Beiyang reactionaries

Without the pressure on the European battlefield, Britain can send a large number of troops to support the Far East battlefield.

After the establishment of the Far East Fleet, the British Far East Fleet began to attack Singapore.The main force of the Japanese navy is now in the Pacific Ocean, fighting with the US Navy.Although there are many fleets left in Singapore, they are no longer the main force.

The British Far East Fleet cooperated with the ground air force and began to frequently attack the Japanese naval base in Singapore, preparing for the next step to take Malacca.

After entering February, the British army organized 2 army troops and launched the Battle of Imphal under the cover of the British and American air forces.To completely expel the Japanese troops in Imphal.

Still going very well.

The situation of the Japanese army in India has not been good.Although the Japanese Indian-Myanmar Front has been reinforcing the Indian battlefield and firmly controlling Imphal, the Japanese army in India is not doing well.There are many diseases that cannot be seen in Japan, and various infectious diseases afflicted the Japanese army.The Japanese army was completely unaccustomed to the geographical climate here.Moreover, the Japanese army had serious logistical problems, and was frequently attacked by British and American aircraft, which made it impossible to deliver sufficient logistical supplies to the frontline troops on time.

Many Japanese soldiers in Imphal could only eat two meals a day, and the food was not good.Compared with the officers and soldiers of the United Kingdom and the United States, they eat canned beef and drink milk.

Not only that, after two years of confrontation, the Japanese army has completely lost its air supremacy.With the help of the U.S. Air Force, the British and American Air Forces suffered heavy losses against the Japanese troops.

The two sides fought many times, and Japan lost dozens or hundreds of aircraft in almost every battle.At this time, the gap in industrial scale and industrial technology between Britain, the United States and Japan became more and more obvious.

Britain and the United States are real industrial powers.

Even the United Kingdom, which many people ignored later, far exceeds Japan in terms of industrial scale.The United Kingdom not only relies on its own industrial scale, but also the Commonwealth countries such as Canada and South Africa, as well as colonies like India.They all supported Britain, making Britain one of the top industrial powers in the world.The aircraft, warships, tanks, and artillery produced by a British company completely exploded in Japan.

Not to mention the United States, a country that is open to cheating.

The weapons and equipment produced by the United States alone exceed the combined production of Germany, Italy and Japan.When the United Kingdom and the United States cooperate, the strength that erupts is astonishing.In particular, the Anglo-American coalition air forces are increasing in number. Up to now, the Anglo-American coalition has deployed more than 4000 combat aircraft in India, plus trainer aircraft and transport aircraft, and has about 7000 aircraft in India.In terms of scale, it has already surpassed the number of Japanese air force aircraft on the India-Myanmar battlefield.

The current Anglo-American coalition forces can mobilize 50 troops within a week just by relying on transport planes.The transportation capacity of this scale makes the mobility of the British and American coalition forces very strong, which is not comparable to that of Japan.

Not only industrial powers, Britain and the United States are also industrial powers.

Their industrial technology is very strong.

Although at the beginning of the war, Japan had some advantages.However, the industrial foundations of Britain and the United States are very deep, and their technological accumulation far exceeds that of Japan.After they started to exert their strength, all kinds of new weapons sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

This is the case with airplanes.

The performance of the aircraft of the United Kingdom and the United States improved rapidly, and soon overwhelmed the Japanese army in terms of performance.Under such circumstances, the Japanese army certainly lost its air supremacy.After losing air supremacy, the British and American allied forces let the Japanese army understand what it means to be a big industrial country and a powerful industrial country.

They drop bombs like they don't want money.

Iron torrent.

Not only the Soviet Union is a torrent of steel, but industrial powers such as Britain and the United States are also a torrent of steel.The annual output of 8000 million tons of steel in the United States is transformed into a military weapon, and its lethality is astonishing.

After the Battle of Imphal began, the British and American allied forces dropped 47 aerial bombs on the Japanese positions in Imphal within less than a week.

1944年2月9日开始的英帕尔战役，到了2月17日的时候，日军英帕尔外围阵地全都被英美联军攻破。日军伤亡超过14万人。

On February 2, the British army gathered 21 people and began to storm Imphal.In addition to the tens of thousands of cannons on the ground, the air forces of the British and American coalition forces participated in the bombing frequently, and within a few days, Imphal was almost blown to pieces.Imphal is not a big city. It was bombed by the British and American allied forces, and the whole city became ruins. On February 33, in addition to staying to block the British army, the Japanese army began to withdraw from Imphal.Because there is no food in the city of Imphal, there is nothing to eat if we don't retreat.

But this only delayed the pace of failure.

Because after the Japanese army began to retreat, although the Japanese air force began to protect them, they were no opponents at all in front of the British and American coalition forces.Soon the British and American allied forces defeated the protection of the Japanese air force and chased the retreating Japanese troops.

Within days Japanese Army units began to crumble.

When the Japanese troops came to the Chindun River, there were even more casualties.The Chindoon River is not a creek, and it takes a lot of preparation to cross the river. Crossing the river is not easy.There is the Chindun River in the front, followed by the British and American coalition forces, and the British and American coalition forces' planes in the sky.On the banks of the Chindun River, the Japanese suffered heavy casualties.After all the troops crossed the river on March 3, the Japanese army took a breather.This is because of the support of the Burmese front army, a large number of aviation units and air defense units came, and it ended the unscrupulous aviation units of the British and American coalition forces.

But what about the results?

Only about 2.4 Japanese troops were able to cross the Chindun River safely.This is Japan's biggest defeat since World War II.After Japan started the Battle of Imphal, it invested about 59 troops back and forth.It once occupied most of northeastern India, but in just over a year, the Japanese army suffered a disastrous defeat in India.More than 50 people were lost in India, and only more than 2 people returned to Myanmar.

Not to mention that during the past year or so, more than 3000 aircraft of various types have been lost.

At this time, the United States also stepped up military operations in the Pacific Ocean.

The U.S. Pacific Fleet gathered its main forces and began a fierce attack on Japan's outermost defense line in the Pacific Ocean.That is the Marshall Islands, Gilbert Islands, Tuvalu Islands.

It was not so easy, because the Japanese army deployed a lot of troops here.

There are naval bases and there are army bases.The aviation forces of the navy and army are also strong. The army and navy have deployed at least 4000 combat aircraft here, as well as a large number of naval warships.

In addition, the Japanese Army has more than 20 troops here.

In order to compete for this place, the two sides engaged in very tragic air battles every day.It took the U.S. military almost a month to completely win air supremacy.When it entered mid-March, the United States began to mobilize more than 2000 transport ships and began to land on these islands.

American casualties were high.

Although the Japanese army was at a disadvantage, they resisted very tenaciously. The 20 army troops built a large number of military fortifications on these islands.Every step forward by the U.S. military will have to pay huge casualties.

However, despite the heavy casualties, the determination of the US military is also very great.In less than a week after the landing, the U.S. military suffered more than 7 casualties, but the U.S. military's offensive pace did not slow down at all.As a result, the situation for the Japanese army was very bad.

Because at this time, the two sides are fighting against the overall strength.The industrial strength of the United States is several times or even ten times that of Japan, so the United States can continuously produce aircraft, tanks, warships, and artillery.Compared with the Japanese army starting at this time, it is already unable to do what it wants.

Although it can bring a lot of casualties to the U.S. military, the casualties on its own side are getting more and more serious.

In less than three months in 1944, the Japanese army lost more than 5000 combat aircraft on the India-Myanmar battlefield and the Pacific battlefield.Even the Soviet Union and Germany could not bear such casualties, let alone Japan.

"Prime Minister, this is from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea."

"whats the matter?"

Hideki Tojo frowned.

During this period of time, Japan was in a very bad situation, and the pressure on Hideki Tojo was very great.Some radical military figures have even expressed their intention to assassinate Hideki Tojo.Many people in the political circles demanded that Hideki Tojo step down and take responsibility for the current unfavorable situation.In order to stabilize the army, Hideki Tojo asked the emperor to serve as the chief of the general staff.Hideki Tojo hopes that at this time, the navy and army can be united to fight against Britain and the United States with the power of the whole country.

But it's not that easy.

According to the current situation, Hideki Tojo knows that Japan will inevitably lose the Marshall Islands, Gilbert Islands, and Tuvalu Islands within a month at most.Once this outer line of defense is lost, the U.S. Navy can attack the Solomon Islands and New Guinea in the next step, and open up links with Australia.In this way, the situation in Japan will be even more difficult.

Of course, it does not mean that Japan will surrender.

Because of the loss of the outer positions, Japan still has the core positions.The Japanese army deployed millions of troops in the core positions, and they were all the best of the best.However, the loss of peripheral positions indicates that Japan is increasingly losing its strategic initiative.Therefore, Hideki Tojo was very busy every day during this period, thinking about how to change the situation.

"The Republic of Korea demanded that we withdraw all troops on the Korean peninsula by April 4?"

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"July 4?"

"Yes."

Gu Zhengzhi's expression was very serious.

Hideki Tojo was busy during this period, and Masayuki Tani, the Japanese foreign minister, was even busier.In order to fight against Britain and the United States, in order to reverse the current unfavorable situation in Japan, Gu Zhengzhi is even more busy without touching the ground.The overall situation in Japan is not very good now, so at this time Japan needs to unite those allies to fight against Britain and the United States.Although Japan's allies in Southeast Asia are very weak, if they gather together, they can send hundreds of thousands or millions of troops to join the war.

At present, all countries in Southeast Asia, except Thailand, are governments established with the help of Japan, and they are all allies of Japan.The situation in Japan is not good now, and they should have an "obligation" to help.

But that's not the case at all.