Draw the sword and cure the fear of insufficient firepower

To hear Shinozuka's favorite player, who had high hopes for him, personally calling Shinozuka a fool is better than the music from my hometown.

"Report... Report to the Commander!"

"I believe that the main reasons for Shinozuka Yoshio's failure this time are as follows!"

"First! Shinozuka Yoshio is stubborn and willful, and he doesn't listen to advice and doesn't distinguish between priorities! I told him a long time ago that this combat operation is to support my decapitation attack on the Eighth Route Army headquarters and destroy the will of the entire Eighth Route Army from the top! But Shinozuka Yoshio forgot this original intention and turned the feint attack into the main attack. As a result, the army was defeated and I was implicated by him!"

"Secondly, Shinozuka Yoshio was too greedy and underestimated the enemy, committing a cardinal sin! The special forces team failed, so the operation should have been canceled. However, not only did he not recall the troops, he continued to send more troops, and ended up in a stalemate with the enemy. Then, he was ambushed from the rear by the Eighth Route Army and was annihilated in one fell swoop!"

"Third, Shinozuka Yoshio's perception and analysis of the battlefield situation was too slow and too vague. From the beginning to the end of the war, the Eighth Route Army had a mysterious and powerful unit that constantly attacked the Locust Army. Shinozuka Yoshio not only failed to grasp the intelligence of this unit in the first place, but also gradually increased its troops. In the end, it was completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, and the prince was also killed in battle!"

"In short, I think that I shouldn't say something against my will to protect, whitewash, and whitewash Shinozuka Yoshio just because he was my former superior and treated me well!"

"On the contrary, I will denounce Shinozuka Yoshio's crimes in front of you. This black sheep has no face to stay in our First Army!"

"I have heard that you, General, are an excellent graduate of the Imperial Army University and a top strategist!"

"To be honest, Commander-in-Chief Okamura, you should have been sent to command the First Army earlier to lead us to great victories one after another!"

"If the commander of our First Army is you, General, I think this operation will be a complete success for the Locust Army!"

"Who knows, by now the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army have been completely wiped out by us, and the locust army has already entered Qin Province!"

Yamamoto Ikki's waist was bent into a big "C" shape, with his head almost stuffed into his crotch. He endured the pain and started to denounce.

By the way, he also flattered Saburo Sushiarai. Although what Yamamoto said about Saburo Sushiarai's resume was true, Saburo Sushiarai was a real map strategist.

In other words, although Shouzai Saburo was proficient in theory, he was unable to achieve any results on the actual battlefield.

In Chinese terms, that's just talk.

However, when you flatter someone, you have to say things that the other person likes. Yamamoto Ikki knew that what Shouzai Saburo valued most was his title as an outstanding graduate of the Imperial Army University and his reputation as a strategist.

The more people lack something, the more they care about it.

When Shouzai Saburo introduced himself in the past, he always said these two sentences. After saying them so many times, Yamamoto Ikki remembered them.

Unexpectedly, it really came in handy this time...

But of course, some of these words accusing Yoshio Shinozuka were true and some were false. It is true that the defeat was caused by Yoshio Shinozuka, because as the supreme commander of this battle, if Shinozuka didn't take the blame, who would?

In fact, although Yoshio Shinozuka suffered a major defeat, there was no problem with his command of the entire battle.

However, Lin Tian's sudden appearance was beyond everyone's expectations, so it was reasonable that Yoshio Shinozuka was caught off guard.

If Lin Tian hadn't marched so fast, the remaining main force of the Japanese would have really escaped.

Yamamoto Ikki said that Shinozuka Yoshio turned the feint attack into the main attack, which was not wrong. The situation on the battlefield did develop in that way. Yamamoto Ikki also firmly believed that if Shinozuka Yoshio had not launched a large-scale attack on the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, he would not have been exposed. Instead, he was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army and his entire army was wiped out.

Although these two things have nothing to do with each other, Yamamoto Ikki will not admit that the failure of the decapitation operation was caused by the leakage of his plan or poor planning.

Originally, this decapitation operation was easy to carry out, but it was because of Yoshio Shinozuka that they were completely wiped out.

As for Yoshio Shinozuka, he had said at the beginning that he should send troops to attract the attention of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Eighth Route Army.

By then, the Eighth Route Army would be out of manpower and unprepared, and he would surely cut off the head of its headquarters easily like cutting butter with a hot knife.

But that idiot Yoshio Shinozuka only launched a large-scale attack on the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, and only carried out some insignificant raids on the Eighth Route Army's territory.

This resulted in the defensive forces of the Eighth Route Army headquarters not being deployed, which also directly led to the ambush of their own special forces team.

Yamamoto Ikki had long been filled with resentment towards Shinozuka Yoshio. Today he had the opportunity to vent his anger, step on Shinozuka Yoshio, and use it to improve his image in the eyes of Kotobuki Saburo. It was really a three-pronged approach and a huge win.

"Yoshi! Yoshi! Yamamoto-kun and the commander surprisingly agree on the same point of view."

"There is an old Chinese saying that great minds think alike!"

"It seems that Yamamoto-kun has learned the lesson of his failure this time!"

"Very good! This was also a test from the commander!"

"Congratulations, you passed!"

After listening to what Yamamoto Ikki said, Shouzai Saburo could tell that Yamamoto Ikki was expressing his true feelings. That expression of gnashing teeth and indignation was not fake.

When Shouqi Saburo said these words, he was not really sparing Yamamoto Ikki, but he wanted to continue to torture Shinozuka Yoshio.

He wanted to make Shinozuka's most trusted and beloved general, whom he was proud of, insult Shinozuka in person.

He wanted Yamamoto Kazuki to say these words in front of Shinozuka Yoshio, or even more vicious words than this.

Of course, he just wanted to let Yamamoto Ikki have a good life for a few days. He would only spare Shinozuka Yoshio when he lost interest in him or when Shinozuka Yoshio could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide.

Yamamoto Ikki is just a plaything of his, a chess piece. When he is used up, it will be time for Yamamoto Ikki to apologize.

Now, he still needs Yamamoto Ikki, so he smiles at him.

In fact, Shouqi Saburo had already simulated countless scenes of humiliating, torturing, and even chopping off Yamamoto Ikki's head with his own hands in his mind.

"Thank you, Commander! I am Yamamoto Ikki, and I will serve you wholeheartedly and with all my heart! I will follow your lead!"

Yamamoto Ikki could no longer bend his waist or lower his head any further, so he simply fell to his knees with a plop and offered a great gift.

Yamamoto Ikki endured this great humiliation with red eyes.

I kept repeating to myself loudly, "Sleeping on straw and tasting gall!"