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7.56 Reenactment of "Lower Gram Up".

When Konoe Funma met Prime Minister Sugiyama Moto, and Deputy Chief of Staff Tada Jun in the cloister of the Imperial Palace, Tada Jun was slapping an army chief in the face hard. The corners of the army's mouth had been beaten out by Tada Jun, and his body was even more shaky, but he still kept standing upright, bowing his head, waiting for Tada Jun's rage. Whenever Tada's slap fell, Army Dasa said loudly: "Hai! ”

After Lu Xiang Sugiyama Yuan saw Konoe Bunma, he reached out and pulled the corner of Tada Jun's clothes, and then glanced in the direction that Konoe Bunma came over. Tada's reaction was quick, he immediately turned around to block the beaten army leader, and then gestured from behind to signal the army army to leave immediately.

Seeing this scene, Konoe Wenma couldn't help frowning, what tricks is the army playing? Why does he have a premonition that he has to carry the black pot again.

A few days ago, Toshiroku Hatata's Central China Front was heavily damaged by the Xuzhou Chinese army in the Huai River Valley, and the angry Emperor Hirohito immediately summoned Konoe Fumima to the Imperial Palace, and then asked about the reason for the failure of the Central China Dispatch Army.

Emperor Hirohito's question embarrassed Fumima Konoe, who was supposed to know everything about Japan, but in fact Fumima Konoe did not know the details of the defeat.

Because the Ministry of War never revealed half a word to Konoe Fumima from beginning to end! If it weren't for the schadenfreude of the sea minister Mitsumasa Yoneuchi before meeting the emperor, and learning from Mitsumasa Yonechi that the Central China Dispatch Army was annihilated by Huang Haoran on the Huai River with an infantry wing, Konoe Funma wouldn't even know that the army had suffered another defeat!

The Army's secrecy skills are really outstanding! It's a pity, but it didn't work in the right place! Sugiyama Moto's practice of concealing everything made Konoe Fumima feel that the army was very disrespectful to him, the prime minister of the empire!

"Your Excellency, has the Emperor summoned you as well?"

Lu Xiang Sugiyama Motochi is clearly asking knowingly, what else can Konoe Bunma appear in the palace for at this time? Emperor Hirohito's temper has not been very good lately, and if he hadn't received a summoning order, who would have wanted to come to the palace among the heads of the cabinet and government?

In the final analysis, it was because of the mistakes made by the army, and now it is up to him, the prime minister of the empire, to bear the wrath of the emperor! Thinking of this, Konoe Fumima's face began to become gloomy, and he did not answer the words of the land minister, Sugiyama Moto, but threw the spearhead at the deputy chief of staff, Tada Jun, who was a little evasive.

"Vice Chief Tada, you were very majestic just now! But don't forget, this is the Royal Palace! Are you imperial generals ignoring the emperor? ”

Sugiyama Motomo understood that Konoe Fumima was taking the opportunity to vent his dissatisfaction with the military, and the Central China Front had just suffered a defeat at the Huai River, and the 13th Division was annihilated by the famous general Huang Haoran with an infantry wing. What's even more troublesome is that this military operation of the Central China Front has not been informed to Tokyo in advance! In recent days, Sugiyama and his Ministry of War have been under pressure from the Emperor and cabinet officials, especially the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Minister Hirota Hiroki directly blamed the Wuhan government for refusing to negotiate peace with the empire on the army! It's really a wall that everyone pushes! The current Ministry of the Army suddenly fell into a situation where everyone shouted and beat me.

Konoe Fumima's statement on China has also been read by Prime Minister Sugiyama Moto. In Sugiyama's view, at least half of the Wuhan government's refusal to accept peace talks is due to Konoe Fumima's statement, although Konoe Funma put Japan in a high position in the statement, but the whole article still exposes Japan's eagerness for peace talks, and politicians who have never been on the battlefield are not tough enough! If Sugiyama Gen were to sit in the position of the leader of the Wuhan government, I am afraid that he would also reject the peace talks!

Sugiyama Mototo, seeing Konoe Bunma walking towards him and Tada, took a step back and asked Tada Jun to meet Konoe Bunma's provocation, just now the Japanese army Osa brought a piece of news that Sugiyama Motomo was a little surprised, and he now needed time to come up with a countermeasure.

Sugiyama Moto's retreat, Tada Jun understood what Sugiyama Moto, he sighed in his heart, he knew that he would not be so close to the army, and Tada Jun had already carried the black pot several times these days......

"Hay! Thank you, Your Excellency, Prime Minister, for your teachings. ”

Tada Jun chose to bow his head, and he bowed to Konoe Fumima after standing up, and took the initiative to admit his mistake. Konoe Fumima was a little surprised by this performance of Tada Jun, Tada Jun was not a person who was easy to bow his head and admit his mistakes before, and now he is so forbearing, most likely something happened on the battlefield in China!

Konoe Funma couldn't help but feel a little in a trance, could it be that the Central China Dispatch Army, which had just been renamed, had suffered another defeat? Or is Terauchi Shouichi in North China in trouble? The imperial army won't be defeated in the hands of Huang Haoran again, right?

If one of these inferences of Konoe Funma is true, neither the military nor the cabinet will have a good life in front of the emperor today!

"Lu Xiang, don't you have anything to say?"

Konoe Fumima's tone was already a little urgent when he said this, he didn't want to wait in front of Emperor Hirohito, and the army would throw out some amazing news! In that case, Fumima Konoe will seem at a loss, what the emperor needs is a prime minister who can master Japan, and occasional mistakes are acceptable, but if you make mistakes continuously, it will definitely not end well!

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, please rest assured that the Army will never cause any more trouble to the Cabinet!"

"Humph!" Konoe Fumima knew that he couldn't get any valuable news from Sugiyama Moto's mouth, so he snorted coldly and said in a deep voice, "I hope what you say is true!" ”

After saying that, Konoe Fumima turned around and left, and now he felt that Rikusho Sugiyama Yuan was getting more and more annoying.

Japan had been in this war with China for more than eight months, although the Yellow army had captured a lot of land. But Tokyo's ultimate goal of forcing China to its knees remains elusive. The occupation of Chinese cities, railways, ports, and resources not only did not bring the expected economic benefits to Japan, but instead depleted the empire's military expenses and soldiers. To this end, the Japanese cabinet is also faltering in endless bickering, political assassinations, terrorist incidents, aborted coups, these shady things fill all corners of Tokyo.

After the Lugou Bridge Incident last year, Fumima Konoe asked Sugiyama how long it would take for Gen Sugiyama to fully resolve the Chinese issue. At that time, the arrogant and domineering Sugiyama Moto's chest was slapped, saying that the road army would be able to solve China within three months! And the head is a lot of reasons listed, and even in front of the emperor, Sugiyama Moto also boasted of such a sea port!

However, eight months have now passed! Far from being resolved, China's war is becoming more and more distant. What made Konoe Fumima even more angry was that the former boastful Lu Xiang Sugiyama Gen now no longer admits that he said that he was stupid about "destroying China in three months", and he talks nonsense all day long about China's vast territory and dense population, and it is difficult to conquer in a short time. The army also made irresponsible remarks about the base camp and the cabinet, causing many contradictions and miasma within the ruling class in Tokyo.

"This guy should be sent to the battlefield in China to get that man's gun!" Konoe Fumima, who walked into the distance, said viciously, and at this time, a military attache of the palace came over and bowed to Konoe Fumima and said, "Your Majesty has invited all cabinet ministers!" ”

Konoe Funma turned his head to look at Sugiyama Moto, and then walked alone in front, the belated sea minister Yoneuchi Mitsumasa had just appeared on the corridor at this time, and he saw that Konoe Funma had already left, and quickly ran over and followed behind Konoe Fumima.

After discovering that Sugiyama Mototo and Tada Jun were left behind, Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, who was whispered by Fumima Konoe, asked Mitsumasa Yonechi: "Sea Phase!" How did you come so late? ”

"I'm so sorry! Your Excellency the Prime Minister! It's really busy! Cough..... It's not all good things that the Army does! Obviously, the Central China Dispatch Army itself could not defeat the famous general Huang Haoran, but he insisted that it was because the navy could not provide ships to cross the Huai River that the army suffered a big defeat! Sugiyama doesn't have to think about it either! The Imperial Navy is not a convoy again! Moreover, the Huai River is China's inland river, how can the navy's large-tonnage warships and transport ships drive into it? What a vexatious mess! ”

Speaking of which, Mitsumasa Mitsumasa, the prime minister of the sea, also noticed the land minister Sugiyama Mototo and the deputy chief of staff Tada Jun who were close behind him, and he lowered his voice and said to Konoe Fumima: "If the prime minister had been on the side of the navy and stopped the army from expanding the war in China, maybe this would not be the situation now......

Konoe Fumima couldn't help but glance at Mitsumasa Mineuchi, compared to the army, although the navy is relatively low-key, it is not a fuel-efficient lamp! Even within the navy, it was divided into two factions, "westward expansion" and "eastward expansion", and Konoe Fumima needed a relaxed reform environment, and he did not want the war to continue! As long as Mitsumasa Mitsumasa Yonechi is still dreaming of conquering the seas, then for Konoe Bunma, the navy is not much better than the army.

A few minutes later, Emperor Hirohito, dressed in military uniform, sat on his throne. Deputy Chief of Staff Jun Tada put his hands on his knees and reported the latest battle situation on the Chinese battlefield. Since the 116th Wing was annihilated by Huang Haoran, the emperor had to inquire about the situation in Xuzhou every day.

"So the defeat of the 116th Wing was really caused by their unauthorized actions?"

Emperor Hirohito's eyes narrowed when he asked, he wanted to use this method to make Tada more nervous, but how did Emperor Hirohito know that these generals of his had already cultivated a thicker skin than the city wall.

Tada Jun didn't dodge, raised his head and replied loudly: "That's true! His Majesty the Emperor is wise! "Shut up.

Mitsumasa Mitsumasa smiled very coldly, and the expression on his face was extremely exaggerated, he was telling the emperor that the army was habitually lying again!

Konoe Fumima didn't like this atmosphere, and whenever the army and navy started pointing fingers at each other, Konoe Fumima felt that his cabinet formation operation was a failure!

"Shouichi Terauchi in North China sent a telegram asking for permission for his North China Front to attack Xuzhou! Lu Xiang, what do you think about this matter? ”

Emperor Hirohito suddenly asked about the army's attitude towards Xuzhou, which made Sugiyama and Tada a little nervous, and although they didn't know what the emperor's intention was, they decided to take advantage of the opportunity.

"The minister thought that the plan of Shouichi in the temple could be approved, Xuzhou is an important place connecting East China and North China, the strategic position is very prominent, and at least 30 Chinese divisions are currently assembled in the Xuzhou area, it seems that the Wuhan government still has plans to continue to increase troops in Xuzhou! After the battles of Songhu and Nanjing, the main force of the Wuhan government's army had suffered heavy casualties! According to the General Staff Headquarters' estimates, the losses suffered by the Chinese army in Central China alone amounted to more than 400,000, and the total number of losses in North China was about 800,000; Moreover, the elite of the Central Army, which the Chinese government has painstakingly trained for many years, has basically been hit by the imperial army on the battlefield in Central China, and most of them have lost their combat capability......

Sugiyama was obviously prepared, and he answered the question in front of the emperor. In the end, Sugiyama didn't forget to attack Konoe Fumima, mocking Konoe Funma for not making such a ridiculous statement.

"Lu Xiang, I only ask you, how sure can the army be with the North China Front and the hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops sent by Central China to encircle and annihilate Xuzhou?"

Hearing Emperor Hirohito ask such a question, Sugiyama Moto's heart was ecstatic! He did not expect that both himself and Konoe Fumima had ignored the ambitions of the Emperor, and that the Emperor had already wanted to raise his sword again after Japan's repeated diplomatic setbacks!

"No, you can't! Your Majesty! It is very difficult to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Chinese army in Xuzhou! At present, the Chinese general sitting in Xuzhou is Huang Haoran, the victorious general of the Chinese army, Matsui Shigen surrounded Nanjing with 200,000 people and fought for more than a month without being able to eliminate Huang Haoran's Nanjing garrison. Now, just after February, the government's military spending for the current year has exceeded by more than 1 billion yen, and it is a foregone conclusion that additional military spending will affect the livelihood of the people in Japan and other aspects. At such a moment, the Empire should not engage in any more major battles! ”

Konoe Funma was worried that Sugiyama Moto's words would move the emperor, so he quickly jumped out to stop it, at first Sugiyama Moto was still very angry, but when he listened to Konoe Fumima's "persuasion", Sugiyama Mototo became happy!

Thanks to you, Konoe Fumima, who has followed the emperor for many years, you don't know that the emperor is a person who can't accept defeat! Since the start of the all-out war with China, the imperial army has been defeated by Huang Haoran many times, and the emperor has long regarded the defeat of Huang Haoran as a task that the Japanese army must complete! Now that Konoe Fumima actually moved out of Huang Haoran to try to prevent the emperor from allowing the army to attack Xuzhou, if the emperor accepted Konoe Fumima's reason, wouldn't that be tantamount to saying that the emperor admitted defeat to Huang Haoran?

In Sugiyama Moto's opinion, Konoe Fumima's words seemed to be stopped, but they actually added fuel to the fire! He and Tada Jun looked at each other and smiled, both of them retreated to their original positions, and did not speak again, it seems that the trouble of the army, Konoe Funma has helped Sugiyama Motomo and Tada Jun to solve it!

"It's Huang Haoran again! It's a very uncomfortable name! Land phase! Could it be that there is no one among the generals of the imperial army who can defeat this Huang Haoran!? How long will the army carry this shame on its back! ”

Sure enough, Konoe Fumima's words made the emperor angry! Mitsumasa Mitsumasa of the sea minister Yonechi secretly said in his heart that it was not good, and he didn't expect that because of Konoe Fumima's words, the army would find room to play!

What a bunch of cunning foxes!

"Your Majesty, Seishiro Itagaki of the North China Front is a tiger general, and his 5th Division is the elite of the Imperial Army! It's enough to fight Huang Haoran! ”

Deputy Chief of Staff Tada Jun is very good at seizing the opportunity, and he jumps out at the right time to interject. If the Emperor wanted to see the scene of Seishiro Itagaki vs. Huang Haoran, he would have to agree to the battle plan of General Terauchi Shouichi, the commander of the Japanese forces in North China

Terauchi Shouichi always adhered to the idea of linking North China and Central China to carry out the Xuzhou operation, and emphasized the views of the North China Front Army to the chief of the Second Section of the General Staff Headquarters, who had gone to Beiping to convey the "principle of not expanding the battlefield." Under the impetus of Terauchi Shouichi, the Japanese forces in North China actively supported the 2nd Army's attempt to continue its invasion south, and forwarded the latest battle plan and the report of the request for additional troops to Tada Jun in Tokyo.

Tada Jun is now going to create an opportunity for Shouichi Terauchi!

"The 5th Division? Where are they now? ”

"Your Majesty, the 5th Division has arrived in Gegou, and the commander of Itagaki Seishiro's Division is not far from Linyi!"

What the!? Sugiyama Moto's words with a smile shocked Fumima Konoe and Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, the prime minister! I didn't expect the army to take another unauthorized action! And this time, I told the emperor in a grand way!

"Land Phase! When did you get this news? Why didn't you inform the Cabinet!? ”

Fumima Konoe angrily questioned Sugiyama Moto, and he didn't even have time to think about whether his words would make the emperor unhappy!

Sugiyama told the emperor the news first, which was tantamount to putting the emperor in a higher position than the cabinet, but Konoe Fumima's words were to tell the cabinet what Sugiyama had to do first, which was a bit taboo!

Sugiyama Moto's smile was very bad, he could finally return to Konoe Fumima: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, I think you should also know that this matter has nothing to do with me, right?" The liver should be in the corridor outside the door, Deputy Chief of Staff Tada Jun has already punished his subordinates, and I have just learned the news, and the Ministry of War is indeed responsible for negligence in this matter! I, Sugiyama Moto, am willing to bear it! But at this moment, maybe the shells of the 5th Division have fallen into Linyi City! The Emperor's sword of revenge has been swung with all his might! Let's discuss what to do next, shall we? ”

Coerce! It's just a naked coercion!

Konoe Fumima and Mitsumasa Uine, the prime minister of the sea, turned their inquiring eyes to the emperor on the throne at the same time, but they were surprised to see that Emperor Hirohito stood up from the throne like a nobody and planned to leave!

"Lu Xiang, I hope you don't let me down this time!"

These were the last words that Emperor Hirohito said before he walked out of the house.

"Hay!" Sugiyama Mototo bent down hard, kneeling opposite him, Konoe Bunma and Haixiang Mi looked at each other! Deputy Chief of Staff Tada Jun let out a long breath.

On March 1, 1938, Towashiro Kawabe, who had always advocated prudence in the General Staff Headquarters, was dismissed from his post as chief of the Operations Division in charge of operational guidance, and was succeeded by Masasumi Inada, a senior member of the Military Division of the Ministry of the Army, who advocated rapid progress.

In fact, before receiving the approval of the Military Division of the Ministry of the Army, the Japanese army in North China had already launched a southward operation in advance!

The Japanese Army's repertoire "Shimokagami" once again played a strong role! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )