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Chapter 1,339: Declaration of War (please vote)

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    According to information collected by the intelligence department, excluding the aging ships and ships with incomplete combat equipment on both sides, the strength of ships capable of operating at sea is 10 for the United States and 7.5 for Japan. In other words, Japan¡¯s naval strength is only that of the United States.  three-quarters of it.

    In addition, it is estimated that the aviation force of the U.S. Army and Navy that may be used for maritime operations at the beginning of the war is about 5,500 aircraft.  Of these, 2,600 can be used for direct combat against Japan. Although the Japanese army has mobilized 11 ground divisions and about 700 front-line aircraft from the army, there are about 2,400 aircraft including the naval aviation.

    Although Japan predicts that the air combat in the early stages of the war will develop in a direction beneficial to Japan.  But the problem is the judgment on the changes in the growth of Japanese and American naval and air forces after Showa 17. The headquarters of the Navy made the following judgment: Regarding the ship strength, according to the established armament plan of the navy at that time, there should be an increase of about 38 ships by the end of Showa 19.  10,000 tons, which means an annual increase of approximately 130,000 tons.

    ¡°If we include the ships urgently built during wartime and the ships urgently renovated according to the fifth arms replenishment plan that is about to be implemented, although there are certain difficulties, it is believed that it is still possible to build 200,000 tons of ships every year.

    If the national mobilization plan is further implemented at the same time as the war begins, and the country's production capacity can be successfully focused on building ships, it will be possible to complete the above-mentioned arms expansion plan.

    But it is judged that even so, the annual launch of ships cannot exceed 300,000 tons.

    On the other hand, the number of ships being built and planned to be built by the United States at the end of 1941 was approximately 1.9 million tons. It is estimated that the shipbuilding capacity by then will be more than three times that of Japan.  If the United States adds more warships, it will not be difficult to build five or even six times as many warships as Japan.

    Therefore, the Japanese military must expect that in the future, the comparison of Japanese and American ship strength will be about 50% of that of the United States in Showa 18, and will drop to less than 30% of that of the United States in Showa 19.

    In addition, estimates of the aircraft production capabilities of Japan and the United States are not optimistic. There is a huge gap in production capacity between the two countries.

    This shows that the United States has more than 10 times the advantage.  It turns out that the production quantity of Japan's army aircraft is roughly equal to that of the navy. However, in terms of training, performance, etc., it was difficult to expect to use the army's aviation force for maritime operations at that time.

    Therefore, it must be noted that the gap in the comparison of aviation forces between Japan and the United States is far greater than that of ships. Moreover, as time goes by, Japan's disadvantages will increase at an accelerated rate, and we must be mentally prepared for this.

    Because of this, the base camp requires that naval operations must pay special attention to the command, deal a heavy blow to the U.S. fleet in the first battle, continue to work hard to eliminate the enemy's forces, and conduct decisive battles at sea as soon as possible to avoid excessive disparity in the comparison of the enemy's and our forces.

    Regarding how to carry out a thunderous strike against the U.S. Navy, it was Japanese Combined Fleet Commander Isoroku Yamamoto who proposed the tactical plan for a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor based on Togo Heihachiro¡¯s strategic thinking of success in the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War.

    Yamamoto once served as the military attache stationed in the United States. At that time, the United States published the book "Pacific Maritime Hegemony". Four years later, part of the book was created into a novel, named "The Great Pacific War". The book describes a military force  The Japanese fleet attacked Pearl Harbor, Guam and the Philippine Islands.

    Later, this book was translated into Japanese by the Japanese Naval Staff and included in the curriculum of the Naval University.  When the book was published, Yamamoto was serving as military attache in Washington. It was impossible for Yamamoto, who tirelessly studied naval academics and had considerable English proficiency, not to notice this book.

    In addition, Yamamoto is an adventurer and is particularly fascinated by gambling.  Gambling and games of chance are more important than food, and he is an expert at playing poker, bridge, Go, and betting.  He gambled with his colleagues, with his subordinates, and often with geishas, ??and he gambled seriously.

    Yamamoto believes that in order to win a war with the powerful United States and Britain, they must attack suddenly, preemptively, and collapse the other side at the beginning of the war.  The bold idea of ??attacking Pearl Harbor was the inevitable outcome of Yamamoto's strategic thinking.

    After adopting Yamamoto¡¯s combat plan at the base camp, a long period of preparation and training began, and the plan was finally implemented on December 8th!

    The reason for planning the launch of force is December 8, mainly based on the relationship between the age of the month and the day of the week.  In order for the first air raid by the army and navy to proceed smoothly and achieve results, it is appropriate to use a moonlit night around the 20th day of the lunar calendar when the moon is between midnight and before sunrise.

    In addition, the naval mobile force's air attack on Hawaii should be more advantageous on Sunday when there are more U.S. warships anchored in Pearl Harbor and it is a rest day for the U.S. military, so the Sunday in Hawaii was selected, which is the 19th of the lunar calendar.December 8th.

    Of course, the 8th is a Monday in Asia, but because we focused on surprise attacks by mobile forces, we chose this day.

    When the Navy's combined fleet launched a surprise attack on the US military base at Pearl Harbor, the Army, which had already been assembled and on standby, also began to take action.

    A few days ago, the Army and Navy Headquarters at the base camp had issued Mainland Order No. 569 to the Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Army, Touichi Terauchi, which required the Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Army to start an offensive or enter combat status on December 7.

    At the same time, the base camp issued Mainland Order No. 570 to the leader of the Nanhai Detachment, which ordered the Southern Army to start offensive operations on December 7 and quickly capture important areas such as the Philippines, British Malay, and Dutch East Indies.  The South China Sea detachment should coordinate with the navy to quickly capture point G (referring to Guam) after December 7.

    After the above-mentioned attack is over, troops should be gathered locally to prepare for future operations against the R Islands (Bismarck Islands)

    Dividing line

    On December 8th, the weather was sunny in Tokyo.

    Early in the morning, radio stations and foreign newspapers across Japan suddenly reported the news of the war.  Radio stations and off-line newspapers all reported the following:

    "Our army and navy finally entered a state of war with the US and British forces at dawn today."

    "The decisive battle in the Western Pacific has begun."

    The Ministry of the Army and Navy at the base camp also published relevant content: "The Imperial Army and Navy entered a state of war with the US and British forces in the Pacific at dawn on the 8th of this month."

    The radio station continuously broadcasts the music of "Warship March" and "Bad Sword Team", and the announcer continued to broadcast excitedly.

    At dawn on the 8th, the base camp first received a telegram from the commander of the 25th Army to the Chief of Staff: "Our army's surprise landing was successful at 4:00 on the 8th!", and then successively received telegrams from Hawaii and the Philippines, learning about the battle situation of all parties.  Everything is progressing extremely smoothly, thank God!

    On this day, a Privy Council meeting was held early in the morning to study the issue of declaration of war. At 11:40 am, the emperor issued the edict of declaration of war.

    "I beg God's blessing and carry it forward for eternity. The Emperor of Japan, Emperor Zuo, declares to all your loyal and brave people: I hereby declare war on the United States and Britain. My land and sea officers and men should fight with all their strength. My officials  There are officials who should perform their duties diligently, and all my people should perform their duties with one heart and one mind, and use the total strength of the country to achieve the purpose of the war, so that there will be no regrets."

    "I have ensured the stability of East Asia and benefited the peace of the world. It is actually the great mission of the Pi Xian ancestors. I will never forget what I have done. I will maintain diplomatic relations with all countries and share the joy of common prosperity for all nations.  This is also the empire¡¯s consistent diplomatic policy.¡±

    "Today, unfortunately, we have begun to reunite with the United States and Britain. I have no choice but to do it. Is it my ambition? However, the government of the Republic of China does not understand the true intention of the empire, and it is causing trouble on its own, disrupting the peace of East Asia, and causing the empire to operate.  It has been more than four years since the war broke out. Fortunately, the National Government has been renewed, and the empire has formed a good neighborly relationship with it and supports each other."

    "However, the remaining regime in Chongqing relies on the protection of the United States and Britain, and the brothers are fighting against each other without knowing how to repent. The United States and Britain support the remaining regime, contribute to the chaos in East Asia, pretend to be peace, pursue their ambition to dominate the East, and then collude with other countries to strengthen the empire.  Arms, challenge me. I even obstructed the empire's peaceful trade and finally severed economic relations, posing a major threat to the empire's survival. I ordered the government to restore the situation through peaceful negotiations and tolerated it for a long time, but the other side had no spirit of concession and was only procrastinating.  The immediate solution to the current situation will only increase the economic and military threats in an attempt to make me submit."

    "If things go on like this, the empire's years of efforts to strive for stability in East Asia will all come to nothing, and the existence of the empire will also be in danger. Now that things have come to this, the empire is now determined to survive and defend itself, and the only choice is to rise up resolutely and smash all obstacles. Emperor Emperor Emperor Emperor Zong  God above, I firmly believe that the loyalty and bravery of your people will surely magnify the legacy of our ancestors, quickly eradicate the root of the evil, establish permanent peace in East Asia, and preserve the glory of the empire. December 8, Showa 16 (1941)!"

    In addition to the imperial seal of the emperor's name, this edict also contains the positions and names of a large number of important Japanese ministers. Please remember these people: Prime Minister and Interior Minister, War Minister Hideki Tojo, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Kunihiko Hashida,  Minister of State Suzuki Teiichi, Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Development Ino Takuya, Minister of Health and Welfare Koizumi Chihiko, Minister of Justice Iwamura Tsutsuyo, Navy Minister Shigetaro Shimada, Foreign Minister Togo Shigetori, Minister of Correspondence Terori Takeru, Minister of Finance Kaya  Xingxuan, Minister of Commerce and Industry Nobusuke Kishi, and Minister of Railways Yoshiaki Hata.

    ? Following the broadcast of the above-mentioned edict, Prime Minister Tojo used the title "Hearing the Great Edict" to express to the people of the country the belief that "victory will always depend on the imperial power" and asked 100 million people to rise up.

    PS: After checking a lot of information, I finally found the Japanese Emperor¡¯s declaration of war. You can compare it with the surrender decree to see how shameless that person is.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)??, you can see how shameless that person is.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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