Japanese Ambassador to the United States, Togo Moto hurried back to the country. The Chinese attack on Australia has touched the bottom line of the Americans, which undoubtedly saw a glimmer of light for the Japanese who were already in despair.
Togo served as ambassador to the United States shortly after the war started. Now he has not returned to Japan for more than a year. From the dock to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the scenes he saw along the way made this knowledgeable diplomat still feel fear and shocked from the bottom of his heart.
.The Tokyo outside the car window is almost impossible to call it a city. It is full of ruins and walls, and there are no more complete buildings. The prosperity of the past has become the smoke of the past.
During the Republican bombing, all industrial areas in Tokyo were razed to the ground, the port areas were basically destroyed, ninety percent of the buildings were burned, and even the heavily guarded palaces were blown up.
.In previous major bombings, nearly 300,000 people have been killed in the bombings, and a large number of citizens have fled to the countryside. Tokyo, which originally had a population of more than 6 million, is now less than one million people left, among which
It includes more than 200,000 troops and a large number of government officials who cannot escape.
After entering the summer of 1940, the Republican army bombed Japan significantly less frequently, not because of the pity of the Japanese, but now the entire Japan can no longer find any strategic goals worth bombing.
The streets of Tokyo are still clean and tidy, but the buildings on both sides are gone, and rows of shacks are built between the ruins. Most of the less than 800,000 civilians in Tokyo live in these wooden boards.
, in temporary buildings made of linoleum or canvas.
The Chinese aviation fleet can even approach the outer periphery of the Izu Islands without restraint. The entire southern part of North Korea has fallen. The combat range of Chinese fighter jets taken from Busan and Ulsan can cover most of Japan. In order to avoid bombing, Japan has high hopes for it.
The entire United Fleet could only move to Hakodate in the north, and was unable to carry out local defense.
Due to repeated bombings, the four injured "Kingo-class" battleships have not been repaired. The two Fuso-class battleships have sunk. The huge Japanese fleet before the war has only two Nagamon-class and two Ise-class warships left.
The warships can operate, and only three old warships, Akagi, Kaga and Fengsu, are left in the aircraft carriers. Due to the devastating blow to the steel and shipbuilding industries, the last aircraft carriers of the Aolong and the Feilong, which are almost completed.
The project could not be carried out either. The two heavy aircraft carriers, Yamato and Musashi battleships, Nen and Shochi, which had been launched, were unable to complete the installation, and could only follow the joint fleet naked to Hokkaido.
The continuous bombing has severely damaged the confidence of the Japanese people, and the public's resentment is getting stronger and stronger, and there is a possibility of large-scale civil strife at any time.
Such a large and desolate scene reminds Togo of Yekaterinburg, which was destroyed in the Russian Civil War. He used to be a diplomat to visit the Russian city that was completely destroyed by artillery fire. Today, Tokyo has also been destroyed by the war, and at a glance it is full of sight.
The desolation and emptiness.
Togo Moto arrived at a new Prime Minister's Mansion with a two-story building. The original Prime Minister's residence had been destroyed during the bombing. Mine Mitsumasa had to move to a small building near the suburbs to work. The Prime Minister's secretary welcomed him.
, brought him into the ongoing cabinet joint meeting venue.
The secretary told him that including Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka, Army Minister Shinji Hata, Army Chief of Staff Kanir Ishihara, Army Director of Education General Yamasugimoto, Navy Minister Yoshida Seonggo, Navy Order Minister Navy Nagao, Navy Minister Navy Nagao, Navy Minister Navy Nagami, Navy Minister Navy Nagami, Navy Minister Navy Nagami, Navy Minister of Operations Inoue, Nongro
Minister Fumiko Kotomi and Minister of Commerce and Industry Toyota Satojiro and others have already arrived at the conference room. Togo's return from the United States this time brought them some pretty good news.
"Is there something big happening?" Donggo saw that the ministers were all there, and the expected meeting with the Prime Minister would only convene Foreign Minister Matsuoka and the Army and Navy personnel for consultations, and would submit them to the cabinet meeting if the matter was feasible.
"The Chinese people launched a new landing attack, and their targets were Tsushima and Yaeyama Island, which had relatively weak defenses." The secretary told him the reason for today's meeting, and Togo Moto began to be startled. Fortunately, the Chinese people were in trouble.
People have not started to log in to the local area yet.
Togo Moto hurried into the conference room, where a fierce debate was taking place. Prime Minister Mine sat in the first place expressionlessly, his face full of fatigue.
Ishihara Kanr advocated accepting the harsh ceasefire conditions of the Chinese people, Japan surrendered unconditionally, and ceding all territories plundered since the Meiji Restoration, including Taiwan, North Korea, Ryukyu, Outer Northeast and Sakhalin Island. This was met with Yamasugimoto
With fierce opposition from Nagano and others, Nagano even directly criticized Ishihara as a "traitor".
Yamasugimoto stood up and glared at Ishihara Kanji: "The empire is in a difficult situation at present. Only in this case can the perseverance of the Yamato nation be shown. We are an unyielding and excellent nation, and we would rather die in battle.
Never bow to the enemy!"
"It's useless to just say these big words. I want to know what General Shanshan is planning to defeat the Chinese. You are really brave. You can go to North Korea and the Northeast to fight against the Chinese people. No one will stop you!" Ishihara
Smiling said coldly that due to continuous defeats, the hardliners in the army and the navy have been cleaned up, and the emperor needs to find a decent way to defeat, and these brainless guys are still shouting "all jade breaks" all day long
, joking with the lives of tens of millions of people.
"Do you give up easily because you can't win? Ishihara kun, this is not what an imperial samurai should say." Nagano also stood up and looked directly at Ishihara Kanir, while the Minister of Army Shinrok Hata and Hirosaki Yoshida
Shanwu remained silent.
"The words of Nagano, General Yamasugi, and General Ishihara are reasonable. What else can the empire use to fight against the Chinese? Our sea passage has been completely blocked, and what was the domestic steel production last month? 8,000 tons!
Making bayonets is not enough." Yoshida Naimi began to speak and support Ishihara Kanir, "Do we ask the people to fight against the Chinese tanks with wooden sticks? What's the difference between this and suicide? Our current monthly aircraft production is only 120.
and lack of stable engines.”
"But do we just admit defeat like this? What's the difference between death!" Nagano was still not showing any weakness. The people and the army would definitely not accept the surrender plan proposed by the Chinese. If that were the case, Japan would become a protective place for the Chinese people.
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"But, what can I do? If I continue to fight, more Japanese will die in battle. We have suffered more than 6 million casualties, and how much damage has been caused to the Chinese people? 110,000, I think
The Chinese people will not be afraid of losing another 300,000 people to kill all the adult men in Japan!” Ishihara said, “Until the end, what else can we use to protect our women, the elderly and children, you know us
How did the soldiers fight against the well-equipped Chinese army in the snow in northern North Korea at more than 30 degrees below zero? They wore thin winter clothes and were not covered with food. They fell one by one, and the Chinese retreated.
We had a "big victory" of deceiving ourselves, and wiped out more than 3,000 Chinese. But who knew that more than 100,000 outstanding soldiers were frozen to death or starved to death in that deserted area in the winter
On the plateau, you have been counting on the British aid, but where are they now? The Germans may soon land on the British islands." Ishihara Kaner shed tears, and nearly one million Korean and Japanese troops were besieged by the Republican army.
On the Gama Plateau, in one winter, the number of non-war half-salary personnel was reduced by as much as half. Many Japanese soldiers were frozen to death on the Korean battlefield due to insufficient supplies.
"Okay, everyone is an important minister of the court. Your Majesty has entrusted us with state affairs. We know that sitting here and quarrel all day long can you deserve Your Majesty's love?" Seeing that the quarrel is about to continue endlessly,
Mine Hiromasa interrupted their speech, "Let's listen to the plan that Dongxiangjun brought back from the United States first. The Americans have confirmed that they will join the war soon. This is good news. Dongxiangjun, let's talk about the Americans' thoughts first.
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Minai Mitsumasa shifted the topic to the US aid, which became Japan's only life-saving straw.