Chapter 2801 Forced Into the Palace Part 2
"This..." Gongwang of Xiyuan Temple really couldn't answer this question. Japan is not afraid of the United Kingdom, and it is capable of fighting the United States. However, against the powerful New Allies system, facing the three powerful countries of Germany, Austria and France, Japan really has no intention of resisting at all! Because I really can’t beat him! Even in terms of population and gross industrial production, which Americans are most proud of, the new Deoga also surpasses the United States! And not to mention that their forward base is almost on the belly of the Japanese!
There are only interests between countries. Now the French can help the Japanese with army equipment, provide material transportation or other services, but the Germans turn a blind eye. That's because Japan is useful to Germany, and Japan is still very useful as a pawn to contain the United States. And what if it's useless? The result is naturally very obvious! Japan will definitely be sadder than it is now.
"There are only two types of relations with the Americans: preparing for war and going to war. There will be no so-called peaceful coexistence. The world has been divided up, the Americans control the Americas, and the Germans control Europe, Africa, and West Asia. We Control Southeast Asia. It is impossible for the Americans to cross the Atlantic and become enemies of the entire European continent, so the only place where they can attack is us. Excessive retreat today will only lead to defeat tomorrow! We did not lose to the Americans this time, but It’s because the Germans are on the side of the Americans. If we can maintain a neutral relationship with Germany, the Americans may not win.”
At this moment, Yamamoto Gonbei's conversation suddenly changed the situation in the entire venue! Because, at such a high-end meeting, the Japanese Navy and Army rarely united to fight against the government! This has been very rare in decades! Even the experienced Saionji found it a bit difficult to deal with!
A drop of sweat dripped from Saionji's neck. He vaguely felt that he seemed to be calculated! Such a unified statement by the navy and army is definitely not a hastily formed view. The settlement case against the United States proposed by Kikujiro Ishii has been around for some time. According to the capabilities of the navy and army, it is not difficult at all to obtain this settlement case. They must have studied it and believed that this settlement was not good for the navy and army!
Yes, that's it, this settlement is not good for the Navy! Even Saionji Konobo himself is the enemy of the navy and army to some extent! Because Saionji Temple advocates that the democratically elected government controls everything, including the country's major policies and absolute control of the navy and army. What about the navy and army? The political ambitions of Japan's navy and army are much greater than those of the German officer corps!
The latter is at least more reasonable, and Germany's special political environment gives Germany the ability to suppress the entire officer corps! Their royal family itself is the leader of the officer corps, but Japan is different! Although the Emperor of Japan enjoys the highest rights, the realization of this right is problematic, and the current Emperor Taisho does not understand military affairs! Saionji Temple does not believe that the emperor is a so-called god. If he is really a god, why has he been suppressed by the shogunate for hundreds of years?
Since the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese military has always been inseparable from politics. Look at the nine Meiji elders! Yamaxian Yutomo, Xixiang Congdao, Oyamayan, Katsura Taro, who are not military bosses? If we go back to the Fall of Japan and the Southwest War,
Then there are even more big names in military design. And if we count all the previous Japanese prime ministers, there are even more who came from the military.
Military power has always been an indispensable role in Japanese politics. The reason why I was able to suppress it before was that, in addition to my origin and status as a veteran, a very important point was the conflict between the Japanese navy and army! The high-level Japanese government, represented by Saionji Konobo, can use the contradiction between the two to move around and contain each other. But when the Japanese navy and army decide to temporarily unite, then Saionji Konobo will immediately be at a disadvantage! And don't forget that we are in a war now, and the military's power is unprecedentedly powerful!
"How could this happen?" Saionji Lord looked around the entire venue, his eyes passing over the faces of Yamamoto Gonbei and Terauchi Masaki one by one, trying to see something from their expressions. After a while, Saionji Temple finally understood. He knew what the military wanted. They wanted an ever-present military threat. Only when there was a military threat, the Japanese government would hand over a large amount of funds and resources to the sea. The army, only if there is a military threat, will the large number of military-controlled areas in Southeast Asia continue to exist. The resources, labor and industries there are assets controlled by the military leaders themselves. If there is no such threat, then the military will now control Everything will be slowly cut down!
The Americans are indeed the enemies of the Japanese military, but when Saionji Komō proposed reconciliation with the United States and removed this so-called threat, he himself became an enemy of the Japanese military! For common goals and interests, the Japanese navy and army united. If you think about it again, Yamamoto Gonbei and Terauchi Masaki persuaded him to come to the Philippines instead of meeting in Tokyo, then everything will be obvious! In Tokyo, he can get the support of the prime minister and cabinet, but here, he is really alone. And during his absence in Tokyo, the Japanese navy and army may have been able to reach an agreement with many chaebols and clans, right?
"Very good, you did a good job." Saionji Kowang has been in the Japanese political arena for many years. How can he not be stabbed when he is often in the arena? This time, Gongwang of Xiyuan Temple knew that he was in trouble! Maybe the consequences are not serious, but this trend is terrible! And in wartime, he had too few counterattacks!
In fact, from the beginning, the Japanese navy and army had not had fierce conflicts and attacks, and the navy's compromise with the army had been somewhat abnormal. It is not that the navy and army have not compromised with each other, but there are too few things that can be settled in just a few words like today. Okay, this is not normal! And I ignored it!
As for why Germany cannot be regarded as an enemy? Because the Japanese are not stupid, they think they can resist the United States with the support of other countries, but if they face Germany and Austria, the Japanese know that they will definitely not be able to defeat it! Don't look at you in the Far East! Thousands of kilometers of distance will not give the Japanese a sense of security! So, Saionji Temple knew that the Japanese military did not need a real peace treaty, what they needed was an armistice treaty!
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