At the same time, the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

Hirohito once again summoned high-ranking officials from the political and military circles, such as Kanin Miyazahito, Fushimi Miyashi Hiroki, Hirota Hiroki, Sugiyama Moto, Tada Jun, and Shimomura Ding, to the Imperial Study.

Even Prime Minister Fumihiro Konoe came to the Imperial Palace this time.

The reason why Hirohito was so vigorous and mobilized the people, and the military and political officials were summoned to the Imperial Palace, was just to witness the historic moment of capturing Xinjiekou and Nanjing!

This moment is so monumental for Japan!

Hirohito first asked Foreign Minister Hirota Hiroki: "Hirota-kun, you are an old diplomat, you say, will the 6th Division's use of chemical weapons in Nanjing attract criticism from the West?" ”

"Hello!" Hirota Hongyi suddenly said, "Back to Your Majesty, there is no doubt that this move will attract criticism from the West!" ”

After a pause, he added: "But the empire doesn't have to care about this at all, because the Western countries are now too busy to take care of themselves, and they don't have the heart to take care of all kinds of affairs in the East. ”

"I completely agree with Hirota-kun." "Just half an hour ago, gunboats of the Navy's Third Fleet shelled a destroyer of the US Navy near the Shimonoseki Pier. ”

"And that kind of thing?" Hirohito said, "The U.S. Navy was shelled, but apologized? ”

"Hello!" Fushimi Gong Gong said, "The old minister entered the palace this time and was about to report this matter to His Majesty. ”

Sugiyama Motoshi said: "This is enough to show that the national strength of the Great Japanese Empire is so strong that even the United States must face it squarely, so even if Western countries know that the Imperial Army used chemical weapons in Nanjing, at most they will condemn a few words!" The Great Japanese Empire and the Great Japanese Imperial Army will not lose half a hair because of this! ”

Hearing this, Hirohito and the ministers burst out laughing.

However, after laughing twice, Hirohito's face became solemn again, and he continued: "Gentlemen, you say, can the 6th Division destroy the 367th Regiment this time?" ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured." Shimomura paused, "There will definitely be no mistakes this time!" ”

"Really?" Hirohito nodded happily and said, "Then let's wait for the good news from the 6th Division from the Nanjing front through NHK radio station." ”

After saying that, with a wave of his hand, an attendant stepped forward to turn on the radio.

The next moment, Miko Hibino's voice came from the radio.

"Hello listeners on the radio and before the broadcast, first of all, I want to tell you a good news, General Shiro Inaba, the commander of the 6th Division, has repeatedly assured that this will be the last battle in Nanjing, and the 367th Regiment of the Chinese Army, which is huddled near Xinjiekou, will not survive this attack in any case!"

"Therefore, in order to witness this historic moment, I specially asked the headquarters of NHK, and asked the director of the radio station and the director of the company to allow the live broadcast vehicle to follow the attack troops of the 6th Division!"

"Listeners and friends, at this moment, our live broadcast car is following behind the 4th Squadron of the 3rd Brigade to which the Kumamoto United belongs, and our distance is only two hundred meters! I could even hear the uniform footsteps of the officers and men of the 4th Squadron as they advanced, and oh my God, I saw Captain Tanaka Gunyoshi walking in front of the line! ”

"I saw not only Captain Tanaka, but also the saber he was holding in his hand!"

"It is said that it is an heirloom sword, which was forged by the famous craftsman Tsuda Echizen Shousukehiro!"

"Listeners, guess how many of those soldiers Captain Tanaka has killed so far?"

"Fifty? Eighty? A hundred? No, no, no, you underestimate Captain Tanaka too much, and I can tell you responsibly that there are more than three hundred soldiers who died under Captain Tanaka's sword! ”

"Oh wait, I saw Nantaro signing at me, he was already signing at me!"

"Before leaving, I agreed with Nanjun that he would send me the battle report on the front line through sign language in time, and then I would relay it to all the listeners and friends as soon as possible!"

Hearing this, the hearts of Hirohito and the ministers immediately hung in the air.

They were desperate to know what Nantaro was going to say.

……

Eager to know what Nantaro would say, it was not only Hirohito and his ministers, but almost all the people in Japan who could listen to NHK's broadcasts!

Among them, Tokyo has the largest number of citizens!

In Chiyoda Square in Tokyo, there is a radio station.

At this moment, no less than 5,000 people have gathered under the radio rack in Chiyoda Square!

More than 5,000 people, all looking up at the radio stand, their eyes full of eager anticipation!

An elderly old man, while listening to the radio, said to another old man next to him: "Tsuchiya-kun, I remember that your family Yuichi also served in the 6th Division, right?" ”

"Hello!" Lao Tsuchiya nodded slightly, and said with pride on his face, "Noda-kun, my family Yui just graduated from the Army University three years ago, and was assigned to the Kumamoto Wing as the deputy of the brigade, two months ago, due to his heroic performance on the North China battlefield, he has been promoted to the deputy of the wing, and now he is the deputy captain of the Kumamoto Wing!" ”

"Really?" Lao Noda said with envy on his face, "Your family Yuichi is really promising!" ”

The old Tsuchiya laughed and said proudly: "Noda-kun, your family Taro is also very good!" ”

"My family Taro is far worse than your family Yuichi!" Lao Noda shook his head and said, "But fortunately, my Ietaro also participated in this attack, and I think I can also earn a piece of military merit, and with this combat merit, I can get the recommendation of the wing headquarters and enter the Army University for further study, Tsuchiya-kun, I have to ask your Jiayuichi for approval at that time!" ”

"Hello!" The old Tsuchiya said with a big grin, "I'll write a letter to Yuichi when I go back!" ”

"Thank you so much." Old Noda was overjoyed, and immediately said in a loud voice, "Tsuchiya-kun, when this battle is over, your family Yuichi will definitely be able to take another step forward and be promoted to co-captain!" ”

"Really?" The old earth house became more and more happy, "Then accept your good words." ”

The two old devils looked at each other and smiled, at this time, the radio sounded again, and then the two old devils shut up and began to listen to the radio quietly, after all, their sons were on the battlefield of Xinjiekou in Nanjing.

On the radio, Hibino Miko's voice sounded again: "Listener friends, Nanjun is playing sign language to me, he said, the entire Xinjiekou battlefield is silent, and I can't see a single soldier who can still stand!" ”

"Obviously, all the Chinese army has been smoked to death by tear gas!"

"That is to say, the Imperial Army will achieve the final victory without much effort!"

Hearing this, the more than 5,000 people gathered in Chiyoda Square immediately cheered hysterically.

"Onboard!"

"His Majesty the Emperor is onboard!"

"Great Japanese Empire onboard!"

"The Great Japanese Imperial Army is onboard!"

(End of chapter)