Ito Hirobumi once told Saionji that China is a big country, and no matter how weakened it is, it will be difficult for Japan to occupy China, and the only feasible way is to follow the example of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, respecting Chinese traditions while taming and transforming China with taming.

Direct and violent aggression will only bring strong resistance from China, and the gains outweigh the losses. When Japan's Ministry of Mutual Prosperity led its China policy, it was to constantly disintegrate China from within, strive to create a situation of warlord strife, and make the Chinese people disappointed in their country, and at the same time at the same time to win over pro-Japanese officials and scholars, relying on them to open the way, and finally when the Chinese people had no way to live, Japan was using military force to invade and occupy China.

In the original historical time and space, at the beginning of the Sino-Japanese war, traitors were everywhere, to a large extent, it was the credit of the Ministry of Gongrong, with the help of traitors, the Japanese easily occupied a large area of land.

Of course, the Japanese military department was dissatisfied with this proposition of the Gongei Ministry, and these fanatical soldiers hoped to rely on force to conquer China, so as to show their value.

In fact, the goal of the military department and the Gongrong department is the same, that is, to completely occupy China, the difference is only the means. According to the original historical development, the military department finally gained the upper hand, created the Nanjing Massacre and other brutal events, frantically used poison gas, and did bad things. In a vain attempt to use bloody violence to conquer China, the Huairou proposition of the Ministry of Co-Prosperity was completely abandoned.

A search of Japanese archives reveals that many civilian officials who had been working for the Ministry of Co-prosperity were eventually driven out of the center of power, and some even committed suicide because they saw that the co-prosperity of Greater East Asia could not be realized.

However, there was a serious difference in this historical time and space, and the Sichuan power under the leadership of Qiao Yu rose rapidly. Seize the fleeting opportunity of the First World War. The basis of the military industry was created. In the end, China was unified in one fell swoop, which Japan did not expect. After reunification, China took strong measures to purge pro-Japanese officials and crack down on pro-Japanese scholars. Nationalist propaganda. Years of efforts by the Ministry of Co-Ei were in vain, their influence in the Japanese government plummeted, and Emperor Hirohito abandoned the institution altogether.

This is where the distress of the Xiyuan Temple Gongwang lies, and it was he who coveted the resources of the Far East in the first place. adopted a conniving attitude towards Qiao Yu's family, which missed the last good opportunity to contain the Sichuan system.

"People see the benefits but do not see the harm, and the fish see the food but do not see the hook. The empire has come to the edge of a cliff to this day, and one more step will be shattered. ”

"Elder, the empire is in a very dangerous situation, but there is still a chance of victory, as long as the army and the people are united, the soldiers use their lives, and it is still possible to defeat the strong with the weak."

Xiyuan Temple Gongwang shook his head and said with a wry smile: "There is no hope." If only those of you in your right mind could take power, there was hope. The muscular red deer in the military department will only bring the destruction of the empire. I thought that if I had trained more officers in the army, I would not have fallen to where I am today. ”

Speaking of this, Xiyuan Temple Gongwang coughed again, and the maid hurriedly helped him straighten out his breath, Xiyuan Temple Gongwang recovered for a long time, and he suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly: "I should have died a long time ago, this time I relied on the special medicine bought from the Southwest Pharmaceutical Company in China to continue my life, in fact, from that moment on, I completely understood that Japan has no chance." A glimpse of the whole picture, China has begun to lead the empire in technology, what else can we do as a small island nation! ”

Xiyuan Temple Gongwang has not said so many words for many days, Okamura Ningji and Ishihara Wan'er are not stupid, seeing the patriarch like this, a trace of worry rose in their hearts, especially seeing a different flush rising on the cheeks of Xiyuan Temple Gongwang's withered bark, both of them had a chill in their hearts, and it was time for the patriarch to return to the light.

Saionji Gongwang also seemed to know that he was running out of time, and his thin hands grabbed Okamura Ninji and Ishihara Wan'er.

"You take my words to me, and when necessary, put all the blame on the military department, and you must keep the emperor, so that you can keep the empire!"

Okamura Ninji didn't expect the patriarch to suddenly say such a thing, doesn't this mean that Japan is going to surrender, he was also shocked immediately, "Patriarch, it's not that time yet, everything still has room for redemption." ”

Saionji Gongwang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Gangcun, why deceive yourself, remember my words, you must maintain the emperor system and the national system of Great Japan, not the stupid and arrogant Hirohito!" ”

Xiyuan Temple Gongwang finally said this, and suddenly it was like a thunderbolt, falling on the heads of two people, what does the patriarch mean by this? Do you want to abandon the holy Emperor Hirohito? This is absolutely unorthodox, and I am afraid that no one in the whole of Japan would dare to think so.

However, the two of them also read everything from the firm eyes of Saionji Gongwang, the emperor system and Hirohito are not the same thing, if an emperor dies, it can be replaced by someone else, and if the system is gone, the foundation of Japan will be finished.

"Patriarch, we remember!"

Okamura Ninji also knew that this was the prince of Saionji Temple, and he really couldn't refuse the last request of this patriarch. As he spoke, a loud roar was heard in the distance, followed by an explosion.

Okamura Ninji knew very well that this was a bombing of Tokyo by China, but this time the scale was particularly large, and even the suburbs were not spared, and it seemed that the plane flew far away after a while. And when he looked at the Xiyuan Temple again, he saw that the patriarch's eyes quickly dissipated, and his face turned pale, and he had relaxed his grip on his hand.

The last patriarch of Japan passed away in this way. After Hirohito got the report, he didn't react, and he didn't give Saionji Gongwang any special honor, as if an ordinary old Japanese man had died, and he didn't know what to make a fuss about.

All of Hirohito's efforts were focused on Yamamoto's battle plan, and in order to achieve a sneak attack on China, Japan had to concentrate almost all of its aircraft carriers, the Flying Dragon, the Shozuru, the Daiho, the Shinano, and the newly launched Yamato.

Among these five aircraft carriers, the last three are all supercarriers, and the Daiho, which has the lowest displacement, also exceeds 55,000 tons, while the Yamato reaches 70,000 tons.

With these five aircraft carriers as the core, the total number of carrier-based aircraft is close to 500, and there are also a large number of auxiliary ships, and all the essence of the combined fleet has been pressed in one fell swoop, and if the plan is successful, Japan will be able to eliminate China's East China Sea Fleet in one fell swoop and completely establish hegemony in the Pacific Ocean.

Hirohito finally made up his mind and approved Yamamoto's plan, but what Hirohito didn't know was that the telegrams had revealed clues to the plan, and the intelligence organizations of China and the United States were monitoring the Japanese telegrams around the clock.

At the General Intelligence Bureau in Beijing alone, the Chinese side has gathered more than 200 outstanding mathematicians and telegraph deciphering experts, and there is no slackening in the slightest about Japanese telegrams. This is especially true of the United States, whose new aircraft carrier has not yet been launched, and its naval power is weak, so it is most concerned about the movements of the Japanese Navy, so it attaches more importance to intelligence surveillance.

Soon the intelligence organizations of China and the United States came to a similar conclusion, and the Japanese Navy was about to make a big move!

After exchanges and communication between the intelligence agencies of the two countries, it was finally determined that the direction of attack would be the Ryukyus, which created the best conditions for the Chinese army to attack Japan.

"President, Houfu has been asking for war, and he has long asked for the concentration of naval forces to directly attack the Japanese mainland. I didn't expect Japan to start China's idea first, this is really self-defeating! ”

As the deputy commander of the Supreme Command, Jiang Baili was still the clearest about the requirements of his subordinates, and the proposition of naval commander Chen Shaokuan has always been very clear, that is, at the beginning of the war, he should concentrate naval aviation forces to attack Truk, the base of the Japanese Combined Fleet, cut off the connection between Japan and the Nanyang colonies at the first time, and then calmly attack southwest Japan and destroy the foundation of Japan's shipbuilding industry.

This policy was unanimously approved by the Ministry of National Defense, but it was vetoed by Qiao Yu and Jiang Baili, the reason is very simple, if this method of play is followed, Japan will soon be finished. Without Japan's pressure, how could the United States make more concessions to China?

In fact, until now, Qiao Yu is unwilling to quickly eliminate Japan, if Japan can attack the west coast of the United States, the Chinese Navy will still watch from the sidelines, and when the United States asks China for help, China can take Australia into its arms.

It's just that Japan has chosen China's most important opponent and is still planning to attack the Ryukyus, so China is not polite.

"Brother Baili, our intelligence work has gone ahead of Japan, but we can't be careless, Japan's five aircraft carriers, there are 500 carrier-based aircraft, which has surpassed the six aircraft carriers of the East China Sea Fleet in number, and the Japanese pilots have all experienced the test of war, which can be called elite, once they are negligent, they will suffer losses!"

"The Japanese are indeed paranoid in their bones, and it is unimaginable that they actually built the 70,000-ton Yamato aircraft carrier!"

Qiao Yu also felt incredible about the madness of Japan's development of the navy, more than 70,000 tons is almost the tonnage of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in later generations, Japan actually created this kind of monster at this time, the Chinese military didn't believe it at first, but according to the investigation of China's best intelligence officers, it was determined that Japan did create the monster Yamato.

"No matter how big the warships Japan builds, we can defeat them. Since Japan named their newest warship after Yamato, it proves that they regard this warship as a symbol of the nation, and we will sink Yamato and make the Japanese nation completely sinking. (To be continued.) )