Age of Rebirth

Emperor Hirohito was very chilling. All the important military and political ministers in the room, five people and six children, just now they were all blushing and thick-necked, but now they are all dumb. He said coldly: "Could it be that no one came out to replace the Do I share my worries? Anyone can tell that His Majesty the Emperor is on the verge of going berserk. n∈,

The Minister of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the headquarters, General Mitsuko Minai, finally broke the silence, and said slowly: "His Majesty, colleagues, if more than 8 imperial soldiers are safely withdrawn to the mainland, relying only on the existing strength of the empire, is it right?" If it cannot be completed, the China Independent Division Fleet will not be able to pass, therefore, the minister thinks that it is necessary to ask the Italians to help!"

"What? Italians?" Many ministers, including Emperor Hirohito, looked at Koichi Minai strangely, thinking that he was delusional. The Italians had stumbled and lost their entire fleet in the waters of the Solomon Islands. I also didn't see that greedy and arrogant Italian Prime Minister Mussolini, who was loudly blowing cowhide, showed any signs of revenge on Tang Qiuli, the devil of China!

It can be seen from this that Mussolini was also a bear character who magnified his words, used small money, and swallowed the slap given by the Chinese. Now, Koichi Minei is still thinking about asking the Italians to help , what do you think, old and confused?

Facing the suspicious and strange eyes of His Majesty the Emperor and his colleagues, Minai Koichi looked calm. Apart from this, there was no other way to safely withdraw more than 8 elite soldiers of the empire to the mainland. In addition, after Prince Zain took over the mainland After defending military affairs, I am the number one boss of the army.Almost stood aside, how could this be possible.When did Minei Koichi fade out of the power core of the empire?

Seeing Mi Nehiko with a confident look.Emperor Hirohito also murmured in his heart, "Could it be that Minai Koichi really has a solution? Try it, it's better than being helpless!"

"It seems that Mine Aiqing must have a clever plan in his chest. It is so good. Regarding the matter of asking the Italians to help the empire withdraw troops from North America, I will leave it to Mine Aiqing to handle it!" Emperor Hirohito is also a dead horse right to be a living horse doctor, More than 8 soldiers.No small matter!

Mi Neiguang smiled slightly, knowing that he had finally won part of the right to speak, but this was not enough, he continued: "Thanks to Your Majesty's wrong love, I will do my best to facilitate this matter, but I ask Your Majesty to authorize you to deal with the North American Empire with full authority." All matters concerning the occupied territories and the Hawaiian Islands!"

"Huh?" Emperor Hirohito looked at Koichi Minu suspiciously.The empire's North American occupied area has become tasteless, and it is not a pity to abandon it, not to mention, I promised to look at the Italians.But what does he want the Hawaiian Islands for?

"Mine Ai, can you explain more clearly? What do you want to do with the right to handle the Hawaiian Islands?" Emperor Hirohito had to ask.

Mineiguang talked about it with eloquence: "Before, in order to supplement the supplies and retreat of the Australian front army, the empire reached an agreement with the Italians. But unfortunately, it did not save the fate of the Australian front army. And the Italians also lost an army. Fleet, now, if you want to ask the Italians to help, I am afraid that just a western occupied area of ​​the United States will not be enough!"

"Thus, this subject is going to fly to the North American battlefield in person to meet with Admiral Feisald, the commander of the Italian North American Expeditionary Force, and the bargaining chip to pay is the Hawaiian Islands, otherwise, it will not be enough to tempt the Italians!"

"No! This subject strongly opposes it!" As soon as Minai Koichi's voice fell, Naval Minister Nagano Shuzan stood up and expressed his strong opposition. Admiral Yongno wanted to pounce on him and bite the old bastard Minai Koichi a few bites.

The importance of the geographical location of the Hawaiian Islands is self-evident. Owning them can control the entire Eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the darling of the Imperial Navy, especially Pearl Harbor, which is the only preserved Eastern Pacific base of the Navy. What is the difference between Minai Koichi wanting to hand it over to the Italians and digging out the roots of the navy and cutting off the hope of the imperial navy to restore its former glory?

"Nagano-kun, please be safe!" Minai Koichi's tone was as calm as a baby just waking up, "Listen to me, using the Hawaiian Islands as a bargaining chip, we can persuade the Italians to help the empire, but this is only the purpose One, the ultimate goal is to persuade the Italian army on the North American battlefield to enter the mainland as an ally, so that it is equivalent to the Italian army directly participating in the war against the invasion of China's independent division!"

"What's more, I'm not going to give the Hawaiian Islands to the Italians, but I can invite the Italian Navy to station at Pearl Harbor, share the right to use Pearl Harbor with the Imperial Navy, and spread it, including several important ports in the mainland. Do the same! With the greed of the Italians, they will definitely agree!"

"A brilliant plan!" As soon as Koichi Minai finished speaking, Emperor Hirohito couldn't help but praise, "Aiqing Minai's strategy can be described as a different approach, it is really wonderful, good! I will authorize the appointment of Aiqing Minai as the Emperor of the Empire of Japan Special envoy, make a special trip to the North American battlefield, contact the Italians, and make this happen!"

Nagano Shuzan put out the fire at that time. He had to admit that Minai Koichi's trick was definitely a whimsical idea. The most wonderful thing was that he invited the Italian navy fleet to Pearl Harbor. Once China became independent Division fleet, attacking Pearl Harbor, first of all the Italians will not agree, otherwise, with the current strength of the navy, it is absolutely impossible to keep the Hawaiian Islands!

After admiring Koichi Minuchi's ingenious plan, Emperor Hirohito turned his gaze to Shuzan Nagano, and kindly asked, "Aiqing Nagano, do you have any objections?"

Nagano Xiushan replied sullenly: "Your Majesty, I have no objection!"

"That's good!" On the face of Emperor Hirohito, he couldn't hide the excitement that he felt that the empire had a wonderful plan to bring the dead back to life, and said anxiously: "Minai Aiqing, you will rush to the North American battlefield immediately, the sooner the better!"

Emperor Hirohito was really impatient. Being able to drag the Italians into the war against the invasion of the Japanese mainland by the independent division of Jina was a great thing for himself and the Japanese Empire. For this reason, Not to mention giving up the right to use Pearl Harbor, even if Mussolini asked him for the princess of the royal family, he would agree without hesitation and send the princess over there deliciously!

"Thank you for His Majesty's trust!" Koichi Minei bowed calmly, and said in a high voice: "I will not disgrace my mission!" He has considerable confidence, based on his understanding of Italian Prime Minister Mussolini, this Prime Minister, to put it bluntly, is a An insatiable guy, as long as he offers enough benefits, he won't refuse!

On the same day, a few assistants who were proficient in Italian were brought by Mineiguang and flew to the North American battlefield on a large transport plane. They also came on the same plane, together with several officers from the General Staff, who were in charge of withdrawing troops from the North American battlefield. .

Koichi Minai's confidence is not blind self-confidence. He grasped Mussolini's pulse very accurately. After meeting with Faisald, the commander of the Italian North American Expeditionary Force, he did not waste any words, and confessed the meaning of the Great Japanese Empire.

Admiral Faisald's virtues are similar to Mussolini's. How can he say that he has the same kind of leadership as there are subordinates? He felt like he was hit by a big pie falling from the sky. The whole person was dizzy.

Although with his IQ, he still can't judge how much risk is in the benefits given by the Japanese, and whether there is poison in the cake, but he instinctively feels that this is the absolute chance for the Kingdom of Italy to gain a foothold in the Pacific region. Great opportunity!

Admiral Feisald, on the one hand, with the highest etiquette, received Mitsuko Minei and his party from the ally side, and on the other hand, sent the Japanese to the door with an urgent and top-secret telegram to truthfully tell Prime Minister Mussolini reported.

Mussolini's feeling was similar to that of his subordinates, who were overwhelmed by the great thing that fell from the sky, so he couldn't believe it. He read the secret telegram over and over again, and then he couldn't help but giggle.

Originally, Mussolini was worried about the annihilation of a fleet of the Italian Navy in the waters of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean. He wanted to retaliate against the Chinese, and planned to send an expeditionary force to kill the Chinese. In this land, teach that arrogant Tang Qiuli a good lesson, but because of the advice of the German head of state, Hitler, and the opposition of the domestic party, government, and military officials, the matter was suppressed for the time being.

But this does not mean that Mussolini forgot about this loss and lost more than [-] warships. For Italy, even a slight injury to the skin is not considered. Behind him, he has gained a lot of benefits, and Italy's national strength is strong!

Continental Europe has no enemies that threaten him, and he is surrounded by the boss of Germany. Mussolini took it for granted that Italy is now a military and economic power, not comparable to Germany, but much stronger than the Japanese. Invitation, is there a gift not to go?

Mussolini was unwilling to delay even for a minute, as if he was afraid that the Japanese would go back on his word, and immediately ordered his secretary to issue a notice to hold an emergency meeting at the prime minister's residence with the participation of leaders from various Italian party, government, and military systems.

At the meeting, Mussolini, with his consistent eloquence, mixed the reasons for helping the Japanese into the decision on Asian affairs, and said that he was ostentatious, righteous, and polite. It seemed that Italy would not send troops to help its ally Japan. I'm sorry to everyone in the world!

It is Italy's unshirkable responsibility to help its allies, and what Italy is responsible for. For this reason, the status quo in the Asia-Pacific region prevents the Asia-Pacific region from falling into war. In order to maintain stability in the Asia-Pacific region, Italy is willing to take responsibility, etc. This argument, probably Only the Americans of later generations can match it.

Yes, the purpose of Mussolini's meeting is to tell the party, government and military officials that this is their own decision, and it does not require you to waste time studying and discussing.

(to be continued) (to be continued...)