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Red Alert: The Republic of China Chapter 652: Will Japan perish?

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    There are many complaints when you lose, but there are many cheers when you win.  Not fake at all.

    Inoue Narumi dropped her pen and stood up.  Let naval warfare historians summarize the Battle of Hijima.  That's all he could think about.

    He was at home, thrown out of the whirlpool of war.  He stayed out of it.  At first, Kiyooka Masaru introduced him to the circle of Konoe Fumiya and a group of important ministers.  Konoe, Okada and his group originally wanted to launch an "anti-Tojo" movement, drive away Tojo Hideki, and negotiate a decent peace.

    Unexpectedly, the Chinese army's timetable was too tight, and the "absolute defense perimeter" advocated by Tojo was shattered. Major cities and industrial areas across the country, including Tokyo, were placed within the bombing circle of the Global Overlord.  From before the war began, Tojo's strategy of sticking to the outer island chain as an "unsinkable aircraft carrier" went bankrupt.  No one mentioned the "Absolute Defense Circle Plan" either.  What Konoe Fumima wanted to do but could not do, the Chinese did it for him.

    Tojo made a final desperate struggle.  He ran around, trying to strengthen the cabinet and establish his absolute control before the guards, but it was too late.  From Hirohito, the royal family, important ministers, financial circles, bureaucrats to various forces inside and outside the military have formed an alliance.

    Tojo ran into obstacles everywhere.  Hirohito and Kido Internal Affairs Minister proposed that important ministers including Konoe join the cabinet and establish a "national unity cabinet" as an absolute condition for the new cabinet.  Then, the important ministers unanimously refused to join the cabinet, finally driving the lonely Tojo Hideki into a dead end.

    The Tojo Cabinet announced the resignation of the General Secretary.  Tojo himself was still dreaming that Hirohito would order him to form a cabinet again, or at least retain the Prime Minister.  Unexpectedly, Hirohito ignored him at all.  The new chief of staff of the die-hard ruling faction, General Umezu Yoshijiro, the former commander of the Kwantung Army, not only refused Tojo to remain as Prime Minister, but also said that Tojo "has resigned as Prime Minister and Prime Minister, so the provision he enjoys under Hirohito's special order to be included in active service is also  It has lost its meaning. Tojo should be included in the reserve force", and Tojo was relegated to the cold palace of non-military personnel.

    The wall fell and everyone pushed. As the initiator of the Pacific War, Tojo Hideki has now become a common man, just waiting for him to be hanged after the Allied victory.

    Tojo was originally considered to be indomitable.  Losing power and status so quickly.  There is no need for Kiyooka Masaru and others to assassinate him. He is already dead politically.

    After the resignation of the Tojo cabinet, the initiators of the overthrow movement believed that active military personnel Juichi Terauchi, Shunroku Hata and others were members of the Tojo faction and were not suitable to serve as prime minister.  It was too early for Konoe and others to come to the stage - in fact, Konoe had no good solution to the war, and he could neither control the military.  We can't rely on the Chinese calculations - we can only choose a transitional cabinet.

    Koiso Kuniaki, who had previously served as governor-general in North Korea and whose hands were stained with Korean blood, was recommended to form the cabinet.  Neither Xiaoji nor anyone else can save the overall situation.

    China¡¯s victory is self-evident.  The "Great Japanese Empire" has finally come to an end after half a century of crazy expansion since the Sino-Japanese War.  No class, no force, no individual can save the fate of Hirohito's militarism.

    Only when the war is over will everything start from scratch.  Where does this "head" start?

    It¡¯s a political movement, it¡¯s a military strategy.  Suddenly everything became something external and meaningless.  Japan's defeat and "surrender" was only a matter of time.

    Coincidentally, an anti-Roosevelt movement also took place in the United States. Unfortunately, it failed and a large number of senior generals were hanged.  Even if it succeeds, can the United States avoid the fate of "unconditional surrender"? I'm afraid not.  It's psychologically unacceptable anyway.  There is only one way to end the war.

    Inoue Narumi realized this, but felt that time was very slow, and couldn't help but become anxious.

    He went to chat with the maid Raiko.

    Lai Zi is very young, with an oval face, a slender waist, and a few freckles on his face. He is quite delicate.  Her husband died fighting in northern Korea, and Lai Zi was very sad.  Her beauty in grief has a unique charm.

    It turned out that Inoue Narumi was paying attention to the severe political and war situation all day long.  He had no time to pay attention to an ordinary maid like Raiko. Now, his nerves relaxed and he found that Raiko's style was not vulgar.

    "Laizi, where is your natal family?"

    "Yugo Town, Shiga Prefecture. Oha Rashi Village is where the ancient Omi Kingdom was located."

    "Is it near Lake Yuwu on the north shore of Lake Biwa? I still remember the legend of the goddess Hagoromo about Lake Yuwu."

    "Yes, has Mr. Inoue been there?"

    "Been there. That year, when the University of China was on summer vacation, a group of us classmates were so happy that we said, "Let's go to Bipa Lake. Later we also visited Yuwu Lake and climbed Tomb Valley Mountain and Anzang Mountain."

    ¡°I really didn¡¯t expect that the young master would go to such a remote place in our hometown.¡±

    "Yeah. I didn't expect to go to Nanyang to fight.The distance to Baoer is a hundred times that of Lake Bipa.  Is the situation in your hometown okay?"

    Raiko¡¯s face became pale and the freckles became more obvious.  She said: "I dare not hide it in front of the young master. The situation in my hometown is extremely miserable. All the men are sent to serve as soldiers. There are originally few men in our place. With the rise of metropolis, they have long since left their hometowns.  I begged a wife in another place and never came back. Only women and old people were left farming. The girls couldn't find men to marry, so they gritted their teeth and went to the city. You see, didn't I come to Tokyo too?"

    Narumi Inoue has some knowledge of the violent turmoil caused by the rise of industry in rural Japan.  However, he has been living in the military camp, tense and busy. Who cares about the changes in the countryside? Japan's countryside has become a microcosm of the entire Japanese archipelago.  The best of Japan were dispersed to fight and colonize all over Asia, from North Korea to the Dutch East Indies, from Burma to Port Moresby.  There is only an empty shell left in the mainland, supported by old people and women.

    ¡°Now, those Japanese overseas will gradually die in the war, and this empty shell may be shattered by the war machines of the Allies.  These women and old people will also become victims of warlord wars. How sad! The final situation of the Marshall Islands may be a microcosm of the future of Japan.

    Raiko noticed Inoue Narumi¡¯s sunlight falling on her.  Normally, he never looked at her like this.  Raiko's face turned slightly red, he lowered his head and cried softly.

    Inoue Narumi stepped forward and grabbed her soft little hand with his left hand.  I found that her hands were cold and had no blood at all.  "What's the matter, Laizi?" The stern former emperor's wife also became more affectionate.

    Raiko said: "You sit in a pile of books all day long, don't you know that Japan is already in a state of hunger and cold? Although my hometown has no rice for cooking, the villagers may be a blessing in disguise. They still have wild vegetables and leaves to satisfy their hunger.  But in the metropolis of Tokyo, there is nothing.

    A food rationing system has been implemented for a long time, and local military agencies and munitions factories are given priority every day.  At first, each person had eight taels of brown rice per day, but later it was reduced to five taels.  Now there are only two taels left.  Moreover, there is a long queue every day and it is sold out after an hour.  There has been no supply for the past two days.  You are a scholar and know many things.

    While I was waiting in line, I listened to the housewives from different families talking about it.  It is said that Mr. Takeji Ishihara, the head of the Food Section of the Economic Bureau, gave a speech not long ago, and I heard that it was published in the "Yomiuri Shimbun".  "

    Inoue Narumi's thoughts were suddenly brought back to reality from the distant Philippines. He asked urgently: "What did Mr. Ishihara say?"

    Raiko was originally a high school student. He had studied for several years and worked in Inoue Narumi¡¯s family for another three years, so he was deeply influenced by it.  Influenced by his scholarly family background, he is not only proficient in writing, but also knowledgeable in writing.  She had long admired Mr. Narumi Inoue. Compared to his erudition, her dead husband was just a vulgar cloth shop clerk.

    "It's a pity that the young master devoted his whole body and soul to political activities and military research and paid no attention to her. She lamented that she had no chance. She just tried her best to buy newspapers and magazines for the young master.  And take care of Inoue Narumi in life.  Now that the young master was suddenly interested in her, she couldn't help but burst into tears, remembering several love stories of the three princesses in "The Tale of Genji" (Hua Hua read the beginning and felt so sick that she wanted to vomit! Emotions are not limited to Chinese TV dramas, which can poison people.)  .  It's a pity that she doesn't have the courage.

    Laizi straightened his forehead and deliberately lowered his voice and said: "Mr. Ishihara said: 'As a food rationing measure in extraordinary times, rice and other staple foods, as well as MSG, soy sauce, fish, green fruits, dairy products, molded dried vegetables, pickled vegetables  , salt, sugar, canned food and other non-staple foods will be distributed by special rationing units composed of police unit prices. The small balance of the distribution will be retailed to residents. However, staple foods and dairy products will never be retailed. Now, the country is in very short supply of various supplies.  We must be prepared to deal with emergency situations. As residents of metropolitan areas, we should feel at ease and reduce the pressure on the country. What we implement is a rationing system to cope with major earthquake disasters. In areas outside the city, when air raid warnings and war warnings occur  At this time, all staple foods must be rationed, without exception. We hope that people from all walks of life will organize voluntary assistance. In addition to having dedicated personnel responsible for the shortage of manpower and the families of fallen soldiers, we also hope that residents in the surrounding neighborhoods will provide help for them."

    Inoue Narumi realized that her hands had been holding Raiko's little hands, and those little hands gradually became hot and hot.  Laiko didn't pull back, her body was trembling slightly.  "What's going on in the market now?"

    "The market has long been empty. All the rice shops, fish shops, fruit shops and pubs are closed. You can't buy any good non-staple food. These two months are the sardine season. I heard that the fishermen are fishing  There were a lot of sardines, but all of them were allocated to the rescue team. I went to the fish shop every day, and there was a long queue in front of the fish shop. One of my cousins ??told me that fish would be sold in the evening. I went there for two nights, and finallyGot two pounds.  Unexpectedly, when I took a look under the moonlight, I saw that they were all rotten fish and stunk.  I heard that because the munitions factory uses a lot of electricity and there is no extra electricity to make ice, the fish caught by the fishermen will smell bad in two days.  An old woman frowned and complained when she saw me taking the smelly fish. She came forward and said, "Girl, please give me this fish if you don't want it."  I got angry and took it back. I couldn't eat it at all, so I was told to bury it under the redbud tree in the yard.  "

    As Lai Yu spoke, he started crying again.  She felt aggrieved because she could not serve the young master she admired well.

    Narumi Inoue didn¡¯t know how to comfort her.  His one arm was inconvenient, so Raiko approached him knowingly.  Gradually, Lai Zi leaned into his arms.

    Inoue Narumi has always lived a puritan-like military career. Although he has visited Aoyagi and Akagai several times and met geishas, ??his cold heart has not considered the delicate psychology of women.  He was a little excited and sang an ancient song from "The Tale of Genji" to comfort Raiko:

    My life is impermanent,

    The shortcomings are unknown.

    I hope that when I am alive,

    Don¡¯t worry too much.

    Although the desolate autumn air is disgusting,

    The beauty of the bellbug¡¯s sound is hard to throw away.

    The image of the third princess is unforgettable in Raiko's mind. The tragic love story and poetry of the third princess and Genji have long been mastered, and they blurted out without realizing it.

    Inoue Narumi was slightly startled, and suddenly felt that Raiko's mind was like an unfathomable deep pool.  He doesn¡¯t understand women at all! He quoted General Yugiri¡¯s poem:

    The evening mist fills the sky, adding to the tranquility,

    I want to leave my mountain home and get lost in the journey.

    Lai Zi is indeed well-behaved, and he imitates Princess Luo Ye and chants:

    The hut is hidden deep in the smoke,

    Crazy children and common people do not stay together.

    Inoue Narumi smiled and said: "I'm afraid I'm not a crazy boy or a vulgar kid." He hugged Raiko with one arm.  He rubbed his cheek against Laizi's temples and felt the slight fragrance and heat from Laizi's body.

    He is confused.  A passion he had never experienced before made his blood boil.  A peaceful and gentle world, a world that writers, poets, and artists eulogized and described, emerged from the misty horizon before his eyes, and the bloody, filthy, murderous and evil world in which he had been addicted all day long was torn apart by an invisible hand.  , faded, retreated.  Except for the war.  There is also a good life.

    Inoue Narumi¡¯s hands clumsily untied Raiko¡¯s kimono.  Raiko's inner shirt is blue with a deep red lining, and the outer cover is a purple silk sweatshirt. The pattern of the clothes is also very unique and novel. Her hair is black and shiny, combed neatly and generously.  This was the first time he noticed this.  Once upon a time, he seemed to be a passenger on a special express train.  I only care about the destination and the timetable of the journey.  If once he feels that time and purpose don't matter, then he can take a slow train and enjoy the scenery and folk customs along the way.

    "Sir, you are so clumsy, you are still a novice, right? Why don't you marry a wife?" Lai Zi smiled, his heart was very warm, and he couldn't help but feel spring in his heart:

    There is no place for a lonely boat in the sea.

    Why don¡¯t you come to these borders?

    She held Inoue Narumi¡¯s head in her hands and kissed him gently on the forehead.  Then.  She neatly unbuttoned her clothes, revealing her snow-white and delicate skin.  She said excitedly: "Master Narumi Inoue, how could you leave your books today and come to me from the time when you were thinking about the war day and night?"

    Yes! When one's energy is poured into a focal point, the world around them temporarily fades away.  Once the focus disappears, he will feel that the world is big and beautiful, but this world is an ordinary world.

    Lai Zi is very gentle.  Inoue Narumi is simply elated

    They were immersed in love for a long time, forgetting time and forgetting that the earth was still rotating and revolving rigidly.  Due to this rotation, the Allied war machines resolutely turned their teeth one by one and were slowly and ruthlessly churning Japan into a pulp of flesh and blood.  Whether it's a warlord, an old concubine, or a lover.  No one is immune, because it was Japan that started this machine first.

    Someone knocked on the door outside the hospital.  The old butler Igarashi went to open the door.  The visitor talked with Igarashi for a long time, and his tone was very strong, because there were several walls between them, so neither Inoue Narumi nor Raiko could hear clearly.

    The visitor finally left.  Igarashi walked to the door quietly. The old housekeeper was very careful and never opened the door rashly.  He is almost sixty years old and has been working as a housekeeper at Inoue Narumi's house.  He called softly "Sir, Sir" and slipped something like a letter under the door.  Inoue Narumi heard Igarashi let out a long sigh and gradually walked away.

    Lai Zi looked a little flustered.  Although she was looking forward to the young master's actions, she was confused when things came to pass.  Inoue Narumi was a soldier after all. He immediately put on his clothes, picked up the letter and looked at it. He couldn't help being surprised. He handed the letter to Yorizi.  LaizicaoCao glanced at it, screamed, and hugged Inoue Narumi tightly:

    "How could they do such a thing!"

    That letter was jointly issued by the Kanda District Police Station and the Metropolitan Police Department, informing Inoue Narumi to report within two days.  Because Chinese planes may strike Tokyo again in the near future, all reservists and civilians must join the voluntary fire brigade and emergency rescue team.  The letter also informed that every household must dig air-raid shelters, and all white buildings must be painted with camouflage, otherwise they will be punished for collaborating with the enemy.

    Even he, who was once a famous figure in the Japanese Army, also received this notice.

    Even disabled soldiers with one arm have to join the fire brigade and rescue team. It seems that what Laiko said about the market depression and the harsh wartime rationing environment is true.  Inoue Narumi returns to reality from the land of gentleness.  However, this reality was different from the reality before that day. He understood a deeper philosophy and the power of love. This understanding was irreversible, and he felt a sense of solidity in his heart.

    He smiled bitterly and said to Raiko: "Since you asked me to go, I will report for duty. It is the duty of soldiers to obey orders. I will go tomorrow. I hope you will accompany me for a walk."

    "Ah! I have always regarded your words as my mission, let us go together. I am so happy."

    Early the next morning, Inoue Narumi got up.  His psychological inertia still regards himself as a soldier.  Get up early, do exercises, and practice swordsmanship.  Cold baths, reading.  Ever since he had Lai Zi in his heart, it was as if a surge of hormones had been injected into his blood, making him extra energetic.

    Today is November 24th, Friday.  He opened this calendar page and felt a strange emotion.  Does he love Laizi? He can't tell.  Lai Zi loved him deeply.  over many months.  She served him with all her clothes on. Thinking about it carefully, her every word and deed were integrated into her own emotions.  Their family backgrounds are so different that it is unthinkable for them to get married.  But does love have to lead to marriage? Didn¡¯t the third princess whom Raiko adored also become a nun with the love that was destroyed? Maybe one day, Japan will have a European and American-style constitution.  With the freedom of love and marriage that has existed in the West since the Renaissance, the two of them could walk on the streets openly and smile happily at passers-by.  They both vaguely felt that the empire of this rigid god had been wrapped in shrouds and lying in a coffin!

    Raiko tried her best to dress up.  She wore a Ditang flower blouse, which Count Inoue Narumi gave to her as a reward, and the color of her underwear was wisteria floral.  When she dressed up, she looked very beautiful.  They were walking down the street.  Quite a few pedestrians looked at Raiko sideways.  The sun was shining brightly, the weather was fine, and Laizi looked like a summer daffodil under the bright sunshine.

    There was a retired officer sitting in the police station. He was blind in one eye. He was wearing an Imperial Army uniform underneath his police uniform.  He immediately recognized Inoue Narumi: "Ah, Colonel Inoue, I haven't seen you for a few days. Do you still recognize me? I am Colonel Miyoshi Sadakichi of the 38th Division."

    It¡¯s another old member of the Seventeenth Army.  Although all the Seventeenth Army was trapped and died in the Solomon Islands and Rabaul, there were still many disabled soldiers in the country.  Their tragic fate connected them, and Colonel Miyoshi must be an acquaintance after all.

    Miyoshi quickly helped Inoue Narumi complete the registration procedures.  He said: "Inoue-kun. When I saw you on the roster, I was also surprised. There are not many survivors in the 17th Army. Let's take care of each other in the future." He suddenly whispered: "  If you have any difficulties, it¡¯s okay if you can¡¯t come for air raids or training. I¡¯ll just give my boss a look and get over it. Take care of yourself. Ah, are you too old for this? She¡¯s so beautiful!¡±

    Inoue Narumi responded vaguely, and then walked to the street with Raiko.  Miyoshi Sadakichi sent him a long way and gave him a booklet on how to defend against air defense and put out fires.  "Be careful, Mr. Inoue. The Chinese Global Overlord has launched several air raids on Tokyo. Although they haven't dropped bombs recently, I guess they are checking the aviation maps and taking photos. The real air raids are coming. Kanda is a downtown area.  If your air-raid shelter hasn't been dug yet, I'll call a few people to help."

    After all, they are the same people in the Seventeenth Army, but they are different.  Inoue Narumi felt warm in her heart.  He saw that Mihao's legs and feet were not very flexible, so he persuaded him to go back and said many words of thanks.

    Lai Zi was happy in his heart and his face was filled with joy.  She began to talk about the Global Overlord she had witnessed with her own eyes.  Nowadays, people always mention it when they meet. It is really an ominous and evil bird.

    "Mr. Narumi Inoue, I never thought there was such a big plane!" Raiko deliberately caught his attention.  "On November 1st, Wednesday. I went out with a basket to buy some daily necessities. In fact, except for a few brushes and washbasins, everything was out of stock in the store, and the candles I wanted to buy were also out of stock.  It's been several months. Call me, Mr. Narumi Inoue, weren't you very familiar with that Mr. Miyoshi Sadakichi just now? He might be able to get some help.??stuff.  Of course, the master has many friends who will help us, but I don¡¯t want to trouble the master.  "

    "Oh, where did I go? About four o'clock in the afternoon, I walked near Nihonbashi and suddenly heard the air-raid siren. It was very scary. Although air-raid sirens have been heard frequently for several months, the length and tone of the sound were also the same this time.  It was different. I heard many women screaming and I almost screamed too.

    I heard the sound of the engine.  Since the first arrival of Chinese bombers, I have also learned from you to identify the types of Japanese aircraft.  I heard that our fighter jets were taking off, and after a while, two large planes flew in from the direction of Kisarazu.  They are so big! They fly at a high level. The Japanese fighter jet looks like a red bean at that height, while the Globemaster looks like a big silver crow.  I have never seen such a big plane, as big as ten Japanese bombers.  Everyone stopped doing anything and stretched their necks to look at the sky.  There are two Globemasters in total.  Our anti-aircraft guns opened fire because they were flying too high.  Cannonballs can't reach it.  Our fighter jets attacked them, but even after a lot of effort, we couldn't win any of them.  The Globemaster flies very leisurely, as if watching the scenery of Mount Fuji and Tokyo in the air.  An old man who looked like a teacher next to me said: "Global King seems to be taking a walk above Tokyo!"

    Inoue Narumi thought for a while and said: "They should have come from mainland China. This bomber can take off from any airport in mainland China to bomb us. It has been almost a year, and these devils are still lingering."

    Raiko said: "Yes! It has been more than a year, and life has recovered a little in the past few months. Before, there was not even a living person on the ground."

    "The terrible time has not come yet." Inoue Narumi looked serious.  He knew what it was like to be bombed in Rabaul.  New Britain is but a deserted island.  Tokyo is the political, economic, cultural, financial and industrial center of Japan.

    arrive home.  It's getting late.  His father, Count Inoue Narumi Yasunari, was personally waiting for him at the door.  At the end of November, it was already late autumn in the suburbs of Tokyo. My father stood for a long time in the autumn wind wearing thin clothes, with the tenderness of his beloved son, which was sad.  When I saw Inoue Narumi and Raiko returning, I was overjoyed.  After greeting them, they happily welcomed them in the door.

    As soon as she entered the courtyard, Inoue Narumi was surprised.  The beautiful and exquisite Japanese-style garden was completely transformed: the valuable flowers and trees were dug up by the roots and thrown aside casually, the rockery was knocked down, and half of the head was exposed in the huge pile of new soil.  Several elderly people in their 50s and 60s were struggling to lift soil out of the ditch with shovels. The elderly Igarashi held a lantern to illuminate them.  The upper part of the lantern is covered with black cloth.  Only a glimmer of light shines through from the bottom.  Boxes of antique calligraphy treasures were scattered beside the path, and there was no time to nail the covers.  Inoue Narumi smiled bitterly and said to Raiko,

    "The truth is that we are on the front line in Rabaul! The Chinese are bringing the war to their doorstep."

    The moonlit night was as bright as day, and there were no air raid sirens.  There is still time for everything.

    Raiko helped Igarashi and the others dig a hole to bury their valuables.  Inoue Narumi sat alone in an empty room, which was as messy as a garbage dump.  Piles of ancient books that had not been in the family collection for many years were piled on the floor. Rare books and calligraphy and paintings that my father was usually not allowed to touch were opened. You can imagine the panic of the owner.

    Logically speaking, Neihong, the only son, should help the count sort out the classics and pack them for burial.  There are many specialized books about the burial of antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and they must be left to rot in such a hurry.  The family is in chaos. Uchihiro's mother died of tuberculosis two years ago.  All the property and land will be inherited by him alone.  But he did not put in the intense transfer work.  Be alone, meditate, and try to figure out some truth.  Perhaps the mystery of Zen lies entirely in this.

    There is a pair of bronze altarpieces in front of Inoue Narumi.  The copper duo is forty centimeters high, with patterns of birds, animals and livestock faintly visible under the green patina.  The copper altar is Japan's most precious cultural relic, and its rarity is due to its rarity.  The reason is that it is a unique cultural relic of Japan, but China, the origin of ancient Japanese culture, does not have such chime-like bronze wares.  The bronze utensil of the Inoue Narumi family was excavated from Shizuoka. It is said that it was a tea set from a tribal alliance in the ancient Yamatai Kingdom in the second century AD.  Because bronze bells are unique to Japan, museums in Europe and the United States rush to collect them.  Facing this pair of rare national treasures, Inoue Narumi's imagination ran wild.

    Although Emperor Jimmu established the history of the Japanese nation two thousand and six hundred years ago, the real chronicles were recorded after the eighth century.  Before the completion of the history book "Nihon Shoki" in the fourth year of Emperor Gensho's retirement (AD 720), hundreds of tribes on the Japanese archipelago were in what historians call the "Great Japanese History Era."

    A large group of barbaric island tribes who make a living by fishing and hunting, culturally two thousand years behind China.  While China had widely used iron tools and had complete political, economic, military organizations and philosophical ideas, the Japanese did not even have writing.

    See ancient China and other ancient civilizationsThe Japanese are really ashamed of that splendid, long-lasting, exquisite and profound civilization.  Inoue Narumi saw a famous painting "Xiaoxiang Picture" by Dong Yuan of the Song Dynasty collected by her father. Even though it was a replica, its hazy, lofty, lonely, quiet, powerful and indifferent charm made people admire and admire it.  .

    However, what does it matter? Just study hard and just get it.  Everything from writing, religion, political governance, aesthetics, and Confucian philosophy to various smelting, textile technologies, and taxation systems were all imported from China.  This large-scale cultural introduction is also unprecedented in the world.  The Japanese learning spirit is indeed something to be proud of.  Cultural innovation has injected boiling blood into the Japanese nation.  Then.  The Japanese became complacent and felt less naked. Even thinking about their teachers was nothing more than that. By the time of Hideyoshi of Chechnya, they started to mobilize troops to fight against their teachers.

    In the mid-16th century, the brave and greedy Portuguese captains brought Christianity and guns to Japan.  However, it failed to impact Japanese culture.  Japan still needs time to absorb Chinese culture.  Develop it to perfection based on your own foundation.

    Therefore, Japanese culture emerged and developed in an introspective environment during the Tokugawa period.  Music, art, literature, handicrafts, philosophy, and religion were all Japaneseized.  The Japanese nation has become a smart and independent child, able to withstand another greater cultural and technological impact.

    The West is also beginning to rise.  Since the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, Europe has gone through a thousand years of feudal night, and the ancient peoples who were once famous have fallen into a slumber.  He went to recuperate his national spirit that was exhausted in the successive battles at the end of the Roman Empire.

    Narumi Inoue looked at a piece of "Sunrise in the Clouds" by Dutch painter Lasdaer that her father had collected - of course it was a fake - and couldn't help but feel a passion.  After the West, which had lagged behind in the Middle Ages, gained enough strength, it soared into the sky, using volcanic and magma-like passion to develop the course of civilization.  Painting, poetry, literature, technology, science, economics, and great humanist ideas are like spring breezes, blooming overnight.

    The West is desperately trying to discover and invent.  Through discovery, development, and crazy changes, capitalism has exhausted every corner of humankind, and has also extended its bloody "civilization" to every corner of the world, including self-righteous Japan.

    1853.  Commodore Perry led a fleet of four American warships to force the Japanese government to sign a castle alliance in Edo Bay.  The Japanese suddenly discovered that a generally powerful new civilizational typhoon had arisen in the West and was becoming more and more powerful.  The small group of "orchidists" (the first people to learn from the Dutch) who were regarded as "shameless" by the Japanese nobles turned out to represent the direction of the times.

    The whole world is turned upside down.  Japan is learning from the West with greater fanaticism.  A thousand years ago, everything was "Chinese and good", but now everything is "Western and good".  This seriousness in learning would have amazed even Peter the Great, who was famous for imitating Western Europe.  An Eastern Peter I, Emperor Meiji, completely launched his island country in politics, economy, culture, and military.  Complete Europeanization and carry out reforms.

    Not long after, Japan became complacent again, thinking that it had grown up and had successfully grafted Western civilization onto its roots.  It has long ignored China.  Shake it hard.  As expected, it was in ruins.  It came up with the idea of ??attacking foreign teachers again, and taught Russia a lesson first, but it was really not that big of a deal.

    Then he hit China, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, and found that his quality is far from that of self -consciousness, and the West is far from being as weak as imagined.  This time, he was finally beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. It was still unclear whether the country would be destroyed.

    Will Japan really perish?

    Inoue Narumi thought hard.  Since Emperor Jimmu, foreign invaders have never conquered the Japanese archipelago, and there is no historical precedent to draw from.  He felt deep pain.

    In the seventy-six years since the Meiji era, the Japanese have invaded all over Asia, captured cities, killed and looted, and forged bloody feuds with other Asian countries. Even the Chinese shouted for "the most severe revenge."  Will the whole of Japan become a huge fortress? At least that's what the warlords think.  "One hundred million citizens are broken into pieces."  They included people from the former colonies.

    As long as the Japanese nation still exists, there is always hope.  The Japanese do not live on a group of lucky islands. Volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, and typhoons frequently attack the Japanese, but they have survived.  Then we will survive the disasters in this world.  A great nation will never die.

    And is Japan a great nation? Aren¡¯t there many prominent nations in history that claimed to be ¡°great¡± and then disappeared one after another?

    Inoue Narumi stared at the copper utensils in the corner and on the floor, as well as various precious northern celadon, Panlong incense burner, and the precious lithographic version of "Ancient Events"."", "The Tale of Ise" and "The Tale of Bamboo", ukiyo-e paintings by famous masters, landscape paintings by Hokusai and Kano, hand-painted screens by Sotatsu, masks by Ren Sheng Kyogen, and classical musical instruments that can play Gagaku.  , a vase of chrysanthemums in Raiko's hand stood on a flower stand carved from rosewood This seemingly scattered and irrelevant thing suddenly formed a belief, and Inoue Narumi suddenly realized the truth:

    They represent Japan¡¯s unique culture and art, and a nation with splendid culture and art must be immortal, so it is also a great nation.  Every nation rises and falls. It has annexed other nations and been invaded by other nations. Various cultures influence each other, constantly assimilate and create new ones. The true national culture cannot be obliterated and replaced by wars launched by a few warlords. Legion  Ism is a temporary phenomenon.  Culture and art are the soul of the nation.  With this soul, the nation has life.

    Inoue Narumi stood up, walked towards the pair of bronze altarpieces, carefully brushed off the dust on them, and wrapped them in a large brocade box, like a sleeping baby.  Lai Zi made him understand life, and the artwork gave him spiritual support.  He must work hard to do useful work that must be grasped.

    The most brutal stage of the war is coming, and the Global Overlord has sent a signal.  He wants to hurry up, hurry up!

    Japan will rise from the ashes like a phoenix.  But the fire made it wail, make it suffer, make it cry, make it despair.

    "Let the fire burn faster!" Inoue Narumi's heart cried out sadly.  (To be continued)
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