Emperor Hirohito also knew that it was useless to just get angry at this moment, so he just lost his temper for a while, and quickly calmed down.

He clearly knew that the immediate task was to immediately negotiate a countermeasure, and that anger and silence were useless in solving the problem!

Thinking of this, Emperor Hirohito said in a deep voice: "Let's talk about it, you all talk about what to do, now it has reached the most dangerous moment of our empire, the slightest carelessness will be the end of the car crash and death, and none of these people here will be able to run away at that time!" ”

"You all talk, you all discuss, and come up with a charter together! Just sitting like this won't help! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present couldn't help but glance at each other, and no one spoke for a while.

Seeing that they didn't speak, Emperor Hirohito became more and more angry, and wanted to lose his temper but still held back, he couldn't help but look at Nobuyuki Abe, and said in a deep voice: "Abe-kun, you are the prime minister of the cabinet, you speak first!" ”

"Hey!" Hearing His Majesty's roll call, Nobuyuki Abe sighed, pondered for a moment and then said, "We know the current situation, it's not very good!" Central China is also irretrievable, in my opinion, the best way is not to continue to make up for it, but to find a way to find another way! ”

"Going off the beaten path? How can you find a different way? Tell us what you think? Emperor Hirohito asked.

"The last time we failed to go north, this made us suffer a lot of losses, attacking the Russian army is no longer a good way, the only thing we can do at the moment is open source! At present, our strategic reserves are extremely short, and they are even about to be empty, if we continue like this, I am afraid that we will collapse first without others doing it! ”

"Then you say the method!" Emperor Hirohito was impatient for him to continue to ramble, and couldn't help frowning and urging.

Nobuyuki Abe was silent for a while, and finally said in a deep voice: "Change the strategic focus and focus our main efforts on Southeast Asia!" ”

"No!"

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Hirohito had not yet spoken, and a group of army ministers led by Prince Mahiko of Asakanomiya and Prince Zaihito of Kanin Palace immediately exclaimed.

Prince Zairen said in a deep voice: "Attacking China and building a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Circle is our goal and direction all along, and we have made countless efforts to achieve this goal. Wouldn't all that you had done so far be in vain! ”

"No, Your Majesty, this will not work!"

Prince Jaehito said categorically.

When he said this, the rest of the Army Department also nodded their heads in agreement.

"I didn't say to give up the mainland, why is Prince Zairen so excited!" Nobuyuki Abe said unhurriedly: "What I said about focusing on Southeast Asia is under the premise of stability in the mainland region!" ”

"Then you say, what kind of stabilization method is this stabilization?" Prince Jaehito asked.

"Give up Central China, and even give up North China if necessary, you just need to stick to the three provinces and ensure the safety of this place!" Nobuyuki Abe said: "At present, the area outside the Guanguo can no longer be garrisoned, and the fall of Central China is a clear thing, although there is no problem in North China at the moment, everyone here understands that it is only a matter of time before the Chinese army recovers, rather than waiting for the arrival of the Chinese army to be forced to fight with it and lose the army again, it is better to give up now, retreat outside the Guan, and hold the area outside the Guanxi tightly!" ”

"You know, the area outside the border is rich in resources, and we have built a lot of factories, as long as we hold this area, we can provide our empire with a steady stream of war resources, which is enough for us to conquer Southeast Asia!"

"After we conquer Southeast Asia, we will be fighting to feed the war, plundering the oil and other strategic resources here, once we can open up the situation, even if the mainland region is frustrated, our empire will still be able to crisscross the Pacific Ocean!"

"Isn't that a good thing?" Nobuyuki Abe said.

"This ...... This is absolutely not a no-go! Prince Zairen said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the most powerful thing in our empire is the army, our army is even afraid of the Russian army, it is famous in the whole world, and the combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and we are forced to hold on, isn't this giving up our greatest advantage?" ”

"As I said, how can Southeast Asia be so easy to open up the situation? Not to mention their local revolt, how could the Western powers remain indifferent? ”

Hearing this, Nobuyuki Abe didn't speak, but Yamamoto Fifty-six snorted coldly and said: "Now that the German army is waging war in Europe and messing up the whole of Europe, the Western powers are still too busy to take care of themselves, how can they have the energy to deal with us?" The person said that even if they come to deal with us, is it possible that our empire will be afraid of them? ”

"If you want to talk about the army, I don't dare to boast about Haikou, but if you want to talk about our navy, as long as our fleet goes to the Pacific Ocean, we are not afraid of any country's fleet coming!"

Speaking of the end, Yamamoto Fifty-six even mocked.

"You ......" Sure enough, hearing this, Prince Jaehito immediately looked at him angrily.

But he really can't refute it!

Their army is strong!

But recently, the army's performance on the mainland is really unsightly, which makes him powerless even if he wants to refute it.

After thinking about it, Prince Zaihito could only turn to Emperor Hirohito and say, "Your Majesty, you have to think twice!" Attacking the mainland is the goal of our empire for a hundred years, and for this goal, we have worked hard for several generations, so we have the opportunity now, according to the current growth rate of the Chinese army, if we abandon the mainland at this time, it may ...... Maybe we won't have a chance to attack the continent again! ”

Prince Zaihito knew that what Emperor Hirohito wanted to do most was to accomplish something great, and what he said was right in the heart of Emperor Hirohito.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Emperor Hirohito's face showed a look of hesitation.

As he said, the occupation of the continent was the lifelong goal of Hirohito and the emperors above, and they had made countless efforts to achieve this goal.

How could he have made such an easy decision?

But if you don't give up...... Judging from the current situation on the mainland, they have no chance......

"Alas......" Thinking of this, Emperor Hirohito couldn't help but sigh, but for a while he was in a dilemma, not knowing what choice to make.

(End of chapter)