[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 976: The Empire Will Win (Ask for Subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

Sadajiro Toyoda knew what was going on in the minds of these ministers, but he knew that when he finished speaking, the minds of these people would change. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

So he smiled and continued: "Gentlemen, please be calm, I know your thoughts very well, but please rest assured, although this is a gamble of national fortune, but we have won the trump card, and the result is already doomed - the empire will win!" ”

"The Reich's decision to go south was based on the basic idea that Germany was undefeated, and only with Germany's continuous victories in Europe could the United States and Britain and other countries not be able to concentrate their forces against the Reich. Similarly, the polar bear in the north will not jump out to sabotage the Empire's strategic plans. Therefore, if Germany defeats the empire, then the fate of the empire will be difficult to grasp, and it will be besieged by the world's major powers. ”

However, under the current situation, the possibility of peace between Germany and Britain and Germany and the Soviet Union is very small, and the possibility of a protracted war is relatively high. First of all, Britain has a traditional national character and the pride of a great power, and is using the German-Soviet war to restore its own power, because of the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, Britain has the confidence to carry on the war and cannot easily submit to Germany. Therefore, the base camp had reason to believe that the German-British war was bound to become prolonged. ”

"Secondly, the Germans had approached the city of Moscow, and the Soviet field armies in Europe had suffered a heavy blow. The German-Soviet battle would end with the success of the German army. For the Stalinist regime, however, capitulation to Germany risked the collapse of its own regime. ”

"Therefore, it will now have to rely on its relatively solid political base and the resources east of the Volga, which are not very abundant, as well as the assistance of the United States and Britain, to make a passive resistance. On the other hand, in view of the fact that the German-Soviet War was in fact presenting a situation of national war, the Soviet nation's will to resist the war will not soon wane. ”

"On the German side, according to previous German leaders, Germany wants to completely defeat communism. If the Soviet Union is not beaten to the point where it can no longer rise up to fight back, then the significance of this war against the Soviet Union will be lost. It may therefore be said that the possibility of Germany making peace on lenient terms is very small. Therefore, the Empire is bound to achieve the final victory! ”

Sure enough, after Sadajiro Toyoda's words were finished, the confidence of a large number of people was shaken.

As Sadajiro Toyoda said, in fact both the base camp and the government were convinced that Germany would not fail in Europe. In other words, Germany will not necessarily win, but it will definitely not lose.

It turned out that Britain and France, the former powers, were paper tigers, and the outbreak of the Soviet-German war proved that the Soviet Union was not as strong as the empire imagined.

Judging from the current trend, even if the Japanese Empire wanted the United States, Britain, and the Netherlands to declare war, the possibility of the Soviet Union taking positive action against Japan was very small. After all, the Soviet Union at this time could barely protect itself, and if the empire launched an attack on the Soviet army from the Far East, it would be a disaster for the Soviet Union.

In addition, with the successive victories of the German army. The USSR lost the region west of the Volga, and only a quarter of its munitions industry remained. The Soviet Red Army stationed in Europe has been completely dealt a blow due to the German-Soviet war, and now the Red Army stationed in the Far East has been transferred in large numbers, with at least five divisions, 1,000 tanks, and more than 1,200 planes sent to Europe for reinforcements, and its combat effectiveness is weakening in terms of material and spirit.

Based on the above intelligence information, the entire Japanese court also had its own judgment on the victory of the war. In general, the vast majority of ministers agreed that while the empire would not necessarily win, Japan would not fail as long as Germany did not fall. It's a big deal, everyone has a tie, that's all!

After Sadajiro Toyoda finished speaking, the Minister of War, Senior General Hideki Tojo, stood up and added: "The victory or defeat of the war has a great deal to do with the military strength of the enemy and us, and our army has made an all-round comparison of the military strength of the enemy and us in the South Pacific, and by the end of March of Showa 16, the base camp has learned about the strength and deployment of the army and air force of the United States, Britain and the Netherlands in various parts of the south according to the various information collected. ”

"Britain has an army of about 60,000 or 70,000 troops and about 320 aircraft on the Malay Peninsula, and about 35,000 troops and about 60 aircraft in Burma; The United States has about 42,000 troops and about 170 aircraft in the Philippines; The Dutch army in the Dutch East Indies had about 85,000 troops and about 300 aircraft. The total army strength is about 200,000 and about 850 aircraft. ”

However, it was judged that the strength of these armies was composed of local troops composed of white soldiers from the country, and that the education and training were inadequate. Moreover, there is a lack of spiritual solidarity between whites and natives, and their combat effectiveness is generally low. The United States, Britain, the Netherlands, and China are also difficult to exert their ability to coordinate operations, and all that needs to be considered is their adaptation to the tropical climate and local climate. ”

"However, the combat effectiveness of the enemy air force on the Malay side, because of the superior performance of the aircraft and the relatively good quality of the pilots, cannot be ignored compared with its ground forces."

"In addition, according to the judgment of the base camp, after deducting the old ships and ships with unfinished combat equipment on both sides of the enemy and us, the comparison of the strength of ships that can fight at sea is 1.43 times that of the United States, Britain and the Netherlands combined, but in view of the fact that the empire adopts the tactics of taking the initiative to attack, and the enemy does not have much contact with each other, no single country is the opponent of the empire, so the empire has the certainty of breaking each one!"

"In view of the above-mentioned situation of the enemy's land, sea, and air forces, our side plans to transfer 11 ground divisions and about 700 first-line aircraft from the army's 51 ground divisions and about 1,500 first-line aircraft, while the navy will use most of its combined fleet to assume offensive combat missions. The air offensive force assigned to the Combined Fleet is 1,619 out of about 3,300 naval aircraft, and it is sure that it will be able to achieve overwhelming superiority in the early stage of the war! ”

Hideki Tojo and all the senior officers of the Navy knew that the Southern offensive operation would be an unprecedented, large-scale operation to destroy the enemy's armed resistance by sea and air over a vast area of 2,000 miles from the east, west, south, and north.

Although there are certain risks, they are more certain, and there are four main reasons for the strength of the enemy and our enemies: First, they can break through each of them with a surprise attack before the United States, the Netherlands, and China strengthen joint operations.

Second, Japan is prepared for war and can simultaneously launch a preemptive surprise attack on the four strategic points of Hawaii, the Philippines, Malay, and Hong Kong, and can expand the effect of the preemptive strike to the entire depth of the operation.

The third is as far as the operational sea surface of the western Pacific is concerned. In terms of naval forces, our side has an absolute advantage; At the same time, in terms of ground and air forces, each local area can often maintain a local superiority of two to three times. In particular, it is certain that air and sea supremacy will be obtained from this. The most important point is that most of the enemy's ground forces are mostly low-quality colonial troops.

Sadajiro Toyoda added: "The Army and Navy High Command has drawn conclusions based on several exercises on the map. The course of the operation to capture the south is estimated as follows: it will take about 20 days for Hong Kong to begin the operation. Manila takes about 50 days, Singapore about 100 days, and Java about 150 days. Therefore, it was judged that the occupation of most of the important areas in the south would be completed in about five months as planned, and the operation would be over. ”

"The only thing that worries is the sortie of the US Pacific Fleet from the Pacific side. If that happens, the Navy plans to move most of its Southern forces to the Pacific in order to engage the U.S. fleet in a decisive naval battle. The Army's plan is: Even in this case, the offensive operation will be completed with great effort; At the same time, however, it was judged that it was inevitable to change part of the offensive plan or to postpone the overall combat speed. ”

Konoe Fumima is now also moved by what Toyoda Sadajiro and others said, but he is the prime minister of Japan, and he knows that the biggest crisis facing Japan now is not these, but the country's material aspects, so Konoe Fumima asked again: "Gentlemen, you should know the current situation of the empire. Have you ever compared the national goods of the empire with those of the enemy? ”

Sadajiro Toyoda got up again and said: "The base camp judges that it will achieve a comprehensive advantage in the early stage of the war, and it will definitely be able to occupy the resource producing areas in the south before the imperial materials are exhausted to ensure the supply of military and civilian materials for the empire, so the war materials only need to be prepared for about a year." ”

Konoe Furuma said: "In this case, then please report your battle plan to Your Majesty's Imperial Review!" ”

"Hay!"

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Soon, a thick battle plan drawn up by the commander of the navy and army at the base camp was brought up and handed over to Konoe Fumima, who presented it to Emperor Hirohito.

The meeting is basically coming to an end now, and everyone already knows that the countdown to the Empire's war against the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, and other countries has begun, maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow, and the Empire's radio will broadcast the news of the declaration of war between the two sides.