Bright Sword: Heiyunzhai was closed at the beginning

Chapter 365 The Great War Is Coming
Thrush Jing.

After breaking up with the army again.

Suzuki Shousuke, like ants on a hot pot, once again visited Minister of the Interior Kido.

"Mr. Kido, Tsushima Island, and Jeju Island have fallen into the hands of Gao Jianwu's troops. Especially on Jeju Island, the 58th Army has a strong force of 3 divisions and 1 brigade, as well as the 12th Artillery Command The firepower of the 3 artillery wings and 3 artillery brigades, under the precise strikes against Gao Jianwu's naval guns and air force, they did not last for 3 days.

Tanegashima also reported that they had encountered a fierce attack, and had lost the southern part and two brigade defense forces. According to the speculation of the intelligence department, the Allied forces will have the conditions to launch a large-scale attack on the mainland of Kyushu in at most half a month. scale attack.

The defenders of the 14 divisions and 9 brigades in Kyushu will face the attack of nearly a million Allied forces. This is not counted. At least 500 Allied fighter planes are bombarding the locust army in Kyushu. , continually weakening our defenses;
At the same time, the Allied Forces had four squadrons with dozens of escort aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers, and destroyers providing them with escorts for maritime transportation and naval gun attack fire support. "

"Mr. Kido, the bargaining chips in our hands are decreasing day by day. If Kyushu Island falls, we will have almost no room for negotiation."

Suzuki Shousuke was really anxious.

Seeing the constant loss of cities and territories this day, every loss of a piece of land means that the interest of the Allied Forces in negotiating will weaken by a point.

The most important thing is that the locust army can no longer cause major damage to the Allied forces.In other words, the Allied forces no longer need to suffer huge casualties to push forward all the way.

In that case, who would negotiate well with him?

"Your Excellency Suzuki," Kido hesitated to speak. From his point of view, he could feel that the situation was rapidly deteriorating. Suzuki Shousuke and the others were right.

But as Tian Huang's spokesperson, what he needs to consider is Tian Huang's best interests. Tian Huang must not let Tian Huang say this, let alone become Tian Huang's biggest handle in the future.

How to protect the imperial family is Kido's biggest task. In order to achieve this goal, he has tried his best to get the "moderate" Suzuki to come to power, just to let the old man negotiate with the Allied forces about surrender.

And in this process, someone must stand up and take responsibility. In this case, it is natural to throw out the military as a scapegoat.

At present, it seems that only by doing so can the royal family be preserved. Kido knows that this process must be very difficult. The people in the military department are not fools. They insist on fighting, and they just want to drag everyone into the water through fighting.

For those high-level people in the empire, although they usually speak righteously, when things come to an end, no one is willing to sacrifice themselves to help others.

This is also the most basic reason why Suzuki couldn't reach an agreement with those in the military department.

The military does not want to shoulder the responsibility for the war.

"Mr. Kido, whether it is Hirota, Tojo or Anan, they all refuse to conduct peace talks. Now the Ministry of War controls the overall situation in the country. If there is no order from His Majesty, it will be difficult for us to advance the process of peace talks." Shousuke Suzuki showed his cards. , "In this case, the veteran will not be able to serve His Majesty anymore, please beg for the bones."

In the end, this mess was handed over to him, and Suzuki Shousuke actually accepted it very reluctantly.

But after the combined fleet was nearly wiped out, the Admiralty had completely lost its say in the military. Suzuki and Minai, both from the Navy, could not make Anan and others make concessions.

"Your Majesty Suzuki, at this time of crisis, Your Majesty has high hopes for Your Majesty, and I will definitely persuade His Majesty to support your work." Kido was forced by Suzuki to delay any longer.

If Suzuki really chooses, the current situation will be even more difficult to control.

In the new cabinet, the navy department has no ability to compete with the army department, so the next thing is to continue to fight to the death.

The final outcome may be the annihilation of the entire army.

With the locust army gone, Tian Huang naturally had no foundation to survive.

"Please give me another three days, and I will definitely find a way." Minister Kidouchi finally gave a clear answer.

"Mr. Inoue, how many people have you organized now?" Kenji Hataaka asked when he had another secret meeting with Masataka Inoue, and he had already found more than 20 like-minded young people.

"Now we have more than 50 people joining," Inoue Masataka replied, "most of them are from the army, and some are from the navy. Generally speaking, everyone is determined not to allow His Majesty Tianhuang to surrender."

Kenji Hataka did the math, the power at hand was still too weak.

Most of them are staff officers, and they don't have troops under their own direct command. Only these people add up to two teams, which is not a big deal.

You have to get people who are powerful and have troops to come in.

And it has to be a powerful figure in the military on Tsuginkyo's side. Kenji Hataka kept thinking about who to pull into the group in order to turn the tide.

There is almost no need to think about it with my uncle, the appointment will not help me, it is not bad if he does not hold back.

Kenji Hatanaka checked the real power figures around Tsugumi in his mind, and suddenly a key figure appeared in his mind.

"Our Army will never give up. In Kyushu we will build the Maginot Line of the East.

我们的第16方面军第40军和第57军在九州南部有5个师团和3个独立混成旅团、2个独立战车旅团的强大实力，以及第一炮兵司令部和第四炮兵司令部俩支重炮兵部队，在南边以鹿儿岛为中心布下了铜墙铁壁。

The 56th Army, with Fukuoka as the center, has deployed 4 divisions and two tank brigades. It has 4 heavy artillery regiments and 3 artillery regiments in the Sixth Artillery Command, and there are two in Iki and Shimoko. The fortress group deployed two heavy artillery regiments, nine fortress infantry brigades and several garrison brigades.

In the whole of Kyushu, we have deployed the main force with a total strength of more than 40. Relying on the solid fortress group and the defense of the fort's heavy artillery, even a million allied forces are enough to resist the attack! "

Facing Suzuki's persuasion again, General Anan had no intention of compromising at all.

"Mr. Anan, now is not the time to be a hero. I am not arguing with you, but to inform you by His Majesty's decree. Now the military must be in step with the cabinet. His Majesty's official decree to negotiate a peace depends on the cabinet." Lord, from now on, we will unify our thinking on how to negotiate peace with the Allied forces." Seeing that Anan still refused to budge, Suzuki Shousuke had to come up with an order.

This is the trump card he got after negotiating with Minister Kido many times. Even though Tian Huang still kept silent about surrender, in this decree, Tian Huang clearly expressed his opinion, "The current situation, all Suzuki Shousuke's work is mainly carried out, Suzuki Shousuke's decision is my decision, and you must assist Suzuki Shousuke to make good decisions and major events, and save the empire from danger."

General Anan didn't expect Suzuki to release his trump card suddenly, he took the order and saw that it was indeed Tian Huang's seal.

He couldn't help but said bitterly: "Since His Majesty has already made a decision, the military will naturally follow it. Mr. Suzuki, please be cautious when negotiating peace, and put the interests of the empire and His Majesty Tian Huang first."

"Of course, Anan-kun, there are some signs of instability in the army, especially the young people in the staff department. I hope that Anan-kun can stabilize the entire army and nothing will happen." Suzuki Shousuke said to General Anan .

"In order to ensure the advancement of the upcoming peace talks, the Navy will dispatch the Sasebo Special Marine Corps into the vicinity of Tsuginyo. Please understand Anan-kun."

Hearing that Shousuke Suzuki had even considered the worst-case scenario, General Anan knew that the big event could no longer be stopped. His Majesty Tian Huang's determination had been tilted to Shousuke Suzuki. There was direct pressure from Tian Huang.

This is something General Anan cannot bear.

"Don't worry Suzuki-kun, the Ministry of War will do its own thing well and will never delay His Majesty's important affairs." General Anan could only bow his head to Suzuki Shousuke's invisible warning.

General Anan is still very clear about the situation of his Army Staff Headquarters.

On the one hand, they received information that the little devil was preparing for peace talks, but this time General Steven and General Smith, under the influence of Gao Jianwu, had only one answer to the little devil: "Unconditionally put down your arms and surrender immediately!"

Suzuki Shousuke received this short answer, and after a brief discussion with Kido, Minai and other peace factions, he decided to still send a delegation to see General Steven's Allied Command.

Although they have not explicitly responded to unconditional surrender, this gesture is not far from unconditional surrender.

Originally, this was news from the highest level of Xiaobenzi, but finally Anan "unintentionally" made a slip of the tongue and passed the news to the Army Staff Headquarters.

Kenji Hataka was furious when he heard the news, and he immediately sped up his actions.

Tsugukyo Guard Division Headquarters.

Inoue Masataka took a few people to meet directly with Lieutenant General Mori Hisa, the head of the Guards Division, in the name of passing on the orders of the military headquarters.

"Your Excellency Morihisa, we are not the heralds of the military department." After seeing Lieutenant General Morihisa, Inoue Masataka directly stated the purpose of his party.

"The few of us who came to the Guard Division wanted to save the entire empire together with Your Excellency Morijiu. We could not choose to surrender under the cowardice of some people, but to eliminate some cowards and cowards around His Majesty Tian Huang as soon as possible, and restore the empire. Lead the decisive battle on the homeland, bury the allied forces in the homeland with iron and blood, and then wait for the opportunity to rise again!"

Masataka Inoue said solemnly.

"Mr. Inoue, everyone, the Guards Division is the guard of His Majesty Tian Huang. Everything is subject to His Majesty Tian Huang's order. Our Guards Division is not now and will not become a self-assessed guard in the future. All officers and soldiers of the Guards Division , will take defending and serving Tian Huang as the highest criterion!" Lieutenant General Mori Hisa categorically rejected Masataka Inoue's persuasion.

Self-assessment at such a time is tantamount to making Tianhuang's rebellion, and of course Lieutenant General Morijiu would not do such a thing.

"Your Majesty Morijiu, if His Majesty Tian Huang is surrounded by rebellious officials and deceives His Majesty, then Your Excellency Morijiu must listen to the Qing Emperor, otherwise the empire will be betrayed by these rebellious ministers, and the thousand-year empire will be destroyed!" Masataka Inoue further persuaded.

To Lieutenant General Morijiu, his words became more and more outrageous.

"Mr. Inoue, I think you are the generation of nephew, you waited for your father's generation to fight on the battlefield and serve His Majesty Tian Huang for generations, I hope that at this critical moment, you must not act impulsively.

You are the future hope of the empire. At this difficult time, you must learn to endure in order to keep your useful body and work hard for the re-emergence of the empire in the future. "Lieutenant General Mori Jiu earnestly persuaded.

But in the minds of people like Masataka Inoue, General Mori Hisagi is a little ignorant and flattering of this.

Before they could make a decision, another team of uninvited guests came one after another.

This is Kenji Hataka taking Uemoto Sotaro to the headquarters of the Guards Division.

"Mr. Inoue, is Your Excellency Morihisa willing to join us in making a big event together?" Kenji Hataka asked Masataka Inoue after he came in.

In fact, seeing the expressions of Lieutenant General Morihisa and Masataka Inoue on the field, Kenji Hatanaka already knew the result.

"Hatanaka-kun, Your Excellency Morihisa still hasn't agreed to join us in doing righteous deeds." Masataka Inoue shook his head.

"Then there is nothing to talk about, Your Excellency Morihisa, for the sake of the empire, we must ask you to return to your position." After speaking, Kenji Hataka took out his gun and shot two shots at Lieutenant General Morihisa.

Lieutenant General Morihisa stared at Kenji Hataka in disbelief. He couldn't believe that Kenji Hataka dared to openly rebel here until he died, but Kenji Hataka did it without hesitation.

Lieutenant General Morijiu spat out blood, and tried to block the big hole in his chest that was spurting blood with both hands, but everything was in vain, and he lost consciousness soon after losing a lot of blood.

Before he fell down, Kenji Hatanaka took out a few orders from his arms, directly moved Lieutenant General Morihisa's fingers that had not lost the temperature, and stamped his fingerprints on the order with blood.

He, Masataka Inoue, Sotaro Uemoto, and others were appointed as the regiment captain and captain of the Guards Division, and quickly carried Lieutenant General Morihisa into another room before the guards from the Guards Division headquarters rushed in. , and then come out with a brand new order book.

"Major Hataka, what happened just now, who is shooting?" Second Lieutenant Ishihara, the captain of the guard who rushed over, met Kenji Hataka at the door and asked him without any doubt.

He is an old man in the army who has followed Lieutenant General Morihisa for a long time. He has met Kenji Hataka and knows that he is a popular person next to a big man in the military department. He is already a major at a young age.

"Ishihara-kun, someone accidentally went off fire just now, and nothing happened. I received the order from the military department. Commander Morihisa has appointed me as the joint captain of the Guards Division and the captain of the first brigade. This is an order. I also hope that Ishihara-kun can take us to various alliances for the handover of positions.

Commander Morihisa wants to rest, so he won't come out.Please be sure to arrange for someone to guard the headquarters, so that no one disturbs your Excellency, Commander. "Hatanaka Ken issued a fake order without changing his face.

Second Lieutenant Ishihara took over the order letter from Takeru Hatanaka and the others. Sure enough, it had the bright red seal of the military department and the handprint of Commander Morihisa on it. Although the handprints could not be identified for a while, Second Lieutenant Ishihara would not be mistaken for the bright red seal of the military department. That is true!

These familiar visitors are all of the rank of major or even lieutenant commander, and they are genuine staff officers from the military department. There may be a big man above lieutenant general behind them all. The guard group is a better choice.

Because the Guards Division mainly guards the imperial palace, there is no danger other than being bombed. Second Lieutenant Ishihara didn't think of going anywhere else. After checking that there was nothing wrong with the order, he really took a few of them there with a salute. Take office immediately.

And the three ignorant regiment captains had no doubts, and handed over the British command of the regiment in a daze, so that Kenji Hataka and the others quickly replaced the guards of the division headquarters with their own people, and Mori Hisaka Temporarily conceal the death information.

Then, with the order to strengthen the security of the palace, the guard division surrounded the palace, and then cut off the palace's external communication!
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