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In 1942, Japan achieved an unprecedented victory in the Pacific battlefield, but it also paid a huge price. After occupying Australia and New Zealand, although Japan's national strength increased greatly, it inevitably distributed its troops everywhere and seriously occupied its limited mobile force.
, as Taizu said, this situation where expansion has reached its limit but a powerful enemy still retains strength is often a turning point in history of "prosperity and decline".
Yamamoto Isoroku, who was Japan's Minister of the Navy, may not have realized this, but out of fear of the huge industrial potential of the United States, his position quickly turned to peace. This made Yamaguchi Takan and other Japanese high-level militants,
The young men in the middle and lower classes who long for military exploits and promotions and those who are in the war
The Japanese military-industrial complex, which had gained huge benefits, was very dissatisfied. However, because Emperor Takahito also wanted to seek peace, and the government and civilian groups, which had been troubled by the rapidly increasing military expenditure, also wanted to make peace with the allies, so no matter how dissatisfied they were, they had no choice but to sit back and watch.
The peace faction prevailed.
Roosevelt is naturally unwilling to let Japan go, but the current situation of the allies is indeed more difficult. If Japan can be made to make substantial concessions and return Hawaii, and at the same time withdraw from Australia and New Zealand, then it is not necessarily impossible to negotiate a separate peace. More importantly, even if
If the peace talks failed, the United States did not suffer any substantial losses, but it was able to gain valuable time.
If it were not for the current extremely high level of anti-Japanese sentiment in the country, the U.S. government would not dare to disclose the matter prematurely before the time is ripe. In fact, it could also use this to undermine the unity of the Axis camp. In the final analysis, the U.S. government just wants to use
This is just a delay. After all, the United States has unparalleled industrial strength. The longer the time goes, the stronger the United States military will be.
In order to increase the probability of the success of the peace negotiation, Yamamoto Isoroku decided to go to Hawaii in person to interview with the American emissary to show Japan's sincerity, and resolutely boarded a -3 passenger plane that was originally assisted by the United States and flew to the agreed negotiation location in Wa.
Ku Dao. Isoroku Yamamoto, who was determined to bring about an armistice between Japan and the United States, had no time to rest even on the plane. Instead, he was thinking about the conditions that the Americans might propose and the bottom line that he could make concessions to.
"What the Americans want most is definitely the Hawaiian Islands. If they can't get it back, even if there is a peace treaty, the Americans will still be unable to guarantee the security of their homeland. It is impossible for them to give in to this condition; and for the empire, the Hawaiian Islands are just a
Although the outermost line of defense is of great significance, the supply cost is too high. It may not be abandoned. The second is Australia and New Zealand. This is of little significance to the United States itself. It is mainly to prevent the empire from digesting the two countries' resources.
The land, especially Australia's industry and resources, has become more powerful in the future, but under the current unfavorable war situation, the Americans may not insist on this request; but for the empire, Australia and New Zealand, especially Australia's resources, are the reason for its rise.
It is indispensable and cannot be given up no matter what. Not to mention that the Empire still has the upper hand on the Pacific battlefield." Yamamoto Isoroku just thought of this. But suddenly he heard a loud "boom", and then he didn't know anything.
Got it
Due to the sudden incident, Yamamoto Isoroku's landline fell into the sea before he could send any message back. The huge impact force instantly tore the body into pieces and sank into the sea. And because the crash site was located in the far sea, with the current situation
The technological level makes search and rescue extremely difficult. Although the Japanese Navy dispatched a large number of ships and aircraft, it still could not find even half of Yamamoto Isoroku's fingernails.
It stands to reason that with Yamamoto Isoroku's status, it is not easy to assassinate him. However, since Takahito came to the throne, there has never been a "Tenchu national traitor" incident in Japan. The biggest conflict was only in front of the emperor.
The shouting curses inevitably caused Yamamoto Isoroku to relax his vigilance. Moreover, it was really hard for Yamamoto Isoroku to imagine that the special forces, which were said to be the most loyal to Japan, would actually attack him all of a sudden instead of letting go of their old grudges.
Killer.[
But having said that, although Wang Zicai was determined to kill Yamamoto because of his peace, if the special forces team members were not extremely dissatisfied with Yamamoto's "traitory", he would not have so easily incited his subordinates to die with Yamamoto. Sure enough,
In any country, a traitor is always the most hated. Even if he may not have such thoughts subjectively, the eyes of the masses are sharp, and they only believe in the facts they can know.
The death of Isoroku Yamamoto caused Japan's main war factions, including Yamaguchi Tamon, to celebrate. The peace faction lost its momentum because of the loss of this leading figure. However, Emperor Takahito was forced to declare war with the allies under pressure.
In the end, until it took the initiative to ask Japan
He asked for peace, but insisted that the main combatants hand over the perpetrators. However, even if Yamaguchi Dawen was willing, he could not agree to this request, because the people who directly committed the assassination had been buried in the sea with Yamamoto Isoroku. As for the planner, this
Toki is no longer in Japan
Just when Yamaguchi Tamon accepted the Emperor's question, the current number two figure in the Japanese Navy, Ozawa Jisaburo, led the main force of the combined fleet to visit the Panama Strait again, after paying the price of losing dozens of aircraft and a ship.
More than 100 U.S. military aircraft were shot down and destroyed, and the previous efforts by the Americans to repair the Panama ship locks were completely in vain.
But the Americans never thought that this seemingly violent raid was just a feint. Just when the Ozawa fleet diverted the attention of the Americans, a dozen Japanese long-range submarines unknowingly attacked the prince.
Only after 800 special operations team members were sent to the west coast of North America, although three submarines were discovered and sunk by the US military or US armed civilian ships.
More than 200 special forces members were buried in the belly of the fish, but the "diversified investment" strategy successfully avoided the risk of annihilation, allowing Wang Zicai and the remaining 500 people to successfully set foot on North American soil.
Half of the landing sites were outside the United States. After landing, they had to find a way to cross the border between Canada or Mexico and the United States.
In fact, the prince had already had this plan, but it had been delayed until now because the Japanese army had an unimaginable smooth sailing on the Pacific battlefield, until he sacrificed several special forces members he had trained so hard to bring Yamamoto Isoroku, who was actually delusional, to
After negotiating a stumbling block with the Americans, the implementation could finally begin. However, due to changes in the situation, the prince also made considerable adjustments to the action plan he had originally formulated.