After listening to the Soviet ambassador's strong protest and accusation, Foreign Minister Gu Zhengzhi angrily slapped the case and angrily reprimanded: "How can this be reasonable, these soldiers are lawless, it is really too unreasonable, Your Excellency the ambassador, please do not worry, let me find out the situation and solve it immediately, and the friendship between the Soviet Union and Japan will not be allowed to be destroyed." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"So, when will you be able to solve it?"

"It takes time to verify the situation and verify the personnel, how about giving me 12 hours?"

The Soviet ambassador did not know at this time that the Japanese had launched an attack and that his escort destroyers had not only been sunk but also that the ships had been reduced to prisoners, but he had received an urgent telegram from Moscow informing him that the convoy had been intercepted by the Japanese navy and that he hoped to resolve it through diplomatic means as soon as possible.

"Then trouble Your Excellency."

As soon as the Soviets left, Gu Zhengzhi scolded: "Nonsense! In the eyes of the Navy, there is still the concept of national diplomacy, and Soviet ships can be stopped at will. If he really wanted to call the Military Command Department aggressively, his henchman hurriedly pressed his hand.

"What's going on?"

"Don't call His Highness, you have to call Admiral Horikichi first......" The henchman leaned into his ear, "don't you think the whole thing is weird?" Now that Admiral Horikichi and His Highness are on the top of the bull, maybe he deliberately released this matter to embarrass His Highness, so you rashly intervened......"

Gu Zhengzhi was also dumbfounded, don't look at what he said just now, but his confidence in his heart is really insufficient, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has never been able to really lead the direction of Japan's foreign policy, although the foreign minister is one of the five phases, but in fact he is the military department's bag, often the Ministry of Foreign Affairs just makes a sound, and the military department destroys it. There is a saying that sums it up very well: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is just a glove for the military department, and when it is necessary, it will be put on, and when the military department rolls up its sleeves and does it itself, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will not know where it will be thrown to.

Now that the gods are fighting, the little ghost is suffering, but he has seen the majesty of General Horikichi on the dock, and even the chief of the imperial family has been disgraced, not to mention himself, after thinking about it, he didn't dare to ask Horikichi directly, but called the Ministry of the Navy - he didn't dare to go to Yamamoto Isoroku, he only dared to find Inoue Narumi first.

"What?" Inoue Chengmei was also stunned, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, don't make a noise, drag the Soviets as much as possible, and I'll ask about the situation." ”

As soon as the microphone was put down, the Soviet ambassador rushed in angrily: "I just received a telegram that your bombers have brazenly sunk our destroyer and forcibly hijacked our fleet, and your country wants to declare war?" You will be given 6 hours to explain, and if you fail to punish the person concerned and give us a reasonable answer, we will declare a state of war between Japan and the Soviet Union. ”

After hearing the news that the fleet had been successfully obtained, and that the navy was escorting warships to Kanto Prefecture, and that the amount of supplies was not the initial estimate of 200,000 tons, but might reach 25-280,000 tons, Umezu Mijiro was very satisfied, and sent a secret telegram to Shinkyo: "The whole army is mobilized and enters the first level of combat readiness, if the Soviet Red Army fires first, it will be resolutely repulsed!" "While hurrying back to the plane.

Here, Nishimura Shoji and Kakuharu Tsunoda, who were in front of the battle, felt that half of the army was too much as agreed, and they decided to withhold a little more, but fortunately, they had promised to give the Kwantung Army 200,000 tons, but now they have an additional 5-80,000 tons. Of course, Umezu Mijiro is not a young officer who makes a mistake when his head is hot, he has also thought about the whole thing carefully, and finally believes that he has no intention of "advancing north" at present, and the Soviet Union is facing great pressure from the German army, and does not dare to rashly start a war against Japan, as long as it can withstand the military and diplomatic pressure in front, the more than 200,000 tons of materials plus the German reward are in the pocket of the Kwantung Army.

This pressure is unacceptable, what kind of army general and commander of the Kwantung Army?

The anxious Gu Masayuki called Inoue Narumi again, and he was a little angry when he heard that he had not only sunk the Soviet warship, but also captured the opponent's fleet. First of all, they checked the situation with the Northern Fleet, and as a result, they said that they had not received relevant instructions and were still patrolling normally, and then they went around the corner to find the Military Command Department, and the other party said that the Second Air Force was undergoing training, and the rest of the warships were moving without abnormality.

Inoue Narumi immediately keenly sensed that there was a problem in it, and directly sent the telegram to Kakuji Tsunoda to ask, but the other party didn't pay attention to it at all, and ignored it three times in a row.

"It's broken!" He could only go to Yamamoto Isoroku to report the situation, and deduced, "It is estimated that Tsunoda and Nishimura did it." ”

"Are the two of them so bold?" Yamamoto Isoroku expressed disbelief, "It's not like I haven't brought them. ”

"Sir!" Inoue Serumi stomped her foot indignantly, "Why are you still looking at people with old eyes, don't you look at who is taking them now?" Don't look at their current arrogance! ”

"Oh, too......" Yamamoto Fifty-six's face changed slightly, "Prepare the car, I'll go find Horikichi." ”

"Hurry up and call."

"Can you make it clear on the phone?" Yamamoto Fifty-six smiled bitterly, "Since he arranged such a big thing, even you and I hid it, expecting a phone call to tell you?" As an old classmate, it's unclear if I don't go there myself. ”

"Then I'll go with you."

"Come on, come on, Yamamoto-kun and Inoue-kun, the two of you came just right." Horikichi greeted the two with a smile on his face, and said as he greeted, "Mr. Cole is here too." ”

"Cole?" Originally, Inoue Narumiichi said that Yamamoto Fifty-six believed five points first, and when he saw Horiyoshi's courteous greeting posture, he believed eight points, and when he saw that Cole was also present, he had completely believed ten points who instructed him to do the whole thing.

"In order to enhance the alliance and strengthen the strength of your country, with the consent of the head of state, our side has decided to present 200 No. 4 tanks, 200 Stalker tank destroyers, 100 Fw-190\Bf-109\Bf-219 fighters and 100 Ju-52 transport planes to your country's Kwantung Army and Indian Dispatch Army; In addition, we will give your navy a batch of zero-war engines and write off 300 million marks on credit. Cole pushed the document over and said, "I have been authorized before leaving, and this treaty will be signed by you." ”

As soon as he saw this, Inoue Narumi, who was angry and wanted to question, suddenly became dumb, he is not a fool, what are the Germans sending things for no reason? It must be for the sake of American aid, as early as after Germany sent submarines and relevant officers to Japan, it has more than once put forward a request to cut off this material delivery line, the Japanese cabinet has discussed it several times, and each time it has been unresolved, and now Cole simply does not look for the government, and directly picks Horikichi to mobilize, Inoue Narumi can't say a word. Not to mention the pile of supplies on the ship, it is the pile of rewards offered by the German side, which is enough for the military department to be tempted.

Yamamoto Fifty-six sighed: "If your country does this, I'm afraid it won't end well in the future." ”

"The end?" Cole smiled, "What's the bad end of giving things, Japan and Germany are iron allies, an unbreakable friendship made of blood, and our army is still fighting bloody battles with British and American troops on the Indian peninsula, is it to seize the German colonies?" ”

"I can't talk about you, really, but I have other things to discuss with Hori-kun."

"Then I'll take my leave." Cole was a smart man, and when his goal was achieved, he simply walked away.

"The Führer is a good chess player......" Looking at Cole's distant figure, Yamamoto Isoroku's eyes narrowed into a slit, and said to Horikiyoshi, "Now, even I suspect that you really received political donations from the Germans." ”

"Yes...... Hahahaha. Horikichi laughed, "Very good, very good......"

I don't know how to take the next words, the scene was embarrassing, and then Chiaki Matsuda came to report the news: "Sir, the fleet has completed its mission, and the American ship has pretended to hang the Soviet ship to carry out the mission, and the escort ship has been sunk by our army!" We took pictures throughout the process, the stolen goods were recovered, and the evidence was conclusive, what should I do if I ask for instructions next? ”

"Carry out as originally planned, pay attention to secrecy, and continue to maintain radio silence."

Inoue Narumi was dumbfounded, he now knew to what extent Horikichi had mastered the fleet - people could report if they wanted to, and "silence" when they wanted to, no wonder he often farted the orders of the general command in Europe. It is strange to say that this group of arrogant soldiers of the United Fleet usually looks high-spirited, and the appearance of the second and third children of the whole heaven and earth, no one buys their accounts, but I see Horikichi respectfully and respectfully, and only sees Horikichi respectfully and submissively, one by one, "the chief is long, the chief is short, the chief says, the chief instructs ......", the name does not need to be mentioned, as long as the sentence comes when it is said: "the commander's order", no matter what the people below are doing, they immediately stand up respectfully and listen to their ears like a conditioned reflex. Without Horiyoshi's approval, the orders of the Military Command Department could not go out.

"I know you have grievances in your heart, but now you are also at this level, you can't do things by temperament, there is always the dignity of Your Majesty, the dignity of the country, and the unity of the navy, right?" Yamamoto Fifty-six advised, "The name before and after death is just as important......

"I've been taught, but it's time for me......"

"I have to reply to the Soviet side in the evening, and His Highness will probably go crazy with anger when he learns the news...... You can come forward and take an example. Yamamoto Fifty-six shook off this sentence and left.

"Okay, I'll be there." Horikichi sent the two to the door and bowed politely to Yamamoto Fifty-six, "I'm sorry for your trouble." ”

Yamamoto Fifty-six sighed and pulled Inoue Narumi away.

As soon as the "sir......" As soon as the vehicle left, Inoue Narumi asked extremely anxiously, "Why is this not an example?" Could it be that if you rob it, you will rob it, not a word, the Soviets are so easy to talk to? ”

"Commander Umezu of the Kwantung Army came to me for a drink yesterday......" Yamamoto suddenly said out of nowhere.