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spnAfter the First World War brought huge trauma to all mankind, and also brought excellent opportunities for many lucky countries to rise, the Second World War finally took place as scheduled amidst various accidents and inevitability.q

On March 3, Britain and France declared war on Germany one after another. In response, the members of the Axis Agreement were not timid. Germany, Italy, and Japan declared war on Britain and France one after another. It is expected that there will be more from both sides.

partner countries to join in this future war.

However, after the British declared war, they only actively expanded their armaments and prepared for war. They ran their factories at full capacity to produce all kinds of required equipment, including guns and ammunition, artillery, aircraft, tanks, and warships. They found that compared with preparations,

Fully German, Britain's preparations have barely begun

.They need more troops, more land forces instead of navy, and more equipment from military uniforms to weapons. When the French declared war, they immediately gathered heavy troops at the Maginot Line on the German-French border.

Trying to further expand the size of the 113 domestic army divisions.

What the French remembered from World War I was not only the Germans who entered near Paris, but also the cruel lesson of the lack of strategic depth. They must concentrate their forces on a solid line of defense and defend the Germans to death in order to avoid the consequences of World War I.

Tragedy. Seeing more than 40 divisions arrayed on the French side of the Maginot Line, smiling at the Germans who could do nothing but looking at France and sighing, the French had never felt that the "government" was so wise.

"Look, the war happened, but it was in Poland!"

This is the news headline of Le Figaro, an old French newspaper, founded in 1853. Below it is a photo of the Polish war. The writer used a gloating attitude, plus some cynicism, thinking that the war should be damned

Despite the outbreak, the Germans failed to "bully their neighbors" as they did during World War I.[

"If they want to cross the Maginot Line, millions of people will die." Moreover, victory will belong to France. "It belongs to Maginot. What we need to do now is not to worry about their attack, but to think about how Tang will do."

Rescue Poland. Poland needs us, Europe needs France, and France will definitely save the entire Europe just like in World War I."

This is French [Prime Minister] Paul Reynaud. When being interviewed by reporters, he replied with great momentum, "His strength and confidence tell the French that the war is far away from us in France." There is no need to worry at all.

After Italy declared war, it quickly moved closer to Germany and even immediately dispatched five divisions of Italian troops to Poland to participate in the war. Mussolini was also ambitious for the entire Balkans and vowed to make achievements.

As for Asia, it is still the Japanese who have truly announced to the world through practical actions that war is coming again.

Tokyo,〖Japan〗Kikokukaku Pavilion where the Emperor met with his ministers.

"His Majesty the Emperor"

At this time, the people standing in Kiku no Pavilion were not only important members of the Japanese military, but also the newly promoted Prime Minister Minamijiro, the Chief of Army General Staff Hideki Tojo, as well as important members of the military headquarters, the deputy general

Chief of Staff Seishiro Itagaki, Chief of Military Operations Department Kanji Ishihara, Marine Minister Nagano Shushen, and Navy Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.

Six years after the end of the Sino-Japanese War, these Japanese generals who performed well in the Sino-Japanese War have all entered the upper echelons of the Japanese army. On the other hand, the rapid rise of middle and low-level officers in the Japanese army has made these people gradually

Controlled the operations of the military department.

"Is it really time to go to war? Can we declare no war?"

The emperor pretended to be calm and said in a customary tone of concern for the country, but his left and right hands, which were placed on the handle of the chair and were trembling non-stop, had deeply betrayed him. Moreover, "when the matter has reached this point, no matter how much cover-up it is, it will be useless."

Superfluous.

This is a man who longs for war.

He likes to gamble and bet on the fate of the country. If he loses, the natural island environment allows Japan to protect its capital. But once he wins, several times or even ten times the land becomes the empire's possession. Of course,

There are more resources, population, and wealth.

"Yes, His Majesty the Emperor. The young officers in the military department are already extremely restless. There are even signs that if the empire delays actual war operations, they may take some coercive measures for the sake of the empire.

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The important military officials and Hideki Tojo stood together, holding the Emperor-given sword worn by their sides and bowing their heads in salute.

"I know clearly that the samurai of the empire are eager for war. They are all good samurai who are loyal to the emperor and the spirit of Bushido. But..." The emperor turned his head and asked Riku Prime Minister Nanjiro, "Are we ready?"

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Nanjiro came out, holding back his excitement and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor. Since the defeat in the Sino-Japanese War, the empire has conducted a deep introspection. The first is the economic aspect. The empire spent six years and after a considerable number of imperial citizens made contributions,

, the economy has finally reached a new height, and various industrial indicators symbolizing military potential have reached about twice what they were before the armistice.

In terms of military affairs, we learned from the lessons of the failed battle with the Chinese and carried out a six-year reform of the entire army. We developed dozens of models of new weapons, among which the Type 95 tank and the Type 95 aircraft were among them.

Advanced weapons project. In addition to being issued a certain number of submachine guns, the entire Imperial Army has also enhanced the configuration of artillery and anti-tank weapons.

At present, the empire's army has a total of 1.6 million troops, and it can mobilize up to 3 million troops at any time. Moreover, the basic rations of weapons and equipment can be guaranteed to be sufficient.

As for the navy, our number of aircraft carriers also exceeds that of the [Chinese] Chinese. Although it is difficult to make an assessment of the combat effectiveness of both sides, at least, excluding the [Chinese] Chinese, they are the enemy in Asia and the Pacific.[

In total, the Imperial Army currently has 1.6 million men and can mobilize up to 3 million at any time. The number of tanks is 2,100, more than 3,700 aircraft, and 12 aircraft carriers, which can be urgently converted into spare ships for aircraft carriers during wartime.

, ship. Due to the end of the war with [China] and the strong support of the Germans, the Imperial Army is currently fully prepared for combat and is fully capable of facing any enemy in Asia except the [Chinese] people."

The Emperor nodded slightly. Although he was a little dissatisfied with Nanjiro's mention of the "Chinese" people several times, he also knew that this was the fact. At least for now, "Japan" and France were enemies of the "Chinese" people, because there were more

There are many places waiting for the empire to go and receive.

He had just read the report on the development of military power of the "Chinese" people last night. The development speed was very fast. It is conservatively estimated that the empire may not be the opponent of the "Chinese" people.

Hirohito knew very well that just six years ago, the powerful force displayed by the Chinese people was not large in number, but they were all elite divisions. Even the newly developed Type 95 tanks and Type 95 series aircraft,

Nor can they reach the level of Chinese tanks and aircraft in 1933.

In this regard, [Japan] once asked Germany for help, but the excuse it received for rejection was: "Developing advanced armored forces and advanced aviation forces" is contrary to the original agreement and will arouse resentment from [China].

The Germans rejected [Japan] just as they had agreed with [China], and only provided moderate technology. However, it must be mentioned that [Japan] still has some strength. The summary of the failure of the war,

Coupled with Germany's help, what was created over six years has actually reached the world's advanced level, at least better than the equipment of the Soviets.

Of course, the research and innovation capabilities of the Soviet people are beyond the reach of the Japanese.

When the Emperor finally came to a conclusion, he believed that the Chinese weapons were indeed several years ahead, but they may have also faced the problem of too few equipment, difficulty in manufacturing, and high cost. Otherwise, after all these years, they would have been overdue.

They have been eliminated, but the fact is that they are still the main equipment of the Chinese people.

I just don’t know how much the equipment of each model has been improved.

Emperor: "So" have you decided?"

"His Majesty the Emperor atones for his sins. We have only discussed several directions of attack." Hideki Tojo stepped forward and said in front of a map with several arrows drawn on it. "Your Majesty, please see, the first direction is the Far East, but currently

Obviously the time has not come yet. The second direction of attack is the Philippines, but it faces resistance from the Americans. The third direction is Vietnam, which is the home base of the French in the Far East. Now that they are contained by the Germans, their resistance will be very limited. The third direction is Vietnam.

The four directions are Singapore, the British home base in the Far East. The fifth direction is Indonesia.

Indonesia had most of the resources needed for the empire, rubber, oil, grain, timber, ores, etc., and most importantly, its colonists were the weak Dutch."

"The military department means to choose Indonesia." The emperor nodded, he could still see this.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Indonesia meets all the needs of the current empire, and also meets the requirements of minimum risk and maximum gain." Tojo Hideki said.

"However, there is the Hanzhong Special Zone where [Chinese] people live, and there are a large number of Chinese. Will the [Chinese] people take the opportunity to interfere? Since the empire will covet Indonesia, the [Chinese] people also have reasons." Hirohito reminded.

“So, we decided to notify the Chinese people of this top-secret combat operation in accordance with the original agreement, and promised to protect the Chinese in Indonesia, protect the Chinese property, guarantee the Chinese industry, and ensure that the previous Indonesian trade and investment projects were not protected against

We will do our best to compensate the damaged property of the Chinese people.

If the [Chinese] people are just making a fortune from war like the Americans, then our occupation of Indonesia will have minimal impact on them. However, if the [Chinese] people intend to provoke a war under an excuse, then since there is no way to avoid it, they can only fight it."

Tojo Hideki said with confidence that although the Empire would not take the initiative to provoke the Chinese people, if war came, the Imperial people would not be timid.

"Very good, contact the Germans and let them negotiate with the Pingguo people. We can make appropriate concessions, all for the sake of the empire rising again and the empire's long-term military destiny..."

The emperor waved his hand, as if he had seen the huge fruits of victory, and said to many ministers, "Issue a war mobilization order and arm our army. The empire needs to have more troops and more weapons like the Germans.

equipment."

"His Majesty the Emperor is wise, and the empire will have a long-lasting military destiny."

On September 15, 1939, secret representatives from Germany and Japan rushed to [China], secretly met with the [Chinese] government, and revealed the Japanese army's intention to launch military operations in the direction of Indonesia to [China].

"government".

Almost at the same time, this report about Japan's major operations in Southeast Asia was placed on Zhang Shusheng's desk.[

"The policy towards Japan will be implemented in accordance with the established plan. Of course, the premise is that our interests are not damaged and the interests of the Chinese are not damaged. The Hanzhong Special Zone can temporarily accommodate Chinese people to avoid the war if necessary."

Zhang Shusheng knew very well that the actions of the Japanese in Southeast Asia were necessary. Only in this way could the entire World War II become more muddled. The Japanese who did not get deeply involved in the Chinese battlefield would mix their madness with the beast.

"Sex" is completely vented to new places, Southeast Asia, or the Soviet Union. Historically, many Western countries sat back and watched with cynicism as "China" was invaded by "Japan." They thought that "Chinese" people could do it, so that's great. This time

, the millions of Japanese troops who are not held back by the huge territory of China and its 400,000 people will give them a more vivid performance.

This time, there will be no [Chinese] expeditionary force. This time, there will not be millions of Japanese troops dragged into [China]. This time, these armies will all be composed of British, French, Soviets, and even

It's up to the Americans to bear it.

Historically, the bayonets used by the Japanese to stab the Chinese people will now hit the French, the Dutch, the British, and the Americans.

"plate!!!"

With such crazy shouts, they will attack the territories of Western countries and kill the people of Western countries.

The era of watching fire from afar, the era of letting China form an expeditionary force to die, and letting Westerners pay to send Chinese people to die on the battlefield will never happen again.

At this time, [Japan] may not be afraid of any country except [China], because this animalistic island country is too far away from those traditional powers. The only Soviet Union is only in remote areas.

The Far East is close to Japan.

But China has enough ways to check and balance them.

Leaving aside the army and navy, Zhang Shusheng is very confident that he can send many gifts to Japan with China's rapidly developing medium and long-range air force.
To be continued...