In a short period of 10 days, the dispatch fleet with a small number of warships as the lead, with the help of the Marine Corps and the landing force, occupied the islands that came out of Tokyo Bay, and a large number of islands were occupied, if it was only the Ogasawara Islands, I am afraid that the Japanese side may not be able to get the news, the Ogasawara Islands are Japanese territory, yes, the distance between it and Tokyo, almost 1,000 kilometers, the communication between the two sides is only by ships.

Japan has not yet reached the level of the great powers, although there is industry, but it is concentrated in textiles, steel, shipbuilding, and even the latter two are not high, such as steel mills, the so-called steel mills built by Japan, even the second-rate technology of the United States is inferior, some are similar to small workshops, shipyards are slightly developed, in Britain and France and other experts, with decades of efforts, built a relatively good shipyard, and even has the ability to build the King Kong class, this is a super battle cruiser, which was built by Britain in order to experiment with something, It did not become a famous seven-turret relic, but it also helped Japan to have a first-class capital ship, except for the first one that was produced in England, and the rest were produced in Japan with the help of Britain.

Japan is more biased, in terms of shipyards, the priority is warships, the military is quite leading, but the civilian is a little worse, most of Japan's merchant ships are not strong in terms of economy, at most with artificial advantages and the large demand for merchant ships in World War I, which stands out.

To put it bluntly, Japan is just a country in transition that has just embarked on the road of industrialization, and has not even completely broken away from the old system, at most it is a line stronger than Russia, that is, in the First World War, it obtained huge capital, and after 20 years of development, it developed.

As the world's most advanced communication method, cable telegraph lines, Japan has, but it is part of the British layout of the world telegraph line, there are a total of two, one is from Australia, through Japan to Russia line, the other is from the United States over the sea route, these telegraph lines, in Japan made a turn, in Tokyo Osaka and other big cities, there are telegraph lines, in the British layout of these telegraph lines, as the head of the snake of the Japanese also have shares, but Japan's scientific and technological level, capital situation, They simply couldn't afford this huge investment, so they could only use British lines, and some remote Japanese cities and even ports had no telegraph lines, let alone offshore islands like the Izu Islands, even if they were close to the mainland, they had no cable telegraph lines.

If the Chinese side only attacks Ogasawara, then the distance of 1,000 kilometers is enough to isolate any notification, I am afraid that after the attack, for a long time, Japan may not know that in the case of losing most of its naval strength, the Japanese side has no time to take care of these islands, basically let these islands fend for themselves, even the usual supply of ships, has been reduced a lot, it may take three or four months, in most cases, just send some daily necessities, these islands, There is already the ability to be self-sufficient.

There is an exception to this, the Izu Islands, which are an archipelago near Tokyo Bay, are very close to the Japanese mainland, and they come and go closely, and some fishermen of the same level can even swim through, and when the Chinese side attacked, they did not surround the island, and some escaped fishing boats and fishermen, they immediately passed the news to Japan, so that Japan knew that the Chinese side was attacking.

In this regard, the Japanese side has long been on guard, the backbone telegraph network of several large cities, coupled with Japan's strict organizational structure, this matter was quickly transmitted to the Japanese high-level after the fishing boats and fishermen broke out on the dock, but at this time, Japan, when it was licking the wounds of the predators, was in a panic, just had the situation of a great power, and was trying to expand its influence in China, and earn benefits, but was drunk in the head, almost crippled in Shandong, and the ocean fleet, which had been painstakingly operated for many years, and there were 18 standing divisions. Basically, it was all gone, and these were the little forces that Japan spent more than ten years building up, and now they are completely overturned like the cups on the coffee table.

Japan has a large population, and has lost one or two million troops, which is not too big a problem for Japan, because there are many poor people in Japan, and they recruit them casually and then get out one or two million, or even two or three million troops, there is no problem at all, and in terms of attitude towards ordinary people, Japan will not be much better than Russia, and in some cases, it is even more terrible.

The reason why they did not recover is very simple, the Japanese have no money, they are training reserves, while seeking support, relying on their strength alone, they simply cannot support such a huge military force, it is easy to rely on the support of the Entente, and with the help of the United States, they recovered a little bit, and then attacked China with Russia, and lost Korea, the last overseas territory, almost collapsed.

At this moment, Japan is the weakest, but also the most frightened, they are very worried that China will fight, they have begun to mobilize the whole country, some areas close to the interior, built large-scale fortifications, once China attacks, they will have a real battle with China, just like Japan suffered in Shandong.

As a close neighbor of China, Japan is well aware that China's strength, not what the Entente said, only the army and no navy, if there is no navy, what is the fleet lost in Shandong, those are sunk at sea, which has already proved that China is going to the ocean.

The strong support of the United States, especially the United States' casual purchase of 500 million yen of creditor's rights, has given Japan a lot of help, such as the annual share of scrap iron, part of which will become steelmaking materials, and even some of the scrap rails, directly become the rails used on Japanese railways, these direct and indirect help, coupled with the investment of real money, this has made Japan relieved, social stability, inflation is also decreasing, and military strength has begun to recover.

In the past few years, the United States has really spared no effort to support Japan, and will give Japan the orders that will be shared, itself, Japan, as a member of the Entente, originally got some orders, but unfortunately the number of those orders is somewhat small, coupled with the blockade of China, after Malacca is occupied, it is impossible for Japan to pass through Malacca, if you really want to go, you need to go south along the Izu Islands, and it is possible to bypass Australia, so that the transportation cost increases, and there are many uncertainties.

Of course, the other way is from the United States, through the Panama Canal, but the amount of capacity is also quite small, if it were not for the United States to divide some primary orders and simple primary processing orders to Japan, maybe Japan would not even be able to continue.

At present, the Entente countries lack everything, but what they lack most is money, the accumulation of Britain and France for many years, and a little bit of family funds, but these family funds cannot be thrown out casually, the United States with the help of the Lend-Lease Act, accounted for a large number of orders, leaving very little for Japan

The impact of the European war on Japan has been shown, with the efforts of the United States and itself, Japan's economy is gradually recovering, but China's sneak attack on the United States, the strong United States, and even suffered a big loss, although it is Wall Street and Panama that are now exposed, but Japan knows very well that they broke out, may only be a fraction of all losses, and the United States would not be like this if it was not beaten enough.

Next, the naval generals began to analyze, but they sadly found that in Asia, China has swept the entire East Asia and Southeast Asia, and East Asia is basically occupied except for Japan, and now it is doing something to the United States, which means that it has to reach into the Pacific Ocean, and in this case, Japan can no longer exist.

What to do, in the war with the Chinese, the Chinese with Japan, and with Russia, the strength of the army shown is unheard of in Japan, one division resists the attack of 7 divisions, and there is still some remaining strength, just in front of, and then when Ah breaks out, one division annihilates several divisions.

Now, China's regular army, I heard that the number has reached more than 150, which means that there are more than 4 million people, so if 20 divisions come up, the whole of Japan will be flattened, not to mention the navy, can kill the American New York battleship, really a few, along the coastline of Japan, can Japan still exist?

Japan is not the United States, it has a strong strategic depth, even if it is 50 kilometers back, there is enough territory, Japan's territory, if it is really pushed back 50 kilometers from the coastline, Japan still has land?

What to do, rely on luck, or something else, now that the Ogasawara Islands have been attacked, it proves that China is really going to attack Japan, and even the Izu Islands are occupied now, and if Chinese warships gather in Tokyo Bay, the entire Forte of Japan will be hit.

What to do? In recent years, Japan has recovered part of its strength, but the strength of the navy has recovered the slowest, from the United States, as well as the countries of South America, got a few cruisers, this is already all of the Japanese Navy, these old warships, at most will give them psychological comfort, as for the rest, can not provide anything at all, in the Japanese Navy, more reliable, I am afraid there are only a few cutting-edge destroyers, they are all based on the concept after 1915, built up ships, to the world, There is also enough combat power.

But this is useless, even if it is a powerful destroyer, cruiser, in the face of the capital ship, it does not have much effect, the gap in tonnage and artillery, let them at sea, it is not a mission, if you want to smooth the gap between them, I am afraid you will have to wait until the appearance of missiles.

Japan had no choice but to spread the news and ask the Entente for help, but in any case, Japan was always a member of the Entente and should be able to receive support, and in Japan's view, if Britain and the United States strongly supported it, maybe they would be able to hold on. (To be continued.) )