Chapter 205: The Emperor's Imperial Council

Emperor Showa slashed the table in front of him with a knife, almost scaring out the urine of the ministers in front of him, it seemed that His Majesty the Emperor was angry enough, only to see him shouting like crazy:

"We have suffered so great losses, don't you even know who the enemy is? If this spreads, what will be the face of our Great Japanese Empire?

Do you want the Western powers to laugh at me? Do you still want our Japanese people to never hold their heads up in front of the Western powers? ”

"His Majesty the Emperor, the plan of the day. Because the enemy's whereabouts are completely gone, it is inevitable that the great powers of various countries will look down on us Japan in the future, and we can only temporarily block the news. When we catch the real culprits, we will bring them to justice. Prime Minister Reijiro was the first to answer.

"I'm afraid, we'll never catch the real culprit." Deputy Prime Minister Inu Yangyi spoke coldly again.

"That's not it, I just think that we haven't even touched the shadow of the enemy yet, so how can we bring the real culprit to justice?" What Inu Yangyi said is the truth.

"Can't we even figure out who the most likely suspect is now?" The Emperor couldn't help but ask.

"Personally, I think Li Tie, who is far away in northeast China, is very suspicious." Inu Yangyi said.

"How is that possible. Since the destruction of the Northeast branch of the Black Dragon Society of our War Department, our War Department has already dispatched additional intelligence officers of the Kwantung Army to keep an eye on the surrounding areas of the Tianfang grain line 24 hours a day.

Our intelligence officers have recorded the people who enter and leave the Tianfang Grain Line every day, since Li Tie entered the Tianfang Grain Line that night.

He had been hiding in the food store to take care of his critically ill father, so it was not him who led people to attack our Tokyo port this time. The Prime Minister of the War Department defended.

"What's impossible, he didn't come to Tokyo, but don't forget, he's the biggest suspect in the members of the base-organization.

Judging from this military operation, it is very much in line with the style of the base-organization. So I also think it's more likely to be a base-place-organization.

And Li Tie is likely to have an ambiguous relationship with the base-ground-organization, so I suggest that we might as well use Li Tie as a breakthrough until there is no better imaginary enemy. "The Minister of the Navy is also in favor of targeting Li Tie.

"I also agree with Deputy Prime Minister Takeshi Inukai. Our intelligence headquarters received a secret telegram from Major General Doihara a long time ago, and Major General Dohihara firmly believed that Li Tie was extremely anti-Japanese.

And he has risen too fast over the years, judging from the trajectory and way of his rise, there must be the support of a very strong force behind him, and this force has been analyzed by our intelligence officers.

We also think that it is very likely that he is a member of the Foundation, and that he is likely to be the leader of the Foundation, despite his young age.

But it's one of the most important, if not the biggest bosses. And through him, he has repeatedly opposed us Japan, and it is also he who has eliminated the Hongkou Dojo, a branch of our Shanghai Black Dragon Society.

It was only after he entered Shanghai that the Empire's power in Shanghai was repeatedly humiliated, so even a fool would not believe it to say that he had nothing to do with the base-region-organization.

Sooner or later, he will become an enemy of the empire, and although there is no drama this time, a discerning person can see it at a glance. The attack on the Black Dragon Society branch must be the base-place-organization-organization, and then referring to the attack on the headquarters of the Black Dragon Society in Tokyo, it is not him Li Tie who else can be.

So I very much agree with the judgment of Deputy Prime Minister Takeshi Inukai. The rare minister in charge of intelligence also agreed with Inu's idea.

All of a sudden, the Japanese actually found the right murderer.

"It doesn't matter if Li Tie is the organizer of this operation, and whether he has been wronged or not. Anyway, he had nothing to do with the attack.

In this case, we don't have a target anyway, so let's temporarily target him, anyway, he will be an enemy of our empire sooner or later, and we will kill him sooner or later. "It's rare that the emperor would be ruthless to such a small businessman as Li Tie.

"In addition, the Admiralty has an accurate account of where our enemy attacked our Tokyo harbor this time, and what weapons they used at the same time.

In any case, we cannot easily let this enemy go. Does the Admiralty have a plan to pursue the enemy? ”

The emperor once again asked new questions.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, although there are several warships in Tokyo Bay, the enemy's attack this time is very covert, and the enemy is likely to use a large number of submarines, and our Admiralty is likely to be in no hurry to catch up." This was stated by the Prime Minister of the Admiralty.

"How is that possible? No matter how powerful an organization is, how can it have submarines. It is important to know that submarines were only used at the end of World War I, and they were not very powerful.

We in Japan have just started to study submarines in the past two years, and because of lack of funds, we have not yet produced a qualified submarine that can be used in actual combat.

Is it possible for an organization to have such a large R&D capacity and such a production capacity? Not to mention, there are still a lot of submarines. Your Admiralty warships are not mistaken, and they will not deliberately exaggerate the enemy's strength in order to escape responsibility, right? The Minister of War asked.

"Although the warships in the Tokyo harbor were badly damaged, they were able to spot torpedoes fired from the sea. And those who can launch torpedoes in the sea, except for submarines, no other ship can complete this task.

Since they are attacking from the sea, they must not be able to get rid of the equipment of submarines. And as far as I know, the latest submarines now have to be oxygenated every two days.

So no matter what kind of underwater equipment they are, as long as they are still in the sea, it is impossible for them not to come out to breathe.

With our powerful Japanese navy and the continuous reconnaissance of hundreds of aircraft along the coast, we will definitely be able to catch their traces.

In addition, we can mobilize fishermen to search for suspicious submarines, and send two aircraft carriers to search the waters off Tokyo. We must find out these enemies who are hiding in the sea. And destroy them. Deputy Prime Minister Inu Yangyi said affirmatively.

"Well, it's rare that the Deputy Prime Minister also knows about military affairs, and that's really reasonable. In that case, I authorize your Admiralty to use all your forces to destroy this uninformed enemy, and now ask the Admiralty Minister to give an order at once. The emperor struck the final word.

The Secretary of the Navy immediately picked up the telephone in the council chamber and called the Navy Command to send all the aircraft carriers off the coast of Japan to search for 500 to 1,000 nautical miles along their respective defense zones.

Because Japanese aircraft are generally small, a mainstream aircraft carrier can store at least 70 aircraft.

The combat radius of each aircraft could reach 500 nautical miles, but at that time, submarines could only travel 200 nautical miles almost a day, and this still refers to the speed at which the submarine floats up and travels at the fastest speed.

If you dive in the sea, I am afraid that you will not even be able to go 200 nautical miles. So if these aircraft carriers can really be arranged in time, all the submarines in this era will not be able to escape the pursuit of the Japanese Navy.

After confirming that this group of enemies could be traced, the emperor's face looked much better, but everyone had to come up with a charter for the loss of the seaport, how to announce it to the outside world early tomorrow morning, and how to silence the mouths of the Western powers was the most important.

In view of the disgrace caused by the attack, the Emperor and his ministers ultimately concluded by concealing the true facts of the attack on the port of Tokyo.

As for how to explain to the outside world? Quite simply, Japan is known to be a country with frequent earthquakes. Last night, a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Tokyo, which accidentally damaged a powder magazine in the Tokyo harbor, causing the powder magazine to explode.

The explosion of the powder magazine eventually caused the entire harbor to explode, which not only caused serious damage to the harbor, but also lost more than a dozen warships and damaged thousands of Japanese houses.

So this is a natural disaster, a great natural disaster, an irreversible natural disaster, a natural disaster that cannot be prevented.

After the deliberations of the ministers who were talking nonsense with their eyes open, the result was finally studied, and His Majesty the Emperor saw it and finally published it in this name.

After arranging specific measures to deal with the aftermath, the emperor found that the ministers in the council were staring at him one by one, and they had no intention of leaving on their own initiative, and he was angry for no reason. shouted loudly: "

What are you waiting for here? Waiting for the meal to start? Those who should be rescued should be rescued, and those who should be chased after the enemy should be chased after the enemy, is it such a trivial matter that I still have to do it myself? ”

"Hey!" The ministers immediately responded and hurriedly withdrew from the chamber.

And the next morning, the Japanese government did exactly that. Numerous official newspapers have published news about the powerful earthquake that has struck Tokyo.

At the same time, all the official newspapers also published a government statement announcing the relief of the Japanese people, even though they were suffering from the earthquake.

However, after all, it was the explosion of the arsenal of the Admiralty that caused the collapse of thousands of houses and the casualties of tens of thousands of innocent people, so the state will build houses for these thousands of residents free of charge.

As for the Japanese civilians who were killed or wounded, it was also rare for the Japanese government to be compensated 1,000 yen per family. Although it is not much, it can be regarded as a good soothing of the wounded hearts of the Japanese people.

And just when the Emperor of Japan was discussing with his ministers how to rebuild after the disaster.

Li Tie is sailing rapidly in the sea with four of the latest submarines. He was not at all worried about the countless planes and ships that were coming on the surface of the sea to search the sea.

Because his submarine is the latest in Germany, let alone sneaking in the sea for two days, he doesn't need to come out for a week to change his breath.

After a few years, when the latest diesel-powered submarines supplied to Germany were built. I'm afraid I don't need to come out for a month to change my breath, just with the endurance of that submarine, it is not much worse than the conventionally powered submarines of later generations.