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Chapter 989 Five Phases Meeting

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    For Zhang Hanqing, women¡¯s liberation, including ideological conversion, is very important but a long-term task. The most urgent thing is how to consolidate national defense, especially to eliminate the threat from Japan.

    In the previous stage, the army, air force, navy and defense forces all performed outstandingly, making Zhang Hanqing deeply satisfied with the current war capabilities of the People's Army.  However, the Japanese, who have been hurt by the beating, are still a powerful force. Its combined fleet is wandering around the coast of China like a ghost, waiting for an opportunity to take a bite at any time, and there must be no relaxation.

    Fortunately, several battles have tempered the People's Army's response capabilities, and a steady stream of military equipment is also moving towards the front line.  Shore artillery and heavy howitzers are gathering along the coasts of southeast, east and north China, and the air force is also rapidly forming new combat forces.  These are all guarantees for China to carry out a protracted war and even be able to launch a decisive battle head-on.

    "The heated public sentiment in China and its uncompromising will to fight have attracted the attention of the outside world.

    For the Japanese military, although they have the mobility to threaten China's coast, they must always be prepared for sneak attacks from the Chinese Air Force on their country.  The victory in attacking Chinese cities was totally not worth the pressure of defending the country.  If there is another domestic attack, the navy and air force generals will never redeem themselves.

    Therefore, the combined fleet was transferred to the Yellow Sea and East Japan Sea to prepare for possible sneak attacks by the Chinese Air Force.  This has achieved domestic security, but it has also greatly limited the navy's combat capabilities. The landing fleet alone cannot achieve the purpose of land attack in China. Especially after China's submarine force leaves the Yangtze Estuary, the threat is even greater.

    "The Japanese army in Korea was completely suppressed by the People's Army, and there was no hope of victory."  Continuous brutal wars have caused problems in Japan's logistics and personnel supply.

    On the contrary, the Korean People's Army on the opposite side has more fighting spirit and better equipment than before.  It is said that three additional armored divisions are already making final preparations before entering the court. This is fatal news for the War Department.

    Needless to say, the news came from Liao Yaquan.

    From the base camp¡¯s point of view, as a secret agent following the young marshal, she had already obtained enough information from Zhang Hanqing.  Although the "Dance on the Edge of the Knife" plan was not finally detected, it's no wonder she was there. After all, time was short and it would take time to gain Zhang Hanqing's trust.

    The series of disastrous defeats caused an uproar in Japan, and the government was under tremendous pressure, so much so that the emperor successively convened the prime minister, land minister, maritime minister, foreign minister, and Tibetan minister to discuss the situation in Korea, the so-called Five Prime Minister Meeting.

    "I have summoned all cabinet ministers to discuss one topic: Can we win in North Korea? If we can, what should we do? If not, how should we make a decision?"

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????]  Yes, when the war has reached this point, they themselves have no hope of winning, so how can they fool His Majesty the Emperor?

    Tanaka Giichi was the Prime Minister and had to express his position: "Your Majesty, the Korean battlefield cannot be said to be a victory, nor can it be considered a defeat. Through this war, we have estimated the strength of the Chinese people, which is actually of great benefit to our future national policy formulation.  . China has a strong army, and the advantage of our empire lies in the sea. Therefore, it is inappropriate to use our own shortcomings to meet the other's strengths. This also allows us to no longer have to argue about whether to 'go north' or 'go south' in the future. Let the empire  It¡¯s not a bad thing to plan strategically in advance¡­¡±

    "Yeah", Emperor Showa nodded. From this aspect, this is also a problem that has troubled him for many years.  It is impossible for a country to exercise both sea power and land power. Especially for Japan, limited resources cannot support such two approaches.

    "The Prime Minister's words made me suddenly understand. China only used one-fifth of its army to stop us in North Korea. In that case, what would Prime Minister Shirakawa think of insisting on the national policy of going north?"

    Shirakawa Yoshinori nodded painfully. Although the War Department still had many staunch advocates of the industrial introduction policy, as the driving force behind the Korean War, he knew the Japanese Army's disastrous defeat in Korea.  After China's war capabilities were encouraged, it immediately showed its amazing explosive power and late-mover advantage.

    According to various intelligence reports, China¡¯s military industry has a monthly production capacity of 250 aircraft and an annual production capacity of 4,000 large-caliber artillery pieces (including shore guns).  The manufacturing of tanks is very tightly controlled, but since crawler tractors have similar industrial capabilities to it, this is a huge number considering China's annual production capacity of 300,000 tractors.

    In addition, since the production of automobiles is hundreds of times that of Japan (annual production of 1,000 vehicles), the level of mechanization and motorization of the Chinese Army is steadily improving, and Japan will need to catch up for many years.

    This is the gap in industrial capacity and the gap in economic aggregate. After China has completely surpassed Japan in a few years,?Catching up has become very far away¡­

    The Japanese have a strong pragmatic spirit, which can be seen from their large-scale absorption of foreign culture: In ancient times, Japan devoutly absorbed Tang style culture, and then transformed it into its own national Japanese style culture; after the Meiji Restoration, they worked hard to govern and actively absorbed European culture, making their country the only  The country that developed modern capitalism in the East.

    The pragmatic spirit of the Japanese people has its historical origins.  In traditional society, the Japanese attitude of valuing family over blood ties has broken the closed nature of family blood relationships, allowing people to choose family heirs based on moral character and talent standards.

    After changing the surname, an adopted son or son-in-law with a different surname can enter the family and inherit the family business. It does not matter whether they are related by blood.  On the contrary, if there is no ability and good qualifications to inherit and manage the family property, even a biological son may be deprived of the right to inherit the family property.

    This so-called attitude of "warming curtains is more important than family business" is a concrete manifestation of Japanese pragmatism values.

    However, the pragmatic values ??of the Japanese have also produced extremely obvious negative effects: Japan's rulers have never learned to use universal moral principles to cultivate people with moral quality. They are always concerned about how to tame the ruled.

    Even Shintoism, which has profoundly influenced all aspects of Japanese society, does not have any normative doctrines or moral creeds except for some patchwork witchcraft used in sacrifices.  The Japanese, who view the world with a pragmatic attitude, do not admit that there is an independent universal truth or religious belief in this world besides secular values ??such as status and orders from rulers.

    The result of the lack of universal principles is that the Japanese have developed a rare ability to observe words and colors.  Once the situation changes, the Japanese will immediately adjust themselves like chameleons.

    No matter what situation they are in, the Japanese can quickly detect where the power lies. Once they determine where the power lies, they take action.  No matter what the situation is, and no matter what the purpose, the Japanese will do whatever they can. For them, strength is justice.

    This kind of pragmatic values ??can be logically explained: why "you can quickly give up your original opinions for the sake of practical interests", which is a lack of integrity in the eyes of other nations, but is regarded as "pragmatic" by the Japanese;

    Why are the Japanese eager to understand each other not the principles followed by the other party, but the bottom line of the other party's strength and interests? Why do the Japanese rely more on "surface phenomena", such as the other party's nationality, to judge the value of the other party?  and decide your own attitude.  Historically, Japan suffered two atomic bombs from the United States during World War II, but Japan instead respected the United States and regarded it as its father. This is the reason.

    Shirakawa Yoshinori is such a person who is deeply influenced by the Japanese spirit.  He is no longer willing to give up "going north", the national policy that the Japanese Army relies on to control the country, and he also knows that now is not the time to drag Japan into the quagmire.  A Siberian expedition hindered Japan's development for three years; how long will a bigger China lead Japan into the abyss?

    Even the Prime Minister who has always advocated the "life and death line between Mongolia and Mongolia" is no longer optimistic, so why should he jump up and fight for it again?  It would also be good for Jier to give up the idea of ??"going north" and win a place for the army in the national policy of "going south".

    "Because if the army is defeated again in North Korea, it is very likely that the Chinese army that is pursuing victory will wipe out North Korea. Not only will it lose face, but it will also lose the last chance to compete with the navy.

    "The Prime Minister's opinion is correct. After careful consideration, the Ministry of War believes that continuing to adhere to the policy of going north to the country and fighting the powerful Chinese Army is not conducive to the development of the empire. It would be better to go south to the small countries in Nanyang to obtain the resources the empire needs.  s Choice."

    Navy Minister Okada was very pleased. This is what the Navy Ministry has always insisted on: "Okada admires Shirakawa-kun for being able to consider the overall interests of the empire and give up personal interests. To implement the national policy of going south, the navy also needs the strong cooperation of the army."

    ??The national policy that has been debated for decades actually succeeded under such circumstances. How could he not be unreasonable?  The Army no longer persists, so how can he be willing to flatter the other party and let the other party step down honorably?  The person involved knows the outcome of the Korean War best, and he cannot explain it.  If the Army is so angry that it insists on a large-scale war in North Korea, they can incite it with their current power.

    At this time, the most important thing is to steadily gain the leadership of national policies.  Of course, the army needs to "cooperate", which means that the navy is determined to be the main force.

    ??????The main personnel of the Dazang meeting have reached a unanimous position and have taken advantage of the trend to decide not to be this evil person: "The North Korean War has consumed almost all foreign exchange. If the war continues, the national treasury is in danger of collapse."

    Emperor Showa actually had this intention for a long time.  The Battle of Kanto State and the ensuing Korean War disrupted Japan's entire formation.  Decades of advantages over China have been wiped out, and the country's savings have almost been wiped out.  Although the military and government have said how much military aid they have received, their concerns about the current situation can still be heard from their seemingly tough tone.

    Seeing that victory is in vain, it is better to end this war with dignity.  Seeing that the Japanese Army, which was the main resistance, no longer objected and other cabinet members advocated a ceasefire, he stepped down and said: "Since everyone has said so, then," he looked at Prime Minister Tanaka: "Please, Mr. Tanaka, please end this properly.  Let¡¯s have a war.¡± (Remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com)Not to mention, it almost wiped out the country¡¯s savings.  Although the military and government have said how much military aid they have received, their concerns about the current situation can still be heard from their seemingly tough tone.

    Seeing that victory is in vain, it is better to end this war with dignity.  Seeing that the Japanese Army, which was the main resistance, no longer objected and other cabinet members advocated a ceasefire, he stepped down: "Since everyone has said so, then," he looked at Prime Minister Tanaka: "Please, Mr. Tanaka, please end this properly.  Let¡¯s have a war.¡± (Remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com
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