Chapter 053: The Lesser of Two Evils
"What Tojo means is that we should attack the Shina and join forces with the United States to eliminate the Shina people."
"Yes, this is the only way to ensure the safety of the Empire."
On one side, Yamamoto Fifty-six said: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, when we make a decision, we must think clearly about our current predicament and the situation in the world. ”
"First of all, the biggest contradiction between us and the Chinese is that we have invaded them and brought them incomparable disasters, what we have in common with them is that they are all yellow people, and they also have a lot in common culturally, and at the same time we are all oppressed by whites, whether weak or strong, the civilization, ethno-religious reasons of the East and the West make it easy for the East and the West to move towards confrontation, and the white people have the best mouthful, they like the massacre at every turn, look at the aborigines of Australia, look at the aborigines of the Americas, look at the Soviets killed by the Germans, So even if China is killed, will the empire be safe, I don't think so, there are China, although they will pose a threat to us, but from another point of view, their presence can help us block the threat from Europe. ”
"And the contradiction between us and the United States is that we robbed their colonies, in fact, this contradiction is nothing in China, but we are completely different from the United States in culture, race, religion, after defeating China, they may also kill us, if China is in, Chinese is so big that Japan will be destroyed after it will be their turn, but China is gone, then the imperial country will not be able to find an ally at that time, the world is all white countries or their colonies, with the empire's tens of millions of people, At most, 10 million soldiers can be conscripted, but it will seriously affect production, and at that time there are soldiers who have no weapons and ammunition, and in the end we will definitely not be able to fight the Americans. ”
Hideki Tojo said dissatisfiedly: "Yamamoto-kun, what do you mean, do you want us to wait here for death, who knows if China and the United States will join forces to clean us up." ”
"This will definitely not, China and the United States have already fought like this, the two countries may not have any possibility of talking, in addition, the Americans' atomic bomb is the end of China, so the Chinese will definitely strive to kill the United States before the United States develops the atomic bomb."
"It's not easy to get rid of the United States, and the United States is not muddy."
"Yes, I used to be in the United States and knew the industrial power of the United States, so four years ago I opposed a war against the United States, and now the United States has been mobilized, and now even if it is a one-on-one want to kill the United States, I am afraid that there are not a few, the Germans may have, the Chinese may have, but this has to be built on the fact that the Americans do not have nuclear bombs, but the Americans will soon have nuclear bombs, and China and Germany cannot fight the United States one-on-one."
"Isn't that right?"
"Tojo Qing The United States is about to have it, but it is not now, the United States must hold on until that time if it wants to win, if the United States faces Germany or China alone, they can, but the question is that now he is being attacked by China and Germany, and it is difficult to say whether the United States can hold out until that time."
"According to our intelligence, the United States has been unstable since the first squadron landed in Alaska to defeat the Hawaiian fleet, many Americans are worried that the United States will not be able to stop China and Germany, everyone also knows that the United States is a country of immigrants, and these immigrants will choose to flee in the south when the disaster comes, they don't want us or China and Germany to have a deep heritage and culture, so the cohesion will definitely not be too strong, frankly I doubt that the United States can hold on to a nuclear bomb, and even if the United States has a nuclear bomb, That would also be a disaster for us, and when the Americans just give us a few, we will be finished. ”
Hideki Tojo said: "Then you mean that we should attack the United States first and remove the threat of nuclear bombs first." ”
"It's about the same, but we are going to attack South America, as for North America, it is a headache for the Chinese, if we attack North America, it is easy to clash with the squadron, and the soldiers of the empire will not have to confront the well-equipped American army."
"Yo Si." Kimura Hyotaro said: "Yamamoto-kun is very bad, China and Germany are sandwiching the allies, and the possibility of the United States losing is relatively large, if we don't take South America now, the empire will be surrounded by China's forces at that time, and we can attack the United States by seizing South America, but it will not directly conflict with the United States, and the United States has lost the backyard of South America, I am afraid that the United States will not be able to develop nuclear weapons at that time, and we will have less of the threat of atomic bombs." ”
"Yes, if the world is left with Japan, China, and Germany in the end, then the world will form a three-legged stand, either side will eliminate the other side, the victim will definitely be helped by a third party, the three-legged stand is the best way to survive, if one side disappears, then the two tigers fight, in the end only one of them can survive, I believe that no one side is willing to sit still, so the weak two parties will definitely unite to confront the strongest one."
Hirohito said: "If that's the case, we really should attack South America, anyway, it's unlikely that the United States will resist, rather than waiting for South America to be occupied by China, it is better for the empire to subdue South America, we can sit on the countless resources of South America at that time, and also realize the empire's continental dream." ”
Hideki Tojo said, "Then Your Majesty, are we going to attack Hawaii?" ”
Hirohito said to Yamamoto Fifty-six: "Yamamoto, what do you think?" ”
Yamamoto Fifty-six said: "Taking Hawaii will definitely be very beneficial to us, so that we can squeeze the Chinese's forces out of the Pacific Ocean, but in this way, we will be directly shouldered with the United States, and the United States will inevitably increase aid to South American countries at that time, and even directly send troops, if we want to attack, we must think clearly." ”
Hirohito is also in a mess now, whether it is to fight the United States or China is not a good thing for Japan, neutrality is also not a good thing, it can be said that no matter how Japan chooses their situation now, it will not be good, the slightest carelessness will destroy the country and extinct the species, and now the only thing Japan can do in such a situation is to choose the lesser of two evils,
"Ladies and gentlemen, no matter what we do now, it is not good for the empire, because of this, we can only choose the lesser of two evils, one step at a time, I hope that Amaterasu will bless the imperial kingdom."
"I have decided to send troops to the Americas, what do you have to say?"
Hirohito rarely takes the initiative to make decisions, even if it is his decision, he will let the people below put it forward, this time he took the initiative to propose, and the ministers knew that Hirohito was iron-hearted, so they didn't say anything against it.
At this time, Yamamoto Fifty-six said: "Your Majesty, have you decided?" ”
Hirohito said: "Aiqing has something to say." ”
Yamamoto Fifty-six said: "No, what we do today is not good for us, so we can only choose the lesser of two evils, as for what happens later, it depends on the will of God." ”
Hirohito said: "Then it's decided, Tojo Qing, you immediately start mobilizing, Yamamoto Qing, you will prepare the navy, and we will launch an attack within a month." ”
"Hay." The two of them bowed and said,
They all understand that they want to take South America with lightning speed, and then have enough time to digest it,
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"Songgang-kun, long time no see." Chiang Kai-shek smiled and said to Matsuoka Yoyou,
Matsuoka said: "Mr. President, how can you have time to meet a small role like us." ”
"Haha, Songgang-jun said with a smile, the cooperation between your two countries is very pleasant now, if there is no gold and silver in your country, my country will definitely not be able to develop so well now."
"Hehe, congratulations to Mr. President's army on taking Alaska, I believe that soon the Americans will submit to the feet of your country." Matsuoka Yoyo changed the topic, according to the instructions of the base camp, he must set the attitude and mood of the Chinese at this time,
"Oh, I don't know how long it will take to defeat the United States, last time the Americans were not ready, now the Americans have millions of troops in Canada, and people's logistics and supplies are much better than ours, and the weapons and equipment are not worse than ours, we have long asked you to attack South America, but you don't attack."
"I really don't know what you think, isn't South America good, what a fat continent, what do you want, if you can send troops, you can take it without much effort, the countries of South America are very rubbish, and their soldiers are probably not as good as the indigenous armies in Southeast Asia."
Matsuoka Yoyo listened carefully to Chiang Kai-shek's words, he was very happy in his heart, but he was worried that Chiang Kai-shek was fooling him, so he wanted to capture a trace of expression from Chiang Kai-shek's face, but unfortunately Chiang Kai-shek was very sincere, and his speech was very natural, not at all like the appearance of harming the Japanese.
"Could it be that the Chinese really think about Japan, shouldn't they, Japan has done bad things in China, why should the Chinese do this, is it to repay grievances with virtue." Matsuoka Yang thought to himself that if this was the case, he would really despise the Chinese,
"Hehe, the president is joking, we in Japan have changed to vegetarianism now, we don't want to fight any country, and we don't want to meddle in the affairs of other countries, we just want to guard our own one-third of an acre."
I don't believe this, let alone Chiang Kai-shek, who has dealt with the Japanese for decades, but he can't debunk the Japanese, Chiang Kai-shek said: "That's really a pity, I originally wanted to give you South America, but since the department doesn't want it, then we have to keep it ourselves." ”
Matsuoka Yang saw that Chiang Kai-shek no longer persuaded him, and he was a little disappointed in his heart, and said in his heart: "Your uncle, you are not dedicated at all, if you persuade me twice, I will agree." ”
However, from the beginning to the end, Chiang Kai-shek did not talk about South America anymore, but talked about the issue of economic cooperation between the two countries throughout the article, which was nothing more than that Japan used more gold to buy Chinese things, and Matsuoka Yoyo had no heart to listen.