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Chapter 1,442: Political Turmoil (Part 1)

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    Time has entered July, and the war has become even more unfavorable for Japan!

    On the Chinese battlefield, the Japanese army suffered an unprecedented defeat in the Saibei area. The unprecedentedly large No. 5 combat plan was also forced to shelve. The overall plan of the Chinese Expeditionary Army Headquarters in 1943 was almost completely ruined.

    What is even more frightening is that the situation on the Pacific battlefield at this time has also undergone a reversal that frightens the Japanese!

    The Americans who had been beaten and abandoned their armor before were as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and they were rejuvenated.

    First, the U.S. Navy and Army increased their strength on a large scale in the South Pacific. The Army has reached 21 divisions, including an airborne division and a cavalry division, and the Navy also has 6 Marine divisions.

    A large number of U.S. troops, with the cooperation of many surface ships and air forces, began to attack the Pacific islands occupied by the Japanese army.

    After many battles, the U.S. Navy and Air Force sank a large number of Japanese transport ships, as well as aircraft carriers and various types of combat ships. They controlled the sea power in the Central and South Pacific and enabled thousands of Japanese troops on each island to interact with each other.  Severed from ties with its home country.

    Based on this situation, the US military proposed and implemented a new maritime combat method-the leapfrog tactic, or a tactic called "cross-island attack".

    This method of combat is to send only a small number of waterborne troops to monitor the Japanese troops stationed on isolated islands at a certain distance on the sea surface, so that the Japanese troops trapped on the isolated islands endure hunger and disease and gradually lose their combat effectiveness.

    Due to successive defeats after Guadalcanal Island in the Pacific, it had to dispatch troops from its country, as well as the Chinese Dispatch Army, the Korean Army, and the Kwantung Army to the Pacific region in an attempt to prevent the US military from attacking.

    The defeat in the frontline war also caused Japan's domestic political situation to be unstable, and the authority of the powerful Prime Minister and Prime Minister Hideki Tojo was challenged.

    Japan.Tokyo.

    The atmosphere in Tokyo during this time is a bit weird and a bit tense.

    The Pacific War broke out in Showa 16. Japan occupied the entire Southeast Asia in just six months, defeating the armies of the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, France and other countries. The power and prestige of Chief Executive Hideki Tojo reached its peak.

    After Hideki Tojo became Prime Minister at the time, he was quickly promoted to Army General. At that time, he only served as Lieutenant General for 4 years and 10 months.  According to military regulations, you have to serve at least five years as a lieutenant general before you are eligible for promotion.  His promotion is undoubtedly an exception.

    Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and the Japanese army gradually lost the advantage they gained by relying on temporary raids.  The greedy snake stretches the battle line longer and longer, and the ultimate consequence of biting off more than it can chew is to lose one's own life.

    By June 5, 1942, after the United States won the Battle of Midway, Japan's defeat was apparent.

    Back to the Battle of Guadalcanal, where more than 20,000 Japanese troops died. In 1943, Japan fought against the anti-fascist alliance almost all over the world, and Japanese troops everywhere began to suffer from serious supply shortages.

    At this time, Tojo Hideki began to be widely questioned!  Especially during this period, dissatisfaction with Tojo's war guidance emerged frequently within the Japanese army.

    That¡¯s all. What¡¯s even more unexpected is that during this period, the anti-military politician Nakano Masago suddenly jumped out of everyone¡¯s sight and began a fierce cabinet overthrow movement.

    Nakano Masato is a well-known anti-military politician in Japan. He has been active as an anti-system and anti-regime figure throughout his life.

    Nakano Masago is a fanatical right-winger. After graduating from Waseda University, he joined the "Asahi Shimbun" two years before Ogata Taketora and became a slightly famous journalist.

    This person is famous in Japan for daring to tell the truth, and has several shocking words and deeds. For example, when the Soviet Union succeeded in the October Revolution, when people were afraid of being said to be "red" and avoided it, Nakano Masago proposed "should  Recognition of the post-revolutionary Russian government¡±.

    For another example, in the Huanggutun Incident in 1928, the Kwantung Army murdered the Chinese Army and Navy Marshal Zhang Zuolin. At this time, Masago Nakano jumped out again. He immediately stepped forward and accused Tanaka Yiichi of actually being the prisoner Daisaku Kawamoto.  The senior staff officer of the Kwantung Army was behind the scenes and accused the Japanese Army of murdering the general marshal of another country, which was a despicable crime.

    ? Originally, after Tojo Hideki came to power, Nakano Masako was very supportive.

    When the Pacific War broke out, he also greatly appreciated it.

    ?????????????????? But when Tojo Hideki suppressed public opinion and established the so-called "one country government" Izan Political Council, and became so arbitrary that it became known as the "Tojo Shogunate", Nakano Masako began a 180-degree change.

    Especially after the second half of 1942, the Japanese lost four aircraft carriers in the Battle of Midway, and the United StatesAfter landing on Guadalcanal, the Japanese troops withdrew from Guadalcanal in early 1943 after 25,000 people died of starvation in the battle. The war situation was in disarray. On the one hand, Tojo Hideki was still shouting the myth that "the holy war must be victorious"; on the other hand, it was even more  The military and police were used to suppress dissenting voices at home and in parliament.

    In this case, it is no wonder that Nakano Masago took action.

    As early as last November, at the 60th anniversary commemoration of Waseda University, Nakano gave a speech entitled "The world prospers by oneself" at the Okuma Lecture Hall, calling on college students to open fire on bureaucracy.  He talked about the so-called "everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world" and instigated all the college students to sign up to join the army. At that time, it was called "apprentices going into battle".

    Then, he gave a four-hour speech to an audience of 4,000 people at Hibiya Public Hall, targeting the Tojo cabinet.

    On New Year's Day this year, Nakano Masago published the famous "On Prime Ministers in Wartime" with his photo in the "Asahi Shimbun", citing famous generals and prime ministers in history such as Clemenceau of France, Lenin of Russia, and Paul von Hindy of Germany.  Enbao, Zhuge Liang, Xixiang Takamori, Katsura Taro, etc.  Singing that the country will not perish because of the economy, nor will it perish due to defeat in the war.  A country will only perish because its leaders lack self-confidence and the people don¡¯t know what to do.¡± The reason is different from everyone else¡¯s.

    He thought Tojo had no self-confidence, so he was so angry that Tojo Hideki, who was celebrating the New Year with his wife at home, immediately ordered a ban on the sale of the newspaper.

    Later, at the so-called one-nation independence meeting of the Daisei Izankai, Tojo Hideki used military police and intimidation to force Takeyoshi Miki and other mainstream members who were opposed by most of the opposition to change their attitude and forcibly passed the Wartime Criminal Code Amendment Bill.  We are prepared to treat criticism of the government, overturning the cabinet, and ordinary political activities as "illegal" and suppress them.

    However, Masago Nakano did not stop fighting with Hideki Tojo.  In June of this year, Nakano took the initiative to contact Miki Bukichi, and then sought the support of political veteran Hatoyama Ichiro. At the parliamentary meeting, he had a fierce conflict with the Tojo faction.

    A few days later, Masato Nakano angrily withdrew from the Issei Council. Immediately afterwards, Hatoyama, Miki, Toshio Shiratori, and Mitamura, a close confidant of Masato Nakano, withdrew one after another. Hatoyama and Miki both went to Karuizawa villa to wait for their opportunity.

    Despite this, Nakano Masago did not lose heart. Instead, he approached Navy Admiral Keisuke Okada, an important minister who opposed Hideki Tojo, and then contacted the Minister of Internal Affairs, Kido Koichi.  Okada Keisuke learned that Kido Koichi also supported the overthrow of Tojo Hideki, so he wanted to use the meeting of ministers to force Tojo Hideki to step down.

    At this time, Masago Nakano dragged a prosthetic leg and visited the Duke, former Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro, and other former Prime Ministers Reijiro Wakatsuki, Koki Hirota, Mitsumasa Yoneuchi and other veterans one by one, preparing to ask Ugaki Kazunari to become Prime Minister.  .  For a time, the political power of the anti-Tojo camp was considerable.

    At this time, the Tokyo military police actually went to Konoe's house and warned him to immediately stop contact with Nakano Masago and others, otherwise action would be taken.  At this time, Konoe Fumimaro was determined to overthrow Hideki Tojo, and he stated that he would immediately submit a petition to the emperor requesting the removal of Hideki Tojo.

    Later, Ugaki went to visit Konoe Fumimaro and had a secret conversation for two hours. Konoe Fumimaro agreed to invite Tojo out for a meeting and persuade him to step down on the spot. If he didn't comply, Konoe Fumimaro would stand up to the emperor; they even discussed the personnel matters of the new cabinet.  Also properly arranged.

    That night, Hatoyama entertained Nakano Masako and others at a tempura restaurant. They ate freshly fried live shrimps that were rare during the war. Everyone was optimistic about catching a turtle in a jar.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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