Age of Conquest Reborn

General Nanjiro, the former commander-in-chief of Japan's Kwantung Army and current deputy military affairs officer at the base camp, who participated in the Emperor's Imperial Conference, could not help but be frightened and sweaty because the real purpose of this imperial conference had a direct relationship with him.

The war situation in Manchuria has deteriorated to the point of being beyond control. At the critical moment, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Yoshijiro Umezu, mysteriously disappeared again and his whereabouts are unknown. As a result, the Kwantung Army is now leaderless. However, His Majesty the Emperor and the base camp will never allow the situation in Manchuria to continue to deteriorate.

Go ahead and let go. In this case, it is inevitable that a heavyweight army general will rush to Manchuria to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army in order to stabilize the situation.

Among all the civil and military officials who participated in the meeting, there was no one more suitable than myself. His Majesty the Emperor knew it clearly, so he specially named himself to participate in the imperial meeting. The smiling and tiger-faced Koichi Mineuchi knew even better, so he had

After hearing the conversation before the meeting, how could General Nanjiro not be frightened by this thought?

The current Manchuria is not the Manchuria of a few months ago, let alone the Manchuria of a few years ago. It is a big quagmire, a leaking and sinking ship. The decline is irreversible and the fall is inevitable. No matter who steps in

If you go in, you will be sunk. If you can't do it, neither can any high-ranking general in the imperial military. Even if Amaterasu comes in person, you can't do it!

Unless, unless the empire dispatches at least one million elite divisions to Manchuria to relieve the Kwantung Army troops in western Liaoning and Western Manchuria and break through the encirclement, it can be done and it will be enough to stabilize the situation in Manchuria. But if the China Devil is

Tang Qiuli's troops were all driven out of Manchuria. It would be harder than climbing to the sky!

But the reality is that the Empire of Japan can no longer recruit one million well-trained soldiers and march to Manchuria. As the deputy military affairs officer of the base camp, what I do is to form new divisions in the country, which has a great impact on the empire's financial resources.

I know very well that the two major battlefields of the Pacific and the North have exploited the empire's war potential almost to the limit, especially the issue of troop sources.

The empire's conscription bill has been relaxed to the extreme. The age for joining the army is from sixteen to forty-five years old. Almost all men in the empire are conscripted into the army. After three months of training, the new recruits have to go to the battlefield in the Southwest Pacific.

On the Australian battlefield, the number of soldiers consumed was not very large, mainly in the battlefields of the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria and the Far East. In the battles with independent divisions.

The three battlefields in the north are like bottomless pits. No matter how many imperial soldiers are filled in, it will not help. Six divisions were transferred back to the mainland from the southwest Pacific islands, and four of them formed the Third Army and arrived in Manchuria. As a result, in Liaodong

The entire army on the peninsula was wiped out. The other two divisions, plus the two newly formed divisions from the mainland, were put into the battlefield on the Korean peninsula, but they failed to change the situation on the battlefield and were being consumed every day!

Of course, General Nanjiro knew the reason why the Third Army was destroyed on the battlefield of the Liaodong Peninsula. Before he left the post of commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, he still had the "Liaodong Peninsula Counterattack Plan" on paper. Umezu Yoshijiro looked at it.

My heart was moved, and I saw that it was an excellent opportunity to reverse the situation in Manchuria, so I couldn't wait to start working on it, and only then did all the members of the Third Army get defeated!

In other words, he was the instigator of the defeat of the Third Army on the Liaodong Peninsula battlefield and the death of more than 100,000 elite imperial soldiers on the battlefield. However, General Nanjiro did not feel guilty at all. The plan was seamless, and the key lies in the person who executes the plan.

, if the counterattack on the Liaodong Peninsula were to be fought by myself, even if we could not win, we would not involve the Third Army!

The General Staff Headquarters at the base camp sends out telegrams to the military affairs department every day, all of which require soldiers. General Tanaka Shinichi, the commander of the North Korean garrison, sends out urgent telegrams a day asking for reinforcements. Prince Zain, who is on the battlefield in the Far East, is also anxiously waiting for reinforcements.

, the Manchurian battlefield requires an astronomical number of reinforcements, but where will the reinforcements come from?

It is not a production line. The machine can produce guns and ammunition when it is started. The reserve soldiers in the hands of General Nanjiro are only ten divisions at best, nearly 300,000 people, and they are all recruits who have been trained for less than two months.

Even if all these troops were deployed on the battlefield in Manchuria, what role would more than one million well-trained, well-equipped, fierce and skilled soldiers have in facing Tang Qiuli, the nemesis of the Japanese Empire?

Manchuria is now a mess, an unmanageable mess, and a big fire pit. Anyone who steps in will be burned to the point of being burned to the bone. General Nanjiro, all he can think about now is that once this drudgery falls into his hands,

How to skillfully evade the situation after it was committed on his own head was a task that required political wisdom. In an instant, General Nanjiro mobilized all his energy. It can be said that he racked his brains and worked hard!

General Nanjiro, who had his own plans, did not notice at all the deceitful and depressing atmosphere at the meeting, the memorial from Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army Umezu Yoshijiro, and the telegram from Chief of General Staff Matsuda Kenjiro.

I turned it around in my hand, and everyone's expressions and thoughts were different. Some were so surprised that they almost fainted, while others were stunned with their mouths wide open.

Some are unbelievable and angry, some are full of fierce eyes, gnashing their teeth as if they want to kill someone, dull, hesitant, frightened, confused, murderous, angry and other emotions, intertwined together, like substance, filling every inch of space, huge

The emperor's palace is like the underworld, full of ghosts and evil spirits, and the officials look like bulls' heads and horses' faces, with different expressions!

After the telegrams and memorials were circulated in the hands of the civil and military officials, more than ten minutes had passed. There was still silence in the palace. Emperor Hirohito's face was dull and his eyes were confused. He did not know that this person who was sitting high on the dragon throne was still silent.

The demigod, what on earth was thinking in his mind, and General Koichi Minai, the number one man in the Japanese military, also frowned and tapped his fingers on the table uneasily.

Finally, someone couldn't hold it any longer. A short and fat army lieutenant general in his forties jumped up, his face turned purple, walked a few steps from the back row to Emperor Hirohito's throne, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have you!"

Something to say!”

Emperor Hirohito withdrew his confused eyes, looked at the army lieutenant general who was as cocky as a rooster, and said numbly: "It's Sada Aikyō. As long as it's within the scope of the meeting, I can say anything."

It’s okay to speak frankly, I’ll take care of everything!”

Lieutenant General Sada, who was the first to jump up, is familiar to everyone. He is currently the acting director of the Frontline Operations Supervision Bureau of the base camp. He is a typical young officer. From a factional perspective, he belongs to the group of Prince Zairen, Chief of General Staff.

Tie,

Although his roots are very strong, he is not very arrogant and relatively low-key when getting along with his colleagues. He just likes to take things seriously and insists on being truthful in everything. In the eyes of the big guys in the military, he is an insignificant little player and not good at all.

See you soon.

Otherwise, he would not be able to act as the director for several years and still not be able to correct the situation. Of course, this is directly related to the fact that Prince Zain is leading the troops and is not in the confidential center, and is always suppressing the big boss of the imperial military - Yonai Koichi!

Lieutenant General Sada, acting director of the Base Camp's Frontline Operations Supervision Bureau, was the first to jump up, which surprised the big guys who had their own personal agenda. They didn't know who this guy who liked to accept death was going to shoot at.

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Among them, the most nervous one is none other than General Miuchi Minai, because this Lieutenant General Sada is from Prince Zain's lineage, and he is also a very annoying person. He doesn't use it well and looks displeased, so he wants to beat him several times.

He was sent to the base camp and demoted to a desert island in the Pacific to serve as a security commander, but he had not yet found a suitable excuse.

"Now, does this guy jump out to attack me? After all, the memorial of that guy Umezu passed through my hands, and it is inseparable from me. The war situation in Manchuria is a mess, and it is my responsibility. With great power, comes great responsibility!"

"Kouichi Minai thought to himself, and then his nerves immediately tensed up, mobilizing all his energy, staring at Lieutenant General Sada intently, and preparing to fight aggressively.

After receiving the imperial approval and affirmation from His Majesty the Emperor, Sada was in a surging mood and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, gentlemen, the war situation in Manchuria has deteriorated to this point, and the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Yoshijiro, cannot escape the blame! I have read this man

After the memorial, I could not help but be filled with righteous indignation and rage, and even made false suggestions to abandon the overseas territories that the empire had obtained through the efforts of several generations and the great sacrifices made by our ancestors!"

"If Umezu Yoshijiro's memorial becomes a reality, it will mean that His Majesty's good intentions and great ambitions of building a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere will be in vain. For this reason alone, Umezu Yoshijiro's memorial will

Just not

What can be easily concealed by lies and treachery is betrayal! It is treason! This man deserves to be killed, and his heart is to be punished! I suggest that he be deprived of all military positions he holds, and that he be immediately escorted back to Tokyo and handed over to a military court for treason.

conviction!"

"Otherwise, it will be difficult to contain and deter cowardly people who will shrink from battle, which is contrary to the national policy of the empire and harmful to the samurai of the Yamato nation. Another general who is familiar with Manchurian affairs will be sent to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army.

!I have finished what I have said. Please make your decision, Your Majesty!"

Lieutenant General Sada made an impassioned speech. When he got to the point where he was so excited, he even burst into tears and could hardly control himself. However, not only did Emperor Hirohito have little interest in his words, but even the civil and military officials below also secretly

He shook his head, very disapproving.

It’s not that they disagree, the senior officials who have read the memorial of Umezu Yoshijiro instinctively hold a disgusting and repulsive attitude towards his suggestions. Who can accept it if they spit out the meat they have swallowed?

How can we do anything in the future if we retreat to our homeland? Therefore, no one will raise objections to killing Umezu Yoshijiro, let alone defend this unpopular guy!

(To be continued)