Faced with Hirohito's question, Saburo Abe could only grit his teeth and say: "Your Majesty, in the current situation, it doesn't matter whether I believe it or not. What matters is whether you believe it or not?"
"You are the emperor of my great Japan. For some things, it doesn't matter what we ministers think. What matters is that you don't give up hope."
"Our great Japan has been established for hundreds of years. Regardless of whether it is useful or not, a country that has existed for hundreds of years should always have some explanation. Your life is precious and must not be thrown away easily. For the sake of our country, you must gather all your forces and fight to the last soldier. Even if you are in a desperate situation in the end, you must find a way to give the last glimmer of hope to preserve our country."
Saburo Abe's words were very sincere, so sincere that even Hirohito Koichi was speechless.
Seeing that Hirohito was still hesitating, Abe continued: "Your Majesty, there are still more than 100,000 of us in the city. We have a large number of soldiers, and we cannot deploy so many troops on these few lines of defense. Therefore, it is not surprising that our three lines of defense have been lost. You should gather troops in the city first and adjust the formation. Once the Ming army breaks through the third line of defense, we will concentrate our superior forces to annihilate the Ming army that rushed into the city in one fell swoop."
When Hirohito heard this, a glimmer of hope seemed to ignite in his eyes. He indeed still had countless soldiers in the city. Those soldiers were more than the total number of Ming troops in Japan today. With so many soldiers, why couldn't he do something?
Saburo Abe was able to become a figure known as the Little Zhuge Liang because he was very good at observing people's words and expressions. When he saw the hesitation in Hirohito Hiroichi's eyes, he knew in his heart that Hirohito Hiroichi had fallen in love with her.
As the emperor of a country, even if he died, he should be the last to die. How could he die on this mere line of defense when he still had an army of hundreds of thousands at his command?
"Your Majesty, please go into the city first and gather the troops. I will take care of this place first. But please be quick, Your Majesty. I'm afraid I can't hold on for too long."
Hirohito glanced into the distance. At this moment, the Ming army was still advancing step by step in an orderly manner. The third line of defense was destined to be lost. If they continued to waste time here, they would only die here.
Hirohito sighed and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Abe. I will go into the city to gather the soldiers first, and you have to hold on here for a while."
After Hirohito finished speaking, he stood up and left. After Hirohito left, Saburo Abe also breathed a sigh of relief.
If Hirohito Hiroichi refused to leave, how could he leave? Everyone wants to live, and Abe Saburo is no exception. He will pretend here and retreat to the city when he can no longer hold on. By then, he may not have no way out.
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It is said that when Hirohito Hiroichi was still on the third line of defense, people's morale was barely stable. Even though the Japanese army was at a disadvantage, they still had some fighting spirit. But with the departure of Hirohito Hiroichi, the Japanese army on the third line of defense suddenly lost its fighting spirit. This obvious change in military morale could not escape the eyes of Saburo Abe, but it was not something he could control.
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Looking at Hirohito, it was only after he walked down the third line of defense that he realized how bad the situation in Tokyo was at the moment. This kind of bad situation was no longer something that he, the emperor, could fully control.
He hadn't noticed it when he was on the third line of defense, but he heard it after he went down the city defense line. Even in the city, there were some incredible shouts and screams.
It turned out that with the fire in the city and the siege of the Ming army, the mentality of the Japanese army in the city seemed to have collapsed. For some things, once a case occurs and is not dealt with in a timely manner, the probability of such a situation occurring again will increase.
For example, robbery, rape... and so on. At this moment, many Japanese troops have already set their sights on those high-ranking officials who usually act tyrannically and have many wives and concubines. Even when Tokyo City was besieged, they were still high-ranking. But now, the city is about to be broken. For a soldier, the only thing they can trust is the knife in their hand.
While the Ming army has not yet entered the city, they want to use the swords in their hands to do something they usually want to do but dare not do.
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Nearly half of Tokyo city had been burned down, and at this moment, a war broke out in the city. Hirohito Hiroichi was really at his wit's end. What were internal and external troubles? Now it was internal and external troubles.
"Pass the order down, let all the sons of nobles gather together. Also, those soldiers who burned, killed and looted in the city must be executed immediately. We can't let the war continue. We must reunite the team that has been put together by nuclear energy as soon as possible, so that we can launch a counterattack after the Ming army breaks through the third line of defense."
After receiving the order, Hirohito's personal guards rushed forward to carry it out.
Looking at the third line of defense of Tokyo City, with the departure of Hirohito Hiroichi, the Japanese on the defense line were also retreating in large strides. Although they were still resisting, the strength of their resistance was no longer comparable to before.
Yang Xiao and other generals were extremely happy after discovering this phenomenon. Originally, according to the time, it was very difficult for them to take the third line of city defense before dawn, but with the departure of Hirohito Koichi, it was not a difficult task at this moment.
"Soldiers, kill! The Japanese can no longer hold on. Kill them all and expand the territory for our Ming Dynasty."
With Yang Xiao's roar, the Ming army's momentum was even stronger. This kind of shouting and killing sound was the kind that had been suppressed for a long time. After all, the siege had lasted for several months. Once this suppressed and murderous mood broke out, it was doomed that Tokyo, the imperial city that had existed for hundreds of years, would be destroyed, and no one could stop it.
"My friend, did you hear that? Our victory is in sight. We will definitely take down the third line of defense before dawn."
Zhang Wuji smiled and said, "This is all thanks to Min'er."
"However, even if we take down the city defense, it will still take some time to eliminate the Japanese in the city. By then, I'm afraid there will be some casualties."
Zhao Min said: "In war, there will always be casualties."
"Although we have suffered heavy casualties right now, there will still be casualties when we clear out the Japanese troops in the city, but those casualties will not be too great."
"As long as our soldiers can enter the city, even without fighting, there are still countless ways to eliminate the Japanese troops in the city."
"At worst, we can just set a few more fires."
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