Island Nation Tokyo, War Ministry, the new Minister of War Shunroku Hata looks very ugly. He had just come back from Prime Minister's residence and was scolded by the new Prime Minister Mitsumasa Yonai, so his expression was naturally not much better.
The replacement speed of Island Nation's Cabinet is often very fast, and it is often possible to replace Cabinet in a few months. This also makes Island Nation's upper-level politics very unstable. Fortunately, the local government in Island Nation is relatively stable and has a good system. The turmoil in the high-level political situation will not affect the local areas. This enables Island Nation society to maintain stability.
Now is the time of war, and the Island Nation* military's influence has greatly increased, which has strengthened their control over Cabinet a lot. Both the army and the navy want to put their own people on the throne of Prime Minister. In that case, we can undoubtedly obtain more benefits from the war more directly. However, both the army and navy need to compromise with each other to reach an agreement. Otherwise, only the civilian faction can win. It is precisely because of this that the current Prime Minister was replaced by the previous Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yonai.
People in the Army faction originally believed that as long as the Army could win Southern Theater, they would have enough strength to oust the Navy. But now, the Army has suffered a big setback in Borneo. Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army, which had more than 200,000 people, suffered a devastating blow, and now there are only less than 30,000 people left to survive. Such a disastrous defeat was undoubtedly a slap in the face for the Island Nation's Army, who wanted to open up the situation in South Seas.
"Come here, please come over, Your Excellency the Chief of Staff and Your Excellency Inspector General of Training!" General Shunroku Hata ordered.
"Hi, Mr. Lu Xiang!" The secretary immediately called.
Soon, General Army Chief of Staff Prince Kan'in Kotohito and General Inspector General of Training Yoshizō Yamada rushed to the office of General Shunroku Hata. They obviously already knew the news of the Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army's fiasco, which made their faces look very ugly. Especially General Prince Kan'in Kotohito was a little embarrassed. After all, General Southern Army Commander Hitoshi Anami took up this position with his strong support. If Southern Army can win the battle, then he will have face. But now, the war is not going well. Maybe there are people in the army who want to replace General Hitoshi Anami and become Commander of the Southern Army.
Although the war situation for South Seas is a little more difficult, if you can win, it will undoubtedly be equivalent to gaining the road to promotion to marshal! This is undoubtedly what every army general desires.
"You two must already know about the Southern Army's Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army, right? Prime Minister is very dissatisfied with this! That's two hundred thousand people! They were so quickly The Germany people have been defeated and eliminated. If this continues, it will be simply impossible for us to defeat the Germany people in South Seas and Australia!" General Shunroku Hata said.
"Indeed, the Germany people are indeed the most powerful army in the world. Their powerful combat power is undoubtedly demonstrated vividly." General Yoshizō Yamada sighed.
As Inspector General of Training of the Island Nation's Army, he knows that there is a big gap between the Island Nation's Army and the world's first-class army. But he also believed before that this gap might be made up by the courage of the officers and soldiers. But now, he realizes how big the gap between the two sides is. And these gaps cannot be bridged by courage or fighting will.
"Germany people are equipped with too many tanks and armored vehicles. One 23rd Army Group is equipped with more than 500 tanks and a large number of armored vehicles. I am afraid that none of our tank divisions have so many. Tanks! Not to mention, German Army has a total of four armies in South Seas and Australia, which means a total of more than two thousand tanks!" General Prince Kan'in Kotohito said with a wry smile.
General Shunroku Hata and General Yoshizō Yamada both looked very ugly. There is no doubt that more than two thousand tanks are undoubtedly a very terrifying number, as if a big mountain is pressing on their hearts.
"German tanks has very powerful performance. On the Buru battlefield, the Armored Forces that fought Russians had almost no power to fight back. Our tanks probably don't belong to Germany either. Opponent. Maybe we should find a way to develop more powerful tanks, or get a batch of more powerful tanks from Americans. Otherwise, there is no way to fight against the Germany people." Prince Kan'in Kotohito continued.
General Shunroku Hata nodded. "I will respond to Cabinet, let Cabinet discuss with Americans. Americans wants us to open the game at South Seas They may provide us with more support. However, we still don't know whether Americans's tanks can compete with German tanks's. However, Americans's tanks will at least be more powerful than ours."
"In addition to tanks, we can also increase the speed of research and development and equipment in anti-tank weapons. The 37mm Tank Gun equipped by our troops is difficult to penetrate the armor of the Germany people's main tanks. Although our soldiers are very brave, let them hold the Explosive Pack and Cluster Grenade rushed towards German tanks and the armored vehicle. It was still very tragic. Although our Valiant were not afraid of death, it was not worth it to sacrifice in vain." General Yoshizō Yamada said.
"Well, I will say hello to the arsenal. The 37mm caliber Anti-tank Gun cannot penetrate the German tanks armor, then develop a larger caliber Anti-tank Gun! Our war with the Germany people will last for a long time. We must develop the large-caliber Anti-tank Gun as soon as possible," General Shunroku Hata said.
After the topic reached this point, there was a temporary pause. Generals Prince Kan'in Kotohito and Yoshizō Yamada were silent. They knew that the next topic would probably be about General Southern Army Commander Hitoshi Anami. It is no secret that some big bosses in the army are dissatisfied with the performance of General Hitoshi Anami, and they are very aware of it.
Whether General Hitoshi Anami can continue to remain in Southern Army Commander's position depends not only on the attitude of Army Three Chiefs, but also on the Southern Army's performance on Southern Theater. As long as Southern Army wins on Southern Theater, then the position of general Hitoshi Anami will naturally be as secure as a rock. But if Southern Army not only failed to win on Southern Theater, but also lost troops and generals, then General Hitoshi Anami would naturally have no way to continue to stay in the position of Southern Army Commander.