Chapter 329: Driving the Tiger and Devouring the Wolf
During the day, Liu Yicheng led his team to attack the Nagato and Mutsu.
It's a pity that the number of bombers is a bit small, according to the simulation of the brain, if the Japanese rescue is successful, these two battleships should arrive in Japan safely, if not, one will be sunk, if it encounters a tsunami or typhoon or something, I am afraid that they will all sink to the bottom of the sea.
Of course, in the end, this possibility is almost zero.
He really wanted to take advantage of its illness to kill it, and attack Nagato and Mutsu again, instead of suffering like now, in the best case, he would also severely damage one and sink one, in case the Japanese army was unlucky, I am afraid that one would not sink, and it would be a great loss to sacrifice so many brothers and comrades.
Major General Liu had some sleepless nights.
As soon as he thought of the tragic situation of the daytime battle, he would be excited, and he was very worried about what the Battle of Songhu would turn into when the sky dawned.
When Jiang Weizuo walked into the camp, it was about five o'clock in the morning on September 12th, and he couldn't help but smile when he saw that Major General Liu's room was bright, but he didn't expect this guy's spiritual sense to be so powerful, and he seemed to have a premonition of something, so he asked the attendant to knock on someone's door, and then walked in.
Seeing the night visit, Liu Yicheng was also slightly stunned.
Lao Jiang has always been on the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, but seeing that Lao Jiang's face is quite good, it shouldn't be a bad thing, so he let go of his hanging heart and immediately prepared to raise his hand to salute.
But Lao Jiang pulled his hand down and found a chair to sit down.
The rest of the guards and entourage naturally retreated, and then immediately dispersed in all directions, pulling up a cordon.
Although Liu Sanye worships the major general and is still the head of the western Sichuan system, he is quite simple in terms of life, a single room of seven or eight square meters, except for some tables and chairs, there is only a single bed, and there are some military blankets and other things on it, which is the style of a revolutionary soldier.
This surprise inspection made Lao Jiang quite satisfied.
Jiang Weizuo didn't say much, and directly took out a telegram, asked Major General Liu Yicheng to take a closer look, and then slowly replied to him after reading it, what the telegram said was the situation of the European and American embargo, although there were only four or five crosses, but they were all worth a thousand gold, which overwhelmed someone, and frowned.
After half a ring, Major General Liu put down the telegram and let out a long sigh.
He glanced at Jiang Weizao and asked a little tiredly, "Headmaster, on the whole, this matter is a mixed blessing. However, the real purpose of the embargo between Europe and the United States is to prevent no war or death war between China and Japan. These damned imperialist countries don't have a good thing."
"There are many colonies in Europe and the United States, and there is no shortage of these strategic materials, and the reason why they want to engage in an embargo is that they hope that China and Japan will come up with gold and silver to buy these scarce materials."
"Of course, Huaxia has always been poor, and those high-end luxury goods are not needed, so these embargo clauses are indeed aimed at Japan, but how can Japan suffer this loss, and it does not want to lose its powerful navy, the only way is to pass on the losses, and Huaxia is big and weak, and it happens to be the big one."
"Losses within the wall and compensation outside the wall".
Lao Jiang was also stunned, he really didn't expect this layer, the embargo between Europe and the United States on China and Japan and other countries, it seems to be helping China to resist the war, but in fact, it is ill-intentioned, this is not a typical drive to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, forcing the Japanese army to increase the invasion of China, it is really a vicious conspiracy, because it has no solution at all.
Lao Jiang asked silently, "Aren't they afraid that tigers will bite when they are raised?" ”
"Afraid, it is precisely because of fear that we want to drive the tiger and devour the wolf."
Major General Liu Yicheng frowned, took on the role of a staff officer seriously, and analyzed the upcoming situation for the commission.
"Since the First World War, the Japanese devils have had the wild idea of dominating the world, not only we Chinese people know it, but also the European and American powers know it, and it is precisely because they know it that they have repeatedly connived at the Japanese army and launched a war of aggression against China, because they themselves need time to prepare for war."
"The trauma of World War I to Europe and the United States is far greater than we imagined, and the Japanese army has seen through this, so they dare to vigorously develop their military strength and develop their shadow fleet, and the fact is also true, Europe and the United States and other countries all rely on the navy, and the careful thinking of the Japanese devils is all left over from their play, but it is not easy to disintegrate such a powerful navy."
"European and American countries naturally thought of China, because China has a large number of people, but its military strength is extremely weak, and it has no strategic resources, even if it is occupied by the Japanese army, it will not be a big problem."
"Although the Japanese army has long had the idea of hegemony, and even wants to directly compete with Europe and the United States for colonies, it is afraid that these countries will hold each other, and no matter how crazy Japan is, it will not dare to single out all the powers, so it also has the intention of taking advantage of the slope to get off the donkey, and the reason for the war with China, and avoiding direct confrontation with Europe and the United States."
"Now Europe and the United States only see the fierce war between China and Japan, and they must think that there is no death between China and Japan, and it will never stop, but they also underestimate the endurance of the Japanese, especially the Japanese devils."
"Japan's ambitions are very great, they want to follow the old path of Britain and dominate Asia and even the world, so the best policy of the Japanese army is to give up the confrontation with the Chinese air force and turn to a duel between the two armies."
"Do they want to make unilateral peace with our army?"
Lao Chiang was also a little confused, modern warfare can still do this, no matter how you listen to it, I feel unreliable, is it possible that the Japanese air force still wants to stand on its own, and the navy, army, and government of the Japanese devils, break away from each other's subordinate relations, and become a third-party force in the Japanese army.
Seeing Lao Jiang with a blank face, Liu Yicheng touched his nose and smiled a little bitterly.
He had no choice but to give a brief explanation: "The Japanese army's air force is not an independent branch of the army and navy, but a second-class branch subordinate to the navy and the army, that is, the army and navy."
"Therefore, it was not the devil's air force that wanted to reach a peace agreement with Huaxia, but their navy, and in the month of the war with Huaxia, the Japanese army suffered extremely heavy losses of ships."
"Now, the Japanese army is facing the collective sanctions of Europe and the United States, which is not good news for Japan, which is too dependent on the navy, and even thinks that it is the precursor of the European and American powers that are about to start a war against them, so peace with China is the only choice, of course, the Japanese army is a little unwilling, in the face of the rich land of China, if they don't come in and grab a hand, how can they be worthy of themselves."
The Japanese Navy seems to be powerful, but in fact, it is learning from the rich people of China, relying on their own frugality, tightening their belts, and accumulating their belongings little by little.
To put it mildly, he is a nouveau riche who has never seen the world.
However, in terms of the actual total tonnage of the navy and the number of its capital ships, the Japanese army is indeed the world's first, and the construction period of the navy's warships is notoriously long, so they think that if they want to sweep the European and American fleets in a short period of time, it will be like searching for something.
However, the industry of Europe and the United States is too strong, and once it is said that it really wants to do something against Europe and the United States, the Japanese army has some stage fright, especially the people in charge of the Japanese navy, who are even more worried.
Taking General Yamamoto's 56th National Congress as an example, in order to study the European and American powers in order to defeat them and replace them, this person even personally went to European and American countries to conduct inspections and visits, and even served as a military attache in the embassies of European and American countries.
After returning to Japan, he once said a classic saying: "At the beginning of the war between the Imperial Power and Europe and the United States, the Japanese Navy could indeed occupy a great advantage, but after six months to two years, the situation will be reversed, because the gap between the industrial strength of each other is too great, and the industrial strength of the United States alone is more than ten times that of Japan."
This is where the Japanese army struggled in the 30s of the 20th century.
The Japanese army wanted to "march south" into Southeast Asia and confront Britain, the United States and France in Southeast Asia, but they were afraid that the opponent would be too strong, and they were simply looking for abuse.
However, they want to "go north" to Northeast Asia, confront Siberia with the Soviet Union, occupy a barren and cold land, and become a veritable power in Northeast Asia, but they are a little unwilling, so they want to take advantage of the time when Europe and the United States are vying for hegemony to seize the world hegemony of the European and American powers, which is their ultimate strategic goal.
As for the invasion of China, it was actually a product of a compromise that occurred within the Japanese devils when they hesitated to "advance south and go north."
This incident also exposed the weak nature of the Japanese army, which not only made the Chinese people resist, but also allowed the European and American powers to play with them, and if they wanted them to bite China, they had to run and bite them, which was more obedient than dogs.
As the smoke of gunpowder over Europe became thicker and thicker, Europe and the United States suddenly wanted to make a move on Japan, which seemed to be a fantasy, but the Japanese devils with dark psychology did not see it that way.
Because the reason why Nazi Germany led by Hitler wanted to start World War II was ostensibly to "take revenge" in World War I, but in fact it was for Germany's national interests and the division of European and American colonies.
So no matter what, the Japanese devils are really scared.
They were afraid that their masters wanted to slaughter them and eat meat, so when they had no choice but to take gold and silver to please their masters, they secretly expanded their armaments and wars, gritted their teeth and waited for the opportunity to counterattack, and it was best to wait for the European and American powers to reach their weakest point, and then stab them in the back.
At that time, who said that Japan's military boots could not set foot on the European and American continents?
Because Japan had profited immensely from the First World War.
In order to reassure the hosts, the Japanese devils had to fight more fiercely with Huaxia.
Of course, these rough jobs are not done by the noble Imperial Navy, but by the Imperial Army like red deer, these vulgar peasants and miners, as long as there is a slight hint that there are countless beauties and gold in China, they will pounce like mad dogs, and the navy will not need to worry about the rest of the matter.
The more Lao Jiang and Adjutant Liu talked, the more they felt, and they actually hated to see each other a little late.
It was about 10 o'clock in the morning, and the two of them were about to go to the Wuhu Airport canteen for a casual lunch, when a secret telegram suddenly came from the Nanjing headquarters, saying that the Japanese side had sent a special envoy, who was said to be the liaison officer of the Japanese army stationed in Shanghai and the current naval staff officer of the Japanese Combined Fleet.
"Dazuo? Jio Yoshino? ”
Where does Lao Jiang still remember such a small person, holding this telegram a little stunned, he was able to lower his posture and receive Matsushima Yuki in secret, it was because that guy could surrender on behalf of the Japanese army stationed in Shanghai, what kind of thing is Yoshino Daisa? Is he going to surrender on behalf of the Japanese navy?
"Jio Yoshino", Rear Admiral Liu remembers who this guy is, and he still has a relationship with this person, that is, when he participated in the "International Armaments Exhibition" in Shanghai, the person in charge of the Japanese exhibition area, at that time this guy was still a naval lieutenant, and it was the commander of the bronze samurai Matsushima Yuki Shaosa.
"Hehe, headmaster, this Yoshino Jio has come at the right time."
Rear Admiral Liu's eyes rolled, and he immediately guessed the intention of Yoshino Daisa, so he smiled slightly, "This person is not only the Navy Chief, but also the staff officer of the Combined Fleet, and his intention can be known without asking."
Jiang Weizuo also laughed, his reaction was not slow to go there, the Chinese army was very difficult, but the situation of the Japanese army was not much better, it seems that Adjutant Liu said it again, but Adjutant Liu is so able to pinch and calculate, always expect the enemy to be the first, so when he went to meet this envoy, of course, he could not be missing.
However, Major General Liu's eyes rolled, and he immediately thought of a clever trick again, so he told the relationship between Matsushima Yuki, the big hero in the prisoner camp, and Jio Yoshino.
Lao Jiang is also a little bit of a good card, there is such a good card, if you don't use it, wouldn't you be sorry for the people and the organization, so while returning to Nanjing with Liu Yicheng's brother-in-law, he ordered the attendant to take his handwritten edict and go to the high-level prisoner of war camp to "invite" Matsushima Yuki to participate in the talks.
The metaphor of Chinese words is extremely rich, the word "escort", changed to a "please" word, is not a simple literal meaning, not to mention the antonym "fist and foot please", in addition to making the attitude of the attendant officer to be kind, there is also the meaning of asking Songdao to tidy up the appearance and prepare to invite to the banquet.