"Division...... Your Excellency, Commander, would you like to take the initiative to resign? Lieutenant General Takahashi Tanda looked at General Terauchi in surprise, as if he had no idea that he would make such a choice. www.biquge.info After all, the soldiers of Japan attach great importance to power and status. In order to be in a high position, they will do anything to do it. Once you occupy a high position, even if you die, you have to occupy the position. It's impossible to get them to resign.

But now, General Terauchi Shouichi has taken the initiative to give up the position of commander of the Southern Army, one of the three general armies of the Japanese Army, which is undoubtedly too surprising. After all, this is the second only position to the three commanders of the army! In some ways, he is second only to the Secretary of War, and is on the same level as the Chief of Staff of the Army and the Director of Education, who does not have much real power. If you can make military achievements in this position, it is not impossible to be promoted to marshal.

"What else can I do if I don't quit? The naval task force has failed. They have lost a lot, and someone needs to be held accountable for this. The Thai Front is also more auspicious. Someone needs to be held accountable for this, too. During my tenure as commander of the Southern Army, I lost hundreds of thousands of brave soldiers of the Imperial Army on the battlefields of Burma and Thailand. I have to be responsible for that. General Shouichi Terauchi sighed.

In addition, the reason why he did this was also for his own life. If he doesn't take the initiative to resign, I'm afraid he won't even be able to save his own life. He took the initiative to resign and took responsibility for the failure. It's just to retreat into advance. In this way, you may lose your power, but you can save your own life.

Lieutenant General Takahashi Tan also knew the purpose of General Terauchi Shouichi's actions. However, he still persuaded: "Your Excellency, Commander, maybe the situation will not be so bad. ”

"Okay, Takahashi-kun, no need to persuade anymore, I've already decided." General Shouichi Terauchi shook his head.

Lieutenant General Takahashi Tanda saw that General Terauchi Shouichi had already made up his mind, so he had to say nothing more.

After Lieutenant General Takahashi Tan left, General Shouichi Terauchi sat on the sofa and was silent for a long time. If he could, he certainly didn't want to give up the post of commander of the Southern Army. However, after the rise of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, the Southern Army has been in trouble. By now, hundreds of thousands of people have been lost. If it had been another general, I am afraid that he would have been asked to apologize for this. However, because of his prominent family background, he also had a good relationship with Prime Minister Hideki Tojo. That's why they are exempt from that kind of punishment.

However, there is no one or the other. Under his leadership, the Southern Army was defeated again and again and suffered heavy losses. In such a situation, he naturally can't explain it.

In particular, this time the Navy lost one aircraft carrier and one battleship, another aircraft carrier was heavily damaged, two heavy cruisers, one light cruiser and two destroyers were sunk. Such a loss is undoubtedly very large. On the navy's side, there will definitely be a commotion. When the time comes, Prime Minister Hideki Tojo will also have to give an explanation to the Navy.

The navy suffered such a big loss in order to support the operation of the Southern Army, or to wipe the ass of the Southern Army. Therefore, no one is more suitable to take responsibility than General Terauchi Shouichi, the commander of the Southern Army.

For General Terauchi Shouichi, if he can save his life because of this, and then use his influence and prestige in the army to live a decent life in the upper class society of Japan, it is already a very good ending.

General Terauchi was even worried that if he continued to occupy the position of commander of the Southern Army, he would not abdicate and make way for Xian. Once the Southern Army is defeated again, if it doesn't work out, he will be directly asked to apologize. That kind of outcome is not what he wants to face.

Just as Admiral Terauchi Shouichi thought, after the news of the disastrous defeat of the task force was transmitted back to Japan, it caused an uproar in Japan itself. In particular, within the Japanese navy, everyone was very dissatisfied with the dispatch of the naval fleet to wipe the ass of the army. Not only did this cost them a valuable aircraft carrier, but the other aircraft carrier, although it was only heavily damaged, would have to stay in the shipyard for at least half a year. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Japanese navy, which is already at a disadvantage in the Pacific Ocean.

The three commanders of the Japanese Navy were also in a mess because of this failure.

"I said a long time ago, it was the matter of the army's horse manure, we can't interfere, now it's okay, the 'Zuihe' aircraft carrier has been sunk, and the 'Xianghe' aircraft carrier will have to stay in the shipyard for at least half a year before it can recover its combat effectiveness." The battleship Mutsu' was also sunk. Both the heavy cruisers 'Chokai' and the heavy cruisers 'Maya' were sunk. There were also the light cruisers 'Shentong', the destroyers 'Asahio' and the destroyers 'Arasao', all sunk. Originally, we were in the Pacific Ocean, and we were at a disadvantage. Having lost these ships, what do we do against the aggressive Americans? Admiral Nagano Shusei, the head of the Japanese Navy's military command, roared angrily.

Admiral Shigetaro Shimada, Minister of the Navy, and Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander of the Combined Fleet, had gloomy faces and did not say a word. Although they knew that the general of Nagano Cultivation was playing on the topic. However, they have no way to refute it! Indeed, the fiasco of the task force this time made the officers and men of the navy very angry. Even if they are at the top of the navy, they are under tremendous pressure!

"Alright, Nagano-kun, it's happened. Now, we should figure out how to solve the problem, not who is responsible. General Yamamoto said impatiently.

To be honest, he also regretted it later. The 'Shohe' and 'Zuizuru' aircraft carriers are both well-deserved main forces of the Japanese navy. The two aircraft carriers are now sunk and wounded, and he does not know what to do with the Americans. This will make the war situation in the Pacific even more unfavorable to the Japanese navy. Next, he should consider how to withstand the aggressive offensive of the US Navy.

"Nagano-kun, the loss of so many warships is something we didn't expect either, and it's something that everyone doesn't want to see. Now, now that the crisis has arisen. So, we have to figure out how to solve the current crisis. Senior General Shigetaro Shishimada also said.