Section VIII Turning Point XI

The Japanese army's senior generals were deeply afraid of the common situation in the Japanese army, and the audacity of the radical officers in the 226 incident shocked all the senior generals. /γ€Η’Πœ\\

During the 226 Incident, a small number of radical officers led a rebellion with only 1,500 men. Although the rebellion was suppressed, their actions were widely sympathetic to the younger officers in the army, who used the incident to exert frequent pressure on political leaders to force them to back down, including the expansion of the Lugou Bridge Incident.

Nagano Xiushen was also afraid of these fanatical young officers, and he didn't care about the rudeness of Netjingchun at all, but said slowly: "The cabinet network has made a decision, and this is going to change, isn't it too rash." Besides, the southward march is not just a matter for our navy. The army is the main force, and they advocate going north

"The Army is too self-righteous to go!" The first minister, Major General Fufu, was greatly dissatisfied: "There is nothing in the ice and snow of Soviet Russia, if there is no oil. The Combined Fleet is a dead fish floating in the harbor. They can't be allowed to decide the fate of the empire! ”

"What are they going to do Tojo, just kill them." A staff officer shouted angrily.

"yes, kill him!"

"Puffy!" Nagano finally couldn't help it, and was furious: "The empire is in crisis, and we need to unite to tide over the difficulties together, and at this time provoke contradictions between the navy and the army, unless you step on my corpse to pass!" I will not allow it".

"No one wants a coup d'Γ©tat" Wang Jingchun hurriedly corrected the shouting of the staff officer, in the navy and army, the naval officers are relatively stable, but now that the entire navy is at stake, they can't help but get anxious: "Your Excellency, you can't let the army come to you, you have to fight." ”

"Don't worry, I'll Nagano nodded solemnly. Without oil, the fleet will not be able to operate, and this is a matter of life and death for the entire navy, and he cannot afford not to fight for it.

Nagano was besieged, and Tojo was also besieged by the young officers of the War Department, but his attitude was clear and he firmly supported the declaration of war on the United States.

"If the cabinet doesn't agree, I'll resign." Tojo was very resolute, and his meaning was obvious. Once he resigns, the Army will not send someone to replace the Minister of War, so that the Konoe Cabinet will only fall. But Seishiro Itagaki disagreed: "When the country is in crisis. Frequent cabinet changes are detrimental to the country. ”

"So what do you think should be done?" Tojo asked.

"The prime minister will definitely enlarge the cabinet meeting, and when the time comes, it will be discussed, and the contradictions with the United States are best resolved through negotiations, or should he unswervingly insist on going north and starting a war against Soviet Russia." Itagaki was anxious that if the United States would hit Japan's dead end at once, the demand for the navy to move south would be stronger, and the possibility of advancing north would be even smaller.

"Good. So be it. Tojo nodded, and before he could finish speaking, Tachibana, the head of the special high school section of the base camp, "Major General came in and reported."

"Your Excellency, Major General Kagesa has made a major discovery in Shanghai," said Itagaki and Tojo, who asked with some displeasure, "What is the situation?" ”

"Major General Kagesa detected that the manager of the Manchurian Railway Affairs Department, Nakanishi Hidemi, was a spy for the Shina people, and following this clue, we found out the spy identities of Ozaki Hidemi, the secretary of Prime Minister Konoe, and the German journalist Zolg, who were all spies of the Comintern, and Nakanishi and Ozaki Hidemi were members of the Japanese ** party."

"What do you say! Only Tojo was greatly surprised. This news is not trivial, especially Hidemi Ozaki, who is an adviser and secretary to Fumima Konoe. You can observe the cabinet meeting, Zhongxi Gong is the Manchurian Railway Office in Shanghai, the Manchurian Railway has never been a simple commercial organization, the Manchurian Railway Office is a spy organization, Zhongxi Gong is the head of this office, and he can also have access to a large number of secrets.

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Is there any concrete evidence, Itagaki calmly asked quickly, but he knew that if Tachibana Aikawa didn't have solid evidence, he would never say it here.

"Yes, yesterday in Tokyo, Shanghai, Nanjing, we took a unified action, and our radio station in a car repair shop has been seized, but the code book has been burned. Major General Kagesa also arrested the Zhongxi Attack, Maeda Masaike and others in Shanghai, and their tentacles have infiltrated the Mei organs, and since the battle in Xuzhou, they have provided a large amount of military and economic information to the government of China, and the reason for the leakage of information in Xuzhou is the reason for the setback, in addition, we also know that Zorge provided Soviet Russia with information on the German invasion of Soviet Russia, but I don't know why, Soviet Russia did not believe it. Tachibana Aikawa gave a detailed report on the investigation of the case.

Or from Shanghai, after Kagezo Zhenzhao noticed that the attack on China and the West was suspicious, he carried out secret monitoring of him, and found that he had frequent correspondence with Tokyo, especially Ozaki Hidemi, so they secretly checked Ozaki Hidemi's letters, and found the secret content from them, and then discovered Zorg through Ozaki Hidemi, so step by step the entire intelligence network arranged by Soviet Russia in Tokyo was seized.

"You've already arrested someone?" Bantan's teeth were clenched, and almost word by word popped out of his mouth, the failure of Linyi was an eternal pain in his heart, more than 30,000 Daiwa warriors spilled blood on the battlefield, and countless wounded soldiers drank bullets and self-determination in order not to drag down the troops, thinking of these made his eyes split.

"In order to avoid greater losses, we have already captured them, and the only one who has not moved is Hidemi Ozaki." Tachibana Aikawa replied that Hidemi Ozaki's identity is special and cannot be caught casually, otherwise it is likely to cause political turmoil.

After a moment of silence, Itagaki released his clenched fist, and after another long time he said, "I'm too anxious, I can stay longer."

"Ozaki Hidemi's harm is too great, and now is the critical time of the empire, we dare not stay any longer, Tachibana Aikawa explained. After Germany attacked Soviet Russia, Soviet Russia would definitely intensify its reconnaissance of Japan's movements, and if Japan decided to advance north, Hidemi Ozaki would be too dangerous.

"Special treatment in special periods, Grab Tojo ordered without hesitation, Itagaki hurriedly stopped: "Does Ozaki Hidemi know that Zolge and others have been arrested?" Or did he already know he was exposed? ”

"It should be known that all the members of their group have been arrested. It was impossible for him not to guess that Tachibana Aikawa replied with some frustration after thinking about it, he had already guessed what Itagaki wanted to do. It's a pity it's too late.

Itagaki thought about it silently, and then asked, "What is Dohihara-kun's opinion?" ”

"Tu Fei Yuanjun is now the director of army aviation, and the work of the special high school is not under his control." Tachibana Aikawa sighed softly in his heart, and after Kenji Dohihara failed to lure Wu Peixiang to surrender, he assassinated Wu Peixiang. Later, he was transferred to Manchuria as a division commander, last year he was transferred back to China as a military staff officer and director of the non-commissioned officer school, and in June this year he was appointed director of army aviation.

On the surface, it seems that Kenji Dohihara has been promoted, and his military rank has been promoted from lieutenant general to general, but in fact, Tuheihara was excluded and transferred back to China from China because he opposed cooperation with Wang Jingwei and insisted that it was necessary to cooperate with Chiang Kai-shek to solve the China incident. If it weren't for the help of Shanshan Yuan, Yan Junliu and others. He's afraid he'll have to work in school until he retires.

"Don't arrest him for the time being, but this matter must be reported to the prime minister immediately, and ask him to make a decision, Itagaki and Tojo both know that if this matter is revealed, it will definitely have a huge impact on the Konoe cabinet, and Konoe Fumiken, who is already anxious, is likely to resign, and changing the cabinet at this critical juncture will bring great risks.

"We'll go to the Prime Minister now." Tojo got up and walked out, Tachibana Xiang followed him, Itagaki sighed softly, and did not follow. Instead, he returned to the General Staff, and his relationship with Tojo was not good, Tojo Hideki was a slow person who could not tolerate any dissenting opinions, and Itagaki had a great disagreement with him on the way to resolve the Shina incident, and Tojo secretly held a grudge against him in his heart. Zheng Tige transferred him out of the General Staff.

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Fumitaka Konoe receives a report from Tojo and Tachibana. Shocked, he asked for the evidence in a row, Tachibana Aikawa told the investigation of the entire case from the beginning of the attack in the middle and west, and explained all the evidence in his possession one by one, Konoe Wen sat on the sofa for the time being, and did not say a word for a long time.

"Your Excellency, don't blame yourself too much, communist spies are everywhere, and now the empire needs you to lift your spirits. Lead the empire out of trouble. Tachibana Aikawa remembered Itagaki's reminder and hurriedly persuaded and comforted him.

"Ozaki Hidemi, okay, Ozaki Hidemi" Konoe gritted his teeth and moaned in a low voice that he was almost slumped on the sofa, Tojo Hideki glanced at him with some disdain, and asked in a gentle tone: "Your Excellency, Ozaki Hidemi still has those situations?"

Tojo's question makes sense. Tachibana "didn't know all the leaks from Ozaki Hidemi, and Konoe himself told him about them. This is clear only to Konoe himself

Konoe Wenying sobered up and slowly recalled: "Yesterday, we discussed the development of the situation and countermeasures after the US imposed an oil embargo. The demand for southward advance will definitely be stronger, and the army will also be yuan, and the law will block it, so the southward advance will become inevitable. However, the southward advance was bound to start a war with the United States, which was difficult for the empire to support, so it was better to negotiate with the United States first and resolve the dispute through diplomatic negotiations. As for the northward advance, the oil embargo became impossible at the outset. ”

Both Tojo and Tachibana knew that we were the advisors around Konoe, who were university professors and senior researchers at research institutes, and who had made achievements in politics, economy, and diplomacy.

Tojo looked down on those literati very much, and he thought in his heart that these literati were just talking about misleading the country. Now is the time to take action, and iron will is required. When iron-blooded means are needed, not rhetoric.

"Arrest it," Konoe whispered, "I'll ask the Emperor for guilt." ”

At this moment, he made up his mind in his heart and resigned from Tianyan. Tojo did not persuade him, and Tachibana Aikawa wanted to persuade him, but was stopped by Tojo's stern gaze, and the two of them left the prime minister's office.

After they left, the guard sat alone for a long time. Then he slowly got up and went to the study, and wrote "Resignation of Blame" on a neat white piece of paper

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