In Tokyo, Japan, there was silence in the Imperial Council in the Emperor's Palace. The dimly lit conference room, the grim expressions of those high-ranking officials, made the silence suffocating.

"Shunroku Hata has sent a letter of plea to His Majesty, and he is willing to bear the responsibility for the loss of the second-line position and the defeat of 50,000 imperial elites......" The voice of the palace was a little hoarse, and the voice sounded more like the sound of two pieces of iron rubbing in his throat.

Shunroku Hatata's defeat in Shanghai caused a great shock in Japan. They began to worry about whether the Wehrmacht would carry out such an offensive on the Korean battlefield.

If they choose to do so, then the Reich will most likely face a direct attack from the Wehrmacht!

This was totally unacceptable to Japan, and if they were bombed by the Wehrmacht, it would be a great blow to confidence for the Japanese mainland.

"The guilt of Shunroku Hata is naturally determined by His Majesty. But what we need to pay attention to is how the Wehrmacht figured out our firepower arrangement. Ishihara paused at everyone and said, "This is the most critical thing for the empire. ”

"If this is not clarified, the empire is likely to be attacked by the Wehrmacht from North Korea. That's the deadliest thing! ”

At this time, Hideki Tojo, who was the prime minister, spoke, and he looked at Ishihara coldly and snorted: "Ishihara-kun doesn't have to worry about this. First of all, the imperial fortifications in Korea were not built in a hurry like Shanghai, so the degree of solidity and firepower ratio were completely disproportionate to the fortifications in Shanghai. ”

"Secondly, for the sake of the security of the empire itself, North Korea has already deployed a large number of new fighters on a large scale. These fighters have already contained the air force of the China troops in actual combat. Hideki Tojo looked at Ishihara and said arrogantly: "Therefore, we don't have to worry about the situation in North Korea at all, and handling the war in Shanghai is the top priority." ”

However, Lieutenant General Tokutaro Yama, who was in the sea minister, frowned and said, "There has been a huge defensive hole in the Battle of Shanghai, and until now Shunroku Hata still hasn't figured out how the Wehrmacht broke through the position. That's the most important thing. Temporary defeat is not terrible. The scary thing is that you don't even know how and why you failed. ”

This sea minister did not give face to the army, and the army generals, including Zaihito Kanin Palace, Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and Ishihara Wanji, showed displeasure on their faces.

"Live in the mountains, be cautious!" The leader of the navy, King Fushimi Miyahiro Kyo, coughed, and it was considered to relieve the siege of Vice Admiral Tokutaro Sumiyama, who was unscrupulous.

"Your Excellency Xianyuan Palace, although the words of Zhushan are not good, what he said is the truth." King Fushimi Gong rebuked the sea minister, turned to the temple and the others: "We need to know how the Wehrmacht attacked, if we don't figure this out, even if we invest more troops, it will be in vain." ”

A few people didn't squeak, and Ishihara glanced at everyone and sighed: "His Royal Highness Prince Fushiminomiya, you must know that the defeat of this battle is not due to the improper command of General Shunroku Hata. ”

"In fact, the loss of the second-line position. It seems to me inevitable. Ishihara said to the crowd: "We don't have any air support, and our artillery has been severely suppressed. ”

"The other side even has advanced combat vehicles to help in the battle, and even the most ordinary submachine guns are more advanced than us." After a pause, Ishihara said, "In this case, even if the other party's commander is not very smart, as long as he keeps testing our firepower and finding out those fire points and destroying them one by one. We're going to lose ground eventually......"

"Those firepower points are immovable, they can be discovered, and once they are exposed, I don't need to say what will happen." Ishihara looked at Fushimi Palace, bowed his head and said, "The loss of this battle is not a crime of war." ”

Kanin Miyaehito didn't speak, he was waiting for Fushiminomiya's attitude. There is no doubt that Fushiminomiya's attitude is the attitude of the navy. At present, the army is unable to give Shanghai much support.

They need the assistance of the Navy. Although it had been discussed before, now the premature loss of second-line positions has led to repeated behavior on the part of the navy.

"Resources coming back from South East Asia. Our navy wants fifty percent. After closing his eyes for a while, Fushimiya suddenly spoke. He is an offer, it depends on how the Xianyuan Palace copes.

"Fifty percent is definitely not good." Xianyuan Palace shook his head: "Machines, daily consumption, at least thirty percent of the materials will be consumed." If the Navy takes another fifty percent. Then we only have the remaining 20% and it is estimated that we will not be able to keep Southeast Asia. ”

The supplies were brought down by the army, and if their consent was not obtained, then the distribution would be a big problem. Now the Army is being cornered and has to turn to the Navy for help.

Of course, Fushimi Palace will not miss this good opportunity, and he will do his best to fight for the benefit of the navy.

"Up to three and a half percent. No matter how high it is, we can't afford it. Xianyuan Palace calculated it, and the equal distribution was his counteroffer. It's a pity that Fushimi Palace doesn't eat him.

"Forty and a half. That's my bottom line. Fushimiya did not back down at all, and said: "The navy also needs to prepare for war against the United States, as well as war against Australia. These are extremely resource-intensive. I hope the Army will understand this. ”

Seeing what else the Xianyuan Palace was going to say, King Bogong of Fushimi Palace waved his hand and said, "Your Excellency the Xianyuan Palace, there is no need to say anything." I said yes, my bottom line. The Navy needs more resources to prepare for possible retaliation from the Americans, and we have a maximum of one year now. Do you think that without the rationing of resources, we will be able to defend ourselves against the counterattack of the Americans?! ”

"Without your army, you can't go to sea to fight the American warships, right?!" Fushimi Palace looked at Kanin Miyajihito and said, "For the sake of the security of the Japanese mainland, the navy must strengthen the construction of warships. The Yamato and Musashi now require more resource injections. Once they have formed a fighting force, they can keep our empire safe! ”

As soon as the words are said about this, what else can Xianyuan Palace say?! The subtext of Fushiminomiya is clear, the resources that the navy needs now are for the protection of mainland Japan.

If the War Department gives it, then he doesn't mind going to Hirohito to talk about the army's combat effectiveness and the allocation of naval resources. This matter was put to Hirohito, and the Xianyuan Palace was definitely not pleased.

Hirohito's request is simple, he needs to see victory. Most of Japan's current victories have come in the navy. This time the army failed again. Everyone knows Hirohito's attitude.

Kanin Palace even suspected that the reason why Fushimi Palace dared to be so aggressive may not be without Hirohito's shadow. Perhaps His Majesty the Emperor, who seemed to ignore everything, was already very dissatisfied with the performance of the army in China.

Perhaps he is taking this opportunity to knock the army up. It is even possible that Hirohito has been moved by the Navy. He chose to abandon the Chinese battlefield and turn his attention to Southeast Asia, which was rich in resources and did not have much resistance.

"Okay......" Xianyuan Palace sighed after being silent for a long time. He didn't have much choice, either to accept Fushimi's conditions or to watch Shanghai be directly recovered by the Wehrmacht.

The latter is clearly unacceptable to the Army. Under such conditions, they can only choose to accept the conditions of the Navy. And the conditions of the navy are not so harsh, at least the army still retains twenty and a half of the resource allocation.

If we deduct a little more from the localities, it will not be difficult to have 30 percent of the resources that can supply the army's own consumption. Don't forget, the current prime minister is Hideki Tojo, who came from the army.

How to deduct resources from the gap between the local teeth to supplement the army, those staff officers will naturally find a way to solve this point. As long as it doesn't go too far, it's not good for the Navy to say anything more about this matter.

This concludes the Imperial Council. King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong exited the conference room with a smile on his face. The rest of the Army officers returned to their own offices with ugly faces.

They need to coordinate and allocate manpower and weapons to support Shunroku Hata who is fighting hard in Shanghai.

"Your Excellency, don't forget our agreement." When he walked out of the conference room, King Fushimi Gong suddenly said to Xianyuan Gong Zairen: "If there is a problem in Shanghai, then the battle situation in China should be abandoned!" For the time being, Southeast Asia was more important to the empire. ”

Listening to Fushiminomiya's words. Kanin Palace became more and more sure that the navy must have gone through Hirohito's relationship. Without Hirohito's consent, how could the Navy dare to oppress the Army so unscrupulously?!

In the office of the Idle Yuan Palace, Ishihara Waner, who is a confidant, is left.

"Your Highness's concern is correct, and I believe that Your Majesty has made some hints to the Navy even if he did not express such an indication." Ishihara had already sensed that something was wrong with the navy.

It's just that he didn't break it. This kind of thing involves the royal family, even if Ishihara Wan'er is a henchman of the Xianyuan Palace, it is not easy to say it from his mouth.

It can only be found out by the Xianyuan Palace. As for whether the Xianyuan Palace will consult with him after discovering it, this is not within the scope of Ishihara's consideration.

"According to the opinion of his subordinates, this matter is likely to be made by Marshal Yamamoto Fifty-six in the Commander of the Combined Fleet and Fushimi Palace." Ishihara paused. Said: "Otherwise, it would be impossible for His Majesty to make such a hint just under Fushimi Palace......"

It has to be said that the success of the Pearl Harbor attack greatly improved the status of Yamamoto Isoroku in the entire Japanese army and even in Japan as a whole. If it was he and Fushimi Palace who admonished Hirohito, then it was normal for Hirohito to hint at something.

"Your Highness. Ishihara didn't know whether to say it or not......" Seeing that Xianyuan Palace fell into deep thought, Ishihara hesitated for a moment. And Xianyuan Palace waved his hand without looking up.

"Your Highness, as it stands. Shanghai should not be able to hold ......" Although he was reluctant to admit this situation, Ishihara still had to face this reality.

Face it earlier. Then the losses of the army will also be less.

"The Navy wanted us to transfer troops from Shanghai, which means that they would support us as agreed. But these supports must be limited......" Ishihara sighed helplessly: "The fighters belonging to our army have not yet reached the point of mass production. Shanghai's limited support will certainly not be able to withstand the attack of the Wehrmacht......"

"Now that the Wehrmacht has found a way to break through the position, even if Shunroku Hata tries hard and the navy supports Shanghai, it won't last long." After a pause, Ishihara said: "Your Highness, let's prepare for the Southeast Asian Theater as soon as possible......

At the same time, MacArthur, who was in Australia, was playing a stool on the stage.

"Damn it! Wait, wait, wait! Those bureaucrats in Washington will just make me wait!! After withdrawing from the Philippines, MacArthur was in a state of madness.

He didn't want to counterattack back all the time, he wanted those damn Japanese to pay. It is a pity that Britain is now in a precarious situation, and the war policy of the United States is to put Europe first and then Asia.

In the White House's view, Europe is fundamental, and Asia is secondary. Besides, no matter how difficult it is in Asia, at least the National Defense Force can hold on. As long as the Wehrmacht can hold up until the United States wins Europe. Then the Japan of Asia is just a catfish on the board.

"General, this is an order from Washington......" the adjutant reassured, knowing that MacArthur was uncomfortable. In particular, the Wehrmacht intelligence came with the news that the captured American troops had been sent to the mining area to open mines.

According to conservative estimates, at least 50 to 100 people die in the mines every month. Of course, MacArthur would not have felt sorry for this. He was simply angry because of the shame that the Japanese gave him.

"I can't wait!" MacArthur took a deep breath and said, "Go and send a telegram to ask that tiger, when exactly will he launch a campaign against Southeast Asia?!" If he's not going to do it, then I'll do it! ”

The adjutant smiled and should be. But no telegram was sent in such strong terms. Instead, MacArthur's intentions were tactfully telegraphed to China.

Tu Menghu did not have time to pay attention to MacArthur's thoughts now, and after receiving the telegram, he only glanced at it and had it handed over to Joseph, the special envoy of the President of the United States who had been sent to China to coordinate the war. Warren. Stilwell.

Stilwell couldn't help but smile bitterly when he got the telegram from the slaughtering tiger, it was not that he had not been in contact with MacArthur. He knew the great fault of the general—arrogance.

Although the telegram reduced the number of words, the meaning revealed was clearly the gesture and meaning of the command. It is a pity that this Tiger has never been the leader of a small country that is sincerely afraid of the United States.

He forwarded the telegram to himself, which was already very polite. If not. He forwarded the telegram directly to the White House, and the only one who received the reprimand was MacArthur.

Just three days ago, after coordinating with the governments of China, the United States, Britain and the Free France, the Netherlands and other countries in exile, an agreement had been reached. Including Japan, it is divided into the Asia-Pacific theater, and the top person in charge of this theater is Tu Menghu.

His military rank was promoted to marshal and he was recognized by countries including the United States, Britain, France, and the Netherlands. After negotiations, Japan, Southeast Asia, India and other places were divided into the Asia-Pacific theater.

This area will be the exclusive responsibility of the Wehrmacht, whose important task is to ensure that the Japanese do not break through these barriers and enter the European theater of operations.

The European theater of operations, on the other hand, was coordinated by both the British and American sides. The newly formed U.S. forces were to go to Britain to assist in the defense. At the same time, a large amount of supplies and weapons will be returned to Britain from the North Atlantic, which is now preparing for war.

The Free France, the government of France in exile as an ally, began to enter the British ** team to assist them in their defense, under the organization of de Gaulle.

This is their last position, and if they can't even hold the British mainland, then they can only withdraw to the United States. When the time comes, you want to win the hope of victory. It's even more subtle......

"The Wehrmacht has shown their fighting ability, so I think the next step is to test our United States of America." In Marshall's office, a circle of generals stood in awe.

Marshall lit the table with his hand and said, "We have failed in the Philippines." Mike has been evacuated to Australia. And now Britain is in jeopardy, and there is something we must defend. ”

"Your task now. It's to go to England and help them hold the British Isles! In any case, there could not be left in the hands of the Germans! ”

"Yes! Mr! ”

And in the White House, Mrs. Song, Tu Laohu, and Roosevelt were talking and laughing. Accompanied by Mr. Situ Meitang, the four of them drank afternoon tea on the lawn in front of the White House.

Since Roosevelt tasted Chinese-style bubble tea, afternoon tea has changed from black tea with milk and sugar to the current Chinese-style bubble tea.

Roosevelt, who was skilled in making tea, waved his hand and waved his hand to be a typical "Guan Gong patrolling the city", sipping sweet rain when picking up a teacup. If you put on a yellow face, coupled with Roosevelt's Mandarin that doesn't have the slightest accent, you'd even think of him as a native of China.

"Hahaha...... Three cannons, this is going back?! After a cup of tea, Roosevelt smiled and poured it for everyone. And the cannon master smiled and said: "It's time to go back, and everything that should be done is almost done." It's early to go back, and you can catch up with a few battles. ”

Listening to the bandit's tone, Roosevelt laughed. Perhaps the straightforwardness of the cannon master can always make people feel pleasant, and you don't have to think about this kind of comfort when talking to him, which is difficult for Roosevelt to enjoy as a politician.

"Oh~ What a pity, I'm going to go hunting with you!" Roosevelt smiled and said, "Colt said that your hunting skills are amazing, I would love to see it!" ”

Pao Ye and the American shrugged their shoulders and said, "I just want to make a jacket for Lao Situ with a complete fur, what's so strange about this?!" Killing a bear like this, I'm not killing one. ”

Situ Meitang on the side couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, you think it's normal for three guns, but in the eyes of Americans, this is too abnormal. You stabbed the black bear with a red tassel gun through the eyeball.

But in order to get the whole bear skin, you broke the bones of the black bear with heavy hands, and directly cut the bear out of the bones, which is a bit of a Hetti. The result of this is that few people who have met with Master Pao recently dare to get too close to him, for fear that this uncle will suddenly get angry and give the living people a whole thing......

ps: Today's various running ...... Taking care of the wife and children at home is called a busy...... Pit daddy~ pit daddy......