Osaka is located in the temperate zone and is a city with a long history. It is distinctive year round and is a good tourist destination in later generations.

At the same time, as Japan's second largest industrial and commercial city after Kyoto, Osaka's water and land transportation is extremely convenient. Because it is bordered by Osaka Bay and the Yodogawa River crosses through the city of Osaka, the rivers in Osaka City are crisscrossing, and the water area alone accounts for more than one-tenth of the entire city area.

Due to its special geographical location, it has been an important gateway to the ancient capital of Japan Nara and Kyoto since ancient times. As early as the 4th and 7th centuries AD, several generations of Japanese emperors even built their capital here.

In modern times, since the Meiji Restoration, Japan's economy has grown rapidly, and commerce and heavy industry have grown rapidly like mushrooms after a rain.

Osaka's industrial level has also developed rapidly, making it soon the second largest industrial city in Japan after Tokyo.

First of all, we need to explain that Japan's industrial foundation is different from that of the Soviet Union and Germany. Their military foundation is composed of countless small family workshops in residential buildings in private communities. Some parts of weapons and equipment are made in these small processing workshops and then sent to the arsenal for final assembly and production.

Of course, this refers to the equipment and components that can be processed by small workshops, such as naval ships, aircraft tanks, and other main projects, of course, there are Japanese shipyards, aircraft manufacturers, etc. to be responsible for the construction.

Osaka, due to its unique geographical location (near the Seto Inland Sea), the Japanese government has built a large-scale shipbuilding, aircraft manufacturing, and tank armored vehicle manufacturing plants here.

There are several military port terminals in Osaka Bay alone, including several shipyards built at several port terminals such as Osaka Port Terminal and Hannan Port.

The primary target of attack chosen by Qiao Anbang this time was the shipyard at the port terminal. Because the Third Guard Division was stationed in the middle of Osaka and Kobe, it was obviously impossible to replicate the crazy operation of taking the opportunity to capture Hiroshima two days ago.

Only by fighting quickly and achieving the strategic purpose of destruction will it retreat quickly, so that the Japanese army will not respond in time, and then continue to attack other parts of Japan, causing the Japanese local garrison to run away. This is the combat policy formulated by Qiao Anbang for the special operations forces.

After receiving the repeated instructions from Qiao Anbang before departure, Liang Yimang and Gao Chu, the special forces officers of the special forces, survived their expectations and attacked two Japanese shipyards at the same time with lightning speed, they decisively led their troops to retreat.

When the Third Guards Division received news of the Osaka garrison and military police forces' request for help, Qiao Anbang had already taken his special forces to evacuate the combat area in batches.

He came to a small Japanese town a hundred kilometers north of Osaka. In order to hide his whereabouts, Qiao Anbang acquiesced the special forces' slaughtering the village operation and massacred the Japanese in the village, regardless of gender, age and age.

Let’s settle in this small town and wait for the next step.

The attack on Osaka is far from over. After resting in the town for a day, that night, Qiao Anbang personally led a special operations camp to attack Osaka city and used white phosphorus bombs to launch violent shelling in several industrial areas in Osaka city.

Under the crazy burning of the white phosphorus bomb, several industrial areas ignited irrepressible raging fires. In addition, the sea breeze that night roared, and with the help of the wind, the fire spread rapidly.

At this time, the fatal shortcomings of most buildings being made of wood were highlighted. Even though the Japanese military police and the Third Guard Division mobilized many troops to put out the fire with all their might, they failed to put out the fire.

The fire spread all night long. Almost all the entire city of Osaka was burned, especially the hidden small military processing plants, which were destroyed in the fire.

As for the Japanese who were killed or injured in the fire, there is no way to calculate it.

Tokyo was attacked, Hiroshima was lost, Osaka was burned to ruins, and the military industry suffered a severe blow and suffered heavy losses.

In addition to the failure of the Qingdao Battle on the Chinese battlefield, a series of unfavorable news hit the already angry half-dead Emperor Hirohito. Moreover, Hirohito was still immersed in deep self-blame and anger for not being able to avenge his daughters who were raped by hundreds of people.

Therefore, when Emperor Hirohito was almost about to be hit and committed suicide, the former commander of the Fifth Division, Seishiro Itagaki, who had just been sent back from the Chinese battlefield by Sugiyama, rushed to the palace and knelt down to beg for Emperor Hirohito's reception.

When Emperor Hirohito, who was in pain, heard that it was the national hero of Itagaki Seishiro, the empire, had arrived. He seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw and quickly ordered the eunuch to pass it to him for the visit.

When he saw Emperor Hirohito Seishiro Itagaki, he saluted excitedly: "Your Majesty, you have lost a lot of weight!"

"Itagaki, it's not the time to talk about these things. Qiao Anbang, the leader of the Chinese army's Tiger Army, personally led several sneak attack troops to the land of our great Japanese Empire. He first attacked Tokyo and then Hiroshima. He attacked Osaka yesterday. He also killed people and set fires, and did everything he could, which caused a heavy blow to the empire and suffered unimaginable losses. What good plans do you have?" Emperor Hirohito asked anxiously.

"Your Majesty, there is only one general in our army who can deal with Qiao Anbang's sneak attack troops!" Seishiro Itagaki replied hurriedly.

"Who? Tell me who it is?" Emperor Hirohito asked anxiously.

"Former Minister of Staff and Operations Department, the hero of the Manchurian Incident, Ishihara Kanirjun!" Seishiro Itagaki headed up and replied firmly.

"Is Ishihara Kanir?" Emperor Hirohito was certainly familiar with the actual planning and promoters of the Manchurian Incident. However, he seemed to have always opposed the empire's expanded war against China, and he was also opposed to the active senior generals, such as Hideki Tojo and other ministers of the Army.

So much so that he was excluded everywhere and gradually faded out of the top management of the Japanese base camp, and naturally faded out of Emperor Hirohito's sight.

"Yes, it's Ishihara Kanur!" Seishiro Itagaki nodded with certainty: "Because Ishihara Jun predicted that our army should not continue to expand the war in China, otherwise it would be very likely to fall into the long-lasting war of attrition that we are most reluctant to engage in. The facts prove that Ishihara Jun's prophecy and dissuasion were completely correct. Even without the emergence of the Chinese Tiger Army's Tiger Army, the Imperial Army had already fallen into the quagmire of protracted war."

"The Chongqing government in China, which has been unable to completely defeat the remote area and still fighting beasts, consumes a lot of the empire's military, material and financial resources. Once our national strength is exhausted, the outcome of the war against China seems to be self-evident!" Seishiro Itagaki continued.

"It can be seen from this that Ishihara Kanir is actually the most foresighted pillar of the Empire. If such a talent is not important, wouldn't it be a pity for my great Japanese Empire?"

After a long time, Emperor Hirohito was obviously moved by Seishiro Itagaki and immediately stood up and said, "Shishiro Itagaki received the order. From today on, I will order you and Ishihara Kanir to immediately start forming a new cabinet and other related matters. At the same time, you will restore the position of commander of the Fifth Division and reorganize the Fifth Division. But the most urgent task at the moment is to deal with the Chinese sneak attack troops that sneaked into our great Japanese Empire!"

"Therefore, I order you to quickly form the local defense headquarters, with you as the commander of the lieutenant general, and Ishihara Kanir as the chief of staff, and to unify the command of the guard divisions and all local troops! Be sure to eliminate all the Chinese people who sneak into our country in the shortest time, especially their leader Qiao Anbang. I will tear him to pieces and crush his bones and ashes! To vent the hatred in my heart!"

"Hai, I am obeying Your Majesty's order and will do my best to wipe out the infiltrating army of China, to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, and to the Great Japanese Empire!" Itagaki Seishiro said with excitement.

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After being appointed by Emperor Hirohito, the extremely excited Seishiro Itagaki left the palace and went straight to the place where Ishihara Kanji went to report the good news without mentioning it.

The naval generals who had just led the Navy Combined Fleet to Japan and recovered Hiroshima, which had been abandoned by the Tiger Army, also flew from Hiroshima to Tokyo by plane.

Under the leadership of the Navy Minister General Minumasa Menui, they asked Emperor Hirohito to reorganize the new cabinet and other matters, but Minumasa Menu and other naval generals obviously took a step forward. When they learned that Emperor Hirohito had issued the appointment to form a new cabinet to the army Seishiro Ishihara Kanir.

Minumasa and other naval generals were furious and cursed Itagaki Seishiro and Ishihara Kanir, but the naval generals could only vent their anger because no one dared to disobey the orders of His Majesty the Emperor. With this, the conflict between the navy and the army was even worse.

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Ishihara Kanir's house arrest.

Seishiro Itagaki excitedly informed Kanir Hirohito of Emperor Hirohito's appointment, but Kanir Ishihara's expression was not as excited as Seishiro Itagaki imagined.

On the contrary, it also revealed deep concern.

"Kun Ishihara, this time, His Majesty the Emperor personally appointed you and me to reorganize the new cabinet, and at the same time, we also appointed us to form a local defense headquarters, with me as the commander and you as the chief of staff, all the entire local army will be under our command and command. Your talents and abilities will finally be available to fully display. You should be happy!" Seishiro Itagaki looked at Ishihara in confusion and smiled.

"Ichigaki, the empire is now full of internal and external troubles! The Chinese battlefield has been losing ground, the North China Front Army has been defeated, your Fifth Division has also disappeared, and the local area has been continuously attacked by the Chinese army, causing heavy losses! We are ordered in the face of danger, and all the problems that come to us are the most difficult and urgently needed to be solved. What if you can be happy?" Ishihara said with great concern.

ps: It’s better to compensate for the third update tomorrow. It’s really evil. People are unlucky to drink cold water and get stuck in their teeth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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