Although Prime Minister Hideki Tojo is powerful, he still feels frustrated when facing the demigod and half-human Emperor Hirohito. Of course, his fear is more due to the dissatisfaction of the war. China first launched a large-scale air strike on Japan's homeland, and now it has begun to spray herbicides on Japan's farmland, which has had a fatal impact on Japan's agriculture...

"Prime Minister, I want to know how many fertile land is destroyed and how much our food will be reduced. Is there any way to stop it?"

When Tojo heard Hirohito ask about the loss, sweat broke out from his bald forehead and said tremblingly: "According to the current rough statistics, a total of 200,000 hectares of fertile land have been destroyed, accounting for more than one-third of the entire Kanto Plain. In addition, 85,000 hectares of forest have also been destroyed. If the current situation develops, the empire's grain output this year will be reduced by 20%!"

After hearing this number, Hirohito felt a dizzy moment. Food is the most important thing for the people, and 20% of grain production is reduced, which does not mean that everyone eats less than 20% a day. Unfortunately, it is impossible to spread the difference between the powerful and the powerful. Not only will they not go hungry, but they will also make money from the national crisis.

This means that there will inevitably be a large-scale famine in Japan, especially Japan needs to support overseas battlefields, which will put pressure on the country even more severe. The lack of food will inevitably lead to a great chaos in Japan.

Moreover, it is still in wartime, Japan's maritime lifeline is threatened by the joint efforts of China and the United States, which has put a deadly rope around the neck of the island country. As long as this continues, local agriculture will be completely destroyed and overseas sources will be completely cut off. Japan will be defeated without a fight!

"Prime Minister, what I want to listen to is your method. The people of the empire need food. I ordered you to maintain the basic domestic supply, otherwise your prime minister will be over!"

According to Japan's political system, the emperor did not have the power to remove the prime minister, but now Hirohito has simply broken political rules. His actions are undoubtedly declaring that he is the most powerful person in Japan, and the prime minister is just a doll in his hand.

This is true. Almost all Japanese soldiers on the front line participated in the battle with the slogan of fighting for the Emperor. With this prestige, Hirohito could easily dismiss Tojo.

Under such conditions, the Emperor was not held responsible for the war, but only tried some generals who led the troops. At the same time, the staff and the chaebol also escaped sanctions. Do they still expect Japan to reflect on the responsibility for the war crimes? They can only think that the aggression is not wrong, but the failure is just failure!

When Tojo Hideki heard Hirohito's words, he immediately fell to his knees on the ground. The bald man desperately kowtowed to the ground, "Your Majesty, I deserve to die for ten thousand times, and I deserve to die for ten thousand times! The base camp has formulated several countermeasures, which will definitely eliminate the impact of the food crisis!"

Hirohito controlled his emotions and said, "Prime Minister, let's talk."

"Your Majesty, the base camp has formulated three strategies. The first is to strengthen national air defense, build early warning radar, and make early detection and forecast of Chinese bombers. The second is to stabilize the maritime trade routes, increase the efforts to supplement food from Nanyang and other places, and ensure domestic needs. The third is to increase the efforts to fish marine. The Chinese attacks large merchant ships at sea very frequently, but they don't care much about some small fishing boats. Now the empire has controlled the huge sea area and can get enough fish, especially whales. As long as the fishing efforts are increased, it will also be a supplement to the country."

Hideki Tojo proposed three methods, Hirohito nodded, and then said: "These three methods are good, but the Prime Minister also needs to see that this is just a solution to the symptoms and cannot fundamentally solve the problem. What the empire needs is to solve the problem once and for all. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand that His Majesty is asking the Empire to occupy Australia and New Zealand as soon as possible and obtain the vast farms and ranches there."

"The Prime Minister said it is right. Australia is the fulcrum of Americans at sea. As long as we take this place, the US Pacific Fleet will be completely destroyed. Moreover, Australia has an astonishing amount of ore. After the Empire takes this place, it will solve its worries. German allies have begun the battle against Stalingrad. As long as we take this place, the Soviet Union will collapse. By then, our pressure will be much smaller. The Prime Minister's Empire must survive this difficult period."

Hirohito was both like he was talking to Tojo, and as if he was talking to himself. He thought that Germany could attack Moscow in two or three months like he was against the French, but the Soviet Union's tenacity was far beyond imagination.

Moreover, the two major powers of China and the United States have also tried their best to transport all the materials they need to the Soviet Union. In particular, China has set up special cooperative factories in Outer Mongolia, Xinjiang provinces and other places to make every effort to produce military supplies for the Soviet Union.

With the support of China and the United States, and Su Liang had an unparalleled special system, the entire country soon became a large barracks, and all the Russians' forces were united together. They had only one goal, which was to completely destroy Nazi Germany. The torrent of steel was reorganized, and soldiers from the Far East were transferred to the front line of Moscow. After a fierce battle, although the Soviets lost millions of lives, they successfully blocked Germany's edge and saved Moscow.

After Hitler failed to attack, he had to choose Stalingrad as a breakthrough point. He hoped to conquer this city named after Stalin, and at the same time seized the rich resources in the southwest of the Soviet Union, especially the oil fields in the Caucasus region, and nourish the thirsty war machine of the Third Reich.

Hirohito has already pinned his hope for victory on Germany. As long as the Third Reich can still be as fierce as before, Japan will be able to get rid of the bad situation.

Not only Japan is paying attention to the battle of Stalingrad, but also China, the United States and other countries are also very concerned about it. Germany's magic weapon is blitzkrieg. If it loses speed, there is nothing scary about the Third Reich. The Soviets in Moscow have won one time. If they win again in Stalingrad, Germany will face a complete failure. Read the full text of the guide to the beauty.

In the early stage of this destiny battle, Stalin and the Supreme Soviet Command made another mistake in judgment. They believed that Germany's attack focus would be on Moscow, so the Soviet Union placed heavy troops in Moscow, and the defense force in the southwest direction was relatively weak.

The German attacks were divided into two directions, one was aimed at Stalingrad and the other was aimed at the Baku oil field in the Caucasus. In the early days of the war, the Germans were smooth sailing, and Manstein successfully destroyed the Soviet army in Crimea and captured 170,000 Soviet soldiers, exhausting the reserves that the Soviet Union had finally gathered.

In addition, due to the erroneous estimate of the situation, the Soviet Union also launched an attack in the southwest direction. In the Kharkov campaign, it killed 75,000 people, and another 240,000 were captured, losing more than 1,249 tanks and more than 2,000 artillery pieces.

This failed battle undoubtedly shows that the Soviet army does not currently have the ability to attack Germany, and the two armies have huge gaps in combat capabilities and combat organization. It will take some time for the Soviet army to defeat the German army.

With the victorious spirit, Germany once again gained a strategic advantage and began to launch a fierce attack on Stalingrad. It was not until this time that Stalin realized as if he had made a mistake in judgment again. The left-wing Hot 4th Armored Army and the Weix 2nd Army suddenly attacked from northeast Kursk and launched an assault on the 13th and 40th Army of the Bryansk Front, targeting Voroney in the upper reaches of the Don River.

At the same time, the right-wing Paulus 6th Army also launched an attack from northeast Kharkov, advanced southeast with Stalingrad as the target, and broke through the defense of the 21st and 28th Army. The Soviets put all the reserves into the battlefield, but they still could not stop Germany's unstoppable situation.

At this time, the situation on the battlefield was already very critical. The Stalingrad Front Army, which was responsible for defending Stalingrad, had only 12 divisions and 160,000 men, 2,200 artillery and mortars, about 400 tanks, and 454 aircraft. The long-range aviation (150-200 bombers) and the 102nd Air Defense Air Force Division (60 fighter jets).

The German team they are facing is Hot's Fourth Armored Army and Paulus' Sixth Army. The Sixth Army alone has 6 armies, including 2 armored armies, with 14 divisions of about 270,000 people, nearly 500 tanks, 3,000 artillery and mortars, and can also be supported by 1,200 combat aircraft of the 4th Air Force.

Germany not only had a quantity advantage at this time, but also had a quality advantage far surpassing the Soviet Union. The situation in Stalingrad can be said to be at stake.

In order to restore the severe situation, Stalin once again thought of the most reliable general Zhukov. Stalin appointed Zhukov as the supreme deputy commander and decided to immediately allocate the 24th, 66th Army and the 1st Guard Army to Stalingrad.

Then Zhukov flew to Stalingrad and began to organize counterattacks from the 24th, 66th Army and the 1st Guards Army. Stalin called Zhukov to demand an immediate attack on Stalingrad to ease the tension in the local area.

But what everyone didn't know was that when Stalingrad was at the most critical moment, Stalin himself left Moscow and quietly headed to Chita, the capital of the Far Eastern Republic. Of course, Stalin did not escape, but went to meet Qiao Yu.

Stalin and Qiao Yu are also old enemies. Since the beginning of the Soviet Union, Qiao Yu has resolutely sent troops to interfere in the Soviet Union, reclaimed the lost land, and supported the Far Eastern Republic. This has become a pain in the hearts of all Russians, and the double-headed eagle has completely lost a head.

Although there was no major conflict between China and the Soviet Union, the border line had never been peaceful again. Of course, the two countries also learned from each other, such as the five-year plan. To be honest, the current Soviet Union and China are actually very similar in political systems, and of course, Germany, both have strong people's politics and one-party states.

Stalin's special plane flew over the vast Siberian desert, and Qiao Yu also set out from Yanjing to head north at this time, and the two heads of state held their first formal dialogue.

(To be continued)
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