Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

The secretary hesitated for a while, then spread out the document and read: "It is estimated that about 19 residents of Tokyo were burned to death, and another 2 residents were drowned or frozen to death. Almost all of them were burned down in a big fire. Nearly a million residents were homeless, and there was a shortage of food and clothes. It is estimated that tens of thousands of people may die of freezing and starvation in the next few days. The military industrial enterprises in Tokyo were affected. Most of the equipment and workshops were burned down, and the casualties of skilled workers were extremely high. It is impossible to resume production in a short period of time. This will cause the production of air defense weapons in the Tokyo area to decrease by more than [-]%. In addition, the army stationed in Tokyo lost [-] people About [-] anti-aircraft machine guns were lost, about [-] anti-aircraft guns were lost due to inconvenient movement, and about [-] other artillery pieces were burned. In addition, all open-air granaries in Tokyo were burned, and they were hidden in air-raid shelters. The amount of food is not much. If it is to be distributed to all residents of Tokyo, it can only last for two or three days."

Hideki Tojo closed his eyes in pain, felt a splitting headache, and said in a weak voice: "Order the cities around Tokyo to quickly dispatch food for emergency. At the same time, all urban residents are forced to evacuate and disperse to the countryside and southern Honshu Island Residents can be evacuated to the north in an organized manner, and if possible, try to evacuate to Hokkaido. At the same time, in the city, demolish some residential buildings, draw fire zones, and recruit a large number of unemployed residents to serve as firefighters."

"Yes!"

"Now is the time to meet the emperor." Hideki Tojo stood up feebly, he could even imagine the situation where the emperor was yelling at him, but there was no way, such a big thing happened in Tokyo, he couldn't hide It's over.

When he came to the Emperor's Palace, Hideki Tojo was immediately dumbfounded.Is this still the imperial palace that has always been famous for its grandeur and exquisite architecture?All the buildings inside were blown up, and more than half of the towering ancient trees fell down. Even the palace gate, which has always been a symbol of the royal family, was left with only a few rotten bricks and tiles.Inside the palace, there were maids' limbs and broken arms everywhere, and pieces of clothes were hanging on the few remaining trees.

When he came to the air-raid shelter built for the emperor, Hideki Tojo breathed a sigh of relief.Fortunately, a few bombs hit the air-raid shelter, but the solid wall of the cave was not penetrated.

Resurgence: World War II Chapter 592 Life-saving Straw

"Hideki Tojo has an audience with His Majesty the Emperor." Tojo stood at attention and called inside.

After a while, the emperor came out. His clothes were still neat and his hair was combed meticulously, but his legs were trembling, so he had to be supported by his attendants to move forward.Behind him, followed by a large group of members of the royal family, each with pale faces and dusty clothes, leaning on the wall of the air-raid shelter, slowly moving outward.

"Hideki Tojo's inability to protect the emperor surprised you." Hideki Tojo didn't even dare to raise his head, but kept pleading guilty.

Hirohito suddenly pushed away the attendant, and shouted with red eyes: "Ineffective protection? Prime Minister Tojo, you are too light. You should have thought that such a day would come when the Chinese navy sailed to Tokyo. This I don’t need to ask how many people died in Tokyo in one attack, and how much damage was suffered, you know it best in your heart.”

"Hideki Tojo is guilty, Your Majesty the Emperor."

"Can a sentence of guilt make everything disappear? At the beginning, I handed over the military and political power of the entire Great Japanese Empire to you. I hoped that you could lead the people of the Great Japanese Empire to defeat the Chinese and revive the glory of the empire. However, the battle has already passed. The fight has been going on for more than two months, and the result? The Korean Peninsula lost the most elite Kwantung Army in the empire, Okinawa and other islands lost contact with the country, and the navy was completely wiped out. As for the air force... Will our Empire of Japan have an air force? You just cultivated a group of idiots who can’t fly and don’t use their brains, and only engage in suicide attacks at critical moments. As a result, we lost a lot of pilots and planes, and in exchange for the Chinese’s crazy attacks.”

Hideki Tojo's face became paler and paler. He could tell that the Emperor was extremely dissatisfied with him. Fortunately, the Congress was bombed, and members of the Congress suffered heavy casualties. Otherwise, he might directly propose a resolution to remove himself from Congress .If that's the case, the only thing waiting for me is the end of the body and head.He quickly kowtowed and said: "Please rest assured, the emperor, I will live up to the emperor's expectations and lead the people to victory in this war."

The emperor shook his head wearily: "No, do you think that our Great Japanese Empire is capable of confronting the Chinese now? If we continue to fight like this, it will be good if we don't perish. Your Excellency Prime Minister, I ask you, oh, No, I beg you, go and talk with the Chinese. As long as you can keep the state system of the Great Japanese Empire and the status of our imperial family, you can talk about anything. You can agree to whatever conditions the Chinese want. Now is the right time for peace talks , if we wait a few more months, when we have to surrender, the Japanese archipelago may no longer exist."

Hideki Tojo raised his head and said: "Please rest assured, the emperor, I will immediately find a way to contact the Chinese, and strive to find a way to end the war decently, which can not only preserve the status of the emperor, but also preserve the resurgence of our Yamato nation. Chance."

The emperor calmed down a bit. If the prime minister is dismissed in a hurry now, there will be no one available in his hands. Now those Yuansu people in the Japanese political arena have long been hiding out of sight. Hideki Tojo is still in the current political arena. The most powerful person, he scolded him enough just now, but at the critical moment, he still pays equal attention to kindness and power, so he helped Tojo Hideki up with his own hands, and sighed heavily: "Your Excellency, I have always admired you. You, so, I hand over all the military and political power of Japan to you. China is no longer the Manchu Qing government 30 years ago, and we don’t need to confront them head-on. Sometimes, taking a step back is to advance dozens of steps in the future. You go, have a good talk with the Chinese, I will find some influential members of Congress to give unconditional support for your proposal."

After finishing speaking, the emperor raised his head, looked at the palace that was not dilapidated, and said sadly: "It's a pity that such an artistic palace has been destroyed like this. Oh, by the way, how about the Yasukuni Shrine?"

Hisao Tani, who was standing behind Hideo Tojo's plane, hurried forward a few steps and said in a trembling voice, "I would like to inform the Emperor that the Yasukuni Shrine has been completely blown up, and all the spiritual seats enshrined in it have been blown up. This place has taken extreme measures. They dropped at least hundreds of heavy artillery shells and thousands of kilograms of incendiary bombs at the Yasukuni Shrine. There, except for hundreds of large pits, nothing was found there. It was all burnt down."

The emperor's face darkened again.After a while, he said to Hideki Tojo: "Your Excellency, in terms of Tokyo's current defense capabilities, there is no need for me to stay in Tokyo."

Hideki Tojo heard the meaning of the emperor's words, and quickly said: "Yes, His Majesty, the subordinates are incompetent, and cannot guarantee the safety of His Majesty. Kyoto is also a big city. Once the Chinese attack, they will not let it go." If you are in a local area, please ask the emperor to move to Gassan area in the northern part of Honshu. The climate there is pleasant, and there are several summer resorts exclusively for the royal family. There are all kinds of things in it, so living is not a problem. Otherwise, His Majesty the Emperor can also go to Hokkaido , Seeing that winter is coming, the hot springs in Hokkaido are also very suitable for His Majesty to live in."

Hirohito nodded and said: "I think I should go to Hokkaido, the farther away from the Chinese the better. Tokyo will be handed over to you. I hope you can return a complete Tokyo to me when I come back."

"sure."

In the early morning of January 1, Washington.

At this time in Washington, the weather is still extremely cold, the sky is not yet bright, the streets are deserted, occasionally a few pedestrians pass by, and sometimes one or two guys can be seen holding wine bottles, drinking and walking around. with.Outside the embassy, ​​a luxury car has been parked since around four o'clock. The Japanese Minister to the United States, Shigeru Yoshida, is sitting in the car. I didn't sleep at night, but now I don't feel sleepy at all.On the surface, Shigeru Yoshida was very calm, but his hands were tightly clenched, and he raised his left hand to look at his watch every few minutes. It could be seen that he was very anxious inside.

Shigeru Yoshida looked up at the street that was gradually lighting up, with a wry smile on his face. After calculation, he had been outside the US diplomatic service for about seven hours, but he hadn't seen Secretary of State James Bryan yet. .The annoying Americans at the door just refused to inform themselves, and they even chuckled at themselves, with contemptuous expressions on their faces.However, Shigeru Yoshida knows that now is not the time to save his face, and more importantly, to win the support of the United States and preserve the dignity of the Great Japanese Empire.

He looked down at his watch again, and the hour hand had pointed to seven o'clock.Shigeru Yoshida felt a burst of nervous excitement. It was almost time to work, and it was time for the Secretary of State to appear.He pouted at the secretary next to him, and the secretary immediately pushed open the car door, walking towards the American soldiers guarding the gate for the nth time.Soon, the secretary came back with a disappointed face and told Shigeru Yoshida that the Secretary of State was having breakfast.Shigeru Yoshida could only hold back his breath, and subconsciously touched his shriveled stomach, only now did he realize that he was a little hungry.

At 7:30, in a window on the second floor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brian, who had just finished breakfast, was smoking a cigarette while looking at Shigeru Yoshida, who was restless by the roadside.After smoking, Brian turned his head and asked his secretary, "How long have the Japanese been waiting?"

"It's been a night."

Bryan snorted, of course he knew the purpose of the Japanese coming to find him, and of course he knew better the position of the US government on the Sino-Japanese War, and now he was too lazy to talk to Shigeru Yoshida, and picked up a copy of the "Washington Post" that was just printed today ", browsed briefly, and said to the secretary: "The situation in Japan seems to be getting worse."

"That's true. I just received news from Japan that last night, that is, in the early morning of January 1, the Chinese fleet attacked Kitakyushu, a large city on the Japanese island of Kyushu. The Japanese suffered heavy losses. Its ports, docks, industrial The center was razed to the ground. At the same time, the Chinese fleet attacked Osaka and Kobe, the most important industrial cities in Japan, and continued to bomb Tokyo every three days. The Japanese industrial production capacity has begun to decline significantly. If this continues , within half a year, Japan will return to the original era. I think the Japanese must be eager to negotiate a truce with China, so they hope to use Uncle Sam as a mediator, and even as the backing of the Japanese, Shigeru Yoshida I want to see you so eagerly that I even put down my posture and waited outside until now. In fact, he had already come last night, but we kept pleading that you are going to the State Council for a meeting, so you may be free today. It is not yet dawn , he was waiting there. Now we can delay, but the Japanese cannot afford it.”

Bryan shook his head: "No, Japan can't afford it, but their Prime Minister Hideki Tojo doesn't think so. The information the Pentagon got is that they are preparing to fight a protracted war of attrition with China, which has been dragging China to exhaustion. So far. Now that the international situation is changing, in a sense, Hideki Tojo’s move will still work. But the Chinese will not give him this opportunity. Even if we, the United States, come forward to mediate, will China cease the war? Impossible! The Japanese are too naive, and Uncle Sam will never get involved in this senseless war. Well, you go get ready and ask Shigeru Yoshida to come in around 08:30. At the same time, I Today, I want to entertain this poor Japanese with coffee, and you tell me to make the coffee as strong as possible, so that our guests can wake up."

The secretary smiled slightly: "Your Excellency, the Japanese has been waiting outside for several hours, and he must be very hungry. Treating him to coffee at this time will definitely impress him."

"That's what it means. There's no way. Sometimes we have to use some tricks. The White House has repeatedly instructed in advance to try to get the Japanese to nail a few nails. Anyway, Uncle Sam will definitely not show up. It is said that this Yoshida Mao is a cunning diplomat, he will use any means to achieve his goals, and he has never been ashamed. Seeing his determination to accomplish this matter, it is not so easy to make him quit. Therefore, we can only use Some little tricks."

"Okay, Your Excellency Secretary of State, I will prepare right away."

Resurgence: World War II Chapter 593 Extermination Program

At 08:30, when the two American soldiers came to invite him in, two blue lights shot out of Shigeru Yoshida's eyes, and finally he didn't have to drink the northwest wind outside.Shigeru Yoshida was surprised when he walked into the office of the Secretary of State.There were two steaming cups of coffee on the table, and the whole room was filled with the strong aroma of coffee.He immediately heard his stomach growling twice.

"Sit down, Mr. Yoshida, the security staff did not report in time and kept you waiting. On behalf of them, I apologize to you." Brian's language was very polite, as expected of a slick diplomat.

Shigeru Yoshida immediately said with a smile on his face: "No, no, no, your country's security personnel are loyal to their duties, very conscientious, very conscientious. Hehe..."

"Ha, the two of us are old friends, so there is no need to say more polite words. Please sit down, please drink tea, and tell me by the way, Mr. Yoshida is in such a hurry to find me, what is the big deal?"

Yoshida took a big sip of coffee, and his stomach growled in disbelief. However, the enthusiasm of the Americans must not be let down, otherwise, it may be detrimental to the next negotiations.Gritting his teeth, he raised his head and poured all the coffee in the cup into his stomach at once, so his stomach growled even more vigorously. "Your Excellency, Secretary of State, I am entrusted by the Japanese government to make a request to you. I hope that the US government can help us mediate this Sino-Japanese war."

Brian shrugged his shoulders: "Mr. Yoshida, I'm not the President of the United States, what's the use of you discussing with me?"

Yoshida Shigeru said with a wry smile: "You are the Secretary of State of the United States and the foreign mouthpiece of the US government. Of course I want to find you for this matter. Last night, that is, in the early morning of the 25th, China once again launched an attack on my country's Kitakyushu, Kobe, Beijing, and Osaka. The attack was launched and a large number of civilians were killed. My government is extremely saddened by this, so, once again authorizing me, it is important to obtain the understanding of the US government and help us mediate."

Brian casually picked up the coffee cup, took a sip, looked at Shigeru Yoshida and said, "I can completely understand your current mood, but judging from the current situation, China seems to be pushing Japan to its demise, and they will easily Do you agree to a truce? Even if you agree, you will put forward a series of harsh conditions."

"Yes, the government has told me that it can accept any conditions from China, as long as the long-term peace of the Japanese archipelago can be realized."

Brian laughed and said, "Mr. Yoshida, if the Chinese are unwilling to put forward any conditions, they must continue the war."

Yoshida Shigeru frowned and said, "The United States is a responsible big country, and has always advocated the protection of democracy and human rights. In this war, China bombed indiscriminately and caused a large number of civilian deaths. Is your country sitting idly by?"

"The whole world knows that China has huge commercial power in the United States. Once the United States participates in this war, what it will bring to the United States will be a blow that is worse than the financial storm. So, Mr. Yoshida, I can Let me tell you clearly that the United States will not mediate at any time. You can go back."

"But..." Yoshida Mao was sweating immediately, and he wanted to go on, but Brian stood up, took the coat handed over by the secretary, and said to Yoshida Mao lightly while arranging the clothes: "I have represented the US government I have solemnly stated my position to you, at 9 o'clock, I have an important meeting at the White House, and I will not accompany you." After saying this, regardless of Shigeru Yoshida's willingness or not, Brian left with his secretary and bodyguards the Foreign Office building.

At this time, the Sino-Japanese war has no suspense for both parties involved in the war. After many days of continuous bombing, the Chinese military came up with another "cruel and inhumane" method, which is the "poison fog plan".

On February 2, hundreds of tons of "poison gas bombs" were shipped from Weihai. This kind of thing was developed by the Curies three years ago. It is a chemical agent specially used to kill crops. After many improvements, it has been realized. Low-cost mass production.When these chemical agents arrived at the Japanese front, Deng Shichang ordered all bomber fleets to carry poison gas bombs to carry out fixed-point "bombing" on Japan's main food producing areas.

On February 2, hundreds of bombers equipped with poison gas bombs began to "bomb" major fertile fields in Japan such as Kyushu and Shikoku.At this time, when Japan's spring crops were about to mature, China's bombing wiped out 23 percent of the crops in Japan's arable area.This further exacerbated the food shortage in Japan, which had already burned most of its food reserves by China.Immediately after most of the grain was harvested, a nationwide "grain rush" broke out in Japan.This "bombing" hit Japan hard, and even really hurt Japan's vitality.The Japanese government immediately wanted to buy grain internationally, but it was impossible to transport it back to Japan. A large amount of grain was piled up in various ports in the Americas.Immediately replant various crops, because of the continuous impact of the gas bombs, there will be no effect at all.The Japanese government let all the fishermen go to sea to fish again, but they were devastated by Chinese naval ships.The only thing left is to go hunting in the mountains. China has no way to stop this.In just two months, almost all wild animals have been wiped out throughout Japan.

At this point, the Japanese government finally issued a cruel extermination plan with no retreat at all.To put it bluntly, this plan is to artificially "eliminate" all the population who have little labor capacity.Only the Japanese government can make such a cruel and inhumane plan, and only the so-called "emperor" of Japan dares to issue such an edict, and only Japanese citizens can accept it and take it for granted.So from May 5th, a planned and super-large-scale massacre began.As of May 4, more than 5 million Japanese men over the age of 19, Japanese women over the age of 700, and all disabled people have been exterminated by government forces.What makes the people of all countries even more chilling is that more than half of the 65 million people died by suicide, and these were not incinerated, but processed and turned into meat products including canned food.The unique self-abuse character and narrow national thinking of the Japanese shocked not only China, but also other countries in the world.After all military and diplomatic efforts failed, the Emperor of Japan issued an imperial edict of "the whole country is broken", and Japan has completely fallen into madness.

However, even so, Japan's food problem is still deteriorating. The Japanese government understands that the grain harvest in the past ten years is doomed to fail, so the only grain reserves may not last for a year.The method adopted by the crazy Japanese government and the emperor is to "compress" the population again.In addition to the necessary army and young adults, the Japanese government expanded the targets of the massacre again, and gradually turned its attention to women who had always been very low in Japan.This time the massacre focused on women over 35 years old and women under 5 years old. Of course, about 20 women who were completely brainwashed by militarism chose to commit suicide. In less than a month, 400 million people were massacred across Japan. left and right women, and all made into meat products.

Facing the crazy behavior of the Japanese, the Chinese government announced what Japan did in a timely manner, and emphasized that the current Japanese government is an "anti-human" government, while the Japanese are called "non-human".After getting this news, the U.S. Congress once again questioned the government, and was ashamed of including the Japanese government in the free trade alliance.In response, the U.S. government also declared Japan a country against humanity.The U.S. government has also made full preparations, hoarding millions of tons of food and medicines in major ports on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean. Once the war is over, the U.S. government will deliver these materials to Japan in a humanitarian spirit.Guan Xuqing laughed it off, he knew very well that nearly half of these supplies were provided by the Qiao Group, and Qiao Zhiyong must have made a lot of money this time.

In Beijing, at the imperial meeting, the next battle plan is being discussed.

"I want to make changes to some combat plans and plan to start a new offensive in mid-June. The key assault areas are still in Nagoya, Tokyo, and Sendai. The overall plan is to give full play to the role of commanders at all levels. Most of the officers currently fighting against Japan are young people under the age of 6, and many of them have just graduated from the mainland, and they still need to go through the training of war.” Xu Shichang first proposed.

"I don't think it is so troublesome. It is safer to continue to use incendiary bombs. Firstly, it can avoid casualties of our army, and secondly, it can also speed up Japan's demise. Japan's human resources are not so concentrated, and it is impossible to carry out firefighting operations in a timely manner. , the isolation zone cannot be sorted out in time, and with the influence of the sea breeze, the fire will definitely develop inland. If you are lucky, it can even cause a super fire that sweeps across the entire Honshu Island. As long as you choose a good fire point, you only need to consume a small amount of combustion It can achieve this goal.” Feng Ru said that during this period of time, a large number of incendiary bombs were used, which made Feng Ru more and more fond of this extremely destructive weapon, and he has in-depth research on this weapon.

Liu Buchan said decisively: "I think that to truly occupy Japan, the navy must land in Tokyo and other places as soon as possible. In addition, I plan to mobilize the Nanyang First Fleet to increase the air power along the coast of Japan. I dare not say no to it." Attacks by Japanese suicide planes should at least minimize losses."

Guan Xuqing pondered and said: "What I care about now is the morale of the navy, and whether I have confidence in victory? In addition, for the Japanese landing operation, when is it expected that all the landing troops will be able to land? Also, the navy will support this time. What is the cost of casualties for a large-scale landing? These must be carefully considered.”