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The third part of the Bloody War of Resistance, Chapter 11, Chaotianque, and the second section of the hesitant Tokyo

As soon as the two met, they quarreled, and both Nishio Shouzo and Suzuki Kantaro shook their heads helplessly. Seeing Togo's accusation, Umezu Mijiro was even more angry, and he shouted angrily: "How can you say that, don't you give up if you can't win?" This is not a samurai, and it is not an emperor."

"Put away your set" Togo's words were scathing, still moving: "Your Majesty has entrusted the empire to us, and Umezu-kun is not worthy of Your Majesty's trust if he is only by the standards of an ordinary samurai."

Umezu Mijiro almost jumped like thunder, almost rushed up and was about to make a move. Seeing that the two of them were about to stage a full-fledged martial arts, Suzuki immediately intervened, and he interrupted the two unhappily: "Enough is enough, you are all ministers of the empire, what kind of system is it to quarrel like this" Speaking of this, he changed his tone again: "Umezu-kun, Togo-kun, the country is in a difficult situation, we must unite as one and tide over the difficulties together, instead of blaming each other and complaining about each other." ”

Umezu Mijiro and Togo glared at each other, but did not continue to accuse, and the three of them found their seats and sat down, and Kantaro Suzuki also sat back at his desk, and the huge table clock made a regular dull sound. The atmosphere in the office was dreary, but after the quarrel just now, it was calm again. All four frowned and thought that the fate of Japan was largely in their hands.

The flames of war have burned to the Japanese mainland, China, the United States and the Soviet Union are approaching Japan from the north and south, the loss of Manchuria is a foregone conclusion, this is closer to Japan, the air raids of the Chinese people on Japan will be more frequent, and after the loss of Manchuria, Japan will not only lose a large amount of land, but also lose Manchuria's iron coal mines and grain, Japan is bound to only get more resources from the South Seas, but after the loss of Saipan, this ocean transportation line will face greater attacks by American submarines.

The operation of the A-A failed, the combined fleet suffered heavy losses, almost all the carrier-based pilots of the aircraft carriers were killed, three aircraft carriers were sunk, three aircraft carriers were injured, and the remaining aircraft carriers actually lost their combat effectiveness due to the loss of their main combat force - aircraft.

The Combined Fleet reported that the sinking of seven aircraft carriers of the U.S. fleet had excited the military department for a while, but then the U.S. military launched an attack on Guam, and the losses of the Pacific Fleet proved to be extremely low.

Suzuki Togo came to the same conclusion that Japan could no longer fight and that it was necessary to do its best to stop fighting. But the greatest resistance to peace comes from the military, in which, neither the Army nor the Navy agree to unconditional surrender, with the Navy taking a relatively moderate attitude, while the Army is very resolute and resolutely refuses to surrender unconditionally.

Suzuki felt very helpless, he had tried to talk to Kido, but Kido's attitude made him very míhuò, Kido said something ambiguous, neither in favor nor against, so that Suzuki came back confused.

Nishio Shouzo is also entangled, as a military general, he knows very well that Japan is now almost unable to fight, and he can still pin his hopes on the Combined Fleet before the Battle of Marianas, but now that the Combined Fleet has been defeated, what else can they hope for? Yasuken Nakajima, whom he valued very much, quietly reported to him after receiving the results of the battle A, proposing to end the war as soon as possible, even if he accepted the Tehran Declaration.

However, Nakajima Yasuken could only represent a small number of officers in the army, and the vast majority of officers still demanded that the fight continue, and he secretly consulted the commanders of the various dispatch armies, and the commander of the Southern Army, Terauchi Toshichi, the commander of the Chinese Dispatch Army, Seishiro Itagaki, and the commander of the Kwantung Army, Naosaburo Okabe, all demanded that the fight continue and that they could not surrender unconditionally.

The General Staff Headquarters formulated an outline for the general decisive battle, and the purpose of this outline was to make a big bet with the entire Yamato nation, betting that the opponent would not dare to bet, but what if the opponent dared to bet? What are the consequences? Nishio Shouzo didn't dare to think about it.

Mén was pushed away again, and Mitsumasa Yonechi, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce Ishiguro, and Quartermaster Toyoda came in together, and Mitsumasa Yonechi apologized apologetically: "I'm sorry, we're late." ”

Suzuki looked at the time, half an hour had passed, he smiled slightly, and eased the atmosphere: "It's not too late, everyone has arrived, let's have a meeting now." ”

Suzuki didn't want to delay time, and said in a heartfelt manner: "This meeting is a consultative association, and the cabinet and the headquarters must make judgments on the direction of the war and the strength of the empire for reference when directing operations and formulating national policies. ”

After finishing speaking, Suzuki turned to Umezu Mijiro: "Chief Umezu, let's introduce the situation in Manchuria first." ”

Seeing Suzuki open his mouth and call his name, Umezu Mijiro understood that this was dissatisfied with his performance just now, but he didn't care at all, the prime minister's control over the army was very low, and even if Suzuki was dissatisfied with him, he couldn't do anything about him.

"General Okabe reported that after the Soviet army launched in the Far East, the Manchurian Defense Forces in the Far East had collapsed, and the Soviet army was approaching the Sino-Soviet border. Affected by the actions of the Soviet army, this army also began to move, in the northern steppe, a large number of the Chinese army is detouring to the Greater Khing'an Mountains area, this action is in line with the judgment of Major General Nakajima at the last meeting, the Chinese army with the main force to detour to Xinjing, and then south to Shenyang.

In addition, after the signing of the agreement between China and the Soviet Union, the Chinese army in the ancient territory of Méng also began to move to the border area of Manchukuo, and the garrisons of Manchuria and Hailar, and the tank unit of the Chinese army appeared in the border area, which was called the First Mechanized Group Army of China.

All indications proved that the attack of the Shina Army on Manchuria was imminent, and General Okabe ordered that the northern part of Manchuria be given to the Manchurian Defense Army to defend, and the main force of the Kwantung Army moved south. ”

After Umezu Mijiro introduced the situation in Manchuria, there was a brief silence in the office, and Togo sighed and said: "China has reached an agreement with Soviet Russia, and this agreement does not make China completely reassure Soviet Russia, Chongqing is bound to worry that the Soviet army will take advantage of the situation to attack Manchuria after winning the victory in the Far East, which will bring endless troubles, so the China Army must act as soon as possible and occupy the entire Manchuria before the Soviet army." ”

Togo confirmed Okabe's judgment from the outside Jiāo side, and the squadron's attack on Manchuria was about to begin. Kantaro Suzuki played with a fountain pen in his hand, pondered for a moment and asked Mitsumasa Minei: "General Minai, what about the situation in the navy?" ”

Mitsumasa Minai said in silence: "After the U.S. forces occupy Saipan and Guam, the Combined Fleet judges that the U.S. forces will launch an attack on Tinian Island next, and then they will turn to rest. We will have two to three months of rest and recuperation, and the Navy thinks that there are two directions for the next offensive of the US military, one is the Philippines and the other is Taiwan, but the problem is that no matter which direction, our troops are seriously insufficient. ”

In the past two years, Japan has lost nearly 1 million troops, and more than 400,000 troops in just one battle in North China, and during the entire war, Japan lost more than 4 million troops.

"Nishio-kun, how is the formation of the new division?" Suzuki asked again.

"In the past four months, the army has formed 30 new divisions and 20 divisions that are being formed," Nishio said. ”

After the establishment of the general decisive battle policy, the army began to expand on a large scale, in order to recruit soldiers, many small factories were closed, the last men in the countryside were recruited into the army, and many villages were left with only nv people.

In order to support the Battle of North China, Japan has emptied its warehouses, and the continuous bombing of the Chinese Air Force has seriously weakened Japan's production capacity. Telegrams from all sides that needed ammunition and weapons flew to Tokyo like snowflakes, and Naosaburo Okabe, Seishiro Itagaki and Shouichi Terauchi all emphasized the difficulties of their own front army and demanded that the demands of their own troops be met first.

"So can munitions production solve this problem as soon as possible?" Suzuki asked Toyota again.

"I can't." Toyota's answer was very simple, and it was also unexpected by Kantaro Suzuki, who explained in the face of Kantaro Suzuki's gaze: "In May, the production of the empire reached a historical peak, but since June, the bombing of the Shina Air Force has caused great damage to the production of munitions, and the arsenals and shipyards in Tokyo have been blown up to fifty percent, and the Yokohama factory has been blown up to sixty percent, and I estimate that this month's production can only reach half of that of May."

If, if, Manchuria was lost, the empire would lose 70% of its iron ore, 80 percent of its coal, and 60 percent of its aluminum, all supplies would have to be transported only from the South Seas, however, this transportation line became extremely unsafe after the occupation of the Mariana Islands by the American army. ”

Toyota paused, looked at the ministers in the office, and emphasized in an emphatic tone: "I estimate that in the coming months, production will continue to decline, most likely to fall to one or two percent in May, or even ......, no." ”

"No?" Umezu Mijiro repeated, looking at Toyota with some suspicion, not knowing what he meant.

"It just doesn't mean nothing," Toyota sighed, "without iron ore, there is no steel; No aluminium ore; There is no aluminum; Without steel, without aluminum, there would be no tanks, warships, and aircraft. After the loss of the Mariana Islands, there is a risk that the sea lines will be cut off, and the oil from the South Seas will likely be interrupted, and I must remind you that we only have enough oil for half a year. ”

"I must also warn you," Ishiguro, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, looked a little anxious, and he stood up and said: "Last year's grain harvest failed, and the domestic grain mainly came from Manchuria and Southeast Asia, and this year's summer grain has been harvested, which is 30% less than last year, and the national grain ration will continue to decrease, and may fall to Sanhe, or even lower. ”

The participants were silent again, the sun was shining outside the window, but everyone in the room felt a chill falling from the sky, making everyone feel cold.

Suzuki was secretly glad in his heart, fortunately this meeting was held today, otherwise this important situation might have been concealed by the army. For example, at the time of the Lugou Bridge Incident, the Tianjin Garrison Army had obviously reached an agreement with the Chinese Army, but this important situation was concealed by the Ministry of War, which led to the Cabinet making an erroneous judgment and eventually bringing Japan to the point where it is today.

Now that the real situation is understood, this real situation has made everyone tremble, and the question of war and peace is once again on the table.

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