Age of Rebirth

Since the plan to encircle and annihilate the Soviet Far East Front Army went bankrupt and nearly 200 million Japanese troops fled from the Far East battlefield, Prince Zairen, the commander-in-chief responsible for the implementation of the entire Far East campaign plan, has been under tremendous pressure. The prestige and reputation of the world is a heavy blow!

The main pressure comes from the mainland, first of all, his own emperor brother. Soon after the three campaign groups withdrew from the Far East battlefield in a hurry, Emperor Hirohito sent a telegram to Zairen, although in the telegram, there were not too many accusations Prince Zairen was also sympathetic to his situation, but the most important thing was these words, "I learned that your specific implementation of the Far East campaign plan did not achieve the expected results. On the contrary, the Imperial Army suffered heavy losses. To this , I am deeply disappointed, now, the country is paying close attention to the results of the Far East campaign, I hope you will take care of yourself and give the cabinet a reasonable explanation!"

Prince Zai Ren's heart was broken at that time. The Emperor's elder brother himself was disappointed. This made Zai Ren very scared. He knew that without the support of the Emperor's elder brother, he was fighting with various factions in the military. Among them, it is impossible to gain the upper hand. If the emperor is very disappointed with himself, then his greatest support and backing will be lost in an instant. Every time he thinks of this, Prince Zairen breaks out in a cold sweat.

Another point, Brother Tianhuang is reminding himself that for the disgraceful level of the Far East War, those bigwigs in the domestic military and political circles should be careful, you'd better find a reasonable reason to stop everyone mouth, otherwise, I can't help you.

Prince Zai Ren can figure it out with the back of his head without mobilizing the relationship in the mainland. The so-called "very concerned about the results of the Far East Campaign!" cannot be anyone else.It can only be the old guy Minei Koichi who is dead but not stiff. His failure in the Far East campaign just gave Minei Koichi the facts and reasons to attack. Comparing the two, Minei Koichi's original strategy was the safest.

And Zairen saw a deeper meaning from the telegram from the emperor's elder brother. This trend of attacking himself, even the emperor's elder brother would not be able to withstand it, otherwise.I will not allow myself to give the cabinet a reasonable explanation.

cabinet?The cabinet is a fart!It is just a tool for Emperor Hirohito to achieve his own goals, but now, he needs a reasonable explanation from his own cabinet. It can be seen that it is in the local area.There is a surge of opposition against him, and.Even his own emperor brother.Nor can it be strongly suppressed.

Under the tremendous pressure, Prince Zairen lost his usual composure, and his temper became extremely irritable. The senior staff members of the Far East Campaign Headquarters would be scolded at every turn, and the unlucky ones were even worse.For example, Chief Aoki, who provided information to Chutian, would still receive a few big mouths. In the entire Far East Campaign headquarters, no one was scolded or beaten.Probably only the new chief of staff, Major General Yamada.

In all fairness, Prince Zairen felt that he was very wronged and wronged to death. He was not convinced by the result of the Far East campaign as a failure. In a sense, the Soviet army completely withdrew from the Far East region. This is Great Japan. The victory of the empire is nothing more than the fact that it was not able to wipe out the Soviet Far East Front Army?

Regardless of the outcome of the battle, at most it was a tie with the Soviet army. How can we talk about failure?

Prince Zairen regretted it very much. At the military meeting in front of the imperial court, he should not have talked too much. He had done too much. He wiped out the Soviet Far East Front Army and fully occupied the Far East. If he only talked about the latter, there is very little room now When I grow up, I can confidently tell those guys who are fanning the flames and wishing to knock myself over, whether the Imperial Japanese Army has occupied the Far East?

Just yesterday, I received a telegram from the base camp, asking Prince Zairen to settle the troops in the Far East as soon as possible, return to the mainland, and accept the cabinet's questioning about the reasons for the failure of the Far East Campaign, that is to say, let him go back to Tokyo, Facing those opposing factions that Tumo Xingzi could drown him, accuse them with malicious intentions!

Prince Zairen is 1 unwilling to return to Tokyo, and he also knows very well that once he returns, he will not have a month to get rid of the entanglement of the opposing factions, and he will not be able to return to Khabarovsk from Tokyo. It is in the blank after the withdrawal of the Soviet army, and, will the Chinese devil with ulterior motives move the minds of the Far East?

Prince Zairen had to take precautions against all of this. If the Independent Division really intends to get involved in the Far East, then there will be another fierce battle. The Soviet army has withdrawn, and the army of the devil is the imperial army. The next opponent to face, a myriad of affairs, waiting to be dealt with by myself, with such leisure and time, to fight lip service with those politicians in Tokyo?

Therefore, Prince Zaijin racked his brains, discussed secretly with Chief of Staff Yamada for a few days, and personally sent a long telegram to the emperor. The content of the telegram, in addition to explaining his thoughts on the future of the Far East In addition, he also specifically emphasized, "At present, with the withdrawal of all the Soviet troops, the Far East has temporarily become a blank area. My brother is worried that it will inevitably attract the coveted eyes of Tang Qiuli, the Chinese devil!"

"I boldly believe that the Imperial Japanese Army, in the Far East, will inevitably fight a war with the troops of the Chinese demon Tang Qiuli for control of the Far East. I am afraid that the scale of the war will exceed that of the previous battle with the Soviet Army. But the Chinese devil, who is ruthless, greedy and cunning, is truly a powerful enemy of the Empire of Japan, if he is not careful, the troops of the Empire in the Far East will fall into a situation of eternal doom!"

"For this reason, my younger brother is worried all night. Before the intention of the independent division is determined, the situation in the Far East is still in a state of tension and the war is about to break out. At this moment, my younger brother really cannot escape and return to the mainland. I also dare not ignore the empire's nearly 200 million troops in the Far East, and explain it to the cabinet for my own reputation!--What's more, my younger brother thinks that this is the case, so why explain it?"

"Brother Rong Chen will properly deploy the imperial army in the Far East, firmly control the Far East, and make all preparations for the war with the China Independent Division to compete for the control of the Far East, and then return to the mainland and report to the cabinet. A reasonable explanation! At that time, no matter what the result is, the younger brother will accept it frankly! ——The younger brother Zai Ren cried blood and went to Chen!"

Zairen's telegram seemed very sincere, and every sentence was heartfelt. It also showed that for the benefit of the Great Japanese Empire, he did not hesitate to his personal reputation, and secretly told Emperor Hirohito that he did not want to Waste of tongue, go to break up with those people for the sake of face and reputation, not to mention, it is mixed with personal grievances and intrigues between factions. Can you explain it clearly in a while?

Zai Ren is a very smart guy. He clearly knows that because of his performance in the Far East campaign, he has directly lost face to the royal family. The emperor has plans to change generals. At this juncture, he will play sloppy with the emperor. , Playing a little nonsense, it won’t take tomorrow, and as soon as the edict to call me back to Tokyo comes, I will fly to Khabarovsk. At that time, I have to go if I don’t want to. What I have to do now is to keep the Far East campaign first. position of Commander in Chief.

Only in this position can we take the initiative to deal with the military affairs in the Far East, and then, in Xu Tuzhi, we can change the passive situation. If we lose face there, we can recover it there. Prince Zairen still has this confidence What's more, it is not too difficult to save face in the current situation. After all, the troops of the independent division are still far away on the line from Chita to Irkutsk, so they are beyond their reach!

Sure enough, a sincere telegram touched Emperor Hirohito's heart. In fact, Emperor Hirohito himself did not want to see his younger brother stumble and fail to get up on the battlefield in the Far East. Wu Guang, after all, is a younger brother from a mother's womb, Zai Ren is ashamed, and he can't take advantage of it. If he uses the emperor's authority to suppress the emotions of the military and political leaders, it is not impossible!

The key point is that Emperor Hirohito hated Zairen a little bit, and he also wanted to hit him. He was a bit overjoyed recently. This guy seems a little uneasy after he got the empire's military command in the Far East. Fen, let him know that everything he has today is thanks to someone. That's why there is that telegram that is not harsh but can be understood by Zai Ren.

Now, my younger brother has completely surrendered, and his ability is still certain. In Emperor Hirohito's view, the final result of the Far East Campaign is not as bad as Minai Koichi and others are clamoring. The Soviet army has all withdrawn from the Far East. Is it true that the Soviet Far East Front Army was hit hard? Is it true that although the imperial army of the Imperial Japanese Empire also suffered a lot of losses, the losses are still acceptable?

But these words, Emperor Hirohito would not confront a group of ministers headed by Minai Koichi. If so, he would be openly protecting his younger brother, which would chill the hearts of all the ministers. The way of an emperor does not allow himself to do that !

Based on the above rather complicated psychology, Emperor Hirohito agreed to Prince Zaihito's request without the slightest embarrassment, and at the end of the telegram, he told Prince Zaihito, "Think foresight and plan ahead. Forgetting to plan the future war in the Far East, I am very pleased with what you have done, and you have words of persuasion to all the ministers!"

"If you want to get rid of the current passive situation, for the current plan, the only way to reverse the passive situation in the face of interrogation by domestic high-level officials is to completely occupy the Far East with the Imperial Japanese Army and ensure that no losses are lost. , you can still, as the commander of the Far East Campaign Headquarters, devote yourself to planning the affairs of the Far East for me, and you will not allow any mistakes!"

After reading the Emperor's call back, Prince Zairen was so touched that he burst into tears—tears rushing down!

(to be continued) (to be continued..)