Soldiers can only show their value by fighting in battles. In the same way, the value of an army's existence is also related to war. The situation in China at this time is definitely not good. At this time, Marshal Zhang led an army of nearly 200,000 No matter what reasons he has, it is not advisable to stay in the border area between China and Myanmar. If the Northeast Army can hold on to the Myanmar defense line from the beginning, the Xuebing Army can use Bangkok as a supply point to squeeze the Japanese army out of the southeast. Peninsula. Unfortunately, at the most critical moment, the Northeastern Army fled without saying a word. This was the reason why Ouyang Yun decided to leave the young commander alone for a while. Of course, it was precisely because the Japanese army invaded Burma and defeated the forces assembled in Burma. The British Army in India, Ouyang Yun was able to obtain a lot of benefits from the British by threatening to send troops to assist and provide white-tip dolphins, etc. From this point of view, it seems that Marshal Zhang's contribution is the most important.
Bai Liusu pulled out the telegram from the young marshal. Ouyang Yun looked at it and then walked to the map. He used a red pencil to draw a mark in the direction of Chu Tiange's main defense. He asked Bai Liusu: "Let Tiange and How about the young marshal adjusting the defense?"
"Can the Northeast Army withstand the Japanese attack? After the Japanese army replaced the Type 15 semi-automatic rifles, their combat effectiveness has been qualitatively improved. The weapons of the Northeast Army are too backward, and they lack large-scale artillery and anti-aircraft weapons..."
"The main direction of the Japanese attack is India."
"Will the Japanese give up opening a western front against me?"
"Whether it is southern Zhejiang, northeastern Jiangxi, Southeast Asia, or Taiwan, all our strategic arrangements must be based on ensuring that the Pacific Fleet is not attacked. The Japanese army Masaharu Honma's reinforcements in the Philippines show that the Japanese navy has lost control of the Southeast Asian war situation. It would also be good to let the Japanese army gain one or two victories in the Indochina Peninsula to help them consolidate their say in the Southeast Asian war situation..."
Air strikes were carried out on the Sasebo and Nagasaki naval ports, and on the Hosho aircraft carrier fleet anchored in Manila Bay. After Masaharu Honma went to the Philippine Islands, the Taiwan Strait Air Corps even more brazenly spied on the Japanese escort fleet composed of three aircraft carriers. Everyone thought that they were cadets. The military air force has grown into a decisive air force. It is flexing its muscles to the world, but few people know that the Xuebing Army’s intention in doing this is just to attract the attention of the Japanese so that they have no time to think quietly in the Arabian Gulf. It’s just the Pacific Fleet of the cadet army that grew up quietly,
In Tokyo, in the office of the Navy Minister of the Japanese Navy, Yamamoto Isoroku, Inoue Narumi and a dozen other people were sitting together, having a heated debate over a telegram sent back by Koizumi Minichiro.
The defeat in the Philippine War, especially the annihilation of the Phoenix aircraft carrier fleet, was tantamount to pronouncing Koizumi's death sentence on the way to commanding large-scale battles. After being hit hard, Koizumi learned to think quietly, and then on New Year's Day, the little Jaap faced the enemy alone. While looking at a map of the world in a daze, he suddenly had an idea. He actually connected the attacks on Sasebo and Nagasaki naval ports and the Hosho aircraft carrier fleet with the construction of an ocean-going fleet in Karachi by the Xuebing Army.
It is no secret that the Xuebing Army is building an ocean-going fleet in the Arabian Sea. The Japanese even know that the fleet has two American-made aircraft carriers and has annexed the French Far East Fleet. When the name of this ocean-going fleet reached Koizumi's ears, At that time, as a member of a traditional naval power, he had the same reaction as the American Admiral Kim, thinking that this was destined to be a joke. But now, after experiencing the failure of the Philippine War, especially the annihilation of the Fengxiang aircraft carrier fleet, After being forced to leave the front-line battlefield, Xiaojiazi changed psychologically and began to look at this problem more calmly. Koizumi's eyes first fell on Hainan Island and the surrounding waters under the jurisdiction of the Xuebing Army, and then headed west. When he finally arrived at When he found Karachi on the edge of the Arabian Sea, the little devil's heart twitched and his eyes shrank into needles, and he exclaimed: "Ouyang Yun really knows how to find a place."
To develop an ocean-going fleet, a large-scale supply port is essential. The Xuebing Army faces the Yellow Sea and the Taiwan Strait. Although it currently appears to be controlled by the Xuebing Army, it is actually always under threat from the Japanese combined fleet. Although the current air force of the Xuebing Army is strong enough and has once achieved a brilliant record of sinking two Japanese aircraft carriers, if the combined fleet raids a certain port or a certain sea area at any cost, then the final victory is inevitable It's the combined fleet,
"I think the British laying mines in the western section of the Strait of Malacca must have been ordered by Ouyang Yun." Koizumi thought of this, and his heart skipped a beat. No matter what method Ouyang Yun used to make the British People are willing to obey his orders. By extension, Ouyang Yun and the Xuebing Army's influence in Southeast Asia has surpassed that of the Imperial Army. Thinking of this, Xiaoquan suddenly felt a sense of urgency in his heart. To this day, if he continues to use competition to develop If you use the excuse of speed to cover up the ineffectiveness of the battle against the Xuebing Army, you are really deceiving yourself. The Xuebing Army has actually developed an aircraft carrier fleet. Regardless of whether this fleet can finally get out of the Arabian Sea, what is certain is that This has posed a potential threat to the empire's maritime hegemony in Asia, and it is urgent to kill the Xuebing Army. However, facts have proved that whether it is at sea or on land, if you want to directly capture Fujian and Guangdong by launching one or two major battles, It seems that it is not easy to destroy the base area that the Xuebing Army relies on for its development. It seems that the only way to deal with the so-called Pacific Fleet is first...
Based on the above ideas, Koizumi Minichiro "affectionately" sent a telegram to Yamamoto Isoroku, describing his concerns about the Academy Army's development of an ocean-going fleet in Karachi, and pointed out that the reason why the Academy Army dispatched aviation units uncharacteristically frequently was The purpose of active provocation was to divert attention and make the empire ignore the fact that the military academy was developing an ocean-going fleet in Karachi. Finally, he made a suggestion that it should be resolutely killed while it was still in its infancy.
The Western Expedition Fleet under the command of Koizumi was unfavorable to the Philippine war. This not only forced Yamamoto to give up the navy's dominance in the Philippine war, but also made him constrained by Tojo Hideki in some major military strategic decisions. , so although he fully agreed with Koizumi's suggestion and felt that he must kill the Xuebing Army's Pacific Fleet before it could get out of the Arabian Sea, but when deciding whether to enter the Indian Ocean, he had to unify the strength of the naval personnel in the military department. Only then,
Originally, with Yamamoto's status and prestige in the Japanese Navy, it would not be difficult for him to achieve this. He could even be more arbitrary and directly ask others to sign his orders. However, since the defeat of the Zhoushan air battle, the entire Senior officials from the Navy Ministry and the Combined Fleet were busy with how to carry out air strikes in retaliation against Fujian and Guangdong, and the Combined Fleet had detached three aircraft carriers and several ships to support Masaharu Honma's use of troops against the Philippines, so he wanted to immediately If we can send troops to the Indian Ocean, we will need others to spare no effort in cooperating, so we have to pay attention to everyone's opinions.