Chapter 399: The Navy's Dilemma

The Japanese navy, in World War II, was definitely the most brilliant navy, and there was no one. Although before the outbreak of the war, the strength of the Japanese navy was not the strongest in the world.www.biquge.info However, their exploration of aviation technology, as well as their due and tactical approaches to aircraft carriers, have always been at the forefront of the world. This is also the reason why they were able to sweep across the entire Pacific Ocean and fight the US imperialist navy in the early days of the war.

Of course, in the end, the Japanese navy was not able to get rid of the doom of victory and decline. This is mainly determined by the resources and industrial strength of Japan. Relying on aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft units, the Japanese navy won a brilliant victory in the early stage of the war. Blinded the Americans. However, because of a series of mistakes made by Japan itself in the war and the outbreak of the powerful industrial strength of the United States, the Japanese navy became weaker and weaker in the war, so that now, it is gradually at a disadvantage.

The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, although it dealt heavy damage to the US Navy's Pacific Fleet. However, it was only those old battleships that were destroyed and sunk, and there was not a single aircraft carrier. Moreover, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, important facilities such as oil depots were not destroyed, so that the Americans were able to quickly reuse the Pearl Harbor base and launch an attack on Japan.

If the Japanese could have taken advantage of the Hawaiian Islands after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Perhaps, they would not have been forced to be like this. With Hawaii as a bridgehead, if the Americans want to regain control of the Pacific Ocean, they must first recapture the Hawaiian Islands. It's a pity that Ri* himself didn't think about it that much at the time. They just want to focus on the Americans, so that they can take advantage of the situation and occupy the whole of Southeast Asia. When the time comes, it will be able to force the Americans to pinch their noses and recognize their hegemony in the Western Pacific.

But who knows, Americans don't eat this set at all? On the contrary, the United States seized the opportunity to participate in this world war. Before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, isolationism was prevalent in the United States, so they had no way to participate in the world war, and they could not seize the leadership of the world through the world war. Therefore, there is also a conspiracy theory that the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese was simply a bitter ploy played by the Americans. The reason for this is that it is used as an excuse to participate in the war.

Later, the Japanese navy made a fatal mistake in the Battle of Midway, which led to their crushing defeat. Since then, the Japanese navy has rarely won victories, but has been defeated again and again. This made the strength of the Japanese navy even weaker.

Compared with the fact that the Americans were able to build twenty or thirty aircraft carriers at a time, Japan's shipbuilding industry was much weaker. The aircraft carriers they lost, it is difficult to replenish them. The US Navy, on the other hand, was able to be replenished by two or more aircraft carriers after the loss of one aircraft carrier. As a result, the Japanese navy is getting weaker and weaker, while the US navy is getting stronger and stronger.

In addition, in a very important factor, the pilot factor, the gap between the two sides is also further widening. The pilots of Japan, whether they are pilots of the Army Air Corps or carrier-based aircraft pilots of the Navy, are the elite of the elite. Only the elite of the military can become pilots. Such an elite model makes the quality of the pilots of the Japanese army very strong. Coupled with advanced fighter planes, the Japanese navy was able to fight invincible opponents throughout the Pacific Ocean in the early stage of the war.

However, with the entry into service of the new carrier-based aircraft of the US Navy, the superiority of the Japanese Navy in aircraft performance no longer exists. The loss of elite pilots is increasing, which also makes the pilots who are replenished in the future more and more rubbish. Later, because of the loss of a large number of elite pilots, the carrier-based aircraft unit of the Japanese Navy was only able to use some rookies to fly carrier-based aircraft. The US Navy, on the contrary, is different. They have a huge reserve of pilots. The pilots at the front, after the losses, were quickly able to replenish. As a result, the U.S. Navy already has an overwhelming advantage. Next, the hard days of the Japanese navy have undoubtedly arrived.

In particular, in the Battle of Kuah Island at the end of last year, the Japanese navy was once again defeated, losing two battleships, one cruiser, and ten transport ships. It can be said that the current combined fleet of the Japanese Navy has lost the strength to confront the US Navy, and they can only defend themselves.

Under such circumstances, in order to restore the strength of the Navy as soon as possible, Senior Admiral Shigetaro, Minister of the Japanese Navy, Senior Admiral Shusei Nagano, Minister of Military Command of the Japanese Navy, and Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Combined Fleet of the Japanese Navy, jointly requested that Prime Minister Senior Admiral Hideki Tojo and request that the Cabinet allocate funds to speed up the construction of the Navy's aircraft carriers and other main warships.

But now, Japan's strength has begun to decline. The financial pressure on the government is also very great. The Navy wants more money to build warships, and this will inevitably cut the Army's military spending. However, the losses in both the Chinese and Nanyang battlefields were getting bigger and bigger, which made the pressure on the Japanese cabinet very great.

In order to appease the navy, Hideki Tojo approved the navy's capital ship construction plan. However, the resources and funds required are more likely to be plundered from other theaters of war. Otherwise, Japan's finances will not be able to support such consumption at all.

The Admiralty, Admiral Shigetaro Shimada, Minister of the Navy, is working on the documents. As the U.S. Navy began to press on in the Pacific. The pressure on the Japanese navy is now increasing. The naval forces, because of too many losses, have reached the point of being stretched.

"Damn the Americans, why are they insisting on fighting?" General Shigetaro Shigetaro scolded secretly.

At the beginning, when the attack on Pearl Harbor was launched, the Japanese navy believed that after severely inflicting heavy losses on the main force of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet, the Americans would definitely ask for peace with Japan. In this case, Japan will be able to force the United States to sign a treaty that is beneficial to Japan. But who knows, the Americans simply don't play their cards according to common sense? Even if he suffered heavy losses, he gritted his teeth and fought to the end with Japan.

On the contrary, now, the Japanese * book is about to be dragged to death.