For Japan, attacking Australia is similar to attacking India, both of which face a transportation problem. The long sea transportation line seems very fatal at this time. Even if there is no potential threat from China, Japan does not have the ability to deploy too many troops in Southeast Asia because its logistical supplies cannot keep up. Japan, which has long been limited in building warships as long as it has some steel, has tasted the bitter taste of insufficient shipping capacity.
The difference between the Japanese navy and the army is that the army believes that Australia should be attacked first to seize the source of high-quality iron ore. It must be said that this temptation is great, but it has to face a very real problem. The United States' powerful maritime transportation capabilities have begun to explode, and it has transported five infantry divisions to Australia in one breath. If Japan cannot launch an attack in a short time, even if it is again If you wait a month, you may face ten infantry divisions or more US troops.
The Navy believes that when attacking India, there is no danger of facing the powerful maritime transportation capabilities of the United States. Moreover, the strength of the British army in India is only three divisions. If all transportation capabilities are concentrated, three divisions can be successfully landed and swept across India by delivering three divisions at a time. As for the British and Indian troops, the Japanese Navy believed that the combat effectiveness of those turbaned Asans was negligible. The Japanese navy and army surprisingly agreed that the Asan issue could be ignored.
At this time, the Japanese Navy and Army did not care about right or wrong, they were opposing each other for the sake of opposing each other. From a rational point of view, the Navy's point of view is more certain. The British Navy cannot fully defend India unless its hometown is no longer wanted. Just a navy stationed in India cannot compare with the powerful Japanese navy.
The Japanese Navy also thinks so. To completely eliminate the British navy in Asia, you can also win over local parties in India. Under the pretext of Asians liberating Asia, British rule over India was bound to be shaken. This can be seen from the fact that after being deceived by the Japanese army, the people in the Philippines, Java, and Malaya bravely led the way and helped the Japanese army.
In fact, Japan's navy and army are trying hard to avoid one problem, and that is China's powerful neighbor. In the current situation, to be honest, if China suddenly turns its back, Japan, which has set up a long snake formation in Southeast Asia, just exposes its waist and eyes, the Chinese navy will only need to gently raise its hand. Just poke it with your middle finger and Japan will be so painful that you can't stand up. This is a terrible thing.
As far as this issue is concerned, the Japanese cabinet has carefully studied it. Combined with a secret intelligence said to come from high-level officials of the Chinese government, Chinese President Fang Jianxiong rejected the U.S. request for an alliance on the grounds that China is unable to fight on both sides. In fact, Japan is more afraid of fighting on two fronts than China, but Japan can no longer stop the car now.
All right. Every country has internal strife, but the ones in Japan are more brutal. In China in parallel history, the fight was even more intense, and Japan had no warlords.
After the quarrel, Hirohito came forward to convene an imperial meeting, and the navy and army each insisted on their own opinions. In the end Hirohito supported the navy. This is considered a decision, to attack India first. The Army, which failed to win the quarrel, had anticipated this outcome in advance. Chief of General Staff Nagata Tetsuyama has long asserted that His Majesty will support the navy. It was just a routine quarrel for Shan Shan Yuan, and there would be a quarrel every time anyway. Otherwise, everyone will not be able to live in peace. Fighting against the United Kingdom and against the United States is actually not a difficult multiple-choice question.
After the conclusion is drawn. The saddest thing was actually Isoroku Yamamoto of the Navy. Isoroku Yamamoto, who had seen the powerful industrial capabilities of the US empire, sighed afterward: "It is impossible not to do it!" Isoroku Yamamoto also wanted to attack Australia. I even wanted to hit Hawaii, but I couldn¡¯t! In particular, it was impossible for the Japanese navy to expend huge amounts of money to storm a strong fortress like Hawaii. In parallel history, the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor only temporarily destroyed the combat effectiveness of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Now Midway, Wake Island, Papua Guinea and other Pacific islands are occupied by the Japanese army, which can buy Japan at least a year. Looking at it from Yamamoto Isoroku¡¯s perspective, now we have to look at Germany¡¯s. As long as Germany takes care of Britain, the United States will be very supportive.
In Yamamoto Isoroku¡¯s view, it is impossible for Japan to defeat it alone! The biggest variable in the situation in Asia as a whole is not how many warships the United States produces, but China, its silent neighbor. Intelligence: Although in reality China has refused to form an alliance, the United States has been working hard to win over China. Who knows what changes will happen next? In short, the Japanese navy now sleeps with one eye open to prevent China from suddenly attacking. Yamamoto Isoroku directly ordered two aircraft carriers, two Nagato-class battleships and a Yamato to station in Naha to guard against monitoring China, and then he could attack India with peace of mind.
Britain is almost crazy now. Without the drag of the Chinese battlefield, the Japanese military power is unstoppable in Nanyang. We originally hoped that the United States could take over the situation and prevent Japan from attacking India for a year and a half. However, after a naval battle in the Pacific Fleet of the United States, only a few small ships were left.?This result really made Churchill want to cry. There is no other way. India must not be lost. If India is lost, Britain's largest overseas resource area will be gone. You have to defend India even if you die.
Churchill could only think of China, so he asked the intelligence agencies to keep an eye on the progress of Sino-US negotiations. Unexpectedly, the results of the negotiations were not smooth. It seemed that the Chinese had no intention of forming an alliance. To say that Roosevelt was bad enough, he refused to report the progress of Sino-US negotiations, which was to tell Churchill that the negotiations were still ongoing, that the Chinese were demanding a high price, and that the United States was in a difficult position.
Churchill was such a shrewd person. He immediately knew what Roosevelt meant, so during the Sino-US negotiations, Churchill telegraphed Ambassador Johnson to step up his activities. Zhuang Sen has been in China for more than 20 years and knows very well who speaks in China. So he asked to see Fang Jianxiong every now and then. Unfortunately, the president was always very busy and was always running around. The draft of Sino-US negotiations has come out, but poor guy Zhuang Sen has not yet met President Fang Da.
Seeing that the Japanese had taken Papua New Guinea, and the telegrams from London were setting fire to their buttocks, Johnson finally got a chance to meet him. The terrible thing is that when he came in, he just saw the German Ambassador Traudeman leaving, and his face was full of joy. This almost caused Jonson to have a heart attack on the spot.
"Old friend, you look very bad!" Fang Jianxiong teased maliciously, and Zhuang Sen didn't care anymore. Now the British mainland has become relatively safe because of the United States' participation in the war, but in Africa, the British army was defeated by Rommel. Beat the shit out of me. Rommel in this time and space is not short of major generals like in parallel time and space. After acquiring the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, Hitler has enough maritime power to ensure the safety of the route to Africa. Because there was no drag from the Soviet battlefield and because of Libyan oil, Hitler was very generous and gave Rommel three armored divisions in one go, not counting other troops. In short, Hitler's only thought now is to take Libya first, and then push forward, all the way to the Suez Canal. If this canal is cut off, Britain will almost have one breath left. As for American soldiers, Hitler didn't take them seriously at all. Will those young soldiers know how to fight? Especially after the Pacific Fleet called the Japanese Combined Fleet to beat them up severely, Hitler despised the United States even more.
"President Fang, I would like to ask, what was Ambassador Todman's purpose just now?" Zhuang Sen was really anxious, and he was a bit arrogant. If China really joins the German camp, then India will really be hopeless. The entire India now has three Indian divisions, three British-Indian divisions (there were originally five, but two were transferred to Africa), one armored brigade and hundreds of Hurricane fighter jets that have proven that even the BF109 cannot defeat them.
The most embarrassing scene of the Hurricane fighter occurred on the French battlefield. During the French campaign, a total of 36 Hurricane fighter jets from three squadrons of the British Army were flying in formation one day. Suddenly, about ten Bf109s were discovered to emerge from the clouds and pounce from the side and rear of the group. The leading aircraft of the British army immediately led the fleet to turn to meet the German planes, but before the clumsy turn was completed, the German fighter planes had already bitten the British fighter plane at the end of the formation and opened fire. In the blink of an eye, after shooting down four British fighter planes, the German plane disappeared without a trace. During the entire battle, the British army did not have a chance to fire a bullet, and some pilots did not even see the enemy aircraft. With an advantage of more than three times that of the enemy aircraft, it ended in such a disastrous defeat. No wonder a British pilot complained: "Why do we fly Team V? Just to look good when flying."
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Zhuang Sen, who was so confused, didn't notice the cunning in Fang Jianxiong's eyes at all.
"Actually, it's not a big deal. Germany intends to transfer some alloy technical data to China. As you know, China started too late. We have never done many experiments. Importing it from abroad is a good choice." When Fang Jianxiong spoke, Like a fox that has entered the henhouse, his purpose is very clear, which is to convince Britain that China and Germany are actively in secret contact. As for the alloy technology, it is indeed what China wants. The UK is still very good in this regard, and the old empire still has some wealth. In fact, Britain has always been ahead of Germany in technology. It was beaten into shit in World War II. You really can't blame the Germans for being too powerful, you can only blame Britain for being too bad.
There is something quite ironic to say. The fighter jets built by the Chinese using British engine technology are much more powerful than the British fighter jets. This shows how conservative the UK is!