Beiyang reactionaries

If the United States bombs Japan, it bombs a city every day, and each time it bombs for about two to three hours.However, China chose six important industrial cities for this bombing.

And it lasted all day.

Even if the destructive power and lethality are not as good as the American incendiary bombs, but 1.7 tons of bombs are thrown out, and there are many super bombs in them. The panic caused by this is very serious.

After hearing that Suzuki Kantaro went to meet the emperor, Togo Matoku was of course eager to know the emperor's attitude.This war can only truly end if the emperor nods.

"Today's bombing has a great influence and has alarmed many people around His Majesty. His Majesty the Emperor is also a little touched at present, but he has not yet made a final decision."

Suzuki Kantaro didn't hide anything from Togo Matoku.

Because in the current cabinet, the only thing Suzuki Kantaro can trust is Togo Maode.Of course, it doesn't mean that the personal relationship between the two is very good. In fact, the working time of the two partners is very short. The two people used to be just acquaintances because Suzuki Kantaro didn't like to intervene in politics as a soldier.On the contrary, Suzuki Kantaro, as the first veteran of the Japanese Navy, has deep ties to the current cabinet Minister of War, Keiki Anan, and Minister of the Navy, Mitsumasa Yonei.Both of them had been Suzuki Kantaro's subordinates before, and they both had Suzuki Kantaro's support.Therefore, the personal relationship between Suzuki Kantaro and the two of them is very good.

But Suzuki Kantaro didn't dare to talk to them casually.

Because Suzuki Kantaro's idea is to end the war as soon as possible, how to exit the war decently is Suzuki Kantaro's biggest job now.Suzuki Kantaro didn't dare to reveal such thoughts casually, especially in the face of the military.If those lunatics get excited, they don't know what they will do.In the current cabinet, it is Matoku Togo who understands Suzuki Kantaro's work best.

So facing Togo Matoku, Suzuki Kantaro didn't hide anything.

"Your Excellency, there is no longer any delay. China is giving us another warning, asking us to accept their conditions as soon as possible. Just such a warning, all of this scale. Once we continue to delay, China's next step is definitely to Landing from Hokkaido. At that time, millions of elite troops will flood into Hokkaido and attack from north to south. And at that time, China will not abide by the agreement with us, and hundreds of thousands of North Korean troops will also land from Hokkaido. To At that time, we no longer have any room for bargaining, and we are left to be slaughtered. Now we still have the strength to propose some conditions, and after a while we will lose our last chance."

Dongxiang Maode was very anxious.

Some of the conditions proposed by China are indeed more difficult to accept.

But at least now Japan can still make demands, and there are still some family backgrounds that can bargain with China.Even though the conditions proposed by China are harsh, Japan can still retain some vitality.But once these family backgrounds are lost, Japan will not be qualified to make conditions with China at that time.At that time, Japan really became meat on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered.Maybe China feels that Japan is useless, and directly breaks Japan's backbone, making Japan lose the opportunity to stand up again.Once such a thing happens, it is the scariest thing.

Then Japan will really fall into a place of eternal doom.

But the emperor has not yet made a decision.In such a situation, why hasn't the emperor made up his mind yet.Is it really waiting for the Chinese army to break into Tokyo?

The current situation must not be delayed.

"You really think so?"

"Your Excellency, think about it. Now the connection between our mainland and Nanyang is completely broken, and the troops on the Nanyang side have become rootless, and they can't stop the Chinese and American troops at all. If we agree to a truce now, those troops will be the last At least we can keep them. Those troops are also the confidence we can negotiate. But after a while, these troops will be annihilated by China and the United States, and then we will lose another bargaining chip. In fact, the situation of these troops is already very dangerous now, and the rest There are very few troops. Of course, this is not the most dangerous thing."

Dongxiang Maode paused for a while, and said: "Your Excellency, the most dangerous thing is the local area. If China and the United States are allowed to bomb our cities like this, our industry will be completely finished. Now we have less than [-]% of the factories that can still operate, and the output is even lower. It is already less than [-]%. Our troops will soon even have problems with the supply of ammunition. Not to mention that our oil reserves have bottomed out, and more than half of our remaining aircraft, warships, tanks, and cars cannot be started. And our food The reserves are also insufficient. If the war is not ended quickly and China and the United States are allowed to blockade and bomb like this, there will be a big food shortage in our country this winter, and I don’t know how many people will starve to death. This war cannot be fought.”

America's incendiary bombs are too powerful.

In terms of lethality against Japan, incendiary bombs are definitely the most powerful.The number of dead people is increasing rapidly. Every bombing brings tens of thousands of deaths, 10,000+ people, and tens of thousands of casualties.So far, the Japanese casualties caused by the US bombing alone have exceeded 10 million.And this number is still increasing at an astonishing rate.

If the United States continues to bomb like this, Japanese casualties will exceed 500 million within ten days.

Now China is also involved.

Today is the first day, but China dropped nearly 2 tons of aerial bombs at one time.Which country can withstand such a scale of bombing.Even when London was bombed, Germany was not as crazy as China.

If the German Air Force at that time had the strength of China now and could dispatch so many combat aircraft, it would have blown up London to ruins long ago.Whether Britain can hold on is a big question.And this is the first day, China is attacking Japan in all directions.

The Southeastern Military Region heavily bombed airports in Taiwan and Okinawa, while in Southeast Asia the Chinese army began to take over Indonesia.After taking over Indonesia, the Republic of Indonesia has turned to China.In order to show their innocence and strive for leniency, the Indonesian army actively cooperated with the Chinese army to encircle and suppress the Japanese army on Guawa Island.While encircling and suppressing the Japanese army on Guawa Island, the Chinese army assembled more troops and began to prepare to land on Kalimantan Island, preparing to completely annihilate the Japanese troops in Southeast Asia.

Of course, a bigger blow to Japan is that Japan's domestic supplies are already extremely scarce.

Since China cut off its trade with Japan, the oil import and export trade, which was already less and less, has been completely cut off.The result is that Japan's oil reserves are currently seriously insufficient.Without oil reserves, many modern weapons are useless.If this continues, Japanese aircraft, warships, and tanks will soon become scrap iron.

Of course these are war materials.

The bigger problem in Japan now is the food problem.Originally, Japan joined the war, and a large number of adult men joined the army, which affected Japan's food production.As the war became bigger and bigger, the proportion of Japanese conscription increased, which further affected food production.

In the past, Japan could import a large amount of grain from China.Even if China can't, Japan can also import food from Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and other countries to ensure domestic demand.But as these food import channels are all cut off, Japan can only solve the food gap by itself.

But where does Japan have so much food.

If this problem is not resolved quickly, a food shortage will occur in Japan in a few months.Without oil, most modern weapons cannot be used, but without food, it would be fatal. I don’t know how many people will starve to death.

So Dongxiang Maode had to be nervous.

"I know what you mean. But..."

It is impossible for Japan to cease the war without the consent of the Emperor.

But the problem now is that the Emperor of Japan is hesitant, always wondering if there will be some miracles.But where is the miracle in Japan now?

"Your Excellency, I heard that when China, the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union met in Tehran, Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union and France planned to occupy Germany separately after the war and wanted to dismember Germany. Although China's conditions are harsh now, according to the 'Ili Declaration' and China's intentions, we can at most Even if we lose the Ryukyu Islands, we can still maintain the integrity of the mainland and retain a bit of vitality. But if we continue to delay and refuse to accept China's conditions, we don't know how their conditions will change in the future. Maybe we will dismember the empire, Divide the empire into several countries. If that happens, it will become more and more difficult for the empire to stand up. Your Excellency, you must make up your mind at this time."

Dongxiang Maode was very anxious.

Japan must not lose all its chips and be forced to sign a surrender agreement.Once this happens, Japan really has nothing left.China can make the Ryukyu Islands independent, so it can also make other Japanese islands independent.If Japan is really dismembered, then Japan will really have no chance in the future.

"I see."

Suzuki Kantaro nodded slightly.

Said: "I will convene the highest combat meeting immediately, discuss with the army and navy, and see their attitudes. You go to Kido Koichi and have a good talk with him. If you want to convince the emperor, you and I alone are not enough, you need Support from Koichi Kido."

The Minister of Internal Affairs, Koichi Kido, was no less respectable in front of the emperor than Kantaro Suzuki.

To convince the emperor, Kido Koichi's help is needed.

"Yes."

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After talking with Matoku Togo, Suzuki Kantaro felt the seriousness of the matter even more urgently.

Therefore, there was no delay, and the highest combat meeting was held immediately, and all the bigwigs in the base camp participated.A row of senior army and navy officers came, and a group of army and navy generals and lieutenant generals came to the meeting room.

It is really not a simple matter to end the war.

It is not only necessary to convince the emperor, but also the attitude of the military.Because the military's attitude also directly affects the emperor's judgment.If the military keeps clamoring for war, then even the emperor must make a cautious decision.

Suzuki Kantaro is an old fox, although he is very eager to end the war.But he will definitely not show his inclinations in front of these soldiers, including the army and navy generals he is familiar with.So he just told them about the current situation, especially the situation of the Chinese army's full-scale attack, and asked them for their opinions.

"The 'Ili Declaration' should be accepted."

Japanese Navy Minister Minai Mitsumasa was the first to speak.

Minai Mitsumasa is a general in the Japanese army who strongly opposes alliances with Germany and Italy and war with the United States.His proposition is completely different from that of the Japanese military, so he has been suppressed by Hideki Tojo and the others.Fortunately, Emperor Meiji of Japan admired Minai Mitsumasa very much, thinking that he was a very outstanding general in the Japanese navy.Therefore, when Koiso Kuniaki was the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, the Emperor supported Mitsumasa Minai as the Minister of the Navy.Therefore, the Koiso Kunizaki cabinet is actually a cabinet composed of the army represented by Koiso Kunizaki and the navy represented by Minai Mitsumasa.So many people called that time the Oiso Kuniaki-Mitsumasa Minai joint cabinet.

After Suzuki Kantaro became the prime minister of the cabinet, Mitsumasa Yonei has been serving as the Minister of the Navy.

"Mine-kun must be scared."

The Minister of War, Anan Wei, laughed at Minai Guangzheng.

Minai Guangzheng was furious.