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On July 2, 1941, Emperor Hirohito of Japan convened an imperial meeting to study the issue of secret preparations for war against the Soviet Union raised by the Kwantung Army. //

Present at the Imperial Council were members of the Japanese Cabinet, Chief of the General Staff, Military Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, Attached to the General Staff Headquarters, Deputy Chief of the Army, Vice Chief of the Navy, Chief of Military Orders, Chief of Operations of the General Staff Headquarters, Director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of the Army, Commander of the Kwantung Army, Chief of Staff, and others. Naturally, there are no quarrels, some are just sanctimonious.

Emperor Hirohito has been looking good lately, sitting on the throne and looking at his ministers amiably, there seems to be a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

Emperor Hirohito spoke: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Battle of Nakajo Mountain, commanded by Lieutenant General Tada Jun, commander of the North China Dispatch Army, swept away the decline of the North China Dispatch Army in recent years and played a great military prestige of the Great Japanese Army.

Friendly countries such as Germany, Italy, France, Poland and other countries all sent congratulatory telegrams to me, and I was very happy. As I have said many times, the question is not what we do, but how the world reacts to what we do. The North China Dispatch Army responded very well to the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain. In addition, after the arrival of Lieutenant General Umezu Yoshijiro, commander of the Kwantung Army, he built a railway from Shinkyo in Manchukuo to Korea, which made it easier to communicate the connection between Manchukuo and Korea, and I was also very pleased. ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Hirohito's voice suddenly rose up, and a sharp voice echoed in the main hall: "The Battle of Nakajo Mountain shows that as long as the deployment is correct, the Japanese Army is invincible if it grasps the enemy's situation!" I decided to promote Lieutenant General Tada Jun of the Army and Commander of the North China Dispatch Army to the rank of General of the Imperial Japanese Army, transfer him to the post of Military Counselor, and appoint Lieutenant General Okamura Ninji as Commander of the North China Dispatch Army; Promoted to Lieutenant General and Commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro to General of the Imperial Japanese Army! ”

The army leaders at the scene were suddenly excited, and one by one they shouted Long live the emperor!

The reason why the leaders of the army were so happy was that His Majesty the Emperor decided to promote Tada Jun and Okamura Ninji to senior generals at this time, which was tantamount to affirming the contribution of the army. ^//^ As for Tada's dismissal and transfer to the military council, these army leaders were not dissatisfied, because they knew that it was Tada's own will, and Okamura Ninji seemed to be more suitable for this position than Tada.

The performance of the army leaders made the naval leaders a little crazy with jealousy!

The admirals had different views on Tada's transfer to the post of military senator than the army generals. In their view, the army generals who were transferred to military staff officers all became important members of the central decision-making level, such as Terauchi Shouichi, Sugi Sugimoto, Shunroku, and so on. These people are all generals who can enter and are generals who can be used to lead the army, and they have a much brighter future and more benefits than the military staff officers of the navy. When he heard that Tada Jun, who had suffered a series of defeats in North China and had only won one battle at Mt. Nakajo, he was not only promoted to general, but also had to return to serve as a military senator, and his eyes turned green as Minister of the Navy and Shiro Kawako, who pretended to ignore political affairs.

Emperor Hirohito is no longer a troublesome and perverse crown prince, he is forty years old this year, and his every move is the result of careful consideration by hiding in the palace

After Emperor Hirohito finished speaking, he picked up the tea handed over by the female official next to him, lowered his head and took a sip gently, as if he had regained his composure, and said softly: "The tender green leaves are like the ground-breaking shoots spawned by the spring breeze in spring, fresh and tender, and a glance at it can make people's spleen and spleen fragrant, and a sip of the fragrance can calm people's minds." The wonderful thing is that the tea leaves are tightly knotted, curled up like a snail, and there is a uniform layer of fine white fluff on the edge, just like a merchant girl wearing green Suzhou silk and slim in the spring by the Taihu Lake in the south of the Yangtze River in China. The people of China will really enjoy it! It is said that this Biluochun was also named by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. Biluo Feicui Taihu Lake is beautiful, and the new rain is fragrant and the clouds are idle. What a great tea! ”

All those present were the giants of Japan in formulating and making decisions on Japan's aggressive policy, and all of them were the masters of the emperor's mind, and everyone had different perceptions in their minds.

Emperor Hirohito's uncle, 54-year-old King Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace, immediately played: "Your Majesty the Emperor Kai, there are endless beautiful scenery, endless treasures, endless minerals, and endless delicacies." The ministers are willing to go out again to conquer the city for His Majesty, and let the people of China take out all their treasures and pay tribute to His Majesty the Emperor. ”

If it weren't for the fact that King Hatohiko of Asakanomiya was the emperor's uncle, I'm afraid he would have said about the beauty of Shina like a cloud.

Emperor Hirohito glanced at his uncle, whose sideburns had turned pale, and said tepidly: "I mean to ask the palace officials to serve tea to each minister, so that you can taste the pre-rain Biluochun specially sent by General Nishio Shouzo, and have fun with me." ”

King Hatohiko of the Asakami Palace is an extremely arrogant goods, and he ordered the Nanjing Massacre in history to be carried out.

As soon as the emperor's words fell, King Hatohiko of the Asahika Palace began to play again: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the ministers are willing to lead the army to go out to avenge the king of the Higashijuer Palace!" ”

King Tsugahiko of Dongjuer Palace was the only younger brother of King Hatohiko of Chaoxiang Palace, and when he was pursuing the Eighth Route Army in the south, he was inexplicably killed in Gaogou Town, northern Jiangsu. King Hatohiko of Asaka Palace has a deep brotherhood and never forgets to avenge his younger brother. He didn't want to think about it, there were more Japanese soldiers who died in China, not to mention a king of the East Gyur Palace? If they all take revenge, can he take revenge? Besides, tens of millions of Chinese died at the hands of the Japanese army, and the Chinese also want revenge!

Emperor Hirohito said lightly, "I know", and ignored King Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace.

Several female officials in the palace came up and served tea to the ministers and generals who participated in the imperial meeting.

Fearing that King Hatohiko of the Asakanomiya would divert the emperor's attention and affect the theme of today's meeting, Prime Minister Fumima Konoe hurriedly played: "Your Majesty, since the beginning of the Soviet-German war, the German army has been on the offensive like a bamboo, and its central army is not far from Moscow. Every day, the German ambassador to Japan, Ott, went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ask when our country would send troops to assist our allies in the war.

For the sake of prudence, the Cabinet and the base camp held a joint meeting for three consecutive days to discuss whether or not our country was going to war against the Soviet Union. There was a lot of controversy, and no consensus was reached. The Cabinet and the Base Camp drafted the "Imperial Outline for the Development of the Situation" and submitted it to His Majesty for the Imperial Examination, and asked His Majesty to judge it! ”

After saying that, Konoe Fumima handed over the report materials he had prepared to the Imperial Household Officer and presented them to Emperor Hirohito.

Emperor Hirohito had always been concerned about the German attack on the Soviet Union, and he knew the German army's achievements clearly, the intentions of the Kwantung Army, the opinions of the army and navy, and the quarrels between the cabinet and the base camp joint meeting.

Emperor Hirohito looked at it carefully for a while, and then asked, "What about the Prime Minister's opinion?" ”

Konoe Fumima played: "The minister's personal opinion is that we should seize the opportunity of the Soviet-German war and secretly prepare for war against the Soviet Union. As soon as the war situation is favorable to our country, we will decisively start a war against the Soviet Union. However, in order to control the scale of the war, the scope of the war could not exceed the territory ceded to Russia by the Qing State. There are three reasons for this: First, the teacher is famous. Lenin, the founder of Soviet Russia, promised the world to abolish all the unequal treaties signed between Tsarist Russia and China, that is, to return the land that Tsarist Russia had plundered from China. Manchukuo was the natural successor of the Qing state, and it was only natural that it would recover its original territory. The countries of the world had nothing to say, and the USSR should not have any objections. Second, China's economic situation has not improved, and it can only support limited campaign operations. If the scale of the war is expanded, the logistical pressure will be too great. With regard to the oil issue in particular, since the United States suspended its maritime and trade treaty with China, it has banned the sale of all strategic materials to China, and China's oil import channels have been cut off. The fuel used by the army is all from reserves, and it is impossible to guarantee the need for a long time. From this point of view, China should go south to the southeast to have too great economic value. ”

If Konoe had known that Siberia contained abundant oil, gas, and coal resources that the Japanese army desperately needed, he would not have said so. Unfortunately, he didn't know. Including the Soviets, now it is not known.

After Konoe Fumima finished speaking, Emperor Hirohito thought for a while, and then asked the gray-bearded old marshal Prince Zaihito of the palace to play the report.

The Imperial Council is the highest decision-making body in Japan, and it is much more serious than the Diet Chamber, the Senate, and the Cabinet Meeting. Every strategic move of the Japanese army was based on the decisions of the Imperial Council.

Prince Zairen of Xianyuan Palace is already a standard old immortal, and he is definitely an old man who tears and coughs in the wind.

I listened to Prince Zairen of the Xianyuan Palace: "Your Majesty, the minister considers whether to fight the Soviet Union or not, the key is to see the speed of the Germans' attack. If the Germans could capture Moscow as soon as possible, our country would not hesitate to go to war against the Soviet Union. If the Germans could not capture Moscow, the Soviet-German war would likely have been protracted. There is no need for our country to make wedding clothes for the Germans. ”

Historically, the core point of Japan's secret preparations for the Soviet Union that ended without a hitch was because the Germans did not attack well under the city of Moscow, so that the Japanese could not see the prospect of a quick victory for Germany, so they completely changed their course and went south wholeheartedly.

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