Take Taobao to fight against Japan

Hearing this, Hirohito immediately became interested, and quickly asked: "Mr. Tojo, you mean that as long as the Allied forces attack Australia directly, they will be defeated without a doubt. Do you really have such confidence?"

"Hay!"

Tojo nodded again confidently, and continued, "There are more than 40 Japanese imperial troops stationed in the Australian mainland, plus more than 50 imperial citizens.

Over the years, the Australian mainland has been operated into an iron barrel. It not only has an extremely solid and powerful defense system, but also has established a self-sufficient military industry system, which can fully support long-term attrition wars.

What's more, Australia is adjacent to the Southeast Asian islands. Once Australia is attacked, the Imperial Southern Expedition can continuously dispatch troops to support it.

The Australian mainland has an incomparably vast strategic depth, which can be compared with other non-Pacific islands.

Therefore, no matter how powerful the Allied fleet is, they cannot play a big role. If they want to capture the Australian mainland, they must send a large number of ground troops to land and fight.

In particular, the Allied forces bypassed the Solomon Islands and directly attacked the Australian mainland from New Zealand. No matter how strong their transportation capabilities were, they could not support long-term intense consumption.

So there is no doubt that if the U.S. military dares to confront the Great Japanese Empire on the Australian mainland, their final fate can only be a crushing defeat! "

"Yosie, it's so good!"

Hirohito frowned a lot, and then asked, "Tojo-kun, you said before that the US military is likely to take the Solomon Islands first, and then slowly map it?"

"Hai, that's true!"

Tojo nodded and said, "The Solomon Islands are not only the northeast gateway of the Australian mainland, but also an outpost of the Southeast Asian islands, and their strategic location is very important.

Whether the Allied forces marched to the Southeast Asian islands or attacked the Australian mainland, they could not bypass the Solomon Islands.

Because the route from the Hawaiian Islands to the Solomon Islands is the best shipping supply line for the Allied forces, and they can only guarantee the safety of the New Zealand transportation supply line if they take the Solomon Islands. "

Hirohito nodded again and said: "So the next attack target of the US military will definitely be the Solomon Islands. Is the Empire of Japan ready?"

Tojo nodded confidently and said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that the Solomon Islands are adjacent to the Australian mainland and New Guinea Island. This is the territory of the Great Japanese Empire. The Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire has sufficient strength and has already prepared for the battle. Prepare!"

The Minister of the Navy Shigetaro Shimada also answered loudly at this time: "All the warriors of the Imperial Japanese Navy are also ready. Although the Imperial Navy suffered a lot in the Midway Island naval battle, it has not only recovered its vitality, but is also stronger than before. few.

And this time fighting close to the battlefields of Southeast Asia and Australia, the Imperial Japanese Navy will be even more comfortable, and it will definitely make the damn Yankees pay an unbearable price. "

"Yoxi, very good, very good!"

Hirohito praised a few words very happily, and then asked seriously. "The Great Japanese Empire has no way to retreat. For the sake of the Great Japanese Empire and the Yamato nation, you must work together and work together!"

"Hay!"

"The Empire of Japan will surely prosper!"

"Long live the Yamato nation!"

"His Majesty the Emperor is wise and mighty!"

Tojo, King Fushimi Miyahiro Kyo and others bowed their heads one after another, and sang hymns with roaring and tsunami.

At the end, King Fushimi Miyahiro Kyo said: "Your Majesty, I believe that the current Empire of Japan should continue to strengthen its blood transfusion plan with its German allies to obtain as many new weapons and technologies as possible.

The Empire of Japan currently has sufficient strategic resources of all kinds, and its industrial production capacity is also rapidly improving. The only thing it lacks is sufficiently advanced and powerful technical weapons.

At present, the German allies have shown a situation of retreat. They are extremely short of raw materials and strategic materials. At this time, the Great Japanese Empire must be able to maximize their benefits. "

During World War II, Germany and Japan were countries with relatively few resources. Although they obtained many strategic materials from the occupying countries, some materials were still in short supply.

For example, Japan is seriously short of strategic materials such as uranium ore.

Therefore, Germany and Japan are willing to carry out strategic cooperation and strategic exchanges in terms of demand.

Especially in the middle and late stages of World War II, the war situation became more and more unfavorable to the Axis Alliance. If Japan wanted to obtain more new weapons and new technologies, Germany desperately needed raw materials and strategic materials. Naturally, the two hit it off.

However, Japan and Germany are far away. There were originally two transportation lines for these materials, including land and sea.

The land transportation line has to pass through the entire Asian continent and the entire territory of the Soviet Union. There are more than 22000 kilometers between the two by sea. With the outbreak of the Pacific War, the ocean line is gradually controlled by the Allied forces led by the United States.

Therefore, for the safety of navigation, they pinned their hopes on the underwater transportation of submarines.

For underwater transportation, the Japanese have a lot of experience. They have I-series submarines, known as "underwater aircraft carriers". They are huge in size, can carry more than 300 tons, and can sail more than 10000 nautical miles without refueling midway.

In August 1942, after more than two months of ocean travel, the submarine I-8 of the 14th Submarine Squadron of the Japanese Navy arrived at the French port of Laurent under German occupation.

The arrival of the Japanese navy received the highest level of courtesy from Germany, and the head of state personally received the Japanese diplomatic attache who came with the boat.

Japan brought raw materials such as rubber, and in return they received sophisticated German technology, including blueprints for jet engines and advanced radar designs.

After tasting the sweetness, they began to build and use larger submarines, and the Yi-52 submarine was one of them.

"I-52" is a new type of large submarine developed by Japan that can carry more than 600 tons of cargo. It has a speed of 11 knots and has a particularly strong endurance. It does not need refueling on the way. The voyage can reach 19200 kilometers and can carry three months of living supplies.

In addition, for self-defense, it is also equipped with a 140 mm artillery.The Japanese have high hopes for this behemoth.

In another time and space, the submarine, which the Japanese army placed high hopes on, was completed at the end of 1943. On January 1944, 1, the first operation of the "Blood Transfusion Project" began.

At that time, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Japanese Navy telegraphed the Japanese Naval Attaché stationed in Germany that the submarine "I-52" would set sail from Sasebo on March 3 and pass through the Taiwan Strait.

After a short stay in Singapore to replenish fuel and supplies, he departed from Singapore in the second half of the month, and his destination was Lorraine, a French port under German occupation.

The submarine carried a large amount of strategic materials urgently needed by Germany, including 228 tons of precious metals such as tin, molybdenum, and tungsten, 288 tons of opium, 3 tons of quinine, and 54 tons of raw rubber.

What is particularly eye-catching is that the boat also carried 146 gold bars, weighing about 2 tons, packed in 49 metal sealed boxes, requiring the German side to make preparations for guarding and receiving.

However, what the Japanese did not expect was that this was the first and last voyage of the Yi-52 submarine, because the intelligence agencies of the Allied forces had already intercepted relevant information about its performance and actions.

Chapter 1549 Desire for the atomic bomb

伊—52潜艇上除了102名船员以外，还搭载了7名技术专家，潜艇上2吨黄金正是这7名技术专家携带的。

These seven experts from Japanese non-governmental companies went to Germany to purchase some relatively advanced production technologies and production patents, such as high-speed diesel engines, economic gyroscopes, etc., because these technologies are owned by German non-governmental companies, so they brought Hard currency gold was exchanged.

However, all these wireless intelligence communications between Japan and Germany were intercepted by the intelligence agencies of the Allied Forces. The intelligence's detailed description of the submarine's route and appearance characteristics sent the "I-52" to the road of no return.

After the "I-52" set sail from Singapore, passed through the Strait of Malacca, crossed the Indian Ocean, circumvented the Cape of Good Hope, and sailed in the South Atlantic Ocean, its communications were under the surveillance of allied intelligence agencies.

When the submarine arrived in southern Madagascar, the Allied forces began to accurately track it, and ships and aircraft set up a net in the designated sea area.

Two months after leaving Sasebo, the I-52 submarine circled the Cape of Good Hope, entered the Atlantic Ocean, and arrived at the scheduled location. The U-530 submarine sent by Germany had been waiting for a long time.

The two submarines surfaced, the German captain lowered a rubber boat, and sent the navigator, radio operator and radio station to the Yi-52, and then the two sides began to hand over.

However, on this ship, the Borg anti-submarine aircraft carrier 90 kilometers away from the handover point immediately dispatched an Avenger torpedo plane to attack the opponent.

The U.S. Avenger torpedo plane suddenly appeared over the sea and searched the sea with searchlights. At this time, the two submarines were almost handed over.

U-530 was a thief. After discovering the U.S. plane, it dived quickly and tried its best to escape to a safe sea area. However, the Yi-52 submarine was not so lucky.

When the torpedo plane appeared above its head, it was wandering on the sea at a speed of 12 knots. After hearing the roar of the engine, the Japanese captain ordered to dive.

In less than an hour, the Yi-1 submarine was fatally hit by the Type 52 acoustic torpedo dropped by the Allied bombers, and was eventually sunk by the Allied forces.

The sinking of the "I-52" is a successful example of the Allied radio intelligence warfare in World War II.

During 1944, the sinking of 52 material transport boats of the Japanese and German Navy represented by "I-18" forced them to suspend all material exchange activities.

This accelerated the demise of the Axis powers and made an important contribution to the early victory of the World Anti-Fascist War.

It's just that in the current time and space, the submarine transportation between Japan and Germany is still in the smooth sailing stage, and there is no case of being sunk.

Especially in the past six months, Germany has been facing increasing military pressure and a shortage of strategic materials, so it is no longer as critical of advanced military technology as it used to be. Basically, as long as the Japanese can afford it, Germany will respond to it. .

As soon as Fushimi Miyahiro Kyoko finished speaking, Tojo hurriedly answered, "That's right, it's the best time for the Empire of Japan to obtain atomic bomb technology, and the Empire of Japan must seize the opportunity!

As long as the empire successfully develops the atomic bomb, the entire empire will prostrate at the feet of the empire, and all problems will be solved! "

"Is this really possible? Yo, if the atomic bomb can really be developed, what else can the Empire of Japan fear? What else can stop the rise of the Empire of Japan?"

Hearing this, Hirohito immediately became excited, and he was very excited. He didn't know the specific power of the atomic bomb, but he knew it must be a destructive super weapon.

On February 1943, 2, due to the destruction of the German heavy water plant in Norway by British special forces, this severely frustrated Germany's development of atomic bomb weapons, and the head of state temporarily suspended Germany's atomic bomb development plan.

At the other end of the war, on the Pacific battlefield, Japan's desire for atomic bombs has not stopped. They not only asked Germany to purchase 500 kilograms of uranium oxide, but also asked Germany to obtain the corresponding atomic bomb technology. drawings.

However, the current head of state is still making decisions, and he is not willing to hand over these top-level military technologies that can reverse the entire war to the Japanese.

Tojo nodded again and said: "Hay! As long as the Empire of Japan can develop the atomic bomb, all problems will no longer be problems!"

Hirohito couldn't sit still anymore, and immediately said anxiously: "In this case, Tojo-kun, please put this matter first. In the current crisis, the Empire of Japan and the Third Empire must firmly embrace each other. The group is!"

"Your Majesty is wise! Presumably the German head of state will see this clearly!"

Tojo responded loudly excitedly, as if they could really make an atomic bomb.

On a high ground on Guadalcanal Island, the 35th Brigade Commander, Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi, the Aoba Detachment Leader, Major General Xuyumi, and the Ichiki Detachment Leader, Ichiki Kiyonao, and other Japanese generals were looking at the scene with binoculars. everything.

As early as the first half of 1942, the Japanese army successively occupied Guadalcanal, Tulagi and other Solomon Islands.

After the Japanese occupied Guadalcanal, they began to build an airport and survey nearby islands.

They found that although Guadalcanal is mountainous and jungle-like, the alluvial plain of the Longa River in the north of Guadalcanal is flat, which is more suitable for building an airport than Tulagi Island, so they sent thousands of people to Guadalcanal to start building the airport.

Later, after the Allied forces recaptured Midway Island and formed direct military pressure on the Hawaiian Islands, the strategic importance of the Solomon Islands was suddenly highlighted.

Therefore, in the past half a year, the Japanese army has urgently reinforced the Solomon Islands such as Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida, not only sending a large number of defensive troops, but also sparing no effort to build defenses. system.

Nowadays, not only the airport has been expanded a lot, but also there are beach barriers, barbed wire, wooden piles, cement buildings, coastal artillery, anti-aircraft guns and anti-tank guns on the island.

Moreover, there are more than 1 Japanese ground troops stationed on Guadalcanal. It is no exaggeration to say that the entire Guadalcanal has become a strong sea fortress.

"Sugumi-kun, Ichiki-kun, according to intelligence, the next target of the Allied Forces is the Solomon Islands, and Guadalcanal, where we are stationed, will definitely be one of them."

After putting down the binoculars, Kiyotake Kawaguchi said in a heavy tone, "In other words, our place is about to become the front line of the Great Japanese Empire. Hard and bloody battles are inevitable, but it is also our opportunity to make contributions to the empire and the Yamato nation. "

Facing the upcoming bloody battle, Kiyoshi Kazuki was not only not afraid, but full of yearning, and said with a cruel grin:

"General Kawaguchi's words are very true, as long as the Yankees dare to come, this place will become their grave!"

Kiyoshi Ichiki was arrogant by nature. It was he who launched the July 1937th Incident in [-] when he was the captain of the battalion. He ordered his troops to attack Wanping County and officially launched the all-out war between China and Japan.

The Ichiki detachment he led was the 7th Wing of the 28th Division. This is an elite unit with a glorious history in the Japanese army, and it played a decisive role in the tragic Lushun attack in the Russo-Japanese War.

Chapter 1550 Unshakable Obsession

Allied Command Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Honolulu in Hawaii is the most populous and the center of Hawaii. After recovering the Hawaiian Islands, the Allied Forces set up the Pacific Command on a small hill in the east-central part of Honolulu Island.

Because this was originally the location of the Pacific Fleet Command, although it was severely damaged in the war, it was quickly restored and became the Allied Command of the Pacific Theater.

Not long after recovering the Hawaiian Islands, Mr. President came here with a group of people, not only to inspect and condolence to the frontline troops, but more importantly, to formulate the next step of the Pacific battlefield strategy.

In the war room of the general headquarters, Mr. President, Marshall, Nimitz, MacArthur, Spruance and other senior US generals are gathering to discuss countermeasures.

After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Nimitz was immediately promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet, and began to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Theater in April 1942. He was one of the main planners of the Pacific War strategic plan.

MacArthur was called back to the army after the outbreak of World War II and served as the commander-in-chief of the US Far East Army. After 1943, he was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Allied Southwest Pacific Theater and the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Theater Army.

In May 1943, the Allied forces decided to attack the Japanese army simultaneously along two routes, the Central Pacific and the Southwest Pacific.

The operations in the Central Pacific were commanded by Nimitz, and the operations in the Southwest Pacific were commanded by MacArthur, with island-by-island attacks as the basic strategy.

Using the "two-pronged approach" to attack from two directions can not only support and cover each other, but also disperse the Japanese forces, making it difficult to determine the main strategic offensive direction of the US military.

Nimitz pointed to the military map on the table, and emphasized again in a very decisive tone: "Your Excellency, General Marshall, General MacArthur, I still insist that the next main attack target of the Allied forces should be set on the Marshall Islands, not on the Marshall Islands." Solomon Islands."

The Marshall Islands are located in the southwest of the Hawaiian Islands and east of the Mariana and Caroline Islands.

The reason why Nimitz insisted on attacking the Marshall Islands first is not entirely because he is currently in charge of commanding the Central Pacific Operations, which should focus on the Central Pacific Operations.

Instead, Nimitz believes that the simple and effective offensive route is to start from the Marshall Islands and capture the Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, and Mindanao Air Force Base along the way.

In this way, not only can they avoid the main defensive circle of the Japanese army, but they can also directly attack Taiwan and the coast of China, and then attack the Japanese mainland.

However, in conflict with Nimitz's concept, the current Allied headquarters is more inclined to focus on the Southwest Pacific Ocean.

MacArthur shook his head with a smile and said: "General Nimitz, this route is indeed the fastest and most concise in terms of the offensive route alone, but it is clear that the current plan can only be a castle in the air and cannot be realized at all. .”

After a pause, MacArthur went on to say, "Currently, the combined fleet still has a superiority in strength. They have 22 aircraft carriers, 13 battleships, 38 cruisers, 122 destroyers, and more than 70 submarines.

Such a huge naval fleet is a huge threat at any time. Even if we can temporarily avoid the Japanese combined fleet, we will eventually face this difficult problem. "

"Conversely, although the US Pacific Fleet has an absolute advantage in terms of aircraft carrier battle groups, the naval fleet is still at a disadvantage."

"Therefore, only by concentrating our efforts on annihilating the vital force of the Japanese Combined Fleet can the United States truly gain the absolute initiative in the Pacific battlefield and ensure the safety of transportation and supply lines. Otherwise, we will always face the fatal danger of being alone and being surrounded."

Nimitz frowned and said: "If the Southwest Pacific battlefield is the main route of attack, it will be a protracted war of attrition. The longer the time drags on, the faster the Japanese war machine will be activated, and the casualties of the American army will also increase." It must be an astronomical figure."

Having experienced the madness of the Japanese soldiers many times, Nimitz really couldn't imagine what kind of tragedy it would be like to attack step by step, so he really felt that he could avoid the most serious and go straight to China and Japan.

In that case, it is completely possible to join forces with the Huaxia army, use the Huaxia country as the base of attack, and never be able to keep up with the solution to the problem.

"I must admit that this is indeed a thorny road, but other than that, what other options do we have?"