Emperor Hirohito's Palace is definitely the safest place in the current city of Tokyo.
Facing the overwhelming offensive of the Chinese Expeditionary Force's Fourth Army, not only the unconscious Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, but also the entire staff headquarters moved their offices to the palace.
In the several-hour battle, not a single artillery shell from the Chinese Expeditionary Force fell into the palace. However, the rumbling sound of the artillery getting closer and closer to the palace had reached the ears of everyone in the palace. No matter inside the palace
The lowest attendant was still the highest-ranking official, and even Emperor Hirohito himself could not help showing a look of deep fear when faced with the rumbling cannon fire.
In less than two days, under tremendous pressure, Emperor Hirohito seemed to have aged dozens of years in an instant. He stared at his subordinates in the main hall with a pair of colorless eyes...
"Baga, why don't you speak? Aren't you usually very good at speaking? Now that the critical moment has come, why are you all mute...all talking..." Emperor Hirohito said in the hall with his old voice.
, roared with a roar.
"I am guilty, Your Majesty, please take care of yourself..." the crowd shouted in unison.
"Asshole... The country is gone, so what's the use of taking care of yourself..." Emperor Hirohito said angrily.
Immediately, he asked Lieutenant General Tanaka in front of him: "Tanaka Army, how many fighting troops are left in the entire Tokyo city now?"
"Your Majesty... the various street fighting troops scattered in the city have been divided and surrounded by the squadron. It is only a matter of time before they are eliminated. Therefore, so far, the only forces we have in hand are to guard the palace.
There are three surrounding infantry regiments and a guard group under your personal control..." Lieutenant General Tanaka said.
"That is to say, our total military strength is only more than 10,000 people..." Emperor Hirohito asked with a solemn expression.
"Hayi..."
However, what Emperor Yototo did not expect was that with the start of a new round of offensive by the Chinese Expeditionary Force, these more than 10,000 troops, and the three infantry regiments deployed around the palace, would be wiped out in a matter of seconds.
As soon as Lieutenant General Tanaka finished speaking, a series of deafening shell explosions began to sound around the palace.
"Your Majesty... something happened..." A servant of the emperor rushed into the hall with a panicked look on his face and reported breathlessly.
"What's going on with the gunfire outside?" Emperor Hirohito hadn't spoken yet. Lieutenant General Tanaka's face changed drastically, and he seemed to realize something, so he directly asked...
"Attack. The Chinese Expeditionary Force has begun to attack the palace..." The pale-faced attendant quickly replied incoherently.
"Nani, attack the palace... Baga, secretly said, aren't the Chinese afraid of causing resistance from the entire Japanese Empire... No, no matter what, we cannot let the palace be destroyed by the Chinese... Pass the order, everyone outside the palace
The defenders must hold their positions..." Lieutenant General Tanaka ordered loudly while getting angry.
Looking at the attendants leaving quickly, Lieutenant General Tanaka immediately set his sights on Emperor Hirohito above the main hall. He said: "Your Majesty, you are the spiritual pillar of the entire empire. In order to avoid possible accidental injuries caused by the artillery fire of the squadron,
, I suggest that your majesty, please enter the air-raid shelter in the palace immediately... After the battle is over, come out and ask your majesty to move-... "However, what he did not expect was that the stubborn Emperor Hirohito would not be controlled by anyone at all.
At the mercy of others, this suggestion was directly and ruthlessly rejected.
"Baga, do you want me to retreat from the battle? No. I am the emperor and the spiritual support of millions of people in the Japanese Empire. Even if the enemy attacks me, I will never retreat..."
After saying that, a pair of sharp eyes quickly glanced at the subordinates in front of him, and then he directly gave the order.
"Tell all the garrison troops outside the city that I am with them. At the same time, order the palace guards to assemble immediately. Replenish the losses of the surrounding garrison troops at any time..."
Looking at the determined Emperor Hirohito in front of him, Lieutenant General Tanaka had no choice but to agree...
However, before he had time to leave the main hall, another infantry officer with a face covered in gunpowder smoke rushed into the main hall, ignoring the obstruction of his attendants, and reported with a horrified look on his face.
"Your Majesty, they are dead, they are all dead... The troops outside the city have all been killed..."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible, you are lying..." After hearing the report, the first thing Lieutenant General Tanaka expressed was incredulity. In his eyes, no matter how bad the three infantry regiments were, they should be able to hold on for a few hours.
There is no problem.
However, he ignored a very important issue.
Although the three infantry regiments outside the palace were all elites of the Guards Division, the elite Japanese troops, who were completely exposed on the surface of the position and had only barricades for hiding, faced the fate of being massacred in front of the shells...
Tank guns, field guns, mountain guns, infantry guns, mortars, grenade launchers….
More than 3,000 artillery pieces of various calibers poured more than 100,000 shells into the Japanese temporary positions outside the palace in less than five minutes.
In addition, there were no trenches or bunkers to hide around the palace, and hundreds of thousands of artillery shells exerted their maximum power in an instant.
The three infantry regiments were bombarded by more than 100,000 artillery rounds, but in the end, less than 500 people managed to survive.
Everyone in the hall, including Emperor Hirohito, couldn't help but take a breath when they heard the infantry officer in front of them. Especially those ministers who had military backgrounds, they had even imagined thousands of Japanese troops fighting hundreds of thousands.
The scene of a huge struggle amidst the explosion of artillery shells.
After a brief silence, Emperor Hirohito was the first to speak.
"Gentlemen, everyone is aware of the situation outside the palace... The fate of the entire empire is in everyone's hands. Let's talk about what we should do next..." "Gentlemen, you must be clear, even if you add
There are 500 remaining garrison troops outside the palace. The total force we have in hand is less than 2,000 people..."Prime Minister Hideki Tojo fell into a coma, and several marshals of the empire were captured by the Chinese expedition before they could enter the palace.
The army was divided and surrounded in the city of Tokyo, and life and death were unknown... Facing Emperor Hirohito's questioning, a group of ministers with no real power remained silent except for silence.
At this moment, a commotion came from outside the hall...
Just when everyone looked doubtfully at the outside of the hall, an unannounced attendant rushed in.
"Your Majesty, the Chinese negotiator and the negotiator sent by the Chinese Expeditionary Force are here, requesting an audience..."
"Nani...does the Chinese Expeditionary Force want me to surrender to them...No, I will never agree... Guards, kill the envoy of the Chinese Expeditionary Force immediately. The Japanese Empire only has warriors who died in battle and has not surrendered.
A coward..." The shrewd Emperor Hirohito immediately understood what was going on and ordered directly with a livid face.
However, what puzzled Emperor Hirohito and all the ministers was that in the face of his order, the attendant in front of him did not make any movement. Instead, he spoke hesitantly. -….
"Your Majesty... this negotiator is not Chinese, he is Japanese... and..."
"Baga, stop talking..." Upon hearing the word "Japanese", Emperor Hirohito became even more angry and interrupted directly.
"Just because he is Japanese, he should be killed... Our Empire of Japan does not have such a citizen. He is simply a shame to the empire, a shame..." Emperor Hirohito roared with a livid face.
Faced with the roar, the attendant remained unmoved and spoke.
"But, Your Majesty, he is not an ordinary Japanese, but Chief of Staff Ishihara..."
The servant's sudden answer was like a thunder, which stunned everyone in the hall...
After a full minute, Emperor Hirohito, who was still stunned, tentatively asked: "What are you talking about? The envoy outside is Chief of Staff Ishihara..."
"Hayi..." the waiter replied affirmatively...
"Baga, Nani, why are you still standing there? Why don't you invite Chief of Staff Ishihara in right away? Hurry up..." At the critical moment of life and death, Emperor Hirohito couldn't care less about his majesty and roared directly to the valet in front of him...
"The criminal Ishihara Wanji is here to see His Majesty..." In less than a minute, the faltering Ishihara Wanji appeared in front of everyone...
Seeing Ishihara smiling in front of him, who seemed to be much older, after a short period of time, Emperor Hirohito, who had regained his true nature as an emperor, asked directly.
"Ishihara-kun, I believe you have other things to do when you come back... Let's talk about it. Now we have reached a critical moment of life and death for the empire. If you have anything to say, just say it. Can I bear it?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty..." After quickly organizing his words, Ishihara Wanji bluntly stated his purpose.
"Your Majesty, the guilty minister was ordered to come here this time to persuade your Majesty to give up resistance, negotiate with the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and resolve this war that can be resolved through negotiation..."
"Negotiation... Surrender... Ishihara-kun, are you still a warrior of the Japanese Empire? How can you say such a thing... The empire only has samurai who died in battle and no cowards who surrendered..." Lieutenant General Tanaka roared directly.
"Baga..." In response to the curses from his subordinates, Ishihara Wanji roared in his hoarse voice...
Looking at Lieutenant General Tanaka who was full of anger and stopped talking, Ishihara smiled and said to Hirohito who had a solemn expression in front of him.
"Your Majesty, I am here to tell you one fact: With the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, if we choose to negotiate, Japan can continue to survive. However, if we continue to resist, I can guarantee that the Empire of Japan will completely
The world disappears. Everyone knows better than me the damage in Tokyo. If every place in the mainland is bombarded on such a scale, can you think about it, is there any hope for Japan as a whole to stand up again? Therefore, I implore your majesty
, for the future of the empire, for the next generation of the empire, take the initiative to give up resistance and negotiate with the Chinese Expeditionary Force..."Please subscribe, please collect, please recommend, please vote...!~!
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