Chapter 25: The Turning Point
"Good news?"
After Gonjun Sato prepared a selection of domestic and foreign news for Kii, the communications department of the team sent an urgent telegram from the Navy headquarters. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info"According to the habit of the base camp, whether it is good or bad, the title of XX victory will be used. ”
Gonjun Sato was not very interested in this, but he opened the envelope and flipped through it for work reasons.
"Already all the people? I had to be late a few times once in a while, and every time I was late......"
It is already a matter of course for Kii to oversleep every once in a while, and no one in the team dares to say that she is. She walked to the center of the office and began her day's work.
Because of Sato's army, Kii has very few things to deal with by himself, and he hasn't received a mission letter yet, so Kii doesn't have to worry about preparing for the war.
"Let me see today's news," Kii picked up a prominent stack of newspapers on the table, ready to flip through it.
"Before that, let's take a look at this 'blockbuster' news."
Sato put the good news in his hand on the top of the newspaper, as if the two news that he had cared about before were not enough to shock the new good news, "the Chinese battlefield has entered the stage of sweeping" and "the last British resistance army in the African theater has surrendered".
"The latest dual-purpose attack aircraft, the Meteor, has hit the Moorland Water Ghost hard."
Kii also knew that it was a lot of drawbacks for carrier-based aircraft to be divided into ship-attack ships, and now not only did he develop a version for actual combat, but he also severely damaged the moored water ghosts in the first actual battle. If all aircraft carriers can be equipped with this new carrier-based aircraft, the empire will be one step closer to dominating the Pacific Ocean.
"However, even the Meteor attack aircraft can barely penetrate the frontal armor of the mooring water ghosts, and it is not easy for only one aircraft carrier to achieve the current results." Sato Gonjun can foresee the day when aircraft carriers will become the core of naval warfare in the future, and in terms of strategic vision, he admires Sosuke Takayanagi 100%. Five years ago, nine out of ten imperial generals were believers in the doctrine of big ships and giant artillery, and now the battleships are completely closed to Yamato.
“…… Dafeng? I haven't heard of this name, and there are armored regular aircraft carriers...... Sato-kun, tell me about it. Kii was still a little motivated in terms of ship design, and she couldn't believe that the new aircraft carrier had turned the wooden deck into an armor plate.
"I will arrange for someone to collect the detailed information. But I personally feel that the armored air carrier avoids the drawbacks of wooden decks, and the designer who can come up with an armor plate to replace the deck must be a genius. "Sato Gonjun understands why he wants to recall the First Voyage Battle and overhaul it in Kure Port. Nine times out of ten, someone wants these two best aircraft carrier mothers to also use gale and meteor battles, so a secret transformation is underway. "The Marshall Islands is followed by Hawaii, and soon it's our turn to play."
"If you can win, you must."
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At the same time, the "black" received two important resolutions, one concerning the Chinese battlefield and the other concerning the Comintern.
"Although we basically didn't listen to that organization, we were able to use its name to travel at home and abroad. Now that this useless organization is about to be disbanded, I'm quite reluctant. ”
"Black" sat at the top of the long table, and to her right was Kaga, and most of the rest were big names in the military, politics, and business circles of RB. They were all members of the "Far Eastern Comintern Branch", and although they believed in the theories of Kita Ichiki and others, they had believed from earlier that the "black" could achieve their ideal of letting the RB Empire dominate the world.
"That kind of thing is gone, it's gone. China's battlefield has also entered the stage of sweeping the tail, and it is indeed worthy of admiration that the Chinese ZQ government has been able to hold on to it until now. The speaker was Foreign Minister Hirota, who was Kuro's most trusted helper in politics and now serves as foreign minister in Prime Minister Konoe's cabinet. Although he is a 66-year-old man, he still maintains the humor of a young man.
"Sousuke Takayanagi has used a lot of 'reformers' on the battlefield in China, and I don't want this to spread to the outside."
"Black" wore a metal mask and threw the materials copied from the Imperial Research Institute on the long table, which contained a large number of experimental photos, although most of them were North Korean and Chinese, but the bloody photos still made people's hearts numb. The most important thing is that the "reformed people" currently in use use their own soldiers, and taking a young soldier loyal to the empire and loyal to the emperor to make a war weapon with a service life of 70 days is not a story that can be faced with a smile no matter how you think about it.
"Get rid of that guy Takayanagi?" Vice Admiral Muto, who came from the Army, was keen to make trouble for his colleagues in the Navy, even with members of the organization, let alone "traitors" who had left the organization. The man gestured to wipe his neck, probably planning to send some young junior officers and other senior officers to return to the Yokosuka military port and assassinate him.
"Don't be stupid, don't talk about Yamato next to him. Even one of the three Kawauchi sisters is more professional than the agents of our organization. "Black" vetoed the other party's radical remarks in one bite, and she needed a big gambler like Sosuke Takayanagi to use it as a weight to win for herself. Since Mr. Muto is so active, why don't you go to Manchuria, China, and clean up all the research points outside the Imperial Academy. All involved, except for our organization, were cleaned up. ”
The errand of killing people is exactly what many of the "butchers" present like to do, and this kind of task is ten million times easier than stabilizing domestic food prices.
"Is it okay? Isn't this a direct knife to Sosuke Takayanagi and Dr. Kitamura? ”
More people are talking about the reasons for their resignation, but "Black" and Kaga can already feel the frenzy in their hearts.
"Don't worry, I've informed Sousuke Takayanagi to evacuate all those involved before the ZQ government surrenders, leaving behind those who both sides feel redundant. So you don't have to be psychologically burdened. ”
"Hei" can be regarded as the death sentence of more than 1,000 people in Manchuria, China, and she has never been a saint with a sense of kindness, on the contrary, after she puts on the clothes of the leader of the organization, she will only take her ultimate purpose as the first consideration. She didn't care if the army wasted time in China and Southeast Asia, just because the army had no role in fighting the deep-sea fleet, otherwise she would be more keen on cleaning up these battlefields than Sousuke Takayanagi.
“…… This gives you the best of both worlds. ”
Hearing Foreign Minister Hirota's words, "Hei" felt particularly funny, a 66-year-old political tycoon who had lived a dignified life, and was still worried about dealing with a 24-year-old young man. In order to ensure victory, she eliminated many big names who influenced the development of the RB empire in advance.
The so-called big man who changed history is nothing more than a bullet, a knife, and a bomb...... It's just a human being who can be killed.
Although he was not a member of the organization, Prime Minister Fumiro Konoe was still arranged to sit next to Kaga, and he did not dare to speak here since he took his seat.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Konoe. The meetings we organize are like a group meal, and everyone shows their savage side. You don't have to maintain a false image here. Kuro was polite to Kaga's adoptive father, and didn't treat him as a political puppet like the others in the room, although she actually did.
"I ...... I don't quite fit in with everyone's atmosphere. If Commander-in-Chief Takayanagi really did such a thing, shouldn't we find a way to stop him from using it elsewhere? ”
Fumiro Konoe's proposal only drew laughter from the others. "What our chief decides does not need to be changed in mind. She must have negotiated with Sousuke Takayanagi a long time ago. The leader can't make Sosuke Takayanagi change his mind, and it's useless for us to do anything. ”
"Don't mention Sousuke Takayanagi's matter for the time being. I also have two tasks here, one of which is to cooperate with the army commanders on the front line of the Chinese battlefield to assist in the final pressure on the Chinese ZQ government. You can choose some of your own people to carry out this task. Second, on the handling of the Red Party in China. Basically through the liaison has been determined that they have no idea of continuing the fight. In order to ensure that members loyal to our organization control the entire Chinese Red Party, it is not enough to rely on contacts in China. Kaga, you also go to China. It is important to relieve the worries of the RB empire, China is an important source of resources, including oil, and many strategic resources must be obtained from China. ”
"Understood. I also happened to want to go to China to meet the Avenger I had raised, a toy that I designed to become a Chinese hero. If given the chance, I would love to introduce him to you. In terms of ability in all aspects, it is almost no less than Sosuke Takayanagi that you cultivated. ”
Kaga ended his silence and glanced coldly at the members of the organization present. "Much better than you."
"Kaga, we are part of the same organization, and we must believe that we will all fight for our ideals."
"The human struggle? No kidding, in the eyes of the gods, it's called struggle. After Kaga finished speaking, he was the first to leave the table, as a guest she invited, Konoe Fumiro hurriedly followed his daughter away, he didn't want to stay in this conference room that was oppressive to him for a moment.
"Don't follow me, here you are a guest. No one is hard for you. Kaga said to the people behind him after walking a few hundred meters. You've made a lot of money in the rubber industry again, right? Until the end of the war, the domestic economy will only remain the way it is now, and you don't have to worry about how to improve people's livelihoods all day long. The sacrifices of those people have made this kingdom of the gods' 'love', and your human politics is such useless superficial articles. ”
"No one expects me to do anything during my tenure. No one. ”
Fumiro Konoe, who was 53 years old at the time, was still similar to the attendant who followed Mr. Saionji back then, at least Kaga didn't feel any essential changes in his cheap adoptive father, and it was no wonder that no one took her adoptive father seriously.
"Then you just do something to make a political achievement, what's there to be afraid of? Do you see the patriarchs you fear, which one is not respectful to me? You never know how powerful you are. ”
The reversal of a daughter's lesson to her father seems normal between Kaga and Prime Minister Konoe.
"If it's okay, I'll go first." Kaga doesn't want to talk too much about mediocre people, it's too inefficient.
Konoe Fumiro hesitated, and hurried to catch up a few steps. "Have a safe journey, and send a letter back home."
Kaga looked back impatiently and glared at the other. "It's verbose! You are the Prime Minister of the Empire, can you be decisive? I got it and will write to you to let you know. ”
Kaga couldn't understand human emotions, but at the moment she felt that satisfying the long-winded request of the "father" would reassure the other person. Probably this is family affection......