After the Battle of the Coral Sea, the sea supremacy of the entire southwest Pacific began to tilt heavily towards Japan, and Japan's long-brewing landing operation in Australia was officially launched, hundreds of planes carried out a frenzied bombing campaign against northern Australia, and then the Japanese army landed on Australian soil under the cover of naval and air forces.

Australia's military equipment is not bad, it is completely the equipment of the US military, but the most serious problem is that the Australians have not entered a state of war, their combat readiness is lax, and the training of soldiers is seriously insufficient.

Although MacArthur was still good at acting and could speak big, under his command, the losses of the United States and Australia were getting bigger and bigger, and the Japanese had advanced more than 300 kilometers in ten days, establishing a firm foothold, and the land of Australia was also drawn into the flames of war.

The eyes of the Japanese who set foot on Australian soil turned red, and the endless wilderness was not inhabited by many people at all, only some aborigines were shepherding sheep, and such fertile land was only used for sheep grazing, which was unacceptable to the Japanese.

Australia's population is less than one-tenth of Japan's, but it occupies land dozens of times larger than Japan's, and these guys don't know how to cherish it. All the Japanese who set foot on this land had a sense of violence, and Terauchi Shouichi, who was in charge of directing the landing operation, sent a special telegram to the Japanese base camp, and Australia had everything Japan needed and was the most ideal place to live.

"Those white-skinned pigs don't know how to cherish precious land, don't know how to develop resources, don't know how to create wealth, but they steal infinite wealth. This is unfair, and if the Great Japanese Empire wants to correct this mistake, every Japanese citizen should bravely go out. Go to the wider sky. Fight for the glory of the Empire! ”

Successful entry into Australia. It was another great victory for Japan that restored Prime Minister Tojo's confidence, Hirohito trusted him even more, and the common people forgot about the Chinese bombing for a while. They were immersed in the joy that Australia had been described by the Japanese government as a vast land of abundance, a gift from heaven to Japan.

There are wide plains, larger than the entire four islands of Japan combined. There are countless pastures, countless cattle and sheep can be raised, and there are a large number of mines, which, as long as they are developed, are enough for Japan to use for hundreds of years.

After Japan invaded Indonesia, it trumpeted the richness of the South Seas, attracting countless Japanese to go to the South Seas to pan for gold, and indeed a large number of rich people appeared among this group of Japanese, who occupied unimaginable vast land in Japan, and also operated various industries. Earned a lot of money.

These pioneers brought a whirlwind to Japan, and it became the dream of the younger generation of Japan to make a fortune abroad. It is precisely because of the coveting of overseas wealth that the Japanese willingly sent their sons to the army, and then, like the worker bees, paid more taxes for the Japanese government and supported the government to build a stronger army.

Every Japanese was thinking of benefiting from expansion, and it was precisely because of this hope that the Japanese unreservedly supported their government, and now that they heard that Japan had occupied a large area of land in Australia, Japan was finally boiling, and a large number of Japanese were ready to leave their homeland and go to Australia to make a fortune.

Their purpose in doing so was also very simple, that is, to leave the Japanese mainland as soon as possible, now that the four islands have become the front line of the war, Chinese bombers are frequented, the harm of Agent Orange has been revealed, large areas of Japanese mountains and forests have become bald, and countless rice fields have been left without grass.

Staying on the Japanese mainland will undoubtedly lead to the risk of famine, and as long as you escape, you will have a chance to survive, so a large number of Japanese are willing to leave their homeland and fight in unknown areas.

"President, the Japanese have landed in Australia, and have wiped out more than 40,000 US-Australian allied troops and occupied hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land, this victory is not small, I am afraid that Japan will be happy for a while!"

Jiang Baili said that the current situation is not tense at all, on the contrary, it is very relaxed, in fact, this is the performance of the Chinese government has been in the chest, the Japanese island country has limited national strength, in fact, not only Japan, even Germany is the same, there is a limit to expansion, for example, Germany is like this now, occupying a large number of countries, each place must send troops to guard, the precious troops can not be concentrated at all, like pepper noodles.

Japan's national strength is not as good as Germany, but it occupies a large number of islands in the Pacific Ocean, and now it has landed in Australia, and its limited forces have to be separated to defend all the islands, in fact, Japan's division of troops is more dangerous than Germany, after all, Germany is still connected by land and can be mobilized at any time, while Japan is stationed between the islands, and the middle is a vast ocean blockade, and the Japanese Empire is maintained by naval power, as long as the Japanese sea power is eliminated, then the defenders on all the islands are turtles in the urn, and they cannot escape at all.

It is precisely by seeing through the weak nature of Japan that Jiang Baili is very relaxed, "The Japanese have committed a military taboo, defeat is only a matter of time, Japan has been trying to get involved in the Asian continent for many years, but now it seems that their dream is about to wake up, and after waking up, they will find themselves on the edge of the abyss, and it has reached the time of no return." ”

"Brother Baili is watching the fire, since Japan's expansion has reached the limit, we should also take action to snatch the fruits of victory!"

In fact, since China declared war, although it has fought with Japan in Korea and Singapore and other places, China has not really used all its strength, and the most powerful East China Sea Fleet has not attacked Japan at all, and Qiao Yu is also waiting for an opportunity.

Japan did not have the ability to digest the huge occupied territory, but it was undeniable that the original order in the areas that Japan had touched was destroyed, and all the occupied areas of Japan would become the content of the post-war partition.

As a matter of fact, if China's East China Sea Fleet had been dispatched early, it would have been able to prevent Japan from attacking Australia, but if Japanese troops did not enter Australia, how could China brazenly demand the interests of Oceania? Now that Japan's expansion has reached its limit, China should let go of the attack, try to get as many benefits as possible, and grab a larger area.

This strategy of driving the tiger and devouring the wolf was formulated by Jiang Baili and Qiao Yu together, Jiang Baili naturally knew Qiao Yu's thoughts, and he also very much agreed to make a decisive move at this time, "President, not only Japan, but even Germany's expansion momentum has reached the limit, and they are all starting to make mistakes." For example, in Germany's attack on Stalingrad, Hitler made the fatal mistake of dividing his forces, he wanted to take Stalingrad and occupy the oil fields of the Caucasus, vacillating left and right. In this way, both sides could only be defeated, and Germany's prosperity and decline were already doomed. Japan is even more so, the Coral Sea naval battle Japan does not look at the surface to take advantage, but their lost pilots will definitely not be easily replenished, this is very different from the United States, the next US-Japan naval battle, Japan is bound to lose miserably! ”

Jiang Baili said the most serious problem of Japan, that is, the foundation is too thin, once the war enters the period of attrition, it will not be able to bear it, Qiao Yu also very much agrees with Jiang Baili's judgment, it seems that the war has indeed reached a turning point.

The Chinese side has its own estimates, and so does Japan, and after the successful landing in Australia, Emperor Hirohito frequently summoned Prime Minister Hideki Tojo every day, not to praise Tojo's achievements, but to ask Tojo to come up with a strategy for the next battle.

"Prime Minister, you promised me that you would quickly defeat the Western forces, and then concentrate all your efforts on a decisive battle with China. Now that the Imperial Army has landed on Australian soil and victory is just around the corner, when does the Prime Minister think it is a good time to attack China? ”

When it comes to China, Tojo's face is not very good, for how to China China, Tojo has not had a good way, the original Japanese idea was that Germany quickly defeated the Soviet Union, and then Germany and Japan jointly dealt with China, but now Germany has fallen into the quagmire of war, not only can not defeat the Soviet Union, on the contrary, there is fatigue.

Relying on Japan's combat strength alone to deal with China, Tojo is really not sure, although he is arrogant, but he is not a fool, China can easily arm an army of tens of millions of people, and even according to China's population, it is not difficult to arm 20 or 30 million, and fighting a full-scale war with such a behemoth is undoubtedly an egg hitting a stone.

"Your Majesty, through the attack on Australia, the Western world is far weaker than imagined, and the land they occupy is more fertile and more abundant, if the empire can abandon China and concentrate on fighting the Western world, it may be a better choice to land on the west coast of the United States!"

Tojo finished his words tremblingly, Hirohito's face had become the bottom of the black pot, and the reason why Tojo was able to become the prime minister was because this guy was loyal and obedient. Now that he has said this, he is undoubtedly questioning Hirohito's aggressive policy.

In Hirohito's mind, China will always be the number one enemy, and Japan attacked the colonies of the United States and Britain in order to use the resources here to finally deal with China, but now Tojo advocates focusing on the Western world, which naturally means giving up the intention of becoming an enemy of China.

"Prime Minister, China has been allied with the United States and Britain and other countries, can it easily give up being an enemy of the empire?"

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is appropriate to give up the Far East and other places in exchange for a truce in China!"

Before Tojo could finish his sentence, Hirohito instantly became angry, and he slammed the teacup to the ground, and the delicate teacup shattered.

"Confused, confused, the people of China are ambitious, in fact, they can buy just the land. Prime Minister, you must remember that not only will the Empire not give any benefit to the people of China, but will eventually occupy the whole of China and reign over the world, which is something that cannot be changed! ”

Hirohito's words were like thunder, hitting Tojo's head, the old guy quickly bowed to the ground, trembling all over, and kept kowtowing to ask for guilt, and after a while Hirohito waved his hand and drove Tojo away.

Hirohito's sudden frenzy is largely because of the shame left by the last Sino-Japanese war, Hirohito can endure it, but he will never give up revenge, this is his bottom line. Tojo's words violated Hirohito's taboo, and after driving out Tojo, Hirohito picked up another document, which was the naval battle strategy drawn up by Yamamoto Isoroku, and Japan wanted to replicate the Pearl Harbor incident in China! (To be continued.) )