Unlike Ishihara Wanji and Itagaki Seishiro who looked anxious and worried.

After Emperor Hirohito confirmed the authenticity of the matter from Ishihara Wanji, he became surprisingly calm.

The surprised look on his face at first disappeared, and he lowered his head as if he was thinking about something.

Itagaki Seishiro was sweating profusely and urged: "Your Majesty, what are you still hesitating about? You are the spiritual pillar of the entire Yamato nation. Regardless of whether Tokyo City can be defended or not, you must evacuate. It is too dangerous here.

In other words, even if the city of Tokyo falls, as long as His Majesty the Emperor is safe and sound, our Empire of Japan will still have hope, and all the people of Yamato and the Imperial Army officers and soldiers can continue to fight against the Chinese.

Therefore, for the sake of the Yamato nation and the Japanese Empire, I implore your Majesty to evacuate the city of Tokyo immediately!"

Ishihara Wanji nodded and agreed: "Yes, your Majesty, what Itagaki-kun said is very reasonable. Please inform the queen and prince. The princesses should pack up and prepare to evacuate. I have notified the Guards Division before coming, so I can do it at any time."

Protect His Majesty and evacuate Tokyo."

Emperor Hirohito slowly raised his head, looked at the two loyal ministers who looked anxious, and said seriously: "My dear friends, do you think I can really evacuate Tokyo at this time?"

The two looked at each other, confused.

Emperor Hirohito continued: "As Itagaki-kun said, I am the king of a country, the place where the spirit of the soldiers rests for the hundreds of millions of Yamato people.

The city of Tokyo is also the capital of our Empire of Japan. Once it falls, it will have a huge impact and be extremely detrimental to the morale of our hundreds of millions of Yamato people and millions of loyal and brave soldiers.

If I stay, Tokyo City may be able to hold it, but if I really evacuate, Tokyo City may really not be able to hold it."

"But..." Ishihara Wanji and Itagaki Seishiro looked horrified, but at the same time a little excited and admired.

"Okay. My dear friends, you don't need to persuade me any more. I have made up my mind. I am determined to lead all the Yamato people in Tokyo City and the warriors of the imperial army to fight to the death with the Chinese people. I will fight to the last soldier and I will not do anything.

The king of subjugation!" Emperor Hirohito resolutely interrupted their persuasion.

Their eyes were full of shock and excitement, and they quickly fell to their knees on the ground, kowtowed and cried: "Long live my emperor, I am willing to follow you to the death and fight to the death with the Chinese!"

"Ishihara-kun and Itagaki-kun, you two will be solely responsible for this battle in Tokyo. Divisions across the country are at your disposal.

I hope you and others will live up to my trust, repel the powerful enemy, and protect our sacred capital of the Japanese Empire!" Emperor Hirohito said in a sincere tone.

The two kowtowed again and cried: "Your Majesty, please put it down. I will do my best to defend Tokyo City and His Majesty the Emperor Ri'an to the death."

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After coming out of the palace, Ishihara Wanji said to his companion Seishiro Itagaki with a heavy heart: "Your Majesty insists on staying in Tokyo. Although it can greatly boost the morale of the military and civilians, at present, the main force of the empire is basically deployed on the front line, and the garrison strength in Tokyo is very empty.

The Chinese must be well prepared for this powerful attack. This battle will be an extremely brutal one!"

Itagaki Seishiro has returned to his usual calmness. His Majesty the Emperor is unwilling to retreat to the death and is very encouraging to him.

He immediately said: "Ishihara-kun, in addition to the Guards Division, there are also a large number of military police police units in Tokyo City. We should organize them all and deploy defenses along the coastline.

Of course, these troops alone are not enough. We should also send a telegram as soon as possible to the garrisons in the military districts around Tokyo, Yokohama, Chiba and other places to immediately reinforce Tokyo City.

Then ordered Nagoya, Sendai and other places to quickly organize their reserve forces, rush to Tokyo for reinforcements, and concentrate all the forces they can muster to fight the Chinese in Tokyo Bay."

Ishihara Wanji nodded and added: "In addition to these, we should also strictly order the reinforcements from all over the place not to leak the news, and strictly block the news of the China attack on Tokyo. Otherwise, once it reaches the front line, it will inevitably arouse the morale of the troops on the front battlefield.

This will lead to the collapse of the defense line on the frontal battlefield and lead to unpredictable catastrophic consequences."

"That's it." Itagaki Seishiro said.

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The earth-shattering sound of artillery in Tokyo Bay has alarmed cities on both sides of the strait, including Tokyo City, and the Japanese in the city have fallen into extreme panic.

In Tokyo Bay, with the efficient work of minesweepers, the attack fleet of the Third Fleet has advanced more than 20 nautical miles in less than two hours, and the city of Tokyo is already in sight.

Here, the density of Japanese mines began to increase, and the speed of advancement began to be hindered.

All the garrisons, military police and military police inside and outside Tokyo began to be busy urgently, and drove in groups to set up defenses along the coastal defense lines in Koto, Pu'an, Shinagawa and other places.

The local garrisons in Kawasaki and Chiba adjacent to Tokyo also entered a state of emergency.

At this moment, a large number of Chinese fighter planes came from high altitudes south of Tokyo Bay, blocking out the sky and the sun.

After entering the airspace near Tokyo Bay, about a thousand fighters and bombers divided into three groups and attacked Tokyo, Kawasaki and Chiba respectively.

Within a few minutes, the piercing and rapid air raid sirens rang over the entire Tokyo Bay area.

The intensive Japanese anti-aircraft firepower also roared, and the sound of thunder seemed to be everywhere in the sky.

However, violent explosions soon came one after another on the ground. At the explosion sites, mushroom clouds of unprecedented scale rose into the sky accompanied by fierce fire.

That was the masterpiece of the Chinese Air Force's Flying Fortress bomber group.

Although the Japanese anti-aircraft firepower seems fierce, it cannot withstand the constant attacks of Chinese fighter planes like locusts.

Although some Chinese fighter planes were unfortunately shot down during the fierce battle, the Japanese air defense forces suffered even more heavy losses.

In particular, the precise surgical dive bombing of nearly three hundred Stukas became a nightmare for the Japanese air defense forces.

While the Air Force was engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese air defense forces, the minesweeper force of the Navy's Third Fleet finally cleared the way forward for the attacking forces after suffering heavy casualties.

Dozens of destroyers and cruisers, as well as a large number of gunboats, began to launch fierce naval bombardments on the three landing ports.

Some Air Force Stuka dive bombers also came along to drop bombs from the air.

After about half an hour of intense firepower, hundreds of landing ships began to transport more than 20,000 elite troops for beach landing.

The first exchange of fire occurred in the Koto area of ​​Tokyo City, which guards the east gate of Tokyo.

Although the Chinese naval gun group and part of the air force carried out surgical precision strikes on the Japanese positions here, after all, this is the home base of the Japanese for many years.

They built many strong permanent defenses and some secret tunnels, allowing them to survive such a heavy fire coverage.

About two companies of ** first jumped into the knee-deep sea water. While the follow-up troops were still advancing, they took the lead and rushed towards the beach shore full of incomplete barbed wire and antlers.

But soon, troublesome gunshots and even the shelling of many small-caliber artillery could be heard from the shattered Japanese positions.

The dense bullets and falling artillery shells from time to time caused heavy casualties to the landing troops of these two companies.

However, the surviving Japanese soldiers were not deterred by this and rushed forward desperately despite the heavy Japanese firepower.

People continued to be shot and fell on the road of charge, and soon the two companies were almost wiped out with casualties. However, at this time, a large number of gunmen had already landed one after another, and accompanying them were armored and ferocious huge tanks.

Panzer IV.

When the No. 4 tanks roared toward the Japanese positions with green smoke, the intensive firepower of the Japanese immediately hit them with a series of dense sparks.

Fierce battles also broke out at the other two landing points. As tank troops landed one after another, the Japanese troops were gradually breaking through the Japanese positions with an unstoppable momentum.

Although the Japanese resisted desperately, they were unable to compete with the Chinese troops who had the army, navy, air force and ground armor forces cooperating to cover the attack. They could only watch their defensive positions being broken through bit by bit.

After more than an hour of fierce fighting, the 20,000-strong Japanese landing force, one of the most elite troops of the Northeast Frontier Defense Force, finally seized large Japanese defensive positions at the three landing points of Kodong, Pu'an, and Shinagawa.

A large landing field was opened up.

Moreover, in the past hour or so, the Air Force, after a hard battle, finally eliminated the Japanese air defense forces in the Tokyo area.

Now you can free up your hands to support the landing troops.

No, the Japanese Guards Division, which had just lost its most forward coastal defense position, immediately launched a massive counterattack to the above three areas under the personal command of Itagaki Seishiro.

Twenty thousand elite Japanese troops relied on the super firepower of tank troops and naval gun groups to fight hard.

While the two sides were in a stalemate, a large number of air force fighter planes gathered from various airspaces in Tokyo.

It dealt a fatal blow to the Japanese army that was launching a counterattack. The Guards Division, which suffered heavy casualties, had to stop the counterattack and retreat.

Twenty thousand elite Japanese troops immediately took the lead with tanks and armored vehicles, taking advantage of the situation to attack across the board and launch a counterattack against Japan.

Air Force Zero fighters and Stuka bombers also coordinated with ground forces to launch air strikes against the retreating Japanese troops.

It caused extremely heavy casualties to the Japanese. There were flames and thick smoke everywhere outside Tokyo, and the sounds of explosions, gunfire, and shouts of killing could be heard all the time.

After Wang Tiehan learned of the situation, he immediately ordered the remaining 80,000 elite army troops and a large number of elite marines to start subsequent landings.

From a bird's-eye view from a high altitude, you can clearly see the extremely spectacular scene in the not-so-wide Tokyo Bay.
Chapter completed!