Chapter 580
Ishihara Kanir always had an intuition: although Qin Wei rarely takes any action in intelligence, all his actions are still difficult to escape the opponent's eyes. In other words, every move of the Japanese army was expected by the Chinese. The facts have always proved his guess. Just like the Guangzhou Battle that had just ended, Takashi Sakai thought he was able to make up his mind, but was tricked by the other party and fell directly into the other party's trap without knowing it. Therefore, Ishihara Kanirir firmly opposed the Japanese attack on Myanmar. Because the Japanese army was not so strong that they were fearless after all, although the power they invested in Myanmar may double, the Chinese would never be much worse. On the contrary, the Chinese military with intelligence advantages would have greater initiative.
But have you been avoiding the Chinese? Obviously it is impossible. Japan and China are almost immortal now. Unless one side is completely defeated, no one can let go. Compared with the forces of Britain and the United States in Asia, the actual strength of the Chinese is much stronger. Japan will never fight against Britain and the United States while letting this neighbor be eyeing it.
But how can we deal with an enemy who knows everything?
Ishihara Kanir had thought of many ways and joined forces with Kenji Doihara to try to find the enemy hidden in the dark, but unfortunately he got nothing and didn't even have any clues. So, he decided to adopt another method, and this method was - momentum! Use absolute strength to crush all enemies! Let the Chinese find that they cannot fight against Japan, and then choose to surrender. But this requires driving Britain and the United States away first and gaining an absolute strategic advantage over China. If you want to do this, you must completely cut off the Chinese's route to obtaining British and American aid.
Through repeated deductions, Ishihara Kanr found that the Chinese people's purpose was to expel Britain and the United States from Southeast Asia first, and then go out on their own. From Myanmar attacked, heading south all the way until Singapore conquered Singapore, and control the strategic throat of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. At that time, Britain and the United States could only support China, because only the Chinese had enough power to block the Japanese army advancing westward for them. With such an advantage, the Chinese could speak loudly against Britain and the United States. Of course, after occupying Singapore and Malaya, the Chinese also had the throat of the maritime route from Indonesia to Japan, and could even use Singapore as a frontier base to bomb Indonesia's oil fields. They also had a huge advantage over Japan.
However, there is a difficulty here. That is, no one knows why the Chinese are sure that they can win in Myanmar!
Intelligence alone?
This is very difficult. As a senior executive of the Japanese Army and an important staff member whom Tojo Hideki relied on, he knew very well how strict the Japanese army was against the Chinese. Especially for the other side's air force, Hideki Tojo even convinced Emperor Hirohito to transport the latest jet fighter jets he got from Germany to the Southeast Asian frontline...
Air Force Advantage! Army Advantage! Navy Advantage! This is also why the coward, Takaichi Deanuchi, finally dared to show his fangs to the other party after being tragically destroyed by the Chinese. That guy wanted to regain his confidence that he had lost for a long time from the Chinese. Similarly, there were many people who had this idea. Therefore, this will from the front eventually led to a change in the ideas of Hideki Tojo and His Majesty the Emperor in the palace. Take China first, then talk about other things... These guys still think that Chinese are better bullying than British and American!
But even though he knew that this was wrong and that he would fall into the trap of the Chinese, Ishihara Kanir had no choice. Because the Japanese Imperial Army would not allow a rational person to influence its actions for a long time. This freak has been labeled as "crazy" almost since its birth... If you want to influence it, it is very likely that it will kill the person or force who wants to influence it first.
Ishihara Kanir wanted to change this situation and even asked to meet Emperor Hirohito, but unfortunately there was no result. After that, he was even ordered to rush to the General Staff of the Second General Army to perform his duties as the chief of staff... In other words, he had been actually "abandoned" by the top Japanese troops!
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Ishihara Kan'er's experience is just like some of the more famous people in history who were demolished by people. But it has to be admitted that some people who have achieved great success in more professional fields are often losers in interpersonal relationships and political activities. There are many such examples in China, and there is also one in modern times who is similar to Ishihara Kan'er, which is Jiang Fangzhen... This guy who has always been listed as the "No. 1 military strategist of the Republic of China" has been famous all over the world in the Beiyang era, but because he wants to do something, he can't do it.
Later, he was so angry that he pulled his gun to commit suicide at the Baoding Military Academy. In front of all the teachers and students of the school. After the suicide failed, he recovered from his injuries and recovered from health, Jiang Fangzhen might have truly felt the atmosphere of the whole China and became a staff officer attentively. However, from the Beiyang era to the National Government era, to becoming an important aide under Chiang Kai-shek, no matter how hard he was, he could not get any opportunity to actually command the battle. This situation continued until last year, that is, 1941! That year, Jiang Fangzhen passed away!
Compared to Jiang Fangzhen, Ishihara Kanir was lucky. He planned the entire Japan strategy for at least a period of time; but compared to Jiang Fangzhen, he was unfortunate. Jiang Fangzhen had never encountered any outstanding opportunity to show his face, but he was not so severely crossed the river. He was much disappointed, and would not fall too hard when he fell down. If he didn't take the initiative to fight for too many things, he would not have any enemies. At least he could gain the respect of everyone on the surface... But Ishihara Kanirir was not good. He originally thought that he could command military operations across Japan through Hideki Tojo and Iroku Yamamoto, but he didn't expect that he was suddenly abandoned when the situation was good, so he became ill... he couldn't afford to get sick!
Just when Ishihara Kanir was seriously ill, the Southern Army of Soichi Desouchi finally began a general attack on Southeast Asia.
After suffering too many losses from the Chinese, he almost fell into a slump. So, before attacking Myanmar, he decided to take down Malaya and solve the enemy in the south. In order to ensure victory, he sent nearly half of his troops, with a total of 130,000 people. In front of him were the British army stationed in Malaya, the British Indian army, the Australian army and the Malay state army, with a total of five divisions and four brigades, with a total of 110,000 people.
The troops seemed to be almost the same. But at the beginning of the battle, the British army retreated step by step. Percival, the commander-in-chief of the Far East, attempted to rely on the narrow roads and rivers to delay the Japanese attack in order to gain time to strengthen the defense in the south. But what he didn't know was that the Japanese intelligence department had already bribed a colonel officer named Bai Cui Hannan under him. This "British traitor" was the liaison officer responsible for contact with the Indian army. With his "help", the 22nd Air Force of the Japanese Navy and the 3rd Flight Group destroyed the Allied Air Base in northern Malaya within three days. Soon, it bombed Singapore and Kuantan, an important city in western Malaya, severely damaged the British bases and airports in the two places, especially the large number of air forces that the British army had not had.
Percival had no choice but to pin his hopes on the British Far East Fleet, hoping that the Royal Navy could repel the Japanese's maritime power. As a result, due to the lack of air cover, the flagship "Prince of Wales" and the battlecruiser "Counterattack" of the Yuaner fleet were sunk by the Japanese army in the southeastern waters of Kuantan. The Japanese army thus seized the sea control and air control, ensuring the smooth completion of the maritime transport mission. After that, the main force of the Japanese army quickly advanced from north to south along the Malay Peninsula, and quickly occupied Kuala Lumpur with the cooperation of the navy.
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"Tsk tsk tsk tsk, it really made Qin Wei's stinky brat. The British are not good."
Chongqing Ministry of National Defense.
He Yingqin hid in his office, looked at the newspaper's reports on the war in Southeast Asia and his sarcasm to the British army, and his face was filled with gloating smiles. He already knew his arrangements, and after deduction, he also knew that his side had a great chance of winning. Therefore, he didn't care about what the two allies were in. Anyway, they were not a good thing, they were all beaten to death.
"Great?" Across He Yingqin was a middle-aged man with a wide forehead and sparse eyebrows. He seemed very interested when he heard the fresh word He Yingqin, "Is this a new word invented by our language master?"
"What do you think?" He Yingqin asked with a smile.
"It's quite vivid." The other party smiled.
"Haha, I can make you like one of the 'Three Masters of Huangpu's', which shows that Qin Wei is still quite 'powerful'! Ah? Hahaha..." He Yingqin laughed.
"Teacher, don't make fun of me, what are the 'Three Masters of Huangpu'? I won't say that Jiang Xianyun died early. Chen Geng is at least a member of the general in the Communist Party, but what am I? "The middle-aged man is He Zhonghan, one of the most famous graduates of the First Phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, and was also the most trusted student of Chiang Kai-shek. Unfortunately, when the "Xi'an Incident" broke out, this gentleman secretly colluded with Deng Wenyi and others with He Yingqin, who was known as the "pro-Japanese faction", and mobilized more than 170 young generals to "try against rebellion", firmly advocated the advance to "attack" Zhang, Yang and bomb Xi'an. In the name of the "Huangpu Alumni Association", he supported He Yingqin temporarily as the commander-in-chief of the army, navy and air force, and was responsible for "attacking Zhang, Yang's rebellion"... Finally, he organized a "attack of rebellion"...
The group of the militia " claimed to fight with Zhang and Yang to the death and rescue their principal. But after all the troubles, the "Xi'an Incident" was peacefully resolved before they could "go to the expedition". As a result, Lao Chiang also saw through the face of his proud disciple and almost wiped him to the end... Although after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he got the position of director of the First Department of the Political Department, but he still had no real power. The Political Department wanted to establish a united front with the Communist Party. Although he had joined the Communist Party, he is now a firm anti-communist and is unwilling to work with the Communist Party, so he quickly resigned. But after resigning, he forgot another problem. The National Government is now few officials and has many people. Therefore, he is still idle at home.
Chapter completed!