Let’s not talk about the plague in Tokyo. After all, the plague will not break out on a large scale immediately.
At this time, the news that Japanese Emperor Hirohito was assassinated and seriously injured had spread throughout the world and caused an uproar around the world.
Speaking of which, Japan actually wanted to block the news. Immediately after Hirohito was assassinated, it issued a hush-hush order to all Tokyo citizens present at the time, ordering them not to leak the news that Hirohito was assassinated and seriously injured, otherwise they would be
The crime of treason is not something to be taken lightly and will be executed immediately once caught.
However, in addition to the citizens of Tokyo, there were also many Western media reporters who went to cover the Kanda Festival parade, and even diplomatic envoys. The Japanese government estimated that these Western reporters and diplomatic envoys would not listen to them, so
I could only find an excuse to lock them up temporarily.
But after being imprisoned for two days, the Japanese government could no longer bear it, because almost all Western powers, including the United States, issued warnings to the Japanese government, urging Japan to immediately release detained media reporters and diplomatic envoys. The Japanese government did not
The only way is to release these media reporters and diplomatic envoys.
Just like that, the news that Hirohito was assassinated and seriously injured came to light.
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The White House, United States.
Secretary of State Hull hurried into the President's Office and tilted his head slightly at Roosevelt who was on the phone. Roosevelt made a wait gesture, said a few words in a hurry on the phone, and immediately hung up the phone.
"Hull." Roosevelt asked Hull as soon as he hung up the phone, "Have the Associated Press journalists detained by the Japanese government, as well as the U.S. minister and military attache in Tokyo been released?"
"Yes." Hull nodded and said, "It was released just now."
"Have you ever asked why?" Roosevelt asked with concern. "As the Japanese government said in the announcement, assassins infiltrated journalists and diplomatic envoys and launched a terrorist attack in the Imperial Palace Square during the Kanda Festival parade.
Attack? Is the Japanese government really just detaining journalists and diplomatic envoys from Western countries just to assist in the investigation?"
"Mr. President, this is a complete lie." Hull shook his head and said, "Someone did take advantage of the Kanda parade to launch an attack at the Imperial Palace Plaza in Tokyo, but it was not a terrorist attack, but an assassination."
"Assassination operation?" Roosevelt was stunned when he heard this, and then asked, "Assassination who?"
"Emperor of Japan, Hirohito!" Hull said solemnly, "Two Chinese agents participated in the assassination."
"Chinese agents? God, they are so brave. They actually dared to go to Tokyo to assassinate the Emperor of Japan!" Roosevelt was a little surprised when he heard this, and then asked, "What was the final result?"
"It failed. One of Hirohito's guards blocked the fatal shot. Although the bullet still entered Hirohito's body after penetrating the body of the guard, it failed to hit the vital point and was only seriously injured." He
I shook my head and added, "The reason why the Japanese government detained journalists and diplomatic envoys from Western countries is just to block this news."
"This matter is indeed embarrassing. As the Emperor of Japan, he was under the heavy protection of countless imperial guards, and he was assassinated by Chinese agents in the Imperial Palace Square in Tokyo, the capital of Japan, and was seriously injured in the end!" Roosevelt shook his head and added
He said, "This has to make people seriously doubt the capabilities of the Japanese."
Hull said: "The Japanese are still very capable. The reason why Hirohito was assassinated and seriously injured this time is probably because the assassin was so powerful that it was impossible to guard against him!" After a pause, Hull continued, "The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo
Colonel Dawson, the chief military attache of the legation, reported that the assassin who assassinated Hirohito was the famous Wolf Fang!"
"Langya?" Roosevelt said solemnly, "The special forces trained by Xu Rui?"
"Yes, it's them." Hull said, "Colonel Dawson reported that Xu Rui actually disguised himself as a super master in the Japanese kendo world, and was recruited by Hirohito into his escort team. Hirohito was attacked by Wolf Fang.
When the sniper shot, Xu Rui was less than thirty meters away from Hirohito's chariot. The scene at that time was really exciting!"
Most military attachés in embassies abroad also serve as spies. Colonel Dawson is a US military spy, so the information he provides to the U.S. government is very professional. Hull then told the information that Colonel Dawson provided in the secret cable. After listening to it, Roosevelt
The president couldn't help but change his expression. Is there really such a powerful killer in this world?
But the Japanese are not simple either. The female ninja in white is even more powerful!
"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing." Hull continued, "At the same time that Hirohito was attacked, the Japanese Army Medical School in Shinjuku District, Tokyo was also attacked at the same time, and a building was blown up."
"Japanese Army Medical School?" Roosevelt said solemnly, "Bacteriological Weapons Research Institute?"
Although the FBI in the United States was established less than five years ago, it is still very capable. Therefore, it is not a secret that the Japanese Army is secretly conducting research on bacterial weapons. The FBI even found out that the Japanese Army’s bacterial weapons
The weapons research base is hidden within the Army Medical School.
Of course, it must be noted that the United States is also secretly conducting research on bacterial weapons.
Not only the United States and Japan, but all European military powers are also conducting similar research!
"Yes." Hull nodded and added, "The Wolf Fang who attacked the Army Medical School was obviously heading for the Bacteriological Weapons Research Institute. The building they blew up was the base of the Bacteriological Weapons Research Institute!
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"Well done, such anti-human weapons research should not be carried out!" Rufus shook his fist and spoke loudly and righteously, as if the United States had not conducted similar research, as if the United States was really a beacon of human freedom, as if the United States
Zhen represents justice, and his acting skills are even more superb than those of the Oscar-winning actor.
After a pause, Roosevelt continued: "By the way, have bacterial weapons been leaked?"
"I was about to tell Mr. President this." Hull nodded and continued, "Two days ago, the Japanese government imposed comprehensive martial law on the entire Tokyo. Judging from this reaction, it should have been leaked, so
I suggest that from today onwards, no more freighters and passenger ships from Japan should be allowed to dock."
Roosevelt nodded and said: "This is necessary."
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Berlin, Germany.
The Führer stood solemnly in front of the huge sand table, listening to Guderian's analysis of the war situation. At this time, Guderian had just been promoted to commander of the 19th Army. The 19th Army was the first truly significant member of the German Wehrmacht.
The Armored Corps consists of the 3rd Armored Division and the 2nd and 20th Motorized Divisions.
At this time, the time had entered mid-June, and there was less than three months left before the outbreak of the German-Polish War.
Of course, it must be noted that the head of state at this time did not have much confidence in whether the German army could quickly win the German-Polish war. After all, Poland was also a military power with seven armies and thirty infantry divisions under its jurisdiction.
Eleven cavalry brigades plus two motorized brigades, the total strength exceeds one million people!
What's more, this is just the regular army, not counting the Polish militia.
Facing such a huge armed force, the head of state was really unsure.
After all, after World War I, the German army had not fought a large-scale war for a long time. Therefore, once the war breaks out, only God knows what the outcome will be.
Guderian could feel the hesitation in the heart of the head of state, and said: "Your Excellency, head of state, please believe me. Although the size of the Polish National Defense Force is huge, it is only superficial, and there is a fatal weakness in Poland's defense deployment. That
Just looking at the head and not the tail, they deployed heavy troop groups on the front line, leaving only a small number of troops behind them. Moreover, the terrain of the Danzig Corridor is very flat, which is conducive to the rapid maneuvering of our armored group."
After a pause at this point, Guderian said in a more serious tone: "So, as long as our armored clusters quickly pass through from both wings and don't get entangled with the Polish army on the front battlefield, we will definitely capture Danzig quickly. As long as we capture it,
Once we reach Danzig, the lifeline of the Danzig Corridor will be cut off by me, and the millions of wave troops on the front line will be trapped in a tight siege. It is only a matter of time before they are surrounded and annihilated."
Guderian's analysis was rigorous and well-argued, but the head of state was still very worried. He was not only worried about Poland's problems, but also worried that after Poland was attacked, Britain and France would quickly declare war on Germany. After all, Poland and Britain and France were allies, and he was determined to provoke a war.
A world war is not that easy.
When the head of state was hesitant, a tall, handsome man walked in quietly.
Guderian looked back, and after seeing clearly who was walking in, his expression changed slightly.
The man who walked in was Reinhard, the second-in-command of the Nazi SS, the Security Chief.
Because of his extremely cruel behavior, Reinhard had many nicknames, such as the blond devil, the hard-hearted man, the Nazi decapitation officer, the follower of death, the Nazi devil, the black prince of the Third Reich, etc. This guy was not only cruel to his enemies, but also...
The domestic opposition was also very ruthless, so even generals like Guderian were afraid of him.
After Reinhard came in, he walked up to the Führer and whispered a few words, and the Führer's expression immediately changed.
"The Japanese are really useless!" The head of state had no intention of keeping it secret, and directly told him the top-secret information that Reinhard had just reported to him. "Even their emperor was seriously injured in an assassination, and bacterial weapons were also attacked.
And leaked, such an ally is really hard to count on."
Guderian immediately said: "Your Majesty the Head of State, in this case we need to attack Poland even more."
"You are right." The head of state said with deep conviction, "The incident in Tokyo will inevitably greatly weaken the military spirit and morale of the Axis Alliance. Now, the alliance really needs a major victory to boost morale.
Moreover, it is time to regain our land and liberate our compatriots!"