The commander of the Japanese Manchuria Dispatch Army, Marshal Oyama Iwa, was rescued, and Prince Zaihito, the commander of the 1st Division of the Japanese Army, rushed to hear the news. Although, the main force of the 1st Division has already gone to Gaizhou and the 1st Infantry Division of the Jilin Army to fight a bloody battle. However, he, the commander of the division, stayed. The battle on the front line was commanded by Major General Ichihebei, the commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade.

As a member of the Japanese imperial family, Prince Zaihito has a high status. This time, many divisions and regiments of the Japanese Army have been encircled and annihilated on the front line, and no one dares to guarantee that the first division will not follow in the footsteps of those divisions and regiments. If Prince Zaihito were killed or captured in the war, it would be an even bigger blow to Japan. Therefore, after the start of the war, Prince Zaihito was left behind in Lushun, and the battles at the front were commanded separately. Such an arrangement once made Prince Jaehito very dissatisfied. However, he can also understand the current situation in Japan.

Standing in front of Marshal Dashanyan's hospital bed, Prince Jaehito's face was extremely ugly. The 4th Division suffered heavy losses, and the 9th Division was heavily encircled. This means that the two divisions on the northern route are useless, which will also affect the entire battlefield.

"Yaga, that guy from Hikaru Inoue, I didn't expect him to be such a cowardly person, why didn't he go to seppuku!" Prince Jaehito scolded. There is no doubt that he also blamed the defeat of the 4th Division for the defeat of the battle. As the division commander of the Fourth Division, Lieutenant General Hikaru Inoue naturally has an unshirkable responsibility.

Marshal Oyama Iwa shook his head, in his opinion, this is not the responsibility of Lieutenant General Hikaru Inoue alone, as the commander, he also has a lot of responsibilities: "The combat effectiveness of the Fourth Division is too poor, if I had known about it, I would have let them exchange with other divisions." In this case, there will be no such situation. ”

"Your Excellency, Marshal. So what now? Prince Jaehito asked. Now even if it is useless to say more, it will not be able to change the result of the defeat of the Japanese army. What needs to be done now is to find a way to reduce Japan's losses.

"Let the Fifth and Seventh Divisions get as close to the coast as possible and put them under the protection of naval guns. The First Division should also be vigilant, so that it does not have to be surrounded by the people of China who find an opportunity. The 1st Division was the key to holding the Kwantung Prefecture. Marshal Oyama Iwa said.

Prince Zairen nodded, he knew what Dashanyan meant, and the troops that could still be saved now, except for the Fifth Division, the Seventh Division, the First Division, and the Fourth Division that withdrew to Yingkou, the rest of the troops could only be left to fend for themselves. Under the protection of the navy's naval guns, the Jilin Army would not attack these divisions. However, several more divisions were surrounded. It is estimated that there is more luck and less luck.

"Send a telegram to the country and let them find a way to end this war as soon as possible. The encircled troops are all the elite of the Imperial Japanese Army, and they can save a little more, it's a little more! Marshal Oyama Yan admonished.

Prince Zaihito nodded again and again, in this war, the casualties of the Japanese army were too great, and it was necessary to recover the losses as much as possible.

After Marshal Oyama Iwa explained this. Once again, he fell into a deep sleep. He was already in poor health, and he was getting older. This time it was even more furious. The body collapsed all at once.

When the telegram from the Manchuria Dispatch Army was sent back to the War Department, it was as if an earthquake had struck the entire War Department with a magnitude of eight magnitude, and everyone was stunned. Almost no one believed that this would be true, and even the invincible Marshal Daiyama Iwa failed, and he was vomited blood in anger and fell unconscious. Such a result is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the senior officers of the Japanese Army!

Before. They swore that with Marshal Oyama Iwa under command and five new divisions joining the battlefield, they would definitely be able to defeat the Jilin Army and restore the reputation of the Great Japanese Empire. But now. In exchange, it was also a fiasco.

In the office of the Minister of War Masashi Terauchi, the atmosphere was solemn. Masaki Terauchi, Oku Bogong and Nishikanjiro were silent. Occasionally, a hint of panic can be seen in their eyes. Obviously, they don't know what to do with the tricky stuff now.

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to Marshal Oyamayan's opinion, we cannot win this battle. So, do you have any good suggestions? Terau Masayi rubbed his somewhat aching forehead and asked.

"It's not that we can't win, it's that there are too many limitations. We still have fifteen standing divisions, and if they are mobilized and sent to the northeast, how can those people be our opponents. General Nishikuan Jiro said through gritted teeth.

"Xikuanjun, it's useless to say this. We simply don't have the money to mobilize our troops, let alone the money to keep the war going. Chief of Staff General Obao Gong said. He also looked a little depressed. He, the chief of staff, will definitely be responsible for the defeat this time. The best result is to step down as chief of staff and go to a clear water department for retirement. If you don't do it well, you will be transferred directly to the reserves.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, please go to the Prime Minister's Office." A junior officer admonished.

"Well, let's get the carriage ready." Masaki Terauchi nodded. He knew that he couldn't hide from it, and he had to go to see Katsura Taro sooner or later.

Subsequently, Terauchi Masatsuki, Okuho Gong and Nishikanjiro took a carriage to the Prime Minister's Office. At this moment, in the Prime Minister's Office, all the cabinet members have been gathered. Not only the other four ministers, but even those less important cabinet members also appeared in the conference room. There is no doubt that the defeat in this war has been known to everyone.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister." Masaki Terauchi saluted Katsura Taro and sat down in his place. Oku Baogong and Nishikuan Jiro attended the meeting as observers and had special positions.

Katsura Taro nodded expressionlessly, and after looking at the people in the conference room, he coughed lightly: "Gentlemen, the war in China has reached a very critical moment, and this is related to the prosperity of the Great Japanese Empire. I would like to ask you to put forward your own opinions, so that the Empire of Japan can smoothly tide over this difficulty. ”

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, colleagues, His Majesty the Emperor attaches great importance to the war. His Majesty was very puzzled as to why the Imperial Japanese Army, which was known as invincible in the world, could not even defeat a single local warlord. Could it be that only a year after the end of the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese Army has degenerated to such a point? Interior Minister Keigo Kiyoura, who came to the meeting on the orders of the emperor, said.

The faces of Katsura Taro and War Minister Masaki Terauchi and others suddenly became gloomy. The defeat of the army in this battle undoubtedly caused the status of the Japanese army to decline sharply.

"Qingpu-kun, the Jilin Army we encountered this time is very different from the previous enemies. Although the quality of their individual soldiers is inferior to ours, with the support of the Americans, their firepower is very strong. It was armed with much more light artillery and heavy machine guns than the Imperial Army. Therefore, the Imperial Army will lose. What's more, the Imperial Army has been constrained too much, and if we could do our best, I am afraid that we would have defeated the Shina people long ago. Terauchi Masashi argued.

After all, the Japanese Army was unable to mobilize more troops to fight because of the constraints of war funding. Every time the troops were put into the battlefield, there were one or two divisions, which undoubtedly gave the Jilin Army the opportunity to concentrate the main force to destroy them, which led to this fiasco.

"Hmph, if you lose, you lose, what excuse do you make." Haixiang Yamamoto said disdainfully.

Masaki Yamachi's old face suddenly turned red, and when he looked at Yamamoto Gonbei's gaze, he was even more angry. If the eyes could kill, it is estimated that Yamamoto Gonbei would have been broken into thousands of pieces by him.

"Well, it's useless to make excuses now. What's next? Katsura Taro frowned.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, if we can mobilize ten more divisions, or eight divisions to fight, we will definitely be able to defeat the Chinese people." Chief of Staff General O'Baogong said.

"General Obaogong, I remember saying a long time ago that the Ministry of Finance has run out of money. We will be able to hold out until the end of the month at most. Now ten or eight divisions will be mobilized to participate in the war, where will the money come from? I can't do anything about it anyway. The Tibetan Prime Minister Tsang, Aratsuke, shook his head.

These guys in the army don't know the price of firewood and rice, they only know how to mobilize troops and go into battle, and they don't know how much money it costs. The Japanese government's finances have long been empty. The national debt could not be sold, and the great powers were unwilling to lend to them. It can be said that the current Japanese government has reached the point of exhaustion.

"The warriors of the Imperial Army are fighting to the death on the front line, don't you even have enough supplies and weapons and equipment for them?" General Nishikuan Jiro said angrily. In his opinion, the reason why the Japanese Army has fallen to this point is entirely because of the constraints of these guys.

"Xi Kuanjun, we have given the greatest support to the army. It was you who failed the Cabinet's hopes and lost the war. "Tsang Arasuke did not back down.

"Shut up!"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Katsura Taro scolded. The main purpose of this cabinet meeting is to find a way to solve the current problems, not to let them shirk their responsibilities. Besides, even if they have to take responsibility, it is he, the prime minister, who bears it, and they don't need to be responsible.

"You are all the elite of the Great Japanese Empire, what kind of system is it that you are clamoring for. Now, let's figure out how to solve the problem! Katsura Taro said.

The other cabinet ministers were silent for a moment.

"Your Excellency, it's time to end the war." Foreign Minister Komura Shoutaro said solemnly. (To be continued......)

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