The Third Reich in Desperation

Hideki Tojo, who was born in a samurai family in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, has always been contemptuously called "Soldier Tojo" by Japan's top military strategist Ishihara.

Tojo, who had a great reputation during school, was called by the principal, "The grades are far from being the first or second, but he is definitely one of the best in fighting." After graduating from the military academy, he went to the Japanese-Russian battlefield to get a layer of gold plating.

At that time, the Russo-Japanese War was coming to an end, and Japan's victory was already decided. As a result, Tojo did not participate in substantive combat operations, so he triumphantly triumphed with the large army in a daze.

Hideki Tojo, who was a general of the army and concurrently served as the internal minister, had enormous power, and he already vaguely had the title of "Tojo Shogunate".

The irony is that Yamamoto 56's newly acquired Toyotomi surname has been serving in history as Guan Bai, the prime minister of Japan.Therefore, Japanese folk and political circles also jokingly say that "the army has the shogunate, and the navy has the white."

It's such a coincidence!

Tojo is indeed the same as in history, and is also called the shogun by the Japanese high-level, that is, "Tojo shogunate".

However, the Japanese emperor's bestowal of Toyotomi 56 triggered by Reinhardt evened the political situation between the Japanese army and navy!

56, who has the surname of Toyotomi, naturally has more right to speak invisibly, and broke the political structure of Hideki Tojo's dominance, and brought back a sentence for the Japanese navy in its struggle with the army.

In addition, there are also great contradictions and contradictions in the personal hobbies of Toyotomi 56 and Hideki Tojo.

One of Tojo's greatest hobbies is to send someone to check the garbage in the garbage bin every morning to see if anyone in the country is eating big fish and meat.He judged those who had a good meal to be extravagant and wasteful when the country was in trouble.It can be said that Hideki Tojo is a perverted frugal person. Not only is he frugal himself, but he also forces the whole country to be frugal together.

But Toyotomi 56 is different. Apart from being a well-known gambler, he also has a big hobby, that is, he likes high-end luxury enjoyment.

When the Japanese Army was controlling food and purchasing a large amount of cheap lunch meat purchased by Germany, the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet was still eating and drinking with public funds, and its headquarters even enjoyed a fugu meal.

In this way, Hideki Tojo didn't have to dig through the trash cans anymore. The naval personnel under 56 blatantly ate and drank, so why bother to judge yesterday's food through the trash cans.

Toyotomi 56 didn't think there was anything wrong, he was treating the officers and soldiers under his command kindly.If you want the navy soldiers to work hard, you have to give them good food and drink.

But Hideki Tojo, who has always been known for his stinginess, doesn't see it that way.In his eyes, 56 was clearly going against him, pointing to the east, and 56 would lead the navy to the west.

The most exasperating thing is that 56, who was ranked lower than him before, suddenly has the posture of being equal to him, which makes Tojo's heart further unbalanced.

"Baga! I heard that the biggest reason why that guy Yamamoto 56 was given the surname Toyotomi by the emperor was because Germans intervened in it." Sitting in his office, Hideki Tojo faced a group of His own staff yelled unabashedly.

"Your Excellency, this is the emperor's decision, and we have no ability to change it. At this point, we should find a way to prevent the further expansion of the navy's power." A tall and thin man in a suit was the first to persuade Tojo is relieved.

"Stop? How can I stop the navy?" After hearing what his subordinates said, Hideki Tojo sneered with disdain: "Even when I had the greatest power, I couldn't get my hands on the navy. Now Yamamoto... ..Toyotomi 56 became famous and made great achievements in the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, how could I still intervene?"

"This..." The man under Tojo couldn't answer.Hideki Tojo can be regarded as an authentic Japanese army faction after all. They really rarely intervene in the Japanese navy, which has always been at odds with the army.It is not easy for the two sides to maintain some basic cooperation.

You know, the navy has always looked down on the army, and privately called the army "red deer." Regarding this, the army has long been dissatisfied with the navy for a long time.

Japan's army and navy generals are at odds, and this has been a problem for two generations.

Among the older generation of Japanese generals, the Japanese army would rather launch crowd tactics in the Russo-Japanese War than ask for the support of the navy.

If the old generation of generals of the Japanese navy and army mainly competed for status, then the new generation of Japanese generals is more practical. They compete for the right to allocate resources.

After all, Japan is a country with scarce resources. Since resources are limited, it is always necessary to fight for the right to allocate resources.

Resources such as steel and oil are insufficient, and both the army and navy need these resources.

The Japanese army needs steel to build armored vehicles and tanks to fight the road wars in Asia, and the navy needs steel to build aircraft carriers and then fight the United States in the Pacific.

The two sides fought back and forth, and no one was willing to suffer a loss, which resulted in today's situation.

In fact, such a situation has also appeared in Germany. Whether to build ships or produce tanks, the German high-level leaders were also very embarrassed.

However, Reinhardt solved this problem perfectly. On the one hand, he increased the import and production of steel and oil, fundamentally increasing the volume.On the other hand, the German army and navy no longer have commander-in-chief, and Raeder and Catherine are only deputy commander-in-chief and chief of staff.

Unlike the battle between the commanders of the Japanese navy and army, the commander-in-chief of the German armed forces is Reinhardt himself. He can't earn money by himself.

"The Germans are really too lenient. They even have to interfere in the internal affairs of our Great Japanese Empire." Tojo Hideki looked a little disgusted, and said very unhappy: "The thing about participating in the war is also, it's too soon. After 72 hours, they agreed to our declaration of war on the United States, and they have not released it yet.”

"The Italians are still reliable," Hideki Tojo said here, as if he suddenly remembered something, and asked an aide next to him: "Is the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responding to us, Italy will complete the declaration of war on the United States within today?" process?"

Text 768 Reinhardt's Revenge

"Fortunately, we discovered the loophole in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in time, otherwise Italy would have declared war on the United States by now."

A Gestapo official from the Italian branch sent by Italian Prime Minister Rossi reported to Reinhard with some fear: "This is a hidden danger left by the former Prime Minister Mussolini when he was in office. At that time, he The former foreign minister Chiano promised Japan to declare war on the United States, and as a result, the relevant officials kept the files, and this time the newcomers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs almost went through the declaration of war process according to the previous files.”

"Guarantee to declare war? This kind of thing can be said verbally, and the Japanese can't go into it. Mussolini really arranged the relevant matters honestly?!" Reinhardt asked a little bit dumbfounded.

"Yes, Prime Minister Rossi was also very surprised. All the staff, including our entire Italian branch, did not know that Mussolini had made such an arrangement." The Italian secret police who rushed to Berlin pointed out. He nodded and explained: "After a while, Prime Minister Rossi will arrange to hold Mussolini accountable. After all, he almost caused a major diplomatic accident. This is a very good topic."

Reinhard was taken aback when he heard the words: "What? Hold Mussolini accountable? I remember that the former Italian leader was seriously injured and died?"

The Gestapo nodded again and replied: "Mussolini was seriously injured, but not dead, my head of state."

"Oh... that means he's not dead yet!" Reinhard understood the meaning of the other party, and he always thought that Mussolini was seriously injured and died after the assassination.

It's been a long time since I heard Mussolini making a fuss, so it's no wonder Reinhardt thought so.

As he thought about it, Reinhardt joked to another Gestapo entourage from the German headquarters beside him: "Did the Italians mix sand in the bomb? How did the Lord Ling think come back to life? I thought he was dead gone."

The entourage is not a member of the Italian Gestapo branch. He is responsible for the safety of the head of state in Germany. He is not very clear about the details of the incident in Italy. The former leader, is something inappropriate?"

Reinhard obviously didn't realize this before. After hearing the reminder from his entourage, he pondered for two seconds, and then realized a lot of things. He patted his entourage's shoulder thoughtfully and said: "You make sense, Shouldn't I be making fun of the ex-Italian leader in front of me to show my integrity?"

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As if he didn't see the strange expression of his entourage, Reinhardt continued to talk to himself: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen Mussolini's reflective head for a long time."

He looked at his entourage and asked with interest: "You said, should we go to Italy to visit their seriously injured former leader?"

The entourage was sweating after listening to it, but fortunately he hadn't forgotten that Rossi had sent a letter specifically on this matter: "My head of state, the Italian commander Rossi had sent a letter before, saying that the current situation of their former leader Mussolini is not good. Not optimistic. In order for Mussolini to recover better, please..."

Before the entourage finished speaking, Reinhardt waved his hand boldly and interrupted: "Can I go to Italy as soon as possible to see my old friend for the last time? Okay, I understand. Arrange the plane and we will go to Rome tomorrow."

It wasn't until Reinhardt finished speaking that the follower continued: "...Please wait for a while."

In fact, Rossi hoped that Mussolini's health would recover as soon as possible, so that he could arrange for Mussolini to be held accountable and ruin the reputation of the former prime minister and his enemies of Rossi.

Rossi hoped that Mussolini could experience the pain he experienced when he was awake.That's why he hoped that Mussolini would get better first.

Anyway, Rossi has already seized the power of Italy, and Mussolini's waking up will not help, so he is not worried.

But Reinhardt and Mussolini didn't have so much deep hatred, he just wanted revenge on Mussolini.

After all, during the Polish campaign, Mussolini's bad behavior towards his lion, the vengeful Reinhardt still hasn't forgotten it.

Fortunately, Mussolini was seriously injured and admitted to the hospital. Otherwise, if he went to Yugoslavia and Greece to make a trip, maybe the result of the Soviet-German war would be Germany's death!

Mussolini, a big cheater, the biggest traitor in the Iron Allies formed by the Third Reich, of course, I, Reinhardt, will have to kill him personally for revenge.

Reinhard shook his head to his followers and said, "No, no, as an old friend of leader Mussolini, I understand that he must be eagerly waiting for my arrival. Believe me, no one is better than me. Get to know the Italian leader. He'll get better sooner when I'm there."