Tojo nodded and replied: "The minister believes that the biggest failure of the German and Italian allies in the North African battlefield is that they did not give priority to capturing the other islands of Makai at the beginning, which caused their logistics supply lines to be exposed to the naval and air threats of the allies for a long time, until they were completely cut off in the end!" The North African battlefield is mostly a desert area with a harsh living environment, which is extremely dependent on the mechanization of troops, in other words, it will rely more on logistics and supplies, especially in terms of fuel. In fact, it was precisely because the supply line was cut off that it ultimately led to the defeat of Rommel's Afrika Korps! ”

Sounding so reasonable, Hirohito bowed his head slightly and said, "Tojo-kun, is there anything else?" Please go on. "Hello!" Tojo nodded, then continued; "If fundamentally, the defeat of the German-Italian allies also lies in the loss of air and sea supremacy, as well as the inferior industrial output capacity of the allies. Chen said a long time ago that modern warfare is not only about the courage and number of soldiers, but more importantly, about fighting for national strength and industrial production capacity, after all, no matter how brave the front-line soldiers are, they are not afraid of death, and their flesh and blood cannot withstand bullets, not to mention aircraft artillery and tanks and armored vehicles! ”

"The German-Italian allies are ostensibly lost in the logistics supply line, but in fact they are lost in industrial production capacity, lost in air supremacy, and finally lost in the consumption of national strength!" "Today, the industrial machinery in the United States is running at full speed, and according to intelligence, the United States produced 75 million tons of steel in 1941. More than half of the total steel production of the Soviet Union, Germany, Great Britain, France, and the Great Japanese Empire!

This data is completely worthy of scrutiny, and it is by no means a casual nonsense! "In addition, the United States can now produce 200 million tons of oil a year, 40,000 planes and 30,000 tanks a year. This equates to the production of an average of 128 aircraft and 82 tanks per day. This means that the planes and tanks that come out of the production line every day can equip three U.S. air groups and one U.S. armored regiment. And that's just the current numbers, which will be further strengthened over time! ”

"It is precisely because of the strong industrial production capacity of the United States that the German and Italian allies are getting weaker and weaker in the continuous war of attrition, while the allied camp is getting stronger and stronger, so that in the end they completely lost air and sea supremacy, and the supply lines were completely cut off!" "What's more, the production capacity of U.S. ships is also very amazing, not only the Atlantic Fleet has been greatly enhanced, but even the U.S. Pacific Fleet has become quite large, and has even regained its previous strength.

Presumably, it won't be long before the Americans launch a counteroffensive against the Empire of Japan in the Pacific theater! The Great Japanese Empire is also about to face a two-front war! "If it weren't for the fact that the Japanese Empire had caused considerable damage to the important industrial port cities on the West Coast of the United States, perhaps the industrial machinery of the United States would have been so powerful more than half a year ago." After the conversation box was opened, it couldn't be contained, and Tojo's conversation became more and more intense, and he was full of analysis and analysis, which made Hirohito, Fushimi Miya, Tominaga and others stunned when they heard it.

"Nani?" "Is the industrial production capacity of the United States so strong?" "It's terrifying!" "Isn't this also dangerous for the Great Japanese Empire?" They know that the United States is very powerful and has the largest industrial production capacity in the world, but after hearing these big data at this time, they still can't help but shudder and gasp. At this time, Tojo also made a big move, took out a document and said: "The minister asked the War Readiness Division of the Ministry of War to judge the national strength of the United States a month ago.

Just yesterday, the minister finally received a report from Kenkichi Shinjo, the military attache stationed in the United States, on the comparison of the national strength of Japan and the United States, and the specific data are as follows: steel production is 1:20, oil refining is 1:30, coal production is 1:11, electricity is 1:45, and aluminum production is 1:8. Aircraft production is 1:6, automobile production is 1:410, ship ownership is 1:13, and industrial labor is 1:4,......" Hirohito frowned and asked with great concern: "Tojo-kun, doesn't this mean that the Great Japanese Empire is in danger now?" Tojo raised his eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry too much. It is true that the industrial production capacity of the Great Nippon Empire is more than a star and a half worse than that of the United States, and we already knew this before the war?

But so what, it turned out that until now the Americans had nothing to do with the Great Japanese Empire! What's more, the Great Japanese Empire has long since changed from what it used to be, with an unprecedentedly vast territory and inexhaustible resources for warfare. Whether it is high-quality steel or oil, the Japanese Empire is no longer in short supply, and its industrial output capacity is also rapidly increasing! Hirohito then asked, "Tojo-kun, it seems that you are confident, so please go on, what is the most correct thing for the Japanese Empire to do at the moment?" ”

Tojo replied: "Quite simply, it is nothing more than to continue to dig deep into the potential and increase the capacity of industrial output and scientific research as much as possible." In particular, in terms of air force, the Japanese Empire still needs to be further strengthened, and the absence of air supremacy is equivalent to losing the initiative in the war! Hirohito frowned and said, "Tojo-kun, what you said is very right, the Great Japanese Empire is currently working hard to develop!" But I would rather know what I could do to solve the problem as soon as possible, rather than watching the enemies of the Empire grow stronger and eventually become an invincible power. ”

Speaking of this, Hirohito said in a paused tone: "I won't talk about it on the American side, after all, it is impossible for the Great Japanese Empire to land and operate in North America at this stage."

But on the side of the couch, how can others snore and sleep, don't you see that China's military power is growing at a rate that is invisible to the naked eye? "Hai, the minister naturally saw it too!"

Tojo nodded and said, "The Burmese Liberation Army is indeed a very difficult and powerful opponent, and it is also the number one enemy of the Great Japanese Empire. It stands to reason that all forces should be concentrated for annihilation, but the minister thinks that the time is not yet ripe! Hirohito frowned and said, "What exactly do you mean by timing?" ”

Tojo turned his head to look at the commander-in-chief of the Air Force, Tarumi Yamaguchi, and said: "The biggest threat to the Burmese army is their air force, and without air supremacy, the Japanese Empire will not be able to completely destroy this powerful military force. Otherwise, the imperial army forcibly encircled and annihilated the PLA in Burma would only cause too many unnecessary casualties and losses.

Therefore, the time that the minister thinks is when the air force of the Great Japanese Empire can completely control the air supremacy of the Burma battlefield! "I see, I think so!" Hirohito nodded, turned to look at Yamaguchi and said, "Yamaguchi Army, I want to know how much time your air force will have to defeat the Burmese air force?" "Three months is enough!" Tashi Yamaguchi, who had been mentally prepared, said confidently, "The Thunderbolt interceptor and Rafale fighter of the Imperial Japan have reached 280 and 830 units per month.

Combined with the existing reserves, in three months the Empire of Japan will have 1,200 Thunderbolt interceptors and 4,700 Rafale fighters!

I believe that when the time comes, the Air Force of the Imperial Japan will definitely be able to form a crushing advantage over the Jiang Qiang Air Force, and it will certainly be able to ensure that air supremacy is firmly in the hands of the Great Japanese Empire! Tojo, who is also the Minister of War, answered excitedly: "As long as the Imperial Japanese Air Force can control the air power, the Imperial Japanese Army will be invincible!" "Yo Si!"

Hirohito nodded happily, and then said, "Although the monthly production of these two new fighters is as high as 1,100 units, it is still far from enough, and I will give priority to the air force to give priority to resources, so that the Great Japanese Imperial Factory can produce more advanced fighters!" "That's even better!" Yamaguchi almost laughed when he heard this, and continued, "In addition, the engineers of the Great Japanese Empire are also developing more advanced fighter jets and night combat aircraft. ”

"Night combat aircraft?" Hearing this, Hirohito immediately became curious, and asked anxiously, "Yamaguchi-kun, please tell me more about it!" "Hello!" Yamaguchi nodded and said, "Night combat aircraft have begun to be widely used in the European theater and the African theater, whether it is the German allies or the Allied forces. This kind of combat aircraft is different from the current mainstream combat aircraft in that it is equipped with a search radar, which can search for ground targets at night for bombing, and can also search and locate enemy aircraft in the air, so as to achieve the ability to fight at night.

In addition, the People's Liberation Army in Burma is currently importing a large number of night fighters from the British, so that the Imperial Japanese Air Force can no longer carry out night bombing and harassment.

If the Burmese army or the allies bombard us at night at this time, we will be helpless! Luckily, our homeland is far enough away from the Shandong Peninsula, otherwise it would have been tricky! "Shw! In this way, night combat aircraft have become the biggest bottleneck and shortcoming of the Great Japanese Empire, and it must be solved as soon as possible! After listening to Yamaguchi's explanation, Hirohito couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and then asked, "Then when will Yamaguchi's Jundai Japanese Empire be able to develop a sufficiently good night fighter and night bomber?" ”

Yamaguchi Tashi hurriedly replied: "The biggest difference between night combat aircraft and conventional combat aircraft is the search radar, and the current Japanese Empire already has such radar technology. It's just that the search radar is still relatively cumbersome and needs to be supported by two engines, which means that as long as it is a twin-engine combat aircraft, it can be converted into a night combat aircraft. The Empire of Japan already had a variety of twin-engine fighters and twin-engine bombers, such as Kawasaki Heavy Industries' Ryu-2 reseat fighter, Nakajima Aircraft Company's thirteen-test twin-engine land fighter, and so on.

Therefore, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Design Division Chief Tsugue-kun told the minister that if it only meets the needs of night operations, the current Japanese Empire only needs to modify the existing twin-engine combat aircraft, and at most one or two months can develop a night bomber and night fighter that can be used! ”

"Shw! That's great news! Hirohito raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "But we must not be satisfied with the present, we must tell them that we must study hard, and we must keep the Imperial Japanese Air Force advanced enough!" I will definitely support them with all my might! Only when the Great Japanese Air Force has sufficient advancement and superiority can the airspace of the Great Japanese Empire be safe, and the imperial warriors of the Imperial Army and Navy of the Great Japanese Empire can be invincible! ”

"Hello! His Majesty the Emperor is wise! The aircraft engineers of the Great Japanese Empire will certainly live up to the high expectations of His Majesty the Emperor! As the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Air Force, he naturally hoped that his subordinates would be strong and strong, and that they would become the mainstay of the Great Japanese Empire, so as to make meritorious contributions and achieve a thousand years of achievements. At this time, the Minister of the Navy, Shigetaro Shimada, said with some surprise: "Your Majesty, the Air Force is of course very important, but the Great Japanese Navy must not lag behind either.

Without a strong navy, how could the Empire of Japan ensure its overseas interests and ensure its own security? Hirohito smiled and said, "Shimada-kun, the Imperial Japanese Navy is now very powerful, besides, when did I treat the Great Japanese Navy badly?" When did you say that you would cut the construction of the Navy? After a pause, Hirohito said very heroically: "Although compared with the United States, the industrial strength of the Great Japanese Empire is much worse, but as Tojo-kun just said, the Great Japanese Empire is no longer what it used to be, and its financial situation is better than ever!"

The three armies of the navy, land and air force will spare no effort to support them, because only with strong and invincible military strength can the Japanese Empire truly stand up and achieve the ultimate victory! And all this is inseparable from the great support and solidarity of all the monarchs, for the future of the Japanese Empire, for the future of the Yamato nation, please come! ”

After speaking, Hirohito bowed emotionally to the ministers under his seat. "I am willing to sacrifice my heart and soul for His Majesty the Emperor!" "His Majesty the Emperor is onboard!" "The Great Japanese Empire will last for generations!" Tojo, Yamaguchi Tawen, Shigetaro Shimada and others hurriedly bowed respectfully in return, singing hymns to make it lively. After the hi, Tojo said loudly: "Your Majesty, although the prerequisites for the extermination of the Burmese Liberation Army are not yet in place, the Southeast Asian battlefield cannot continue to erode.

The minister suggested that Gangmura-kun be immediately transferred back to the Korean battlefield and let him start preparing for the relevant war! Hirohito nodded and said: "Gangmura-kun is indeed a general, and at present, the Japanese Empire is the most capable of dealing with the Burmese Liberation Army." Although the Thai-Myanmar border has built an impregnable defense system, the Myanmar side also has to be defended, and it needs to have a capable person to defend the side safely.

Tojo-kun, how do you think this should be arranged? As if he understood what Hirohito meant, Tojo hurriedly replied, "Why don't you let Okamura-kun and Hata-jun transfer their positions, what does Your Majesty think?" Toshinoi Hata is a veteran general, and it is most appropriate for him to be in charge of garrisoning Thailand, presumably he will not make a mistake! ”

"Shw! So decided! Hirohito nodded happily. In the previous Third Battle of Changsha, although the responsibility was shouldered by Anan Weiji, Hirohito was not too angry with Anan Weiji.

On the contrary, he was very dissatisfied with the performance of the commander-in-chief of the Huaxia Dispatch Army, Shunroku Hatata, and now it happened that he could kill two birds with one stone and kill two birds with one stone, and send him to Burma to defend the fortress! Just as Tojo had predicted, two days later, the Americans, who had long been suffocated, launched the Reconquest of Guadalupe.

After more than ten days of bloody battles, the U.S. military, which had an absolute advantage, finally regained the lost land at its doorstep as it wished, and repelled the forward position of the Japanese army to the Hawaiian Islands, more than 3,700 kilometers away. In this battle, the U.S. troops paid more than 3,000 lives, and the Japanese brigades and regiments defending the island fought to the last soldier and no one surrendered, which made the Americans truly feel the tenacity and combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. Despite this, the victory in this battle still greatly encouraged the American military and civilians, allowing them to find the thrill of revenge and find a sense of superiority over the Japanese!

After cutting off the thorn in the side of the house, the scope of the US Tianping Ocean Fleet suddenly increased a lot, and it began to be full of ambition to launch an attack on the Hawaiian Islands. Time flashed by, and it came two months later, on July 22, 1942.

At this time, Germany was fighting fiercely with the Soviet army in Leningrad and Volgograd, and the Soviet Red Army was stubbornly engaged in a bloody war of attrition with the German army in two ruined cities, street by street, house by house. Although the Führer gritted his teeth and wanted to tear the Soviet Red Army to pieces, the fighting nation was still the fighting nation, and in the long and arduous war of resistance not only was not wiped out and conquered, but became stronger and stronger.

Not only were these two cities inseparable from the Germans, but even Moscow began a massive counterattack, and a small half of the city was already back in the hands of the Soviet Red Army. In addition, in the Caucasus, with the joint efforts of the Soviet Red Army and the Allies, not only completely stabilized the defensive line, but also showed an active advantage, and only a very small part of the Caucasus mountain passes were still under German control. However, the two oil fields of Maikop and Grozny in the North Caucasus have fallen under the control of the German army, and they have begun to produce oil for the German army.

The situation on the side of the Allied camp is steadily improving, the anti-fascist alliance is rapidly increasing, and Turkey, which had been vacillating before, saw that the situation was not good, so it withdrew half of the Turkish divisions that had been hoarded on the Soviet-Turkish border to release goodwill to the Allied side. On July 22, Jiang Qiang, the General Headquarters of the Allied Forces in North Africa, held a very special meeting today. In the past two months, the Allied forces in the North African theater can be said to have continued to advance triumphantly, and after successively breaking through the defensive areas of the German and Italian armies, they quickly advanced westward.

In order to completely drive the Axis forces out of Africa, the US military used two army groups to land in Morocco and advance from west to east, hoping to seize Tunisia first. This suddenly made Rommel's Afrika Korps vulnerable on both sides, and the situation suddenly became extremely dangerous.

But Rommel was still Rommel after all, and seeing that the situation was not good, he immediately abandoned the entire territory of Libya and withdrew directly to the Tunisian highlands west of Libya in one go. There, Rommel re-established a supply line between Tunisia and Italian Sicily, and soon secured his position. Tunisia is a large rectangular region with most of the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east, and there are many excellent points to defend.

Most of its western inland border connects with Algeria and forms the western boundary of the large triangle of the Atlas Mountains. This part of the border is easy to defend, as there are only a few points on the north-south boundary of the mountainous region that can be passed. Between the Matmata Mountains to the south and the coast, a second, lower-elevated mountain range faces Libya to the east, restricting access to narrow gaps.

Previously, the French had built a series of fortified defenses along the plain, 20 kilometers wide and 30 kilometers deep, known as the Matri Line, which was originally intended to prevent Italy from entering Libya and was now being put to good use by the German-Italian forces. Only in the north the terrain was favorable for the offensive: here the Atlas Mountains extended to the eastern coast, leaving a large area of the northwestern coast uncovered.

Overall, Tunisia is an easy and difficult base to defend and difficult to attack. Even more positive for the Axis powers, Tunisia had two major deep-water ports in Tunis and Bizerte, just a few hundred miles from Italy's supply base in Sicily. Replenishment could be carried out at night to protect them from RAF patrol aircraft during the day and back on the night of the second day.

In contrast, the voyage from Italy to Libya was an all-day trip, making the resupply operation extremely weak by daytime air strikes. The Führer also knew at this moment that Tunisia was the last landing fulcrum in North Africa and the key to containing the Allied European plans, so he reinforced a very powerful air force of Rommel and deployed it in Sardinia, Italy. The Führer gave Rommel a death order that Tunisia must be held forever and that the last African bridgehead must never be lost!

Rommel's Afrika Korps, which still has more than 700,000 troops, cannot hold on to this extremely advantageous defensive base, and there is a steady stream of supplies, which naturally makes Tunisia an extremely difficult hard bone to handle. As a result, the Battle of Tunisia inevitably turned out to be a long and difficult battle.

But Jiang Qiang didn't have the time and patience to continue to spend it here, because the battlefield in Burma had undergone a huge transformation, and an unprecedented life-and-death battle would soon break out.

Seeing that everyone's mood was not high, Jiang Qiang said with a smile: "After we came to Africa, we have been fighting side by side with everyone for eight months. During this period of time, we got along very happily, experienced many ups and downs together, experienced life and death tribulations, and formed a deep comradeship. We are also very reluctant to be separated from everyone, and we also want to expel the Axis forces from the African continent in one go, and even want to further counterattack Europe and completely defeat the European Axis Alliance led by Germany.

Jiang Qiang, we are really reluctant to let you go! But as you said before, there is no such thing as an indispersible feast in the world, and we can only wish you that China will gain independence as soon as possible, and that the Chinese people will restore peace and happiness as soon as possible! Immediately afterwards, Jiang Qiang said goodbye to Patton, Auchinleck, Richie and other senior British and American generals, and everyone warmly hugged Jiang Qiang and other generals who were about to return to China, and sent sincere blessings.

After thinking about it, Jiang Qiang did not withdraw all his troops to the country, but left Sun Fumin's 3rd Army to continue to fight with the Allied Army until the whole World War II! And Jiang Qiang did this not because of face, let alone to gain fame and reputation, but from the perspective of the future world pattern and the country's right to speak. These are bound to go down in the annals of human history and will become a major historical process that we will be proud of.

Therefore, Jiang Qiang left Sun Fumin's 3rd Army, and gave him a face-to-face lecture, repeatedly telling him to "safety first" and not to pursue achievements too much!

Sun Fumin graduated from Tsinghua University and the Virginia Military Academy in the United States, not only has extremely strong military talents, but also has a good relationship with Stilwell, and there are many alumni who hold high positions in the U.S. military, so it is most suitable for him to lead the team to stay in the Allied army to play soy sauce. Of course, Jiang Qiang could not only have 50,000 front-line combat troops, but also equipped them with a logistics support system with a number of up to 1,200 people, and in the future, he will also use Dongfeng Express to distribute supplies to them. In addition, Jiang Qiang also equipped Sun Fumin and others with dozens of pills for first aid and life-saving, which can save people's lives and even bring them back to life in times of crisis.