Iwasaki said excitedly: "His Majesty the Emperor really has a good plan to break the enemy!" General Nogi, hurry up and sue me. ”

Nogi Noshinori said with a smile: "His Majesty the Emperor still means to combine with the people and drag Lin Yuan's troops to death. ”

Iwasaki's expression darkened, and he thought to himself: "It's this sentence again, there's no new way." But he didn't dare to show his dissatisfaction, so he smiled: "I see." ”

As soon as Iwasaki finished speaking, he was silent, and Nogi Noshinori sensed his disappointment, so he smiled and said, "Iwasaki-kun, His Majesty the Emperor already knows your strategy of 'key fortification', and His Majesty the Emperor appreciates this strategy very much. ”

As soon as Iwasaki heard that the emperor admired him very much, his face showed a burst of joy, and he said with a smile: "Now that Lin Yuan's troops have captured Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island, they have a lot of attack locations to choose from, if our troops are like Sami guarding the coastline, it is inevitable that they will be defeated by each of them. ”

Nogi Noshinori smiled and said, "How is the relationship between Lin Yuan's troops and the people on Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island recently?" ”

Iwasaki Haruichi said: "It's okay, Lin Yuan's troops have brought in a large amount of grain, and the assets of several major chaebols have been confiscated, and the market has been stabilized, and Lin Yuan has also sent people to carry out large-scale construction, absorbing many people into the factory." ”

Nogi Xidian frowned and said, "Then didn't our people fight to the death against Lin Yuan's troops?" ”

Iwasaki Hadaichi smiled bitterly and said: "There must be a struggle, but for most ordinary people, supporting their families is the first thing, how many people can disregard their parents, wives and children, and give up their lives to fight against Lin Yuan's troops?" What's more, the people's lives are better now than before. ”

Nogi Noshinori frowned, and said angrily: "What do you mean to be better than before, Iwasaki-kun, have you also been bewitched by Lin Yuan's troops?" ”

Iwasaki Hadaichi smiled helplessly: "General Nogi, we don't need to talk about this for officers of our level, right?" My front-line scouts are on the island of Kyushu, and they come back every day in disguise as fishermen and tell me about the situation in Kyushu and other places, and now in the markets of Kyushu and Shikoku, rice, sugar, and oil are completely open-ended, and as long as there is money, they can buy it, where does the money come from? Lin Yuan's troops have provided a lot of jobs! ”

"And in the store, there are a lot of small things from China, such as all kinds of snacks, all kinds of daily necessities, as long as you have money, you can buy them, the people live such a life, how can they go to fight with Lin Yuan's troops again?"

Nogi Noshinori sighed and said, "What about the people who dare to resist? What is their resistance? Did you cause casualties to Lin Yuan's troops? ”

Iwasaki Haruichi said: "This really brought a lot of trouble to Lin Yuan's troops, these people who resisted were hidden among the civilians, often looking for opportunities to sneak attack Lin Yuan's troops, and it was impossible for Lin Yuan's troops to hide in the barracks every day and not come out, so this caused a lot of casualties to Lin Yuan's troops." ”

Nogi Noshinori nodded approvingly and said, "These people are the real people of the Great Japanese Empire!" You must do everything you can to help them! ”

Iwasaki Hayao smiled and said, "The spiritual strength of their resistance comes from His Majesty the Emperor, as long as His Majesty does not surrender and insists on fighting, they will harass Lin Yuan's troops in the rear and drag them to death." ”

Nogi Xidian said: "That's good, we have to drag Lin Yuan's troops, only by beating Lin Yuan's troops hard, can we have bargaining chips for peace talks." ”

Hadaichi Iwasaki asked, "Peace talks?" General Nogi, are we going to make peace with Lin Yuan? ”

Nogi Noshinori said: "We have this intention, but Lin Yuan may not be willing to negotiate peace, Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi has already gone to meet with the French ambassador, if possible, the two sides will hold a meeting under the mediation of France, but there is little hope, Lin Yuan is too tough, he did not compromise when he was under the rule of the Qing court, how can he compromise now?" ”

Hadaichi Iwasaki then asked, "What about the aid from countries around the world?" What about the United Nations? What about the International Anti-China Alliance? Where are they all? ”

Nogi Noshinori shook his head and sighed: "Forget about them, there has never been a savior, and now the Great Japanese Empire can only rely on itself!" As soon as these words came out, both of them were gloomy for a while, and after a while, Nogi Noshinori said: "Iwasaki-kun, let's go to the front line to inspect." ”

As soon as Iwasaki Hayao agreed, everyone immediately left the command post and drove to the front line, Iwasaki Hayao pointed to the barracks and said: "General Nogi, our troops are guarding important intersections and commanding heights, if Lin Yuan's troops land, we will use the fastest speed to concentrate superior forces to annihilate their landing troops." ”

Nogi Noshinori thought for a while and said, "Then if Lin Yuan's troops adopt the tactic of 'dividing troops into multiple routes', how will you deal with it?" Will it also disperse the forces? ”

Iwasaki Hadaichi laughed and said: "The general is too worried, Lin Yuan's troops are now building the Guanmen Strait Bridge, I think they must pass from the bridge, they will not divide their troops into multiple roads, and dividing troops into multiple roads will also bring difficulties to logistics supply, so Lin Yuan's troops must concentrate their forces." ”

Nogi Xidian didn't speak, and thought in his heart: "Lin Yuan just likes to be treacherous!" This battle may be a multi-way division of troops! However, Nogi Noshinori didn't say much, because he knew: Even if he said it, it was useless, Lin Yuan's troops really divided their troops into multiple ways, how could the 17th Division defend it? There's no way to prevent it! So it's better to pray to Amaterasu and don't let Lin Yuan think of the attack strategy of dividing his troops into multiple ways.

At the end of the day, Nogi Noshinori finished inspecting all the key locations and said to Iwasaki Hadai: "I'm going to Kyoto and Sendai to inspect, both of which are the locations of the emperor's command post, and I'm worried that Lin Yuan's troops will concentrate their forces to attack these two places." ”

Iwasaki Hayao said goodbye to Nogi Noshinori, and when they parted, he repeatedly instructed Nogi Noshinori: "Please be sure to tell the Emperor that you must not surrender, as long as Your Majesty does not surrender, the people will not lose the will to resist!" ”

Nogi Noshinori agreed, got into a car and left Yamaguchi Prefecture, and at two o'clock in the morning on August 8, the 33rd Amphibious Division suddenly launched an attack on the islands south of Hiroshima, capturing Yashiro and Nakajima within an hour of the attack, and then launched an attack on Etajima, the largest island in the south of Hiroshima.

Etajima was very famous in the Hayashi Yuan era, not because there was anything special about this island, but because there was a famous school on the island - Etajima Naval Academy.

The school was the cradle of Japanese naval officers, along with the Army's Army University, and almost all of Japan's senior naval officers graduated from it during World War II during the Hayashi Yuan era.