Regarding the benefits of implementing the strategy of "using barbarians to control barbarians", Hideki Tojo is actually quite clear about it. If it weren't for the hundreds of thousands of Korean puppet troops in South China, North China and Taiwan, they would have helped the Japanese army share considerable combat tasks in the siege of Fujian, Guangdong and Qiong. After the failure of the combat operation, the Japanese army actually no longer had the strength to launch the second Wuhan Battle and the Changsha Battle. However, they did not regard the Koreans as human beings at all, which made Tojo unable to tolerate the Koreans making even the slightest mistake. ,
When the army dominated the military headquarters, if Tojo, the land minister, said these words, the Koreans would have no choice but to do what he said. However, now the Japanese military headquarters is dominated by the navy, and the prime minister Mitsumasa Yoneuchi immediately asked: "Tojo-kun, have you read the battle report seriously? The reason why the South China Corps failed was that its tactical literacy was not as good as that of the Xuebing Army. But the most fundamental reason was that it lost air superiority and had no air superiority. No matter how many troops the Koreans pass, they will be destined to be destroyed. Alternatively, you can order the abandonment of the Central China battlefield, but in that case, the strategic advantages gained in the Second Battle of Wuhan and the Battle of Changsha will be abandoned. The empire can bear it. Such a loss?"
"Air supremacy, it's okay if you don't raise this issue. If you do, I will ask. Air supremacy in the East China Sea has always been the responsibility of the Navy. If the Combined Fleet maintains its presence in the East China Sea, how could the 19th Air Force lose to the Chinese? .”
Although the top Japanese Army leaders headed by Tojo temporarily gave up the leadership of the military headquarters, they never gave up the fight. Therefore, at every regular meeting of the military headquarters, Tojo, who thought he was the representative of the Army, would have a tit-for-tat argument with Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, the representative of the Navy. , sometimes there will even be fierce quarrels,
Speaking of which, Koizumi Minichiro did change a lot of people after he traveled through time. Yamamoto Isoroku was the most influenced by him, and Yoneuchi Mitsumasa was most influenced by Yamamoto. His character and behavior were indirectly influenced by Koizumi. , compared with before, its significant change is that it has become more tough: "The combined fleet is currently making the final sprint for the 'Tiger, Tiger, Tiger' operation. Do you mean to give up this operation? Tojo-kun, your vision is becoming more and more short-sighted. Don’t you know that the reason why the empire’s military industry has made such great progress is because our navy has occupied a large number of resource bases in Southeast Asia. In order to protect these Resource base, a war with the United States is a matter of time. Rather than waiting for the United States to declare war, why not take the initiative to attack? We must have concluded this issue a few months ago."
The war against the United States is of great importance. No matter how stupid Tojo Hideki is, he will not be confused about this matter. The old devil is at a loss for words and angrily said: "Should Southwest Zhejiang just let it go? If that bastard Ouyang Yun is not satisfied, he will ask As for the advance in southeastern Zhejiang, we have been dealing with Ouyang Yun for more than a day or two, and we all know the character of this Chinese man. He is a more greedy guy than us."
In the minds of the top brass of the Japanese army, "Xuebingjun" and "Ouyang Yun" are actually two words that can be equated with each other. As the destructive power of the Xuebingjun becomes more and more powerful, the top brass of the Japanese army regard it as an empire. There are more and more people who are the biggest threat. Hearing the name "Ouyang Yun", Mitsumasa Yoneuchi couldn't help but frown. He thought for a while and said: "No matter what, Operation 'Tiger, Tiger, Tiger' The arrow is already on the string, so let the Xuebing Army be rampant for a while longer."
"I wonder how prepared Yamamoto-kun is." An army general suddenly asked,
This issue of his was obviously of concern to everyone, and everyone's eyes immediately fell on Mitsumasa Yoneuchi's face.
Mitsumasa Yoneuchi grinned and said: "Hurry up, gentlemen, good news will come in two months at the latest. If everything goes well, Yamamoto-kun may bring us great news. "
"It will take another two months. Didn't you say that the trip can be completed this month?" Tojo asked with a frown.
Others were more concerned about what the great good news that day meant. Someone immediately asked: "What great good news do you mean?"
Mitsumasa Yoneuchi pretended to be secretive. He smiled mysteriously and said, "I'll keep this matter a secret for the time being."
What exactly is the great news Mitsumasa Yonai is referring to? If we trace the origin, it must involve Ouyang Yun. In order to prevent the Japanese fleet from entering the Indian Ocean, Wavell adopted Ouyang Yun's suggestion and ordered the Z fleet to approach the Indian Ocean in the Strait of Malacca. The British laid mines on the waterway for five days. They were finally discovered by the Japanese on the sixth day. After receiving the news, Koizumi organized an espionage force to conduct a reconnaissance of hostile naval forces in the Indian Ocean. , It doesn’t matter if you don’t conduct reconnaissance. After reconnaissance, you actually got the information that Ouyang Yun had embezzled the French Far East Fleet. The little devil was shocked at the time, but after calming down, he actually improved when he thought about it one night. "Tiger, Inspired by the "Tiger, Tiger." action plan, the combined fleet attacked Pearl Harbor. At first, Koizumi and Yamamoto only wanted to severely damage the U.S. Pacific Fleet. But now, Koizumi suddenly thought of a bolder plan, that is Can we seize the warships of the Pacific Fleet on the spot and put them back for use? You know, the U.S. Navy ranks second in the world. The Pacific Fleet alone has three aircraft carriers, nine battleships, and twenty cruisers. , with sixty-nine destroyers and twenty-seven submarines, the strength of the Pacific Fleet alone is already comparable to that of the Japanese Navy. Whenever Koizumi thought about this in the past, he would drool while always feeling deeply worried. After he came up with this idea, he was startled at first, and then he couldn't sleep, and he could no longer contain the related fantasies.
This idea was too bold and too tempting. In order to prevent the secret from being stolen, Koizumi used a new password to send electricity to Yamamoto. After Yamamoto received the telegram, he was equally frightened. Then, his gambler mentality took over. He immediately sent a one-word telegram back to Koizumi: kindness,
Originally, the combined fleet had completed targeted training and was about to set off today. But because of Koizumi's new suggestion, which seemed like a stroke of genius, Yamamoto perfected the action plan and then recruited a considerable number of ship control personnel without leaving any trace. Then they summoned ship maintenance personnel from all over the country and conducted targeted training for them. When recruiting ship maintenance personnel from the private sector, Yamamoto asked Mitsumasa Yoneuchi for help, so Mitsumasa Yoneuchi became the only insider besides him and Koizumi. , he would also reveal the secret at regular meetings and call it "great news".