Washington, the White House.

It is 7 a.m. in Nanjing time, almost 6 p.m. in Washington time.

US President Roosevelt had just finished dinner, and the female secretary pushed a wheelchair and took him to a small conference room for a meeting. The meeting was about to discuss the new scrap steel agreement with the Japanese government.

The United States has been exporting scrap steel to Japan, especially in recent years, Japan's demand for scrap steel has become increasingly large, so it secretly bribed several members of Congress and proposed to reconsider the scrap steel agreement with the Japanese government. To put it bluntly, it is to relax the amount of scrap steel exported to Japan.

Roosevelt knew that behind this proposal was the steel tycoon Carnegie pushing it.

Because it was involved in steel tycoon Carnegie, Roosevelt dared not neglect and decided to hold a meeting of staff overnight.

However, Roosevelt's wheelchair had just walked outside the Oval Office door, and a young clerk walked to Roosevelt with a folder and said, "His Excellency the President, the US Minister to China, and the military officer in China, Colonel Stilwell, have just sent an emergency telegram to you, please check it out."

"Is that?" Roosevelt said, "What did they say?"

"It's nothing big," said the young clerk. "It's just a small battle in the Sino-Japanese War. It seems that the Chinese army annihilated 20,000 Japanese troops in Nanjing. This is not a big deal, but Mr. Jensen and Colonel Stilwell said it seems to be a big deal."

Roosevelt's eyes were surprised when he heard this.

After a moment, Roosevelt said, "Young man, this is no small matter."

When the female secretary was about to continue to push Roosevelt to the small conference room, Roosevelt suddenly waved his hand and said, "Misey, don't need to go to the small conference room anymore. Let me tell the secretariat that the meeting at 6 o'clock tonight has been cancelled. As for the scrap steel trade with Japan, the original agreement will still be used."

...

It is 7 a.m. in Nanjing time, almost twelve o'clock in the evening in Berlin time.

Although it was already late at night, the head of state was still reviewing the documents.

Military operations against Hungary and Czechoslovakia will soon be fully launched. As the head of the Third Reich of Germany, he is naturally a lot of things.

After finally reviewing the mountains of documents placed on the desk, the head of state was about to get up and make a cup of coffee. The secretary walked in with a folder and said, "Great Head of State, this is a request report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the invitation of the Japanese Army University to the Berlin Military Academy to Tokyo for the exchange."

"An invitation from an allies in the East?" said the head of state, "Take it over and let me see."

Upon hearing this, the secretary opened the folder and handed over a file contained in it.

The head of state quickly finished reading the documents and was about to sign them when another secretary came in and whispered: "His senior head of state, the Japanese army had just suffered a great defeat on the Chinese battlefield!"

"Oh, is that?" said the head of state, "What's going on?"

Later, the secretary revealed the news he heard on the radio.

After hearing this, the head of state immediately put down his pen and said to the previous secretary: "The plan for cadets of the Berlin Military Academy to go to the Tokyo Army University to observe and exchange is shelved. When will our Eastern allies be excellent enough, we will send cadets to Tokyo again. As for now, it is still a waste."

...

Tokyo, Imperial Palace.

It is around 7 a.m. in Nanjing time, and it is almost 8 a.m. in Tokyo time.

At this time, more than half an hour after the end of the Imperial Conference, most of the military and political officials such as Kobe Fumima had left, and only the deputy chief of staff of the base camp, Tada Jun, was left in the imperial residence by Hirohito.

At this moment, Hirohito and Tada Jun are listening to the radio.

What I listened to was the Voice of Nanjing from China Central News Agency.

Both of them understand Japanese, so there is a special Chinese translation next to them.

Chinese translation was listening to the radio while translating it into Japanese: "Seither 13 infantry cannons with a caliber of 70mm caliber in Type 92."

"24 Meiji 38-year-old 75mm caliber field howitzers were seized."

"11 Meiji 38-year-old 105mm caliber field howitzers were seized."

"Seizumi 38-year-old 150mm caliber field howitzers were seized."

"Enough, stop translating again!" Hirohito couldn't stand it when he heard this, because listening to these numbers, he was stabbing his knife in the heart again and again, and it was getting deeper and deeper again and again!

"Hayi!" The Chinese translator paused at Hirohito, bent down and left the Imperial Study room.

Hirohito breathed a sigh of relief, turned his eyes to Tada Jun and said quietly: "Tada Jun, I finally made up my mind to let the NHK radio station continue to broadcast the battle in Nanjing. As a result, the Imperial Army immediately suffered such a big defeat in Nanjing. Now I really don't know whether the previous decision was right or wrong?

Tada Jun hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this is all my fault. If I hadn't proposed live broadcasting for a moment, Your Majesty wouldn't have to make trouble for this at all, so this is my fault."

Hirohito waved his hand and said, "Tada, I don't mean that."

After pausing, Hirohito said again: "Live broadcast is actually a good idea, because facts have proved that this move can not only greatly condense the morale of the frontline soldiers, but also condense the will of the people of the whole country! It makes the entire Japanese Empire united as one, from the royal family to every family, and even more indestructible!"

"Hayi!" Tada Jun paused and said, "I understand that I should selectively broadcast live. In the future, only live broadcasts will definitely win the battles, and try to avoid those battles with unpredictable outcomes."

"Soga." Hirohito nodded slightly and said, "But the battle to capture Nanjing cannot be avoided! Because this battle has attracted widespread international attention, the US President and the German Head of State already know! The United States even canceled the scrap steel negotiations with the empire because of this battle, and Germany also canceled the already-determined military exchanges."

"Baga!" Tada Toshi gritted his teeth, "This time the empire is really embarrassing!"

Waving his hand, Hirohito continued: "So, no matter whether the outcome of the Battle of Nanjing is a victory or a loss, no matter how much the price the Great Japanese Imperial Army pays, NHK Radio must broadcast the entire process live!"

In a word, Yukihito is now taking over with Zhong Yi and the 367th Group!

He didn't believe it anymore. He could not destroy a 367th regiment after all his efforts?

Tada Jun said sternly: "Your Majesty means to report the results to the whole country truthfully?"
Chapter completed!