The Japanese celebrate the New Year, but the Lip Festival is not the same.

However, Hirohito Digong really remembered the Chinese Lip Festival this time... On the first day of the Chinese Lip Festival, his territory was bombed.

Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Fukuoka, Kitakyushu!

Heavy losses.

The Sasebo Military Port in Nagasaki was bombed in the early morning of the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Because the opponent was throwing heavy bombs and powerful, the navy had not yet reacted, six warships were already sunk and eight warships were damaged. Among the sunken warships, three cruisers, two light cruisers, and three of the eight warships were severely damaged. It was impossible to repair them in a few months, and it was even more unthinkable to go out to sea to cruise. This is not the most hateful. The most hateful thing is that one of the three severely damaged warships is actually the "King Kong" battleship. This is the treasure of the entire Japanese Empire.

Kumamoto, the city was bombed by large-scale gasoline bombs, and half of the city almost turned into ashes under the winter sea breeze.

Fukuoka, the city was also bombed on a large scale, and the city was lit with fire. Although there were not many casualties, countless people lost their homes overnight.

However, this is not as good as Kitakyushu's losses, which made Hirohito Dimiya feel angry... The pride of the Great Japanese Empire, the Hachiman Ironmaking Station located in the local area was blown up several blast furnaces. Not only that, because the other party threw a fire bomb, a large amount of coal used for steelmaking stations piled on the outside of the ironmaking station were ignited, causing a raging fire inside the ironmaking station...

...

"You guys, who can give me an explanation?"

Hirohito Dimiya, of course, that was just his former name. He was now called Emperor Hirohito, and his reign was Showa. The 124th Emperor of the Japanese Empire was regarded as the incarnation of the gods in the mortal world in Japan. However, at this moment, although his tone was calm, the face twitching from time to time showed the anger in his chest... a kind of anger that was slapped by someone with a few big ears. His eyes swept over the important officials kneeling on both sides from time to time, as if he wanted to pick someone out and stab him a few times.

"Why, no one speaks?" No one replied, and the anger in Hirohito's heart became stronger: "Aren't we already forced China into a dead end and still building a new zhèng fu there? Why did the Chinese bombs still fall to the local area? Who can tell me?"

"Your Majesty..." Prime Minister Minumasaro hesitated for a moment. He gritted his teeth and bowed to Hirohito, "This is my fault. I am negligent in preventing me, and I didn't expect that the Chinese people would actually..."

"This is the army's fault." The Prime Minister Yoshida Shingo suddenly interrupted Minuchi's words and stared at Shunroku Lu's eyes straight: "The reason why the Chinese people's planes can fly to the local area is because they have a base closest to the local area. But since the beginning of the China Incident, it has been more than two years since the army has not conquered this city. This has allowed the Chinese people to bomb our frontier base."

"Baga! If according to Yoshida's Massacre, Ningbo is a coastal city, why can't the navy take it down?" Hata Shunruo was furious and shouted immediately.

"Hashiro, what do you mean is that we should put wheels on the warships? If that's the case, what else do you want your army to do? Our navy can do everything." Yoshida Shingo sneered.

"Then I want to ask Hinaya Yoshida. How did you know that the Chinese plane took off from Ningbo?" asked the deputy army chief Hideki Tojo, who was behind Hata Shunruo.

"According to the description of the Navy soldiers of the Sasebo Port, the Chinese Air Force flew from almost the east. But where is the east of Nagasaki? Shanghai! But now Shanghai is under the occupation of the Imperial Team, so only Ningbo, which has not been captured by the army, can become the starting point of the Chinese Air Force. Moreover, this is not the first time. Two years ago, didn't the Chinese people's "paper bombing" start from Ningbo?" Yoshida Yoshigo said in a row.

"The navy soldiers of Sasebo Military Port?" Tojo Hideki sneered gloomyly: "What a joke. The most important military port in the western part of the empire was bombed in broad daylight. The navy was panicked and did not even counterattack. Just let the enemy go away... Do you still have the face to blame our army?"

"The Chinese air force should have been eliminated long ago. For this reason, our navy will lend the air force to your army again, but what have you done? Instead, it will make the Chinese air force grow stronger and stronger!" Yoshida Shingo said angrily: "If it weren't for the incompetence of the army, how could we have suffered such humiliation as we are today?"

"From Ningbo in China to the local area, it is a large ocean... Haven't your navy always claimed to protect the empire's territorial waters? Why did the Chinese people fly over from the sea?" Hata Shunruo shouted.

“Baga…”

"Enough!" Hirohito cried out in a deep voice and cut off the quarrel between several ministers, "What I want to hear now is not the quarrel between your army and the navy, nor does he want to hold who is responsible for this... I just want to know whether the local area is safe? Today the Chinese can bomb Kyushu, so, will they be able to bomb Honshu tomorrow? or even Tokyo?"

"I am guilty!"

Mine Mitsumasa took the lead, and a group of important officials knelt on the ground.

"The territory of the empire is sacred and inviolable!" Hirohito looked at everyone with a expressionless face, "I don't want another one."

"Hi!"

"Mine's dear!" Hirohito looked at Minashimasa again.

"His Majesty!"

Minai Mitsumasa was tingled by Hirohito's scalp. He was not what he wanted to be, but was forced to be appointed by Hirohito. Because being a prime minister at this time was not a good thing. His predecessor, Nobuyuki Abe, was born as a general of the army, was good at distinguishing political trends, and knew the art of "protecting one's own self-protection". Therefore, after Koewe Fumima and Kiichiro Hiranu, he was pushed to the throne of prime minister by the army. However, Nobuyuki Abe made no achievements for various reasons after taking office.

In terms of diplomacy, the "Japan-US Trade and Navigation Treaty" with the Americans expires but cannot be renewed, which means that the United States can limit or even completely ban exports to Japan at any time. The result not only makes it difficult for Japan to continue the war, but will also greatly affect the rise and fall of Japan's economic development. In terms of internal affairs, the protracted war and the implementation of the war-time dominance economy have rapidly disintegrated the foundation of Japan's national economy and destroyed the daily lives of the people. Prices rise and the situation of rare goods is becoming more and more serious, and the fire is coming.

Necessities such as chai and soap disappeared in the market. Abe Nobuyuki ignored the lives and death of the people and adjusted the rice price rule policy in November 1939, raising the price of brown rice from 38 yen per stone to 43 yen, and stipulated the public prices of food, metal products, fuel, and silk products, and issued a price freeze order and a wage freeze order. The result of this harm to the national policy has prompted the prevalence of black market trade and prices soared, which is like cutting off the bottom of the pot for ordinary people struggling on the brink of death.

The failure of Abe Nobuyuki's internal and external policies aroused the public's dissatisfaction with zhèng fu, and also disappointed the ruling class, including the emperor. When the 75th Parliament was held in December 1939, the various political parties in the parliament spontaneously organized themselves to jointly propose a case of distrust of the cabinet, demanding that Abe step down. Abe adopted the method of reorganizing the cabinet and activated two political party members in an attempt to disintegrate the party's offensive. However, the party's movement to overturn the cabinet did not stop. 276 members of the parliament were mobilized to jointly sign the

The book impeached zhèng fu. The situation developed to this point. Abe also hoped to forcibly disband the parliament with the support of the army and extend the lifespan of zhèng fu. However, the military department had lost confidence in him and was afraid that the dissolution of the parliament would further encourage the people's anti-military and anti-war sentiment, so he decided to abandon Abe. That is, after the navy declared opposition to the dissolution of the parliament, Shunrok Lu met Abe, hoping that he would step down for the sake of political situation. In this way, Abe, who was originally carried by the army, was pulled down from the sedan chair by the army for only four and a half months in power.

After Abe Nobusuke fell, no one was willing to take over the position of Prime Minister. Because everyone knew very well that Japan was in chaos at the moment. Not only was the economy on the verge of collapse, foreign wars were also trapped in the actual quagmire. The most important thing was that the military headquarters had actually controlled the country. If the prime minister could not act according to the wishes of the military headquarters, he would not want to take power. In other words, he could not fundamentally solve the problems faced by Japan. Therefore, even though Hirohito revealed his willingness to hope Mine Mitsumasa to form a cabinet, Mine Mitsumasa remained unmoved, as if he had not heard it. But Mine Mitsumasa did not expect that Hirohito finally announced loudly at the imperial meeting, "I will order my dear to form a cabinet"! The emperor is a god, and God's will cannot be disobeyed. At this moment, Mine Mitsumasa had to bite the bullet and become the prime minister.

But unexpectedly, less than a month after taking office, Japan was bombed by the Chinese Air Force on a large scale.

At this moment, Mine Hiromasa had the desire to die.

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"The empire has never been attacked. Even if the Chinese planes came once two years ago, they could only put some 'paper' on that time. But now, four cities have been bombed. Sasebo Military Port, Kumamoto, Fukuoka, and Kitakyushu Hachiman Iron... Our losses are too heavy."

Hirohito said to Mine Mitsumasa in a tone. He was really sad, and he also had deep fear... The Japanese archipelago had never been attacked from outside. Even the most terrifying time in history was just a false alarm. The Mongolian fleet was blown into the sea by a "kamikaze". Therefore, the Japanese archipelago was a "divine place" and would always be safe. But now, the Chinese used facts to tell them that Japan was not safe. Although their army was still rampant in China, the Chinese could already fight back, or even fight back to his home. What does this mean?

"Your Majesty, our army will make the Chinese people pay the price." Before Minuchi Mitsumasa could reply, Hideki Tojo suddenly shouted loudly.

"Is that so? What price did Deputy Tojo plan to make them pay?" Yoshida Zengo asked with a sneer.

"Of course, bombing their cities on a large scale, especially chongqing! The bombing should be focused on!" Hideki Tojo waved his fists and looked at Hirohito with a high spirit: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that the Chinese dispatched troops have already assembled a large number of aircraft, and will launch a large-scale bombing on chongqing soon. Not only that, there are a large number of the most advanced zero fighter jets in the planes gathered by Shouichi and Kenji Doihara this time, which is enough to completely eliminate the Chinese Air Force. By the time, the sky in China is its own back garden for the empire."

"But don't be wiped out by the Chinese people with the most common tricks like before... Your stupid command not only caused you to lose generals like Sugiyama, but also ruined many elite aviation troops supported by our navy." Yoshida Shingo snorted coldly.

"That was just the Chinese people who used tricks. No matter what tricks it was, they would have no effect in the face of absolute power." Tojo Hideki was full of confidence: "Talunouchi Suichi-kun will definitely give us a satisfactory answer, maybe it will be a surprise."

"Surprise? What surprise?" Hirohito asked.

"The Chinese Expeditionary Army has already mastered an intelligence. Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Chinese army, will attend a large-scale celebration ceremony. Soichiko Shinuo has specially formulated a plan for this, and will carry out large-scale bombings on the ceremony site and surrounding areas on the same day... If it goes well, the empire's enemies in China will soon turn into a mess and may even fall into civil strife again!" Tojo Hideki was proud, "At that time, the empire's army will soon capture Chongqing and then occupy the entire China."

"You are talking about the establishment of a rebel by those traitors in the Army?" Yoshida Yoshigo continued to attack him.

"Yoshida Masashi!" Hideki Tojo suddenly glared at him, "What do you mean?"

"I don't mean anything. I'll just ask." Yoshida Zengo sneered: "Aren't Okamura's Neji and Nakai Ryotaro from your army?"

“Baga…”

"Yoshida-kun!" Hata Shunruo looked gloomy: "The people you mentioned are no longer from the Army. Moreover, the target of Suichi Teraunuchi and Kenji Doihara this time is not only Chiang Kai-shek, but also one of them is to eliminate shame for the empire!"

"Very good!" Hirohito also had a calm face, "Okamura Niji was once a soldier I was very optimistic about, but unfortunately he disappointed me. I hope my dear deity in the temple will not disappoint me again!"

"Suichi Teraunai arrived in China. There will definitely be an adaptation period. Especially because of the war against the Soviet Union, the Chinese dispatched troops have always been somewhat insufficient in terms of military strength and some failures are inevitable. But he is an imperial general after all..." Hata Shunruo was shocked by Hirohito's words. What does it mean to "save me again"? This shows that Hirohito has long been very dissatisfied with Suichi Teraunai's performance in China. Thinking about it, Nishio Suichi only suffered a defeat and was transferred back to Tokyo to stay idle. He was investigated before, and although Suichi Teraunai did not experience the Nanchang Battle, he lost three divisions at a time. However, from the Battle of Guinan to the Battle of Changsha, the Chinese dispatched troops suffered no less losses than in the Battle of Nanchang. Compared with the previous record of the Japanese army, Hirohito would of course be very unhappy.

"What a joke. What does it mean to first arrive in China? Didn't Sakaichi Sedochi before? Who blindly led his army to cross the boundaries designated by the base camp, led his troops to occupy the entire North China, and eventually brought the empire into the current war quagmire?" Yoshida Shingo interrupted Hata Shunrok and kept sneering.

"Yoshida Shingo, what do you mean? Do you want to deny the military achievements of Teraunuchi?" Hideki Tojo shouted.

"Military achievements? In my eyes, there is only one soldier who will violate the orders of his superiors and is unqualified." Yoshida Shingo snorted coldly.

“Baga…”

"Second Minister Tojo, can you pay attention to the Emperor? Don't always speak bad words?" Minai Mitsumasa also looked at Hideki Tojo coldly. He was a naval general and had always had bad relations with the army. Especially last year, after the Germans captured Poland and showed extremely strong power, the army began to promote the German-Italy and Japanese alliance... but this was tantamount to pushing Japan to the opposite side of Britain and the United States. Their navy did not want to provoke Britain and the United States. Therefore, he always opposed the army's proposal, which made his originally very bad relationship with the army become even worse. Since Hideki Tojo became the deputy army's deputy, he would definitely be the vanguard of the army. He also often spoke bad words, which seemed extremely vulgar, which made them, the navy soldiers who have always regarded themselves as "nobles" extremely annoying.

"Talking bad words? It's always better than..."

"Enough!" Hirohito had no choice but to interrupt the quarrels of his subordinates again, "The empire is now in a difficult time, and the army and the navy should work together, but why do you always fight? Is this more interesting than the war with China and the Soviet Union?"

"Your Majesty forgive me!"

"China has bombed the land, and the empire cannot swallow its anger and must respond. Ai Yu Tojo just now..."

"His Majesty!"

Hirohito was speaking when a waiter suddenly walked in from outside quickly. After reaching his presence, he knelt on the ground, raised his hands and presented a telegram to him:

"Your Majesty, this is just sent by the Army Department... Please read it!"

"This must be a good news for the Lord of the Temple! Your Majesty, before you rush to the palace, I will make a special arrangement. As long as there is news about the actions in China, I will report it to the palace immediately." Hideki Tojo jumped up and shouted with excitement.

"Is that true?" Hirohito was happy and didn't care about Hideki Tojo's rudeness, "Let me see!"

"Your Majesty, did you blow Chiang Kai-shek to death?"

Seeing Hirohito open the telegram, Hideki Tojo stretched out his neck. Beside him, Minuchi Mitsumasa, Hata Shunruo and others also looked eager... The local area was bombed by the Chinese, and the impact was extremely bad, but their leaders had to explain to the outside world. But the explosion was blown up and the losses were extremely heavy. How do they explain? If the Imperial Air Force successfully bombed the Congqing on a large scale at this time, or even injured or killed the Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek, it would be different. It would be offset by all negative effects. Therefore, they all wanted to see this news as soon as possible and get a definite answer, but they soon discovered... Hirohito's face suddenly became ugly after seeing the telegram.

"Baga!"

His Majesty the Emperor smashed the telegram at the excited Hideki Tojo.
Chapter completed!