In the Imperial Palace of Tokyo, in the imperial study of the Emperor of the Japanese Dynasty, I saw that the Emperor Hirohito was furious.

In the open space in front of the desk, a lot of porcelain has already been smashed, and some books and so on, all in a mess.

It is conceivable how fierce Hirohito's anger was when he received the telegram from the Imperial Intelligence Department that the 6th Division had almost been wiped out.

"Your Majesty is angry!"

"Your Majesty is angry!"

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Under Hirohito's imperial study, there were several ministers of the War Department of the Japanese Kingdom, and of course a few ministers of the Admiralty who were also kneeling, but the corners of the Admiralty's lips had been secretly mocking.

This scene was clearly seen by Hirohito, who was condescendingly looking at the circle of ministers of the army and navy kneeling below.

The contradiction between the Japanese navy and the army has always existed, the navy looks down on the army, and the army looks down on the navy. A large part of the reason is the relative contradiction between the two sides in military spending and other matters.

As Hirohito, he could not rebuke the Minister of the Navy at this time for secretly mocking, because the Army needed naval ships to transport troops to land in China in order to strengthen the Army's military support in the land of China.

Shaking off these thoughts, Hirohito looked at the circle of ministers of the army and navy kneeling below, and waved his hand with a sneer: "Get up, the most elite of the empire, and the first few imperial troops to enter Jinling City, the division and regiment were actually wiped out in the Qiaogou Gorge east of Pingxing Pass. It seems that the Army needs to review it. ”。

"Your Majesty, the Army's military spending is tight, and most of it has been misappropriated by the Navy, which makes the Army's weapons and equipment updated very slowly. Although the 6th Division is one of the two most capable divisions in the Empire, the weapons and equipment of the whole division have not been updated for many years, so in the terrain of Qiaogou Gorge, we have little advantage. Your Majesty! War Secretary Hideki Tojo stubbornly defended.

The Minister of the Navy, Shintaro Sawa, who was standing on the side and sent troops by Tojo Hide, pouted and sneered, and said: "Your Majesty, the army is incompetent, more than 20,000 people in a division were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, and the whole army was annihilated, which shows that the army did not do its best!" The army is weak, so it is better to let the navy move south and seize more oil resources to support the empire's conquest! ”。

Seeing that the topic of the Minister of the Army and Navy below was getting farther and farther away, Hirohito suddenly became angry.

"Bang !!!"

There was a loud bang, and I saw Hirohito slap his palm on the luxurious table in front of him, and said angrily: "Baga, what is the noise?" Now it's a matter for the Army, and the Navy should not argue. ”。

"Forgiveness of sins!" Seven or eight ministers of the army and navy bent down one after another to plead guilty.

Hirohito slowed down, immediately stabilized his anger, waved his hand and said in a condensed voice: "The new regiment of the Eighth Route Army is already an elite Chinese army that the empire does not allow to ignore, and its combat power is beyond our phenomenon. Now the 6th Division, one of the two most capable divisions in the empire under the personal command of Renya Shoufu, although the 6th Division has a lone army deep and did not detect the ambush of the other side in time, but judging from the clear code telegram sent by the Eighth Route Army, the other party has been planning for a long time. ”。

After a pause, Hirohito continued to condense: "Therefore, Li Yunlong and other Eighth Route Army troops must be treated cautiously in the future, and in Jin Province, Okabe Naosaburo must be ordered to give priority to advancing and eliminating all the Eighth Route Army troops, and report this new regiment." ”。

"Your Majesty, now there are only the 36th Division, the 37th Division and the 41st Division under the jurisdiction of the First Army of the Imperial Army in Huaxia Jin Province, and there are several brigades with a total of less than 100,000 people, and most of these troops need to send troops to garrison Datong, Taiyuan, Jiexiu, Xinkou and other important towns, as well as Chen Chongbing's troops to deal with the main force of the Nationalist Army confronting the First Army of our Imperial Army near Zhongtiao Mountain, and the strength is already stretched. I am afraid that it will not be possible to send a large number of troops to attack the headquarters of the new 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Hengshan in a short period of time, and there are other troops of the Eighth Route Army. ”

Tojo was still very familiar with army affairs, so he talked about it.

Hirohito had a sad face, and he had to say in his heart that at this point in the war, the Japanese State had continuously increased its troops and strengthened its military support in the land of China, and it had reached as many as one million Japanese troops, and from the current situation, it was basically impossible to end the war against China in a short period of time, within a few years.

As soon as he thought of this, Hirohito's head suddenly had a little headache. However, at present, the 6th Division, the imperial "meritorious" unit that entered Jinling City, was almost completely wiped out, and even the division flags were captured, which made it impossible for Hirohito to rebuild the 6th Division.

After all, once the division flag was captured by the enemy, it had already been declared that the formation of this Japanese army could only be revoked within the Japanese state.

Therefore, at this time, the more Hirohito thought about it, the more angry he became at Li Yunlong's new group. In addition, the new group of Li Yunlong's subordinates still has their people, and they even ambushed and killed Fushimi Palace Toshihiko and other four imperial princes, which is enough to make Hirohito more and more angry on Li Yunlong.

"These troops can't be moved? How can it be? In this way, he ordered Okabe Naosaburo to transfer the first part of the Mongolian Xinjiang garrison army to Jin Province to strengthen the strength of Jin Province. Hirohito directly ordered, although the imperial family has certain rights, but Hirohito's rare direct transfer of troops still made the following ministers of the Japanese War look at each other.

However, the total annihilation of the 6th Division made it impossible for even Tojo Hideki to stop Hirohito's order. After all, the army has been defeated in several battles against the headquarters of the new regiment, and there have been many casualties.

As soon as they thought of this, several ministers of the Japanese War Department said, "Yes, Your Majesty! As for some of the Admiralty, they were just called in and reprimanded.

It's just that Hirohito couldn't so lightly order the Mongolian Xinjiang garrison army to transfer a section to the south, but pondered for a while, and said to Tojo Ying: "Tojo-san, I want to transfer the second division from Harbing to the south to enter the pass, and it belongs to the first army system temporarily controlled by Okabe Naosaburo, what do you think?" ”。

"What does Your Majesty mean?"

Emperor Hirohito said in a condensed voice: "What I mean is that several elite units of the Empire, including the most elite 6th Division, were able to suffer heavy casualties under Li Yunlong's ambush. Although this time, the 6th Division was surrounded and ambushed by Li Yunlong and several other units of the Eighth Route Army. Judging from the latest intelligence analysis, it is impossible for Li Yunlong to have only one regiment of troops under his control, at least his secret strength may be as high as 10,000. And the combat effectiveness of this new regiment, all the monarchs have already seen it! Not to be underestimated! ”。

After a pause, Hirohito continued, "What I mean is that we must get rid of the new mess as soon as possible. Otherwise, if Li Yunlong's new regiment secretly grows to 20,000, 30,000, or even 50,000, with the results of their current ambush of the 6th Division on the ground, maybe in the future, Li Yunlong will have an army of 20,000, and it will be very easy to eat a few more imperial divisions. ”。