Kido's question was unable to answer Toyota at all, but he had to answer it. Kido represented the emperor, and his question was probably the emperor's question, so Minumasa had to come forward and explain for him.

"Because of the need to carry out the Afghan combat and defend the Philippines, the main force has been transferred to Nanyang. Currently, there are only more than 300 aircraft in China, of which there are no more than 120 combat aircraft. The most important thing is that the aircraft invested in China have a flight altitude of more than 100,000 meters, while the flight altitude of Zero fighter is only less than 8 kilometers.

Kido now understood and nodded silently. This problem could not be solved in a short time. Minister of Agriculture and Commerce Tadashi Ishiguro spoke at this time.

"Prime Minister, since last year, domestic grain production has been insufficient. Last year, the total grain output fell by 20% compared with the previous year. It is supported by the grain transported from Manchuria and Nanyang. The Ministry of Agriculture and Health and Health estimate that grain production will further decline this year. This year, the grain ratio for each citizen is 800 milliliters per day, and heavy physical workers are 1 liter per day. If bombing continues like this, the national food ration will continue to decrease, and large-scale malnutrition will occur. In severe cases, famine will occur."

Suzuki Kantaro's head buzzed, and this is another unsolvable problem. A large number of young and middle-aged people were recruited into the army, chemical fertilizers and pesticide factories turned to produce ammunition, rural grain production was greatly reduced, and national rations have been reduced again and again. Now the people are still tolerating, but if the reduction continues, can the people still tolerate it?

"Ishihei, please organize an investigation. If Manchuria falls, Nanyang transportation will be interrupted."

Suzuki Chen Ning said carefully: "How much impact will it have on the production of imperial grain, steel, pots and copper? What is the estimated output next year." Speaking of this, he suddenly realized that this was actually evaluating the war capabilities of Japan. He probably wouldn't be able to do it completely, so he said to Toyota again: "Please send someone to participate in the production of detailed and comprehensive estimates."

Kido was actually very disappointed. Suzuki Kantaro was really weak. The cabinet and the base camp army and navy had no choice but to face the Chinese bombing. Everyone placed their hopes on the joint fleet. It seemed that the joint fleet could solve all problems when it came back.

The base camp has submitted a Manchurian combat plan to the emperor. It is a foregone conclusion that abandoning Manchuria. All the recruit battalions in China are busy training recruits to join the army. The age of joining the army has dropped to 16 years old, and middle school education has been shortened for a year. From the perspective of the long-term construction of the country, this is already a drinking poison to quench thirst, but there is no way. The army needs people, and the defense of the Japanese needs people.

Hirohito remained silent after listening to Kido's report. When Kido was reporting, he was observing Hirohito's face and guessing Hirohito's thoughts in his heart. From a legal perspective, the Emperor cannot interfere with the Cabinet's decisions, but due to the Emperor's huge influence, as long as he disagrees, the Cabinet will modify the decision.

"You can discuss with the important officials and see if there is any way to change the current situation."

Kido was shocked and looked at Hirohito suspiciously. According to the principle, summoning important officials to discuss it is a precursor to the change of the Prime Minister. Hirohito was dissatisfied with Suzuki? He wanted to change the Prime Minister? But who would replace Suzuki? He chose Suzuki because no one wanted to serve as Prime Minister. Suzuki himself was unwilling to be the queen, so he reluctantly agreed and wanted to replace him now.

Kido expects Hirohito to explain more clearly, but Hirohito has no explanation and gets up and walks towards the harem. Kido can only watch Hirohito leave.

That night, Kido summoned several important officials to his home. The group of important officials was composed of senior military and political leaders who had served as prime minister, army general, navy general, and president of the Privy Council. These included Hideki Tojo, Koiki Akira, Fumimoto Koi, Okada Keisuke, Hirota Hirota, Kazudo Harashi and others.

A group of people filled the living room of the Kido family. What disappointed Kido was that there was no way to do the current situation of the important officials group. Kido carefully asked whether to make adjustments to the cabinet. The important officials immediately understood Kido's meaning and fell into a brief silence in the living room.

"Suzuki Jun is a good person." Tojo slowed down his tone, trying to make himself less aggressive: "However, Suzuki Jun's xing style is too weak, and I'm afraid he can't grasp the current situation. It would be better if he could change to a xing style prime minister."

Obviously, Tojo was still worried about his forced resignation. He firmly believed that only he could lead Japan to victory in the war. However, Tojo's opinion did not arouse the response of the important officials.

"Suzuki Jun has just taken office as prime minister, so it is too rash to change the prime minister frequently." Koewe Fumimoto looked unhappy, but what he said was indeed the truth. Suzuki has only been the prime minister for two months. Not to mention that Tokyo was bombed, even if the Ah battle failed, it would not be his turn to take responsibility.

"I agree." Okada also supported Konoha's opinion: "Suzuki's work is still very effective. He cannot bear the responsibility for the adverse situation of the war. The situation in the country is unfavorable, and everyone must work together to overcome the difficulties."

There was a faint warning in Okada's tone. Kido knew that Okada was worried that although Tojo had stepped down, he still had a certain influence in the military headquarters. His people were not cleaned up. If he wanted to take some questions, he could do it.

All the important officials became alert to Tojo. Next, Koiki Akira, Hirota Hirota, and Kazudo Hara all defended Suzuki Kantaro, and Kido guessed Hirohito's meaning while listening. Seeing this, he suddenly understood that Hirohito didn't say it. He was not trying to replace Suzuki, and no one in the country can replace Suzuki.

Hirohito's real purpose is that Japan is now very dangerous, and the efforts to seek peace should be greater, and the group of important officials should support Suzuki and make the military worry.

After thinking it through, Kido began to deliberately bring the topic to this: "Everyone, the war situation is very unfavorable. I participated in today's joint meeting. Neither the Army Province nor the Navy Department nor the General Staff could propose an effective plan to reverse the situation. What opinions do you have on this?" The meeting suddenly fell silent again. The situation was so deteriorating that no one could help. Kido frequently gave eyes to Kouwei Fumimoto at first. Kouwei didn't understand at first, and was guessing what Kido meant in his heart.

Koiki Aki had just left the position of prime minister and was even more worried about the situation: "If peace can be achieved, it's best if not." Koiki Aki suddenly remembered Ishihara's roar, and he smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Seeing that Kido's light suddenly lit up, Kono's light understood what he meant. He thought about it and said, "The way out for Japan and Japan is not in war, but in peace. The cabinet should strengthen its efforts to achieve peace. China, the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union are not monolithic, maybe we can use it."

The allies are not a monolithic, and conflicts occur frequently between China and the Soviet Union. However, with the Chongqing consensus being issued between China and the Soviet Union, the conflicts between the two countries have been temporarily alleviated. More importantly, both China and the Soviet Union believe that Japan and Japan are the main enemies, and even if there is a conflict between the two countries, they must be resolved after defeating Japan and Japan.

"Diplomatic work should be strengthened," Okada also said, his expression showing that he was a little dissatisfied: "You cannot be self-confidenced, you must be more flexible."

"Flexible?" Tojo looked at Okada alertly and asked sternly: "How to be flexible? To be specific, don't be vague!" "I think it's acceptable as long as the Emperor's system can be retained." Okada also answered unambiguously.

Hideki Tojo's face turned red and asked angrily: "Is it okay to pay compensation? The imperial army has not been defeated yet! The front is still on the enemy's territory! It is precisely because of your defeatist thought that the empire will fail!" Tojo was extremely angry, but Okada was not afraid at all, staring at him. Now Tojo is no longer the prime minister or the minister of the army. When Tojo was prime minister, he implemented strict military police rule in the name of opposing defeatism. Anyone who opposed him was detained or summoned to the army in various names. The most famous of them was to enlist in Shigeyi Matsumae, Director of the Works Bureau of the Ministry of Works, who was appointed as a second-class private. This incident caused great shock in the two sessions of the Matsumae Shigeyi. Although Shigeyi Matsumae was protected by the navy, Hideki Tojo's iron fist was shocking. It was from this time that the two sessions of the military and political affairs began to make Tojo step down.

"No need to move like this." Koiki Akira quickly spoke to ease the atmosphere: "We are in a meeting and can give you any opinions."

"No!" Tojo refused to give in. He stared at Koi Iso Kan Akira, his tone was still stern: "This kind of defeatist sentiment must be strictly stopped, otherwise it will spread and affect the morale of the people!" Now others were not able to speak. Everyone present knew that the defeat of Japan was inevitable, but no one could speak out publicly yet.

Seeing this situation, Kido was about to open his mouth to resolve it. At this time, the door was pushed open. Matsuhei, the secretary-general of the Inner Palace, came in to report: "Your Excellency, I just received the news that Yokohama was bombed."

Kido looked at Tojo and Okada. They stopped talking now. Kido sighed and turned his head to ask, "Is the loss?"

"It's not clear yet, but" Matsuhei said hesitantly: "The Eastern Military Region reported that Yokohama's fire was more powerful than yesterday's Ya." Everyone was gasping for breath. Everyone saw the fire in Nichikyo yesterday and the losses were clear. Yokohama's fire was bigger, so what it means was very clear.

Yokohama can be said to be the second largest city in Japan and another industrial center in Japan, with a population of more than 2 million: Tokyo Yokohama is the most important industrial circle in Japan, where the most important steel mills, shipyards, copper smelting plants, and military factories in Japan were concentrated. This place was destroyed, and Japan's industrial capacity would be reduced by half.

The meeting of the important ministers ended in a hurry without any result, but Kido still got what he wanted from it. Among the important ministers, most agreed to take greater measures to seek a ceasefire. Of course, the danger still exists. There are still many hard-line factions in the army like Hideki Tojo. If there is any inappropriateness, rebellions like 226 will still occur.

The next day, Yokohama's losses were reported, and more than 70,000 people died in Yokohama. The area of ​​16 square kilometers was burned to white ground, and 200,000 people were homeless.

On the third day, in Daling, 110,000 people died and 300,000 people were homeless.

On the fourth day, in Nagoya, 60,000 people died and 170,000 people were homeless. On the fifth day, bombers returned to Tokyo, all Tokyo commercial areas were burned down, 80,000 people died, the twenty square kilometers of area was burned to white land, and the outer periphery of the palace was burned down.

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Chapter completed!