"Great Japanese Empire, onboard!"

"Navy and Army, onboard!"

"Victory, onboard!"

When the car of Lieutenant General Ishihara Wanji, vice general of the Japanese Army General of Staff Headquarters, passed through the streets of Tokyo, he happened to encounter a procession celebrating the victory -- Ishihara of this time and space did not have the title of "hero of the Manchurian Incident," and although he was also a thorn in the army, his influence was limited, and he did not pose much threat to Tojo. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info So he was not kicked into the reserve by Hideki Tojo, and he participated in the southward operation as the commander of the division, and now he is the deputy officer of the staff headquarters.

Shortly after Ishihara took office, the Japanese Empire achieved what is said to be a historic victory.

Japan defeated the invincible British Empire!

On February 1, 1943, after visiting Germany, France, and Italy, the Queen of England officially issued the Armistice Edict, announcing Britain's formal withdrawal from the Allied Powers and suing for peace with the Axis powers, including the Empire of Japan.

Therefore, Japan has now defeated Britain and become a great victorious country. The day after the Queen of England announced the armistice and peace, the Japanese government also issued a proclamation announcing its acceptance of the British peace and designating February 2 as "Victory Day in the War against Britain".

Japan was originally fighting against Britain and the United States, but now that Britain has "surrendered" and only one United States remains, it is difficult to think of it alone, and the final victory of the Great Japanese Empire seems to be just around the corner.

As a result, many citizens of Tokyo took to the streets on February 2 to hold a victory march, either spontaneously or by various organizations such as the National Newspaper Group and the National Assembly.

"Baga!" Ishihara, who has always talked a lot and has a bit of a poisonous mouth, looked at the cheerful crowd outside the car window, and couldn't help but scold, "Are these people stupid?" Don't you see that the submission of Britain itself will plunge Japan into an unprecedented bitter war? ”

"Ishihara-kun, look at what you said, where is the situation so serious?" Senior General Kenji Dohihara, the director of aviation of the Japanese Army, who was sitting in the same car with him, said disapprehantly: "Once Britain is defeated, the Soviet Union's western front battlefield will inevitably be greatly tightened, and there will be no more strength to threaten the security of Manchuria, which will be very beneficial to the empire's final settlement of the Manchurian issue." ”

"The Manchurian problem?" Ishihara sneered, "When is it, and do you still have the heart to think about this?" The Westward Movement of Soviet forces in the Far East was possible, but the United States would also shift its focus to the Pacific...... With the industrial power of the United States, how many aircraft carriers and battleships were built in the end? I can't imagine it! Your Excellency, don't you know that those people in the navy have been unable to eat or sleep for the past two days? ”

"What's the matter," Kenji Dohihara shook his bald head, "The people of the navy are like this, they are afraid of wolves and tigers...... The promised Australian strategy has also retreated, and it is really shameless to want to reduce the resources and funds of our army to build aircraft carriers. ”

"Marshal Yamamoto is really confused, how much capital do we have? How is it possible to fight aircraft carriers with the Americans? ”

Ishihara actually knew that it was necessary to speed up the construction of the Dafeng-class and Yunlong-class aircraft carriers, but this issue involved the conflict of interests between the army and navy -- military spending and resources were just like that, and if the navy used to build aircraft carriers, the army would be poor.

Therefore, these days, Ishihara and Tohihara, two army marques, have been "competing for business" with the navy. Obviously, it was the Pacific War, so I had to say that the army was also very important!

And Ishihara still has a special mouth - that's probably why Tojo summoned him back from the front to be a vice-minister, right? Anyway, under Ishihara's nonsense, many people, including the Japanese Emperor Hirohito, agreed with Ishihara's "theory of forced peace in the Pacific Army."

The so-called "theory of forced peace by the Pacific Army" means that aircraft carriers and battleships cannot be relied on to fight the Pacific War, because that is to fight industrial strength. American man-made aircraft carriers are like dumplings, and there are dozens of them casually! Can Japan do it? The Dafeng-class and Yunlong-class have only started construction of 4 ships now, even if they double the construction of 8 ships, can they compete with dozens of ships in the United States?

Therefore, Ishihara put forward the concept of "desperate" -- Japan cannot fight aircraft carriers and battleships with the United States, but must fight for human lives!

Because American lives are valuable, if a single battle can kill them by hundreds of thousands or even millions, even if they lose the war, the United States will agree to make peace with Japan.

On the contrary, if you fight aircraft carriers, what can you do even if you sink a few Americans? The United States will build more aircraft carriers to fight Japan! Therefore, no matter how many victories such as the Battle of Hawaii are played, Japan will still lose in the end.

And if you want to fight hard, of course, you have to have a desperate battlefield.

Ishihara's opinion is desperate in the Hawaiian Islands and the United States! Heavily defended, and then put the Americans on the island and fight hard! Strive to kill more than 100,000 or 200,000 of them in one battle, so that the Americans will really suffer from flesh, and then there will be a decent peace.

And to achieve this goal, then the army should receive more military spending and resources. With military spending and resources, the army will be able to train more troops and produce more "decisive weapons for defending the island" such as the Ki84 (Hurricane), the Type 97 tank destroyer (Japanese weasel), and the Type 3 wheeled assault gun (Japanese version of the Puma), as well as the Type 3 medium tank (developed in 1942, earlier than in history).

With regard to the Japanese Navy's recent proposal of a "surprise attack on Panama," Ishihara also believes that there is not much need.

"Ito-kun, the so-called surprise attack is just a chance to pin victory on luck, once or twice is still possible, and it is inevitable to miss like this."

In a conference room inside the Army General Staff Headquarters, Ishihara and Doihara once again began to talk nonsense -- the targets were Rear Admiral Seiichi Ito, Vice Admiral of the Naval Command Department, and Vice Admiral Tsukahara 243, Chief of the Naval Aviation Headquarters.

The four of them are now in charge of the negotiations between the Navy and the Army, and the meeting will take place at the Navy Command Department and the Army General Staff Headquarters. Once on the territory of the Navy, the next time on the territory of the Army, no one suffers.

Ishihara still opposed Major General Ito's idea of a surprise attack on the Panama Canal.

"Even if it succeeds, it will only delay the battle for the Hawaiian Islands by six to 10 months," he said. While our empire can use these 6-10 months to strengthen its defenses, the United States can also use this time to strengthen its offensive forces...... If there are 10 months, the Americans can probably increase their aircraft carriers by 10, right? I don't see the advantage of postponing the decisive battle? ”

"However, with these 10 months, the development of the KI84 fighter can be completed, and the N1K2-J (purple electric modification) fighter of our Navy can also be completed." Lieutenant General Tsukahara 243 retorted, "With these two fighters, the battle to defend the Hawaiian Islands will be foolproof." ”

"What's foolproof?" Ishihara shook his head, "If we are foolproof, won't the United States be defeated?" How can anyone fight a defeated battle? Moreover, since there is no ki84 and purple electric reform, our side is inferior to the United States in aviation, so how can the surprise attack plan succeed? ”

Ishihara is particularly good at, but the arguments he makes are reasonable. According to the exact information provided by the German side (which was learned through the United Kingdom, which had already sued for peace), the Americans' latest carrier-based aircraft and shore-based fighters F4U, F6F, and P47 had certain advantages over the Zero aircraft in terms of performance.

In particular, the F6F is a "Zero Killer" developed entirely for the Zero Formula, and it can form a great advantage over the Zero and Fokker Zero on paper data!

As a result, the German Naval Armaments Agency has asked Fokker and Hawker to work together to develop a piston carrier-based aircraft based on the Fury fighter, also developed for the Zero.

On the other hand, Japan cooperated with Germany and Italy, hoping to speed up the research and development and production of the "17 ship tests"; On the other hand, they pinned their hopes on a sneak attack on the Panama Canal.

"The Navy has already considered this point, and there will be a perfect plan, and Marshal Yamamoto has made a final decision! Moreover, this attack is not confined to Panama, but an all-out attack on the United States, and it will also affect the United States itself, which is really unprecedented since the beginning of the war, and will certainly greatly dampen the morale of the American people, and will certainly buy enough time for the empire to arrange defenses. Ito said confidently, "So your army should now make a plan according to the timetable for the decisive battle in Hawaii in 1944...... I hope your Ki84 fighter can show off at that time! ”

Ishihara can't say anything at this time, Yamamoto Fifty-six has already made up his mind, and the specific plan of the Navy is not his turn to be asked by the vice minister of the army.

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"What? Want us to use JU288 to attack the Panama Canal? The Japanese are kidding, right? Looking down from a height of 10,000 meters, how big is the gate? And Americans can also emit smoke. ”

"Father, I want to ...... The air raid on JU288 was only part of Japan's plan to surprise the Panama Canal, and this time the Japanese seemed to have a big plan. ”

On 3 February, the day after the official British peace was sued, Hersman's son, Rudolph. Feng. Heinsberg-Hersmann returned to Berlin with a proposal for joint operations from the Japanese Navy.

He left the aircraft carrier Sedliz in January to become the naval aviation attaché of the German Navy's mission to the Japanese Navy.

In January 1943, the Japanese Navy began to formulate a new plan for operations against the United States, codenamed "Yamago Plan". According to the Japanese Navy's vision, the "Yama Plan" would include a series of attacks on the United States, and the surprise attack on the Panama Canal was only one of them.

In addition, the "Yamago Plan," led by the Japanese Navy, will also be a large-scale coordinated operation plan for the joint operations of the Axis powers.

According to the Japanese Navy's assumptions, attacks on US targets would be launched simultaneously from the Atlantic and Pacific directions. (To be continued.) )