At the end of the four-month Battle of Wuhan, the 21st Army led by Japanese Army General Mikiro Furujo, with the support of Koichi Shiozawa, commander of the Navy's Fifth Fleet, made a surprise attack on Guangzhou.

The chairman of the committee believed that the Japanese army had already done its best in the battle of Wuhan, and it was impossible to draw up troops to attack in other directions, and the defenders of Guangzhou were weak. More than 70,000 Japanese troops, including nearly 30,000 cavalry, after the successful landing in Daya Bay, Guangzhou, all the way like a bamboo, the **** 12th Army stationed in Guangzhou was defeated in less than ten days, and the commander of the 12th Group Army, Yu Hanmou, was forced to order a retreat, and Guangzhou fell. As soon as Guangzhou was lost, the Guangdong-Hankou railway was cut off, and no matter how much Wuhan was attacked, it was meaningless, so the chairman of the committee ordered Wuhan to be abandoned, and Wuhan was self-defeating. Since then, the Japanese army has occupied the three towns of Wuhan, the de facto political, military, and economic center of China, and has taken control of the central hinterland of China, but at the strategic level, the Battle of Wuhan did not bring the Chinese government to its knees, and did not achieve Japan's pre-war goals such as "concentrating national forces to achieve the war objectives within this year" and "ending the war against China".

The chairman of the committee made a speech: "The temporary advance and retreat changes must not shake our country's determination to resist the war, and the gains and losses of any city must not affect the overall situation of the war of resistance. The government and the **** will lead the people of the whole country to be more mournful, more stoic, more down-to-earth, harder, and more courageous, and strive for a comprehensive and protracted war of resistance. ”

At this time, Japan's domestic situation also became even worse, because the strategic intention of a quick victory in China was not realized, the Sino-Japanese war fell into a long-term standoff, and Japan's pre-war reserves of important strategic materials were almost exhausted.

On November 1, 1938, the colonial minister of the Han Empire, Hebar, met with the Governor of the Philippines, the American, in Jakarta. Murphy agreed on the "Nanyang Agreement" on the United States to stop selling materials to Japan for use in the war, and all kinds of metals, oil, and rubber will become embargoed items to sanction Japan's unjust war against China.

At the same time, Hbarr also announced that the empire would establish a permanent military base on Natuna Island and station troops to effectively combat smuggling operations through the South China Sea. Murphy expressed understanding and said on behalf of the United States that the United States of America was equally opposed to all illegal smuggling.

On 3 November, Admiral Popham, commander of the British Far East Army, announced that Britain had joined the "South Seas Agreement," that British troops in the Strait of Malacca and Singapore would also crack down on smuggling activities, and that Japan's most important import channel would be cut off.

The most important thing is that neither Korea nor most of China, which Japan now occupies, produce oil, and oil, which are important strategic materials, must be imported from Southeast Asia, and the signing of the "Nanyang Agreement" is equivalent to putting a tight spell around Japan's neck and dealing a fatal blow to Japan's domestic military industry.

When the news broke, the anti-Han tide in Japan intensified, and this time not only the soldiers, but also the factory workers began to shout for a declaration of war against the Han Kingdom, and in the general staff headquarters in Tokyo, the call for "going south" completely overtook "going north." The plan for Operation "Operation South" has been submitted to Emperor Hirohito's imperial plan.

Going south meant that Japan would have to go to war with Britain, the United States, and Han at the same time in the Pacific, and the pressure on Japan would be unprecedentedly great. But if we don't fight, the signing of the "South Seas Agreement" will tighten Japan's neck again, and it will be difficult to "breathe."

At the Imperial Council, the Chief of Staff of the Army, Prince Miyazaihito, and the Minister of the Navy, Mitsumasa Yonechi, insisted on opposing the war in the South Seas now, "Britain, the United States, and Han are not China, and the three countries have strong naval forces, and the Combined Fleet is not ready to start a war with the three countries at the same time. Rather than let the Combined Fleet take such a big risk, we should take the north, and that country in the north, like China, was once our defeated man......"

"Minister Minai, please pay attention to the tone of your voice in front of Your Majesty, 'going south' is the final decision of the General Staff Headquarters, and it has been submitted to Your Majesty for approval!" Prince Zaihito of Kanin Palace is Hirohito's uncle and the most important leader in the imperial family, and he has always been unpleasant to the conservative "goldfish minister" Masamitsu Yonechi, "The combined fleet built by the empire with the strength of the whole country is not used to be raised in a fish tank, is it not necessary to take some risks for the benefit and glory of the Japanese Empire?" Look at our army, didn't it also take a huge risk before the war against China? But after the war, the heroic warriors of the empire were invincible in China. War is not a game, and there is no war in which 100% victory can be determined before the war! ”

However, ...... did not want to give up on the emperor's most trusted army minister, because Japan's army and navy had always been at odds, and the three admirals who were killed in the "226" coup d'état made the naval officers even more distrustful of the army.

"Well, don't fight any more, since the navy and the army can't agree on this matter, then I decide: go north and south together! The navy was mainly responsible for the southern battle plan, the army was auxiliary, and the northern advance plan was the responsibility of the Kwantung Army. ”

Prime Minister Fumihiro Konoe nodded yes, "Your Majesty is wise! However, the Admiralty is requested to postpone the southern battle plan, and our foreign minister is negotiating with Britain, the United States, and other countries to lift the embargo. If the negotiations fail, it will not be too late to implement the southern battle plan! ”

History has not changed much, only because of the emergence of Zhong Yi and the Han Empire, the embargo between Britain and the United States against Japan was advanced by two years, and Japan's southern battle plan was also brought to the Imperial Council for discussion in advance.

The history of Europe has not been altered, and on November 9, Kristallnacht arrived. Secretary of the German Embassy in Paris, Ernst? Feng? Rattle was shot by the Jew Greenspan, giving the mustache the best excuse. When Hitler and Nazi Germany's propaganda minister Goebbels attended an event in Munich to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Beer Hall coup, von Hitler, who was shot. When the news of Raart's death in the hospital arrived, the mustache put his head in Goebbels' ear, discussed it for a while, and left with the phrase "The SA should be allowed to let go" and left. Heydrich, the head of the SS security service and the secret police, immediately received the order and instructed his men by express telegram: "You must not block the impending demonstration", "Synagogues may be burned, but not endangering German property", "Jewish shops and private homes may be destroyed but not looted", and "Jews, especially those who have money, should be arrested, depending on the number of existing prisons".

The Holocaust of the Jews in Nazi Germany has officially begun!

That night, the Jewish windows were broken, and the broken glass glowed like crystal in the moonlight. The strict Germans took a rare romantic turn and called the night "Kristallnacht". But for the Jews who remained in Europe, it was definitely a "hell's night."

The news of the "Kristallnacht" incident reached the southern hemisphere, and Zhong Yi patiently comforted Hainie, who was crying in his arms, and called Chancellor Sandra: "Withdraw the ambassador to Germany and sever all diplomatic relations with Germany." ”

The second call was to the governor of the state, Harman, the father of the goblin: "Please ask the Rothschilds to help us get out the Jews who are still in Europe, and the state should be ready to accept refugees." ”

It took a while for a voice to come out on the other side of the phone: "Thank you, Your Majesty, this is the unshirkable responsibility of the Rothschild family!" ”