A loud noise came from the office. Although it was separated by a door, it still scared the staff outside the door. None of the more than ten staff outside the door dared to approach the door of the office, for fear that they would be harmed. .
"Why is this happening? Why are eight divisions of troops still being beaten so badly by the Chinese? What does Okamura Neji do for food?" A voice full of irritability came from the crack of the door. "And the matter of rescuing [***], why hasn't it been resolved yet? This is a serious dereliction of duty. I will send all those who dereliction of duty to a military court"
The roaring sound continued, and the staff outside the door were all silent and did not dare to say a word. A staff officer who had just come in asked a major commander next to him in a low voice: "Is Prime Minister Tojo still angry?"
The major had a stern look on his face and shook his head: "No, it's been almost half an hour. He's still angry in the office and no one is there."
The staff officer looked around and quietly said to the major: "Can you help me inform His Excellency Prime Minister Riku Tojo and say"
"No, no, please don't hurt me." The major shuddered and shook his head like a rattle, "I would rather fight with someone now than open that door. If you insist on If you go, I won¡¯t stop you, you can do it on your own.¡±
The staff officer sighed helplessly. Still unwilling, he wanted to say something to the major, but was stopped by a bony hand full of age spots. An old voice sounded in his ear: "Forget it, Koizumi." Jun, I'd better go in by myself, I want to see if Tojo-kun will give me this face."
"Ahyouyou"
Looking at the person coming, all the staff officers were startled. They were about to speak, but were stopped by the person raising their hands.
The person came to the door and knocked on the door.
¡°Dong dong dong¡¡±
"Baga, have I told you not to disturb me from time to time? Why did you come here again?"
Tojo Hideki¡¯s angry curses came from the office.
But the voice seemed to be consumed by him, and he kept knocking on the door unyieldingly.
"Bah!"
The door opened, revealing Tojo Hideki's angry face.
"Asshole, didn't I say noah, why is it you? Why are you here, Your Highness?"
The visitor snorted coldly, "Humph! I heard that you are very powerful now, causing the whole base camp to be in a state of panic. Even the staff can't work normally today. I also want to come over and have a look. What kind of majestic method does our Prime Minister Tojo have?"
Tojo Hideki, who had an angry face at first, understood that the person was coming, and his anger instantly disappeared, like an eggplant beaten by frost. He said dejectedly: "Your Highness, please don't laugh at me anymore. Now, I can¡¯t wait to wait.¡±
It turned out that the person who came was none other than Prince Xian Yuan Gong Zai Ren, the chief of staff of Japan's three armed forces. This veteran of the Taisho period was now in his seventies, and his eyebrows were all white, but there was a fierce light in his eyes at this moment. Prince Zai Ren casually slapped Tojo Hideki in front of him, making a loud sound.
One side of Tojo Hideki's face immediately became red and swollen, but he still lowered his head and did not dare to say a word. As the saying goes, one thing will bring down another. Prince Zaihi is the emperor's uncle, and he is in the Japanese army. After staying there for almost half a century, its power was far more deeply rooted than ordinary people could imagine. Therefore, Tojo Hideki, who was fierce just now, was unusually docile in front of Prince Zaihi, and did not dare to say a word.
After giving Tojo Hideki a slap in the face, Prince Zaihi asked in an unusually calm voice: "Tojo-kun, do you know how others usually evaluate you?"
Tojo Hideki answered honestly: "I don't know."
Prince Zairen sneered: "I don't know? I'm afraid that's not the case. I remember that your former friend Ishihara Wanji's description of you was approved by many people."
As soon as he heard the name Ishihara Kanji, Tojo jumped up and shouted loudly: "Your Highness, Ishihara Kanji is just a talkative guy, why do you care about his words?"
Prince Zairen ignored Tojo Hideki's words and continued: "Ishihara Wanji said that you only have the ability to manage ten machine guns. If you exceed ten machine guns, your mind will fall into chaos. I originally said this. I don¡¯t believe it, but now it seems that this sentence doesn¡¯t make sense at all. You are a complete idiot!¡± When Prince Zai Ren said the last sentence, his voice was almost roaring, and his saliva was almost spitting out. To Hideki Tojo's face.
Facing the anger of Prince Zaihi, Tojo Hideki could only stand still and bear it silently.Let Prince Zai Ren wash his face with his fishy saliva.
Fortunately, the manned prince was old and not as energetic as young people. After scolding him for a few times, he became tired and sat down on the sofa next to him. Then he asked in a gloomy voice: "Now the Fujian battlefield in China has become eroded. Eight divisions have been defeated across the board. As the land minister, do you have any thoughts? How do you deal with Okamura Neiji, the direct commander of this battle? Some people say that he should be He was removed from his post and even transferred back to his homeland for punishment. Do you agree?"
Seeing that Prince Zairen finally lowered his anger slightly, Tojo Hideki secretly breathed a sigh of relief, strode up to Prince Zairen, bowed, and then said: "Your Highness, I think Okamura Neiji is very important to Fujian." The defeat on the battlefield is indeed an unshirkable responsibility. After all, he organized and initiated this battle. However, if Okamura Neiji is to be held fully responsible for this, and even dismissed from his position as commander of the Central China Front Army, this is inappropriate.
I think the failure of this battle is not entirely the responsibility of Shi Okamura, because facts have proven that Suri and the Seventh China Army under his command are indeed a very powerful armed force. Since he began to rise, many empires have The generals fell into his hands, which proved what a formidable opponent he was. Moreover, it is very simple for us to remove Okamura from his post. All we need is a telegram. But after we remove his post, who among us can deal with Suri and his Seventh Army? "
"Well" Prince Zai Ren nodded, "The fact that you think so proves that you are not stupid enough. A large part of the reason for Fujian's defeat was indeed non-war crimes!" At this point, he sighed and shook his head. Said: "Now Su Rui is full of wings, with hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, and they are well-equipped. According to intelligence, they not only have a large army and an elite air force, but they are also starting to build a navy. This It is a very dangerous signal, and I have long been mentally prepared for Okamura-kun¡¯s failure in the Fujian battlefield.¡±
"So you just ordered last month to shift the focus of operations on the China battlefield to the Seventh Army?" Tojo Hideki on the side asked.
"Yes, don't you think so from time to time?" Prince Zai Ren asked, "You know, they have even started to form a navy now. Don't you think the situation is already very urgent?"
Tojo Hideki sneered: "Build a navy? Do the Chinese also have a navy? I'm afraid it will take half a century before they have a navy."
Tojo Hideki's words are indeed very reasonable. The establishment of a navy does not happen overnight. It requires time to settle and accumulate. China's naval strength sank into the Yellow Sea with the Beiyang Navy as early as the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War. Even though The defeated Beiyang Navy was also established by the Manchu and Qing government for decades. Now it is not easy for the Seventh Army to reorganize the navy.
Prince Zai Ren smiled dumbly, and probably felt that his worries were unfounded. He waved his hands: "Forget it, we won't discuss this issue. Now you should report to me the plan you have formulated to deal with Suri and the Seventh Army. Plan it.
"Hai!" Tojo Hideki bowed and began to report to Prince Zain
Just when Hideki Tojo began to report, the Japanese army in Fujian also fell into a complete collapse. Following the restoration of the Qing Dynasty in Fujian, the Japanese army in Nanping also suffered heavy casualties under the fierce attack of more than 100,000 Chinese troops. In the end, only 40,000 of the 100,000 Japanese troops were left. In the end, they had to retreat in embarrassment towards Zhejiang under the leadership of Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu. So far, except for the tens of thousands of Japanese troops surrounded in Fuzhou, all Fujian has fallen to the Seventh Army. hand.
After the news spread that the Japanese army was defeated across the board, the anti-Japanese sentiment of the people across the country reached another level. In particular, people in cities such as Chongqing, Xi'an, Chengdu, Guangzhou, and Guilin took to the streets to celebrate [***]'s recovery of another province. What's more, many radical people even wrote to the government, demanding Immediately launch a major counterattack into the occupied areas and regain the territory in one fell swoop. When the government officials responded with the excuse that [***] was not ready yet, people now had reasons to refute, and many celebrities wrote articles in newspapers.
"The Seventh Army is just a war zone under the command of the National Government, with only a few hundred thousand troops. However, the Government has millions of troops, but it has been doing nothing. On the contrary, it has continued to lose cities and territory. Is this just a sentence that has not been done yet? Can you prevaricate it if you are ready?"
In the dining room of Zeng Jiayan¡¯s official residence, Chairman Chiang put down the newspaper in his hand and couldn¡¯t help but curse. "Niang Xipi, they are all a bunch of short-sighted bastards. They don't understand the difficulties of Zheng Ax at all. They only ask Zheng Ax to launch a major counterattack. Don't they know that war costs money?"
"Darling, those reporters don't understand state affairs at all, they only know how to make noise, why do you bother to talk to them?"?What about general knowledge? "Mrs. Chiang on the side couldn't help but softly persuaded. As the first lady, she understood her husband's difficulties very well.