Chapter 847 The Indian Question
Hideki Tojo said that the navy would definitely support their army's plans, and Kiichiro Hiranuma heard it and said that he would let the Minister of the Navy come and talk to him.
Hideki Tojo stared at Kiichiro Hiranuma tightly, he thought it was an insult, and Kiichiro Hiranuma didn't pay attention to it at all, but he still held back his anger, looked at Kiichiro Hiranuma and said, "Then what do you want our army to do?" ”
"Very good, I need you to hold India, India is a populous country, our empire needs such resources, you know, the empire is developing rapidly now, we have a lot of enterprises, we need a lot of workers.
Also, your army is fighting well on the Canadian side, but the casualties are also very large, and you also need a large number of soldiers, you have already lost so many countries in Southeast Asia, do you want to lose India too? India is lost, where do we get so many people from? Kiichiro Hiranuma looked at Hideki Tojo and said.
"Do you want to fight the Chinese side now, if we choose this way, then China may attack Manchuria very quickly, and in addition, our 2 million troops in India will also be attacked by China.
Now our strategic resources are all inclined to the Americas, and the strategic resources on the Indian side are insufficient in all aspects, how do you let us fight? Okamura-kun is already emaciated over there, and you still want him to hold India? Hideki Tojo looked at Kiichiro Hiranuma and asked.
"Then replace people, Okamura Ninji has been defeated one after another, I don't understand, why do your army still use him? Don't you have anyone else in the Army? Kiichiro Hiranuma looked at Hideki Tojo and said.
"There really is no one left!" Hideki Tojo said.
"Nani?" Kiichiro Hiranuma didn't expect Hideki Tojo to say this, and looked at him in shock.
"We don't have a general who dares to fight against Hu Bin? You also know that there are a lot of generals in the hands of Hu Bin, and General Okamura Ningji is originally a strategic master, very cautious in battle, and can defend and attack.
But when facing Hu Bin, there is still no chance of victory, even if I go over, I can't defeat Hu Bin, the general of our empire, no one is sure to kill Hu Bin! Hideki Tojo said.
"Damn, how can this be?" Kiichiro Hiranuma heard it and cursed.
And when the other staff heard it, they all looked at Tojo Hideki dumbfounded, they thought that Tojo Hideki was biased in favor of Okamura Ningji, but now when they heard him say this, they realized that it didn't seem to be like that!
"The Imperial Army is indeed in trouble, the general of our empire, in the face of the generals of the United States, is not afraid at all, no matter which famous general of the United States, we can defeat him.
But in the face of Hu Bin, we have no certainty of victory, in order to analyze Hu Bin, our army set up Hu Bin's staff room, there are more than 200 staff officers in the analysis of Hu Bin's style of play, every time we think Hu Bin will be defeated, the result is that our imperial army is defeated. This person is really evil! Ay! Hideki Tojo continued.
"Tojo-kun, this is your exaggeration, isn't it?" One of the staff members asked, looking at him a little incredulous.
"If you can defeat Hu Bin, I will ask Your Majesty for instructions and give you a prince!" Hideki Tojo looked at him coldly and said.
"This!" When the staff member heard this, he didn't dare to say anything more, and since Hideki Tojo dared to say that, it proved that this was indeed the case.
"That's what your army means? Retreat, great retreat, abandon India, which we have fought so hard to take? Over there, 130,000 soldiers of our empire were shattered, and more than 50,000 soldiers were disabled for life! And that's not counting the soldiers we've recruited in Southeast Asia.
At such a big price, just to make a wedding dress for China? I want to ask Prime Minister Lu, can Your Majesty accept such a result? Will the people of the empire be able to accept it? Kiichiro Hiranuma asked, looking at Hideki Tojo.
"I know it's very difficult, but now our situation over there is like this, and now we are kidnapping those young men just in case Hu Bin completely occupies India, and once they fully occupy India, then our empire will lose even more.
And on the Middle East side, if we can occupy part of the land in the Middle East, it will also be of great help to the Empire, we have found a lot of oil there, as long as it is extracted, it will be able to greatly alleviate the Empire's oil imports at that time! Hideki Tojo looked at Kiichiro Hiranuma and explained.
"We can also occupy India and conquer the Middle East, which is actually conflict-free! I want to ask the land minister, if we increase the tilt towards India's strategic resources, can you defeat Hu Bin, even if you don't defeat Hu Bin, you must stabilize the current defense line, India, not only population, but also other resources! Empires require a lot of resources! Kiichiro Hiranuma asked, looking at Hideki Tojo.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I have no way to answer this question, to be honest, I am not sure, the generals of the entire army are not sure, if I were sure, I would have mobilized it myself, and now our resources are tilted towards the Americas, if we transfer supplies from the Americas to India now, I am worried that the Americas will not be able to fight well!" Hideki Tojo said.
"Damn it!" Hiranuma Kiichiro heard Hideki Tojo say this, and he didn't know what to say, anyway, Hideki Tojo meant it, the troops in India were going to retreat, and if they didn't fight Hu Bin, they were going to retreat to the Middle East!
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, no matter what aspect we consider now, we should not provoke China, once we provoke China, it may have a very big impact on our Far East plan, and this will be a bit more than worth the loss at that time!" Hideki Tojo reminded Kiichiro Hiranuma.
"Yo Xi, let the Admiral come to my side, I need to make sure that the Admiralty really agrees with this plan, okay? It's not that I don't believe you, but such a strategy is completely inconsistent with the strategy we have formulated before, and I must think carefully about it, and also seek the opinion of the Navy! Kiichiro Hiranuma looked at Hideki Tojo and said helplessly.
"Yes!" Hideki Tojo also sighed in his heart, nodded and said.
Soon, Kiichiro Hiranuma asked people to call the Minister of the Navy, Mitsumasa Yonechi!
After about 10 minutes, Mitsumasa Minei came over, and was a little surprised to see Hideki Tojo here, under normal circumstances, they would not sit in a conference room, their navy and army were very discordant, so they would not sit together without anything important.
"Your Excellency the Prime Minister, Your Excellency the Prime Minister!" Mitsumasa Minei came over, nodded at them, and sat down.
"Look at this plan, it was sent by the commander of the Southeast Asian Theater Okamura Ningji, we don't know what to do now, I need to hear what you mean!" Kiichiro Hiranuma took the telegram from Okamura Ninji and handed it to Mitsumasa Yonechi.
"Hey!" Mitsumasa Minai took the telegram and read it carefully.
Almost 2 minutes later, he finished reading, then looked up and looked at Hideki Tojo.
"I want to know what your navy means, if they go to the Middle East, then the logistics supply still depends on your navy, now our navy is concentrated in the North Pacific and Southeast Asia, if you want to transport supplies to the Arabian Sea, can you succeed on the navy side?" Kiichiro Hiranuma asked, looking at Mitsumasa Yonechi.
"There's no problem with this, but we can understand that the army is fighting like this!" Mitsumasa Minai nodded and said.
"Understandable?" Hiranuma Kiichiro heard him say this, it was quite strange, he thought he had misheard, the Navy was still talking to the Army.
"Hey, I can fully understand that China's Jian-1 fighter has very good performance, our empire's Zero aircraft is not the opponent of Jian-1, and it is not advantageous in the air, and Gangmura-kun is still fighting with most of the local recruits, it is impossible to be undefeated.
Our navy does not dare to approach the sea area where Hu Bin's troops are located, and once it is discovered by Hu Bin's reconnaissance plane, our navy's ships will be very troublesome, and now we are also developing new planes, and we will be able to test flights next month, and as long as the test flights are successful, I think we will dare to compete with Hu Bin in the air.
So, you just asked me if I could send supplies to the Arabian Sea, and I could, but the premise is that Hu Bin will always pursue Gangcunjun's retreating troops, once Hu Bin's troops start a pursuit, our navy will not dare to dock! Mitsumasa Yonechi said.
"No, it is impossible for Hu Bin to pursue so far, their logistics supply line is so long, I think, Hu Bin will not do this, Hu Bin wants to attack our troops in India, the purpose is very clear, that is, to remove our threat to the northwest of China!" Hideki Tojo said immediately.
"Yo Xi, I think so too, so I also said yes, but once Hu Bin wants to pursue, I have no choice!" Mitsumasa Minai nodded and said.
"You agree with Gangmura-kun's retreat?" Kiichiro Hiranuma asked, looking at Mitsumasa Yonechi.
"We must retreat, defend India, how many of our troops will be defeated by Hu Bin, not only will we consume a huge amount of materials at that time, but we will not get anything in India, rather than this, it is better to start grabbing materials now, including population resources and other resources!" Mitsumasa Minai nodded and said.
"Yo Xi, since you all agree, let's do it according to Gangmura-kun's wishes, right? But now that we're talking about China, I'd like to hear from you about how the empire handles its relationship with China.
According to our news, Chongqing's side is now going to hit Nanjing, which is a very dangerous signal! Kiichiro Hiranuma asked, looking at the two of them. (To be continued.) )