As usual, Zhao Jian, who got up early for morning exercises, took the coffee that Hongling had prepared for himself after returning home, turned on the radio on time to listen to the morning news, and as soon as he heard the first news, Zhao Jian squirted out all the coffee he had just drunk in his mouth.

"it! Japan declared war on Datang? Could it be that my radio is broken? ”

"Bang" slapped the radio twice, until the announcer inside repeated the news a second time, Zhao Jian was sure that it was indeed not a problem with sound quality, but it meant that a bigger problem had arisen!

"How many medicines does Nima have to take wrong to make Japan take the initiative to declare war on Datang?"

The Tang Dynasty in this time and space is not the poor and weak Republic of China in Zhao Jian's previous life, the overall strength of the country is so strong, as long as the emperor is not like a certain "Lafayette" who is so brainless that he declares war on all the powers at the same time, he is invincible in the world! If it weren't for the internal power struggles that tied the country's hands, the external sealing net would not have been so effective.

Putting aside the complicated political factors, simply comparing the national strength of the Tang Dynasty and Japan, the gap between the two countries is a hopeless distance for Japan. Relying on 15 times the annual steel output of Japan, Datang, which has strong industrial strength, is well deserved to be the world's first in terms of armament, both in terms of quantity and quality.

By 1937, the total population of Japan was about 110 million, and the army had 17 divisions and regiments, 4 mixed brigades, 4 cavalry brigades, 5 field heavy artillery brigades, 3 armored aircraft wings, 16 flying wings and second-line garrisons, with a total of 400,000 troops on active duty, and the reserves and supplementary troops at all levels were estimated to be between 600~7 million.

Stronger than in another plane, but only very limited!

Moreover, these units are generally not highly mechanized, the number of heavy weapons is average, and the armored machine units are only as few as 400 Type 89 units. Compared with the Japanese Navy, the characteristics of the Army highlight a "stepmother"! Fortunately, the 7 giant god soldiers owned by Japan are nominally subordinate to the army battle sequence, which is not too ugly.

And the Datang side. Although the Turtle Army is not too popular, at least the investment of mainland countries in this area is not a little stronger than that of island countries.

The Datang Army currently has 18 Group Army A and 18 Group Army B that can be rapidly expanded to Group A in wartime. With the addition of some independent troops, the active strength is about 4 million, and the total number of reserves at all levels has reached a frenzied 38 million! Although the number of giant gods has not been disclosed, it is speculated that the number will definitely not be less than 20.

It is worth mentioning that two-thirds of the active army of the Tang Dynasty has completed the modernization and reorganization, and the mechanization process has been greatly improved. In addition, under the inspiration of the "artillery doctrine", the caliber of artillery is large, the number is large, and the ammunition base is sufficient. Some ace troops, even 150 heavy howitzers were assigned to the company level, which is simply "trench" inhumane!

On the naval side, though. Japan, which has invested heavily in its family, can barely have the strength to fight with Datang!

The Combined Fleet currently has 285 ships in active service with a total tonnage of 1.12 million, and its main warships include 9 battleships, 12 heavy cruisers, and 6 aircraft carriers that can only perform operations in the atmosphere. Datang has more than 1,200 ships in service, including 20 battleships, 20 battle cruisers, 40 heavy cruisers and 4 aircraft carriers, with a total tonnage of 5 times that of Japan!

In view of this, Zhao Jian felt a little confused, obviously they still came to ask for support yesterday, but the next day they suddenly declared war, and it was the head of state who personally came to hand over the war letter. In the eyes of the onlookers who don't know the truth, Hirohito children's shoes are a mess!

However, what made Zhao Jian more interested was what unknown mysterious events happened in Chang'an on the night of July 7. to cause this situation in front of you!?

At this time, it was not only Zhao Jian who felt inexplicable, but all the Tang people who listened to this news broadcast had a similar feeling to him. On the Japanese side, both military and political circles are now completely messy, and the people are even more like a fried pot. Crowds of ordinary people blocked the door of the prime minister's office to ask for an explanation, desperately hoping that the government would come forward to give an explanation.

If they say, "It's a joke," more than ninety percent of Japanese people will say it with a sigh of relief.

"I'm going to scare you to death!"

As a native of the Tang Kingdom. Although Zhao Jian and Hongling were a little confused after hearing this news, at least they were quite calm, but soon they saw the disgraced Zhengzi stumbling into the living room, grabbed Zhao Jian, shook him and asked.

"Zhao Jun, what's going on here, this, what's going on!?"

"Righteousness, calmness, calmness! I'm not the emperor, how can I know what's going on! ”

"But Japan actually declared war on Datang, how can I calm down? My father once said that if Japan fights the United States, it still has a vague chance of winning, but if it fights the Tang Dynasty, it will definitely die! ”

"Uh...... Your father really understands people. ”

In fact, in Japan's strategy of hegemony, Datang is the last opponent for them to completely dominate the world. Before that, he first had to unite with each other to defeat the other great powers of the world, and then tear his skin when he grew strong enough to be able to defeat them. This process takes tens or even hundreds of years, and there is no rush at all.

But no one in the group of guys in the Japanese army base camp thought that Hirohito would do such a thing as a frontal declaration of war on the first day of his visit to Tang, it was like forcing Japan, which had just left the novice village, to jump directly to fight the "final boss"!

This is probably the biggest drawback of a monarchy, as long as the emperor has a hot brain, the declaration of war can be said to come with his mouth open.

At the dinner party on July 7, when Lingzong deliberately stimulated him with the "height problem" that Hirohito was most concerned about, the other party unsurprisingly went berserk. In front of the countless dignitaries present, Hirohito ignored Hirota Hiroki's dissuasion, roared to declare war on the Tang Dynasty on behalf of Japan, and vowed to make Reimu pay the price for insulting the emperor.

Lingzong, who kept smiling at this throughout the whole process, snapped his fingers directly to the media representatives present, asking them to "help" to release His Majesty Hirohito's declaration of war speech. Although these official representatives of the royal media looked at each other, they still did as ordered by the Spirit Sect. So early the next morning, Datang's morning news was the first to release the news, and the whole world was shocked!

In this regard, the attitude of the Datang military appeared to be the most positive, and most of the troops did not go to confirm the accuracy of the news with the above at the first time, but first asked officers at all levels to mobilize the grassroots soldiers before the war, which was completely a war maniac posture that wanted to fear that the world would not be chaotic.

it! It's been more than 30 years since I knelt down and begged for the "first shot", and I finally met the one who gave face! If we don't go to the Tao again, won't that bury my parents' talents? (To be continued......)

PS: I have increased the population and industrial capacity of each country, but considering the status of the army, the army strength of most countries is similar to this time and space...... Raising too much food is a waste of food.