What surprised Ishihara was that the first person who stood up was a Navy from the Navy, and his opinions were very pertinent and very deadly.

Tokyo has only been bombed once so far, that is, the Doolid bombing in the spring of 1942, but the losses caused by this bombing are very small, and to a large extent it is just a declaration and an attitude declaration.

But once Shandong is lost, the Jiaodong Peninsula is only more than 400 kilometers away from Tokyo, which is completely within the b17 bombing radius. The dangers of establishing a submarine base in Qingdao are still secondary.

"It's right, the same is true for Jiangnan," said Major General Koon Jingchun, Director of the Navy and Military Affairs Bureau, and said: "The main reason why the empire's defense strategy lists the Mariana Islands as the absolute defense circle is that the bombers taking off from Saipan can reach the empire's land directly. If Jiangnan is abandoned, Jiangnan will be far shorter from the empire's land than the Mariana Islands."

The Absolute Defense Circle was proposed after the Battle of Midway. The Battle of Midway hurt the Japanese Navy. The Japanese Navy turned offensive to defend and proposed to establish a line of defense along the Kuril Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Mariana Islands, Caroline Islands and the western part of the New Guinea Islands - the Absolute Defense Circle Plan, based on the current bombing radius of Allied bombers.

Okaki Kei-ku's words hit Ishihara's strategy again, but what made Sugiyama a little embarrassed was that these factors were found by the Navy.

When Ishihara initially proposed this strategy, the Navy was still very welcome. The reason was actually very simple. If this strategy was followed, the Navy could obtain more material allocation. From the beginning of the war, the Army has always occupied most of the materials. It turned out that when the war started, Sugiyama Moto agreed to make concessions on the steel quota, but in fact, with the establishment of the army's mechanized troops, especially the tank troops, these shares were taken back.

However, after returning yesterday, Shimada was also besieged by the lower-level officers of the Navy. However, these naval officers found the weakness of Ishihara's strategy, so the reasons for opposition were more firm.

Ishihara felt a little despair, but this also aroused his fighting spirit. He stood up and walked to the projector, put one of the maps on the screen, pointed to the semicircle drawn on the picture and said, "This absolute national defense circle is a pie. The absolute security of the country is based on national strength, and hopes for absolute national defense. It is a daydream. The war has been fought to this day, and the national strength has been severely weakened, and productivity must be distributed equally to the army and the navy. As a result, that part is not enough. The current situation is that we must withdraw from a battlefield and concentrate the national power on one battlefield. Negotiating peace with China is only the first step, and the second step is to negotiate with the Soviet Union, free the imperial power from China, and fight against Britain and the United States with all our might. Our actions must be fast, and we must hurry before Germany is defeated."

"I support General Ishihara's strategy. The national strategy is based on not building a national defense circle, but on national strength." Feeling that Ishihara's situation is not good, Koiki Aki decided to express his views, but this is a very risky decision. If it fails, he will never have the authority to lead the cabinet again: "Different use of troops is a taboo in combat. At present, in various battlefields in China, the Chinese can concentrate five or six times of the troops to attack the imperial army. On the contrary, the imperial army can only passively fight, and it is acceptable to retreat with limited scope."

"There is a limit to retreat?" Sugiyama Moto asked directly without giving Koiki Akira's face: "Are you going to give up the entire Jiangnan or retreat with a limit? American planes taking off from Jiangnan can directly bomb Tokyo. Prime Minister, this is not a limit."

"But the problem now is that the country's resources are limited, but it is still being used scattered. If this continues, Japan will be defeated within three years." Ishihara Kanir was a little anxious and couldn't help but roar at Sugiyama Moto.

"I'm worried about it all," Sugiyama Yuan was extremely contemptuous: "The empire will not be defeated, and the Americans cannot bear the loss of life. As long as they defeat them once, they will sit down to negotiate. As for China, the Battle of North Hubei was just a lack of intelligence and fell into the trap of the Chinese people. On the actual battlefield, the Chinese army was not an opponent of the Imperial Army."

"Major General Ligao," Ishihara didn't care about Sugiyama, and suddenly shouted "Nosuke the situation in North China."

Rikio Nosuke was stunned. He was originally going to speak at this meeting, but when he entered the venue, he realized that he had no right to speak. He had been listening and analyzing that he was preparing to support Ishihara and let China take back Jiangnan without fighting and all areas south of the Yellow River. But now he found that opposing Ishihara might have a better strategy for China. So when he stood up, he had already had a countermeasure in his heart.

"The situation in North China is very serious. Commander Okamura sent me back to Japan to report to the base camp the difficulties faced by the North China Expeditionary Army." Rigao Nosuke said: "Since the previous year, the North China Expeditionary Army has been encircled and suppressed the local GC army in Shandong, Hebei, and Chahar, and won victory in Shandong and Hebei. However, with the support of the Chinese government, the combat effectiveness of the GC army has greatly improved. The Imperial Army suffered heavy casualties. In the Hebei-centered security battle, the Imperial Army suffered more than 30,000 casualties. As the main force of the Imperial Army was transferred to Hebei, a unit of the New Fourth Army of the GC army entered Shandong, and the security in Shandong began to deteriorate again. General Matsui believed that it was necessary to clear it up again, but the entire North China lacked combat supplies. In order to support the Northern Hubei operation, the North China Expeditionary Army dispatched two divisions and four brigades, which led to the suspension of the security operations in Chahar and Suiyuan."

Listening to Ritakanosuke's words, Ishihara nodded frequently, Sugiyama's face was gloomy, Karaotsuguki continued: "General Sugiyama, General Ishihara, North China is the rear of the Mongolian front line. The deterioration of the security situation in North China will seriously threaten the Mongolian front line. General Okabu responded that the Soviet-Mongolian army was abnormally mobilized and it is possible to launch an attack at the turn of spring and summer this year."

"To stabilize the situation in North China, Commander Okamura believes that at least two divisions and three brigades must be added to North China. In addition, in terms of materials, 20,000 tons must be provided to North China every month."

Ishihara Kanir was a little disappointed, Sugiyama's eyes lit up immediately. He immediately took over the conversation and asked: "You can restore public order in North China by adding two divisions and three brigades, is that right?"

Rikiosuke nodded after thinking: "Yes, but the supplies must be 50,000 tons in the first replenishment, and no less than 20,000 tons per month in the future. This is the minimum requirement. Now all warehouses in North China are empty. Once the Su-Mongol army launches an attack, North China will be unable to support it."

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