Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 602 The Tangled Hideki Tojo

"Tani Hisao, please tell me, what is going on with your army? The elite troops of [-] divisions, plus three artillery brigades, an army of this size, such a well-planned operation, unexpectedly Will be defeated by the Chinese in a short time, can you give me an explanation?" Hideki Tojo asked, staring at Hisao Tani fiercely.

Gu Hisao wiped the sweat off his face, lowered his head and said, "Your Excellency, it's not that our Imperial Army is incompetent. It's just that the Chinese are too cunning. We fell for their tricks."

"Were they fooled? No, His Excellency Gu Hisao, in order to ensure the success of this battle, we paid such a high price and suffered so many casualties. On Kyushu Island and Okinawa, our deployment of troops is A perfect, well-constructed line of defense can cost the Chinese ten times the price, but what about the result? Our army has suffered a crushing defeat, can you tell me why?" Hideki Tojo asked.

"Your Excellency, the Chinese are well aware of our actions. This is the main reason for our failure in this battle, and the Chinese weapons are too advanced. They have planes, tanks, giant warships, and even rocket launchers. and incendiary bombs. These are advantages that our army cannot match."

"What! Do you think this reason is tenable? Don't you think our kamikaze and the brave emperor's fighters are all dead?"

"No, no, that's not what I meant"

Hideki Tojo waved his hand impatiently, and said: "This is the end of the matter, I don't want to discuss too much, now you talk about the situation of the navy? I am most worried about the Chinese warships parked in Nagasaki .”

"They are still cruising around Nagasaki, and they don't do anything special. We have deployed a large number of reconnaissance posts on the coast of the mainland and on the islands along various important routes to monitor the Chinese fleet at all times. We know the actions of the Chinese fleet well. Hisao Tani said with a lack of confidence, in fact, he knew very well that what he said was all lies, but at this point, he could only hold on, could it be that Tojo was so anxious that he dedicated himself to the emperor?
"Don't take it lightly, His Excellency Tani Hisao, the strength of the Chinese fleet is far superior to ours, and they have aircraft carriers, and their attack radius is much larger than ours. Once the local fleet is destroyed, you know what the consequences will be." (In fact, the so-called The local fleet is nothing more than some shrimp warships and improvised fishing boats with artillery)

"Don't worry, Your Excellency Prime Minister, the local fleet has kept the radio silent and only accepts the news from us. Moreover, they are familiar with the surrounding sea conditions and can easily get supplies. We only need to talk to the Chinese. If their supplies are exhausted The Chinese fleet will naturally retreat."

Hideki Tojo was very upset seeing Hisao Tani's confident appearance, and thought to himself that since you have done so seamlessly, why are you still beaten by the Chinese? What about bombing our industrial centers?"

"This is not a problem. Our military enterprises have already moved to remote mountainous areas. For industrial centers, what fears most is not the hundreds of carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy, but their naval guns. Within hours, a coastal city can be completely turned into ruins, but as long as the industrial center of our great empire is still there, and the military production can still support it, sooner or later we will defeat the Chinese one day.”

"So, what should we do if the Chinese bomb Tokyo?" Hideki Tojo said suddenly.

The air in the whole room suddenly condensed, and a layer of sweat appeared on Gu Hisao's face, and the originally relaxed smile also condensed in the air. On December 12, what Hideki Tojo was most worried about finally happened. On this day, the Navy Command received a telegram that the Chinese fleet had set sail and was heading north at a speed of 12 knots. According to the route forecast, the Chinese fleet The purpose is probably the heart of the great empire, Tokyo!
The entire city of Tokyo was in a commotion, with terrible sirens everywhere, and engineers digging air-raid shelters everywhere.After the rich people got the news, they immediately took their money and their families and ran to the countryside to escape the flames of war.As for those ordinary people who have no money and no rights, they can only stay in Tokyo obediently, waiting for the arrival of unpredictable fate.

No matter what, people can't figure it out. Didn't the military department always advertise that Tokyo is the place where the emperor lives and is the safest place in the world. As long as the great imperial army exists, Tokyo will not be threatened by war at all.But what happened this time? The Chinese fleet, which was defeated by the Imperial Navy 30 years ago, unexpectedly came to the door this time. This made the people who have always believed that the current military strength is the world's number one.They all stared at Emperor Hirohito. As long as the Emperor also escaped from Tokyo, the spectacular scene of millions of people fleeing would immediately appear in Tokyo.

Hideki Tojo is well aware of such a possibility, and he can only do his best to prevent such a terrible situation.Only then did he realize that the top priority of defense today lies in Tokyo. He ordered all military industrial enterprises to produce weapons day and night. The first batch of 3000 anti-aircraft guns produced were all deployed in Tokyo, and there were more than [-] more just now. The anti-aircraft machine guns developed and produced are all arranged in various important areas of Tokyo City. There are nearly a hundred anti-aircraft guns and hundreds of anti-aircraft machine guns near the imperial palace alone.

Even so, Hideki Tojo still has no idea, anti-aircraft guns can't hit very high, as long as the Chinese drop bombs at an altitude of 5000 meters or more, anti-aircraft guns are powerless.Not to mention the anti-aircraft machine guns, these newly developed and produced things that have not yet been tested in actual combat, it is not bad to be able to hit a height of about 500 meters.In addition, will Chinese planes dive down obediently and let their anti-aircraft machine guns play a role?There is no need for the Chinese to do this at all, they just want to drop the bombs in the city of Tokyo.If a few bombs were thrown into the emperor's palace, Hideki Tojo would definitely become the number one sinner of the Great Empire.

In order to prevent millions of people from fleeing, Hideki Tojo came to see Emperor Hirohito many times and led the cabinet members to ask the emperor to stay in Tokyo. , in order to protect the safety of the royal family, and now I beg myself not to leave, the only reason is for the survival of the great empire.

Now Hirohito's intestines are full of regrets. He regrets that he should have handed over the power to Hideki Tojo. After a series of incidents, Tojo is nothing more than a warrior who can't use his brain. But now the situation is urgent and he wants to dissolve the cabinet I'm afraid it will cause even greater panic, so Hirohito had no choice but to pretend to be indifferent and said: "I said a long time ago that I will live and die with Tokyo and the people."

Hideki Tojo breathed a sigh of relief. In order to further protect the emperor's safety, he dug a huge air-raid shelter in the palace and poured thick reinforced concrete on it. Such a building can completely resist any bomb attack.

The safety issue of the royal family has been solved so-so. Now Hideki Tojo's most difficult problem is how to deal with the powerful Beiyang fleet. He knows that the emperor is very dissatisfied now, and he doesn't want to come up with a good solution. Sooner or later the members of the cabinet were bound to die.However, it is not an easy task to deal with such a powerful fleet, and now he has too few cards in his hand.

In a secret room of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Hisao Tani was kneeling on the tatami mat, looking helplessly at Hideki Tojo, who was anxious.

Hideki Tojo scolded for a long time before he said: "There is no other way but to let the Royal Fleet assemble in Tokyo Bay to defend against the enemy?"

"Your Excellency, the only sea force left is the Royal Fleet. If this fleet is destroyed again, we will completely lose our territorial sea rights. Besides, the Royal Fleet is just a temporary force, which is not enough at all. To compete with the Beiyang Fleet, once we lose our territorial sea rights, the Beiyang Fleet will swagger northward and carry out large-scale bombing of our coastal areas, and Tokyo will not be able to keep it either."

"Then tell me, what are you going to use to deal with the Chinese fleet?"

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, we still have more than 100 torpedo boats and hundreds of gunboats in our hands. Let's make a big difference with a small one and attack the Chinese navy at the right time."

"Shut up! Are you as stupid as you are when you are Chinese? We have received multiple reports that all ships blocking the front of the Chinese fleet, whether they are fishing boats or sightseeing boats, have all been sunk by Chinese destroyers , Up to now, nearly a hundred ships have been killed. Tell me, how did the torpedo boats and gunboats get close to the Chinese fleet? Moreover, what role can those gunboats weighing tens of tons play, not to mention attacking Chinese warships, even mosquitoes? Not dead."

Gu Hisao said aggrievedly: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, please seriously consider whether you can think of another way to deal with the Chinese fleet. Otherwise, if it doesn't work, you can solve it through diplomatic means. In short, you can't let the local fleet come. Tokyo is dying for nothing."

"Diplomatic means? You have a pretty good idea. If diplomatic means can solve it, I'd still be wasting my saliva with a waste like you." Hideki Tojo cursed and pulled out the saber that the emperor gave him. , threw it in front of Hisao Tani, and said coldly: "You can figure it out yourself. If the Royal Fleet has not come to Tokyo Bay to gather before the Beiyang Fleet attacks Tokyo, then you will fulfill your loyalty to the Emperor." After speaking, Hideki Tojo strode towards the inner room, leaving only Hisao Tani with a pale face and trembling body.

(End of this chapter)