China's domestic purge has attracted the attention of many countries around the world, among which the one who cares most about China is naturally Japan, an old rival. Little Japan wishes that the more chaos there is in China, the better. Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs also held a press conference on the Chinese movement, describing the Chinese government as a brutal anti-human government that agitated a wave of civil society. At the same time, it is also intended to deflect the severe economic situation in Japan.

At the same time that the countries of the world sent troops to Russia, the economic crisis in Japan also began to erupt, and the Japanese people who were dismissed from various places and did not have jobs demanded that the Japanese government take measures to deal with the matter. At the same time, Japan was asked to reduce the tax rate and severely crack down on unscrupulous trading companies that deducted workers' wages. In some places, workers' demonstrations even broke out, and some countless trading houses were smashed, and the social order became more and more turbulent. In order to cope with the crisis, the Japanese government sent troops to suppress it on the one hand, and on the other hand, it carried out all kinds of reactionary propaganda to instill in the Japanese people its bubbled Greater East Asia policy. Beautify Japan's international status and try to denigrate China's rise.

At the same time, in order to weaken the wave of domestic opposition, the Japanese government has symbolically reduced the proportion of some taxes, but also increased other tax items, and it is impossible for the Japanese government to punish the big conglomerates that operate the Japanese economy. Although Japan claims to be a constitutional monarchy, its rights are not completely controlled by the government, but in the hands of the imperial family and big conglomerates, which is also the fundamental reason why Japan frequently changes leaders, but the form of the country has not improved in the slightest, after all, any Japanese prime minister who comes to power, if they cannot represent the interests of the imperial family and the consortium, they will certainly not be able to last. In addition, Japan's export-oriented economic structure determines Japan's high dependence on foreign countries. Now the world war has been over for several years. The world's major economic powers have largely recovered from the effects of the world war. In addition, the abundant capital import of the United States and the conversion of advanced military technology into civilian use by Western countries have raised the quality level of manufactured goods by a great level, and this has caused Japan's share of manufactured products in the world market to continue to decline. In addition, because of China's frantic expansion of armaments, in a short period of two years, the army has expanded from more than 500,000 to nearly 3 million, a full sixfold increase, and the navy's '88 Fleet Plan' has also been constantly speeding up the process, and Japan's military spending accounts for almost 70 percent of the entire fiscal revenue. As a result, almost the entire country of Japan has become a country of militaristic ideology. It can be said that the arms race with China has made the already shrinking economy even worse.

The Imperial Palace of Japan, the residence of Crown Prince Hirohito.

Including Japanese Military Marshal Yama Prefecture Aritomo, Prime Minister Terauchi Masatake, and Senior Senator Saionji Kotobo. The Minister of the Japanese Navy and the Minister of War of Japan, including the absolute top officials of Japan, all gathered in the dormitory of Crown Prince Hirohito.

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, do you mean that our Imperial Army of Great Japan is at war with China, with the purpose of snatching Tsarist Siberia from China?" Youpeng in Shanxian groaned.

"Your Excellency Marshal, we all know the harm that China has done to our Japanese Empire, in the land of East Asia, China's strength is the weakness of our Japanese Empire, and now that China has annexed Siberia, Britain, France, and the United States may not really want to help Russia recapture Siberia, and our Japanese Empire will unite with Britain and France. The task of preventing China from taking command of the Siberian Allied Forces Command was successful, but this did not change the fact that China had already occupied Siberia. As the civil war in Tsarist Russia progressed, Britain, France, and the United States would inevitably focus their strategic efforts on the West, and the Japanese Empire would be the only one in the East. Therefore, I think that while the allied forces of the Western countries are still there, we will launch an attack on the squadron with our Imperial Japanese Army as the main force. The most important thing is that we want to draw Britain, France and the United States into our camp and jointly fight China. Even if it starts World War II, China is just too big. If they are given time, sooner or later they will catch up with the strength of the Great Japanese Empire, and even surpass it very quickly, talking about the war potential. Our Great Japanese Empire is far inferior, and when the time comes, the Great Japanese Empire will really live forever in the shadow of China. Crown Prince Hirohito said in a deep voice. …,

Masaki Terauchi's face was serious. He still admired the ability of the crown prince in front of him, but he didn't expect that the crown prince, who was less than twenty years old in front of him, would have the ambition and courage to start World War II.

"Your Highness, it is in the interests of the Great Japanese Empire to start a war with China, but if we want to win, I'm afraid it will be difficult!"

"Yes, Your Highness, the domestic economy is on the verge of collapse, the issuance of government bonds has been unbought, and the wave of civil protests continues, and it is too risky to go to war with a powerful country like China at this time. Not to mention that Britain, France, and the United States are not fools, and if they do not enter the war, our Great Japanese Empire will be more and more isolated. Xiyuan Temple Gongwang thought for a while and said.

"Marshal, what do you think?" Crown Prince Hirohito was naturally clear about the questions raised by Terauchi Masatakeshi and Saionji Gongwang, but these were obviously not enough to stop His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's crazy ambitions.

Youpeng squinted his eyes, and if he didn't look carefully, he thought he was asleep.

"Your Highness, you know that if the war is lost. We, the Japanese Empire, may well fall into a state of total destruction. "There are friends in Shan County with a calm face, and his face is cloudy. Of course, he agrees with Crown Prince Hirohito's statement, but because of his approval, it is even more difficult to decide.

"Of course I know that, but do we have a choice? China's speed of development is so rapid, especially the navy of China, in just over two years, has the strength to compete with the Japanese navy, according to the intelligence of the special high section, the Chinese navy's newly commissioned 'Nanjing' battleship was converted from our missing 'Kongo' battleship in the Japanese Empire. This is a disgrace to our Great Japanese Navy. Our army was almost completely crippled by the Chinese army, and these were all things that affected the national fortunes of the Great Japanese Empire. I don't want to wait for my succession as emperor that my Imperial Japanese Empire will only become a vassal of China. Crown Prince Hirohito's slightly immature face was full of determination.

"Yo Si! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the advice and determination of the Imperial Japanese Empire will inevitably lead the Great Japanese Empire to glory. China has a Feng Yong, who leads China to strength, and the crown prince of our Great Japanese Empire is not worse than him, even better than him. After the seriousness of the mountain county Youpeng, there was a sincere relief on his face. Crown Prince Hirohito's simplicity and decisiveness far surpassed that of Emperor Taisho, and was very similar to Emperor Meiji back then.

"Your Excellency Marshal, do you mean to agree to war against China?" Crown Prince Hirohito said excitedly.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, I understand your thoughts, but it is very unwise to go to war on China itself now. We, the Imperial Japanese Army, can compete with China in Siberia. Moreover, China's strength in Siberia will only push Western countries to our side of Japan, and once Western countries are drawn into the war, it will be the best opportunity for our Great Japanese Empire. Britain, France, and the United States will not watch China dominate Asia. At the same time, China's monopolization of Siberia is not in line with the strategy of Western countries. And to stop all this, they can only rely on our Great Japanese Empire. Shan County Youpeng said wisely and confidently.

"Yes, Your Excellency Marshal, only by disrupting China's strategic deployment can we stop the expansion of their national strength, and at the same time, I hope that the Imperial Navy can take advantage of this opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the Chinese Navy, and if possible, do its best to completely annihilate the Chinese Navy and bring China's coastal defense back to a few years ago." Crown Prince Hirohito said excitedly.

"Hai, the Navy will definitely live up to the expectations of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" The Admiralty Chancellor shouted. The news that the Chinese "Nanjing" was a refit of the Japanese "Kongo" battleship made the Japanese Navy lose face. On the day the news broke, the Japanese navy, which considered itself to be the number one in Asia, regarded this incident as a great shame, and on the day the news broke, some Japanese naval officials clamored for a war against the Chinese navy to recapture the Kongo, and at the worst it would sink it. But this kind of war-seeking thinking was suppressed by Youpeng in Shanxian County. After all, this is not the time for war between China and Japan. …,

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the most critical thing now is how to start a war with China and bring the Western countries in, Britain, France and the United States are not fools, there is no absolute reason, it is impossible for them to go to war with China. After all, Britain has already lost once in a confrontation with China. Masaki said. During this time, Terauchi Masayi was very low-key, after all, the tense status quo in Japan has caused the current Japanese government to have a bad reputation among the people, and if it were not for the support of the military department and Crown Prince Hirohito, the current Japanese government would have collapsed long ago. It was because of Crown Prince Hirohito's intervention that the Terauchi government was preserved, and he himself was fortunate enough to become Japan's longest-serving prime minister.

"The special high class has been reported. According to the report of Senior General Iguchi Seigo, the squadron has been provocative during this time, wanting to take the opportunity to drive the Imperial Army of the Empire of Japan out of Vladivostok and exclude the Empire of Japan from the Joint Command of Siberia. For this reason, the Chinese side has used all kinds of subordinate means. If it weren't for Lieutenant General Iguchi Province's strict order to forbear, I'm afraid that our advance force would have already started a war with China. We may be able to use this opportunity to ignite war from Vladivostok. I think that if the squadron destroys all the Western coalition forces, then the Western countries will have to declare war on China even if they are no longer willing. As the main force in resisting China, our Great Japanese Empire will naturally receive a steady stream of material supplies from all countries in the world, and domestic contradictions can also be passed on, and China's strength can also be weakened and China's threat reduced. Crown Prince Hirohito said.

Yama Prefecture Aritomo nodded, agreeing with Crown Prince Hirohito's statement. His nod means that Japan's two major political forces have passed the war plan, and all that remains is the specific deployment and dispatch of troops. This will not take long at all for Japan, where militarist ideology is growing wildly. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )