Chapter 14, Absurdity in October (Part 1)
United States, District of Columbia, Washington, White House
Since the beginning of October, with the huge success of the nuclear bombing of Tokyo, the smiles on the faces of everyone in the White House, from the president to the interns, have increased a lot. Outside the White House, major cities in the United States spontaneously organized parades, banquets and dances to celebrate victory one after another. Everyone danced happily and got drunk, not only to celebrate the country's glorious victory, but also to celebrate the country's glorious victory. It was to get relief from a long nightmare.
——It’s really not easy! Four years of horrific nightmares, astronomical military expenditures, countless human lives and blood, a sea of warships, planes and ammunition, all scattered across the Pacific as if they were free, but you will always get only one share. One defeat after another. For a young country like the United States, this brutal war with mountains of corpses and seas of blood has gone on for too long, with almost no glimmer of victory in sight... Congressmen and the public are gradually getting tired of war and death. Even the shame of the attack on Pearl Harbor has become somewhat numb.
The entire United States has fully experienced the pain and despair of seeing no hope when the Romans were fighting Hannibal in Italy.
Fortunately, after suffering for such a long time, a piece of victory news fell from the sky in an instant like a Christmas gift!
The Japanese Empire, which has tortured the American people for so long, has been wiped out in the mushroom cloud of the atomic bomb just like the sinful city-states of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Bible that were destroyed by God's fire from heaven! The Emperor of Japan who started the war had his whole family dead!
The financial capitalists on Wall Street began to gear up and excitedly planned how to carve up the legacy of the Japanese Empire. Ordinary families whose family members are serving in the military are looking forward to their children returning home with medals as soon as possible. Journalists wrote one after another to praise the great victory of the free world. Even on the other side of the Atlantic, the red Iron Curtain that was sweeping across Europe seemed no longer so depressing.
——Only a very few sober and rational people know that the Japanese Empire has indeed received a fatal blow, but it has not yet completely fallen!
In the Oval Office of the White House, President Truman was standing in front of an open map of the Pacific theater, pointing and spitting:
"...In view of the current progress of the war situation, there is no need to fight the third naval battle of Noumea. The landing battle on the Fiji Islands can be stopped! It is simply a superfluous battle! Let the First Marine Division abandon the beachhead Position, retreat to the ship, and then cross the Pacific as quickly as possible to reinforce Halsey! The key to the United States winning this war is not in the South Pacific, but on the mainland of the Japanese Empire, the arc islands! "
(During World War II, the White House did not have a Situation Room. The underground command center to prepare for nuclear explosions was created by President Kennedy.)
"...Wise decision, Mr. President. Although Halsey has enough warships and aircraft, the ground force only has a Second Marine Division and some scattered small troops. We must send Halsey's fleet More reinforcements! This will prevent victory from slipping through our fingers.”
Special Assistant Harry Hopkins stretched out his hand and clapped several times, "...many people are a little complacent now, thinking that they can enjoy the fruits of victory right away. But they have forgotten that we did not defeat the opponent head-on, but It just used a surprise attack to chop off the head of the beast that was the Japanese Empire. Its limbs are still strong, and its claws are still sharp. Even unconscious resistance is enough to make us bleed. And if it lingers for too long, it will grow a new head, and this new head will be the same as the old one. If we are warlike, we are more likely to lose all our efforts.”
"...All our efforts have been wasted? How is that possible?! Hasn't Japan's provisional government publicly announced its unconditional surrender to us?"
A new member of parliament who was temporarily called to participate in the discussion asked with some confusion, "...will they change their attitude again?"
"...The attitude of the provisional government is not important. The key is that the Japanese army has not surrendered yet! In Japan, it is normal for the government to be unable to control the army!"
"The chief think tank of the White House," Hopkins said solemnly, "...the naval aviation of the Halsey Fleet has been conducting probing attacks on Japan in the past few days, and found that there was almost no resistance in some places, but there was resistance in other places. It’s very intense. In addition, there are a lot of inexplicable Japanese people who are trying to contact Halsey to inquire about the terms of peace talks, but they can’t even tell who they represent, and Halsey no longer knows how to deal with them.”< br>
"...Well, it's better for soldiers to concentrate on fighting the war. We should not pay too much attention to such political matters. It seems that we need to let the Secretary of State make a trip."
President Truman looked down at the map of Japan again, "...Has the Halsey Fleet's planned combat objectives been accomplished?"
"...General Halsey has successfully controlled the entire Kuril Islands. The resistance of the Japanese island-defending troops is very weak, and they have basically withdrawn to Hokkaido Island or further away. But unfortunately, neither the Japanese navy nor the army has There was a mass surrender.”
A naval officer said, "... What is even more troublesome is that the Soviets in the Far East have also launched large-scale operations. Their border guards are crossing the border from the north of Sakhalin Island and moving south quickly. And the resistance of the local Japanese army It’s just as weak as in the Thousand Islands, basically just trying to escape.”
"...The situation is now clear, Mr. President. The situation we are currently facing in Japan is similar to the situation the British faced in Europe after the fall of Nazi Germany this spring, or even worse. Although the Japanese army Temporarily paralyzed, but not really surrendering.
Moreover, even if the Japanese admit defeat, the Soviets will still fight with us! In other words, even if the Japanese are really determined to surrender, they do not necessarily surrender to us! They still have another option: surrender to the Soviets! Although the possibility should not be too great! ”
Hopkins pointed at the map and said in a fierce tone, "...according to the latest news, General Halsey is repairing a large air base in the Kuril Islands that he has just occupied, and is preparing to launch strategic bombing near the homeland of the Japanese Empire to further destabilize the remaining Japanese troops. The die-hards have the will to resist, but the warship cannot be boarded. Shore! Even planes can't capture the city! If we don't have a large army or marines on the front line and don't show the absolute strength to crush the entire Japan, the fruit of victory will be just a picture on paper. It just looks good. , but actually you can’t even eat it!”
"...Of course I understand these truths. Didn't we prepare to transfer the First Marine Division to him just now? The Pearl Harbor side is also trying to gather a second wave of reinforcements. Aren't these troops enough?" Truman blinked. , "...How many people do Halsey need?"
"...at least equivalent to the size of Eisenhower's troops in Europe. Mr. President, we must prepare for the worst."
"...Oh God! Do we still need to invest 500,000 troops in Japan? Can our North Pacific route capacity afford such logistics?"
President Truman couldn't help but be speechless for a moment, "...it is not an easy task to recruit so many people from the Pacific Theater. Admiral Halsey is not the only one who is currently applying for reinforcements. General MacArthur also wants to launch a campaign in Australia. A large-scale counterattack. Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese naval combined fleet is still intact. Even if we give up landing on the Fiji Islands, we must maintain a certain amount of troops remaining in Samoa."
"...Mr. President, in order to win, we often have to make choices! When the Japanese Empire was about to fall, who would pay attention to whether the several coral islands in the South Pacific were flying the Stars and Stripes or the Rising Sun Flag? Such details It’s not worth fussing about!” Hopkins retorted.
"...You can't say that! Although the battle for several desert islands in the South Pacific is indeed irrelevant to the overall situation, if it changes hands on the eve of the victory of the war, it will also be a blow to the image of the winner of the United States..." For Despite the aggressive Hopkins, some people who couldn't stand it stood up and spoke, "...The United States is only one step away from victory. It is necessary to start thinking about some post-war issues from now on..."
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"...The war has not yet been truly won, sir! Millions of the Japanese navy and army have not yet laid down their arms!"
Just as everyone in the White House was debating for a while, another new news came from the other side of the Pacific: unfortunately, it was bad news.
"...A Japanese radical army invaded Kyoto yesterday, and the Japanese provisional government that advocated peace was overturned!"
——So, after a moment of consternation, President Truman immediately made a decision, "...It seems you are right, Mr. Hopkins! The war is not really over yet! We cannot let victory slip through our fingers. ! Otherwise we are all sinners of the United States!
From now on, the United States must immediately mobilize all its forces. All equipment, ammunition, supplies, and soldiers, as long as they can be scraped together, will be sent to Halsey as much as possible! Even if it takes away all the troops in the South Pacific theater! Ignore the whining of some boring villains! So what if we lose Samoa? So what if we lose New Zealand? What if we even lose the whole of Australia? We have lost enough battles in the past four years! As long as it can be the last straw for the dying Japanese Empire, any temporary concession is completely worth it! ”
Everyone in the Oval Office agreed with this: We have already come to this point. If the Japanese are allowed to resurgence, then these guys will probably be nailed to the pillar of shame in history and be labeled as super fools in textbooks. , endured the ridicule of generations of American students.
However, there is still a troublesome little tail that needs to be solved - "...What should Australia's General MacArthur do? Your Excellency, President? How are you going to reply to him?" Someone reminded President Truman.
"...Well, it seems that Australia can only be patient for a while longer. Send a telegram to comfort General MacArthur, and try to be as tactful as possible... No, wait, I seem to have a better idea. Anyway, reinforcements are coming. Ersi’s troops also need an army general to command them. How about asking Douglas (General MacArthur’s name) not to rush to the Philippines, but to visit Tokyo, the capital of the Japanese Empire?”
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October 26, Southwest Pacific, Caroline Islands, Truk Atoll, the mountain behind the Combined Fleet Headquarters, Navy Shrine
Wang Qiu, Ma Tong, Political Commissar Guo, Marikawa Shizuka, Nan Lixiang and a group of Japanese combined fleet girls were kneeling on the tatami, gathered around an antique tube radio, listening to what was being read on the radio channel "Message to the People of Japan" of the Kyoto Provisional Government:
"...Since the attack on Pearl Harbor in the 16th year of Showa, the Imperial Kingdom has been at war with the United States for more than four years. Although the soldiers on land and sea are brave and capable in fighting, all the officials are working hard to govern, and 100 million common people have served the government. They have won many victories in Southeast Asia and expanded their territory thousands of miles. , spreading imperial power widely in foreign lands, but after all, Japan's national power is weak, and the international situation is deteriorating day by day. It is obvious to all that although the imperial country's 100 million soldiers and civilians fight hard, the European Alliance. The country fell one after another, and the fate of defeat was irreversible. In addition, the enemy recently used cruel nuclear bombs, which instantly reduced the imperial capital to nothing. The former emperor, the prince, the princess, the queen and the cabinet ministers all died. It is beyond the strength of our blood and courage to resist. If we continue to fight, the country will be reduced to scorched earth and all the people will suffer even more.
In view of the general trend of the world and the current situation of Japan, in order to preserve our country's billions of innocent children, seek the well-being of the Japanese nation, and share the happiness of common prosperity for all nations, we can only take extraordinary measures to deal with the situation. Therefore, a provisional government has been established in Kyoto, and I hereby tell you and other subjects that you should bow your head and endure the humiliation, and respectfully welcome the entry of American troops, in order to achieve peace as soon as possible. No matter what happens in the future, we should endure the unbearable hardship at this time and work together for future revival..."
However, although the "Message to the Japanese People" issued by the Kyoto Provisional Government was still being broadcast on the radio waves of American radio stations, in fact, at this time, this short-lived so-called Kyoto Provisional Government had been led by Lieutenant General Ishihara Kanji. His "anti-thieves army" was driven out of Kyoto and destroyed in one fell swoop.
——The "anti-thief army" organized by retired Lieutenant General Kanji Ishihara in Nagoya is, to be honest, a bunch of rabble. The total strength of the army is only about 1,200 people, which is roughly equivalent to a brigade. Only half of them were regular navy and army soldiers who signed up voluntarily with the tacit approval of their superiors. The rest were volunteers recruited from retired veterans, military training students, and enthusiastic citizens. There were even many women who joined in the fun. The whole army could not even hold a rifle. Many people only got two hand grenades, and the only heavy weapon was an old antique mountain cannon.
Although the local military and political authorities in Nagoya basically acquiesced to Ishihara Kanji's recruitment and even provided some funding, they had no intention of joining it personally and obviously wanted to continue to wait and see the situation. Therefore, this anti-corruption army is not so much a coup d'état force as it is a fan group of Ishihara Kanji, the famous strategist himself... Unfortunately, his opponent is even weaker. It is true that even such a ragtag group cannot stand up. live.
——The peacemaker's provisional government in Kyoto, Japan, has basically no decent armed forces and only barely controls a small number of police officers. Moreover, even the loyalty and fighting will of these police officers are very questionable. They are not old-fashioned at all. The opponent of the regular imperial army. In addition, as an ancient cultural capital lacking industry, Kyoto did not stock up on ammunition or weapons, and it did not even have much food. It was impossible to conduct a defensive war.
What's even more terrible is that in the face of the consistent domineering strength of the Japanese soldiers and the years of militaristic loyalty education from childhood to adulthood, the guys who formed the provisional government also thought that they were doing something treasonous. Especially after the surrender message was sent out, the various prefectural and county authorities or local garrison troops were either silent or opposed. They even denounced the Provisional Government as the perpetrators of colluding with the US military to bomb Tokyo and regicide the country. There were very few forces willing to recognize and support the Provisional Government. Moreover, water from far away cannot quench near thirst. The entire provisional government had already panicked. Before Ishihara Kanji's "anti-corruption army" had even set foot in Kyoto, "Prime Minister" Konoe Fumima had already abandoned his post and absconded. The remaining people were also in constant panic.
Although in order to support the traitors, the Halsey fleet dispatched aviation forces to bomb the "Japanese die-hards". However, the destructive power of air raids these days was far less than that of later generations, and Admiral Halsey had neither accurate ground guidance nor reliable battlefield intelligence in Japan. He just bombed the urban area of Nagoya randomly and could only withdraw his troops in frustration. Little did they know that Ishihara Wanji's "anti-thief army" had already left Nagoya and set off towards Kyoto.
Therefore, when Kanji Ishihara led more than 1,200 stragglers to "go to Luo to fight against thieves", the provisional government basically dispersed without any resistance. The big bosses who participated in the provisional government fled in disguise. Surprisingly, not even a single person was caught by Ishihara Wanji's subordinates.
Although there were not many shots fired before and after, being able to "recover Kyoto without blood" was ultimately a victory worth celebrating. Ishihara Kanji rode a white horse with a geisha in his arms and entered Kyoto arrogantly. Then he fell down on the street and fell unconscious. He was immediately diagnosed with terminal bladder cancer by the doctor and suffered from fatigue due to military service. Because of this, the condition is deteriorating rapidly, and now there is no cure. I can only rely on rest to get through the day...
As a result, Ishihara Wanji, who had just reached the peak of his life, was admitted to the hospital, and he probably would not be able to get out. The commander-in-chief of the "Thunder Army" became one of his admirers. On the day before the nuclear explosion in Tokyo, Major General Tsuji Masanobu had just been promoted to a general... Obviously, such qualifications are important. In the Japanese Army, which ranks seniority based on seniority, It's too shallow - Ishihara Kanji was a celebrity who launched the Manchurian Incident, suppressed the February 26th Mutiny, and almost became the Deputy Chief of Staff. He was asked to lead the organization to defeat thieves and save the country. He was barely justified. Who are you Tsuji Masanobu? thing?
As a result, although the capitulationist provisional government was quickly overthrown, the ruling class of the Japanese Empire was still in disarray. The entire national machine is in a state of paralysis, and the army is leaderless...but the powerful U.S. Halsey Fleet is still waiting for an opportunity to wander along the Pacific coast of the Japanese archipelago.
A week later, the big bosses of the provisional government appeared in Yokohama one after another. Apart from Sendai, which has been occupied by the US military, this is the only local authority in the Japanese archipelago that openly supports the provisional government and surrender to the United States: perhaps it is because they have witnessed the two mushroom clouds of the Tokyo nuclear explosion at close range and the overwhelming Sarin gas bombs. Millions of lives were lost in an instant, which is why the people of Yokohama were frightened by such a tragedy...
Then, the provisional government re-erected a sign in Yokohama, continued to preach the futility of resistance, and received support from the remnants of the Guards Division. Next, a US military squadron broke into Tokyo Bay and encountered no resistance. Under the circumstances, the Provisional Government of Japan's capitulationists came to grips with the situation.
However, this does not mean the end of the war. Because, this so-called Japanese provisional government basically can’t control anything...
What is even more tragic is that in Japan at this time, there is not even a person or organization that can truly represent this country.
In other words, there are too many people and forces who think they can speak on behalf of Japan...so many that they can't be counted.
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"...It feels like today's Japan is back to the Warring States Period! The central government has completely collapsed, and everyone in the local area is desperately trying to seize military power, supplies, territory, the right to speak, and even solicit foreign aid. , and then each spoke with his knife."
After looking at the Japanese map with various small flags stuck in a mess, Wang Qiu stretched out his hand to scratch his hair, rolled his eyes and muttered.
"...It should be said that it is more like Russia after the February Revolution and before the October Revolution...Russia at that time was more chaotic than Japan now."
A certain elementary school destroyer girl shrugged her shoulders and said, "...It's a pity that the Japanese Communist Party is still not strong enough in the country, and there is no preparation in advance, otherwise it would be a good opportunity to seize power... As for now, we can only let those Japanese The fascists finally exerted their remaining energy.”
——To be honest, the domestic situation in Japan after the nuclear explosion in Tokyo is indeed very similar to that in Russia after the February Revolution.
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, many literati who were good at inventing history described the Russian Bolsheviks in 1917 as a deliberately traitorous organization, and for this purpose, they did not hesitate to sell a large amount of benefits to the Allies, especially giving up large tracts of their original territory. And the Bolsheviks did shout some similar slogans. But to be honest, the collapse and disintegration of Russia in World War I really cannot be blamed on the Russian Bolsheviks at the time, especially Lenin, who was taking refuge in Switzerland at that time. Even if Lenin stayed in Switzerland and could not return, the situation in Russia would not get better. Even if Lenin had not gone back to clean up the country, it would probably be very problematic whether the concept of Russia could continue to exist.
When the February Revolution broke out and Lenin returned to Russia, what was the situation in Russia like? To put it simply, the entire state machine fell apart, and a large number of organizations called Soviets emerged: The term Soviet should be familiar to most modern Chinese people, but the true meaning of this term is not familiar to many people. People may not be very clear about it, and may even misunderstand it as a special concept of proletarian revolution.
In fact, the word Soviet was born very early, even before the emergence of Marxism, and it itself has no direct connection with the Red Revolution: if translated literally in Russian, it means "Congress." The so-called "all power belongs to the Soviets" means that everything has to be decided by everyone at a meeting and discussed together. It cannot be left to a few leaders to make their own decisions.
This may sound reasonable, but in actual implementation during the Russian Revolution, it became a mess. First of all, there were too many Soviets: after the February Revolution, before Lenin came back, the entire Russia More than 700 Soviets suddenly appeared in the territory, all claiming to represent the interests of certain people. For example, workers have workers' Soviets, peasants have peasants' Soviets, soldiers have soldiers' Soviets, and teachers have teachers' Soviets. And there are many Soviets of any kind. For example, there are hundreds of workers' Soviets. Some are divided according to the city where they are located, such as the Kiev Workers' Soviet, the Moscow Workers' Soviet, and some are divided according to occupation, such as the Railway Workers' Soviet, Textile Workers' Soviet, etc. Workers' Soviets. These concepts obviously overlapped with each other, with the result that many people themselves could not tell which Soviet they belonged to.
Each Soviet has its own armed forces, which are independent of each other and independent of each other. They are almost like independent countries. Thanks to the Petersburg Central Soviet and a bourgeois provisional government, Russia at this time still looked like a unified government. But in fact, the Central Soviet had no control over the small Soviets below. The Provisional Government was also an empty government with no money and no soldiers, and no one listened to what it said, because the Russian army had formed its own Soviets and Soldiers' Committees. Unless the soldiers could be fooled into obeying, any order from the Provisional Government would be a waste of paper. open.
Therefore, in the eight months from the February Revolution to the October Revolution, all parties in the Russian political arena were engaged in a deception contest. Whoever could deceive the largest number and most combative little Soviets into surrendering would win. After winning political power, the final result was that Lenin's ability to deceive was unrivaled in the world, comparable to that of Hitler in the future. He successfully used his tongue to subjugate the army to his own people, and thus naturally became the master of a country.
Of course, deception is still deception after all. When the slogan of deception cannot be fulfilled, the only way to finally solve the problem is through a red and white civil war...
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By the same token, a similar situation also occurred in Japan, which was leaderless at this time.
As the emperor, the palace, the cabinet, the wartime headquarters and the entire Japanese central government disappeared under the mushroom cloud of the atomic bomb, the people of Japan suddenly fell into an extremely confused state of anarchy: transportation and logistics were completely cut off, and domestic communications It was also a mess. The original local government and military are indeed still there, but they only exist because of inertia. Many people suddenly discovered that since the emperor and the government are gone, the country seems to have ceased to exist, and there is no place to queue up to receive even the most basic rations. . Why do I still listen to these officials?
Then, the old political forces, whether extreme or not, such as the Seiyukai, the Constitutional Council, the Sakura Society, the Blood Alliance, the Xingtong Society, the Kanto League, the Black Dragon Society, etc., immediately took advantage of the situation with their keen sense of smell and started to attract people everywhere to build momentum. : These organizations were originally stuffed by Hideki Tojo into a basket called the "Daizheng Wing Sankai" during the Pacific War. Now they have broken free from the shackles and immediately appeared again shouting slogans such as saving the country.
But the problem is that many of the original party leaders, elders and presidents of these parties were also evaporated in the Tokyo nuclear explosion. As a result, many organizations have already started internal divisions before they even started to raise their flags. For example, the Black Dragon Society suddenly had more than a dozen leaders, all of whom were dissatisfied with each other. In the end, just like the disintegration of Yugoslavia in another world, they quickly fell apart into a bunch of small gangs amidst the chaos of war.
Next, all kinds of new organizations also took advantage of the opportunity to swarm up and dance wildly, such as groups of patriots, reform societies, peace and national salvation movements, anti-war alliances, Tianzhu Party, traitor groups... they were as crazy as dogs peeing after the rain. showed up and fooled both the Japanese and the Americans. Among them are groups led by frustrated politicians and retired celebrities, but more often than not, various criminal gangs and gangsters want to take advantage of the chaos and launder their identities. The rest are simply funny. For example, an Iga ninja group emerged in Kinki and occupied several villages. They said they were going to establish some kind of ninja elder country.
In such a chaotic and anarchic state, the Japanese Communist Party naturally took the opportunity to form some gangs, organized several trade unions, and even had its own armed workers' pickets. But overall, the power is still too weak, far from being able to control the domestic situation.
Finally, some places where a large number of troops are stationed have entered a state of strict military control. At least until the stored supplies are exhausted, these places are decided by the officers and generals. As for what will happen in the future, will it become Warlords or princes, only God knows.
Faced with the sudden collapse of the Japanese Empire, the Soviet Union was also caught off guard. At present, the main strength of the Red Army is in Europe, and the garrison in the Far East is very thin. In the end, they had to deal with the "Sea of Japan Closed Operation Plan" in an attempt to block the U.S. Navy from the Sea of Japan, ensure the absolute security of the core city of Vladivostok in the Far East, and ensure that the Soviet Red Army could cross the sea to intervene in Japan at any time. situation capabilities.
For this reason, the Soviet border troops stationed in the northern part of Sakhalin Island (Sakhalin) urgently mobilized southward. They first forcibly took over the Japanese-controlled area in the southern part of the island, with only symbolic resistance along the way, and then landed in Wakkanai, the northernmost part of Hokkaido. Successfully blocked the Soya Strait. However, after advancing to Asahikawa in central Hokkaido, they were finally resolutely blocked by the Japanese Seventh Division, and had to stop there temporarily, waiting for the arrival of follow-up reinforcements.
On the other side, on October 20, General Halsey ordered a battalion of Marines to tentatively land at Sendai Port. They did not encounter any organized large-scale resistance, but encountered more than forty groups of various groups. Among the "peace negotiation representatives" with various origins, there are certainly people from the former Kyoto Provisional Government, but most of them are a bunch of inexplicable people from various religions. Some even don't know why they are coming to the US military, and they just come to join in the fun. That’s all.
Of course, although there was no large-scale resistance, the "Tenchu" operations of small-scale sneak attacks on lone US troops continued one after another, and even the head of an unlucky US captain was hung on a telephone pole. Since the number of U.S. troops who landed was too small and they could only control a small block near the dock, it was impossible to figure out who the murderer was and where he had gone. Admiral Halsey was so angry that he was considering massacre of the city.
——The U.S. military used two atomic bombs and thousands of tons of sarin gas to successfully break up the Japanese Empire and left it without a negotiating partner.
In Russia after the February Revolution, although various Soviets sprouted all over the place and various ethnic groups became independent one after another, there was still a central Soviet and a provisional government that decorated the appearance, allowing the confused Russians to pretend that they were still a A unified country.
But in Japan right now, there is not even such a symbolic facade. The so-called Japanese Provisional Government is a capitulation faction bent on kneeling down to the US military. Its legitimacy and recognition are far worse than the Russian Provisional Government after the February Revolution. Local powerful factions are still in the process of consolidation. Social order is in chaos, and the country is in chaos. Communication and transportation in various places were completely interrupted, and many Japanese in rural areas did not even know what was happening in the world.
In this regard, the Americans are very dizzy, the Soviets are very dizzy, the Japanese themselves are also very dizzy, and the combined fleet on Truk's side is also very dizzy.
Because, just like the situation on the mainland, the millions of Japanese soldiers and civilians on the Nanyang front line were suddenly plunged into paralysis and chaos.
Although relying on the infiltration and cover of Ship Girl Sophie, and Marshal Yamamoto Isoroku turning a blind eye during his lifetime, the Japanese Communist Party has laid a deep foundation here, but it wants to transform from an "underground club" into a governing body , reorganizing organizational relationships, winning over powerful generals, and unifying internal thinking are not things that can be accomplished overnight. It would take a lot of time just to assemble the various battleships scattered across thousands of kilometers.
Therefore, before Ship Girl Sophie's "Nanyang Revolution" is officially launched, Wang Qiu and his team have nothing to do for the time being. They can only collect as much intelligence as possible, analyze the situation, and wait until this mutated version of the World War II copy is ready. Let's talk about it after we have figured out the situation in our own minds.
Of course, there are people who are not dizzy. For example, the attitude of the Nanjing Wang Puppet Government is very clear: It seems that the Japanese father will not succeed, so let’s change him to an American father!
However, how to change the Japanese father to the American father, and not only ensure that the Japanese Imperial Army around him will not jump out and kill him, but also ensure that he will not be liquidated as a traitor afterwards. This skin-changing The technique is very particular, and it can be called a hell-level trading difficulty.
Fortunately, the Japanese "China Expeditionary Forces Headquarters" stationed in Nanjing at this time had already been redeployed and was reduced to nothing. Almost all of the more energetic young generals went to Nanyang and Australia, and the rest were all old and contented people. The only elite core of the Japanese garrison in the Jiangnan area is the Osaka Fourth Division, which is the most flexible and proficient in business. If the emperor and the military are still there, out of respect for the emperor and military ethics, they certainly cannot escape war and death. But now that even the Emperor is gone, who are they going to fight for? Let’s save our lives first!
Not to mention, in the "Japan Provisional Government" that advocated the surrender of the US military, there were quite a few Osaka plutocratic dignitaries... So, with the conspiracy of the Japanese and puppets, they also managed to hook up with "external forces", and tossed In the end, I really succeeded in changing my skin!
As a result, when Wang Qiu heard the news from the radio, he felt as if ten thousand grass-mud horses were running past:
"...On October 25, the 34th year of the Republic of China, the National Government of Chongqing issued the "Order to Return the Capital", setting a triumphant return to Nanjing on the 28th of this month. Chen Gongbo, the former Chairman of the National Government of Nanjing, resigned the day before yesterday. , prepare to go abroad for inspection, and leave the position to wait for Jiang Gong to go to Nanjing to take charge..." - It really makes people want to spit out a mouthful of old blood... The Chairman of the Generalissimo of this world! Where has your moral integrity gone?