The sound of artillery fire in the Xinde War made the Kwantung Army gather together as if it was blood-blooded. It demanded that the north go to war against the Soviet Union fly to Tokyo like snowflakes. The commander of the Kwantung Army, Mijiro Umezu, also suggested to the military headquarters that the enemy in the north first and then the problem in the south, and proposed the "Outline of the Development of the Situation and the Imperial National Policy". In this outline, Mijiro Umezu absorbed the spirit of Nishiosu's memorandum and proposed to take political measures against the China Incident. The imperial army should immediately take action against the Soviet Union, and jointly destroy it with Germany to destroy the Soviet Union first...

If the memorandum made by Nishio Shou only represents the opinions of the North China Expeditionary Force, then Mejiro Umezu's outline shows that the North China Expeditionary Force and the Kwantung Army have joined forces to force the palace, so the military department naturally dare not look at it. What's more, Germany has officially asked Japan to cooperate. The General Staff, Cabinet and Senate only the Speaker of the Military Department participated in the convening of the liaison meeting.

At this time, an informal meeting was often held by the Japanese political circles. The purpose was to communicate in advance on some major decisions, so the emperor would also send the Minister of Internal Affairs to attend.

At the beginning of the meeting, Foreign Minister Matsushiro Yotsuki insisted that war should be declared immediately, regardless of his signing of a treaty with the Soviet Union and Russia not long ago. Now that Germany attacks the Soviet Union, it is our opportunity to resolve the threat from the north. If we wait for the Soviet Union to be defeated, we will get nothing!"

Matsunet's proposal was supported by Army Minister Hideki Tojo and Deputy Chief of General Staff Seishiro Itagaki. Seishiro Itagaki firmly said: "Soviet Russia is our old enemy, so if you take it, you must also give up Wuhan and attack unswervingly. World map, if the Soviet Union surrenders, half of the world will be in the hands of our three Axis countries. Under this power, Chiang Kai-shek will never stubbornly persist, and the United States will never dare to interfere in our actions in Southeast Asia!"

However, there are also opponents who firmly oppose it within the military. Kenya Sato, Director of the Army Military Affairs Bureau, and Director of the Navy Military Affairs Bureau, and Deputy Chief of Staff Tsukada Oku is the vanguard who firmly opposes it.

Sato interrupted the equipment very irritably and continued to shout out Matsu.com: "Declare war on the Soviet Union. There is no strategic materials we urgently need in the north. Attack the north, there is nothing but wasteland and ice and snow! On the contrary, the south has the oil and rubber we urgently need. Britain won weakly, and its main force was attracted by Germany, and we happened to take advantage of the opportunity!"

"According to the base camp, the Soviet Union will surrender between three months and six months." Matsumune Yotsuka stared at Sato with dissatisfaction, while Sato stared at him without any concession. Matsumune's short body emitted huge energy. He stood up and continued to shout: "If we do not take action, Germany can also use this as an excuse to refuse to declare war on the United States in the future, and the axis of the Three Kingdoms will become a piece of paper!"

Songwang's warning was very serious. After the Battle of Zhunan, the remaining Japanese troops entered Vietnam. The French authorities planned to confiscate their weapons according to international practices and then sent them back to Japan. However, the Japanese army refused to incorporate the French army. On the contrary, they occupied northern Vietnam and had a small-scale conflict with the French army, which caused a very serious international response. Britain and the United States thus determined that the Japanese army was likely to go south, and Britain began to gradually increase the South China Sea army. The United States also issued a serious warning to Japan and stopped selling scrap steel to Japan. Therefore, the Japanese understood that if they insisted on going south, they would inevitably have a war with Britain and the United States. Then Japan needed the Three Kingdoms Axis even more.

Now Germany has made a request. If Japan refuses, then Germany will follow suit in the future. If Japan refuses Japan's request, Japan has nothing to say.

"The axis of the Three Kingdoms is aimed at Britain and the United States." Tsukada Oshi said loudly, Matsuwang cursed in his heart that the axis of the Three Kingdoms began with the three reunion and developed into the axis of the Three Kingdoms. Therefore, it was aimed at the Soviet Union from the beginning, and Tsukada Oshi explained the axis of the Three Kingdoms in a random manner in person.

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"The empire has a strong navy. When we go north, the naval power is completely unavailable. Moreover, when we go north, there will be a risk of US intervention." Okayama also stood up to support.

"Absolutely no, the United States is the same." Songwang's rebuttal was equally harsh and rapid: "The United States and the Soviet Union are two completely different social systems. If Roosevelt declared war on the empire for the Soviet Union, he would be impeached by the US Congress.

Matsunet Itagaki Tojo's side, Sato Net Keitsuta attacked the side, and both sides argued fiercely, and no one was willing to give in, but the giants such as Konoe Fumima, Shinyama Moto, Nagano Simplicity, and Kito next to them did not make any statement.

"General Chief". Sato couldn't compete with Matsu.com and Itagaki, so he turned to Kuriyama Tsubasa and forced him to express his opinion. Kuriyama Tsubasa's chubby face was silent all the time, and the cigar in his hand was emitting green smoke.

"Continue talking," Shanshanyuan looked calm: "However, I don't think the United States will not declare war on us for the Soviet Union. Although their social systems are different, it is hard to say in the war."

"Three months, to six months." Kido looked solemn and said carefully: "When the China Incident, it was said that in three months, the Soviet Union was more vast than China. Even if we occupied the Far East, the Soviet Union could still retreat to the Ural area to resist. In addition, there were Mongolia. How many troops could the imperial army invest? Are you sure to win? Besides, the north is cold and cold.

Kido is the representative of the Emperor, and his words represent the Emperor's meaning to a large extent. Konoe understands that the Emperor does not agree with going north, but on the contrary, he supports going south.

"Although we cut off the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, all kinds of materials still enter China through the Yunnan-Burma Highway. Only by cutting this artery southward can China be forced to surrender." Operations Minister Shinichi Tanaka also stood up and loudly supported the southward battle.

"A man who is a misleading country!" Tanaka Shinichi was shocked and turned his head to look at Muto Akira, whose face was red. Muto Akira stood up and rushed to Tanaka Shinichi: "China is said to be vast and rich in resources. It has a large population, so although his industrial capacity is only one-tenth of that of the Imperial Prefecture, they still insist on four for a long time. All these conditions are stronger than China. Can the empire consume strength? Go south to deal with Britain and the United States? Can the empire fight on two fronts? Before the China Incident is resolved, the empire should not declare war on any country again!"

At the beginning of the Lugou Bridge Incident, Muto Akira strongly advocated expansion, but after four wars, he himself worked in China for two years. What he saw and heard in China made him pessimistic about his future and deeply regretted that he had not listened to Ishihara and should not have expanded the Lugou Bridge Incident. Now that he heard that he was going north and south, Tanaka Shinichi's argument finally broke out.

"Colonel Muto" Tojo was a little unhappy and scolded in a deep voice: "The empire's determination to conquer China remains unchanged. General Tanaka said that it is not wrong. Without the support of Britain and the United States, China will not be able to resist until now."

When Tojo opened his mouth, Muto Akira cut his words. Tojo glanced over the important officials present and said in a more stressful tone: "I think it is still desirable to attack the Soviet Union. Soviet Union is our feud. If we take the lead, once Germany is defeated, the Soviet Union will attack us. Since that's the case, why don't we do it first?"

Tsukada Oku asked coldly: "How many troops should I send to attack the Soviet Union? Nomenkan and Zhang Gufeng proved that without a powerful tank unit, the Soviet army could not be defeated, and our tanks were lagging behind Europe. Germany only produced 200 tanks that supported us, which was far from forming an armored corps.

It takes at least two years to adjust the troops."

Japan's legs were blown off.

, Wanbibei

This defeat made the Japanese invaders who wanted to compete with Europe and the United States and to reform the army and form a tank division in the imitation of Germany. To this end, two tank divisions were added to the Kwantung Army organization. However, in addition to the organization, there must be tanks. The Chinese battlefield has proved that Japan's main battle tanks are thin in armor, weak in firepower, and cannot afford to use, and new tanks must be produced. Germany provided Japan with a medium-sized tank and self-propelled artillery.

However, not only with the low steel production compared to Germany, the biggest difference is that Japan also has a huge navy, and the steel production is divided by the navy. Therefore, the steel share used to produce tanks is very small, resulting in extremely low tank production speed. The speed of forming tank divisions is also extremely slow.

The number of tanks specified by a tank division is 380, but now it is only 200, which is far from the specified number.

"It is our duty to fight with existing conditions!" Banhuan said coldly: "We have always been like this. In the Japanese-Qing War, we attacked the strong with weak; in the Russo-Japanese War, we still attacked the strong with weak; in the Manchuria Incident, we only had more than 10,000 people, and we still seized Manchuria. If we had to wait until everything was ready, Japan would have perished long ago!"

"It's right!" Songwang applauded.

"If you want to declare war on the Soviet Union, you must decide in mid-July," said Yan Junruo, the emperor's attendant, calmly: "And the Kwantung Army now has only 700,000 troops and 180,000 troops stationed in Mongolia, but Chahar, Ningyuan and Rehe need to leave about 80,000, so only 800,000 can be invested in the attack. To attack the Soviet Union, you must increase the troops to one million, which requires an increase of 200,000. This part of the troops needs to be drawn from the domestic and Chinese battlefields."

Yan Jun’s sixth sentence is very clear. The squadron will never give up this opportunity to teach the Japanese army. Wuhan is likely to be out of protection.

"We should have a peace talks with Chiang Kai-shek. We can give up the occupied areas south of the Great Wall when necessary, and concentrate our troops to defeat the Soviet Union first." Itagaki Seishiro suggested that when mentioning the China Incident, Itagaki was a little depressed. As one of the main promoters of the expansionist faction, although he left the battlefield in China, he was still paying attention to the news from China. He had already learned about the development of Guizhou, and the southwest development was gradually exposed. In order to prepare for this war, the National Government had secretly prepared for five years. The industrial base in the southwest had reached a scale of one million equipment, which shocked all Japanese generals.

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