Whether it was Emperor Song Biao, Prime Minister Gu Weijun, Chief of the General Staff of the Central Military Department Jiang Fangzhen, or Commander-in-Chief of the Northeast Defense Army Chen Wu and Chief of Staff Liu Gengyun, everyone believed that the most difficult issue for the empire was not how to defeat all the Yue troops and the resistance forces, but how to re-establish an effective Yue Ben provisional regime.

The result surprised everyone, after the Northeast Defense Army captured Shimonoseki and Kyushu Island, the two places continued to operate normally, and also took the initiative to accept the jurisdiction of the Northeast Defense Army, although there were also people who claimed to be Samurai organized to carry out sabotage, but the vast majority of the people in the occupied area were relatively orderly, and the county government axe also promulgated wartime management regulations according to the order of the military department, requiring all residents not to hide weapons privately.

In order to stabilize the order in the occupied areas, the Northeast National Defense Force requisitioned hundreds of thousands of tons of military rations from the country and distributed them locally.

The stability of the occupied areas surprised the military headquarters, as well as the base camp of the Japanese army.

This stability allowed the Imperial Army to quickly deploy more troops to attack Kyushu, and although the resistance of the Imperial Army on the island of Kyushu was fierce, it did not put the Imperial Defense Force in the predicament of all soldiers, and by mid-July, the Japanese army in Kyushu was basically wiped out, and the whole of Kyushu was quickly calmed down.

This bizarre situation puzzled Emperor Song Biao and the Central Military Department, and of course they were also very happy, for both sides, it was always a good thing that the people did not make senseless sacrifices.

As soon as Kyushu Island is lost, the entire mainland of Japan will be in jeopardy.

In September 1941, the Tohoku National Defense Force and the Admiralty launched the Hakusan Offensive again, and carried out the third large-scale landing operation in Ishikawa Prefecture, which was relatively wide on the northern coast of Saimoto.

The Empire's strategy in the city was a springboard advance, with the ultimate goal of occupying the entire city or forcing the army to surrender unconditionally, although the resistance of the army was very fierce, and every battle was fought very fiercely, the casualty rate of the army was much higher, and it was constantly defeated by the Imperial Army on the scale of the entire division.

The Imperial Air Force also established an air base in Ishikawa Prefecture, and two air divisions were stationed in Ishikawa Prefecture to provide faster cover and assault for the Army.

Song Biao didn't know how Bush Jr. was feeling before he was conquered in Iraq, he might be very excited, or he might be very flat, in short, his mood was very flat.

With the strength of the empire today, it is not at all necessary to destroy the "Great Empire".

Confirming that the Imperial Army did not launch a so-called suicide attack on the Chinese occupation forces by dedicating themselves to the country as originally advertised by the Japanese army headquarters, the Imperial Army immediately decided to attack Nagoya directly according to the original plan, and then occupy Hokkaido before attacking Tokyo, so as to prepare for the long-term occupation of Hokkaido, and finally attack Tokyo.

It is a pity that we cannot raze the Empire with nuclear missiles, but it is still worth it to occupy the entire "Great Empire" with absolute strength, and it will not leave the Empire with absolute strength. An excuse for consolation silver.

Strong is strong, weak is weak.

The so-called "Great Empire" is just so weak, and this is the proof that this history will leave behind for mankind.

The Chinese National Defense Forces deployed one-third of their strength in the west to prevent the Soviet-German war, and one-third of their strength was used to garrison the Asian allies and their own countries, and only one-third of the strength was used to raze the so-called "Great Empire." This is the strength of the Chinese Empire, and this is the strength of the "Great Empire."

Xiao Qisan's strength and war potential are also vainly called "the Great Empire" and "the Emperor of the Great Empire", and now he has been beaten back to his original form, right?

I see.

In fact, even if the war is fought to this extent, the real elite units of the Imperial Army are still concentrated in the west, and those large mechanized armored units can represent the real strength of the Imperial Army, of course, it is undeniable that the battle between the Imperial Navy and the Imperial Navy can indeed represent the decisive battle between the world's naval powers, but the result is shocking, and the Imperial Navy, which occupies a special position in the history of the world's navy, was silently wiped out and became a stepping stone to prove the strength of the Imperial Navy. So much so that Britain and the United States were not allowed to re-examine their attitude towards the Imperial Chinese Navy.

It was in this Sino-Chinese war that the Reich proved that it maintained its hegemonic position as the world's strongest force in the navy, land and air forces, and only the Soviet-German Army still had the basis to compete with the Reich Army.

Comprehensive strength determines everything.

The Empire is already recognized as the world's largest power, but in order to consolidate this position, the Empire still needs a war of greater scale and higher status, and to completely prove its invincible position as a world hegemon with military and national strength, and to re-establish the world order and rules that are most beneficial to the Empire on this basis.

…… After a brief resignation due to the Battle of Jeju and the death of the Emperor, he was recommended as the new prime minister by the Seonji Temple for the third time, and this time as the prime minister of the cabinet, he only had two tasks, one was to fight to the death to the end according to the requirements of the army base camp, and to implement the plan for a decisive battle on the mainland, and the other was to make every effort to sign an armistice treaty with China according to the secret instructions of Emperor Hirohito and Seonji Konozo, and the only bottom line was to preserve the emperor system.

Prince Zaihito, who had taken full responsibility for the defeat, had withdrawn from the Marshal's Palace, and Prince Minoru Higashikunomiya had replaced Prince Zaihito as chief of staff as an army general, and became the behind-the-scenes presiding officer of the base camp of the army, but unlike General Okamura Ninji, who was still obsessed with an undefeatable war as land minister, Prince Minoruhiko, a member of the Imperial Family, and Prime Minister Mitsumasa Yonechi had reached a private agreement to sue for peace at all costs on the premise of preserving the emperor's system.

For Prince Minoru and Mitsumasa Yonechi, the only obstacle in front of them is the hardliners led by Okamura Ninji, and these guys are still the majority of the upper echelons of the army, they are the main force in the base camp of the army, and behind these people is Prince Zaihito, who has ostensibly withdrawn from the military world.

No matter how much it is.

An armistice must be signed.

On this basis, Mitsumasa Yonechi sent Vice Chief Inoue Narumi to the United States in secret, and under the arrangement of the United States, he secretly met with Ouyang Pu, the Chinese ambassador to the United States.

Ouyang Pu is the second son of Ouyang Geng, the former prime minister of the empire, and the cousin of Ouyang Xi, the former minister of finance, graduated from the Department of Political Science and Law of the Central Imperial University and the law department of Yale University with a doctorate.

After the two met, they had a secret discussion, and the empire still adhered to the original first principle, that is, the emperor must surrender unconditionally, and the emperor system must be ended, and Mitsumasa Yonechi proposed whether the Sakamoto empire could be reduced to the kingdom of the kingdom, but the title of emperor should continue to be maintained at home, and officially called "king" in foreign countries.

The United States tried its best to mediate the war and hoped that the two countries would sign an armistice agreement that would be acceptable to both China and the United States.

In the event that the parties cannot reach an agreement, the war can only continue.

Almost at the same time, the People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs of the USSR Vyacheslav. Molotov also arrived in Yanjing again, and held the third round of consultations with Jiang Fangzhen, chief of the General Staff of the Central Military Department, at this time the Soviet Union was finally willing to accept the conditions of the empire's previous deal, the Soviet Union judged that China was in more and more fierce contradictions with Britain, and the war with the British will continue, at this time China also needs a stable and peaceful Central and Western Asia, so it will actively take this opportunity to negotiate.

Time has passed, and the Reich has in fact abandoned the Soviet Union and is ready to attack the Soviet Union.

Under the secret treaty with Nazi Germany, the Reich had always reserved the right to attack the eastern part of the Soviet Union and to occupy the Kazakh regions east of the Ural River, as long as the Reich was willing to act, without any further treaty with Nazi Germany and without a new agreement to deploy military operations.

At the same time, the empire also decided to occupy the area east of the Ob River and form the Republic of Siberia, which was finally incorporated into the empire's territory in the name of a referendum.

This is the plan of the Empire.

Before the actual dispatch of troops, Jiang Fangzhen was still with Vyacheslav. Molotov conducted a fierce discussion, which caused the Sino-Soviet secret agreement that the two sides "hoped for" to reach once again bankrupt.

In Vyacheslav. On the afternoon of the day when Molotov returned to Kazan full of disappointment, Jiang Fangzhen, chief of the General Staff of the Central Military Department, secretly went to the General Office with a newly drawn up operational plan to meet with Emperor Song Biao.

…… The Reich sent troops to attack the Soviet Union.

Although the Central Military Department has not done much research on this, in the Siberian Military District, Zhao Tingzhu and Wei Lihuang have already made a detailed offensive plan, and have actively asked the military department to change its wait-and-see strategy, take the initiative to attack, and occupy the eastern part of the Soviet Union.

Wei Lihuang put forward three very important points: first, the eastern part of the Soviet Union was a large no-man's land, sparsely populated, and with the non-Russian population as the main body, it was completely possible to join the imperial territory by first reading power and then merging; Second, the Soviet Union could no longer withstand the attack of the combined forces of Germany and Poland, and could suffer a total rout by the end of this year, so it was better to directly occupy this area as a buffer between the Reich mainland and Germany than to let a stronger adversary control the territory of the Soviet Union; The third is to deter the German army, so that the German army does not dare to easily violate the previous secret agreement.

After Zhao Tingzhu and Wei Lihuang proposed a sudden war against the Soviet Union, Emperor Song Biao, although he did not give positive consent and support, allowed the Central Military Department to conduct a more in-depth study of the matter.

On the morning of this day, Emperor Song Biao had been pondering the matter of attacking the Soviet Union, which was generally beyond his expectations, but he did not think that this matter was bad, on the contrary, it was a very good thing.

As far as the present international situation is concerned, only by liberating German forces from the Soviet battlefield as soon as possible will Germany continue to pose a greater threat to Britain and France, and as Germany continues to form an alliance with Italy, Germany's threat to the whole of Europe will be further expanded.

This is the situation that China wants to see, so in the near future, it will attack the Soviet Union with Germany, but the best countermeasure is not to maintain cooperation, on the one hand, to occupy the eastern part of the Soviet Union more forcefully, and on the other hand, to liberate Germany's military power so that it can effectively threaten Europe.

It's a very good choice.

Both the Central Military Intelligence Department and the General Intelligence Administration of the Central Intelligence Agency prepared very sufficient intelligence summary materials for Emperor Song Biao. At the time of Molotov's final negotiations, Emperor Song Biao had been carefully studying these materials.

He rejected Vyacheslav. Member Molotov's request for an audience did not feel that the two sides had anything to discuss.

He used to offer very good conditions, Joseph. General Secretary Stalin hastily and arrogantly refused, so what is there to talk about?

As the statistics of the Ministry of Military Intelligence, the Reich still has at least 1/3 of the troops available for deployment, which is relatively small in terms of total strength, but they are all elite mechanized troops and elite troops, and if they suddenly attack, they can reach Kazan faster than the German army.

Joseph. Comrade Stalin did have many outstanding points, especially in his confidence in the Sovietist cause, and until now Stalin had no plans to leave Moscow, which led the Soviet Union to allocate all resources and troops to organize the defense of Moscow.

Jiang Shoulin came to inform Emperor Song Biao that Jiang Fangzhen, Chief of General Staff, was already waiting outside to receive him, and Emperor Song Biao nodded slightly, signaling Jiang Shoulin to let Jiang Fangzhen, Chief of General Staff, come in to meet him.

Before Jiang Fangzhen entered the office, Song Biao continued to weigh the pros and cons.

For the Empire, although this is not completely beyond the scope of the military department's preparations, it is indeed a temporary proposal, and this means that there will be many sudden surnames, and it is doubtful whether the military department can guarantee that it is foolproof.

Jiang Fangzhen walked in quickly and bowed to Emperor Song Biao from afar.

Emperor Song Biao glanced at him, raised his hand to signal him to sit, and after Jiang Shoulin personally sent a seat to Jiang Fangzhen's chief of staff, Song Biao asked Jiang Fangzhen: "How is the final negotiation with the Soviet Union?" ”

Jiang Fangzhen then presented the minutes of the meeting to the emperor and said: "As for our request to be bounded by the Ob River, Vyacheslav. Commissioner Molotov did not directly refuse, but he admitted that the chances of the Soviet Union accepting this proposal were extremely low, and that the limit of what the Soviet Union could accept was to include the Kazakh region within our borders. His exact words were that the Soviet people would not recognize such a bizarre demand. ”

Song Biao took the minutes of the meeting and read them roughly, and said to Jiang Fangzhen: "He said that it was bizarre, but he didn't say too much, this should be very restrained, right?" Our demands were indeed excessive, but there really was no better option for the USSR. ”

Jiang Fangzhen said: "If we don't send troops, the Soviet Union can probably support it for another year, or even longer, in order to contain Germany, Britain and France have already given the Soviet Union more aid in substance." ”

Song Biao said: "It is precisely because they began to give assistance that we should end this matter faster and cause them more trouble, isn't that the truth?" ”

Jiang Fangzhen replied: "Yes, Your Majesty! ”

The years are merciless.

Jiang Fangzhen, who once jumped to the post of chief of the General Staff at the age of 30, has been working in this post for 30 years.

The silver-haired Jiang Fangzhen looks so special, he has been maintaining his health very regularly, his crane hair is childish, his face is ruddy, and his spirit is even more good, he is already so sophisticated, just like Emperor Song Biao, he has been in a high position for too long, holding the highest power in his hands.

He was able to hold the post of Chief of the General Staff for so long because he was one of the most loyal men in the Empire.

Although he was the deputy commander of the three armed forces, he never organized his own forces and parties, and he did not even deliberately regard himself as the emperor's spokesman in the military department and the backbone of the imperial party.

This is the reason why he has been able to remain the deputy commander of the three armies of the empire.

At this moment, Jiang Fangzhen is still so restrained and deep, calm as water, and silent.

He knew very well the surname and habits of Emperor Song Biao, and after Zhao Tingzhu put forward the plan to suddenly send troops to the Soviet Union, he knew that the emperor would agree to this proposal, because the reason was very simple -- this was indeed the plan that was most in line with the interests of the empire, and it was extremely high, with the current strength of the Soviet Union, as long as the empire moved westward, the Soviet Union would be defeated.

If you use a business to account for this, it is a huge investment, but in just a few months, you can make a lot of good business, and if you invest 10 million, you will earn billions......

It definitely doesn't get any better than this.

From Siberia to Kazakhstan, from the Arctic Ocean to the Caspian Sea, this is a vast territory of more than 13 million square kilometers, and even if Kazakhstan eventually remains a reading state and joins the Asian League, the empire will add more than 10 million square kilometers of territory, even if these places are no man's land.

The Empire doesn't care if it's no man's land or not.

As long as it is territorial waters, the empire needs to be captured, and this is the enterprising spirit of the empire.

Thinking of this, Jiang Fangzhen decided not to talk nonsense anymore, and he proposed to Emperor Song Biao very simply and directly: "Your Majesty, send troops, there is no reason why it will not succeed." ”

That's a lot to say.

This has nothing to do with justice, it is a purely national interest, and it is simply impossible to fail.

Song Biao was waiting for exactly this sentence, and he immediately returned the minutes of the meeting to Jiang Fangzhen and said, "Then it's decided." ”

Listen.

What a simple conversation.

It is only a few words, but it determines the fate and history of mankind.

Yes, the most powerful power in the world is in their hands, and as long as the two of them decide to do this, the world will be completely turned upside down, and the whole world will be turbulent.

There is no need to analyze the benefits of this, and it is impossible to calculate the benefits of no further analysis, in short, the benefits are endless.

In the ensuing cascade of influences, Britain and France will be completely unable to breathe as Germany's strategy moves westward.

The Reich has transferred all kinds of theoretical research data and technical data on aircraft carrier strategy to Germany to help Germany build new aircraft carriers, and Germany knows very well what they are going to do, and the Reich is actually very clear.

What the Reich did was to encourage Germany to do so, to challenge Britain and France, to completely destroy the old order, and all the Reich had to do was to sit back and reap the benefits and wait for a more appropriate opportunity to re-establish a new order that met the long-term needs of the Reich.

Jiang Fangzhen stood up at this point, bowed to Emperor Song Biao and said, "Your Majesty, the minister will go back and make a battle plan." ”

Song Biao bowed slightly, signaled that Jiang Fangzhen could leave, and watched him leave the office.

After Jiang Fangzhen left, Emperor Song Biao put away other intelligence books related to the Soviet Union and Germany on the table and put them aside, for him, this matter was settled, and it was the Central Military Department that was responsible for this matter in the future, and it was the Siberian Military Region and the Imperial Air Force, Army, and even the Imperial Strategic Army that were responsible for putting it into action.

The empire could easily crush the Soviet Union.

In this seemingly civilized world, it always takes a reason to start a war, especially for a quasi-world hegemon like the Chinese Empire, if he wants to go to war without any scruples, he will also lose his leadership over the world.

The Empire did have a very good excuse, and it was a very simple excuse - to restore the reading power and freedom of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The Reich only needs to officially declare that negotiations with the Soviet Union on the issue of Kazakh reading power have broken down, and the Reich will take military action to guarantee the reading power and freedom of the Kazakh nation, and that's it, even if the matter is made public a few days in advance, giving the Soviet Union time to prepare for war, the Reich can easily crush the Soviet Union.

The strength of the Empire's army was too strong to be effectively reflected in the Third Sino-Chinese War, which was still going on at this time.

After Jiang Fangzhen left for a while, Emperor Song Biao had been silently thinking about some more important details, although he and the military department had already made a decision, he still had to inform the central cabinet and give the central cabinet some time to organize a new work plan to assist in the development of this matter.

After thinking about it for a while, Emperor Song Biao finally picked up the phone, dialed the phone number of the prime minister's office, and asked Prime Minister Gu Weijun to come to meet him and make a "consultation decision" on the matter of sending troops to the Soviet Union.

…… Jiang Fangzhen didn't care about the affairs of the central cabinet, he knew very well that as long as Emperor Song Biao made a decision on the matter of sending troops to the Soviet Union, the cabinet would not have the courage to oppose it no matter what.

This is the national condition of the empire.

Of course, as far as the entire geopolitics is concerned, the empire is indeed in an embattled situation at the present stage, and it is mired in a relatively complicated territorial dispute with the Soviet Union, the United States, and Britain at the same time, and the cabinet has managed to temporarily settle the dispute with the United States with a relatively large concession, and can concentrate its efforts on dealing with Britain and the two countries, and the military department suddenly decides to fight against the Soviet Union, which will certainly make the cabinet very unhappy.

If you are not happy, you have to support it.

This is the actual situation within the empire, the empire is not a militarist empire like the Benben, the central military department has not yet indulged in the real power of the cabinet, in fact, the internal political leadership of the empire is more like the ancient civil and military division of rule, civil officials and military attaches have their own set of systems, the two sides do not govern each other, and only accept the emperor's supreme commander.

It's just that the central cabinet is still subject to the Congress, and the Central Military Department can even ignore the Congress.

Back in his office in the military department, Jiang Fangzhen couldn't wait to send a secret telegram to the Siberian Military Region Command as soon as possible, asking Zhao Tingzhu and Wei Lihuang to make relevant preparations, and he was responsible for formulating the most suitable operational plan against the Soviet Union.

In view of the current situation of the empire defending itself against the enemy on all sides, Jiang Fangzhen knew very well that this war against the Soviet Union would absolutely not be like a battle with the Yue army for three years, and that the war against the Soviet Union must be decided with a thunderous speed, destroy the main force of the Soviet Union in the eastern region in the fastest possible time, seize Kazan, and make the Soviet Union finally lose the country in the attack of the German and Polish allied forces, forming a situation in which China, Germany, and Poland divide the entire Soviet Union.

Once such a situation arises, the Central Military Department and the German army reach a mutually acceptable treaty to peacefully divide the Soviet Union, and Nazi Germany will again target the direction of expansion at Britain, France, and its colonies, the pressure of world political and military confrontation facing China will be greatly weakened, and Britain will also lose the courage and strength to compete with China in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean.

Therefore, attacking the USSR now is in the best interests of the national interests of the empire.

Jiang Fangzhen made a phone call and invited Fu Liangzuo, chief of staff of the army, to his office, and as soon as Fu Liangzuo came in, he said excitedly: "Your Majesty has agreed." ”

"Really?"

Fu Liangzuo still couldn't believe it, he thought that such a major decision would take at least half a month to know.

He is older than Jiang Fangzhen, he will officially retire next year, and he is also the only senior army general who will retire in the near future.

It is precisely because of this competitive relationship that his personal relationship with Jiang Fangzhen is actually not good, and his personal relationship with Zhao Tingzhu is very strong, so he also supports Zhao Tingzhu's plan to raid the Soviet Union.

After confirming the news that His Majesty had approved, Fu Liangzuo couldn't wait to discuss with Jiang Fangzhen and said: "Then we should also come up with the most suitable plan as soon as possible, so as to achieve a quick victory, and we must not delay it for too long like the war against us, and we must advance quickly at all costs to eliminate the Soviet Union." ”

Jiang Fangzhen said: "I also think the same, Wei Lihuang's operational plan is still very feasible and suitable, and it is the most reasonable way to carry out more detailed planning on top of his proposal, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and even if the Soviet Union is not strong now, the war potential is still greater than the capital, so the key to a quick victory lies in how many troops and resources are deployed at one time." ”

Fu Liangzuo sat down very casually, took out his cigarette and lit it, and explained to Jiang Fangzhen: "Of course, you can smoke as much as you can, the problem on the US side is basically solved, and dealing with Britain is just a matter for the navy, and our army will concentrate all its forces to attack the Soviet Union quickly, and advance to Kazan within a month." ”

Jiang Fangzhen didn't smoke, he poured himself a cup of tea, silently and cautiously thought about these things, and waited for a moment before saying to Fu Liangzuo: "Wait for Pan Zhaoqin to come over, let's have a good discussion together." If we want to deal with the Soviet Union, we must give priority to transferring the main forces of the air force to the northwest for a quick victory, and when the military operation against the Soviet Union is over, it is not too late for the air force to return to assist the Northeast Defense Force. ”

Fu Liangzuo does not deny this.

He thought for a while before he said: "Mr. Zhao is really lucky, this battle is very certain, he is in the northwest, and it is even more sweeping the western frontier." ”

Jiang Fangzhen laughed.

He knew that Fu Liangzuo was still very envious of Zhao Tingzhu and Wei Lihuang, the empire had been preparing for this for twenty years, and once it attacked, it would be like a dragon out of the abyss and sweep thousands of miles, and the Soviet Union would not be able to stop it at all.

It can be said that Zhao Wei and the two are sitting on the miraculous feats.

If the Soviet Union and Britain and the United States take the Sino-Chinese war as a reference for China's strength, it would really be a big mistake, the empire has worked the great mechanization reform for 20 years, and the overall combat level and style are very different from the past, representing the current highest level of military equipment of the imperial army, whether it is the army or the air force, has not yet been exposed.

As long as the Reich decided to send troops to the Soviet Union, not to mention the Soviet Union, which was falling into the German-Polish attack, even the Soviet Union, which was completely at the highest military level and condition, could not resist it.

The true elite of the Imperial Army, as well as the true highest strength and level of the Imperial Army, will be revealed in this war.

Jiang Fangzhen and Fu Liangzuo are both deeply confident in this, and they believe that the results will definitely surprise the world.

(To be continued)