I'm the Demon King in Marvel

Chapter 463 Lazy and incompetent Americans don’t deserve these lands!

"If God doesn't take it, you will be punished!"

"This is the gift from Amaterasu to us!"

"The gods must have seen the suffering of the Yamato people and pointed out a new path for us."

At the high-level meeting, the "Navy faction" began to clamor wildly.

As we all know, during World War II, there was always a dispute between the "going north" and "going south" factions among the Japanese.

The army supported the invasion of the Soviet Union to the north because this would allow them to gain a dominant position; the navy supported the invasion of the south because the main battlefield would be at sea after going to Southeast Asia, and the navy could obtain more resources and have more weight.

The "dispute between land and sea" ran through the entire military period of Japan, and its roots can be traced back to the conflict between the Satsuma and Choshu clans during the "anti-shogunate" period.

The "Navy Faction", which was mainly composed of the forces of the Satsuma Domain, did not agree to expand the China War. However, Xiao Liuzi was cowardly and handed over the territory. The "Army Faction" successfully won big with small efforts time and time again.

The "army faction" naturally became more confident as it could bring profits to the nobility and the chaebols, and the "navy faction"'s advocacy of a southward campaign had never been put into action.

It was not until the China battlefield became mired in a quagmire and the United States interrupted the oil trade that the headquarters finally agreed to the "Navy Faction" plan to move south in order to obtain essential oil.

Now all the soldiers and expatriates in China have been wiped out, the empire has suffered heavy losses, the powerful and wealthy are in urgent need of recovery, and the civilians need to divert their attention.

The "Army Faction" also knew the significance of this wormhole to the empire. What lay before them was a life-saving straw. For these drowning people, there was no choice at all.

Just to prevent the "Navy faction" from completely taking away the right to speak, they put forward new opinions to demonstrate their presence.

"Have you ever thought about who created this wormhole? What is the intention of the person behind the scenes?" Army Minister Hata Shunroku asked.

Although they clamored that this was a miracle from Amaterasu, none of the imperial elites present truly believed in God. The proud "nuclear-seeking" generation preferred to trust the weapons in their hands.

"Even if the rice balls are poisonous, what difference does it make to those of us who are starving to death?" Navy Minister Yoshida Zengo retorted sharply.

"With the military strength of Washington State and even the entire western United States, we only need to send the Guard Division over to quickly occupy the state capital Olympia and Seattle, and then we can control the Columbia River and completely take over the state."

"By then, the navy only needs to defeat the US Pacific Fleet to respond to the Guards Division. Even if it cannot monopolize the Pacific Ocean in a short period of time, the resources of Washington State are enough for the army to hold on for a long time without fear of becoming an isolated force."

"The U.S. Navy is still somewhat respectable, but their Army is a pile of shit!" Yoshida Zengo sneered at Hata Shunroku, "Is the Army of the Empire of Japan even worse than a pile of shit?"

"Baga!" The army generals all glared at him.

Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro, who was presiding over the meeting, quickly tried to smooth things over: "The empire has reached its most critical moment. You must work together to overcome this difficult time."

The headquarters quickly drew up a battle plan. Just as Yoshida Zengo said, they were already a group of people who were almost starving to death. Even though they knew that this suddenly appearing wormhole might be problematic, they had no choice but to jump in.

If the people continue to die like this every day, they will either be torn to pieces by the crazy people, or the people who have given up on themselves will seek death on their own initiative, the population will drop sharply, and the Japanese archipelago will return to the primitive age.

This time the combat mission fell to the Imperial Guards Division. Originally, this division was supposed to be stationed outside Tokyo, responsible for protecting the emperor and the capital, but now they have no soldiers available.

The Kwantung Army and the China Expeditionary Army were completely wiped out, and among the 17 Type A divisions, only the 7th Division Asahikawa Division and the Imperial Guards Division stationed in Hokkaido survived.

Even the Kurume Division of the 12th Division stationed in Wanwan was killed in a "self-explosion" after being attacked by a few bold Chinese.

Even if we continue to recruit soldiers, they will need time for training. For this expedition to America, we must send out a combat-capable division. Although the combat capacity of the Guards Division is not very good, its equipment is absolutely first-class and it has a large number of technical weapons.

Soon, the Guards Division received the order and set out, rushing into the wormhole and arriving in the distant state of Washington.

The vanguard has built a simple defense line in this basin in Washington State, and the scattered scouts have even quietly killed several cowboys.

As soon as the army arrived, they quickly rushed towards the nearest town.

A large number of engineers stayed behind to build a permanent fortress to guard this magical wormhole and prevent the retreat from being cut off.

As mentioned before, at the beginning of World War II, the number of U.S. Army soldiers was less than 100,000, and the vast majority of the 48 states did not maintain a military establishment, only some sheriffs and police to maintain law and order.

In 1939, Washington State was just a small state in the northwest with a sparse population. It was far from the high-tech industrial complex that it later became, with Boeing's production lines and the headquarters of Microsoft and Amazon.

How can the existing police and sheriffs in Washington State alone possibly stop the ferocious Guards?

In addition, in order to capture Washington State as quickly as possible, the general commanding the Imperial Guards Corps in this operation was not a prince of the royal family, but Seishirō Itagaki, who had just stepped down as Minister of the Army on August 8.

The prince also knew that this was not the time to grab the credit and he could just wait until the situation stabilized before reaping the benefits.

With the blessing of "Itagaki's courage", the Imperial Guards Division easily captured Olympia, the capital of Washington State, with a crushing momentum, and divided its troops to rush towards Seattle and Portland on the Columbia River.

The Imperial Guards Division encountered almost no enemy along the way. With the help of the newly built state roads of the "New Deal" in the previous years and the looted cars, these Japanese devils spread across Washington State at a speed faster than an armed parade and rushed south to Oregon.

“Is this the U.S. military?”

Seishirō Itagaki watched in disbelief as the only organized regiment stationed in Portland was defeated by a squadron of the Imperial Guards Division in five minutes.

"Is this also considered an army?"

As the leader who personally planned the incident and swallowed up Manchuria, Itagaki Seishirō had seen Zhang Xiaoliu's army and later participated in two major battles in the Central Plains.

He can say responsibly that, apart from having better equipment, the fighting spirit of these American troops is simply garbage!
If they were placed in any army in East Asia, these garbage soldiers would be shot by the supervision team.

The Japanese had heard of incidents of tanks driving out veterans who were demanding their wages before. As generals, they were naturally aware of the impact of such incidents on military morale, but they did not expect that the US top brass paid so little attention to military construction, and that the impact had not been eliminated after so many years.

"You've really brought this upon yourself! You've relied on the strategic advantage of your territory and are used to a life of luxury." The old Japanese sneered, "Since you're not prepared, don't blame me for not following martial ethics."

"Order the entire army to speed up the progress and continue to take over Oregon!"

"There are vast tracts of fertile land waiting for us to occupy!"

"Lazy and incompetent Americans don't deserve these lands!"

The original battle plan only included the occupation of Washington State, but when Itagaki Seishirō saw that the U.S. military was too weak, he simply pushed forward.

There was no way around it, because in the battle to capture Washington State, the Guards Division suffered only single-digit casualties, half of which were accidents during the journey.

Whoever becomes a commander must pursue the victory, fortunately, there is more strategic depth in the later defensive battles.

(End of this chapter)