Chapter four hundred and thirty fifth conspiracy
This is a Japanese-style wooden house with a unique courtyard with beautiful cherry blossoms, a breeze scent, and the room is filled with fragrance.
In his spare time, Emperor Hirohito likes to spend time here very much, in order to get a good place to calm down and think. He wore a loose silk kimono, and his face had no expression on his face, but his sharp eyes were slightly closed, and he didn't say anything more.
The eunuchs next to them were far away and dared not come forward to disturb them. His Majesty the Emperor has been feeling irritable these days, and everyone is careful in their work, so as not to make mistakes in such microseconds and be severely punished.
At this moment, Hirohito's confidant guard suddenly walked over quickly and attached himself to his ear and said softly: "Your Majesty, Lord Chi Zuo is here, just wait outside the hall."
Upon hearing this news, a strange look of surprise appeared on Yuhito's face: "Come on, let Chi Zuo come in!" Without hesitation, he urged the guards to pass it.
Ikezoyev, who was outside the door, was dressed and walked in. When he saw Emperor Hirohito, he immediately gave a big gift: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."
Without greetings, Hirohito anxiously pulled Chizoyev into the dark secret room, and immediately urged to ask about the secret arms deal with Liu Shen: "How is the Chinese people agreeing to?"
"Your Majesty, the third batch of supplies has been received." Chi Zoeff is a secretary of the Political and Friendship Association. After the 226th Mutiny, his power was greatly weakened, but he was always a tree with deep roots. With the deep background of the Black Dragon Association and the province is in charge of the confidential intelligence department, it has not been cleaned up.
This time, he had a secret arms deal with Liu Shen on Okinawa. In order to avoid trouble, neither Chinese nor Japanese governments did not come forward at all. Chen Jiongming had no idea, but Hirohito wanted to clear his suspicion. After all, if Japan really lost the war, this kind of thing would definitely be exposed.
"Very good. Yamashita Tomoto supported it very hard in Southeast Asia. The empire's material supply is already full of difficulties. With this piece of arms, I believe that the loyal and brave soldiers of the imperial kingdom can definitely open up a victory for the empire's resurgence in Southeast Asia!" He clenched his fists, and at this time, Hirohito no longer had the calmness he used to be. His overly excited emotions made his body tremble slightly.
"Your Majesty, I don't understand why the Chinese people wanted us to massacre local indigenous people in Southeast Asia. And I don't quite agree with such a thing, with hundreds of millions of people, how can we kill them?" Chi Zoeff was even more worried about the Allied forces' reaction to this. At that time, the lower-level officers and aging soldiers committed a lot of bloody crimes in China due to the disarray of military discipline, which intensified the Chinese's resistance.
He didn't want to repeat the same mistakes in Southeast Asia. Orderly massacres could shock the enemy well, which was a military and political need. But the mysterious Chinese people who didn't even reveal their identities actually demanded that they reduce the indigenous population of Southeast Asia by at least 30%!
This is a person of 30 million! Not to mention humans, even 30 million pigs are not so easy to kill.
There are some other words that Chi Zoeff did not say. The current Army and Navy ministers have attached importance to the discipline of the Japanese army. At least disorderly robbery and massacre will no longer be condoned and acquiesced.
According to the military's decision on Southeast Asia, the main purpose is to support local armed forces and, with the belief of "Asia's common prosperity", call on the indigenous people to resist the white colonists.
"The Chinese people's requests did not exceed our capabilities. The massacres were mainly targeted by the Philippines and Indonesia. Especially the Islamists in Indonesia, they will be the first targets of the massacre. I have issued the order. When Fengwen of Yamashita launches a counterattack, we will implement this plan."
Hirohito did not change his mind because of Ikezoyev's words. The economic situation in Japan was already very bad, especially the large-scale air raids that destroyed the already old and broken factories and machines, and many skilled workers were killed and injured.
In this case, if the Chinese people do not accept this transaction, I am afraid that even Southeast Asia will not be able to continue to control it. What are the long-term development plans to talk about?
If the lives of the natives in South China could be exchanged for food and arms, Hirohito would not frown.
Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor had made up his mind, the intelligence officer Chi Zoeve had nothing to say, and he just mentioned: "Your Majesty, instead of letting us fight alone with the Americans, it is better to drag the Chinese people into the water. This shameful transaction will definitely make the proud Hualian government declare within the Allied forces! I am afraid that by that time, the Allied forces will no longer accept such a despicable country that is secretly bad."
"This matter is absolutely not possible. I don't want to hear any similar rumors outside! You can hear it clearly. If there is any problem, I will ask you!" Emperor Hirohito was not moved by Ikesae's words, but rebuked his subordinates for their proposition in a stern tone and decided to make a decision.
Hearing the Emperor's reprimand, Chi Zoeff did not dare to contradict him, so he had to lower his head and answer, "I understand, Your Majesty."
Looking at the other party's silent departure, Hirohito sighed: "What a stupid thing. Is such a conspiracy to treat state affairs as a joke?"
After Ikesaemo Ikesae left, Emperor Hirohito sat down dejectedly, stroked his forehead with his right hand, and lamented the withering of the empire's talents. The older generation of wise men and country-minded talents, such as Hirofumi Ito, are now unsuccessful.
This is true for the military headquarters and the political and social associations. They are fond of conspiracies and tricks. In the overall situation and strategy of the country, they always have to do some stupid things that are self-disturbing at critical moments.
Let’s not talk about the fanatical soldiers of the Kwantung Army for the time being. The strategies and remarks of Chizoyev just now are very inappropriate.
Although Hualian issued a statement that it tends to be the Allies in the choice of camp, this tendency is more to confront Japan's needs after 1937.
Now the main target of the Chinese army is the Soviet Union in the north!
This is obviously consistent with the German offensive direction. In this delicate situation, Britain and the United States have to consider the position of the Chinese army: were they allies or the Axis powers?
Both Germany and Britain and the United States attach great importance to the Chinese army that showed strong combat effectiveness. At the most critical moment of this world war, any weight will change the trajectory of the balance of the international situation, so the great powers must work hard to win over the Chinese to join their side.
Chi Zoeve's stupidity is mainly from a strategic perspective.
Emperor Hirohito himself was in charge of a country, so he could understand the mentality of Roosevelt and Churchill and others the most. It is hateful to sell materials to hostile countries, but it can be settled after victory. This is the essence of a political stance, not a superficial strategy.
If I really do what Chizoyev said, it would probably not be dragging the Chinese into the water, but cut off Japan's last external supply channels, which would be a dead end.
Hirohito's depressed eyes gradually looked towards Southeast Asia: "I hope Yamashita can support it for a while, and the empire's counterattack will begin!"
The battle in Kuala Lumpur was a bit boring. Since the Japanese army did not have much defense force here. In addition, there was not much defensive space and time left for them, the Japanese army left here were soon divided by the US military in several areas of the city. They not only lost contact with each other but also lost joint defense support, and the Japanese in several areas could only struggle to support them.
However, the progress of the battle in Kuala Lumpur is not something that the senior Marine Generals worry about and pay attention to. It is only a matter of time to use a strengthening of the elite division's troops to attack a city with only more than 10,000 troops to defend against it.
What attracted everyone's attention was the airport that Kuala Lumpur was given up.
For the US military, the importance of air supremacy in the Air Force has firmly made all military generals realize deeply that in the hearts of these arrogant white people, the importance of air supremacy in this time and space is no country clearer and more complete than the United States.
Shanghei, who defends Kuala Lumpur, is a traditional Japanese army officer. He even wants to fight head-on and knightly. He has no idea that the understanding and learning of modern warfare of the United States and military generals are far higher than Japan's pitiful thinking.
But this cannot be a one-sided joke about the stupidity of the Japanese devils. The size of the pot is as big as the rice.
Although Japan still advocated the pursuit of fighting between cold weapons during World War II, it actually had the constraints of the national strength and the environment background. Japan's poor capital could not support its huge consumption in the war, and its combat thinking was to defeat Russia several years ago, and the Qing Dynasty and other major powers also allowed this thinking to continue.
Even among the top Japanese leaders, there are senior generals who recognize the current shortcomings and rigidity, but they have to give up because they do not have enough resources.
After the first fight between the Chinese army in Zhejiang and China, Japan understood what the benefits of infantry weapon automation are. But Japan could not do this. For Japan's poor resources, even such a simple one cannot satisfy it, let alone increase the technical content and the aircraft project that requires more comprehensive industrial capabilities.
The Japanese senior management is not unaware of the importance of air supremacy, but among many Japanese generals, especially commanders in the army, the biggest role of the air force is to correct the landing points of shells, detect the dynamics of the opponent's positions, and help fire from the sky to the opponent during attack.
Because for the Japanese army, the precious plane and pilot are even more precious than gold!
Not only is each aircraft difficult to produce, but the fuel consumed also makes the Japanese army very difficult. For this reason, for those aircraft that are valuable in the eyes of the army, if they can be used, they should not be used. However, for the US and Chinese air force forces, the role of the air force is becoming more and more obvious now.
The air force has gone from weak to strong. Although the storm and storm along the way is difficult, it has still received key care from senior military leaders.
Before the official war with World War II, one of the main conditions that restricted the development of the air force at that time was the source of troops.
Excellent source of troops does not just refer to those high-ranking pilots. Although the pilots' cultural knowledge and physical fitness requirements are very high, looking at the basic education powers, all countries can still find a lot.
But don't just see that pilots need cultural qualities. Ground crews and aircraft support personnel also need soldiers with certain scientific knowledge. And for some senior technical maintenance officers, their culture is no worse than that of pilots.
Every part on the plane is so clear and clear about the extension of its own body. For the training of such a professional maintenance officer, it takes no less time than to cultivate an ace pilot who can shine in battle.
The second is the resources that need to be consumed during training flights.
If each plane flies together, it is unexpected that these large fuel-consuming operators will consume at least half a ton of fuel. And if it is a type of transport aircraft, bomber and other multiple engines, it is normal to consume a few tons or even a dozen tons of fuel.
Take the current Hualian Air Force as an example. Before Chen Jiongming discovered several famous oil fields in China, it was absolutely impossible for him to allow the air force to grow at will. Therefore, most of the time the development of the Air Force and the Navy was to train people first, and while training a large number of relevant personnel, waiting for equipment.
Although the US military seems to be rich, it is not so wasteful to have money. Whether it is the president or the general of the Pentagon, overspending the budget will have to face criticism from the parliament and the people.
At the airport outside Kuala Lumpur City, the vanguard battalion that had arrived at the U.S. Marine Corps was ruthless and turned every corner with resentment. The battalion itself thought it had grabbed an excellent task, but who knew it would become a garbage task in the end.
Although occupying the airport is an important task, who knew that there was no Japanese defender at this airport, which made the soldiers of the vanguard battalion who were trying to fight the Japanese a little discouraged.
"Lieutenant, I have all retrieved it in the airport! The Japanese transported away a large amount of ammunition and oil. Even those who were not transported away were basically blown up before they evacuated. However, the Japanese evacuated too quickly, and some weapons, ammunition and oil tanks were not destroyed." A company commander with the rank of lieutenant came to Preno with a document.
"How many?" Although Preno was a little depressed, he still took the information handed over by the lieutenant.
"It's all here, and preliminary statistics have been made from the length, width, number of hangars, size of the apron, and the available capacity of the remaining material warehouse, and the building area of the living area.
"Send this information to the login command center and ask if the above can send us another task." It's just a depressing task. However, the task still needs to be completed.
After searching the airport, Preno and the US soldiers he led immediately had a preliminary overview of the various facilities inside the airport, and filled out a more detailed information and sent it to the login command center.
Don’t underestimate this information. The logistics agency logged in to the command center will refer to this information to have a preliminary and complete impression of the occupied airport. Compared with this information, the logistics department will give priority to sending the required equipment and materials to reuse the airport in the fastest time.
For example, after reading this information, the logistics department will estimate based on the figures counted by the frontline soldiers. It uses the oil depot that has not been destroyed to adjust the quantity and batch of oil transport, and refer to the existing hangar there. How many ground crews and how much maintenance equipment is dispatched to fully target the target and reduce the repeated consumption of unnecessary transportation. The data is often boring, but the data is the best evidence for speaking.
Being able to do this also proves an achievement of the quality of the US military's army. Soldiers with basic elementary school cultural qualities did not encounter much difficulties in doing these data statistics. Under the statistics of the soldiers, various materials such as equipment and sizes in the airport were gathered together and quickly reported to the login command.
If it were the local troops of the Chinese Revolutionary Party, or even the so-called direct Central Army of Jiang Ruiyuan, it would be unimaginable. Let the soldiers under their command measure the land, the area and volume of the computer library, the oil library?
This is definitely much more difficult than letting them win a battle with the Japanese. At this time, more than 90% of the soldiers were illiterate and could not count, how to complete such a task?
"Report to the commander, there were 18 planes, 26 tankers, 12 excavators, bulldozers and cranes when leaving the Kuala Lumpur Airport. They also transported more than 70 trucks of weapons and ammunition." The logistics support officer reported to MacArthur with bloodshot eyes.
"It's great, thank you, but the next work will require you to work harder. The supplies on the fleet will basically be unloaded tomorrow. At that time, you will need to work harder to distribute them to various front-line combat units."
"General, please rest assured. The logistics department will definitely complete the task. This is the glorious place of the United States!" The logistics officer was a little excited. The United States is actively participating in world affairs and seems to have the potential to become the protagonist. How can these soldiers not work hard?
Compared with these low-level officers who knew nothing about the overall situation, MacArthur was not so optimistic. The Japanese soldiers had simple weapons, but their fighting will was extremely tenacious, which made the superior US military pay an extremely tragic price.
Although the US military is winning streak, it is still not enough to completely crush the morale of the Japanese. Once the Japanese army recovers, the US Marine Corps that are on the expedition will be in danger.
MacArthur looked at Singapore, which was so close to him: "How long does it take for us to capture this small place?"
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