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    Chapter 704 The Military World (Third Update)

    The world's attention was once again attracted to the Far East. Even Roosevelt, who was at a critical juncture, temporarily put aside the economy and convened a cabinet meeting to discuss the sudden changes in Japan's political situation.  For European and American politicians who are accustomed to using political means to resolve internal disputes, they do not understand why Japan has mutinies one after another, and why the Far East is always so non-stop?  The one who paid the most attention to the June 20 Mutiny was definitely China. Like Roosevelt, Yang Qiu stopped all work and quietly watched every move across the sea, but the difference was that he was focused on Japan's next move.

    The attention from countries around the world did not affect the soldiers who participated in the mutiny. Even if it did, they would feel that this was a good opportunity for the world to pay attention to Japan again.  So not only did the mutiny not end, but it intensified.  On the second day of the mutiny, Jinzaburo Masaki, the core figure, established a temporary martial law headquarters in the Prime Minister's Office, announced that he would take over Tokyo, and publicly invited Emperor Hirohito to take charge, establish an imperial cabinet, and abolish the constitutional system.

    This historical retrogression has triggered condemnation from all walks of life in Japan, and the Asahi Shimbun even expressed boycott on its front page.  But only one day later, the headquarters of the Asahi Shimbun was occupied by mutinous soldiers, and the editor-in-chief and the reporters who published the boycott articles were dragged to the square and publicly executed!  People were silent and all opposition was gone!  The cruel and ruthless methods made everyone's heart tremble, and no one dared to mess with these soldiers who had already turned red-eyed.

    The Asahi Shimbun was sealed, the Ministry of Education was sealed, the Army Ministry was surrounded, and the Navy Ministry was blocked!  Faced with the chaotic situation in Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito, who had previously downplayed the Aizawa assassination incident, suddenly turned his back. In a stern tone, he asked the ministers and military officers who came to report to suppress the mutiny as soon as possible, and even invited the semi-retired General Uheng Kazunari.  Personally sit in charge of the War Department.

    When the War Department took action, the Navy was even more furious. They had already sacrificed important ministers like Suzuki Kantaro in the May 10th Incident. This time they faced the situation where Saito Minoru was killed by mutinous soldiers, Kobayashi Nobuyuki was injured, and Ohkaku Genio and  The naval admiral led by Osamu Nagano immediately mobilized the fleet to rush into Tokyo, pointed the cannon muzzles at the mutinous soldiers, and threatened that if the army did not take action themselves, the navy would clean up the door on their behalf!

    It would be absolutely shameful for the navy to intervene in the army mutiny, so General Uheng Kazunari, who had always wanted to be merciful, finally cheered up and dispatched troops from the security forces near Tokyo, as well as from Osaka, Kobe and other places to Tokyo to quell the rebellion, and dispatched troops from  British-imported Vesker armored vehicles suppress rebels.  At the same time, Prime Minister Keisuke Okada, who disappeared mysteriously, suddenly appeared in the palace, declared a state of emergency in Tokyo, and personally presided over the crackdown.

    Fighting breaks out.

    Facing the surrounding troops from all directions, Masaki Jinzaburo was unwilling to fail and ordered a resistance. The mobilized soldiers relied on city buildings to deal with the counter-insurgency troops, and resisted stubbornly in the Mizuta Town area for five days before they were completely disintegrated.  After Uheng Kazunari announced that the counter-insurgency battle was over, Okada Keisuke immediately returned to the Prime Minister's Office, which was riddled with holes. Facing the dilapidated situation, he drank an entire bottle of wine in one breath, then smashed the bottle and sat there blankly.  On the sofa, I was speechless for a long time.

    Mutiny.  No, it should be said that the cleaning is finally over!

    By using soldiers who were loyal to him, Emperor Hirohito finally completed the complete eradication of the influence of the feudal clans, swept all the so-called "garbage" advocating constitutional government into history, and restored the emperor's ability to intervene in politics again after the Meiji era.

    Hirohito, who was in great power, began to implement the "revitalization" path he designed. He first summoned Okada Keisuke and others into the palace, and directly incorporated 11 naval officers, including Kobayashi Nobuyoshi, into the reserve force. The rebel leader Masaki Jinzaburo was arrested on the spot.  After being dismissed, dozens of army generals related to him were also placed in the reserve force.  According to Japanese military tradition, once they are included in the reserve force, they will never be promoted unless there are special circumstances such as the outbreak of war.

    After suppressing the remaining feudal clan power, he appointed Yoshiyuki Kawashima to replace the assassinated Hayashi Senjuro as land minister, removed Kobayashi Nobuzo and made the obedient Ohkaku Genio serve as marine minister, and replaced Kobayashi Nobuyuki, who had no knowledge of economics, as marine minister.  Konoe Fumimaro was assigned to the position of Tibetan Prime Minister.  Adopting the military-state fiscal stimulus plan left before Nagata Tetsuzan was assassinated, using guarantees in the name of the royal family and the country, providing huge loans to various banks and obedient chaebols, and requiring the cabinet to strengthen military construction and increase military spending.  He also actively intervened in the land and sea dispute. After some so-called "emperor's mediation", he agreed to let the navy build 8 warships. At the same time, he also agreed to the army's expansion plan, increasing the current army number from 100,000 to 300,000!  And began to develop combat vehicles and establish armored forces.

    In the end, he has not forgotten Tieshan Nagata on the hospital bed.  However, because Nagata Tetsuzan was too seriously injured, he might no longer be able to perform the stressful job of military chief, so he happily transferred this lieutenant general, who was very popular in the army before the mutiny, to East Timor as the garrison commander.  However, the most unexpected thing is that the important task of replacing Nagata Tetsuzan as Army Chief of Staff isThe person holding the position turned out to be a previously unknown person.

    tojo Hideki!

    After arranging everything, Hirohito set his sights on the last Demokrasi, and has been wavering between the emperor and constitutional government.  As the emperor's pawn, Okada Keisuke was very self-aware and submitted his resignation to the emperor immediately after the situation in Tokyo stabilized.  The next day, Hirohito agreed to his resignation and authorized Hirota Koki, who had fanatical military ideas, to form a cabinet and become Japan's new prime minister.

    In just one month, from the Aizawa assassination incident to the June 20 mutiny, to the final military and political changes, the whole country was mute and the emperor regained power, etc., all the countries in the world were overwhelmed.  It was not until the Japanese Navy announced that it would build two new treaty battleships to replace the Ise-class battleships and build four more heavy cruisers that many people realized that dangerous militarism had begun to run rampant in that paranoid island nation and that Japan's path to expansion was no longer possible.  Prevent.

    The world outside the window is vigorous and vigorous, but the world inside the window is blurry.

    Nagata Tetsuyama has forgotten how long he has been lying in the hospital bed. The pain from his left rib made him frown and grit his teeth to endure it. The sweat on his forehead made even Yamamoto Isoroku who came to see him secretly feel frightened.  But Yamamoto didn't know that the physical pain was not the most painful. What really made Nagata uncomfortable was that because his liver was punctured and he hit his head when he fell to the ground, his current vision can only see a few meters away.  , If Yamamoto hadn't been sitting beside the bed, he wouldn't have been able to tell what the person looked like.

    But he didn¡¯t tell anyone else about it, and even Okamura Neji and others didn¡¯t know about it.

    "Nagata-kun, I really admire your perseverance." Yamamoto Isoroku picked up a towel to wipe off the sweat of Nagata, who was still unable to move.  It's really funny to say that the army and navy are fighting to the death outside, but the two people in the ward cherish each other and have become good friends.

    Nagata Tetsuyama didn¡¯t want to mention his body, as if he was afraid of being discovered by others about the secret of his declining eyesight. Although this matter would definitely be exposed, he could keep it a secret for a day.  He sighed inwardly, looked towards the white window, and asked, "Yamamoto-kun, how is it outside?"

    General Yamamoto Isoroku told everything that happened after the mutiny. Although he wanted to eliminate the feudal lords and follow the military economic route, when he learned that Hirohito had rushed him to East Timor to serve as the garrison commander, he insisted on expanding the army.  Army, after increasing the number of troops stationed in North Korea and Nanhuatai Island, Nagata Tieshan still couldn't help but open his mouth wide, and after a long while he slowly closed his eyes.

    A deep sense of powerlessness emerged from the bottom of his heart. Now that this broken body couldn't even get out of bed, what else could he do?  By the time we left the hospital, the overall situation had already been decided, so there was no way to reverse it.  Thinking of this, he felt his body start to hurt again.  "Hey! Emperor Hirohito, who has high hopes, is still not as good as Yang Qiu." He sighed heavily in his heart, then opened his eyes again and continued to ask: "Yamamoto-kun, I'm afraid something is very bad now."

    "Yes, it should not be done! The national strength no longer allows for simultaneous confrontation on land and sea. Doing so will not only anger China, but also put the United States on alert." Yamamoto Isoroku did not mention Britain, because as long as Britain goes south, it will be a mortal enemy.  , but before solving the problem of Britain and France, we have to compete with China in the army, and we have to prevent the United States from intervening. It is really a doomed situation!

    In fact, the reason why he made friends with Nagata Tetsuyama was because they had the same eyesight. Otherwise, with his arrogant and arrogant temper, even many people in the navy would look down upon him, how could he make friends in the army.  But I admire Nagata Tetsuzan very much, because one of them advocated forming an alliance with the Soviet Union to strengthen the navy, and compromising with China to strive for peace, while the other promoted the initiative to hand over raw silk trading rights to China.  In fact, in the final analysis, this is a way to show weakness to the enemy and deliberately hand over the weakness to the enemy. It is the same as Yang Qiu's continued handing over the oil channel to the British surveillance in exchange for the status of Saudi Arabia and Arabia. The ultimate goal is to avoid simultaneous confrontation on land and sea.  But now this situation has been broken, and the bright future has become gloomy again.

    "So witty Yamamoto-kun, what will you do next?" Nagata Tetsuyama deliberately used a relaxed tone, but on the other side that Yamamoto couldn't see, his big hand was holding the sheets tightly, and blue veins popped out on the back of his hand.

    "What else can we do? We soldiers who are imperial ministers can only fulfill our duties loyally. Now we only hope that an opportunity will arise that will allow us to advance south early." Yamamoto Isoroku's eyes were solemn.  The situation has completely changed. Even if Yang Qiu wants to host the World Expo, he will definitely not let Japan expand its army. Therefore, an arms race and an increase in troops in North Korea are inevitable.  As a result of this mutiny, Japan's early armament will inevitably accelerate its external expansion schedule. Otherwise, no one can guarantee that when internal conflicts intensify next time, there will be a civil war involving hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

    Nagata Tieshan nodded happily, and finally there was someone who understood: "Yes. We can only move south early, but if the balance of power is broken early, Yamamoto-kun may not be able to avoid it.No need to compete with the UK in advance!  I don¡¯t know if the China Navy will be involved. Why expand the army so early?  A two-year delay in armament would be better than this situation.  "

    Hearing his last sigh, Yamamoto Isoroku took a deep breath. It was time to draw up a detailed plan for Nanjin!  So he patted Tieshan Nagata, comforted him to recover and quickly left the ward.  When the blurry figure like a halo finally disappeared, Nagata Tetsuyama slowly closed his eyes.

    As the two men thought, after learning that Japan was going to eliminate the Ise-class battleships and build two new battleships and four heavy cruisers, the British White House immediately took countermeasures and transferred the battleship Malaya and two ships stationed in the Mediterranean for rest.  The heavy cruiser was redeployed to Fort Singapore to serve as a deterrent to the Japanese in protecting their important Dutch ally.

    But on the contrary, Roosevelt did not think about strengthening the power of the Pacific Fleet. Instead, he adopted a completely different attitude from the British. He once again submitted the "Philippine Independence Act" to Congress, arguing that the military competition in the Far East was intensifying and the United States should actively resolve domestic affairs.  On the pretext of avoiding involvement in the conflict, lawmakers who encouraged the dominant isolationist ideology tried to force the passage of a bill to withdraw U.S. troops from the Philippines.

    At the same time that the bill was submitted to Congress, after receiving help from Japan and the Soviet Union to cause the price of gold to continue to fall, Roosevelt suddenly turned his back and announced the implementation of the Hundred Days Economic Act on the grounds that someone was deliberately destroying the financial market.  According to the bill, the U.S. government banned all gold and silver trading, and all gold and silver was only allowed to be sold to the federal government, while forcibly binding the price of gold to $33 per ounce.

    As soon as the bill came out, countless businessmen and companies holding gold suffered heavy losses. In order to preserve their wealth, they immediately launched a demonstration to accuse the White House of depriving them of wealth.  But what they encountered was an even more ruthless boss than Hirohito. After receiving authorization from Congress to implement the 100-day emergency bill, Roosevelt already had military and political power in his hands, so he immediately targeted these people in the name of spreading gcism and undermining economic reform.  Order a suppression!

    While Moscow was being shot, more than 3,000 protesters were thrown into federal prisons in just ten days.

    Immediately afterwards, Roosevelt proposed the famous austerity bill, announcing a reduction in government spending and veterans' benefits totaling 500 million US dollars. He also once again emphasized that the Philippine military expenditure was too high, saying that if Congress did not take decisive action, economic recovery would still be dragged down by the Philippines' quagmire.  .  Finally, under the influence of the majority of the American people who supported abandoning the Philippines and fully resolving the domestic economy, Congress finally began to seriously examine the plan to withdraw from the Philippines and stated that it would resolve the final status of the Philippines by June 1934 at the latest.

    After getting a reply from Congress, Roosevelt came up with the last trump card, announcing the suspension of the monetary policy of linking the US dollar to gold, abandoning the gold standard, and artificially forcing the US dollar to depreciate by 40%!

    The world is in an uproar!  No one expected that the originally strong U.S. dollar would suddenly depreciate by 40%. Countries and private individuals who had previously held large amounts of U.S. dollar cash in exchange for U.S. Treasury bonds suffered heavy losses, including Jewish families such as the Rothschilds.  The rich people's assets have shrunk by nearly half overnight!  The economies of the European countries that hold the most U.S. dollars have been hit hard again!

    The complex geopolitics of the Far East has once again undergone subtle changes due to the June 20 Mutiny. Roosevelt¡¯s crazy but highly targeted financial reforms have allowed the world to once again experience the decisiveness and ruthlessness of strongman politics.  Hitler, another strongman in Europe, finally won the election and became Chancellor of Germany as he wished. On the day of his inauguration speech, he publicly stated that he would rearm Germany and strive for the status of a normal country!

    A new round of world political competition has finally begun due to the actions of strong political men. Militarism before the European War has returned, and the new Republic of China has reached a crossroads

    (To be continued.
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