Although the time has reached the end of September, the temperature in Shanghai can still reach 278 degrees, and even reach more than 30 degrees in some days, and it is above 20 degrees at night.

After Takeo Imai's suggestion, the six of them came to the shade behind the small building, and the entourage brought rattan tables and rattan chairs, and drank tea in the wind, and the topic naturally appeared.

"Han Jun knows about the current war between the empire and the U.S. military in the southwest Pacific region, right?" Nagatsu asked.

"Of course, I know that I have always maintained close contact with the intelligence officers of the US Embassy in Shancheng, although I don't know the details of this battle, but I can still grasp one thing about the phased dynamics of the battle, that is, the timeliness cannot be guaranteed."

"The focus of contention between Japan and the United States is Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, and the intention of the Japanese army is to use Kuah Island as a springboard to continue to attack Fiji, Samoa, New Caledonia and other places to cut off the connection between the United States and Australia."

"The United States attaches great importance to Japan's intentions, and this attack is codenamed Operation Lookout, to be precise, it is a local strategic counterattack by the United States against Japan, intending to fight for air and sea supremacy in the southwest Pacific in one fell swoop. Judging from the current news, this campaign did not attract the attention of the Japanese side, and it was too light on the enemy, resulting in the failure of the previous operation again and again. Han Lin said.

"If Kuah Island is lost, unless there is a miracle, it is inevitable that Japan will enter a defensive state in the southwest Pacific, so the height of this battle has risen to a strategic angle, and I think the next step of your base camp will be to continue to increase troops to Kuah Island." Han Lin said.

A few days ago, I learned that the decision of the base camp to increase troops on Kuah Island has become a foregone conclusion, but Han Lin is in China, but he accurately judged the strategy of the base camp, and the accuracy of his understanding and vision of the battle of Kuah Island easily proved his ability, and the base camp still underestimated the importance of this person.

These little people, who are very far away from the base camp, since they are in the Chinese battlefield and face the current situation, they want to hear Han Lin give an analysis of the subsequent changes in the situation caused by the establishment of the Greater East Asia Province.

"With the defeat of the war in the southwest Pacific, how to use these Japanese-supported regimes to play a role in the war is the most critical, and I estimate that there will soon be relevant decisions, such as trying not to interfere in internal government affairs, such as canceling the extrajudicial power of the concession, and for example, returning the power of material control to the new government, etc., which is also the biggest concession condition you can do." Han Lin said.

He had just returned from Manila, so he naturally knew that the battle situation on Kuah Island was very unfavorable to the Seventeenth Army, and it was said that several organized attacks had failed, and it was estimated that he did not take this matter seriously.

As the deputy chief of general staff of the dispatch army, he knew some of the dynamics of the Kuah Island campaign, and was originally very optimistic about the recapture of Kuah Island, and the base camp was still very optimistic, only using part of the strength of the 17th Army, and still preparing to attack Port Moresby according to the original plan, which led to the dispersion of troops.

However, the development of the battlefield situation made the base camp gradually realize the importance of the battle of Kuah Island, once the US military gained a foothold on Kuah Island, it would become a forward base for counterattacks, and the Japanese army would be forced to withdraw from the Solomon Islands in the face of the blockade of US aircraft and warships, and the active and passive situations were reversed.

The key point is that the population base of the United States is far larger than that of Japan, the United States has 130 million, and Japan has less than 80 million, and the United States has a large number of aviation clubs, a large number of aircraft enthusiasts, and a little training for a while is a qualified pilot, while Japan's training system is far inferior to that of the United States, and even if an airplane can be built, there is no pilot to fly it.

The Battle of Kuah Island was very crucial to the Sino-American war, and in this operation, the Japanese army lost hundreds of planes and thousands of pilots with actual combat experience, lost the strategic initiative in the southwest Pacific, and lost sea and air supremacy.

The establishment of the Greater East Asia Province was initiated by Hideki Tojo, and the so-called Greater East Asia region refers to the occupied areas except the Japanese mainland, Goryeo, Taiwan, and South Sakhalin, and all government affairs are under the responsibility of the Greater East Asia Ministry, even the diplomats, and are under the management of the Greater East Asia Ministry, except for purely foreign affairs.

In fact, the relationship between Japan and Wang's puppet government is one in which each has its own ghosts, and they both distrust each other, and the slogans shouted better than the other, but behind the scenes, they are all looking at interests.

In other words, the diplomats stationed in each country became administrative staff, and Japan no longer had diplomatic relations with other countries and became a colony.

"Imai-kun also knows that everything in the new government, such as politics, economy, military, finance, diplomacy and other core powers, is completely controlled by you Japanese, including the material control of the occupied areas, so to speak, you have eaten the fat, and you have not even left a mouthful of soup, and the people of the new government can only gnaw bones, how do you let them work with Japan with one heart and one mind?"

"The Tojo Cabinet established the Greater East Asia Province with the intention of pooling the resources of all the occupied territories to deal with a war from a hostile country, but such a move would create a sense of confrontation between the countries and Japan, which was diametrically opposed to Japan's previous commitments. In order to alleviate this contradiction, it is necessary to make some relatively compromising strategies in the future. ”

Yongjin Zuobi highly praised Han Lin's strategic vision and judgment, and the result was confirmed on the spot, and this person was worthy of his name.

Although the Japanese army has several million land forces, the Chinese battlefield has dragged down the main force of the two columns of the Dispatch Army and the Kwantung Army combined, which is more than 2 million, and the southern armies of Southeast Asian countries that occupy it have also been dragged down by hundreds of thousands.

"The military department praised Han Jun for his excellent judgment in terms of strategic situation, and it really deserves his reputation, what you said is not wrong at all, the 17th Army has fought for Kuah Island with the US army several times, but it has ended in failure, and its own losses are very large, and the base camp judges that this is a crucial battle, so it is ready to increase troops to Kuah Island." Nagatsu Zobi nodded emphatically and said.

"No wonder the situation on Kuah Island is so bad, Han Jun, I hope we can exchange more about the battle situation in the future, and I believe we can get a lot of enlightenment. In addition, the establishment of the Greater East Asia Province has caused a lot of internal controversy, and Foreign Minister Shigetoku Togo has resigned voluntarily, and it is said that the people in the new government are also opposed to the Greater East Asia Province. Takeo Imai asked.

"You say that the Battle of Kuah Island was a local strategic counterattack by the United States? That is to say, the power that the United States has invested in this operation will be very amazing? Takeo Imai asked hurriedly.

"That's right, although I don't know the military deployment of the United States, but the first round of troops to attack Kuah Island is the First Marine Division of the United States, which shows that the Americans are bound to win Kuah Island, and they must keep the connection between the United States and Australia, and more troops will be added in the future."

The planes and warships lost by the Japanese army took a long time to manufacture, but the manufacturing speed of the United States could scare Japan to death, and it could build a heavy aircraft carrier in half a year and a light aircraft carrier in less than three months, and as for the escort aircraft carrier without technical content, it could build one in less than one and a half months, and it was a heavy bomber in a few hours.

Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of course, opposed the establishment of the Greater East Asia Province, which amounted to sacrificing the rights and interests of the entire Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the occupied areas, and for this reason, Foreign Minister Shigetoku Togo resigned.

"Han Jun, I think the risk of this decision is a bit high because the new government not only has a lot of internal problems, but also their execution is worrying!" Toshiro Nami said.

"I'm afraid that the various departments of the army and navy and Japanese businessmen will not be able to give up their vested interests so easily, and it is still unknown whether this strategy can be implemented, and it is more likely that they will be in a hurry." Han Lin shook his head and said.

(End of chapter)