When Mitsumasa Yoneuchi came to power, what he received was a mess. Not only did Tokyo need to be resettled after the bombing, but he also had to face financial problems. But fortunately, the emergence of new fighter jets gave him hope. As a soldier, naturally
He hopes to expand his territory and become a good assistant in the heart of the emperor and a good prime minister in the hearts of the people. But he also knows clearly that since Japan's finances are in trouble now, he must find a place to make up for it.
The best way to make up for it is the emperor's private treasury. On the Chinese battlefield, they brought back an unknown amount of wealth. Most of it was kept by the emperor, and the rest was divided among the ministers.
Mitsumasa Yoneuchi was thinking about how to convince His Majesty the Emperor to open a private treasury. At this time, a telegram came. It was forwarded from North China.
Mitsumasa Yoneuchi looked at it, his face was filled with joy at first, and then his face turned ugly again, but that was an internal matter of the North China Front Army, so he just said lightly, "I order Tada Shun to find the spies."
"Hi!"
"Call the generals to a meeting!"
"Hi!"
"Go and tell His Majesty that we will have an important military meeting soon and invite Your Majesty to attend."
"Hi!"
After giving some instructions, Mitsumasa Yoneuchi took the telegram and smiled slowly. Five days later? He squinted his eyes, then straightened his clothes and prepared to go to the conference room.
Soon, people came one after another.
Then, Emperor Showa also arrived.
After meeting each other, Mitsumasa Yoneuchi first handed the telegram to Emperor Showa. Emperor Showa first saw the news that the Independent Division would receive a batch of goods in five days, and then saw the problem with the North China Command. Then he passed the telegram and spoke.
He said, "What do you think, Mine-kun, what should we do?"
"Your Majesty, as we all know, the Air Force of the Independent Division is currently stronger than the Empire's Air Force." Mitsumasa Yoneuchi said, "Now the Empire's new fighter planes are being stepped up to be produced and put into service, and the Independent Division is also equipped with new fighter planes at this time.
Therefore, the empire cannot let the independent divisions get these fighters. It would be best if these fighters could get into the hands of the empire."
"Yes." The emperor nodded with satisfaction, "Minei-kun is right."
"And we know the time. As for the location, we can probably guess it. It is the sea area near Shandong." Mitsumasa Yoneuchi continued, "So, I feel that the Imperial Navy can attack and rectify the name of the Empire."
The naval generals all had happy faces, "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, are you telling the truth?" Yamamoto Isoroku stood up excitedly. He now dreams of competing with the Navy of the Independent Division.
Yoneuchi Mitsumasa did not answer, but looked at Emperor Showa. Seeing Emperor Showa nodding, Yoneuchi Mitsumasa also nodded.
"As for the general candidates for the battle?" Emperor Showa smiled and asked again.
"Your Majesty, I invite you to fight." Yamamoto Isoroku was the first to appear and said loudly.
Emperor Showa laughed and nodded, "Yoshi, let Yamamoto-kun take charge of the battle."
"Hi! Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The other people didn't look very good, and they called them to come, but you ended up talking in just a few words?
"Mine-kun, is there anything else?"
"Your Majesty, the problem of the North China Front has reminded us that there have been irregularities since ancient times, so we should tell other fronts to be careful of Chinese spies."
"Yoshi, it's time to remind you. Is there anything else?"
"there is none left."
"Yoshi, I'll go back then." The emperor stood up.
"Best farewell to your Majesty!" everyone said, and Mitsumasa Yoneuchi also stood up and followed him out.
Seeing this, Emperor Showa knew that Mitsumasa Yoneuchi wanted to talk to him about something, so he didn't say anything. It wasn't until the two of them went out that the Emperor spoke, "Do you have anything else to do, Prime Minister?"
"Your Majesty," Mitsumasa Yoneuchi said politely, "The empire's situation requires a large amount of money to support, but the empire's finances are already in deficit."
"I know." The Emperor nodded, "What does Minei-kun mean?"
"Your Majesty, I know that in the early days of the China War, the empire gained a lot of money." Mitsumasa Yoneuchi gritted his teeth and said, "Now that the empire is in crisis, can you help the empire through this period first?"
Emperor Showa's face darkened, "What do you mean, Lord Yonei, to ask me to come up with the money?"
Seeing that the emperor was about to get angry, Yoneuchi Mitsumasa said, "Your Majesty, everything must be done with investment. The empire belongs to your Majesty. In order to attack China, the people were scrimping on food and clothing. Now that the situation in the country is like this, your Majesty, please think twice. As long as you get through this period,
Then, wealth will continue to flow.”
The emperor still frowned and looked unhappy, but he had to agree, "I understand, I will ask people to bring out part of the property."
"Hi! Thank you for your understanding! Your Majesty is wise, and the empire will definitely become more prosperous!"
"Yeah." Even though Mitsumasa Yoneuchi said nice things, the emperor's face still didn't look good. He would certainly not be happy if anyone took money from his pocket. Although it was an early investment, it also illustrates the situation in Japan at the moment.
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Mitsumasa Yoneuchi breathed a sigh of relief, and despite all the hard talk, it was finally done.
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Chongqing
The news that the 97th Army was defeated also reached Lao Jiang early in the morning, which made Lao Jiang not very happy that day and had no good look on his face. Chen Chaolin and others had also returned from Hong Kong, and the news they brought back was not good.
News, but not unacceptable.
Although Dai Li did not agree with Chiang Kai-shek's actions, he did not dissuade him because he knew he could not dissuade Chiang Kai-shek.
Lao Jiang sat, tapping his fingers on the table, with his eyes closed, thinking. The Eighth Route Army had obviously become one of his enemies. The 97th Army was defeated, and it was time for the Eighth Route Army to negotiate terms. Then, he sighed longly.
In one breath, "It's difficult to govern the country."
Dai Li stood aside and said nothing.
"By the way, how is the epidemic situation in Shandong?" Lao Jiang asked. At this time, he thought of the independent division.
"There is no improvement." Dai Li said. At this moment, Zhou Weiguo naturally had no clear information, and what Dai Li's spies saw was similar to what the Japanese spies saw.
"Yeah." Lao Jiang nodded, "The Japanese are indeed nothing."
"That's what the principal said."
"Hey, how is the situation in Nanchang now?" Lao Jiang asked again.
"Since the Japanese retreated, they have adopted a retreating posture. There is still a brigade in Nanchang that is still in Wuhan."
"Very good."
…
If Zhou Weiguo knew that Chiang Kai-shek had another plot against him, he would definitely be glad that he was smart enough to let the common people pretend. But at this time, an article titled "Analysis of the Strength of the Independent Division" was circulated in a newspaper.
"As far as the author knows, the epidemic in Shandong has subsided, and the independent division has continued to expand its troops. In just three months, the independent division has once again expanded its strength by XX thousand people..."
