Glorious Mission 1937

Admiral Yamamoto, the commander of the Joint Fleet of the Navy, also responded: "Looking at the current international situation, the United States, Britain and the Netherlands are indeed inseparable. When the empire expanded to the south of French Indochina, the relationship between Britain, the United States, and the Netherlands has already been established. An understanding has been reached on the issue of common defense, as evidenced by the joint freezing of the assets of the subjects of the empire in the United States, England, and Holland. There is no doubt about this. Although the actual attitude these countries will adopt, according to the timing of the southward advance of imperial force, There will be some differences in methods, the current international situation, and the domestic situation of the United States and Britain, but in the final analysis it is impossible to limit the war opponents to the Netherlands or the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.”

Koshiro Oikawa also got up and said: "Based on the current situation and in view of the historical words and deeds of the British side, we can be sure that when the British Empire enters the Dutch East Indies, including Australia and Canada, the British will be determined to immediately attack the Dutch East Indies for self-defense. Reich confronts with armed force. In such a case, Britain would immediately turn to the United States for help."

"Even if the United States does not enter the war immediately, it will quickly strengthen its military measures and take various measures such as containment and demonstrations. Moreover, from the perspective of the relationship between the United States and the Empire, it must be expected that its attitude towards entering the war will be worse than its attitude towards Germany." With this attitude, the pace will be greatly accelerated, and the United States still has reasons to join the war.”

Konoe Fummo asked, "What reason?"

Oikawa Koshiro said: "The United States is a proud and arrogant country. It often regards itself as a savior. Because of the existence of the Philippines, the United States believes that the Southwest Pacific is within its right to speak. In addition, the development of the United States needs to come from the Southwest Pacific. materials, especially rubber and tin. Moreover, the empire going south to fight against Britain and the Netherlands will definitely give the Americans the illusion that their Philippines is seriously threatened, and it may also cause the United States to completely lose its control over China. The right to speak. The most important point is that the empire going south will greatly stimulate the people of the United States, and the stimulation of public opinion is greater than that of the European war."

Nagano Xiushen also said: "As the Chief of Naval Operations, I have to consider the issue from the perspective of the Navy's combat situation. If we put aside the United States and Britain and only fight against the Dutch East Indies. Or put aside the United States and always fight against Britain, it is equivalent to We take the initiative to create a strategic situation divided by the enemy. In this way, the weaknesses of our front flanks will be exposed to Singapore, Hong Kong and the Philippines, which is absolutely unacceptable in combat operations.”

"Secondly, under the current circumstances, if we do not rely on pre-emptive strikes, it is already very difficult to fight against the United Kingdom or the United States. If the war with the Netherlands begins and the situation has to be launched against the United States and Britain, we will no longer be able to launch pre-emptive strikes This is already the case in the reality of the comparison between the enemy and our forces. What's more, considering the situation in which the US and Britain's combat readiness is likely to increase sharply in the future, the "necessity" to launch a pre-emptive attack is even more urgent."

"In the end, we cannot establish a solid strategic posture without Malaysia and the Philippines."

The Navy regards the United States as an imaginary enemy country in terms of national defense.Moreover, the war against the United States bears the brunt of the war, so the Navy believes that it is impossible to separate the United States and Britain strategically, and the Army has no choice but to agree. In this way, the United States and Britain cannot be separated.On the view that the use of force against the South is the use of force against the United States, the opinions of the army and navy have been unified. [

Discussions about the inseparability of the United States, Britain and the Netherlands have already come to fruition, but recollection still has to be done.As the host of the imperial meeting, Konoe Fummo got up again and said: "Now that we have the results, let's move on to the next question. That is, the base camp must give His Majesty the Emperor and the "government ’ Pay the bottom!”

Konoe Fummo's words are very clear. After talking so much, when does your base camp want to do it, in order to do it in written form, and at the same time, what are the chances of winning after doing it? Your base camp must give us soy sauce An explanation.

Of course, this issue is not only concerned by Fummo Konoe himself, but also the thoughts of more than half of the ministers present who do not want to have bad relations with the United States, Britain and other countries.The reason why these ministers don't want to go to war with the United States and Britain is because they feel that they can't win even a small China, and there is no chance of winning if they go to war with the United States, Britain and China at the same time.

However, if the base camp is really sure, then they don't mind going to war with the United States and Britain. As long as they can win, the benefits will be great. As long as there are benefits, Xiami Britain and the United States will not care even if they are enemies with the whole world .

Everyone turned their attention to Prince Xianyuan Gong Zairen, chief of the general staff. Although the old prince was 77 years old and was too old to walk, no one dared to underestimate the old prince.Everyone knows that the old prince's base camp is now the world, whether it is the rebellious Itagaki Seishiro, the self-esteemed Ishihara Wanji and Okamura Neiji, they all behave like rabbits in front of the old prince.

Prince Zaijin, who had been squinting his eyes as if everything was related to him, suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Operation is a matter for the Army Operations Department and the Navy Operations Department. Let Nagano and Itagaki speak on behalf of the Army and Navy!"

After saying that, Prince Zaijin closed his eyes again, as if he had really left everything to Nagano Shoushen and Itagaki Seishiro.

Now that Prince Zairen has called the roll call, Yong Ye Xiushen didn't say anything, stood up and said: "As for the timing of the war, when the national policy was decided at the beginning of the year, the base camp is expected to be ready for war in May or June. Prepared accordingly."

"As for the sequence and scope of the conquest, the decision was made based on the establishment of a long-term undefeated situation. Since the main purpose of this war is to break the economic blockade imposed by the United States, Britain, and the Netherlands on the empire, in order to realize the Great Japanese Empire and Greater East Asia. If it is the basic national policy of common prosperity, it is of course necessary to capture the resource belt in the south."

"From the perspective of economic requirements, it is necessary to capture and secure important resource areas such as Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Malay, and Sulawesi. From the perspective of strategic requirements, it is necessary to capture the important military bases of the United States and Britain in Singapore, Manila, Hong Kong, Guam, Wake Island and other places should eliminate the forces of the United States and Britain, and at the same time make the strategic position of these important areas play a role in the protracted war in the future. To face the frontal enemy in the Indian Ocean, Burma must be captured in order to form a Japanese defense line The stronghold of the right wing, and cut off the road to aid Chiang Kai-shek, prompting the Chiang regime to surrender at an early date. The scope of the captured area should be limited to the area that Japan has national power, especially the area that can be controlled by combat power, and it must be controlled when the war begins. The enemy in the region always maintains an advantage and is able to conduct offensive warfare."

"In this way, the base camp will roughly set the scope of capture to Burma, Malay, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi Island, Borneo, the Philippines, Guam, Wake Island, Hong Kong and other regions. However, the initial plan for the capture of Burma is to go to war. At the time, only a part of the southern part of Myanmar was captured, and other important areas of Myanmar were captured after the initial operations made progress, as long as the situation permitted. If these areas can be captured and secured, and in cooperation with securing the Nanyang Islands west of the Marshall Islands, it will be strategically important It can carry out a long-term protracted war against the United States and Britain, and it can also maintain long-term economic self-sufficiency.”

Konoe Fummo nodded and said: "After the scope of the capture is roughly determined, what are your plans for the order of the capture? You must know that the military power of the empire is limited. Where do you start with the limited land, sea, and air forces and ships?" It is not customary to think carefully, whether to detour to the right? Or to the left? Or surprise attacks at the same time?"

Yong Ye Xiushen continued: "Regarding the preface of the occupation, when we discussed with the Ministry of the Army, we had two options: to the right and left. Detour; detour to the left is the opposite, from the Malay side to Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and the Philippines. The navy advocates a detour to the right, while the army advocates a detour to the left.”

"After repeated discussions, it was unanimously decided to launch a surprise attack on the Philippines and Malay at the beginning of the war. After the surprise attack was achieved, an attack on Java was launched from both sides at the same time, so that the enemy had time to deal with it. In order to fight at the same time, sea troops and transportation Needless to say, the ships, especially the aviation force must maintain superiority in both aspects. Of course, the main force in the southward battle is the navy, and the enemy of the navy is also the navy of the United States, Britain and other countries. Hong Kong and Singapore and other naval bases of the British army launched surprise operations.”

Then Yong Ye Xiushen said: "As for the issue of the outcome of the war, our base camp has also considered it comprehensively. To be honest, it is completely unrealistic for the empire to fight against Britain, the United States, Holland, and China with the power of one country, and there is no chance of winning. The reason why the empire dares to formulate such a risky national policy at this time is, on the one hand, it proceeds from the situation of the empire itself, and more importantly, it makes a decision based on the changing international situation. That is to say, the victory or defeat of the empire depends entirely on the changing international situation .”[

The words of Yong Ye's self-cultivation surprised everyone present. They thought that the base camp was so eager to start a war with the United States, Britain, the Netherlands and other countries that there should be a good chance of winning. There should be!

Fortunately, the fate of the empire is actually maintained on the development of the international situation. That is to say, if the international situation develops in a direction that is beneficial to the empire, then the empire will have a certain chance of winning. Otherwise, the empire may lose this war Well, this shit is simply gambling with the fate of the empire and the fate of all Japanese people.

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