Tojo Hideki's mind was spinning rapidly, but he didn't know what to say for a moment. In desperation, he suddenly thought of a poem, so he quickly said: "Your Majesty, although I do not have deep literary attainments, I am very good at it." I love poetry. When I saw this scene today, I couldn't help but think of a poem."
"Oh!" Hirohito paused and glanced at him, with a faint smile on his lips: "I really didn't know that Aiqing actually liked poetry. I was really overjoyed when Aiqing said this. !¡±
Tojo Hideki's old face turned red. It is said that his family knows his own affairs. He himself knows the level of his literary attainments best. His former friend Ishihara Kanji, who had been sent back to his hometown to rest on his laurels, once ridiculed him, saying that his arithmetic level could only control ten machine guns. If he had more, he would He can't handle it anymore, so becoming a superior soldier is his limit.
Although Ishihara Wanji's words are a bit exaggerated, they also reflect from the side that Tojo Hideki's cultural quality has deteriorated to the point where even good friends can't stand it, and such a person actually wants to discuss poetry and poetry with others. This made Hirohito feel funny.
Seeing the sarcastic smile on the corner of Hirohito's mouth, Tojo Hideki's wrinkled old face turned even redder. But at this time, he had no way out, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "I remember this poem is written like this: The warrior values ????righteousness and does not hesitate to think of you when you die in the army. The Jingguo Temple strictly worships the loyal soul and protects the emperor forever."
Hirohito glanced at Tojo Hideki with some surprise and said: "This is the "Lin Yasukuni Shrine Grand Festival" written by the late emperor in the fourth year of Taisho. I didn't expect that Ai Qing would still remember it!"
"Of course I remember it." Tojo Hideki said respectfully: "Although I can't recite poems and compose poems, I admire the late emperor's literary talents, and this is my favorite poem. Today It¡¯s this minister who is doing everything in his power in front of His Majesty.¡±
Hirohito¡¯s father, Emperor Taisho, suffered from meningitis when he was young and had some brain abnormalities. One of his problems is that he likes to write poetry, and his output is very high. According to statistics, he wrote more than 1,300 poems in his life. Although the quality of these poems is not very good, the number of them is overwhelming. High-level people in Japan are very appreciative of this. Of course, Hirohito's son is even more proud of his father.
"It's rare for someone to have a heart for love." Hirohito sighed with some emotion. Looking at Tojo Hideki, his eyes couldn't help but become much kinder, "If you have anything to say, it's okay to say it. I'm not someone who can't listen to advice."
"This" Tojo Hideki hesitated for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty, I dare to ask you what your Majesty's true views are on the situation in China."
"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Hirohito's eyes turned serious when he looked at Tojo Hideki, and his face became stiff.
As soon as Tojo Hideki saw Hirohito, his mood began to deteriorate again. A cold sweat broke out on his back. In this era, the emperor is supreme to the Japanese. Asking the emperor's opinion without permission is a treasonous act, even for him, the prime minister. Seeing Hirohito expressing dissatisfaction with him, Tojo Hideki quickly bowed to him at a ninety-degree angle. He said loudly: "I'm really sorry for my rudeness, but I really don't want to see the empire's Greater East Asia strategy affected!"
Emperor Hirohito did not answer, and continued to walk for a while, and came to a flower bed nearby. He stretched out his hand and broke a plum blossom and said softly: "Aki Tojo is afraid that I will change my strategy towards China, right?"
"I'm so frightened!" Tojo Hideki bowed again.
Hirohito pondered for a long time before softly chanting: "We are all brothers in the four seas. Why do wind and rain disturb the world?"
After finishing reciting, Hirohito continued to recite a few more times. Finally, he explained to Tojo Hideki: "Tojo Aiki, this is a poem written by Emperor Meiji, and it is also my favorite poem. Can you understand my thoughts?"
Tojo Hideki was startled, and he quickly bowed and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I understand what you mean. I also understand that Your Majesty has a kind heart and was originally unwilling to use weapons rashly, but the Chinese government did not appreciate it and dared to Those who brazenly resisted the imperial soldiers will be severely punished by the base camp!"
"Yoshi!" Hirohito nodded, and then shouted with a fierce look: "Tojo Aiki, you have to telegraph Okamura Neji that you must defeat that Suri this time, otherwise the empire will be in the Greater East Asia of Asia. The co-prosperity policy will be seriously affected, you know?¡±
"Hai!" This time Tojo Hideki made a 180-degree bow, almost breaking his waist.
Hideki Tojo, who returned to the Army Department, did not dare to neglect, and quickly sent an urgent telegram to Okamura Neiji, instructing Okamura Neiji to defeat the Chinese army in Fujian and Shanxi as soon as possible, otherwise the military would be in trouble.
The telegram soon reached the hands of Okamura Neiji, but at this time Okamura NeijiHe is no longer in the mood to pay attention to this telegram, because now Okamura Neji has been blown away by the telegram sent by Sonobe and Ichiro.
"Bagaya Lu, what does Sonobe and Ichiro want to do? Three divisions with nearly 90,000 troops want to retreat without even fighting a decent battle. Does he know that doing so will put us in an unpredictable situation? Are there any consequences?" Neji Okamura, who was standing in the combat hall, waved the troop withdrawal request just sent by Sonobe and Ichiro in his hand, and the beard on his lips trembled with anger. This man who is not easily angered today Angered by a telegram.
Okamura is not a person who gets angry easily, so when he gets angry, everyone in the combat hall is frightened. Dozens of staff officers in the huge combat hall are all silent and dare not say a word.
After a long time, Chief of Staff Miyamoto Ichiro stepped forward and whispered softly: "Your Excellency, Commander, the Thirty-ninth Division of the 11th Army has just been severely damaged. Lord Sonobe will be a little rude in this difficult situation, and he is Lord Nishio's. My dear general, you don¡¯t have to be too harsh on him.¡±
"My favorite general?" Neji Okamura sneered: "Am I going to swallow my anger just because he is Lord Nishio's favorite general? Can he be a shameful deserter? Gogive it to Sonobe and Ichiro immediately Send a telegram, if he doesn¡¯t send troops as planned, I will send him to a military court!¡±
Okamura Neji is a very rare loser. In fact, you can¡¯t blame Okamura Neji for being angry. One day ago, Sonobe and Ichiro were frightened after the 39th Division and the 15th Division that came for reinforcements were severely damaged. He immediately ordered the Sixth Division and the Thirteenth Division, which were advancing towards Susong County, to stop their advance and move closer to each other, forming a cornering situation to prevent a surprise attack by the Chinese army.
That's not all, he also sent a telegram to Okamura Neiji, claiming that a large number of Chinese troops were found in front of them rushing toward them. In order to avoid encounters with the troops in the fourth theater, he requested to withdraw to the original defense area for defense. .
To be honest, even the Eleventh Army's own telegraph operator felt ashamed when such a spineless telegram was sent, let alone Okamura Neji who received the telegram. Although at this moment, Okamura wanted to use a machine gun to attack Sonobe and Ichiro, but this guy was the confidant of the commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, General Nishio Hiszo, even Okamura Neji was so angry that his blood vessels were about to burst. , but still couldn't do anything with this guy. Thinking of this, Okamura felt an unbearable anger rising from the bottom of his heart.
Okamura said seriously: "Miyamoto-kun, please immediately send another telegram to Sonobe and Ichiro, telling him that if he dares to withdraw his troops without permission, then I will report the matter to the base camp and ask him to consider it himself. .¡±
"Hai!"
After following Okamura Neji for so long, Miyamoto Ichiro knew that Okamura Neji was really angry this time and was quite angry. He did not dare to say anything more, so he quickly agreed and hurried out
Just when Okamura Neiji was annoyed that Sonobe and Ichiro were planning to withdraw their troops, the 1st Armored Division, which had severely damaged the 39th Division and then turned around to deal with the 6th Division, also officially joined the fire with the 6th Division. .
The Sixth Division can be regarded as Suri's old rival. From the Battle of Nanjing to the Battle of Wuhan, and now the Sixth Division can be regarded as one of the troops that has fought the most with Suri's troops. Therefore, how to I gained some experience in fighting an enemy with absolutely superior firepower.
Although Machijiri Yuki just took over the position of commander of the Sixth Division from Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba at the beginning of this year, he is not an arrogant person. Since he took over the position of commander of the Sixth Division Later, he took the initiative to study the situation of Su Rui's troops. He found that the organization of Su Rui's troops was very different from the general troops of the National Government. Su Rui's troops had basically canceled the brigade-level organization. The division-level troops did not have brigades, but had three Infantry regiment, an artillery regiment, an air defense regiment, and several other self-reliant logistics units.
But don¡¯t think that a division with only three infantry regiments is a small B division. On the contrary, the division-level troops under Su Rui are large divisions. Each of his infantry regiments is about 4,000. There are many people, plus the air defense regiment, artillery regiment, cavalry battalion, guard battalion, engineer battalion, etc., the total number of the entire division is more than 18,000.
Moreover, after careful research by Machijiri Yuki, he came to a conclusion that even surprised him. That is, if the Sixth Division suddenly encounters an infantry division of the opponent, the two sides are likely to be evenly matched. This conclusion makes Very surprised.
You must know that the Japanese army has always used a regiment or even a brigade to deal with a division of the Chinese army when formulating a battle plan. But now this habit has been overturned by himself. This conclusion makes him very sad. It's hard to accept.
But Machijiri Yuki¡¯s discomfort did not last long, because just today this conclusion was overturned by himself?
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