Just when the U.S. military was actively carrying out a clean-up operation against the Marshall Islands, the Japanese side exploded. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"The Marshall Islands were lost, and so quickly!" Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, who has the nickname "Shaved General" because of his cruelty and thirst for killing, said angrily: "You must know that it is the territory of our Great Japanese Empire, which means that the enemy has set foot on our land!" ”

Since the Marshall Islands were occupied by Japan at the beginning of World War I, Japan has always considered them "national territory", which is one of the reasons why Japan listed them as nodes in the "absolute defense circle".

This is indeed a nightmare for Japan: although the Japanese army has also suffered defeats and retreats in front of the US army, it has always fought on the land or islands seized by the Japanese army, but this Marshall Islands is the land that originally "belonged" to Japan, which not only means that the war situation has been out of balance, but also causes a great blow to the confidence of the domestic people...... In fact, Japan has been deceiving the Japanese people, saying that it has won victory somewhere, that the war situation is improving, that the American ghost animal will eventually lose, and that the Great Japanese Empire will surely usher in victory, and so on.

Of course, this is a necessary means.

Because confidence is a very strange thing, this is like a stock in modern society, if shareholders have confidence in this stock, they all buy this stock, so the stock will soon skyrocket, but if something happens to make shareholders lose confidence in this stock and sell one after another, its stock price will soon plummet.

The state is equivalent to stocks, and the people are equivalent to shareholders...... Whether it is deception or coaxing, if the people can have confidence in the country, then the whole country will wholeheartedly support the country's military and policies. On the other hand, once the people lose faith in the country, the country will soon fall apart and collapse.

This is what Hideki Tojo is really afraid of.

(Note: Hideki Tojo has a very stubborn "bushido spirit", and he always believes that as long as the Japanese military and civilians can unite, they can defeat the American ghost animals and achieve the final victory.) But this is not the case. ）

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister!" Kenri Sato, director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of the Army, who is known as one of the three traitors and four fools of Hideki Tojo, suggested: "We should withdraw the main forces of the Pacific to the Philippines and fight the American ghosts there!" ”

Hideki Tojo was silent for a while with a gloomy face, and then asked, "Is this the opinion of the General Staff Headquarters?" ”

"No, it's my personal opinion!" Ken Sato replied.

"Have you consulted with the General Staff Headquarters?" Hideki Tojo asked again.

"Here's the problem!" Kenri Sato replied, "The General Staff Headquarters will definitely oppose this plan. ”

What Kenri Sato said was the truth, and the vast majority of the officers of the General Staff Headquarters believed that the Japanese army should go all out to defend the "absolute defensive circle" and not take half a step back.

"Personally, I think!" Kenji Sato continued: "We should overwhelm the General Staff Headquarters, and the first thing to do is to abandon the Caroline Islands, the Mariana Islands, and retreat to the Philippines!" ”

Hideki Tojo blushed: "Last year, at the last Imperial Council, we set the last line of defense on the Mariana Islands and the Caroline Islands, which are extremely important nodes in our absolute defense circle. Do you mean to say...... After only half a year, we will lose them to the American ghost animals without a single battle?! ”

Sato Kenki knew that there was a little displeasure in Hideki Tojo's tone, but he continued to persuade: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, in the Mariana Islands, we only have seven airports. Judging from the current situation, that is, the Americans have new types of fighters, and they can easily render these airfields useless before they launch an invasion, and the Mariana Islands and the Caroline Islands are doomed to be undefendable! ”

Hideki Tojo couldn't help but snort when he heard this: "Then can the Philippines hold it?" ”

"There are hundreds of islands in the Philippines that can be used as bases!" "The 'final battlefield' should be there, and we can use these hundreds of islands to fight the Americans, and only then can we firmly hold back the American forces and then launch a 'peace offensive'......"

It should be said that this Ken Sato is still very strategic, and the "peace offensive" he refers to the offensive for the purpose of negotiating with the US military...... That is to say, at this time, Kenri Sato had already realized that it was impossible to defeat the US military, and now Japan's only way out was to use the terrain of the Philippines to entangle the US military and make the US military fall into a quagmire, on the other hand, the US military in North Africa would also face the pressure of the German army, and if Japan suggested a "peaceful truce" to the United States at that time, the United States was likely to be forced to agree to the situation, which made Japan save face and stop the war.

The facts of history tell us that this line of Ken Sato is correct, although there is little hope of success...... The reason why there is little hope for success is that at this time, the strength of the United States and Japan in the Pacific Ocean has been seriously unequal, and the war will continue to be fought, and the US military even found that there are too many aircraft carriers so it stopped the production of Essex-class aircraft carriers, that is to say, in the case of such a huge difference in strength between the two sides, even if Tojo Hideki accepts Kenji Sato's suggestion to withdraw troops to the Philippines, he may not be able to entangle the US military.

But......

It is better to have a hope of success than not to have it, even if the hope of success is only a small one.

But Hideki Tojo was not interested in this suggestion by Kenri Sato.

"Don't talk about any more 'peace offensives'!" Hideki Tojo said, "If we mention peace, the morale of the entire army will crumble, and then the United States will no longer need to negotiate with us, understand?" ”

Hideki Tojo's idea also made sense, and Japan was on the verge of collapse at this time...... Of course, this is just Hideki Tojo's idea, in fact, Hideki Tojo underestimated the brainwashing effect of the "bushido spirit" a little, even after the two atomic bombs exploded in Japan, there were still many officers and soldiers in Japan who wanted to continue fighting, and even did not hesitate to launch a mutiny to prevent the emperor from surrendering.

Because Hideki Tojo believed that Japan was very vulnerable at this time, so if he only mentioned "peace" or negotiated with the United States, then all the soldiers would have no desire to fight, and the result would be that the United States could easily take the Philippines.

So Hideki Tojo thought from the beginning that Kenri Sato's plan was hopeless.

But in fact, Hideki Tojo's idea is a bit too subjective or too blunt, because negotiations do not mean that the morale of the army will collapse completely, the most typical example is that the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was fought and talked about for a long time, you talk about yours and I fight mine, and even fight a war for better negotiations, and I have not seen the army of either side collapse because of negotiations. (To be continued.) )