Imperial Overlord

Americans are justifiably worried that the Japanese are making irrational decisions. If they were travelers like Li Le, they would have fully understood how simply Japan would launch the Pacific War.

The Japanese base camp will use the most disgraceful means of sneak attacks to preempt the war. They would extend the war to the entire Pacific, and no one would be spared.

Because of the variable Li Le, Japan did not join the Axis powers in the end, but received technical support and assistance from the Axis powers. This gave Japan a lot of courage to provoke a larger war at a critical time.

The victory in China allowed Japan to taste the sweetness of its expansion. But the same aggression in China has plunged Japan into the quagmire of war.

It has already been emphasized in the previous article that the Second World War was mainly a process of competing for the raw materials of the three major basic industries.

After Japan occupied areas such as Northeast China and North Korea, it was helpless to find that they had not found any resources that could stimulate their own industrial economy.

At that time, there were only coal mines and steel in the three northeastern provinces, and the important strategic materials that Japan urgently needed were only steel.

The remaining rubber and oil resources are still in short supply in Japan, which is the main reason why Japan is choked by the United States.

According to the relevant documents disclosed, in the real history, the negotiation between the United States and Japan before the Pacific War is simply unbearable.

They all think that the conditions offered by the United States must be to stimulate Japan and make Japan intolerable, which finally led to the Pearl Harbor incident.

But in fact, this is not the case at all. During the negotiations between the United States and Japan, there are even some loose conditions that the Japanese feel.

In the bottom line given by the United States, the United States is willing to maintain peace with Japan as long as Japan retreats to the line of control after the September 18th Incident and returns some of the occupied territories to China.

listen! This is the so-called fairness of the world police in the United States: in 1940, it was even willing to compromise with Japan and divide up China to delay the arrival of the war!

On the contrary, it was Japan that was finally unwilling to accept this condition, and it brazenly launched the Pearl Harbor attack, which opened the prelude to the war between the United States and Japan in the Pacific.

As a Chinese, if I don't applaud for the bite of two mad dogs at this time, I'm sorry for such a wonderful piece of history.

Japan is so greedy and insufficient, and would rather block the country's fortunes than pick up the three eastern provinces and North Korea for nothing? In fact it is not so.

In fact, Japan was willing to sign this peace treaty with the United States at that time, but the military had another concern.

As soldiers of the Empire of Japan, they are obliged to ensure that their country will not be threatened in any way - as to whether or not to threaten others, that is another matter.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Japanese military, although the conditions given by the Americans are good, there is a fatal loophole: resources!

Japan's oil reserves at that time were probably enough for the Japanese army to use for one year. This is a limit and a weakness that Japan has always had in its throat.

If a peace treaty is signed with the United States, Japan will withdraw its troops from most of China's territory, and of course 80% of the oil consumed will be borne by Japan itself.

One to one, it is estimated that it will take half a year in the middle. When Japan ended its withdrawal, the Americans suddenly turned their backs. Who would guarantee the security of the Great Japanese Empire?

At that time, Japan's oil will only be enough for Japan to resist for half a year. Once the half year is over, the whole of Japan will collapse, and there will be no way to fight back.

It is intolerable for the Japanese military to put the fate of the country on someone else's chopping board. So at the last minute, the Japanese military raised a question that caused a headache for Japanese high-level officials.

The question is: "When the war starts now, I can still keep the empire safe for three years; if the U.S. emperor breaks the contract a year later, how will the empire deal with itself?"

With such a sharp question, officials and generals were unable to answer. After thinking about it, everyone decided to bet on a wave of national fortunes to be in line with their consistent style.

The Americans never imagined that the favorable conditions they put forward still failed to impress the Japanese government. People have long been thinking about war, and they have not considered the so-called peace at all.

Of course, according to the performance of the United States today, if Japan really withdraws its troops in the first half of 1941, the United States will also start a war around 1942, and Japan will be caught off guard.

As for whether Japan will return all the territory occupied by Japan to China after defeating Japan, only God knows.

Let’s not analyze the grievances and grievances between the two countries for the time being. Let’s talk about Japan’s decision to prepare to fight against the United States.

Japan was frustrated when it went north to Nomenkan, and the Army no longer adhered to the original plan to attack the Soviet Union.

The various shadows during the fight against the Soviet Union made the Army feel uncertain. So when the Navy proposed to go to the Americans for bad luck, the Army's voice against it was very weak.

Another important reason for Japan to go south is actually related to vital resources.

Even if it is a soft persimmon of the Soviet Union, there is not much benefit for Japan to attack the Soviet Union: such a vast and cold region of Siberia also does not have many resources.

Without oil and rubber resources, the powerful navy had nowhere to display, and the Soviet army's combat effectiveness was stronger than estimated, all of which forced Japan to turn its attention to the southern region.

At least, in areas such as the Philippines and Myanmar, there were oil resources that could be exploited at that time. And rubber resources are also rich, which just makes up for Japan's shortcomings.

Therefore, when planning the target of combat attack, the voice of going south overwhelmed the voice of going north, and Japan finally decided to play against the powerful opponent of the United States.

According to Japan's calculations, the chaotic war situation in Europe has disrupted the strategic deployment of the United States. Germany's rampage in the Soviet Union forced the United States to divert its attention.

Against the background of this era, as long as Japan has an advantage in the Pacific Ocean, they have a considerable possibility to drag it to the United States to negotiate peace and end the war in a decent manner.

Many people have a misunderstanding that Japan did not clearly realize the strength of the United States before it attacked the United States.

In fact, on the contrary, Japan was very serious about the strength of the United States before the war, and in order to deal with the strength of the United States, Japan carefully designed a complete set of naval tactical systems.

They all think that Japan's strategy in the Pacific is naive, but Japan did carefully prepare a set of measures to deal with the United States before the war.

From the very beginning, Japan did not intend to land in the United States. The tactics it developed were a strategic defense system that turned from offense to defense.

The Japanese executives had long recognized the strength of the United States, so their plan was simple: make a sneak attack, then blitz, and switch to a full-scale defense before the Americans reacted.

Attacking Pearl Harbor, killing the main U.S. fleet, then quickly heading south to capture raw material origins, and finally in the Pacific Ocean, relying on the combined fleet to implement mobile defense and bring down the U.S.—this is Japan’s complete strategic system.

Under this tactical system, the core new tactics are spear torpedoes and Zero fighter units!

Before the war, Japan developed fleet tactics around spear torpedoes against American battleship forces.

If the Jutland-mode fleet decisive battle occurs, Japan will use cruisers to attack with a spear torpedo and take over the United States' decisive battle fleet.

Relying on the large range and lightness and flexibility of the Zero fighter, Japan can quickly support the transition of the fighter between the islands in the Pacific Ocean, forming a local superior defense.

Once Japan is allowed to complete its strategic plan, no matter where the United States attacks, it will encounter the stubborn defense of the Japanese Army, suffer the consumption of superior Japanese fighter jets, and be pinched by the combined fleet when the battle to seize the island is stalemate.

At night the American fleet would be attacked by Japanese cruiser units armed with spear torpedoes, and during the day they would face the personal care of Japanese aircraft with large ranges...

Just think about it casually~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Japanese executives feel that they have the chance to win! The only thing that worries them is whether they can get an advantage at the start!

That's why they planned Pearl Harbor so carefully; therefore, they were sure that after gaining an advantage, they would be invincible.

In the real history, Japan failed in three stages: First, they did not complete the planned deployment of the defensive circle, and suffered a tragic defeat when they competed for Midway, the last link of the defensive circle.

The second is the unexpected rise of the Japanese aircraft carrier, which has fundamentally changed the various tactics that Japan has carefully prepared.

The third point is the use of American submarines. Inspired by German submarines, they insisted on breaking the war, paralyzing Japan’s shipping, and ending Japan’s indigenous industrial hematopoietic capabilities.

In the time and space rewritten by Li Le, Japan has a greater advantage than the real historical time and space.

Germany has now taken down the UK, forcing the US to really turn its attention to Europe.

At the same time, Japan got "intelligence" from the Germans and knew the weaknesses of American fighter jets.

With these advantages that they do not have, the Japanese base camp believes that the advantages they have are even greater, and they can smoothly pass the early stage of the war when they fought for advantages.

After confirming this matter, Japanese high-level officials have more confidence in attacking the United States to win the war.

At the same time, Germany's series of victories in Europe also stimulated the speculation in Japan. All they are thinking about now is how to divide the power of Britain, France and the United States in Southeast Asia.

But then again, in fact, the top U.S. executives are thinking about the same thing: they are also dreaming of destroying Japan and dismembering China, so that the vast Pacific Ocean can be turned into a swimming pool in their backyard...