After being asked by Hideki Tojo, Sadao Akamatsu couldn't help but be speechless because the submarine force of the Japanese Joint Fleet was also severely damaged... On the one hand, it was because Japanese submarines have always targeted attacking US warships, and sometimes even directly participated in naval battles against the US, such as the Guadala Naval Battle and the Marshall Islands Battle. Although this also had some results, it could occasionally destroy several US warships or even aircraft carriers, but the casualties of Japanese submarines were also very serious.

On the other hand, when the US submarine blocked the transportation line, it had reached a serious fuel failure. For example, the naval battle in the Mariana Islands just started. The reason why the submarine did not participate in the war was because it wanted to give fuel to surface ships... This means that if the submarine was going to fight, there would be several surface ships that could not move.

In fact, the Japanese Navy cannot do this because they believe that using submarines to attack enemy merchant ships is a kind of "cowardly" and "greed for life and fear of death".

Hideki Tojo said heavily: "What's more, if American ghost animals have the ability to build more than a dozen aircraft carriers within a year, then how many transport ships do you think they can build in a year? I believe that American ghost animals will have more transport ships than our torpedoes, so how can we do it?!"

Akamatsu Sadao couldn't help but be stunned.

Hideki Tojo is right. At this time, Japan's most helpless thing is that when Japan shoots down an enemy plane, the United States will build two, sink a warship, the United States will build two... On the other hand, Japan even lacks materials for torpedo construction. How can it win this battle if it continues like this?!

In fact, Tojo Hide aircraft underestimates the industrial capacity of the United States. The United States can produce more than a dozen aircraft carriers within a year, but more than twenty aircraft carriers, which has not included the escort aircraft carriers.

"But... Prime Minister!" Sadao Akamatsu said worriedly: "The combat radius of the American ghost beast b29 bomber reaches 3,000 kilometers, which means... it can bomb the entire territory of Japan, which will give the Japanese people a blow of confidence and morale..."

Hideki Tojo's face was ashamed, which was what he was worried about... because he had been concealing the truth from the country, that is, when the Japanese joint fleet was retreating step by step and even when the flight division was defeated by the United States and was completely losing air supremacy, what the Japanese people heard was that the Japanese navy was winning again and again. In this kind of information was blocked and filled with false information released by the government, the Japanese people and media were even clamoring for "air raids in the United States"...

"Air strike against the United States" was proposed by a president named Hideshi Noi. His theory itself was unexpectedly simple, such as: "If Japan goes to war with the United States, it cannot defeat the United States until it is half dead, and it must be completely fought. If an air strike against the United States, it must bring millions of imperial troops to the United States and rule them..."

His idea is correct in some ways, because the "half-dead" state mentioned here refers to the stalemate with the US military in the Pacific as the Tojo government promoted. Of course, it is not actually a stalemate, but the Japanese people do not know this. Therefore, due to the strong American industrial capacity than Japan's industrial capacity, Japan certainly cannot limit the battlefield to the Pacific battlefield to fight a protracted war with the United States. If this continues, it will not be beneficial to Japan. Instead, it should fight to the United States, occupy the United States' land to destroy their industrial system and even use it for Japan, so that Japan's war machines can continue to operate. For this reason, Hides No Iri even called for the recruitment of bombers to bomb the United States.

What Hideshi Noi didn't expect was... Japan did not fight to the United States at all, but instead let the United States fight to the mainland.

It is obvious that once the US military has the ability to bomb any part of Japan, the main one is the capital Tokyo, then this lie will not be able to be made up.

Hideki Tojo was worried that this would cause Japan to fall into full-scale civil strife, and that some people would even take the opportunity to step down.

After thinking about it, Hideki Tojo ordered: "Notify Suzuki Saburo to strengthen publicity work!"

"Yes!" Akamatsu Sadao responded.

Saburo Suzuki is responsible for the exchange between the military and the media. Therefore, for Tojo, this is just a matter of weaving a lie to stabilize the hearts of the people. Tojo firmly believes that as long as he is willing to work hard, excuses and lies will always be found... Just like when the Japanese army launched an aggressive war, it also interpreted it with high sound as "liberation of Asia", "establishing a Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Circle", "bringing culture and progress to Asian countries", etc.

If even the bloody massacre of aggression war can be beautified like this, what else can't be done?

After Akamatsu Sadao left, Hideki Tojo stared at the map hanging on the wall without saying a word.

At this time, his head was drawing another blueprint, or it could be said to be a plan that ordinary people would never think of...

Hideki Tojo clearly realized that if the war continues to develop like this, no matter how hard it works, Japan will eventually fail. The reason is very simple. Japan is an island country. The tragedy of the island country is that the navy and air force must not be defeated, and if it is defeated, there will be no hope of victory...especially Japan, which is extremely short of resources.

This is like the UK blocked by Germany... The UK has not even been completely blocked by Germany, and the UK has also provided assistance from the United States, an industrial power. The UK's local resources are much more than Japan, and it will still be in various crises, let alone Japan.

But now the Japanese Joint Fleet is defeated.

Hideki Tojo knew very well that although the joint fleet was still alive, when the aviation force was completely defeated and could not be replenished, the warships and aircraft carriers of the joint fleet were actually a pile of scrap iron.

So, where is Japan’s hope? Could it be that the Americans are just letting them surround Japan and trapped Japan to death?!

No! Absolutely not!

Naturally, Hideki Tojo turned his attention to China.

China is different from Japan. It is not an island country, so there is no problem that the navy and air force are unable to fight again if it is defeated. On the other hand, China has a vast terrain and complex terrain, but its transportation is very backward, which is not conducive to mechanized troops' combat. Therefore, even if the weapons and equipment are as backward as the Chinese army, it has the ability to hold up the elite Japanese army.

So, what if it is the other way around?

Is the Japanese army capable of dragging the highly dependent American army in China?

Hideki Tojo felt that it was very likely, especially in China, Japan had the foundation of the puppet Manchukuo country, where Japan had enough troops, and more importantly... Japan fought in China all year round and was very familiar with China's terrain. In addition, Japan also had an arsenal in the puppet Manchukuo country, and was even self-sufficient in weapons and equipment.
Chapter completed!