At around 11:00 noon on August 24, several large planes, escorted by fighter jets, landed at Kulun Airport in Outer Mongolia, and then after a four-hour flight south from Kulun, they landed at Beijing Airport. The Queen and the Prince arrived at the After staying in Beijing for one night, we took off by plane on the morning of the 25th and arrived in Nanjing at 11:30 noon.
Back in Nanjing, there are many things. The monarchs (in addition to Zhu Yourong, including the nominal "monarch" Xiang Xiaoqiang) have been away from Nanjing for several months, which has really made the cabinet ministers feel happy. "Political monarchy", this is exactly what happened. This is what the politicians, scholars, and intellectuals of the Ming Dynasty have been pursuing. Everyone admits that the best monarchy is one where the monarch does nothing. Although Zhu Yourong didn't do much in the past, after all, there was no such thing as this for several months. Not only did Zhu Yourong not show up, but Xiang Xiaoqiang also didn't show up. This is the most important thing. Only during these days did Shen Rongxuan feel that he was a real "head of government."
Now Zhu Yourong is back. And the first thing he did when he came back was to listen to Xiang Xiaoqiang's suggestion and convene a military and political meeting to listen in detail to the top officials of the government and the army on the situation these days. In the past few months, whether it was Xiang Xiaoqiang's people The guards and Zhu Yourong's palace secretariat constantly reported various situations to the northwest and presented them to them. They did not give up at all about what happened in Nanjing and the political affairs and war situation at home and abroad. But after all, they relied on Telegrams flying around in the sky can only be concise and concise, but cannot replace a face-to-face imperial meeting.
Zhu Yourong and Xiang Xiaoqiang were both satisfied with the imperial meeting on the morning of the 25th. Japan's maritime battlefields are still tightly sealed, and now the situation in Japan has reached a point where it is impossible to open the pot. Not only is there a serious shortage of living supplies, but also war supplies are simply equivalent to No more. Due to the lack of fuel, more than 90% of major cities across the country have experienced long-term power outages. Even the chimneys of power plants have not emitted smoke for a long time. There are basically no cars on the streets, and rickshaws and bicycles have become the main means of transportation again. Trains Basically, they were lying on the railway tracks, and transportation across the country was paralyzed.
Now, the Ming army's bombers can fly unscrupulously over Japan, bombing factories, stations, refineries, power plants, ports, etc. below without even using fighter escorts. Because the Japanese army can no longer afford the fuel to fly the planes into the sky. Now. The battleships and cruisers of the Ming army can park outside Japan's ports in a grand manner just like they did in the sailing era. Their huge gun muzzles can hit wherever they want without having to worry about the Japanese bombers and torpedo boats - they are all out of fuel.
And even if the Japanese aircraft and torpedo boats come out to fight, this is exactly what the Ming army hopes. Because in addition to destroying them, it can also allow the Japanese army to consume the last bit of fuel.
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Now - Shen Rongxuan said with confidence that Japan's surrender is not just a "matter of time", but also a matter of one or two months at most.
"Oh...hehe..." Zhu Yourong smiled and nodded, and said according to what Xiang Xiaoqiang taught her, "Shen Ge said so, it is probably about the same...but what if Japan still doesn't surrender?"
As if Shen Rongxuan expected that Zhu Yourong would ask this question, Shen Rongxuan turned to look at Tang Yunsheng opposite, smiled, and then said respectfully to Zhu Yourong:
"You can ask the Chief of General Staff to answer this for Your Majesty."
Tang Yunsheng smiled and bowed slightly, and said to Zhu Yourong:
"Your Majesty, after research, I and others agree that the chance of this situation happening is very small... Of course, after all, anything can happen. If Japan refuses to surrender no matter what, I and others suggest that our Ming army directly sends troops
, choose a place on the Korean Peninsula to land and occupy the Korean Peninsula.”
As soon as these words came out, Xiang Xiaoqiang, who was sitting next to Zhu Yourong, was immediately shocked. He and Zhu Yourong looked at each other, both of them were surprised. But he saw that among the senior generals who were doing this, no one seemed surprised.
It may be that they have discussed this issue many times.
Xiang Xiaoqiang immediately asked:
"Tang Gong, what do you say?"
Tang Yunsheng smiled and said:
"Your Majesty, our army is now fighting very smoothly against Japan. We have completely controlled the Tsushima Strait and have cut off all transportation links between the Japanese mainland and North Korea. Now that we are attacking North Korea, the Japanese army in North Korea will not receive any supplies from the mainland.
There is no decent industrial system on the Korean Peninsula. Every bullet fired by the Japanese army is difficult to replace. But having said that, even if Japan has a complete industrial system, so what? There is no coal now.
, there is no oil, no electricity, even if the factory is there, it is as if there is nothing there.
"Moreover, all the Japanese troops in Korea are now second-rate troops, not even a single A division. The few remaining A divisions of the Japanese army are now all used to defend the homeland. Moreover, the Japanese army currently lacks weapons, fuel, and rubber.
... Lacking everything, even on the mainland, they cannot afford to form new troops. The current situation of the Japanese army is that if one division is destroyed, there will be one less division. Even if the newly formed troops are only armed with wooden guns
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"Besides, now from North Korea to Japan, all air and sea control are in our hands. We can fight however we want. Not only in the sky and on the sea, we can fight however we want, but also on the ground. I can say
, we can fight however we want. On the Korean Peninsula, there is no transportation system now, and there are no roads or railways. The Japanese army relies entirely on two legs and mules and horses. The circumference of the Korean Peninsula is so large, we
You can choose any point to land, but it will probably take a day or two for the nearby Japanese troops to arrive. At that time, not to mention that we have consolidated the beachhead position, we will have already penetrated deep into the interior and seized the transportation choke points."
Although Xiang Xiaoqiang had known about the situation of the Japanese army for a long time, now after listening to Tang Yunsheng's words, he truly understood the pitiable situation of the Japanese army, what it all meant, and why he was so afraid of fighting on two fronts a year ago.
The generals are so indifferent to "attacking North Korea" at this moment.
Now Japan has no navy and aviation. Even the army, due to "lack of everything", has fallen back to the level of World War I. No, the armies of both sides in World War I still have a lot of cars available. It should have fallen back to the level of Japan and Russia.
The level of war. - That's not right. In the Russo-Japanese War, both sides at least still had trains available. It should be said that the Japanese army has now fallen back to the level of the American Civil War, or to put it further, it has fallen back to the level of the Napoleonic War -
It has fallen back to the military level of the 19th century.
The Ming Dynasty's army, armed to the teeth with the strongest level of World War II, will encounter an army at the level of the 19th century after landing... Doesn't that mean they can fight however they want?
Xiang Xiaoqiang suddenly became very interested, and was about to discuss the details with Tang Yunsheng in detail. At this time, Shen Rongxuan's secretary hurried in, met the Queen and the Prince first, and then leaned over and whispered to Shen Rongxuan.
Shen Rongxuan raised his eyebrows slightly, stood up and bowed slightly to Zhu Yourong and Xiang Xiaoqiang, asking to leave for a moment to answer an important call.
After he went out, everyone in the room looked at each other, as if they had a premonition.
Sure enough, after a while, Shen Rongxuan came back quickly, with a happy face.
He did not sit down directly, but stood in the middle of the room, bowed solemnly to Zhu Yourong and Xiang Xiaoqiang, and said loudly:
"Your Majesty, Shen Rongxuan, wishes to inform you that Japan has just accepted our country's armistice conditions and announced its surrender."
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After he finished speaking, there was silence in the room for several seconds. Then someone applauded. Immediately, the applause expanded to thunderous and deafening. Many generals and ministers were so excited that they stood up, applauded wildly, and cheered loudly. road: