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Or maybe he was wrong.

Is war imperative?

Fighting alongside the U.S. military?

The prime minister only felt that his surroundings were spinning for a while, and he shook his head vigorously and looked at the old man in front of him.

This time, he was finally sure that he was right.

In front of him is indeed the highly respected Emperor Mingmu of Japan, not the leader of the left-wing forces.

And looking at the emperor's old but hidden serious eyes, the prime minister realized that he had not heard of it, and the emperor was not wrong.

This war is imperative and must be fought!

But the prime minister's mind was even more confused, and at the same time he was smiling bitterly in his heart, he couldn't figure out what this incredible change was for, how in the blink of an eye, the emperor who had always been anti-war suddenly became the strongest main battle faction?

What does this mean exactly?

Did he have a new perspective on himself?

The prime minister was shocked in his heart, and cold sweat seeped out from all over his body.

In an instant, the prime minister had some conspiracy theories.

It's not impossible.

Ulysses and Dabinite of the United States could still sacrifice more than 100,000 American troops to destroy their political enemies in order to fight the Hovington group, why wouldn't the emperor do this?

"Tick..."

A drop of cold sweat slid down the prime minister's cheek and fell to the ground, shattering in an instant.

Once he had the idea of a conspiracy theory in his heart, he couldn't help but think more and more, and many thoughts surfaced at the same time, and the prime minister couldn't even deliberately erase them.

During this period, he was busy with the war, frequently held secret talks with the generals of the left-wing forces, signed numerous orders to mobilize the Self-Defense Forces, held several war speeches in public, strengthened the confidence of the Six-Nation Coalition to win the war and conquer the war, and paid homage to the Yasukuni Shrine...

This series of actions is definitely in the eyes of the emperor.

It was precisely because the prime minister was confident in this war that he felt that it was not possible to be sincere in sending only the Black Dragon troops to participate in the war, and in the hint of Admiral Bahamut, commander of the US Pacific Command, he began to build momentum for the war with great fanfare.

And all this is something he has never said to the emperor before.

Could it be that because of this, the emperor is dissatisfied with himself and wants to destroy himself?

The Prime Minister's face was cloudy, and after conspiracy theories were established in his heart, he subconsciously began to think about what price the emperor would have to pay if he wanted to use war to defeat him, but the more he thought about it, the more desperate he became.

After the end of World War II, Japan, as a defeated country, did not have an army as a whole, and some only had self-defense forces, of course, everyone knew that this was only a superficial statement, but this superficial statement was extremely fatal to the prime minister.

Japan's real military strength is concentrated on the two secret and huge units of the Black Dragon Force and the Tianyun Force, and as for the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, that is just an ornament.

But in the hearts of the majority of the people, the strength of the Self-Defense Forces is the whole of Japan's military strength, even if there are people who know the inside story, even if they know that things are not like this, they will never think that compared to the exposed Self-Defense Forces, the strength of the Black Dragon Force and the Tianyun Force is hidden.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the Black Dragon Force and the Tianyun Force were combined, the Self-Defense Forces would not even have one-tenth or even less of their strength.

This is simply not imagined by ordinary people.

If the emperor wanted to use this incident to kill him, in the early stage of the war, it would be enough to lose only a few of the strength of the Self-Defense Forces, a few warships, some soldiers, and even the emperor would be even more ruthless, and it would not be a big deal to throw the entire Self-Defense Forces out to give him, the prime minister, a funeral, and even if the Self-Defense Forces were completely destroyed, it would not have much impact on Japan's military strength.

And the impact on the prime minister is extremely fatal.

The emperor is against the war, and the prime minister is the main war.

This is no secret in Japan, and once the Self-Defense Forces are defeated, the emperor can logically blame the prime minister for everything, and then he will be in the same situation as Dabinit, and there is no second way to go except to resign.

The emperor wants to kill himself completely?

Although this idea is hard to believe, the prime minister has no second possibility other than this answer.

"His Majesty the Emperor... You..."

The smile on the prime minister's face froze, and his tone suddenly became low.

He suddenly thought of the consequences after his resignation, after the defeat, if he was forced to resign, the anti-war Emperor Mingmu will undoubtedly get a lot of support, the emperor's prestige in the people is incomparable, after receiving a lot of support, the momentum will be even more terrifying, and after his resignation, it will be difficult for Japan to pick out a new prime minister for a while, and the emperor's full strength will be infinitely expanded, even if the government can launch a trusted prime minister to control the supreme power in Japan, but the new prime minister takes office, and has to reorganize the cabinet, he simply can't fight Emperor Mingmu, who has a very deep foundation and prestige, and then moving closer to the emperor will be the only choice to trust the prime minister。

And the power of the royal family will be greatly enhanced, and it will even become a force above the government in the true sense of the word.

Is this what the emperor intended?

The prime minister took a deep look at Emperor Mingmu, and his eyes became more and more cold.

Emperor Mingmu had a deep foundation and occasionally interfered in politics, which he was perfectly acceptable, but if the imperial family completely replaced the government, it would be a regression of Japanese society, which was by no means a good thing for Japan.

"You're thinking too much. ”

The emperor shook his head as if he had seen the prime minister's inner thoughts, revealing a wry smile of self-deprecation: "Umegawa-kun, when is it? Do you think that I am an old fool who does not distinguish between right and wrong and only cares about infighting? At this time, any infighting will not be beneficial to us, and we are different from the United States, and you do not agree with my statement?"

Umegawa Uchiku, this is the name of the Japanese Prime Minister, and Emperor Mingmu has not called this name for many years, when he sees the Prime Minister, he usually calls His Excellency the Prime Minister, and now directly mentions the Prime Minister's name, which makes the Prime Minister feel cordial at the same time, but also makes him feel that the Emperor's words are extremely sincere.

The prime minister's old face was red, a little ashamed and at the same time his heart was greatly relieved, he has been the prime minister for many years, he thinks that he is still very obedient, and he has enough respect for the emperor, if the emperor does not move him, then the two will definitely continue to be close.

"Over the years since Umegawa-kun took office, the relationship with the royal family has always been harmonious, we can say that we have always advanced and retreated together, and I would be a pity without such a prime minister, so instead of a conflict of interest, we still have the same demands, and take 10,000 steps back and say, even if I have ill intentions towards you, I will not choose to do it at this time, isn't the lesson of the United States painful enough? The ruins of the capital, the loss of hundreds of thousands of people, these are the results of infighting, the United States has capital losses, if it were us Japan, after suffering such a big loss, we now estimate that we will take the initiative to surrender. ”

The Emperor sighed, reached out and patted the Prime Minister on the shoulder.

"Then you..."

The prime minister smiled bitterly and stopped talking.

"You want to ask why I support this war?"

The emperor waved his hand and motioned for the prime minister to sit on the sofa, and asked directly after bringing him a cup of tea.

"Yes, this war is obviously not good for us, the United States is in civil strife, we are too busy to take care of ourselves, we..."

The prime minister took a sip of tea, said a word, but suddenly paused, and then a little crying and laughing, he came here in the hope that the anti-war emperor would stop his actions to carry out war, but now, on the contrary, he has become an anti-war faction, and the emperor has become the main war faction, but the old emperor has almost opened his heart to him just now, so this time the prime minister is not guarded, in the old man's smiling expression, continued: " If we still join the coalition now, the odds of victory are really not great, and even if we can win, it will only be a small victory, and it will be a small victory after a protracted battle, a disastrous victory, which is not in our interests at all. ”

"You should also know that after Hovington returned to the United States, a series of revelations have dealt a very big blow to the morale of the American army, which has affected the combat status of the soldiers of the Pacific Command, and the national strength of the Shenzhou Empire has shown explosive growth in recent years. ”

"That's not what you said before. ”

The Emperor listened to the Prime Minister's ramblings and spoke quietly.

"Yes. ”

The prime minister nodded and said with a wry smile again: "But the situation at that time was not like this, when Hovington was captured, I thought that the United States would soon end the civil strife and reunite, but now the fact is that Hovington is back, and the civil strife in the United States is getting worse and worse." ”

"So you think it's better for Japan to withdraw from this war? And even if it does now, the United States, which is in a state of exhaustion, doesn't have the extra strength to do anything to us, so we won't have anything to lose, right?"

The Emperor still spoke in a calm and breezy tone.

"That's right. ”

The prime minister hesitated and nodded.

"Umegawa-kun, I ask you two questions. ”

The Emperor took a sip of his teacup and said with a smile.

You say. ”

The Prime Minister said cautiously.

"Umegawa-kun thinks that after this great change, will the United States be divided?

The Emperor asked nonchalantly.

The United States is divided.

This is the most daring assumption made by some of the most radical media, perhaps with ulterior motives, or with serious analysis, in short, such assumptions still have a certain market, and those who hold this view believe that Ulysses and Dabinite have caused great damage to Hovington, and with Hovinton's arrogance and his current strength and support rate, his Hovington group may break away from the rule of the US government, rebuild a country with the territory of ten states, including California, Texas, and New Mexico, and confront the United States.

But the prime minister scoffed at this statement, and when he heard the emperor's question, he shook his head without thinking about it: " This is impossible, Hovington may be crazy, but he is not stupid, if he really dares to do this, when he does this, it is when he falls, this is simply impossible, and looking at the current wind direction in the United States, although Ulysses is still very embarrassed, but most of the blame falls on Dabinit, if I guess correctly, Hovington has the intention of joining forces with Ulysses, after they join forces to defeat Dabinit, the powerful Hovington will take Dabinit's place again, and Ulysses's influence will continue to fade, and even the Hovington Group will be dominant。 Anyway, the United States is unlikely to be divided. ”

"I agree with you. ”

The Emperor nodded and continued to ask: "Then the second question, if we withdraw our troops from this war at this time, other countries will inevitably follow our example, and the alliance of the six countries will definitely become a joke, and this war will most likely not be over, and the face of our six countries will not be said, let me ask you, if this war is not over, what will we do in the future?"

"From now on?"

The prime minister paused for a moment, looking dazed.

"Yes, henceforth. ”

The emperor narrowed his eyes: "The war is over, the United States can only cede most of its interests to peace, the Shenzhou Empire has won a complete victory, the United States can't even raise its head in front of the Shenzhou Empire, all countries in the world will realize the strength of the Shenzhou Empire, their rise is unstoppable, their warships and aircraft carriers will run rampant in the Pacific Ocean, the treasure island will return, the Diaoyutai will return, the Shenzhou Empire will become a behemoth of the whole world, they will even become another United States, when the time comes, what will we do?"

"The surrounding countries on the left and right will completely crawl at the foot of the Shenzhou Empire, surviving for a long time! There is no dignity, no position, like pet dogs, and what is even more tragic is that we will not even find supporters at that time! Have you ever imagined such a scene?"

Prime Minister Umegawa Naiku was startled, his face was pale, and he was even a little frightened.

"The more chaotic the United States is, the more we have to take advantage of this opportunity to start a war, this is our last chance, so the current situation is not that the United States wants to fight, but that we have to fight, we have to fight, we have to fight!"

The emperor brought the teacup in front of him, drank the tea, and said heavily.