More than a month after the Great Kanto Earthquake, the Japanese government has finally "properly" solved the problems caused by the earthquake. Of course, the so-called "properly" solution to the problem is only relative. More than a million homeless Japanese, including more than 200,000 able-bodied men, joined the Japanese Army. The rest of the Japanese were starved to death. Even the last few hundred thousand had to engage in heavy manual labor in exchange for a few rice balls mixed with a lot of wild vegetables or coarse grains. But even this can only ensure that they will not starve to death. If you want to be full, that ship is absolutely impossible. Many Japanese victims died of exhaustion while doing manual labor.

This is also the Japanese government's recourse. The war has been going on for more than a month, and the Chinese Navy's blockade of Japan is becoming more and more perfect. It is already difficult for Japan to obtain material aid from Britain, France, and the United States. How long can Japan, which is not even self-sufficient in food, survive such a situation? In addition, with the fall of Kyushu Island, the fall of the southern part of Honshu Island, and the blockade of Shikoku Island by the Chinese Navy, the only territory that the Japanese government can control is actually the northern part of Honshu Island and Hokkaido.

The Japanese government has more than 40 divisions and more than one million troops. Such a force seems to be very strong. However, more than half of the divisions and regiments are newly formed divisions and regiments. Those divisions had no combat effectiveness at all. Once they are allowed to go to war, it is estimated that only those will be slaughtered by the Chinese* army. Therefore, this made many Japanese elites realize that it was completely impossible for Japan to win this war. It is even more difficult to keep Japan as a country. In Japan, there have even been some voices of surrender. After all, if the war continues. Japan will only kill more people, and the country will be completely destroyed. If it surrenders, even if the Chinese Empire will deal with Japan, the end will not be worse than it is now.

Of course, the Japanese government will not heed such advice. As a person in power, and a staunch anti-Chinese element. They knew that the Chinese Empire would definitely not let them go. If you surrender, it will be tantamount to a sheep falling into the mouth of a tiger, and you will definitely die in the end. Only by resisting hard, maybe there is a glimmer of life in the end.

The Japanese Cabinet was also aware of the current predicament, and Crown Prince Hirohito convened a meeting of the Cabinet ministers to discuss how to deal with the current predicament. After all, as the future emperor of Japan. He didn't want his country to be destroyed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have now lost the island of Kyushu, half of the island of Honshu. Shikoku Island is also unreachable. So, what do we do now? Will we still be able to defeat the China? Crown Prince Hirohito asked. In his heart, he also had doubts about the so-called victory.

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the current situation is indeed very unfavorable for us. But. We still have millions of troops, and tens of millions of Japanese people who support us. Even the people of the occupied areas. They did not give up their resistance, and they were still attacking those chinas. As long as we keep going, we will win in the end. Prime Minister Terauchi said firmly.

"Yes, His Highness the Crown Prince. Japan has reached its most critical moment. But we can't just lose faith in that way. As long as we persevere, the final victory will definitely be ours. War Minister Shinroku Ishimoto also said.

Crown Prince Hirohito nodded. He knew that the main fighting faction in the cabinet was still very strong. In fact, he was personally inclined to continue the war. However, there is a premise for this. That is, Japan must win this battle. If you can't win this battle. The so-called persistence is only to increase the casualties.

"How's the defense near Tokyo? When will the Shina attack on Tokyo? Crown Prince Hirohito asked. Japan is an island nation with a long coastline, which gives China a good opportunity to launch a landing operation. Although Japan is mountainous, the roads are difficult to navigate. However, if the Imperial Army, with the support of the Navy, launched a landing operation, the Japanese would have been almost unable to resist. The Chinese navy is extremely powerful, so that no matter how much Japan resists, there is no way to prevent the landing of Chinese* troops. After all, the powerful naval guns of the Chinese Navy were enough to smash to pieces all the confrontation that Japan deployed on the coast.

Once the Chinese marines landed, a solid beachhead was established. Once the army has landed, it is ready to launch a fierce attack. In particular, the armored forces of the Chinese Army possessed a powerful assault capability that was enough to tear through the defenses of the Japanese army and achieve victory. The Japanese Army was now simply not capable of holding back the offensive of the armored forces of the Imperial Army.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, we have deployed more than twenty divisions near Tokyo Bay. If the Shina attempt to attack Gulf of Tonkin, or launch a landing operation here, they will surely be defeated by us. War Minister Shinroku Ishimoto reassured.

"So, what about the chariot troops of the China? The chariot troops of the Shina people on the island of Kyushu and Nagoya easily broke through the army's defenses, resulting in a great defeat for the army. Crown Prince Hirohito asked. Obviously, according to the information he received, he already regarded the armored forces of the Chinese Army as the number one enemy of the Japanese Army.

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, it's not just the people of China who have chariot troops. The Imperial Japanese Army, which also had tank units. We have more than 300 chariots and two independent chariot brigades, and if the chariot units of the Chinese people dare to come, we will definitely let them know the strength of the chariot units of the Imperial Japanese Army, and let them have no return. Shiroku Ishimoto continued.

Hirohito nodded, and the self-confidence of General Shimoto Shinroku made his confidence recover a lot. At least he thinks the situation doesn't seem to be the worst of times.

"What about the Navy? The blockade of us by the people of China is getting tighter and tighter. We have less and less support from countries such as Britain and the United States. If aid were cut off completely, it would be very disadvantageous for us. Crown Prince Hirohito said.

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the navy is already working hard to cooperate with the British and American transport fleets to break through the blockade of the Chinese people. However, because we lost more and more warships, the counterattack against the Chinese people became weaker and weaker. Admiral Rokuro Yashiro, Minister of the Navy, said.

At present, there are only about 20 destroyers left in the Japanese Navy. The overall strength of these destroyers is not as good as the destroyers of the Chinese Navy. So much so that it was very difficult for the Japanese Navy to break through the blockade of the Imperial Navy. As a result, a large amount of aid from Britain and the United States could not reach Japan at all, making Japan's situation worse and worse.

"Although it is very difficult, the navy must find a way to break through the blockade of the Chinese people, and the material aid channel between us and Britain and the United States must not be cut off." Crown Prince Hirohito said.

"Hi, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Admiral Rokuro Yashiro nodded. Although, that's how he answered. However, whether the task can be completed or not, it is not known.

"What is the international view of this war?" Crown Prince Hirohito looked at Foreign Minister Yasuya Uchida.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, with the support of Britain, France, the United States and other friendly countries, there are voices condemning the Chinese Empire everywhere in the world. There are many people who sympathize with us, and there are protests in the embassies of the Chinese Empire in Europe and the United States almost every day. However, the people of China were not moved by this at all. Yasuya Uchida said. This made him very aggrieved, even though the public opinion of the whole world was in favor of Japan. However, if the Chinese Empire does not care about this, it will not be useful at all.

"Those European and American ghost animals are just called fierce. They simply did not take substantive action. If Britain, France, the United States and other powerful countries united to wage war against China, how could the China people be their opponents? War Minister Shinroku Ishimoto said hatefully.

Yasuya Uchida glanced at the six generals of Shimoto Shinro, and didn't say anything, but the disdain in his heart was indispensable. The great powers of Europe and the United States are very realistic. There was absolutely no way they would go to war with the Chinese Empire for the sake of Japan. That would cost them a lot. From the beginning to the end, they have only used Japan as a pawn to hold China down. The reason why they are still giving support to Japan is that they hope that Japan will be able to inflict more losses on the Chinese Empire. However, because the Japanese army failed on the battlefield one after another, lost a large part of the country, and performed in a mess, this made European and American countries very disappointed in Japan. Under such circumstances, they naturally would not stand up and fight the Chinese Empire to the end for the sake of Japan.

What's more, on the battlefield of Japan, the army of the Chinese Empire also showed extremely strong strength. This makes Europe and the United States have to weigh how much they will have to pay to defeat China if they join the war.

"Let's let our diplomats get in touch with the European and American governments to get more support. It would be best if Britain, France, the United States, and other countries could unite to put pressure on China to abandon the war. Crown Prince Hirohito said. It's just that even he knows that this is just wishful thinking.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, we will do our best." Yasuya Uchida apparently doesn't have much hope for this.

In Japan today, it's time for the sun to set. It's just that after the sun sets, it will rise the next day. And if Japan completely sinks, I am afraid that there will never be a chance to rise again. (To be continued.) )

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