Objectively speaking, Tojo Hideki's resignation was actually to take the blame for the Japanese emperor... Because Tojo Hideki is loyal to the emperor, most of his decisions were made with the emperor's consent.

In fact, before Hideki Tojo became the chief of staff, as the Japanese prime minister, he did not even have the power to command the army to fight, and he has only been the chief of staff for a few months so far... Hideki Tojo naively wanted to control the 6th Army and the Navy in this way to resolve the conflict between the two and make it consistent with the outside world, but there is a saying that "the three feet of ice is not a day's cold". The conflict between the 6th Army and the Navy is caused by conflicts of interests and long-term competition in all aspects, and it cannot be resolved after unified command.

Therefore, Hideki Tojo actually didn't need to be responsible for the United States' occupation of the Mariana Islands and Iwo Jima and bombing Tokyo with these islands as a base, and the Japanese emperor should be responsible for this.

But at this time, the Japanese emperor was a god-like existence in the minds of the Japanese, and no one would blame the emperor... So he could only let Hideki Tojo take the blame.

After Tojo Hideki stepped down, Japan had to find another person to serve as the minister... To be precise, two people were to be found, one was the minister and the other was the chief of staff, because Tojo Hideki served two positions.

Given the current situation... the navy has been almost destroyed, and only the 6th Army is still fighting well on the Central Asian battlefield. Therefore, in order to win over the 6th Army, one must find someone from the 6th Army to serve as prime minister.

After the cabinet ministers turned over the sixth army generals, all the prestige and ability were on the front line, and only Xiaoji Guozhao was appointed as the Minister of the Takushi. So there was no need to think about it, Xiaoji Guozhao was immediately pushed to the position of prime minister.

Xiaoji Guozhao trusts Ishihara Kanir who is currently a professor in university to teach national defense. After taking over this mess, he immediately asked Ishihara Kanir to ask for advice.

"Ishihara Jun!" Xiaoji Guoaki greeted Ishihara Kanji very politely and sat down, then frowned and said, "I believe you know the current situation in Japan. We can now say that we are facing the challenge at several sides. Manchukuo was attacked by the Chinese team and almost lost the entire China-Changhai Railway within a few days. The victory or defeat on the Chinese battlefield is uncertain. There is a large-scale attack from the Philippine battlefield. Now American bombers are starting to bomb Tokyo again... Ishihara Jun thinks how should we solve these problems now?"

Ishihara Kanir, known as the number one Japanese military strategist, thought for a while and replied: "Sir, there are ways, but I don't think we can do it!"

"What method?" Xiaoji Guozhao's eyes lit up, and at the same time, he had a little confusion on his face... If there is a way to solve these problems, what else can't be done?

"Sir!" Ishihara Kanji replied: "The solution is... taking advantage of our current military strength on the Chinese battlefield and we have just won a battle, we will negotiate with Chiang Kai-shek immediately, so that we can still strive for better conditions!"

"Negotiation?!" Xiaoji Guozhao was stunned when he heard this, and then shook his head in disappointment.

"Sir!" Ishihara Kanji persuaded: "In this situation, it is impossible for us to win this battle or force the Americans to sit back on the negotiating table! Then... it will be no benefit for Japan to continue the battle."

"I know!" Xiaoji Guozhao nodded silently: "But... do you think they will agree to our negotiations now?!"

They refer to the Japanese Emperor, the newly appointed Chief of Staff Mijiro Umezu, and the Cabinet Minister, etc.... They are still pursuing the almost crazy strategy of fighting the enemy to the end.

Ishihara Kanir said helplessly: "So, I said we can't do it!"

Xiaojiguo Showa and Ishihara Kanir were right. In fact... Xiaojiguo Showa is just a prime minister's name. He basically has no real power. The Deputy Chief of Staff even publicly said: "It is better not to speak up if you don't understand the relative combat of modern military tactics!"

So Japan's military and political affairs were separated again. From this point of view, it is quite correct to hold all the military and political powers in your hands.

At this time, Japan required Japan to make peace with China in terms of politics and strategy... At this time, it was possible to find a way to make peace with Principal Jiang. After all, the Japanese army had already fought the "No. 1 Battle" plan and retreated across the board.

However, the powerful figure who is Umezu Mijiro still fantasizes about being able to fight the US military and then attack the US military to the negotiating table.

Meijiro Umezu looked at the map and said, "We will focus on the Philippines for the next battle!"

"Philippines?" asked Deputy Chief of Staff, Saburo Qin, asked: "What should I do on the Chinese battlefield and Manchuria?"

"We need to be clear!" Umezu Mijiro replied: "Our target is the Americans, and our main enemy is also the Americans... What if we take back Manchuria and complete the 'Operation One' plan? Will the Americans give up attacking Japan?"

Of course the United States will not give up attacking Japan.

Hideki Tojo also did not think that the United States would give up attacking Japan. Tojo's strategy was that if the "Operation No. 1" plan was successful, then Japan would consider giving up Japan's mainland and transferring its main strategic battlefield to Manchuria, so Manchuria is important.

However, after Umezu Mijiro took office, this strategy was completely abandoned, so the importance of Manchukuo was certainly not as important as that of Japan's mainland, so the strategic focus of course should be the US military rather than the Chinese team.

Meijiro Umezu continued: "Everyone, we only have one way to go now, that is, to fight the American fleet, defeat the United States in the decisive battle, and to force it to return to the negotiating table... and the place of this decisive battle is Wright Bay!"

"Yes!" The chiefs of staff around responded one after another.

"The time for the decisive battle has come!" Umezu Mijiro clenched his fists.

"The time for a decisive battle has come!" the chiefs of staff shouted loudly.

...

From the perspective of modern people, this is a very strange phenomenon... Everyone knows that even if Japan causes heavy losses to the US fleet or even defeats the US fleet in the Battle of Wright Gulf, the US will not be able to negotiate with Japan.

The reason is very simple. At this time, the United States and Japan are no longer on the same order of magnitude. At this time, the United States can build two planes if one plane is shot down, and one warship can build two immediately if it is sunk... For a war that is firmly won, the United States has no need to actively seek negotiations.
Chapter completed!