On October 23, 1943, Emperor Hirohito, who was worried about the repeated defeats of the Japanese army in 1942, was already under the counterattack of the American army, and he could not bear to convene the Minister of Civil Affairs and Military Affairs again to attend the Imperial Council.

But the day before the Imperial Council, in Tokyo, in the palace of Emperor Hirohito.

The Imperial Palace, which was surrounded by a moat in the Edo period, was both solemn and gorgeous.

Chief of Staff Sugiyama Moto, who had already entered Nijubashi in a sweat, was hurriedly greeted by Minister Kidochi, the emperor's advisor, and replied, "Your Majesty the Emperor has been waiting for you at the 'Matsuno Pavilion' for a long time!" ”

"Excuse me! Keeping you and His Majesty the Emperor waiting! Your Excellency Minister Kidouchi! Lead the way! Sugiyama apologized in a cordial tone.

Minister Kido nodded slightly, and without answering, he hurriedly led the way in front of him.

After a long time, he was introduced by the Minister of Kitouchi; I entered Matsunokaku and met with Emperor Hirohito.

"I've heard that the situation of the Great East Asian Holy War has become more and more severe recently, and it is not good for the Empire, I don't know if you have heard about it? Especially the recent Battle of Munda Island and the fiasco of the New Georgia landings? Chief Sugiyama Moto! ”

As soon as Emperor Hirohito saw Sugiyama Moto, he immediately frowned deeply and asked worriedly.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I know everything! If your subordinates are ineffective, please punish them! ”

Hearing this, Sugiyama Yuan was suddenly covered in cold sweat, lowered his posture, and replied nervously.

"How can this be, haven't we already received a large number of advanced weapons and equipment from the German army? Why are the troops of our empire still in places like Munda Island, defeated by the American army? Such a humiliating thing! Did you know that many foreign journalists and citizens of the empire have known about it? The face of our Great Japanese Empire, now in the whole world! It's all embarrassing, and I'm embarrassed! ”

After hearing this, Emperor Hirohito suddenly became gloomy and said angrily.

His face-changing speed is even more powerful and fast than the face-changing king in Peking Opera.

"I'm sorry! Your Majesty, please calm your anger, and our War Department will do everything possible to do it in the shortest possible time; Defeat the U.S. Army and regain the lost occupied areas, in short, we will definitely let those U.S. troops die! ”

After listening, Chief of Staff Sugiyama Mototo, sweated and rained, and lied anxiously and promised.

For the Japanese military high-brass, who have always been the most amusing themselves when they are defeated, and lying about their own results, this false promise can still come at any time with a twist of their hands, even if the object they want to deceive is Emperor Hirohito.

"Then do you have any good combat plans now to regain lost ground, drive away those damn American troops, and do you know the next combat plan and attack targets of the American army?"

In this regard, Emperor Hirohito, who also had a certain amount of scheming, suddenly changed the topic and asked.

"We already know something!"

Sugiyama was stunned for a moment, and then quickly continued to panic again.

"Oh! Then you tell me about it! ”

Seeing this, Emperor Hirohito stared at Sugiyama Gen coldly with sharp eyes.

"Ahh I'll ...... in 3 days."

Seeing Emperor Hirohito's uneasy gloomy expression, Chief of Staff Sugiyama Mototo didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Okay, I'll give you 3 days! If you don't complete the mission, then you, the army general and chief of staff, don't have to do it! ”

"Exceptionally, I will inform Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and the ministers of civil and military affairs that I will hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss the current situation in the Pacific, and I want to know the most real situation and your solution! I hope you don't let me down! ”

Emperor Hirohito said with a gloomy face.

"Yes, Your Majesty! I will immediately inform them, and promise that tomorrow I will be on time to attend the Imperial Council and give a good strategy and tactical plan, and the final victory will definitely be our Great Japanese Empire, and Your Majesty! ”

Chief of Staff Sugiyama Mototo immediately nodded and replied.

At this moment, he was already frightened into a cold sweat, and he was sweating, very uncomfortable.

"Okay, now you can also go and ask Minister Kido to call Kenji Dohihara to me as well, I have already ordered him to come back to Tokyo, and now I should also arrive in the 'Takema' parlor!" I would also like to talk to him about the German army in the European theater and the Eastern Front, as well as Italy, which has been controlled by the German army, and I would like to know the whereabouts of the current Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini, and the post-war situation there! ”

Looking at the panicked and respectful attitude of the chief of staff, Sugiyama Moto, Emperor Hirohito ordered lightly in a slightly soothing tone.

"Yes, Your Majesty! I'll go right away! ”

After the chief of staff, Sugiyama Moto, saw that Emperor Hirohito had calmed down, his face was covered with cold sweat and his bloodless expression was greatly relieved, his whole body relaxed, and he nodded again and said respectfully.

"Well, stand down! Don't let me down! Emperor Hirohito remained expressionless and said coldly.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Sugiyama Moto was covered in cold sweat again, and replied with a bloodless face.

After that, he withdrew from the Matsuno Pavilion and was taken by the Minister of Kido to the East Garden in the Imperial Palace, and then called Kenji Dohihara, who had just arrived there, to meet Emperor Hirohito.

Sugiyama Moto, on the other hand, did not leave immediately, but sat in the brightly lit Imperial Palace's East Garden, with a gorgeous and classical decoration in the 'Takema' living room, staring absentmindedly at the beautiful scenery outside the hall while frowning deeply and considering his next strategic and tactical countermeasures in the Pacific.

Especially in the previous meeting tomorrow, how should Emperor Hirohito put aside his worries and smile.

For a moment, Sugiyama was eager to be able to immediately smash all the American troops into pieces and scatter their bones, especially the frighteningly large aircraft carrier fleet of the American army and the terrifying industrial production capacity......

"What will be the fate and outcome of our empire in this Pacific Campaign! If only Yamamoto Isoroku were still alive, everything was those damn Yankees, and if it weren't for their plane group shooting down Yamamoto Isoroku's plane, I wouldn't be so worried about the Navy guys now! ”

"Our once-in-a-century naval genius is gone, damn it! Yankees, I'm not done with you! ”

After a long time, the Chief of Staff Sugiyama Moto, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

At this time, the new Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo was also impetuous and pacing around in his mansion, especially after the Battle of Munda Island and the landing of the New Georgia Islands, which were defeated by the US military, he was even more unable to eat, sleep restlessly, and was bitter all day long, worried.

"Damn the U.S. military! And those incompetent navies, we have been supported by a large number of advanced weapons and equipment from the Germans, but they still lost to the American army, this bunch of waste! ”

"Do they know that once they are defeated, it will be more and more dangerous for the defense of our empire itself! Do they want to continue to be defeated? Do they want to be beaten to our soil by the Yankees? ”

"This is a thousand-year shame for our empire, at least the greatest shame after the Meiji Restoration! I will never allow such a defeat to occur during my tenure as prime minister, otherwise how would I go to see Amaterasu! ”

The more he paced around, the more inexplicably flustered Hideki Tojo became, and couldn't help but roar.