Another country that was dissatisfied with this was North Korea, which had just become independent. However, as the younger brother, it did not dare to question its elder brother. Instead, it cooperated by suspending all kinds of propaganda about going south to regain lost territory and quickly reached an armistice agreement with Japan.
However, some insiders say that the North Korean government just took the opportunity to step down. They did not want to continue fighting with Japan in the first place. Because the previous peace treaty between China and Japan used the 39° north latitude line as the national boundary between North Korea and Japan, the capital of North Korea was
Pyongyang is directly adjacent to the national border, so it is no wonder that Japanese artillery can even hit Pyongyang city directly from outside the border.
The North Korean government is ready to surrender. What's more, they also know very well that without China's support, it is impossible for the "People's Republic of Korea", which is less than one-third of the Korean Peninsula, to win against a country that is far more powerful in all aspects.
You must know that even the new China, whose industrial development speed is miraculous, the expected total industrial output value in 1941 is not as high as that of Japan.
The third method that Roosevelt came up with was to ask Japan to "temporarily" lease Okinawa to the United States as a naval base in order to build an encirclement network against China and further increase pressure on the Chinese government. However, this request once again aroused
Japan's strong dissatisfaction, you must know before this
The United States has already taken away the Marshall Islands, the Caroline Islands and the Palau Islands from Japan through forced debt. If this continues, it won't be long before all the outer barriers of Japan's four islands will be controlled by the Americans.
Japan will also be completely reduced to a watchdog chained by the United States.
For a time, public sentiments in Japan were aroused, and even the relatively calm Japanese Navy Minister Isoroku Yamamoto urgently met with Emperor Takahito to request a fight. "If we don't take action, the empire will no longer have the ability to fight back after the U.S. monsters tighten the rope."
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"No, we are not fully prepared now. If we act hastily, it will only destroy our previous efforts." Although Chongren was livid, he gritted his teeth and shook his head, and then said his plan, "Now we can only learn from the Chinese
Method, one word - drag"[
"It can only be like this." Yamamoto Isoroku sighed secretly. He also knew that Germany and the United States have not started fighting yet. If Japan takes the lead in taking action against the United States, it will be an all-out United States that will fight against it.
The gap in national power is really too big. Even if Japan currently has 10 aircraft carriers, it is 3 more than the United States (Note 1). Moreover, the two largest giant aircraft carriers in the world (Note 2) are about to enter active service. In a one-on-one battle
Nor will
There is even a slight chance of winning, because the United States still has 17 battleships and hundreds of cruisers and destroyers. Even if the Japanese combined fleet successfully completes a sneak attack, it will take a long time to eliminate the main force of the U.S. Navy.
The terrible industrial production capacity. During this period, I am afraid that more new warships have been built than the total number of ships currently in service. Once such a situation occurs, no matter how many victories the Japanese army achieves, they will eventually be dragged to death.
"By the way, you are also paying attention to the war in Europe, right? The air defense capabilities of warships in various countries have improved very quickly. Do you think the empire's aircraft carrier fleet can handle it?" Although Takahito became the Emperor of Japan, he was still quite civilian. Not only
He lives a frugal life, and his names are rarely the same as in the past.
The Emperor likes to use formal titles such as "Qing" unless it is on very formal occasions. In this rare difficult period in Japanese history, this not only did not affect his reputation in the country, but made it one of Japan's most popular titles since Meiji.
The most prestigious emperor since the Restoration.
The Japanese navy is deeply influenced by Western ideas, and is actually more supportive of the emperor's approach. However, after hearing Takahito's question, Yamamoto Isoroku's face became a little ugly, "This, according to the analysis of the Military Command Department, the current situation of the United States and Britain
The air defense capabilities of the main ship types, if the Imperial aircraft carrier is
The target of the attack team is a large fleet with several capital ships and auxiliary ships. Unless the enemy crew is negligent, it will require at least a large flying formation of more than a hundred dive bombers to ensure a successful attack in one attack.
Losing the combat effectiveness of at least one new battleship."
"So many fights?" Although Chongren was somewhat mentally prepared, he was immediately shocked when he heard the number reported by Yamamoto Isoroku. He immediately stepped down from the throne and came to Yamamoto to ask, "And even if there are so many fights,
, and it can’t guarantee that it will explode and sink?”
"Yes, the new British battleships are extremely strong, the horizontal armor is also greatly thickened, and the sinking resistance is also very good. However, the dive bombing speed is not enough, and it cannot penetrate the horizontal armor and then explode inside.
If there is an explosion outside, even if there is more than one,
It is very difficult to sink it. The latest Iowa-class battleships in the United States not only have strong horizontal defense, but also have super anti-aircraft firepower. It will only be more difficult to sink it with dive bombers alone.
", Yamamoto Isoroku wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, lowered his head and replied.
After hearing this, Chongren frowned and asked with some reluctance, "Even the newly developed Zero bomber (that is, Japan's carrier-based dive bomber improved from the Stuka J87 dive bomber) can't carry a ton of super heavy weight."
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"Unless you start a dive from an altitude exceeding the normal cruising altitude, and then drop it at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, and it must be an armor-piercing aircraft, there is a possibility of sinking, because the power of the high explosion is not greatly affected by the drop altitude. But high-altitude drops
If so, it would be equivalent to using a dive bomber as a
When horizontal bombers are used, the advantage of extremely high accuracy no longer exists. Instead, because of their slower speed, they become a perfect target for enemy anti-aircraft fire. And dive bomber pilots are much more difficult to train than horizontal bomber pilots." Yamamoto
Fifty-six bit her lip and replied.
Note 1: One of them is about to be retired. There are actually 6 of them. The construction plan of the "Hornet" aircraft carrier that started in 1939 was canceled due to the butterfly effect caused by Hu Weidong's crossing (the reason mentioned above), and even more
Although the construction of the powerful Essex-class aircraft carrier has begun, due to the late start of construction, even if the time-space assembly line shipbuilding method appears in advance, the completion of the first ship will have to wait until the second half of 1942.
Note 2: These are the two giant ships "Yamato" and "Musashi". However, it is worth mentioning that these two giant aircraft carriers were not modified from the hulls of the battleships of the same name. Under Yamaguchi's advice, Japan
In order to ensure that the performance of the aircraft carrier is leading the world, the Naval Command did not hesitate to dismantle the unfinished hulls of the two battleships and use the saved
The two aircraft carriers of the same name were redesigned and built with human, financial and material resources, so they were not completed until October 1941, otherwise it should have been completed a year ago. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian.
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