Chapter 843: The Two-Headed Snake
If Japan's self-righteousness and gambling psychology have a market at the top of the hierarchy, it provides a "theoretical" feasibility for Japan's next actions. Then the "staff of the gods" within the Japanese military circles provided the "practical" operational capabilities for the next operation!
Once in Xu Jie's plane, there was a place called Tieba, which rated one of the worst matches in World War II. That is the counterintelligence of the French generals plus the Japanese staff officers and the Italian soldiers and schoolmasters. The Japanese staff officers can definitely be on the list, and there is absolutely something "extraordinary". The staff officers of other countries help the commander-in-chief to formulate the battle plan, but the Japanese staff officer is to let the commander-in-chief follow his own plan! We will further carry forward the lower grams in the Japanese military circles! And sometimes it's not just the army that pits, but even the navy!
For example, the well-known 918 incident was picked up by Ishihara Waner, Itachi Seisishiro, Hanaya Masa, and a few others, and they didn't even tell the commander of the Japanese Kwantung Army. As a result, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters knew about this...... At that time, he was taken aback and sent Miji Kenkawa, the deputy head of the War Department, to organize the adventurous behavior of this group of staff officers. As a result, as soon as this guy arrived in the Northeast, he was put down by the wine and meat cannonballs of this group of staff officers! Also thanks to the soft persimmon that Japan softened this time, when Miji Kenkawa woke up, the Kwantung Army was counting the loot ..........
Well, it's good to be able to win, and it's true to get benefits, so Ishihara Waner's group of guys not only didn't receive punishment, but were promoted, for example, Ishihara Waner became a big Zuo, and became the chief of the Operations Department of the General Staff Headquarters, this is not good, in the eyes of some Japanese, this can be described as a shortcut to promotion, fortune and fame. As a result, the Japanese staff officers became more and more emboldened! Here I have to mention a guy named Qian Zhengxin.
This guy probably doesn't find it fun to fight warlords. The other party is too weak and has no sense of accomplishment. So he turned his attention to the Soviet Union to the north. This guy actively promoted and planned the 77 Incident in 1937. I don't think it's enough. Subsequently, in the Zhang Gufeng Incident in 1938, the Soviet Union suffered heavy losses on the battlefield due to various reasons such as the Great Purge. Let this bold and reckless staff officer think that he has found an opportunity. And in 1939, after Qian Zhengxin returned to the Kwantung Army, this opportunity became a reality.
This guy directly issued a "Manchurian-Mongolian Border Handling Outline" in the name of the commander of the Kwantung Army, encouraging the Japanese army to take the initiative to provoke the Soviet Union, and as a result, the matter became bigger and bigger, until finally the Battle of Nomenkan that shocked the world occurred! It's not weird, it's the weirdest thing. After this incident, the commanders of the Kwantung Army were all dismissed, and it turned out that this grandson just changed places! As a result, this staff officer became more and more emboldened, and in the end, he even directly "ordered" Hyakutake Haruyoshi's 17th Army in the name of the emperor! It turned out to be nothing! From this point of view. Within the Japanese military circles, there are all kinds of soil for the development and growth of the lower grams! …。
This was the case in the previous historical plane, and this historical plane is still like this. At a time when the Japanese top brass thought that the conflict between China and the United States could be exploited, some people in the Japanese Admiralty were already preparing to plot how to provoke a conflict between the two great powers! However, there are still certain restrictions on wanting to act, that is, the current Japanese Navy is really not on the table. The Japanese fleet now had only surface warships and submarines below light cruisers. Needless to say, the former is not needed at all. But the latter can be considered.
World War I anti-submarine warfare was a world-class problem. Even the worst submarines can still pose a huge threat to merchant ships. This is also where the gap between the Japanese Navy and the navies of other countries in the world is the smallest. With the support of the head of the Naval Operations Department, Shichiro Kataoka, and under the direct command of Sotaro Misu, the submarine forces of Japan selected four of the best submarines to go to the South Seas. Their mission is to fish in troubled waters, waiting for an opportunity to attack the merchant ships and fleets of China and the United States! In order to lead to the conflict eventually turning into war! …。
The plan is deceptively simple. Although the British sold Japan a few good submarines, considering the attitude of the Chinese Republic, the range of these submarines was very limited, and if you want to operate in the South China Sea for a long time, you must have supply ships to provide supplies. And Japan does not have special supply ships! So I had to make do with it. It's okay to be able to refuel, as for torpedoes? Don't think about it..........
Just when the Huaxia and U.S. fleets had temporarily stopped increasing their troops, and the front was still confronting, the Japanese navy took action, and the four submarines were divided into two groups to attack the Huaxia and U.S. navies. The project was given a very vivid name. Two-headed snake! This two-headed snake will take a bite on each of the two giants, Huaxia and the United States, at the same time! Thus because of the final war! The Japanese Navy was aware of the danger of the operation...... So all submarines were required to self-destruct rather than fall into the hands of the other side, and not even every member of the crew had poison ready, and after the operation officially began. All radio transceivers will be destroyed. In case of radio detection by the opposing side, all resupply operations will be carried out at the predetermined sea area at the predetermined time.
To a certain extent, the Japanese are still very careful, they have reduced the channels of leakage as much as possible, and at the same time the timing is also very good, they chose the time when many conflicts broke out between the Huaxia and the US Navy, and both sides had auxiliary warships pulled back for repair, and the anti-submarine capability was reduced. At the same time, both sides are also angry, and it is very likely that a little conflict will eventually evolve into a time of war.
Although this time it was still the next time, but in the end, shortly after the fleet departed, Shichiro Kataoka told the Japanese government about the plan. At that time, he thought that if this matter came to pass, then forget it, and if it didn't work out, the Japanese government might as well be prepared to use it as a private act of "some officers" to appease the anger of the two powers. This is definitely a sure win in the eyes of Kataoka Shichiro, it is done, the two big countries have a big fight, Japan profits, if it loses, it has those junior officers who top the cylinder. Both Japan and himself will be advantaged. It's a good calculation to really play. But what about the facts? If only it had been discovered. Can this be so good? It doesn't really matter what you think yourself, the point is, what China and the United States think! Do you say that it is a private act, or a private act? Do China and the United States agree? Do you really think that you will be able to provoke these two Pacific powers in one sentence? What do you think? …。
And the Japanese government was really taken aback by Kataoka Shichiro's report, they just thought about it, but they didn't expect that someone would dare to do it! It's still so decisive! But now it's too late, Navy submarines and camouflaged supply ships have already run out for thousands of kilometers, the operation has begun, and now there are no radios! It's impossible to pull it back!
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