(Recommended reading: "That's right, our army and the government army of China have had countless confrontations, although they fight, they can often maintain coexistence, but the Eighth Route Army of the China **, as well as this road far away, shows a posture that is clearly life and death with our army, unless we completely withdraw from China or completely strangle them, there is no possibility of coexistence at all!"

After listening to Yoshikawa Sadasa's words, Emperor Hirohito nodded with satisfaction and said: "Jiang is indeed experienced in political skills, but the speculative psychology is quite serious...... After all, he only lost Lu Yuan and a small regiment, not only can he get a precious respite, but he can also watch us help him exterminate the ** troops that he has not been able to exterminate for more than ten years, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone......"

"His Majesty the Emperor!"

Yoshikawa Sadasa half-knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Please allow me to go to China, be loyal to you, and serve my empire where the sun never sets......"

"Yoshikawa, from the beginning of the war to the present, plus the matter of the viewing group, too many members of my royal family have died......"

Emperor Hirohito stepped forward and helped him up and said, "King Hiko, they are separated from me by one layer after all, but you are my own nephew, if anything happens to you, how can I explain to your dead mother?" When my sister was dying, she entrusted you to me to take care of you......"

"The current situation, uncle, you should also know ......"

Emperor Hirohito's heartfelt concern also moved Yoshikawa Sadasa's eyes slightly, but he still said firmly: "Although our army is advancing vigorously in China, the hope of the military department to expand the war in China and defeat the government army in China to force Chiang Zhongzheng to surrender and negotiate peace has been completely shattered, and the expected short-term war has obviously moved closer to the direction of long-term war, and the main island, even plus colonies such as Korea, all the resources combined are difficult to make this war last for a long time, and the current victory, If the war situation develops against us, and once the civil resentment in the domestic colonial areas breaks out, it will be disastrous for the future of the empire......"

These are also the reasons why the big families and chaebols oppose the expansion of the war against China.

Emperor Hirohito also knew that these were all facts, the island was narrow, all kinds of materials were not abundant, and although the implementation of the strategy of fighting to feed the war in the colonies and occupied areas solved some of the material needs, the fuel for the supply of aircraft, fleets, tanks and cars has always been a rope around the neck of the empire, and it may be tightened at any time!

At present, the international community is also quite tense, because the relations between the four northern islands and the Far East and the Soviet Union have always been incompatible, Hitler's Germany, Mussolini's Italy, are now actively preparing armaments, and the atmosphere of war in Europe is getting stronger day by day.

The United States has a sense of detachment from the outside world by relying on its powerful modern military equipment, but Emperor Hirohito and the entire Japanese military department understand that these guys are waiting for each family to fight and lose a number of defeats, and their intention to sit back and reap the benefits is by no means a fuel-efficient lamp! 、

Once the war breaks out in Europe, most of the world will be involved in a lot of war, and it will be a global war that is much more serious than the First World War a few decades ago!

When the time comes, the embargo on weapons, fuel, will not be avoidable!

At present, the fuel oil and various energy sources stored on the island are barely enough to sustain the needs of the war, but once the global fuel and arms embargo is released, the blow to the empire will be catastrophic!

If the war in China cannot be ended before the outbreak of the Second Global War, Emperor Hirohito and everyone can foresee that the complete collapse of the main island will be inevitable!

Not to mention that because of the brutal massacre in Nanjing, the original intention was to completely defeat the belief of the resistance of the Chinese people, but now it is good, not only did it not achieve the goal of killing and surrendering, but also because those reporters stabbed the Nanjing incident to the world, and now the entire international community is full of all kinds of slander and vigilance against the empire, and thanks to the empire is now strong enough, these countries can only secretly play tricks and dare not take any real action.

But once the empire reaches a critical juncture, these guys will definitely pounce on them like hungry wolves, tear the empire apart, and in the end there will not be even scum left!

Internal and external troubles, embattled!

Emperor Hirohito sighed in his heart, at the beginning, Matsui Ishine and others expanded the war despite his orders, and now the bitter fruit is slowly brewing, and the empire has no way back.

"Now, it is time for the empire to live and die, how can I, as your nephew and a member of the imperial family, survive in my homeland instead of going to the battlefield and serving the country?" Yoshikawa Sadasa said earnestly.

"Well, it's my Hirohito's own nephew!"

Hirohito patted Yoshikawa Sadazo on the shoulder and said: "Since you have made up your mind, then I will not stop you, I will arrange for you to go to Shina as soon as possible, and I will arrange it for you - when the empire successfully establishes the East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, you will be the offensive minister of my empire, and will be remembered by all the people forever......"

"Hey!"

Yoshikawa Sadazo slammed his feet and said loudly: "Yoshikawa must live up to the emperor's trust and swear allegiance to the empire!" ”

The international situation is changing.

At this time, Cai Kaile took Ma Yunshan and several guards to the dock in Wuhan.

Wuhan, now the capital of the Nationalist Government, was the temporary political center.

But now, it is already panicked here, and the ships on the dock are constantly coming in and out, all kinds of materials, many of which are transported from Shanghai and other aspects, and now they have to continue to be transferred, and the destination is the mountain city of Chongqing.

At the beginning, the Nationalist Government gathered millions of troops, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and the two lakes to strictly defend to the death, although they knew that they might not be able to defeat the Japanese army, but no one would have thought that in just half a year, the Japanese army would approach Wuhan with a devastating momentum!

Now, the battlefield in Xuzhou is in full swing, although there is already a slight victory, but even if you can get a small victory in Xuzhou, there is still no possibility to reverse the entire battle, so another relocation will be inevitable!

Such a situation reminds people of the Great Song Dynasty when the Jin soldiers went south.

In the vicinity of Wuhan, heavy troops were arranged, but all industries in the city had already withered, those who could move away had already moved away, and the people who could flee had also fled, and the rest were some people who could not escape, or the families of officials and military institutions.

Cai Kaile, Ma Yunshan and others stepped onto the dock with a lot of trepidation, looking around at everything in a daze, and they didn't know how to start the work that Lu Yuan explained.

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