The room was filled with smoke, and looking at Gan Yongxing, the chief of staff Tan Renhao, who was not saying a word, felt a little awkward. Gan Yongxing has always been very good at talking about Renhao, first, they are alumni, they are all Nie Renfeng's senior disciples, second, Gan Yongxing is a very straightforward person, and third, Tan Renhao's performance is also worthy of respect from others. This time, Gan Yongxing's attitude was not so cheerful.

"Well, you're in trouble!"

Gan Yongxing sighed: "The principal asked me to send a plane over today, do you know the reason why I am in such a hurry to bring you back?" ”

Tan Renhao let out a sigh and wiped his face with both hands. "Chief of Staff, I know what's wrong."

"I don't think you have figured it out yet."

Gan Yongxing shook his head, walked over and sat on the sand next to Tan Renhao, "It's really a good idea to bomb Kyoto, and I also want to send the Japanese emperor to hell." And I can also be sure that all the officers and men of the Imperial Navy, as well as all the officers and men of the 6th Army, and even all the people of the Empire, are the same. But the question is, destroying Kyoto, blowing up the emperor, the war will end, and the soldiers of the empire will not need to shed blood and sacrifice? ”

Tan Renhao took out the cigarette and there were only the last three left in the cigarette case.

"The question is not that way, even if we blow up the Emperor of Japan? The war will not end, and it will not end as we think. ”

Gan Yongxing also lit a cigarette, and then threw a document on the coffee table to Tan Renhao: "This was sent by the Intelligence Bureau yesterday evening, let you down, the Japanese emperor did not die, but was seriously injured by the explosion and suffered eighth-degree burns, and probably won't live long." ”

Tan Renhao was slightly stunned, he didn't know much about medicine, judging from Gan Yongxing's words, the Japanese emperor must be only one step away from death.

"The emperor was rushing to the shelter at the time of the bombing, and he must have been unlucky during the first round of bombing."

Gan Yongxing leaned on the sand and glanced at Tan Renhao, "But the problem is that the Japanese emperor is dead now." Will the war end? ”

Tan Renhao was already thinking about this problem when he was on the plane before he spoke.

"If we were Japanese, if we were Japanese ministers, do you think about what we would do if the emperor was bombed like that?"

Gan Yongxing approached Tan Renhao and looked into Tan Renhao's eyes. "Major General, this is war, this is not revenge, and it is not a game played by children. If killing one person can change the war, then we don't need to build so many bombers and send a few assassins to solve the problem. But this will not end the war at all, but will make it unbearable for us! ”

"Chief of Staff, I know!"

Tan Renhao's voice was very low: "I also figured it out, maybe I was too righteous at that time." And ......"

"You don't have to talk to me about that."

Gan Yongxing stood up. "The principal will see you in the afternoon, this matter has been stabbed to the prime minister, it is a report written by Wei Boyu himself. What is the attitude of the prime minister. We don't know yet, and all we're going to do now is try to pull you out of this vortex! ”

Tan Renhao nodded, and then secretly gritted his teeth, and Wei Boyu was that bastard again.

"I think you'll be a lot more mature after this."

Gan Yongxing sat down again, his gaze lingering on Tan Renhao for a moment, and then continued: "I remember more than twenty years ago. Like you, I was eager to find a few Japanese people to vent when we were in Tokyo Bay. Everyone has to go through this step, and you should also understand this through this matter. ”

Just as Tan Renhao was about to speak, the door of the office was pushed open, and a major staff officer ran in quickly. Gan Yongxing glanced at the staff officer and let him stand by the door.

"Renhao, you are a smart person. Think about it. ”

Tan Renhao nodded, watched Gan Yongxing walk towards the major staff officer, and then he took out the penultimate cigarette.

Gan Yongxing only whispered a few words to the major staff officer, and then walked quickly towards Tan Renhao. "There's new news, grab your clothes, let's go to the principal."

"What's wrong with the Chief of Staff?"

Tan Renhao immediately stood up and picked up the military hat on the table.

"Big deal."

Gan Yongxing quickly put on his coat, and he glanced at Tan Renhao: "The news that the Japanese emperor received only after he died." ”

Tan Renhao was startled, and immediately followed Gan Yongxing out of the office, and then walked straight towards Nie Renfeng's office.

Nie Renfeng and Gan Yongxing received the news almost at the same time, and he was about to send someone to find Gan Yongxing. After seeing Tan Renhao, Nie Renfeng just glanced at him more and didn't feel much surprised.

"General Tan had been reporting to me about the bombing before he arrived in the morning."

Gan Yongxing explained beside him.

"You don't have to stand when you sit down."

Nie Renfeng went and poured two cups of tea, and then sat down on his rocking chair, "You also heard the news, right?" The Emperor of Japan died at 8:35 a.m. this morning. The information provided by the intelligence services is vague and only makes a basic judgment that the Japanese emperor did not die of natural causes. ”

Tan Renhao didn't speak, still avoiding Nie Renfeng's gaze. The octave burn must have been severe, and it certainly wasn't a natural death.

"What do you mean, Headmaster?"

Gan Yongxing heard the sound outside the strings.

"The intelligence services suspect that the emperor was killed, and of course it is not our bombing."

Nie Renfeng habitually hugged his hands in front of his chest: "Some people want the emperor to die, so the emperor is dead." The Japanese cabinet government has not yet announced that if anyone really wants the emperor to die and wants to make a fuss about it, then it will take them two or three days to prepare. ”

"What do you mean, Headmaster?"

Tan Renhao was startled and reacted now.

"Because if the emperor dies, it will be good for some people."

Nie Renfeng pressed his hand and didn't let Gan Yongxing help him explain this problem: "Let's put it this way, if the Japanese emperor dies, some people can replace the emperor and become the supreme commander of Japan and obtain the highest power of the country." If this person doesn't want the war to end like this, and doesn't want to surrender, then it's a problem for us. ”

"Tojo?"

Gan Yongxing nodded slightly. "Yes, if Tojo had completely mastered Japan, Japan would not have surrendered easily. In the last war, we took a lot of effort, and after the army stormed Tokyo and surrounded the emperor's palace, Japan announced its surrender, or rather, the emperor announced its surrender. If this time Tojo wants to carry the war to the end. If the whole of Japan is used to bury his ambitions, then your bombing yesterday will do Tojo a great favor. After the death of the emperor, Tojo was the supreme leader of Japan until the new emperor ascended the throne, and he had complete control over Japan. In addition, Tojo could use the death of the emperor to deceive the ignorant Japanese and inspire the fighting spirit of the Japanese military and civilians. That's what we're worried about. Now the emperor is finished. And the question of premeditated murder must have been more troublesome than we expected. ”

"So what are we going to do?"

Tan Renhao glanced at Nie Renfeng, and then at Gan Yongxing, looking very anxious, he just wanted to do something to make up for his previous mistakes.

"Wait patiently."

Nie Renfeng sighed: "The situation in Japan is beyond our control, and all we can do now is to exert stronger pressure on Japan." And that's exactly what you've been doing. Progress has been made on the part of the 6th Army, and there is great hope for the elimination of Japanese forces on the Korean Peninsula by September. Drive Japan back to the mainland. Ground sweeps are also being carried out on the South Sea Islands. A few days ago, the 6th Army had landed on the island of Sumatra, and the Lion City had been recovered. We regained control of the Strait of Malacca. Now all that remains is to wipe out the Japanese troops on the other islands. The war is unfolding in the direction we expected, and victory is getting closer and closer. But ......"

"Headmaster!"

"Yongxing, I know what to say and what not to say!"

Nie Renfeng glanced at Gan Yongxing, then got up and got a document: "Ren Hao, there are some things you should know, this information has been locked in my drawer for months. You're going to have to change positions after this bombing of Kyoto. You know that, too. Wei Boyu has already regarded you as the biggest threat, and if the acting prime minister listens to Wei Boyu's nonsense, then you will have to leave the Western Pacific Theater. ”

"Headmaster, I understand!"

Tan Renhao not only did not feel any uneasiness, but also secretly rejoiced, this is a blessing in disguise.

Nie Renfeng smiled slightly, and then motioned to Tan Renhao to open the document.

When Tan Renhao saw the title of the document, he was secretly shocked in his heart, this is a piece of intelligence related to the United States. It was intelligence on the entry of the United States into the war.

"To be honest, we have to thank the Japanese."

Nie Renfeng crossed his hands again, "If it weren't for Japan, the empire wouldn't have entered a state of war so quickly, and we wouldn't have recognized the change in the nature of war, let alone decided to go all out to develop aircraft carriers instead of battleships." On the contrary, if we start a war with the United States, the consequences will be unimaginable. The gap between the United States and the empire is not very large, regardless of national strength and military strength, and the battles in the Pacific are mainly concentrated in the western Pacific, which is even more unfavorable to the empire. Japan's provocation has made the empire fully armed, and it has the ability to fight the United States, and it has also put the empire's war machine into full operation one step earlier. At present, our national strength is at least war strength, in fact, far beyond the United States, and if we break out a war with the United States, then the Imperial Navy will not be in a situation of being passively beaten. ”

Tan Renhao smiled reluctantly, if from this point of view, Japan actually made the empire warm up before the decisive battle with the United States. If the empire and the United States go to war rashly, then they will have to face the most powerful opponent at the first time, not a second-rate opponent, and no one can predict what the battlefield will be like at that time.

"It's only a matter of time before the U.S. enters the war, and we've been keeping a close eye on what the U.S. moves."

Gan Yongxing is not hiding anything. "Judging from the information we have now and the behavior of the United States over the past year or so, we have reason to believe that there is a secret alliance treaty between the United States and Japan. In the two years before the outbreak of the war, the United States exported at least 250,000 tons of scrap steel to Japan, perhaps more, in addition, it also provided Japan with 250,000 tons of oil, a large amount of rubber, aluminum, coal, copper ore and so on. These are all indispensable raw materials for Japan to start a war, without which Japan may not even be able to build warships. In addition, the United States has been exporting military technology to Japan, and is now preparing to provide arms to Japan. If there is no secret alliance treaty between the United States and Japan, why risk war with the Empire to do this? ”

"The United States is sending more troops to Australia and Hawaii?"

Tan Renhao also saw the key points in the document at this time.

"Since the end of last year, the United States has been strengthening its military presence in the Pacific, particularly in the Western Pacific and in the Southwest Pacific."

Nie Renfeng motioned to Tan Renhao to continue looking back: "At the end of last year, the headquarters of the US Pacific Fleet was transferred from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor on Oahu, which became the home port of the US Pacific Fleet. Now the United States has deployed at least three aircraft carriers at Pearl Harbor. At the beginning of this year, the United States increased its troops to Guam by 5ooo, and a fleet of five heavy cruisers was also transferred to Guam. In March, the United States sent three divisions to Australia, and at the same time, it was expanding Australia's ports to meet the needs of aircraft carriers and other large warships. ”

"In other words, the United States is building a blockade line to encircle the empire."

Gan Yongxing took over the topic: "You should be very aware of the situation in the western Pacific. If the United States completes this blockade, then the Imperial Navy will not be able to move out, and the initiative in the Pacific War will be in the hands of the Americans. ”

"Are we ready for war with the United States?"

Tan Renhao sighed secretly, it should come sooner or later.

"It's not for us to decide."

Nie Renfeng leaned forward, looked into Tan Renhao's eyes, and said, "The power to decide the war is in the hands of the cabinet government, not the army. As the emperor, there is only one thing we can decide, that is, after the imperial cabinet government has made the decision to war, we must destroy the enemy as soon as possible, and take the initiative in our hands Major General, do you understand this truth? ”

Tan Renhao nodded slightly, this truth couldn't be clearer.

"When you go back, think about it, you don't have to go back to Iwo Jima."

Nie Renfeng stood up: "If it's okay in the last few days, take a good look at these documents to learn more about it." You don't have to worry about the investigation of the Imperial Cabinet government, we will arrange it! ”

"Thank you, Headmaster!"

Tan Renhao also stood up immediately.

Nie Renfeng nodded, and Tan Renhao immediately left. The scales have begun to tilt, and Tan Renhao has also embarked on another path.