"Your Excellency, in view of the current chaos in China, I propose to order the China Army and the Southeast Asian Army to adopt a conservative defensive policy for the time being, and wait until the domestic chaos stabilizes and formulate a new offensive plan." said the chief of operations.

The Chief of Staff is the head of the General Staff Headquarters of the Japanese Army, and his main responsibility is to assist the Emperor in commanding the Army and to issue combat orders on behalf of the Emperor. Now that Emperor Showa has been assassinated, the General Staff Headquarters is not very suitable for independent command of the army during this period, so the statement of the Minister of War is also feasible, and another purpose of this is that it can be used to blackmail the Cabinet, and if the Cabinet dares to take action against the General Staff Headquarters, the General Staff Headquarters will directly pick on the people and will not serve.

In fact, this method is not new in the Japanese army, and it can be regarded as a consistent style. The most powerful of the military figures were the Minister of the Army, the Chief of Staff, and the Director of Training, who were known at the time as the 'Three Chiefs' of the Japanese Army.

The tendency of the Japanese Army's 'three commanders' often determines the direction of the Japanese military's decision-making. If the Japanese military is dissatisfied with the policies of a particular Japanese cabinet, it can not send an active-duty army lieutenant general or senior general to the government to serve as minister of the army, so that the cabinet cannot be formed or collapsed. In this way, the Japanese warlords were able to manipulate the policy direction of the country.

The General Staff Headquarters is responsible for fighting wars, and if they temporarily stop all wars, it will directly affect the operation of the entire national policy, which is unacceptable to Japan.

Japan has invested the future and destiny of the entire country to start this war, and if you say that if you don't fight, you won't fight, isn't that a complete mess.

Umezu Mijiro nodded, "It can be implemented, after the meeting, you will directly issue a notice to all combat troops to be on standby for renovation, suspend all offensive orders, and all troops must not be good at moving." ”

"Hayi." The Chief of Operations nodded yes.

"Your Excellency, I think that now we should strengthen the defense force of the General Staff Headquarters, and we can transfer the guard regiment of the General Staff Headquarters to defend the security of the General Staff Headquarters around the clock, and not give anyone a chance to attack." said the Minister of General Affairs.

"You are responsible for this, implement all-weather defense, and no outsider is allowed to enter or leave the staff headquarters at will without an order from an official at or above the ministerial level." Umezu Mijiro This is also for his own safety, he is really afraid that some people will directly attack the black hand and take him away for investigation, so that he will not call the earth ineffective every day, and it is safer to be on his own acre and three points of land.

"Your Excellency, we should join the investigation team." said the Minister of Intelligence.

"I've already mentioned this, but the prime minister vetoed it." Umezu Mijiro said with annoyance.

"Then now we can only sit and wait for news, I hope that Kaichi Asano will not bite indiscriminately." The Minister of Intelligence sighed.

"If there is no real evidence, even if the cabinet wants to move us, we have to weigh it." Umezu Mijiro said fiercely.

The official residence of the Prime Minister of Japan

Kuniaki Koiso sat on the large sofa, sinking his body deeply, holding a cigar in his hand, but not lighting it, the cigar kept sliding on his fingertips.

Koiso Kuniaki was also a soldier, a general in the Japanese Army, but he had already transferred to the reserve in 1938 and later served as Minister of Extension, apparently too far from the military. The current army and the general staff headquarters of Koiso Kuniaki are unable to intervene.

Although Koiso Kuniaki was a reserve general, he did not represent the army like Hideki Tojo, and the chief of the General Staff, General Umezu Mijiro, obviously did not let him interfere, and the deputy chief of staff, Lieutenant General Qin Hiko Saburo, openly said to Koiso: "It is good for the prime minister, who does not understand the modern art of war, not to say anything about combat." ”

Now, it's not necessarily an opportunity.

If the emperor died, theoretically the current prime minister is the first person in Japan's political circles, and Koiso Kuniaki naturally had some ideas when he saw such an opportunity. If there is another emperor, who will be appointed?

Is it His Royal Highness Prince Akihito, the son of Emperor Showa?

Or several brothers of Emperor Showa, Prince Yoshihito of Chichibu Palace, Prince Nobuhito of Takamatsu Palace, Prince Nobuhito of Mikasa Palace, Prince Takahito of Mikasa Palace?

What role will the Japanese Imperial Family play in this?

And what can you plan for yourself?

"Help, help, help." Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and Kuniaki Koiso's secretary walked in, "Your Excellency Prime Minister, Yoshiichi Asano has woken up, but now he doesn't say anything. ”

Koiso Kuniaki frowned and said, "Have you used the torture?" ”

"I've used it, but Kaichi Asano seems to be a little unconscious right now, so you see what we should do."

"Not sober? Then let the doctor treat him and then continue to ask. Koiso Kuniaki pointed to the information of Kaichi Asano on the table and said: "Kaichi Asano is a playboy, his ability to find women is greater than his ability to do things, I never believe that there is no hidden secret in this matter, there must be a force behind Kaichi Asano, and it is a very big force operating this matter, we must not take it lightly." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister, I will let people continue to interrogate. There is another thing to report to you, a squad leader of the staff headquarters named Etojima came over and wanted to report to you about the situation of Kaichi Asano, this Etojima is a subordinate of Kaichi Asano, and the relationship between the two is usually very good. The secretary said.

"Eto Island? General Staff Headquarters? ”

"Yes, Etojima is also from the Zhina Division of the Intelligence Department of the General Staff Headquarters, and he is the squad leader of the 3rd class of the Zhina Division."

Mu Yang stood in the reception room of the Prime Minister's residence, looked at the two guards standing at the door, rubbed his hands a little crampedly, and then took out a cigarette and wanted to light one, but when he saw the eyes projected by the guards, he put it back.

Of course, all of the above is pretended by Muyang.

Koiso Kuniaki's secretary walked to the reception room, saw Eto Island standing there, and said, "Eto Nakasa, the prime minister allowed you to go and report the matter, but I remind you that you only have ten minutes, and also, hand over all the weapons on your body." ”

After Muyang handed over the gun, the two guards carefully searched him, and then under the leadership of the secretary, he came to Koiso Kuniaki's office.

"You said you had something important to report to me, now tell me what it is." Koiso Kuniaki's face is full of horizontal wrinkles, no wonder he is called the Tiger of Korea, maybe it means that he looks like a tiger, and when he was the governor of Korea, those bloody suppression methods.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I know something about Kaichi Asano, but I hope you don't inform the General Staff Headquarters about my visit to you." Mu Yang said a little crampedly.

Xiao Iso Kuniaki looked at Mu Yang, nodded and agreed to this request, in Xiao Iso's heart, Mu Yang has become a guy who rebelled in order to protect himself.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, what I said below is likely to involve some high-ranking members of the Empire, I hope you ......" Mu Yang said, glancing at the secretary standing aside.

"You go down first." Koiso Kuniaki waved his hand and let his secretary out.

I went to Sanjiang, and I asked my friends to help me vote in Sanjiang Pavilion, and I was grateful.