Age of Rebirth

The Minister of the Japanese Army and acting chief of the general staff of the base camp, General Hikari Minai, is under a lot of pressure. His Majesty the Emperor relies heavily on him, and his position is high and powerful. The two major systems of the imperial military administration and military orders are grasped.

The greater the power, the greater the responsibilities and risks. The empire's war resources have been tapped to the limit. What General Minei has nothing to do is to strive to maintain and balance the interests of all parties, and use the limited war resources to On the most needed battlefield, although there are no other heavyweight faction leaders who can challenge their status and authority, they still feel like walking on eggshells in the face of His Majesty the Emperor who has become increasingly eccentric and irritable!

The Empire of Japan was fighting on two battlefields at the same time. Fortunately, in the Australian battlefield in the Southwest Pacific and in the naval battle in the Eastern Pacific, the Empire had a slight advantage. However, what about the Korean Peninsula battlefield in the north, the Manchuria battlefield, and the Far East battlefield?

General Mineiguang has a habit. After returning to the official residence, before dinner, he has to meditate in the quiet room for about an hour, and reorganize the events of the day to see if there are any omissions. , Confucian Master said, "I must examine myself three times every day!" But today, General Minai, who was sitting in the quiet room, could not calm down as usual.

The unpredictable and treacherous northern battlefield and the Korean Peninsula battlefield in person can be reassured. Although the commander of the Imperial Korean Garrison, General Tanaka Shinichi, suffered heavy losses, he retreated to the southeast corner of the Korean Peninsula and took a defensive position. At least, in the face of the fierce attack of the independent division troops, a stalemate can be guaranteed.

The Far East battlefield has its own political enemies and old opponents, and His Majesty’s younger brother Prince Zaihito presides over it. It seems that the appearance of the fight has little to do with him.It's also a stalemate.

Only the murky Manchurian battlefield is what worries General Minai the most, the special envoy sent by General Umezu Yoshijiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army.Still under house arrest in his official residence, Meizu's memorial to His Majesty the Emperor is still in his hands, and General Minai is also undecided as to whether he should present this memorial to His Majesty the Emperor ?

To be honest, General Mitsuko Minai was very angry with Yoshijiro Umezu. Since this guy became the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, except for this memorial that can be called a time bomb.None of the other telegrams made him, the minister in charge of the highest affairs of the Imperial Army, blind to the situation in Manchuria!

This was not the case when Nanjiro was the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army.A confidential telegram came in almost two or three days. I knew the situation in Manchuria very well. In all fairness, General Minai was very disgusted with Yoshijiro Umezu.Maintaining a maverick attitude, it seems that he is the only one who is a pure imperial soldier, and others are politicians who are intriguing. If His Majesty the Emperor did not come forward to force him, he would be in the overall consideration of balancing the interests of various factions of the Imperial Army.The position of the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army is never the turn of Meijin!

Fortunately, after Meijin took office, the Kwantung Army seemed to have a sense of alienation from him. Meijin seemed to be deliberately blocking news of Manchuria from himself.General Minai did not believe that Manchuria was safe and sound. Although he could not get first-hand information, Manchuria's input of shrinking local strategic resources undoubtedly showed that the situation in Manchuria may not be optimistic. Otherwise, that guy in Meijin would not have thrown a A memorial that can be called a blockbuster.

However, it is difficult to draw an accurate judgment on the extent of the situation in Manchuria, and I dare not jump to conclusions. Maybe it was Meizu who was making alarmist remarks. Because of this, General Minai felt uneasy and caused The root cause of all this is the existence of Tang Qiuli, the mortal enemy of the Great Japanese Empire, the China Devil.

From the Korean Peninsula to Manchuria, and then to the Far East, it is the figure of the Chinese devil that is everywhere. In the overseas colonies of the Great Japanese Empire, General Minai has always been very strange and does not understand why the same empire The imperial army, in the Australian battlefield in the Southwest Pacific, faced the allied forces composed of more than a dozen countries, but it always had the upper hand, pressing hundreds of thousands of allied troops to fight.

In the vast eastern Pacific Ocean, the combined fleet of the Imperial Navy has defeated the US Pacific Fleet time and time again, making the US Navy dare not leave the military port on the east coast. In the southern battlefield, both the Imperial Army and the Imperial Navy have strategic advantages. And the advantage is obvious. On the Australian battlefield, if the Chinese devil hadn't been transfusing blood to the Allies, I'm afraid, in Australia at this moment, the sun flag has already been planted all over the land of Australia.

However, in the northern Korean Peninsula and Manchuria, the Imperial Army has always been in a passive position. Yes, it is the nasty Chinese devil Tang Qiuli who caused the Great Japanese Empire to suffer repeated defeats. The basic rule is that the Chinese devil appeared there, and that was the tombs of the imperial generals and soldiers. "Tang Qiuli is the mortal enemy of the Great Japanese Empire!" General Minai couldn't help sighing, his tone full of helplessness.

The number one man in the Japanese military circle had to admit that Tang Qiuli, the Chinese man who suddenly rose up, was a nightmare that the Japanese Empire could not avoid. He was even more disturbed in his heart. He deliberately avoided the reason for this mood, but he couldn't get rid of it. Manchuria, Manchuria as the situation showed, what happened now?

After the unsatisfactory dinner, General Minai came to the study, and found the memorial of Meizu from the safe. Yes, why did Meijin send a messenger to hand over this memorial to himself, so that he could play it to His Majesty the Emperor instead of directly sending it to His Majesty the Emperor?

As the largest military group in the empire's overseas colonies, the position of the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army is very important. He can go beyond the base camp and has the power to directly submit a memorial to His Majesty the Emperor. If we analyze it along this line of thought, Meijin is not He doesn't understand politics, on the contrary, he is still a scheming guy.

Present this memorial to His Majesty the Emperor with his own hands. Once His Majesty the Emperor is furious, the military and political circles criticize and criticize, and the country is full of shouts of killing, pull yourself, a heavyweight in the imperial military, to carry it for him. Due to the huge pressure and forced by the form, I had to stand in the same trench as Meijin, in other words, I was kidnapped by Meijin to prevent disaster for him!

"It's really a good plan!" General Minet couldn't help but sneer, which can explain the reason why the guy from Meijin hasn't sent a telegram since the bombshell memorial. It was beyond control, and the Kwantung Army was wiped out. Then, afterward, that guy Meizu could swear that he had already given a memorial to His Majesty the Emperor, through the hands of His Excellency Yonei.

But the memorial is still in his own hands, and he has not presented it to His Majesty the Emperor. At that time, His Majesty's anger, the doubts of the military and political leaders, and the anger of the local people will all be concentrated on him. The accused sinner?

If Yoshijiro Umezu beats him again, what to say, if the memorial is submitted to His Majesty the Emperor as soon as possible, even if Manchuria is finally lost, the Kwantung Army can retain a considerable part of its strength. If the situation in Manchuria is not as bad as he imagined, this memorial will be submitted. Before going up, I had read it, and Meijin would of course end up being the laughing stock of nervousness and alarmist talk.

Where are you?It's not that he is also burdened with all kinds of troubles, unclear judgments, incompetent results, and losing the favor of His Majesty the Emperor. General Minai didn't want to think of Umezu Yoshijiro as insidious and cunning, but he couldn't explain it. The reason to go through your own hands!

There is so much fog, General Minai lamented that Meizu's memorial has become a hot potato, which cannot be lost or covered up. The most abominable thing is that he has no understanding of the current situation in Manchuria. It is a difficult problem to submit the memorial without being bombed, it is a huge problem, he muses, undecided.

The night was getting dark and the summer heat had subsided a little, "Bang bang bang!" The door of the study was knocked heavily, and General Minai couldn't help frowning. The secretaries and guards of the mansion were all warned that when they were in the study, they should not It is allowed to disturb, not to mention, the knock on the door is very rude, "Come in!" General Minai shouted obviously displeased.

The door of the study room was pushed open abruptly, Chun Chuan, the confidential secretary, rushed in, without taking into account His Excellency Minai's displeasure, and said anxiously: "Your Excellency, the confidential room has just received the Kwantung Army Chief of Staff Matsuda Kenjiro The lieutenant general's urgent telegram reported the details of the Manchurian war situation, and according to the content of the telegram, the situation is very bad!"

"Who? Matsuda, Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army? Why wasn't it the telegram from the commander-in-chief Umezu Yoshijiro?" General Mitsuko Miuchi suddenly stood up and asked sharply, his heart sank suddenly, that bad premonition finally came It has become a reality, and the situation in Manchuria is really problematic, but it is the Chief of Staff Matsuda, not the Commander-in-Chief Yoshijiro Umezu, who sent the telegram. Isn't this a strange thing?

Confidential Secretary Chun Chuan wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, "According to the telegram, General Meizu's whereabouts are unknown now!"

"What?" General Minet was shocked, and hurriedly took over the telegram to look at it. Then, his face became abnormally pale, his hands trembled uncontrollably, he put on his coat, and ordered: "Prepare the car, go in immediately See His Majesty the Emperor at the palace!" After thinking for a while, he put the memorial from General Meizu into his briefcase.

(To be continued)

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