PS: Three chapters are sent together, making up for yesterday's chapter. These two days are very tired, there are many things, and the mood is not very good. However, you don't have to worry about breaking off, gorgeous will make your character as strong as a man.

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At present, there are only four people in the high-level meeting held in Japan, Hirohito and Hideki Tojo are inevitable, and there is also Foreign Minister Yoyo Matsuoka, who was promoted by Hideki Tojo, who is responsible for contacting representatives of the Allied Powers. The rest is Hideki Tojo's puppet Minister of the Navy, and the Minister of War has always been in charge of Hideki Tojo himself.

(Japan, like the United States, does not have an independent air force, and the air force is directly planned as army aviation and naval aviation.) Japan's army and navy are dualistic, and there is no unified military command body. The Army's military command body is called the General Staff Headquarters, and the chief of staff is the chief of staff. The Navy's military order body is called the Military Orders Department, and the chief is the Minister of Military Orders. ）

In fact, at the beginning of the war, Japan invaded the southern part of French Indochina and started the first step of its southward advance, which greatly damaged the vested interests of Britain, the United States and other countries in Southeast Asia, and the United States began to put pressure on Japan to freeze Japanese assets in the United States and demand that Japan abandon its ambitions in the Pacific territories.

For the time being, Japan does not want to start a frontal conflict with the United States, wants to concentrate on dealing with the allies in Southeast Asia, and does not dare to rashly start friction with the United States. So there's also a little-known negotiation in between.

In reality, however, the negotiations were just a cover for the belligerents like Tojo, who fanatically advocated the expansion of aggression from the south, to delay the situation and speed up the offensive.

The Japanese side at the negotiating table had no "sincerity" at all, and they demanded that the United States recognize Japan's legitimate occupation of Southeast Asia. It was agreed that Japan could obtain resources from Southeast Asia. The two sides refused to give in to each other, and the contradictions and differences became bigger and bigger.

At that time, Matsuoka, who had not yet served as foreign minister, openly declared that "the direct purpose of our current foreign policy is to build a 'Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere' with Japan, North Korea, India (Indonesia), South Asia, and Austria as one of the links in accordance with the noble spirit of the Imperial Road."

The so-called Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere actually covers most of the Pacific Ocean, including Australia.

In this meeting, in fact, only Hirohito was alone, and the remaining two people could be said to be obedient to Hideki Tojo, and would not refute any of Hideki Tojo's proposals at all. At the beginning, Hirohito did not agree with Hideki Tojo to assassinate Chen Shao, but now he has come to this point. Hirohito was already very dissatisfied. But the current situation is stronger than people. Now there is only one way to go to the dark.

"Once we join the Allies, we will face suffering on two fronts. The first is the safety of the lifeblood of maritime communication, and the second is that we will completely offend Germany and lose all German aid to us. The first point is that we can't rely on others. But the second point. We have to talk to the Allied representatives. We have to have enough stakes before we choose a new camp, otherwise the risk we take is too great. As soon as the meeting began, Hirohito was the first to speak.

"His Majesty the Emperor. Actually, I don't worry about the second point, our conditions have been agreed by the Allies to consider them carefully, and I don't think they will refuse the Empire's conditions. Now that the Chinese army is pressing the border, India is in danger, and the allies have begun to be anxious. Moreover, the Chinese navy began to blockade India, and it has become very difficult for them to send reinforcements to India thousands of miles away. Hideki Tojo said.

The conditions set by Japan were also set by him, and for this he believed that the Allies had absolutely no reason to refuse.

Joining the Allied camp, as long as China is defeated, Japan will withdraw from Australia and most of the Pacific islands, return them to the other Allied countries, and return the area north of Komsomolsk in the Soviet Union. In the future, when the Southeast Asian region occupied by China is recaptured, the Japanese side will not want an inch of land.

What the Allies had to pay was that after defeating the Axis powers, they had to send troops to help Japan attack the Chinese land. Japan has the right of first refusal to choose the land it occupies. In addition, until the end of the war, it was necessary to unconditionally support the weapons and equipment and various military supplies that Japan needed.

The above are only general conditions, of course, there are also terms and conditions.

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister is worried about our maritime lifeline." Matsuoka Yang said on the right.

"Yes, the Allies could not refuse the conditions we offered. What we should be thinking about now is how to safeguard our maritime lifeline once we announce a switch of sides. Hideki Tojo was already full of confidence at this time.

As an island nation, everything in Japan needs to be shipped back by sea, and sea lines of communication have always been Japan's most important goal. Although Japan now occupies the eastern and southern parts of Southeast Asia, as well as Indonesia and many islands in the Pacific Ocean, it should not be forgotten that the South China Sea has always been under the control of China, especially Borneo and Taiwan, which have been the Ryukyu Islands.

Even if Japan has completely controlled the Strait of Malacca, don't forget that from the Strait of Malacca to the Japanese mainland, there are Chinese spheres of influence everywhere.

From the South China Sea to the Ryukyu Islands, this route has long been a must-take in Japan as it is the closest and fastest route. If it wants to bypass China's sphere of influence, then Japan needs to spare a large circle, which will not only increase the burden of freight, but also affect Japan's current transportation capacity.

For example, in the past, it took five days for a cargo ship to bring back a batch of goods, but at this time, all the cargo ships owned by Japan can bring back 500,000 tons of goods in five days. But if it takes ten days to bring back a batch of goods, it will be equivalent to half of the reduction in carrying capacity. This will affect all aspects of an island nation like Japan, especially in times of war.

Therefore, this route, also known as the maritime lifeline by the Japanese, is very important for Japan. Up to now, it is an important route connecting the Southeast Asian occupation zone and Indonesia, especially the Southeast Asian occupation zone, in order to prevent the Southeast Asian garrison from becoming an overseas lone army, it is even more necessary to ensure the smooth flow of the route.

"Tojo-kun, do you have any good ideas?" Hirohito saw the confidence on Hideki Tojo's face, and couldn't help but ask.

"I have a clue, in fact, this lifeline, we are not helpless in the face of China. And once we join the Allies, there is still a U.S. Navy in the Pacific, and in order to prevent the U.S. Navy, we have been tracking and spying on the strength of the U.S. Navy in many ways. Today's U.S. Navy has begun to regain its combat effectiveness, and with the help of the U.S. Navy, it would be trivial to hold on to the lifeline. Hideki Tojo nodded, and continued: "No matter how strong the Chinese navy is, it will not be able to face the combination of the Japanese and American navies at the same time, as long as it takes the initiative in the navy, it is naturally not a problem to keep the lifeline." ”

"But this route is completely within the attack range of the Chinese Air Force, even if our navy has an advantage, how to deal with the world's first air force? In particular, their jet fighters are simply not comparable to our ordinary aircraft. Hearing Hideki Tojo's words, Hirohito was not very satisfied. In the eyes of the world, the most powerful thing in China is their air force, which can be said to be invincible.

"Your Majesty the Emperor doesn't need to worry about this, the jet fighter technology sent by Germany before has accelerated the research and development progress of the Imperial jet fighter, and our latest Sakura jet fighter has already produced a test aircraft, and it will not be long before it will be able to equip the troops in large quantities. Moreover, following the appearance of German jet fighters in the skies over Europe, US jet fighters have also begun to equip their troops, and when the time comes, the superiority of China's jet fighters will be eliminated in our pursuit. To Hirohito's question, Hideki Tojo already has an answer, "And American bombers are not much worse than China, as long as the empire can unite with the United States, then the threat of China will disappear." ”

Hirohito nodded, but deep down he wasn't as optimistic as Hideki Tojo.

"It's a bit early to say this, but the main purpose today is to talk about how to deal with the countermeasures of Germany and China." Hirohito Road.

"Now that China has stopped all trade with us, in fact, the relationship between the two countries has dropped to a freezing point, which does not have much impact on us, and the army and navy have all entered a state of high alert, and we are not afraid of China's sudden attack on us." Now that he was ready to switch camps, Hideki Tojo naturally began to prepare, "We relied on materials imported from Germany before, and this time it has begun to slowly decrease. When we negotiate terms with the Allies, we will not have to rely on Germany at all, and with the United States, which has deep pockets, it will be of greater help to the Reich. ”

"That being said, what about the German advisers in our army and the German liaison officers in Tokyo?" Hirohito spoke again.

"His Majesty the Emperor needs not worry about this, just grab it all and hand it over to the Allies when the time comes, and it will be regarded as a sign of our determination and a little gift." Hideki Tojo said directly.

For those Germans who often point fingers, Hideki Tojo doesn't have much affection. Although he used to like and be close to Germany, he felt more and more disgusted with Germans as time went on. Especially before, Germany said that it did not know about the assassination of Chen Shao, which made Hideki Tojo even more unhappy with Germany.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't want to make a more ugly name, it could be regarded as a vote, and Hideki Tojo would have let his secret police force dispose of these Germans a long time ago. Save yourself from pointing fingers at the Japanese military every day and looking at it upset.

The meeting continued, and it was not difficult to see from their conversation that Hideki Tojo was determined to unite the Allies with China to fight against him.

In fact, a long time ago, the Japanese Navy was eager to compromise with Britain and the United States and jointly contain China. It's just that the army was inclined to Germany and Italy at that time, and it was the army that was in power and Germany was co-opted, so there was today's situation. If the Japanese side had been ruled by admirals from the navy, it would not be like this today. (To be continued.) )