Although he is usually regarded as an unattainable existence in the eyes of people in Japan, and one of the spiritual pillars is second only to their Amaterasu Okami.

Of course, there are also people who think that Hirohito is just a puppet of the Japanese military department, and his power has been completely hollowed out by the Japanese high-level, and the reason for those who have this knowledge is because Emperor Hirohito has never opposed any proposals and decisions of the Japanese military department.

However, many historical materials in later generations can show that Emperor Hirohito was not as simple as they thought, because in fact, any proposal of the Japanese military department, especially a major resolution, would be reviewed by the Minister of the Interior Kido Koichi before it was sent to him, and then as long as he did not like the implementation of the resolution, it was absolutely impossible to be sent to Emperor Hirohito's office.

Moreover, Emperor Hirohito, in order not to let his subordinates lead him by the nose, tried to take the army into his own hands; Therefore, in September 1935, Hirohito took advantage of the Kwantung Army's breakthrough of the Great Wall to invade China, and took advantage of the issue to order the opening of a university dormitory in the palace, and trained young generals with the ideas of Okawa Shuming, trying to control the army in his own hands.

At the same time, he also used Prince Zaihito of Kanin Miyajito and King Hiroko Fushimi to control the army and navy for him, raising the power of the imperial army to an unprecedented height.

After that, Prince Zaihito also took the opportunity to dismiss the high-ranking officers of the Imperial Road faction of the army and purge the War Department, and King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong was not to be outdone and purged the military and political faction of the navy, so that the Japanese imperial family had full control over the personnel of the military department of the navy, land and air force.

From then on, as long as Emperor Hirohito did not like or looked down on, it was absolutely impossible for him to become the head of the army, such as the prime minister of Japan, and the prime minister of the cabinet.

For example, he used to hate the Imperial Sect's Mazaki Shizaburo and the young strong officer had close contact, so Hirohito immediately left and right and hinted at his resignation, but Masaki still wanted to resist, and the end result was that Emperor Hirohito was removed from his post by the secret operation.

In 1943, many high-ranking officers in the Japanese military department were well aware of this.

Moreover, one of his masterpieces was to approve Hideki Tojo to form a fascist Axis with leaders such as Hitler in Germany and Mussolini in Italy, to launch the Asian theater of World War II, to invade Asian countries, and to establish the so-called "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" of the Japanese army.

Therefore, at this moment, the anger of Emperor Hirohito, and the battle order, suddenly made Hideki Tojo, Chief of Staff Sugiyama Moto, and other high-level ministers of civil and military affairs tremble.

Because any of them knew that if they offended Emperor Hirohito, then their official position, or even next time, would not be very good; At least they are dismissed from office, and at worst, they may not even be able to save their own lives and the lives of their families.

"Yes! Your Majesty! We will do our best to accomplish Your Majesty's will! ”

Therefore, in addition to being afraid, all the ministers of civil and military affairs were very alert and immediately spoke in unison, nodded to Emperor Hirohito, and saluted.

Seeing this, Emperor Hirohito nodded lightly with satisfaction.

"Good! I hope that you will do your part and do your best to defeat the United States of America, the most formidable enemy since the founding of the Empire, within one year, and let them come to the negotiating table and have friendly peace talks with us! ”

"The empire is the true master of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, and the most powerful hegemon in the Pacific in the future!"

Then Emperor Hirohito exposed his strongest ambition for the first time, and said with high spirits and confidence.

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

In this regard, all the ministers of civil and military affairs were full of doubts and puzzled about what Emperor Hirohito's nerves were today, and where he had the confidence to defeat the forces of the allies such as Britain, the United States, and Canada, and responded in unison.

Then the Imperial Council convened by Emperor Hirohito gradually began to end, and the ministers began to step out of the palace to study and implement their new battle orders.

However, after two days and two nights of deliberation, the Japanese military leaders continued to adhere to their plan of operation of the 'absolute defense circle', but in the implementation of this strategic plan, they also discovered the importance of the Gilbert Islands.

Because in the island chain strategy of the 'absolute defense circle' that they deployed, the first island chain defense position was the Gilbert Islands, and if this island was lost, it would endanger the security of the Marshall Islands, Wake Island, and the Aleutian Islands; It will even implicate the garrisons of the second and third island chains.

Therefore, Hideki Tojo quickly summoned the Minister of Military Orders, Nagano Shusui, and the new commander of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Koga Mineichi and other senior generals to hold a battle plan for the defense of the Gilbert Islands.

However, during the meeting, Minister of Military Command Nagano Shusei believed that the US military, which had just suffered a major loss of vitality on the Southwest Pacific Front, would not be able to launch a surprise attack on the Gilbert Islands in the near future.

However, due to the caution of Hideki Tojo and the influence of Emperor Hirohito's battle orders at the Imperial Council, the Minister of Military Orders, Shumi Nagano, cautiously issued the following military arrangements to the new commander of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Koga Mineichi, as a precautionary measure.

First: immediately remove some of the submarines from Rabaul's submarine force and deploy them on the periphery of the Gilbert Islands to cordon and assist in the operation.

Second, deploy a large number of minefields to prepare for a surprise landing operation by the US military.

Third, the 2nd Fleet of the Combined Fleet will immediately be stationed in the vicinity of the Gilbert Islands, with the land-based air force from Rabaul as the main defensive force to resist the US attack, and even if necessary, it can take the initiative to lure the US forces to attack, and then use a large number of land-based air forces to completely annihilate the US incoming fleet.

Fourth, Rabaul's destroyer squadron also deployed half of its strength to assist the 2nd Fleet of the Combined Fleet in the anti-American operation.

Fifth, the 3rd Fleet of the Combined Fleet will be in reserve and will be ready to engage in naval battles at any time to annihilate the US fleet.

Sixth: Immediately strengthen all air defense and anti-landing fortifications in the Gilbert Islands, and make sure that all invading US troops are annihilated.

After the Minister of Military Orders, Shusei Nagano, issued these operational orders, he also transferred Major General Keiji Shibasaki, who had just turned 50, to the Gilbert Islands as the commander of the 3rd Special Base Area, responsible for all defense of the Gilbert Islands.

At the time of this series of deployments carried out by the Minister of Military Command, in the Imperial Palace where Emperor Hirohito lived, Joachim von Ribbentrop, who had been appointed by Hitler as the foreign minister of Nazi Germany, also entered Niebashi and was greeted by Minister Kidouchi, the emperor's adviser to the emperor, who had already arrived in advance.

"Minister Ribbentrop, welcome to Japan again!"

As soon as they met, Minister Kidouchi, an adviser to the emperor, greeted him with a smile.

"Thank you, Minister Kidochi, for greeting you!"

Foreign Minister Ribbentrop also responded with a bright smile.

At the same time, he also walked to the other party's side and quickly handed a large stack of checks to the other party's right hand with an extremely covert movement.

In this regard, the Minister of Kido quickly accepted it without the slightest refusal and put it in his clothes.

Then the two of them continued to chat happily as if they were all right, and walked unhurriedly towards the study where Emperor Hirohito was.

"Your Majesty is waiting for you inside, Minister Ribbentrop!"

When he came to the door of Hirohito's study, he smiled and said softly to Foreign Minister Ribbentrop.

After that, he took Foreign Minister Ribbentrop to meet Emperor Hirohito, and Emperor Hirohito was also wearing a bright and neat military uniform at the moment to meet Foreign Minister Ribbentrop sent by Chen Yanlong.