Manila, Southern Army Headquarters.
After the resigned Telegram was sent back to China, General Hitoshi Anami felt that his whole person felt much more relaxed, as if a heavy burden of ten thousand pounds was suddenly lifted from his body.
Although after resigning from the position of Southern Army Commander, the hope of being promoted to marshal was basically cut off. But General Hitoshi Anami has no regrets. Through these two months of fighting, he finally saw that the gap between the Island Nation's Army and German military was really too big. Even if they can temporarily gain an advantage over Southern Theater with their strength advantage, once Germany is freed up, Island Nation will definitely not be Germany's opponent. The final result will most likely end in a disastrous defeat.
As for placing his hopes on Americans, General Hitoshi Anami believes that this is unrealistic. United States may have strong industrial strength, but in terms of military strength, it is much worse than Germany.
It would be much better to resign from Southern Army Commander's position now than to die in apology for the Southern Army's defeat in the future.
As for whether he will be thrown into a idle position after returning to China, General Hitoshi Anami doesn't care so much. In his opinion, being able to save a life is already very good.
"Tsukata-kun, I have sent Telegram to China and plan to resign from Southern Army Commander's post." General Hitoshi Anami said. In front of Lieutenant General Tadaichi Tsukada, General Hitoshi Anami did not hide anything.
Lieutenant General Tadaichi Tsukada was a little surprised. Although Southern Army has suffered heavy losses now, it is far from the point where General Hitoshi Anami must resign to take responsibility. However, after thinking about it, Lieutenant General Tadaichi Tsukada understood what General Hitoshi Anami meant.
Obviously, General Hitoshi Anami is not optimistic about the current battle situation, so he wants to retreat in order to protect himself.
In fact, Lieutenant General Tadaichi Tsukada admired General Hitoshi Anami very much for being able to make such a decision. After all, not everyone can give up the position of the General Army Commander like General Hitoshi Anami. Lieutenant General Tadaichi Tsukada vaguely believed that General Hitoshi Anami was right to do this, at least he could escape from this unfavorable war.
"I wish your Excellency Commander great success!" Lieutenant General Tadaichi Tsukada said.
General Hitoshi Anami waved his hand. "I know very well that after returning to China this time, I will probably retire in a idle job, and there will be no future. Tsukada-kun, we have worked together for a while. So, I hope you make plans early. It's not that I am pessimistic, but that our enemy is too strong. If we want to win this war, it will be very difficult!"
Lieutenant General Tadaichi Tsukada was silent. He knew that General Hitoshi Anami was persuading him in good faith. But now the war has begun. The entire Island Nation has already put its fate on this. Do they, the soldiers, still have a way out? There is no other choice but to try our best.
General Hitoshi Anami seemed to see what Lieutenant General Tadaichi Tsukada was thinking, so he sighed and said nothing more.
Island Nation The capital Tokyo, the Army Ministry, generals Minister of War Shunroku Hata, Army Chief of Staff Prince Kan'in Kotohito, Inspector General of Training Yoshizō Yamada generals are all gathered here.
Southern Army once again suffered a disastrous defeat at Borneo, and the two front armies suffered heavy losses. Such heavy losses made the Army Ministry furious.
Although Island Nation's Army has a lot of troops after mobilization, no matter how many troops there are, they cannot withstand such losses! If you lose hundreds of thousands at a time, it won't take long for millions of the Island Nation's Army to be lost!
As the person who recommended General Hitoshi Anami to be Southern Army Commander, the pressure on Prince Kan'in Kotohito is also very high.
"Your Highness, Yamada-kun, 14th Area Army and 7th Area Army were severely injured again by German 23rd Army Corps in the battle of Brunei City. The two There are only more than 100,000 troops left on the front, relying on Crocker Range to survive! Borneo's war has once again become very unfavorable to us," General Shunroku Hata said.
"Yes, Your Excellency, Prime Minister Lu. Southern Army On the Borneo battlefield, nearly 700,000 people have been lost! Especially since it has only been two months. If this continues, I'm afraid it won't be long before Imperial Army's troops will all be lost there. How can Empire win this war?" General Yoshizō Yamada also said.
Prince Kan'in Kotohito's face looked a little unsightly. Although General Yoshizō Yamada placed all the responsibility for the failure on the Southern Army. This is undoubtedly unfair. After all, there are various reasons why Southern Army failed miserably. For example, the navy failed to gain control of the sea as expected. Army Air Force failed to defeat German Air Force and seize air superiority. The Armored Forces and firepower of both sides are not at the same level at all.
However, despite these reasons, if you lose, you lose, and no one can deny this.
"Southern Army did not perform very well in Borneo's war. However, there are many reasons for this. The main reason is that the enemy is too powerful!" Prince Kan'in Kotohito said.
General Shunroku Hata and General Yoshizō Yamada had to nod in agreement. The strength shown by German military was indeed too powerful, far beyond their expectations.
"Although I say that, Southern Army lost so many troops this time, I'm afraid I can't explain it to the country." General Shunroku Hata said. At the beginning, he did not agree with the appointment of Hitoshi Anami general as Southern Army Commander. Now that General Hitoshi Anami is taking office in the Southern Army, it can be described as a bad head. In this case, General Shunroku Hata will not tolerate General Hitoshi Anami becoming Southern Army Commander again.
Prince Kan'in Kotohito was silent. He knew that this time General Hitoshi Anami's Southern Army Commander position might not be guaranteed.
At this moment, a staff officer walked in.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister Lu, Telegram was sent from Southern Army Headquarters!"
General Shunroku Hata took a look at Telegram and couldn't help but nodded. "It seems that Nishio-kun is still self-aware. This is the resignation Telegram he sent. He claimed that he is not capable enough and can no longer serve as Southern Army Commander. Go to Your Highness, Yamada-kun, what do you think?"
Prince Kan'in Kotohito couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. General Hitoshi Anami took the initiative to resign. Undoubtedly, a lot of things happened. It also prevents the conflict between him and General Shunroku Hata from intensifying.
"Since this is Nishio-kun's choice, I respect it!" Prince Kan'in Kotohito said.
"So, who will be the new Southern Army Commander? I am more optimistic about General Umezu Yoshijirō." General Yoshizō Yamada first recommended his favorite person.