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Chapter 2: Karma Arises Like Evil [Act 3] Disillusionment (2)

By the time Yoshio Kato was allowed to enter, Hiroshi Oshima had already learned about it. To Kato's annoyance, as the eldest son of Lieutenant General Kenichi Oshima during the Meiji Restoration, a relative of Baron Insho Misaku, an expert in Western languages and a member of the House of Lords, Hiroshi Oshima vetoed his proposal to hide the sights of Europe and the United States and ask Nobuyuki Abe[18] to secretly increase troops in Northeast China and force the Chinese government to make a formal apology.

"Why has Kato-kun, who has always been calm in trouble, become so frizzy now? As everyone knows, Han Xin of the Han Empire can still endure the 'humiliation of the crotch', what is a mere slap? Hiroshi Oshima glanced out of the window, which was already moonlit and starry, and took a puff of German R6 [19] cigarettes unhurriedly, and slowly exhaled a few smoke rings, "The idea is indeed good, use the 'National Spiritual Mobilization Committee' [21] established by Your Excellency Hiranuma [20] six months ago to mobilize some manpower and material resources, send troops to Changchun and Shenyang, and force the authorities of China to comply. But don't forget that "Mencius" has a saying that 'this time, that time', and now the head of China is not Yuan Shikai, and the highest decision-making level is the Abe cabinet rather than the Hiranuma cabinet. Moreover, Chairman Araki[22] had already seen the wind and steered the rudder, and tried his best to show favor to the new cabinet; Itagaki-kun[23], with whom I had a good relationship, was unable to exert a strong influence because of his angry resignation as Minister of War last month. How easy is it to 'send troops to exert pressure'? Therefore, I advised Kato-kun not to 'draw his sword with the courage of a horseman' and show it to 'others'. ”

Hiroshi Oshima, who seems to be bitter-hearted, is obviously mocking Kato Yoshio for being reckless and ignorant. At that time, the reason why Yuan Shikai was successfully forced to sign the 'Twenty-one Articles' was fundamentally because Yuan Shikai's "emperor dream" was too eager and could not be strongly supported by Britain and the United States. Now, due to the secret efforts of Chiang Fangzhen and other diplomats of the Republic of China, Japan has no choice but to carefully consider the opinions of Britain, the United States, Germany, Italy, and other countries when it tries to annex Chinese territory, and that a rash increase in troops will inevitably violate its interests in China, provoke other countries, and cause Japan to fall into the dilemma of 'isolation' or 'siege'. What is even more hateful is that Japan's diplomatic work has still made no achievements, but on the contrary, the signing of the "International Agreement on International Industry" with Germany has completely angered the Soviet Union, and it has always hesitated on the issue of the "three-nation alliance plan", which has caused Germany to be quite dissatisfied and has left a bad impression in the international community.

So Yoshio Kato's so-called "hiding from the sky and crossing the sea" is so difficult and naïve!?

"Hahaha!" Yoshio Kato laughed instead of being angry. He actually raised Erlang's legs high towards Oshima and deliberately lengthened his voice: "'Don't-people', 'laugh-talk'?" Indeed it is! If it weren't for the 'hard work' of you and Shiratori-kun[24], how could there have been so many 'jokes' such as Kiichiro Hiranuma's gloomy resignation, Itagaki-kun's expulsion from the top decision-making level a few days ago[25], the 'Nomenkan Incident'[26], and so on? Alas, it's a pity that His Excellency Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita and the naval faction led by Mitsumasa Yonechi have worked in vain, and it's a pity that Yamaguchi Aritomo's seniors and Lingzun can't be by your side and Shiratori-kun, and they can't guide the maze! ”

'There are friends in Yama County!? Hiroshi Oshima's eyes flashed, and he knew at the moment that Yoshio Kato was pointing out his intentions: Yoshio Kato, who was a Satsuma faction, clearly took advantage of the political turmoil caused by Hiroshi Oshima's series of diplomatic mistakes, and wantonly ridiculed that even if the Cheung Chau faction had the support of the army, it was nothing more than a group of fools who could not bear the heavy responsibility, and even Hikaru Tajiri, who was taught a lesson by a Chinese woman, was not as good as a waste. (hua.) In other words, if Hiroshi Oshima could not properly handle the humiliation of Mitsuya Tajiri, wouldn't the Nagasu faction completely disappoint Mitsuya Tajiri and other ordinary Japanese citizens, make the emperor angry, and thus lose face and political influence?

Exegesis:

[18] Nobuyuki Abe: He was inaugurated as the 36th Prime Minister on August 30, 1939, and resigned on January 16 of the following year. Later, he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to China (Wang Puppet), a member of the House of Nobles, and the president of the Yizanzheng Association.

[19] German R6 cigarettes: Influenced by Kenichi Oshima, Hiroshi Oshima has a special affection for Germany since he was a child, and later admired Nazi Germany to the extreme. Historical data refer to Baidu Encyclopedia.

[20] H.E. Hiranuma ([12] Kiichiro Hiranuma, Prime Minister of Japan from January 5 to August 30, 1939. Shortly after Japan announced its unconditional surrender, he was arrested on suspicion of being a Class A war criminal and held in Sugamo Detention Center. In November 1947, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentenced him to life imprisonment for "conspiracy to commit war of aggression" for "conspiracy to commit war of aggression" for his responsibility for the "war crimes of aggression" committed against China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands and for the launching of the Nomenkan incident.

[21] 'National Spiritual Mobilization Committee': After the "77 Lugou Bridge Incident", the Japanese fascists issued the "National Spiritual General Mobilization Order" and the "National General Mobilization Law" to comprehensively strengthen the state's control over society.

[22] Chairman Araki: Sadao Araki was the first Japanese class-A war criminal to be prosecuted, and was then the chairman of the "National Spirit Mobilization Committee", the minister of education, culture, sports, and army.

[23] Minister of War: Seishiro Itagaki resigned as Minister of War in August 1939.

[24] Shiratori-kun: (Toshio Shiratori, who was then the Japanese ambassador to Italy, and Hiroshi Oshima, with the support of the War Department, went so far as to express their intention to enter the war to the German and Italian foreign ministers without authorization, and led Hiranuma to the throne, and Seishiro Itagaki resigned as Minister of War.)

[25] On September 4, 1939, Seishiro Itagaki was ousted from Japan's top decision-making echelons. He was appointed as the first chief of staff of the Shina Dispatch Army, and assisted General Nishio Toshizo.

[26] The 'Nomenkan Incident', also known as the Battle of Nomenhan and the Battle of the Haraha River, was a war between Japan and the Soviet Union that took place in Hulunbuir, China, from May 11 to June 1939. The Soviet commander was Zhukov, and the Japanese commander was Ueda Kenkichi. After the war, the Japanese side lost 8,440 deaths, the Soviet army killed about 7,000, more than 1,000 were missing, and 16,000 were wounded. After this campaign, Japan had to change its strategic goal to the south, which was to seize the resources of Southeast Asia (especially the oil of Dutch Indonesia). Two years later, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and declared war on the United States, but was ultimately defeated. Historical references to Wikipedia, "Grifsekretnostisniat: Poterivooruzhennykhsilsssrvvoynakh, Boevykhdeystviyakhivoennykhkonfliktakh", podoshcheyredaktsieyg. f。 krivosheeva。 (moskva:voennoeizd-vo，1993，isbn5-203-01400-0)。 pp。 77-85。 wait