Okamura was taken aback and yelled at Umejin: "What do you mean by that, Chinese people? Do you think I have surrendered to the Chinese people?" As he said that, there was a hint of fierceness in his eyes and he gave Gengshan a look.
Gengshan didn't seem to see it, he just stood there motionless.
Meijin can be called a China expert, and he is naturally outstanding in Chinese affairs. The North China Front Army was able to withdraw from Peiping without any damage. What is certain is that this must be attributed to the compromise reached with the Chinese government. This compromise , although it was said that the base camp had to make concessions in order to defend Tokyo, but based on his understanding of Ouyang Yun, how could the North China Front retreat without a deeper tacit understanding between the two sides.
In the past, he just thought it was suspicious, but now, when Okamura Neji made a surprise attack and directly killed Nagano Shushen and Yamada Otsuzo, he was sure of this and regretted it very much. Why didn't he persuade Nagano to take the most direct approach? To eliminate the threat of Okamura Neiji, now, although he has seen through Okamura's true face, but because he has lost control of the troops, this can only be regarded as an afterthought. With a sad smile, Umezu said: "Okamura Village, please stop pretending. There are no outsiders here. I don’t know what promises the Chinese people have given you. I just hope you remember one thing. No matter what, you are a Yamato person, and your country can only be Japan. Remember this, never forget it, because I am very worried that in a few years, your name will be engraved on the pillar of shame for the nation."
Whether Okamura cares about his reputation, the answer is yes. At least in his own opinion, Umezu's words made him angry. He shouted at Umezu: "Ba Ge, Umezu, do you think I dare not kill you?"
Seeing that his eyes turned red and the muscles on his face became angular, Gengshan sighed in his heart and said aloud: "Your Excellency Okamura, Your Excellency Umezu just wants to die, you are sure to grant him his wish."
Okamura was startled when he heard this, then pointed at Umejin and burst into laughter, saying with a smile: "Well, Umezu, you actually want to provoke me to kill you. It's really stupid. You ask yourself, am I, Okamura, a greedy person who is afraid of death or greedy?" Are you a man of wealth and honor? Yes, I reached a compromise with the Chinese people, but why did I do this? Isn’t it for this country? Meijin, you are also a wise man. Can’t you see that this Have we already lost this battle? It doesn’t matter if we lose the battle, because as long as the foundation is still there, we still have a chance to turn around. But this bastard, the first class soldier, what is he doing? He is ruining the Empire of Japan. In the future, Umezu-kun, death is not terrible, but living bravely is what we should do most at the moment. The country cannot continue like this. If this continues, Japan will really be finished. Do you want us to die? After we died, there won’t even be a descendant to pay homage to us. Hahaha, you want to die, you want to be a hero, but I won’t let you do it. Why should I be the only one to bear this infamy? Umezu-kun, you are also a general. , sent troops to China, you also contributed a lot in it, now there is a problem, you just want to die, no, I will never allow it."
In Tokyo, the killings of Nagano Shushen and Yamada Otsuzo are not yet known. Therefore, Tojo Hideki and his generals are still in the mood to develop new combat plans to deal with the upcoming local comprehensive resistance war. In the words of Tiao Yingji: The Chinese once used all the people as soldiers to deal with the imperial army, and made the imperial army suffer a lot. Today, we will retaliate and use the same means to deal with the Chinese army. The Japanese Empire is the best guerrilla battlefield, gentlemen, pick up the weapons in your hands and prepare to fight.
Koji Tojo was behind the scenes writing various scripts for Hideki Tojo, so Hideki Tojo's performance during this period was perfect. Of course, there is no airtight wall in the world, so in the palace, Hirohito was able to treat it calmly Tojo Hideki's various performances, and made the following judgment: "Tojo-san is still a top-class soldier at heart."
Whether it is a comprehensive resistance or a decisive battle outside the homeland, no matter how magnificent these dramas appear on the surface, they cannot fundamentally change the fact that China is becoming increasingly powerful, while Japan is declining.
The war on Kyushu Island, after Tojo Hideki filled up the tunnels stretching for most of the island with various old and weak troops, did delay the Chinese army's offensive. However, after hearing the news from South America, the Malay Peninsula and North Korea From the battle reports coming from the peninsula, it was learned that when the Chinese army was still winning battles in those places, Hirohito was as smart as he could not see the key. The reason why Japan has been able to survive until now is not because of Tojo's strategy. , but China has not used its full strength at all. Once this is understood, Hirohito can't help but feel anxious every day when he is alone, because he really can't imagine that once the Chinese government uses its full strength against Japan, what awaits Japan and itself? What will be the outcome?
"We can no longer allow Tojo to continue such nonsense. The country still has some vitality. This vitality should be preserved for the future. In case the United States, the Soviet Union and Britain can form an anti-China alliance with us, in that case, we can gather the power of the four countries , will definitely be able to thwart China's ambition to dominate, but if Japan wants to benefit from this alliance, it must use some decent power. Only in this way can it win the respect of the United States, the Soviet Union and Britain, and can the spoils be distributed in the future. Get a place in it..."
The conversation between Hirohito and Ishihara that took place in the Japanese Imperial Palace was famous in later Japan as the "Yenhi Conversation" because it was after this conversation that Hirohito decided to weaken Tojo Hideki's power, thus giving Opportunities for Okamura to replace Tojo in forming the cabinet.
In later Japanese history books, Okamura's praisers generally believed that this was the key reason why Japan was not annexed by China after the war.
As for Japan, it can only establish the Self-Defense Force in the future and must accept permanent military supervision by the Chinese government. In the book of Okamura's praisers, this is the punishment that a defeated country must suffer and the best treatment it can obtain. , because "Without the efforts of Prime Minister Okamura, Japan would have ceased to exist."
Hatred can sometimes blind people's hearts, and even those as wise as Ishihara Wanji cannot avoid it. It was under his auspices that Okamura, who was supposed to be a criminal, became a hero in Japan, not only killing Nagano Shushen and Yamada Otsuzo was right, and he also gained the "right to make decisions on the spur of the moment" and had the official authorization to directly challenge Hideki Tojo.