"Die for the bold!"

Later generations of people have used this sentence in business, but they don't know that this sentence is the most appropriate to use in Japan, especially in modern Japan, which is a perfect match. Modern Japan and China are simply typical examples of "supporting the bold" and "starving to the cowardly". And later facts also proved that Japan was indeed "strangled to death", but what about China? was bullied by Japan, a bold man, so he had no choice but to fight hard, but as a result, he was no longer timid, and he finally did not "starve to death".

Although Ishihara is an outlier among the militaristic idiots mass-produced by the Japanese military academy, he also has the characteristics of the Japanese: good betting!

He is well aware of the environment that Japan is facing. Although the seizure of Indonesia, Malaya, and the Philippines has provided a relatively stable source of strategic resources that Japan desperately needs, it will take some time for these resources to be truly transformed into combat effectiveness. Compared with the industrial strength of Britain and the United States, Japan is not on the table at all. He knows that not to mention Japan's current attack on the United States in the east, its invasion of Southeast Asia in the south, the Soviet Union in the north, and the defeat of England in the west, and the Republic of China in the middle, can be described as a great display of strength and majesty, but this is definitely not Japan's strength to that extent. At the end of the day, Japan is really lucky to have come this far. And he can also be sure that except for Southeast Asia, Japan will not be able to defeat any of the enemies in the other four directions...... As long as people persist in fighting, Japan will be killed by a single one, even the weakest China.

He also calculated that Japan's industrial output accounts for only 5 percent or even less than 5 percent of the world's total, and at most it can only be regarded as a third-rate in the world, not only far from the United States, but also a long way behind the Soviet Union, Germany, and Britain. Therefore, PK with the United States is actually self-defeating. For example, their steel production has been less than 7 million tons in the last two years. And what about the United States? Although the war has broken out and it has participated in the war, its production force is still not fully mobilized, but even so, its steel production is expected to reach more than 80 million tons this year, and its steel production is still hovering around 23 million to 35 million tons during the Great Depression in the thirties, when half of the blast furnaces were shut down. In other words, Japan is playing against the United States, which has suffered a heavy economic blow, and it will not win. And that's not all. Japan also lacks high-quality iron ore resources, which can be supplemented by China, but it is still difficult to meet the steel and metal requirements of military factories. Ishihara believes that if the scale of the war is further expanded, then. They may have to tear down the steel fences and road manhole covers in the Chinese-occupied territories and re-furnace them to make steel.

Before planning a sneak attack on the United States, Isoroku Yamamoto had expressed strong opposition to it. One of the biggest reasons for its opposition is that the gap between the industrial levels of the two sides is too far. "There are more chimneys in the United States than there are trees in Japan"!

But no matter what. The war with the United States has begun.

So Ishihara believed that they had to end the war before Japan's war potential was exhausted. It's hard, very, very hard, it's not possible to do it at all. But at the very least, they should also create an extremely favorable strategic environment for Japan before the war potential is exhausted.

Before, Ishihara didn't think this idea was feasible. Therefore, his idea was only to occupy the Strait of Malacca, seize Australia, the forward position against the United States, stick to the front line of the Ural Mountains, and first try his best to block the three major powers of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union from the periphery. And then plotted against China...... This is also very difficult to do, because it is difficult to completely win against China alone, but if it does, Japan will at least have a chance to survive. But he didn't expect the British to be so incompetent, which made him see a further dawn.

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"Ishihara, you think I'm very ignorant of the military, so you want to deceive me, don't you?"

Ishihara's words choked Hirohito's saliva directly in his mouth, making His Majesty the Emperor almost choke to death...... And this also led to Hirohito's extreme anger: the Chinese have not yet been defeated, and they want to run to the Asian-African junction? Is the Suez Canal easy to fight? Although the British did not perform well, it was the Suez Canal. No matter how good the Japanese Navy is, when it has to take into account Southeast Asia and Australia, as well as inspect the Pacific defense line east of Japan, how can it still have the ability to cross the Indian Ocean to fight? Moreover, even if they win, those warships that the British put in the Mediterranean are good-looking?

"Your Majesty, the British are actively plotting for Libyan oil! Although their troops in Egypt tried to hide their actions, they were sure that they thought so, and they must have acted on them...... And once the war in Libya begins, Egypt will inevitably be empty! At this time, we have a surprise attack from the Red Sea, and there is a great possibility that we can seize the Suez Canal! "Ishihara Waner Masaki said.

"I know the geography of the world!" Hirohito shouted, "Into the Red Sea? Do you think you will be able to hide from the British when you enter the Red Sea? ”

"I can't hide it." Ishihara held his head high, "But as long as we get enough time to act, we can achieve our goal." ”

"But I think you're underestimating our enemies." Hirohito exclaimed, "The power of the British in Egypt and the power in Burma are fundamentally two levels!" Don't you know that? ”

"Yes." Ishihara squinted at Hirohito: "And the British are also very clear. So, they never thought we'd raid there. ”

"It won't work." Hirohito shouted.

"If you don't try, how do you know if you won't succeed?" Ishihara stood up sharply and took a step forward: "Your Majesty, if the previous strategy was that we were almost defeated, then, if we take Suez, our hope of turning defeat into victory will be greatly increased!" As long as we can hold there for three months, we can even reconcile with Britain and the United States...... It's reconciliation, you know? It is to let Britain and the United States take the initiative to reconcile with us after losing Southeast Asia! ”

“…… Reconciliation? Hirohito's Emperor was instantly robbed of his momentum, and he returned to the sluggish situation he had not been a long time ago, "Can we still reconcile with Britain and the United States?" ”

"As long as we can do what we thought we couldn't do, Britain and the United States must reconcile with us. Britain, in particular, they need oil from the Middle East, iron ore from India, and all sorts of supplies, if they don't have these things. Their combat effectiveness will plummet, and they will even have to completely fall to the United States. But this is absolutely unacceptable to them. Ishihara's eyes shone with a hint of madness, "And as long as Britain takes the initiative to reconcile with us, then the United States will not be able to fight us alone until the war in Europe is over." At that time, there will be only one China left for our enemies! Only China! And again, China is completely surrounded by us...... What if they cede Myanmar to them? Even if they can absorb the oil of Ringanqiang and the copper mines of Monywa, how can they compare to us, who have access to oil from Southeast Asia, Iran and even the whole of the Middle East? And apart from these, the Suez Canal is occupied by us. Even if they occupy Burma, they will no longer be able to get any help from the outside world! ”

"Isn't it too idealistic?" Hirohito was slightly shaken, but reason told him that this plan was still a little too incredible, "If we really want to reconcile with Britain and the United States, how can they let us continue to occupy Suez?" And if you want to keep possession of Suez. How can Britain and the United States reconcile with us? ”

"That's what we need to do!" Ishihara said, "Besides, we are not alone!" If you know what we do. Germany and Italy will definitely go out of their way to help us. We can even get support that we can't even imagine! ”

"This ...... Does it really work? ”

Hirohito was finally tempted. Militarists like them. It's all extremely easy to go crazy. Just like the First Sino-Japanese War challenged the Qing Dynasty, and the Russo-Japanese War challenged Russia, before the war, everyone thought that Japan was beyond their strength, but they still won in the end. As for the snatching of Suez...... And across the Indian Ocean? Across the Pacific Ocean, didn't they also blow up the Panama Canal by the Imperial Japanese Army? Until now, the Americans are still desperately trying to repair it. That's not about building one or two warships. As long as you put in the effort, you can repair it quickly, in addition to the effort, it also takes time, a lot of time. Again. Across the Pacific Ocean and a North America, their air forces also bombed New York...... If these impossible things have been done, why can't we grab the Suez Canal across the Indian Ocean?

"The chances of victory are only 20 percent, but that's not less than the previous missions to bomb Pearl Harbor, destroy the Pacific Fleet, and bomb the U.S. mainland. But if this plan succeeds, then we will have a greater say in the post-war period, and we will be free to advance and retreat regardless of whether the Axis powers win or lose in the end! And if we can occupy it for a long time, then, having the oil-producing regions of Southeast Asia and the Middle East, it is almost certain that the empire will become one of the makers of the future world order. At that time, we will really be on par with the Anglo-American powers and have a great hope of surpassing them! Ishihara exclaimed impassionedly.

"But this is 'preemption'!" Hirohito finally still had a trace of sanity: "Ishihara-qing, this is completely different from sending aviation troops to bomb in the past. This requires ground forces. And the British were not weak in the Indian Ocean, but even more powerful in the Mediterranean, and if discovered, what a huge loss it would be to the empire, you know? ”

"That's why we have to be prepared before we act, even if we don't have much hope of success." Ishihara clenched his fists, "This is also the fundamental reason why the minister wants to shrink a large area on the Chinese battlefield. ”

"Do you want to draw troops from the Chinese battlefield again?" Hirohito's heart tightened, "The Chinese are already difficult to deal with, and if we transfer troops there, wouldn't it be even more disadvantageous to us?" ”

"Your Majesty, I don't plan to draw soldiers from our empire." Ishihara sneered.

"Don't draw the Imperial Army? Then you ......" Hirohito puzzled.

"I'm going to transfer China's Imperial Cooperative Army!" Ishihara's smile grew colder and colder, "Your Majesty, do you know how many people there are in this team?" If we could, we could even get more than a million troops! ”

"How can this work?" Hirohito was shocked, "So many Chinese, if they rebel, can't you think of what will happen?" ”

"What can happen?" Ishihara smiled disdainfully, "Chinese, like us, are all yellows!" If those Imperial Concorde troops go to Egypt, they will only be closer to us than they are now! They will become sharper and sharper bayonets in our hands! ”

"You're too confident, Ishihara." Hirohito let out a long breath, "Don't you know who the leaders of those Imperial Allies are?" If they were forced to lead their troops abroad to fight, they would immediately surrender to the Chinese government. ”

"That's why we have to get rid of the leaders of these Imperial Allies before they leave the country!" Ishihara said coldly.

"It's even more fantastical!" Hirohito rolled his eyes very unsolemnly, "Qing family, if you clean up the leaders of those Imperial Alliance Army on a large scale, it will only speed up their surrender!" ”

"I didn't say we'd do it," Ishihara smiled, "someone will help us, Your Majesty!" (To be continued......)