Volume 8 Hundred Years of Resentment Chapter 5 The Maker of War
When Notsuka Makio stood up, Katsushi Tokiya, Sato Nobusai and others went...
Ryohei Tani Kiku didn't mind anyone giving an intelligence brief in front of the Prime Minister, but those soldiers were different. In the eyes of Higashiki Tani Katsushiro and others, the defense brief by civilians was simply the biggest insult to the soldiers. In fact, Onozuka Keiro was not a simple civilian. Before becoming the Prime Minister's Chief Defense Secretary, Onozuka Keiro was a senior adviser to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' defense policy, providing important reference for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' development of weapons and equipment. In addition, he also served in the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force for 8 years, flew 4 fighter jets, and was a Colonel officer when he retired.
The ability of Onotsuka Keiso to serve as defense secretary has a lot to do with his early years of starting a business with Sadashi Murakami.
With this extraordinary identity, Onotsuka Keiro has a very high status in the "Shadow Cabinet" and is one of the few people who can talk to the Prime Minister in an equal tone.
"As the Prime Minister said, before the Peninsula War ended, China is preparing for the next war." Unlike Murakami | Yuanyuan, Onotsuka Keibo's words are more independent, "I believe everyone remembers the Chinese head of state, Wang Yuanqing, who was also the deputy head of state at the time, mentioned the China National Defense Military Force Construction Program at the military meeting. Although that speech was not as good as the "programme", after that, China has successively issued a number of military development plans, including the construction of several large aircraft carriers, expanding the naval strength, equipping the air force fifth-generation fighter jets and strategic bombers, expanding the scale of the air force, implementing comprehensive military reforms, and comprehensively improving the rapid combat capabilities of the troops. These measures are aimed at us without exception."
Although Katsuto Tokiya is not disgusted with Onotsuka Pheasant, they all admire Onotsuka Pheasant.
Compared with soldiers, Onotsuka Keisuke is much better eloquent, has clear ideas and clear structure, and can point out the key points to the point and attract the attention of others. This ability not only dwarfs Hitokiya Katsura and others, but also allows the Prime Minister to grasp the situation more accurately.
In Taniki Ryoheira, Onotsuka Keibo's eloquence has a lot to do with his work experience after retirement.
When he started his business with Sadashi Murakami, Kashio Onotsuka was responsible for company promotion and product sales. He was a very good marketer with extraordinary eloquence.
"Except for diplomatic suppression policies, the military preparations in China have never stopped." Onotsuka Takimo looked at Toshiki Kiryu and asked the Prime Minister's chief assistant to distribute the prepared documents to the participants. "Based on the information currently available, China is likely to launch a war within the year.
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As soon as these words came out, the meeting was in an uproar.
Taniki Ryohei was a little surprised. While Sadashi Murakami was focusing on Makio Onotsuka, he looked at the Prime Minister. Although the Ministry of Defense established the Defense Security Intelligence Department after the establishment of the National Security Bureau. However, the intelligence agency was very small in scale and had very limited capabilities.
After looking at it, Dongji Gu Sheng was extremely surprised. Gu Shu Liangping was filled with thoughts.
Katsushi Tokitani and Keiro Onotsuka are competitive relations. Minister of Defense is not so idiotic that he handed over "political capital" to the most threatening opponent, right?
It is definitely not the information provided by the Defense Security Intelligence Department.
Where did Onotsuka Keisu get the information?
With this question in mind, Taniki Ryohei took the document handed over by Toshiki Kiryu and looked at it as if he was careless.
"Ono, your information..."
"Although some of the information has not been confirmed, most of the information has high credibility. This should be confirmed by Gu Shujun."
When Taniki Ryohei looked up at him when he looked at Onozuka Makio, the other party was also looking at him.
"Ono, let's talk about the key points." Sadashi Murakami brought back the topic.
The Prime Minister must know the source of the information!
Tani Shuryo lowered his head and looked at the documents in his hand.
"First of all, the Chinese Navy is known to pose the greatest threat to us." Onotsuka Keisuke bypassed the podium on the conference table and said, "The three large aircraft carriers that started construction in 2025 were all launched last month, and the installation project progress was much faster than we expected. The plan will be completed within the year or early next year. Because our four "Ruihe"-class aircraft carriers will be completed one after another at the beginning of next year, we have enough reason to believe that it will not wait until the beginning of next year. If war begins this year, there will be three Chinese aircraft carriers in China.
We only have two medium-sized aircraft carriers and only one third of the strength of the Chinese Navy. If war begins next year, China will only have six large aircraft carriers and one medium-sized aircraft carriers, while we have four large aircraft carriers and two medium-sized aircraft carriers, which is 70% of the strength of China. Because China must guard against India, the Chinese Navy must retain at least one aircraft carrier battle group in the South China Sea and invest at most three aircraft carrier battle groups in the Western Pacific. It is obvious that fighting early is beneficial to China, and fighting late is beneficial to us."
“It’s not just the navy that decides the outcome.”
When Takashima Fanichi said this, Tadaro Uesugi looked at him.
In fact, in our war with China, the importance of the air force is not the army." Onotsuka Makio smiled faintly and said, "Look at the strength of China's air force. With the J-16 heavy fighter known as the Thunder Dragon and the J-177 multi-purpose fighter known as the Thunder Dragon, respectively, the Chinese Air Force will definitely equip these two fighters within the year, or now it has been equipped in small batches. The H-111 strategic bomber known as the Thunder Dragon has been for the first time last month.
Flying will definitely be completed within the year. Of course, in our battle with China, the purpose of strategic bombers is not very obvious. The H-99 equipped by the Chinese Air Force is enough to perform most strategic strike missions. Based on the intelligence obtained over the years, we have enough reason to believe that the strength of the Chinese Air Force is no less than that of the US Air Force. After the war breaks out, the Chinese Air Force will participate in the war as the primary strike force. Can we defend airspace and control air supremacy, I am afraid that even Takashima Jun is not sure?"
Takashima Fan gritted his teeth and did not argue with Onotsuka Maki, because these words were correct.
"Even if the Chinese Air Force and Navy are powerful, they can only fight a maritime conflict like the East China Sea War!"
Onozuka Maibo looked at Sato Shinsai, who was full of slim faces, and said with a smile: "The key is that China has an invincible army."
"Is China capable of logging in?"
"Of course, it's the same as the traditional landing method." Onotsuka Shio suddenly became extremely serious and said, "The focus of the reform of the Chinese Army is not ground armored troops, but airborne troops. Sato Kwan should know that during the old war and the Peninsula War, the Chinese Airborne troops showed a very amazing combat power. During the Peninsula War, China attacked Jeju Island in advance, and first sent airborne troops to capture Jeju Airport to open the way for the Marines. Isn't it?
Is the Chinese Army practicing tactics of using airborne troops to fight the Yuehai landing operation? Of course, Sato Jun would think that the airborne troops are just infantry and are not the opponent of the armored troops at all. This is true. At least during the Peninsula War, the Chinese Airborne troops suffered extremely heavy losses when fighting with the American armored troops. But one thing is certain that China is arming the airborne troops with its most advanced technology, striving to build the first airborne armored troops!"
"Airborne Armored Soldiers!" Sato Nobusai was startled.
Onotsuka Makio Onotsuka nodded slightly and said, "As early as a few years ago, to be precise, China made substantial breakthroughs in the field of new materials eight years ago. Shortly after the end of the Peninsula War, China made major achievements in the large-scale production process of high-strength alloys. We are not very clear about the specific results. We are only sure that China uses all high-strength alloys to build airborne combat vehicles in addition to the attack aircraft code-named q-9. What is more worthy of attention is that China has made major breakthroughs in electromagnetic gun technology. If the information we obtained is correct, China will definitely use electromagnetic guns on new airborne combat vehicles. Of course, China has no reason not to use electric power drive equipment on new airborne combat vehicles. As the commander of the army, Sato Kun should be aware of how advanced the combination of these three technologies can produce, right?"
Sato Shinsai's face became distorted. If Onotsuka Shikigami's words became a reality, all the tanks and armored vehicles of the Japanese Army could be sent to the History Museum.
The three generals of the army were all speechless, and the conference room became much quieter.
After hesitating for a while, Jigusheng spoke, "Even so, China cannot replace weapons and equipment for the army within a few months. We..."
"Does it take several months? As long as there are some advanced preparations, China will be able to take the initiative in the war and then use relatively backward equipment to win the war. The United States has not eliminated the fourth-generation fighter jets when it is equipped with a large number of unmanned fighters. In the entire military system, advanced equipment is the finishing touch, not all!"
After being refuted by Onotsuka Keibo, Katsushi Tokiya seemed a little angry.
"I think this issue has no value for debate at all." Murakami Sasaki came forward to calm the debate at this time. "Expanding the armament is only a necessary part of the war preparations, not all. One thing is enough to confirm the attempt to start a war in China. In any case, China will not look at us as a alliance with India without any indication. For China, defeating us or defeating India before we form an alliance with India is the ideal choice. From a reality, China has no reason to deal with India, and we will become the key target of China's attack.
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After hearing these words, Taniki Ryohei knew that it was not Onotsuka Keiko who was actively promoting the war, but Murakami Sasaki.
Without any doubt, Taniki Ryohei's guess a few hours ago was correct. Sadashi Murakami would not convene a meeting with all important members of the military for no reason!
Japan is preparing for the war, which is definitely the most important information! (To be continued,)
Chapter completed!