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Japanese headquarters.

Today's cabinet has long been controlled by the military, and real government officials have almost no say, let alone making decisions.

Tojo Hideki looked at the army and navy officers present and said, "Since we fought back against the enemy bombers in Chiba, the mainland has not been bombed for more than a month, and all walks of life are recovering in an orderly manner. Here, I would like to thank General Yamamoto for his full assistance. This is a successful example of cooperation between the Imperial Army and the Navy. I hope that the two armies will continue to help each other in future operations and enable the Empire's army to travel all over the world."

Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, glanced at the Army Minister sitting in front of him, and then said with a look of disdain: "Our navy officers and men fought bloody battles and paid a heavy price in the Battle of Midway to win the victory! Even with such losses, they still sent fleets and fighter planes back to support us, but the supplies we received were very few.

Prime Minister, I want to know if the Army is satisfied with this treatment? If not, should we allocate some more funds from our Navy? "

In the past, Isoroku Yamamoto did not have the right to speak in the cabinet, and even if he spoke, his words would be ignored by the army.

But the situation is different now. Not to mention the victory of the Battle of Midway, which allowed the army in Southeast Asia to fight without worries, the Navy Combined Fleet returned to the mainland to support the Navy Air Force to resist the 88th Army bombers, which once again relieved the pressure on the Army Air Force.

It is no exaggeration to say that the current navy is the benefactor of the army.

However, in the face of the military achievements made by the navy at a huge cost, the headquarters has not made a clear statement. Instead, it has reduced their navy's military spending and supplemented it with the army.

And what about the navy?

They achieved a lot of results in some landing operations in Southeast Asia, but the army that came later snatched many resources from them after landing, so that the navy is now full of complaints.

Although Army Chief of Staff Sugi Sangen was somewhat grateful for the Navy's help, the grudges between the two armies since the Meiji Restoration could not be easily resolved, or it could never be resolved.

So he said with some arrogance on the surface: "Yamamoto, don't you know the current situation of the Tang Dynasty? The 88th Army suddenly appeared and caused huge losses to the empire in just two years. Nearly 20 of our army soldiers died in their hands. But what about our army? The record of the number of people killed by the 88th Army is only more than a thousand!

Why is there such an incredible gap? The root cause is that the 88th Army's equipment is too luxurious, even the regular divisions of our empire are far from being able to match it.

In this case, the only way for our army to respond is to increase the research and development of weapons and equipment to deal with the weapons of the 88th Army, which naturally requires a lot of resources! "

At this time, Tojo Hideki also spoke up: "General Yamamoto, please put the overall situation first. There will be no large-scale wars in the Pacific Ocean in the short term. Your navy can also take this opportunity to recuperate.

The division plan we implemented some time ago was completed very well. We have divided the 88th Army into two, greatly weakening its strength! Our army has also fully occupied Burma and is attacking India. As long as we successfully occupy India, our empire will meet with the German Allies in the Middle East.

By then, when the armies of the two strongest empires join together, the whole world will belong to us. The Soviet Union, the United States, and the Tang Dynasty are no match for us and will tremble under the feet of our army!"

If Xu Le heard this, he would definitely be surprised!

It turned out that Japan's focus was not on the rear of the Tang Dynasty. The purpose of their attack on western Yunnan was to attract the 88th Army. Although they did not attract the entire 88th Army from Shanxi Province, they also divided the 88th Army's strength into two parts in the north and south. They were also satisfied with this result.

When Hideki Tojo and others drafted this plan, they thought that ordinary divisions would probably not attract the attention of the 88th Army, so they transferred the 4th Division in Southeast Asia to attack western Yunnan.

As an elite 4th Division, it can not only attract the attention of the Tang Dynasty, but also because the 4th Division is the most combat-capable and cunning in the army, it can retain its own strength according to the situation.

However, the army knew the 4th Division too well and was afraid that the 88th Army would run away, so they transferred the 18th Division of the Special Division and appointed Haruyoshi Momotake as the commander-in-chief of western Yunnan.

However, the Japanese headquarters did not expect that the strength of the 88th Army once again exceeded their imagination. They thought they could use the Lancang River and Nujiang River to delay for a while.

Who knew that the 88th Army's armored vehicles could actually cross rivers!

Although the 18th Division and other units were sent as bait, we cannot just throw all the bait away.

Therefore, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Southern Army, Terauchi Hisaichi, hurriedly ordered all troops in western Yunnan to withdraw to Burma.

Although the entire plan did not delay the progress for a long time, it did allow the troops to completely occupy Burma. Moreover, since Xu Le did not follow up and pursue into Burma, the rest of the Japanese reinforcements had time to arrive in Burma.

Therefore, there are a large number of devils gathering in western Myanmar now, and their target is India!

Isoroku Yamamoto knew the situation the army was facing, but he had only heard about it. He was furious when he saw Sugi Sangen acting pitifully.

"I don't want to say anything else. I just want to know who the new ally the Prime Minister mentioned last time is! I really can't think of anyone who can help us in the current world situation and has the ability to help us develop new fighter jets!"

At this time, Sugi Sanyuan also looked at Tojo Hideki. He had only heard about the new ally from Tojo Hideki once, and no other information was disclosed. As one of the most powerful people in Japan, he naturally wanted to know who that ally was!

Tojo Hideki slowly shook his head: "To be precise, he is not our ally yet! If the 88th Army had not appeared, I would not even have anything to do with him! But if we do not cooperate with him, not only will the interests of the empire not be guaranteed, but the empire will even suffer an unprecedented disaster!

For example, in the bombing we faced a few months ago, although the fighter planes he helped us develop were still far from being a match for the 88th Army, at least in terms of numbers we had enough strength to resist!"

"Who is that person?" Sugi Sangen, Yamamoto Isoroku and the Navy Minister Shimada Shigetaro, who had remained silent, asked in unison!

Tojo Hideki slowly closed his eyes, hesitated for a moment and said: "This is the biggest secret of the empire at present, and perhaps the biggest secret in the history of Japan. Unless something drastic happens, only the Emperor and I can know it. If others know it, Japan and him will probably suffer a disaster of overthrow!

Everyone here just needs to act according to the plan and do their part! "

Hideki Tojo's power was too great. He was both the prime minister and the army minister. He had the final say in the entire cabinet, and only Emperor Showa could suppress him.

At this point, Yamamoto Isoroku stopped asking questions. He thought for a moment and said, "Our navy has now occupied Midway Island. Not far away is the Hawaiian Islands of the United States, where the American fleet is stationed. Only by taking down Pearl Harbor can we completely cut off the connection between the United States and the Western Pacific and the South Pacific.

Therefore, I will formulate a plan to attack Pearl Harbor within a year, and I hope the military can provide the navy with appropriate resources! "

Tojo Hideki hesitated for a moment: "This is possible, but the resources will not be too much! Although the power of the 88th Army has been assigned to western Yunnan, the power of Shanxi Province cannot be underestimated. The troops of our empire there cannot relax and need a lot of resources to confront them!

However, I will give your navy a surprise in a while, maybe you can use it to sweep all the oceans!"