When he woke up early in the morning, without even washing his face or brushing his teeth, Hirohito took his guards and drove to the beach. Then he sat on a huge rock on the beach and stared at the quiet bay without moving for a long time.
By the time Kanin Miya Zaijin and Tojo Hideki heard the news and rushed over, it was already half an hour later.
Hanin Gong Zaihi was worried that Hirohito would catch a cold, so he whispered: "Your Majesty, the wind is strong at the seaside, should you go back to the Imperial Palace?"
"Wind?" Hirohito's eyes looking at Tokyo Bay in the distance finally moved, and he said quietly, "Uncle Emperor, the typhoon season is coming soon, right?"
Although typhoons in the Pacific and hurricanes in the Atlantic have different names, they are both natural disasters that make people talk about it. As an island country, Japan is deeply affected by typhoons. Every year, many people lose their homes and are displaced due to hurricanes.
As the current emperor, Hirohito was of course very afraid of typhoons.
Xianyuan Gong Zairen chuckled lightly and said, "Calculate the time, it should be soon."
"Uncle Emperor, and Tojo-kun, look at how peaceful and calm Tokyo Bay is?" Hirohito suddenly paused when he said this, and then continued with a change of tone, "However, the wind rises from the green apple.
At the end of the day, I have already foreseen that the people of the empire will suffer unprecedented typhoon disasters this summer."
"Your Majesty?" Kanin Gong Zaijin and Tojo Hideki both changed their expressions upon hearing this.
What's going on? His Majesty the Emperor is out of his mind? What about the magic stick predicting celestial phenomena?
When they thought that the previous emperor was forced to abdicate because of a mental disorder, the two old devils suddenly felt a layer of gloom in their minds. When the previous emperor abdicated, the current emperor was already an adult and could serve as the regent of the country.
, but the current crown prince is only three years old, how can he govern the country? How can he be regent?
Hirohito was completely unaware and said quietly, "Uncle Emperor, Tojo-kun, don't you believe it?"
Hanyuan Gong Zairen swallowed and said very carefully: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Meteorology is responsible for the typhoon, and the Ministry of Fisheries and the Ministry of Agriculture have also made preparations. This is how they came here in previous years.
If there is anything special, Your Majesty, you don’t have to worry too much about it..."
"But this year is different." Hirohito shook his head and interrupted Hanyuan Gongzai Ren, "I have already had a premonition that a huge storm is brewing on the other side of the ocean, and will soon launch an attack on the empire. The emperor's uncle and Dong
Mr. Tiao, I know you don’t believe it and think I must be crazy, but I really had a premonition.”
Tojo Hideki frowned, thinking that it would not be good for His Majesty the Emperor to be immersed in this nagging state all the time. If something goes wrong after a long time, it would not be good, so it is better to get him out of here as soon as possible.
It is best to pull him out of this state, so how to pull him out? He has to be given heavy medicine!
At that moment, Tojo Hideki said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the base camp has just received an urgent call from the Central China Condemnation Army. Shanghai is caught in a fire, and the fire is completely out of control. After the fire is extinguished, Shanghai will definitely be reduced to a piece of scorched earth."
When he heard that Shanghai was in a fire, Hirohito's first reaction was distress, so distressed that he almost suffocated!
Shanghai, this is Shanghai, the largest metropolis in the entire East, a Shanghai that is more prosperous than Tokyo! An international metropolis that can bring hundreds of millions or even billions of yen in tax revenue to the empire a year, but it is actually being ignored.
Burning out the fire is like having the fat in your mouth snatched away again. Can Hirohito not feel distressed?
No, this is obviously the fat that has been eaten into the stomach and is ruined by others, so Hirohito feels even more distressed!
However, in addition to feeling distressed, Hirohito also felt hatred in his heart. He gritted his teeth and asked, "Where is Xu Rui? Did he run away?"
Tojo Hideki paused and said: "Central China sent a telegram from the Condemnation Army. Since the main force of the Songhu Independent Regiment broke through, no one has escaped from the blockade. If no accident occurs, Xu Rui and the remaining trapped Songhu Independent Regiment should be
He is hiding in a large underground bunker, but because the fire is too fierce, it is not possible to send troops into the city to start a search for the time being."
"Then step up your guard and make sure Xu Rui doesn't escape." Hirohito gritted his teeth and said. At this moment, Hirohito really wanted to eat Xu Rui's flesh, drink Xu Rui's blood, sleep on Xu Rui's skin, the empire's mortal enemy.
This guy is really the mortal enemy of the empire. Since this guy appeared, how much damage has he caused to the empire? It’s hard to count!
Hay! Tojo Hideki nodded heavily, but he breathed a sigh of relief. The emperor was finally back to normal.
Xianyuan Gong Zairen took the opportunity to persuade again: "Your Majesty, the wind is strong at the seaside, why don't you go back to the Imperial Palace?"
When Hirohito said this again, Hirohito really felt a chill. He immediately tightened his pajamas, got into the car surrounded by the guards, and returned to the Imperial Palace.
…
Hirohito is not the only one who cares about Xu Rui's life and death.
There is one person who is even more concerned about Xu Rui's life and death than Hirohito, and he is Chairman Chiang Kai-shek.
Before dawn, Chairman Chiang called the military commander Dai Li to his study.
"Yunong." Chairman Chiang asked as soon as they met, "What is the situation in Shanghai now?"
"This..." Dai Li immediately sweated slightly on his forehead. After the hostage kidnapping incident, Xu Rui completely fell out with Western countries. After that, more than three million refugees stranded in Shanghai were forcibly relocated, including the Military Command Shanghai Station.
agents, whether they were willing or unwilling, were all treated as refugees and forcibly relocated.
So now, Boss Dai no longer has any intelligence sources in Shanghai.
Fortunately, the Military Control Bureau also has insiders within the puppet army and in Tokyo, so it can still get some information.
At that moment, Dai Li wiped the slight sweat from his forehead and whispered: "Returning to the committee, I don't know much about the war situation in Shanghai. The only thing that is certain is that Shanghai has been burned down by Xu Rui.
, the Public Concession and the French Concession were not spared. It is completely conceivable that after the fire goes out, Shanghai will definitely be reduced to scorched earth."
After hearing Dai Li's words, Chairman Jiang's facial muscles began to twitch violently.
Xu Rui actually burned down Shanghai? Burned down Shanghai? Burned down?
It is said that before the defeat in the First Battle of Songhu, Chairman Chiang also had the idea of burning Shanghai.
But in the end, Chairman Chiang gave up the idea, because Shanghai also had concessions in addition to the Chinese boundary. He had no scruples about burning the Chinese boundary, but he had no way to control the fire within the Chinese boundary. Once the fire spread to the concession, the
He cannot afford the serious international impact.
Unexpectedly, Xu Rui, a stupid young man, actually accomplished what he wanted to do but didn't dare to do.
At this moment, Chairman Jiang suddenly felt that he seemed to admire Xu Rui. This guy was so young, but he was also so stupid. He really dared to do anything!
However, what Chairman Jiang cares most about now is not Shanghai, but Xu Rui himself!
At that moment, Chairman Jiang asked again: "Yunong, where is Xu Rui himself? Has he already broken through, or has he been burned to ashes by the fire he set?"
"This..." Dai Li said in a low voice, "According to Japanese intelligence, no troops broke out from Shanghai before and after the remnants of the Songhu Independent Regiment set fire. Therefore, if nothing else happens, Xu Rui should still be staying in Shanghai at this time.
, however, it is still unknown whether he died in the fire, and the investigation needs to continue."
"Investigation, go and investigate immediately!" Chairman Jiang said eagerly, "We must find out!"
"Okay." Dai Li agreed, then said cautiously, "Commissioner, if you have no other instructions, I will go back to Luojiawan to handle the affairs of the bureau."
"Go." Chairman Jiang waved his hand, and Dai Li immediately turned around and left.
Watching Dai Li's figure go away, Chairman Chiang withdrew his gaze again, fixedly looking at the rice paper that had been spread out in front of him, then he picked up a brush and dipped it in thick ink, and wrote the word "death" heavily on the paper. This word "death"
Full of the hidden emotions in Chairman Chiang's heart, a strong breath of death came out from the paper.
…
While Chairman Chiang was practicing calligraphy, Chairman Mao was also writing.
But to be honest, Chairman Mao's poems are really good and majestic. No one in the past and present can match his aura of looking down on the world. But in terms of calligraphy, he is really far behind Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. The so-called
The Mao style calligraphy is mostly flattering by unscrupulous literati.
Chairman Mao also liked cursive writing, so the characters he wrote were so random that it was difficult for ordinary people to distinguish them.
Chairman Mao is drafting a telegram to be sent to the New Fourth Army. There is only one meaning. Don't jump to conclusions about Xu Rui's kidnapping of Westerners as hostages. There is also Xu Rui's arson. Although he did not ask for instructions from the organization, he is a first-level commander.
They should be responsible, so let the New Fourth Army not deal with it for the time being until Xu Rui is rescued.
After drafting the telegram, Chairman Mao handed the letter to Mr. Zhu and Vice Chairman Zhou for review. They both signed. Then Chairman Mao handed the telegram to the guard and asked the guard to deliver it to the telegraph class.
Watching Chairman Mao's bodyguards leave, Mr. Zhu said with emotion: "This Xu Rui is so courageous. He will arrest more than 10,000 foreigners at any time. In such a big Shanghai beach, he will be burned at any time. Facing six Japanese divisions
The regiment was encircling him, but he dared to break through the encirclement head-on with just a regiment of troops. Hey, he succeeded in the end!"
After a pause, he continued: "However, he returned to the city after the breakout and tried to break out with the artillery battalion that was trapped in the city to cover the breakout of the main force of the regiment. He was really responsible. How responsible is this kid!"
Vice Chairman Zhou slapped the table and said: "Our cadres of the Communist Party should have such a responsibility!"
"But have you noticed that this guy's behavior is getting more and more evil." Chairman Mao lit a cigarette and said quietly while smoking, "I'm not worried about the losses his behavior will bring to the war of resistance, but
I just feel that this kid seems to have lost his mind, which is not a good thing."
PS: I feel much better today, and there will definitely be another update tonight. Also, the four chapters I owed in the past two days will be made up.
