The conflict between the Japanese Navy and the Japanese Army was first discussed from the cooperation and opposition between the Satsuma and the Choshu Countries.

As for why it even went on to kill the prime minister and overturned the table, it was almost possible to write a whole academic report after detailed analysis.

The cruel reality is in front of us. Hideki Tojo, the Japanese Prime Minister who has just taken office, currently has no strength to settle the battle between the two branches of the army.

He did not have the tricks of Ito Hirofumi, nor did he have the skills of Yama Prefecture Atsuto. During his time in power, in addition to being in harmony with others, the most creative thing was to launch a foreign war.

Before the outbreak of the war, the Japanese Navy had always been developing as a decisive force, so it emphasized "promoting firepower" and did not pay much attention to the details of anti-submarine.

In other words, the Japanese Navy's artillery battle was very strong, the torpedo was very strong, the naval aviation was very strong, and the joint fleet was also strong!

However, after all, the Japanese Navy is not as experienced as the old maritime power Britain. It does not focus on anti-submarine escort, and it still follows the wild path of "killing and burying" in the war.

To be precise, the Japanese Navy is still a "destructive navy" targeting the US Navy, rather than a "battle-defense balanced navy" like the British and US Navy.

In terms of attack capabilities, the Japanese Navy is very strong, but the Japanese Navy can only herd sheep after the control and management of the sea area under attack.

It is precisely because of this that American submarines can come and go freely in Japan's controlled waters. Compared with Atlantic submarine warfares, the risk of attacking Japanese fleets is much smaller.

Going back to the conflict between sea and land, in fact, until July 1941, Prime Minister Hideki Tojo was still very popular in Japan.

Because on the one hand, under his leadership, the Japanese army swept across Southeast Asia, which was indeed a sing of triumph; on the other hand, the defeat of the US Navy in the Pacific also made him very popular.

The series of expansions have intensified the conflicts between Japan's sea and land. The Navy is unwilling to help the Army fight in South Asia, and the Army is unwilling to help the Navy consolidate its results in the Pacific.

Neither side was willing to add icing on the cake for the other party, and they were all ready to stab the other party in the back when they were proud to relieve the hatred in their hearts.

In the final analysis, this time the plan to "end the China Operation once and for all" is a trick created by the army!

The Navy, which is about to win the Pacific battlefield, is showing off its might, and the Army is ready to rely on itself to strive for greater victory.

Aren’t you not helping me transport people to Southeast Asia? I’ll do it myself! Isn’t it okay if I don’t need you? This is what the Army thinks about the Navy.

According to the Army's plan, this offense can really be said to be a package of domino-style continuous problem-solving methods to solve problems.

First, we invested troops on the battlefield of China, attacked Chongqing, and opened up land channels to connect the Chinese occupied areas and Southeast Asia occupied areas.

As long as the purpose of this battle is achieved, the Chinese government will have to surrender. Next, it can draw the elites from the Chinese battlefield, go south along the opened transportation line, join the Myanmar battlefield, and then conquer India.

Then, after defeating the British government in exile in India, on the one hand, they could exert influence on Australia and urge them to surrender; on the other hand, they could mobilize troops south to go north to drive the Soviet Union's interests in the Far East.

Finally, whether it was invading Outer Mongolia or smashing the Communist Qingcheng soldiers into Vladivostok, the days when the Japanese Empire dominated the Far East were near...

Regardless of whether this plan can be finally implemented or what difficulties will be encountered in the implementation process, at least it seems very attractive to write this script.

The Army was excited and the Navy could only say sarcastic words. In the general situation, the Emperor and Hideki Tojo, including a large number of Japanese knowledgeable people, agreed with this idea of ​​"seeking change".

Because if you continue to move forward according to the current situation of attacking from all sides, there is no need for a powerful foreign enemy to suddenly intervene, but simply let the Japanese Empire continue to play like this, and soon you can kill yourself.

Although Japan has been winning now, many people have to ask questions about how long this victory can last.

The halo of victory is the fact that Japan's domestic resources are almost exhausted. Below the joy of victory is the bitterness of the three-line battles being attacked from all sides.

On the Chinese battlefield, the Japanese army invested a lot of troops and restrained a lot of energy, but they had never been able to end the war.

In Southeast Asia, although the Japanese army has been victorious, due to the limitations of terrain and weather, hundreds of thousands of troops have been unable to attack Myanmar and India.

The battle to seize the islands in the Pacific was even more tragic. The 100,000-year-old man stained the battlefield with blood, which was just a chance to win.

In the Far East, Japan did not even have the courage to launch a war, and could only consume a lot of manpower and material resources to build an Eastern Maginot Line of Defense.

By comparing Germany, you can find out the advantages and disadvantages of the battle arrangement between Japan and Germany:

Germany's troops were basically distributed, and they monitored the left-behind troops in Britain and France, with about 1 million people; 400,000 were deployed in the Middle East, and most of the rest were on the Soviet-German frontline.

Japan had as many as 600,000 Soviet troops in the puppet Manchukuo defense, which was under the premise that the German army was winning steadily and Japan's pressure was reduced.

There are more than 200,000 stable-maintaining troops in North China, Shanghai, Nanjing and other regions, and the front-line troops on the battlefield with China must remain above 1 million for many years.

It is not because of how powerful the Chinese army is, but because China is too vast. After putting these troops in, I found that there is no wealth to be drawn out.

In the direction of the battle of millions of people, no one is sure of not leaving a reserve team of 100,000 or 80,000. So this stay has left millions in China.

North Korea and Taiwan also require about 100,000 troops to maintain stability, which means that almost 2 million or even more combat troops cannot be dispatched to the front line.

In Southeast Asia and the Philippines, the Japanese army invested nearly 1 million people, and are now scattered in Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and the Philippines, and are basically in a state of being unable to move.

Eliminating those restrained troops who cannot move, the troops that Japan can use on the main battlefield of the Pacific battlefield are actually only about 2 million yuan in the upper limit. What these troops need to face is the US mobilization force of 10 million.
Chapter completed!