Konoe had a very high voice in the country, not only because of his family, but also because of his own reasons, he clearly supported the mainland policy, believing that Japan should use peaceful means to eliminate the influence of Britain and the United States in Asia, and that the Japanese should open up living space to the mainland, and his proposition won the general support of the Japanese; Ye is in line with the military's thinking, so after the resignation of Lin Mill's cabinet, he was unanimously recommended by the important ministers, and the old duke Xiyuan Temple finally agreed to let him come out to form a cabinet. /。 Qb(5).c0m\\[Chinese. ]

Konoe formed an authoritative cabinet, and Marshal Sugiyama and Umi Yonei, Foreign Minister Hirota, and Kura Kagaya were all veterans or authoritative figures in their respective fields, especially Ryoshi Sugiyama Motomo and Umi Yonechi Mitsumasa, who were respectively army generals and admirals who had served in the army for a long time.

For Konoe, the navy is not bad, I didn't give him much trouble, the army is always a trouble, the Japanese army is similar to the United States, the policy is formulated by the Ministry of the Army, the specific transfer of the army is indebted by the General Staff Headquarters, and the General Staff Headquarters is in charge of the Chief of Staff, General Kanin Miyazahito, but the tradition of the Japanese Army is that the chief of staff is only a venerable, and the real responsibility is the deputy chief of staff, the current deputy chief of staff Tada Jun, but the composition of the General Staff in this session is much more complicated, and the deputy chief of staff Tada Jun cannot make decisions in many cases, The reason for all this is that they have a strong chief of operations, Major General Ishihara Wanji. /

Because of his outstanding contributions to the September 18 Incident and his outstanding ability in formulating the "National Defense Policy Outline" during his tenure as chief of operations of the General Staff Headquarters, Ishihara has gained a number of staunch followers in the army, including Seishiro Itagaki and Ninji Okamura, chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, and Tohashiro Kawabe, now chief of the Operations Guidance Section.

At a joint meeting of the Fifth Prime Minister and the General Staff on the 8th, Ishihara resolutely opposed the expansion of the war and refused to send more troops to North China. Stick to on-the-spot solutions. It was precisely because of his insistence that the Japanese Government made the decision not to expand its policy. However, this was resolutely opposed by Nagatsu Sabisa, chief of the Operations Division, and Tanaka Osa of the Military Division of the Ministry of the Army, and Tada, deputy chief of staff, who was also dissatisfied with this decision. He threatened Konoe that if the government announced this decision, the Minister of War should resign. This was a serious threat, and once the Minister of War resigned, the Konoe Cabinet would have to announce the general resignation.

"It's really hard to do." Konoe looked out the window at the scorching sky, and the crowd continued to flock to the direction of the palace, and many people shouted long live outside the prime minister's residence.

"Your Excellency. The confidence of the people is full of confidence, and we are full of confidence, as long as we take Pingjin, the Chiang Kai-shek government will accept our conditions, and the security of Manchukuo will be guaranteed! Tada Jun said firmly: "Your Excellency, this is Muto Akidaisa, he is the head of the Operations Section of the General Staff Headquarters. Extensive experience in combat. ”

The one behind Tada was a little short. Even with a pair of glasses, he couldn't see the sturdy soldier flashing out, he stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency." The situation in North China was very dangerous, and China had already mobilized a large number of troops from the south to the north. If the North China garrison army is not reinforced, the North China garrison army will be in a very dangerous situation. ”

Konoe glanced coldly at Muto, who was already half bald. He was very disgusted with the kind of subordinate behavior that was prevalent in the army, and this Muto Akira was only a small section chief who dared to break into his local prime minister's office.

"Muto Akira Daisa. Is it that you commanded the Suiyuan attack? ”

The so-called Suiyuan attack refers to the attack planned by the Kwantung Army in 3 years by the Mongol King De to launch an attack on Suiyuan, but was stubbornly counterattacked by the Chinese defender Fu Zuoyi, and finally returned defeated, and the planner and implementer of this event were Muto Zhang.

"Your Excellency, it is precisely because the Imperial Army was not allowed to fight directly in the Battle of Suiyuan that the Battle of Bailingmiao failed, and this time, if there is no additional troops to North China, the North China garrison army will be wiped out, which will be the greatest shame since the establishment of the Imperial Army." Muto Zhang lowered his head: "Your Excellency, make up your mind, the survival of the North China soldiers is in your thoughts." ”

"Presumptuous!" Konoe turned around and shouted, Muto Akira's words made him upset, he didn't want to increase the troops, but when he formed the cabinet, he had declared that he would not send troops overseas during his term of office, and the current government would pursue pacifism, but it was only a month, and he had to send troops overseas.

"Has the cabinet made a decision on sending troops, and doesn't the North China report say that it has been negotiated? Why do you need to increase your troops? Konoe stared at Muto with blazing eyes.

"Your Excellency, the Shanghai Mei organ reports that Chiang Kai-shek has decided to send a large number of troops north to North China, including Sun Lianzhong's 26th Route Army, as well as the elite 25th Division of the Central Army and the 13th Army stationed in Ganquan." Tada immediately interjected.

"How do you report it? Why didn't Sugiyama land minister come? Even if I am the prime minister, I cannot overturn the decision of the cabinet! Konoe didn't believe the two of them, and after the Lugou Bridge Incident, Tada Jun was as elated as a child seeing his beloved toy, but when the cabinet decided not to send troops, he almost overturned the table on the spot, and very rudely demanded Sugiyama Moto's resignation, clashing with the angry Ishihara Waner. ///

Tada Jun and Muto Akira looked at each other, Muto Akira reacted extremely quickly, and he keenly felt that Konoe's mind had changed.

"Your Excellency, we are the Ompei of Feng Sugiyama to inform him of the situation, and he suggests that you reconvene the Five Phases Meeting." Akira Muto looked up at Konoe.

Konoe hesitated, then turned to look at Tada Jun and asked, "Is that so?" ”

"Yes," Tada replied without hesitation, and Konoe nodded hesitantly and said, "Okay, I see, I will discuss with the cabinet whether to make a different decision based on the new situation." ”

After Tada and Muto Akira exited Konoe's office, they immediately walked quickly to a room downstairs, and Tada grabbed the phone and called Sugiyama Moto. After putting down the phone, Tada Jun let out a sigh of relief, turned his head to look at Muto Akira, who was also nervous, and a smile appeared on his face: "Everything is done, Admiral Sugiyama has already expressed his support for our opinion, and he will argue with reason at the five-phase meeting." ”

Muto Zhang's tense nerves also relaxed, Sugiyama Mototo helped them lie, everything went well, he and Tada Jun were equally worried that the telegram from Beiping had arrived, and the two sides had negotiated the terms, and this telegram had been suppressed by them and concealed from everyone. / Now they have to make sending troops a reality as soon as possible, and then talk about him, but there is another stubborn guy to deal with when sending troops, Ishihara Wanji, if he doesn't agree to send troops, everything is in vain, and for this person, both Tada Jun and Muto Akira are a little helpless.

The meeting of the Five Ministers quickly made a decision to increase troops in North China, but Ishihara rejected the order to transfer troops. Tada Jun was very angry, he went to the chief of staff, General Zaihito Kannomiyain, to ask for the dismissal of Ishihara from the post of head of the war department, but this order was difficult for Zaihito to make, to remove the post of war minister must be approved by the Minister of War, and more importantly, Ishihara has a group of followers in the army, and if Ishihara is dismissed from his post without a legitimate reason, these followers will definitely not give up.

But Zairen is a prince after all, although he is just a decoration as the chief of staff, but he is no stranger to the relationship within the army, he found Okamura Ninji, deputy of the second department of the staff headquarters, and asked the two of them to persuade Ishihara.

Okamura Ningji is very contradictory, since the signing of the Rehe armistice agreement, he has been staying in obscurity as the inconspicuous deputy of the headquarters, in the past few years he has been studying and summarizing the war of the year, the deputy of the headquarters no matter what, he has a lot of free time to study the war repeatedly, the more he studied, the more terrible he felt, if in Rehe can also solve the problem of insufficient troops in the rear by increasing the number of troops, but what about expanding to the whole of China? This shortage of troops is even more acute.

In Tokyo, Okamura and Ishihara had similar views, and the two often exchanged views, and Ishihara was very much in favor of Okamura's findings, and he also added materials on political and economic aspects; Okamura found that Ishihara's views were very close to Zhuang Jihua, Ishihara believed that the Chinese could not surrender, and all judgments that the Chinese would surrender were wrong, and that if China and Japan went to war, Japan would most likely fall into a long-term war, which would completely exhaust Japan's national strength, and it was very likely that China would achieve the final victory. The slightly correct thing to do is to feed the war with war. The conquest of China must be gradual and slow, occupying one place to digest one place, developing one place to develop another, and only then will the next military action be carried out, which will be very long and can easily provoke Chinese resistance. Therefore, the correct approach is to strengthen the construction of Manchuria, try to avoid Sino-Japanese conflict before the construction of Manchuria is completed, and even give up the privileges in North China if necessary, and retreat from the Great Wall and even from Rehe.

This point of view was so fierce that Okamura couldn't accept it, and the two argued for a long time, and finally Okamura was persuaded by Ishihara. But now Okamura must convince Ishihara to agree to send troops to North China, and although he agrees with Ishihara's point of view, he must go and complete the mission, otherwise he will most likely be transferred to the reserve, which means that his military career is over, which he is not willing to rewill.

"Okamura-kun, I didn't expect that you would actually agree to increase the number of troops in North China, could it be that our previous conversations were in vain, and your point of view was abandoned?" Ishihara stared at Okamura with wide eyes, his face full of disbelief.

"Ishihara-kun, I haven't given up my opinion," Okamura said solemnly, "I have always believed that the Sino-Japanese war cannot be expanded, but the decision of the Five-Prime Ministers' Council has been made, and the reaction of the Chinese side also worries me, Ishihara-kun, I have been thinking, if China develops within ten or twenty years, will they still tolerate us occupying Manchuria?" I don't think they will, they will take the initiative to challenge, to recover Manchuria, and then the empire will face a unified and powerful China. So I think the best way to conquer China is to dismantle China, and the way to dismantle China is to prevent a unified central government from emerging in China. ”

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