If the Japanese army really attacks along the east-west line and goes through several major battles along the way, even if it can win, its attack momentum will basically be exhausted when it reaches Hunan. However, our country can take advantage of Hunan's geographical advantages of mountains and water to The Japanese army blocked it.
Moreover, the strategic concept of relying on Hunan is an important node in exchanging space for time proposed by many people of insight.
Several military experts have proposed this idea before, and Zhou Wen's proposal just confirmed this idea.
"Principal, you know that the ultimate purpose of Japan's attack on China is to obtain the resources that will allow it to compete with Western powers for world hegemony. China has Japan's scarce metal minerals and coal mines, and it also has huge food resources, but these are at most let Japan’s national strength has increased, but it will not bring about qualitative changes.”
When the principal heard that Zhou Wen suddenly changed the topic to war resources, and had been refreshed by this boy's bold ideas today, he knew that this boy must have some refreshing insights.
At that moment, he became somewhat interested, so he returned to sit on the sofa again, and at the same time motioned for Zhou Wen to sit down and talk.
"Principal, modern war has a huge demand for resources. All kinds of precious metals and steel, as well as coal and grain, are of course important war resources. But the most important oil and rubber, China does not have these two. Important resources are almost entirely controlled by Western powers.”
"Even though Japan had the upper hand in the early stages of the war and obtained sufficient resources of steel, coal and food from China, the oil and rubber they most urgently needed were still subject to the control of others, and they still had to look at the eyes of the Western powers. Will they be willing to do so? ?”
When the principal heard this, his eyes immediately lit up and he blurted out: "You mean Southeast Asia?"
"Yes, Southeast Asia, which is very close to Japan, has the oil and rubber they urgently need. And Southeast Asia can just take advantage of the powerful Japanese fleet, so it is impossible for them not to be tempted. If they are not moving now, it is only a long-term problem with the West. It’s just the fear of the great powers that prevents them from taking action.”
"It is not that the current Western powers have failed to see Japan's ambitions, but they have not yet emerged from the decline of the world economic crisis. Their large backlog of scrap steel and oil are continuously sold to Japan. In fact, they use Japanese funds to It's just a measure for economic recovery. At the same time, these Western powers have always had a hope, which is to let Japan, which is getting stronger, compete with the Soviet Union for control of the Far East."
"So, I would like to make a digression here. We in China must recognize the true face of the Western powers. As long as little Japan does not touch their interests, they have no morals at all in their hearts, let alone the life and death of the Chinese people. Don't I hope they will suppress Japan for the sake of China."
"But will little Japan really follow the wishful thinking of these Western countries and go head-to-head with the Soviet Union?"
"I don't think so. When it comes to war with the Soviet Union, the powerful navy that Japan has spent countless efforts to build will be almost useless. Moreover, the Far East of the Soviet Union is vast and sparsely populated, with cold temperatures and relatively high requirements for logistics and supplies. With the Japanese army Nowadays, we have semi-mechanized military power, and we are not very sure of winning against the fully mechanized Soviet army.”
"Moreover, the current international situation is not calm. Since Germany lost World War I, it has been discriminated against and suppressed in Europe, which has made the entire Germanic nation hold back a breath of bad breath. And Germany's newly elected Prime Minister Adolf Hitler this year is another complete and utter nationalist. It is conceivable that under his leadership, Germany will inevitably rise angrily and once again become a thorn in the heart of Britain and the United States in Europe."
"At that time, the attention of the Western powers will be completely attracted by Germany. Will the Japanese, who are like wild wolves, still look at the fat on their lips and refuse to eat it?"
Zhou Wen said happily, but he didn't know that the principal was looking at him with a complicated expression, and he was extremely shocked.
You must know that this is the first time that someone has combined the anti-war strategy with the international situation, and analyzed it so incisively and comprehensively. It is not refreshing, but has an enlightening effect.
"Niang Xipi, is this little bandit a monster he was born with? How can he know so much information at such a young age?"
You must know that Hitler was only elected as the Chancellor of Germany in January this year. Even the principal learned about this person’s origins and political opinions from the mouths of envoys from various countries, but he did not know much about the more detailed information.
But Zhou Wen was able to conclusively conclude that this person was a nationalist and that this person would inevitably lead Germany to rise again in Europe.
However, when the British and French envoys talked about Hitler, the principal was also keenly aware of the trace of worry that could not be erased from the eyes of these foreigners who always had their eyes high, and he began to speculate that Europe would be troubled from now on. .
Now after listening to Zhou Wen's judgment, his mind became clearer.
If the future enemy of the European powers is Germany, then a lot of their power in Asia will inevitably be tilted toward Europe, and the Japanese will not be unaware of it.
The oil and rubber resources in Southeast Asia that make the Japanese salivate are really, as Zhou Wen said, the fat on the lips of wild wolves. Sooner or later, the Japanese will pounce on them, bite and devour them.
At this moment, he had no idea what Zhou Wen said was the basis for China's victory over Japan.
If Zhou Wen was saying that Japan could be finally defeated by relying on China's tenacious resistance, the principal would just sneer at him and think that he was a fanatic who was talking nonsense.
But after Zhou Wen's analysis of the international situation, he realized that it was not impossible for China to eventually defeat Japan, but the price might be high. At this time, his confidence was still a little lacking.
"The question is, can we persist until the day when Japan turns against the West? Moreover, if the Western powers are defeated by Germany, how can they still have the ability to deal with Japan? If Japan occupied Southeast Asia and obtained sufficient war resources, Aren’t we in China more dangerous?”
Zhou Wen smiled secretly in his heart. At this time, the principal saw hope and began to worry about gains and losses again.
In fact, during this period in China, although many people proposed the concept of a protracted war of exchanging space for time, there was still a lack of convincing theoretical basis for whether it could ultimately defeat Japan, the largest power in Asia.
This is not a pessimistic and disappointing appeasement idea, but a real and objective gap in national power that makes it impossible to defeat Japan.
War is the truest test of a country's strength. If it works, it will work. If it doesn't, it will not work. It will not be changed by human will.
