Lieutenant General Kikuchi is ruthless today, he wants to slap Lieutenant General Haruhiko in the face in front of hundreds of senior officers, and moreover, there is still a move, within the Far East Dispatch Army, the First Army is the absolute number one trump card unit, and the limelight has been robbed by a barely third-rate unit, where can he put his face?

But this is not the fundamental reason for Lieutenant General Kikuchi and Lieutenant General Haruhiko's attack, the face problem is only a superficial phenomenon, in the heart of Lieutenant General Kikuchi, it is definitely not as magnanimous as he put on the surface, but involves the struggle for power and the future career in the Imperial Army.

Lieutenant General Kikuchi's friend in the base camp, through guò secret means, revealed to him an extremely confidential news, the base camp has a motion, the commander of the Far East Dispatch Army, General Ono Nouro, may be transferred to another appointment after the end of the Far East campaign, and the friend also said that the base camp military command department intends to choose the successor of the commander among the outstanding army commanders, so that the commander's throne will be empty, and he is the best candidate to compete for the commander's throne.

Within the Far Eastern Dispatch Army, Kikuchi himself felt that he had no competitors, and the commanders of the other armies were either not senior, or their prestige was insufficient, and they lacked practical experience in commanding large corps operations.

Therefore, Lieutenant General Kikuchi thought that he could become the commander of the Far East Dispatch Army nine times out of ten, and at the worst of all, he could also make a mess as the chief of staff of the Dispatch Army Headquarters, so Lieutenant General Kikuchi was full of confidence and was ready to shine in the campaign against the Soviet 15th Army. When he made enough money, he jumped out of thin air to make a lieutenant general Haruhiko, and in a way that embarrassed himself, he won an unprecedented victory in attacking the Soviet 15th Army.

If it weren't for the fact that this guy Haruhiko didn't follow the original plan, acted privately, and robbed himself of the honor and merit that should have belonged to him and the First Army, the halo of the first battle would have been worn on his head. Especially when I heard that Commander-in-Chief Jaehito had been praised by the Third Army and Haruhiko, this made Lieutenant General Kikuchi even more angry.

If it is himself who has been praised by the commander-in-chief of Jaein. Well, on the question of the choice of the commander of the Far Eastern Dispatch Army. It's going to add a lot of extra points. Prince Zaihito has a very heavy right to speak in the base camp and even in the emperor's majesty, and even the right to decide, to be able to walk into the sight of such a military bigwig, it is not far from the day when he will soar in the imperial military circle!

You said. Isn't this guy Chunyan ruining his own good deeds, jealousy and hatred plus face problems, and he was inexplicably lieutenant general of the North Korean garrison, which aroused the fire in his heart. Lieutenant General Kikuchi is also out of the way, anyway, he tore his face, and if he doesn't make you Haruhiko stink in public, this matter won't be over today!

Lieutenant General Kikuchi was still unsatisfied, and in a more mean and vicious language, he continued: "Lieutenant General Haruhiko, as an imperial soldier, you should have the least discipline, don't take a victory that sacrifices the interests of friendly troops and relies on luck as a capital to show off, war, the test is strength, it is the commander's battlefield experience, a fluke does not mean that you will always be lucky!" ”

"Moreover, the establishment of the 15th Group Army of the Soviet Army is still there, the grass has not been eradicated, and the method of sudden ambush has not been satisfactory, and the combat effectiveness of the Third Army can be seen, and your command ability of Lieutenant General Haruhiko, but Erer, too, I heard that Your Excellency Lieutenant General Haruhiko, before you became the commander of the Third Army, you did not even smell the smell of gunpowder on the battlefield, and it is not surprising that you have this appearance!"

A group of high-ranking officers of the Japanese army who were watching the excitement around couldn't help but smack their tongues, "Huh! I've heard of poisonous tongue, but I didn't expect that this lieutenant general with a rough appearance and a name called Mio Kikuchi would actually bring the function of poisonous tongue to such a realm, which is really eye-opening! ”

The generals of the Kwantung Army and the North Korean garrison army have nothing to do with themselves, it is a dog-eat-dog within the Far East Dispatch Army, what does it have to do with themselves, just watch the excitement, but the generals of the Far East Dispatch Army can't hold it on their faces, isn't it a shame, within the Dispatch Army, no matter how much they quarrel, it is not a big deal, and it is also a family ugliness to tear your face behind closed doors, but you can't let others see the family ugly on the occasion when the generals of other troops are there?

Two lieutenant generals who are not low in rank and are not young, or a livestock grazing in a trough, how can they be like fighting chickens in front of the officers of other troops, and they are all thrown home, what do you think, they were kicked in the head by a donkey?

An older lieutenant general commander of the Far East Dispatch Army, separated everyone and came over, ready to suppress these two disgraced guys, but before he could get to the front, the fire in Lieutenant General Haruhiko's heart rushed straight to his head, and his fair and thin face turned blue and purple, "Smack!" Slamming the table, Huo Ran got up, his voice was sharp and bright, and he said loudly: "Kikuchi, don't deceive people too much, the Third Army has achieved such a record, not the work of my Haruhiko alone, but the result of the protection of His Majesty the Emperor and the use of the lives of the soldiers, you can question my command ability, but you can't slander all the officers and men of the Third Army who fought bloody battles and shed blood for the Japanese Empire!" ”

Lieutenant General Haruhiko also let it go, since Kikuchi, a bastard, deliberately slapped himself in public, then don't blame me for not saving face for you, "The achievements of the Third Army are obvious to all, Your Excellency General Ono, the commander of the dispatch army, is also in the whole army, and the general order is to reward this matter, you Kikuchi dare to question His Excellency Ono's decision?" Dare to reverse black and white and say that the victory achieved by the Third Army at the cost of it was a fluke? ”

Of course, there is a more convincing fact, that is, Prince Zaihito's personal praise for the Third Army, however, this is just a circulation, it is an internal information, and it has not been seen in the official document.

Lieutenant General Kikuchi was about to refute, but Lieutenant General Haruhiko didn't give him a chance and preemptively said, "Luck? - Hmph, that is, you Kikuchi dare to think like this, the battlefield situation at that time has reached the moment when the Third Army must strike, is it possible that the Soviet army has already reached the front of the position, and there is still waiting for your Lieutenant General Kikuchi's First Army to arrive? In more than five hours, more than 100,000 soldiers of the Third Army waited for nothing? ”

"And your troops in Judi are still hundreds of miles away, but you sent a telegram ordering the Third Army not to move rashly, let me ask, who is deliberately obstructing, the Third Army's actions that are enough to change the battlefield situation, and who is out of selfishness, your own troops, hundreds of miles away, but not allowing the Third Army, which is close at hand, to take the initiative to attack in the face of a favorable battlefield situation?"

"Lieutenant General Kikuchi, if I'm not mistaken, the First Army and the Third Army set off less than two hours apart, and the Third Army has already arrived at the intended deployment location, but your First Army, why is it more than five hours behind, who is delaying the fighters? Could it be that the First Army, which claims to be the ace of the Far Eastern Dispatch Army, has less than 80 percent of its soldiers, and is the Third Army, which is all new recruits? ”

"Even the speed of the march is behind the third-rate troops in your mouth, the combat effectiveness of the First Army, but Er'er, Lieutenant General Kikuchi's command ability, even more dare not compliment, such a troop is suzhì, and even dare to boast, it is really arrogant and ridiculous to completely annihilate the Soviet Fifteenth Army in World War I, Lieutenant General Kikuchi, speak after understanding the facts, lest you bring humiliation and ridicule to yourself, and become a laughing stock in the imperial military circles!"

Ho! The senior generals of the Japanese army who participated in the meeting can be regarded as eye-opening, and they are also a poisonous tongue, the Far East Dispatch Army is really full of talents, and there are two strange flowers at the same time, and they are of course the position of lieutenant general commander, but, look at which lieutenant general is called Kikuchi, who is at fault, and is speechless when he is refuted, you look at his face, he is as angry as the bottom of a black pot, hundreds of senior Japanese officers, biting their ears and watching the excitement there!

The attention was attracted by the verbal battle between the two lieutenant generals, and no one noticed that Prince Jaehito and Senior General Minamijiro, commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, Senior General Norigoro Ono, commander of the Far East Dispatch Army, General Shinichi Tanaka, commander of the Korean garrison army, Lieutenant General Ryuaki Shinno, chief of staff of the General Headquarters of the Far East Campaign, and Major General Yamada, head of the General Staff Headquarters, had already arrived at the door of the meeting.

The time for the meeting has arrived, a few people who were very happy to talk, with a smile on their faces, surrounded Prince Zairen, walked to the conference room, just arrived at the door, they heard the sound of quarrels from inside, Prince Zairen's face sank, stopped the salute of the guards at the door, and quietly walked to the door, wanting to see what was going on, "It's really getting more and more unruly!" He thought angrily.

The commanders of the other three battle groups were also curious, who had such the audacity to dare to scold the street like a shrew in the conference room of the military conference presided over by His Royal Highness the Prince, and he was bold enough to not want to live?

The three generals crowded behind Prince Zaihito, and when they looked inside, General Minamijiro and General Tanaka Shinichi did not react, and the two red-faced and thick-necked lieutenant generals surrounded by a circle of senior officers were not their subordinates, and they didn't know each other, but the commander of the Far East Dispatch Army, General Ono Norigoro, had a big change in face, and in the conference room, the two lieutenant generals with red eyes like fighting cocks were his subordinates.

Admiral Ono's head "Buzz! With a bang, it rose by three big, and he was dumbfounded at that time, and secretly complained in his heart, "Two disgraced guys, quarreling regardless of the occasion, are still in the conference room of the Far Eastern Campaign General Headquarters, and His Royal Highness the Prince is watching from the side!" And so many generals of other troops! In case these two guys come out of their mouths with any inappropriate words, His Royal Highness the Prince will be jealous and hateful, and it is himself who is uncomfortable! ”

For a while, General Ono couldn't wait to rush over immediately, and give two embarrassed guys, one person and a few big mouths, it was best to shut up quickly!

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