Tokyo base camp, Japan.

"Your Excellency, General Minai, those armies are really bullying others. They used the excuse that they need a lot of steel to make weapons and took away all our share of steel. Because of the shortage of steel, the construction of many of our warships has been stopped."

In Mitsumasa Yoneuchi's office, an officer with the rank of colonel and a sinister face looked extremely excited. He waved his arms fiercely, as if he wanted to teach the army officers he hated so much a lesson.

Because he was so excited, his saliva almost hit Mitsumasa Yoneuchi's face.

Mitsumasa Yoneuchi quickly moved his body backward without leaving a trace, and then gently wiped his face.

"I understand, Mr. Hase, I will report this matter to His Majesty the Emperor, so you won't have to worry."

"Your Majesty, General Minei, yesterday some people from the Army came to our Naval Academy to snatch pilots under the banner of the Emperor. If I hadn't stopped them, they might have snatched our pilots away. These Army people

The people are getting more and more arrogant, you must make the decision for us, otherwise our navy’s pilots will be robbed by them."

Another old man in military uniform said with tears and runny nose.

"I understand, Kimura-kun, this matter is all on me. I will definitely seek justice from those army soldiers."

Mitsumasa Yoneuchi said with a headache on his face, this bad old man is a senior member of the Naval Academy, and his disciples and former officials are all over the navy. Even he is not willing to offend this bad old man.

However, the Army went too far and tried their best to embezzle the Navy's resources in the name of the Emperor. As a result, the Navy is now full of complaints.

If he doesn't stop this situation as soon as possible, the people below will definitely be very dissatisfied with him.

At this moment, Vice Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku opened the door and walked in with a panicked expression.

"His Excellency General Minei sent an urgent telegram from Tianjin. Just an hour ago, the 98th Army dispatched more than 200 aircraft to conduct a large-scale bombing of our warships. Our army suffered extremely heavy casualties. Currently, the battleships King Kong and Red Dragon

, the Kaga aircraft carrier has begun to sink. The Kirishima has also suffered heavy damage and has completely lost its ability to move. If the enemy continues to bomb it, the Kirishima is in danger of being sunk at any time."

"They sent an urgent telegram asking for help. If we don't send reinforcements to Tianjin, they will be completely ruined."

After hearing what he said, the people here were stunned for a while, but soon everyone burst into laughter.

"Yamamoto-kun, it seems that today is not April Fool's Day. But to be honest, your joke is so funny. I almost died of joy."

The bad old man Kimura held his belly and laughed.

"Those planes can sink the King Kong. You are really good at making fun of them."

"Yes, General Yamamoto's joke is definitely the funniest joke I have ever heard."

Chang Gu also laughed and said.

Mitsumasa Yoneuchi shook his head with a smile on his face, what are the Kongo and Kirishima?

That's a super-dreadnought-class battleship. Some small planes want to blow them up and sink them. Don't be kidding.

However, after Yamamoto Isoroku's trouble, Yoneuchi Mitsumasa felt that his mood had improved a lot.

"Okay, Yamamoto-kun. We are still busy here. Please stop messing around here, but if you are free, I would suggest you tell this joke to His Majesty the Emperor."

Mitsumasa Yoneuchi said jokingly.

Am I joking?

Yamamoto Isoroku looked at them speechlessly, how could they be like this?

This is a battle report from the front line. Would he joke about such a big thing?

"Everything I said is true!"

Yamamoto Isoroku shouted angrily.

"Ha ha!"

"Ha ha!!"

But Hase and Kimura laughed even louder, while Mitsumasa Yoneuchi shook his head helplessly.

This Yamamoto Isoroku is so cute!

"Crack!"

Isoroku Yamamoto slapped the telegram in his hand onto Mitsumasa Yoneuchi's desk.

"I swear to His Majesty the Emperor! Everything I say is true! If what I say is even the slightest bit wrong, I will be deprived of my descendants and die a happy death!"

Yamamoto Isoroku stared into Mitsumasa Mineuchi's eyes and said fiercely.

After listening to Yamamoto Isoroku's vicious oath, Hase and Kimura's laughter suddenly stopped like a duck being strangled by its neck.

"Are you sure you're not joking?"

Mitsumasa Yoneuchi's face became extremely serious.

"I wasn't kidding from beginning to end!"

Isoroku Yamamoto said with a dark look on his face. After receiving the news, he immediately ran to inform Mitsumasa Yoneuchi. He did not expect to encounter such a situation.

No one believed what he said!

"This is impossible! It is absolutely impossible for the King Kong to be sunk by those small planes! It is absolutely invincible!!"

Kimura screamed like a cat whose tail was stepped on.

Having been exposed to giant ships and cannons all his life, he simply could not accept that an expensive battleship could be sunk by an aircraft.

Minai Hikaru also opened his mouth in shock, not knowing what to say for a moment.

At this moment, a royal attendant knocked on the door and walked in.

"General Minai, His Majesty the Emperor is convening an emergency imperial meeting."

"Do you know what happened?"

"It seems to be because of the war in China."

The waiter said.

"I see."

Mitsumasa Yoneuchi said thoughtfully.

Is this what His Majesty the Emperor intends to discuss?

"Your Excellency General, now we should order the fleets from Qingdao, Qinhuangdao and Lianyungang to quickly go to support Tianjin, otherwise they will be doomed."

Seeing that Mitsumasa Yoneuchi was about to leave, Yamamoto Isoroku said quickly.

"I understand. Let's do everything as you say. In addition, inform the Tianjin garrison to do their best to rescue our fallen soldiers no matter what."

Mitsumasa Yoneuchi said with a solemn expression.

"Hi!"

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At the imperial meeting in Tokyo, Hirohito almost roared: "Can any of you tell me why this happened? It's fine if your army lost, but why did the navy also lose?"

"Do they have battleships? They don't! Do they have carriers? They still don't! So why was our powerful fleet sunk by enemy aircraft?"

Things did not go beyond Mitsumasa Yoneuchi's expectations. This imperial meeting was indeed held because of the disastrous defeat in Tianjin.

After learning about the disastrous defeat of the Tianjin fleet, almost everyone was shocked.

You must know that the size of their Japanese fleet is the largest in Asia. It can even be ranked among the top three in the entire world, but why was it defeated by the enemy's chance?

"Your Majesty the Emperor, this incident happened so suddenly. No one thought that the enemy's aircraft was so powerful that it could sink our battleship. I think this matter should be thoroughly investigated.

Let’s see what went wrong.”

Military Commander Nagano Shushen said.

Speaking of this defeat, he is definitely much more responsible than Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, because the command of Japan's wartime navy was entirely the responsibility of the Minister of Military Command, not the Minister of the Navy.

"Nagano-kun is right. Our Navy cannot be entirely blamed for this incident. I think the Special High School Course also has some responsibility. If the Special High School Course can be advanced..."

Mitsumasa Mineuchi thought for a while and said, but looking at Hirohito's eyes that wanted to kill someone, he finally swallowed the next words.

"His Majesty the Emperor, we must lodge a solemn protest to the Chinese. They shot and killed our soldiers who fell into the water. This is a serious violation of international rules. We must expose the ugly true face of the 98th Army to the people of the world."

Prince Zai Ren stood up and spoke sternly.

"His Royal Highness is right, we must expose the hypocrisy of the Chinese people to the world. And in addition, we must retaliate! Vengeance fiercely!!"

Nagano Shushen also said quickly, and at the same time he glanced at Prince Zairen with a hint of gratitude. His timing to change the subject was really wonderful.

"How do you plan to take revenge?"

Hirohito asked coldly.

"I suggest sending the First and Second Fleets to bombard Tianjin City. Only in this way can the Chinese know how powerful we are."

Nagano Shushen said fiercely.

"What if our warship is sunk by enemy aircraft again?"

"Is this..."

Hirohito's words really confused Nagano Shushen. Now China's coastline is not a place where they can come and go as they please.
To be continued...