Yamamoto was exactly fifty-six when he was commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, the same age as the year his father gave birth to him. Yamamoto, a native of Nagaoka, asked his fellow countrymen with great vigour, "Have you ever thought that in nagaoka, there can also be a commander of the combined fleet of the Navy?" ”
As far as the Japanese naval servicemen were concerned, the commander of the combined fleet was not only a position, but also represented the highest honor, and Yamamoto had no reason not to rejoice, but after only a year, this hesitation turned into a melancholy entanglement, and he said to his secretary: "You will see Tokyo razed to the ground at least three times, and we are doomed." ”
What made Yamamoto anxious was a proposition that prevailed among the Japanese government and the public at that time: an alliance with Germany.
This alliance is not as simple as pulling a small hand together and putting a shoulder around the shoulder, it is a military alliance, and the spearhead is directed at Britain and the United States. In other words, if Japan and Germany become iron brothers with two ribs and knives, they will have to become indressible enemies with the United States, and this is precisely what Yamamoto is most afraid of.
When he was young, Yamamoto went to Europe and the United States to investigate, and at the end of the inspection, he sighed loudly: "With Japan's national strength, it is impossible to take the United States as an enemy." In naval construction, there can be no arms race with it. ”
Until the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, Yamamoto still had this view, believing that compared with the United States, Japan's military strength was still inferior to the old nose, so it must not be too old to move the soil on the head, let alone take millet for the Germans in the fire.
Because of his insistence on his own opinions, Yamamoto was not only regarded as a pro-Anglo-American faction in the Navy, but also almost caused himself to kill himself.
It was also when Yamamoto was a vice admiral in the Navy, and for a while, there were often some people who were not in the same kind of people running to the Naval Province and shouting to see Yamamoto as soon as they entered the door. These people were dressed in knee-length kimonos and climbed on clogs. The secretary of the Navy Province, Shimatsu, who was in charge of the reception, looked at the color of the words, looked left and right, and felt that they did not look like Yamamoto's fans, so he introduced them into the secretary's room to hear what the other party had asked for.
There are no special requirements, the procedures are the same, that is, first read the "letter of persuasion", ask Yamamoto to honestly resign, if you don't do it, there is also a "hoe rape book" behind it, that is, "for skywalkers, rebuke Yamamoto", some people even threaten to bleed Yamamoto the next day.
Realizing that Yamamoto's life was in danger, Shimatsu tried to dispatch the uninvited guests while informing Yamamoto to quickly avoid them. Yamamoto was still quite stiff in his mouth, saying: "Even if you kill me, it will be useless, and I am convinced that even if you change five or even ten new subordinate officers, you will not change the Navy's views and positions in the slightest." ”
That being said, yamamoto was also beating drums in his heart when he saw people outside pouting their butts in line to get your head. In the Showa era, there were too many military and politicians who died at the hands of assassins, even the prime minister Inuyasha was killed, and there was no gendarmerie in the naval province, so they had to rely on the police to patrol and protect, just imagine, even the guards of the prime minister's office could not save the prime minister, what can a few policemen do?
Yamamoto Fifty-Six (1) Serial, to be continued.......