If they think so well, why are these Japanese officers still so sad? The reason is that the beautiful plan they have in mind is full of trouble when it comes to implementation.

Compared with Germany and the United States, Japan's degree of industrialization is actually not high, and those who tout how powerful Japan is actually ignore one fact: scale and accumulation.

Japan had only risen in 1941 for less than 40 years, and its industrialization was only as high as that of Italy, the weakest part of Europe.

This is only a comparison purely based on industrialization, and in fact, in terms of industrial capacity and the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, it is not comparable to Italy.

So why is Japan so strong? This is because a large part of Japan's industrial output depends on small handicraft workshops.

It's not an assembly line like the one in the United States, nor a factory with countless workers like in Germany, but a small handicraft workshop next to each other.

Japan relied on war money to get its own start-up capital. Then it developed rapidly, accumulating its own industrial base for war by leaps and bounds.

In fact, in addition to the war, the gap between Japan's own industrial level and that of Germany and the United States is very obvious.

This is reflected in the details, that is, Japanese pilots simply cannot be quickly replenished in a short period of time, why is this?

This is because more than half of the Japanese people have never touched machinery at all, so they have no experience at all, and they do not have any foundation. They are afraid to fly, and they are unlikely to become qualified pilots in a short period of time.

This is also why, the Japanese dared to shout out 100 million jade pieces, but they could not find 10,000 pilots to regain air supremacy from the Americans.

And Japan was able to invade China and win more with less, entirely because of the number of superior naval and air forces it had accumulated, which was actually not much.

After these troops were scattered across the vast territory of China, the Japanese offensive became weak, and the destruction of China became an impossible task.

And the loss of the olive branch of Germany and Italy in the distance, Japan's lack of decent allies is another deadly threat.

Although Germany is not as good as the United States, it now has at least several allies who can help. Romania has oil to supply Germany, and Italy can help Germany share some of the logistical pressure.

Not to mention the fact that Vichy France, which is now getting more and more into the role and has decided to work for Germany, and the native England.

These countries can either afford some of the production capacity, or they can provide some resources, and at the worst, they can help Germany maintain its situation.

But what about Japan? Japan does not have a single decent ally – although it seems that there are not many so-called "countries" around Japan.

In the far north, the puppet Manchukuo with Pu Yi as the emperor can be regarded as an "ally" of Japan, but it is a pity that this ally, in addition to the industrialists aided by Japan, can also help Japan produce artillery shells and export some grain.

Wang Jingwei's Nanjing government was also a staunch ally, but it was a pity that the Imperial Allied Army under his control was able to maintain law and order in the area...... But with a little more force, it won't be able to come out.

Another staunch ally is Thailand, which has just thrown itself into its arms, and this ally is now asking for things, not only weapons and equipment, but also industrial equipment and all kinds of supplies.

Every time I think of this, I feel a toothache for the Japanese military - we haven't used so many supplies ourselves, and you're embarrassed to ask for it!

However, in order to maintain his position as the boss of the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Circle and pretend to be decent, the Japanese top leadership believes that it is still necessary.

Therefore, some Type 38 rifles were transferred, and some crooked machine guns that the Japanese army itself was unwilling to want, and the weapons and equipment of the Japanese C-class division were collected and sent to the Thai Army.

"Isn't that a joke? What was once a good boatload of grain has now been turned into munitions...... It's not our own arms, it's a gift! What a bastard! An army general shook his head with a sad face.

Another officer was also reluctant: "There are only a few ships that our army can deploy, why don't you find a naval transport ship for this gift?" ”

"Isn't it?" The third officer touched the beard on his lips, and his expression was painful: "If the navy sends a fleet to cover us, those ships will not be sunk." ”

"If those ships hadn't been sunk, we would have occupied all of Burma and marched on India!" As if to find a reason for the frustration of the attack, the army general who was the first to speak put the blame on the navy.

"Why? With the bravery of our Imperial Japanese Army, maybe we have already conquered India! Another army officer was even more shameful.

This is almost the main theme of the high-level meeting of the army: everyone sits together, sighs first, and then scolds the group of bastards in the navy together is the basic state of the meeting.

Anyway, there is only one main idea: the navy is all idiots and bastards, and if it weren't for those guys, the army of the Japanese Empire would have gone to Berlin and Washington to liberate all mankind.

Of course, on the other hand, the content of the meeting of the Japanese Navy is almost the same, as long as the object of the curse is replaced by the Japanese Army, everything is universal.

"Then again, we can only wait until August to continue our push in the direction of India?" An officer scolded the Navy for a while, and after being refreshed, he brought the topic back to the Burmese side.

"Yes, you can only wait until September, or even October......" another general gave a depressed answer.

The rainy season in Myanmar is very long, and normally starts in April and May and lasts until October.

Therefore, this general said that in September, it is already a very optimistic answer. Of course, it is not impossible to attack a month in advance, as long as you overcome some difficulties, wait for the rain to stop and add supplies, it can be regarded as a feasible plan.

Unfortunately, in the eyes of everyone, this plan is not a workable one: if you wait until October, won't the Navy be busy again?

You know, the plan given by the navy is to send some warships between July and August to crush the British naval fleet in exile in the Indian Ocean and ensure the safety of its own routes.

If the offensive is not completed in July and August, the Navy will have to withdraw its forces and go to the United States - not good news for the Japanese Army, especially in the Burma direction.