"Gentlemen...... The survival of the empire has reached a critical juncture, and I hope you can work together. Sitting in his seat, Emperor Hirohito looked at Hideki Tojo, who had an ugly face, and opened his mouth to order.

Hideki Tojo stood upright, bowed his head and admitted, "Hi! We will fight to the death until the last moment, and we would rather be broken than let the American army move forward! ”

"Is there no room for peace?" Emperor Hirohito still asked with some reluctance: "If the United States is willing to guarantee our oil supply, we are willing to return Hawaii and Malaya ......."

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the United States will not easily accept defeat and surrender now, they were not willing to sue for peace before the Solomon Islands, and after the battle of the Solomon Islands, of course, the Americans are even more reluctant to sue for peace with us." Hideki Tojo replied depressedly.

Now Yamamoto's troops are hoarded in Rabaul and Hawaii, and the forces are very scattered, and the American fleet may counterattack at any time, so the Japanese top brass is very nervous.

Emperor Hirohito has convened several imperial councils to ask the senior officials at the base camp whether they can make peace with the United States and stop the war.

Of course, since the Battle of Pearl Harbor, the United States has not intended to spare Japan, so Japan's illusion that it would end the war as a victor has basically been shattered.

The current situation is that the Japanese side hopes to promote peace through fighting, while the United States side intends to bring Japan down and talk about other issues.

At this time, the United States had already made a fundamental strategic adjustment, and it was no longer possible to implement the basic policy of Europe first and then the Asia-Pacific region, and the only way left was to go down the road of Asia-Pacific first.

The problem before the United States was that if they continued to prioritize the basic national policy of Europe, then they would have to immediately stop the war with Japan and concentrate on dealing with Germany.

However, the Atlantic barrier is now monolithic, the outcome of the attack on Germany is unknown, and the national policy of insisting on Europe first is extremely risky, and no one can guarantee success, so the US top brass has tacitly prepared to give up this option.

Moreover, at this juncture, who in the United States would dare to mention making peace with Japan? The hatred of Pearl Harbor has burned the hysteria up and down the United States, and at this time shouting for peace with Japan, no matter who it is, will be pointed at by a thousand people.

Roosevelt did not have the confidence, and Marshall did not have the courage - no one dared to open this mouth, so he could only continue to fight the Pacific War.

On the other hand, the Pacific War was not generally beneficial to the United States. First of all, the naval battle here is just right for the taste of the American material war, and the two sides are fighting for a lot of production capacity, which happens to be the strength of the United States.

The United States has turned defeat into victory in the Pacific theater, reversed the unfavorable situation of the war, and dragged the war into a stalemate stage, which is also a reason why the United States is determined to kill Japan first.

In the end, the United States has also figured out that as long as Japan is eliminated, it can regain control of Southeast Asia and most of East Asia -- which is also beneficial for the United States and Germany in their struggle for hegemony.

Therefore, the United States has piled up almost all of its belongings in the Pacific Ocean, and the pressure on Japan is really getting greater and greater.

This pressure has been transferred to the shoulders of the Japanese high-level, and the pressure is overwhelming. Yoshida took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his face, but did not speak.

Sitting next to him was the Minister of the Navy and Shiro Kawako, whose face was not very good. The recent Japanese Navy can be described as a bad year.

The tactic of dividing troops to defend Hawaii is a tactic that the United States has learned and sold in the Solomon Islands, and although it looks good for a while, everyone knows that this is just a stopgap measure.

The Japanese Navy went on the defensive, and in fact lost half of it: they could only sit back and wait for the US Navy to produce more warships, and defeat was already a matter of doubt.

The two battleships Nagato, which were transferred away, did not have a good record in the Indian Ocean - the naval fleet of the British government-in-exile avoided fighting, leaving the Japanese Indian Ocean Fleet with fuel in vain, but not achieving the results it deserved.

A series of problems caused by the defeat of Yamamoto Fifty-six, of course, he can ignore it in Rabaul, but the black pot has to be carried by both Kawa and Yoshida.

"We must launch new aircraft carriers and new warships as soon as possible, so that we can build a fleet and continue to put pressure on the United States...... "Yoshida Zengo, as the chief of naval orders, can only talk about the construction of warships at this time, and he will never talk about the battle situation in advance.

"Admiral Yoshida is right, but we really can't spare more capacity to build warships for the Navy right now." Hideki Tojo looked at Yoshida Zengo and spoke.

"The army has reached its limit, everywhere is applying for more planes and more tanks, look at the tanks of the Germans, and then look at our tanks, you will know what our army used to fight with!"

"Tojo-kun, when you talk about this, I remember, are the tanks that were shipped back from Germany really that good?" Speaking of the Leopard tank sent by Germany, Emperor Hirohito of Japan was also interested, and suddenly asked.

In recent days, he had heard a lot about German tanks, and many army generals had stated to him the fact that on the European battlefield, the tactics of the Soviet Union and Germany were no longer something that the Japanese army could emulate.

At least when it comes to armored tank vehicles, there is a clear gap between Japan and the major European military powers, and if you want to improve this gap, the best way is to copy the Leopard tank.

"It's not just good, it's just genius design! Not to mention the caliber of the cannon, the German tank alone weighs more than 30 tons, which is not at all the same as ours! Hideki Tojo replied.

In his opinion, without advanced tank vehicles such as the Leopard tank, the Japanese army would definitely pay a heavy price in future land warfare.

It is a pity that Japan's current steel production and processing capacity has almost reached the limit, and the navy's steel is often insufficient, not to mention the army's steel quota.

Therefore, for Japan, it is unrealistic to imitate the Leopard tank, and they can only continue to insist on it, with their Type 97 tank, and insist on using it until after the war.

As for those advanced tank designs, no matter how greedy the Japanese Army was, there was only one way to get them: to trade with the Germans!

"Since it's really so good, then immediately transport it to the front line and deploy it where it's needed most." Emperor Hirohito nodded and commanded, "In addition, from now on, I will only eat one meal a day!" Save money and buy German tanks to defeat the mighty United States! ”