The Japanese army lined up in the mountains of North Korea, and there was no end or end. The footprints of these pursuit troops overlapped with the Northeast Army's ruts, and the footprints of tens of thousands of soldiers quickly trampled the traces of the truck without a trace. Whether it was chasing one side or retreating one side, both Chinese and Japanese armies advanced in the same direction.

In the headquarters of Seoul, Major General Okamura Nishi had already piled up the first battle report of the Counterattack War. After reading the two battle reports, Okamura Nishi pushed the battle report to one side and wrote it. The staff members next to them didn't know what the problems with these battle reports were, but they didn't dare to disturb Major General Okamura and could only look at each other.

Okamura Yasuji's writing was like the wind. He quickly finished writing 4 items and handed them over to the staff to pass them through. Colonel Takeshita took a look at the first item and was very surprised. After reading the content, Colonel Takeshita wanted to ask a question, but Okamura waved to stop him. After the staff members finished reading it, Okamura asked: "Do you understand the reasons for these requirements?"

Colonel Takeshita stood at attention, and his heels hit him. "Your Excellency, the junior official does not understand why you asked to weaken the description of our casualties. You asked to describe the battle as the reason why our army had an advantage, but the junior official could not understand it. During this battle, the soldiers of the imperial army braved the enemy's fierce artillery fire. All officers and soldiers who saw with their own eyes were moved by the loyalty and courage of the 6th Army. If you write a war report according to your request, the people will not understand the courage of the 6th Army."

The other staff members had the same opinion. When Colonel Takeshita expressed his feelings, everyone looked at Okamura Yasuji and waited for Okamura Yasuji to give a reasonable explanation.

Okamura Yasuji was not unhappy because of his subordinates' criticism. He nodded, "What Takeshita Jun is talking about is the situation on the battlefield. Moreover, when Takeshita Jun mentioned the national perception, I think Takeshita Jun grasped the key. So I would like to ask you, what do you think the people want to see?"

The staff members were stunned and could not disturb what Okamura Yasuji was thinking at one o'clock. Colonel Takeshita couldn't understand, and after a while, Colonel Takeshita replied: "Your Excellency, the officials believe that what the people want to see is the counterattack of the 6th Army, turn defeat into victory, and recover lost territory."

Okamura replied: "Takeshita, is this the idea that the 6th Army hopes that the people will live, or the people's idea?"

Colonel Takeshita was stunned and couldn't answer at 1 o'clock. Shimizu Nakasa next to him felt a little understanding of Okamura, so he tried to ask: "Your Excellency, what do you think the people want to see?"

Okamura stood up and walked to the officers, "You guys, the reason why the previous defeat shocked the country was because the people believed that China was still the Qing Dynasty, the weak, terrible, and backward China under the rule of Beiyang. Only when facing such a China, the people would have confidence. After such a war report was sent to the rear, what kind of China did those who read the war report see? Can such a China make the people livelihood confident?"

The officers were confused and puzzled, but more of the helplessness after understanding.

Colonel Takeshita felt a little overturned. He knew that what Okamura said was right. The Japanese people actually did not understand war. In the previous Japanese-Qing War and Japanese-Dew War, Japan used the image of "the Japanese army was invincible to defeat the Japanese army" to inspire Japanese public opinion, and used the propaganda that the Qing Dynasty and Tsarist Russia were backward and corrupt countries as the cornerstone of Japan's prosperity and prosperity.

The war reports so far do fully reflect the bravery of the Japanese 6th Army's fighting, but also convey to the rear that "China has risen again, is no less than the Japanese 6th Army in many aspects, and even surpasses the Japanese 6th Army in some aspects". Such war reports will cause a heavy blow to the confidence of the Japanese people when they reach the rear.

However, in order to inspire the people's hearts, can the setbacks and sufferings suffered by the 6th Army be erased? Colonel Takeshita thinks this is unfair. The war in the future will only be even more tragic. Will all the 6th Army be deliberately erased in order to take care of the people's hearts?

Okamura Yanji looked at the expressions of his subordinates and explained frankly: "The enemy's commander He Rui is the best talent trained by my Great Japanese Empire. You will think that my decision is to erase the achievements of the 6th Army. What I want to tell you is that everything I have done is to fight against He Rui. He Rui's purpose is to not be obstructed by the Great Japanese Empire when he ruled China. If the Great Japanese Empire is determined and tried to stop China from unifying China regardless of every sacrifice, He Rui will not be able to unify China smoothly. Therefore, the final decision on whether the war should continue is the determination of the Great Japanese Empire. Before the people lose confidence, we can recover North Korea and attack Manchuria and Mongolia, and He Rui will not be able to unify China in a short period of time. But once He Rui's plan succeeds, the people lose confidence in winning. Do you think the Empire can launch another war against China?"

Now, even Colonel Takeshita couldn't say anything against it. Faced with Japan's fully prepared counterattack war, the bravery, decisiveness and mobility shown by the Northeast Army troops had already made the staff of the Operations Division feel how difficult the future war would be. If the Japanese citizens lose confidence, the war would not be able to continue.

Although the choice he faced was so painful, Colonel Takeshita finally spoke: "Your Excellency, I understand."

Okamura Yasuji nodded. Although he tried hard to make himself look calm, his feelings were actually no better than those of the officers who were hit. As Nagata expressed privately, it was not Nagata, Okamura, and Ishihara who knew what other officers did not understand, but Nagata, Okamura and others really understood the real gap between the current Japanese army and the Northeast Army.

The upper class of the Japanese military either looked at the current situation from the perspective of the old era, or even though they understood a part, they did not dare to make these claims due to heavy pressure in Japan.

Nagata, Okamura, and Ishihara conducted several deductions based on the perception of the top Japanese military, and the result was that they were defeated when they counterattacked North Korea. At that time, the top Japanese military had clearly understood the status quo. But at that time, Japan had lost its troops and had lost its ability to counterattacked North Korea.

Therefore, Okamura must fully support Nagata Tetsuyama, and on the one hand, he must fight against the various misunderstandings behind him. Even if he is misunderstood, accused and cursed, Okamura cannot let such a future happen.

At this moment, the communications officer quickly walked into the office and handed over several telegrams he had just received to Okamura. Taking this opportunity, Okamura ordered: "You guys, you're starting to work!"
Chapter completed!