Emperor Hirohito's Imperial Palace, for sure, is the safest place in the current city of Tokyo.

In the face of the overwhelming offensive of the Chinese Expeditionary Force's four-way army, not only the unconscious Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, but also the entire staff headquarters moved their offices to the palace.

During the hours-long fighting, not a single shell of the Chinese Expeditionary Force fell into the palace. However, the rumbling sound of cannons getting closer and closer to the palace has reached the ears of everyone in the palace. Whether it was the lowest-ranking attendants in the palace, the highest-ranking officials, or even Emperor Hirohito himself, they couldn't help but show a deep look of fear in the face of the rumbling cannons.

In less than two days, under tremendous pressure, Emperor Hirohito seemed to have aged dozens of years in an instant. Staring at a pair of eyes without any color, looking at the subordinates in the main hall....

"Yaga, why don't you speak, don't you usually be able to speak, but now it's really a critical moment, why have you all become dumb.......all talk...."Emperor Hirohito roared in his old voice in the main hall.

"The ministers are guilty, please take care of your body...", the crowd shouted in unison.

"Bastard....the country is gone, what's the use of taking care of your health...."Emperor Hirohito said angrily.

Immediately, facing Lieutenant General Tanaka in front of him, he directly asked: "Tanaka Army, how many soldiers are left in the entire Tokyo City now?" ”

"Your Majesty....The various street fighting troops scattered in the city have been divided and surrounded by squadrons. It is only a matter of time before it is wiped out. So. So far, all we have in our hands are the three infantry wings guarding the perimeter of the palace and the one guard unit that you personally control," said Lieutenant General Tanaka.

"In other words, we only have more than 10,000 troops left," Emperor Hirohito asked with a solemn face.

"Hayi...."

However, what the Emperor did not expect was that the more than 10,000 troops, along with the beginning of a new offensive of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the three infantry wings deployed around the Imperial Palace were wiped out in just a moment.

As soon as Lieutenant General Tanaka's words fell, there was a series of deafening shell explosions. It began to ring around the palace.

"Your Majesty... Something has happened...."An attendant of the Emperor... Rushing into the main hall with a panicked face, panting and reporting.

"What's going on with the cannon fire outside?" Emperor Hirohito has not yet spoken. Lieutenant General Tanaka, whose face changed drastically and seemed to realize something, asked directly....

"Offense. The Chinese Expeditionary Force has begun to attack the Imperial Palace...."The pale-faced attendant quickly replied incoherently.

"Nani, attack the palace... Baga, are the Chinese not afraid of causing the entire Japanese Empire to revolt....No, no matter what, the Imperial Palace cannot be destroyed by the Chinese....Pass the order, all the defending troops outside the palace, must hold their positions...." Lieutenant General Tanaka ordered loudly while being furious.

Looking at the attendants who were leaving quickly, Lieutenant General Tanaka immediately set his eyes on the main hall, Emperor Hirohito. He said, 'Your Majesty, you are the spiritual pillar of the entire empire. In order to avoid possible accidental injuries caused by the squadron's artillery fire, I suggest that Your Majesty enter the bomb shelter in the palace immediately... After the battle is over, come out again, and ask Your Majesty to move -......"

However, what he didn't expect was that the stubborn Emperor Hirohito was not at anyone's mercy at all, and directly and mercilessly vetoed this suggestion.

"Yaga, do you want me to retreat? No. I am the Son of Heaven and the spiritual pillar of the millions of people of the Great Japanese Empire. Even if the enemy hits me, I will never back down..."

After speaking, a pair of sharp eyes quickly glanced at the subordinates in front of him, and directly opened his mouth to order. …,

"Tell all the defending troops outside the city. I am with them. At the same time, the palace guards were ordered to assemble immediately. replenish the losses of the surrounding defenders at any time ...."

Looking at Emperor Hirohito, who had a firm face in front of him, Lieutenant General Tanaka had no choice but to agree...

However, just before he could leave the main hall, another infantry officer with a face full of gunpowder smoke rushed into the main hall directly ignoring the obstruction of his attendants, and reported with a frightened face.

"Your Majesty, it's dead, it's all dead....the troops outside the city are all dead..."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible, you are lying...."Hearing the report, the first thing Lieutenant General Tanaka showed was incredible. In his eyes, no matter how bad the three infantry wings were, there should be no problem holding out for a few hours.

However, he overlooked a very important issue.

Although the three infantry wings outside the palace are all elite of the Guards Division, they are completely exposed to the surface of the position, and only the elite of the Japanese army used by the barricades to hide, in front of the shells, there is only the fate of being slaughtered....

Tank guns, field artillery, mountain artillery, infantry artillery, mortars, grenadiers ....

More than 3,000 artillery pieces of various calibers poured more than 100,000 shells on the temporary positions of the Japanese troops outside the palace in less than five minutes.

Coupled with the fact that there were simply no trenches and bunkers around the palace to dodge in, hundreds of thousands of shells exerted their maximum power in an instant.

The three infantry wings, under the ravages of more than 100,000 shells, managed to survive less than 500 people.

Hearing the infantry officer in front of him, everyone in the hall, including Emperor Hirohito, couldn't help but gasp. In particular, those ministers who came from the military have even imagined the scene of thousands of Japanese troops struggling with the explosion of hundreds of thousands of shells.

After a brief silence, Emperor Hirohito was the first to speak.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the situation outside the palace is already clear to everyone....the fate of the entire empire is in everyone's hands. Let's all talk about what we should do next...."

"Gentlemen, you must be clear, even if you add the five hundred remaining defenders outside the palace. The total number of troops in our hands is less than two thousand..."

Prime Minister Hideki Tojo was unconscious, and several marshals of the empire were divided and surrounded in Tokyo by the Chinese expeditionary force before they could enter the palace, and their lives and deaths were unknown... In the face of Emperor Hirohito's questioning, the ministers who had no real power were silent except for silence.

And at this moment, a commotion came from outside the main hall....

Just when everyone looked at the hall suspiciously, a close attendant who had not been notified rushed in directly.

"Your Majesty, the negotiator of the Chinese, the negotiator sent by the Chinese Expeditionary Force has come and asked for an audience...."

"Nani... Could it be that the Chinese Expeditionary Force wants me to surrender to them... No, I will never agree....Guards, immediately kill the envoy of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the Great Japanese Empire only has warriors who died in battle, and there are no cowards who surrendered...."The shrewd Emperor Hirohito immediately understood something, and ordered directly with an iron face.

However, to the bewilderment of Emperor Hirohito and all the ministers, in the face of his orders, there was no movement from the attendants in front of him. Instead, he spoke-....

"Your Majesty-... This negotiator is not Chinese, he is Japanese ... And..."

"Yaga, don't say it...."Hearing the three words of the Japanese, the anger in Emperor Hirohito's heart was even greater, and he interrupted directly.

"Just because he is Japanese, then he should be killed....my Japanese Empire does not have such a citizen, he is simply a disgrace to the Empire, a disgrace..."Emperor Hirohito roared directly with an iron face.

In the face of the roar, the attendant remained unmoved. …,

"But, Your Majesty, he is not an ordinary Japanese, but Chief of Staff Ishihara...."

The attendant's sudden answer was like a thunderclap, directly shocking everyone in the hall...

After a full minute, Emperor Hirohito, who was still stunned, tentatively asked, "What are you talking about, the envoy outside is Chief of Staff Ishihara..."

"Ha Yi...."The attendant replied affirmatively....

"Yaga, what are you doing in a daze, why don't you invite Chief of Staff Ishihara in immediately, ...... quickly" At the moment of life and death, Emperor Hirohito couldn't care about any majesty, and roared directly at the attendants in front of him...

"The criminal minister Ishihara Wan'er sees Your Majesty...."In less than a minute, the faltering Ishihara Wan'er appeared in front of everyone....

Seeing Ishihara Wan'er, who seemed to be much older in front of him, after a short period of time, Emperor Hirohito, who had regained his true imperial nature, asked directly.

"Ishihara-kun, I believe there should be other things when you come back....let's say, now that the empire is at a critical juncture of life and death, if you have anything to say, I can bear it?"

"Your Majesty Xie...."After quickly organizing the language, Ishihara Waner said his purpose straightforwardly.

"Your Majesty, the criminal minister has been ordered to come this time to persuade His Majesty to give up resistance and negotiate with the Chinese Expeditionary Force to resolve this war that can be resolved through negotiations..."

"Negotiation....surrender....Ishihara-kun, are you still a warrior of the Great Japanese Empire, how can you say such a thing....The empire only has samurai who died in battle, and there are no cowards who surrendered...."Lieutenant General Tanaka roared directly.

"Yaga....", scolded the original subordinates. Ishihara directly let out an angry roar in his hoarse voice...

looked at Lieutenant General Tanaka, who was full of anger in front of him and stopped talking. Ishihara said to Hirohito, who had a solemn face in front of him.

"Your Majesty, the guilty minister is here to tell you only one fact: with the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, if we choose to negotiate, Japan can continue to survive. However, if resistance continues, I can guarantee that the Great Japanese Empire will completely disappear from the world. You know better than I do about the damage in the city of Tokyo, and if every one of the people in Tokyo were shelled on such a large scale, can you think about it, is there any hope for the whole of Japan to stand up again? Therefore, I implore Your Majesty to take the initiative to give up resistance and negotiate with the Chinese Expeditionary Force for the sake of the future of the Empire and for the sake of the next generation of the Empire......"

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