"How is the situation at the front?" On the morning of August 28, the first thing Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe did after waking was ask the guard about the front.
"Everything is normal at present, Prime Minister," the guard replied promptly.
Today was the final deadline Australasia had given non-Japanese people to evacuate Japan.
Although the Island Nation Government and Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe most likely believed that Australasia could not possess another weapon like that, they could not help feeling some concern.
After hearing that everything was normal, Fumimaro Konoe finally breathed a sigh of relief. He nodded slowly and ordered the guard, "Notify the Cabinet Government to hold a meeting. Set it for half an hour from now at the government building."
The purpose of the meeting was simple: to discuss how to resist Australasia's attack as much as possible in the time ahead.
Half an hour later, when Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe arrived in the conference room, the Island Nation Cabinet Government's meeting officially began.
At the start of the meeting, Fumimaro Konoe wore an obviously relaxed expression and even had a faint smile as he said, "Everyone, it seems we guessed correctly. Australasia truly has no more weapons. They only have one of those powerful weapons."
Fumimaro Konoe then turned his gaze toward the Secretary of State for War and asked, "When will our new recruits finish training?"
The atomic bomb had had an enormous impact on Japan. The army alone had already cost Japan nearly 400,000 soldiers.
Fortunately, Japan had placed its military garrison and training grounds on opposite sides of Hiroshima. The military garrison had been bombed, while the training grounds, where large numbers of new recruits were stationed, had suffered little damage for the time being.
Even so, the loss was