Five Hundred and Seventy Persecution

There is an old saying in China that goes, "Walking along the river will never get your shoes wet."

There is also an old Chinese saying, "Nine out of ten bets lose."

It's a pity that the Emperor of Japan is obviously not Chinese, and he has never heard so many common sayings. He believes in what his ministers always say to him: "Fortune lasts forever."

Therefore, sometimes it is better for the emperor to change a little more. For example, if he is replaced by His Majesty the Emperor of China, he will not believe the slogan of "Long live His Majesty the Emperor" that complimented him.

In any case, Japan's high-level officials believed the auspicious words of mutual encouragement, and felt that they must be an outstanding nation favored by heaven. They confidently believe that if they can win the first bet and the second time, they will definitely win the most critical one.

So Japan mobilized all the forces it could find, ran to Pearl Harbor in the United States and smashed an unprecedented scene, and suddenly felt that it was the most bully gang leader in the entire global village. It's a pity that the scene they smashed has a bit of a background, and the name is the police station.

If you watch Hollywood movies, you will know that in most cases, the opening of the story is a big scene with submachine guns and bazookas full of firepower when the gangsters break into the police station. However, after an hour and a half, the police often succeed in counter-killing. This is almost the same in real life. The United States was beaten at Pearl Harbor, but it has already begun to think about how to punch it back.

Within a month, the United States rushed to repair 3 battleships and 1 aircraft carrier, and also built 7 cruisers and 11 destroyers at the same time. This terrifying shipbuilding capability shocked the whole world. In order to prevent Japan from attacking Australia, the United States even sent 500 tanks to Australia, and transferred General MacArthur from the Philippines to Australia to stabilize the situation.

Throughout Australia, there are a total of 14 divisions composed of locals, as well as 5 divisions that the United States has strengthened in the past, and they are combined into 2 group armies. Although it seems that the number of this army is slightly insufficient, Japan can transfer even fewer troops, so it is barely satisfactory.

The Americans are also depressed. The warships in their hands are seriously injured and heavy. Now the remaining forces are a bit stretched to deal with Japan. The Germans are ready to move in North Africa and may launch a large-scale attack at any time. Once the oil resources in the Middle East are threatened by the Germans, the United States will lose a bargaining chip that can be used to make a fuss in the future hegemony process. .

If it is just a bargaining chip, it is not bad, but if it loses its right to speak in the Middle East, then the United States will be completely excluded from the mainstream circle of the world and become a marginalized country. Said it was an intolerable loss.

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All of these follow-ups will have to wait until the United States beats Japan, a guy who has nothing to do, to ashes, before we can make a long-term plan. If the table is turned over by Japan, let alone the United States compete with Germany for future world dominance, it is estimated that whether it can get second is still a question.

So biting his teeth, the U.S. Navy found Spruance, an accomplished aircraft carrier commander, and ordered him to launch an effective partial counterattack against Japan in the waters near the Philippines.

Spruance lived up to expectations and successfully won this important naval battle related to Australia's future fate. With the help of British radar technology, the U.S. Navy has improved a naval radar that can be installed on the mast. This radar has just entered service and helped the U.S. Navy win a big victory in the naval battle off the Philippines.

It was not until this moment that the U.S. Navy and the British Navy knew how much advantage the German Navy, which possessed radar technology, had gained in the Atlantic naval battle. It was also at this time that they realized that their losses in the Atlantic Ocean were not wronged at all.

The Japanese Navy has now lost the help of Siemens, Germany, and the development and production of radar systems are even more backward. They still do not have radars that can be installed on ships, let alone effective means to counter this terrible electronic weapon.

During the war of aggression against China, Japan showed a deliberate intention of a small country to challenge a big country. Long before the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese began to infiltrate China. The espionage structure can be said to be pervasive, and even Chinese military enterprises have been mixed into it. Japanese. These spies explored the way, plotted the plot, and some women even hooked up with Chinese generals to obtain core secrets such as military deployment drawings. Even Akado's effective espionage infiltration methods after 1920 were mostly influenced by Japanese espionage activities.

However, in the two important battles of the Battle of Nomenkan and the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in the United States, the Japanese spy agencies only played the level of the scale of the battle, not the exaggerated strategic level of the past. Japanese spy agencies did not provide a complete analysis of U.S. industry, nor were they able to alert the Japanese Army to the fact that Soviet Far Eastern forces were not what they used to be.

Perhaps the spy agencies did provide reliable intelligence and a thorough analysis of the other party's national strength, but the Japanese high-level officials who were already terminally ill turned a blind eye to it-no one can say for sure, but one thing is certain, that is, Japan miscalculated the United States. The war potential of the United States has also wrongly ignored the determination of the United States to wage war.

The Japanese thought that the United States would be emboldened by Japan's fierce offensive, and then after several defeats in the Pacific Ocean, they made hasty compromise peace talks and made some concessions that capitalist countries usually make. And if Japan gives up some places to appease the United States, then the entire coast of China will be eaten by the Japanese.

But what they didn't expect is that in the most hidden corner, the United States is already doing everything possible to prepare to provoke a war to deal with the continuous expansion of its opponent Germany: the top leaders of the United States naturally know that making money is not as fast as stealing money, so they watched Germany go all the way. Robbery to get rich, Americans also want to do this... Originally, the place chosen by the Americans was in the Middle East, but Japan couldn't wait to jump out, crying and begging the United States to smoke itself first.

Japan's intelligence agencies were completely paralyzed by the U.S. isolation policy. Less than a month after the Pearl Harbor incident, Japanese nationals in the U.S. were controlled by the U.S., and centralized monitoring was carried out within a certain range to prevent Japanese spies from providing any information to the country. intelligence. The trick really worked, and the Japanese intelligence agencies became completely blind within a few days.

Because of race, it is difficult for Japan to find spies of European origin in the United States to help them. They can only rely on Japanese nationals to obtain American intelligence. This problem ended up costing them all sources of intelligence in the continental United States by late May 1939, not even a single decent one.

However, Japan still got news from some places that the U.S. Navy was equipped with radar. Unfortunately, this news was forgotten by a military attache of the German embassy in the conference table, and then it was coincidentally sent as an ordinary document to Japan. The mayor's office of spies, and the Japanese spy network in China is still very efficient, and the Japanese quickly obtained this important information that was undoubtedly sent to Japan by Germany.

"Nagumo-kun, what do you think of the information that the United States is equipped with carrier-based radar?" Sitting on a chair in the bridge of the aircraft carrier Akagi, Yamamoto Fifty-Six asked while drinking carefully prepared tea. Nagumo Chuichi on one side.

Obviously, the commander of the Japanese Navy's aircraft carrier fleet is not optimistic about Japan's scientific research capabilities: "With all due respect, General, it will not happen in the short term that our ships are equipped with similar equipment to compete with US ships. We can only rely on Numerous to complete the decisive battle with the enemy by day, and crush the remnants of the United States Navy in one fell swoop."

"We were careless in the coastal waters of the Philippines and let the Americans take advantage of it. The base camp asked us to win a victory as soon as possible to stabilize the morale of the army." Yamamoto Fifty-Six narrowed his eyes and said grimly: "We must choose an assault place, forcing the U.S. Navy to participate in the war, and then dispatching our superior naval air force to annihilate the U.S. Navy, seize the U.S. islands, and force the U.S. to surrender for peace.”

Yamamoto Fifty-Six has never had the intention to defeat the United States to dominate the Pacific Ocean. He has always pinned Japan's victory on the exchange of hurting the United States to force the United States to compromise, and then Japan's exchange of interests in the Pacific Ocean for China's interests in the Far East. For this goal, he must use the fastest speed to cause the most terrifying damage to the United States, so as to create an illusion for the United States: he cannot defeat Japan.

Once this time is delayed by the Americans for a long time, the Americans will see themselves and Japan's bluff more clearly-by that time, Japan will never be able to win the war.

"The subordinates feel that if we must choose a location, we can forcefully land on Wake Island in the United States, so that the American fleet can only be forced to fight." Kojima said: "If the United States doesn't care about it, then we will continue to move eastward, occupy Midway Island, and push toward Hawaii."

"It's a way. I'm afraid that the Americans will give up these islands and continue to play hide-and-seek with us." What Yamamoto Fifty-Six is ​​most afraid of now is that the United States doesn't care how much island territory it loses, and it's all about accumulating ten aircraft carriers at home before killing them. ——This tortoise style of play really makes Japan have no choice.

"Then, let our people speak on His Majesty's side and urge the army to enter Australia?" Nagumo Chuichi had another idea.

"No, we don't have the confidence to ensure that the army will win in Australia. If there is another Nomen threshold, we will be finished." Yamamoto Fifty-Six seemed to have made up his mind: "That's it! Order the fleet to turn around and gather the main force Battleship fleet and landing fleet, take Wake Island!"