Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 1857 The Battle of the Japanese Army and Navy

Just when Nagasaki was bombed by the air fortress group of the Guangzhou Aviation Corps, the Tokyo Imperial Palace (the Emperor's Palace), the "Pine Pavilion" of the Changhe Temple, Emperor Hirohito in a gorgeous military uniform and a pair of small glasses He was yelling at Mitsumasa Minai in a deep voice: "...After Nagoya was attacked by the air, I asked you to strengthen the local air defense, but how did you do it? The Sasebo military port is so important that there is no sufficient air force. Minnie, you have disappointed me so much."

Hirohito learned so quickly that the Sasebo Naval Port had been attacked by an air raid, which was reported by Hideki Tojo.

The battle between the Japanese army and the navy has been going on for a long time. Although the navy headed by Marine Minister Yamamoto 56 currently controls the military, the army headed by Lu Minister Hideki Tojo has not given up the struggle.The United Fleet's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was successful and the entire US Pacific Fleet was wiped out. This is naturally good news for Japan, but in Tojo's view, it is quite unfavorable for the Army to regain control of the military headquarters.Since the Fourth Division of Osaka was incorporated into the Western Expedition Fleet by Koizumi Toshiichiro in the name of lacking sufficient land combat forces, Tojo panicked.There is a premonition that the navy wants to take advantage of the victory at Pearl Harbor to further tighten the control of the military. He is known as the "General Razor" and is known for his style. It turned into a "leg holding general".

When Hirohito was admonishing Minai, Tojo stood aside respectfully and listened, the two eyeballs behind the glasses were rolling around, thinking about how to word the local air defense right in his hands.

When Minai saw Tojo after entering the "Pine Pavilion", he realized that he must have sued.In his heart, he was quite disapproving of Tojo's behavior, and he didn't show it at all. He bowed his head and said in a respectful voice: "What your Majesty taught is that this is indeed negligence of duty. In fact, I have already made a comprehensive plan for the local air defense matters. , It’s just that I was busy preparing for the attack on Pearl Harbor some time ago, so the action was delayed. Your Majesty, Sasebo was attacked by the Chinese, and I think the Ministry of the Army should bear the greatest responsibility.”

Tojo lowered his head and thought about the bastard's mind, but he almost jumped up when he heard Minai's last words. The old devil looked up at him and said sharply: "What? We are most responsible? Prime Minister, what do you mean, Sasebo belongs to Is it under the jurisdiction of our army?"

Facing Tojo's cold gaze, Minai Mitsumasa looked at him confrontationally, and said coldly: "Is the army not responsible? If Southeast Zhejiang was not captured by the Xuebing Army too early, how could the Xuebing Army carry out air strikes on the mainland? Tojo-kun, how did the cadet army become a serious threat to the empire? It is all because of the incompetence of your army..."

"Mitsumasa Minai, please don't shirk your responsibility. If the air defense of the Empire is under the control of our army, I can guarantee that the Sasebo incident will never happen again."

"Tojo-kun, don't change the subject. Let me ask you, if there is no forward platform in the southeast of Zhejiang, would the Xuebing army have the ability to launch an air strike of this scale against Sasebo?"

Mitsumasa Yonei and Hideki Tojo began to quarrel fiercely, and the smell of gunpowder was everywhere in the "Pine Pavilion". Finally, Hirohito couldn't hold his breath anymore, and he shouted with a straight face: "Enough, the two Qings are important ministers of the empire , but making a scene like a woman in the market, how decent it is!"

Hirohito was angry, and Minai and Tojo bowed their heads to listen, and the quarrel finally stopped.

The war in China has been going on for a long time, and Hirohito has long been dissatisfied with the army in his heart.As early as 1937 days after the "Marco Polo Bridge Incident" in 20, he issued a national decree to put pressure on the military, requiring the military to launch a decisive battle, with a view to completely resolving the Chinese Communist Party within three months like the "September [-] Incident". event.But five years later, the Japanese army not only failed to completely annex China, but also repeatedly lost territory in the south, even the strategic location in southeastern Zhejiang that could directly threaten the mainland of the empire, which made him unable to bear it any longer up.

He looked at Minai, calmed his tone, and said as calmly as possible: "Minai Qing, Yamamoto Qing once told me that in order to solve the Xuebing Army, the empire still needs a certain amount of time to accumulate. Now I want to know that you have completed the accumulation. Yet?"

"Your Majesty, Yamamoto-kun and I have had an in-depth discussion on how to eliminate the student army. Our idea is to take the Philippines first, then use Manila as a springboard to fully recover Taiwan, and then take Hainan Island in order to realize the A complete encirclement of the student army. Of course, to fully achieve this, the army must cooperate and block the route of the student army from the north to the west from the land—"

After listening to Minai's statement, Hirohito pondered for a while and asked, "I heard that Yamamoto-young intends to expand the size of the Marine Corps so that the Navy can independently complete some major battles. Is that true?"

Hideki Tojo's heart trembled, and he felt something was wrong.

Minnie replied respectfully, "Yes."

"Be specific! The China incident has been unresolved for a long time, and now it has become a drag on the empire. As long as it can be resolved as soon as possible, I will support it."

"Hayi!" Minai responded loudly, and then fully confided in Yamamoto's idea of ​​absorbing the Army's standing division.Before he finished speaking, Hideki Tojo almost jumped up and shouted: "No, absolutely not, Your Majesty, there has never been such a precedent in the empire! In this case, we should just remove our Army Ministry. But, if this happened If you do something like this, I'm afraid those young and middle-aged officers will do something radical again. Your Majesty, please think twice!"

Hirohito's original idea was that since the army was not effective in combat, it was justified to give the navy more authority and resources, and it was possible to take advantage of the victory at Pearl Harbor to solve the serious problem of the student army in one fell swoop.However, after Tojo said these words, he thought of the "January [-]th Incident" (that is, the February [-]th Incident), and his expression became solemn.At this time, an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with white powder on his face and black teeth appeared at the door of "Songzhi Pavilion" and bent down to report to Hirohito: "Your Majesty, the military department has called and said that the Nagasaki Nagasaki Naval Port is also here." They were attacked by the aviation unit of the Academy of Soldiers, and they asked the Prime Minister to go over immediately."

"Nagasaki was also attacked by air?" Hirohito was taken aback.

"Yes."

Two consecutive military ports were hit by air strikes, and Tojo, who was still a little gloating, couldn't help but look very sad: "Ba Ge, what do the Xuebing Army want to do? Do they want us to turn Guangzhou into ruins?"

Min Nei bowed to Hirohito and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, let me go and have a look first!"

Yuren took a deep breath, nodded and said: "Report the war damage as soon as possible, and also, come up with an emergency plan as soon as possible. This matter should not be expanded!"

"Wei Chen understands!"

(End of this chapter)