By the time Cherev and Stilwell talked, Hirohito had already gotten the news. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After learning that Kenji Dohihara was captured alive, and Xu Rui was in vain at all, Hirohito's first reaction was undoubtedly furious, and he was so angry that he jumped like thunder.

When War Minister Terauchi Terauchi and Army Deputy Minister Hideki Tojo came to Hirohito's imperial study, they heard Hirohito's angry roar for a while, like a trapped beast with a young cub killed and a mother captive, hiding in his cave and letting out a desperate roar, followed by the sound of artifacts falling to the ground and shattering.

"Yaga!"

"Yaga Yaru!"

"Damn the Shina people!"

"Stupid Shina man!"

"You're me off, you're really me off!"

"After all, you will pay the price of blood for today's guild!"

"Ah, Yaga, Yaga, I will definitely make you pay."

"The dignity of the Great Japanese Empire cannot be desecrated, and the dignity of the Japanese Imperial Family cannot be desecrated, Xu Rui, you will pay a tragic price for today's stupidity! Whew! Ahh......hh

Shouichi Terauchi and Hideki Tojo stood outside the imperial study, looking at each other, not daring to enter.

They can fully imagine how angry His Majesty the Emperor should be at this time, but they know better that the reason why His Majesty the Emperor is so out of shape and angry is not because of Xu Rui's refusal to surrender, but because Xu Rui's refusal to surrender has shattered His Majesty's strategy of attaching equal importance to military and politics.

To put it bluntly, it was the failure to recruit Xu Rui, which seriously weakened the prestige of the emperor!

When Xu Rui refused to be surrendered, and the news of Kenji Dohihara being captured was transmitted back to the empire, there was even such a voice in the empire: His Majesty the Emperor did not understand politics and military affairs at all, and he did not understand anything, but he had to dictate the political and military strategies of the empire, so that it caused irreparable heavy losses.

It's just a rumor, and even the cabinet and base camp have this kind of noise!

It is simply inconceivable that such a voice should appear in Japan, where the emperor reigns supreme! No wonder Emperor Hirohito reacted so violently!

Terauchi Shouichi and Tojo Hideki both knew that Hirohito was angry at the moment, so they didn't dare to enter and touch his moldy head, and the two suddenly realized that the old guy in the idle courtyard palace Zaihito was definitely not really sick, but he had known it for a long time, and Emperor Hirohito was in a very bad mood, so he hid from his illness, but let them touch this moldy head.

At that moment, Terauchi Shouichi and Tojo Hideki both began to greet the ancestral women of the Kanin Palace in their hearts, but halfway through the greeting, they suddenly thought again, the ancestral women of the Kanin Palace, are they not the ancestral women of His Majesty the Emperor? At the moment, they each slapped themselves in the face, leaving all distractions behind.

The roar and the cracking of artifacts in the imperial study rang out for half an hour before finally subsided.

After almost five minutes, it was certain that Emperor Hirohito would not go crazy again, and the two dared to enter.

When Terauchi Shouichi and Tojo Hideki walked into the imperial study, they saw Hirohito half-lying in the chair with gold rim, his face full of exhaustion, and when he saw the two of them walking in, Hirohito only raised his eyelids slightly, and said sickly: "Terauchi-san and Tojo-san, are you here?" Come near, come near me. ”

"Hello!" The two of them paused heavily and walked in front of Hirohito.

Hirohito's eyelids lifted slightly, revealing two bloodshot eyes, looking at Terauchi Shouichi and Tojo Hideki, and asked faintly: "Terauchi-san, Tojo-san, do you also think I am very useless?" Do you also think that I don't understand politics and military affairs at all, but I have to meddle in the foreign strategy of the empire? ”

Terauchi Shouichi hesitated slightly, and Tojo Hideki had already rushed to say: "Of course not, in the eyes of the minister, His Majesty the Emperor is the unborn British lord of the Great Japanese Empire, and the young prison country has shown extraordinary ambitions, and the empire can have today's strong situation, which is absolutely inseparable from His Majesty the Emperor's wisdom and martial arts, and hard work." ”

Shouichi Terauchi glanced at Hideki Tojo with his head slightly, thinking, this sycophant.

However, it must be admitted that Hideki Tojo's sycophant was very useful to Hirohito.

Hirohito's mood was finally no longer as bad as it was just now, he straightened his sitting posture and asked, "Tojo-san, did you really do something wrong about my strategy of simultaneous political and military development?" ”

"Of course not." Hideki Tojo said, "The strategy of simultaneous political and military development is a treasure book for governing the world!" ”

Hirohito immediately frowned and said: "If the strategy of simultaneous political and military development is not wrong, why would such a result be reaped in the matter of recruiting Xu Rui?" After a pause, Hirohito said in great confusion, "It is an effective strategy to put it on Ma Zhanshan, why is it that Xu Rui is invalid?" I really don't understand. ”

Hideki Tojo said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty's strategy is not wrong, the mistake is the idiot of Tohihara. ”

"Is it the soil fertilizer that is wrong?" Hirohito bowed slightly, and asked Hideki Tojo, "How do you say this?" ”

Tojo Hideki said again: "The so-called peace talks, but this peace talk, but not the word peace, but on the battlefield, the idiot of Kenji Dohihara, although he understood the spirit of His Majesty and began to negotiate peace with Xu Rui, but he did not understand the essence of the word peace talk at all, and actually repeatedly gave in to Xu Rui's military adventure. ”

"Sodesnay!" Hirohito suddenly perked up when he heard Hideki Tojo's words, and immediately took the case and said, "When he was in Manchuria, the reason why Kenji Dohihara was able to successfully negotiate peace with Ma Zhanshan was entirely because the Second Division maintained strong pressure on the Ma Zhanshan group on the Songnen Plain, and it turned out that the problem was here!" ”

"Hello." Hideki Tojo paused, "This idiot is too accommodating to Xu Rui. ”

Speaking of this, Hirohito's spirit had fully recovered, and he said: "Tojo-san, do you mean that if strong pressure is maintained on the Dameishan Independent Regiment militarily, the peace talks with Xu Rui may still be successful, and Xu Rui is still likely to surrender due to the strong military pressure of the imperial army, right?" ”

"Hello!" Hideki Tojo paused, "Chen always believes in one sentence, there is no unbridled person in this world, it depends on whether you can afford enough price!" Xu Rui's price is obviously higher than Ma Zhanshan's, for now, the empire may not be able to afford it, but we can completely reduce his asking price through military means! ”

"Yo Xi!" Hirohito nodded happily, pressed the bell to summon a guard, and instructed the guard, "Immediately summon the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer into the palace, and I will hold a pre-imperial meeting overnight, quick, quick!" ”

There are also two types of Imperial Councils, one of which is a Council of Staff and the other is a Council of Ministers.

This time, Hirohito convened a cabinet meeting attended only by high-ranking officials.

Not long after, Prime Minister Fumihiro Konoe, Minister of Finance Ihataro Ishikuta, and Foreign Minister Hiroki Hirota hurriedly rushed to the Imperial Palace.

"I'm afraid the war on the Chinese battlefield will have to continue."

Hirohito's first words scared Prime Minister Fumihiro Konoe half to death.

Konoe Fumiro said in a panic: "Your Majesty, the war on the Chinese battlefield must not continue any longer, if it continues, the empire will really go bankrupt, Your Majesty should be very clear that the latest issue of this issue of treasury bonds, the people's enthusiasm for subscription is not as good as before, this is not that the people are not patriotic and do not support the war, it is really that the people's financial resources have been exhausted, Your Majesty!" ”

The Minister of Finance, Ihataro Ishi, also said: "Your Majesty, with the current financial situation of the Ministry of Finance, it is true that it can no longer afford a large-scale military operation!" ”

Hirohito frowned and said, "I can't afford a large-scale military operation, but there is always no problem with a medium-sized operation, right?" ”

"Medium-sized?" Konoe Fumiro frowned and asked, "How large, how many divisions are used?" ”

Hirohito turned his gaze to Terauchi Shouichi and Hideki Tojo, and Hideki Tojo hurriedly said: "At least five divisions and regiments are needed to ensure that major progress can be made in a short period of time!" ”

"Five divisions?" Izukura Igetaro shouted, "This can't be, absolutely can't!" ”

Konoe Fumiro also said: "Your Majesty, in order to win the Battle of Wuhan, the empire has exhausted all manpower and material resources, due to the lack of firearms, even the teaching guns of the army non-commissioned officer school have been collected and transported to China to supplement the use of troops, and now it is really ...... to use more than five divisions and regiments to launch a large-scale attack."

Ikutaro Ishiku continued, "It's really beyond the limits of the Imperial Finances! ”

Hirohito set his sights on Hideki Tojo again, meaning that he could not reduce a few divisions?

Hideki Tojo frowned and thought for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Four divisions, no less!" ”

"Impossible, impossible!" Konoe Fumiro shouted, "One division, at most one division!" ”

"Konoe-san, are you kidding? A division wants to exterminate Xu Rui's Dameishan Independent Regiment? The Himeji Division is a lesson from the past! Hideki Tojo roared loudly, "Three divisions, no less!" ”

"Two divisions!" Fumiro Konoe was like a vegetable seller, bargaining and saying, "No more!" ”

The two of them didn't give in to each other, and the spit flew, and then Ishija Inotaro and Terauchi Shouichi also joined in, and finally even Foreign Minister Hirota Hiroki also joined in, and the five of them made a royal study noisy like a vegetable market, and several guards guarding outside the imperial study listened to each other, this is really a tall imperial meeting? How is it like a vegetable seller quarreling?

The five ministers divided into two factions and quarreled for a long time, but no result came out.

In the end, it was Hirohito who made the final decision and said: "Okay, don't make any noise, this time we will mobilize two divisions and an independent brigade, the Kumamoto division plus the 104th Division, and the Taiwan brigade." ”

Fumiko Konoe and Hideki Tojo were silent. (To be continued.) )