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The city in the central highlands of Australia is surrounded by a dense forest sea, and the trees here are not the subarctic, temperate and subtropical coniferous and broad-leaved forests common in Asia, but xerophytic species such as eucalyptus, silver birch, bottle trunk tree, kauri, firewheel wood, flame wood, as well as psammophytes such as red willow, beautiful leaves, cari trees, dingo trees, and golden cattails, as well as large areas of palm trees transplanted by descendants of British and American immigrants.

In the northern part of the city, surrounded by large palm trees, the Japanese garden is elegant, with pavilions and pavilions, and several small lakes built with groundwater, which look quite oriental, and this is the emperor's new imperial garden on the Australian mainland.

Today, from noon, the security here was tightened again, and many heavily guarded luxury cars drove into the Imperial Garden, and the Japanese immigrants, who already make up the majority of the city's population, knew at a sight that something big was happening.

In fact, it was also true that Emperor Hirohito of Japan, after entrusting military and political affairs to Ishihara Wanji and Fumiro Konoe, who had been staying in Tokyo for more than half a year, convened for the first time a meeting of the four ministers of the Cabinet, members of the Imperial Council, and generals of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of the Navy who had accompanied him to Australia.

Army Vice Admiral Kyoji Tominaga spent more than an hour briefing on the war situation in the Far East and Northeast China, explaining to the emperor and cabinet one by one the situation in East Siberia, the Far East, Manchuria, and North China, with emphasis on the current embarrassing situation facing the Kwantung Army. After speaking, Kyoji Tominaga sat behind Seishiro Itagaki of the land minister.

Hirohito's face was a little pale, and his voice was very soft, but the civil officials and military generals who knelt on both sides were all trembling, and their faces were like earth.

"Itagaki Qing family, why is there such an unexpected situation? What exactly went wrong there? Didn't the base camp and the general staff headquarters say that there was no problem in keeping Manchuria? ”

Faced with the emperor's rebuke, Seishiro Itagaki sweated on his forehead. He bowed his head deeply: "Your Majesty, according to the results of my discussions with Ishihara-kun, Nagano-kun, and Chuan-kun, as long as we can land in North America, attack the Americans face to face, and brutally kill and suppress them, the will of the United States, which is composed of immigrants, will inevitably slacken, and will take the initiative to sue for peace with us after being unable to withstand huge casualties!" At that time, we will be able to draw our troops back to Manchuria and live everything!

"But. No one could have expected that the war in North America would be so fierce that we would once again be plunged into a terrible quagmire like the War of '37 China. It is the responsibility of the ministers to make mistakes in judgment! ”

Speaking of this, Seishiro Itagaki raised his head again: "Now the empire is facing a six-front battle in Manchuria, Northern Branch, North America, Central America, Australia, and Africa. The use of force has been used to the extreme! I think that the people of China do not have a strong navy, and no matter how strong their army is, it will not be able to threaten the security of our homeland and the Pacific region!

"On the contrary, the United States has a naval power that rivals us, and its industrial power is far above ours! Since the Philippines, Hawaii, Aleutian, Alaska, and other places we occupy belong to the backyard of the United States, the possibility of coexistence with each other is very small. The lesser of two evils is if it cannot be sustained in Manchuria and the Far East. We can withdraw from the continent and concentrate our efforts to run our ocean empire! ”

"Baga!"

Hideki Tojo had long wanted to find out Ishihara's fault, and when he heard the news, he couldn't wait to reprimand loudly: "The theory of the lifeline of the man was put forward by Ishihara, is he going to slap himself in the face?" Your Majesty, Manméng now supplies one-third of the industrial products of the Empire, and is extremely rich in mineral resources and agricultural products, which is the foundation of the Empire's true survival!

"Once the empire loses full méng. Not only will the strength suffer a great loss, but the DPRK, which has been included in our territory for a long time, may not be able to protect the people of China after taking Manchuria and taking advantage of the situation to go south, sweeping the Korean Peninsula, and finally it will inevitably face our mainland across the strait, and the archipelago will be directly under the threat of the Anjia Army Air Force Today's situation, we can only fight with the people of China to the end with an inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood! ”

Hirohito pondered for a moment. Xiang Tojo Hideki asked, "Tojo Kiyoya, are you willing to go to Manchuria alone to replace Umezu Mijiro, who has been intimidated by the military intimidation of the Shina people, as the commander of the Kwantung Army?" ”

"Ahh

Hideki Tojo was stunned when he heard this! The war report on the situation in Manchuria made it very clear that the Anjia Army was very likely to have mobilized more than 6 million elite troops, while the Kwantung Army was now only 700,000 at full capacity. How can this battle be sustained?

No matter how arrogant Hideki Tojo is, he knows that the current situation, even if he has three heads and six arms, he can't support the battle at all. However, if he does not accept the appointment, then his accusation just now is that he is more scheming than public, and he will leave a bad impression in the minds of His Majesty the Emperor and other important ministers.

Hideki Tojo's face turned red, and he regretted that he was so eager to jump out.

Akira Muto, director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of the Army, hurriedly relieved Hideki Tojo: "Your Majesty, in any case, the danger in Manchuria and the Far East is a mistake in the decision-making of Chief Ishihara, if it weren't for his unrealistic initiation of the North American War, with the original strength of the Kwantung Army, plus a large number of mobile troops of the empire rushing to help, how could we have lost today?" If you make a mistake, you will be punished, otherwise how can you obey the public? ”

Hirohito sat on the throne, his wide gown naked, the straps neatly placed in front of his knees, his face expressionless, only his eyes slowly turning.

After being silent for a long time, Hirohito did not respond to Muto Akira's question, but asked weakly: "Prime Minister Konoe is not here, what are the strategies of your cabinet?" ”

Interior Minister Jitsu Tanabe replied respectfully: "The minister thinks that the reason why South China launched an attack on the empire is because Britain and the United States are behind it!" After all, Britain and the United States are having a hard time now, and they have suffered crushing defeats in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas, can we get in touch with the Americans to see if there is a possibility of peace talks? ”

After finishing speaking, Tanabe Jimichi peeked at the emperor on the throne, and seeing that the emperor was still expressionless, he hurriedly buried his head.

After a while, Hirohito asked, "Will the United States choose to make peace with us?" ”

Foreign Minister Hiroshi Matsuoka said: "We can only try our best!" But to negotiate peace, the withdrawal of troops from the United States is inevitable! And the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippine Islands are expected to be the focus of controversy."

"Shut up! The defeat of the army is understandable, but I have the largest navy in the world, and the British and Americans are defeated. Why retreat without a fight? I remember that there was a clause in the Declaration of the United Nations that the signatories would never unilaterally seek peace with our Axis powers, and that Roosevelt would violate the terms of the international treaties he had drawn up himself?

"Besides, Hawaii and the Philippines can back down, but what about mainland Australia and Landseal? And the most important point is that even if I give in to Roosevelt, I will not be able to save the near fire, and Manchuria and the Far East will have to lose."

Hirohito reprimanded harshly. Let Matsuoka Yang's right side be like dirt, and keep kowtowing to ask for sin.

Hirohito ignored Foreign Minister Matsuoka and asked Seishiro Itagaki, Minister of Residence, "Does Chief of Staff Ishihara have any decisions?" ”

Itagaki Seishiro replied stubbornly: "Your Majesty, in just half a day, there have been five divisions and more than ten border garrison wings 'Jade Shatter'. Such a rapid attrition rate of troops caused the generals of the Kwantung Army, including Commander Umezu Mijiro, to have no confidence to hold on to the battle!

"Before His Majesty's decree was issued, Ishihara-kun could only order the Kwantung Army to actively resist, and at the same time organize the evacuation of overseas Chinese and the dismantling of machinery and equipment. Whether it is necessary to fight a decisive battle with the Anjia army in Manchuria and the Far East will depend on the dictatorship of His Majesty! Ishihara-kun asked me to tell Your Majesty: If you lose your land, you will lose both people and land; Save people and lose land, and people and land are gained! As long as the emperor ** team is still there. Even if you retreat temporarily, you will have a chance to make a comeback, but if you put the old book together, there will be nothing! ”

Hirohito looked around, and the military generals among the important ministers, such as former army generals Hayashi Mijuro and Nobuyuki Abe, who were transferred to the reserve, bowed their heads and remained silent, and the generals who had always been at odds with Ishihara Waner, such as Hideki Tojo and Akira Muto, who were on active duty, did not dare to volunteer at this time, and all of them lowered their eyebrows and made a posture of listening to the holy judgment.

Hirohito smiled bitterly. Xiang Itagaki Seishiro asked, "Itagaki Qing family, how many mobile forces do we have that we can use now?" If you want to defend Manchuria and the Far East, will you be able to succeed in the end after paying great sacrifices? ”

Seishiro Itagaki said: "After three armaments last year, we armed 39 divisions in the country, but the quality of the soldiers of these divisions was uneven, and there was almost no heavy firepower. It's too hard for them to face the mechanized troops of the An Jia Army, armed to the teeth!

"At present, all the battlefields are very tight, and wherever the main divisions are drawn, it may lead to the collapse of the battle line, and according to the enemy situation in Manchu and the Far East. Even if we invest another 10 or 20 main divisions, the situation will not be effectively improved, but a large number of casualties will completely drag us down."

Speaking of which, Seishiro Itagaki had a low voice and a face full of worry.

Hirohito sighed: "Alas, An Yi is really a nightmare for the empire!" From the Shanghai 128 Incident ten years ago to the present, we have been fighting the law, this Sun Monkey who could still be dealt with at the beginning, is now lawless, the empire's continental dream may really wake up Itagaki Jun, if the emperor's ** team withdraws from Manchuria and northern China, will all fronts be strengthened? ”

Seishiro Itagaki replied affirmatively: "With the million-strong army of the Kwantung Army and the North China Dispatch Army, we can not only continue to strengthen the American Offensive, but also cooperate with General Ishikawa's Australian Army to take Tasmania, New Zealand and the Central Pacific Islands, build airfields on these islands, and truly run the Pacific region into an unbreakable fortress for the empire!" ”

Hirohito was silent for a long time and stood up: "The world is originally a brotherhood, but the war between China and Manchon has seriously depleted the strength of the empire and delayed the development of the empire, telling Ishihara to end this situation as soon as possible." ”

With that, Hirohito turned and left, leaving behind all the ministers, ministers, and army and navy generals, looking at each other with suspicion in their hearts.

In Tokyo, Ishihara received a telegram from the Imperial Council of Records, shook his head, stuffed the record into his briefcase, and then took his confidant to the Prime Minister's Office to meet Konoe Fumi.

Ishihara was not too surprised by An Jiajun's dispatch to the Northeast, he just didn't expect An Yi to shoot so quickly. In his opinion, not long after South China annexed Malaya, Burma and India, it was time to honestly develop the economy and cultivate internal strength, so as to strengthen the control of the new expansion area, and slowly digest it before thinking about other things.

Shintaro Konda, the first director of the General Staff Headquarters, followed Ishihara Wan'er, with a worried expression: "Chief, will Your Majesty be angry with you?"

Ishihara waved his hand and said disapprehantly: "At this time, who has the guts to pick up this hot potato?" Even if Tojo wants to seize power, he will have to wait for our army to retreat safely from the mainland, and I have already proved myself with a new victory! ”

Shintaro Imada said, "However, with the loss of the Far East, Manchuria, and the entire China, will the empire be able to continue the war?" ”

"It's up to us to be determined and courageous!"

Ishihara said with a smile: "From Manchuria and North China, at least one million troops can be withdrawn, with so many troops, I am confident that our current priority to sweep South America is to rescue some important industrial facilities in Manchuria, in addition, in North America, Canada and the Midwest of the United States, there are also many large factories in the multi-pronged approach, it is entirely possible for us to replicate another Manchuria in Australia!" ”

Slightly relieved, Shintaro Imada walked out of the base camp with Ishihara Waner, got into the car parked in front of the gate, and drove away.

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ps: Well, due to the power outage, this chapter is in a hurry, if there is any fallacy, please forgive me!。