Take Taobao to fight against Japan

"..."

Hiroren showed a thoughtful look, and he was obviously moved by the approval and secondment of the three people. What he wanted most was to develop in a good way first, and then "it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years" when he has enough crushing power!

However, at this time, Hideki Tojo shouted anxiously and angrily: "Your Majesty, you must not listen to their advice! This is a theory that is harmful to the country!"

Hirohito frowned, looked at Tojo Hideki and said, "Tojo-kun, isn't that the case? The empire really needs to recuperate for a while, and the empire's manpower and material resources have reached a new limit!"

"Your Majesty, the empire is indeed very difficult at the moment, but at this moment, how can the Great Japanese Empire be able to stop if it wants to?"

Hideki Tojo said anxiously, "What's more, even if we stop, will the United States and China, which have formed an irresolvable hatred with the Great Japanese Empire, stop?

No, they will never stop, they will only seize every opportunity to launch a crazy counterattack! "

"If the empire doesn't take the initiative to attack and take the initiative to fight, it won't be long before Southeast Asia will be lost one by one under the counterattack of the Chinese army.

Immediately afterwards, Australia and the islands in the Pacific Ocean will continue to be lost under the joint operations of the Allied Forces, and even the half of China that has been occupied by the imperial army will have to be spit out!"

"The worst thing is that in the end even the digested Manchukuo will be lost. At that time, the empire will lose everything, and it will be completely lost!"

Hirohito was naturally extremely displeased with this pessimistic judgment, and he frowned and said: "Mr. Tojo, you are scaremongering, how could it be so serious? Even if the Empire of Japan is weak in attack, it still won't stick to the defense." What's wrong!"

Fuyong, Chief of Operations of the General Staff Headquarters, nodded and agreed: "I think so too. It's like the Shandong Peninsula. Although the Huben Army is very powerful, under the heavy siege of the Imperial Army, haven't they done nothing these years?"

Hideki Tojo glared at Tominaga, but he didn't argue with this "shit stirrer", but turned his head to look at Hirohito, and said in an affirmative tone:

"Your Majesty, if we don't cut the weeds and get rid of the roots, the spring breeze will regenerate. If we can't wipe out the Huaxia Expeditionary Army in time, completely occupy Burma, destroy and cut off the life supply line of the Huaxia Kingdom, the consequences will only be more serious than you imagined!"

"In short, we must not give the enemy a chance to breathe, and we must not allow Myanmar's industrial base to continue to exist!"

"Your Majesty, the war has progressed to this point, and the empire has no way of turning back!"

"There is only one way left for the empire, and that is to keep fighting and destroying all enemies until the empire wins the final victory!"

"Other than that, there is no other way!"

"This? You mean to continue to increase troops to Burma?"

Hearing this, Hirohito began to hesitate again. Although this time Myanmar was defeated miserably, he still had great trust in Hideki Tojo's ability and strategic vision.

So Hideki Tojo's words carry a lot of weight to Hirohito, especially at this moment Hideki Tojo's categorical tone and swear words made Hirohito have to think carefully.

However, Hirohito is really tired now, and really wants to take a break, and wants to develop a little bit of wretchedness for a while, just as Yamaguchi Tamon and Hata Toshiroku said, at least the advanced fighter jets of the Air Force must be assembled, right? Let's talk about the upgrade of the army's weapons and equipment!

Thinking of this, Hirohito asked again in a questioning tone: "Tojo-kun, can't you really slow down and digest the results of the battle?"

"Your Majesty, the empire does have many difficulties, but relatively speaking, our enemies are even more difficult now!"

Hideki Tojo gritted his teeth and said with a ferocious face, "After the empire occupied Southeast Asia and obtained a large amount of resources from Western countries such as Britain, France and the Netherlands in Southeast Asia, coupled with the strong economic foundation of Manchukuo and the security of China and North China, The situation has improved dramatically!

The financial situation of the Imperial Japanese Empire has improved greatly. With the current financial income of the empire, it is more than enough to organize 40 divisions! "

"Nani? Tojo-kun, what did you just say?"

Hirohito looked at the "blackened" Hideki Tojo in bewilderment, and shouted, "You mean to form another 40 divisions? Did I hear you right?"

At this moment, Hirohito really deeply suspected that Hideki Tojo was crazy, and was driven crazy by himself!

Nima was just kidding, how come 40 divisions need 70 million people, do you think it is as simple as catching 70 million pigs?

Even if it's 70 million pigs, it's not easy, okay?

Where did this guy get his confidence and courage from?

Hirohito kept complaining in his heart.

Chapter 1094 This is Drinking Poison to Quench Thirst

"Yes, Your Majesty, I think it is not difficult to form 40 divisions with the current financial revenue of the empire!"

Facing Hirohito's in-depth doubts, Hideki Tojo did not panic at all, and nodded confidently and confirmed: "And only by investing in a sufficiently powerful heavy army group at one time can we ensure that the same mistakes will not be repeated!"

In the current time and space, in December 1940, Japan launched the Pacific War in the name of establishing the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere".

In just half a year, the Japanese army defeated Western colonists such as Britain, the Netherlands, and the United States, and captured Malaya, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines.

In addition to Thailand and French Indochina, which were actually controlled before the war, Japan successfully occupied Southeast Asia with an area of ​​more than 390 million square kilometers and a population of 1.4 million.

If Australia and the occupied areas of China are added, the territory occupied by Japan now has an area of ​​more than 1500 million square kilometers, and the population of the occupied areas is as high as 2.4 million!

In the early days of the occupation, Japan adopted different ruling policies in these areas.

For Thailand and French Indochina, Japan retains its original political system and implements indirect control; for the Philippines, etc., it grants nominal independence and certain autonomy, making it an "alliance" under the "Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" ;

The rest of Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, Australia and other regions were directly ruled by Japan with a military government.

Regardless of the kind of ruling policy, its main purpose is to maximize strategic resources such as oil, minerals, food, and even population.

At present, although these resources have not been fully integrated to achieve the highest efficiency, they have indeed greatly improved Japan's overall national strength and war potential, which is not known how many times stronger than a year ago.

Therefore, Hideki Tojo has such confidence that he will reorganize 40 new divisions in one breath.

After a pause, Hideki Tojo said solemnly: "After these 40 divisions are organized, they can be sent to China and the South to dispatch troops, so that the old divisions can be replaced and reorganized into a more powerful Myanmar dispatch. army, and then counterattack Burma in one go.”

Hirohito frowned and said, "Even if the empire has no problems financially and in terms of weapons and equipment, what about the people? How can the empire have so many reserve soldiers now?"

Japan's total population is about 7190 million, of which about 1700 million are of service age and available for conscription.

The proportion of the population mobilized at the limit in World War II was about a quarter. For example, the current Soviet Union has almost reached this proportion, but the workers in the rear are basically women, children and the elderly.

And this is because the Soviet Union received a lot of aid from the United States, otherwise, the logistical support would not be able to support it at all!

Another example is that Germany’s population in 1933 was only 6600 million. World War II mobilized 1700 million troops, of which 150 million were servants. The domestic mobilization exceeded 1550 million. The army accounted for 23% of the total population.

So theoretically speaking, the Japanese army can mobilize at least 1800 million troops, but this is only a theoretical figure. In fact, the number that can be mobilized is only about 1000 million.

Because not all service-age males are suitable to serve as soldiers, because ten fingers have different lengths, and there is a gap between individuals. Those who have physical defects cannot serve as soldiers.

This is the case in the current United States. Because of the Great Depression in the 30s, many people of that generation were too thin due to malnutrition and stunted growth, and now they cannot be drafted into the army.

What's more, workers engaged in scientific research and high-tech can't be recruited into the army all at once. If that happens, the research and improvement of weapons and equipment, as well as the production of technical equipment will come to a halt.

So far, Japan has transported more than 650 million people.

Before the September 32th Incident, the number of Japanese troops was only 100. After the annexation of weapons, equipment and material resources in the Northeast, it increased to 250 million. After the Anti-Japanese War, it annexed North China and Jiangnan to 650 million.

In terms of numbers, Japan can mobilize at least another 350 million troops, but in fact that is not the case. In fact, let alone 350 million troops, it will be very difficult to mobilize another 100 million troops.

In the final analysis, it is still because Japan's industrial capacity and organizational management level are not good enough.

The United States, the Soviet Union, Germany and other countries are old industrial powerhouses with a solid industrial foundation. Now they have entered the era of large-scale industrial production, with high production efficiency and correspondingly reduced human resources.

Conversely, Japan's industrial development started late and has a weak foundation, resulting in low labor efficiency and a lot of human resources.

Especially for those heavy industries, there is a great need for young and strong men, and they can't be replaced by women, children and the elderly casually!

If a large number of strong men are recruited to join the army at this time, I am afraid that Japan's industrial production capacity will be greatly reduced, and industrial output will also be greatly reduced.

In the current era of hot weapons, fighting can not only rely on the strength of the number of people, but also requires a lot of equipment. If the performance and consumption of technical equipment cannot keep up, then no matter how many lives are piled up, it will be in vain. !

"If we mobilize another 40 divisions, even if we only form a three-unit garrison division, we will need at least 70 people! That's a full 70 people!"

After various thoughts circled in his mind, Hirohito shook his head lightly and said:

"Tojo-kun, you should be very clear about the current situation of the empire. The sudden withdrawal of 70 people is bound to seriously affect industrial production. This is undoubtedly drinking poison to quench thirst, and the empire's war potential will be severely weakened!

If there is not enough ability to ensure the supply of weapons and equipment, is it time to let the Imperial Army use engineering shovels to fight the enemy? "

"Your Majesty, Yang Fan hopes that we can suspend the attack now, because he needs more time to digest and develop than us now."

Hideki Tojo frowned and said: "Yang Fan already has a population of 1700 million in the Shandong Peninsula, and now there are at least 2000 million people in Myanmar!

Moreover, with the support of the United States, a complete industrial base has been built in northern Myanmar. Once the production capacity of the industrial base in northern Myanmar is fully exploded, Myanmar will be even more terrifying than the Shandong Peninsula!

Your Majesty, don't you still want to feed the tiger, continue to make Yang Fan stronger, and become the ultimate enemy that can rival the United States? "

"Myanmar will become the fulcrum of the Allied forces in the Southeast Asian battlefield in a very short period of time. Although only the Chinese Expeditionary Force is defending now, who can guarantee that once there is a major reversal of the situation, the Americans and British will not come to intervene? ?

Regarding this point, the minister is by no means alarmist, but a completely predictable fact!If that time really comes, can the Great Japanese Empire still win? "

Hirohito frowned, he didn't like to hear such unpleasant and heart-wrenching arguments, but he had to think about Tojo's words.He was silent for a while.

Chapter 1095

"Your Majesty, can't you see it?"

With a long sigh, Hideki Tojo continued to persuade with a solemn tone:

"Yang Fan is a terrifying enemy who is extremely tolerant and manageable. Once he is given enough time to develop, he will become the ultimate enemy of the empire!

On the surface, Yang Fan is a warlord with a separatist regime, and he doesn't have a strong desire to attack. In fact, he is a poisonous snake at all, and he will never give up any favorable opportunity.

Once the attack on him is relaxed, he will take away all the Southeast Asia, China, and Manchuria occupied by the empire step by step, and may even use the territory of China as a springboard to launch an attack on the mainland of the empire in the future!

At that time, the Great Japanese Empire will really be in danger! "

"The difficulties of the Great Japanese Empire are only temporary! We can definitely transfer labor from slave countries and occupying countries to make up for the loss of domestic labor!"

"At the same time, we can continue to increase the industrial size of Manchukuo, which has extremely rich population resources, and can completely surpass China in a short period of time and become the main military industrial base of the empire!"

"Your Majesty, the empire already has a population of 2.4 million people. As long as we find a way, we can definitely meet the logistical support of the imperial army!"

In order to convince Hirohito to make up his mind again, Hideki Tojo really worked hard, taking all aspects into consideration.

"..."

Hirohito frowned when he heard this, and after a while he bargained and asked: "Mr. Tojo, how about only 20 divisions?"

"Refueling tactics are a taboo for military strategists, this is absolutely impossible!"

Hideki Tojo shook his head, and then said seriously: "Your Majesty, I have thought about it carefully, and now I finally understand why the empire always falls into the hands of Yang Fan!"

"Nani? Tojo-kun, what exactly are you trying to say?"

Hirohito was a little dazed, not sure what Hideki Tojo was going to do again!

"His Majesty!"

Hideki Tojo said very seriously: "Although we always say 'a lion fights a rabbit with all our strength' every time, I thought carefully about the past, and only now did I realize that we were all wrong!

It is not the Great Sun Empire that is doing its best, but Yang Fan and the Chinese army!

Every time Yang Fan is fighting with his life, and every time he makes a big move, he almost does his best, especially this time Yang Fan used all his energy to fight the Great Japanese Empire!

For the Empire of Japan, did it really use all its strength in the Burma battle? Did it really regard Yang Fan as the ultimate enemy of the empire?

No, that's not the case at all, but we think that this kind of strength is enough, but in fact it is far from enough! "

"One is just doing his best, and the other is doing his best. Although there is only one word difference, the consequences are very different!"

"Actually, in the final analysis, we still underestimated Yang Fan and the Chinese army, otherwise, we could have added 10 army divisions, 1 flight division, and a more powerful naval fleet on the original basis!

If that's the case, I don't believe that this time the battle will fail, and Yang Fan can turn defeat into victory at a critical moment! "

"So after learning from the painful experience, we must either not increase the number of troops, or increase the number of troops in place at one time, to ensure that the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Myanmar will be completely crushed, and the industrial base in Myanmar will be wiped out, or even used for our own use!"

After pondering for a while, Hirohito said softly: "Mr. Tojo, this is a big matter, let me think about it carefully."

Hideki Tojo's words can be described as deafening. Although it was a bit of an afterthought, it pointed out the crux of the problem.

The rest of the ministers also showed a look of thought, and they were still very touched by Tojo Hideki's words.

Yes, after so many years, why did it fall into Yang Fan's hands many times, and why did Yang Fan grow and develop under the eyes of the empire?

Is it true that the Japanese Empire can't defeat a mere Chinese local warlord?

No, not at all!

Just as Hideki Tojo said, the Empire of Japan has not paid enough attention to it, and has not regarded Yang Fan as the ultimate enemy equal to the United States.

If he had known that Yang Fan would become as powerful as he is today, he would have caused such trauma to the Great Japanese Empire, and would have become a real confidant of the Great Japanese Empire.

As early as three years ago, the Great Japanese Empire would definitely concentrate enough powerful forces to crush Yang Fan at once, and would never give Yang Fan a chance to sit still!

If I had known this, why bother at the beginning? Thinking of this, everyone felt a dull pain in their hearts, wishing they could travel back and rewrite history!

But there is no regret medicine in the world, there are not so many ifs!

"Hay!"

It is naturally impossible for Hideki Tojo to force Hirohito to make up his mind immediately and do what he wants.

After a short pause, Hideki Tojo continued, "However, Your Majesty must make a decision as soon as possible. The situation in Myanmar can no longer be delayed like this. The longer it is delayed, the more detrimental it will be to the empire!"

"I will make a decision as soon as possible."