Chapter 514 Lessons
"What? The Chinese team has already captured Shenyang?!" Hideki Tojo was shocked when he got this information.
In fact, it was not just Hideki Tojo who was surprised. Kenra Sato and Kenra Sanada who were in the conference room were shocked by this. Kenra Sanada was still confused and didn't know it. Kenra Sato jumped up from the chair like a needle, and his face was pale and said to himself: "Bastard, they are really attacking Manjushu!"
"Bastard!" Then I heard Hideki Tojo's yelling and scolding:
"The enemy has captured Chenyang, why do you report it now?"
"What? It captured Chenyang in just one day? How is it possible?! What happened to the Third Front Army? Do they just let the enemy attack? Get it back immediately. If you can't get it back, you can apologize!"
As he said that, Hideki Tojo angrily threw the phone onto the landline.
Seeing Hideki Tojo's exemplary appearance walking around at the desk, Sanada Yuichiro and Kenya Sato were afraid to speak, for fear of arousing Hideki's anger again. It was not until Hideki Tojo quickly walked to the map that they hurriedly followed.
"Just received the information!" Hideki Tojo pointed to the map angrily and said, "Yesterday morning... the Chinese team landed from Lushun, and then took Shenyang directly along the road and railway at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour. Before our defenders were ready for defense, they had already taken Shenyang!"
"Prime Minister!" Kenya Sato couldn't help but gasp: "Chenyang is not only an industrial center of Manzhou, but also a large number of factories and mining plants, but also a transportation hub between Manzhou and China's inland... If Chenyang is lost, it means that Manzhou and hundreds of thousands of troops fighting inland will be cut off, and logistics supplies will be cut off! This..."
"What's going on with this Third Front Army?" said Sunichiro Sanada: "They have an army of 300,000 and a large number of puppet troops. How could the enemy capture such an important city in just one day!"
"Hmph!" Hideki Tojo said to Sanada Hoshiichiro with a very ugly face: "Didn't you say last time... the target of the Chinese team is Okinawa, and it is impossible to attack Manjushu?"
"Prime Minister!" Sanada Suichiro explained awkwardly: "I didn't expect the Third Front Army to be so cowardly. It was thrown away by Shenyang in just one day!"
"Minister!" Kenya Sato opted: "Although the Third Front Army has a large number of troops, the area they defend is the entire Manchu Kingdom, and they are still responsible for providing supplies and transportation to the front line. It is not easy to just ensure the safety of railways and highways. Don't make things too difficult for Okabe Naoki!"
"Sato, you..." Sanada Suichiro was robbed by Ken Sato, and was furious and embarrassed.
"Stop quarrel!" Hideki Tojo impatiently interrupted the two of them's open and secret struggle: "The most important thing now is how to stabilize the situation in Manchu!"
"Prime Minister!" Sanada Shizuichiro replied: "The Chinese team is advancing alone. This can also be said to be our opportunity. We can mobilize troops from all directions and kill them in the siege!"
Although Hideki Tojo did not speak, this was his first reaction, he no longer trusted Sanada Hoichiro so much. The last time he misunderstood Sanada Hoichiro because he did not listen to Kenya Sato's warning, so he had this situation today.
In fact, the greater responsibility lies with Hideki Tojo himself, but of course he would not think so.
After thinking about it, Hideki Tojo asked Ken Sato, who was also silent, and said: "What do you think?"
"Prime Minister!" Ken Sato frowned and replied, "The Chinese team dared to advance alone like this. I am afraid that they had made sufficient preparations early in the morning. I am afraid that... it is not so easy to eliminate them!"
After pausing, Kenya Sato continued, "But Chenyang is our seven inches again, and we have to take it back..."
Hideki Tojo nodded, which was also his dilemma.
"I see..." After thinking about it, Kenya Sato said helplessly: "It's only as the Minister said, mobilize the troops first to surround him!"
In fact, the best way is to recapture Port of Lushun from sea, so that the Chinese team will immediately become a real lonely army, with no supplies or reinforcements.
The problem is... At this time, the Japanese Joint Fleet was chased by the US fleet in the Philippine waters and was unable to seize the Port of Lushun, so they could only make trouble on land.
But Kenya Sato knew that doing so might not be enough, so he needed to find another way.
On the other hand, Roosevelt was even a little later than Hideki Tojo and got the news that the Chinese team won Shenyang.
This is not because the US military is not well-informed, but because Roosevelt's attention during this period has not been focused on this Chinese team that attacks Manzhou.
As mentioned before, under MacArthur's analysis, Roosevelt also believed that the Chinese team would not do much in Manchuria, but the Chinese team could defeat some of the Japanese forces and temporarily prevent the Japanese army from continuing to mobilize their troops to the Japanese mainland, so Roosevelt fully supported it.
At the same time, Roosevelt made an old plan again, that is, to consult with the Soviet Union again.
What made Roosevelt distressed was that Stalin never gave in and insisted on meeting all the conditions before sending troops.
According to Stalin, it is: "This is not a war between the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union even signed a peace treaty with Japan. Of course, it is necessary to have interests to send troops to the Soviet Union. Otherwise, why would the Soviet Union put these troops on the battlefield?"
So, Roosevelt faced the question Zhang Chi once again: Should we need short-term or long-term interests?
Among the conditions proposed by the Soviet Union, it is acceptable to allow Mongolia to maintain the status quo, but it is obvious that it is to march into the Atlantic Ocean to compete with the United States for profit.
While Roosevelt was in a dilemma, Ernest sent a telegram with an excited expression.
"Mr. President!" said Ernest, "I think you should look at this!"
Roosevelt took the phone casually and glanced absent-mindedly, but soon widened his eyes. Then he looked at Ernest with an incredible expression and asked, "Are you sure they have captured Chenyang? It only took one day?"
"Yes!" Ernest replied: "It's true! Halsey told me... the Chinese colonel used the "blitz" of fascist Germany!"
Chapter completed!