ps: Pretend to force the chapter to serve, please tap the spray......

The car quickly returned to the military command department, and the three of them sat down in the conference room with tea sets and discussed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Do you two understand opposing views of history?"

Yamamoto and Inoue looked at each other, confused.

"The opposing view of history is a simplified, distorted conception of history - when a person is a hero, everything he does is right and good; If a person is a bad guy, everything is wrong and bad. You can look at our evaluation of the characters, and basically can't get rid of this simple facial sketch. Horikichi smiled, "Now we will follow this system: the newspapers have repeatedly advertised that I am a hero, a loyal general, and the greater the credit and contribution I make, the more profound and perfect this impression will be; And those who oppose me are worse, more treacherous, and uglier...... This kind of opposing logic is in line with the needs of interpretation and governance, and it is also easy to brainwash the people. In fact, human beings are very complex animals, how can they be black and white? A loyal minister may do bad things, and a traitor may do good things, but can this be shown? ”

The two nodded hesitantly.

"The second article of the opposing view of history, the emperor has always been sage, if there is a problem, either he is deceived by the thieves, or there are traitors below who do not do what His Majesty wants." Horikichi said in a mocking tone, "When it comes to the national situation and major policies in the past 20 years, let's not talk about success or failure, is it the fault of the courtiers that there are problems?" Does Your Majesty have any responsibility? ”

"You!" Hearing him say so bluntly, the two of them were stunned for a moment, and subconsciously reflexively scolded, "Bold!" ”

"The two of you finally saved face for me, and didn't scold me for being a fanatic." Horikichi smiled slightly, "I dare to connect the troops and raise troops to rebel, do you still need to argue if you are bold?" I treat you as your own people, and I will tell you what I have to say, isn't it tiring to pretend to hang a mask? Didn't Yamamoto-kun remind me again and again a few days ago to make me pay attention to my posthumous name? I think the film can probably be explained. It is said that heroes are not judged by success or failure, but in fact, if Japan wins this war, you and I, as the two commanders of the combined fleet, will we need to go to great lengths to argue whether we are heroes or bastards? ”

-- It makes sense, and the two of them were speechless.

"From this logic, as long as I do it right, Your Majesty is wrong. But His Majesty's Shengming is the consensus of everyone, and if there is a problem, someone will deceive the Holy Hearing, and a scapegoat must be found. Now that the scene is so big and so many things have happened, if His Highness is not allowed to bear all the sins, will His Majesty be allowed to make an edict for himself? This will really shake the country's foundation! So......" Horikichi said in a very firm tone, "I'm helping him!" ”

After his patient explanation, the two finally figured out the full set of "rebellious" logic:

The first pillar to maintain the emperor's rule was Shomei, and Horikichi did not try to break it, but easily blocked it by finding a scapegoat;

The second pillar that maintains the emperor's rule is loyalty, but loyalty is often linked to good generals, and it is difficult to prove loyalty, but Horiyoshi used the results of the war to establish good generals, indirectly proving "loyalty", and in turn, the person who opposed him is naturally a "national thief";

The third pillar is the army and navy containment, which is a consistent ruling balance, but now he uses land and sea coordination to resist this containment, and uses kendo to show "overhead ability";

The fourth pillar is the armed forces of the Guards Division, and the Marine Brigade taught the Guards Division a lesson with firepower, and gradually broke the morale of the Guards Division with condolences and reconciliation......

"I have set up a full set of steps for Your Majesty, the reason why he is reluctant to come down is because he is thinking about the last pillar - the main force of the Combined Fleet, but ......" Horiyoshi laughed so much that tears came out, "I have led the United Fleet to fight back and forth for more than a year, crisscrossing seven oceans, broadcasting five continents, and leveling the United States, this appeal can be completely changed with a mere edict?" It's only been a few days since Shiro Kawakoshi took over the fleet, and he can't even recognize the head, can he completely replace me? If he had this level, he wouldn't be the current Jichuan a long time ago. ”

"Have you ever thought about it, why should I take turns to send more than 270 adjutants and 2-3 times the number of lieutenants to accompany them to the homes of the war dead to send condolences to the homes of the war dead?"

"This ...... Isn't it to buy the hearts of the military? Inoue asked hesitantly, and immediately added, "I'm just talking about things, and I don't have any malice." ”

"No wonder some people below have scolded you two for being an official for too long and being impersonal......" Horikichi's reply was also ruthless enough. Yamamoto's face froze, and he suddenly remembered that he had choked on his words twice, Hiroshi Nakasō, a small lieutenant.

"The graduates of the naval academy are all imperial elites, and it is even rarer to be an adjutant in the combined fleet. The vast majority of them came from poor backgrounds, and they changed their fate by studying and working hard. Yamamoto-kun, Inoue-kun, if we hadn't graduated from the Naval Academy back then, would we be in the situation we have now? The status has changed, the economic conditions have changed, but I believe that their conscience of worrying about the country and the people has not changed, and I asked them to go to the homes of the war dead to see how the poor families who have not been able to change their fate live, to relive the hardships and hardships of their childhood, and to touch them from the bottom of my heart. Officers who still have a little conscience and a little righteousness in their hearts know what is right and right. ”

Horikichi looked at Yamamoto Fifty-six with a smile: "After these more than 270 adjutants came back, I talked to them one by one, and many of them wept bitterly and told me what they had seen and heard about the national and social situation: they had just returned from Europe, and what kind of life were the German nationals living? What are the lives of the citizens of the Empire? Aren't the contrasts and impacts strong? Yamamoto-kun, you have also been in charge of the Navy for more than a year, and in addition to intriguing with the upper echelons every day, do you know all the adjutants there? Have you talked to them? Do you know what they're thinking about other than getting promoted and getting rich? An ace pilot like Akamatsu Sadaaki originally wanted to stay in Germany, but I persuaded him to come back, and now he is the first ace of HNA, and I also fought for his military rank; There was a good pilot named Saburo Sakai who was blind in one eye, and I asked Chief of Staff Kusaka to write a letter in my name to encourage him to regain his strength, and he later joined the carrier-based aircraft unit and is now a flight instructor...... Yamamoto-kun, in addition to writing letters to me, to your confidantes, to the officers and soldiers? ”

These words exploded in Yamamoto's mind like a bomb, and he now finally realized what Nakasū Hiroshi meant when he said "people's hearts are back". Since he became the Minister of the Navy, let alone talking to the adjutants, he can't even recognize the head, at most he has caught the rank of general. He stood up and staggered a few steps, then sat down again with a dejected expression, speechless for a long time.

Inoue Narumi felt a deep fear: Horikichi grabbed the adjutant and through them further captured the lieutenant, and firmly grasped the troops layer by layer, no wonder so many people signed a petition with him to go abroad this time - this is just the tip of the iceberg. Medium-sized generals like Tsunoda, Nishimura, and Shibasaki Keiji are simply not something that can be co-opted at will with an edict or a promise from a high-ranking official, and if Hori Yoshizane runs the Combined Fleet so deeply, his influence must be completely erased unless all the officers from top to bottom are replaced - let alone whether there are so many people on top, even if they can be topped, will they still have the original combat effectiveness?

"Battles are fought by people, no matter how good the armaments and weapons are, no one can do it." Horiyoshi laughed and said, "I don't think the main force of the Combined Fleet that you are worried about, even if Yamato and Musashi come together, I don't think it's terrible at all, and the Taiho is even less worrying -- I can tell you the truth, I have received a telegram this afternoon, informing me that the Taiho will set sail tomorrow at 9 o'clock in the morning, and that it will join the main force of the Combined Fleet in Tokyo, and even told me that many pilots refused to come under the pretext of illness and leave, and that it was a forced order to let them all get on the ship......

"You've already planted your people on it?"

"What's the need to place it?" Horikichi shook his head, "The entire warship is mine!" I have a clear idea who is in charge of the engines, who is in charge of guns, who is in charge of navigation, who is in charge of telecommunications, who is in charge of aviation, and who is in charge of munitions -- I have made unified arrangements after I returned to China. As for the pilots, the whole navy knows that except for the fact that I shout every day to give the pilots officer treatment, no high-level response has not changed, and even today has not changed their intentions. Even if they really had to attack me, wouldn't they have dropped the bomb beforehand or deflected it? These are all living, flesh-and-blood, emotional people, not cold machines, you just need to give orders. ”

"Looks like you're on your way to victory?"

"Since Your Majesty is still not dead, then I will let him see my strength, so as not to misjudge the situation with each other and tear their faces is not good for everyone. Besides, the Taiho is an army, and it needs to come to Tokyo to show its face and boost its morale, right? ”

Chiaki Matsuda knocked on the door and came in: "Sir, excuse me, 3,500 US military rations have been sent to the Guards Division, and the other party has proposed to send the Chariot Brigade to defend the Imperial Palace during the day tomorrow, and begs us to let it go." ”

"Agreed! I am also a courtier of His Majesty, how can I let him be hurt? Let's go......" Horikichi thought for a moment, "Tell Takeda to send him another 12 Shermans tomorrow, his No. 3 tank is a little worse, and he will always need some new equipment to defend His Majesty." ”

"You...... You send quartermasters, tanks to the Guards Division? Inoue was surprised.

"Why don't you send it? There is a lot of stock on the cargo ships in the port, all of which are looted American supplies, and it doesn't hurt to give them anything, and everyone is not an enemy. Not only will I send military supplies and tanks, but I'll also show them a movie tomorrow. ”

"Your Majesty will be desperate if you do this." Yamamoto Fifty-six Oni sent a messenger and asked, "Or are you planning to open a mansion in the future?" ”

"Despair of what? I don't want his position, as for the opening mansion Yunyun, it's the old yellow calendar of what age, you have to look forward! I'm 60 years old, and my children are average, so open a shogunate and then raise a group of fallen shogunators to crusade against me? I'm not that stupid, I can just live this life in a normal way......"

Yamamoto Fifty-six shook his head: "It's impossible to be bland, I'll continue to watch you vertical and horizontal, it's all 32 issues, although you are ranked stronger than me, how can the difference be so big?" ”

"That's because I lost once!" Horikichi smiled, "Don't you want to find a way to lose?" ”