Glorious Mission 1937

As soon as Prince Xianyuan Gong Zairen opened his mouth, he clearly stated his point of view, and he himself and the entire Ministry of War supported the war against the United States, Britain and other countries.

Prince Xianyuan Gong Zairen's straight-forward words completely made Jinwei Wen feel cold. He originally expected the old general of the royal family to oppose the war with the United States and Britain in consideration of the honor and prestige of the royal family.Of course, he is also prepared for this situation. After all, if the old prince disagrees, those guys from the Ministry of the Navy will not submit this plan to the cabinet for discussion, let alone bring it to His Majesty the Emperor.

I saw Prince Zairen of Xianyuan Palace slightly slowed down and continued: "Your Majesty, in the face of such an urgent situation, if you delay for a while, you will definitely fall into the trap of the United States and Britain, and I am afraid that the mobility of the imperial defense will gradually weaken. However, the armaments of the United States and Britain will be gradually strengthened, and our operations will become more and more difficult. In the end, we will probably face a situation where we will lose the opportunity to eliminate the obstacles of the United States and Britain. Therefore, in order to launch a war when we still have the confidence to wage war against the United States and Britain, and consider The timing for completing war preparations was set at the end of August when factors such as the meteorological conditions of the predetermined battlefield, the mobilization of troops, the requisition and modification of ships, and the deployment of troops at strategic locations through long-distance sea transportation were completed.”

However, Prince Zairen did not disappoint Konoe Fummo, and suddenly changed his tone and said: "As the prince of the Great Japanese Empire, although I agree to fight against the United States and Britain, for the sake of the eternal survival of the royal family, I should do everything in diplomacy. It goes without saying that the means should be used. During this period of diplomatic negotiations, the High Command will carefully prepare for the relevant operations so as not to stimulate the United Kingdom and the United States with our combat preparations and bring obstacles to the diplomatic negotiations.”

"However, there must be a time limit for diplomatic efforts. When diplomacy still hopes to achieve the goal, it must immediately make up its mind to go to war against Britain and the United States. And further promote the preparations for war, that is, send more troops to the southern part of French Indochina, etc., with a view to achieving the goal." War preparations should be completed by the end of May. Considering the actions of these troops, I think it is necessary to make up our minds to go to war by early August at the latest."

"His Royal Highness, during the war with the United States and Britain, how should the empire deal with the China battlefield and the red Soviet Union in the north?" Tanabe asked.

Prince Zain looked at Minister Tanabe, and then said: "You don't have to worry about the northern issue during the war in the south. You have also seen Germany's ambitions for the Soviet Union. According to the judgment of the General Staff Headquarters, the Soviet-German There must be a war in the future, so there is no need to worry about the northern issue for the time being. As for the China battlefield, the meaning of the headquarters is to continue to maintain the current state, and there should be no large-scale battles until the end of the first phase of the war between the empire and the United States and Britain. "

"Finally, if faced with the situation of war in the south, the Empire must promptly notify Germany and Italy of its intention, and secretly conclude an agreement on waging war in advance, in the hope that Japan, Germany and Italy will cooperate with each other to achieve the goal of war. At the same time, in the Under no circumstances should Germany and Italy negotiate peace with the United States and Britain separately, which is especially important in guiding the war.”

Although Prince Zairen didn't talk much.However, it played the most important role in the entire imperial meeting. After Prince Zairen finished speaking, Fumma Konoe knew that the result of today's imperial meeting had been decided. Say no. [

Fumama Konoe's worries are well-founded, despite the fact that His Royal Highness is already in his 70s.But the status in the army is not comparable to anyone, not even the current Lu Xianghai.His Royal Highness is the great-uncle of His Majesty the Emperor.The important minister in charge of the army for the emperor, served as the chief of staff of the Japanese army from the September [-]th Incident to the period of full-scale invasion of China, and directed the war of aggression against China behind the scenes.He issued every order of the Japanese army's invasion of China, and he played an irreplaceable role in the growth of the imperial army and the capture of China's territory.

Unlike ordinary members of the royal family who hold military power by virtue of their status, His Royal Highness is able to obtain today's status through his own military exploits, especially during the Russo-Japanese War when he was transferred to the Lieutenant General of the Manchurian Army Headquarters. When the Russian army counterattacked, he was transferred from the front line and commanded the army to fight hard with the Russian army near Benxi Lake.He also commanded the 2nd Cavalry Brigade to make a far-reaching detour from the right bank of the Taizi River, and cleverly "insert" into the rear of the Russian army from the side, causing the collapse of the Russian army's 22-strong frontal offensive. The suggestion of installing a machine gun against the Russian attack made a great contribution to the victory of the Japanese Cavalry First Brigade Akiyama Yoshiko in the Heigoutai Battle.

In recent years, the old prince has quietly used the hands of the Enlargement faction to demote Ishihara Waner, the hero of the Manchuria Incident, from the General Staff Headquarters, and at the same time indulged his nephew King Hatohiko Chaoxiang to run amok in China; In the Triple Alliance of Japan and Italy, he asked Deputy Minister Shigeru Sawada to hold his seal and "force" Prime Minister Lu to resign, thereby using the "Minister of the Army and Navy Active Military Attaché System" to bring down the cabinet of Mitsumasa Minei who did not agree with the alliance of the three countries; Okamura Ningji, who was in the sky, was also recalled from the China battlefield because of his disobedience, and he was put into the military senate for half a year.At this time, His Royal Highness is in fact the controller of the Imperial Japanese Army. If anyone dares to provoke him, no one will dare to oppose the tone he set.

Sure enough, after Prince Zairen finished speaking, the wind direction in the East Hall suddenly changed. Many people spoke actively and agreed with His Royal Highness. Konoe Fummo knew that the situation was over, so he could only obey the wishes of His Royal Highness and the headquarters. There is no room for redemption.

Finally, the president of the Planning Institute spoke. The original president of the planning was Suzuki Sadaichi. The lieutenant general in a suit stood up and said: "I think that no matter what situation the empire faces in the future, the personnel and the spiritual strength of the people that make up the source of the empire's national power will be important. Don't worry. The problem is mainly in the aspect of materials. The imperial economy was originally developed on the basis of trade with Britain, the United States and the sphere of influence of the United Kingdom. Most of the important materials depend on foreign supplies. Since the outbreak of the China Incident, it has been expected today Such a worst situation will inevitably happen sooner or later, so we have been seeking to develop resources within the scope of self-sufficiency and expand production capacity in order to gradually get rid of our country's economic dependence on foreign countries."

"Since the outbreak of the European war, the world situation has undergone drastic changes, especially since the rift in Japan-US relations last summer. It has been foreseen that although the consolidation and expansion of our country's productive forces have not been sufficient, we must resolve to quickly get rid of the Anglo-American For this reason, since the second half of last year, on the one hand, we have specially imported 6 million yen worth of goods and obtained and stored a batch of important materials; economic relations to make up for it.”

"However, as the relationship between the empire and the United States and Britain deteriorated, this supplement had to be abandoned. So far, the material mobility of the empire's national power, in addition to relying on the productivity of the empire itself and Manchuria and China under the might of the imperial army In addition to the productive forces of China, French Indochina and Thailand, we can only rely on the important materials in advance. Therefore, in today's situation of completely severing economic relations with Britain and the United States, the mobility of the empire's national power will be weakened day by day .”

"Liquid fuel, which has an extremely important relationship with the military, will be completely depleted by June or July next year even if the civilian needs are limited to the maximum wartime. Therefore, it is decided to make peace and establish and consolidate a solid The economic foundation is absolutely necessary for the self-sustainability of the empire. If it is necessary to consider the use of force to establish this economic foundation, it is estimated that the production capacity of our country will drop to the current production capacity for a while due to the transportation capacity of the sea and various other relations. Therefore, from the point of view of material relations, while trying to shorten the period of decline in productivity, we must also try to apply the results obtained by force to production immediately and effectively.”

"If we can firmly occupy the important areas in the south within 3 or 4 months, it will be possible to obtain petroleum, aluminum raw materials, nickel, raw rubber, tin and other materials after about 6 months. From the second year onwards, we will completely It is possible to consider the effective use of these materials. However, because this is an armed warfare, sometimes unexpected situations may arise, so we have to consider how to deal with such situations in advance. In addition, regarding high-grade asbestos, cobalt, etc. two or three This kind of material is difficult to obtain even if the southern region is occupied. However, these issues are being studied and replaced by other materials. Therefore, it is estimated that there may not be much hindrance to the maintenance and strengthening of national power."

Suzuki Sadaichi's words made everyone in the East Hall breathe a sigh of relief. This Suzuki Sadaichi is the president of the Cabinet Planning Institute. The department of the Planning Institute is equivalent to the State Planning Commission. 』, responsible for the management and allocation of resources.

In addition, Suzuki has been engaged in economic warfare in the Japanese army for a long time. Before the July 77th Incident, the smuggling activities of the Kwantung Army, Tianjin Army, and the Jidong Puppet regime were the mastermind and planning of him.With the help of the British, the Chinese National Government carried out the reform of the legal currency and implemented economic unification. He was the first to see the significance of the reform of the legal currency among the Japanese and ordered the Kwantung Army and the Tianjin Army to destroy the reform of the legal currency.

Therefore, Suzuki knew the strategic material reserves of the Empire of Japan best. Since Suzuki advocated war based on the quantitative analysis results of Japan's economic power and military power, it means that Suzuki believed that the odds of winning the war were very high.Just as Suzuki judged, if we wait for the b encirclement network to form, Japan will have no oil in a few years, not only will the industry decline, but military operations will also become impossible. At that time, not only China and Manchuria, but also the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan will be lost .

Therefore, Suzuki believes that it is better to ensure the growth of national power than to wait for the opponent's oppression.Therefore, it is necessary to occupy the southern resource belt in a war with the United States and Britain.

After everyone has spoken, according to the previous rules, this meeting should also be over. His Majesty the Emperor will make a decision in the afternoon or tomorrow, and then the cabinet will issue an edict.But to everyone's surprise, today's meeting did not end there. His Majesty the Emperor, who was sitting on the main seat, coughed lightly, and then made an exception to speak.

Emperor Hirohito didn't say much, only one sentence: "I am determined to fight the United States and Britain!". (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote and monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to m to read.)[

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