"What do we do now? Can anyone come up with a charter for me! As the most noble spiritual leader of the Japanese army, Emperor Hirohito sat on the top seat, glanced at the officers present, and then said in a deep voice.

Although his real power in the country is not as good as before, he can only exist as a spiritual leader, and most of his power is divided between the prime minister and some ministers, but after all, he is still the emperor.

When he speaks, whoever he says, listen honestly!

In fact, Emperor Hirohito is in a very bad mood at the moment!

He didn't know what the imperial troops had done on the mainland recently, and this time there was such a big thing, mainly because things couldn't be suppressed, so he told himself!

If it weren't for such a big incident, I'm afraid he wouldn't have known that so many division commanders had died recently, and even the third division had been completely annihilated!

Some time ago, the army just said that the situation was very good, but why did their situation fall into the current situation in just a few months?

Emperor Hirohito was puzzled, but more angry!

But after the anger, there is helplessness!

His rights are all hollowed out, and now he has not many rights other than appearing in the army as a spiritual symbol!

Up to now, he has not been consulted at all about what plans have been formulated by the domestic base camp, and only after discussing the plan has been sent to him for approval, and even some documents do not need to be approved by him, only need to go through the chief cabinet secretary!

And he, like a Chihuahua, was pulled up by them to act as a mascot when he needed it, and let him sit in the palace all the time when he didn't need it.

How sad is that?!

However, Emperor Hirohito simply did not have the slightest way to reverse his current situation!

Just when Hirohito was thinking like this, after hearing Emperor Hirohito say this, Prime Minister Konoe Fumiro had to say out loud: "Your Majesty, although we have to come up with a charter, we must first clarify the matter!" If you don't figure it out, it's not easy to deal with! So ......"

When he said this, Konoe Fumiji looked at Umezu Mijiro, who was sitting next to him, and said: "Your Excellency Umezu Mijiro, as the commander of the Kwantung Army, you command all aspects of the mainland's armies, presumably you know more than us, so you can introduce the current situation to Your Majesty!" ”

"Hey!"

Hearing this, Umezu Mijiro nodded, then looked at the people present, and said, "Your Majesty, colleagues, the current situation on the mainland is very tense!" Our empire has reached the most critical moment! ”

Umezu Mijiro looked grim and said in a deep voice: "At present, our Central China and North China Fronts in China have all suffered heavy blows from the China Army to varying degrees, and the North China Front has suffered heavy casualties in the battles of Xuzhou and Wuhan, and is currently unable to organize large-scale battles!" ”

"And the Central China Front ...... Two divisions in a row suffered heavy losses or even total annihilation, coupled with the assassination of Shunroku Hata by the Chinese Army, the entire Central China Front is currently very nervous, not to mention the strength of the troops, and even the emotional state of the soldiers is not very good! ”

"It can be said that our North and Central China can only defend passively and have lost the ability to take the initiative!" Umezu Mijiro said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, everyone present was shocked, with a look of shock on their faces, and couldn't help but say in a deep voice: "The situation has reached this point? ”

No one thought that the situation had become so dangerous!

Whether it was Fumiro Konoe or Emperor Hirohito, although they received the news that the empire was suffering from difficulties on the mainland, they did not expect that the situation had already eroded to this point!

This is almost on the verge of life and death!

After hearing this, everyone present fell into silence for a while.

Everyone's face showed a look of uneasiness, among which Hirota Hiroki and Tojo Hideki looked even worse, Hirota Hiroki is the prime minister of the cabinet, and Tojo Hideki is the Minister of War.

Therefore, after hearing the situation in front of them, both of them were a little pale, eager to find a solution to change the situation.

After Umezu Mijiro said this, he sat in his position indifferently, as if these things were not half of his business at all, and he looked like he was out of the way, although those chief cabinet secretaries, deputy chiefs of staff and others were also frowning and worried, but they were not worried about their future, after all, this kind of thing is not to blame on them!

And Emperor Hirohito was anxious, Konoe Fumiro was only angry, and only Hideki Tojo and Hirota Hiroki couldn't sit still!

Looking at the expressions of these people, Hideki Tojo secretly scolded in his heart, this group of people is usually very good, but at the critical moment, none of them are reliable!

However, despite the scolding in his heart, he couldn't show it in front of him, but after frowning and pondering for a while, Hideki Tojo suddenly said: "Gentlemen, after hearing the words of His Excellency Umezu Mijiro, I think you all understand that now for our empire, the situation has reached a moment of life and death!" This is a fact that we all can't avoid and need to face! ”

"So, in a situation like this, we need all of us to come together and get through this together!"

Hideki Tojo said in a deep voice: "It is conceivable that the situation of the Central China and North China Front in the next period of time will definitely be very critical, and it will even be under a lot of pressure, this is only one of them!" On the other hand, once this matter comes out, our empire will also suffer a lot in the international community, after all, it is not a glorious thing for a commander to be assassinated by a sneak attack! ”

"And after such a thing, the Chinese side will definitely not let go of such a great opportunity, they will definitely take the opportunity to fall into the ground, and together with those who have ill intentions towards us in the world, they will also attack us and ruin our reputation!"

"So, I hope you should understand that this is not just the responsibility of one person, not just Shunroku Hata or a certain front, this is the responsibility of our entire empire! This is a problem we all need to face! ”

"None of us can avoid it!"

(End of chapter)