In the early morning of June 26, Jiang Qiang had just woken up from sleep, and his head was still a little foggy, and the Burmese intelligence system sent a warm congratulatory telegram: Yuko Kitajima said to Jiang Qiang, congratulations on your successful victory in the Battle of Burma, this battle has completed the cumulative annihilation of 413784 Japanese army, shot down 2,150 Japanese combat aircraft, destroyed 624 Japanese combat vehicles, sank 6 destroyers, 2 submarines, 6 gunboats, killed 5 Japanese lieutenant generals, and 14 major general officers!

Hearing this, Jiang Qiang suddenly came to his senses, sat up straight and took the information that Yuko Kitajima gave him, for the final strategic counterattack, Jiang Qiang can be said to be smashing the pot and selling iron, and all his savings were consumed, except for the small treasury that hid some gold and silver currency, he was really poor. Jiang Qiang rolled his eyes fiercely, then turned over and got out of bed, a new day began, many things were waiting for him to deal with it personally, he couldn't be lazy!

At this time, the sky in Chongqing was just dawning! As soon as the sky was bright, Dai Li walked into the Huangshan villa with cheerful steps. At this time, the chairman of the committee had just gotten up and went downstairs, and he happened to meet Dai Li, who was happy, so he asked with feeling: "Yunong, come here so early, is there any news from Myanmar?" ”

Dai Li hurriedly nodded and said, "Report to the principal, there is indeed good news, and there are still two!" "Yes! Let's talk about it! The chairman of the committee suddenly felt better, and a happy smile appeared on his face. Dai Li hurriedly replied: "Principal, General Dai Anlan was successfully found by the search and rescue team on a battlefield yesterday evening, when General Dai Anlan was seriously injured and his life was hanging by a thread, but fortunately, the rescue was timely, and he is now out of danger!" ”

"What? Are you saying that Yan Gong is still alive? Hearing this, the chairman of the committee suddenly stared at him, his body trembled suddenly, and he actually looked a little unsteady on his feet. Headmaster, be careful! Zhang Zhizhong, who was standing not far away, hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to support the chairman. I'm afraid that something will happen to him because he is too emotional.

Seeing this, Dai Li hurriedly comforted: "Please rest assured, General Dai is really out of danger, everything is fine at present, I believe that as long as he recuperates for a period of time, he will be able to fully recover!" "Wenbai, I'm fine!" The chairman waved his hand, his eyes were red, and he sighed: "Okay! All right! This is indeed great news, God has eyes! ”

Zhang Zhizhong nodded happily and agreed: "Principal, I have long said that Brother Yangong is a person with great fortune, and he will definitely turn evil into good fortune, you see I am right!" Ha ha! "Then I will accept your good words!" The chairman smiled very happily, and then said to Dai Li: "Yunong, you immediately send a telegram on my behalf to greet Yangong, let him rest in peace and recuperate, and don't worry about the affairs of the troops!"

As long as he's well, I'll give him another fully loaded mechanic when I turn around! "Yes!" Dai Li was very happy to accept the order. The chairman then asked, "Yunong, didn't you just say that there are two pieces of good news?" "Yes, Headmaster!" Dai Li hurriedly handed over a telegram with both hands: "Just last night, the 11th Division and the 42nd Division of the Devils, who were besieged in Mengxiu Town and Menglan Town in northern Taunggyi, Burma, forcibly broke through the siege all night.

However, under the desperate resistance of our 6th Army, 66th Army, 71st Army and friendly troops, the devil soldiers of the two divisions were almost completely annihilated, and only a very small number of fish escaped by chance! According to preliminary statistics, the battle of Burma lasted two months and came to a complete end, and our Chinese Expeditionary Force won a complete victory; according to preliminary statistics, the battle had annihilated more than 400,000 Japanese troops, more than 2,000 combat aircraft, and sank 6 destroyers, 2 submarines, 6 gunboats, and severely damaged several major warships! ”

"Mother's Hippie! Well done! The chairman waved his fist excitedly, although he already knew that the victory was decided yesterday afternoon, but this heavy data still made him extremely excited. The commander read the telegram several times in succession, and then handed it to Zhang Zhizhong, who was full of eagerness, and said: "You immediately send a telegram to the Burma Theater in the name of the National Government, I need an official statistical report on the battle situation!" After we can get the report, we will organize a high-level press conference as soon as possible, and then I will tell this exciting good news to the Chinese people and the people of the world! ”

"Okay, Headmaster!" Zhang Zhizhong hurriedly nodded in response, and then lowered his head and looked at it beautifully. "Great! It's so exciting! Well done! After glancing at it, Zhang Zhizhong was deeply attracted by the strings of gorgeous data, and kept applauding again and again.

On the morning of June 26, Tokyo, Japan. I don't know if it was because of the fiasco in the Battle of Burma, or because there were hundreds of thousands of souls of Japanese soldiers who died in battle, but in Tokyo, which was already in the middle of summer, the temperature dropped sharply by more than ten degrees after a heavy rain, and it became very cold. Stepping out of the car and looking up at the gloomy sky, Hideki Tojo became more and more depressed. After a moment, Hideki Tojo withdrew his gaze and shook the military uniform on his body, before he slowly walked towards the Imperial Palace in front of him.

In just over a day, the three armies of the Burmese Dispatch Army were devastated, more than 300,000 imperial troops were shattered, and only the 19th Army was left with more than 50,000 people who successfully broke through. Coupled with the 9th Division directly under the General Army Headquarters, the Japanese troops who escaped by chance, and the second-line troops left behind on the east bank of the Sitang River, the total strength of the entire Burmese Dispatch Army does not exceed 100,000. In other words, the total number of Burmese troops, which had exceeded 500,000 troops so far, has exceeded 400,000 after the Battle of Burma began.

Moreover, although the 19th Army successfully broke through, it was forced to plunge headlong into the primeval jungle of the Benlong Mountains in the vast forest, which was an extremely difficult way to return. Whether these more than 50,000 imperial troops can escape from Ascension to Heaven unharmed is definitely a great challenge! If these more than 50,000 imperial soldiers are gone in the end, then the Burmese dispatch army will really be gone, which is equivalent to being completely annihilated!

No, in addition to this, the Imperial Air Force and the Imperial Navy also suffered extremely serious losses, especially since the 2 flight divisions of the Imperial Air Force were all exhausted! Thinking of this, Tojo Hideki's steps became heavier and heavier, and he deeply understood that today's imperial meeting must be a good feast, and most of them will be questioned by Xingshi, and they may even be deposed as prime minister.

As I thought in my heart, as soon as I walked into the palace, Hideki Tojo felt a cold chill. I saw that Prince Miyazahito, military senator, King Hirohiroshi Fushimiya, chief of the Military Command Department, Kiichiro Hiranuma, minister of the interior, Shunroku Hatata, chief of operations of the General Staff Headquarters, Toshiro Kawako, minister of the Navy, and Tabun Yamaguchi, commander-in-chief of the Air Force, had already gathered together. It's just that the big difference from usual is that everyone is kneeling on the tatami mats, and their expressions are extremely cold.

Although they should have heard the footsteps and knew that it was Prime Minister Hideki Tojo coming, everyone still maintained the clay sculpture and wood sculpture, and did not turn their heads to look at it at all, let alone greet him with a smile as usual. Seeing this, Hideki Tojo's face became even more ugly, he was the last to receive the news of the summons, and from the change in the attitude of the ministers, it was obvious that His Majesty the Emperor was really angry this time!

Of course, for the situation in front of him, Hideki Tojo had already made full psychological preparations and countermeasures, but looking at the situation in front of him, he suddenly felt that he was still thinking too simply. However, then again, it is normal for His Majesty the Emperor to be angry and angry, and a total army of 500,000 people is "magically" gone, and no one can keep a normal heart! The 500,000 elites of the Burmese army were completely annihilated and the entire 2 flight divisions were wiped out, which is not an exaggeration to describe the Japanese Empire as a broken muscle.

It is no exaggeration to say that it has shaken Japan's national foundation to a certain extent, and the situation in the war between the United States and Japan is likely to be reversed. In the event of a fundamental reversal of the situation in the Asian theater, Japan will inevitably suffer serious threats and losses. No matter how great the victory of the Japanese Navy in the Pacific Theater is, even if it annexes the whole of Australia, even if it bombs the entire West Coast of the United States into ruins, all efforts will be meaningless.

Because Japan's roots are in Asia, and it can't do it at its own doorstep, and even if it ends up being wiped out locally, what is the use of dominating the world? Hideki Tojo knew that he was very unpopular now, so he was very well-behaved and did not make noise, walked to his position in three or two steps, and then knelt on the tatami mat.

The room was silent, except for the sound of breathing, the room was eerily quiet, and the atmosphere was suffocating. Hideki Tojo is getting more and more uncomfortable in his heart, and he is becoming more and more unconfident. Knock knock, I don't know how long it took, there was a heavy clog sound outside the door, it was obvious that this was the protagonist of today's imperial meeting! "Knock on His Majesty the Emperor!" Seeing Hirohito walking towards him step by step, Hideki Tojo quickly knelt down and pouted his ass and fell to the ground, as if he was a schoolboy who had done something wrong.

"Your Majesty the Emperor!" The rest of the ministers also began to prostrate themselves. Without saying a word, Hirohito walked to the throne and knelt down, and did not speak for a long time, nor did he let the ministers get up. Hideki Tojo once again felt the fierce gaze and the anger that was about to explode, and Hirohito didn't speak, so he could only keep kneeling on the ground, not daring to get up or speak.

Similarly, Xianyuan Gong Zairen and others can only do this, lying on the ground motionless. Everyone knows that Hirohito is very angry now, and he even has the intention of killing, who would dare to touch the mold at this time? I don't know how long it took, but Hirohito finally let out a long sigh, and then a few words popped out from between his teeth: "Gentlemen, get up." "Hello!"

As if they had been pardoned, they sat up straight and sat down trembling and trembling. Everyone, including Hirohito's imperial uncle, Prince Zaihito of the Imperial Palace, did not dare to look at Hirohito. Only dare to scan with the rest of your eyes! Hideki Tojo didn't even dare to squint, but he could clearly feel that Hirohito's hot eyes were staring at him, and it was the first time in his life that he was so afraid and scared!

"Overnight, the entire 4 armies were devastated, more than 300,000 imperial troops were collectively shattered, and the entire two flying divisions were annihilated, which is a great shame!" Sure enough, after a while, Hirohito finally began to go berserk, and roared loudly in anger: "Yagayalu, this is not only a shame for the imperial family, but also a shame for the Imperial Japanese Army, and even more so a shame for the Japanese Empire!" Tojo-kun, do you understand what shame is? ”

Hearing this, Hideki Tojo quickly knelt down silently, one head pressed tightly to the floor, motionless and his butt facing the sky, as if his head was stuck to the ground and couldn't be pulled out. In addition, Hideki Tojo really can't find other emojis to show how painful and guilty his inner world is at the moment, and to express his shamelessness and desire to drill into the cracks. But the angry Hirohito did not lose his anger because of this, but became even more angry, and continued to scold wildly by name:

"Tojo-kun, it was your sworn promise that Umezu Mijiro would be qualified for the post of commander-in-chief of the Burmese Army, that he would definitely be able to defeat Jiang Qiang, defeat the Huaxia Expeditionary Force, and conquer Burma in one fell swoop and completely blockade China, but now? In just 2 months, the elite of the 500,000 empire has only less than 100,000 remnants left, how can you explain it now? How can you be worthy of the more than 400,000 imperial warriors of Jade Shatter? How can you be worthy of the hundreds of millions of people of the Yamato nation? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has lost his eyes, the minister has disappointed His Majesty, please punish Your Majesty." Hideki Tojo can only be honest as a backstabber, bowing his head and admitting his mistakes, but then again, if he doesn't carry this pot, who will carry it? After all, Umezu Mijiro was recommended by him, and although the main responsibility for the tragic defeat of the Battle of Burma lies in Umezu Mijiro's stupid performance, Tojo Hideki's cronyism is also a great factor.

"Got out of sight? Punish? Hum! It's over with just a few words? "What's the use of chasturing you now?" "Can the lives of more than 400,000 Imperial warriors be saved? Can Myanmar's defeat be reversed? Can it save the fortunes of the Empire? ”

Hirohito's anger could be calmed in a sentence or two, and at the end, he stared at Hideki Tojo with murderous eyes and roared: "If admitting your mistakes is useful, if punishing you is useful, if you can save the defeat because of this, I will personally send you to Amaterasu Okami now!" "Your Majesty, this defeat has caused the empire to suffer great humiliation and losses, and the minister does have an unshirkable responsibility! In this case, the minister will give His Majesty an explanation and an explanation to the Empire! ”

Hearing these stinging nerves and bottomless scolding, the arrogance in Tojo Hideki's heart exploded, followed by a strong obsession with seppuku.

After saying that, Hideki Tojo got up from the ground and walked out without looking back. "Stop, do you want to do it?"

Hirohito said angrily, "Are you trying to commit suicide?" Tell you, it's not so easy to die, you commit suicide now by cutting your stomach, that's an escape, it's a coward's doing, and it will only become a greater shame for the empire! Hideki Tojo looked at Hirohito with an ugly face, and asked, "Your Majesty, is the minister not even qualified to die now?" Your Majesty, how do you want your ministers to be satisfied? ”

Hideki Tojo was forced to commit suicide, where could he still take care of the monarch and his ministers, it was not easy for him to maintain restraint at this moment. "You idiot, what do I want you to do? Don't you understand what I want? Hirohito stared at the grim-faced Hideki Tojo, and roared angrily, "What I want is the entire Asian continent, including China, what I want is the Great Japanese Empire, and what I want is to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make the Yamato nation the most noble nation in the world in one fell swoop!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, and the minister knows that he is wrong!" Hideki Tojo cried profusely, it was the first time since he was a child that he cried in public so humiliatingly, but at this moment he really couldn't control his emotions. They have all made such big mistakes, and His Majesty the Emperor still cares about himself so much and trusts himself, Hideki Tojo is really grateful to Dade, and he is ashamed of himself.

At this moment, Hideki Tojo really wants to die on the tofu, or immediately use the great magic power to turn the tide in order to repay His Majesty the Emperor for his kindness! "Tojo-kun, get up and speak!" Seeing that Tojo was already crying so sadly and crying so sincerely, Hirohito's heart gradually softened. After softening his face, Hirohito glanced around the crowd and asked in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, the empire has paid an unbearable price in Burma, and it has become a sad place for the empire.

I would like to ask you, will the empire continue to increase its troops in Burma? Is it really necessary to capture Burma? "Thinking of the elite of the imperial army with more than 400,000 jade pieces, thinking of the two flying divisions that were destroyed, and thinking of Jiang Qiang, the butcher of the empire, Hirohito was really tired, and he wanted to rest and talk about it. Once I returned to the pre-liberation period, I had to say that this was an extremely heavy spiritual blow to see that the fruits of victory that were about to come to my hands were gone, and the belongings that I had accumulated with great difficulty were suddenly buried.

"Your Majesty!" "What are you?" "Are you going to retreat again?" Hearing this, Kanin Miyazaihito, Fushimi Miyahiro, Hiranuma Kiichiro, Hata Shunroku and others all heard the unusual taste, and looked at Hirohito with a look of inquiry on their faces. Tojo Hideki's face changed greatly, Huo Ran looked up at Hirohito and said, "Your Majesty, are you going to give up Burma?" "How could it be that I want to give up Burma?"

Hirohito suddenly became angry again, and first stared at Hideki Tojo and roared, saying that he didn't carry this pot, obviously it was a bad thing made by you, okay? Hideki Tojo suddenly became red again, bowed his head deeply and admitted his mistake: "The minister has disappointed Your Majesty!" The minister is guilty! "Now is not the time to say that!"

Waving his hand, Hirohito asked loudly and unhappily: "Tojo-kun, the war in Burma is so rotten that it can't be cleaned up, is there really a need for the war in Burma to continue?" Won't it be the Waterloo of the empire again? "Your Majesty, of course it is necessary, and the battle for Burma must continue!" Hideki Tojo hurriedly replied: "Otherwise, more than 400,000 imperial troops from 12 divisions of the empire will be sacrificed in vain!" ”

"That's right, the Imperial Army was indeed defeated in the last battle, and nearly 300,000 Imperial troops were collectively shattered overnight, which was a great loss and a great humiliation for the Great Japanese Empire!" After a pause, Hideki Tojo continued with a hideous face: "However, I must say that the sacrifice of the Imperial warriors has also caused unbearable casualties and attrition to the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and their current situation is not much better than that of the Great Japanese Empire!"

At this moment, as long as the empire grits its its teeth and has another larger-scale battle in Burma, Burma will definitely be able to settle the situation in one battle, completely smash the combat cluster of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and smash the industrial base of Burma! Your Majesty, don't miss the opportunity and come again! "Really? But the Great Japanese Empire is really hard now! In turn, the Empire of Japan now occupies an incomparably vast territory, with inexhaustible population resources and inexhaustible strategic resources,"

Hirohito frowned, and continued: "There are no material obstacles to the development of the empire, at this time, why can't we stop for a while and digest the results that have been obtained first?" At this time, Xianyuan Gong Zairen nodded and agreed: "Your Majesty, the minister also thinks it's time to pause, the Great Japanese Empire is now in urgent need of a process of digestion and transformation!" ”

Yamaguchi Tashi followed and said: "The minister seconded the proposal, although the Imperial Air Force is unprecedentedly powerful, the mainstream fighter Zero fighter has fallen behind, and it can no longer compete with the advanced fighters of the United States!" It is precisely because of this that the entire two flying divisions in the Burma Theater will be wiped out in the end when the number is twice that of the Huaxia Air Force!

And it will take at least half a year for the Empire's latest fighter to be officially put into production! If there is a period of about a year to de-escalate, presumably once the Empire's latest advanced fighter is fully put into use, the Imperial Air Force will be invincible in the world!

When the time comes, do you still need to be afraid of Jiang Qiang and the fighters of the Americans? "Yes, in the face of the defeat in this battle, in addition to the Imperial Air Force's inability to guarantee air supremacy, the Imperial Army's armored tanks, self-propelled guns, anti-aircraft guns and other technical equipment are completely inferior, and the infantry automatic firepower is also quite lacking." The Minister of War, Shunroku Hatata, also turned on the vomiting mode, and said with a full of grievances: "In the end, the imperial warriors could only use their flesh and blood to launch a Banzai charge, and fell under the powerful automatic fire network of the Huaxia army in pieces!"

The Imperial Army urgently needs to expand the scale to produce the latest tank fighting vehicles, equipped with more and more powerful individual automatic firepower, otherwise even if the Imperial warriors work hard and sacrifice more, it will be difficult to achieve the desired results! "Japan is actually not too backward in the research and manufacturing technology of tank armor and infantry automatic weapons, but Japan has a small territory and lacks resources, so it has to maximize cost savings.

At the same time, because the Japanese government paid too much attention to naval construction in the early stage, a large amount of resources were inclined to the navy, which led to the relative backwardness of the Japanese army's weapons and equipment and European and American powers. Although I have made up a lot of homework in the past two years, I still can't completely change the backward status quo. “……”

Hirohito showed a thoughtful look, and he was obviously moved by the approval of these three people, and what he wanted most was to develop obscenely first, and then come to a "gentleman's revenge for ten years" when he has enough crushing strength! However, at this time, Hideki Tojo shouted loudly and angrily: "Your Majesty, you must not listen to their advice!" This is a misguided argument! Hirohito frowned, looked at Tojo Hideki and said, "Tojo-kun, isn't that so?" The empire really needs to recuperate for a while, and the empire's manpower and material resources have reached a new limit! ”

"Your Majesty, the Empire is indeed very difficult at the moment, but at this time, how can the Great Japanese Empire stop if it wants to?" Hideki Tojo said urgently, "What's more, even if we stop, will we stop with the United States and Huaxia Guoken, who have formed an irresolvable hatred with the Japanese Empire?" No, they will never stop, they will only take every opportunity to launch a crazy counterattack! ”

"If the empire does not take the initiative to attack and take the initiative to meet the battle, it will not be long before Southeast Asia will be lost one by one under the counteroffensive of the Chinese army.

Immediately after that, the islands in Australia and the Pacific Ocean will continue to be lost under the joint operations of the Allied forces, and even most of China that has been occupied by the imperial army will have to be spit out!" Worst of all, in the end, even the digested Korean state will be lost, and then the empire will lose everything it has, and it will be completely doomed! For this pessimistic assertion, Hirohito was naturally extremely displeased, and said with a frown: "Tojo-kun, you are alarmist, where can it be so serious?" Even if the Japanese Empire is weak in attack, there will be no problem in holding on to the defense! ”