Chongqing Huangshan, in the Yunxiu Tower.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Principal Chang rested for less than four hours before returning to the war room. He saw that the war room was already crowded with people, and a group of senior generals of the Party and the country, and even many government officials rushed over.

Seeing this situation, President Chang was immediately excited. Is the Battle of Zhejiang and Fujian over?

Sure enough, as soon as Principal Chang entered the door, Chen Shi came up excitedly and said loudly: "Principal, you won, we won, we won again in the second Zhejiang-Fujian Battle!"

"Oh, is that?" Principal Chang was overjoyed when he heard this.

After a moment of pause, President Chang couldn't wait to ask: "What is the result of the battle?"

Chen Shi continued: "The exact results of the battle have not been counted yet, but the approximate numbers have been found. According to the Zhejiang-Fujian War Zone report, at least 50,000 Japanese killed, seized various types of firearms, infantry artillery, mortars, grenade launchers and other weapons and equipment, which even covered the entire battlefield, and there was no way to count them!"

"I killed more than 50,000 Japanese devils? OK!" Principal Chang was even more happy and said, "Oh, by the way, where is the guard division of the little Japanese? Has it been completely wiped out?"

"This..." Chen Shi was speechless.

"What?" Principal Chang's expression cooled a little, and he asked again, "What's wrong?"

Chen Shi smiled awkwardly and whispered: "The Guards Division seems to have broken through and failed to annihilate it."

"Ah? I ran away?" Principal Chang was inevitably a little disappointed, but he quickly smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. If you run away, you run away. As long as you win, you will win the second Zhejiang-Fujian Battle, we will defend the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Highway, and protect the precious industrial manufacturing base of Yinjiang. In any case, this is a major victory!"

"That's it." Chen Shi said, "no one can deny the significance of this victory."

When Chen Shi said this, his face was not blushing, but Liu Sheng and Wen Yingsheng were very embarrassed.

I don’t know two days ago, who swears that the battle in Yiwu cannot be won and cannot be fought?

Principal Chang continued to ask, "Oh, by the way, are the casualties of our army very big? How many people are there?"

Hearing this, the buzzing whispers in the war room immediately stopped and became silent.

Principal Chang felt this abnormality and asked, "Ci Xiu, why don't you speak? How many casualties in our army?"

Chen Shi sighed and said sadly: "Principal, although our army won this battle, it also won a terrible victory. The two 15 divisions of the army that participated in the war, except for the Rong 8th Division, which was responsible for blocking, the 203rd Division did not exchange fire with the Japanese, so there were few casualties, the other 13 main divisions were all killed or injured."

After pausing, Chen Shi said again: "The 13 main divisions originally had 155,000 people, but after the battle, there were only more than 30,000 people left!"

"What?" Principal Chang's face suddenly changed, "There were more than 120,000 casualties?"

"Yes." Chen Shi said unconventionally, "Fortunately, the number of casualties still accounts for a small part, and most of them are only injured. At present, the field hospitals in the Zhejiang-Fujian War Zone are full of injured wounded people. If the hospital cannot be placed in the hospital, they can only be placed in the field outside and let the frost be allowed to be frozen."

"Treatment!" Principal Chang sighed and said, "I ordered the Zhejiang-Fujian War Zone to immediately organize manpower, material resources and medicines, and at all costs, to treat these injured wounded soldiers, as well as the soldiers who died in the battle, and to give the Zhejiang-Fujian War Zone a generous pension. They are all heroes of the Party and the country. We must not let them both bleeding and cry!"

Looking back, President Chang said to the reporters present: "Also, your major newspapers should also hurry up and write articles. We must spread the news of the Yiwu victory throughout China today. No, the whole world must let the military and civilians of the whole country know that our national army has just won an unprecedented victory!"

...

History will remember this day.

November 16, 28th year of the Republic of China (1939).

On this day, Principal Chang was in a very good mood.

But in Japan, Hirohito was in a bit heavy.

The reason is very simple. The second Zhejiang-Fujian Battle was defeated again!

Not only were they defeated, but nearly 60,000 imperial soldiers sent by the 13th Army to Yiwu were collectively broken!

Such losses are almost in line with the Russo-Japanese War.

In the Russo-Japanese War that year, the casualties were just like this.

However, they faced the Tsarist Russian Empire in the Russo-Japanese War, but this time it was China.

China is not comparable to Tsarist Russia in terms of military power, industrial manufacturing foundation or comprehensive national strength.

"Your Majesty, this is all my fault." Hideki Tojo did not evade responsibility, nor did he put the responsibility on his immediate boss, the Minister of Army Shinroku Hata. "The failure of the Second Battle of Zhejiang and Fujian was caused by the inappropriate candidates as the commander of the 13th Army. I am willing to bear all the responsibility for this."

Okamura Yasuji served as the commander of the 13th Army, which was indeed recommended by Hideki Tojo.

As a recommendation leader, he bears joint and several political responsibility, which is also a practice in the Eastern officialdom.

Hirohito waved his hand and said, "Tojo-kun, the defeat in this battle is not related to Okamura's affairs. Okamura is right. As Okamura's recommender, you are even more wrong!"

"Uh..." Hideki Tojo was a little surprised.

How could His Majesty the Emperor react like this?

Hirohito said quietly: "Tojo-kun, you may not know that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has just provided a top-secret information. The 13 Chinese army divisions participating in the battle of Yiwu this time were about 150,000, and the final casualties were more than 120,000. You might as well imagine what would happen if the Guards Division did not escape to Zhuji after breaking through, but instead launched a counterattack on the Chinese army on the spot with the troops heading to reinforce?"

Hideki Tojo said: "After the battle, there were only 30,000 Chinese troops left, and there were nearly 40,000 in the Guard Division. Considering the gap in individual combat effectiveness between the enemy and our army, if the Guard Division did not run away, then the remaining 30,000 Chinese troops would not be opponents of the Guard Division at all, that is to say, victory belongs to the Imperial Army!"

"Yes!" Hirohito nodded and said, "So Okamura kun is right. His ideas are correct and the tactics he formulates are also feasible. Unfortunately, Iida Shojiro, the idiot, ruined all his efforts! It also brought a shameful failure to the 13th Army, the Great Japanese Imperial Army, and the Great Japanese Empire!"

"Your Majesty, then what are you going to do with Iida Jun and the Guard Division?"

Hirohito asked Tojo Hideki, "Tojo, how do you think Iida's sacrificing guilty?"
Chapter completed!