After spitting out a mouthful of blood, Hirohito fell back.
Mitsumasa Yoneuchi and Juichi Terauchi were stunned and didn't react, but Hideki Tojo reacted very quickly. He rushed forward and helped Hirohito. Hirohito didn't fall heavily to the floor, but Hideki Tojo lowered his head again.
When he looked, he found that Hirohito had already fainted and his face was as white as gold paper.
It's bad. I fainted twice in two days. This is not a good sign.
"The Imperial Physician!" Tojo Hideki immediately turned around and shouted, "Quickly call the Imperial Physician!"
After a while, two imperial doctors hurriedly arrived and carried Hirohito into the palace.
As the three initiators of Hirohito's fainting, Juichi Terauchi, Hideki Tojo and Mitsumasa Yoneuchi did not dare to leave. They just stayed outside Hirohito's palace, wandering around and sighing.
Soon after, Empress Dowager Zhenming arrived after hearing the news, and severely reprimanded Shouichi and three others in the temple.
Shouichi and three other people in the temple were so scolded by Empress Dowager Zhenmei that their faces turned red and they did not even dare to offer an explanation.
Fortunately, after emergency rescue by the imperial doctor, Hirohito finally regained consciousness, and according to the imperial doctor's diagnosis, Hirohito's body should be fine. This fainting was just a sudden attack on the heart. He only needs to rest for a period of time, and his body will recover.
It can be restored to its original state, at least there is no danger of repeating the mistakes of the previous generation of emperors.
However, the first thing Hirohito did after he woke up was to summon Tojo Eizo and other three ministers again.
Empress Dowager Sadamei persuaded her in every possible way, but Hirohito insisted on summoning her. She had no choice but to agree. However, before Tojo Hideki and the other three came to the meeting, she personally came forward to warn them, so that they could be summoned.
The three of them should be careful when talking and don't mention people and things that can irritate Hirohito.
Tojo Hideki and the other two responded quietly, but they were complaining in their hearts. How could this be possible without mentioning the people and things that could irritate His Majesty the Emperor?
Full of sorrow, Tojo Hideki and the other three entered Hirohito's bedroom.
After entering the dormitory, Tojo Hideki and the other three saw Hirohito lying on his back on the couch. The look on his face was much better than before, at least there was a faint trace of blood, but his whole spirit was still very sluggish.
He looked weak, but his eyes looked bright.
"Your Majesty!" Hideki Tojo and the other three bowed their heads in greeting.
"No need." Hirohito waved his hand weakly, motioning for the three of them to take their seats.
Tojo Hideki and the other three walked to the tatami in front of the imperial couch and sat down on the tatami one after another.
"It's still the same thing as before." Hirohito sighed and said, "About the Third Fleet."
"Hai!" Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, Juichi Terauchi, and Hideki Tojo nodded in unison, not daring to blame each other this time.
Hirohito took a breath and continued: "Fujimori-kun's farewell telegram mentioned that eight warships including the Yuzhao had sent signals for help. Among them, only five warships, including the Kaga, were confirmed to have sunk.
There are only six, and there are nine warships left, especially the Izumo, Kuma and Tianlong that directly attacked the Kaga. It is very likely that they have fallen into the hands of Xu Rui..."
Having said this, Hirohito felt a little tired and had to stop and take a breath.
"Hai." Mitsumasa Yoneuchi immediately gave a heavy nod and said with a gloomy expression, "Our navy has disappointed His Majesty. If no accidents occur, most of the remaining nine warships have fallen into the control of the patrol battalion, especially those out of sight.
The Kumo, Kuma and Tianlong cruisers have definitely fallen into the hands of the cruise battalion."
"Your Majesty, our army also has a responsibility." After obtaining the consent of Terauchi Juichi, Tojo Hideki lowered his head and said, "If the Nakamura agency had not been negligent and allowed the spies of the patrol battalion to sneak into the remnants of the Broadway Building, there would never have been any
For this kind of thing, I ask His Majesty the Emperor to issue an order to severely punish those directly responsible."
After a pause, Tojo Hideki added: "I will also take the blame and resign..."
"Don't talk about it yet. It's not time to investigate the responsibility yet." Hirohito waved his hand and continued, "The top priority is how to deal with the aftermath. As for who should be responsible for this and what kind of punishment he should be punished, we should wait for this case.
It won’t be too late to wait until the final investigation report on the matter comes out, what do you think?”
"Your Majesty, this is a clear warning." Tojo Hideki and the other three nodded at the same time.
Hirohito added: "The top priority is to find the nine missing warships as soon as possible, and then send out aviation to blow them up and sink them. Remember, you must act as fast as possible to get rid of this incident before it completely spreads."
Nine warships were found and sunk, otherwise the navy would have lost face."
It's embarrassing enough for the Third Fleet to let others serve it at once.
It would be even more embarrassing if Xu Rui was allowed to kidnap nine main warships, including the Izumo cruiser, and form a fleet with these nine warships! If this situation really happened, the Japanese Navy would immediately
He became an international laughing stock and could never raise his head in front of the British again.
Therefore, the nine missing warships must be found immediately and sunk!
This is actually very embarrassing, but at least it won't become an international laughing stock.
Of course, Hirohito actually still had the last bit of luck in his heart. He felt that not all of the nine lost warships had been captured by the patrol camp. There might still be a few warships still under the control of the Japanese navy. At this time, it would be more beneficial to dispatch aviation forces as soon as possible.
Necessary, because in this way, air support can be provided to them in time.
However, Hirohito's luck was soon shattered by the cruel facts.
As soon as Hirohito finished speaking, a guard hurried in and brought a telegram from the Central China dispatched troops.
It turned out that early this morning, Central China dispatched more than a dozen reconnaissance planes to conduct a carpet-like search of the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River waterway near Wusongkou, as well as the surface of the East China Sea, but only found it near Shiliuputou.
The cruiser Izumo was found, and the remaining eight lost warships were not found.
Because the cruiser Izumo was close to the cruiser USS Cincinnati of the US Navy, the Central China Air Corps did not dare to dispatch bombers for the bombing, for fear of accidentally damaging the cruiser USS Cincinnati, in case the USS Cincinnati was accidentally bombed.
Cruisers might trigger an all-out war between Japan and the United States.
At present, Japan has entered an all-out war with the Soviet Union and cannot afford the severe consequences of an all-out war with the United States.
Immediately following the telegram from Central China to dispatch the condemned troops was a preliminary investigation of last night's naval battle from the Nakamura Agency. According to the preliminary investigation by the Nakamura Agency, last night's attack should be caused by spies from the patrol battalion lurking inside the Broadway Building.
As a result, the patrol battalion spies attacked and sunk most of the warships, captured the cruisers Izumo, Kuma and Tianlong, and relied on these three cruisers to sneak attack and sink the Kaga aircraft carrier.
In addition, Nakamura Agency also provided important information.
The warships of the Third Fleet that were bombed and sunk sank in Wusongkou. The cruisers Kuma and Tianlong were also bombed and sunk in Wusongkou after their guns were dismantled. With the wreckage of these warships, the patrol camp was already in Wusongkou.
A tight blockade has been built, and warships of more than 1,000 tons can no longer navigate.
After the four monarchs and ministers read the telegram, they fell into a long silence.
After a long while, Hirohito said quietly: "Tojo-kun, please open the curtain on the wall in front of me."
Tojo Hideki sighed, then stood up and walked to the wall in front of the imperial couch, and opened the curtain covering the wall. After opening the curtain, the eyes of the four monarchs and ministers fell on the wall at the same time, and then
, Tojo Hideki, Terauchi Juichi and Yoneuchi Mitsumasa were immediately stunned, with dull faces on their faces.
I saw rows of names written on the wall, which turned out to be a death list!
It is actually not accurate to say that it is a death list, because many of the people on it did not actually die, but for Hirohito and the entire Japanese Empire, it would be better if they died. Well, this list is actually a list of people who died.
The list of Japanese generals in Xu Rui's hand was arranged in chronological order.
Lieutenant General Fushimi Miya Toshihiko
Major General Ozaki Yoshiharu
Major General Akiyama Yoshiyuki
Major General Shigeto Chiaki (captured)
Major General Tachibana Yoshio
Major General Shuichi Hamura
Major General Kawaguchi Heiji
Major General Andaluota
Major General Tokutaro Sakai
Major General Mitsuru Ushijima
Major General Shojiro Iida
Major General Shozo Hebian
Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba (captured)
Major General Kameda Eiichi
Lieutenant General Xiaozhu Yinan
Major General Okada Zi (captured)
Major General Kei Setani (captured)
Lieutenant General Okamura Neiji
General Tian Jun (Qi Kill)
General Gen Sugiyama (suicide)
Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke (captured)
Tojo Hideki and the others had originally seen this list in Hirohito's study, but unexpectedly, Hirohito had someone copy it on the wall of his bedroom.
Looking at the list, Hirohito said quietly: "Tojo-kun, please also write down the names of Mitsui Teizo, Fujimori Seiichiro and Hasegawa Kiyoshi."
Hideki Tojo sighed, and added the names of Mitsui Teizo and three others at the end.
However, after writing Hasegawa Kiyoshi's name, Tojo Hideki asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Hasegawa Kiyoshi has not been confirmed to have been killed in action. Do you want to indicate that he was captured?"
"Please indicate it." Hirohito said sadly.
It is an indisputable fact that the cruiser Izumo was captured by the patrol camp. It is also a high probability that Kiyoshi Hasegawa was captured, and he may have defected. Otherwise, the order to let the aircraft carrier Kaga stay in the sea off Wusong and not move lightly is another
Who did it? Fujimori Seiichiro said very clearly that the voice he heard from the beeper at that time was Hasegawa Kiyoshi's voice.
Tojo Hideki sighed and added the word "captured" after Hasegawa Kiyoshi's name.
Hirohito stared at the list in confusion for a while, and suddenly said: "Tojo-kun, do you think one day my name will appear on this wall?"
"Your Majesty!" Tojo Hideki was startled, and the brush in his hand fell to the ground. Terauchi Juichi and Yoneuchi Mitsumasa also looked at each other in shock, then quickly raised their buttocks and knelt down on the tatami tremblingly.