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Chapter 1,212: Preparations for conquering Southeast Asia

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    With the situation in North China and Central China still relatively stable, the base camp quickly made an unexpected decision - to conduct actual combat training on the southern coast of China!

    This decision was a huge shock to the entire senior leadership of the Japanese army. People who did not know why did not realize that there were any troops, but for the Japanese army's regiment level, field army level and even higher-level officers, this was a very clear signal -  The Japanese Imperial Army is about to attack the south.

    The struggle between the north and the south has been with the Japanese army for a long time. Since the Marco Polo Bridge Incident broke out, China has independently resisted the Japanese invaders for four years.  Due to the united Chinese people's resistance to the Japanese invaders, the Japanese army's ambition to quickly annex China was completely shattered, and China and Japan formed a stalemate on the battlefield.

    However, at this time, Japan still retained a large number of effective forces and did not invest in the Chinese battlefield.

    It¡¯s not that the Japanese army doesn¡¯t want to invest more troops to defeat China as soon as possible, but that although Japan has ambitions, it does not have the resources and strength to support a protracted war.

    When Japan is already deeply entrenched on the Chinese battlefield and unable to escape, Japan has two completely different considerations on how to get out of the war predicament.

    One group adheres to Japan's long-standing "mainland policy" and believes that it should take advantage of the German invasion of the Soviet Union to attack the Soviet Union northward, complete the alliance with its ally Germany, and at the same time obtain the rich oil and mineral resources in the Soviet Union, thereby enhancing its war strength and breaking the Chinese battlefield.  deadlock.

    The other group believes that while Britain and the United States and other countries are busy dealing with Germany, they should go south to occupy the Southeast Asian countries that have become British and American colonies. While obtaining rich oil resources, they should completely cut off the economic assistance of Britain and the United States and other countries to China, so as to quickly  Complete the strategic concept of the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere".

    Before 1939, the northern advance group occupied the absolute top position, but the Nomenkan Incident made the Japanese army realize a serious problem with difficulty, that is, the northern advance was not feasible.

    The Battle of Nomenkan once again confirmed the overwhelming superiority of Soviet firepower and mobility. The Japanese army realized that they were far behind the Soviet army: from the number and performance of tanks to the vehicle transportation capabilities of the logistics forces, from the number of artillery and the quality of artillery to individual units.  The degree of automation of soldiers and weapons, from overall battlefield command to the synthesis of various arms, from battlefield situation analysis to combat theory, is far less than that of the Soviet army.

    Although the Japanese army used vague words to cover up their embarrassment after hitting the wall in the Nomenkan area, they did not come up with practical policies or take meaningful actions afterwards, and once again targeted the Soviet Union in the north.

    In addition, the Navy believes that there is no immediate benefit in marching north to Siberia, while going south to the southeast will quickly obtain oil, tin, aluminum, rubber and other war materials that Japan urgently needs.  In this way, in the dispute between the army and navy's southward and northward advance, the Nomenkan Incident became the last decisive weight, and the balance tipped in favor of the navy.

    The army lost its right to speak due to its defeat, and the road to the north was blocked.

    More importantly, on August 23, 1939, while the fighting between Japan and the Soviet Union was still fierce, the Soviet Union and Germany suddenly signed the "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact."

    ??This is tantamount to a diplomatic blow to the Japanese government. Their policy of using Germany to contain the Soviet Union through the "Commonwealth Agreement" was completely bankrupt.

    The double defeat in diplomacy and military affairs was unacceptable to the Japanese government, and the entire Hiranuma cabinet resigned.

    This series of facts made the Japanese military and political circles finally realize that it is impossible to advance northward.

    Thus, after a long period of hesitation and controversy, the "Southward" faction finally gained complete say.

    First of all, from the Battle of Zhanggufeng to the Battle of Nomenkan, the arrogant Japanese army suffered a lot in battles with the Soviet army time and time again, but they could not get any advantages.  Facing the north where a large number of Soviet troops were still stationed, the Japanese army lost the courage to fight again.

    Secondly, in order to cope with the increasingly severe situation in Europe, Britain, the United States and other countries transferred a large number of effective forces from their colonies in Southeast Asia, and the defense became very weak.

    Finally, in addition to continuing to increase economic assistance to China, the United States began to impose sanctions on Japan to urge Japan to give up its attempt to occupy China.

    For Japan, which is short of resources but unwilling to give up, this undoubtedly strengthens its determination to break with Britain and the United States and move south to the Pacific.

    At present, Japan and the Soviet Union have finally reached a consensus amid the turbulence of the external situation, signed a neutrality treaty, and completed peace!

    After temporarily stabilizing the Soviet Union, the Japanese army can finally take action against Southeast Asian countries!

    For the Japanese in Southeast Asia, earlyWe are already salivating. Since the German army suddenly launched a large-scale attack on Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and France in Europe, the British and French allied forces have been retreating steadily.  At this moment, the war situation took a turn for the worse. Belgium, the Netherlands, and France were occupied by the German army. Britain was also under great threat. As a result, the ability of these countries to rule their colonies around the world was weakened.

    The situation on the battlefield in Western Europe gave Japan, which had been trying to invade Southeast Asia for many years, a favorable opportunity to seize the colonies of Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries in Southeast Asia.

    ?According to the words of senior Japanese military officials, this is "God bless" the Imperial Japanese Army and "God bless" the Empire of Japan.

    To this end, in the autumn and winter of 1940, the Japanese government and army stepped up preparations to conquer Southeast Asia and prepare for the U.S. military to support the British and Dutch in the Central and South Pacific in terms of political strategy and armaments.

    On January 16, 1941, at a meeting to study Japan's strategic policy under new circumstances, the Japanese military base camp believed that China had fallen into a long-term war and could not end the war in the short term. Therefore, it decided to attack China when entering Southeast Asia and the Pacific.  The battlefield adopts a long-term combat strategy.

    Subsequently, the Japanese base camp dispatched troops to China in Nanjing and formally issued the "Showa 16 Long-term Operation Guidance Plan for China" including political, economic, cultural and other contents in order to concentrate its efforts on operations in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

    On the same day, Chief of Staff Gen Sugiyama reported to Emperor Hirohito on the issue of entering Vietnam.

    Yan Junlio's Chinese dispatched troops, based on the instructions from the base camp, formulated four guidelines for fighting against China, namely: strengthening the blockade; restoring law and order; continuing to launch air attacks; and conducting flexible short-circuit operations to consume the Chinese army's resistance force.  .

    While stabilizing the situation on the Chinese battlefield, Japan is making military preparations to attack Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

    The Japanese military base camp has always believed that the plan to attack Southeast Asia and the Pacific region is to first use a powerful mobile fleet composed of the navy to secretly carry out a fatal surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet stationed in Hawaii, making it unable to attack the Philippines,  Indonesia, Malaya, Myanmar and other places provided reinforcements.

    At the same time, the Army, while strictly guarding its secrets, launched landing attacks in Thailand, Malaya, the Philippines, and Guam.

    Therefore, the base camp quickly transferred four divisions from the China Expeditionary Forces Headquarters as the first sequence of operations to land on the island. At the same time, it also established many new infantry divisions in the country.

    In addition to organizing new army divisions, naval fleets, and aviation units, the Japanese army also stockpiled ammunition for 113 divisions, aviation materials needed for 81 flying groups for one month, and 440,000 tons of vehicle fuel.  It can provide 100 days of staple food for 23 divisions.

    In addition, ships needed for ocean transportation of troops were also collected as transport ships.

    Then, based on the better transportation conditions on the battlefield, the four divisions in the early attack were changed from mules and horses to motorized ones, and the Southern Army, military headquarters and ship transportation command structures were formed.

    ?? Formulated a combat plan for sea, land and air in Southeast Asia, and placed the South China Front Army of Lieutenant General Ando Toshiyoshi, who was originally affiliated with the Chinese Expeditionary Forces, under the direct jurisdiction of the base camp.

    After making these preparations, the Japanese base camp should realize that these troops have rarely cooperated with the navy in operations before, and there may be risks in rash landing operations on the island. Therefore, they decided to carry out a large-scale attack on the four divisions used for the first landing in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.  Large-scale combat training.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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