"Yaga! These white-haired pigs are simply greedy and shameless! Konoe cursed repeatedly.

A new round of negotiations between Japan and the United States has failed again.

Because Hideki Tojo was a main combatant who advocated declaring war on the United States, if it were not for the support of some powerful generals, I am afraid that he would have stepped down long ago. But now the dealings with the United States are mainly Konoe Fumiro.

He was deeply trusted by Hirohito and the imperial family to make some unannounced concessions in negotiations.

But the Americans have now eased up in Asia, and China is still knocking on Japan, so the Americans who are taking advantage of the fire to rob are naturally asking for a big price.

Even if it is an unconditional surrender, there are many conditions to negotiate, but the Americans have a high asking price that the Japanese can never accept.

Not to mention that the trial of war criminals involved Hirohito and many powerful generals, a single astronomical amount of war reparations could wipe out all the wealth plundered by the Japanese, and even the accumulation of the Japanese over the years could completely bring the economic level of the Japanese back to the last century.

This is also on the basis that the Americans underestimated the amount of wealth plundered by the Japanese, and their purpose was to make the Japanese economically powerless and completely subject to the United States.

The Japanese, who still felt that they had not reached the end of the road, naturally refused to agree, and the two sides pressed the conditions a little bit, but they were never able to do well.

The negotiations did not go well, and the stick of the Americans whined again.

The war in the Northern Mariana Islands has been going on, and nearly half of the main forces of the Japanese Combined Fleet are concentrated here, facing off against the Americans.

At a time when the Japanese people are criticizing the security of their homeland, they have no choice but to transfer the main force of the navy.

The Japanese saw very well that peace with China had become an endless situation, and there was no possibility of peace talks at all. So the Americans must first be pushed to the negotiating table. Even though the mainland was under attack from China, the Japanese still firmly believed that they could stop the attack from China by relying on the home fleet and the defense of the mainland, and pressed most of the main force of the navy to the Americans and did not withdraw.

There is also a part of the main naval force near the Philippines. As the biggest bargaining chip in peace talks with the Americans, the Philippines also cannot let the Americans easily succeed. And it is necessary to take into account the defense of the Chinese who are good at fighting raids.

The Chinese did not come, but the big stick of the Americans fell on the Philippines.

At a time when the United States was still debating whether to make war or peace with Japan, MacArthur had long been ready to attack the Philippines in order to clear away the shame of his embarrassed evacuation.

Even he was going to risk disobeying military orders. Attacked early, but was persuaded by Roosevelt to stop.

Roosevelt also gave him an affirmative reply that would give him a chance to retaliate.

While he was constantly strengthening preparations for the landing, the U.S. Navy also approached the Philippines from Irian Island, where the war was still raging, looking for fighters to wear down the strength of the Japanese Navy.

In the vicinity of Carakron Island, the navies of Japan and the United States engaged in three large-scale battles. The end also ended in the defeat of the Japanese, who lost air supremacy.

Even with the addition of army aviation, the Japanese could not stop the air attack of the Americans. Even the air supremacy over the Philippines has been lost.

Although the Americans did not continue to land in the Philippines, they did not stop sending bombers to the Philippines from the moment the Americans gained a foothold on Irian Island.

Most of the US bombers in Asia were used to bomb the Philippines, and the targets bombed by the wealthy Americans were not only limited to Japan's defense points and clearing the obstacles to landing, but also increased the scope of their attacks, bombing many public facilities in large and small cities, and paralyzing the Japanese management order.

Although the scope of the bombing could hurt innocents. But there are very few Americans in the Philippines, whether they are indigenous or Japanese. None of them deserve the pity of the Americans.

Even if this practice will increase the hatred value of some Filipino natives, who would scruple in that era? Moreover, the power of the bombing undoubtedly showed the strength of the Americans, and deepened the fear of the natives against the colonizers, which was conducive to the subsequent rule.

The Japanese, who did not have sufficient air defense strength, had no choice but to get used to the continuous bombing by the Americans after most of the few army aviation forces were knocked out by the Americans one after another.

However, since 7 September, the US aerial bombardment has been particularly intense. Immediately afterwards, the Americans retaliated on the 10th and surprised the Japanese in the Philippines.

On September 11, 41, the Japanese gave the United States a surprise at Pearl Harbor, and now the anniversary is approaching, and the Americans specially chose this date. 150,000 Allied troops fought in coordination with the land, sea and air and landed in the Philippines.

This is undoubtedly a cold stick to the Japanese, and they are a little confused.

If the Japanese lose the biggest bargaining chip they can negotiate with the Americans, it would be a trivial matter, and if the Americans really join forces with Huaxia and destroy Japan first and divide the spoils before fighting, then the Japanese will really not be able to support it.

"Do you really want the empire to make a big sacrifice?" Fumiro Konoe's mind was constantly swirling with the conditions proposed by the Americans. Even the large-scale attacks of the Chinese army on both the Japanese mainland and the tail were not considered for the time being.

When the Chinese army launched an onslaught, the Japanese, who were already familiar with the encroachment strategy of China, thought that the Chinese were going to move a few steps forward.

"It doesn't matter if the front line can't withstand the armored forces of the China, but the China's will never dare to swallow up a large part of our territory, which will inevitably cause the Americans to intervene early. Moreover, the encroachment tactics of the Chinese people leave us enough time to recover all our losses. Just yesterday, Fumiro Konoe comforted Hirohito like this.

The Japanese have also seen the contradictions between China and the United States thoroughly, and only then have they come up with their intention of vigorously advocating peace talks with the United States in an attempt to fish in troubled waters.

Therefore, while ordering the front line to resist to the death, the Japanese did not rush to support the front line, and had no intention of putting the whole country on resistance, that is, gambling on part of their own territory to stimulate the Americans.

Who knew that the reaction of the Americans to them was to continue to press, and it was going to be real. And what they don't know is that Huaxia is coming for real this time.

Bad news kept coming from the front, but in a short period of time, the Japanese could not understand the strategic intentions of the Chinese, and could only hope for negotiations with the United States.

Once the peace talks with the United States are successful, the Americans' oil, steel, and even weapons may be open to the Japanese, and relying on the huge wealth they have plundered, the Japanese who recall all their main forces can quickly arm themselves and drive out the landing Chinese troops, and may even get a greater chance in the next Sino-American war.

Therefore, after China blocked the way to peace talks, it is necessary to continue talks with the Americans, and it is necessary to step up negotiations, otherwise the conditions of the Americans will be even harsher after the Philippines is won by the United States.

Konoe Fumiro was pondering in his heart how to add or delete conditions in the new round of peace talks with the Americans, so that it would be more beneficial. A sudden news surprised him, and he suddenly recognized most of the conditions put forward by the Americans.

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"What? Did the Hangavans land in Wakasa Bay? Hearing this, Hirohito and the ministers who had been discussing it collectively fell into a stupor.

"This time, Huaxia is really here!" There was only one thought left in their minds.

Wakasa Bay is roughly central to mainland Japan, and is not very far from Kyoto, Kobe, Osaka, and Nagoya. Once this place is lost, this narrow waist of the main island stuck by Huaxia, the core areas to the west and east of the Japanese will likely be attacked by Huaxia again. Even severing the land connection between the east and the west of the main island of Japan would make the Japanese uncomfortable enough.

"What about our army? And what about our fleet? Hirohito asked in a deep voice.

Hideki Tojo's mouth moved, and he stopped talking.

Although Wakasa Bay is a strategic location, attacking here can also face a frantic counterattack from both the east and west directions of Japan. The Japanese didn't expect Huaxia to have such a big appetite before and want to cut their waists.

They also considered that the Kaga would land on the main island, and they all demarcated the locations in Shimonoseki and other places from the Korean Peninsula, or Aomori Noshiro in the direction of Hokkaido, and even considered the Kaga to capture the Oki Islands and Sado Islands. Only by clearing the obstacles of these overseas islands and using them as a springboard will there be further actions to attack the Japanese mid-waist. Who knew that the Chinese army rushed directly to Wakasa Bay.

"What about our army? And what about our fleet? Hirohito raised his voice and glared at Hideki Tojo.

"I'm going to support Kyushu!" Hideki Tojo didn't want to mention the main force that was consumed by the Americans, but he just talked about the defense forces of the homeland.

The slightly barren Hokkaido was occupied, and the Japanese were not in a hurry, but the economically developed island of Kyushu was attacked by China on a large scale, and the Japanese needed to rush to save it.

The loss of Kitakyushu, where only one of the Yawata Iron and Steel Works was concentrated, made the Japanese feel very distressed, and if the Chinese army was allowed to sweep the entire island of Kyushu, the losses of the Japanese would definitely be no less than the blackmail of the Americans in peace talks. Moreover, this is the location of an important source of Japanese troops, and the hometowns of many military bigwigs are here, so there is no room for error.

It didn't matter if Huaxia was slowly grinding in Kitakyushu and Japan, and continuing the offensive on a large scale would be unbearable for the Japanese. Both the army, as well as the navy, are concentrated there.

The strength of Wakasa Bay, which was already small, was even weaker, and it was easily attacked by the sudden attack of the Chinese army. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )