In Tokyo, the quarrel at the Supreme War Guidance Meeting held in Hirohito's Imperial Palace continued. The fall of Fukuoka made them realize that it was no longer possible to continue fighting.

Those who can get to this position are not idiots. They know how the battle situation is rotten. At this time, the resistance was basically carried out by the radical officers below.

At the top, although they did not say it explicitly, they had already acquiesced in the fact that Xiyuan Temple was going to negotiate surrender. The only dispute is what conditions should be presented.

After the cabinet fell apart again, Hirohito had to ask Saionji to nominate a reshuffle of the cabinet. At the same time, in order to appease the army and navy and communicate with the radical officers, Hirohito selected several radical generals who were loyal to him to the cabinet.

"Do you think we still have the right to make conditions?! Fukuoka is gone, and the combined fleet of the Navy is gone. The tiger and the wolves below him are eyeing each other, and I think they are expecting us not to surrender. Okay, all the way to Tokyo......"

Kantaro Suzuki, who was nominated by Saionji as prime minister and temporarily acted as prime minister, looked at the two heads of the War Department and the Military Command Department, and said, "Therefore, I think that as long as the National Defense Forces can promise to 'maintain the national system,' then there is no need for us to make such meaningless resistance again." If we continue to fight like this, we will only increase the casualties. ”

War Minister Anan Yuji looked at Suzuki Kantaro and said coldly: "It's definitely not enough just like this!" As emperors, we must maintain at least the last bit of honor of the empire! ”

"So, we still have to put forward the additional conditions. At the very least, the Wehrmacht was not allowed to be stationed in Japan. All war criminals must be tried by ourselves. Also, the war reparations are too high and must be lowered and allowed to extend the repayment period......"

Minister of the Navy, Mitsumasa Yonechi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shigetoku Togo, and others looked at the Minister of War with idiotic eyes, do you think you are the victor now?!

Do you have to make conditions with others?! Everyone is branded as your home. A few divisions were wiped out in just a few days. What qualifications does Japan have to make a condition?!

"Your Excellency Anan, it's not that I have any opinion of you. It's that these conditions you put forward are unlikely to be accepted at all! Foreign Minister Togo said with a wry smile: "As the Minister of War, you should know our current situation. ”

"We simply don't have the confidence to put forward conditions. Last time, it was just a few more words from a few officials of the Ministry of War that led to the destruction of tens of thousands of emperors in Fukuoka. Do you think the Tiger will accept our terms under such circumstances?! ”

"That's why we have to bring it up!" Anan said coldly: "We must guarantee it." We will have a chance to rise after the war. Otherwise, such a surrender can only bury the whole country! ”

"I also agree with General Anan." Vice Takeshi Toyoda, the head of the military command, nodded and said, "If you surrender, you will make the whole country their vassal." It's better not to surrender and die in battle! ”

"How can you be so sloppy?! This is related to the fate of the empire, and the life and death of tens of millions of subjects of the empire! Your Excellency Toyota, how can you be so sloppy?! "The Minister of the Navy, Mitsumasa Yonechi, was on fire all of a sudden.

It doesn't matter if you want to die or if you want to die. But don't drag everyone to die with you! Everyone is dragging their families with them, it's okay, who wants to accompany your family to get rich?!

Himself stood in this position. Life and death are beyond your control. But it's better to leave a way for your family to live?! The other side, represented by Minister of War Lu Anan Yuji and Minister of Military Command Toyoda, did not disagree with surrender.

They are still unrecognizable form. There are not many generals who have been on the battlefield. The generals who once fought against the Wehrmacht were either killed in battle or committed suicide. As a result, these current Japanese generals subconsciously believe that they can still insist on completing some conditions.

Such a dispute has left the two sides at a stalemate. The meeting reached an impasse. Kantaro Suzuki was very helpless, and came out to form a cabinet by himself, although it was a proposal from Saionji. But the officers of the army and navy are still the same as if they are not in the oil and salt.

But not to let them into the cabinet, but not to do it. The previous problems in the negotiations at Xiyuan Temple were due to the fact that the army and navy were dissatisfied with Xiyuan Temple's move to exclude them from the negotiations.

This forced Saionji to reorganize its cabinet and absorb the military personnel. and agreed to the leaderless base camp of the dragons, and elected their own new chief.

In fact. The work that Xiyuan Temple is doing right now is the most thankless. Hirohito hoped that the war would end as soon as possible and that Japan would return to a state of calm period. And at the same time to protect the status of the royal family. This is also known as "state maintenance".

And the soldiers also want to protect their status, and even save their own lives. Therefore, they proposed that additional conditions must be attached, that is, the Wehrmacht must agree not to station troops in Japan, and the war criminals must be handed over to Japan for trial.

Otherwise, they would rather fight than surrender. They knew that they were already the sworn enemies of the Wehrmacht. Just look at the fate of those Japanese generals who fought against the Wehrmacht in the past.

Their fate will not be much better than that of those people, and it is even possible that they will be humiliated to death by the Wehrmacht. And this is their only chance, and they will have no future if they miss this opportunity.

The cabinet that Saionji had painstakingly assembled was at an impasse at the first meeting. But fortunately, at least the military put forward its own conditions, rather than implementing its own ideas behind its back. This may be the only takeaway from Xiyuan Temple after this meeting.

"You mean, General Ananda, they don't want to give up their ideas, do you?!" Saionji asked with a wry smile at Kantaro Suzuki in front of him.

The latter nodded, bowed deeply to Xiyuan Temple and whispered, "I'm sorry! Suzuki is deeply ashamed that he failed to fulfill His Majesty's request to you......"

"It's none of your business, in the end, the radicals in the military department are too arrogant. We've given them too much power, and we're not putting them in place......"

Xiyuan Temple smiled bitterly, and now he was extremely helpless. It is clear that the military department did not want them to withdraw from the stage of history after the war. The soldiers were still thinking about what they could leave behind.

But is it possible?! By their works. The Tiger was certainly not going to allow Japan to continue to have an army. And the only fate of those soldiers is to be cleared out by this tiger.

If Japan tries to refuse this cleanup, then the Tiger will not hesitate to clean up with Japan. Millions of troops under the command of this tiger. It was decided that he would be able to carry out this plan.

"I'll go to the palace to meet Your Majesty, maybe it's time for Your Majesty to come forward in person......" Saionji was silent for a while, and waved his hand at Kantaro Suzuki.

"I believe that Your Majesty also hopes that the war can be ended as soon as possible. At least that way, we can preserve a little bit of vitality for the country......"

Kantaro Suzuki got up when he heard this, bowed deeply and slowly exited the study of Saionji. Later, Xiyuan Temple changed clothes and prepared the car, and quietly went to the palace.

6 a.m. the next day. The current Prime Minister of Japan, Kantaro Suzuki, convened the Supreme War Guidance Council. With the two sides at loggerheads again, Kantaro Suzuki proposed to convene an Imperial Council.

Report the situation directly to Emperor Hirohito, who will then "make a holy decision". Suzuki's proposal was approved. Even if Anan and the others were unwilling, they had to agree to do so.

When everyone rushed to the basement of the Imperial Library in the palace, they found that Hirohito was already waiting here. Seeing Hirohito's face, Anan and the others couldn't help but chuckle in their hearts.

"I already know about it. The empire has fought so far, although the army and the people are heroic, the enemy is strong. This is not a crime of war. It is not the time to be lost, and the time is not to be ...... the empire" After the two sides finished speaking, Hirohito slowly said to the ministers of civil and military affairs with his so-called "jade voice".

The Japanese used by Hirohito is different from normal Japanese. There are a lot of difficult words in the words, and if you translate them, they are more like classical Chinese.

Even though Hirohito's reply was stinky and long, a bunch of modifiers were still piling up inside. But these high-ranking civil and military officials of the Japanese army still had to listen patiently.

Because this is the rule of the Japanese imperial family, Hirohito has this right in such a meeting. Of course, Hirohito didn't care about this when he was mad. Just open your mouth and scold.

“…… Although the trend of fortune is the trend, I want to endure it and endure it. In order to open the peace in eternity. A long and smelly sentence was finally finished, and Hirohito did not stop and walked away.

The civil and military ministers who were still stunned were left. Hirohito's words are clear. That is: unconditional surrender. Any conditions put forward by the Wehrmacht must be accepted. This is "I want to endure what I can't endure, I can't endure what I can't endure, so as to open peace for all eternity." ”

"Your Excellency Anan, Your Majesty has made a holy decision. Do you have any objections?! Kantaro Suzuki asked the Minister of War Riku Anan Yuji and the Minister of Military Orders Deputy Toyoda.

"Your Majesty has made a holy decision, and your Majesty will ......carry it out" Anan was full of bitterness, he always hoped that he could die like the Japanese martial saint Nogi Noshinori to complete the glory of a samurai.

Nogi Noshinori was a friend of Anan's father, and Nogi Noshinori, who was still the commander of the 11th Division when Anan was a child, came to see him and praised him vigorously for his kendo. Since then, Nogi Noshinori has become the idol of Dr. Anan.

And Anan's son, Second Lieutenant Anan Weisheng in the 56th period of Lu Shi, was bombarded and killed by the Wehrmacht on the Chinese battlefield. Until now, there is no chance of recovering the bones.

"Then we will inform the Minister of the Neutral Nation and let them convey our opinion......" After a pause, Kantaro Suzuki said in a deep voice, "And our negotiator, Your Majesty has already appointed His Excellency Saionji......"

In order for the negotiations to proceed smoothly, the Japanese Cabinet confirmed the need to inform all the allies after discussion. At the same time, the withdrawal from the Axis powers was announced.

Subsequently, Shunichi Kase, Minister to Switzerland, and Yoshimasa Okamoto, Minister to Sweden, both received orders from Japan. The Swiss Minister Shunichi Kase was responsible for informing the United States and China, and the Minister to Sweden, Kisunori Okamoto, was responsible for informing the Soviet Union and Great Britain.

Then, the news that Japan had withdrawn from the Axis powers and wanted the Wehrmacht to restart negotiations immediately caused a sensation in the world! All the reporters flocked to Japan in the hope of getting first-hand news there.

And at the same time, the morale of the Allies was greatly boosted! It was the first Axis power in so long history of the war to announce its withdrawal and offer to negotiate surrender.

At the same time as the telegram was sent, the Japanese side sent a special envoy carrying a letter from Saionji, hoping that the Wehrmacht would suspend operations and resume negotiations. This document was quickly handed over to Tu Mengben.

Let's be honest. Just defeated Fukuoka, in the hearts of Su Zongzhen and others, this is the time to take advantage of the victory and pursue. But Tu Menghu disagreed, which made Su Zongzhen and the others a little angry.

"Let's see what the Japanese are going to give us, just laid Fukuoka. The fighters need to be trimmed. And the supply line will gradually lengthen, and we need more preparation. ”

Tu Menghu smiled and persuaded: "Our marines and navy are not ready, otherwise we can even directly threaten Tokyo." Now is also the time for us to trim it up. ”

Tu Menghu said so, and Su Zongzhen and the others could only nod helplessly in agreement. True, the Marines are still consolidating and practicing the operation of landing in Tokyo.

At the same time, the Navy absorbed too many warships at once, which also caused them to be temporarily unable to restore their combat capability. The number of battleships has gone up, but the quality of the soldiers has gone down.

And. Equip the captured carriers with new captains, carrier-based pilots, and a large number of carrier-based aircraft. None of this can be done in a moment.

The landing operation on Tokyo is a good opportunity for naval integration. If this opportunity is missed, we will have to wait for the next large-scale landing operation of this kind to be unknown when and what month it will be.

"Okay. I also want to hear what the old guy at Saionji has to say. Yang Yuting shrugged his shoulders and said, "To be honest, I still have great expectations for this negotiation. After that group of idiots is cleaned up by us, it is estimated that they will be a lot more honest. So that at least those radicals will know. They have now had no way out. ”

Japan is indeed nowhere to go. But the radicals did not give up on their ideas. They were still thinking about moving on, and of course they knew that the road ahead would end up being a cliff.

"They are betrayal! It's a crime!! They are betraying the empire, and the leader is the Saionji Temple who contributed to the empire in the Meiji period!! ”

In the headquarters of the Japanese army's base camp, more than 10 people, including the head of the military division, Masao Inaba, Masataka, and Ida Masataka, the military affairs division, and the fellow divisions, Jiro Shiizaki, and Kenji Hatanaka, gathered together.

They are the core figures of the radical faction of the Japanese army and navy, and their only purpose now is to prevent Saionji from going to the negotiations. In this way, the Cabinet can be persuaded to carry out the mobilization plan they have proposed.

"But what else can we do now?! Repeated defeats and defeats. It has led to a loss of confidence in us from the ground up. And everyone in the cabinet and the base camp will not support us......"

Arao Xinggong Daisa smiled bitterly and said, "General Anan, I've been there several times. But the general didn't say anything. Just to say that he will follow His Majesty's orders......"

"Your Majesty has been deceived by those villains! Especially the Saionji Temple, which experienced the glory of the Meiji period, he confused His Majesty with his tricks and weakness and insisted on fighting! Even constant guerrilla warfare is our last chance to win! ”

Masasa Takeshita, a member of the Military Affairs Division, snorted: "We have to go to this matter now, even if there is no one to support it." We have to do it too! ”

"Takeshita-san, I've received a warning from Mr. Toyama." Kenji Hatanaka was silent for a long time before he said, "Mr. Toyama warned us not to interfere in this matter. Otherwise, he will take care of the matter himself......"

Hearing this, everyone stopped squeaking. The head mountain is full of power, and no one knows it better than them. His influence in Japan can even be said to be greater than that of Hirohito.

Even if Hirohito falls, he may not fall. There are too many people who eat with him, and too many people who can give their lives for him. Whether it is a force on the surface or a force in the dark, in fact, his influence is extremely great.

Unless, of course, Hirohito himself says that he no longer trusts Toyama Mitsuru. Otherwise, his power will always be there. His disciples believed that his leader was one of the closest people to Hirohito. And that's exactly what happened.

"The head mountain is full of ......" Arao Xinggong gritted his teeth, but he was helpless. As people within the War Department, they all know how influential Toyama Man is.

It can even be said that he has been behind several rebellion plots. And if he clearly expressed his opposition, then he and the others really didn't dare to come hard.

Toushan is not one of those people in the military department, once he says that he will take action personally, then it will be forgotten if something happens to him. It is likely to cause harm to the family. In this regard, Toushan Man is handy.

"If we can get the support of the commanders of the base camp, then Toushan will not dare to mess around!" After a long silence, Takeshimi said, "This is what we have to do, even if the generals don't explicitly show our support." But at least they can keep our families safe......"

Arao Xinggong was silent for a while before he said to everyone: "Let's go and ask General Anan first, he is the current mainstay of our emperor's **, I believe he will provide us with support." At least...... He will keep our family safe......"

Masahiko Takeshita, a member of the Military Affairs Division, glanced at everyone, he was the sister-in-law of Anami. Among all the people, he was the only one who was the most qualified and qualified to go to Anan Weiji to talk about it.

"Let's go over now, the general should be home now. At this time, he has not rested. Takeshita looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "This is also our last chance!" (To be continued......)