King Minami Tokuramiya complained: "Hoki, why is this? Why is this..."

"Yes, please stop saying this in the future, it will hurt morale." Junda Tada, "It seems that we can't hold on if we lose, we can clearly gain the upper hand! Delhi can be taken down in the past two days. If the territory of Northwest India is willing to give up, the Indian war will end this month. The construction of the army and naval forces is in full swing, new aircraft and tanks are in large numbers, mecha power is strengthened unprecedentedly, the local economy is thriving, people's lives are stable, and employment and production are in a prosperous state... Germany and other European allies are still okay, new aircraft, new tanks are given, aviation fuel is given, train cannons are given, and even the technology of new jets and rockets is agreed. This is the best situation after the war begins!"

If Hori Teiki had not made great achievements and had been fighting all the time, this would have been labeled as "shaking compromise, selling the country and seeking peace".

Horitiki said bitterly: "If you negotiate peace according to this condition, you don't have to take responsibility. At that time, you choose me as the prime minister, and I will sign it, and then you can send someone to 'Heavenly kill the traitor'!"

Everyone changed color together.

King Minorhiko Tokuramiya, who served as Prime Minister, stood up and said in a smooth manner: "Everyone admires Horikun's vision and knowledge, but as Tadajun said, the situation has not reached this point, so there is no need to be so pessimistic... Although we can talk about the Philippines and mainland China's military power can be put on, which is also the bottom line that we can tolerate at the beginning, but compensation, apology, etc. should not be said until absolutely. Now the axis allies have won consecutive victories, our army has achieved great results, and the people have always been very energetic, and it takes time to change our concepts. Besides, Horikun has always said that only by fighting can we speak up. I think the navy will be prepared as usual, and the domestic support will be strong, and the landing forces can also support more. Never be affected by diplomacy."

Ishihara Kanir also said: "When the attack on Midway, the Army decided to support the 2nd Guard Division, and can board the ship directly from the local area. The division commander Lieutenant General Tador Kurihara, is one of the few American troops in our army. If the Navy decides to attack Hawaii in the next stage, we can create 5 more divisions! India will tie it by then, and some will have troops."

The current 2nd Guard Division is not of a historical scale and organization. It is equipped with a chariot wing (the wing captain must be a colonel according to regulations, but because of Tadao Kurirabayashi's insistence and recommendation, the 2nd Guard Division was the leader of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic equestrian gold medalist Nishitakechi became the leader). The 2nd Guard Division was closer to the German 1943 Armored Grenadier Division, which had a slightly less heavy equipment but one more wing infantry. It focused on equipping the newly produced four-type tank Chitos in Japan.

The Type 4 tank is a new tank that Japan has been developing. It was officially launched in September 1942 and is considered Japan's first real medium-sized tank, but the progress has been unfast. However, with the help of German technical experts in the later stage, the progress has made rapid progress.

Type 4 is said to be a new tank, but anyone who has seen it will recognize that it is actually a Japanese leather version of the T-34 model. The chassis uses the T-34 chassis, and the turret uses Japan's original No. 4 turret, but the front thickness is thickened to 70mm. Initially, it was planned to use the newly developed Type 4 75mm tank gun (improved from the 75mm anti-aircraft gun of Bofors, Sweden). Later, it was not up to the pace for the time being, so it directly used the 75mm/l48 tank gun on the No. 4 tank. In order to improve the armor-piercing effect, it also imitated Germany to equip the troops with tungsten core bullets. Since Japan does not lack tungsten, the proportion is relatively high, and each car has one-third of the tungsten core bullets.

Unlike the T-34 artillery deployment, the Chito turret is backward and the weight distribution is more balanced. Then the turret was changed to a 5-man crew, and a radio and sight were installed imported from Germany. The overall weight is 26.4 tons, the maximum speed is 42 kilometers per hour, and a single refueling trip is 300 kilometers.

It is said that it is made in China, but in fact, Japan has slightly changed its design and integrated the respective advantages of the No. 4 tank and the T-34 tank. It is neither as good as the Leopard, nor as good as the T-43/85, and even the T-43/76. The core components inside, such as the B2 diesel engine and the tank gun, cannot be produced by itself, and can only use the original products intact.

However, Japan's idea of ​​striving for excellence in production was still hard to implement. It was much better than Soviet goods in armor. The turret was much better than the rough products of the T-34, and the gearbox was also targetedly improved. In addition, the large layout was not adjusted, so the trial production was not much trouble, so the performance was relatively stable. Because the Japanese soldiers were relatively small in height and size, the turret was redesigned, and it was not crowded from the 4-man crew of the T-34 to the 5-man crew. Therefore, the German side believed that the comprehensive performance was better than the original t-34/76, and was basically the same as the No. 4 h. If Japan could solve the production problems of engines and tank guns, it could become the main equipment.

But now it seems that tank guns can be successfully solved in another year, and the level of imitation of the B2 engine in the short term will never keep up. The engine (whether it is aviation or vehicle engine) has become a long-lasting Japanese engine that can be imitated even if it is difficult to imitate. The performance of the imitation is too different from the original, and it has reached an unbearable level, so it has to be imported continuously. If this problem is not solved, I will never dare to say that the domestic production is successful.

Now, with various pieces of components, Japan's "production" (assembly) speed is very fast, with a monthly output exceeding 150 vehicles, and it is expected to reach 200 vehicles per month in half a year. The 2nd Guard Division is the second batch of replacement, equipped with more than 80 Chitos in total. The 1st Guard Division where Takeda attack is located is the first batch of replacement troops, and currently more than 160 vehicles are in place (more than 240 vehicles are fully organized). Therefore, the 1st Guard Division is positioned as the chariot division.

Hearing Ishihara Kanir say that, Hori Teiki nodded with a wry smile: "thank you very much."

Then stop saying a word.

"Come on, drink, drink... Have a drink for the victory of the Battle of Sakhalin Island..." King Minorhiko Higashinomiya could see that everyone was not very interested, so he cheered everyone up, "The empire is still good. When I bring the Rockets and Jets back in August, it will be even stronger. The United States doesn't have this thing!"

Just as Horitiki tried to persuade everyone, Ziano also tried to persuade his father, Ziano, and Earl Cabri in the study.

"Father, this is the case. The head of state has reached the point where he can't bear it. If this continues, Italy will have a catastrophe."

"I knew, I knew..." Earl Cabrey sighed, "Hitler is unreliable."

"This is not a question of reliability or unreliability. If you stand in the position and perspective of the head of state, can you tolerate it? The head of state spared no effort to export industry, technology, and equipment to Italy to enable Italy to cooperate better with Germany, rather than being used by some people as capital to fight against Germany. What's more, the head of state is really good to Italy. The No. 3 assault gun was given; the b-109 production line was given; the No. 4 tank production line was given; even the Tiger tank and jet that the leader coveted, which was nothing but we can't take it for the time being, but we can take it slowly in the future. In terms of materials, crude oil, coal, minerals, and everything that can help us coordinate, and we didn't treat us badly on the territory. The leader got all the territory he wanted, and even the Serbia he didn't expect, the head of state gave us."

"To be honest, what did we do? The territory was actually defeated by the Germans. Our navy and air force barely made some efforts. The army in North Africa is basically a joke, and the performance on the Eastern Front is also average." Ziano said heartbrokenly: "The head of state has focused on the future of the EU and given Italy the second-ranked voting right. Although Britain and France are defeated countries, to be fair, Italy can't beat anyone alone. Is it not enough to suppress the position of Britain and France? I still want to grab the position of the head of state? If the leader complains privately, he actually put his hand into the head of state and wants to take away Sao Paulo. I have no face to speak in Berlin..."

"The Head of State directly expressed his dissatisfaction with the leader?"

"Yes, he complained that the leader only cares about enjoying women and does not do serious business at all, and the impact is very bad... Finally, he said, "I hope we, father and son, help the leader take responsibility more." The cold sweat on my back flowed down at that time..."

Ziano described his feelings at that time without exaggeration: "I seemed to stand before a huge beast. This beast had devoured Schletcher, Rom, Goring and more than ten generals and marshals..."

Old Ziano didn't say a word, just patted the handrail of the sofa, and kept sighing: For so many years, he didn't know how Mussolini was? This was his usual style. That is, after Goren's death, he suddenly woke up for a while, welcomed various German conditions and projects, and cooperated to hand over the navy. He thought Mussolini was finally a big deal, but he didn't expect that the old thing would come back again during this period.

"And now that the Eastern Front is over, millions of German troops are going home. If this is..." Ziano made a gesture of pushing from north to south. "Who do you think Britain, France, Romania, Hungary or Spain will help us? It's good not to watch jokes."

Old Ziano nodded. This was what he feared the most, but he also had concerns: what if it was just a misunderstanding? What if it was a bad influence from Mussolini and his father and son became a scapegoat? What if Hitler was looking for excuses to prepare to take action against Italy?

"He is my friend or your father-in-law, and he puts you at such a high position as a successor...I..."

"I don't want him to die either. He can still eat, drink and have fun after retirement...Don't he like this?"

The phone rings suddenly, and the housekeeper informed that he was looking for the count. Old Ziano took it and said only a few words, and then became nervous. He quickly said, "Okay, okay, where, where, welcome, welcome." Then he quickly hung up the phone

Seeing that his face was wrong, Ziano asked, "What's wrong?"

Old Ziano fell heavily on the sofa and squeezed out a sentence in pain: "Martyr Albert Kesselin is coming tomorrow, and he will visit me by name."

Italy's D-day is approaching...
Chapter completed!