flstandardbreds Chapter 686: The Japs Prepare to Go All In Again (Part )
Chapter 686: The Japs Prepare to Go All In Again (Part )
The imperial meeting of the devil Tianhuang.
The locust army suffered successive defeats on the battlefield in North China, which made the Japanese cabinet, military and the Japanese locusts very angry. They had not expected that the locust army would suffer such a disastrous defeat in China.
Shijiazhuang changed hands again.
The 110th Division and the 8th Independent Mixed Brigade were crippled.
A large amount of gold, silver and equipment was lost.
Of the captured officers who had just been exchanged, only one in ten survived the ambush by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.
The armored forces of the Eighth Route Army penetrated thousands of miles of Hebei territory as if they were in an empty land.
What is even more unacceptable is that the Eighth Route Army has actually brought the war to the outskirts of Beijing. Will they attack Beijing next time?
The 1st Division of the Kwantung Army, which had come thousands of miles to provide assistance, was ambushed and taken away in a wave by the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi.
The 12th Division of the Kwantung Army, which came from thousands of miles away to provide assistance, was run away like a dog by the Eighth Route Army in Hebei. After Shijiazhuang changed hands and the Eighth Route Army's artillery attacked the locust army that occupied Beijing, the 12th Division still failed to find the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
It can be said that the entire North China locust army's defense was almost beaten into a sieve, and they didn't even have the ability to fight back.
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Tian Huang angrily smashed the cup in his hand to the ground, and the tea splashed all over the floor. Several pieces of tea leaves and tea splashed onto the faces of several Japanese ministers, and these Japanese ministers didn't even have the courage to reach out and wipe them off.
Apart from the sound of the teacup breaking into pieces, not even a single gasp could be heard in the entire conference room; it was extremely silent.
No one dared to express their anger.
It's not that these Japanese ministers are too cowardly, but there is not a single presentable war report among these snowflake-like reports, not even half of it.
The locust army was beaten back step by step and had no ability to fight back at all.
"Tell me, how should we fight this war? You told me at the beginning that we would destroy China within three months and incorporate the entire country into our territory.
We will integrate the resources of the entire China, take over the entire East Asia, and establish a true Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
Now, you guys who are bragging about everything, tell me, what are you going to use to swallow China? Just use your shitty military record?"
The devil Tianhuang's voice was a little hoarse, and later on it was almost roaring when asking these devil ministers.
silence.
The silence was eerie to the extreme.
"Tojo-kun, tell me, how should we fight next?"
Guizi Tianhuang leaned weakly on the back of the chair. He had just vented his emotions, and he still had to talk about the business, so he asked the current cabinet leader Hideki Tojo to answer this question.
Tojo Hideki: “…”
It has something in its mind that it doesn't know whether to say it or not.
Obviously, this was not the time to say anything or to greet the Heavenly Locust's mother. It could only wipe the sweat off its forehead and replied, "Your Majesty, although our progress in the North China battlefield is not going well, our progress in the South China battlefield is still going relatively smoothly.
At present, what has been taken back by the Chinese army are only the Shanxi area and part of the Hebei area. These places mainly produce some coal and iron ores.
We can also get these in Manchukuo.
As long as we manage Manchuria firmly, the strategic achievements of the Locust Army in the previous stage can still be sustained. "
Tojo Hideki said with a stiff upper lip that now that things had come to this, he could only celebrate the funeral with a smile, try his best to avoid the negative impact caused by the loss of Jin and Ji, try his best to add some positive emotions to the locust and guide it to have more hope.
Ok?
The devil Tian Huang and the ministers present suddenly looked up at Tojo Hideki. No one expected that such words would come out of this beast's mouth.
"Very well, continue."
Guizi Tianhuang nodded indifferently and let Tojo Hideki continue speaking.
The tension that had been on edge among the others relaxed a little. The most frightening thing in such a situation is that no one takes the lead. Now that someone has taken the blame, the others can have a good rest.
Hideki Tojo swallowed hard, he felt like he was putting himself on the fire.
"Your Majesty, the most important thing for us at this stage is to find more resources to replenish our strategic materials. Iron ore and coal can be found in Manchuria, but oil and rubber cannot be found on the battlefield in China.
Not long ago, our exploration team came back from Manchuria and reported that it was impossible for oil to exist in Manchuria.
China is an oil-poor country.
In order to continue to consolidate the results we have already achieved, we can only find the oil we need in Southeast Asia, so that we can use mechanized warfare to quickly eliminate the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi and Hebei, which now has teeth. "
As soon as these words were spoken, the Japanese locusts and the naval idiots all set their sights on Hideki Tojo, especially the naval idiots who vaguely felt that their own fighter planes were approaching.
In this war-torn era, only by fighting can we have enough say, and only by fighting continuously can we obtain more resources from the already not-so-rich national finances.
For the Japanese navy and army, this is not only a competition for the future sea and land power of the locust country, but also a way for them to be promoted and obtain more resources.
"Your Majesty, I think what Tojo-kun said is correct. At this stage, we should devote more resources and attention to Southeast Asia. Now that we have acquired some oil fields, we should expand our victory."
The Japanese naval leader Yamamoto Isoroku could not contain his excitement and immediately stood up to agree with Tojo Hideki's statement.
This made Tojo speechless. Did I mean that? I only said that I wanted to obtain more resources from Southeast Asia. Did I say that I wanted your navy to expand its victory?
Tian Huang nodded, with some hesitation on his face: "Mr. Yamamoto, we currently import a lot of steel, oil and industrial equipment from the United States. Recently, they have seen our financial constraints and are also intentionally tightening our routes in Southeast Asia.
If we expand our victory, we will inevitably come into conflict with them.
If we have a conflict with them, not only will we lose our existing steel and industrial equipment, but the volume of resources we can obtain in Southeast Asia may not increase in a short period of time.”
The devil Tianhuang obviously has his own concerns.
Yamamoto Isoroku knew that this was not the time to hesitate, he had to strike while the iron was hot and completely dispel the concerns in Tianhuang's heart.
Even if it cannot be eradicated, the matter has to be settled as a fait accompli and the locusts should not be given any chance to regret.
Yamamoto Isoroku immediately said decisively: "Your Majesty, there are two points that I disagree with your idea. The first point is that you also mentioned that our finances are tight recently, especially in order to exchange the officers of the Locust Country captured by the Eighth Route Army, we have consumed a lot of precious metals. Under such circumstances, if we go to the Americans to buy equipment and steel, will they sell it to us?
Absolutely impossible! "
"Secondly, the Americans want to control the situation in Asia across the Pacific Ocean, but they are just dreaming. The Americans have traveled a long way, and their long supply lines are definitely not as long as ours.
As long as we destroy the key nodes of the Americans in the Pacific battlefield and destroy their manpower, the Americans will definitely not have any military presence in East Asia for at least three to five years.
Not only can we expand our victory, we can also eat up the Americans' share in Southeast Asia!"
"Your Majesty, since the Americans want to interfere, we might as well eat them all at once."
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole room fell silent.