Glorious Mission 1937

As for where this war will eventually go, there have been debates in Japan for a long time, but because the Japanese army has won many battles on the Chinese battlefield before, all Japanese people are stunned by the brilliant results in front of them. Suggestions were ignored and no one cared.

At the same time, Japan's domestic contradictions are also concealed by the record of continuous victories, and the Japanese are completely lost in their ever-expanding ambitions.But they never thought that one day they would be defeated by the Chinese, and they were defeated so badly.

Being hit by a disastrous defeat and a catastrophe at the same time, the hidden contradictions and differences within the Japanese government were once again detonated. This time, even if the emperor came forward, the two factions could not be compromised, but the contradictions were put on the table.

On January 1940, 1, the plague in Japan was basically under control, but there were still nearly 27 plague-infected people who had not recovered, and a large amount of tetracycline was still needed every day.Even so, the Japanese government is satisfied. At least the scope of the plague is no longer expanding, and a large number of infected people recover every day.The Japanese government believes that as long as there are enough tetracycline drugs, this terrible plague can be extinguished soon. Because of this, Japanese high-level officials have time and energy to consider the heavy and serious question of where this war will eventually go!

On the afternoon of January 1, all the senior officials of the Japanese cabinet and base camp received a notice from the Inner Palace to hold an imperial meeting at 27 pm, and all those who received the notice must attend.

At [-] o'clock in the evening, Prime Minister Fumma Konoe, Minister of Foreign Affairs Matsuoka Yosuke, Minister of Internal Affairs Eiji Yasui, Minister of Internal Affairs Kiichiro Hiranuma, Minister of War Seishiro Itagaki, Minister of the Navy Yoshida Zengo and others all arrived.

As for the issues discussed in this imperial meeting, in fact, everyone already knew it beforehand.Seeing that everyone was present, the Prime Minister Fumma Konoe stood up and said, "Your Majesty, all the participants of the meeting have arrived, and we can begin!"

"Yo Xi! Now that everyone is here, let's start the meeting!" Emperor Hirohito said in a deep voice.

In Japan, the imperial meeting is a very serious meeting. Unlike the cabinet meeting, the imperial meeting usually makes decisions on major military affairs, and internal affairs are generally not discussed at the imperial meeting, and there is a very strange thing during the meeting The phenomenon is that the emperor generally does not speak. The entire meeting is presided over by the cabinet prime minister. At the end of the meeting, the emperor will express his thoughts and decisions, or simply speak after the meeting. This time is no exception. [

"My lords, nearly three years have passed since the China Incident. In the past three years, our Imperial Japanese Army has achieved brilliant results. We have occupied most of China, and even the capital and the second capital of China. They are all occupied by the imperial army, this is the pride of all the emperors and people!" Konoe Fummo changed his voice and said suddenly: "But we can't ignore one problem, that is to support this war, the Great Japanese Empire Consuming more than half of the wealth accumulated during the Meiji Emperor's time, the domestic economy is now in a dangerous situation of being able to sustain itself, so how we should face this war still needs to be carefully considered by you gentlemen!"

This time, Japan suffered an unprecedented fiasco, and at the same time, a large-scale plague broke out in the country, which not only affected the fate of a large number of senior military officers such as Ben Shanyuan, but also forced the rapid collapse of the Japanese Minai cabinet. In desperation, Emperor Hirohito only ordered nearly Wei Wenmo formed a cabinet for the second time.

The reason why Fumma Konoe was able to be entrusted with the important task of prime minister again by Emperor Hirohito has a lot to do with Fumma Konoe's previous statement of "New System Movement".Konoe, who was discouraged by the pressure from the military during the first cabinet period, resigned and devoted himself to the new system movement. Under his influence, political parties such as the Political Friends Association were automatically disbanded one after another, and then the Dazheng Wing Chan Association was established. A nationwide consensus system was established.

His idea has won the support of many people in the country, especially the main combat faction headed by the military. On September 1939, 9, Hitler blitzed Bolan, launching the Second World War, and swept across most of Western Europe and the entire Northern Europe in less than half a year.The glorious victories of the German army greatly stimulated the aggressive ambitions of the Japanese fascists. The Japanese imperialists were extremely dissatisfied with the stalemate in the war of aggression against China and were eager to expand the scale of the war.

This time, the Japanese army's defeat in North China and the domestic plague gave the military an excuse. In order to break this deadlock, the headquarters even went so far as to destroy the Minei cabinet that opposed the alliance with Germany and Italy, and actively supported Fummo Konoe to form a cabinet. .

As soon as Konoe's words fell, former Prime Minister Mitsumasa Yonei stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I reiterate that we must stop the war as soon as possible, otherwise the Great Japanese Empire will face the biggest crisis in the past century, and even endanger the empire. Foundation."

As a well-known military strategist and statesman during the Showa period in Japan, Mitsumasa Minai is suspected to be an elite among the Japanese upper-class elite. He is different from the mainstream opinion of the current main battle in Japan. Therefore, he actively advocates peace talks with China, and even opposes strengthening ties with Germany and Italy.

"Your Excellency Minai, you are still so stubborn. A small failure made you, the former navy minister and former prime minister, lose the blood and honor of the soldier?" Seishiro Itagaki, the Minister of the Army, stood up and spoke.

There was no conflict between Itagaki Seishiro and Yonei Mitsumasa in the past, or there was not much intersection between the two before, but since January 1939, Itagaki Seishiro, who was then Minister of War, proposed to strengthen the Japan, Germany, and Italy defense against the Communist Party. The plan was submitted to the cabinet meeting as an important national policy, with the intention of establishing a military alliance.

However, this plan was fully opposed by the Minister of the Navy Mitsumasa Yonei, Vice Minister Yamamoto 56, and Director of Military Affairs Narumi Inoue, while the Army stubbornly insisted on it. There was a serious confrontation between the Army and the Navy. At the cabinet meeting, the two sides argued more than 70 times. During this period, there were rumors in the society that Minai and Yamamoto were assassinated, which caused a momentary commotion. In this chaotic situation, Minai, Yamamoto and others refused to give up an inch, and fought tenaciously for their positions.As the differences between the two parties became bigger and bigger, the relationship between Itagaki Seishiro and Minai Mitsumasa gradually deteriorated, so that now no matter what the occasion, as long as these two people are present, they will always argue.

"Hmph! Itagaki, I'm afraid you are the one who is stubborn? Don't you know how bad the economy in the empire has become? Do you think you can force the Chinese to surrender? It's just a daydream. Let me tell you, as long as the army If the Chinese people cannot be completely wiped out within half a year, then the recently issued national debt will be exhausted again, and then your soldiers will only be able to fight the Chinese people with bayonets!" Minai Mitsumasa said angrily.

"Mine, our Imperial Japanese Army is invincible. Even with a bayonet, we can defeat the capable Chinese. We can defeat the 2 Northeast Army of China with only 30 people, and we can defeat 100 million with 300 million people. The Chinese army will be wiped out!" Seishiro Itagaki shouted.

"Hmph! Itagaki, are you joking? That's right, it is because of the Minister of War like you that the Imperial Japanese Army is getting worse day by day. Don't just use your previous achievements to call yourself a hero. In the words of China, the hero does not mention the bravery of the past. Looking at the current army, it took nearly a year for an army of more than 30 to defeat Wuhan, and nearly 15 troops were lost. This time, the North China Army is even worse. Needless to say, nearly 35 troops were thrown away by the two theaters of China. In the end, an army was swallowed up by others, and finally they were chased home by them. Imperial Japan, your army is really capable, what else can you do besides bragging?" Minai Mitsumasa sneered.

"Baga, Your Excellency Minai, you can insult me ​​Itagaki Seishiro, but you can't insult the hundreds of thousands of imperial warriors on the front line. The failure of the war is the commander's dereliction of duty. It has nothing to do with the bloody warriors on the front line. You insult them like this Have you ever thought that you are also a soldier?" Itagaki Seishiro said angrily.

"Itagaki, don't give me a big hat. As you said, I am also a soldier. How could I insult myself by talking about it? As the Minister of the Army of the Imperial Japanese Army, you should know that wars are not just between people. Fighting is a competition of national power. In terms of comprehensive national strength, the Chinese people are indeed inferior to our Great Japanese Empire, but China is China after all. China's land area is 30 times that of the empire, and China has a population of 50 million. It is six times that of the empire. The empire occupied the northeast of China, and the Chinese people could retreat to Guannei. The empire occupied Hebei, and they could retreat to Shanxi and Suiyuan. Sufficient strategic depth, but does the empire have so many troops? No, in fact, the empire can only equip a maximum of [-] troops with its economic strength, and any more will greatly affect the normal development of the empire! Let me tell you, as long as the Chinese people Persist for another year, and the Japanese Empire will collapse without a fight, and the Chinese will win without a fight! You don’t know this, you just don’t know the so-called clamoring to increase troops and go to war!” Mitsumasa Minai said loudly. [

Then Minai Mitsumasa said: "War is the only way out for the Great Japanese Empire, but it does not mean that the Great Japanese Empire can be achieved in one step. We can go to war with the Chinese people, but we cannot stand with the Chinese people for a long time, just like 30 Like the Sino-Japanese War many years ago, we only fought with the Chinese for one year, and the Japanese Empire got 23 billion taels of silver, and at the same time got Taiwan Island. In the Manchuria Incident 9 years ago, we only fought for half a year We got the whole of Manchuria in [-] minutes. But this time we insisted on fighting for more than three years and paid a huge price, but now we don’t get the slightest benefit. Therefore, our strategy must be adjusted, otherwise the Great Japanese Empire will be destroyed. Decline, and finally be surpassed by the Chinese!" rs! .