The new tanks did not replace the old tanks at the same time, and the entire overhaul lasted for nearly two years, and the army's tank needs were still not met. All 4,500 Leopard tanks in service are in the six Panzer Corps, the old T01 tanks are still in service with the rest of the troops, and there are tank stocks in mechanized units, infantry units, and mountain troops.

Of the 3,200 T01 tanks, more than 1,500 were sold to other countries, in addition to the 500 that are still equipped with troops. T01 tanks are found in the armies of Germany, Great Britain, the United States, France, North Korea and other countries, and most of these tanks sold are used in exchange for political gain. There were 100 T01 tanks in the Korean Army, 150 in the Taiwanese Army, and even Tsarist Russia, which became an upstart because of its oil wealth, bought 200 tanks.

However, the life of the T01 tank in the Chinese army has basically come to an end, the old tank production line is being replaced by the Leopard tank production line, and the armored vehicles made on the basis of the new tank chassis are also flooded with the Chinese army's armored forces and other units. Leopard assault guns, Leopard personnel carriers, Leopard armored assault vehicles, Leopard minesweepers, Leopard flamethrower vehicles, Leopard command vehicles, Leopard maintenance vehicles, etc., the versatility of armored vehicle parts on the battlefield is surprising, and it also greatly reduces the logistical pressure.

How to conquer the Japanese archipelago is a completely new topic in the history of warfare, this island country has never been conquered in history, the little devil has an extremely friendly neighbor, and China under the agricultural civilization has no desire for foreign expansion at all, and it is good to protect itself under the threat of nomads. In addition, no country can pose a threat to Japan, which also creates the arrogant national character of the Japanese people. The lack of productivity also made it difficult to conquer Japan, and all the ships carrying the Mongol cavalry capsized, making the first and last attempt by the rulers of the Central Plains to conquer Japan. Unlike China, the country quickly woke up from its backwardness, centralized its power through the arduous War of the Fall, and began a top-down reform movement, and then gradually rose to prominence through many gambling wars, avoiding the fate of becoming a colony. Even in the late stage of World War II, the Americans used nuclear bombs to make the Japanese surrender, and American GIs did not dare to land on the Japanese mainland before. The Army General Staff estimated that the complete occupation of Japan would cost about 100,000 casualties among Chinese soldiers, which was only a conservative figure, and it was an analysis based on fairly sufficient intelligence support, and the final casualty figure was unimaginable.

However, this time the Japanese still chose the wrong object to take refuge in, and the bet could not always win, and after the Yokosuka incident, the Japanese completely lost their bargaining chips against China. The Japanese top brass was keenly aware of the inevitability of disasters, and their narrow national character, fierce nature, the promotion of the militarist government, and the mentality of gambling prompted the Japanese to embark on the road of military confrontation.

As a matter of fact, the preparations for war of the Japanese began long ago, and from the moment when the militarist forces maintained the power of the government, almost all of the production and life of the Japanese were directed towards military goals. A small part of the steel plant's produce is used for economic circulation, and most of it is used to improve domestic transportation, build guns and ammunition, and build fortifications. With the loss of the Chinese market, Japan's most developed textile industry shrank sharply, and it was difficult to survive under the squeeze of American textiles, so the Japanese government and military became the largest buyers of the textile industry, and the reserves of military materials such as military uniforms, tents, and cotton clothes were very sufficient. The close cooperation between the major conglomerates and the government to integrate and merge large and medium-sized enterprises has led to an astonishing degree of industrial concentration in Japan, and the conversion of industrial capacity into a war system is very efficient. The deformed economic model has created a large number of vested interests, as well as a staggering number of middle- and lower-class poor, and even if there is no war, Japan will completely collapse in a certain period of time.

One of the biggest characteristics of the Japanese army is that there is only one branch of the army, and the navy, which supported Japan's position in those years, was completely destroyed by the Sino-Japanese War, the naval warships were destroyed, the navy was not talented, and the shipyards were also completely lost in the bombing. After the Americans entered Japan, out of the need to control the country, Japan was not allowed to have naval military power, the naval academy was closed, and shipbuilding talents immigrated to the United States. Japan's territorial waters can only be protected by more than 300 patrol boats and torpedo boats, and after the Yokosuka incident, the Japanese lost control of the coast, and extreme insecurity filled the hearts of the Japanese top brass, who longed to protect their lives through the army.

Lost the Navy, cheapened the Army. Without the battleship, a monster that devours steel resources, the Japanese were able to devote all their resources to the expansion of their army, and they had enough steel to produce weapons and ammunition. Before the outbreak of the war, Japan's steel production had reached an astonishing scale of 2.5 million tons with the help of the United States, and two-thirds of this figure was used to make weapons and equipment, which made the strength of the Japanese army expand dramatically.

At this time, Japan had a regular army of 2.5 million people, three-quarters of which were reservists and ordinary people urgently recruited after the Yokosuka incident. The number of artillery, tanks, trucks, etc. is also amazing, for example, there are more than 300 first-generation Type 05 tanks in Japan, and more than 1,100 Type 08 tanks in the second generation, and the performance of the Type 08 tank is still very good, according to the analysis of the Chinese intelligence department, it is close to the level of the German No. 3 tank.

What reassures China is that this tank does not pose much threat to the Leopard tank and the T01 tank, and the lack of resources will also make the Japanese industry fall into a terrible halt after the start of the war, most of the factories will stop production due to lack of raw materials, the steel, rubber and other resources needed to produce the tank will be cut off, and the oil to drive the engine will not be supplied. Japan's war machine won't last long, which means that after the first three axes, they will fall into the embarrassment of not having heavy weapons.

Fortunately, China did not want to provoke the British, so mineral resources from Southeast Asia and Australia, natural rubber and other raw materials were constantly passing through the Chinese blockade to reach Japanese ports. The Japanese thirst for raw materials led them to staggering prices, and Western merchants who quickly arrived at the smell of money did everything in their power to satisfy the needs of the Japanese, and more than 5,000 merchant ships and transports sailed the seas under the banner of the Allied countries. Constrained by strategic needs, China can only watch countless resources arrive in Japan, but it is still unknown whether Japan's industrial capacity can be converted into military materials in a timely manner.

The Japanese also realized this, and in order to compensate for the shortage of resources, the Japanese government proposed a strategy of "all the people are soldiers". All men over the age of 13 were assigned to the army reserve system and trained, and the production of rifles and ammunition was continuously expanded in military factories, and production lines were scattered throughout the country to prevent the destruction of the war by the Chinese state when the war began. During the war, Japan produced more than 40 million rifles, one for almost every Japanese reservist, and these soldiers, armed with militarism and bushido, or armed civilians, caused great trouble to the Chinese army.

The fact that the large number of workers joining the army led to the heavy use of female and child laborers in the military factories, who produced rifles, gave them to their men or fathers, and then possibly killed them in battle.

The Japanese top brass didn't care about this kind of thing, the generals didn't care, and even the soldiers who used such firearms didn't care. The whole of Japan was thoroughly armed with militaristic ideology, and even ten-year-old children were shouting "Kill the Chinese!" Under the supervision of the instructor, he conducted basic military training, and stabbed the scarecrow in the shape of a Chinese soldier with a gun made of wood. Old men in their fifties also picked up the katana and continued to contribute to the Great Japanese Empire. Veterans of the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War became the backbone of the army, and worked hard to train the soldiers in assassination under the principle of "saving ammunition". Women were ordered to leave their children and the elderly, and went into factories to replace the men who had become soldiers, and became the main force in cultivating the farmland.

During this time, Okamura Ninji Daisa was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground, and he had a headache in the face of a mountain of documents, which gave him a headache not because of the huge workload, but because the situation of the army was not enough to deal with the large-scale attack of the Chinese army. As deputy chief of the Operations Division of the General Staff of the Army, he clearly knows the strength of the Japanese army and the confidence of Japan. Industrial strength, population base, army equipment, all indicators Japan is at an absolute disadvantage, compared with the whole of Japan, direct surrender to China seems to be a more sensible choice.

The Japanese have never been wise, Okamura Ninji is also in a frenzy, after the military coup he and Tojo Hideki, Yamamoto Isoroku called the Japanese military "three masters", Tojo Hideki Daisa served as the main brigade commander in the army, and Yamamoto Isoroku served within the government.

In the evening, Okamura Ninji left the staff headquarters and went to a nearby bar. At this critical time when the storm is coming, there are fewer and fewer days to drink and relax, and the busy work also makes Okamura Ninji unable to spare time. However, this time was an exception, because his friend Hideki Tojo passed through Pukou because of the change of defense of the army, and it happened to be time to enter the city, so Okamura Ninji called Yamamoto Isoroku, who was working not far away, and the three of them planned to get together one last time before the war began.

At this time, the center of Uraguchi, where the military headquarters, the government and the foundation headquarters are located, was extremely prosperous, and perhaps it was the only place in Japan that could flourish. There were always active elites, and the upper echelons of the conglomerates that made a lot of war money were active in various bars and Kabukicho, and high-ranking officials and generals liked to come out after work to have fun and then return home to face the hateful yellow-faced woman. (To be continued.) )