Hirohito was silent, the quagmire of the Chinese battlefield made him more and more uneasy about the combat effectiveness of the army, but the extreme military victory of Germany was still stimulating, he wanted to get a piece of the world map, and now Japan's economic hole is getting bigger and bigger, if the chariot is stopped, if nothing else, this economic black hole alone is enough to swallow the whole of Japan - the war must continue, and it must be profitable. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ishihara looked at Hirohito for a long time and didn't speak, and said tentatively, "The main forces of our army are in Manchuria and China, if France surrenders, the Netherlands and other countries are also defeated, Nanyang and other countries are equivalent to terra nullius, but we must take into account the idea of the United States, and my suggestion is that if it is not an extreme helpless situation, we cannot have any conflict with the United States." ”

Hirohito also knew that he could not easily provoke the United States, not because of anything else, but because the current Japanese economy was actually extremely dependent on American resources, and if the United States cut off these resources, Japanese industry would soon come to a standstill. He said, "What's your opinion?" ”

Ishihara bowed his head and said, "The war in China has become a quagmire, especially in North China, we have not been able to get anything cheap under the guerrilla warfare and movement warfare of the Chinese Red Party, although the people of the empire are not very clear about this, but the morale of the imperial army has begun to decline because of this matter, and from the perspective of the war in Europe, the armaments of the empire are in urgent need of upgrading, we are now technically ready for technical reserves and the development of new weapons, but new weapons require a lot of resources, and we do not have these, And the only place where there is is is the South Seas. ”

"Will it really be beneficial to the empire to open up new battlefields?" Hirohito expressed doubts: "And what about the war in Shina?" What are your plans? ”

Ishihara said helplessly, "The power of the empire is so much, if we want to open up the Nanyang battlefield, then the power investment in the battlefield of China will inevitably be reduced, but this is absolutely worth it in the long run, those Western countries in the Nanyang have already succumbed to the military power of Germany, as long as we wait for France to surrender, then it is the best time for the empire to attack." ”

Hirohito didn't say anything, but stood up and turned to leave, Ishihara knelt and saw Hirohito away, he understood that Hirohito had acquiesced to the opening of the Nanyang battlefield.

In fact, Japan has been extremely irritated about the disadvantage of China's war, especially in the past year or so, the failure of many attacks and defenses has made the Japanese army urgently need a major victory to repay the government and the people for the support of the army, after all, more than half of Japan's current expenditures are on military spending, and the salaries of many government civil servants have begun to be halved, and Japan cannot achieve victory in China. Most of the South Seas, including India, were colonies of Western countries, and the people there would not be much hostile to the Japanese army, and even had good intentions because they were all yellow-skinned people, so that there would be no guerrilla warfare that the Japanese army hated very much, which is why Ishihara was full of confidence in the war in the South Seas.

-- Beiping

The war in Shandong gradually subsided, not so much to calm down, but rather that the Japanese army gave up the attack, and instead returned to their respective defense areas for defense, Hebei and other places have been extremely dangerous, Okamura Ningji did not dare to draw troops anymore, the war in Shandong ended in this way, the only thing the Japanese army got was just a piece of white land that was slaughtered and burned, these places did cause a lot of damage to the base of the Eighth Route Army, but what good did it do to the Japanese army? Instead, they got more hatred, which was buried in people's hearts, waiting for someone to lead them to drive the Japanese out completely.

When he returned to Beiping, Okamura Ninji found that there was already a person waiting for him in his office, and when he saw it, he immediately said with joy, "Oh! Soil Fertilizer Plain-kun! What are you doing here.... Are you here to answer my sins on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor? ”

Okamura Ninji said with his head down.

Dohihara laughed and said, "Why do you think that? Okamura-kun, didn't you drive the Eighth Route Army in Shandong to the south? It's not easy, this is your place, you won't want me to entertain you, right? ”

Okamura Ninji smiled, put away his clothes and katana, poured a cup of tea for Tohihara, and said, "To be honest, the Eighth Route Army is indeed very powerful, very hard-working, it is said that they stayed in the snow for three days in order to surround and attack us in Linqu, such a thing is difficult for even the imperial army to do, it is really unimaginable." ”

"Hehe... The Imperial Army doesn't have as good supplies and logistics as theirs. "Do you know why they can stay in the snow for three days?" ”

Okamura Ninji shook his head, and Tsuchihara took out a bag from behind him, took out a set of cotton clothes from it and said, "Come, let's take a look, this is the cotton clothes of the Eighth Route Army, very good, and their shoes, which are extremely warm, and this, this is their white cloak, I'm afraid we can't find it even if we stand in front of them in the snow, and this, this is their food, chocolate!" Are you absolutely from rural China that the Eighth Route Army should be able to eat this? There is this, this is the self-heating rice of the Eighth Route Army, you only need to add water to make the rice hot, the principle is very simple, it is just lime. But such logistical materials are probably difficult for even the US army to reach! ”

Tu Feiyuan really underestimated the U.S. military, and in the future, the U.S. military would use cigars and Coca-Cola to tell him what was considered a luxury march.

Okamura Ninji said in surprise: "Isn't our opponent the Eighth Route Army?" ”

Tu Feiyuan sighed and said, "I don't know who our opponent is, I was guessing that it was the Soviets at first, but now it doesn't look like it, no matter who they are, they must be an extremely powerful force and force, I think there are two purposes, one is to prevent the empire from winning, and the other is to make the Chinese Red Party stronger, you look at the national army of Jiang Zhong, do they have that roaring heavy artillery in their hands?" ”

Okamura Ninji nodded, expressing his approval of Dohihara's statement, in fact, there are too many people who suspect this matter, but there is no evidence, and I don't know where Tohihara got so many things, you must know that Okamura Ninji is also trying to find a way to capture the materials of the Eighth Route Army, and wants to get some information from it, but it has never succeeded.

Tsuchihara naturally had his own intelligence line, and he wasn't ready to tell Okamura Ninji that he came for another purpose, he put away the things on the table and said, "Okamura-kun, I'm here to talk about something else, you know a little bit about the war in Europe, right?" ”

Okamura nodded and said, "Yes, I know something, Germany won a big victory." ”

Dohihara hummed and said, "Yes, the German victory has created an excellent opportunity for us to go south, and Ishihara and I are already pushing for the south, what do you think?" ”

Okamura Ninji is also a member of the party now, and his opinion is naturally extremely important, he thought for a while and said, "I have no objection to going south, but what about the battlefield in China?" We're not going to give up here, are we? ”

Tu Feiyuan shook his head and said, "Naturally not, going south is for a complete victory later, we have calculated, it only takes a maximum of one year, we can completely take Nanyang, after all, Nanyang has very few troops, and most of their suzerains have been defeated, the only thing that is difficult to deal with is the United States and Britain, but the failure of the British retreat in Dunkirk makes them call troops from all over the world to return to the mainland to prepare for war, as for the United States.... Americans only think about pleasure, and we don't have to worry about it at all. They will not have the will to fight. ”

Okamura Ninji nodded and agreed, in fact, the whole world is not optimistic about the combat power of the US military during this period, and the Americans are just a group of businessmen in the eyes of the whole world at this time, businessmen... It's okay to do business, it's okay to have fun, fight hard with guns, don't joke.

In fact, this is also the result of more than 20 years of American independence, as long as you don't stretch your hand to the Americas, the United States will not care what you do, and the excellent geographical location of the United States makes them not need too many troops, in the eyes of some people, the United States' national defense is completely protected by the police.

Okamura Ninji finally spoke, "You also know the situation in North China, if you want to go south, you can't transfer the troops in North China, the troops in North China are actually a little insufficient. ”

Tu Feiyuan thought for a while and said, "Okay, but it's okay not to transfer, but the empire won't give special support to North China in the near future." ”

Okamura Ninji frowned and said, "Okay, I understand, I will try my best to maintain the situation in North China." ”

-- France

Jiang Cheng looked at the scenery of France in a windbreaker and asked, "How is the current battle situation?" ”

Chen Nan replied, "Host, the German army has surrounded Paris, the current Paris government is discussing the matter of surrender, and the encircled French army has basically given up resistance, the German army is slowly bombarding the Maginot Line with captured heavy artillery, and now that line has become synonymous with a joke, the meaning of something big and useless." ”

Jiang Cheng smiled, he was not surprised by the situation in France at all, he looked outside, saw the German army marching on the road from time to time, the French around him looked at the German army with some anger and fear, he smiled and said, "The French are still not convinced in their hearts, they feel that their defeat is too fast." ”

Chen Nan nodded and said, "That's right, the boss, the French privately feel that it is the result of not having a good government and a good general, what is the final agreement between Germany and Germany, if it is too harsh, I don't think the German rule in France will be very stable." ”

Jiang Cheng remembered De Gaulle, so he asked, "Where is the De Gaulle I brought your attention to now?" ”

Speaking of this, Chen Nan couldn't help but admire Jiang Cheng even more and said, "Boss, you are really a god, that De Gaulle is indeed not simple, in the Polish campaign, he put forward a proposal to the French government to pay attention to aircraft and tanks, after the official war between Germany and France, his troops were a rare highlight in the French army, and achieved some victories, but it did not have much impact on the overall situation, his son was in Paris, and it is said that he was a representative of the hard-line anti-war faction." ”

Jiang Cheng squinted his eyes and asked, "Do our people have the confidence to kill him?" ”

"Assassination... Don't worry, he won't leave France. Chen Nan said with a smile.

"Wait.... It's better not to do it yet, and then let me think about it, you just need to be ready. Jiang Cheng suddenly hesitated, in fact, even if there was no de Gaulle, Britain would launch other people to become the spokesperson of the resistance, if this was the case, the opponent might as well be the familiar de Gaulle, under Jiang Cheng's hesitation, the convoy entered the territory of Paris.

At this time, Paris was already surrounded by German troops, and the Paris government was divided into two factions, one headed by Chancellor Reynaud and the other headed by Marshal Petain. Petain is a veteran of the First World War, has a transcendent position in the French army, and is the soul of French military thought, but it is precisely because of the military is extremely understanding, Petain also understands more that France has no strength to resist the German army, just like China's Wang Jingwei's thoughts, Petain also felt that rather than being wiped out after the whole army was destroyed, it was better to take advantage of the strength in his hands to negotiate.

Thus, Petain became the representative of the capitulation faction in France, and openly said in a tone of helplessness that the revival of France could not be achieved by military victory, but by "the suffering of the fatherland and its descendants". The armistice was not a punishment for defeat, but a new beginning, "a necessary condition for the eternal existence of the immortal France." Petain even threatened to resign. As a last resort, Reynaud resigned as prime minister, and President Albert Lebrun appointed Pétain to form a cabinet.

When Hitler saw Jiang Cheng, his face was full of smiles, he hugged Jiang Cheng and said, "Oh, my Chinese friends, be excited and proud, you will see a historic moment, the great Germany is about to completely defeat France, and the shadow of the last great war will be completely torn apart and dispelled by our sword!" ”

Jiang Cheng nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, my Führer, I am here to witness this moment in history, by the way, my Führer, are the French willing to surrender?" ”

"Hey! Hitler! An officer walked in and took a letter and said, "This is a letter from the Marshal of France Pétain, saying that Paris will be an undefended city, and that he is willing to negotiate with us, and that he wants the Spanish government to act as an intermediary between France and Germany." ”

Hitler clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Great, by the way, what about the army?" They still have millions of troops fighting us! ”

The officer laughed, "Yes, Pétain expressed in his telegram his willingness to make all French troops lay down their arms as a sign of good faith." ”

Looking at the excited expressions of Hitler and many German officers, Jiang Cheng glanced at Paris sympathetically, Petain would not have thought that he would occupy a prominent position in the French history books because of this decision, and he would not have thought that because of Jiang Cheng's arrival, the cooperation in his heart would bring much trouble to the later Allies. (To be continued.) )