ACT370: World-class-stirring sticks
On July 5, 1939, this day was the ninth birthday of the Tang Dynasty Mengzong, although all parts of the empire responded to the empress's call for "diligence and thrift", and did not hold any celebrations, but gave the whole country a day off, so that the people of the Tang Dynasty could also be happy.
But this day should be the happiest person, but at this time he is very unhappy!
In the morning, Meng Zong secretly met with Vice Admiral Jilin, the chief of staff of the Northern Fleet, who had just returned from the Shattered Star Zone, and Rear Admiral Tu Tongyan, the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army. Although the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace didn't know what these big men talked about in the imperial study, but when Her Majesty came out, her face turned very bad, and the other party returned to the palace angrily, and as soon as she entered the house, she ordered the personal maid who was cleaning.
"Go! Bring me the 'bear cheap'. ”
As soon as the palace maid heard Mengzong's order, she knew that the other party was going to be angry with the puppet again. So he immediately went to carry the scarred "Mr. Xiong" to Mengzong, and then respectfully withdrew to close the door, and the sound of the empress kicking and beating the puppet soon sounded in the room.
In Mengzong's plan, the main goal of this "encirclement and suppression operation" in the Shattered Star Region was to force Zhao Ship to submit under military pressure. For this reason, Meng Zong invested three giant god soldiers, including Emperor Yan, in one go, not to annihilate Zhao Jian and them, but to use powerful force to make them fall into difficulty!
Meng Zong believed that in the face of the powerful deterrent power of the three giant god soldiers, Zhao Jian and his subordinates would definitely be obediently captured. When Emperor Yan escorted this bastard back to Chang'an, he would first lock him up in prison for a month or two, causing him strong psychological pressure, and then issue an amnesty when he was most panicked in his heart, and forgive the other party for his previous mistakes with his wide mind.
At that time, Zhao Jian will definitely become the loyal dog of the Empress under the influence of the emperor's grace!
For this reason, Meng Zong even wrote the "amnesty order" in advance, put it in the drawer of the imperial study, and took it out to look at it when he was fine. Then imagine that after reading out this amnesty decree, Zhao Jian knelt at his feet and was grateful, and he would feel very relieved!
It's a pity that the cruel reality finally destroyed Mengzong's illusions, and the three giant god soldiers and the task force fleet that was enough to defeat a medium-sized country not only failed to scare Zhao Jian as Mengzong expected, but let the other party clean up, and finally had to rely on the favor of others to get out.
This feeling of being slapped in the face makes Meng Zong very, very ...... Accurate!
Meng Zong did not blame Jilin, comforted the depressed Emperor Yan again, and then returned to the dormitory. Take all your anger out on poor bear. However, although Datang's military operation ended in failure, it actually gained a lot!
Jilin relied on the "sale" of the heavy cruiser Dalian in exchange for two large containers of "high technology" from the Zhao ship. Among them are not only military and industrial technologies, but also an agricultural miracle - hybrid rice!
Zhao Jian followed the research idea of "Yuan Da Druid" in another time and space, and asked Thor to concoct it according to the law, and soon obtained a "super rice" that can yield more than 500 catties per mu, which is almost three times the yield of ordinary rice at present! With such a high-yield artifact, Datang will soon be able to get out of the current food crisis.
However, in order to confuse the eyes of the outside world, Datang still wants to sell cheaply on the surface. Draw a line with this unknown underworld force and side with the other victims. This is also the reason why the Zhao ship asked to "sink" a battleship of the Northern Fleet!
As for the more than 30,000 officers and men of the Northern Task Force, will there be spies from other countries to pass on the news about Star Fort? It's not really a big deal.
Zhao Jian never thought that he could keep the secrets of the Star Castle like this all the time, and he believed that after other countries learned about the existence of the Star Castle, they would not let everyone know about it, nor would they clash with the Tang State on the surface. Instead, they'll be secretly thinking about how to snatch this thing away from it.
Because in this world, there is everything between countries, but it is unreasonable!
Compared with the Tang Kingdom, which suffered losses and benefited secretly. The other two countries that were also involved in the battle were much more miserable! The main losses of the Japanese were a quarter of the pilots of the Second Air War and their proud "strongest battleship" Kii, while the Italians were even worse, not only did they lose a capital ship, but also a A-class giant soldier!
And the defeat, while bringing heavy losses, also made the two commanders accountable.
The Italian Campioni had already died in battle, and Mussolini was eager to drag him out of hell and scatter his bones, but on the surface he still comforted his orphans. Yamaguchi Tawen, on the other hand, had to bear pressure from all walks of life because he was still alive.
In good conscience, Yamaguchi's command in that battle was commendable, but he made two fatal mistakes, one was to underestimate his opponent and the other was to overestimate his allies. This directly led to his behavior of allowing Kii to reinforce the Italian fleet, which contributed to the other party's voluntary death, and was stigmatized as a "mediocre general" for no reason.
Especially the die-hard battleship faction in the IJN, to whom the Kii was invincible, and the outstanding performance in the Tang-Japanese War had proved her invincibility against the Japanese Empire. So this time the Kii will be defeated, no matter how you think about it, it's Yamaguchi's fault for Tarumu's improper command!
If it weren't for Yamamoto Fifty-six's efforts to protect him afterwards, Yamaguchi would definitely not have a good fruit to eat!
After this incident, the Japanese Army, which also suffered heavy losses, insisted that this must be the work of the damned Yankees, and the two sides had a series of frictions because of the Shattered Star Zone issue, which can be described as a long-standing grudge. For this reason, the fanatical army clamored that Roosevelt should be given a little color, and for this kind of killing behavior, Yamamoto Isoroku of the Zhimei faction was naturally strongly opposed.
Finally, the cabinet invited the emperor (?) Only then did they reluctantly suppress the situation, and in order not to deal a blow to the morale of the Japanese people, according to the previous routine, they only told the people that their powerful fleet had gained a foothold in the Shattered Star Zone, and found rare ores that were vital to the fortunes of the country, and never mentioned the battle losses.
In short, the matter of the Kii is how long it can be pressed, and when it is really so hard that it can't be suppressed, it will try to make up an excuse to fool the past. Anyway, this is not the first time this kind of thing has happened, and the Japanese cabinet said that it is very familiar with the road! While the navy and army had no choice but to swallow their anger, they also held a grudge against the innocent United States, laying the groundwork for a series of events that followed. (To be continued......)
PS: Gliding again last night......