"Baga! It's so rude to treat the empire as a vassal! ”

"The Pacific Ocean is Japan's Pacific Ocean, and it's not the turn of the Germans to point fingers!"

"Ignore Germany, the Reich can win on its own!"

"Yes, the Manchurian lifeline must not be abandoned, and the armaments of the Reich do not need to be intervened by Germany......"

After receiving a telegram from Berlin from the Japanese "special envoy for help," a group of army deer gathered in the prime minister's official residence immediately jumped up. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Wherever the Germans wanted to aid Japan, they simply regarded Japan as a subordinate in command, and they did not even have the status of being stupid, and they were reduced to a status similar to that of Britain (mainland) and France.

What is even more hateful is that Germany actually did not support Japan in seeking trouble with the Soviet Union, but demanded that Japan go all out to defend the Pacific Ocean. In this way, where will Japan's Continental Army go? Is there a Continental Army in the world guarding hundreds of broken islands? It's a marine war!

Therefore, the army control faction of Tojo Omara and his gang were all summoned to the prime minister's office in Nagata Town to discuss how to fight the Germans.

Seeing a room of big red deer yelling fiercely, but there is definitely no way, Tojo was also a little upset, and just wanted to announce the end of the meeting, when he suddenly saw a guy in the room who didn't jump or scold, but just squinted his eyes thoughtfully.

Of course, this person is Lieutenant General Ishihara Wanji, the vice minister of the General Staff Headquarters who thinks he is unique in the strategic world.

"Ishihara-kun," as soon as Tojo spoke, the other big red deer in the room immediately shut up and fell silent. "Do you have any suggestions?"

"Yes!" Ishihara nodded and said, "Your Excellency, the strategy proposed by the Germans is unpleasant, but it is one of the two major ways out for our imperial country. Concentrate on defending with all your strength and fight for your life...... If the American ghost animal must be a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, in the end, it will negotiate peace with us for fear of casualties. ”

"Baga!"

"Ishihara-kun, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"The invincible land and navy of our empire ......"

Ishihara was halfway through his words, and someone in the room was already scolding. Tojo coughed, and the big deer shut up, and then looked at Ishihara angrily.

Ishihara ignored everyone and just said to himself: "Although the empire may lose the interests of Manchuria, millions of square kilometers of fertile land in the South Seas can be preserved, and we can be regarded as national heroes." ”

"And what about the second way out?" Tojo asked.

Ishihara squinted his eyes and said, "It's to make peace with the United States alone and turn your back on the Axis countries!" ”

As soon as these words came out, there was a dead silence in the room, and everyone looked at Ishihara in a daze. After a long time, it was the chief of staff "Fool Yuan" who reacted first and asked: "Ishihara-kun, do you mean that we will stop working with Germany and switch to the side of the United States?" Is this possible? ”

"Yes!" Ishihara pondered and said, "If the empire comes forward directly, it may be difficult for things to succeed. However, with the mediation of the Soviet Union, there is still a certainty of success. Now that the western front of the Soviet Union is tight, it must hope to concentrate the all-out efforts of the United States and the Soviet Union to attack Germany. Therefore, it is inevitable that all efforts will be made to bring about a peace negotiation, and even if our side proposes to solve the Manchurian question, Stalin will certainly agree.

And we are not asking for peace in vain, we can also give the Hawaiian Islands and the Aleutian Islands in exchange...... Now that our side is stationing 200,000 troops on the Hawaiian Islands, if the United States wants to take it by force, it will have to kill and wound one million!

I suppose President Roosevelt could not ignore the domestic discontent caused by the high number of casualties. ”

That sounds like a lot of sense! Even Hideki Tojo, who was not very accustomed to Ishihara, nodded frequently.

"Ishihara-kun," Hideki Tojo finally asked, "if you were to choose, which way should the empire go?" ”

Ishihara sighed softly and said, "Naturally, it's the first way out." ”

Tojo was stunned, "Why?" ”

Ishihara smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said, "Because although the first way out is costly, it can bring long-term peace to the empire."

First of all, the Imperial Power fought together with Germany and the Axis powers, and was bound to be a staunch ally after the war. Secondly, the warriors of the imperial kingdom are fearless of death, fighting with the United States, and killing millions of enemies, which will surely make the United States fearful; Thirdly, the withdrawal of the imperial state from Manchuria is actually a benefit to China, and it may be possible to form a friendly state, and in the future, the two yellow powers will be each other's lips and teeth, which is enough to resist the Soviet Union and Germany in the west and the United States in the east. Therefore, in the opinion of this official, this is the best policy! ”

"What if you choose the second way out?" Tojo asked again.

Ishihara replied: "Although the war against the United States can be ended in the short term, in the long run there will be four major crises for the Imperial Empire: First, if the Imperial Power turns its back on Germany and the Axis powers, it will be regarded as an enemy after the war; Second, the imperial country is afraid of the strength of the United States and betrays Germany and the United States, and the United States will inevitably despise the imperial country, and once the virtue is harmonious, it will certainly wait for an opportunity to take revenge on our imperial country; Third, the ambition of the wolf son of Soviet Russia, the delusion of reddening the world, this westward expansion is frustrated, and the coming day will try to invade the east, and our imperial country will bear the brunt; Fourth, if the imperial state wants to solve the Manchurian problem, it must have a war with China, which is large but not strong, but has a large population and political unity, and if it has the secret help of the United States, Russia and Germany, it will be able to fight with the imperial state for a long time. If this is the case, there will be no friends in the Imperial Kingdom within the four seas, and all the countries in the world will be the enemies of our great Japan. ”

After saying that, Ishihara's room of red deer all looked at Tojo Daimara, as if waiting for him to come up with an idea. Hideki Tojo frowned, as if he was thinking hard, but after a long time, the leader of the Japanese Army suddenly laughed.

"Hehe, Ishihara-kun still has a lot of ideas." Tojo said, "However, in the opinion of this official, there may not be only two ways out for the Imperial Kingdom, and it is still the Imperial Kingdom that currently dominates the Pacific Ocean, so there is no need to rush for peace, let alone think about desperately." ”

In his opinion, there are only two ways out for Japan, either to listen to Germany's words and fight desperately with the United States, or to make peace with the United States while he still has the strength and bargaining chips in his hand. Where is the third way out?

Hideki Tojo glanced at the army deer in a room, touched his bare head, and said, "That's the end of today's meeting, adjournment." ”

……

After the meeting at the Prime Minister's residence, Hideki Tojo went straight to the official residence of Prince Zaihito of Kanin Palace.

Prince Zaihito is an old-timer of the Japanese imperial family and an old-timer of the army, and when he was young, he studied at the French Saint-Cyr Military Academy, the Saumur Black Knight Cavalry School, and the French Army University. After returning to Japan, he participated in the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, and in 1919 he was listed in the Marshal's Office. In March 1921, he accompanied the then Prince Regent Hirohito on a tour of Europe, and arranged for Hirohito to meet with Nagata Tetsuyama, Okamura Ninji and others.

It can be said that the ruling faction that is now thriving in Japan's political and military circles was single-handedly supported by Prince Zaihito of the Imperial Palace. At the same time, he was also a "pro-German" who fully supported the Japanese-German alliance.

Originally, Sugiyama Moto's position as chief was his, but on the eve of the war against the United States, Emperor Hirohito was afraid that the imperial family would be held accountable in case of defeat, so he asked him and another ruler of the navy, King Fushimi Miyahiro Kyo, to resign and retreat into the background. And push the head of the command faction like Tojo and the naval elite like Yamamoto to the forefront.

Although a big red deer like Hideki Tojo cannot be said to be a marionette in the hands of the "two houses", it is still necessary to listen to their opinions on major matters involving national policy - in fact, Kanin Palace and Fushimi Palace are the two mouthpieces of Emperor Hirohito, and they mean the meaning of the living god.

"Tojo-kun," Prince Zaihito of the Kanin Palace did not immediately express his position after listening to Tojo Hideki's exposition of "Ishihara Nichichi", but asked lightly, "Have you discussed it with the navy?" ”

"Nope." Tojo replied, "The stakes are high, and the Army should first unify its opinions." ”

"Oh." Prince Zairen of the Xianyuan Palace nodded, noncommittal. "Then the opinion of the army is Ishihara's upper and lower strategies?"

"No," said Tojo, "the Germans were so harsh that they almost treated the Imperial State as a vassal." The matter of making peace with the United States alone also needs to be considered in the long run, and it is better to try it through the Soviet Union, but it does not need to reach an agreement soon, let alone easily cede the Hawaiian Islands and the Aleutian Islands. But...... The southward movement to New Zealand may be suspended. ”

"Hold?" Xianyuan Palace squinted his old eyes and looked at Hideki Tojo, "Then let's hold it off." ”

Going south to Australia is the meaning of the current god Hirohito, and the army and navy were once very enthusiastic. However, now that the situation in the Pacific theater has changed, and Japan wants to make all-out efforts to defend the Central Pacific, coupled with Germany's clear opposition to Japan's continued southward advance, it is obvious that it can only be postponed.

"That Manchurian ......," said Prince Zairen of the Idle Yuan Palace.

"That's the lifeline of the imperial kingdom, and you can't give it away!" Hideki Tojo knew how to speak when he saw the face of the Idle Courtyard Palace.

Prince Zairen of the Xianyuan Palace nodded and said, "I was also quite dissatisfied with the visit of Fushimi Palace just now, and when it came to the conditions of German aid. The Navy will not give up on the development of advanced aircraft and the construction of Yunlong-class aircraft carriers in any case, and there is no need for the Germans to teach them what to do and what not to do. ”

Hersman is indeed grossly interfering in Japan's internal affairs! However, even if he is not so rude and involves the fundamental interests of the Japanese army and navy, they will not give in easily.

"In addition," said Kaningu, "Fushimiya believes that it is not appropriate to have a bad relationship with Germany at the present time, and that the Lend-Lease Act can continue to be lobbied, and at the same time it can use the barter trade to purchase much-needed weapons and equipment and technology from European countries." ”

"Xia Guan understands." Tojo replied.

Xianyuan Palace nodded, "In the end, the navy and army will work together, since German aid is insufficient, then the war must rely on the cooperation of the navy and army." ”

"Hay."

"By the way," Xianyuan Palace remembered again, "the desperate method mentioned by the Germans in the conditions of aid seems to be feasible, and should be carefully studied." If you can kill a million enemies in the Hawaiian Islands, what kind of peace can't be won? (To be continued.) )