Okamura Neiji and Hirata Shokan were moved at the same time, and immediately walked to the map hanging on the wall in unison.
At this time, what was hanging on the wall was not a map of North China, but a topographic map of the Nomenkan area on the Manchu-Mongolia border, and the map was filled with red and blue arrows. At this time, the Nomenkan Incident had broken out, and the Japanese and Soviet Union
The border war between the two countries is about to break out. Okamura Neiji is not the commander of the Kwantung Army, but he is always paying attention to the progress of the Nomonkan Incident.
At this time, Japan had occupied most of China militarily, but economically it did not receive the crude oil, iron ore, rubber and other strategic resources that domestic military enterprises urgently needed. Instead, it dragged most of the army's troops behind.
The battlefield in China has also caused the national economy to be completely passive, and the international environment facing Japan has also worsened.
In order to make up for the shortcomings of resource shortage as soon as possible and completely get rid of the economic constraints of the United States, Britain and other Western countries, the Japanese Army Headquarters General Staff Headquarters once again proposed two strategic proposals of "going south" and "moving north". From the current point of view, the strategy of advancing north has become obvious.
Having gained the upper hand, the Kwantung Army was already preparing intensively to fight against the Soviet Union.
Previously, more than half of the newly formed divisions withdrawn from the Central China front line were integrated into the Kwantung Army.
The Japanese base camp also urgently recruited a large number of reserve troops from North Korea, Taiwan and the mainland, and urgently established more than a dozen mixed Japanese brigades in the Puppet Manchukuo. In addition, the Japanese government also openly supported Puyi's puppet Manchukuo government to urgently expand its forces.
The Puppet Manchurian Army was defeated and ten brigades of the Puppet National Guard were organized.
By early May of the 28th year of the Republic of China (1939), the Kwantung Army's strength had rapidly expanded from the previous 350,000 to 850,000. Together with the puppet Manchurian rebels, the total strength exceeded one million.
, in terms of logistical support and ammunition supply, the Japanese base camp also gave priority to supplying the Kwantung Army.
After preparations were made, the Kwantung Army took the initiative to provoke trouble. This was the Nomenkan Incident!
So far, only the puppet Manchurian rebels supported by the Communist Party and the puppet Mongolian rebels supported by the Soviet Union are fighting. The Japanese army and the Soviet army have not yet intervened directly. However, the Kwantung Army and the Soviet Far East Military Region troops have
With the intensive mobilization of troops, a head-on confrontation between the two major military powers is inevitable.
Of course, this is just a tentative border war, not a full-scale war.
The current national strength of Japan is no longer enough to support a large-scale war. The Japanese base camp just wants to test the military strength of the Soviet Union to evaluate the possibility of success in the northward strategy. The Soviet Union has never thought of fighting with Japan.
The Far East was competing for strength, because at this time the strategic focus of the Soviet Union was in Europe, and the Communists did not want or dare to fight on two fronts.
Hirata was looking at the map and excitedly said to Okamura Neiji: "Your Excellency, Commander, please quickly send a telegram to the base camp and the Kwantung Army, suggesting that the 'Northern Advance' plan be postponed until the Kwantung Army has equipped a large number of individual soldiers.
After the portable rocket launcher, it will not be too late to attack the Soviet Union. By then, the tank troops of the Soviet Far East Military District will become vulnerable."
Okamura Neiji remained silent. Frankly speaking, he did not think that Japan could defeat the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union has a huge population base, a vast territory, and rich resources. Its war potential is by no means comparable to that of Japan. The Soviet Union's heavy industry manufacturing capacity far exceeds that of Japan. To be exaggerated, the Soviet Union can even use all its tanks and aircraft.
If you drive it out and let the Japanese attack it, the speed of destruction by the Japanese army will probably not be able to keep up with the speed of the Soviet Union's production.
Relatively speaking, Okamura Neji is more inclined to go south, that is, to occupy Southeast Asia.
Japan is a maritime country, and the focus of its military construction has always been its navy.
Before the July 7th Incident, the Japanese Army had only 17 permanent divisions with less than 500,000 standing troops, while the Japanese Navy had a standing strength of 1.5 million, which was more than three times that of the Army! Therefore,
Okamura Neiji was more inclined to go south and engage in a decisive naval battle with the British Empire, which was already in decline.
If they advance northward, a land war with the Soviet Union will inevitably break out. The Soviet Union had the largest army group in the world at that time with relatively advanced equipment, but the Communist Party only had seventeen permanent divisions and was mobilized twice.
After that, there are now only about forty army divisions, which is far from enough to compete with the Soviet Union.
But then again, the southward strategy also has its hidden dangers.
If it were just the declining British Empire, the Japanese would not be afraid. But the problem is that there are inextricably linked special connections between Britain and the United States. Once Japan and Britain go to war, it is difficult to guarantee that the United States will continue to remain neutral. Once industrial manufacturing
The United States, whose capabilities were not inferior to those of the Soviet Union, entered the war, but Japan was also unable to withstand it.
Therefore, Okamura Neji's real idea is to stand still and wait for changes in the international situation!
Although resource shortages will seriously restrict military expansion, they are not fatal, nor are they insurmountable!
In the view of Okamura Neiji, the first task of the Communist Party at this time is to consolidate and digest the occupied areas, step up the containment of the National Government's living space in the world, and strive to resolve the China incident as soon as possible. It should not be under the unstable situation of the rear.
, compete with the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and other Western powers, let alone rashly form an alliance with Germany.
However, Okamura Neiji's ideas were not adopted by the Japanese base camp.
Seeing that Okamura Neji was a little distracted, Masaru Hirata couldn't help but remind him: "Your Excellency, Commander?"
"Ah?" Okamura Neiji woke up from his reverie and said hurriedly, "Hirata-kun, what you said makes sense, so please quickly send a report to the base camp and Commander Ueda of the Kwantung Army."
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Jingxing County, 39th Army Headquarters.
Gao Shuxun is reporting to Yue Weihan and Liu Yi on the training status of the New 39th Division.
Colonel Ma Zhankui, the director of operations, suddenly walked into Yue Weihan's office, stood at attention and saluted: "General, Nanzao Yunzi sent a secret message from Peiping, saying that the weapons experts invited by the North China Front Army have cracked the secret of the rocket launcher, and Okamura
Ningji has reported to the Japanese base camp to manufacture and equip the Kwantung Army in large quantities."
"What?" Gao Shuxun lost his voice, "The Japanese cracked the secret of the rocket launcher so quickly!?"
"Candidates, don't be surprised." Yue Weihan waved his hand and said calmly, "The rocket launcher has no secrets in the first place. It is normal for the Japanese weapons experts to crack it. However, Okamura Neji reported it to the Japanese base camp.
It would be interesting to mass-produce rocket launchers to equip the Kwantung Army."
"Is Japan going to go to war with the Soviet Union?" Liu Yi said in one point.
The military strength of the Kwantung Army is rapidly expanding. This is no secret. Anyone with a little military mind can imagine that the Japanese are definitely going to use the Soviet Union's brains.
"It would be great if the Japanese really want to fight with the Soviet Union." Gao Shuxun said, "This way we will be under much less pressure."
"The Soviet Union will not take the initiative to start a war with the Japanese because their strategic focus is in Europe. If they are really desperate, the most the Soviet Union can do is teach the Japanese a lesson." After saying this, Yue Weihan said again, "
As for the Japanese, they probably won’t be able to launch a war within two years, so the most they can do this time is explore the Soviet Union’s bottom line.”
Liu Yi suddenly said: "Commander, the rocket launcher is really accurate when it hits tanks. Do you think that after the little *** is equipped with a large number of weapons, will it pose a threat to the Soviet tank cluster?"
"That's for sure. The rocket launcher is the best individual anti-tank weapon!" Yue Weihan said this, then changed his tone and continued, "However, a single infantry anti-tank weapon is not enough to make up for Japan and the Soviet Union.
There is a huge gap in national strength, military power and war potential, and the little *** has no chance of playing with the Soviet Union."
When it comes to tank clusters, the really powerful ones are the Germans. The most powerful thing about the Soviets is their artillery. Therefore, even if the Japanese army is equipped with a large number of rocket launchers, it is not enough to pose a fatal threat to the Soviet army. What's more, the most terrifying thing about the Soviet Union is its incompetence.
Even Germany cannot exhaust the war potential of its rivals, let alone a small country.
"Compared with the Soviet Union, the little *** is really not good enough." Liu Yi sighed, "It's just a pity that the rocket launcher is a pity."
"What the chief of staff said is true." Gao Shuxun said with regret, "The technology of this rocket launcher is given to others for free, and it cannot be stolen by little ***. With this technology, little *** can look back.
Come on, why don't you use a rocket launcher to blast us? Then we've really shot ourselves in the foot."
"Don't worry about this. Rocket launchers are only useful for attacking armored targets or permanent fortifications. They are used to deal with infantry. There are no mortars for that." Yue Weihan waved his hand and said, "However, what Brother Jianhou just said
But it reminded me that the secret of the rocket launcher can’t be kept anyway, so I might as well just sell it.”
"Sell?" Gao Shuxun said in astonishment, "Can this thing be sold?"
"Of course it can be sold." Yue Weihan said with a smile, "No matter how simple the technology is, it is also a patent!"
At that moment, Yue Weihan called his adjutant Yu Hu in again and ordered her to find Helen.
Since the patent is to be sold, it naturally has to be sold to the American devil. The United States is a country where interests come first. There is basically no humanity at all in dealings with foreign countries. However, there is one thing that no country in the world can match, and that is the American devil.
The legal concept is very strong. As long as you apply for a patent first, there will basically be no piracy or infringement.
In other words, as long as Yue Weihan entrusts Helen to apply for a technical patent for rocket launchers in the United States, then when the United States wants to produce and equip rocket launchers or similar equipment in the future, it must first purchase the patent from Yue Weihan, and then Yue Weihan will be able to obtain it.
The patent for the rocket launcher was exchanged for the weapons and equipment of the American devils.
In fact, what Yue Weihan wanted most was not the weapons and equipment of the American devils, but their industrial equipment.
But unfortunately, the 39th Group Army only has such a small territory now. Even if it wants industrial equipment from the United States, it will be in vain. There is no place to install production, and it cannot find so many skilled workers. More importantly, now
China's coastal areas have been completely occupied, and even the American devils can't transport industrial equipment in.