I don’t know if those Japanese military officers’ sabers can cure constipation, but it is true that they can make people angry.

"Malu Yelang!! Damn it! These damn Chinese dolphins..." Xianyuan Palace cursed loudly in the headquarters headquarters, and the generals and subordinate officers below did not dare to say anything.

Xianyuan Palace was waving the latest "New York Times" in his hand, which contained an interview with the Tiger of the Far East - The Japanese Saber Can Cure Constipation written by Edgar Snow.

This interview caused a lot of laughter in the United States. In fact, it was not just in the United States. In fact, this report caused laughter all over the world. The saber, which was originally regarded as a symbol of honor and status, has now become that of the Tiger General.

Commander's secret recipe for treating constipation.

This made the whole of Japan feel extremely humiliated, and even the military department received more than 3,000 bloody letters from various troops requesting war on the day the report was issued.

"I don't care what method or means you use, I have to make this damn tiger turn into a dead tiger!" Xianyuan Gong's blood-red eyes looked at the group of generals and officers below and said fiercely: "He must do it for me.

He must pay the price for his words! He must pay the price for humiliating us imperial people!!"

"Hai!!" No one dared to say otherwise and responded loudly.

Xianyuan Palace lost his temper and then drove the generals out of the conference room. After taking a sip of tea to calm down, he heard a knock on the door.

"Come in!" Xianyuan Palace tidied up his appearance and said in a deep voice to the door.

"Your Highness, Prime Minister Konoe has sent someone to invite you to his office. He said that he has urgent matters to discuss..." Hearing this, Kanin Palace was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said solemnly: "I understand! You tell him.

I'll be there shortly."

"Hai!" The adjutant nodded knowingly, then bowed and exited the office, closing the door behind him.

After the adjutant left, Kanin Palace couldn't help but lowered his head and thought. Prime Minister Konoe Fumima was no ordinary person. He was born in the "Konoe family", one of the five noble families of the palace, and was the 30th member of the Konoe family.

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The Konoe family are the 12th generation descendants of Emperor Goyosei of Japan. Konoe Fumima's father is Duke Atsumaro Konoe, and he is the eldest son in the family.

In the early days, Konoe Fumima was somewhat biased towards the Anglo-American faction of Saionji Konobo. In 1919, he followed Saionji Konobo, who represented Japan, to participate in the Paris Peace Conference, thereby increasing his international exposure.

But later, perhaps due to the influence of the emperor, he began to try his best to cooperate with the actions of the military and others. He even proposed to a certain extent that he supported the military in launching a war, while rejecting the status quo destruction doctrine of coordinating diplomacy with Britain and the United States.

Although he didn't know what Konoe Fumima was doing to meet him, Kaninnomiya tidied up his appearance and then walked out of the office, accompanied by guards and adjutants, and headed to the Prime Minister's Office.

Since the assassination incident, the entire Japanese government has begun to provide all-round protection for political dignitaries and military personnel at all levels. Especially Hanyin Palace, who instigated the incident, did not want to be "executed by God" one day.

Under the escort of the guards, Kanin Palace arrived at the Prime Minister's Office of Konoe Fumima. After entering, he was led by the secretary to Konoe Fumima's office.

"Your Highness, you are here..." Konoe Fumima walked in, and immediately stood up and bowed respectfully to him. Kanouiniya quickly returned the bow and said softly: "Prime Minister, you don't have to be so polite.

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"Your Highness, please!" Konoe Fumima made a gesture of invitation to Kanin-miya, and asked Kan-in-miya to take the seat. Kan-in-miya was humble and sat down as a matter of course.

"The reason why I invite the prince here today is to inform you about the crisis in the Ministry of Internal Affairs..." Konoe Fumima took out a stack of documents and placed them in front of Kanin Palace. He said with a gloomy expression: "If this crisis is not resolved, then

The empire's Greater East Asia strategy has to stop..."

"Oh?! Are those idiots in the Senate making things difficult for you?!" Xian Yuan Gong's face suddenly turned cold and he said in a deep voice.

"It's not a problem with the Senate, but a problem with the empire itself..." Konoe Fumima sighed: "We have too few resources, but we have used too many in this war..."

Konoe Fumima clicked on the files on the desktop, his face looking very ugly.

Hanyuan Palace couldn't help but be stunned, but then he said nothing. He directly picked up the documents and read them. What these documents recorded was Japan's national resource reserves and consumption since the beginning of the war.

Since the Songhu War in 1937, Japan's war against China has consumed a huge amount of money. It was okay at first. Japan could purchase part of its resources through Britain, the United States and other countries.

But the subsequent declaration of war by the Tiger and the unstable political situation in Europe resulted in Europe directly cutting off supply to Japan. Even the original small-batch "scrap steel and waste oil" transactions were cut off.

Although the United States has ordered a complete ban on transactions with Japan, in the early days, businessmen from both sides could still obtain what they needed through private transactions. However, these were much smaller in number than positive transactions.

As the war continues, Japan's consumption in China is increasing. The bulk of it is gasoline and steel. The manufacturing of aircraft and tanks consumes a large amount of Japan's steel reserves. At the same time, these are all

A machine that drinks oil like water.

Japan's little reserves have bottomed out in a matter of seconds.

"Currently, our oil reserves are less than one million tons. If there is no more oil, the entire war situation in China can be imagined." Konoe Fumima smiled bitterly at Hanin Palace and said: "Without oil, the navy cannot

Attack. The army's chariot troops and flying teams have also become decorations. Under the attack of that tiger, the outcome of the imperial army in China can be imagined..."

Xianyuan Palace knew how serious the situation was, but what he didn't expect was that it would come so quickly! Originally, he thought that this day would not come so early, but now...

"Our local oil resources have always been extremely poor. According to calculations, our local annual oil production only maintains a level of 200,000-300,000 tons, and the annual output of the North Sakhalin lease is about 300,000 tons. In addition, Taiwan has tens of thousands of tons per year.

The output... is better than nothing..."

"And our empire has already implemented various adjustments. Even so, civilian gasoline consumption still requires 257,000 barrels..."

"Vehicles that originally required gasoline to run are now mostly modified to run on charcoal or firewood. Industrial oils are extracted from soybeans, peanuts, coconuts and castor beans. Soybeans, sugar and rice wine - even on retail store shelves

The bottled rice wine on the shelves was requisitioned to refine alcohol and used as fuel..."

Kanouin Palace couldn't help but feel sad when hearing Konoe Fumima's description. Based on the data provided by Konoe, superimposed one after another, Kanouin Palace easily came to the conclusion:

Japan can now produce up to 600,000 tons of oil per year, but its private consumption requires only 250,000 barrels per year.

The rest is more than 400,000 barrels. Including reserves, it is more than 1.4 million barrels at most. As for the army, just the army's cars and tanks consume up to 1.4 million barrels of gasoline.

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The consumption of aviation gasoline by the Navy, Army and Air Force has now reached 2.15 million barrels! How can it be supplied with only 1.4 million barrels of oil?!

If the fight continues like this, those aviation units and tank units will become, as the Konoe said, mere decorations. On the other hand, the tank units and aviation units of the National Defense Force will be aggressive.

Under such a war situation, the outcome of the Japanese troops in China can be imagined.

"I have sent Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka to the United States for negotiations to see if we can get some relief from the United States so that we can obtain some oil." Seeing that Kaninomiya was silent, Konoe Fumima said softly: "But...Prince...

Your Highness, this matter is not optimistic."

"We need to make plans early. If the United States does not relent, then Your Highness should consider where the empire will go..." Konoe Fumima stood up and bowed deeply to Kanin Palace and said in a deep voice.

This is the reason why Konoe Fumima came to Kanin Palace today. Japan has reached the end of its rope. If the war continues like this, without any supply, the consequences can be imagined.

Coal, iron and other minerals can still be plundered from the occupied territories, but what about oil?! Except for some found in Taiwan, no oil has been found in Japan's controlled areas at all.

But oil is Japan's most important strategic material now. Without oil, Japan would lose the war. Konoe Fumima is very aware of this situation, but he also knows that if he wants to stop the war or use other solutions, he must pass

The consent of one person—Prince Hanyuan Palace!

This prince, dormant in the military headquarters, is actually the emperor's hand in control of the army. Only when he realizes the criticality of the situation will he consider how to solve it.

Whether it is a ceasefire or finding a way to obtain oil to continue the war, the consent of His Royal Highness must be obtained.

"Prime Minister Konoe, I understand." Hanin Palace's fingers holding the document turned white. After a long silence, he said softly: "Thank you for your hard work, Prime Minister. I will discuss this matter in depth with my colleagues in the military department.

No matter what the final conclusion is, the efforts of the Prime Minister are recognized by the military..."

"Don't dare! I am just doing my best for the Empire and His Majesty the Emperor. The glory of the Empire still requires the efforts of His Royal Highness and colleagues in the military."

Kaninomiya sighed deeply after hearing this, and walked out of Konoe's office with these documents in hand. Konoe Fumima quickly got up to see him off, and did not return until Kaninomiya was put in the car and watched as his car drove away.

Arrive at the Prime Minister's Office.

"I hope... the empire can survive this crisis, otherwise all the accumulation since the Meiji Restoration will be destroyed..." Konoe Fumima looked lonely as he looked at the map in his office.
Chapter completed!