"Only three aviation divisions?"

Hirohito frowned slightly, and then said domineeringly: "Three aviation divisions are far from enough. The empire must form at least ten aviation divisions!"

If you don’t live without a mad demon, Hirohito was really stimulated and made up his mind to enter the state of a crazy violent soldier.

"Nani? At least ten aviation divisions?"

Yamaguchi Daoshi's pupils were tightened and he was frightened directly, but he was afraid that Hirohito would not understand the situation, so he quickly reminded him:

"Your Majesty, an aviation division has four aviation wings under its jurisdiction, each aviation wing has three aviation brigades, each aviation brigade has four aviation squadrons, each aviation squadron is equipped with twelve to fifteen fighter jets of various types.

This means that an aviation division will have 576 to 720 fighter jets, and ten aviation divisions will have 5760 to 7200 fighter jets of various types, this…”

As he spoke, Yamaguchi Tatsuki's voice became lower and lower, because this number was so scary that it was completely beyond Yamaguchi Tatsuki's imagination. Even he himself couldn't believe that this would become a reality.

Due to the joining of the Soviet Volunteer Team, the National Government Air Force has gradually become stronger. In terms of time, it has been consumed with the Flying Tigers many times. Now the Japanese Army's aviation group has less than 1,000 fighters of various types.

But now, His Majesty the Emperor spoke out loudly and wanted to form an aviation army with 6,000 to 7,000 combat aircraft in one breath.

This step was too big. Even though Yamaguchi Tatsume was also the commander of the 1st United Airlines fleet, and had just been appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Air Force, he still could not accept this unexpected surprise.

Yamaguchi Tatsumeth is not worried about aircraft manufacturing capacity, because he knows that with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' manufacturing capacity, as long as the raw materials can keep up, it will not be a problem to produce five or six thousand aircraft per year.

The scale can even be expanded exponentially in a short period of time, and even if it produces tens of thousands of aircraft per year, it is definitely not impossible.

However, Yamaguchi Tatsumeth has no confidence in Japan's fiscal revenue, and purchasing raw materials requires a large amount of money. According to the current Imperial fiscal revenue, how can there be so much funding?

Hirohito was naturally aware of the concerns about Yamaguchi Daoshi, and immediately waved his hand and said, "Yamaguchi, don't worry about the funds, I have my own plans."

"That's good! That's good!"

Yamaguchi Tatsume nodded repeatedly, but his heart was still full of doubts, but he did not dare to ask for details.

At this time, Hirohito continued to explain:

"I have instructed the Chinese to send condemnation troops to negotiate with the National Government. The Chinese battlefield will soon enter a stable period, which means that the investment in war funds will be greatly reduced.

In addition, the navy's shipbuilding plan will also be greatly reduced, and all the saved funds will be used to purchase various types of combat aircraft.

I am planning to equip your Air Force with at least 10,000 combat aircraft of various types, plus twenty aircraft carriers within two years!”

"Really? It's so good!"

Hearing this, Yamaguchi Dawen couldn't help but feel excited and said happily. He felt his waist straight and said with great excitement:

"Your Majesty, are you really going to start a peace talk with the National Government of China? The scale of naval shipbuilding needs to be reduced, and all the funds saved will be used to purchase various types of combat aircraft?"

"You don't have any jokes, it's true."

Hirohito nodded and said, "Recently, the Empire's gold production has increased significantly, increasing a large amount of foreign exchange reserves. I have ordered people to order 1,000 new fighter jets from the United States, and it will probably be transported back to China in no time."

"Suoga!"

Yamaguchi Tatsuki was so excited that he didn't know what words to use to describe his mental state that was about to explode.

At this time, Hirohito said in a serious tone:

"Yamaguchi, my significant increase in the cost of the army and naval forces will definitely cause great dissatisfaction among the Army and Navy Departments.

You don’t have to worry about these, I have a way to deal with them. I just hope that you can train the Air Force well and use the most outstanding results to prove that my decision is correct in the future. Don’t let me down!”

Hirohito was able to make this decision after careful consideration, and at the same time, he also needed great courage and determination. It can be described as a desperate bet.

"Hayi! Please rest assured, your Majesty, I will live up to my mission!"

Yamaguchi Daowen bowed his head heavily, knelt up from the tatami, and said solemnly, "The Japanese Air Force will never let the empire down, your Majesty!"

"Yosi. There is nothing else, just step down."

Hirohito nodded happily.

After waving his hand and retreating from Yamaguchi Tatsuki, Hirohito immediately summoned the important officials such as Hashien Miyagi, Koebe Fumi, Tojo Hideki, Yoshida Zengo, Matsuoka Yoshioka Yoshioka Yoshioka to discuss the current war.

After everyone arrived, Hirohito briefly explained the main topics of the convening meeting, and then said in a deep voice:

"Now that the situation on the Shandong Peninsula in China has deteriorated again, and the imperial army is difficult to annihilate it in the short term. I would like to express my opinions on what to do next!"

Hideki Tojo immediately responded: "Your Majesty, the empire is about to form an alliance with Germany and Italy, and the Americans will surely further strengthen sanctions on the empire soon.

The empire is imperative to attack Southeast Asia by taking action, and it is imperative to take action to attack Southeast Asia. We must not continue to delay!

As for the military operations to encircle and suppress the Chinese Tiger Army, it is the top priority for the empire to temporarily slow down and go south to absorb more strategic resources."

Yoyu Matsuoka nodded quickly and said: "That's true. The United States has included aviation gasoline and high melting point scrap steel in export controls. It is very likely that the warning will be increased in the future and embargo on strategic resources such as scrap metals and oil.

Southeast Asia has rich mineral resources, rubber resources and oil resources. As long as you can control these strategic resources first, the potential for war in the Great Japanese Empire will be infinitely amplified."

After Kobe Fumiji came to power for the second time, he convened mainland prime minister Tojo, foreign minister Yoeyou Matsuoka and others to establish a new cabinet governing policy, including: strengthening the axis of Japan, Germany and Italy; Japan and the Soviet Union concluded a non-aggression treaty; decided to "use force" to locate the French Indian military base, etc.

Japan invaded the southern part of French India and carried out the first step of "advance southward", which greatly damaged the vested interests of Britain, the United States and other countries in Southeast Asia.

The United States began to put pressure on Japan to freeze Japanese assets in the United States and demand that Japan give up its ambitions for China and the Pacific territory.

Japan does not want to have a head-on conflict with the United States for the time being, and because it is deeply trapped in the battlefield in China, it dares not rashly initiate the incident, so it chose to negotiate with the United States.

But in fact, the "negotiation" is just a pretext for militants like Tojo who are fanatical about "advance south" to expand aggression to delay the situation and prepare for war.

The Japanese side at the negotiating table had no "sincerity" at all. They asked the United States to recognize "Manchukuo" and agreed that Japan could obtain resources from Southeast Asia.

Both sides are not giving in, and the contradictions and differences are getting bigger and bigger.
Chapter completed!