The third part of the bloody war of resistance, Chapter 9, the rushing section, Section 8, the Yellow River Roaring (8)

Tokyo can already feel the chill in early autumn, but the atmosphere in the headquarters of the Army was very tense. The officers entering and leaving all looked serious. The situation on the battlefield in Shandong was getting worse day by day. Jiaodong was lost, Liaocheng fought hard, Laiwu was broken, and the Taishan defense line was shaking. The latest situation is that Okamura Yasuji decided to give up south of the Yellow River, and even give up the entire Shandong and Henan.

"Why don't you talk now?" Ishihara Kanir stared at Sugiyama Moto and Kimura Hitaro. At this moment, he was like a crane standing out in the flock. Almost all the officers of the Army Department and the General Staff Headquarters stood opposite him, and there were only a few people like Muto Akira beside him.

The development of the Chinese war was almost exactly the same as he expected a few months ago. He advocated giving up Jiangnan and concentrating his troops in North China in order to prevent such a situation today.

"You can do nothing except ruin the country." Ishihara Kanir was very depressed and very sad. It was precisely because of their interference that his strategy could not be implemented. Now that Shandong's fall is a foregone conclusion, even if the main force of the 12th Army can escape the attack of the Chinese army, the losses will be heavy. Okamura Yanji can defend Peking, even if the great god Amaterasu is blessed.

"Even if Shandong is lost, we cannot give up Jiangnan," Sugiyama Motoko argued himself: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has concluded that it is unacceptable to give up the Nanjing Wang Jingwei government..."

"Absurd" Ishihara smiled and interrupted Sugiyama with a sneer. Then she sighed. She left the war room without caring about the many officers present. He was completely desperate about this group of people. It was impossible to save Japan in crisis by relying on these people.

"What's this?" Hattori Shuo Shiro shouted dissatisfiedly: "Why did the Chief of Staff leave like this at the combat meeting?"

"It is irresponsible for such a chief of staff to be a shame to the empire." Ryuzo Seshima seemed even more angry.

"What else can you guys here? Is there a chance to save the empire? End this war? Stupid egg." Ishihara Kaner dropped this sentence and turned around without looking back.

Ishihara Kanir left unreasonably. This rare situation made the officers in the meeting dumbfounded. The Chief of Staff left while presiding on the combat analysis meeting. This was the first time in the history of the Japanese army. After a few minutes of quietness, the venue suddenly felt like a honeycomb that exploded and the crowd was in full swing.

Muto Akira sighed in his heart. He seemed to understand Ishihara Kaner's despair. North China was already empty in its troops, and reinforcements from ten divisions were still on the way. If the 12th Army suffered heavy damage, there would be only 70,000 or 80,000 of Tanishou's men and two divisions withdrawn from Shanxi. The troops withdrawn from Datong must stay in Chahar and Suiyuan to ensure the safety of the Mongolian Front's rear.

By this calculation, Okamura Yasuji can use only about 110,000 to 120,000 troops. These 100,000 troops are going to stop the siege of millions of Chinese troops. And when the opponent has firepower and air superiority, Muto Akira can imagine how anxious Okamura Yasuji is now in Peking.

Looking back, since the Lugou Bridge Incident, the mainstream judgment of the base camp has always been wrong. Ishihara Kanir left sadly, which can only be said to be discouraged. Muto concluded that Ishihara's next step is to resign from the Emperor.

Sugiyama Sora has completely lost its authority. The ministers and the heads of each department did not care about Sugiyama Sora, and began to discuss it on their own.

"Matsui Ishione is old and shouldn't have allowed him to serve as the commander of the 12th Army." Someone rushed to the Personnel Director Toonaga.

Fu Yong said anti-voice: "Personnel issues were decided by the Army Provincial and Chief of Staff. Besides, the fundamental problem in North China is that there is insufficient troops. Do you understand?"

"Only, re-enlisting, forming twenty divisions, quickly transporting them to North China, and fighting to the death with the Chinese army."

Muto Akira couldn't help but curse in his heart, forming twenty divisions, not to mention the soldiers, weapons and equipment, these soldiers who could not even hold guns would only become targets for the Chinese army's massacre and add medals to the Chinese generals.

"Transfer the Kwantung Army into the pass, the Kwantung Army is invincible in the world"

Muto Akira sighed softly and turned around to leave. The Kanto Army was invincible. Umezu Mijiro protested that the telegram was three feet thick, and the world was invincible? What a joke. Now the Kanto Army is only left with the 10th Division, which is not even a Class B Division.

"General Muto, what do you think?"

Muto Akira turned his head and saw that he was the deputy director of the First Class of the Military Affairs Bureau. Takeda was a surviving follower of Ishihara Kanir Ishihara. All those who had been expanded with Ishihara were driven out of the Ministry of Army and the General Staff Headquarters. This was also the biggest reason why Ishihara was isolated as Chief of Staff this time.

Takeda's eyes were very cold. Muto Akira knew why. At that time, he was one of the most intense anti-Ishihara people and the backbone of the strong advocated the expansion of the Lugou Bridge Incident. Takeda is now taking revenge.

"What else can I say? It's already like this. I can only ask God Amaterasu to bless him. General Matsui can lead the 12th army to retreat to the north bank of the Yellow River." Muto Akira's tone was very calm.

Takeda still refused to let him go: "General Muto, you were so arrogant back then that you were so proud that you would be punished. Why have you become a general now? Did you become a general but you have no courage?"

Takeda's words were a bit vicious, mocking Muto Akira and the others for their fight back then were just to get promoted to the level of general as soon as possible. Muto Akira was furious: "How can you say that? When China was provoking trouble, shouldn't we be punished? Takeda Jun now we are going to do it, unite and overcome difficulties together."

Muto Akira was not worried about what Takeda could do. He is now a major general, and Takeda is just a newly promoted major. Moreover, the biggest help for the expansion back then was Sugiyama Moto in front of him. Takeda made it clear that he would only offend more people.

Sure enough, Takeda retreated and did not continue to pursue the matter. Instead, he asked with a soft and strong attitude: "In the face of such a crisis in North China, does General Muto have any countermeasures?"

Muto Atsushi thought, what other countermeasures are there now? I didn’t say that just now, I can only beg for the help of Amaterasu. What other countermeasures can be found? Almost all the troops in North China were transferred to Shandong and Henan. Okamura Yasuji can control the force now. Now, the troops will not exceed 5,000. The whole person is sent to Shandong. Do you still want Higashi?

You can use what you said just now as a joke, but now you can't say that anymore. Muto Akira thought for a while and said, "It's impossible to defend Shandong. You can only tear down the east wall and repair the west wall. Currently, there are 82,000 people in Anyang. The Chinese army's attack on Tani Shou is not fierce. I think two divisions can be drawn from it and quickly advance eastward, seize De County, and support Matsui Jun to break through."

"I think this plan is feasible," Sugiyama Sora immediately expressed support as if he had caught a straw, which made Muto Akira feel fooled. You must know that once this plan is adopted, he will bear the consequences in the future.

"General, I think whether this plan can be implemented should be decided by General Okamura. We'd better discuss the eastward direction of the Chinese Expeditionary Army after Shandong fell." Muto Akira cleverly took back the suggestion and put the blame on Okamura Nishiji. But this is also unreproachable, after all, Okamura Nishiji is close to the battlefield.

"You are right, but we can give General Okamura a reminder." Sugiyama nodded slightly. The pressure on Sugiyama Moto is now very high. The Lugou Bridge Incident in the distance and the nearby obstacles to abandoning Jiangnan proved that he was wrong. The position of the Minister of the Army is in danger. Now the only thing that can allow him to retain his position as Minister is the only one of the Minister of the Army. If he does not resign, Koi Iso Kyoto will have to replace the Minister of the Army by resigning.

"This is best." Kimura Hitotaro was in a bad mood. He also saw that Ishihara Kanir might resign. Ishihara Ishihara resigned, and the emperor would inevitably ask about it. After the end, he would be held accountable. Who would bear this responsibility? Ishihara Kanir? It is impossible. This strategic deployment was not his. He made a generous speech at the joint meeting of the cabinet base twice, insisting on giving up Jiangnan and concentrating his troops in North China, and was denied twice. Sugiyama Moto was a general of the army and an old minister of the three dynasties. If Hirohito couldn't bear it, he, Kimura Hitotaro was a scapegoat.

"However, the prospects for the North China war are worrying," Kimura Hitotaro said hesitantly: "I think it is not enough to just reinforce ten divisions. More troops must be drawn from the local area. In addition, the North Korean Governor can be ordered to form a North Korean division and be transferred to the pass to fight."

"Can logistics supplies be guaranteed?" Sugiyama Moto turned his attention to Director of the Weapons Bureau, Haruji Suga, who was actually responsible for logistics equipment, including reserves and development.

After thinking about it, Suga Haruji replied in a dilemma: "It is difficult to exceed 200,000. I must leave at least 100,000 people of supplies, which is needed for local defense."

Sugiyama Tsubasa no longer said anything. The Shandong war analysis meeting ended in a hurry. Before the afternoon, Sugiyama Tsubasa received a report. Ishihara Kanir submitted a letter of resignation to the Emperor. The Emperor personally summoned Ishihara and the two of them had a talk for a full two hours. The length of time was beyond imagination. Even if we first met the saint, it had never been so long.

But now he doesn't care about so much. In the afternoon, he sent the urgently planned military increase plan to Koi Kan Aki. Koi Kan Aki looked solemn. After seeing it, he said to Sugiyama Moto helplessly: "General Sugiyama, another 150,000 people will be recruited this time. As far as I know, the conditions for the army's military increase have been repeatedly lowered. It turns out that the recruitment age cannot be recruited at all, but now it has been recruited. The recruitment age has been reduced to 16 years old and to 42 years old."

Sugiyama was a little impatient, and he interrupted Koiki Akira: "Prime Minister, it's a war era now, and the conditions naturally change, so there is no problem."

But Koiki Aki did not approve the plan immediately, but put it next to him and looked up at Sugiyama: "I must discuss with the Chief of Staff and the Cabinet."

Sugiyama nodded: "I hope it can be as soon as possible, the situation in North China is urgent."

The situation in North China is indeed very dangerous, but the first thing to be solved is Sugiyama Moto, Hirohito summoned Ishihara Kanir. Ishihara Kanir analyzed the entire battle situation to him and told Hirohito clearly that Japan is losing the war now. To change this situation, it is necessary to first solve the strategic problem. Ishihara Kanir began to talk about the Lugou Bridge Incident, and the Chinese Incident, fighting against the Soviet Union and the United States.

"..., until the outbreak of the war, the empire has always lacked a long-term strategy and is always busy resolving problems after problems arise. Fighting against the Soviet Union was to resolve the China Incident, fighting against the United States, and also to resolve the China Incident. It is believed that cutting off the Yunnan-Burma Highway would force Chiang Kai-shek to surrender, but he never thought about what if Chiang Kai-shek did not surrender? What method should be used to solve the China Incident.

….., as the Minister of the Army during the China Incident and the Chief of Staff when declaring war on the United States, General Sugiyama must bear the responsibility. It is inappropriate for him to continue to serve as the Minister of the Army….”

Ishihara Kanir offered the conditions for him to remain in office, and Sugiyama Moto had to leave Hirohito did not object to this. After His meeting, Hirohito told Koiki Aki through Kido that he would resign at the appropriate time, and the Army chose another Minister of the Army.

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