"The vanguard army bullies people too much, so just teach them a lesson!" In the Japanese Military Senate, Shisaburo Masaki complained angrily.

With the failure of many famous generals in China, especially the silence of Soichi Teraunuchi, the man who arrested him and was imprisoned, the giant of the Imperial Taoist sect was restored. After all, as the first army general detained by the domestic regime, he was still somewhat capable. In addition, he was furious and addicted to loyalty to the emperor and military and national thoughts. In order to check and balance, the royal family gave in part to the army, which also brought him his move.

As soon as he spoke, he pointed directly at the vanguard army that had attacked all the famous Japanese generals, and used it to mock him.

"How do you teach them a lesson? I didn't see that the 500,000 troops of the vanguard army have already been on the border between China and Myanmar, so I'm just waiting to find an excuse." Nobuyuki Abe rolled his eyes and said.

"We have all defeated the British. Are we still afraid of the 500,000 Chinese troops?" Shisaburo Masaki couldn't help but reply, but the surroundings were silent for a while. After a long time, Hideki Tojo snorted coldly:

"There are not only 500,000 Chinese people, but at least 5 million, and even more troops threaten Manchuria."

Everyone was speechless for a moment.

Although the series of victories made every Japanese excited, the shadow of the previous failure in front of the vanguard army still enveloped everyone's hearts.

The Pioneer Army expanded rapidly, but its excellent equipment has not fallen. The continuous expansion of numbers made the Japanese feel a little powerless. After the Japanese failed in China, they increased their recruitment efforts, which had expanded to more than four million. However, many soldiers were still practicing with wooden sticks at this time, and their weapons and equipment were always behind. Such a team and the Pioneer Army that had been equipped with teeth encountered, and even the most optimistic Japanese generals had to be cautious.

Hideki Tojo said helplessly: "Our troops are already very dispersed, so it is not advisable to bring the vanguard army in for the time being. Only when we completely occupy the resources of Southeast Asia can we fight against China."

"Then do we still want to continue to go west?" Nagano Cultivator said coldly beside him.

At this time, the Japanese army had withdrawn from China except for defending the puppet Manchukuo, and the economy could not be blocked because of the close contact between China and Germany and the United States. It turned out that time and space completely occupied Myanmar, blocking China's foreign trade and forcing Chiang Kai-shek to surrender were no longer useful. Therefore, Japan was not too urgent to occupy Myanmar in full.

Now Japan has occupied Yangon and the coastal ports. With Singapore in hand, it has blocked the British's possible counterattack against Southeast Asia. And swallowed Southeast Asia's rubber, oil, rice, ore, etc. The next step is to occupy the entire Western Pacific Ocean and digest it as soon as possible.

"The Pioneer Army is just a border where the troops are stationed, reminding us not to surpass Mandalay. It did not stop us from continuing to go west. We do not need heavy troops to go deep into Myanmar. We just need to follow those shore ports and lead to the rich India!" Shisaburo Masaki replied.

His eyes gradually lit up. India, as a rich place as the legendary rich, was a temptation in the hearts of all people, and the militarist fanaticism drove him to conquer there.

"The American fleet cannot be established in one year, and our fleet can sail farther away." Nagano's slim self-satisfaction was also revealed, "Our fleet has arrived at Irion Island. Perhaps as long as we go further, we can reach the Australian continent!"

Compared with the confidence of the army that was sunk by the Pioneer Army, although the Japanese Navy suffered a lot of losses in the hands of the Pioneer Army, they all attributed to the sharpness of the giant artillery of the Pioneer Army. In addition, the victory of this southward journey, the confidence of the naval faction led by the southward journey was extremely expanded. It defeated the US Pacific Navy and the British-Dutch fleet in a short time, making their eyes look farther away, hoping to gain more wealth and merits.

Although the oil fields and refineries in Nanyang, Ying-Dutch were partially damaged, some of them could still be used. The company received nearby support from Qinghuo Energy Company, which alleviated the lack of oil in Japan. All kinds of ships can sail again.

However, in the direction of the attack, the army and the navy had another dispute.

In the East, the Japanese still had a glimmer of hope for the negotiations between the United States. The Navy did not make plans to conquer Hawaii, but instead guarded Midway Island and waited for negotiations between the Americans.

On the other hand, the Japanese Navy turned its ambitions to the south.

Crossing the South Ocean and conquering an entire continent like Australia will be the supreme glory.

As an island country, the desire for the mainland has squeezed out all the adventurous spirit in its bones.

"Our fleet can block the Australian continent, and the long coastline makes the sparsely populated British and Australian troops unable to defend our landing." The Navy's plan is clear, but the Army obviously always likes to fight against the Navy.

Most of the time when the southward traveled was the navy, and the profits were mostly obtained by the naval factions. Yamashita Fengfu's rapid advance allowed the army to see another hope, which was to continue along the land and go to another old empire in India. The wealth accumulated by this gem on the British crown is not inferior to China, and it is easier to succeed.

"Go to India! They are happy to help us drive away all the British." The Japanese tasted the sweetness in the name of overthrowing British colonization. Indigenous people everywhere who were full of anger towards the British were easily attracted. Some people in India have also contacted them. It seems that as long as they hit India and shouted, the whole India will respond.

The Army's opinion tends to move westward. Only by moving westward can the Navy become a supporting role and the Japanese Army can take the initiative.

With the rapid expansion of the Japanese army in Southeast Asia, the contradictions in this temporarily shelved strategic offensive direction have become increasingly prominent, and the top Japanese leaders quarreled over the two opinions of advancing south and advancing west.

"We don't need to continue to expand. What we need is oil, rubber, and rice. Now that we occupy Nanyang, we can expand our strength first." Of course, there are also relatively conservative voices, but as soon as they finished speaking, they were stepped on.

At this time, the British were all focused on Europe and transferred a lot of Indian troops. The Americans had not yet intervened in Australia. The Japanese, whose ambitions were growing, saw two pieces of fat meat with weak defense, so how could they resist the trend of wolfishization?

After endless quarrels, Hirohito finally spoke. Under the ambiguous ventriloquy, everyone finally realized that Hirohito's ambition was even greater.

Want both sides!

...

"I'm doing this for the good of the Japanese! Once their army falls into the jungle and delays its expansion outward, wouldn't it break their dream of dominance?" Meng Xiang felt a little regretful.

In order to avoid excessive damage from the Expeditionary Force, the Pioneer Army warned the Japanese early on. Do not invade the border of China too close to avoid fire from happening.

The Ren'anji and other oil fields in Myanmar have fallen into the hands of the Japanese army, and most of the rice production areas in the central and southern regions have fallen into the hands of the Japanese army. The Japanese have already achieved most of the strategic goals. Instead of facing hundreds of thousands of vanguard troops, it is better to be defeated by the British enemy and hinder the vanguard troops from moving south. The Japanese quickly tacitly chose to slow down south of Mandalay.

But on another battlefield, the Japanese army increased its offensive against the US military in the Philippines.

After arriving on Luzon, in order to cooperate with the attack on Myanmar and Java, the Japanese army mobilized some troops in the Philippines, which made it difficult for the US military to resist the strong resistance on the Bataan Peninsula.

After the war between Myanmar and Malaya slowed down, the Japanese offensive against the Philippines increased greatly, and the US military's Orange-3 defense was shaky, so MacArthur had to request reinforcements every day.

"Continue to persevere!" Washington answered very simply, their energy has been hovering in Europe.

A large number of US aids were sent to the Soviet Union, supporting their equally shaky defense line. Although the German army invaded the periphery of Moscow, they had not broken through for a long time. A large number of Soviet troops were urgently transferred from elsewhere and directly joined the 100-kilometer front line around Moscow City, which was cut by steel and flames, or the broken walls and ruins with corpses placed in various shapes on the periphery of Moscow.

At the same time, the British Navy, which received US aid, had enough confidence to launch a decisive battle to the German Navy, which blocked the lifeline at sea.

They joined the fleet of brigades, strangled the wolves on the sea, and even began to look for the duel opportunities for the Overlord Battleships on the sea.

As the British fleet broke through the German navy's block, the British fleet began to replenish the somewhat withered British sea lifeline, and also began to tease the German patience, triggering a war craze against the Atlantic Ocean.

For the interests of the United States at this time, Europe is far more important than Asia. Now the crisis in Europe is more urgent.

...

"You should negotiate with the Chinese! Draw more troops from the east." With the German winter clothes and winter equipment in place, the Americans looked a little anxious when they were trying their best to die. They had to remind the Soviets that they still had millions of troops in the east.

"Resolutely not to negotiate with those greedy Chinese! Do you know what they want? They want the Far East and even swallow the entire Siberia!" Stalin's attitude was very firm, and cede the territory was absolutely not allowed. More importantly, he had already thought about it. The Chinese on the Eastern Front had no intention of crossing the Ural Mountain. This means that the threat alarm from the Eastern Front could be weakened. (To be continued)


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