9.27 Breath of War

As a result, Yu Lianjun did not wait until the next day to leave, but boarded the passenger ferry to Chongqing that night.

It's also to blame Huang Haoran himself, who let him offend so many senior government officials and military dignitaries since the Anti-Japanese War for more than a year!

From Songhu to Wuhan, the unlucky senior military generals who were unlucky because of Huang Hao alone included Hu Zongnan, Luo Zhuoying, Tang Enbo and others. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info And in the government, there are more people who are not on the same page as Huang Haoran!

In addition to Wang Zhaoming and his surrender faction, even Chen Cixiu, who had a good personal relationship with Huang Haoran before, has less contact with Huang Haoran because of Huang Haoran's rocket promotion speed, and Minister He, who is running for his niece-in-law Gui Yongqing, although he has temporarily formed an alliance with Huang Haoran, it does not mean that there are no small actions behind his back!

And then there are the Japanese who hate Huang Haoran the most! Huang Haoran clearly remembers that in the history of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese used all kinds of tricks in order to get rid of their hated opponents! Among them, bribing the officials of the Wuhan government to strangle these staunch anti-Japanese activists internally is one of the usual methods of the Japanese secret services!

It's really bad to be remembered all the time!

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On July 19, in the conference room next to the Emperor's study in the East Hall of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, a pre-imperial meeting chaired by Emperor Hirohito himself was going on intensely.

Beneath the throne of the Emperor, the ministers of civil and military affairs of the Japanese government sit straight on tatami mats, holding their knees with their hands, like puppet clay sculptures. Even if someone occasionally secretly observes the emperor's face, his eyes will pass by.

The bursting of the embankment at the mouth of the Yellow River Garden completely disrupted the Japanese army's battle plan for attacking Wuhan. And individual generals on the front line, such as the commander of the 16th Division, Nakajima Imasago climbed out of the flood, and seemed to have palpitations in his heart, and he had the intention of withdrawing his troops; Even inside the base camp, the Showa Research Association, a think tank supported by Prime Minister Fumi Konoe, does not seem to be optimistic about the future of the capture of Wuhan; As midsummer approaches, some people in the army who are well versed in the geography and meteorology of the Yangtze River suggest that they should wait until the autumn is cool before going to Wuhan......

Japan in July is bathed in one of the sunshines that alternate between early summer and late spring. The cherry blossoms are still in full bloom in all corners of Japan like blood-stained snow, but it is difficult to exhale the restless breath of spring, and people already feel that spring is leaving. The hot summer is coming.

The Chinese battlefield across the sea is now in the silence before the Great War. However, in this silence, you can still smell a strong smell of war.

In Wuhan and Zhengzhou, trains full of munitions and materials were constantly being transported into the stations, and truckloads of loaded Chinese troops were transported here. In Xuzhou, almost exactly the same situation, the Japanese military headquarters was taking advantage of this rare interlude to frantically transfer reinforcements to the Chinese battlefield, a large number of new recruits arrived in the Chinese battlefield from Japan, Korea and Taiwan by boat, and a boatload of wounded patients were constantly transported to Japan. The main forces of the Japanese armies in North China and Central China, which had just concluded the Battle of Xuzhou, are now resting and recuperating, preparing for a larger-scale war.

As early as after the Battle of Xuzhou, Emperor Hirohito accepted the advice of the General Staff Headquarters and ordered the Japanese troops occupying Xuzhou not to cross the line of Kaifeng, Guide, Yongcheng, Mengcheng, Zhengyangguan and Anqing in the name of the base camp.

Emperor Hirohito did this because, in previous battles, the commanders of the victorious Japanese divisions seemed to have understood the meaning of "pursuing victory" "too thoroughly", and often even ran all the way to the horizon like wild horses that had broken free. Therefore, now Emperor Hirohito can only draw the line of control on the battlefield for the officers and soldiers of those division commanders on the front line.

Originally, according to the plan of the Tokyo base camp, the transfer of the Japanese army in Xuzhou to the direction of Hankou was a plan that had been prepared before the Battle of Xuzhou was launched. However, from Xuzhou to Lanfeng, the Japanese army not only failed to achieve the strategic goal of shaking the Wuhan government's will to resist the war, but also lost nearly 100,000 troops! At present, the military strength is obviously insufficient! In addition, it has not been long since the Japanese government cabinet has just completed the reshuffle, so Emperor Hirohito has not yet considered whether it is time to launch a strategy to attack Wuhan!

In recent days, Emperor Hirohito has been asking his courtiers how to solve the difficult problem of the war in China, but the result has been much to his disappointment. No one in the cabinet, the military, or the ruling and opposition parties dared to predict whether China would completely succumb after the Battle of Wuhan. At this time, Emperor Hirohito felt as if he was being blindfolded and standing on the edge of a cliff. He didn't know if the next step was to advance or retreat.

The proceedings of the meeting began with the reading by Prime Minister Konoe of a seven-page document entitled "Guidelines for the Handling of the Incident in China" drawn up by the Ministry of the Army. The core content of this document was to strengthen the combat strength of the Central China Dispatch Army and redeploy the operational plan for the capture of Hankow. Then the ministers began to speak.

To the left of the emperor is Prime Minister Fumihiro Konoe, and on the right is General Shigeru Honjo, President of the Military Protection Agency. Everything seems to be the opposite of the two of them—the former is young and dashing, with the graceful demeanor of a scholar; The latter is bloated and old, full of martial artists' murderous intentions.

"Your Majesty," said Honjo Shigeru suddenly, "the determination to capture Hankow cannot be shaken! Because only by taking Hankou and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Huguang region will all China's economically developed regions be included in our ruling circle, and the Wuhan government will become a local government living in poor mountains and wilderness, and then completely disappear from the political arena! ”

The voice of General Shigeru Honjo was soon supported by the new Minister of Land, Seishiro Sakagaki! The new prime minister seems to have inherited the mantle of his predecessor Sugiyama and is strongly advocating an attack on Hankow as soon as possible. Seishiro Sakagaki, who had always been stupid in the eyes of Emperor Hirohito, suddenly seemed to be much more shrewd today.

Although Seishiro Sakagaki didn't say much, he touched Emperor Hirohito's heart with every word. The defeat of the Japanese army at Taierzhuang and Lanfeng, as well as the exaggerated propaganda of victory on the Chinese side, have caused bursts of cheers in the international community. Emperor Hirohito understood the urgency of the Japanese army at the front to save its reputation.

In fact, under the description of Seishiro Sakagaki, Emperor Hirohito himself felt that this breath was a little unbearable. And when Seishiro Sakagaki said that he would eliminate or expel the Wuhan government from Wuhan, remove the last pillar of the Wuhan government's faith, and completely collapse the Chinese regime, Emperor Hirohito was a little excited! Although Emperor Hirohito did not immediately express his support for the idea of the army, the glance he cast at Seishiro Sakagaki clearly revealed his approval.

"Your Majesty," Seeing that the main battle faction was about to succeed in convincing the emperor, Konoe Fumiro had to quickly stand up, he stared at Sakagaki Seishiro deadly, and then said loudly: "For the capture of Hankow, the minister also thinks that it is very necessary. But we must now take into account that we are fighting against a semi-feudal and semi-colonial peasant state. If we were dealing with Western countries, we would be able to solve the problem if we could seize the cities, but this would not work for China, which was still in the semi-feudal period! You must know that before the July 7 Incident, the decree of the Nanjing government could only reach about one-third of the entire China! This country is by no means a country where the government says that the people will obediently stop resisting when they say surrender! Therefore, we must be very cautious about this war......"

In fact, Konoe's words were very objective, and after several months of anticipation of the war against China, Konoe Fumiro realized that things were not as simple as he had originally thought.

A year has passed. Although the Japanese army on the front line reported frequent successes, the Chinese government did not give in! The Chinese army, which suffered heavy losses, did not stop resisting either! On the contrary, there are also famous anti-Japanese generals such as Huang Haoran, Zhang Zizhong and Chief Li!

Just a few days ago. The Japanese government had no choice but to send the newly formed 10 infantry divisions to China. The National Mobilization Law has also been fully implemented in the country! Now think about how ridiculous it is that former Prime Minister General Sugiyama Motodai said "China will die within three months"! But at the beginning, everyone believed it!

Look at China's huge territory! It's a big country that Japan can't even imagine! The pace of the advance of dozens of army divisions that have already been sent to China cannot be said to be not crazy! But it took a whole year, and the area occupied by the Japanese army was less than one-third of China! As for the remaining two-thirds, Japan is already on the verge of swallowing it!

Konoe Fumiro almost watched as this "holy war" provoked by the fanatical Japanese military turned into an uncontrollable monster.

Now Fumiro Konoe intends to put an end to this mistake! He tried to strike at China with force at the same time. Conduct negotiations. According to the information from the foreign minister, the top authorities, Wang Zhaoming, Kong Xiangxi, and other high-level officials of the Wuhan government have sent envoys to express their expectations for peace to Japan through various channels! Japan could have gotten more out of the negotiating table!

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the capture of Hankow will not immediately solve the Chinese question. Without making adequate preparations, the minister felt that instead of capturing Hankow, it would be wiser to retreat to a defensive posture and bomb the economic and military points in the interior of the country, and then develop a new puppet regime in the occupied areas. ”

Although Konoe Fumiro's words were also exchanged for Emperor Hirohito's frequent nods, in the eyes of others, the emperor's nodding action looked like he was dozing, and he didn't have the excitement when he listened to Sakagaki Seishiro just now!

It seems that the emperor still likes the proposal of the new and more iron-blooded land minister, Seishiro Sakagaki!

Looking at Prime Minister Fumihiro Konoe, who was full of anxiety, Seishiro Sakagaki's face showed a smile of victory! (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.) )