Song Furen was silent for a long time, hesitating to speak, and finally couldn't help but ask: "Father, what benefit does this have to our country, what benefit does this have to the people, and what benefit does this have to China?"

Is it too impatient for me to talk to my son?

Song Biao could hear Song Furen's dissatisfaction, and sighed for a long time before replying: "The country cannot lose its justice, but it cannot be like ordinary people who are full of passion and disregard the interests of the people and the country, rushing in and suffering losses. Regardless of

It is the ultra-left Bolshevik ideology, but the ultra-right fascist ideology. Both of these doctrines are great threats to the empire and the world. If we do not deal with this matter, we will suffer disaster sooner or later, even if we are thousands of miles apart, not to mention that the Soviet Union is right on the border.

northwest."

At this point, Song Biao no longer wanted to continue talking, and simply said to Song Furen: "You are still young and have a long way to go. Some things must be experienced slowly before you can understand the truth. My advice to you

It's very simple, that is, don't always think that you are right in everything, put yourself in someone else's shoes and think about why others do what they do, so that you can understand others and gain some insights. Go back to bed early, you haven't been with your children all day

Together."

Song Furen could only say yes silently, then turned and left the imperial study.

He still felt various confusions in his heart. Like many Chinese, he always felt that if the empire really wanted to defeat Japan quickly, it was not impossible, but very possible, and there was no need to take too many risks.

Wouldn't it be better for Japan to admit defeat and end the war as soon as possible?

Therefore, there are still many things he does not understand.

Shortly after Song Furen left, Jiang Fangzhen hurriedly came to report to the Song Emperor the two combat plans recently drawn up by the military.

When an industrial power like China devotes all its energy to the operation of war, the power it can unleash is astonishing, far beyond the imagination of Japan, Europe and the United States.

The empire's profound accumulation and deployment of military technology in the past twenty years has made the empire's military production capacity even stronger during wartime. The General Staff of the Empire's Central Military Department, which has experienced many wars, knows a very simple truth -

The commonality of military equipment and parts is the basis for mass production.

Under the active promotion of the Central Military Department, the Imperial Ministry of Science, Technology and Industry introduced the military industry GFGB1931 standard system based on the national standard quality process system in 1931. The national standards and national defense industry standards are basically connected, making manufacturing that meets national standards nationwide possible.

Enterprises are likely to participate in the manufacturing of military industry.

It is precisely based on the role of this system that the empire, which began nationwide war mobilization after the outbreak of the Sanduao naval battle, produced 17,000 tanks and armored vehicles in only half a year, such as the 75\88mm caliber self-propelled howitzer.

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, amphibious infantry fighting vehicles, amphibious tracked armored personnel carriers and a series of armors

Although the vehicle has multiple models, its chassis design is derived from the MBV1 tracked armored transport vehicle and the MBV3 amphibious armored combat vehicle. More than 60 parts and components are completely connected with each other, and the 75\88mm self-propelled vehicle

The body design of the howitzer is derived from the M1907\33 towed light howitzer.

The versatility of this series allows more than 20 companies in the empire to quickly invest in the authorized production of amphibious combat vehicles, self-propelled howitzers and other armored vehicles, and more than 6,000 companies have the production and processing capabilities of spare parts.

Such industrial strength allows the empire's military industrial manufacturing capacity to remain at least ten times, or even twenty times, that of Japan.

In the field of military equipment alone, the diversity of military equipment and the depth of technical reserves also allow the empire to quickly adjust and upgrade existing equipment to adapt to changes in war. The newly designed M1940 75mm light self-propelled howitzer is a newly emerging weapon and equipment.

, this light self-propelled howitzer is produced using the base of the MT22 light tank. It is lighter than the original 75mm self-propelled howitzer and has stronger mobile cross-country performance. It can cooperate with infantry units to fight in mountainous areas, tropical woodlands, and island areas faster.

Although this is a new type of armored vehicle that was only finalized and put into production in the second half of 1939, in February 1940, this type of light self-propelled howitzer already had a production capacity of more than 2,300 units.

Based on these conditions, and the failure of previous plans to pass, the Joint Staff decided to adopt an unprecedented large-scale mechanized landing operation with highly explosive power in the Ryukyu Campaign, and codenamed this plan "Poison Toad"

offensive".

Jiang Fangzhen waited outside the imperial study for more than ten minutes, watching Crown Prince Yuhua leave the study with a disappointed expression. After entering the study to meet the emperor, he did not dare to mention the emperor's family affairs. He first prepared the "Poison Toad Offensive" battle plan for the Ryukyu Campaign

and the comprehensive offensive plan for the southeastern theater of the Korean Peninsula code-named "Ranjian" were all submitted to the emperor for review.

These two plans had already laid down the basic strategy before Song Biao went to inspect the Northeast. What the Central Military Headquarters submitted at this time was the overall combat plan submitted by the Central Joint Staff Operations Department. Although it was a simplified version drawn up by the Military Headquarters, it was

In total, it is dozens of pages thick, and is densely packed with various arrangements and preparations.

The most important role of the staff department in modern military affairs is not planning, but preparation, preparing all work to the highest level.

The empire's general staff and modern military system are still very mature and certainly not as strange and alternative as Italy's.

Song Biao looked through the two plans drawn up by the Central Joint Staff Operations Department, and his soldier's intuition told him that this time it was really the right one, and it was the best in terms of both strategy and tactics.

A very simple adjective is called "fit."

The entire grand tactical plan is very consistent with the current overall strategic situation. It can be said that it maximizes the empire's current advantages and achieves the most lethal suppression of the Japanese army.

"Poisonous Toad" and "Random Arrow" occurred in the southeast theater of the Korean Peninsula and the Ryukyu Islands at almost the same time. The overall direction of the two combat plans was to advance at multiple points at the same time, completely disrupting the Japanese army's defense and mobilization capabilities, and using chaos to

Guns turned the Japanese deployment in these two theaters into a hornet's nest.

The entire grand tactical plan is very similar to that of the Tumen River Battle in the Sino-Japanese War of 1911. It is to attack multiple points at the same time, and maintain a situation of simultaneous efforts from the north and the south. Japan is at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, resources, and total equipment. The navy

The Air Force and Air Force are also in a state of being passively beaten. A large-scale multi-line breakthrough will further expand Japan's disadvantages in these aspects.

In the "Random Arrow" plan, multiple light tank divisions of the Imperial Army will quickly intersperse with the cooperation of the armored brigades, directly cutting off the connection between the headquarters of the Japanese East Asia Expeditionary Force and the front line, and preemptively destroying the headquarters of the Japanese Expeditionary Force to East Asia.

With the cooperation of the Air Force, Busan was occupied, leaving hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops stranded on the front line.

Army soldiers were in the most passive state. In the "Poison Toad" plan, the Navy used leapfrog attacks and launched large-scale island landing operations every half month to cut off all the Japanese army's marine supply lines, and then carry out operations one by one.

The island landing operation completely eliminated the Japanese army from the Ryukyu Islands.

While the "Poison Toad" and "Random Arrow" are being implemented, the Imperial Air Force will rely on Jeju and other air bases to carry out large-scale bombings of Japan's military factories and supply ports, and further carry out crippling attacks on Japan, making it completely useless.

Have the ability to fight back.

Once the Imperial Army has wiped out the Japanese troops on Sakhalin Island, the Korean Peninsula, the Ryukyu Islands and the South Pacific Islands, the Empire will establish a huge blockade around the entire Japan, and it can conduct air raids on Japan in any way it wants.

At that time, the empire can consider attacking the Japanese mainland, or it can continue to adopt a lower-cost blockade war and lock Japan in a sea chain. At this moment, Japan's fate is really in the hands of the empire, and it can be life or death.

After reading the two plans, Song Biao thought about it carefully for a while, and then nodded to Jiang Fangzhen, who was standing quietly beside him, and said: "That's basically it. The military department should continue to weigh it more carefully. "

Jiang Fangzhen paused and said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will personally take charge of this matter."
Chapter completed!