590 enemies, me, friends "chaos" fight! 7. Do not use the national "government" as an opponent

The cherry blossoms in Tokyo's Ueno Park quickly withered after a brief period of brilliance, turning into spring mud and blending into the earth. In the spring of the sixth year of the Showa era, I walked slowly into the mountains of the Japanese archipelago with broken steps, the dry branches spitting out new green, and the delicate green leaves trembling slightly in the cold spring breeze.

"Is the empire really like the cherry blossoms in this spring, destined to only shine for a moment." Hamaguchi Yuyuki looked at the verdant greenery of Ueno Park and sighed, "Is it only thirty years since the empire dominated the East?" And will it come to an end at the hands of our generation? Now I really envy Hara-kun (the assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Hara Kei)......"

The spring of Showa 6 was an absolute pain for the Japanese Empire, even more unbearable than the Battle of Shandong three years earlier. As an island nation, no matter how defeated the army is, it will not lead to the destruction of the country, but once the navy fails, once the sea control of the East is lost, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Two figures walked slowly along the forest path of Ueno Park, and more than ten steps behind them were three or four men in black suits silently following.

"Your Excellency, the Navy's plan doesn't seem to have succeeded this time, now is the time to activate that option, right?" Ugaki Kazunari's hands shrunk into the wide kimono, and he reminded in a cold tone.

The so-called naval scheme refers to the three warships that were sold to the Soviet Union and sunk for unknown reasons, which was an urgent solution that Eisuke Yamamoto, commander of the Combined Fleet, came up with. Originally, it was expected to provoke a Sino-Soviet war, and then Japan would have a chance to end this war that was destined to be unwinnable. However, he did not expect that Stalin would retreat again when the matter came to an end, and Zhongg also temporarily lost more than 100,000 troops because of the kidnapping of Zhang Xueliang in the "Xi'an Incident", and he had no confidence to start a war. This "Tanggu shipwreck incident" ended silently like this, and the Kuomintang also reached a comprehensive "cooperation" agreement with the Chinese and G, carved up the post-war territory, and it seemed that it could wholeheartedly resist Japan.

Hamaguchi didn't answer, he stopped, exhaled deeply, and then turned to look at Ugaki Kazunari. At present, the Japanese emperor directly commanded the army and navy, which has made the army and navy generals feel a great headache, and for this emperor Hirohito, who grew up in the deep palace and did not know the danger of war at all, the army and navy ministers finally found that there was no way to communicate with him. After the defeat in the Bohai Bay Naval Battle, he actually proposed to escalate the war and use the navy to blockade the sea outlet of South China without considering the loss of four battleships and battle cruisers.

"Your Excellency, although the war is still burning in the land of China, in fact, the situation of the empire is already in danger. After the defeat of the naval battle of Bohai Bay, the Empire's sea power in the East Ocean had actually been lost, and although His Majesty ordered the navy to blockade the sea lines of communication in China, the navy did not dare to send the remaining four battleships out to carry out the blockade mission, let alone send heavy cruisers or light cruisers to die. ”

Ugaki Kazunari's tone was full of anxiety, and it is true that the situation in Japan has reached a very dangerous point. The naval battle of Bohai Bay has shown the world the great power of aircraft and submarines in naval warfare, and the Japanese Navy has neither established a strong naval aviation nor has any anti-submarine warfare capability, and their seemingly powerful main fleet is a scrap metal under the joint attack of Chinese submarines and aircraft, so now the four battleships and battle cruisers available to the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy can only hide in the port of Wu and dare not go out, for fear that these expensive properties will be sunk by those worthless submarines and torpedoes, At that time, there will be no capital to scare people.

"Ugaki-kun, now that His Majesty the Emperor is directly in charge of the army and navy, what else can I do as a courtier besides saying yes?" Hamaguchi Yuki's expression was very helpless, but these few words also revealed his true thoughts. Hamaguchi Yuyuki, known as the "lion prime minister" back then, has always opposed the emperor's direct command of the army and navy, nor did he support the launching of this "war of aggression against China", but the army and navy under the emperor's direct leadership did not listen to his opinion as prime minister at all. Now that the war has become like this, the army and navy can no longer step down, and only then do they remember that he is the prime minister, but they are unwilling to take the "commanding power" from the emperor and return it to the cabinet. And how can a cabinet without "commanding power" clean up the current mess?

Ugaki Kazunari sighed bitterly, at the beginning he was also in favor of letting the emperor directly lead the army and navy, thinking that in this way he could concentrate the country's human and financial resources to develop military strength, and finally snow the shame of Shandong's defeat, and then seize Manchuria to dominate East Asia. But who knew that after two years, the empire's economy still did not get out of the predicament, but became more and more depressed, while South China was thriving, and even the current Manchuria incident became a "good" to stimulate the demand for heavy industry. At the same time, the growth of military strength at the expense of economic development is also not ideal, a large amount of financial resources have been invested in the manufacture of obsolete battleships, and although there is also a lot of investment in aviation and armored forces, the gap does not seem to have narrowed much compared with South China.

Thinking that the hegemony of the Oriental Ocean, which the predecessors had fought so hard for, had been lost in the hands of their own generation, the footsteps of the two were extremely heavy, and they didn't know how long they had been walking silently, and suddenly Ugaki Issei looked up and saw two huge iron anchors appear in front of his eyes.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, you have actually come here." Ugaki Kazunari's eyes were fixed on the two large anchors, which were dismantled by the Japanese army from the captured Zhenyuan and Jingyuan after the First Sino-Japanese War, and were displayed in this Ueno Park in Tokyo, surrounded by anchor chains and dozens of shells. Ugaki sighed: "The iron anchors of the four battleships 'Fuso', 'Hinata', 'King Kong', and 'Kirishima' must soon be moved to the front of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Wuhan for display, right?" But the Empire got more from the Sino-Japanese War than just these two iron anchors, right? And the North and Taiwanese have doubled down on the anchor chains, and it's time to take back Taiwan next, right? ”

Hamaguchi was fortunate to have his eyes fixed on the two rusty iron anchors as well, his face expressionless, but Ugaki's last words sounded in his mind like a thunderclap.

"Ugaki-kun, did you say that China is going to take back Taiwan, and the military has found any clues?"

Ugaki Kazunari couldn't help but sigh bitterly: "Our intelligence officers lurking in Zhanjiang, the home port of the Nanyang Fleet in China, sent an urgent telegram, and they found a battle cruiser flying the blue sky and white sun flag in Zhanjiang Port, which is estimated to be the Turkish Navy's 'Selim Sultan' battle cruiser, which was refitted in the German-funded shipyard in Long'xue, Guangdong, and has just been completed...... It seems to have been requisitioned by the Kuomintang Navy in the South Branch. ”

"At present, the main forces of the imperial army are all deployed in Manchuria, especially the aircraft, the army aviation has all been transferred to Manchuria, and most of the carrier-based aircraft on the naval aviation, except for the Chicheng, Kaga, and Fengxiang, have also been transferred to Manchuria. Moreover, the army and naval aviation transferred to Manchuria during this period consumed a great deal of money, and now there is not much left. If South China really wants to attack Taiwan, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Listening to Ugaki Kazunari's words, Hamaguchi Yuyuki gasped, although he was not very optimistic about the outcome of the Manchurian Incident, but he did not expect that after the navy suffered a major defeat, even Taiwan, which was a Japanese territory, would be difficult to preserve.

"It looks like it's time to end the war......," Hamaguchi Yuyuki said thoughtfully, "The ambassadors of Britain, the United States and France proposed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to mediate the war after the Battle of Bohai Bay, but Ugaki-kun, the war has been fought like this, and the empire may have to withdraw its troops from Manchuria unconditionally before it is possible to understand the war, including the Kwantung Prefecture and the South Manchurian Railway." Ugaki-kun, can His Majesty the Emperor agree to such conditions? ”。

Kazunari Ugaki did not answer immediately, and the conditions proposed by Yuyuki Hamaguchi were indeed difficult for Emperor Hirohito to accept. At least judging from the map, the Kwantung Army has not yet shown its defeat, although their offensive on the fortress of Huludao has completely failed and suffered heavy losses, Port Arthur has also been completely blocked by the Chinese Navy with mines, the Kwantung Army's logistical supply is also facing great difficulties, and the experience of the air forces that have been replenished to Manchuria can only be described as miserable. However, the descendants of the god could not see these difficulties at all, and only saw that the territory of the Japanese theater on the map was getting bigger and bigger, and it had conquered the mountainous areas of western Liaoning, and Harbin had been conquered, so the winner of the war was Japan, but the price of victory was a bit large.

"Your Majesty means that the Kwantung Prefecture and the South Manchurian Railway maintain the status quo, and Manchuria imposes special treaty tariffs." Kazunari Ugaki was silent for a long time and said the bottom line of Emperor Hirohito, which the army had tried in every possible way to find out.

"This is impossible, it is impossible for the 'government' of the people of China to accept this, and it is impossible to reach an armistice unless all rights and interests in Manchuria are completely renounced." Yuyuki Hamaguchi said bitterly. Now it is clear to anyone with a little brain that Japan has lost the war, and the naval battle in the Bohai Bay has brought out Japan's Achilles' heel.

Through this war, the Chinese have established sea power in the East, and have strategically turned from defense to attack, including Taiwan, Okinawa, and the Korean Peninsula may be attacked by the Kuomintang navy, and Japan must fortify everywhere in these areas to defend against possible invasion.

"Your Excellency, as long as we do our best to fight for it, then things will be okay." The corners of Ugaki Kazunari's mouth hooked, and he smiled lightly: "And we don't have to reach an armistice with the national 'government' of China, as long as we can withdraw from Manchuria, we will have enough troops to deploy in Taiwan." ”

Hamaguchi pursed his lips and was silent for a while before sighing: "You're talking about negotiating with the Beijing 'government' of the China GCD, right?" But they are already ready to cede Beijing in exchange for the territory of North Manchuria and Mongolia, and there seems to be something wrong with them internally, in this case, do they dare to make peace with us alone? ”。

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister." Feeling some hesitation in Hamaguchi beside him, Ugaki Kazunari further persuaded: "It is precisely because of the great difficulties that the Shina GCD is facing now that it is possible for them to reach a compromise with the Empire. As long as they agreed to the terms of the empire, they could get the territory of Liaoning and Jilin provinces from the empire, so that they would have the capital to confront the Kuomintang in China, and the empire would win a good chance to breathe. ”

Hamaguchi Yuyuki stopped, and Ugaki Kazunari immediately stood beside him, Hamaguchi Yuyuki looked at the huge iron anchors of the Zhenyuan ship and the Jingyuan ship in front of him, and sighed: "Now it looks like this is the only way." As he spoke, he frowned again: "However, negotiations with the Kuomintang in China must also be launched at the same time, on the condition that the empire withdraws from Manchuria, including the Kwantung Prefecture and the South Manchurian Railway, and the national 'government' of China must pay a sum of money to purchase the Japanese 'government' property in the Kwantung Prefecture and the equity of the South Manchurian Railway, and at the same time, the four battleships sunk in Tianjin and Bohai Bay will also be salvaged by the empire, and finally ...... The negotiated tariffs in Manchuria were to be maintained for another ten years. ”

"In addition, the defense of the island of Taiwan must be strengthened as soon as possible, and a part of the elite troops of the imperial army can be transferred from Manchuria to Taiwan, and at the same time, the defense of North Korea must also be strengthened. We can first withdraw our troops from North Manchuria to free up our troops, and by the way, the domestic Guards Division and the First Division can be transferred to North Korea and Taiwan first, and North Korea and Taiwan must not afford to lose."

Kazunari Ugaki hesitated for a moment, and Yuyuki Hamaguchi obviously wanted to reach a compromise with the national "government" of Shina. Hamaguchi Yuyuki saw his hesitation, and said with a sneer: "Ugaki-kun, you should have heard of the strategy of delaying the army, right?" Now that the defense of the island of Taiwan is empty, if the Kuomintang army in China launches an attack by surprise, it is entirely possible that it will succeed, and will the empire still be able to retreat from this war at that time? ”。

"But after withdrawing our troops from North Manchuria, we will not have enough bargaining chips with the GCD in China." Ugaki Kazunari thought for a while and said, "There are not many troops in Northern Manchuria, and it is the territory of Wang Zhongyi, a warlord who betrayed the Chinese GCD. If the imperial army retreated from there, Harbin would return to Wang Zhongyi. Moreover, Wang Zhongyi's main force could also be liberated from the battle with the imperial army and used in the war with the Chinese GCD. In this way, will the GCD still be willing to negotiate peace with us? ”。

Hamaguchi Yuyuki smiled dumbly: "Then the GCD will be even more eager to make peace with the Empire." After Wang Zhongyi took control of Heilongjiang, the Chinese GCD had to get Liaoning and Jilin provinces to be able to subdue this rebellion. Besides, the conditions given by the empire are not too harsh, and they will not be unable to step down. ”

"Having said that, Wang Zhongyi and the Kuomintang are in collusion, if he controls Heilongjiang and the Kuomintang controls Liaoxi, they can come to a north-south attack, and then the China GCD is very likely to be defeated, and China will be reunified, and a unified China will definitely want to recapture Kwantung Prefecture and Taiwan." Kazunari Ugaki shook his head and voiced his worries. A unified China is something that Japan absolutely does not want to see, because that would mean that Japan will never have the opportunity to become the hegemon of Asia again, and even its own security will be threatened.

"If the GCD is so easy to deal with, then even if we hand over the whole of Manchuria to them, I'm afraid we won't be able to stop the Kuomintang from unifying the country, right?" Hamaguchi pondered for a moment and then put forward a new proposal: "We will return Harbin to Wang Zhongyi, and the eastern mountainous areas of Heilongjiang will be occupied by the GCD Red Army in the northeast, and Jilin will also be handed over to the GCD Red Army later; On the Liaoning side...... We can cede the mountainous areas of western Liaoning to the Chinese GCD, Jinzhou and Shenyang to the Chinese Kuomintang, and the Kwantung Army to retreat to the line of the Liaohe River to ensure that the Liaodong Peninsula and the Kwantung Prefecture are not lost, and at the same time, the Kuomintang army occupying the Shenyang and the western Liaoning corridor can be under the three-sided attack of the Kwantung Army and the Chinese GC Army, and cannot afford to go north to Jilin, creating favorable conditions for the GC Army to eliminate Wang Zhongyi's rebels. ”

“…… Moreover, there was a consideration for this, that is, the Soviet Union was very likely to be involved in the war, and Stalin, like the Reich, did not want to see China unified by the Kuomintang, and that the GCD traitor Wang Zhongyi was in collusion with Stalin's most taboo Trotskyists. It is very likely that the Soviet Union will directly invade China when the GCD is unable to eliminate Wang Zhongyi, and intervene in the war so that the empire can get out of Manchuria smoothly. ”

"Doesn't the Reich unite with the Soviet Union to fight against the Kuomintang in China?" Ugaki Kazunari said suspiciously.

Hamaguchi Yuyuki shook his head slightly and chuckled: "Ugaki-kun, we are an empire, not a Soviet state, how can we go to the Soviet Union to unite?" If we unite with the USSR, on whose side will Britain and the United States be on? And what the empire has to think about now is to end the war as soon as possible, and then go to the salary to taste the courage, not to stay in the quagmire of China endlessly. ”

Hearing that Hamaguchi Yuyuki did not agree to "unite Russia and unite G" after the Soviet Union was involved in the war, Ugaki Kazunari frowned: "Your Excellency, this is ......"

"No, but." Hamaguchi Yuyuki looked a little impatient at this time, and he glanced at Ugaki Kazunari: "Who proposed to withdraw from Manchuria?" Who said empires need respite? How did you want to change your mind as soon as you heard that the Soviet Union might be involved in the war? Don't forget, Ugaki-kun, it's your army and navy that want to end the war. If you really want to end the war, please support the cabinet's decision-making and stop being half-hearted. ”

Ugaki Kazunari thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "Okay, the army will support your decision, as long as the rights and interests of the empire can be guaranteed, the army will also fully agree to withdraw troops from Manchuria and end the war with dignity." ”

Hamaguchi Yuyuki sighed softly, a hint of "tide" flashed on his gray old face, it was obvious that the army was able to rein in the precipice at the last moment, and the decision not to continue to bring the entire Japanese empire to death still gave him a little hope. Kazunari Ugaki added: "The Army hopes that after the end of this Manchurian Incident, Your Excellency will continue to lead the empire and the army towards rejuvenation." ”

Hearing this statement from the Army, Hamaguchi Yuyuki didn't show much excitement, but only politely expressed his gratitude. The war led by Emperor Hirohito had already caused heavy losses to the Japanese army and navy, and it was natural that after the war ended, it was time to return to the deep palace to serve as the idol of the people and return the command to the cabinet.

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