Since the Meiji Restoration, Japan's national power has grown day by day, and with the rise of militaristic forces, something called ambition has gradually taken root in the hearts of the Yamato nation.

In the eyes of the Japanese, the Meiji Emperor is not only a generation of Mingjun, it can even be said that he is simply a savior, however, this is only the conclusion of the Japanese, in the eyes of the Chinese, this Meiji Emperor is simply a different look, probably not far from the devil.

In 1886, Emperor Meiji took office. After he became pro-government, he immediately took "opening up the territory and expanding the territory and the Quartet" as the basic national policy of the Japanese, hoping to solve the current situation of Japan's small territory and lack of resources. In 1871, centralization was introduced, a new type of army was created, and militarism was introduced. The decaying Manchu dynasty became the object of his experiments.

In 1874, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was being ravaged by Britain, France and other countries, was unable to resist and could only accept this fact. Subsequently, the troops sent to Korea and defeated the Beiyang Naval Division in the First Sino-Japanese War, which for more than half a century, Japan has continued to cut flesh and blood from the body of China, and use the flesh and blood of the Chinese people to supplement and strengthen itself, and after the thirties, the Japanese high-level has reached a unanimous opinion, and now it is time to fully occupy China and turn it into Japanese territory, just like that, on July 7, 1937, Japan began a full-scale war against China, and Sugiyama Gen openly shouted that the problem of China could be solved in three months.

As it turned out, Sugiyama was too optimistic. China is not Japan, there are 40,000,000 people living here, there are nearly 10 million square kilometers of land here, even if Japan relies on a much stronger national strength than China, but it is still very difficult. On the surface, the Japanese army was advancing in China. Almost every month there is good news: yesterday they took this city, today they took this important town, and last year they even occupied the capital Nanjing, and the Japanese people rejoiced at this, and the whole country believed that the solution of the Chinese problem was just around the corner.

But this is only the opinion of the general population and officers. It can be said that the people sitting in the conference room today are the top decision-makers in Japan, and they have the clearest view of the current situation in the two countries.

Don't look at Sugiyama Moto's shouting just now that it would take ten Chinese people to pay for the death of a Japanese soldier, but no one in the room knew that this was just his delusion. How many people are there in the whole of China? How many people are there in Japan? The war has been going on for a year, and the Japanese government alone announced that the annihilation of the Chinese army is no less than two million, but now the strength of the national army has not only not decreased, but has a tendency to fight more and more, in fact, let alone one or two million deaths, even the death of tens of millions will not hurt the muscles and bones for the huge population base of China, but once the Japanese population dies tens of millions, try it. I'm afraid that there is a danger of extinction of the country and the species.

Everyone argued for a long time and still did not come up with a satisfactory result, although Sugiyama Moto kept clamoring for large-scale retaliation, but this proposal was not adopted, everyone is not stupid, the reason why Japan used poison gas bombs unscrupulously in the Chinese battlefield in the past was because the Nationalist Government had no means to counterattack, now people not only have poison gas bombs, but also from the last urgent message sent by the Suzuki brigade, this is still a very poisonous and deadly poison gas, and the Japanese army has no means of checks and balances to match it at present. Clamouring for revenge is just a joke.

After the controversy was reached, it was decided that Foreign Minister Hirota Hiroki would first express the indignation of the Japanese government to the Nationalist Government through the British government. And immediately stop such behavior, otherwise the Japanese government will inevitably retaliate.

After the meeting, Prince Zaihito drove to the palace to see Emperor Hirohito.

At this time, it was autumn time, and Emperor Hirohito wore a pair of worn-out pants like a pocket, a knotted tie with deep eyes, and sat down in the flower garden with his head bowed and meditated.

Prince Zaihito reported the results of the meeting to Emperor Hirohito. The results of the meeting were presented with telegrams from the Suzuki Brigade and the headquarters of the Eleventh Army. After reading it, Hirohito changed his habit of using vague words, and said very sadly and bluntly: "Regardless of the cabinet discussion, there are so many casualties this time, and the corpses of the dead soldiers are insulted by the Shina people. It's a disgrace to the Empire, and I believe someone must be held accountable for this, and it must never happen again! ”

With that, Hirohito looked up into the distance, a glimmer of light flashing behind the porthole-style depth glasses.

Seeing Hirohito's such a clear attitude, Prince Zaihito couldn't help but be sincerely afraid, and immediately realized that he felt that if this matter was not handled well, the army would definitely have a sad life in the future.

The emperor is regarded as a god by Japan's subjects, and every Japanese person receives an imperial education at an early age. The basis of the Japanese Taoism is that there is a duty to the emperor and his parents, and without the emperor there is no homeland, and without parents there is no home. For the Japanese, the emperor is a god, just as their parents and teachers are little gods, and their feelings for the emperor are not only in awe, but also in love, obedience and duty. All Japanese people, regardless of their low status, each subject felt that they were related to the emperor by family and that the emperor was the father of all Japanese people. Because the Japanese affirm that the whole country of Japan was once one big family, a modern clan, a nation that evolved from clans over thousands of years.

Japan is the kingdom of God, the emperor is a god, and God's subjects warn their children that they will be blind if they look directly at the emperor's company. If an orator mentions the word "emperor" in his speech, the whole audience will immediately sit upright, and if a reporter asks about the emperor's private life, he will be told coldly that he cannot ask the question of God. Because the Emperor's power in Taoism was so great that the Emperor could not easily express his position, one could only guess the Emperor's intentions from his almost expressionless and vague half-sentences, whether at the Imperial Council or when he reported to him on an ad hoc basis.

And today, Prince Zaihito unexpectedly received clear instructions from Hirohito, and this instruction also contained reproach and disappointment, and he couldn't help but be honestly afraid. He immediately realized that if he didn't handle the matter properly this time, he was afraid that there would be an "earthquake" in the cabinet.

Thinking of this, a layer of cold sweat oozed from Prince Zaihito's back, and after saying goodbye to Hirohito, he immediately drove to the cabinet and began to send a report to Okamura Ninji and the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, Yan Junliu, telling them to deal with things more well. (To be continued.) )