The cause of the debate in American politics is precisely "Ling Chi".

Needless to say, it is not surprising that the Cadet Army executed Tani Toshio, Mukai Toshiaki, and Takeshi Noda, but it also gave Japan an excuse to attack the Cadet Army in the international community. Speaking from the heart, Ling Chi's punishment is inhumane and peaceful, and if it were taken out in peacetime, it would definitely be unanimously criticized by the international community, and even trigger a series of diplomatic incidents. However, during the war years, there were also the Nanyuan and Shantouzi village tragedies in front of them, and the Japanese wanted to use this as an excuse to attack the international prestige of the student army and achieve their ulterior goals, but they only brought humiliation on themselves.

Needless to say, the Japanese are doing this, but on the other hand, they are also forced to be helpless. The Cadet Army has cooperative relations with many large enterprises in the United States, and Gu Lianyun, the representative of the Cadet Corps in the United States, has a good personal relationship with US President Roosevelt and his family. In addition, China was the obvious victim in this war of the century, so the United States, from the government to the people, is unanimously sympathetic to China. Therefore, although Japan has spokesmen in the United States, its influence is not equal to that of those who support the Cadet Army. Since last year, the United States' foreign policy has become more and more inclined toward China, and with the opening of the long-distance route from Hong Kong to New York, the United States has become more frequent in business exchanges between the civilian sector and the Cadet Army, and the relationship between the US Government and the Cadet Army has become closer and closer. It is important to know that Japan relies on imports from the United States for many of the military raw materials it needs at present.

It was precisely in this general situation that Japan's spokesman made a fuss about the "Ling Chi" incident, which immediately triggered a big debate in the US Senate and the two houses.

The so-called ** politics in the West, if you have to use a more popular phrase to describe it, is noisy politics. The Japanese spokesperson used "Ling Chi" to talk about things, the reason is that it also represents the regression of human civilization and a naked challenge to modern civilized society, and took out a few photos of Gu Shoufu being Ling Chi to talk about things - "Everyone, please note that the person in the photo who is being tortured by Ling Chi is not an ordinary person, he is the former division commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, a lieutenant general——"

The photo of Gu Shoufu being Ling Chi was taken by Ouyang Yun. If you want to be deterred, how can you not leave a corresponding image?

The Japanese spokesperson didn't speak, but was interrupted by a parliamentarian who was pro-Xuebing Bingjun (pro-Xuebing Bingjun, this word seems to be a bit awkward, so it means so). The Japanese spokesperson just took out a few photos, but the congressman threw out a turn. "White, do you mean that generals should be superior to civilians? Have you forgotten that all beings are equal before God, and no one is more noble than the other? Ladies and gentlemen, before you look at the photographs of a criminal who has committed a crime against humanity being punished, please look at this stack of photographs -- I must state that these photographs were taken by Braun, a reporter for our New York Times, an American citizen. Ladies and gentlemen, I am not a promiscuous person, but when I saw these pictures, I was shocked and shed tears that filled a bathtub - please don't laugh, sir, I am very serious......"

Some of the photos taken out by this councillor have already been published in newspapers. Of course, for various reasons, the tragedy in a small town on the other side of the ocean did not make the front page of mainstream American newspapers, so many of the lawmakers here saw it for the first time. No doubt they were immediately shocked. Many people shed tears on the spot, even if the tears were only shed for others to see.

So, the Japanese spokesperson lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot. The debate about Ling Chi turned to whether or not to continue exporting strategic resources to Japan, a country that has no humanity. For various reasons, the debate did not produce a clear programmatic resolution, but because the signal had already been released, it caused panic among the Japanese leadership.

On 13 March, a meeting of unprecedented significance was being held in a conference room of the Yamen of the Japanese Military Headquarters in Tokyo. The reason why the specifications are unprecedented is because the participants are all bigwigs with army and navy backgrounds -- among them, the chief of the Japanese Military Command Department, King Hirohiro Fushimi, and Prime Minister Mitsumasa Yonechi sit in the center, and on the left are Yamamoto Isoroku, Hasegawa Kiyoshi, Okaku Tsuna, Inoue Narumi, Shitaro Shimada, Toyoda Sadajiro, Toyoda Vice Take, and Furumine Kaiichi, and on the right are Tojo Hideki, Sugiyama Mototo, Habata Shunroku, Umezu Mijiro, Nishio Toshizo, Matsui Ishone, Itagaki Seishiro, and Okamura Ninji. It is said to be significant, because it is the first time that this has happened in the order of rank, that is, the admiral actually sat on the left.

The meeting was initiated by King Hirokoshi Fushimi and Mitsumasa Yonechi, and the seats were also arranged by them through consultation. This made Hideki Tojo and other army generals angry, but it was not easy to attack on the spot. Holding a meeting of this magnitude was not an easy task - the admirals of the navy were easy to summon, but many of the army generals had to be recalled from China, which is why army generals such as Hideki Tojo chose to hold back for the time being.

There were two topics on the agenda of the meeting, the first was how to deal with the possible situation of the United States refusing to sell strategic resources, and the second was to formulate a new strategy for China. This is the main reason why Okamura was able to attend this meeting. As for how Okamura Ningji was able to break out of Xue Yue's Ninth War Zone, he could only ask Jiang in Chongqing. Just as the Japanese army and navy had their own schemings and discord for a long time, Chiang never really devoted himself to the all-people war of resistance from the beginning to the end. As a result, Okamura Ninji miraculously took a few hundred people out of the encirclement of the Ninth War Zone, and although he was immediately removed from the post of commander of the 11th Army, judging from the fact that he was able to attend a meeting of this standard, it seemed that he still had a chance to make a comeback.

The Japanese army's encirclement and suppression of the Cadet Army was no longer able to sustain itself since the defeat of the South China Front's troops on the southern front. Riben mobilized more than 500,000 troops and three aircraft carrier fleets to solve the scourge of the Cadet Army in one fell swoop, and his determination was not insignificant, but the result backfired. The army lost more than 200,000 troops at once, which has shaken its fundamentals. Although the navy also suffered considerable losses, because the three aircraft carrier fleets were not damaged, it was only a little skin injury at best. At today's meeting, the seats of the Navy and the Army were turned upside down.

The meeting was presided over by Mitsumasa Yonechi, and the secretary was a "god man" who many generals had heard of but had seen for the first time, Tonichiro Koizumi.

Koizumi Toshiichiro's rapid establishment of fame stemmed from Yamamoto's unsparing recommendation. Yamamoto Fifty-six often "has a book on the play", each of which has something to say directly to the shortcomings of the empire's current politics and military, Hirohito "I am very comforted" to praise Yamamoto, Yamamoto took the opportunity to say that this is Koizumi's credit, so the name Koizumi Tonichiro spread far and wide, and gradually became a rising star in the Japanese military circles.

The Japanese have always been a nation that likes to engage in a cult of personality. With Yamamoto's support, and Koizumi himself has real materials, it is difficult for him to think of fame. Koizumi has recently focused on two tasks, one is the development of a new type of fighter plane, and the other is the manufacture of a new type of aircraft carrier. At the same time, the development of new combat vehicles for the Japanese army was also influenced by him, abandoning the usual East Asian characteristics and beginning to take the international route.

The appearance of two time-travelers in one time and space, and they both advocate the invincibility of aircraft carriers, is more of an inevitability than an accident. Whether it's Ouyang Yun or Koizumi Tonichiro, the two of them have crossed over with a clear purpose, and their ultimate pursuit is to make their country stand tall among the nations of the world for a long time. As a matter of course, we want to build an armed force that can maintain deterrence for a long time. In that time and space where the two of them lived, what kind of armed force was the most powerful? Only the Deep Blue Navy has a certain size.

Both traversers were aware of the threat posed by the other, and at one point both tried to eliminate each other through abnormal means. As a result, after a fight, it was Koizumi Tonichiro who had a weak foundation and was defeated, not to mention being the youngest eunuch in this century, and almost lost his life.

Koizumi is not dead, and the battle between the two traversers will continue. After becoming a eunuch, Xiaoquan's temperament changed greatly, and he was no longer as detached and arrogant as before, and began to become pragmatic and low-key, and his change was not good for Ouyang Yun and Xuebingjun. The Japanese army suffered repeated defeats in northern Jiangxi, eastern Fujian, and southwestern Fujian, and the whole country was shocked, but only one person was secretly happy in his heart. It was Koizumi. Building a powerful deep blue navy and defeating the United States is Koizumi's ultimate dream. Many people may not be able to understand this. Because in line with historical cognition, China and Japan are mortal enemies, and it seems that the object he wants to defeat the most is China. This is not the case. China is certainly Japan's sworn enemy, but Japan's most powerful enemy is not China, but the United States. You must know that there were still some U.S. troops stationed in Japan before Koizumi's crossing. Japan is already an occupied country with a foreign army stationed on its territory, which is supposed to be protected from aggression by other countries.

Yamamoto did Fifty-six to Koizumi's advice, and the construction of the Japanese navy was thus able to change in the right direction. But that's not enough. With the army in control, the navy will not be able to get enough resources. At this time, the army suffered a great defeat, losing almost a quarter of its troops at once, and the senior army officials collectively lost their voices. Tonichiro Koizumi was first shocked and then delighted, and immediately realized that this was an excellent time for the navy to enter the military department. Then, when the two houses of the US Senate debated the issue of "Ling Chi," news came out unfavorable to Japan. The result was a high-level and meaningful meeting.