the interests of all parties.

When Admiral Ito saw that he was powerful, his subordinates immediately realized their mistake and began to introspect themselves, feeling a little better, and at the same time, they were quite proud.

General Ito was just about to continue, when an inopportune voice sounded, and the commander of the 14th Army, Lieutenant General Yoshihiko Haruta, stood up suddenly, blushed, and said excitedly: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, why did you not mobilize the troops of our 14th Army, is it because my troops are weak in combat?" Haruta implored His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief to allow the Fourteenth Army to fight in Australia, and for this reason, Haruta himself did not hesitate to serve as the commander of the division, as the vanguard of the corps, the first to command the Imperial soldiers, and rushed to the land of Australia! ”

Several Japanese commanders looked at each other, and there was some schadenfreude, this guy Haruta jumped out at an inopportune time, isn't it equivalent to a resounding slap in the face of Commander-in-Chief Ito, who is angry, okay, this guy has been very favored recently, and he has brought on himself to suffer hardships!

Unexpectedly, General Ito didn't mean to be angry at all, but looked at Lieutenant General Yoshihiko Haruta with a smile, and said: "Haruta-kun, please sit down, don't be impatient, your active pursuit of war, brave imperial military spirit, this commander admires it very much, but you and your troops cannot participate in the Australian campaign!" ”

Waving his hand to stop Yoshihiko Haruta's words, General Ito said to Chief of Staff Kawashima: "Chief of Staff Kawashima, announce the order!" ”

Chief of Staff Kawashima stood up and said, "The commander-in-chief of the Southwest Pacific Dispatch Force of the Japanese Empire, Senior General Ito, has ordered that the commander of the 14th Army, Lieutenant General Yoshihiko Haruta, be appointed as the commander of the Luzon Combat Corps of the Dispatch Army, and will command all the Imperial Army troops on Luzon Island in a unified manner, and specialize in the campaign against MacArthur's headquarters of the US Army!" ”

Seeing that Yoshihiko Haruta was a little stunned, General Ito said kindly: "Haruta-kun, the burden on your shoulders is not light, the original American and Philippine troops on Luzon, plus the 100,000 British and Australian troops that have been reinforced one after another, the total strength of the enemy army on the island will increase to nearly 400,000, far exceeding the strength of the imperial army on the island, if you want to win this battle, it is not easy, but the battlefield of Luzon Island can only be handed over to Chuntian-kun, I will rest assured!" ”

Hey, Yoshihiko Haruta was so moved that he almost took out his heart on the spot, in the Southwest Pacific Theater, there were two battles, one was Luzon, the other was Australia, and they were two independent operational directions, so many army commanders were present, and the burden was handed over to him, in contrast, the difficulty of the Luzon battlefield was far greater than that of the Australian battlefield, and if he won a big victory, he would not be able to become famous in the world!

Commander-in-Chief Ito trusts himself so much that he can't repay it! Although Yoshihiko Haruta has a rude and irritable personality, it does not mean that he is a fool, and he knows very well in his heart that Admiral Ito has handed over a glory that is no less than a victory on the battlefield in Australia to himself!

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