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At this time, Emperor Hirohito, who was far away in Tokyo, did not know about this matter.
Emperor Hirohito was feeling anxious because of the news. The news was that the heads of government of the four countries of Britain, France, Germany, and Italy held a small meeting in Munich and forcibly transferred Czechoslovakia to the country without the participation of Czechoslovak representatives. The Sudetenland was ceded to Germany.
After acquiring the Sudetenland, Germany's political, economic and military strength further increased, and it had the potential to sweep across Europe. What made Emperor Hirohito even more envious was that in order to divert Germany's troubles to the Soviet Union, Britain and France He tolerated Germany's various actions again and again.
The Soviet Union saw through the sinister intentions of Britain and France, and also contacted Germany privately, planning to sign a non-aggression treaty with Germany. Judging from the current situation, Germany's situation in Europe is not generally good, but great! Germany's aggressiveness not only did not attract siege from its neighbors, but instead led to several powerful neighbors competing for goodwill.
In contrast, the situation faced by Japan in Asia is much more severe.
One is that the Sino-Japanese war has lasted for more than two years, and the Chinese government has always refused to surrender. There is no sign of an end to the events in China within a visible period of time. This has led to a sharp deterioration in Japan's financial situation. Prime Minister Konoe Fumima has expressed concern several times. The report said that if the war continued, the cabinet staff would have no choice but to sell their blood to raise funds.
Another is that the hostility of Britain and France towards Japan is increasing rapidly. Even the United States has been affected and has suspended most of its trade with Japan. Among them, the interruption of trade in scrap steel and crude oil has made Japan the most uncomfortable, because steel and Crude oil is a war material, but Japan cannot produce it domestically. Needless to say, the Soviet Union not only spared no expense to assist the National Government in fighting the Japanese government, but also directly sent troops to provoke Japan in Zhang Gufeng.
Comparing the two, the difference in situations between Japan and Germany is simply worlds apart.
As new powers challenge old powers, why does Japan run into obstacles at every turn, while Germany enjoys smooth sailing
This is really a waste of comparing goods and comparing people to death. Thinking of the boredom, Emperor Hirohito really wanted to climb Mount Fuji and roar at the sky.
At this time, Emperor Hirohito did not know that another piece of bad news was quickly being transmitted back to Japan via radio waves.
After running a few laps at the racecourse, Emperor Hirohito finally felt a little more comfortable. After taking a bath and eating, Hirohito was going to summon his prime minister to the Imperial Study Room to discuss the issue of another national debt.
The treasury is already empty, but the war in full swing cannot be without money. We cannot let the more than one million imperial warriors who are fighting bloody battles on the Chinese battlefield go hungry and fight with bare hands, right? Therefore, it is necessary to issue another national debt to gather the remaining private wealth to help the empire tide over this difficult time.
However, before Konoe Fumima arrived, another guy came uninvited.
This guy is the commander of Hewu Fortress, Ishihara Wanji, a graduate of the 30th batch of Army University.
Kanji Ishihara is a legend in the Japanese Army. Especially when he served as the chief staff officer of the Kwantung Army, he launched the September 18th Incident and helped the empire expand thousands of miles. He was also cited as a role model by countless junior young officers. If he is a young officer, If we were to rank the most admired generals, Ishihara would definitely be ranked first, and Okamura could only be ranked second.
However, Emperor Hirohito didn't like Ishihara, very much, because Ishihara was too smart.
Even when you say the first sentence in a conversation, Ishihara already knows what you will say next. Emperor Hirohito can't help but feel inferior when he is with Ishihara. Yes, it is very absurd and ridiculous to say it, but This is a fact. Whenever he is with Ishihara, Hirohito always feels inferior.
"Your Majesty, I heard that those idiots in the Admiralty are clamoring about going south?"
After seeing Li, Ishihara Wan'er went straight to the point and told him his purpose.
"It's not true, Ishihara-san, where did you hear about it?" Emperor Hirohito denied.
In fact, Emperor Hirohito was not lying, because it had only been less than two days since he had seen the report on the southward policy. This report was forwarded to him by his other imperial uncle, Chief of Military Command, Fushimi Miyahiro. His, this is just an exploratory document within the Navy, not a formal report, let alone a national policy.
The specific content is to send troops south, occupy Southeast Asia, and seize Southeast Asia's rubber crude oil.
To be honest, Hirohito agrees with this report in his heart, because the rubber and crude oil in Southeast Asia are urgently needed war materials by the Japanese government. If Southeast Asia is occupied, the Japanese government can save a lot of money to purchase rubber, crude oil and other war materials. of foreign exchange, so that the Japanese government’s financial situation can be greatly alleviated.
More importantly, once the southward policy is implemented, Japan's navy will have a place to use.
In the Sino-Japanese War, in addition to playing a certain role in the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese Navy could only be a bystander in several subsequent large-scale battles. Even in the current Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese Navy could only send out the Jiangfang Fleet to harass. This is definitely a huge strategic waste for Japan, which has a powerful navy.
Because the total displacement of the Japanese Navy is the second in the world, second only to the United Kingdom!
What is even more intolerable to the people of the Navy is that once the policy of heading north is adopted, the Japanese Navy can only sit on the sidelines and miss this magnificent battle. This is for those young naval officers who are eager to expand their borders and make contributions to their country. , absolutely unacceptable.
To put it bluntly, the battle between the north and the south is actually a battle between the army and the navy.
The army faction firmly advocated going north, attacking the Soviet Union from east to west with Germany, and controlling the Asian islands from land, while the navy faction firmly advocated going south, first sweeping through Southeast Asia, and grabbing enough strategic materials such as rubber and crude oil for the empire, and then turning around and heading eastward to fight against the Soviet Union. The United States is engaged in a strategic decisive battle in the Pacific.
And Ishihara is the representative of the Kitakami faction.
Of course, the northbound faction has not proposed attacking the Soviet Union from east to west.
Ishihara did not believe Emperor Hirohito's words, and argued with excitement: "Your Majesty, you must not listen to those idiots in the Navy Ministry, and you must not easily provoke Britain and France, especially the United States. Although the total displacement of the U.S. Navy is It is not as good as the Empire, but your Majesty, you don’t know that the industrial manufacturing capacity of the United States is more than ten times that of the Empire, and the United States also has nearly inexhaustible massive resources. Once the American war machine starts, the Empire will not be able to withstand it no matter what. Yes, even if you can gain some advantages by relying on quick decisive battles in the early stage, in the long run, the empire will definitely be defeated!"
Emperor Hirohito frowned and said nothing. He admitted that what Ishihara Kanji said was reasonable, but he hated the attitude of Ishihara Kanji. Yes, you Ishihara Kanji are indeed excellent and know a lot, but please can you You can't give people respect, don't treat others like primary school students, okay
Ishihara Wanji didn't notice the problem with the way he spoke at all, or even if he noticed it, he wouldn't consider changing it at all, because this guy didn't care what others thought of him, from the Army Noncommissioned Officer School to the Army University, and then to Kanto The army has always been like this, always going its own way without caring about the feelings of others.
Ishihara Wanji was not aware of Hirohito's displeasure, and continued to preach: "Your Majesty, the fundamental way out for the empire lies on the mainland, not the ocean. For thousands of years, the only land power the empire has to face is China. Now China is weak. And division is a great opportunity for the empire to gradually encroach on it, so before China is completely occupied and digested, you must not go to war with Britain and France, let alone the United States!"
"Okay, I understand." Hirohito frowned and said, "I will consider it."
In fact, Ishihara Wanji still had something to say, and even wanted to ask Hirohito for a division commander. Now that the Sino-Japanese war was in full swing, why didn't he want to go to the Chinese battlefield to try his skills? But seeing that Emperor Hirohito looked quite unhappy, he could only stop talking and prepare to stand up and leave unhappy.
But at this moment, Army Chief of Staff Hanin Gong Zaijin walked in angrily.
Kanin Miyazaihito didn't know whether he was anxious or confused. He didn't even notice Ishihara Wanji's presence, so he stepped forward and said to Emperor Hirohito: "Your Majesty, something big has happened!"
Hearing that something big had happened, Ishihara Wan'er gave up the idea of leaving and deliberately refused to leave.
Emperor Hirohito was also intimidated by the appearance of Kanin Gong Zaijin. He did not bother to drive away Ishihara Wanji and asked anxiously: "Uncle Emperor, don't be anxious. What happened?"
Hanyuan Gong Zairen took a deep breath and said: "The Army Headquarters just received an urgent telegram from the Central China Dispatch Army, saying that the commander of the Eleventh Army, Gakuaoka Ningji, was assassinated a few hours ago and his jade was shattered on the spot. The Central China Dispatch After hearing the news, the commander of the Condemnation Army, Shunroku Hata, was so frightened and angry that he became seriously ill and died of vomiting blood in the hospital!"
"Nani?!" Emperor Hirohito was stunned.
Ishihara Wanji, who stayed in the imperial study room, was also stunned.
Okamura Neiji was assassinated and Hata Shunroku vomited blood and died? !
Doesn’t this mean that the 400,000-strong army dispatched by Central China is already leaderless
After a moment, Emperor Hirohito recovered from the huge shock. He immediately grabbed a jade inkstone on the imperial desk and threw it heavily to the ground. It shattered with a sound, and then roared angrily: "I just said Well, I just said, I said that Xu Rui must be dealt with first, Xu Rui must be dealt with first, they didn’t listen, they refused to listen, what was the result, what was the result? Sure enough, something happened, something happened, right? ?ha!"
Xianyuan Gong Zairen lowered his head and did not dare to say a word.
Hirohito was like a trapped animal, pacing back and forth in the imperial study, while continuing to roar: "It's okay now. Okamura-san was assassinated, Hata Shunroku also vomited blood and died. The more than 400,000-strong army in Central China actually has no commander. This How will the battle be fought? How will it be fought next? Uncle Emperor, please tell me, how will the battle be fought next?" Mobile phone users please visit m. to read for a better reading experience.