A burst of rapid footsteps came in from outside the office. Mine Mitsumasa quickly raised his head when he heard the sound.

Could it be that news came from Qinhuangdao?

Soon a staff officer pushed the door open with anxiety and walked in.

"General Mine, just 5 minutes ago, Commander Yamamoto sent a farewell message. Our combined fleet was attacked by the mysterious weapon of the 98th Army and suffered heavy losses. Commander Yamamoto felt ashamed of the Emperor and the Empire, so he decided to slaughter himself to thank the Emperor."

"What did you say? We failed?!!"

Minai Mitsumasa couldn't help but stand up and said.

"This is impossible! This is absolutely impossible!! That's more than 100 warships, how could they be defeated?"

Mine Mitsumasa said in disbelief.

"But Commander Yamamoto's telegram did say so."

After saying that, the staff officer handed over the telegram in his hand to Minai Mitsumasa.

Mine Mitsumasa quickly picked up the message and read it carefully.

"The mysterious cylindrical object that can fly at high speed at sea has a high hit rate and huge lethality. It can launch 8 at a time. Be careful... In the end, our army has only one cruiser and 26 destroyers."

After seeing this, Minuchi Mitsumasa could hardly believe his eyes. This was the wealth that the Great Japanese Empire had only accumulated in decades! Did it be ruined in one day yesterday?

"General Mine, what should we do?"

The staff officer said with a look of fear.

This is absolutely a big deal. Maybe all the Navy executives will step down.

"The sky is about to collapse!"

Mine Mitsumasa sat on the chair like a loss of her parents.

The room fell into a dead silence for a moment.

Not long after, another sound of footsteps came from outside the door.

Prince Zai Ren, chief of staff of the Japanese Army, pushed the door open with an anxious look and walked in.

"Minejun, what happened to your fleet? Why didn't we provide artillery support to our army? Do you know how many casualties are there in the frontline soldiers now?"

Prince Zai Ren almost roared.

The Japanese reserves did not expect that the artillery fire of the 98th Army would be so fierce, which was completely different from the propaganda of the Empire on weekdays.

The empire's newspapers talked about how weak the Chinese army was all day long. The empire was temporarily frustrated because of insufficient troops.

But when they went to the battlefield in person, the real situation was not the case at all.

The heavy artillery of the 98th Army was at least 10 times more violent than they thought!

Compared with them, the Japanese artillery soldiers were like children, and they were not opponents of the same level at all.

In addition, there are those almost indestructible Tiger King tanks and the Gustav cannon that are extremely powerful.

The fortifications of the Japanese were even worse than paper in front of the Gustav cannon. No matter how strong the fortifications were, they would be two huge pits with more than a football field in one shot.

Faced with the extremely powerful offensive of the 98th Army, the front-line telegrams filled the desks of Kwantung Army commander Honjo Shin. Faced with so many telegrams for help, Honjo Shinjo also felt that one was the first and two were big.

In the end, he could only send reinforcements to the front line and seek help from the base camp, hoping that the navy would be merciful and provide them with artillery support.

His subordinates were suffering such a dilemma, so Prince Zai Ren had to seek support for them, so he rushed to Mine Gummatsu with great momentum.

Looking at Prince Zai Ren with a bad look, Mine Mitsumasa said with a dead face: "There is no navy, our fleet is over."

After saying that, he handed over the telegram in his hand to Prince Zai Ren.

Prince Zai Ren was also shocked after seeing it.

"How is this impossible! What secret weapon is so powerful? It can actually sink so many warships!"

He originally thought that the Navy fled at the forefront because of his fear of death, but he did not expect that they would suffer such a great loss.

"I don't know this either."

Mine Hikamasa said with a gloomy face.

Prince Zai Ren also realized the seriousness of this matter. This is definitely a war that can affect the destiny of the empire. If the empire is not dealt with carefully, it may never recover from now on.

"Their secret weapons must be investigated clearly! No matter what the price is paid!"

Prince Zai Ren said with a serious look on his face.

"You're right."

Minumasa Minota nodded with deep understanding.

If they don’t figure out what the secret weapon of the 98th Army is and what weaknesses it has, then their navy will only be defeated repeatedly when they encounter them.

"Minejun, the war on the front line is too fierce now. Our Imperial Japanese Army urgently needs your firepower support, even if it's just for night."

Prince Zai Ren said to him with a serious look on his face.

"Is this?"

After hearing his words, Mine Mitsumasa felt very embarrassed.

Now the Japanese Navy has been severely damaged. If several ships are sunk by the enemy, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Mine, on behalf of the 400,000 soldiers on the front line, I beg you!"

Prince Zai Ren bowed deeply to Mi Neihai and said.

Prince Zai Ren's performance really surprised Mine Guangzheng. He did not expect that Prince Zai Ren, who has always been arrogant, would beg him so humbly.

However, from this he also saw how bad the situation on the front line was, otherwise the old stubborn Prince Zairen would probably not have come to ask him for help.

"So well, I will discuss with Nagano Jun to send a few warships to support your army in the evening."

Mine Mitsumasa said after thinking about it.

Of course, there should not be too many warships sent, and at most one cruiser and several destroyers can only be sent to try the waters.

"Thank you so much for Minejun."

Prince Zai Ren quickly bowed to Mine Guangzheng and said.

"I dare not take it! I dare not take it!"

Minai Mitsumasa said quickly.

Speaking of which, the Army and the Navy are also brothers in distress. They were all beaten to pieces in front of the 98th Army.

If they don't unite, I'm afraid they won't have a good ending in the end.

"I don't think we can let the 98th Army attack the Northeast just like this. We should cause some trouble for the 98th Army."

Prince Zai Ren said viciously.

"Your Highness, Prince, do you mean?"

"Do you still remember the plan for the TX class?"

Prince Zairen said meaningfully.

"You mean that..."

"That's right."

Prince Zai Ren nodded and said.

"I think this plan should be launched."

"But that plan may only cause some trouble to the 98th Army and cannot cause fatal damage to them."

Mine Mitsumasa said after thinking about it.

"Even if it can add some trouble to them. Now our army's casualties are too great, and I must not let the 98th Army have a great time."

Prince Zai Ren said with a heartache.

Judging from the losses reported on the front line, at least two wings have been completely reimbursed.

How long has this battle been fought, and it has not even been three hours.

He couldn't imagine how many people they would die in a day after this battle!

But he can guarantee that this is definitely an extremely terrifying number.

"So well, I will launch that plan with you to His Majesty the Emperor."

Mine Mitsumasa said after thinking about it.

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"Sell the newspaper! Sell the newspaper!! The 98th Army dispatched 450 fighter jets to defeat the Japanese Combined Fleet. A total of 4 Japanese battleships, 5 cruisers and 25 destroyers were sunk. However, the 98th Army suffered extremely heavy losses, with a total of 54 aircraft being shot down, 28 missing, and 156 injured."

"The 98th Army dispatched three 800mm giant cannons yesterday, and they fired dozens of shells at Qinhuangdao and razed the entire Qinhuangdao into a piece of shells. In addition, they also used hundreds of heavy artillery to launch violent artillery bombardment on the Japanese army. Faced with the powerful offensive of the 98th Army, the Japanese army's losses were estimated to be more than 20,000 people yesterday."

"The commander of the 98th Army, Lu Mingxuan, delivered an important speech to the entire army, demanding that the soldiers of the army work hard to fight regardless of difficulties and strive to restore the Northeast within this year. They will also fight to the North Korean territory and rescue the Korean people in dire straits from the hands of the Japanese rulers."
To be continued...