This can be seen from their subsequent defensive deployments, after plundering the three eastern provinces of China, they immediately built a large number of fortifications in the southeastern part of the Kanto, the most famous is the Dongning Fortress, known as the "Maginot Line of the East". Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In fact, before World War II, Germany hoped that the island army would flank the Soviet Union, but the island army refused, and the island army only formed a defensive alliance with Germany, not an offensive one.

In fact, the island army also embodied this idea in the war against the United States. They attacked Pearl Harbor, but they didn't capture it, which is a very important strategic location. In the early days of the war, the island army's war preparations were superior to those of the United States, and if they occupied Pearl Harbor and landed on the west coast of the United States, they would be fully equipped with this strength. However, the island only fought Pearl Harbor for a while, did not occupy it, but turned its forces to the struggle for Southeast Asia.

All this shows the strategic short-sightedness of the island army, which is copying the experience of the Russo-Japanese War. In the Russo-Japanese War, Russia retreated, not because the island army was strong and could deter Russia, but because Russia had internal worries at that time and was unable to solve external troubles. Later, the Soviet Union engaged in a centralized system, and there were no internal worries, only the external troubles of Germany and island countries. Stalin's territorial ambitions are also rare in the world, how can he retreat in the face of difficulties? It was only because Germany was a greater threat that the contradictions against the island countries were temporarily eased. Once Stalin settled Germany, the next step was to settle the island nation.

Not to mention the United States, the island country attacked Pearl Harbor, which only brought a small skin injury to the United States, and it did not hurt the muscles and bones at all, how could the United States retreat so easily?

The thinking of the people of the island countries who think they are smart and let the Soviet Union and the United States "retreat in the face of difficulties" and become the hegemon of East Asia is illogical, and any major country that has a sense of responsibility to its own nation does not want other opponents, or even potential opponents, to become stronger, and they will do everything possible to weaken the opponent and even crush the opponent. No matter how great the contradictions between them are, when non-white races and religions rise, they will inevitably join hands to establish a united front and jointly fight against the same enemy, so as to achieve the goal of protecting themselves and weakening others. Therefore, whether it is China, the island country, or India, in the eyes of the Soviet Union and the United States, it will always be the object of restriction. If the country of the Orientals is to be strong, it must overcome their hurdles. The criterion for being strong is: after receiving a blow from them, they still have the ability to destroy them at least once, so that they do not dare to have the idea of breaking the net with you, such a country is a truly strong country.

It's a pity that the island army has never understood this truth, and their strategy is to keep poking the hornet's nest, rather than ending the hornet's nest. However, Okamura Ningji's plan is very forward-looking, joining forces with the German army to eradicate the Soviet Union, completely ending this hornet's nest, and then turning back to deal with China, with the strong material support of the Soviet Union, coupled with the assistance of the German army, China's situation may not be better than now, only it may be worse, because by that time, China has completely lost foreign aid, and its destruction may only be a matter of time.

But no matter how fanciful Okamura Ninji said, the cabinet members did not adopt it, conservative thinking made them give up everything in front of them and start over, they couldn't do it, and they didn't dare to make such a big bet, not to mention, they still have a strong navy to rely on, although the war situation in Southeast Asia is full of variables and threats, but as long as they can suppress the US navy in the Pacific Ocean, they still have the capital and the expeditionary force to fight in Myanmar.

Okamura Ninji's supporters are all some cutting-edge forces, and the only one that has more weight is the commander of the Southern Army, Tsukada Tsukashi, and his support is oppressive or purposeful, and the threat brought to him by the expeditionary force in front of him is unprecedented, and he is more happy to see the peace negotiations succeed, and the expeditionary force will withdraw from Burma on all fronts and resolve the Burmese crisis peacefully.

After fighting Jiang Haoran for half a year, Tsukada has not won a single battle, his self-confidence and courage have been seriously damaged, and he has already felt a little hairy from the bottom of his heart.

Of course, such a big change in strategic planning cannot be solved in one or two meetings, and there will be a long discussion process when the plan is proposed, and this matter can only be concluded here, because it is time for dinner.

Perhaps today was destined to be an eventful day, but just as the Hirohito Locust announced the dissolution of the meeting and the generals were about to leave, an urgent message came from the General Staff.

The telegram was sent from the United States, and they have confirmed that the United States has indeed developed a new type of carrier-based aircraft, and that it is specially produced by the Zero type that is specially designed to restrain the locusts, and that the number of aircraft carriers of the Pacific Fleet has increased from the original four aircraft carriers to seven aircraft carriers, and that they will conduct a large-scale military exercise in the near future with the purpose of testing the performance of the new carrier-based aircraft and testing the combat effectiveness of the rebuilt aircraft carrier fleet.

This is an astonishing and important news, everyone had to retreat to the conference table again, this news coincides with the news sent back by the "Falcon" a few days ago, and its true degree is beyond doubt, the combined fleet of the island army has just suffered a big loss from the United States in Malacca, not to mention the loss of the First Fleet, and the United States army has successfully rescued the M. Fe coalition forces on the Pacific islands.

In that battle, the island navy always believed that it was attacked by the Mi army, and it fell into Jiang Haoran's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and did not admit their weakness in combat effectiveness.

But now the rise of the Pacific Fleet of the United States Army still makes them tremble, and the seven aircraft carriers are still second, and what worries them the most is the new carrier-based aircraft. Most of the reason why the combined fleet of the island army can rampage in the Pacific Ocean is that its superior Zero carrier-based aircraft can suppress the F4F Wildcat fighter of the Mi army, and once this form is reversed by the Mi army, there will be too many uncertain factors in the airspace over the Pacific Ocean, which the island army absolutely cannot tolerate.

After some heated discussions, the base camp of the island army finally decided that this threat must be nip in the bud.

The final result of the deliberations was to launch a large-scale surprise attack during the military exercises of the Mi army, and to destroy the Pacific Fleet of the Mi army with all its might.

The reason why this point in time was chosen was mainly due to the fact that this was the best time for the concentration of the Mi army's aircraft carriers, and it was impossible to use live ammunition during the exercise.

The last difficult question left is how to determine the specific time of the Mi Army's exercise.

Of course, this is not difficult for the Island Army, because they still have super agents like "Falcon" lurking in the expeditionary force.