On the morning of 25 July, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Emperor's Palace, Emperor Hirohito was sitting on his throne with an ugly face.

Emperor Hirohito was so angry that he almost smoked, the scum of the Yamato nation, Poly Gavin's remarks on the radio were tantamount to a resounding slap in the face of people all over the world, and he was disgraced and did not say anything, the impact on the morale of the army and the people of the Imperial Japanese Empire, as well as the severe consequences caused, were immeasurable, and the disgusting conditions put forward by the devil of China.

Think about it, a dignified lieutenant general of the Imperial Japanese Army, on the radio, willingly persuaded his subordinates to surrender for the enemy, shame, shame of the Yamato nation, if that Pauly Gavin was in front of him, His Majesty the Emperor would personally strangle him, and then, hang it outside the palace, let all the people spurn him, but His Majesty the Emperor can only think about it, Pauly Gavin has become a prisoner of the devil.

Originally, if there was no unexpected episode of Paulie Gavin, Emperor Hirohito's recent mood was quite comfortable, the Pacific War launched by the empire achieved the expected goal, and the Imperial Army of Japan, in the southwest Pacific and the eastern Pacific, attacked cities and conquered cities, fought successively, and the Americans had been beaten to the point of not being able to go out, so they were almost free from war.

In fact, Emperor Hirohito still very much hoped that the Americans would negotiate and reach an agreement on the situation in front of the Pacific, so that the existing occupied areas of the empire would be fixed in the form of a treaty, as for some high-ranking generals of the army and navy. The clamor attacked the mainland of the United States, and Emperor Hirohito did not hesitate to reprimand him.

He has not yet had the crazy idea of competing with the United States, a behemoth on their homeland, Japan's national strength is not at the same level as the United States, and he has the entire Pacific Ocean in his hands, and Emperor Hirohito is already very satisfied, if he really wants to attack the United States, it will have to wait for a few years later, when Japan's national strength allows. can do it, not to mention, there is also a devil Tang Qiuli, who is a more terrible henchman and opponent than the Americans!

In all fairness, the Imperial Army of Japan. In the Pacific Theater, such a brilliant record was achieved. It has exceeded the psychological expectations of Emperor Hirohito. He was very satisfied with the current situation, and if it had not been for Tang Qiuli's sudden move in Hong Kong, and without the scum of Poly Gavin, His Majesty the Emperor in the summer of 1941 would have been an unforgettable and pleasant memory.

Now, the good mood is gone. Ministers, those who should have been scolded have been scolded, and those who should have been reprimanded have not hid from them. Emperor Hirohito's face was a little calmer, and he said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the fall of Hong Kong is irreparable, and the imperial army will not change the established strategic direction because of this, that is, to completely solve the problems of the southwest Pacific, Luzon and Australia, what do you have to plan?" ”

Emperor Hirohito's meaning has been very clear, Hong Kong will be lost if it is lost, the empire is not ready to take it back, and Prince Zaihito, as the chief of the general staff of the base camp, cannot hide from military matters.

Prince Zaihito took a few steps forward and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, regarding the Battle of Luzon, at present, the Imperial Army is still in accordance with the established strategy, forming a situation of all-round oppression against MacArthur's troops, but so far, the Americans have not mobilized troops from Australia to reinforce Luzon, so I personally believe that the Imperial Army should launch a campaign on the Luzon battlefield at the right time to make the Americans feel the pressure." ”

This is a question of strategic direction, and what Prince Zaihito said is not leaky, but when it comes to how to fight, the ministers and generals have different opinions, and the army faction advocates adopting Prince Zaihito's opinion to launch a limited attack on the US forces on Luzon, but the style of play has been adjusted to attack Australia and launch the Luzon campaign at the same time, and General Mitsuichi Yonechi of the army department said more simply.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, my lords, with the current military strength of the Empire in the Southwest Pacific region, is fully capable of launching two large-scale campaigns at the same time, to solve the US forces on Luzon, MacArthur's troops, and attack Australia can be carried out simultaneously, however, the campaign requires the cooperation of the navy, and the navy needs to dispatch all warships to tightly block the transportation and supply lines from the US mainland to the theater of operations, so as to ensure that the imperial army has no worries," Mitsuichi said confidently.

On the navy, the navy insisted on transferring Australia's British and Australian forces out of the Australian mainland and completely annihilating them on the battlefield on Luzon Island in accordance with the original plan for the Southwest Pacific Campaign; moreover, once the US, Britain, and Australian forces returned to Australia's aid, the navy would concentrate on annihilating the US, British, and Australian forces in the waters around the Coral Sea of the Solomon Islands, and would be fully capable of doing this under the condition that the imperial navy had fully gained sea supremacy in the Pacific region.

In fact, this is a question of whether the army and navy are the main ones, or whether it involves the traditional land-sea dispute in the Japanese military circles, and the opinion of the army side is that the US military should be mainly resolved on land, and the navy should strongly advocate solving the problem at sea; of course, there is no doubt on the ground side that the US military in the southwest Pacific region can be resolved in a neat way, and what is being disputed is nothing more than the question of which aspect of the campaign should be the main one.

Hearing the civil and military ministers below, they began to quarrel again, Emperor Hirohito's head was big at that time, and with the wisdom of his demigod body, he couldn't figure out how the army and navy of the empire couldn't be tied to a trough like two donkeys, and they would fight when they saw a little forage.

Fortunately, on the big issue of the empire's expansion of overseas territories, the goals of the army and navy are the same, and there is no conflict in the slightest, otherwise, their hegemony will have to be bad for the guys who are fighting in these nests, Emperor Hirohito knows, and if the quarrel goes on like this, there is no result, and it is time for him to appear again and play the role of arbiter.

Emperor Hirohito let out a low sigh, "Enough, I have made up my mind, the army side will continue to implement the Luzon campaign plan, transfer the British and Australian troops out of the Australian mainland, and the navy side will start preparing for the war of annihilation at sea, and the meeting will be dismissed, and you will stay for a while!" ”

The other ministers of civil and military affairs all respectfully retreated, only Prince Zaihito, chief of the general staff of the base camp, General Mitsuichi Yonechi, Minister of War, and Ryosuke Nishita, all of them all knew that what was going to be discussed next was a major matter related to confidentiality, and they all looked at Emperor Hirohito intently, waiting for His Majesty to speak.

Emperor Hirohito frowned, and said slowly: "Regarding the question of the remains of more than 10,000 imperial soldiers in Hong Kong, I want to hear your opinions, that damn devil Tang Qiuli actually used the undead of imperial soldiers to make a fuss, I want to kill him when I think about it!" ”

Foreign Minister Nishita Ryosuke spoke first, he lifted his gold-wire glasses, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the conditions of the devil Tang Qiuli of the branch, we have to accept it, this matter, after it can be rendered and expanded, has been known to the world, especially the people in the country, all talk about this matter, if they refuse, it will be a great blow to the people's morale and morale, especially after the national scum like Poly Gavin." ”

"If the corpse of a fallen soldier is abandoned because the conditions of that devil are too harsh, I am afraid that it will be very detrimental to the next great cause of the empire, so I think that we must agree to his conditions."

Nishida Ryosuke's words are clear enough, Tang Qiuli just wants to take advantage of this matter to knock our Great Japanese Empire hard, it is easy not to agree, it is a matter of one sentence, but the consequences of this are much more powerful than agreeing to Tang Qiuli's conditions.

Emperor Hirohito had a toothache, gasped, he was distressed, that despicable and shameless devil Tang Qiuli had already made things impossible to maneuver, and if he didn't agree, it was a great blow to the morale and morale of the army, especially because the imperial army was still fighting against the Americans in the Southwest Pacific theater, and the soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire fought bravely and fearlessly because of their almost superstitious loyalty.

Once the soldiers know that after dying in overseas battles, the ashes cannot be returned to the homeland, which is not a simple problem of discouragement, and this kind of impact will quietly erode the soldiers' will to fight and shake their beliefs like a virus.

But the despicable and shameless devil put forward the conditions that were too harsh, each corpse of a dead soldier had to pay ten taels of gold, that is to say, the imperial treasury had to take out hundreds of thousands of taels of gold for this, can you not let yourself feel distressed as if you were cutting your flesh, in order to pay for the huge military expenses of the Pacific War, the treasury is about to bottom out, these hundreds of thousands of taels of gold, can take the empire and your own life!

What is hateful is that Tang Qiuli declared to the outside world that he would return the remains of the soldiers killed in the empire, but through other channels, he put forward such a condition, refused, and the consequences were clear in his heart.

The Minister of War, General Michiichi Yonechi, got up and said loudly: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the minister does not agree with the opinion of Nishita-kun, the samurai of the Great Japanese Empire, who died on the battlefield, that is the destination of life, their jade shattering, for the future of the Great Japanese Empire, I personally think that the people will understand His Majesty's suffering!" ”

Emperor Hirohito did not say anything about the two ministers' proposals, but turned his gaze to Prince Zaihito, who had been silent, and he knew that his younger brother was scheming, and perhaps, there would be some way to get the best of both worlds.

(To be continued) (To be continued.) )