Therefore, when the 6th Division requested the secondment of heavy artillery units to the North Korean Garrison, Lieutenant General Masaemon Sakamoto, who was very appreciative of Kyono Shunta's talent, also specifically asked his old classmate, the commander of the North Korean Garrison It was proposed that Major Kyono Shunta would personally command this heavy artillery unit.
There are reasons for valuing Kyono Shunta's talent, but the more important thing is to give Kyono Shunta an opportunity to practice in actual combat and accumulate more qualifications for future promotions.
In Sakamoto Masaemon's view, winning the Battle of the Great Wall was a matter of time. This was not due to his arrogance and arrogance, but a conclusion drawn from a careful analysis of the national and military strength of China and Japan.
This conclusion is not just a unilateral cognition of the Japanese military, but is a conclusion shared by every country in the world, including the Government of the Republic of China.
It is currently impossible for China to win the war against Japan, even if it is a limited and local war.
This is not only caused by the gap in national and military power between the two sides, but the more critical factor is that China is essentially still in an era of warlord rule and is not yet a truly unified country.
Factional disputes were fierce, careerists and conspirators abounded, warlords separated themselves from each other and formed their own systems, and political struggles never ceased. This was the current situation in China during the Republic of China.
How could such a country compete with the Empire of Japan, which had a highly unified military and political system and whose comprehensive national strength was countless times stronger?
These Japanese militarists, who initially had a well-founded analysis based on data, did not expect that it was because of their cruelty and oppression that China, which was in disarray, was finally forced to stop its disputes and unanimously open up to the outside world in the face of the crisis of national subjugation and genocide. , formed an all-nation united front that had never been seen since the founding of the Republic of China, and dragged Japan into the quagmire of a national war.
Many countries and so-called experts in the world do not admit that China defeated Japan, and believe that the victory of the Anti-Japanese War was only achieved with the help of allies.
However, the actual situation is that because of China's vast territory, all Chinese ethnic groups have erupted in a spirit of unity and tenacity unprecedented in history, and resisted the all-out attack by the Japs for five years, leaving Japan trapped in energy and industrial raw materials. , financial and other crises forced them to turn their heads and show their fangs to the Western powers.
You must know that although the Japanese army occupies most of China's territory and also holds strategic advantages and initiative, its industrial base to support the war is built on the Western powers led by the United States, which continuously import oil, metal mines, etc. to Japan. On the basis of industrial raw materials.
Japan is a resource-poor country that relies on imported raw materials to produce even a bullet. This small country is threatened by earthquakes and tsunamis at any time. Even if we search every ounce of land in the country, we can't find anyone who can. Iron ore and copper mines to support them in fighting a local war.
It can be said that although Japan's strength is due to the hard work of the Japanese, it is also the result of the massive resource output of profit-seeking capitalist countries such as the United States and Western powers.
Can we also say that when Japan was able to invade and occupy most of China's territory, it was actually these Western powers that were supplying them with blood.
It was they who helped Japan realize the Industrial Revolution, and it was they who helped Japan establish a powerful military-industrial system, including their tanks, aircraft, and artillery construction technologies, which were all built with the help of Western resources and technology.
If Japan cannot get such help from the West, what can they use to compete with China, which although poor and weak, still has advantages in population and resources, with primitive swords and guns?
Let us take the example of the United States, which provided a large amount of assistance to us in the late period of the Anti-Japanese War.
Before 1939, the United States had very close trade relations with Japan, which essentially ruled the entire East Asia.
From 1933 to 1937, Japan accounted for more than 49% of all U.S. exports to Asia. In 1938 alone, 44% of Japan's imported materials came from the United States, which was twice the total imports between Japan and other European countries. The United States enjoyed a huge trade surplus with Japan (all gold transactions).
We must be aware of the astonishing benefits and almost numb greed of the American business community on trade issues with Japan at that time. Trade with Japan not only benefits a certain American industry, but also brings huge benefits to various industries such as steel, machine tools, automobiles, aircraft, copper and tin, wood, mineral pulp, cotton, and textiles in the United States, whether it is jobs or Corporate profits.
After the full-scale Sino-Japanese war broke out, the US trade volume with Japan declined. This was mainly due to the rise of the "moral embargo" and "boycott of Japanese goods" among the American people. However, it must be pointed out that during this period, the US trade volume with Japan The proportion of military exports increased year by year, accounting for 53.66% in 1937, 64.06% in 1938, and 71.28% in 1939. To some extent, it was the U.S. military industry that supported Japan's atrocities of aggression against China.
When the Americans felt that they were raising not a dog but a white-eyed wolf that started baring its teeth at its owner, they terminated the U.S.-Japan trade treaty in 1939 and began embargoing war resources against Japan.
At this time, the poor and weak China had resisted the Japanese invaders with its own power for five years. During this period, China did not receive a single shot or bullet of support from the United States.
The reason why Japan finally had to launch an attack on the United States was, to put it bluntly, because it was forced by China's national resistance war.
Information shows that after the United States imposed a comprehensive embargo on oil and various metal raw materials against Japan, Japan's existing war reserves can only support the war against China for one more year. One year later, millions of Japanese invaders will face The danger of running out of ammunition and food.
Although this statement is somewhat alarmist, it is true that Japanese aircraft, tanks and warships will face the danger of oil depletion. Japan can find iron ore and copper ore in the Chinese-occupied areas, but they cannot find oil.
And if the Japanese army no longer has tanks, aircraft, or a powerful fleet, is it still possible for them to achieve final victory in the war with China?
Therefore, they turned their greedy and bloody eyes to those colonies that had been occupied by Western powers for many years, and to Southeast Asia, which contained oil and countless resources.
To occupy these areas and obtain endless resources, we must go to war with these Western powers. Naturally, the first to bear the brunt is the United States, which has a powerful fleet in the Pacific.
Therefore, they had a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, where the U.S. Pacific Fleet was stationed. This despicable but shocking move was full of adventure and imagination.
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This chapter of Laoshan is suspected of being watery and off topic, but when it comes to this, I feel a little uncomfortable. This is not because Laoshan is too angry, but because he feels resentful for the tens of millions of soldiers and civilians who sacrificed their lives in the Great Patriotic War, and for those who ignore the struggles and sacrifices of tens of millions of national heroes and blindly exaggerate the role of the so-called Allies. Those who have low self-esteem and those who flatter someone feel shameless.
