There is a crescent moon in the sky, and the moonlight is cold, making Gusu Hanshan Temple look white.

The cold is strong, and there is silence between heaven and earth.

Gusu, which was ravaged by the Japanese army, has gradually returned to peace, and the Japanese do not want to get an empty Gusu city, and the killing seems to have stopped.

It is in a villa not far from Hanshan Temple. It is brightly lit, but the curtains are tightly pulled, and there is no light outside.

There are Japanese troops wearing the "grid police" logo on duty at the front and back doors and in the yard, and the atmosphere is very solemn.

A series of black cars entered through the gate, and all those who got out of the car were generals wearing Venus stars.

At least they are major generals, and the adjutants accompanying them are all above the major, and basically no officers at the rank of lieutenant level are seen.

Today's meeting was very high. Prince Hatsuhiko, commander of the Shanghai Expedition Army, and Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke, commander of the 10th Army, rushed back from the front line.

These two are royal princes and the other are generals of the Imperial Taoist sect.

It was really a bit difficult for Matsui Ishione, the commander of the Central China Front Army, to control these two people.

"Your Excellency Commander, this is the latest battle report."

"Put it there, it's not good news." Matsui Ishione is a Chinese expert. He knows China very well. He has a scheming case for tonight's meeting.

"Yes, a brigade of the Nakajima Army Empire was completely wiped out by the Chinese army at the foot of the Purple Gold Mountain." Chief of Staff Tsukada attacked.

"Total annihilation, the Chinese army counterattacked and dispatched many troops, and who commanded it?"

"No, it is said that the Chinese army buried a large number of people under its positions. When our soldiers rushed up, they retreated, and then detonated and blew up the entire mountain."

"Who is the position commander?"

"I don't know, but it shouldn't be any senior Chinese army commander we have." Tsukada attacked.

"Let the agents who sneak into Nanjing and our insider in the Chinese army investigate. This person may become our biggest enemy." Matsui Ishien said slowly.

Although Tsukada Tora feels that it’s a big deal, it’s okay to investigate it.

Matsui Ishien took a breath of air conditioning. Although he did not come to the front line in person, such a scene must be very shocking.

The Chinese will to resist was beyond his expectations.

He ignored some things, and he only interacted with Chinese elites and successful people, but he forgot that China is composed of thousands of general public.

Only these people can truly represent China. They are not Jiang, Wang and others, and their bones are very hard.

But now, these people control China.

"Have everyone arrived?"

"Apart from Colonel Muto Akira, everyone else has arrived." The adjutant replied.

"Mutou Muto traveled for nothing. This Tang Mengxiao is really rude," Tsukada Otsuki said angrily.

"Okay, don't wait for him, push me to the conference room." Matsui Ishigen raised his hand slightly and ordered.

The door to the conference room was pushed open.

"Here is Commander Matsui"

The generals stood up in the room.

"Okay, okay, let's sit down. I'm unfortunately, I have pneumonia. In order not to affect you, I put on a mask. I hope everyone can understand." Matsui Ishione pointed to the mask on his mouth and explained.

"Correspondent, please pay more attention to your health." Asakamiya Hikari stood up and greeted him with false concern.

"Thank you, Your Highness, Prince." Asakaguchi is a royal family or the emperor's uncle. Even if Matsui is higher than his military rank, he will tolerate him three points.

Yanagawa Heisuke curled his lips. Although he was affiliated with Matsui, the 10th Army was opposed to him, so there was no need to look at his expression.

Moreover, they belong to different factions in the army, so their relationship is naturally not much better.

"Birth, old age, sickness and death are natural ways to return. As a veteran, fighting for the Emperor and dying for the Emperor will surely be passed down from behind. However, His Majesty the Emperor learned that I was overworked in the war in Shanghai and was not suitable for commanding operations. Today I called, Prince Asakaguchi took over my work and commanded the troops to attack Nanjing."

Before Matsui finished speaking, Asakamiya Hirohiko stood up: "Everyone, it's not a replacement, but to assist General Matsui in command."

Asagata Palace is also a slippery person. The situation in Nanjing has been set. If there is no progress, it will be held accountable. He may not want to take responsibility alone.

Many Japanese generals present could not help but show a hint of contempt for the timid and cowardly behavior of Asakagumi.

Especially Yanagawa Heisuke, the ridicule at the corner of his mouth was revealed without any scruples.

"This is not assistance, this is the order of His Majesty the Emperor." Matsui Ishien waved his hand and the adjutant took out a telegram from the document bag, saying, "Prince Asakaguchi will serve as the supreme commander of Nanjing's operations from today."

Applause came with all kinds of discussions.

Some old stories about Asakamiya Hikari were ruthlessly exposed and spread among the officers attending the meeting.

Matsui Ishien coughed lightly, stopped the discussion, and raised his voice slightly: "His Highness Asaka Palace has just arrived in China, and he is not very familiar with the situation in Nanjing. Today's combat meeting will be chaired by me."

After saying that, he glanced at the officers and continued: "The topic of today's temporary meeting is to study the situation of the troops and determine the time to invade Nanjing. You can speak freely."

Yoshisuke Yoshisuke, the commander of the 9th Division, stood up first and shouted: "Commander, our division encountered many unexpected difficulties in this Nanjing battle. The Chinese army was not the cowardly and cowardly battle we imagined. On the contrary, they were very brave. I saw their soldiers with their legs broken, holding my imperial soldiers, pulling grenades, and dying together. They were not the sick men of East Asia we know. Secondly, their tactics are very flexible, but they are far inferior to our army in terms of weapons, equipment and quality. The empire has to pay a heavy price for every step forward. Our division is in Shanghai and Nanjing, and the soldiers are exhausted. We ask the commander to consider the strategy of siege and rest, otherwise this battle will not be defeated."

Yoshizu's words represent the psychological real thoughts of some division commanders.

"Jizu-jun is worried too much. Our army has casualties, and the China army has even greater casualties. Our army has no time to rest, and the China army has no time to rest. Sometimes the God of Destiny will favor one side. Even if the opportunities are equal, is your command ability not as good as those of the China army that have just walked out of the mud legs?"

"The elite Chinese army is almost exhausted in Shanghai. They are now at the end of their strength. At this time, we should take advantage of the victory and use the situation of Mount Tai to defeat the Chinese army's will to resist." Yanagawa Heisuke stood up and punched the conference table hard, causing the teacup on the table to buzz.

"I think Yoshizukun is right. Our division suffered a lot in the Battle of Shanghai and lost more than 3,000 people in the Battle of Nanjing. We can rest for at least one to two months before we can fight again," said Masaki Ito.

"I agree with the opinions of Yoshizu and Ito, and rest and fight again." The third division's Fujita Jin was very short-lived.

Almost all those who agree to rest and recuperation are the Shanghai Expeditionary Army. They have suffered major losses in the periphery of Shanghai and Nanjing. If they continue to fight, the entire division will be destroyed.

This is something they very reluctant to see.

The 10th Army was a new force. It adopted a roundabout strategy in the Battle of Shanghai, made a big splash, and fought all the way to the city of Nanjing, arrogant and arrogant. Of course, Heisuke Yanagawa did not want to rest at this time.

Yanagawa Heisuke said angrily: "The situation in our 10th Army is similar to that of you, so I won't say much. Commander Matsui is not a new recruit or a junior officer. He suggested occupying Nanjing immediately. There must be his reason. Let's listen first, how."

"Yanagawa is right. Let's listen to the specific ideas and reasons of Commander Matsui. I think if the reason for attacking Nanjing immediately is very sufficient, you will vote for it." Asakamiya said

Matsui, Asakaguchi, and Yanagawa, these three are the three giants of the Central China Front Army. Although these three have always had conflicts, they have reached an agreement on the issue of immediately capturing Nanjing.

Matsui breathed a sigh of relief. Asakamiya Hatohiko and Yanagawa Heisuke's words clearly supported themselves, which was related to their interests and positions. If the positions of the three commanders were not consistent, it would be difficult to achieve any results at this meeting today.

"You may know some of my situation, but I think you still don't know much about me. In addition to fighting in China, I have also worked in intelligence and served as a military officer in China. I have lived in Nanjing for four years and are very familiar with the capital of China. I have come into contact with dozens of senior officials in the Chinese government and have had many contacts with their chairman Jiang. We have talked late at night and know him more than his wife. You may not believe it."

Everyone showed curiosity, and Matsui was indeed a little surprised.

Yoshisuke Yoshisuke did not give Matsui Ishione face and directly interrupted: "What you said is so rare, it's so mysterious. The leader of Chiang Kai-shek will talk to you all night long."

Matsui Ishione seemed to know that someone would have such a question and said calmly: "Do you know, Jiang is a person with the idea of ​​a feudal emperor. His mind is full of how to deal with GD. He wants to know the empire's attitude towards China and what big moves will be in the future. In his mind, the most dangerous thing is not the empire, but GD. His policy is to first settle the country with foreign aggression."

Matsui Ishien becomes more and more excited. She doesn't care that she is still having a fever, and she continues to say, "I know the contradictions in China and know very well that Chiang Kai-shek is very well aware of this person. There is an old saying in China that without diamonds and not taking on porcelain work, I dare to take over His Majesty the Emperor's appointment letter. Without this confidence, it is not possible. I dare to say that attacking Nanjing immediately is not without a trump card."

It was not until now that I officially got to the topic: "My trump card is my understanding of Chiang. He adopted a strategy of waiting for this war. His purpose in Shanghai was to show the whole world. He hoped that Britain and the United States would come out to stop and ask the League of Nations to intervene in order to seek peace. It is for the League of Nations to see the League of Nations and the whole time. The peace is his goal. As a result, after a long time of fighting, the League of Nations was against sanctions. The Americans did not express their opinions on the three countries of Germany, Italy and Japan. They were good friends. How could the German ambassador offend Japanese friends for him? Todmann was just a temptation to surrender to him on behalf of our Japanese government."

"Cheng hopes to jointly defend the Communist Party, but if Nanjing doesn't fight, he cannot explain to the military and civilians. Therefore, he left behind a Central Army and a Miscellaneous Army and handed it to Tang Mengxiao for command. The commanders of these troops are all grass-headed kings, and no one buys any of them. Tang was a warlord in his early years and did not lead troops for many years. Those who can command these people."

"Cheng withdrew the plane, and the air supremacy is in me. He adopted a strategy of surrounding all sides. To the north of Nanjing is the Yangtze River. Our navy goes up and cuts off their retreat. They will have no way to escape."

Matsui mentioned the landing of Kinshanwei

Heisuke Yanagawa said excitedly: "At that time, tens of thousands of us acted as a million troops, which scared Chiang and retreated overnight. Now, Lord Matsui has already sent a letter of persuasion to surrender, saying that a million troops attacked Nanjing was to scare Chiang's troops and shake their confidence in defending the city."

“It’s right, it’s right”

"According to the intelligence sent back by the agents lurking in Nanjing, the Jiang couple left Nanjing on December 7 and flew to Wuhan."

"The coach left Beijing, which means they want to give up Nanjing. If they don't attack at this time, then when will they wait?" Asakaguchi was excited and eager to try.

He was re-activated, just to make achievements on the battlefield and show those in the commander's ranks that he is also capable.

"I agree with the opinion of Commander Matsui. Please go home and go back to the army immediately, mobilize the troops, and attack Nanjing. Nanjing is our great Japan and His Majesty the Emperor. There are countless beautiful high-end residences in Nanjing, countless flower girls, Confucius Temple, Qinhuai River, everyone, take action quickly, go to Nanjing to enjoy it."

The anger of the Asakagu Palace made the division leaders present lit up their eyes. Power, wealth, and women can all stimulate men's most primitive instincts.

Moreover, these people are not unwilling to attack Nanjing in their hearts, but they are frustrated in the offense and have too many casualties, so they are just worried about occupying immediately.

Only Matsui Ishione and others knew in their hearts that only by quickly occupying Nanjing and forcing Chiang Kai-shek to surrender can they maximize their interests.

Once the war continues, the first thing that cannot be taken by Japan itself.

The mobilization meeting quickly unified the mind and determined that the general offensive time was scheduled on December 12, before that, the periphery battle in Nanjing must end.

In other words, all troops must advance to the Nanjing city wall before December 12. If the tasks that cannot be completed are handled by military law.

This chapter draws on a lot of information. Mr. Hu Zhaocai's battle against Jiang Zhongzheng and Nanjing was mainly paved with the subsequent plot. Don't criticize those who don't like it.

~HasouSou Basket Color, you can read the following chapters as soon as possible

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