At 3 o'clock in the morning on December 25, 1943, that is, at the same time as the dream of King Minoru Higashikunomiya, more than 6,000 people completed boarding and marching to Tokyo Bay, and the rebel army was officially formed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Early in the morning, Nagumo Tadaichi received a joint telegram from Tsunoda and Nishimura, informing him that the fleet had completed the task of transporting supplies to the army and was preparing to return to the country to unload the cargo. Then the two sent a telegram in their private names, on the one hand, they poured out their bitterness of having to carry out Horiyoshi's orders, and on the other hand, they said that they would obey Nagumo's command, hoping that he would be able to say a few kind words in front of Commander Kagawa and dredge it up on his behalf.

After receiving this telegram, Nagumo Tadaichi breathed a sigh of relief, he had just taken charge of the mobile fleet, and he was most afraid that Tsunoda and the others would be disobedient, although he had promised to protect the two in front of Yamamoto and Ito, but if the two continued to disobey, he also felt quite troublesome. As soon as this telegram came, his nervous mood suddenly relaxed, and on the one hand, he asked the newly appointed chief of staff of the mobile fleet, Arima Masafumi, to inform the Military Command Department and the Ministry of the Navy, and on the other hand, he tried his best to reassure the two, saying that he had no grudge against the two and hoped to cooperate sincerely......

After receiving the callback, Tsunoda and Nishimura tore the telegram into pieces and threw it into the sea, laughing at each other without saying a word, now that the fleet is 250 kilometers south of Kochi Prefecture and more than 700 kilometers away from Tokyo, as long as Nagumo Tadaichi is stabilized, there is still plenty of time - the military command department believes that Nagumo will go to explain and dredge them.

On the morning of that day, the base camp held a joint meeting to report on the situation of the border campaign of the Kwantung Army. Although the army was talking about it, the navy was obviously absent-minded, and in the end, Ishihara's policy of blackmailing the Soviet Union and negotiating with Germany for money was unanimously approved.

King Minoru Higashikunomiya saw that the military command department only came to Ito Junichi and did not see King Fushimi Miyahiro Kyoko, so he asked if he was still in the hospital? He wanted to ask Hori about Yoshi, but then he felt that it was inappropriate to ask directly, so he inquired about the physical condition of the Fumi Palace.

"His Royal Highness is much better, and he will be officially discharged from the hospital in two days, but at present, he is not in the hospital but has entered the palace." Ito replied respectfully, "Your Majesty has preliminarily agreed that a naval expedition led by Marshal Horikichi will visit Europe, serve as an advisor, and maintain close friendship between Japan and Germany. ”

Everyone understands in their hearts that the inspection group is the final expression of Hirohito's political abandonment of Horiyoshi, but the face is still enough, with Horikichi's merits and prestige, a viscount will definitely not be able to run, maybe there will be a chance to be an earl. Sure enough, Ito Junichi followed up and said: "Your Highness thinks that Chief Horikichi has worked hard, and it is recommended to be made an earl directly, instead of being a viscount first and then promoted in a few years." ”

Hearing Ito say this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, as long as King Fushimi Miyahiro Kyoshi didn't get in the way, it would be a good result for this matter to be resolved satisfactorily.

Yamamoto Fifty-six nodded in relief. In fact, King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong heard that Horikichi was bent on going abroad and was not in the country to make trouble with him, and his illness was directly healed by more than half of him, so he naturally came quickly, and he was not stingy when he was rewarded with the title, and he was even more reluctant to get in the way, so he suggested that Horikichi should still be a navy after all, even if he was actually exiled, it would represent the image of Japan, and this face should be maintained. As for the house arrest, imprisonment, poisoning, and so on mentioned by Keiji Shibasaki in his lecture, they were all deliberately exaggerated by him in order to cooperate with the action. King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong is not stupid, this kind of thing has to be done through the people below, and once it is poked out, it can't even cover the last fig leaf. Of course, the embezzlement of pensions is not the truth, in fact, the payment of pensions is still going through the process, and due to the internal struggle for power and profit within the navy, everyone simply does not care about this matter, and it is just delayed again and again.

When the rumors were incited, Shibasaki Keiji didn't have the slightest psychological burden -- those who become big things are not informal, not to mention that the Military Command Department has slandered Hori Yoshichi many times, and this time it is completely natural to smear them.

King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong was not unguarded against Horikichi's possible tandem, and the army gendarmerie unit that secretly passed through Hideki Tojo secretly monitored Hori's residence, and found that the other party was staying at home in a good manner, except for the German envoy Kohl who had a good conversation and was dedicated to studying how to go abroad, he refused to meet the rest of the visitors, especially the old subordinates of the navy, which made King Fushimi Miyahiro very relieved. In his opinion, things are transitioning smoothly, and when the time comes, a grand knighthood ceremony and farewell ceremony will be prepared, and Horiyoshi and a group of people who have repeatedly opposed him will be able to sweep the floor away. It's like a big horn personnel again, and at first it was also boiling, and Horiyoshi had to go to the company to do business obediently in the end. A naval admiral who is not from Satsuma is a fluke to get mixed up with this, and he dares to think about it?

After the meeting, Yamamoto received a call from Nagumo Tadaichi, and happily told him that Tsunoda and Nishimura had softened, and he asked Yamamoto to see the face of the past and Dredging up with Kagawa Koshiro and the Military Command Department, and not to hold the two responsible, after all, they were also acting on orders, not to mention that they robbed so many supplies, the Soviets didn't even dare to let go of a fart, the horizontal and vertical merits were greater than the faults, being a man, when everyone was confused, just look forward, why bother stalking and not letting go?

Yamamoto naturally agreed, thinking that Nagumo Tadaichi had matured a lot, and praised him a few words, although Inoue Narumi felt strange that the attitude of the two of them had improved so quickly, but he didn't think much about it - Horikichi didn't struggle, if these two people didn't want to go abroad or transfer to the reserves, they could only stay under Nagumo obediently, although Nagumo's ability was poor, it was not too bad.

"Are you going to see your old classmates?"

"Not for now." Yamamoto Fifty-six smiled bitterly, "Going abroad and being knighted are already a certainty, I know that he is actually unwilling, it is useless to talk too much, it is embarrassing in vain, or wait for the official issuance of the edict of knighthood tomorrow and then congratulate him, after all, he is the first knight in the navy after the war, and he has worked hard." Hey, the face is finally maintained, each side has a way to retreat, in case this head is not good, he can rush back and go out of the mountain again, I only hope that when he is commanded, he can lose a little less warships and kill fewer people. ”

"Do you also think that the rice bucket combination of Kagawa and Nagumo can't win the battle?" Inoue Chengmei pouted, "Just let them go nonsense?" ”

"What else can I do? Isn't it too arbitrary and offensive for me to say that no one can win a battle except Horikichi? Isn't Ozawa able to fight too? Yamamoto Fifty-six said helplessly, "Of course, it's not as good as Horiyoshi, everyone recognizes this, and Kazukawa's ability to fight is probably not as good as mine." Fortunately, the Pacific Fleet was subdued by Hori Tetsuyoshi, and our army now has a good advantage, and it can still be tossed, and it is best that Germany can quickly overturn Britain and the United States and cease the war as soon as possible. ”

"Sooner or later, this advantage will be ruined by them!" Inoue Narumi scolded indignantly, Yamamoto was speechless for a while, and finally had nothing to say to comfort him, "Today is Christmas, I remember that when I was in the United States, Americans had a lively time, so you should go home early and reunite with your family." ”

"What about you?"

"I also want to accompany Envoy Cole to drink to celebrate Christmas, and the army wants to go to the Germans to fight the autumn breeze, so pull me to accompany me."

Inoue Narumi smiled meaningfully: "Merry Christmas to you all!" ”

In order to get money from Germany, Ishihara took a lot of effort: not only invited Kohl in the name of celebrating Christmas, but also chartered the best hotel in Ginza, arranged various Western gadgets such as Christmas trees, colored balls, lanterns, and bands, creating a strong festive atmosphere, and also asked King Minoru Higashikuremiya, who also loves to play, to come forward, and even brought Yamamoto Isoroku and Foreign Minister Tani Masayuki, who has always had a close relationship with Kohl, to accompany him. Now everyone knows that Kohl has a lot of power, and he is not the kind of marionette in Japan who has to ask for instructions on everything, and his energy is very great: the German diplomatic system in Japan, the military exchange and inspection system, the Japanese-German trade and arms trading system, the German submarine force in Japan, and the German marines in India are essentially subordinate to Kohl's unified command. Although he is only a mere colonel, the actual authority in Japan is probably at least a prince or general with real power.

Like this autumn wind, as long as Cole is persuaded to the whole thing, it is basically 80% successful, and it can only be persuaded, not bought. Because Cole has hundreds of millions of capital flows in his hands and has great prospects, he will not put the cart before the horse and look at the bribes provided by Japan. As for the meat bullet, it's good to laugh at this kind of thing, the head of state is too lazy to care, and the Japanese themselves don't take it seriously, as far as Cole's handsome and tall appearance and young and powerful position are all top-notch figures in the European power circle, what kind of woman do you want?

When the wine was half-drunk, Ishihara Waner pulled out this opinion with a smile, but Cole didn't answer directly, but asked casually: "What about Admiral Hori?" I heard you were holding him in? ”

"Where, where. The envoy joked, Admiral Hori was just not in a good mood and didn't want to come out, who would dare to detain him? But things will pass. King Minoru of the Higashikure Palace smiled and said, "He is the first military strategist of the empire, and he will be knighted in two days, and His Majesty does not think that his ideas and suggestions are wrong, but it is not suitable for Japan for the time being, and the empire has its own national conditions here." But in the final analysis, however, it is for the good of Japan, so he asked him to take people abroad to relax, and after a while, he will come back when he is mature, and the list of the inspection team has also been determined, all of whom are naval talents urgently needed by your country. ”

Cole squinted his eyes and said, "What about the combined fleet's cooperation?" ”

"Of course, we must continue to cooperate, but at present, most of the warships are still being repaired, and the officers and soldiers and armaments are also being replenished. Yamamoto Fifty-six was slightly drunk, but he was not confused about the big thing, and he immediately took it - the combined fleet could fight another autumn breeze with the operation, and the scale would definitely be much larger than that of the army, so he had to start laying the groundwork first.

Cole thought for a moment, and everyone held their breath and waited for him to answer, but he didn't wait too long, and quickly opened his mouth, but the content made everyone stunned for a moment......