As the capital of Japan, Tokyo is a place where every inch of land is valuable, but in the center of the city, there is a large green area, which is the residence of Emperor Hirohito, the Nippon Imperial Palace. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Today, in front of the Chowa Hall of the Imperial Palace of Japan, Hirohito, wearing a tuxedo and thick myopic glasses, was standing in front of a small pavilion admiring a strange stone, and behind him stood a group of generals such as Hideki Tojo in military uniforms and Admiral Shigetaro Shimada, Minister of the Navy.

It stands to reason that this should be a very harmonious scene, but if you look closely, you will notice that the atmosphere at this time is very tense, and Hideki Tojo, who has always been known for covering his majesty, has a panicked look on his face, and Shigetaro Shimada, who is standing behind him, has a cold sweat on his face.

After a long time, Hirohito sighed lightly and turned his head to face Shigetaro Shimada, his seemingly confused face showed a sharp expression, he looked at Shigetaro Shimada and said slowly: "Shimada Qing, I remember that since the Battle of Nissin (Sino-Japanese Naval Battle), the Imperial Navy has declared that it will not use the Shina Navy as an opponent from now on, is there such a thing?" ”

The beads of sweat on Shigetaro's forehead flowed faster, and he stammered, "Your Majesty, is it...... Yes......"

"But the performance of the Imperial Navy is very disappointing to me!" Hirohito's eyes gradually became stern, "You told me that you would send a fleet to cut off the sea transportation line of the Shina people, so that you could wipe out that Su Jin in Manchuria, but now? Even if Su Jin is still alive and well in Manchuria, he even let the submarine of the Chinese people run to the coast of the empire to roam around and wantonly attack the empire's merchant ships, do you know what this means? ”

Just yesterday, a submarine of the Huaxia Navy attacked a convoy that was heading from Nagasaki, Japan, and three cargo ships loaded with supplies, a troop transport ship full of replenishment, and a destroyer all sank to the bottom of the sea. Thousands of tons of military supplies and more than 5,000 reinforcements were sunk into the sea without firing a single shot, and the Tokyo base camp was greatly shaken when the news came. Then Enraged, Hirohito immediately summoned a number of high-ranking generals from the base camp, such as Hideki Tojo and Shigetaro Shimada, to the palace for questioning.

Although Hirohito's voice is still so sharp, but between the lines is full of heart-wrenching words, Japan is a resource-poor island country, most of the materials are dependent on imports, if the Chinese continue to roam the sea lanes of Japan and wantonly attack merchant ships, it will not be long before Japan will become a dead island. If this is the case, then what is the use of the Japanese navy built with the strength of the whole country?

Shigetaro Shimada could no longer withstand the pressure from Hirohito, and knelt down with a puff and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, please give the minister another time." The minister immediately sent warships to escort the Empire's merchant ships, and would never let the Empire's merchant ships be attacked by the Chinese submarine again! ”

"Really?" After several years of war, Hirohito no longer easily believed the promises of the following generals, and he said lightly: "Is it? Can you tell me how long it will take you to sink or drive away all the submarines of the Shina? Two months? Trimester? Or half a year? You must know that the merchant ships of the empire are limited, and the empire cannot withstand such great losses! ”

"This ......" Shigetaro Shimada hesitated, the scale of the Japanese Combined Fleet is very large, but the problem now is that Midway has just been defeated, and the essence of the Combined Fleet has been nearly half gone, plus Nagumo Tadaichi has just formed a fleet to intercept the sea transportation lines of China off the coast of China, and the remaining forces are no longer enough to resist the aggressive posture of the Americans, and now there is no way to draw forces to escort merchant ships. After all, there are so many merchant ships coming and going every day in Japan, and if every merchant ship needs warships to escort it, even if the combined fleet is exhausted to death.

Shimada Shigetaro looked at the cold light in Hirohito's eyes, although he wanted to pat his chest and promise Hirohito to complete the task, but the words came to his mouth and he swallowed it, this is the Imperial Front, but it is not a place to talk about it, if he makes a promise but can't do it, then the final result can only be a caesarean section.

After hesitating for a long time, Shigetaro Shimada could only grit his teeth and say: "Your Majesty, the minister can only say that he will do his best, and if he can't complete it, the minister is willing to admit the guilt!" After saying that, Shigetaro Shimada fell deep on the ground and waited for Hirohito's ruling.

After a long time, Hirohito's voice sounded faintly in his ears, "Shimada Qing, you are the Minister of the Navy, I handed over the huge navy of the empire to you, is this how you do things for me?" Do all in one's power? Hehe, what a beautiful excuse. ”

Hideki Tojo doesn't look good, Hirohito is really angry this time, if Hirohito continues to say this, Shigetaro Shimada will have no second way except to resign or disembowel. You must know that Shigetaro Shigetaro is the one who single-handedly pushed the position of Minister of the Navy, and his position as prime minister also depends on the support of his subordinates, if Shigetaro Shimada is really dismissed, he will have one less right-hand man.

Thinking of this, Tojo Hideki quickly stood up and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty is angry, it's not something like Shimada Jun wants to see when something like this happens, there is an old saying in the Shina, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, even if Shimada-kun is anxious, but the size of the empire's fleet is so large, even if he has three heads and six arms, he can't change the fleet, you must know that the empire has at least hundreds of fleets going back and forth every day, and if every merchant ship is escorted, then there will be too many warships!" ”

"So what do you say? Are we just watching the people sink the Empire's merchant ships one by one and cut off the lifeblood of the Empire? Hirohito finally became furious, he stared at Hideki Tojo and Shigetaro Shimada and asked viciously, "You are the prime minister of the empire, a minister of the navy, can't you even think of a solution?" ”

Hideki Tojo and Shigetaro Shimada were silent, unrestricted submarine warfare was invented by their allies the Germans, who were still cheering for their allies when they saw German submarines sending British merchant ships in the Atlantic Ocean to the bottom of the sea, but now when it was their turn, they realized how desperate it was to be choked by the neck. Unlike the British, Japan did not have the support of deep-pocketed allies like the United States, and if they lost too many merchant ships with limited capital, all that awaited them was destruction.

Just when Hideki Tojo and Shigetaro Shimada were in a dilemma, Yamamoto Fifty-Roku, who had been standing behind Shigetaro Shimada and had been silent, stood up and said in a deep voice to Hirohito: "Your Majesty, if the expectations are not bad, the minister has already understood why the Shina people launched an unlimited submarine war against the empire!" ”

"Oh!" Hirohito's eyes widened, and he stepped forward and said eagerly, "Why?" ”

"This is the revenge of the Shina people!" Yamamoto Fifty-six looked at Hirohito and said word by word: "Because we cut off the sea passage of the Shina people to Manchuria, so the Shina people are now retaliating against us, and they will also cut off our sea passage!" ”

"Boom ......"

Yamamoto Fifty-six's words exploded like a bombshell on the spot, and everyone present was blasted cold, and Hideki Tojo opened his mouth to refute, but when the words came to his mouth, he found that he couldn't say anything, because he found that he was speechless. The Chinese submarine launched a submarine war against the empire only after the empire's fleet blocked the coast.

Finally, Hideki Tojo muttered, "Is this really the revenge that the Shina people really want to launch against our blockade of their coasts?" ”

"Yes!" Yamamoto fifty-six affirmed: "This is the revenge of the Shina people!" I analyzed the combat style of Su Jin and the Third Army during this time, and found that they were a force that was eager to take revenge and hated the Great Ri I Empire, which can be seen from the fact that they built the corpses of the fallen soldiers of the Empire into a Jingguan every time, this force is not an exaggeration to describe it as extremely vicious, this time the submarine of China even used machine guns to strafe the soldiers who fell into the water of the Empire after sinking the Empire's troop carrier, how cruel this method is, so I can be sure that they were summoned at this time, Once we continue to block their sea lanes, God knows what else they will do. ”

Hearing this, everyone was silent, including Hirohito, and everyone remembered that Su Jin had always been notorious, in order to retaliate against the Japanese army's use of poison gas bombs in Huaxia, this guy threw poison gas directly at the heads of civilians with a tooth for a tooth, and Fukuoka was almost turned into a ghost town by him, and later under the pressure of the Japanese government and Western society, Su Jin had to stop this practice of throwing poison gas bombs at civilians.

As time passed, everyone slowly forgot about it, but now that Yamamoto Isoroku had brought it up again, everyone realized what a ruthless lord he was in Manchuria, and God knew what crazy things he would do if his life was threatened, and if this angry and corrupt man ordered his large bomber force to carry out another massive bombing of Fukuoka and even Tokyo...... The thought of this scene made everyone shudder.

Although the Japanese themselves are known for their love of gambling on the fortunes of the country, and they also like to shout the spirit of bushido on weekdays, this does not mean that they are willing to die with others at every turn, and everyone can't help but shudder a little at the thought of the person in Manchuria who does not know what means to use once he is forced to hurry. In fact, far from it, the submarine warfare they have launched against Japan has already made the Japanese government start to become anxious. Not much, as long as those submarines sink so many freighters a day, it is enough to make the Japanese government feel a pain.

After everyone was silent for a long time, Hirohito asked, "Yamamoto-kun, then how are we going to deal with the submarines of the Shina people and their upcoming counterattack?" ”

"There's no way!"

Yamamoto Isoroku spread his hands very honestly, "Your Majesty, the minister has just received a telegram that the Americans have reassembled a large fleet at Pearl Harbor and are preparing to pounce on the Empire, in this case, if the Empire cannot make a counterattack, then Saipan and the Ogasawara Islands will fall into the hands of the Americans, if the Americans are allowed to establish airfields in these places, then the American bombers can directly bomb the mainland of the Empire, and what does this mean, I think you should be very clear, right?" Is it really worth it to mobilize nearly half of the empire's forces to blockade the coast of China for the sake of a Su Jin, but to abandon the absolute defense circle of the empire? ”

Hearing this, the crowd stopped talking. In particular, the faces of Hideki Tojo and Shigetaro Shimada are even more unusually ugly. This plan to blockade the coast of China and try to block the logistics supply lines of the Third Army in Manchuria was proposed by Shigetaro Shimada, which was opposed by some admirals such as Yamamoto Isoroku at that time, but it was adopted because of the support of Hideki Tojo, and now it is revisited by Yamamoto Fifty-six, which is undoubtedly revealing the scars of Hideki Tojo and Shigetaro Shimada.

Ignoring the ugly faces of Hideki Tojo and the others, Yamamoto Fifty-six said directly to Hirohito: "Your Majesty, for the sake of today, only by ordering the transfer of Nagumo Tadaichi's fleet back and directly deploying a new defense line east of Saipan and Ogasawara Islands can we organize the United States to approach the imperial mainland." ”

Hirohito didn't immediately agree, but asked, "Yamamoto Kiyo, if the fleet is transferred back to the empire, will it be able to stop the Americans?" ”

Yamamoto Fifty-six muttered: "This minister doesn't dare to guarantee, but the minister thinks that there will be no problem with the absolute defense circle of the empire in at least two years, and if it takes a long time, the minister will not dare to guarantee it!" ”

Hirohito stopped talking, but at this time, Hideki Tojo jumped up and shouted angrily: "Ridiculous, now Nagumo Tadaichi has firmly blocked the coast of China, as long as it is supported for another month...... No, as long as half a month, China's troops in Manchuria will collapse, and then we can wipe out that Su Jin, Umezu Mijiro has sent a telegram the day before yesterday, the Ninth Division he sent has surrounded Su Jin and his troops around the airport in Huludao, as long as Su Jin is eliminated, our operation can be successfully completed! ”

"Impossible!"

Yamamoto Fifty-six sneered and said, "Prime Minister Tojo, don't forget, Su Jin has a powerful air force. Even if, as you said, even if he really can't support it, then he can take off from the airport and flee back to Zhejiang, even if we can wipe out his tens of thousands of troops in Manchuria, what's the use, the most important thing for the people in China is probably the population, right? Is it really worth it to expose the vital points of the empire to the Americans in order to eliminate tens of thousands of soldiers? ”

"This ......"

Hideki Tojo suddenly became a little speechless, no matter how good he was, he couldn't change the fact that Su Jin had a powerful air force in his hands, and there were still fewer troops in their hands in Japan over the years? If Su Jin really wants to escape, I'm afraid that Rii himself really can't stop him, and even Hideki Tojo can't speak at this time.

Seeing this, Hirohito finally made a decision...... (To be continued.) )