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    Beijing, Xinhua Palace.

    "How is the war situation in Japan now?" After finishing the daily routine affairs, Wang Yuze sent someone to find Xiong Wu, the chief of staff, to ask about the war situation in Japan.  Now, except for Japan's war, which is still continuing, all other wars have come to an end.  Next, the Chinese team will enter a comprehensive rest period.

    "Your Majesty! The Second Army has successfully landed in southern Honshu and is attacking northward with the support of the navy. The Eighth Army has captured Tokyo and is taking away Tokyo's wealth. The commander of the Eighth Army, General Zhao Bowen, is preparing for a decisive battle.  Qiankun, therefore, did not continue to attack the Japanese army that retreated to Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, but allowed the Japanese army to gather troops. Half of Japan's two million army has been wiped out by us. Moreover, the elite troops of the Japanese army have basically been eliminated  After being wiped out, the remaining Japanese troops are no longer of concern. After the Eighth Army wins the next battle, Japan's war will almost be over!" said Chief of General Staff Xiong Wu.

    Wang Yuze nodded. Although he also graduated from the Army Academy, he had not personally commanded military operations for many years, so he was not an expert in this regard.  Therefore, he has never intervened in specific operations. It is better to leave it to professionals like them to direct it.

    "That's good. The war against Japan will end as soon as possible, and the army can begin to rest and reorganize according to the new plan. Has the General Staff made a specific plan for the reform of the military system?" Wang Yuze asked.  Now China's territory has more than doubled, and the military system of the previous eight military regions has increased.  It is no longer suitable for the current situation.  therefore.  Wang Yuze asked the General Staff to take action based on the current situation.  Make changes to the military system so that it can use the current situation.

    "Your Majesty, the General Staff has made a general plan. After that, the military will strengthen its control over the territories newly incorporated into the empire. Therefore, most of the places where troops are stationed are also in border areas. According to the General Staff's plan, the Army  It will be organized into two types of troops, one is the field force, and the other is the regional defense force. The field army will be organized into ten group armies. In addition, the Imperial Guards garrisoned in the capital will be added, for a total of 11 group armies. The organization of each group army is similar to the current  The scale is equal. For local defense forces, the plan is to form a brigade in each province. Once a war breaks out, these brigades can be sent directly to the battlefield, or expanded into divisions, and then formed new group armies. Because the cabinet is reviewing the newly integrated empire  The territory is divided into administrative regions, so it is not yet certain how many provinces the empire has in total!" said Xiong Wu, Chief of General Staff.

    After listening to Xiong Wu's words, Wang Yuze couldn't help but frowned.  11 armies.  There are almost 1.8 million people, and each province will form a brigade.  That¡¯s hundreds of thousands of people!  In the end, after the war, the army not only did not decrease, but actually expanded a lot.

    "Chief of Staff, in this case, are the number of troops too large?" Wang Yuze asked.

    "Your Majesty, this number is not much at all. Although the Empire won this war, there are more enemies of the Empire. The Imperial Army must maintain at least this large number to ensure that the interests of the Empire are not harmed.  !" Xiong Wu said firmly.

    "Well, just follow your plan! However, the annual military expenditure is only that much, so don't think about increasing it. If it is not enough by then, don't come to me!" Wang Yuze said after thinking for a moment.  Now, the cabinet has begun to make plans for next year's economy. After winning the war, the country's focus will shift to economic construction. Only when the economic strength is improved can the military be supported and the imperial power be guaranteed.  The team can still win the next war.

    "Don't worry, Your Majesty! The military expenditure problem has been solved. The Second Army and the Eighth Army can get a lot of money in Japan. With this money as a backing, it is enough to ensure the development of the Imperial Army. Even if this amount  After all the money is spent, with the current speed of the empire's economic development, the annual military expenditure will be enough to support the development of the empire's army!" Xiong Wu said with a smile.  Economic improvement will increase fiscal revenue, and annual military expenditures will naturally increase accordingly.  The agreement reached by the imperial government and the cabinet is that during peacetime, military expenditures account for 10% of fiscal revenue. Once a war breaks out, the cabinet must fully support the army to win.

    Wang Yuze nodded and did not continue to dwell on this issue. Since the General Staff already had a solution, there was no need for him to say anything more.

    "What about naval reforms? Now that we have occupied Burma, the power of the Imperial Navy has expanded to the Indian Ocean." Wang Yuze asked.  Before, the Imperial Navy had only two fleets, the Home Fleet and the Pacific Fleet. Now, it has added an Indian Ocean Fleet to compete with the British for interests in the Indian Ocean region.It is already an urgent matter.

    "The Ministry of the Navy plans to build a new Indian Ocean Fleet. After that, the Indian Ocean Fleet and the Pacific Fleet will become the two main fleets of the Imperial Navy, while the Home Fleet will serve more as a reserve force!" Xiong Wu said.

    Wang Yuze deeply believed in the Navy Department¡¯s plan.  The Indian Ocean Fleet would primarily face the British, while the Pacific Fleet would primarily face the Americans.  The local fleet serves as the decisive combat force.  Now that Japan, the great enemy, has been dealt with, the home fleet will become the mobile force of the navy.  Once an enemy is attacked, the local fleet joins it and plays a decisive role.

    "By the way, Chief of Staff, how much money can we get in Japan this time?" Wang Yuze asked curiously.  Little Japan has already used its national power on war and is already heavily in debt. It stands to reason that there should not be much wealth left!  But Xiong Wu was able to support the military's reforms with the funds obtained from Japan, which shows that the funds the military obtained from Japan were not a small amount!

    "Haha, Your Majesty. Even though the Japanese already owe a lot of bad debts, they still have a lot of rich people. Those nobles, high-ranking officials and big entrepreneurs are very rich! The Second Army  They obtained 300 million Chinese dollars in Kitakyushu, and the Eighth Army directly collected 500 million Chinese dollars in Tokyo. After the war is over, it is estimated that they can still get hundreds of millions of Chinese dollars!" Xiong Wu said with a smile.  The military in Japan can get more than one billion Chinese dollars!  This is equivalent to the military expenditure of the Imperial Army for more than ten years, and can fully support the development of the Imperial Army.

    Hearing this number, Wang Yuze couldn't help but be stunned.  Obviously, the Imperial Army in Japan must have looted Japan into nothing.  However, he will not pity these Japanese. The life and death of the Japanese have nothing to do with him.  The remaining mess will naturally be left to the Japanese to resolve by themselves.

    By November 13th, the war situation in Japan changed again.  First of all, in the battle in southern Honshu, the Chinese ** team continued to win. Now it has advanced the front to the Hiroshima area. With the support of the navy, it is advancing north along the Seto Inland Sea, threatening the Hanshin Industrial Zone, the core of the Japanese army.  And, the Kyoto area where the Emperor of Japan is now located.

    In the direction of Tokyo, the Japanese army assembled a large number of troops in just five days.  The armies in the northern and western parts of Honshu have all been assembled, with a total strength of 500,000.  However, the elite army only has a few divisions.  In addition, the Japanese army also formed a large number of reserve divisions composed of local soldiers, with a total strength of more than 300,000.  Of course, these reserve divisions do not have much combat effectiveness, and they will be used as cannon fodder.

    The Eighth Army has now completed the looting of Tokyo. After acquiring wealth worth 500 million yuan, the Eighth Army is almost rested.  The 6th Marine Brigade stayed to maintain the stability of Tokyo, while the Eighth Army, with the leading troops of the 9th and 10th Divisions, began to march towards Takasaki in Gunma Prefecture.

    General Zhao Bowen, commander of the Eighth Group Army, has made preparations to deal with the Japanese army in one fell swoop.  For this reason, he specifically ordered the 44th Division to occupy Shichuan in the northwest of Takasaki, and the 45th Division to occupy Takasaki Tomioka to block the Japanese army's escape route.  Prepare to invade these hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops.  However, after all, the Eighth Army only had a few hundred thousand soldiers, and it was still difficult to deal with the Japanese army with a total strength of 800,000.  This forced the Eighth Army to exert its firepower advantage as much as possible to offset its disadvantage in troop strength.

    The Eighth Army began to press against the Japanese army step by step, and the Japanese army also felt the danger of the war situation.  Katsura Taro began to mobilize troops frequently, and nearly 800,000 Japanese troops were all gathered near Takasaki.

    "Sir Shanxian, the Chinese have arrived. We can't wait any longer. I have decided to launch an attack on the Shengu City occupied by the Chinese tomorrow and wipe out the main force of the Chinese there! This time, we have assembled eighty  With thousands of troops, I am confident that I will defeat the Chinese in one fell swoop!" Japanese Army Minister Katsura Taro said resolutely.  In addition to the Chinese ** troops pressing forward step by step, although the Japanese army has assembled so many troops, the logistics are very poor, especially the food, which can no longer last a few days.  If the Chinese army cannot be defeated, I am afraid that the Japanese army itself will collapse.

    Yamagata Aritomo also knows the seriousness of this problem. He knows that now they can only gamble on this last gamble. If they can defeat the Chinese team, then Japan still has hope. If it fails, then Japan will be completely finished.  .  Having reached this point, they had no other choice.

    "Katsura Taro, go ahead and do it! Try your best to win the victory for the Japanese Empire!" Yamagata Aritomo said in a deep voice!
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