Chapter 851 (1/2)
Six Japanese aircraft carriers meet here, in the middle of the black cliffs of the archipelago, hidden under the tangled trees growing under the sea breeze and long frost.
Pilots on six aircraft carriers are practicing the technique of throwing torpedoes into shallow water in the fierce sea breeze.
At the same time, battleships, cruisers, destroyers, oil tankers and supply ships are coming.
Except for the officers and men on board and the limited senior generals, no one knew about the assembled fleet.
Only a few fleet commanders knew where and why they were going when the warships set out East on schedule.
The fleet had no predetermined time or date for the attack, and no one was sure that the attack would be launched.
They are only there to prevent the breakdown of negotiations in Washington.
The Japanese ambassador to the United States is trying to reach a compromise with the United States that is acceptable to both sides
This ”compromise plan” requires the United States to lift restrictions on Japan's oil and ore transportation and recognize Japan's position as a ruling power in East Asia.
This includes the requirement to turn China into a colony. If the United States agrees to these conditions, the fleet will return without firing a single shot.
However, the ”compromise plan” of the United States requires Japan to give up the war against China, withdraw completely from the mainland of Southeast Asia, and give up the achievements it has made.
Only by doing so will the United States commit itself to restoring normal economic relations.
The Japanese leaders have long decided that if the American leadership does not change the existing decision, they will resolutely go to war.
In this case, the fleet will launch an attack on Pearl Harbor as scheduled.
The United States has three strong strongholds in the South Pacific: Pearl Harbor, Manila and Singapore.
According to Japan's plan, it will wipe out the sea and air forces of the United States in Pearl Harbor from the air, raid Singapore from the sea, and land in the Philippines to occupy Manila.
Then he swept through all the remaining enemies in the East Indies, destroying the resistance.
After the completion of the war, he used the new resources plundered by victory to launch a powerful large-scale offensive against China and completely occupy the whole country.
At the same time, the United States and the United States will be repulsed.
In Europe, the war of white people fighting against each other launched by Germany will give Japan a chance to take advantage of the Second World War, which may exhaust the united strength of Britain and the United States.
In the end, Japan will maintain the great results it has seized, no matter what outcome Germany will encounter in the end.
Japan's top officials, including the emperor, are skeptical about whether the dangerous plan will succeed.
But in fact, Japan now has no choice, like the German dwarfs, to bring their country into a terrible war that they cannot end.
With the passage of time and the decrease of supply and advantage, they have to change their strategies and hope to change their own and national destiny.
There is more than one reason for Japan to go to war; they are running out of oil.
The United States of America has been dissatisfied with the Japanese occupation of islands in the Pacific Ocean and building blockhouses for a long time, and has gradually become vigilant.
More and more aircraft, warships, anti-aircraft guns, tanks and fortifications are strengthening the defense forces of three important military positions in the United States.
Japan's short-term advantages in the South Pacific and East Asia are gradually fading away. On the contrary, the domestic pressure is increasing.
If it fails to expand its advantages and achieve new brilliant victories, Japan will exhaust all its strength and have to end the war in a hurry, or even lose everything it has.
In this way, they have to give up the prospect of establishing a co prosperity circle in East Asia.