In just 10 days, the fleet was sent to a small number of warships as the guide. With the help of the Marines and landing troops, the islands that came out of Tokyo Bay were occupied. A large number of islands were occupied. If it were just the Ogasawara Islands, I am afraid that the Japanese side might not be able to get the news. The Ogasawara Islands are Japanese territory, and the distance between it and Tokyo is almost 1,000 kilometers. The connection between the two sides is only based on ships. ∽↗∽↗,

Japan has not reached the level of the great powers. Although it has industry, it is concentrated in textiles, steel, and shipbuilding. Even the latter two are not strong. For example, steel plants, the so-called steel plants built by Japan are not even as good as the second-rate technology of the United States. Some are similar to small workshops. The shipyards are slightly more developed. With decades of hard work, experts such as Britain and France have built relatively good shipyards. They even have the ability to build the King Kong class. This is a super battle patrol. It was built by the United Kingdom to experiment with certain things. It has not become a famous seven-turret holy relic, but it also helped Japan have a first-class battleship. Except for the first one, which was produced in the United Kingdom, the rest are produced in Japan with the help of the United Kingdom.

Japan is relatively scientific. In terms of shipyards, warships are preferred, which are quite ahead in military terms, but civilian terms are a little worse. Most of Japan's merchant ships are not economically powerful. At most, they have a high demand for merchant ships in the first battle, which is why they stand out.

To put it bluntly, Japan has just embarked on the road of industrialization and has not even completely separated from the old system. At most, it is better than Russia to the front line. It is in the first battle that it gained huge capital and developed after 20 years of development.

As the world's most advanced communication method, there are wired telegraph lines, Japan, but they are part of the world telegraph lines laid out by the UK. There are two lines, one is from Australia and traveling to Russia through Japan, and the other is a cross-sea route from the United States. These telegraph lines have made a turn in Japan. There are telegraph lines in big cities such as Tokyo and Osaka. Among these telegraph lines arranged by the British, Japanese people, as local tyrants, also have shares, but Japan's technological level and financial situation cannot bear the huge investment. They can only use British lines. Some remote Japanese cities and even ports do not have telegraph lines, let alone near-shore islands like the Izu Islands, even if they are close to their hometowns, they do not have wired telegraph lines.

If China only attacks Ogasawara, then the distance of 1,000 kilometers is enough to isolate any notification. I am afraid that after the attack, Japan may not know for a long time that Japan has no time to take care of these islands when it loses most of its naval power. Basically, it allows these islands to fend for themselves. Even the ships that were usually fed are reduced a lot, which may take three or four months. In most cases, it is just sent out some necessities of daily life. These islands have the ability to be self-sufficient.

There is an exception among them. The Izu Islands, an archipelago near Tokyo Bay, are very close to Japan's mainland, and have close contacts. Some fishermen with similar levels can even swim. When the Chinese attacked, they did not surround the island. Some escaped fishing boats and fishermen passed the news to Japan as soon as possible to let Japan know that the Chinese attacks.

Japan was prepared for this. After the backbone telegraph networks of several major cities and Japan's strict organizational structure, this matter was quickly passed on to the top Japanese leaders after it was exposed by fishing boats and fishermen on the docks. However, Japan was in panic when the licker was wounded. It had just become a powerful force and was about to expand its influence on China and earn benefits, but was beaten up by the head. It was almost broken in Shandong. The Ocean Fleet, which had been working hard for many years, and 18 standing divisions, were basically wiped out. These were a little power that Japan took more than ten years to build. Now it was like a cup on a coffee table, it was completely overturned.

Japan has a large population and lost one or two million troops. It is not a big problem for Japan. There are many poor people in Japan. They can recruit one or two million troops at will, or even two million troops. There is no problem with this. In terms of attitude towards ordinary people, Japan will not be much better than Russia, and in some cases, it is even more terrifying.

The reason for not recovering is very simple. The Japanese have no money. While training reserves, they seek support. Their strength alone cannot support such a huge military force. They finally rely on the support of the Allies and the help of the United States to recover a little, and then attack China with Russia, losing North Korea's last overseas territory, and almost never recovered.

At this moment, Japan was the weakest and most terrifying. They were extremely worried that China would fight and had already started a nationwide mobilization. Some areas close to the inland areas have built large-scale fortifications. Once China attacks, they will fight with China with real swords and guns, just like what Japan encountered in Shandong.

As China's close neighbor, Japan is very clear that China's strength is not what the Allies said. There is only the army and no navy. If there is no navy, what are the fleets lost in Shandong? Those are sunk at sea, which has proved that China is heading towards the ocean.

The strong support from the United States, especially the United States simply purchased 500 million yen in debt, gave Japan a lot of help. For example, the scrap iron that does not count the share every year will become steelmaking materials, and even some scrap rails will directly become rails used on the Japanese railway. These direct and indirect help, coupled with the investment of real money, have slowed down Japan, society began to stabilize, inflation was also reduced, and military strength began to recover.

In the past few years, the United States has spared no effort to give Japan the orders it has received. As a member of the Allies, Japan originally received some orders, but unfortunately the orders were a little small. Coupled with the Chinese blockade, Japan could not pass from Malacca after it was occupied. If it really wanted to leave, it would take place, it would be possible to follow the Izu Islands south and bypass Australia. In this way, transportation costs increased and there was still a lot of uncertainty.

Of course, another road is from the United States and through the Panama Canal, but the quantity is quite small. If the United States had not distributed some primary orders and simple primary processing orders to Japan, Japan might not have even continued.

At present, the Allies lack everything, but the most lacking is money. The accumulation of Britain and France over the years and there is still a little wealth, but these wealth cannot be sold out casually. The United States has occupied a large number of orders with the help of the lease bill, leaving very few to Japan.

The European war has shown its impact on Japan. With the efforts of the United States and itself, Japan's economy is gradually recovering, but China's sneak attack on the United States and its strength have even suffered a great loss. Although Wall Street and Panama are now exposed, Japan is very clear that what they have exposed may only be one-some of all losses. If the United States was not beaten up, it would not have been like this.

Next, the navy's generals began to analyze, but they sadly discovered that in Asia, China has swept across the entire East Asia, Southeast Asia, except for Japan, is basically occupied. Now taking action against the United States means reaching into the Pacific Ocean. Under such circumstances, Japan will never be able to exist again.

What to do? The army strength shown in the battle with the Chinese and Japan and Russia is unheard of in Japan. One division resists the attacks of seven divisions and has some strength, but when it breaks out, one division annihilates several divisions.

Now, China's regular army has heard that the number has reached more than 150, which means that more than 4 million people. If the 20 troops are dropped, the entire Japan will push the entire army, let alone the navy. It can kill the US New York warships. If there are really a few ships, and the coastline of Japan is large, can Japan still exist?

Japan is not the United States. It has a strong strategic depth. Even if it retreats 50 kilometers, it has enough territory. If Japan's territory is really pushed back 50 kilometers from the coastline, will Japan still have land?

What to do? Relying on luck or something else. Now that the Ogasawara Islands have attacked, it proves that China is really going to attack Japan. Even now even the Izu Islands are occupied. If Chinese warships gather in Tokyo Bay, the entire Fudi in Japan will be hit.

What should I do? Although Japan has recovered some of its strength in recent years, its navy's strength has recovered the slowest. It has obtained several cruisers from the United States and South American countries. This is the entire Japanese Navy. These old warships will at most give them psychological comfort. As for the others, they cannot provide any of them. Among the Japanese Navy, there are probably only a few new destroyers who are more reliable. They are all built based on the concept after 1915. They have enough combat power to get it into the world.

But this is useless. Even the most powerful destroyers and cruisers are not very useful when facing the main battleship. The gap between tonnage and artillery is not a mission to carry out a mission at sea. If you want to smooth out the gap between them, you may have to wait until the missile appears.

Japan had no choice but to spread the news and ask for help from the Allies. No matter what, Japan is always a member of the Allies and should be able to get support. In Japan's view, if Britain and the United States strongly support it, they might be able to persevere. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!