Chapter 496: Peace Talks Finally Break Down
After the results of the fifth round of trials were announced by the media, they once again attracted attention from all walks of life, but this time it was a voice of praise......
Leaving aside the outside world, it is said that the navy personnel in Japan and the subordinates of the Samoto forces were very excited, and they believed that the navy was treated with special treatment or care by the Far Eastern Tribunal compared to the army, which made the pro-American faction feel that the view they had always insisted on was correct: that the Americans were the real friends!
For Li Junhao, such a verdict has its own justification - compared to the crazy out-of-control of the Japanese Army, the Japanese Navy still has merit, and his current identity cannot completely kill the Japanese like the angry youth, in order to maintain the occupation and rule of Japan, he needs to win over some local forces, and the naval forces with relatively high culture and have been learning from Europe are the objects he is fighting for! As for those "stupid red deer" of the Japanese Army, they must be killed before stepping on one foot!
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On March 22, news came from Huhai: the negotiations between the Kuomintang and the underground party officially broke down!
Ayres sent a telegram to Li Junhao: A new war is inevitable......
Li Junhao sighed and called back: Nelsson, I will send a special plane to pick you up, do you want to return to China or come to me to have a look?
Ayres called again: Go back to China directly, the situation here needs to be reported to Franklin, and see what happens after that!
Li Junhao sighed a little emotionally, half a month ago, the negotiation team of the two sides of the negotiation came to Tokyo for a hearing, and they hated the same enemy at that time, but after going back, they still came to this point, more than two months earlier than the original history!
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On the 25th, another Monday, the sixth round of trials began, this time the trial of the Tojo Cabinet.
As early as September 11, 1945, shortly after Japan's surrender, after the U.S. troops landed in Japan, they first arrested the main members of Tojo's cabinet, and on the same day Tojo Hideki attempted suicide (shooting himself in the heart with a pistol).
In addition to Hideki Tojo as Prime Minister and Minister of the Army, the other cabinet members were: Minister of the Navy Shigetaro Shimada, Minister of Foreign Affairs Shigetoku Togo, Minister of the Interior Koichi Kido, Minister of Finance Konobu Kaya, Minister of Health and Welfare Shinhiko Koizumi (committed suicide on September 13, 1945), Minister of Justice Tsuyo Iwamura, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Culture and Sports, Kunihiko Hashida (committed suicide on September 14, 1945), Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Shuya Inono, Minister of Commerce and Industry Nobusuke Kishi, Minister of State and President of the Planning Institute Sadaichi Suzuki, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Ueki Hoshino.
In addition, there are three traitors and four fools under Hideki Tojo's henchmen in the army.
Three traitors: Lieutenant General Sadachi Suzuki, Lieutenant General Kato Hajiro, Commander of the North China Military Police, and Major General Yuji Shikata, Captain of the Tokyo Military Police;
Four fools: General Kimura Hyotaro, Lieutenant General Sato Kenri, Major General Sanada Suiichiro, Director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of the Army, and Mazuo Akamatsu, Chief of the Military Affairs Section of the Ministry of the Army.
In addition to the fact that Hyotaro Kiki, who had been executed by the Far Eastern Tribunal, and Sadaichi Suzuki, who had been arrested as a former cabinet minister, the other five people also touched the light of their masters this time and enjoyed the treatment of Class A war criminals.
On October 18, 1941, Hideki Tojo was ordered by Emperor Hirohito to form a cabinet. It is the first and only time in Japan's history that a military member has been appointed as prime minister.
More than a month after becoming prime minister, on December 8, Tojo ordered a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Pacific War began. At the same time, the Japanese army and navy invaded Southeast Asian countries in a large number of ways, invading Malaya, the Philippines, Burma, the Dutch East Indies, and Hong Kong, China.
For this guy, the Chinese military and civilians mainly remember his evil deeds when he was the commander and chief of staff of the military police in the Kwantung Army, but for the Americans, it was the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and the launch of the Pacific War during his tenure! Therefore, the trial of the Far Eastern Tribunal has aroused great attention from the US side.
Because the facts are clear and the evidence is sufficient, Li Junhao did not waste time, and it only took two days to officially announce the verdict: "Sentenced Hideki Tojo and Shigetaro Shimada to death;
"Thirteen people, including Shigetoku Togo, Koichi Kido, Koshun Kaya, Tsuyoshi Iwamura, Shuoya Ino, Nobusuke Kishi, Sadaichi Suzuki, Ueki Hoshino, Hajiro Kato, Yuji Shikata, Kenri Sato, Suiichiro Sanada, and Mao Akamatsu, were sentenced to death."
In this sentence, none of the 15 people were spared, and all of them were executed, some people think it is too cruel, but the United States is extremely satisfied! When the news was reported on television and newspapers in the United States, countless Americans cheered and celebrated, and the reputation of the five-star Admiral Panson rose sharply again.
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On the afternoon of the 27th, Li Junhao saw Takayoshi Tanaka again.
In just 10 days, he cooperated with the International Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIA Far East Branch) of the Far East Command to capture nearly 100 war criminals who had been hidden after the war.
Since the other party worked so hard, of course Li Junhao did not hesitate to reward him, so he asked the Reconnaissance Bureau to give him the title of "criminal investigation consultant", which can be regarded as a civilian employee! This made Tanaka Takayoshi work harder, and today he took the initiative to come to Li Junhao, saying that there was a major situation report.
As soon as they met, Takayoshi Tanaka couldn't wait to say: "Your Excellency, I want to report to you an important situation - I have found Masanobu Tsuji!" ”
Well? Li Junhao's eyes immediately lit up - Masanobu Tsuji! This demon counselor has a whereabouts! When he thought of this person before, he regretted it very much, he didn't pay attention to the relevant information in his previous life, and he didn't want to come to the whereabouts of this demon, when he heard the news, he immediately said, "Where is he?" ”
"Your Excellency, he is in Nanjing." Takayoshi Tanaka said respectfully, "In the hands of the Kuomintang government." ”
Li Junhao frowned, in the hands of the Kuomintang government? This reminded him of Okamura Ninji - when the Far Eastern Tribunal was established, if it weren't for his strong demands, the Kuomintang government would have left this commander-in-chief of the Japanese invasion of China behind! As for what to stay for, it is natural to use his military talents and experience in dealing with the underground party to prepare for civil war...... Hum! In this case, it would not be at all strange to hide the demon counselor.
Masanobu Tsuji is as famous as Ishihara Waner in the Japanese army base camp, and there seems to be a guy, and the three of them are called "Showa Three Staff Officers", what is that guy called?
"Well, Masanobu Tsuji, Ishihara Waner, what's the name of the other one of the three Showa staff officers?" Li Junhao said.
Takayoshi Tanaka is a "living archive", of course he knows about this, and immediately said: "Ryuzo Sejima!" It's in Sugamo Prison right now. ”
(End of chapter)