When an hour passed and more and more information converged on Tokyo, Hideki Tojo could no longer sit still.

Twenty minutes later, a top-secret meeting was taking place underneath the emperor's secret residence.

The Emperor's face still twitched with anger from time to time, and he thought that by making such a great sacrifice, he could retreat at least a third, or even a quarter, of his troops.

However, the current situation is that in addition to a few thousand people boarding the ship, less than 10,000 troops will be able to board the ship in the future. Later, the poisonous gas even began to spread to the sea, and the entire offshore sea surface of several hundred meters was full of fluttering poisonous gas, and a large area of dead fish and dead shrimp floated up, and the fleet participating in the retreat plan only needed a light to see the terrifying scene in the entire offshore death zone.

"Your Majesty, according to the comprehensive intelligence provided by all aspects, including the Far Eastern battlefield, China, and even the Americans, the Chinese did use a large amount of poison gas to create a poison gas isolation zone in the narrow strip of the entire Vanino sea.

Judging from the whole situation, the plan for the great retreat has become unworkable, and even if we pay a great loss, it is likely to be ineffective.

On the North Korean side, a division of the vanguard of Chinese has already approached Seoul......"

Although the whole simple pre-conference report was full of failures and failures, Hideki Tojo could only report truthfully, and the whole meeting fell into a solemn atmosphere with his report.

The failure of the Far Eastern battlefield, the grounding of the great retreat plan, and even the more than one million Yue troops who were once again encircled and could not escape, even if they were only more than 20 kilometers away from the nearest place on Sakhalin Island, but the air force fighters of the Chinese drifting in the strait almost twenty-four hours a day turned any possible large-scale evacuation into a luxury, often two or three months of attrition, except for sending ships from the country, even if there was no obstacle, the army on the side of Vanino could not find even enough ships to transport a battalion, and the losses were clean. The strait is narrow and relatively easy to escape, but the narrow strait is also convenient for the Chinese's air surveillance and strikes, and the Tatar Strait, which is just a strait, has now become the dividing line between hell and heaven in the minds of the army.

And the defeat of the Korean battlefield is more like a catastrophe close at hand, unlike these places in the Far East, defeat, the loss is only the army, but once the DPRK is lost, the hundreds of thousands of troops will definitely have no chance to escape back to Yuben across the sea, not to mention, it is very convenient for the Chinese to attack Yuben across the sea from Korea, the Tsushima Strait, which is originally only 100 kilometers wide, although it is wider than the Tatar Strait above its head, but there is a large island in the middle, it can be said that the Chinese only need to jump in two steps, It can land anywhere on the west coast of Ben at a time of 50 kilometers.

With their strong air-to-ground support, the Yue army is likely to face a great calamity, allowing the Chinese to land on the mainland.

The high-ranking military and political dignitaries of Yuben, who were shrouded in a trace of despair, did not feel despair because the empire had been completely defeated, but because they could not defeat the Chinese no matter what.

Although the Chinese are still on the edge of Seoul, it will take at least a month to conquer the whole of Korea, and the time to attack Yuben after stabilization will be several months at the earliest, but this kind of despair makes people see no hope, and all they can see is defeat, continuous defeat, and all-round defeat by land, sea and air.

Hideki Tojo spoke for a short time, and then slowly stopped, and said in conclusion, "Judging from the war, as well as the Sino-Soviet war, and the Sino-American and British war in Southeast Asia, the overall strength of the Chinese has risen to a very terrible height.

And most importantly, they have no enemies to fight against. We are at a disadvantage in all their previous encounters, the Soviet Union has even lost most of its territory, and Britain and the United States have suffered heavy losses in Southeast Asia and are preparing to retreat...... In the past few years of World War II, the record of countries fighting against China has hardly taken advantage, although this is related to China's special geographical location.

The Americans are separated by heavy seas, making it difficult for the enemy to deal with them, while although China borders many countries, it does not have a real opponent, especially when Yue himself was also defeated by China, the Soviets were too busy to take care of themselves, and the Anglo-American coalition forces were weak in Southeast Asia.

The great retreat plan was facing an abrupt death, and Korea was in danger, which made the military and political leaders of the country, and even the emperor himself, feel deeply powerless.

"If we negotiate with the Chinese and sign an agreement on the Far East and North Korea, will the Chinese agree to let our troops in the Far East withdraw?"

When the emperor saw that Hideki Tojo finished speaking, he asked worriedly, he was very reluctant to bow to the Chinese, and the last time Hideki Tojo mentioned this negotiation, he was furious, but only a year has passed, and this original preparatory plan for strategic response has become a solution to the problem that can be put on the table.

"It is probably not enough, and with the appetite of the Chinese, if they only promise to completely abandon the Far East and North Korea, they will probably not look at it."

Lu Xiangnan Jiro shook his head and said.

Other military and political dignitaries, especially the backbone elements of the military department, could not help but nod their heads, and it was simply absurd that the emperor would vainly want to make the Chinese make concessions with these two unworthy conditions.

However, at this moment of crisis, they also knew that the military department and the emperor were inseparable from each other.

The crowd discussed in a low voice, and when the emperor saw that the method he proposed did not work, he could only look at Hideki Tojo, the supreme commander of the military department, whose actual power actually surpassed that of his own supreme commander of the army.

"Your Majesty! Not long ago, we received news that the Anglo-American forces were preparing to withdraw to India, and that there was a major change in the German forces in the western part of the Indian border, and it was likely that an Indian offensive would be launched. The Anglo-American coalition was eager to shrink its forces and abandon Southeast Asia, in fact, in order to hold on to India. In addition to having various resources, the most important thing is that India provides a large number of troops to its allies.

Once the Allies withdraw from Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia will effectively fall into the hands of the Chinese.

We can negotiate with the Chinese and commit to the withdrawal of Ben's military forces from Southeast Asia.

Even, if China is willing to sign a comprehensive armistice, we can consider handing over Indonesia to them as well. China has repeatedly said that its Southeast Asian provinces will envelop the whole of Southeast Asia, and Indonesia is one of their next appetites. ”

Hideki Tojo's words immediately caused a shocking whispered discussion.

"What? Give up Indonesia!! ”

"It's the new energy source of the Empire, providing a lot of ore, oil, and grain every year......"

"Yes, how can Indonesia be lost."

The whispered discussion continued, but Hideki Tojo seemed to turn a deaf ear, and he didn't glance at it coldly as usual, just stood there peacefully.

"Does Tojo think that it is really necessary to start full-scale negotiations? The Allies may not agree. ”

I have to admit that he was shocked when he heard that Hideki Tojo was willing to give up Indonesia in exchange for a comprehensive armistice agreement, and at the same time, he suddenly saw another way, and he seemed to understand Hideki Tojo's thoughts.

"Your Majesty! When the empire withdrew from China thirteen years ago, we sold a large number of interests, especially reparations and imperial labor, in exchange for an armistice, and at that time, the Chinese were short of strength and eager to concentrate on the unification of the whole country and then the comprehensive development of the domestic economy, so the negotiations were successful.

However, this time, the Chinese are at their peak, the combat effectiveness of the army exceeds that of our empire, and even the US army is not an opponent, and if we meet hard, we are likely to lose too much.

Although we were defeated from China, our foundations were not damaged, but now, once the Chinese concentrate on attacking the empire, the empire will pay an unimaginable price.

The strength of the Chinese is no longer a country, a nation can confront it, as we discussed before, the strength of the Chinese can only be countered by concentrating the strength of the entire allied countries. ”

Hideki Tojo glanced coldly at those short-sighted guys, but nodded slightly to Ishihara and the others, and in the discussion just now, Ishihara and the others also refuted the statements of the people around them.

"We don't need to rush into temporary gains and losses, once the Chinese are finally defeated, the whole of Asia will be the final word of the empire." The Soviet Union was greatly damaged, while the empire could shock the whole of Asia, and Indonesia was huge, but if one day the Chinese were defeated, we might even get half of China.

Because, I think, when the Chinese are forced to face the entire Central Powers, there will be only two ways out: defeat and surrender negotiations.

Now we are exchanging Southeast Asian territories occupied by Indonesia and a large number of other empires for negotiations, but for a buffer time. ”

Hideki Tojo's words are very simple, the Great Empire is not defeated, but only temporarily strategically forbearance.

After a long silence, the emperor suddenly smiled and said, "Very good, according to General Tojo's intentions, we negotiate with the Chinese, and the conditions can be Korea, the Far East and Southeast Asia, and we can even withdraw our troops at the same time as the Allies." ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

Hideki Tojo said with relief.

…… When Zhang Shusheng came to the office early in the morning, he saw Foreign Minister Li Zongren and Defense Minister Cai Yi waiting for him.

Entering the office, the topic was naturally related to the war in the Far East.

"Chairman, the Far East is fighting well, the devil can't escape this time. No, the devil is in a hurry to come and negotiate with us! ”

At this time, two days had passed since the Chinese Air Force airdropped a large number of poison gas bombs to create a poison gas isolation zone, and the Far East troops could not advance or retreat, and a large number of people died under the poison gas, and the remaining troops had already begun to move in the north-south direction where the central [***] squadron was located.

"This devil seems to have surrendered." Cai Yi said with a smile, glancing at Li Zongren next to him, "Chairman, the devil made the same mistake thirteen years ago again, and he wants to negotiate if he can't win." ”

"Oh? Zongren, you talk about it, what negotiations. ”

After Zhang Shusheng sat down, he motioned for the two to sit down and talk about things.

Li Zongren: "Yes, Chairman. He said that today I conveyed to us my intention to negotiate an armistice through the ambassador to China of the neutral country Switzerland......"

From time to time, Li Zongren talked about the cause and effect.

It turned out that the defeat of the Far East was imminent, and the DPRK did not know that it was about to be lost, and in a panic, after receiving tacit approval from the Americans, he was willing to start all-out negotiations with China on the Far East issue, the Korean issue, and the concession in Southeast Asia.

He himself hopes to negotiate the return of the Far Eastern troops, and at the same time, they will recognize China's formal occupation of Korea and the areas controlled by Southeast Asia.

And from the mouth of the representative who came with the Swiss ambassador, Li Zongren even heard some special proposals about Southeast Asia.

"I actually intend to negotiate with Indonesia, the largest and richest region that I occupy in Southeast Asia!"

Zhang Shusheng couldn't help but sigh with emotion, this devil is really able to bend and stretch, put aside the conspiracy, at least politically, he dares to let it go.

In later generations, Zhang Shusheng once felt the strange mentality of a devil. For a while, they seem to be invincible and full of confidence in the universe, and at the same time they wag their tails in front of the American masters in a villain posture, and at one moment they pretend to be generous, and at another time they are stingy to the extreme. On the other hand, China has always adopted the policy of forbearance on many major international issues, "tolerate it, let it, avoid it, tolerate it, respect it, ignore it, stay for a few more years, and you can look at it." This sentence can be said to be the greatest portrayal of China in later generations.

Power is too scattered, and the restraints on all sides are particularly large, which makes it difficult for a nation to make a neat voice, and as a result, it is often played by small people, from economic and trade exchanges to territorial disputes.

Now, the devil still wants to come to this set, if he can't beat it, he will pretend to be a grandson to negotiate, and if he can fight, he will destroy the country and destroy the species, this set, Zhang Shusheng doesn't eat it.

The main reason why we negotiated with the devils and stopped after obtaining greater benefits was that we were anxious to complete the great cause of building the country, concentrate our efforts on the economy, and liberate the Chinese people, who had suffered from war and poverty, before we negotiated with the devils.

Nowadays, the country has become more powerful because of the war, and has even become the most powerful country on the planet, with much more conventional and strategic military strength than the United States, which is the second largest in the world, what else do we need to endure?

Fighting snakes does not die but suffers from them, and he is definitely such a evil animal nation.

"Now that I think about the negotiations, I still vainly try to exchange Indonesia for real armistice negotiations, I say that I think too well."

Zhang Shusheng couldn't help but say in a mocking tone. When you can beat it, you will destroy the country and destroy the species, and if you can't beat it, you will bow your head and pretend to be a turtle grandson to beg for negotiations, although this is human nature, but few people can do it so cheaply.

Thinking good does not mean that it can be realized, Zhang Shusheng in later generations can only point to the humiliating news in newspapers and TV and scold, but now, he has the highest veto power. "What do you mean, Chairman?"

Li Zongren asked with a smile.

"Refuse to negotiate! China said that it was in the middle of an unprecedented war, and the matter of peace talks could not be opened in person. ”

Zhang Shusheng said with a smile, but he thought in his heart that negotiation is impossible, but the sooner the war problem is solved, the better, but the means to solve the war do not necessarily need to be through negotiations, such as the Far East, since the army is unable to escape, then perhaps China should accept prisoners in line with the idea of quickly resolving the war.

Although Zhang Shusheng confessed that he really wanted to kill all those soldiers, the countless major projects that would be carried out in China, it should be said that the Chinese Empire's sphere of influence, would require too many coolie laborers who could be abused at will without paying.

(To be continued)