my bright sword career

Chapter 557

"Your Excellency, Commander, the Battle Report of the Army Air Corps... All the fighters of the No. 20 [-]st Flying Squadron are all broken, and His Excellencies Xiangshan and Saburo have also devoted their allegiance to His Majesty the Emperor in this operation!"

First Army Command
A staff officer was reading the telegram he just received word by word with a choked voice.

There was silence in the battle hall, and Ningji Gangmura sat on a chair and closed his eyes to meditate. Even after the staff officer read the telegram, he did not open his eyes, but everyone could see that his face had changed. livid.

The new commander of the First Army, Yoshimoto Sadaichi, who was standing aside, also had a pale face.

The No.20 flight team was wiped out. Everyone knows what this battle report means. It means that the Japanese army can no longer produce even a single fighter that can be used for combat in Shanxi. The entire sky of Shanxi has fallen into Huaxia human hands.

Some people may not be clear about the seriousness of this consequence.

Let's put it this way, to give the simplest example, if Ningci Gangcun wants to return to Peiping now, he can only honestly take a train or a car and spend ten days and a half months returning to Peiping by land.

The reason is simple, the current First Army can't deploy even a single fighter plane to escort Ningji Gangmura.

If Gangcun Ningci insisted on returning to Peiping by plane, it would be as dangerous as running around in the Eighth Route Army base with only two guards.

A pessimistic atmosphere enveloped the combat hall, and even the orderly knew what it meant to lose the support of the aircraft.

Just when everyone fell into grief, a roar sounded in the hall.

"What are you all doing, holding a "Day of Remembrance"?"

I saw Yoshimoto Sadaichi, who had only been in office for two days, glaring at everyone.

"Look at you, you have only lost one battle, and you are all downcast. Do you still have the spirit of a samurai of the Great Japanese Empire? Your mental state is not even comparable to a private of the Kwantung Army!"

"Nani!"

All the staff and officers couldn't help it when they heard this. It's just that uncles can bear it and aunts can't bear it. We know that you were promoted from the position of chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, but there is no need to belittle the No. One army, right?

A staff officer couldn't help retorting: "Your Excellency, Commander, we admit that the Kwantung Army is very strong, but in the current situation, even if the Kwantung Army comes, I'm afraid there is nothing good to do?"

Yoshimoto Sadaichi gave the staff officer a cold look: "If it were the Kwantung Army, they might be very sad when they encountered this situation, but they would never hide shivering in the headquarters like you.

Instead, immediately formulate a counterattack plan based on the existing situation, and will never back down even if the last soldier stands!This is the difference between the Kwantung Army and you! "

It was just such a sentence that choked all the staff officers speechless.

Deliberately wanting to refute, but sadly found that what the other party said was actually the fucking truth.

Seeing that all the staff members bowed their heads and said nothing, Yoshimoto Sadaichi, who is well versed in how to control his subordinates, knew that enough was enough, and if he continued to attack, it might backfire.

He glanced at the crowd and said with a sneer: "Why, no one has spoken? It seems that you are not hopeless, at least you still know what shame is."

Yoshimoto Teiichi's words pierced everyone's hearts like a dagger. Even Neiji Okamura, who closed the curtain with a command knife, couldn't help but opened his eyes and cast a surprised look. Chang even sweated for his new boss.

It's not a good thing for a new commander who has been in office for less than three days to get all the staff members unable to step down in the battle hall. Once the rebellious psychology of the staff is aroused, it will be difficult to carry out future work.

Don't think that in the most hierarchical army, the boss can do whatever he wants.

The basis of doing whatever you want is that you need the support of the majority of people, but once your subordinates no longer support you, or even obey your orders, the original majestic commander will become a joke.

However, despite some worries, Okamura Ningji still has confidence in Yoshimoto Teiichi. After all, an idiot cannot be the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army.

"I don't care what you are thinking now, but I want to tell you. Depression, sadness, and even crying will not solve any problems. Although our air force has suffered a temporary defeat, it does not represent the defeat of the Great Japanese Empire in China.

You must remember that the national power of the Great Japanese Empire is dozens of times that of China.The empire can produce more than 100 aircraft per year. Could it be that you can't bear the loss of more than [-] aircraft?

We can rebuild the plane without it, we can retrain the pilot without it, but if your courage is gone, then there is really no cure, do you understand? "

In the entire combat hall, only Yoshimoto Teiichi's almost roaring voice was left, but the staff officers were also pulled back by him.

Yes, it was just a losing battle, what is that.

Japan's comprehensive national strength is dozens of times that of China, and the strength of its navy is a hundred times that of China. Now it is just a small setback, and they should not be so depressed and pessimistic.

They can lose ten times or twenty times, but the Empire of Japan can afford to lose. The lost manpower and aircraft can be transferred from the mainland, but what about Gao Hongming?
He only needs to lose once to be lost forever, and the eyes of many people began to light up when he thought of this place.

Seeing that the officers in the battle hall revived their morale as if they had been injected with chicken blood, Okamura Ningji nodded secretly. It seemed that his decision to bring Yoshimoto Teichi from the Kwantung Army was correct.

Perhaps the young people of later generations may disdain to see this situation and say, isn’t it just painting big cakes filled with chicken soup? I stopped doing this when I was in high school.

But what many people don't know is that being able to draw a pie well is also a skill, and in the military it's often called a morale boost.

This is like when bandits and rebels are attacking a city, the bandit leader will usually tell his subordinates that as long as the city is captured, you can burn, kill and loot at will without sealing your sword for three days.

Before the officers and soldiers sent by the imperial court to suppress the bandits launch an attack, the generals will tell the officers and soldiers that it is time to serve the emperor's favor. As long as they can defeat the rebels on the opposite side, it is no problem to seal their wives and sons to be promoted and make a fortune.

Looking at modern times, many bosses tell the employees of the company that as long as they do a good job, they will be promoted and raise their salary and share shares, and when the company goes public, everyone will be a millionaire and realize financial freedom.

The essence of these three is actually the same, the difference lies in whether the big cake painted can be realized

Seeing that Yoshimoto Teiichi had calmed down everyone's emotions, Okamura Neiji knew that he should come forward.

He stood up, looked around at everyone and began to speak.

(End of this chapter)