Chapter 1023

"Your Excellency, the Prime Minister's Office called and asked you to rush over immediately to attend an emergency meeting."The secretary reported.

Shittaro Shittaro nodded:"It seems that the Prime Minister already knows. This meeting should be about discussing this point. Let's all go there!"

"good! What is coming will always come, and we all have to face it."Admiral Hayao Shimamura also said.

They are almost certain that in this meeting, the Navy will definitely suffer a lot of criticism. In fact, the guys from the Army will madly throw all kinds of shit basins at the Navy's head. But there was nothing that could be done about it. Who allowed the navy to fail in this battle? And the entire army was annihilated.

When General Shitaro Shittaro and General Hayao Shimamura rushed to the Prime Minister's Office, they found that other All the ministers have arrived. In addition, General Sugiyama Moto, Chief of Staff, and Yamada Otsuzo, Director of Education, among the three army commanders, also attended this meeting. Everyone present at the meeting had very ugly expressions. When Shitaro Shittaro When the Admiral and Admiral Hayao Shimamura appeared, the look they looked at them was even more complicated.

Obviously, everyone already knew the news about the defeat of the United Fleet, and they all knew what this meant to the Eastern Empire.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, gentlemen, good evening!"General Shitaro Shimada greeted everyone.

The others just nodded, looking very indifferent. General Sugiyama Gen and Yamada Otsuzo even snorted coldly. Obviously, for the combined fleet this time A disastrous defeat, very dissatisfied.

After all, when the Army and Navy compete for military expenditures, the Navy has always been at an advantage over the years. The Navy has even received some additional funding.

This naturally makes the Army jealous.

If the navy performed outstandingly in this naval battle and even won the victory, then the army would naturally have nothing to say. But the navy spent so much military expenditure, but in the end it still suffered a defeat and lost the naval battle. This is naturally unacceptable to the generals of the army. In everyone's opinion, the navy is simply a waste of military expenditures! If these military expenditures were given to the army, the army would definitely be more powerful than it is now.

"Shimada-kun, how could the Navy lose so miserably? The entire combined fleet was actually wiped out. More importantly, we were not able to cause many casualties to the Third Reich Navy. This will be very, very detrimental to our next battle!"Prime Minister Tojo Yinji's face was very ugly.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I'm sorry that this is the final result. However, everyone in the combined fleet has tried their best. His Excellency Marshal Yamamoto fought hard to the end and sank together with the ship. General Shitaro Shimada said

"Is this the case? The empire spent a lot of military expenditures on naval construction. However, this is the result of the Navy in the end. Shouldn't the Navy give the Empire an explanation?"General Sugiyama Yuan was very dissatisfied.

"What does the Navy want to explain? All the officers and men of the Combined Fleet have been loyal to His Majesty the Emperor. Is there anything we have not done yet?"General Shimamura Hayao retorted.

"This failure of the navy directly put our empire into a very dangerous situation. Without sea control, the sea transportation line from the empire's mainland to the Tianzhu Peninsula has been cut off. The two million soldiers of the Southern Army are already in crisis. Shouldn't the Navy be held responsible for this? General Yamada Otsuan asked.

"Regarding the situations that the Confederate Army might encounter, the Navy had already warned them before the war. Moreover, plans have been made as much as possible. Do these responsibilities still fall on us?"Admiral Shitaro Shittaro was very aggrieved.

Indeed, before this naval battle began, they had already reminded everyone. They made it clear to everyone that the Third Reich Navy was too powerful and the Toyo Empire Navy had no confidence in winning. Let The Army has made preparations early. For this reason, the Army has strengthened its deployment on the Tianzhu Peninsula and increased the transportation of supplies. It even specially transported a batch of mechanical equipment to the Tianzhu Peninsula, hoping to achieve self-sufficiency in ammunition. To enhance the survivability of the Southern Army.

Under such circumstances, how can all the responsibility be placed on the Navy?

"snort! It's all because of the navy that our empire is already in a very dangerous situation. Losing control of the sea put not only the Southern Army in danger. The garrisons in Southeast Asia and Australia are also in danger. More importantly, we can no longer transport various supplies from Southeast Asia and Australia to the mainland of the empire. Maybe, even the empire itself will be attacked by the Third Reich. These are all the responsibilities of the Navy!"General Yamada Yisan snorted coldly.

"If the army wants to forcefully put a shit basin on our heads, there is nothing we can do. In this battle, the navy has tried its best. All the officers and men of the combined fleet chose to fight bloody battles to the last moment, and we have a clear conscience. The reason why we failed and failed to achieve the expected combat objectives was not because we avoided fighting for the enemy, but because the enemy was really too powerful. Their strength far exceeded our expectations. That's why the combined fleet suffered a disastrous defeat and was completely defeated!"General Shitaro Shittaro said.

General Sugiyama Gen and Yamada Otsuzo wanted to say something more. However, they were stopped by Prime Minister Tojo Yinki. Although

Prime Minister Hideki Tojo also served as the Minister of War, he was the prime minister after all. Consider everything

"The navy suffered a disastrous defeat in this naval battle and betrayed the trust of His Majesty the Emperor and all the people. It should indeed take responsibility. However, considering that all the officers and soldiers of the combined fleet have died in battle and are loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, they have done everything a soldier should do. Therefore, there is no need to pursue it any further."Prime Minister Tojo Yinji said.

After Prime Minister Tojo Yinji set the tone for this matter, even if others were dissatisfied, they said nothing more.

With the navy's disastrous defeat, the current Toyo Empire is even more The Army dominates the family. This strengthens the power of Prime Minister Tojo Yinji, and makes it even more difficult for others to challenge Prime Minister Tojo Yinji's status.

"Hi, Your Majesty the Prime Minister!"All the ministers breathed a sigh of relief.

General Shitaro Shittaro and General Hayao Shimamura also couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. They were really afraid that Prime Minister Tojo Yinji would hold on and liquidate the navy. In that case, the navy would I'm afraid it's really over.