Shanghai, Naval Hospital.

Early in the morning, Zhonghua Front Chief of Staff Tsukada Otsuki came to the Naval Hospital to visit Matsui Ishienen.

Tsukada Oshi cut an apple and handed it to Matsui Ishino, and said, "Your Excellency General, I just received a notice from the base camp that Asakamiya Hikari and Inaba Shiro have set off from Tokyo."

"Sodes." Matsui Ishione said, and the last bit of his eyes faded away in his eyes.

Asakamiya Hatohiko has already set off from Tokyo, which means that he has taken over as the commander of the Shanghai Condemnation Army, which is a foregone conclusion and cannot be changed. At this point, Matsui Ishien can give up completely.

At that moment, Matsui Ishione pushed open the apple handed over by Tsukadato and said, "I don't want to eat it."

Tsukada Oshi could probably guess what Matsui Ishien was thinking at the moment and said: "General, even if His Highness Asakamiya Hirohiko takes over as the commander of the Shanghai Condemnation Army, the Shanghai Condemnation Army will still carry out business under the guidance of the Central China Front Army Command. So no matter what, you will be the first contribution to the battle to capture Nanjing!"

Matsui Ishione shook his head and said, "Not that simple!"

Tsukada To persuade him again, a major suddenly hurried in.

"Great General, Chief of Staff!" The Major paused his head and continued, "I just received a notice from the 10th Army that the commander of the 10th Army, Lord Yanagawa, was assassinated this morning and was seriously injured and in critical condition!"

"Nani? Yanagawa Heisuke was assassinated this morning and was seriously injured and in critical condition?"

"Is this kind of thing actually happening? Yanagawa-kun is too careless, right?"

Upon hearing this news, Matsui Ishione and Tsukada Otsu were stunned for a moment.

But the next moment, a very obscure joy surged into Matsui Ishigen's eyes!

Whether he died or not in the end, he would never return to the position of commander of the 10th Army in a short period of time. This means that he could take this opportunity to propose to the base camp that Heihiko Asakamiya was transferred to the commander of the 10th Army. So he could continue to serve as commander of the Shanghai Condemnation Army?

Tsukada Oshi was also a wise man, and soon realized this and immediately said with concern: "Great General, Yanagawa Jun's serious injury, the 10th Army will immediately lose its head. This is quite unfavorable for the next battle to capture Nanjing. Why not propose to the base camp that His Highness Asakagumiya Hirohiko will be transferred to the commander of the 10th Army?"

Matsui Ishigen was so happy that he said in a daze, but on the surface he was embarrassed: "Is this OK?"

Tsukada Oshimasa said sternly: "Everything is for the Great Japanese Empire, everything is for His Majesty the Emperor, everything is for the holy war, so what's wrong?"

Matsui Ishione nodded: "Okay then!"

"Now, go and do it now!" Tsukada Oku said that and turned around and left.

Watching Tsukada Otsuki leave, Matsui Ishigen suddenly felt that his waist was no longer sore and his legs were no longer hurt. He immediately said to the doctor who came in for routine examination: "Suzuki, I am going to be discharged from the hospital, I will be discharged from the hospital soon!"

"Nani?" Dr. Suzuki said in surprise, "Genius General, your condition..."

Before Doctor Suzuki finished speaking, Matsui Ishione interrupted him and said, "My condition has been cured!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Matsui Ishien turned over and jumped off the hospital bed, turned around and walked out.

Looking at Matsui Ishienen, who suddenly became as light as a swallow and rosy complexion, Suzuki was stunned for a moment.

...

It is 8:00 a.m. in Shanghai time, and it is exactly 9:00 a.m. in Tokyo time.

When the news came back to Tokyo, Japanese Emperor Hirohito was convening an imperial meeting.

As the curtain of the battle to capture Nanjing slowly opened, an unprecedented opportunity has been placed in front of Japan, but opportunities are often accompanied by huge risks!

Therefore, at this moment of change that has not been seen in a thousand years, Hirohito decided to hold a imperial meeting to unify the ideas of the court and the opposition! In order to avoid expanding the faction and the limited faction and expanding the scope of internal strife!

In fact, there are already signs within the base camp. The Minister of Operations Department, Shimomura, who is the representative of the expanded faction, has expressed different views on many occasions with the Deputy Chief of Staff Jun Tada, the representative of the limited faction!

The limited faction represented by Tada Jung believes that a command line should be drawn for the battle between Japan and China, and it cannot be expanded without restrictions, otherwise Japan will be dragged down! And the limited faction further proposed that the capture of Nanjing should be the end of the battle between Japan and China! After the capture of Nanjing, peace talks must be negotiated regardless of whether the National Government surrenders or not!

However, the enlarged faction designated by the following villages believes that capturing Nanjing is only a means, not an end, so the war should not end before the National Government announced its surrender!

That is to say, we must fight until China surrenders!

The two factions each had their own supporters, and they had a fierce debate on various occasions and even started a move!

It was under such a background that Hirohito decided to hold a meeting of imperial prefecture to unify his thoughts! Therefore, Hirohito, a Japanese devil, is still quite a bit skillful!

Originally, the meeting was held well and the thoughts were unified! It was just fighting and tempting surrender. To put it bluntly, the opinions of the expanding faction took the lead!

But at this moment, the news that Yanagawa Heisuke was assassinated and seriously injured suddenly came back!

Immediately afterwards, Tsukada Ota's telegram also arrived in Tokyo and then submitted it to Hirohito's Imperial Palace!

Hirohito looked at the Anyuan Miyagi Zairen who was resting with his eyes closed, and then turned his attention to Tada Jun: "Tada Jun, what do you think?"

Tada Junkhayi replied respectfully: "Yanagawa Heisuke was suddenly seriously injured. He was eager to choose a suitable general to serve as the commander of the 10th Army. If His Highness Hirohiko was transferred to the commander of the 10th Army and Matsui Ishione was still the commander of the Shanghai Condemnation Army, at least one person was familiar with the business and would not affect the overall situation of the battle to capture Nanjing!"

Hirohito turned his gaze to the Army Minister Shan Shanyuan and asked, "Shan Shanjun, what about your opinion?"

Shanshanyuan knew that he was just a decoration, so he said simply: "I agree with Tada's opinion."

Hirohito's eyes finally fell on Shimomura Takashita, the Minister of the Operations Department of the General Staff Headquarters: "Shimomura, what do you think?"

Shimomura Ting naturally had no objection to this. For him, as long as the Japanese-China War could continue, it would be no different for who would serve as the commander of the Shanghai Condemnation Army! He replied immediately: "I, please discuss it!"

Hirohito nodded happily and said, "Since the consensus is consistent, then it's accurate!"

To be honest, although Hirohito was not satisfied with Matsui Ishione's performance in the Battle of Shanghai, he was still willing to give him another chance to prove himself. However, the Battle of Nanjing is about to begin, and the royal family must have someone to participate, so it is impossible to give it to him that Asakamiya Hirohiko took over Matsui Ishione.
Chapter completed!