my bright sword career

Chapter 590 Please listen to the explanation

1942 was a glorious year for the vast majority of Japanese people and soldiers, and it was also a year worthy of special mention.

Just a few months ago, Nagumo Chuichi led six aircraft carriers and 441 planes to attack Pearl Harbor thousands of miles away, catching those Yankees who were busy spending the weekend by surprise.

After the war, looking at the billowing smoke in Pearl Harbor and countless corpses floating on the sea, the angry people immediately held demonstrations and demanded a declaration of war against Japan, and the U.S. Congress immediately passed a report on the declaration of war against Japan.

However, in the initial period of time, the United States, which had just transferred to the wartime system, had not had time to exert its advantages, so it had no choice but to take a defensive position.

Therefore, in the first half of 42, no one dared to provoke Japan on a rampage in the Pacific Ocean, and it was in the limelight for a while. It was at this time that the momentum of the whole of Japan reached its peak.

But the good times didn't last long, and the Battle of Midway was like a blow to the head that slapped the entire Japanese high-level.

If it is said that the Battle of Midway made Japan's high-level leaders stunned, then Doolittle's air raid on Tokyo awakened Japan from a dream that had been immersed in Japan for hundreds of years.

After August, the situation in the Pacific War took a turn for the worse, because the Americans who reacted began to attack Japan's Pacific defense circle. The ongoing Battle of Guadalcanal Island is the most direct proof.

In the back garden of the Japanese Imperial Palace, Emperor Hirohito sat quietly in a small pavilion, looking at the rows of bare cherry blossoms in the garden and didn't know what he was thinking.

Today's Hirohito is wearing a pair of old water mill pants, a large robe on the upper body, and a pair of thick black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, making him gloomy and dull, like a Japanese villager Primary school teachers.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." A soft voice sounded in Yuren's ear.

"Well……"

Hirohito turned his head, and a maid knelt behind him and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Konoe and Chief of Staff Tojo have been waiting outside for a long time."

"Oh...let them come in." Yuren waved his hand lightly to signal the maid to go down, and then sat quietly on the spot thinking about his thoughts.

After a while, accompanied by a slight sound of footsteps, two voices sounded behind him.

"Hideki Tojo has seen His Majesty."

Hirohito turned around after hearing the voice, "Well, Konoe-kun and Tojo-kun are here, please sit down."

"Hi!"

Konoe Fumimaro and Tojo Hideki respectfully responded, then carefully knelt down beside them, and soon a maid served tea.

After thanking them, they held up the teacups and touched their lips before putting them down. After all, the two of them didn't come here to drink tea, and as courtiers, how decent it is to drink tea with the monarch in a big way.

It's just that the two of them sat for a while, but they still didn't hear Hirohito's voice, and the two of them could only kneel quietly on the mat without daring to breathe. .

After a long time, I heard Hirohito's voice floating like clouds, "Jinwei-kun."

"The minister is here!" Konoe Fumimaro hastily replied respectfully.

"I heard that the Americans have been attacking the empire's Pacific defense circle recently? Is that so?"

"Yes, it's just that I'm not very proficient in military affairs. Why don't you ask Mr. Tojo to explain your majesty's doubts."

Konoe Fumimaro looked at Hideki Tojo, and it is up to you to answer this question.

Hideki Tojo cursed secretly in his heart, but he had to sit up straight, cheered up and said: "Your Majesty, the war between the United States and the Empire in the Pacific has entered a stalemate.

Especially on Guadalcanal Island, the commander of the 2th Army, Haruyoshi Hyakutake, is commanding the army to engage in a bloody battle with the U.S. troops on Guadalcanal. So far, more than [-] U.S. troops have been killed or injured. "

Here, Hideki Tojo used a trick and quietly multiplied the number of people by 2. Anyway, Emperor Hirohito would not investigate in person.

Hearing this, Hirohito nodded slowly, "I know Momotake Harukichi, and he is still very loyal to me and the Great Japanese Empire. You can tell Momotake Harukichi later, as long as Guadalcanal Island is guarded, I will give it to you personally." He awarded the medal."

Hideki Tojo hurriedly left his seat and bowed deeply: "Hi... I thank Your Majesty Long En on behalf of Hyakutake-kun!"

"Sit down..."

Hirohito waved his hand to let Hideki Tojo sit down again, and then he seemed to ask casually: "However, I heard that the imperial army has encountered some troubles in Shanxi recently, so that Neiji Okamura went to Shanxi himself Sit down, is that right?"

As soon as these words came out, Konoe Fumimaro and Tojo Hideki snapped, and a heart immediately rose to their throats.

Seeing that the two of them were silent, Yu Ren sneered: "Why... are you speechless? Since you don't speak, I will speak for you."

"The all-out war between the empire and China has been going on for five years. In the past five years, the empire has invested countless manpower, material and financial resources. Countless empire warriors have lost their lives in order to fight against China. This is how the current results have been achieved. So I will never allow anyone to destroy this hard-won situation, do you understand?"

"Hi!"

At this time, the backs of the two of them had a layer of white sweat.

Don't look at the Japanese emperor who looks like a mascot most of the time, but in fact his power is very great.

Let's put it this way, if Hirohito doesn't like a minister, he only needs to reveal it unintentionally, and the minister will obediently resign automatically.

What, brazenly holding back?Don't worry, no one in Japan dares to confront the emperor. Whoever dares to do so will make him understand what life is like death, and even be punished as a traitor.

In Japan, the emperor's prestige is so great.

Now, hearing Hirohito personally express dissatisfaction with the Shanxi war, there is no reason for the two of them not to panic.

Hideki Tojo quickly explained: "Your Majesty, the reason for the war in Shanxi was impolite because the empire's planes in Shanxi were completely lost in the fierce battle with the local warlord named Gao Hongming.

The Chinese took the opportunity to mobilize more than [-] troops to attack Taiyuan. Mr. Okamura fought harder because he did not have aircraft cover? "

"It's harder?"

Hirohito stared at Hideki Tojo, and said, "But how did I hear that Mr. Okamura has sent several telegrams in succession to the headquarters and base camp of the dispatched army in China, but up to now not even a single plane has been received?" ah.

Or is the empire's fighter battalion so scarce? "

At this time, Hideki Tojo had no time to curse who was making a small report to the emperor. If he could not satisfy the emperor today, he might lose his position as chief of staff.

"Your Majesty, that's really not the case. Please listen to my minister's explanation..."

(End of this chapter)