Chapter 1504 Southward Advance Plan
At this time, Japan's execution ability is still quite good.
Especially when carrying out direct orders from the Heavenly Locust.
If he says he's going to kill someone, he does it without any delay.
An hour later, Prince Asaka and the Tachibana family were completely slaughtered, including the slaves, servants, chickens, ducks, geese and dogs.
Even the ant holes were filled with boiling water.
The root of the problem has been completely eradicated.
As for the two main culprits, their bodies were chopped into pulp and thrown into Tokyo Bay to feed the fish and shrimp.
After solving the hidden dangers, Zhang Tuohai began to implement his plan.
First, he transferred Captain Koda and his troops into the Imperial Palace.
Although this guy is not very smart, he is a die-hard supporter of the Imperial Way, and is a die-hard fan of Tian Huang. He will carry out any order from Tian Huang without hesitation.
After learning that he would be the one to protect His Majesty's safety, Captain Xiangtian felt like he was injected with chicken blood. He was in a state of extreme excitement. He felt that Tianhuang had finally noticed his loyalty and that he could finally serve the great cause of the empire.
The soldiers under his command were also extremely excited.
It was their honor to be the guard of His Majesty. Everyone held his chest high and strode into the Imperial Palace with his head held high.
Afterwards, under the protection of numerous guards, Zhang Tuohai convened a meeting in front of the emperor.
The ministers did not dare to delay and hurried to the Imperial Palace for the meeting.
At the imperial meeting, Zhang Tuohai changed his previous method of using imperial voice, which required translation, and announced the orders directly.
"Prime Minister Hirota is in poor health and is no longer fit to continue serving as Prime Minister. You should resign. As for the new Prime Minister, Konoe will be appointed. Tojo will be the Army Minister and will plan the withdrawal of troops from Manchuria. In addition, order the Navy Department to prepare a complete plan for the southward advance and submit it to me. Order Yamamoto to prepare for war with the European and American devils and formulate a surprise attack plan and submit it to me once it is completed."
Hearing Zhang Tuohai's words, everyone below was shocked.
In Japan, there have always been two schools of thought regarding future plans.
One faction is the Northward Advance Faction. Their goal is to attack the Soviet Union to the north, completely occupy Manchuria, and then occupy the mainland by land and sea. With the help of the mainland's resources, they will sweep across Southeast Asia. Then they will send troops in two directions, all the way along the Soviet Union to Europe, and all the way along Southeast Asia to take over India.
The main supporters of this faction are the army.
Because, on these battlefields, the most important thing is the army, and they can help the army get more military funds.
The other faction is the Southward Advance Faction, whose main idea is to attack Southeast Asia from the south and then occupy the Pacific islands.
The supporters of this faction are mainly from the navy. The navy supports this plan mainly because these battlefields are all in the vast oceans, which can help the navy obtain more military funds for large-scale construction.
However, the main problem now is that Southeast Asia is basically a colony of European and American devils. If we go south, we will inevitably go to war with European and American devils.
Due to the actual situation, the Northward Movement Faction has always had the upper hand.
Tianhuang basically does not express his opinions and is always ambiguous, letting the two sides fight it out and never getting involved himself.
But now they are following Zhang Tuohai's orders, which clearly shows that they are openly supporting the Southward Movement.
The people of the Southward Advance faction were naturally delighted when they heard this, but the people of the Northward Advance faction were devastated.
A few people from the Northern Expedition refused to give up and still wanted to struggle.
But just as they were about to speak, they were stopped by Zhang Tuohai.
Zhang Tuohai said in a cold voice: "According to investigation, Doi-Yuan, Itagaki Seizaburo, Okamura Ning, and Matsui were all involved in the assassination plot. They will be arrested immediately and executed by firing squad. Their families will be exiled to Iwo Jima."
"Your Majesty, Iwo Jima is still in the hands of the American army." A minister said, wiping the sweat off his forehead.
"Then take them down and exile them. Is what I am saying so difficult to understand?"
Zhang Tuohai looked at the other person coldly.
"Hey, I'll arrange it right away."
Zhang Tuohai announced several orders one after another, arresting all the army generals who were famous in his memory and had committed crimes on the mainland, and executed them by firing squad on charges of assassination and treason.
Their families were also arrested and prepared to be exiled to Iwo Jima together.
In order to prevent the army from rebelling, Zhang Tuohai issued a special order to all the army stationed on the mainland, prohibiting anyone from stepping out of the barracks before evacuation, otherwise they would be charged with treason, and their families would also be implicated and executed.
The reason why the Japanese Army dared to rebel was largely due to the inaction of the Tianhuang and the tacit approval of the army's top brass.
Now, Zhang Tuohai clearly issued orders in the identity of Tianhuang, so naturally no one dared to resist.
Especially after a large number of officials who supported the Northward Movement were dismissed and executed, everyone was terrified and the power of the imperial power was unprecedentedly strengthened.
Seeing that the situation was difficult to change, the army submitted a withdrawal plan.
It was planned to withdraw hundreds of thousands of troops from Manchuria within three years .
Looking at the plan in his hand, Zhang Tuohai snorted coldly and slapped Tojo in the face.
"Baga, are you trying to fool me? It will take three years to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people? You have brought shame to the empire. Three months, I will only give you three months. If you cannot complete it, you can commit suicide."
"Hi." Tojo quickly put away the plan.
After teaching Tojo a lesson, Zhang Tuohai turned and looked at Yamamoto.
"Is the plan you drew up ready?"
"Yes." Yamamoto stood in front of the map and began to explain.
"If the Empire wants to go south to obtain resources, it will inevitably go to war with the European and American powers. The European powers are too far away to be a concern, and the Empire has an ally, so no one can stop the Empire's military advance. The only one to worry about is the United States, and the US industrial strength is too strong. Therefore, it must first sneak attack the opponent's Pacific Fleet's home port Hawaii, defeat the opponent's main fleet in one fell swoop, and use Indonesia as the baseline to establish an absolute defense circle, and then seek peace."
Yamamoto outlined his strategic plan.
"Baka."
Zhang Tuohai stood up and slapped Yamamoto in the face.
"Why should the Great Japanese Empire seek peace with the European and American devils? We should modify our plan. The absolute defense circle is too conservative. To the south, we should take Australia and use the steel and brass there. To the east, we should not only defeat the US Pacific Fleet, but also completely occupy Pearl Harbor. Then, we will use Pearl Harbor as a springboard to attack the US west coast. We must occupy San Francisco. I want to watch the sunset there!"
Zhang Tuohai said loudly.
There was no way he would agree to Yamamoto's plan.
Because if that were the case, history would probably have gone its original way, with Japan being hit by two atomic bombs and then surrendering.
Zhang Tuohai felt that this punishment was too light for Japan, and he wanted to make it more severe.
We must turn Japan into a completely scorched earth.
To achieve this goal, Japan and the United States must become mortal enemies.
How to achieve this goal?
Nothing would be more infuriating to the other side than attacking the U.S. mainland.
He was even prepared to repeat what happened on the mainland in the United States and Australia.
There will be no possibility of reconciliation between the United States and Japan.
