Ishihara said as he asked his lieutenant to fetch the map.

"This is Annam, this is India. And this one, Afghanistan. As long as we can pass through Afghanistan, we can attack the Soviet Union and then directly take China's Xinjiang, Tibet, and even Mongolia......"

Ishihara's fingers drew a circle on the map, all the way to a few points.

"If we launch a campaign against the USSR from Afghanistan, then there are several benefits for us. First, it can open up the roads for Afghanistan, which is now in urgent need of a lot of industrial products. They are reforming, and Zahir will certainly need to give some of the benefits to appease the Afghan elites who have been robbed of their authority. ”

Everyone nodded in understanding. In fact, just like Japan's Meiji Restoration, although it shows that Emperor Ji has carried out drastic reforms, he still needs to take out some benefits to appease the following fans.

The position of the commander of the army and navy system, and the imperial court of nobility were the appeasement of those nobles in the Meiji era. It is precisely because of this that Japan has the opportunity to complete innovation.

The current situation in Afghanistan is actually similar to that of the early Meiji Restoration, and Zahir will definitely need benefits to appease the big families in Afghanistan.

If there is no replacement of interests, then the consequence is that those big families will fight with Zahir in order to protect their own interests. If that happens, the best outcome is a lose-lose situation.

The families in Afghanistan are different from those in other places, and they all have a large number of troops and weapons after years of war. Even many still maintain a large number of private soldiers.

If you want to force it, these big families will not take advantage of Zahir together.

Ishihara has actually been thinking about this matter for a long time. Ever since Japan had successfully taken India, he knew that sooner or later the Germans would force Japan to attack the Soviet Union together.

So, Ishihara has been thinking about how Japan should trade for access to Afghanistan at the lowest cost. Not many people in the military headquarters were concerned about this matter at that time.

At that time, everyone was paying attention to the actions of the National Defense Forces in Southeast Asia, especially the occupation of Myitkyina, Dien Bien Phu and Liangshan by the Southwest Military Region of the National Defense Forces.

This greatly threatens Japan's interests in Annam. Therefore, at that time, the entire base camp was thinking about how to stop the Wehrmacht offensive in Annam.

In fact. Nor can the staff officers of these base camps be blamed. It was the Wehrmacht that taught Japan too many lessons, and forced Japan to turn most of its attention to them.

Of course, this shift can pay off. Originally, in terms of industrial capacity and operational analysis capabilities, Japan could not have been much worse than the newly established Wehrmacht.

Therefore, as long as they are careful and improve in time, the Wehrmacht will not be able to take advantage of it even if it is attacked by force.

For example, now, although the Japanese army's improved Type 2 fighter is still inferior to the Wehrmacht's fighter, it is much better than being pressed and beaten before.

As long as it undergoes a certain amount of modification, it is not impossible to achieve complete confrontation with the Wehrmacht.

On the Army's side, on the one hand, it has absorbed the tank tactics of the Wehrmacht, and has begun to design and manufacture its own new tanks. On the other hand, he constantly improves his own fortifications.

firepower matching, arrangement, manufacturing and allocation of anti-tank weapons, and deployment of personnel...... Wait a minute. Therefore, the Japanese army faced by the Southwest Military Region now is actually much more difficult to fight than the Japanese army faced by the main force of the Wehrmacht in the past.

Most of these Japanese troops had absorbed the experience of defeat in the Chinese theater, and had made comprehensive improvements to their positions, firepower, and anti-tank weapons, and even the speed of artillery transfer had been greatly increased.

As a result, the Southwest Military Region had no way to defeat the Japanese army on the battlefields of Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang like the South China Military Region.

Opposite. Their battle in Annam turned into a pot of porridge. In many cases, the only way to capture the Japanese position was to grind a little bit, little by little, and only after grinding was almost enough to take the position.

This is true in Dien Bien Phu, and the situation is similar in Liangshan. This made the Southwest Military Region very depressed, originally they thought that they would achieve a big victory in Annam, but what they didn't expect was that the Japanese army here turned out to be a piece of hard bones that were not easy to gnaw.

"Ishihara, Ishihara will leave this matter to you." Xianyuan Gong Zairen still followed his previous habits, and said directly to Ishihara: "Your mission this time. It's not just about opening up access to Afghanistan. I hope that you will command a part of the troops and be responsible for the task of attacking the Soviet Union. ”

Kanin Miyajihito is not a stupid person, he naturally knows the contradiction between Ishihara Waner and Tojo Hideki. In order to balance this contradiction, it is better for one of them to leave the homeland.

Hideki Tojo as Prime Minister. Nature can't go. So the only one who wants to leave is Ishihara. Moreover, Kanin Miyajihito also wondered if Ishihara had retained his fighting instinct as a soldier after all these years.

Japan assisted Germany in waging war against the Soviet Union. It is not safe to hand over this matter to the others Xianyuan Palace. And now most of the Japanese troops are placed in Annam to defend against the attack of the Wehrmacht.

There can't be too many troops that can be sent to Afghanistan. At this time, it is even more necessary for a person with specific strategic planning and strong tactical execution ability to command.

In the heart of the Kanin Palace, Ishihara Waner is the best candidate.

"Hay! Ishihara will do his best to live up to His Majesty the Emperor and the Governor's trust!! "Ishihara Wan'er has been suffocated all these years, in fact, he doesn't like this kind of day as a staff officer at all.

As a staff officer, where can I have the pleasure of leading troops into battle?! And many times, the army side in the base camp has to compromise with the navy for some interests.

If it is as a commander, Ishihara can scold the masters of the base camp for not having the bottom line. But in the base camp, he can only be the object of scolding.

Ishihara has long been annoyed by such days. He wanted to personally go into battle and command the troops, and use his strengths to win one victory after another that was more pleasing to the eye than these plans.

"Your Majesty, I am not in favor of making contact with the Japanese. In my opinion, this is tantamount to conspiring with a tiger! Those who come from the island nation can't be trusted at all. ”

In the Gulhanna Palace in Kandahar, Afghanistan, the commander of the Central Army in Kabul, the Kingdom of Afghanistan, and the director of the military academy. Idris. Daoud. Khan had no hint of deference to his king.

Sitting on the throne is the current king of the Kingdom of Afghanistan Muhammad. Zahir. Shah frowned, dissatisfied with this disrespectful display of his cousin.

"Daoud, the situation now is that the Japanese have marched into India. India, which has gained independence, is now growing vigorously with Japanese funding. Zahir looked at his cousin and sighed: "I originally thought that the modernization achievements of the West, especially Britain and France, were incomparable, but now it seems that they are not the best. ”

"The words of the Germans, I dare not contact them. They are now preparing an attack on the Soviet Union, and if they were involved, perhaps Afghanistan would have to face another war. Although China is on our border, there are mountains between us. And now that China itself is in trouble with the war, there is no need for us to cause trouble. ”

Saying that, Zahir sighed and stood up and said: "Afghanistan wants to develop, we want to lead the people to achieve a better life, then the modernization of the country is the only way." But there is no other way for us to modernize than to learn from others......"

"We can learn from the Soviet Union!" Daoud mentioned the Soviet Union, and his eyes lit up. He said loudly to his cousin: "The industrial achievements of the Soviet Union are worth learning from, but in a few years, they can produce tanks and fighters on their own from the civil war to the present!" What a rapid industrial construction this is, and I think we should learn from them......"

Zahir looked at his cousin like an idiot with a pig's intestine in his head. Daoud was dancing and talking excitedly, but he immediately stopped talking at the look of his brother.

"Daoud, if only someone else said so. How can you say that?! Not to mention the policy of the Soviet Union, which is to overthrow all of us, which we will not be able to carry out at all. The establishment of Afghanistan was built on the head of the clans. You, I, are from these clans. And every official below, even businessmen and soldiers, which one can leave the relationship with the Touren clan?! Are you going to clean us all up?! ”

Daoud was dumbfounded, and then Zahir said: "Also, the Soviet Union has now faintly become the target of attack by Germany and Japan. The famous quote shows that the Germans were actively preparing for an attack on the Soviet Union. ”

"At this time, we have a relationship with the Soviet Union, and it is no different from going to find a bullet block ourselves." After a pause, Zahir said: "When the time comes, Afghanistan will face a two-sided attack from Japan and Germany, do you think we will be able to survive?!" ”

"We ...... Didn't we defeat the British......"

"Stupid! That's because at that time Russia also hoped that the British would be unlucky in Afghanistan, and the army used to attack the British three times never exceeded 50,000 men! The last two times, they were all mercenaries! Zahir hated the iron and scolded: "Do you think it is really our Afghanistan that withstood the attack of the British?!" That's because we're fighting a proxy war, and Afghanistan is just a chessboard for them to play! And we, however, are nothing more than pawns! ”