Hirohito's trust in Tojo Hideki has reached a considerable level.

Therefore, after receiving a telegram from Okamura Yasuji, Hirohito immediately summoned Tojo Hideki to the Imperial Palace Imperial Study.

"Okamura-kun really disappointed me." Facing Tojo Hideki, Hirohito did not hide his disappointment with Okamura-kyu and said, "I can't even do such a thing, and I still have a base camp to make a decision for him."

Hideki Tojo still argued for his friend: "Your Majesty, the success or failure of the third Zhejiang-Fujian Battle is indeed related to the next stage of the empire's actions, so being cautious is also necessary."

"This is not what I'm angry about." Hirohito waved his hand and said, "What I'm angry about is that a person who is so cautious and careful in Okamura would make such a low-level mistake, which makes the Chinese army take advantage of loopholes, so that the situation on the battlefield in Zhejiang and Fujian has become so passive that the empire is in a difficult situation."

"Hai." Tojo Hideki said, "Okamura-kun is indeed dereliction of duty in this regard."

"However, now is not the time to hold the responsibility." Hirohito waved his hand and said, "The question now is, is there any need to continue the third Zhejiang-Fujian Battle?"

Hideki Tojo said carefully: "Your Majesty, will you hold a meeting to discuss it when everyone is here?"

"No." Hirohito waved his hand violently, staring at Hideki Tojo's eyes and asked, "Tojo, I want to listen to your opinions before convening the Imperial Conference."

Tojo Hideki said in a deep voice: "My opinion is to stop."

After a pause, Hideki Tojo said again: "In another half a year, the empire will start a war against the United States. Faced with a strong country like the United States with a deep industrial heritage, the preparation time for half a year cannot be reduced! In view of this, the third Zhejiang-Fujian Battle must not be delayed. Since there is no way to win in a short period of time, we can only stop the loss in time."

"Well." Hirohito nodded slightly and said, "I actually meant this, stop the loss in time."

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Jiangshan, Zhejiang and Fujian War Zone Chief.

Zhong Yi pointed to the sand table and said confidently: "The third Zhejiang-Fujian Battle has ended here."

"It's over?" Yu Liangzhen, Qian Xiaojun and other senior generals looked at each other, and suspected that they had heard it wrong.

After a while, Qian Xiaojun whispered: "Zi Ren, are you not kidding? The third Zhejiang-Fujian Battle has ended?"

"Old sir, I didn't joke with you." Zhong Yi shook his head and said again, "Since the 15th Division and the 17th Division were divided and surrounded by us and most of them were annihilated, the third Zhejiang-Fujian Battle has ended."

"No way?" Yang Bufei questioned, "Chief Staff Zhong, you were not a Japanese who wanted to mobilize a larger war, and the Japanese mobilized no less than twenty divisions this time? If your judgment is correct, then there is no reason for the Japanese to stop the third Zhejiang-Fujian Battle."

"That's right." Peng Songling also echoed, "The little Japanese mobilized so many troops at one time and threw them into the Zhejiang-Fujian battlefield. We would be unable to leave. How could the little Japanese stop at this time? Telling the big world, even if we eat the 15th and 17th Division of the Japanese, it would not be enough to fundamentally reverse the entire battle situation."

The other senior generals also nodded, basically agreeing with Peng Songling and the others' judgment.

Zhong Yi did not deny this and said: "Staff General Yang and Staff Peng were very accurate in their analysis. Even if the 10th Army wiped out the 15th Division and the 17th Division of the Japanese army, it was not enough to fundamentally reverse the situation in Zhejiang and Fujian. As long as Japan invested a few divisions into the Zhejiang and Fujian battlefield, our situation would become very difficult."

"But then again, no matter how difficult the situation is, no matter how many elite divisions the little Japanese invested in the Zhejiang-Fujian battlefield, it would be a delusion to eat more than 700,000 troops of the nine armies in our Zhejiang-Fujian War Zone in one bite! So the final battle situation will most likely be a stalemate!"

“Maybe we will be divided and surrounded by various mountainous areas.”

"Maybe we will face the dilemma of lack of medical treatment, shortage of food and bullets!"

"But the troops that the Japanese army invested in the Zhejiang-Fujian battlefield, whether they are eight divisions or eighteen divisions, will be deeply trapped in the quagmire of war, and they will never withdraw from the Zhejiang-Fujian battlefield in a short period of time!"

"And this is exactly what Japan cannot tolerate."

"Because, the ultimate enemy of Japan has never been China!"

"So, I dare to assert that Japan will definitely stop the loss in time, give up the third Zhejiang-Fujian Battle, and start peace talks with the National Government again."

"Because only by doing this can Japan withdraw elite divisions such as the 1st Division, the 2nd Division, the Guard Division, the 5th Division and the 18th Division from the Chinese battlefield."

"Only by investing these elite divisions into the Southeast Asian battlefield can the Japanese army sweep across Southeast Asia in the shortest time and grab Southeast Asia's rich resources such as crude oil, iron ore and rubber."

"Only by seizing Southeast Asia's war resources can the small Japanese industry be resurrected! Only when the industry resurrects the small Japanese have the strength to dominate the entire Pacific Ocean with the United States."

The senior generals present were all dizzy by Zhong Yi's analysis.

Including Yu Liangzhen and Qian Xiaojun, they never thought it would be so far away.

Yu Liangzhen said: "Zi Ren, is the Japanese really going to withdraw their troops?"

"Really!" Zhong Yi said affirmatively, "The Japanese must withdraw their troops!"

"Then we can't miss this good opportunity!" Xuan Tiewu said excitedly, "Even if we can't leave all the Japanese divisions in the middle, we will have to bite off at least a large piece of meat!"

"That's right." Yu Liangzhen also waved his fist hard and said in a deep voice, "The Japanese have been pressing us to attack for more than half a year. It's our turn to fight back! Whether it's the 1st Division, the 2nd Division or the Guard Division, he can't even think about withdrawing back to Zhuji. Going to Shaoxing, you have to leave something for me!"

Zhong Yi shook his head and said helplessly: "Mr. Liang, it's very regretful. We may only be able to watch the Japanese divisions withdraw, because whether it is the 41st Army, the 19th Army or the 20th Army, they are now exhausted. It's okay to fight defensive wars, but they really can't fight offensive wars."

Hearing this, the excitement on the faces of Yu Liangzhen, Xuan Tiewu and others immediately faded.

Because what Zhong Yi said is basically the fact that until now, Japan has suffered heavy casualties, but the three main armies in the Zhejiang-Fujian War Zone have even more casualties! The 41st Army, the 19th Army and the 20th Army have basically been crippled and have no ability to launch a counterattack.

The 10th Army has been raising energy for a long time, but only one army can't stand it.

What's more, the 5th Japanese Division opposite the 10th Army has also been raising its strength for a long time.
Chapter completed!