Spy Wars: Get the Predator equipment at the beginning

In fact, as an island country with scarce resources, the Japanese's initial strategic concept was to go north to seize the polar bear's coal mines and oil fields. Therefore, they launched an attack on the Khalkhin River area in May last year, which allowed the polar bear to quickly form the First Army to counterattack.

这集团军拥有近500辆坦克、385辆装甲汽车、542门火炮和迫击炮以及515架战机，拥有5.7万人。

The Japanese expanded Sixth Army had 7.5 men, 500 artillery pieces, 182 tanks and 300 fighter planes. In the end, the Polar Bear almost annihilated the Japanese Sixth Army with 1.9 casualties, bringing the number of Japanese casualties and prisoners to 6.1.

After this battle, the Japanese and the Polar Bears were forced to sign a ceasefire agreement.

Before this battle, the Japanese high-ranking officials had two debates on strategic offensives. The first was to advance northward to seize the coal mines and oil fields of the Polar Bear; the second strategic proposal was to advance southward to seize the resources of Southeast Asia.

After that battle, the Japanese high-ranking officials who advocated advancing north collectively fell silent, so the proposal to advance north was forced to be abandoned, and now the only remaining proposal is to advance south.

But it is not so easy to go south. Southeast Asia is the private territory of the great powers. Will they allow you, the Japanese, to occupy it?

Given the current situation of the Japanese in the country, they are temporarily unable to move south and must accumulate strength. Matsui's estimated time should be more reliable.

At this time, Matsui said on the phone: "I also heard from my friend who works at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the clown's attitude towards us has changed?"

"Transformation? What kind of transformation?" Zhang Yunhe asked.

Matsui said: "Of course the relationship has deteriorated!"

"Why?" Zhang Yunhe asked.

"I heard that the top management is actively seeking cooperation with the Germans, and the Germans are also interested in recruiting us. I don't know how the Joker got to know this news. The Joker has always been very wary of the Germans and certainly doesn't want us to join them."

After hearing this information, Zhang Yunhe suddenly understood why the Joker's attitude towards the Japanese had changed drastically in his previous life. You know, the Joker had a lot of trade relations with the Japanese before. At this time last year, the Joker sold 1.8 million US dollars worth of weapons, equipment and precision instruments to the Japanese.

Zhang Yunhe asked, "Is it possible that the headquarters will abandon its alliance with the Germans and instead fully embrace the Joker?"

Matsui said on the phone: "I personally think it's unlikely!"

"why?"

"It's very simple. The Germans are now powerful and at their peak. Moreover, I have received top-secret information that the Gauls are secretly seeking to surrender to the Germans. The actual announcement may be made in the next few days!"

"Once the Gauls declare their surrender to the Germans, the Western side will only be left with a veteran British man to shoulder the responsibility. I'm afraid he will be no match for the Germans. In this case, those who are not stupid in the base camp will know who to befriend!"

After hearing this news, Zhang Yunhe finally understood why the Japanese wanted to join the Germans and abandon the Joker. It turned out that all of this was caused by specific historical events, and it was not a hasty decision made by the Japanese high-ranking officials because they were hot-headed and displeased with the Joker.

The Gauls' disastrous defeat and the British retreat to the three islands made the Japanese mistakenly believe that the Western powers were nothing special. These old powers were on the decline and could not withstand a single blow. Therefore, they did not take the clowns seriously, which made them more determined to move south.

Zhang Yunhe thought for a moment and asked, "Isn't this the only reason why the headquarters chose to befriend the Germans and abandon the clowns?"

"Of course there are other reasons. It's not that the headquarters has to give up its friendship with the Joker while making friends with the Germans. It's that they want to make friends with the Germans while maintaining their relationship with the Joker. But I personally don't think the Joker will let us please both sides, because they also don't want the Germans to dominate the European continent!"

"Also, some people at the base don't want the trade of strategic materials to be completely controlled by the Joker. If this situation continues, once the Joker cuts off the supply of strategic materials, it will be a disaster for us!"

Zhang Yunhe asked, "Why do you say that? Is the domestic trade in obtaining strategic materials from outside the country completely controlled by the clown?"

"It's not completely under control, but it's almost there. There's a statistic you might not know. Last month, the Department of Domestic Trade provided the Cabinet with a secret statistical report. It said that last year, we imported 92% of our oil, 74% of our scrap steel, and 90% of our rubber. Of that, 80% of our oil, 60% of our scrap steel, and 55% of our rubber imports came from the Joker!"

"The remaining import quota comes almost entirely from the UK, the Netherlands, and Australia. If these countries cut off the supply of these strategic materials, the oil reserves will only last for 18 months, the naval fleet's endurance will drop by 40%, and the war will collapse within a year due to fuel depletion!"

After hearing this, Zhang Yunhe thought that the development of history was indeed not without reason. The Japanese were short of resources. If they wanted to fight and win this war, they had to find a way to obtain more war resources. But now their resource imports were almost strangled by the great powers. If the great powers were unhappy one day, they would be in great trouble.

This was certainly not something the conceited Japanese could accept. How could their lifeblood be controlled by others? No matter who it was, they would probably be unable to sleep or eat peacefully in such a situation.

Zhang Yunhe asked again, "So the headquarters' strategy now is to march south and acquire more strategic resources through war, thereby achieving the goal of fighting to support the war?"

"I think so!" Matsui answered in the affirmative.

"If we want to go south, we must withdraw a large number of troops from the mainland, and the only place that can withdraw troops is the Northeast. Don't the top leaders of the base worry that the polar bear will go south?" Zhang Yunhe asked.

Matsui said: "They will definitely be worried. If the headquarters seeks an alliance with the Germans, they will definitely propose conditions for the Germans to contain the polar bears. Given the strength of the Germans, I think they will have no problem containing the polar bears!"

I'm afraid you've overestimated the strength of the Germans and underestimated the resilience of the polar bears?

Zhang Yunhe said in his heart, how easy is it to defeat the polar bear?

He believed that it was this wrong judgment that led to the Japanese high-level decision-making errors. The Japanese headquarters must have believed that the Germans could completely contain the polar bear, and they could withdraw hundreds of thousands of troops from the Northeast to the south to quickly seize Southeast Asia. However, the actual situation later did not develop as the Japanese judged.

At the same time, the Japanese also misjudged the Joker's war mobilization capabilities and underestimated the war potential stimulated by industrial power.