Chapter 044: Yamamoto Fifty-Six's Conspiracy
Hirohito wants to listen to Yamamoto Fifty-six's countermeasures, whether to use it or not is another matter, in case it can be used, if you don't listen now, you will have to be yourself when the time comes, Hirohito scolded: "Tojo Qing, listen to Yamamoto-kun first." ”
Yamamoto Fifty-six heard that Hirohito was interested, so he swept away the unhappiness interrupted by Hideki Tojo and said: "My best policy is very simple, there is no navy in China, as long as we withdraw from China, and then use all the nearly two million troops drawn out for the Pacific region, we will seize Australia, and then hold the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Indonesia has the oil needed by the empire, Australia is rich in iron ore, and there are very few whites there, which is convenient for us to rule, immigration, If necessary, we can abandon our homeland and move there. ”
"The next strategy is to retreat to the rich southeast coastal area in China, retreat to the Shanghai-Hangzhou region in the Yangtze River basin, and then hold Manchuria and North China in the north, and then concentrate on a decisive battle with the US army in the Pacific Ocean, so that the US army can not bear the losses and retreat in the face of difficulties, but I think it is also necessary to take Australia to curb the ambitions of the Americans, and without the base of Australia and the huge casualties can they break their counteroffensive ideas."
Minamijiro said: "Personally, I think that the withdrawal of troops is definitely necessary at present, and it is better to concentrate on the decisive battle with China than to be broken one by one." ”
Hideki Tojo said: "Even if we have to give up some places, we can't give up all the areas that we have fought bloodily for many years, and North China and Manchuria are the foundation of the empire. ”
Hirohito looked at Yamamoto Fifty-six and said, "Why did Yamamoto retreat to Korea and completely withdraw from China as the best policy?" ”
Yamamoto Fifty-six said: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, at present, Soviet Russia is contained in Europe by Germany, and there is no surplus force in Asia, so Soviet Russia has not attacked the empire, once Soviet Russia defeats Germany first, it will inevitably attack Manchuria and seize Manchuria to realize his Yellow Russia plan." If we withdraw from Manchuria, then the threat to us from Soviet Russia will no longer exist, and China will inevitably reoccupy this land. And the empire has turned Korea into a fortress, Wang Hanzhang will see that attacking North Korea will suffer heavy casualties, and at that time he will definitely turn his gun to attack Soviet Russia, and take advantage of Soviet Russia's energy to recover the occupied millions of square kilometers of territory in Europe, otherwise if Soviet Russia defeats Germany, then Wang Hanzhang will have to face the tens of millions of troops of Soviet Russia alone if he wants to recover these lands, and Wang Hanzhang's talent will not do that kind of stupid thing, not to mention that he is not a member of the allies now, and there is no morality to contain him, Even Wang Hanzhang will occupy more territory of Soviet Russia and flank Soviet Russia with Germany. ”
"I say this is also well-founded, with intelligence shows that Germany has aided a lot of technical equipment to Wang Hanzhang, I think Germany must have reached some kind of agreement with Wang Hanzhang, otherwise Wang Hanzhang will beat the empire even worse, if the empire fails, Britain and the United States can concentrate on cleaning him up, so their agreement must be that in the future, China and Germany will flank Soviet Russia together, so that as long as the threat of the eastern front is solved, then Germany will not have to fight on two fronts, and will not be afraid of the British and American counteroffensive."
"So it seems that we have suffered a big loss, but we are living after the war between China and Soviet Russia, both of them are behemoths, and the situation after the war is difficult to judge, and the empire is recuperating in Korea at the time of their war, ready to retake Manchuria at any time. On the other hand, we can concentrate on seizing Australia and driving the United States out of the western Pacific, and I believe that it will not be much of a problem to concentrate the forces of the army and navy to do that, and then we will force the United States to sign a peace treaty with the Empire, and then the Empire will move a large number of immigrants to these places. ”
"Without the threat of the United States, the empire can regroup its forces and fight with China, of course, depending on the situation at that time. In short, if the empire can't get more benefits, it can at least be invincible. Even if the people of China defeat Soviet Russia, if they want to retaliate against the empire at that time, they need at least a strong navy, but the empire's navy is far a thousand or ten thousand times stronger than China, and it will take at least 30 years or even longer for them to catch up with the empire, they are developing, and we are developing, and after thirty years, we will have already digested these areas of Australia, so there is no need to worry about what China can do with the empire. ”
The people below were still thinking, and Yamamoto Fifty-six said: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, if this plan is implemented, then we can empty all the resources of the occupied area, but don't be angry, massacre or destroy the city, otherwise China may attack the empire with all its might, not Soviet Russia." ”
As for the next policy, it is impossible to know what kind of support the Germans gave Wang Hanzhang, so if the army is left, the empire will also need to face threats from both Soviet Russia and China. The empire also has no way to fight to the death with Britain and the United States in the Pacific, not only is the army insufficient, but at the same time, the United States will definitely support a large number of China to attack North China and Manchuria, then we have to divide a considerable part of the materials to the East Asian theater, and the Pacific theater is likely to be buried because of the lack of materials. ”
Hirohito looked at the others and said, "What do you think?" ”
The people below are divided, obviously they seem to be persuaded by Yamamoto Isoroku, but they are reluctant to give up a few years of hard work, and even if they really follow the first strategy, then it is difficult to say what things will turn out in the end.
Minamijiro said: "If, I mean, if you really do it according to Yamamoto-kun's first plan, how sure is Yamamoto-kun's plan successful?" Minamijiro asked everyone's thoughts, and everyone looked at Yamamoto Isoroku in unison.
Yamamoto Fifty-six said: "Eighty percent sure, but if the second plan, I am sure that the empire has only one dead end." ”
Hideki Tojo said disdainfully: "Yamamoto-kun has some ambition for others, and he has destroyed his prestige!" ”
Yamamoto said: "I have been in the United States for so long and know what the United States is like, if it weren't for the fact that Americans are all made up of those who are greedy for life and afraid of death and their descendants, we wouldn't even have a chance to sign a peace treaty." As long as China continues to fight, the United States will have a steady supply of supplies to China, and they will not stop the war. But if they are the only ones fighting against the Reich, as long as the Reich can inflict heavy losses on them, properly show their sincerity for peace, and move around in the United States, the United States will face the trouble of Germany, a henchman, and it is very possible to sign a peace treaty at that time. Besides, Australia's iron ore and other resources are very rich, as long as you occupy here, with the empire's population and technology, the empire can be invincible. Heaven is heaven in the first thought, and hell in the other, and Yamamoto only hopes that the empire will prosper and has no other wishes. ”
"Back then, Yamamoto tried his best to prevent the war against the United States, and I didn't convince everyone, causing the predicament of today's empire, it was Yamamoto's fault, I'm sorry!" After that, Yamamoto Fifty-six bowed deeply to everyone, and everyone was embarrassed, if he was accusing them of not going to war against the United States, then these military and political dignitaries would still lose their temper and fight with Yamamoto, but Yamamoto Fifty-six actually took the blame on himself, so that they could be embarrassed, and they thought it was their own fault.
Yamamoto Fifty-six bowed and said, "If the empire is defeated, Yamamoto will definitely thank the emperor for his kindness on the day of surrender, and at the same time wash away his incompetence with blood," he said and bowed deeply again, and then sat down.
Hirohito was a little moved, and the military and political dignitaries below also felt a little sad, being messed up by Yamamoto Fifty-six, as if Japan had reached the end of the world and was about to be defeated.
"I'm against that, aren't we doing it at the end of the day?" It was Hideki Tojo who spoke, and he pulled everyone's thoughts back from their pathos at once.
"Why didn't Yamamoto-kun suggest that we withdraw our troops from the Pacific Ocean and go all out to defeat China? It is much easier to fight China than the United States, especially since the navy has suffered heavy losses after several defeats, and now there are fewer warships, and the United States has a huge fleet, does it want the army to swim to Australia? Hideki Tojo's words once again pointed the finger at Yamamoto Isoroku.
Yamamoto Fifty-six said: "Indeed, in terms of strength, China is indeed much weaker than the United States, but isn't this why we fought not the United States but China for the first time, if we did not start a war against the United States later, we can indeed do this, but after the war against the United States, the withdrawal of troops from the Pacific cannot stop the United States' determination to defeat Japan, will the United States let the empire seize China, dominate Asia, and then compete with him for the Pacific Ocean again, even if we are willing to promise, we will do that in the future, but do the Americans believe it, absolutely do not believe it." ”
"As for why the troops were withdrawn from China, it has been said very clearly, since the two-sided war can no longer be won, then we must give up one side, if we can't get sesame seeds and watermelon, we will choose watermelon, if we can't even get watermelon, then sesame seeds will reluctantly accept, it's better than losing sesame seeds and watermelons, not to mention that now we will not only lose sesame seeds and watermelons, but also lose the rice at home when the time comes."
"As for everyone's fear that China will attack us, I think this method will definitely work, and we will talk to China now, return their land to them, but ask them to give up their hatred of the empire, and at the same time not to wage war against their country in the future with soldiers and civilians who were killed or wounded in previous wars. In addition, we handed over the southeast peninsula to China, and told them that this was used as compensation before, of course, the princes must be very different from Yamamoto's approach, but the southeast peninsula China is already attacking, there is not much left, and it won't take long for China to occupy here, it is better to be a favor, and then hand over this place to the people of China, which can show that we have no ambition for the Asian continent at all, so that they can go to fight with Soviet Russia with peace of mind, and we will attack Australia, Wouldn't it be nice to look for an opportunity to return to East Asia from the war between them? ”――
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