Tokyo, Japan

The Japanese Navy Minister Nagano Shusei was drinking with his nephew Nagano Jiro at home, and several geisha in kimonos sang and danced, but there was no trace of a smile on the faces of the two Nagano generals, and the geisha who watched were a little scared, for fear that if they accidentally made a mistake, they would be pulled out by the general of the Nagano family and fed to the dogs......

"Jiro, you just came back from Manchuria, this time I originally arranged a position for you in the Admiralty, the chief of staff of the rear admiral of the Third Fleet stationed in Shanghai, thinking that one day you will also become a general!" Nagano said expressionlessly: "If our Nagano family can have two naval ministers, our Nagano family will be the first gate of the imperial kingdom in the future, but it's a pity that the Shanghai Fleet was completely shattered in the naval battle with the U.S. army yesterday." I couldn't help but curse a damn thunder, and Nagano Xiu's eyes were red when he raised his head and drank a glass of wine.

"It doesn't matter, uncle, my nephew will definitely try to learn from my uncle, and if there is a chance, there will definitely be two admirals in our Nagano family." Jiro Nagano took the flask and poured wine for his uncle, and a trace of unwillingness and ambition flashed in his eyes.

Nagano Shuse, who was pretending to be drunk, smiled with satisfaction when he saw the ambition flashing in his nephew Nagano Jiro's eyes. "Jiro, this time I found you a family affair, it is Miss Sakurako, the second daughter of Prince Hatohiko of Asaka Palace, you have to cherish it!" Nagano said after straightening his body. The marriage with Prince Hatohiko of Asakanomiya is the last chance for the Nagano family, if it weren't for this marriage, his nephew Nagano Jiro might have appeared on the dead list of the Shanghai fleet, although the reputation of avoiding war is not very good, but for the inheritance of the Nagano family, this thing can be nothing.

"Huh?" Hearing that he was going to marry the daughter of Prince Hatohiko of Asakanomiya, Nagano Jiro couldn't help but be surprised, and immediately showed ecstasy on his face, came to Nagano Xiu's side, bowed down and said: "Thank you, uncle, I will definitely cherish this opportunity and live up to your expectations, uncle." ”

"Alright, get up!" Nagano was very satisfied with Nagano Jiro's performance. The door of the room was suddenly opened, and a person who looked like a major general walked in, glanced at Jiro Nagano who was getting up from the ground, walked quickly to Nagano Shushi's side, and whispered a few words in Nagano Shusei's ear.

"Huh?" The smile on Nagano's face disappeared all of a sudden, and he said to those geisha, "You all go down!" After all the geisha had gone down, Nagano Shusei hurriedly asked, "What did you just say?" Say it again! ”

The major general glanced at Jiro Nagano who was opposite Nagano Cultivation, and Jiro Nagano immediately stood up and said, "Uncle, Jiro will retire first!" ”

Nagano nodded, and after Nagano Jiro left, the rear admiral said in a low voice: "Your Excellency, the U.S. Third Fleet has left Kyushu Bay and is moving in the direction of Hawaii. ”

"Didn't we have a submarine force in Kyushu Bay? Why is there no news of them? Nagano asked.

"I just got the news that our submarine force has all been shattered." said the major general.

"Hmm!" Nagano Xiu's body trembled slightly, and the major general hurriedly supported Nagano Xiu. "Yaga!" Nagano slaps the major general in the face. "Yaga, Yaga!" Nagano Xiushen picked up the katana not far away and slashed indiscriminately, and the whole room was messed up, and the soul of this major general was frightened, staring at this katana tightly, afraid that this katana would suddenly swing towards him, it was really too unlucky, and he was just passing on a message. "Yaga, damn American." Nagano Xiu's body and mouth fluctuated sharply, and he shouted at the major general, "Prepare the car immediately and meet Your Majesty!" ”

Half an hour later, Nagano finally met Emperor Showa. "Nagano-kun, what did you say? The U.S. fleet left Kyushu Bay, which seems to mean returning to Hawaii? Emperor Hirohito was also furious when he heard that the submarine forces blockading Kyushu Bay had all been shattered, and roared loudly.

"Yes, Your Majesty, our submarine forces have all been shattered by the Imperial Jade in the battle against the US fleet!" At this time, Nagano Xiu was like the major general who reported to him just now, carefully guarding against the angry Emperor Hirohito, for fear that if he was not careful, the short knife in the emperor's hand would cut at him.

The Japanese have always had a mentality, that is, the solution to trouble is to create greater trouble, and if the Japanese want Korea, they will create even greater trouble, that is, to start a war with the Qing State. If the war is won, Korea is Japan's; If Japan wanted to occupy Northeast China, it had to start a war with Russia behind the Qing Dynasty, and if it was not careful, it won again, and Northeast China became the sphere of influence of the Japanese. If you want to solve the China problem, you have to go to war with the United States, and as a result, you will play yourself to death in the Pacific, which is the adventurism of the Japanese, which is risky and profitable.

"Smack!" "Ouch!" Nagano Shushen screamed, and a hard-shell book that Emperor Hirohito inadvertently threw out hit Nagano Shushi's face fiercely, and suddenly a line of red marks appeared on Nagano Shushi's upper face. "Come on, go to the War Department and call Prince Sugiyama Motomo and Prince Minoru Higashikure!" The emperor said to his female lieutenant, "Slow, call in Fumiro Konoe!" ”

Konoe Fumiro is the current prime minister of Japan, in 1937, due to the impact of the 226 Mutiny, Hiroto Hiroki collapsed, Konoe was ordered to form a cabinet, the establishment of the first Konoe cabinet, the 46-year-old Konoe was called the "young prime minister". Immediately after Konoe formed his cabinet, he began to promote fascism in Japan and speed up preparations for a war of aggression. If the Hiroten Hiroki Cabinet was a cabinet composed of literati, the Konoe Cabinet was completely a cabinet composed of military personnel, and they were all fanatical militarists, and this cabinet also miraculously received strong support from all the military departments of the War Department, the Navy Department, and the General Staff, which is also a miracle in the history of the Japanese Cabinet.

About half an hour later, Konoe Fumiro rushed to the Nagawa Palace, and the angry emperor sat on top of his position as emperor, and the iron-faced Nagano Xiu sat below, but he didn't dare to take a breath. "Your Majesty," Prime Minister Konoe first glanced at Nagano Xiu, who didn't dare to breathe next to him, and then glanced at Emperor Showa with an iron face on his face, and sighed in his heart, it seems that something big should have happened, and then pressed his heart to pay homage to Emperor Hirohito first.

"Hmm!" Emperor Showa nodded, his face was still very iron-blue, and Konoe Fumiro sat down in his usual position, and he was silent like Yamamoto, bowing his head and pondering, but he was thinking about what was going on. A few minutes later, the Minister of War, Sugiyama Moto, and the Chief of Staff of the Army, His Royal Highness Prince Minoru Higashikure, came to the Nagawa Palace, and of course the two of them were equally puzzled.

"General Nagano just sent me the news that the submarine force we deployed in Kyushu Bay had failed, and that it had been completely shattered in the battle with the American fleet, and that man also sent me a letter of persuasion to surrender, asking us to surrender unconditionally and end the war in Asia, otherwise he would turn the whole of Japan into hell." Emperor Hirohito's tone was relatively calm when he said this, but several people in the main hall could hear the anger in his tone, and they all knew who the emperor was talking about, and no one could stand being threatened by others in his own country.

"What? That person dares to threaten you, Your Majesty? "Sugiyama Moto, Higashikure Minoruhiko and Prime Minister Fumihiro Konoe stood up at the same time, glaring angrily, as if they were about to devour Zhao Zhi, who they called that person, alive." Your Majesty, that man's troops are extremely combat-ready, and we are now fighting on our own soil, so I'm afraid we'll have to think of something else. Konoe Fumiro said after thinking about it for a while.

"Your Majesty, if we stop the war now, it may cause our prestige and position in the international community to plummet, so the best way for us to do now is to force the Chiang Kai-shek government to sue for peace, and then turn the territory we have now occupied into a fact that has become a done thing, and first cut off that person's way back and then slowly try to do it." Fumiko Konoe, who was questioned by Emperor Hirohito, said slowly.

"What if the people don't make peace?" The Emperor was not a fool and hurriedly asked.

"Then occupy the whole of China as quickly as possible, I believe that by then the elite army of the China people has been completely wiped out, Your Majesty, there is no way to retreat now, if we compromise with the China people now, our international prestige will be hit like never before, thinking that we are afraid of the China people, and the prestige that the empire has built up for decades will be burned!" Prince Minoru Higashikure said. Prince Minoru Higashikure is the uncle of Emperor Showa, and Emperor Showa is really a little afraid of this old guy, so I saw Emperor Showa groan and look at Fumiko Konoe.

Emperor Hirohito convened a meeting of the Imperial Council that lasted all night, and finally Emperor Hirohito agreed to Konoe's request and decided to send troops of the Kwantung Army south again to attack Shandong, and then advance into southwest China to force the Chiang Kai-shek clique to sue for peace with Japan. On the Honshu Island, some troops were first dispatched to build an interception line and confront Zhao Zhi's Thunder troops, so as to gain time for the operation of the Chinese theater, and at the same time concentrate the forces of the navy to transport troops to land on Kyushu Island, in an effort to disrupt the way back when confronting Zhao Zhi.

After the meeting, the various ministers of the Navy and Army returned to their own turf, and the state apparatus of the Japanese Empire was set to work at a rapid pace. This time it can be said that Japan mobilized the strength of the whole country to try to force Chiang Kai-shek to take the initiative to sue for peace in a short period of time. The Kwantung Army received an order from the base camp the next day, asking them to send seven divisions south again to threaten Jinan and attack the Jiaodong Peninsula, and the pressure on the Nationalist Government was suddenly unprecedentedly tense.