Tens of thousands of artillery pieces roared, and the fire and smoke of the explosion dispersed the mist drifting in the swamp, and the soldiers braved the rain of bullets to build bridges in the swamp, and the explosion of shells drowned out the sound of piling. Full/Ben/Small/Say/Net

In three hours, more than a dozen bridges across the swamp crossed the entire swamp, and more than 100,000 Soviet soldiers followed the tanks to rush through the swamp, easily breaking through the sparsely populated German defense line and rushing towards Minsk.

Bagration, the hero of the Battle of Borotino in 1812, the assault after whom the Russians named it was a strong response to Barbarossa, and another iron tong constructed by the Tehran Conference, closed from the east.

The news of the Soviet attack and the breakup of the negotiations by Dulles was quickly sent back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo, and Shigetoku Togo sat down in his chair with a telegram and stared out the window blankly, and his secretary Matsumura looked at him a little nervously.

"Your Excellency, do you want to report to the Prime Minister?" Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Kuramochi asked.

Unlike the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the immediate start of peace talks was unanimously supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whose diplomats had already decided that the war had been lost and that it should be stopped as soon as possible, even at a greater cost.

Togo Shigetoku stood up and walked to the window, where Tokyo was desolate, full of broken rubble, and the original prosperity had long since disappeared.

After bombing various parts of Japan, the Chinese air force returned to Tokyo, and Tokyo's Shibuya and port areas were completely destroyed, and more than 300,000 citizens were killed in the bombings. The continuous bombing and heavy casualties frightened the citizens, and a large number of citizens began to flee the cities to small cities and rural areas.

After the defeat in the Battle of the Marianas, the proposed operation to strike at the air force of the "Chinese" country was also stillborn, and the army and navy quarreled and blamed each other. The absolute defense circle was broken but no one blamed Prime Minister Suzuki Kantaro, but Suzuki blamed himself and asked the emperor to resign, but the emperor rejected his resignation, and Hirohito firmly decided that only Suzuki Kantaro could save "Japan" from the whirlpool of war.

"Report to the Prime Minister, of course." Togo sighed and turned around and told Matsumura to prepare the car, and after Matsumura went out, he cursed hatefully: "These bastards of the Kwantung Army." ”

The Japanese government denied everything about Unit 731, but the top leaders believed that it was true from the beginning, but Togo did not expect that the United States would interrupt negotiations because of this matter.

The Dulles line was the only line of contact between Hichimoto and the United States, and Togo had high hopes for him, so when Hashimoto reported to him, he categorically decided to lower the conditions, and even broke through the bottom line given to him by Suzuki.

But now that this line is broken, what should the "Day" do? When will peace come?

"Your Excellency, don't be too anxious, didn't the Shanghai side say that Chiang Kai-shek is not very interested in our proposal, and there may be a breakthrough." Matsumura comforted.

While looking for a breakthrough in Europe, Shanghai was also stepping up its liaison, and through Miao Bin and Dai Li, it sent a signal of peace to Chongqing on extremely high terms, agreeing to hand over all the territories of "China" countries, including Northeast China and Taiwan, and compensate "China" countries for the war losses of one billion yen, and cut half of North Korea to "China" countries, hoping that China and Japan could join hands to oppose O-ism. After receiving this condition, Chongqing showed a certain interest in this condition, and Zhou Fu, a special commissioner of the military command, was sent to Nanjing to preside over the talks.

However, the negotiations with Chongqing were presided over by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which has always looked down on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Dongxiang did not know the specific progress, but Jixiang believed that the United States and Britain gave Chongqing a greater amount of yòuhuò, in addition to the Northeast, Taiwan, and the Ryukyu Islands, once Japan was defeated, the war reparations would far exceed one billion yen. In addition, the most important thing is that without the consent of the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union, it is impossible for China to truly agree to peace, and in order to truly achieve peace, it must still reach an agreement with the core of its allies, the United States.

The car drove out of the office building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the streets were still neat and clean, but the high-rise buildings on both sides were gone, and several shacks stood in the ruins, which were made of various materials, linoleum, canvas, straw, and everything else, and they were built in a haphazard manner in the ruins.

It's empty, the whole of Tokyo is so empty, there are no high-rise buildings, there are no women shouting and selling on the roadside, and the working citizens are all working, and those who don't have jobs are evacuated to the countryside, Tokyo looks clean, even in the daytime.

A man pushed open the door made of wooden sticks, carried an iron basin to the faucet on the side of the road to catch water, his movements were a little bigger, he was already on the road, the driver honked, the man looked up at the car, expressionless to the side of a step, the driver muttered a little annoyed, Dongxiang immediately stopped, did not let the driver complain anymore.

Matsumura sighed softly, the continuous heavy bombardment dealt a heavy blow to the people's confidence in the war, and the people's accusations against the government became stronger and stronger, and the resentment grew, and this man's performance was a direct reaction to this emotion, which was still before, and this man had to apologize to the prime minister, bow to them first, apologize, and then give way.

The bleak streets made Togo and Matsumura not interested in talking, and they couldn't bear to observe the situation on the left and right, and now Tokyo can be seen far and wide.

As soon as Togo got off the bus at the Prime Minister's Office, the Prime Minister's secretary greeted him and told him that the Prime Minister was about to convene a joint meeting, and asked him to come to the conference room immediately, and that War Minister Nishio Toshizo, Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, Chief of Staff Umezu Mijiro, and Miyagi Provincial Minister Kido would soon arrive.

"What's wrong? Are there any important questions? Togo was a little puzzled, he didn't know what Kantaro Suzuki was doing with this meeting, and was there any major event happening?

"The Shina people have begun to move, and the Kwantung Army has begun to retreat." The secretary's tone was hurried: "The Prime Minister has decided to convene a joint meeting, two. ”

Although he had already begun to know that the Chinese people would attack the northeast sooner or later, when the incident really happened, Dongxiang still couldn't help but be surprised.

"Where did the people hit?" Dongxiang asked, once the people rushed into the northeast, there would be one less chip in the [Japan] book.

"I don't know," the secretary replied, "However, the General Staff Headquarters reported that the Brigade Zhina Army was found in the Outer Xing'an Mountains and the ancient grassland of Méng, which actually included tank troops, and the Kwantung Army Headquarters had issued an emergency retreat order to the garrisons in Changchun, Harbin and other places. ”

Dongxiang sighed softly: "I'll go and meet the prime minister first." ”

The secretary took Togo to the prime minister's office, Suzuki got up from behind his desk, Togo couldn't help but feel a little sour when he saw him, the prime minister looked thinner, his face was like two skins, there was no flesh at all: his eyes were cloudy, even a little dull, and the wrinkles on his forehead seemed to have been processed again, a little deeper.

"Dongxiang-kun, you came so fast." Togo arrived so quickly, and Suzuki was obviously a little surprised.

"The bridge was electrified, and Dulles broke off the negotiations." On the way here, Togo still had a fire in his heart, but seeing Suzuki's appearance, he couldn't help but soften his heart again.

Suzuki's eyes rolled twice, and he said tentatively, "Do they want a higher price?" ”

"No, Dulles is still interested in our proposal" Togo did not say that he raised the price without authorization, Suzuki was a weak prime minister, and telling him was tantamount to telling the military department, and Togo was originally going to tell him after an agreement was reached.

"But because of the 721 incident, the opposition in the United States was very strong, and he had to suspend the negotiations." Dongxiang couldn't help but scold when he said this: "How can these bastards in the military department do such a thing." ”

When the purpose of Unit 721 was violent, not only Suzuki was shocked, but even the emperor was alarmed, Nishio Shouzo and Umezu Mijiro were summoned to the palace by the emperor, and were severely reprimanded by the emperor, and the emperor personally ordered a complete blockade of the people of Japan, and there could be no leakage of the slightest news in the country.

"Dongxiang-kun, something has happened, what's the use of being angry." Suzuki sighed, there is no doubt that this incident has affected the attitude of the allies towards Japan, and it has become more difficult to obtain better peace conditions.

"If Manchuria is lost, what conditions can we use to attract the Chinese people?" Dongxiang sighed, and suddenly he became anxious again: "The battle failed, the peace talks failed, the air raids were powerless to stop, the army couldn't stop the people, the navy couldn't stop the Americans, and the empire is getting more and more difficult now!" Prime Minister, you should be tough! If you can't fight anymore, you should stop the war! ”

Suzuki looked at Togo a little stunned, not understanding why he suddenly pointed the finger at himself, Togo was still dissatisfied and vented: "What are they going to do!" Start a war, but don't know how to end it, the empire is ruined by these bastards! What a samurai spirit! What opens up the territory of the empire! It's all nonsense! Now what? Fight, fight and win! And, and can't!

How?! ”

"Dongxiang-kun, don't move, don't shake his head, he can see that Dongxiang is really anxious, for a few months, Dongxiang has tried his best to seek peace, end the war, and find a way out for the Japanese, but the resistance is not ordinarily big. Within the cabinet, the army and navy were putting up obstacles: Emperor Hirohito was unwilling to admit defeat and surrender unconditionally, and the emperor wanted to end the war on better terms.

"What to do? There's only one way, and that's to keep fighting! ”

Suzuki turned to see that it was Nishio Shouzo and Umezu Mijiro pushing the door in, apparently they had heard Togo's words, at least the last part.

Umezu Mijiro glared at Togo with a deep face: "The empire is very difficult, but it is under such difficulties that the tenacity of the Yamato nation can be proven, and it can be proved to all the enemies of the empire that the Yamato nation is invincible!" ”

"This is not a newspaper! Not the National Assembly! There is no need for such propaganda. Togo sneered and mocked.

"Togo-kun! As a minister, a courtier on whom His Majesty depends, such an emotion is not beneficial to the empire in the slightest! Umezu Mijiro angrily rebuked.

"Then I'd love to know how the Army plans to win this war!" Dongxiang launched a counterattack without showing weakness: "Manchuria is in danger, how does the army plan to hold Manchuria?" ”！。

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