During the short rest in Quzhou, Liu Guobang met his father, Commander Liu Ruming, who had been separated for many years, and the father and son cried with joy when they saw each other.

In the following days, the Japanese army launched the Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi with the aim of destroying the Quzhou airfield.

In order to prevent another bombing of Tokyo and threatening the safety of their emperor, Quzhou and the surrounding areas of Quzhou became the primary target of the Japanese army. This is one of the 22nd battles in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi.

Liu Guobang then led the fighters to participate in the Battle of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and staged a good show of fathers and sons, so that he became famous in China.

According to Liu Guobang's report, China's domestic economy has deteriorated severely, and it is extremely difficult for a ragtag army like Liu Ruming to resupply, and the soldiers can only eat two meals a day, and they are still a dry meal and a porridge.

Therefore, Liu Ruming, a big army commander, did not talk about weapons and ammunition when he complained to his son, but about food.

Later, the transport submarine of the Maritime Resistance Army made a special trip to the coast of Zhejiang and transported 300 tons of fish, compressed biscuits, and some medicines to Liu Ruming from near Wenzhou. The launch of the transport submarine, the first task turned out to be to transport food, which shows the domestic economic dilemma.

Since then, Liu Ruming, a miscellaneous army in the northwest, has established some contacts with the Maritime Resistance Army, which has been of great help to the submarine force of the Maritime Resistance Army in striking at the Japanese army's operations along the coast of Zhejiang.

The success of the bombing operation to bomb Tokyo caused a great sensation in the United States and greatly boosted the morale of the United States, which had been defeated again and again since the beginning of the war. The powerful propaganda machine of the United States has rendered this air raid almost a miraculous feat, and by the way, the naval resistance force has also been greatly impressed, and it has also made a deeper impression in the minds of the American people.

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt beamed proudly at a press conference two days later when he answered reporters' questions. When the fighter plane took off from where, he pretended to be mysterious and said: "Shangri-La." ”

In Li Guang's view, this was just a military operation of political performance. But in essence, neither the Americans nor Li Guang, who was in a quandary, realized what kind of changes the bombing of Tokyo had done to Japan's strategy.

The Japanese people, or the military, have long been instilled with a religiously similar loyalty to the emperor. The military, in particular, was indoctrinated with the idea that keeping the emperor safe was their highest duty. Therefore, such an operation as the bombing of Tokyo, in the understanding of the Japanese, was a threat to the safety of the emperor.

What is such a threat? Didn't Berlin in Germany and London in England be hit by countless bombs? If you fry too much, you will get used to it.

But the little devil's Tokyo was bombed, and the result was very different.

For a long time, there were three strategic directions that had been debated within the Japanese Navy. It's hard to decide. Could it be that Yamamoto Isoroku really has no idea? Don't have your own thoughts on the situation?

No, absolutely not. If there is one person in the Japanese Navy who can look at the war from a strategic perspective, it is Isoroku Yamamoto.

Why, then, was Yamamoto unable to set the strategic direction of the Japanese Navy in the second phase?

Offense and defense.

Yamamoto Isoroku was actually not very interested in any of the three strategic directions, but he was thinking about defense. Middle- and low-level generals don't know. But Yamamoto is well aware. The frenzied U.S. submarines and naval submarines have rapidly reduced Japan's stockpiles and ships, and merchant ships are sinking every day. Domestic reserves are dwindling. He was well aware of Japan's predicament. Don't look at the war going well, but the whole of Japan is bleeding, and Nanyang's income is not yet payback.

Therefore, what Yamamoto hoped for most was to switch to strategic defense, to give the Japanese army time to rest and recuperate, and to give the national economy time to recover.

Don't look at Yamamoto Isoroku Since the victory at Pearl Harbor, he has been called "Commander" by the Japanese Navy. In just a few months. In the Japanese Navy, "chief" turned out to be a special term for Yamamoto 56. Other qualified generals can only be called commanders, or fleet commanders. This shows how high Yamamoto's prestige is.

But no matter how high his prestige is, Yamamoto Isoroku cannot be the enemy of all the officers and men of the navy, and if he dares to say a word, he will go on the defensive. No more conquering cities. Well, immediately this chief will be drowned in saliva. So when it comes to the strategy of defense, Yamamoto can only think about it, but he can't say it.

No matter how sensible a person is, in a frenzied atmosphere of shouting for attack, there is nothing he can do. Yamamoto Isoroku and even the Emperor of Japan could not stop the continued expansion of the Japanese army at this time. At the moment, Japan is a crazy train, without brakes, it can only rush forward.

As for the war between Japan and the United States, Yamamoto Isoroku did not have the luxury of winning the United States from the beginning. Yamamoto had always believed that the best outcome of the war, or rather his highest ideal, was peace talks with the United States.

If it is not able to negotiate peace with the United States when it still has some material reserves, then everything that Japan has now will come to naught.

But peace talks are not so simple, you have to have skills, or methods, that is, to promote peace by winning.

Of course, this victory does not refer to the complete defeat of the US military, nor does it refer to one small victory after another. Rather, it really beats the United States to a point where it has to be discussed. If you understand Yamamoto's overall idea, you can see Yamamoto's tendencies.

Therefore, among the three strategic directions of the Yamamoto Navy, the most inclined is the Hawaiian direction. Only in this direction will the enemy be defended. The U.S. military will have to fight a decisive battle, and at this time, the Japanese Navy has a great advantage.

It doesn't matter if it's Ugaki entanglement, or if it's the turtle people of Kuroshima. These mid- and high-ranking generals saw tactical problems, while Yamamoto saw the national policy of Japan as a whole.

Judgment from above.

Choosing the direction of Hawaii can give full play to the current superiority of the Japanese Navy and force the US Navy to fight a decisive battle. If Yamamoto's scenario succeeds and a decisive victory in the Hawaiian direction, then Yamamoto believes that the Americans will have to return to the negotiating table.

However, Yamamoto Isoroku is an extremely good official, and the strategic offensive in these three directions, no matter which one of them, has the support of a large group of people. Although with the current prestige of General Yamamoto, once the strategic direction is set, there should not be much resistance, but Yamamoto does not want to offend people. And the US-Tang coalition bombing of Tokyo gave Yamamoto an excellent excuse - an excuse to unify the navy and unify the strategic direction of the Japanese Navy and Army.

The bombing of Tokyo immediately became a big stick in Yamamoto's hands, and dissenting opinions were immediately suppressed, and soon a unified opinion was formed - to attack Hawaii.

The first military operation to attack Hawaii, the capture of Midway, became the most important strategic objective of the Japanese Navy.

Many people in later generations commented on Yamamoto's decision to take this military action, and many people thought that Yamamoto's decision was very unwise. Of course, there is Yamamoto Fifty-six's kind of "win or lose." The gambler's mind.

But really standing in Yamamoto's position, I am afraid that there is only such a risky move, and Yamamoto knows very well that with Japan's national strength, there is only one way to go, and that is to defeat the United States as soon as possible. After a long time, Japan is definitely not an opponent. So even if Yamamoto didn't put all the bets on it, Japan might have been able to support it for some more time, but the Japanese army still lost in the end.

Is there a big difference between early failure and late failure for Japan?

So, raid Hawaii. This is Yamamoto Isoroku, or the only hope for victory in Japan. If you win, you can make peace with the United States, and that is victory. (Really?) ）

Yamamoto's mind is clear.

As for the strategic offensive in the other two directions, Yamamoto Fifty-six will be an official, and he also fooled his subordinates: "After the battle of Midway, then attack in two directions." ”

What Yamamoto didn't make clear was whether the attack in these two directions would be carried out if the battle was won, or would it be carried out if the battle was lost? It is not clear whether there is a first and a last, or together?

In any case, Yamamoto drew a baked cake for his generals, and the opinions of the army were unified.

The next group of Japanese staff officers began to plan for the Battle of Midway, and the Japanese Navy was busy again, repairing battleships, training for training, and exercises for exercises.

In this way, the crisis of the Naval Resistance Army in the Tang Port of Ceylon was temporarily lifted.

If the Japanese army is still the main force of the Nagumo Fleet, and after a short period of recuperation, the Japanese army will be sent to attack, with Ceylon's current defensive capability, I am afraid it will be very unoptimistic. It is possible that the entire Indian Ocean will be controlled by Japan. (To be continued......)

PS: Today's three watches, asking for a monthly pass.