Chapter 70: Intent and Determination
The warplanes that bombed the Japanese mainland did not take off from China or Jeju Island, which caused great panic in the Japanese cabinet. After receiving a telegram from the special envoy sent to Chongqing, the members of the Japanese Cabinet who were in a panic held an emergency meeting, because no one was willing to express their views and opinions first.www.biquge.info If it agrees to the conditions put forward by Chongqing, it means that Japan will completely abandon its peeping into the Chinese mainland, which is not in Japan's current interests at all.
Looking around at the cabinet members, the emperor sitting at the top was very angry, and the dignified Japanese Empire was actually threatened by the private armed force of the umbrella. "Your Majesty, as far as the current situation is concerned, those garrisons in China are facing the possibility of being surrounded and attacked by the Chinese army, especially under the premise that the umbrella secretly supports the Chinese government." Hideki Tojo was the first to break the silence, and as he spoke, he took out a stack of papers from his leather bag and handed them to the emperor. "This is a battle plan drawn up by an operational staff officer of the War Department, and I personally think that Your Majesty may wish to refer to one or two."
The gloomy Emperor took the document handed by Hideki Tojo, opened it and only glanced at it, then exclaimed, "Nani? Giving up your homeland and moving to the American continent? The Emperor's exclamation would have been considered a serious faux pas in normal times, but at this moment, the Cabinet members present at the meeting seemed to have ignored it at all, for their entire attention was focused on what the Emperor had just said.
When the emperor's eyes fell on Hideki Tojo, the latter replied, "That's right, many people in the War Department have decided to support this idea, and once the situation has deteriorated to the point where it cannot be changed, the empire should take advantage of the army's dominance on the American continent to move to the Americas instead of sticking to its homeland." Tojo's words instantly caused the other cabinet members to argue, and even more so, they had pointed at Tojo Hideki and shouted that the traitor should be killed.
In fact, before Hideki Tojo decided to take this plan to the emperor, he had already thought about the possibility of facing severe reprimands or punishments. Secretly glancing at the emperor sitting on top of him out of the corner of his eye, Tojo Hideki secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he found that the emperor's face did not seem to be as ugly as just now. If you compare the rich and vast American continent with the Japanese mainland, even a fool will know that the American continent is more than 100 times better than the Japanese mainland, and if it were not obsessed with expanding its territory, how could Japan invade China and other Asian countries.
The quiet Japanese emperor read the plan handed by Hideki Tojo at a glance, and although there were too many doubts in his heart, the emperor was willing to support the plan in private, in line with the attitude that the facts are true. Japan is only an island country, with a weak land area and weak land, and its output cannot keep up with the annual population growth, but the American continent is indeed a good choice, at least after moving to the American continent, you don't have to worry about natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis.
The emperor who sat at the top sat like a mountain and only looked through the plan in his hand, and Hideki Tojo, who was criticized by everyone, only lowered his eyes and said nothing, and the cabinet members who were scolding were quite bored but had to gradually quiet down. As far as the situation facing Japan is concerned, the Philippines is the only place in Southeast Asia, where Japan had the advantage, and the troops stationed in China can only control some areas along the southern coast.
The Japanese Cabinet convened an emergency meeting, which was originally intended to discuss the future of the Shanghai garrison, but in fact it was temporarily changed to discuss the future of the empire due to a plan taken out by Hideki Tojo. Zhuo Fei, who was recalled to Chongqing again through the high-ranking dead soldiers arranged by the military commander, soon learned about it, and unlike the military commander's reaction, Zhuo Fei was not very excited about it.
"The Japanese are not stupid, as I said earlier that the plan would only be effective if it was presented at a certain time. Until we further expand our advantage in the war, I don't think it's a good thing to throw out that plan at this time, because if we do so, we will lose in vain the shadows sent by the military commanders to Japan itself. Zhuo Fei who was lazily nestled on the sofa looked very unpresentable, but Chiang Kai-shek ignored Zhuo Fei's unreasonableness, and anyone who sat on a bomber for several hours and rushed back to Chongqing overnight would be like this.
For the early launch of the military command, Zhuo Fei knew in his heart that it was from Chiang Kai-shek's instructions, if it were not for Chiang Kai-shek's instruction and support, Dai Li, who was in charge of the military command, would not have used those high-ranking dead soldiers to promote that matter at this time. Chiang Kai-shek actually regretted it in his heart, especially after listening to Zhuo Fei say what he had just said, but the incident had happened, and now regretting it would be useless, and Chiang Kai-shek could only pray that the Japanese cabinet would make wrong decisions and choices.
Xu saw the uneasiness and remorse hidden in Chiang Kai-shek's expression, Zhuo Fei immediately chuckled and said, "Since the plan has been launched, then we must take corresponding measures and deal with it, if the Japanese do not make decisions and choices according to our ideas, then we must help the Japanese to make this determination." Seeing Zhuo Fei's gesture, Huffman took out a map and opened it and hung it on the wall, while Zhuo Fei also got up and walked to the map.
Taking the wooden baton handed by Huffman, Zhuo Fei turned around and smiled at Chiang Kai-shek and the others, "Everyone, instigating the Japanese to wage war on the American continent is a plan that our umbrella has formulated a long time ago. For the time being, it is in our interest that a war breaks out between Japan and the United States, and if it were not for this, Japan would not have negotiated a truce with us because of the eastward transfer of troops, and we would not have been able to take back the Japanese control of North China. ”
"Regardless of whether the Japanese army withdrew on their own initiative or was driven out by us, only the southeast coast and the Shanghai and Nanjing areas were still garrisoned in the Guannai area, and our ultimate goal was to drive out all the Japanese troops." As he spoke, Zhuo Fei took a red pen and spent on the map the area where the Japanese army was still stationed, but in Shanghai, Zhuo Fei drew a cross. "At present, the Japanese forces in Shanghai have been successfully surrounded by us, and it is only a matter of time before they are resolved, and we will take the opportunity to take back control of the Shanghai concession."
"Our troops going north to the northeast have successively launched attacks on the Japanese troops entrenched in the northeast, and with the vigorous cooperation of the Korean Independence Army, they have successfully cut off the land passage between the Japanese army in the northeast and the Japanese army in Korea. On the Korean Peninsula, the Dangkou Army, which is under our umbrella, has also taken full control of the port of Incheon, through which we can continuously send troops into the Korean Peninsula, and Jeju Island is already in our hands. ”
"To sum up, the current situation is extremely favorable to us, and the elite troops originally deployed by Japan in the northeast and the Far East have already been transferred to the American continent by them, as long as we continue to expand the scale of the campaign in the northeast region and continue to inflict casualties on the Japanese army, I personally believe that the Japanese may not be able to afford such casualties and losses." Saying this, Zhuo Fei suddenly changed his tone, and the baton in his hand also moved down to Southeast Asia.
"The Japanese army sent troops to Southeast Asia in the first place, on the one hand, to curb our passage to transport military supplies by sea, and on the other hand, to plunder the resources needed for the war from Southeast Asian countries. Japan has raised more than a million troops, and the resources it needs are also huge, but at present, Japan is the only place left in the Philippines. MacArthur had already commanded the U.S.-Australian counteroffensive against the Philippines, and regardless of the outcome of the war, we just need to know that Japan is no longer able to obtain war resources from the Philippines. ”
"I have long said that what is actually fought in a war is logistics supply, and what is fought is material replenishment. Now that Japan is unable to continue to obtain war resources from Southeast Asia, it naturally has no way to continue to provide massive supplies to the troops fighting in the front. Zhuo Fei puffed and said such a big thing, covering the clouds and mountains of Chiang Kai-shek and others, but only Zhou Enlai understood what Zhuo Fei wanted to express.
"In such a situation, if you are a member of the Japanese cabinet, what choice will you make if you are a member of the Japanese cabinet?" Zhuo Fei stopped talking, first glanced around at everyone, and then turned around and drew a big arrow on the map. "The Japanese army has opened up the situation on the American continent, especially with the cooperation of the Mexican army, and it has won consecutive battles, so I personally believe that the Japanese will regard the American continent as a new target, and we will promote this new plan of the Japanese."
Helping Japan calculate the United States, Zhuo Fei's suggestion made all the high-level people present exclaim, but recalling what Zhuo Fei said just now, everyone felt that there seemed to be some truth. "We should immediately launch a series of attacks on the Japanese forces in the northeast, so that the Japanese cabinet does not see the possibility and opportunity to invade us again, so that they will divert their attention to the American continent under our deliberate push. As for what happened after that, it was between the Americans and Japan, and it didn't seem to have anything to do with us as an Asian country. ”
Zhuo Fei's words sounded a little messy, but when he calmed down and thought about it carefully, these chaotic words were closely related, especially when Zhuo Fei said that he wanted to force Japan to shift its attention to the American continent, the expressions of the high-level people sitting there all showed shock and surprise. "There are no absolutes in this world, but as long as we work hard, there will always be a day when the plan will be achieved, and in terms of the current situation, it is indeed in our favor." Chiang Kai-shek, who had not spoken, spoke at the right time, and at the same time showed his attitude and determination.