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    The land of Asia is turbulent, and at this time in the Southwest Pacific, there is also a place that is also anxious and busy.  On the Bismarck Islands, once hailed by Germany as a foothold in the Pacific and named after the iron-blooded Prime Minister Bismarck, a group of soldiers from distant Japan were hiding in a solid fortress and pointing and drawing on the map.

    After the disastrous defeat in Qingdao, Japan learned from the experience and took advantage of the European War and the reconstruction of the Chinese Navy to annex the German Islands in the Pacific. It not only embraced the Caroline Islands, but also took the opportunity to swallow up the rich and vast German Guinea and Bismarck Islands.  After the war, Australia and the United Kingdom raised objections to these two areas and once wanted to take them back. However, at that time, out of consideration for the Anglo-Japanese alliance and the idea of ??containing China, they finally agreed to hand over the two areas at the Paris Peace Conference.  Japan administered it until 1940.

    Although it only has 20 years of jurisdiction, Japan has never thought of giving it up.  In order to ensure long-term rule here, the Japanese government used a large amount of manpower and material resources to massacre the local indigenous people. It also sent a total of 41 pioneering regiments of nearly 500,000 Japanese and 30,000 soldiers here to open up various mines.  More than a dozen and more than 700 plantations, totaling more than 1.4 million hectares, are used to grow much-needed crops such as food, rubber and jute.  The captured natives were used as coolies to build fortresses and fortifications in Moresby, Lae, and Bismarck's Rabaul in Guinea, and Rabaul was used as the second home port of the United Fleet, together with another important base, Tru.  Ke looked at each other from a distance.

    After seventeen years of development, Rabaul has now become a military fortress in the Pacific second only to Pearl Harbor. As the Japanese navy continues to grow.  This fortress is known as the fortress that controls the intersection of three continents, Asia, Australia and the United States, and can calmly radiate the entire eastern route.  has become a thorn in the side of any navy trying to compete in the Pacific.

    The United States is afraid, the United Kingdom is gritting its teeth, and even the ambitious Chinese Navy is eyeing it.

    Nagata Tetsuyama knew the importance of this place better, so he deliberately asked Okamura Neiji to supervise it when he had the power.  With the arrival of the navy, it became a paradise for Japanese navy such as Yamamoto Isoroku.  In the fortress today, he and Yamamoto Isoroku, who had come from afar, were facing the map, looking indescribably excited and anxious.

    All happiness comes from the news a few days ago that China and the Soviet Union are at odds, and war in Afghanistan is imminent!

    "Nagata-kun. Do you think the time is ripe?" Yamamoto Isoroku, who is wearing a white navy uniform, is now the deputy minister of Japan's Maritime Minister Yoneuchi Mitsumasa. When he is in power, his whole person is as heroic as a sword.  After China and the Soviet Union became hostile in Afghanistan, he realized that an opportunity had come, so he immediately invited Nagata Tetsuzan to meet here.  As for why he didn't return to Tokyo, it was because Tojo Hideki and others in China were slowly eliminating Nagata's influence. In addition, going south was a strategy planned by Nagata himself, so it was more polite to take the initiative.

    Nagata Tieshan wears a pair of thick reading glasses.  Lying on the table, he carefully read through the latest intelligence and documents.  He has made great contributions to helping Japan tide over difficult times. Now he is not only assigned to the reserve force to be stationed in East Timor, but he has also lost the right to consult top-secret information. If it were not for Yamamoto's trust, people would probably forget that there is such a person in Japan before long.  Looking through the intelligence materials he was once familiar with, his expression was serious and serious, and he carefully considered the meaning between the lines.  When I read Yang Qiu's sentence, "Don't say you didn't predict what you said," my heart suddenly tightened.

    Yang Qiu is about to take action!

    This sentence told him without any suspense that Yang Qiu was determined to eliminate the Soviet influence in Afghanistan, but he was not very optimistic about whether a Sino-Soviet war would break out.  He shook his head and answered Yamamoto's words: "Yamamoto-kun. Afghanistan will start a war, but I'm afraid the northwest won't happen that quickly."

    Yamamoto Isoroku actually thought that China and the Soviet Union would not start a war directly on their own soil.  But I always held a trace of luck in my heart.  Now after hearing that Nagata Tieshan also said that the possibility of a direct war between the Chinese and Soviet armies in the northwest was unlikely, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed and said: "Nagata-kun, what is the basis for your judgment?"

    Nagata Tieshan pointed to the northwest and said: "Yang Qiu chose to launch at this time very carefully, because it is already winter in Central Asia. There are only two railways from the Urals to the border, and one is the Siberian line with poor winter traffic capacity.  , one is the Southern Caspian Line in Turkmenistan. Both lines are affected by wind, snow and dust in winter, and the transportation capacity is only half of that in spring and summer. The same goes from China's Northern Ring Line (formerly the Eastern Section of the Siberian Railway) and the Cross-Siberian Railway  The same is true for Mongolia's Zhongguan Line. The Longhai Line is slightly better, but it cannot be supported by just one railway. Because the front between China and the Soviet Union is too long, no one has the ability to comprehensively defend. Once a war breaks out, it will be inevitable.  They are each injured. And now their armaments are not finally ready, so the best way is to use the territory of Afghanistan to fight a smaller outpost war, test the army and make targeted deployment and adjustments. But this  A war is inevitable in the end. As long as there are major changes in the international situation, ChinaA war between the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union will break out immediately.  "

    Yamamoto Isoroku showed a helpless smile. If China and the Soviet Union reached a tacit agreement to limit the war to Afghanistan, then Japan would still be unable to escape the flank threat of China when it went south. In addition, Britain and France were blocking the front, and the United States was waiting to reap the benefits. It would still be a lot of difficulties.  .  Nagata Tetsuzan saw his worry and asked: "Yamamoto-kun, are you in the country eager to go south?"

    "Nagata-kun has been away from Tokyo for a long time, right?" As one of the few sober-minded military officers, Yamamoto Isoroku is not optimistic about Japan's future, especially when it is caught between China and the United States, two industrial and economic powers. However, some people in the country are still  I couldn't understand, and I was too anxious to go south, so I sighed and said: "The situation in the country is very bad now, industry and commerce have reached their limits, the raw materials in reserve have been exhausted, and it has become difficult for us to purchase from the United States.  , coupled with the fact that no new mineral deposits have been discovered here or in Guinea, it will be very difficult if they are not replenished. We have also received intelligence that the Chinese have been secretly building four new battleships and four new aircraft carriers. It is expected that  It will be available by the end of next year at the latest. Yang Qiu also took this opportunity to order a halt to the rehabilitation of soldiers this year, and used these veterans to form the 16th Army and the 17th Army. A total of ten divisions. In this way, China  It has 17 armies and a total of 85 army divisions. In order to cope with it, the country is discussing adding 5 more army divisions. If this continues, your army force will exceed 500,000, and supplies will become increasingly tight."

    "What a formidable mobilization force!" Nagata Tetsuzan praised sincerely. To be honest, he admired the three-level mobilization system developed by Yang Qiu. Not to mention the temporary conscription, it only mobilized the reserve forces within five years of retirement.  Veterans can re-arm the military force of 50 infantry divisions, and these veterans can fight with only a little training.  Far stronger than recruits who have never held a gun.

    But he wasn't too surprised. After all, China was no longer the Qing Dynasty. Under Yang Qiu's iron fist, comprehensive compulsory education had been maintained for more than 20 years. The industry had gone through a period of rapid development for nearly 30 years from scratch. The country had  The total number of workers and intellectuals is close to that of the United States, so the longer time passes, the more imbalanced the balance of power between China and Japan will become.  On the contrary, America's attitude made him think of something, and he sat on the stool with his eyebrows furrowed and lost in thought.

    Japan now lacks everything.  The most important of them are steel and oil. However, these two items relied on the support of Britain and the United States to tide over the difficulties in the past few years. Now that the United States has suddenly reduced its export share, it shows that Roosevelt may want to use this method to urge Japan to go south.  to break the equilibrium.

    In fact, he and Yamamoto both know very well that in this era of steel and oil.  Japan has gradually lost its capital to compete in the world.  Turning toward China and the United States is Japan's only choice. What he and Yamamoto are doing now is just a final struggle.  but!  If we want to break through the Sino-US pincer attack and form a three-legged pattern in the Pacific, we must first capture the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines.

    Only by capturing these two places can Japan continue to strengthen Japan and avoid becoming a puppet like Afghanistan by relying on China and the United States in the future.  If we can get a five-year buffer period, we can make full use of the huge and abundant resources in the two places.  Taking advantage of the depth of the Southwest Pacific, Rabaul and Truk, Japan is still capable of fighting.  Of course, Japan can also develop into the South Pacific, and Australia's vast territory is coveted, but that will not only involve Britain, but also very likely provoke the United States to join the war, which is not worth the gain.  "Just bear with it a little longer." Thinking of this, Nagata Tieshan opened his eyes, his eyes behind his reading lenses were deep and blurry: "It's not clear how the situation in Afghanistan will develop, but I think Yang Qiu must have some options, because  With the current situation, it is difficult for him to win Afghanistan with only one resource road. Before he makes his next move, it is irresponsible to let the empire go south. Two conditions for going south must be observed. The first is that China and the Soviet Union  War is not far away, because the Soviet Union will not be willing to hand over Afghanistan and the entire Islamic world, giving China the opportunity to open up the road to Iran. The second condition is that Britain is restrained It is not yet mature, and it has to wait.  opportunity.

    Yamamoto Isoroku nodded, but he became increasingly anxious in his heart.  Sakhalin Island and here are about to reach the so-called trusteeship period in three years. Even if we don¡¯t count the Philippines, Bali Papan Anglo-Dutch Shell Company¡¯s oil field with an annual output of 6 million tons, the huge iron ore and rubber plantation in West Java, Sulawesi  The copper mines in the West Island, the nickel mines in Kalimantan, the Chinese gold mines and plantations in West Borneo, the tin mines in Belitung, the 7 million tons per year Minas oil field group of China Gulf Oil Company in Sumatra, etc.  All hope for Japan's revival lies in this!  If you get it one day earlier, you can digest it one day earlier. If it's too late, even if you get it, the empire will be hopeless.

    ¡°Is Japan¡¯s destiny really going back to the past, and it can only survive by relying on powerful countries?

    I¡¯m really unwilling!

    With a long sigh in the Southwest Pacific, the situation in Afghanistan is becoming increasingly tense. As the ultimatum deadline approaches,As the war approaches, China and the Soviet Union continue to mobilize troops and generals to the border, on a scale unprecedented in the post-European war!  The rolling wheels of the China-Arab Resources Highway are hundreds of kilometers long.

    On November 10, the Ministry of National Defense in Beijing officially ordered the suspension of demobilization and the formation of two armies. At the same time, the 103rd Central Guard Division and the 10th Army (under the jurisdiction of the 10th Armored Division, 12th and 27th Armored Divisions) were the trump cards in the founding war.  , 42nd and 57th Infantry Divisions), the 711th, 733rd, and 754th heavy artillery regiments, the 824th, 825th, and 830th independent truck logistics brigades (11,000 vehicles), the 11th and 17th Combat Regiments of the Air Force  The 15th, 16th, and 17th Transportation Wings, the 6th, 9th, and 11th Bomb Wings, as well as the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Afghan Infantry Divisions, and the Asian Brigade, led by Lieutenant General Mason and Nadi  President Ersha was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Volunteer Army in Afghanistan and Commander-in-Chief of the Afghan Army. Lieutenant General Sun Chuanfang, Commander of the 10th Army, and Lieutenant General Chahattu of Afghanistan were appointed as Deputy Commander-in-Chief. Long Yun was promoted to Lieutenant General and Chief of Staff, and the establishment of Afghanistan  The coalition forces have a total strength of 200,000!

    On November 17, after Moscow learned of the news, it also fought against it and pushed the three armies stationed in Chelyabinsk and the Urals to the east. Stalin also demanded that the speed of military construction be continued to be accelerated and the total strength of the troops be increased.  to 300 divisions, 14 mechanized corps will be added to the current 6 tank corps, and the total national strength will be maintained at 4.5 million.

    At the same time, the troops originally stationed in Dushanbe, Tashkent and other places were combined with the three infantry divisions stationed in Afghanistan to form the First Army, and General Shaposhnikov was appointed commander.  The group army has the overall jurisdiction of the 57th Division, 71st Division, 82nd Division, 131st Division, 152nd Division, 153rd Division, 9th Cavalry Division, 36th Motorized Division, 5th Armored Brigade, 7th Brigade, 8th Brigade, 9th Brigade,  The 6th, 7th, and 11th Tank Brigade, the 212th Airborne Brigade, the 5th Machine Gun Brigade, the 185th Artillery Regiment, the 37th and 85th Anti-Tank Gun Battalions, the 63rd, 66th, and 150th Air Defense Battalions and other militia units,  The total strength is 250,000.  Railways were also used around the clock to deliver large amounts of weapons and ammunition to the two major towns of Termez and Herat, including 3,000 trucks, 12,000 horses, 898 tanks, 746 armored vehicles, 1,542 cannons and 875 aircraft.  .

    On November 27, three days before the ultimatum expired, Yang Qiu signed a presidential decree authorizing the National Defense Forces to take all necessary measures to restore the sovereignty and integrity of Afghanistan. At the same time, Congress also secretly passed an increase in military spending and issued huge military orders to all domestic military industrial enterprises.  of the draft.  This includes orders for 1.5 million 37-year-old assault rifles, 200,000 short assault rifles, and 3 million semi-automatic rifles.  Ordered 15,000 T36 main battle tanks, 35,000 half-track armored vehicles, 110,000 self-propelled artillery, anti-aircraft guns, etc., 500,000 military trucks of various types, and 100,000 motorcycles.  Ordered 2,500 Yun-10 (weakened twin-engine 1,600 horsepower C46 Raider), 2,500 Yun-8 and Yun-9 transport aircraft, 3,000 bombers of various types, 2,500 J-4 fighter jets, 2,000 new naval combat aircraft of the Ship Combat V type, and 52 ships  A large amount of military equipment including ships.

    On November 29, the day before the ultimatum expired, Motolov issued a final statement at the League of Nations, officially announcing his withdrawal from the League of Nations, refusing to withdraw from Afghanistan, and announcing the recall of diplomats stationed in China.  On the same day, Beijing also announced the recall of its ambassador to the Soviet Union and issued a warning to Chinese nationals in the Soviet Union and Afghanistan, requiring them to leave the two places within a time limit.

    November 30, the last 16 hours before the deadline, the front page of the New York Times.

    "Who can control the heart of Asia?  ¡·
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