Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 646 The Belated Declaration of War on Japan

On February 1942, 2, according to the Chinese lunar calendar, it was the beginning of spring. At this time, there were still 4 days before the Spring Festival. As time went by, the taste of the year became more and more serious.

1940-1941 were two years of great significance for the development of the Eighth Route Army behind enemy lines.

First, there were the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Jinsui headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and the 129 divisions entrenched in Taihang. A total of 110 regiments were dispatched to launch a hundred-regiment campaign to attack the Japanese army's transportation lines.

Later, southern Hebei, Tainan and other places defeated the recalcitrant armed forces, and persisted in the anti-Japanese national united front with reason and evidence.

In addition, the United Nations troops favorably defeated the Japanese offensive on the Zhongtiao Mountain area, allowing the largest military group of the National Army to survive north of the Yellow River, maintaining the balance of power between the National Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the Japanese Army in North China, and favorably ensuring the The stable situation of the Anti-Japanese War.

In the end, the Eighth Route Army took the initiative to attack, changed its previous tactics of guerrilla warfare in the valley, took the initiative to take Heze, opened up the Eighth Route Army's own base area in Southwest Shandong, and established a democratic government in Southwest Shandong.

On Mount Yama.

Since entering the mountains to hunt, a sudden heavy snow covered most of North China.

The ice and snow, but it didn't affect it at all. The atmosphere on Yanwang Mountain became more and more lively. Everyone had a happy smile on their faces. The meat that had been frozen before was brought out, and the left-behind people on the mountain began to prepare New Year's goods.

within the headquarters.

Zhou Weihan's face was full of doubts, and Zhao Gang, Li Yunshan and others also sighed.

According to Zhou Weihan's memory, in December 1941, the Japanese army should launch a surprise attack on the US fleet stationed on Pearl Island, and then the Japanese Southern Army's 12 troops led by Terauchi Shouichi launched a large-scale attack on Southeast Asian countries.

But now there has been no news. Even though the Eighth Route Army's communication equipment is backward and it is inconvenient to communicate with the international side, the national government should have a clear announcement.

The current situation made Zhou Weihan wonder if his memory was wrong, but the information gathered by the Eighth Route Army headquarters, the international situation, and the Japanese army's dynamics all indicated that the Japanese army seemed to be attacking its Southeast Asian opponents.

"If the Japanese army has no intention of targeting its Southeast Asian opponents, does it mean that the Japanese army will concentrate all its national power in China and continue to expand its war advantages in China?" Zhao Gang raised a conjecture that made the people present feel even more heavy.

"It shouldn't be. Japan has always been a nation of conceit. Arrogant thoughts have filled the top Japanese leaders. Besides, all the previous signs have shown the Japanese army's ambitions for Southeast Asia. How could the Japanese army give up just like that!"

"Advancing south and advancing north is Japan's national policy. In the past few years, it fought against Big Brother on the northeast border, but they all ended in failure. It stands to reason that the Japanese army can only go south!" Zhou Weihan murmured.

"Is it possible that after the war between Germany and Big Brother, they will drive straight into Big Brother's territory, and Germany and Japan are allies of the Axis powers, will they reach a secret agreement to attack Big Brother from east to west?" Zhao Gang Come up with a bolder idea.

"Impossible!" Zhou Weihan immediately vetoed: "Although Big Brother concentrates his military forces on the western battlefield, he also has troops deployed in the Far East. In addition, the Far East is vast and there is no way to achieve quick results. If the Japanese army ignores the outcome of the previous defeat If we continue to wage war, its forces and resources are not enough to wage a protracted war with Big Brother."

At this time, Bo Yun's treacherous international situation has attracted the attention of the Nationalist Government, Yanzhou, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and even countries around the world.

The Nationalist Government and the Eighth Route Army are looking forward, the United States is waiting for an opportunity, Germany is urging the Japanese army to act, and Big Brother is strengthening its deployment in the Far East.

On the other hand, the Japanese army was in full swing. The Japanese attack on the US fleet on Pearl Island had been planned for a long time, but something happened and a consensus was not reached, which led to the delay of the plan.

In the final analysis, the reason is that the war in China involved most of the energy of the Japanese army, which made the Japanese army fall into the quagmire of the war.

Looking at China, the Nationalist government's military group in North China not only did not lose Zhongtiao Mountain under repeated attacks by the Japanese army, but grew stronger.

On the other hand, the Eighth Route Army frequently launched offensives in the enemy's rear, causing the North China Dispatch Army's security warfare situation in the occupied areas to weaken.

For the above reasons, this caused the Japanese army to shake the attitude of the forces that originally supported the southward movement, and the United States pinched the lifeline of Japan's resources, making the Japanese high-level hesitant.

In 41, in order to curb Japan's expansion, the United States began to implement a resource embargo.

The representative of the Japanese Navy Admiral, Commander of the Joint Fleet Yamamoto 56 boldly proposed to occupy the resources of Southeast Asia in order to solve the dilemma of the US resource embargo.

And Japan's high-level officials understand that once they attack Southeast Asia, there is a high probability that the United States will not stand idly by.

Therefore, Yamamoto 56 proposed to eliminate the power of the United States in the Pacific Ocean, such as the naval fleet on Pearl Island, before the war began.

At this time, due to the fatigue of the war in China, the generals of the Southern Army formed by Japan were shaken, and there were also strong oppositions within the Japanese Navy.

In the end, Yamamoto 56 and the generals of the main combat faction jointly stated that if the operation is suspended, many generals of the main combat faction will retire from active service.

The operation was officially approved in January 1942 at an Imperial Council attended by the Emperor himself.

On February 1942, 2, the day of the beginning of spring in China, while all forces were waiting, the Japanese navy launched a surprise attack on Pearl Island, where the US fleet was stationed.

One of the main targets of the Japanese Navy was the three American aircraft carriers, none of which were in port at the time: the USS Enterprise was on its way back to Pearl Harbor, the USS Lexington had just sailed a few days ago, and the USS Saratoga was undergoing repairs in San Diego .

As a direct result, on February 2, the originally chaotic opinions in the United States reached a unity, and the United States officially declared war on Japan.

Immediately, on February 2, the national government followed suit and officially issued a national announcement to declare war on Japan.

Since the September 11th Incident, the Sino-Japanese War has been going on for [-] years. Before that, the Nationalist Government did not have the confidence to declare war on Japan.

Then the Eighth Route Army Shancheng Office sent a telegram to report the matter, and the Eighth Route Army headquarters immediately notified the matter to all military regions.

"Great, this time the little devil is an old birthday star eating arsenic, and he won't live long!" Zhou Weihan looked at the telegram in his hand, sweeping away the previous gloom.

"Old Zhao, just look at it. From now on, the Japanese army's strength in China will only decrease. Our Eighth Route Army's good days are coming. As long as we can survive the catastrophe next year, we can start a partial counterattack! "

(End of this chapter)