"Great Japanese Empire, onboard" "Navy and Army, onboard" "Victory, onboard" When the car of Lieutenant General Ishihara Wanji, vice commander of the Japanese Army General of Staff Headquarters, passed through the streets of Tokyo, he happened to encounter a parade celebrating victory.
So he was not kicked into the reserve by Hideki Tojo, and participated in the southward operation as the commander of the division, and now he is the deputy officer of the staff headquarters.
Shortly after Ishihara took office, the Japanese Empire achieved what is said to be a historic victory.
Japan defeated the invincible British Empire On February 1, 1943, after visiting Germany, France, and Italy, the Queen of England officially issued an armistice, announcing Britain's formal withdrawal from the Allied Powers and suing for peace with the Axis powers, including the Empire of Japan.
Therefore, Japan has now defeated Britain and become a great victorious country.
The day after the Queen of England announced the armistice and peace, the Japanese government also issued a proclamation announcing its acceptance of the British peace and designating February 2 as "Victory Day in the War against Britain".
Japan was originally fighting against Britain and the United States, but now that Britain has "surrendered" and only one United States remains, it is difficult to think of it alone, and the final victory of the Great Japanese Empire seems to be just around the corner.
As a result, many citizens of Tokyo took to the streets on February 2 to hold a victory march, either spontaneously or by various organizations such as the National Newspaper Group and the National Assembly.
"Baga" has always been a lot of talkers, and Ishihara Wan'er, who has always had a bit of a poisonous mouth, looked at the cheerful crowd outside the car window, and couldn't help but curse, "Are these people all fools, can't you see that the submission of the British mainland will plunge Japan into an unprecedented bitter war?"
"Ishihara-kun, look at what you said, where is the situation so serious?"
Senior General Kenji Dohihara, director of aviation of the Japanese Army, who was sitting in the same car with him, said disapprovingly, "Once Britain is defeated, the Soviet Union's Western Front battlefield will inevitably be greatly tightened, and there will be no more strength to threaten the security of Manchuria, which will be very beneficial to the empire's final settlement of the Manchurian problem." ” "The Manchurian problem" Ishihara sneered, "When is it, and I still have the heart to think that it is possible for the Soviet Union to transfer its forces to the west in the Far East, but the United States will also turn its focus to the Pacific Ocean with the industrial strength of the United States, and finally build how many aircraft carriers and battleships I dare not imagine, Your Excellency the Admiral, don't you know that those people in the navy have been unable to eat and sleep these two days?"
"What's the matter," Kenji Dohihara shook his bald head, "The people in the navy are like this, the Australian strategy that was said to be good before the wolf and the tiger has also retreated, and it is really shameless to want to reduce the resources and funds of our army to build aircraft carriers." ” "Marshal Yamamoto is really confused, how can we fight aircraft carriers with the Americans with how much capital we have" Ishihara actually knew that it was necessary to speed up the construction of the Dafeng-class and Yunlong-class aircraft carriers, but this issue involved the conflict of interests of the army and navy, and the military expenditure and resources were so little, and if the navy was given to build aircraft carriers, the army would be poor.
Therefore, these days, Ishihara and Tohihara, two army marques, have been "competing for business" with the navy.
Obviously, it was the Pacific War, so we had to say that the Army was also very important And Ishihara also has a special mouth, which is probably the reason why Tojo recalled him from the front line as a vice minister, anyway, under Ishihara's nonsense, many people, including the Japanese Emperor Hirohito, agreed with Ishihara's "Pacific Army Forced Peace Theory".
The so-called "theory of forced peace by the Pacific Army" means that aircraft carriers and battleships cannot be relied on to fight the Pacific War, because that is to fight industrial strength.
The American man-made aircraft carrier is like a dumpling, casually there are dozens of ships, can Japan do it, the Dafeng-class and Yunlong-class have only started construction of 4 ships now, even if they double the construction of 8 ships, can they compete with dozens of American ships?
Therefore, Ishihara put forward the concept of "desperately", and Japan cannot fight aircraft carriers and battleships with the United States, but must fight for human lives Because American lives are valuable, if a single battle can kill them by hundreds of thousands or even millions, even if they lose the war, the United States will agree to make peace with Japan.
On the other hand, if we fight aircraft carriers, even if we sink a few Americans, what can the United States build more aircraft carriers to fight Japan, so no matter how many victories such as the Battle of Hawaii are fought, Japan will still lose in the end.
And if you want to fight hard, of course, you have to have a desperate battlefield.
Ishihara's opinion is to desperately defend the Hawaiian Islands with heavy troops with the United States, and then put the Americans on the islands to fight fiercely, and strive to kill them by 100,000 or 200,000 in a single battle, so that the Americans will really suffer from the flesh, and then there will be a decent peace.
And to achieve this goal, then the army should receive more military spending and resources.
With military spending and resources, the army can train more troops and produce more KI84 Hurricane, 97 modified tank destroyers, Japanese weasels and Type 3 wheeled assault guns, Japanese version of the Cougar and Type 3 medium combat vehicles, which have been developed since 1942, and are more advanced than in history.
With regard to the Japanese Navy's recent proposal of a "surprise attack on Panama," Ishihara also believes that there is not much need.
"Ito-kun, the so-called surprise attack is just a chance to pin victory on luck, once or twice is still possible, and it is inevitable to miss like this."
In a conference room inside the Army General Staff Headquarters, Ishihara and Dohihara once again began to talk nonsense, and the targets were Rear Admiral Ito Seiichi, Vice Admiral Ito, Vice Admiral of the Naval Aviation Headquarters, and Vice Admiral Tsukahara 243, Chief of the Naval Aviation Headquarters.
The four of them are now in charge of the negotiations between the Navy and the Army, and the meeting will take place at the Navy Command Department and the Army General Staff Headquarters.
Once on the territory of the Navy, the next time on the territory of the Army, no one suffers.
Ishihara still opposed Major General Ito's idea of a surprise attack on the Panama Canal.
"Even if it succeeds, it will only delay the battle for the Hawaiian Islands by 610 months," he said.
Of course, our empire can use these 610 months to strengthen its defense, and the United States can also use this time to strengthen its offensive strength, if there are 10 months, the Americans can increase their aircraft carriers by about 10, I don't see the advantage of postponing the decisive battle."
"However, with these 10 months, the development of the Ki84 fighter can be completed, and our Navy's N1K2J purple electric transformation fighter can also be completed."
Lieutenant General Tsukahara 243 retorted, "With these two fighters, the battle to defend the Hawaiian Islands will be foolproof." ” "What's foolproof" Ishihara shook his head, "If we are foolproof, wouldn't the United States be defeated and defeated, how can anyone fight and, since there is no ki84 and purple electric reform, our side is inferior to the United States in terms of aviation, so how can the surprise attack plan succeed?"
Ishihara is particularly good at, but the arguments he makes are reasonable.
According to the exact information provided by the German side, it was learned through Britain, which had already sued for peace, that the Americans' latest carrier-based aircraft and shore-based fighters F4U, F6F, and 47 had certain advantages over the Zero aircraft in terms of performance.
In particular, the F6F is a "zero-killer" developed entirely for the zero-type, and it can form a great advantage over the zero-type and the Fokker zero-type on paper data As a result, the German Naval Armaments Agency has asked Fokker and Hawker to work together to develop a piston carrier-based aircraft based on the Fury fighter, also developed for the Zero.
On the other hand, Japan cooperated with Germany and Italy, hoping to speed up the research and development and production of the "17 ship tests"; On the other hand, they pinned their hopes on a sneak attack on the Panama Canal.
"The Navy has already considered this point, and there will be a perfect plan, and Marshal Yamamoto has made the final decision, and this attack is not limited to Panama, but an all-out attack on the United States, and it will also affect the United States itself, which is really unprecedented since the beginning of the war, and will certainly greatly dampen the morale of the American people, and will definitely win enough time for the empire to arrange defenses."
Ito said confidently, "So your army will make a plan now according to the schedule for the decisive battle in Hawaii in 1944, and I hope that your Ki84 fighter can show its skills at that time."
Ishihara can't say anything at this time, Yamamoto Fifty-six has already made up his mind, and the specific plan of the Navy is not his turn to be asked by the vice minister of the army.
"Why do you want us to use ju288 to attack the Panama Canal, the Japanese are joking, look down from a height of 10,000 meters, how big is the gate, and the Americans can also release smoke."
"Father, I think the air raid on JU288 is just part of Japan's plan to surprise attack the Panama Canal, and this time the Japanese seem to have a big plan."
On 3 February, the day after the official British peace was sued, Hersmann's son, Rudolf von Heinsberg, returned to Berlin with a proposal for joint operations from the Japanese Navy.
In January, he was promoted to Naval Aviation Major, and at the same time left the aircraft carrier to become the Naval Aviation Commissioner of the German Navy's Mission to the Japanese Navy.
In January 1943, the Japanese Navy began to formulate a new plan for operations against the United States, codenamed "Yamago Plan".
According to the Japanese Navy's vision, the "Yama Plan" would include a series of attacks on the United States, and the surprise attack on the Panama Canal was only one of them.
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In addition, the "Yamago Plan," led by the Japanese Navy, will also be a large-scale coordinated operation plan for the joint operations of the Axis powers.
According to the Japanese Navy's assumptions, attacks on US targets would be launched simultaneously from the Atlantic and Pacific directions. t1706231537: