mixed in the war

"Bold to death!"

People in later generations use this sentence in business, but they don't know that it is most appropriate to use this sentence in Japan, especially in modern Japan, it is a perfect match.Modern Japan and China are simply typical examples of "starvation to death" and "starvation to death".And later facts also proved that Japan was indeed "supported to death", but what about China?Being bullied by the bold Japanese had no choice but to work hard, but this one was no longer timid, and finally did not "starve to death".

Although Ishihara Wanji is an oddity among the militaristic idiots mass-produced by the Japanese military academy, he also has Japanese characteristics: he likes to gamble!

He is well aware of the environment Japan is facing now.Although the seizure of Indonesia, Malaya, and the Philippines has provided Japan with a relatively stable source of urgently needed strategic resources, it will take some time before these resources can truly be transformed into combat effectiveness.Compared with the industrial strength of countries such as Britain and the United States, Japan simply cannot get on the table.He knows that even though Japan is now attacking the United States in the east, Southeast Asia in the south, the Soviets in the north, England in the west, and the Republic of China in the middle, it can be said that it is showing its strength and majesty, but it is definitely not that Japan is so powerful. .In the final analysis, it is really luck that Japan has come this far.And he can be sure that apart from Southeast Asia, none of the enemies in the other four directions, Japan, will be able to win... As long as they continue to fight, Japan alone can kill Japan, even the weakest China.

He also calculated that Japan's industrial output only accounts for 5% or even less than 5% of the world's total, and it can only be regarded as third-rate in the world. It is not only far behind the United States, but also compared with the Soviet Union, Germany, and Britain. Big load.Therefore, pk with the United States is actually asking for a dead end.For example, their steel output has been less than 700 million tons in the past two years.And what about the United States?Although a war has broken out and participated in the war, its production force is still not fully mobilized, but even so, its steel output is expected to reach more than 8000 million tons this year. , Steel production is still hovering around 30-2300 million tons.In other words, even if Japan faces the United States, which has suffered heavy economic losses, it will still lose.Not only that.Japan still lacks high-quality iron ore resources. Although these can be supplemented from China, it is still difficult to meet the requirements of military factories for steel and metal.Ishihara Wanji believes that if the scale of the war is further expanded, then.They may need to remove the steel fences and road manhole covers in the Chinese-occupied areas and return to the furnace for steelmaking.

Before planning to attack the United States, Yamamoto 56 once expressed strong opposition to this.One of the biggest reasons for its opposition is that the industrial level gap between the two sides is too far. "There are more chimneys in America than there are trees in Japan"!

But no matter what.The war with the United States has begun.

Therefore, Ishihara Wanji believes that they must end the war before Japan's war potential is exhausted.This is very difficult, very very difficult, and it can even be said that it is completely impossible to do.But at least, they should also create an extremely favorable strategic environment for Japan before the war potential is exhausted.

Ishihara Waner didn't think this idea was feasible before.So his idea is just to occupy the Strait of Malacca, seize Australia, the frontier position against the United States, stick to the front line of the Ural Mountains, and first try his best to keep the three major powers, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union, at the periphery.Then plotting against China... This is also very difficult to do, because it is difficult to completely win against China alone, but if you do this, Japan at least has a chance.But he didn't expect the British to be so incompetent, which made him see a further dawn.

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"Shi Yuanqing, you think I'm very ignorant about military affairs, so you want to deceive me, don't you?"

Ishihara Waner's words choked Hirohito's saliva in his mouth, making His Majesty the Emperor almost choked to death by himself... and this also aroused Hirohito's extreme anger: The Chinese wanted to run away before they were defeated Went to the Asian-African junction?Is the Suez Canal easy to fight?Although the performance of the British is indeed not good, it is the Suez Canal.No matter how awesome the Japanese Navy is, how can it have the ability to fight across the Indian Ocean when it has to take into account Southeast Asia and Australia, as well as patrolling the Pacific defense line east of Japan?Furthermore, even if they win the battle, are those warships placed by the British in the Mediterranean Sea good-looking?

"Your Majesty, the British are actively plotting oil in Libya! Although their troops in Egypt are trying to cover up their actions, I can be sure that they think so, and they must have taken action... and once the war in Libya Expand, Egypt must be empty! At this time, we raid from the Red Sea, and there is a great possibility that we can seize the Suez Canal!" Ishihara said seriously with a smile.

"I know the geography of the world!" Hirohito shouted loudly: "Enter the Red Sea? Do you think you can fool the British when you enter the Red Sea?"

"We can't hide it." Shi Yuan smiled and held his head up, "But as long as we buy enough time to act, we can achieve our goal."

"But I think you underestimate our enemy." Hirohito exclaimed, "The power of the British in Egypt and the power in Burma are basically two levels! Don't you know this?"

"I know." Ishihara squinted at Hirohito: "And the British are also very clear. Therefore, they never thought that we would raid there."

"It's not going to work," Hirohito exclaimed.

"If you don't try, how do you know you won't succeed?" Ishihara Waner suddenly stood up and took a step forward: "Your Majesty, if the previous strategy is that we are almost doomed, then winning Suez is our hope of turning defeat into victory." It will increase greatly! As long as we can hold there for three months, we can even reconcile with Britain and the United States... It is reconciliation, do you know? It is for Britain and the United States to take the initiative to reconcile with us after losing Southeast Asia!"

"...Reconciliation?" Hirohito's emperor's aura was taken away instantly, and he returned to the sluggish situation not long ago, "Can we still reconcile with Britain and the United States?"

"As long as we can do what we thought we couldn't do, Britain and the United States must reconcile with us. Especially the United Kingdom, they need oil from the Middle East, iron ore from India, and various supplies. Without these things, their combat effectiveness will be They have plummeted, and they can even completely fall to the United States. But this is absolutely unacceptable to them." Ishihara smiled with a hint of madness in his eyes, "And as long as the United Kingdom takes the initiative to reconcile with us, then the United States will also fight against the United States before the end of the war in Europe. It is impossible to fight us alone. At that time, our enemy will have only one China! Only China! And China is completely surrounded by us... What if we give Burma to them? Their little bit Industry, even if it can absorb the oil in Renangqiang and the copper mine in Monywa, how can it compare with us who have oil in Southeast Asia, Iran, and even the entire Middle East? Except for these, the Suez Canal is occupied by us. Even if they occupy Once Myanmar is destroyed, we will no longer be able to get a sliver of assistance from the outside world!"

"Is it too idealistic?" Hirohito was slightly shaken, but his reason told him that this plan was still too incredible, "If they really want to reconcile with Britain and the United States, how can they let us continue to occupy Suez? And if they want to continue to occupy Suez Suez. How can Britain and the United States reconcile with us?"

"This requires us to show enough strength!" Ishihara said with a smile, "Besides, we are not fighting alone! If we know our actions, Germany and Italy will definitely do their best to help us. We can even achieve things we can't imagine powerful support!"

"Is this... really okay?"

Hirohito was finally tempted.Militarists like them.It's all very easy to go crazy.Just like the Sino-Japanese War challenged the Qing Dynasty, and the Russo-Japanese War challenged Russia. Before the war, everyone thought that Japan was overreaching, but they still won in the end.As for robbing Suez... what about across the Indian Ocean?Across the Pacific Ocean, didn't their Imperial Japanese Army also blow up the Panama Canal?Americans are still desperately trying to repair it.That's not repairing one or two warships.It can be repaired quickly as long as you put in the effort. In addition to the effort, it also takes time, a lot of time.Furthermore.Across the Pacific Ocean and North America, their air force also bombed New York... Now that these impossible things have been done, why can't they seize the Suez Canal across the Indian Ocean?

"The hope of victory is only [-]%, but compared to the previous missions of bombing Pearl Harbor, destroying the Pacific Fleet, and bombing the United States, this percentage is not low. But if this plan is successful, then we will have a greater victory after the war." The right to speak, regardless of whether the Axis powers win or lose in the end, we will advance and retreat freely! And if we can occupy there for a long time, then, with the oil-producing regions in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, the empire will become the future world order maker One, this is almost certain. At that time, we will truly keep pace with the British and American powers, and have great hopes of surpassing them!" Ishihara Waner exclaimed impassionedly.

"But this is 'seizure'!" Hirohito finally had a sliver of reason: "Ishi Yuanqing, this is completely different from sending aviation troops to bomb. This requires ground troops. And the British are not weak in the Indian Ocean. The power of the Mediterranean Sea is even stronger, if it is discovered, it will cause a huge loss to the empire, do you know?"

"That's why we have to make complete preparations before taking action, even if there is little hope of success." Ishihara smiled and clenched his fists. "This is the fundamental reason why I want to shrink a large area in the Chinese battlefield."

"You want to draw troops from the Chinese battlefield again?" Hirohito's heart tightened. "The Chinese are already very difficult to deal with. Wouldn't it be even more detrimental to us to draw troops from there?"

"Your Majesty, I don't intend to transfer our empire's soldiers." Ishihara smiled sinisterly.

"Don't draw the imperial army? Then you..." Hirohito was puzzled.

"I'm planning to mobilize China's Imperial Association Army!" Ishihara's smile became colder and colder, "Your Majesty, do you know how many people are in this team? If possible, we can even get more than 100 million troops!"

"How can this work?" Hirohito was shocked, "There are so many Chinese people, if they rebel, can't you imagine what will happen?"

"What can happen?" Ishihara smiled disdainfully, "Chinese people are of the yellow race just like us! If those imperial association troops arrive in Egypt, they will only be closer to us than they are now! They will become even more powerful in our hands. Sharp and sharp bayonets!"

"You are too confident, Shi Yuanqing." Hirohito let out a long breath, "Don't you know who the leaders of the Imperial Association Army are? If you force them to lead the army to fight abroad, they will immediately Return to the Chinese government."

"That's why we need to get rid of the leaders of these imperial association troops before they go abroad!" Ishihara said coldly with a smile.

"This is even more a fairy tale!" Yuren rolled his eyes in a disrespectful manner, "The Qing family, if we clean up the leaders of the Imperial Association Army on a large scale, it will only speed up their surrender!"

"I never said that we will do it," Ishihara smiled, "Someone will help us, Your Majesty!" (To be continued...)