The Japanese side quickly sensed the movements of the Sino-American coalition forces......

Although Japan's naval and air forces had suffered huge casualties at this time and were basically unable to organize a counterattack, they were not a force that was not worth mentioning, especially the submarines...... The Japanese submarine could carry small reconnaissance aircraft, so it soon detected that the Chinese army was making a planned advance in the direction of the Pacific Ocean. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"What do you think ......" Hideki Tojo asked Ken Sato with a frown: "What is the intention of the Chinese army in this move?" ”

Before Sato could answer, Sanada Koichiro hurriedly replied: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, isn't the purpose of the Chinese army's march into the Pacific Ocean obvious?" ”

Sanada Suiichiro and Sato Kenriku are both one of the "Four Fools" of Tojo Hideki, and at this time he has just taken up the post of the first director of the General Staff Headquarters, so he is anxious to show off in front of Tojo Hideki.

"Obviously?" Hideki Tojo motioned for Suiichiro Sanada to continue.

"I have some research on Jiang!" Sanada Suiichiro replied a little smugly: "Jiang Chengfu is deep, ambitious, and has a strong desire for power...... So the American side has been asking Chiang to send troops to the Pacific, but Chiang has only sent a few troops! ”

When Hideki Tojo heard this, he couldn't help but "snort": "It's these few troops, but we quickly collapsed in the absolute defensive circle of the Pacific War, and now they are all about to hit the Japanese mainland!" ”

Hideki Tojo was obviously stunned to distort the topic, and when he realized this, he said to Suiichiro Sanada, "Go on! ”

"Yes!" Suiichiro Sanada continued: "I think ...... The ultimate goal of the Sino-American coalition is Okinawa! ”

"Okinawa?"

"Yes!" Sanada explains, "We know...... The main forces of the U.S. Navy and Army are entangled in the Philippines, which makes the U.S. forces unable to attack Okinawa, and with the strengthening of Okinawa's defenses and the increase in troops, the strength of the Chinese forces in the Pacific is not enough to launch a strong attack on Okinawa. Thereupon...... They have only one way, and that is to transfer troops from China to achieve the goal of attacking the Philippines and the Japanese mainland at the same time! ”

"Hmm!" Hideki Tojo nodded.

Sanada's statement is indeed very likely, because Okinawa is too important to Japan, and even if Okinawa is taken by the enemy, American warplanes will swing at Okinawa...... Difficulties will arise for Japan to connect with China and even with North Korea.

"I don't think the enemy's plan will be so simple!" Sato Kenji frowned and said: "First of all, as Sanada said, Jiang is a person with a strong desire for power and control, how could he suddenly send so many troops into the Pacific Ocean for the command of the Americans......"

"That's because of the threats made to him by the Americans!" "According to our intelligence, the United States is urgently training 30 divisions of the Army in Yunnan, China, and the Americans can use this as a quid pro quo to ask Chiang to send troops!" ”

It can be said that the Japanese army has spies everywhere in China, and even within the national army, there are many spies who have been bought by the Japanese army, or it can also be said that there are many "patriots" like Wang Jingwei and others who "save the country by curves......

Such "patriots" have a very speechless opinion, they believe that China will lose the war against Japan, and put forward a lot of data and theories to prove it, and then ...... Under this premise, resistance becomes a meaningless sacrifice, and surrender can truly save the people from fire and water, so this is the real and realistic way to love the country.

This theory of "saving the country by curve" is obviously a fallacy, because everything is based on an assumption that does not hold up at all, and this assumption is that "China will be defeated."

From ancient times to the present, no theory in China and abroad is based on assumptions, and arguments have always been based on facts, and taking assumptions as facts as arguments is itself a fundamental and low-level error......

It is also because of these "patriots" that the Japanese army has a very detailed grasp of every move and deployment of the national army, which is also one of the reasons why the Japanese army launched the "No. 1" operation so smoothly.

"So...... Why did the Chinese choose to send troops at this time? Ken Sato asked: "The Americans' military aid plan to equip China's 30 divisions has already begun to be implemented, and if this was in exchange, the Chinese should have sent troops a long time ago." And the strange thing is...... They would have sent out their troops when we launched Project 1 and they fled in all directions. Isn't it strange that this is a time when China is in urgent need of troops? ”

"That's another thought of mine, too!" Sanada Suiichiro replied: "One of the thirty-six strategies of the Chinese is called 'besieging Wei to save Zhao', which means besieging Wei and forcing Wei to withdraw its troops to achieve the goal of rescuing Zhao...... Sato-kun is afraid that he also knows this allusion! ”

Sato Ken just snorted.

At this time, in order to achieve the goal of invading China, most of the Japanese generals studied Chinese allusions and war history, so a considerable number of Japanese generals were "China experts", which can also be said to be a kind of "knowing the enemy".

Suiichiro Sanada continued to talk eloquently: "What Jiang is doing now...... Obviously, this is the plan, he knows that he will not be able to compete with us in the frontal battlefield, so he adopted the strategy of 'encircling Wei to save Zhao', and forced us to transfer our troops back to the mainland or even withdraw our troops by attacking Okinawa or even attacking the Japanese mainland, so that the crisis on the Chinese side will not exist! ”

Listening to Sanada Suiichiro's words, Hideki Tojo couldn't help but nod slightly.

The current situation is also as Sanada Suiichiro said, and Japan has to transfer troops from China back to Japan. On the other hand, if the Sino-US coalition forces really invaded the Japanese mainland, Hideki Tojo really didn't know what to do......

At that time, is it better to continue to shift the strategic focus to China? Or is it better to pull the troops back to the Japanese mainland for defense?

Until the conditions are ripe, it is clear that neither is a good choice.

So Hideki Tojo ordered: "Strengthen the defense of Okinawa and prepare for battle!" ”

"Yes!"

Sato Ken still vaguely felt that something was wrong in his heart, because he didn't believe that the Chinese army spent so much effort to "encircle Wei and save Zhao", and if Chiang was willing to do this, the Chinese troops in the Pacific would have been more than 50,000 people.

But Sato didn't know what the Chinese army wanted to do, so he didn't say anything more.

(To be continued.) )