Chapter 1286: 943: The Traitor Chapter 1286: 943: The Traitor As Australasia’s relentless bombing of the Island Nation beca hot news around the world, Australasia had already begun its actions against the Island Nation.
On the night of August 29, 1937, in the northern city of Sapporo of the Island Nation.
Thud, thud, thud!
The sowhat dull knocks were unusually conspicuous in the quiet night, yet within just a few steps, they were drowned out by the distant chirping of cicadas and croaking of frogs.
Creak~
The old wooden door opened to reveal a man with jet-black eyes, his spirit seemingly a little deflated.
“Murakami, what’s the matter?” The man looked outside the door, where his childhood friend, Murakami Mian, who had studied in Australasia and was under surveillance by the Island Nation’s governnt, was standing.
“Let’s talk inside.” Murakami glanced back at the empty and quiet night, without revealing his purpose.
“Please co in.”
Creak~
With the sound of the old wooden door, tranquility once again returned outside.
“Murakami, what’s going on?” Seeing his fellow townsman looking distinctly different than before, Jigen Jiro asked curiously.
“Jigen, if nothing goes wrong, aren’t you supposed to join the training next month?” Murakami Mian also looked at his friend and after a long pause, finally voiced his question.
“Yeah, what’s wrong? Did sothing happen?” Jigen Jiro first nodded, then continued to ask.
“What happened? Damn, the sky is falling!” Murakami Mian’s emotions surged instantly as he spoke helplessly, “I’ve said before that extre militarism and radical nationalism are absolutely impractical!
Do you know, Jigen, just yesterday, Australasia carried out a massive bombing on Tokyo. Now, good luck to them, the Emperor and the governnt are all gone, and the Island Nation is completely finished.”
“What did you say? Australasia conducted a massive bombing on Tokyo? The sa kind of weapon they used in Hiroshima?” Jigen Jiro’s eyes widened slightly, asking in disbelief.
“Of course.” Murakami Mian said indignantly, “I’m simply fed up with the governnt’s stupidity. Knowing full well that Australasia has such powerful weapons, they still stubbornly refused to back down a single step.
I’ve said it before, in the battle for dominance over the Pacific, we could never be a match for Australasia. Instead of risking the whole country’s fate to fight against Australasia, we should have cooperated with them to seize Russia’s interests in the Far East.
But the foolish governnt would never listen to the people. Now, both the Emperor and the governnt have said goodbye to this world.”
“If they used the powerful weapon from Hiroshima, doesn’t that an the whole of Tokyo could have been destroyed?” Still shocked by the bombing of Tokyo, Jigen Jiro kept asking.
“It’s highly likely.” Murakami Mian said with a bitter smile, shaking his head, “When the governnt decided to attack Pearl Harbor, we should have been prepared for the crazy retaliation from Australasia.
You’ve never been to Australasia, you don’t understand how terrifying that country is. Compared to the forr British Empire, I think the once United States and now Australasia are the countries with the most potential.
Of course, the United States no longer exists. Perhaps the next world superpower will be Australasia.”
As one of the very few Islanders who had studied in Australasia, the pace of Australasia’s developnt had a profound impact on Murakami Mian.
Australasia was established in even less ti than it took for the Island Nation’s reforms, yet in these few short decades, Australasia had transford from a colony into a power, surpassing the Island Nation to beco the undisputed master of the Pacific.
Considering also the various advanced and powerful weapons used by Australasia, it’s no exaggeration to say that, at present, perhaps only Germany is a match for Australasia’s military might.
Yet, it’s exactly this powerful nation that the foolish governnt chose to provoke, and even when Australasia used even stronger weapons, they remained unmoved and attempted a futile resistance.
Isn’t this a blatant death wish? Murakami Mian has never been so disappointed with his country, nor felt so hopeless.
“Murakami, do you hate Australasia?” Jigen Jiro looked at his childhood friend, hesitated slightly, and then asked.
“Hate?” Murakami Mian shook his head, a bitter smile on his lips as he said helplessly, “When two countries are at war, especially when we were the first to launch a surprise attack, what right do I have to hate Australasia?
If it were , I would do the sa. In fact, I even admire them for managing to grow from a colony to a power in such a short ti, and even becoming a contender for world domination.
Look at us now, our already limited funds are poured into the military, and the army and navy harbor irreconcilable contradictions. It’s a farce. I’ve never seen such intense strife in any of the powerful nations; if this scenario played out among our enemies, we would probably have won the war by now.”
“Now that Tokyo is already destroyed, why don’t we try to reach out to Australasia, try to end this war, and prevent any further losses?” Jigen Jiro, looking at his sowhat dispirited companion, asked word by word.
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