The Wehrmacht himself may not have noticed it, but the gun master already knew in his heart: the Japanese army is gradually getting stronger! In some respects, they are already ahead of Europe and the United States.

If it weren't for the resource constraints, they might have developed even more. After all, they have a deeper industrial base than the Wehrmacht, and they naturally explode faster.

War is a catalyst for technology, and it has been so since ancient times. In the war, both sides are constantly pursuing higher, faster, and stronger, and they will continue to research and develop those new technologies.

And try to use them in war, to defeat their opponents. The earliest space technology in later generations was the V2 missile derived from Germany.

Subsequently, missiles evolved into missiles because of their needs. Nuclear power plants, undoubtedly, originated from the atomic bomb. The same is true of airplanes, which were the most powerful in World War II in the days when they were invented.

Even the earliest jet aircraft were developed by the Germans for the war effort.

The world's first electronic computer, the "Electronic Digital Integral Computer," was developed by the Auberding Weapons Test Site in the United States to meet the needs of calculating ballistics. Of course, it is funded by the United States.

The Internet was first proposed by the U.S. Department of Defense Research Projects Agency (ARPANET). Needless to say, these inventions and researches that influenced later generations were all made as a result of war or preparation for war.

Japan's biggest weakness lies in its resources. Now that resources have been obtained, no one is sure how far they will develop.

From the defeat of the American army in Southeast Asia, the Tu San Artillery has seen the great progress of Japan. First, they began to use the concept of coordinated operations of ground forces and air forces.

This was almost unthinkable during the battles at the front and with the Wehrmacht. The second is that they used a large number of armored units, including Type 97 artillery combat vehicles and Type 97 tanks, which were also rare in the past.

The most audacious thing is that they used warplanes to bomb Pearl Harbor! Sneaking 3,000 nautical miles, it directly attacked the US military port, causing heavy losses to the US military, and even making it difficult to play a role in the Pacific war within a year.

And the subsequent Southeast Asian campaign has a lot to offer. At least in terms of the use of troops and tactical arrangements, it is very good. As a result, Southeast Asia, which was originally occupied by Europe and the United States, has now fallen into the hands of the Japanese.

"What I want to tell you is that what you see is only the current Japanese army. And what kind of Japanese troops you will meet in the future, no one can be sure. The third artillery waved his hand at these American officers and said, "Fighting is never static, so we should be fighting with big swords and spears at this time." Not a warship with guns and planes! ”

These American generals only then realized that not only they would be able to change the Japanese who were at war. They are getting stronger, more ferocious, and more difficult to deal with.

"I'm probably the one who has the most contact with Japanese people here." The cannon man grinned and said to everyone: "From 1904. I've been in contact with Japanese people. There were those who killed them, and there were those who helped them kill the Russians. ”

Looking at everyone's faces, the cannon shrugged.

"I'm Chinese, and for me they are all robbers who have entered my house. Since he is a robber, then I will kill whoever I kill. ”

Several U.S. generals swallowed a mouthful of saliva. Only then did they realize that the general was a bandit. The date he is talking about should be during the Russo-Japanese War.

"From that time to my recent battle in Shandong, the number of Japanese who died at my hands was less than 200,000." The three artillery words were an understatement, and these generals listened in a cold sweat.

"So, I should be the most experienced." Sancang paused and said to them: "Believe me, the Japanese don't look down. There's no need to look up. ”

The Japanese, who can't look up or look down, are happy now. Because the first supplies from Southeast Asia have arrived. Almost everyone in Tokyo gathered at the port in anticipation.

In addition to some of the wounded soldiers, 40 tons of gold, 12 tons of platinum, about 40 boxes of precious stones and ore, 3,000 tons of tin ingots, 3,000 tons of rubber, and thousands of tons of rice were transported.

These are things that are sorely lacking in Japan today, even though the people are unaware of those precious supplies. But the ordinary material cabinet still came out through the newspapers. In order to let the people feel the dividends of the war.

And those precious materials such as gold, platinum and precious stones are only known to the commanders and high-ranking officials of the base camp in Southeast Asia. The outside world won't know.

"It's coming! Here it comes!! "On the edge of the dock, there was a crowd of people. Countless earth-shattering cheers came out, and the crowd of people who couldn't stop waving the sun flag were all shouting "onboard~".

In the cheers of the crowd. The cruise ship slowly docked. The deck was bridged, and the supplies were brought off the ship to the cheers of the Japanese.

For the sake of shock. The bags of rice were deliberately opened for the crowd to see. And when the ingot of tin was carried down, the crowd cheered even louder.

The other two freighters slowly approached the shore with more than 10,000 tons of iron ore. These are all ores mined in Southeast Asia, and they are sent back to Japan for smelting, and they will eventually be turned into murderous weapons and will be used to fight various battlefields with the Japanese army.

"Great Japanese Empire onboard!!" Bursts of shouts rang out in the crowd, and countless people were catering to them.

Japan had already considered the issue of shipping at the beginning of the war, and at the request of the Admiralty, a set of plans for the manufacture of "wartime standard ships" was drawn up.

Before the start of the war, the Japanese Admiralty estimated that once the war began, Japan would lose 80-1 million tons of cargo ships in the first year of the war, 60-800,000 tons in the second year, and 40-600,000 tons per year after the third year.

At that time, the total tonnage of cargo ships owned by Japan was about 6.3 million tons, so they calculated that the minimum requirements for Japan's shipbuilding capacity were:

In the first year of the war, it was able to produce 450,000 tons of cargo ships, the second year it was 600,000 tons, and after the third year, it was able to produce 800,000 tons per year.

After the outbreak of the war, the construction of Japanese merchant ships was also under the jurisdiction of the navy, so both the military and the civilian sector produced and used warmark ships. There are ten types of ships in the first batch of battle marks: 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F cargo ships, 1K ore carriers, 1TL, 1LM and 1TS oil tankers.

This time, a cruise ship specializing in carrying valuable materials and two 5,300-ton 1K ore carriers returned from Southeast Asia. Of course, the Japanese did not forget to send a 10000-ton Type 1TL tanker.

Seeing batches of supplies being sent ashore, everyone's cheers were even louder. Both Kanin Miya, who presided over the War Department, and Fushimi Palace, who presided over the Admiralty, were extremely satisfied.

"Your Majesty is still too worried, according to the current situation, the empire will definitely be able to achieve the final victory." King Fushimi Gong slowly put down the binoculars and said to the idle courtyard beside him.

The latter nodded, but then explained: "Your Majesty is also worried that if there is a problem in the future, the royal family will be involved, so we try to hide behind the scenes." After all, even if there is a problem in the future, we are not above it to explain......"

It turned out that as early as the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Hirohito was very worried that if he failed, the royal family would be involved. So he found Kanin Miyajihito and Fushimi Miyahiro Gong and asked them to retreat into the background.

Then they put the people they trust on top and control the entire campaign behind the scenes. But King Fushimi Miyahiro and Kanin Miyajihito were not very willing to do this.

Their reason was that China had already lost a serious war at that time, and if the imperial family withdrew from the command at this time, it would cause the entire imperial ** team to shake.

After they repeatedly assured and told Hirohito that even if there was a problem, someone would take the account, and Hirohito reluctantly agreed that they would continue to command in their current position.

"I know, but as imperial royalty, we naturally have to stand at the front." King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong sighed and said, "Your Majesty, you don't have the decisiveness of Emperor Muhito......"

"Your Highness is cautious!" Xianyuan Palace looked nervously to see if there was anyone on the left and right, and then he said to King Bogong of Fushimi Palace in a cold sweat: "Your Highness can't say these words anymore, if the wall has ears, you say that I listen to you, I will not be protected......"

King Fushimi Palace Bogong was also emotional, and he was reminded by the Xianyuan Palace that he remembered the seriousness of his words. In Japan at this time, you can question the sea minister, you can question the land minister, and even the prime minister.

But you must not question Hirohito, otherwise it will be considered disrespectful! Whether it is the military, politics, business, or civil society, no one can tolerate you.

"As long as we can continue to bring these supplies back, we will definitely be able to achieve the final victory!" After being silent for a while, King Fushimi Miyahiro chose to change the subject.

"Yes......" Xianyuan Palace replied without knowing the taste, a little interested. But then Fushiminomiya's words made him come to his senses all of a sudden.

"I think instead of wasting troops in China, we should focus our troops on Southeast Asia." Fushimi Palace suddenly said to the idle palace beside him: "Maybe it is right to occupy places like Australia and India." ”

"Nope! It's impossible! Xianyuan Palace jumped up all of a sudden, and said loudly: "Those territories are all empires, and they will be defeated with blood and life!" How can you say give up and give up?! This is absolutely impossible!! ”

"Xianyuan Palace, let's take a look rationally. We lost hundreds of thousands of troops in China, but what did we get?! Some grain, some iron ore. It's not even as good as what we're gaining in Southeast Asia this time. Fushimiya was not angry: "Think about it!" This is also for the good of the Empire......"