In Japan, Tokyo.

In the parking lot of Imperial Palace Square, Navy Minister Minumasa Meets Army Minister Shunroku Hata.

The two old Japanese men greeted each other and then walked to the imperial study together, with a serious expression on their faces.

"Mine, do you know why His Majesty convened this imperial meeting?"

"I know a little bit, which is related to the successive defeats of the 13th Army in the past two days."

"But this is not right. If it were because of the defeat of the 13th Army, why would there be more naval generals participating in this imperial meeting than army generals?"

"That's what...it's hard to describe."

"Minejun, are you hiding something from me?"

"No, how could I hide anything from you? But..."

"But what?"

"But as far as I know, this imperial meeting is likely to discuss an important resolution, which is related to the Navy. If this resolution is passed, the navy's tactics will be revolutionary in the future."

While speaking, the two old Japanese men had already arrived in front of the imperial study room.

The guards guarding in front of the imperial study raised their guns to pay tribute. The two old Japanese raised their hands to give back the gift, and then entered with great pride.

When I entered the study, I saw the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Moon-ri, who was in the forefront. This guy is a workaholic and every time he sits in a meeting in front of the emperor, he will reach half an hour earlier than others.

Since this is a staff meeting, no special seats will be arranged.

Minumasa and Hata Shunruo looked for two seats next to each other and sat down, but they were far away from Kome Fumi.

Because the cabinet repeatedly obstructed the military budgets of the Navy and the Army, Minuchi Mitsumasa and Hata Shunroku and Omemo Fumiya were both nervous and unwilling to sit next to him.

Kobe Fumiya just glanced at the two of them, without any intention of talking.

After a while, Ministers of Foreign Affairs Arita Hachiro, Minister of Finance Kiichiro Hiranu, Miyato Miyato, Fushimi Miyato and Hiroki also arrived one after another.

Moreover, Fushimi Miyaki Hiroki was not alone, and he also brought two people.

These two people, one is Yamamoto Iroku, the commander of the Imperial Navy Combined Fleet, and the other is Yamaguchi Daoshi, the commander of the 2nd Air Force.

However, compared with the military and political tycoons present, Yamamoto Iororu and Yamaguchi Daoshi's qualifications were much less expensive. After all, the big guys present bowed their heads and greeted them, the two walked to the end and found a seat to sit down.

At Yamamoto Iroru and Yamaguchi Tatsuki arrived not long after it arrived, Hirohito also arrived.

Without any extra nonsense, Hirohito immediately said as soon as he sat down, "Everyone is here, let's start."

More than a dozen military and political leaders who participated in the imperial meeting sat upright and made instructions.

Hirohito continued: "The 3rd Flight Regiment of the Air Force belonging to the 13th Army suffered two consecutive defeats yesterday and today. He lost 134 combat aircraft in just two days. Then the Chinese Air Force dispatched nearly 50 combat aircraft to bomb the Guards Division, and even all the technical equipment of the 4th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade and the 4th Field Artillery Corps affiliated to the Guards Division were destroyed. You must have known this."

Yamaguchi Tatsuki, who was in the last seat, secretly observed and found that there was no anger on Hirohito's face.

In fact, Hirohito was not very angry, and he was even a little secretly grateful.

Hirohito said again: "You will definitely think that I will be very angry when I lost so many combat aircraft and heavy artillery from one brigade and another wing in just two days, but I want to tell you that I am not angry."

"Not only am I not angry, I am a little lucky because this crushing defeat completely awakened the empire."

"Before today, there were unrealistic fantasies in the military theory community, equipment technology department and even many senior generals of the Empire, and they all opposed revolutionary changes to the existing system. They all believed that the Empire's existing military theories, combat concepts and existing technical equipment were enough to cope with a global war!"

"But what is the truth? The facts gave the Empire a loud slap!"

"Let's talk about military theory first. Compared with the backward and corrupt China, the imperial military theory is indeed advanced. This has been perfectly reflected in the previous Japanese-Shenzhen War, the Russo-Japanese War and the recent China Incident. However, when the imperial military theory met the Chinese army armed with modern Western military theories, it immediately paled in comparison!"

"Zhong Yi is the proof! Just because he returned from studying at West Point Military Academy, he mastered the most advanced military theories in the West, and after returning to China to participate in the war, he caused countless losses to the Imperial Army! Isn't this a problem? This is enough to show that the empire's military theory has been seriously backward and must undergo subversive changes!"

Speaking of this, Hirohito turned his attention to the President of the Army University at the meeting, Eifuki Fujie, "Fujie, the task of innovating military theory will be handed over to your Army University."

"Hayi." Fujie Etsuo bowed his head heavily.

Hirohito said again: "I don't understand the specific tactical issues very much in this regard. They are real laymen, so I won't talk more about it."

After pausing, he said to Miyaki Miyaki Saihito and Hiroki Fushimijima: "This matter is conducted by the General Staff of the Army and the Navy Command to coordinate with the Army and the Army Provinces, focusing on learning the German tactics! You have also seen that the performance of the German army on the European battlefield is really shocking!"

"Hayi!" The two old Japanese sterns bowed their heads together.

"Finally, I will focus on equipment innovation." Hirohito said in a stressful tone, "You all know that the industrial manufacturing foundation of China is completely incomparable to the empire. The weapons and equipment of the Chinese army are also far from that of the Imperial Army. However, Zhong Yi only caused fatal damage to the Imperial Army with dozens of fighter jets purchased from the United States. This is enough to prove how important the aviation army will become in the future war! It is no exaggeration to say that the aviation army will determine the life and death of future wars!"

"So, it is necessary for us to separate the air force and form an independent air force!"

"The size of the air force must also be greatly expanded based on the existing air force."

"Hundreds of aircraft are far from enough, one or two thousand aircraft are still not enough. We want five thousand or even eight thousand aircraft!"

"Please imagine what kind of scene would it be if the Empire and the United States go to full war one day in the future, and then the entire Pacific Ocean will be covered with various types of fighter jets of the Imperial Air Force?"

Speaking of this, Hirohito's eyes lit up and shone brightly.

There are many militants in the Japanese military, but it is obvious that Hirohito is the biggest militant.
Chapter completed!