After more than a month of sleepless, exhaustive, and hard work, not only did they not get any reward, but their situation became more and more crisis, and their situation became more and more crisis.

It's very painful for them!

Every day, my heart is suffering from boundless pain!

They want to make a change, but they sadly find that no matter what choices they make, no matter what changes they make, they can't change the outcome in the end!

This discovery made them very frustrated, and it made their mood extremely broken.

They claim to be the pride of the heavens, and they claim to be superior, but when they are faced with such a situation, when they are faced with such an unchangeable fate that seems to be the will of heaven, they are unable to make any changes.

This result made them very devastated!

If it weren't for the fact that these people were all very good officers and had very good psychological qualities, I am afraid that they would have collapsed and lost their faith.

This officer's low cry caused a chain reaction in an instant, which made the other staff officers present also feel sad, and for a while, all the officers in the command were in tears.

Looking at them, even Okamura Ninji's eyes were red for a while, and he almost cried.

But as a soldier, as a commander, he was still at the most critical juncture, forcibly suppressing the tears that were about to fall.

As a general, especially a general with a lot of power, no matter what kind of situation you encounter, you can't cry, you must not cry!

Because if the commander weeps, then this army ...... It's really over!

He can only carry all the pressure and all the pain by himself, and he can't vent it, so he can only bury it in his heart, so that these pains can slowly dissipate or precipitate over time.

Because, those in power are not even allowed to relieve pressure!

Yes, Okamura Ninji forcibly calmed himself, took a deep breath, slowly recovered his mood, and then looked at everyone present, and said in a deep voice: "I know that you are bitter in your heart, I also know that you have done your best, and I know that you have made efforts over the past few days, but ...... We have not received anything in return, and even our situation has become more and more embarrassing, and it is not your responsibility! ”

"It's not your responsibility, Commander!" A staff officer said with tears in his voice.

Okamura Ninji shook his head, as if he had thought of something, and laughed at himself: "What's the use of talking about this now!" Is it my responsibility and what difference does it make? When the dust settles on the war, no matter what, my end is already doomed, who cares whose responsibility it is? It has to fall on my head anyway! ”

After saying this, Okamura Ninji sighed, walked out of the headquarters, walked outside, looked at the earth in the distance, looked at the sky, looked at the bare branches, and was silent for a long time.

And those staff officers also walked out silently one by one after crying.

All the people in the headquarters stopped working, and all the staff officers, all the officers, even if they were guards, even if they were a messenger, all followed, standing behind Okamura Ninji, looking at him silently.

Although Okamura Ninji didn't speak, for some reason, these people present had a premonition in their hearts.

None of them could tell what it was, but they instructed them to follow.

Okamura Ninji didn't speak, and neither did they.

Everyone was silently looking at the scenery.

Okamura Ninji was looking at the sky, on the ground, looking at the afterglow that was about to fall.

And they ...... I am also looking at the sky, the earth, and the afterglow that is about to fall.

In their hearts, Okamura Ninji is their sky, their earth, and the afterglow of this moment.

Time passed minute by minute, the afterglow in the west gradually dissipated, and the red glow in the sky was gradually disappearing, when the last wisp of red glow was about to disappear, when the darkness was about to cover the earth, Okamura Ninji finally spoke.

"Gentlemen, what do you say the future of our empire will be?" Okamura Ninji said softly.

No one spoke, everyone was silent.

When Okamura Ninji said this, he tilted his ears sideways, as if waiting for an answer, and after waiting quietly for a while, he found that no one answered, so he couldn't help but withdraw his ears and said with a smile: "If you don't say it, I'll tell you!" ”

He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "I think the future of our empire ...... It's like the afterglow in front of you......"

"Your Excellency, Commander...... Be careful! "A staff officer wants to be reminded.

However, Okamura Ninji didn't care at all, waved his hand with his back to them, and continued: "The empire is like this afterglow, and it has come to its end! ”

"The Meiji Restoration, our empire came out of the darkness and went to the nascent; So many years of accumulation and hard work let us gradually rise to the sky, but the prosperity must be reversed, and the end of the extreme will always begin to decline, which is an inevitable trend, and no one can change it! ”

"Our empire has been going downhill since a few years ago, and like the sun after noon, they are slowly setting, and now...... Our empire is on the verge of an imminent end, and we ...... It's the last rays of empire! ”

Okamura Ninji said lightly.

Although his voice was small, to the ears of everyone present, it was tantamount to a thunderclap from the bottom, making everyone pale and terrified for a while.

"Your Excellency, Commander, if you say that...... I hope you don't say any more......"

"What's this!" Okamura Ninji laughed, and then said, "This is reality! ”

"This is the current situation in our empire, everyone can see it, everyone understands it in their hearts, but they don't say it, they are all for their own interests, for their own interests, not only did they not say it, not only did they not stop such a trend, but they tried their best to cover it up, and at the same time dragged the empire to speed up the end of the curtain...... It's already inevitable! ”

Okamura Ninji's words made everyone present fearful, they already had a premonition, and some even guessed what their commander wanted to do.

They tried to persuade, but when they opened their mouths, the fear from the bottom of their hearts prevented them from saying anything.

Speechless for a moment.

At this moment, I heard Okamura Ninji continue: "But...... What I'm going to say is...... He's an end, but it's not a new beginning! ”

(End of chapter)