Battle of the Third Reich

The earliest Japanese found that the situation was wrong was the Japanese troops stationed in Zhennanguan, the fifth squadron of the second brigade of the 41st Infantry Regiment. ●⌒,. This is also the unit that participated in the battle of Kunlunguan. The loss was relatively serious. Because too many recruits were added, it was transferred to the gate to guard. By the way, the commander of the brigade's deputy special agent Cao personally conducted special training for the troops. The training mission was an attack on a large fortification turret, because there were several western-style turrets built in the late Qing Dynasty, such as Zhongying and Ma'anshan, and some of them still retained the Krupp fortress guns purchased by the Qing government. The climatic reasons plus lack of maintenance, the artillery has long been decayed and unusable, but the thick and long barrel can still see the glorious Lingling of the year.

Forty-one Wings used these forts as the standard to conduct training for infantry soldiers to fight against mountain fortresses. The goal was obviously to build a defensive line with the French troops of the Deng and Liangshan generation. It stands to reason that the upper ranks of the Japanese Army have extinguished the use of force. The staff headquarters is not blind, not seeing the changes in French Indochina. It can only be said that the Japanese army’s inner yang is in violation of the yin. Seeing these performances of the troops of the Fifth Division, and then looking at the alone walk of Morimoto Nakasa, it wouldn’t be surprising at all.

The war in Europe is over, and the ultimate winner is unsurprisingly the powerful Great German Empire. Germany’s momentum to lead Europe is unstoppable, and a powerful world hegemony is being born. The response from the Japanese government to the news was shocked and happy, and there was a hint of happiness.

Surprisingly, the sunless empire that caused Japan's extreme admiration fell to the ground, and the speed made everyone too late to react. When some countries wanted to start searching for corpses and picking up cheap, they found that Britain and Germany were actually working. We are preparing to sign a military alliance agreement, because France and Germany have similar alliances, so it is said that any one of these countries will face a counterattack in most of Europe. The news came as a shock to a bunch of diplomatic and politician glasses. It was too incomprehensible, and it felt that these Europeans seemed to regard state relations as a house game.

The war swept through more than half of Europe, involving as many as seven countries, resulting in casualties of more than 100,000 soldiers. The direct losses amounted to 20 million pounds, countless civilians were displaced, more families were destroyed, and thousands of European people lost all their belongings. A lot of ancient villages and towns with a history of hundreds of years have disappeared in the world along the British coast.

At this moment, the enemies fighting desperately have become allies. People who have hated each other for almost half a century have stood together and sang friendship for a long time. A politician who still scolded the dictator invaders a month ago raised his right arm in praise of Reinha. Especially, the blood-red **** fluttered outside the Louvre and the Victoria Tower. This picture is so beautiful, it is simply unbearable to witness.

In fact, it is not difficult to explain. People are divided into groups by clusters, and the leaders of big European countries are not stupid. They also see the crisis outside Europe at this time. Relatives who have been coveted by Europe across the Atlantic, and red giant bears across the Nalev River, the European countries weakened by the war, are facing more serious challenges than ever.

The war may be more than the beginning, as the apostle said, but it is far from over. Politicians have chosen to compromise in the face of national interests, and even throw away moral integrity and dignity in the face of personal rights. The Germans will never give up the spoils they deserve. France and Britain don't want to be taken off by the onlookers, and the three powers will hit it off. So this was a speechless mutual assistance and common defense agreement.

As a defeated country, Britain and France acknowledged Germany’s leadership in the alliance and were willing to contribute their own power in order to establish a new European order led by Germany. Germany’s return is that it retains the political systems of several of these countries, does not annex, and unconditionally releases most of its prisoners of war, and provides full assistance to the post-war reconstruction of various countries. In addition, it also provides military support to all countries in the system. protection.

What makes the Japanese government happy is that Germany and Japan have always maintained good friendship. They believe that under the new European order led by Germany, more European countries will support their war of aggression against China. They even dreamed that Germany would give Japan this old friend some benefits, such as hosting a few European colonies in Southeast Asia. If it doesn't work, it will lean slightly towards Japan in the export of resources, and then strangle the material supply to China, then all the current problems in Japan will be solved, and the emperor's dream of eight 縮一宇 will be realized soon. Fortunately for Japan, the last assassination did not have much impact on the friendship between Germany and Japan. Fortunately, the few idiots did not succeed. Otherwise, the current relationship between Germany and Japan must be endless.

The Japanese Army was even more excited when they got the news. They seemed to see their hope of success from the victory of Germany. The British ghosts and beasts were not afraid. As long as the single country stood on the side of Japan, East Asia was in control of the Great Japanese Empire. In hand. This is also a reason to promote Morimoto's independence. He believes that the Japanese army's preparations are enough. In the face of the decayed wood colony, there is no need to look forward and backward. The army and government of the group of corpse vegetarians, if you have half the vision of the head of the single country With courage, it has long occupied Asia.

The Japanese navy’s ideas are more practical. They believe that the one-nation power is now as powerful as Europe. It is comparable to the Napoleonic Empire. There are few rivals in the world. The Japanese power only occupies a corner of Asia, and it is no longer qualified to sit on par with the other party. The possibility of equal cooperation between the two sides is already very small. Germany’s influence will definitely extend to Asia, where there are countless resources and wealth, huge markets and almost endless manpower. If Japan does not pay the price that can satisfy the other side, why should it be This fat is left to Japan, knowing that the two sides have not signed any agreement so far, they are not allies at all.

However, there are other ideas inside the Japanese Navy, especially some technical officers in the ship administration and aviation departments. They have always been eyeing the ship technology of the British Royal Navy. They want to organize a team of experts to go to Europe and ask Germany to put pressure on the United Kingdom. , So that the United Kingdom will open the Royal Navy’s database to Japan to obtain the advanced navy technology they dream of. Regarding this kind of thinking, the deputy general Lieutenant General Toyota at that time said that he could try it. Last year, Lieutenant General Yamamoto, who was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the joint fleet from the second officer of the navy, believed that there was no such possibility. The naval technology was placed as a core secret, and Britain and Germany would not agree to this unreasonable request. It is simply to humiliate yourself.

The pro-British Americans in the navy prevailed, watching the idols of the Royal Navy, who were young, disappearing. But I can't think of the complexity of that mood. Although the Royal Navy has been reduced to a third-rate navy, it is a camel after all, and the remaining fleet still exceeds the navy of 70% of the countries in the world. Not to mention the end of the European War and the establishment of an alliance dominated by Germany. The strength of shipbuilding is far beyond the current Japan. As long as Europeans are given enough time, they will soon be able to restore their original strength, and even to a higher level.

This war happened to eliminate a group of old warships in various European countries. The Japanese combined fleet may face a group of new giant ships in the future, as far as the intelligence is currently known. There are six battleships being built in the docks of Britain, France, Germany and Germany, which is half of the total number of battleships of the combined fleet. From the character of the ambitious head of one country, we can imagine that there will be more in the next year. The battleship was built.

Some Japanese naval generals began to change their attitude toward the German-Japanese alliance. In their view, alliance with the strong is a matter of course. At this time, only fools and non-nationals will oppose this pivotal proposal for Japan's future. Some people in the navy were also worried that the alliance with the Germans would anger the powerful Anglo-American. Now that the British have been defeated, it is only the United States opposite the Pacific that can confront and overwhelm the Japanese Imperial Navy. As long as Japan and Europe form an alliance, the United States will no longer constitute Threat.

At the same time, it is necessary to prepare for Germany's refusal to form an alliance. This is because Germany has become a force at this time, and it is a close ally with the Soviet Union, and it is far away from the United States with the United States. It does not need to come to strategically attract Japan. The Japanese navy’s recommendation on this is that no matter how much effort it takes, no matter how pleased, it is necessary to let Germany affirm, even if it is not an alliance, it will not be an enemy with Japan, and guarantee Japan’s interest in Asia, even if Germany Be neutral in the middle. It can also relieve a lot of pressure for the Japanese Navy.

In the final analysis, Japan’s economy had serious problems at that time. The long-term trade deficit caused a large amount of capital and foreign exchange outflows. The gold in the national treasury was only 1% of the pre-war reserves. This country is on the verge of bankruptcy, and it is only thanks to the wealth that it plundered in northeast China in the past two years that it has maintained its appearance. Since the full battle on the Chinese battlefield, the domestic life index has started to decline significantly. Newspapers and radio have desperately promoted the Japanese Army’s victory on the Chinese battlefield, but the common people have found that more and more products are included in the list of restricted purchases, and some even It disappeared from the shelf.

Although the Japanese Cabinet is still confident of winning China. However, judging from the current rate of material consumption, Japan is likely to be exhausted before winning the war. Most of the important strategic resources were bought by real gold and silver, especially the United States. Japan is almost relying on scrap steel and oil imported from the United States to support this war, and the United States has almost hollowed out Japan’s The treasury, except for the wealth that was plundered from China, was divided into the bottomless pit of Japan-US trade except for those divided by various chaebols.

After seeing no hope of victory in a short time, the Japanese could only helplessly accept the reality that they were facing a war of attrition. Nomenkan's failure made all the ideas of going north fail. After the Army and the Navy compromised with each other, both sides set their sights on Southeast Asia. There are a lot of strategic resources that Japan needs, such as food, spices, tropical fruits and medicines, various rare and precious metals, especially oil that is as important to Japan as the blood of the country.

Almost ninety-nine percent of Japan’s domestic oil consumption needs to be imported from abroad, and oil transactions with the United States account for 90% of the total trade. Americans only receive dollars and gold and silver. The money paid for oil in recent years, It is enough for Japan to build another navy. But these consumptions are inevitable. Battleships need fuel for training. Aircraft and trucks also need fuel to drive. Domestic heat power generation metallurgy chemical industry can not do without the raw material and energy such as oil, which is sent to the Chinese battlefield every day. Weapons and supplies, as well as the minerals and grains looted from China, these things need to be transported by ship.

Most of Japan is mountainous, and the area of ​​cultivated land is not enough. The national grain output can only maintain 80% of the domestic demand. The remaining 20% ​​must be imported from abroad. All non-staple food and the like are all produced in Northeast China, such as the manufacture of soy sauce. And miso soybeans.

Some ships can burn coal, but most new cargo ships use oil-fired boilers, which is another huge consumption figure. So by the 40s, Japan has been unavoidable to start a rapid decline. At this time, only by seizing cheap and even free resources from Southeast Asia can Japan continue to maintain this deformed system and continue this war of aggression.

Japan has indeed done so in history. It has launched a war aimed at plundering resources on the grounds of liberating the colonial people of Southeast Asia. But now, everything may change dramatically because of a Japanese Nakasa officer walking alone.

It’s a little late today, something is wrong at home. I’m sorry to forgive you. At the end of the month, please forego the monthly ticket that you still have in your hand. Thank you for your support. (To be continued.)