If Japan delays its war of aggression against China, what will be the outcome?
Ishihara began his military career when he joined the Japanese Kwantung Army in 1928. With his background as a graduate of the Japanese Army University, he quickly rose to prominence and rose through the ranks to become an outstanding officer.
He traveled extensively in China and developed an in-depth understanding of China's topography, culminating in the remarkable "Ishihara Vision".
Ishihara firmly believes that all wars have a meaning, but wars of aggression are clearly unjust. He believes that the world civilization originated in Central Asia, and then became two branches of the east and the west due to the movement of the earth's crust, that is, the eastern and western civilizations.
These two civilizations are bounded by the Pacific Ocean, but in the future there will eventually be a conflict and one will be wiped out.
Ishihara once said that World War I was a civil war in European countries and could not be counted as a world war. World War II is about to break out, and the two sides involved in the struggle for hegemony will be the United States and Japan, and they are the representatives of the Western countries of the East.
However, Ishihara's ** may be overly optimistic, he thinks that China is a small Japan, but in reality China is by no means like this. Moreover, in order to expand its territory, Japan soon took aggressive actions.
Ishihara was ambitious, first occupying the Korean Peninsula and then advancing step by step, in an attempt to lead Japan against the East and the United States, and eventually dominate the world. His ideas coincided with the ambitions of the Japanese military's top brass, and he was highly valued by the military department.
The supreme leader of the Japanese Kwantung Army was full of admiration for him and even planned to carry out a criminal conspiracy.
Under the instigation of Ishihara, the Japanese military headquarters launched the 918 War of Aggression against China, which led to the complete fall of the three northeastern provinces. Although Ishihara resembled many Japanese militants, he was no ordinary man.
Behind the fanaticism, he has a transcendent intellect. Ishihara believes that the United States before World War II was already immeasurably powerful, while Japan was just an insignificant small country, and the disparity in strength between the two countries was huge.
In order to gain an advantage in future wars, Japan made long-term strategic deployments after the September 18 Incident. Not only do they want to plunder resources from the Korean Peninsula, but they also want to acquire more colonies, and China is like a paradise for them because of its abundant resources and vast land.
Ishihara suggested that there should be no rush to war, and that the real full-scale invasion of China should be set in 1956. He believes that China's three eastern provinces are a strategic treasure and the best place for deployment.
The mineral resources and fertile land of the three eastern provinces led Japan to believe that occupying them as a base camp would be ideal. Although Japan has considered other cities, such as coastal cities such as Shanghai and Nanjing, these cities, although economically developed, lack the natural advantages of Tohoku.
Although the 918 monument was occupied, it did not achieve its true purpose. There is a Western lease in the metropolis, and an international dispute can put Japan at a disadvantage. Touching the interests of the Western powers, sanctions will be imposed on Japan, which is a problem that Japan does not want to face at the stage of development.
Therefore, it would be unwise to rashly launch a full-scale war of aggression against China. This can easily put Japan in a difficult situation from which it will not be able to extricate itself. If you want to start a full-scale war, you must wait patiently according to the plan.
Ishihara proposed to gain a firm foothold in the northeast and Mongolia first, and then gradually penetrate into the center. This would make it possible to strategically transfer supplies from the Northeast, and also cut off the connection between China and the Soviet Union.
Ishihara's strategy is indeed unique and in line with Japan's development needs.
After the Meiji Restoration, Japan's economy developed rapidly, and its industrial level continued to improve. But as an island nation, Japan has many limitations in the face of war.
In the War of Resistance Against Japan, although Japan was able to fight a protracted war, it was because they occupied the three northeastern provinces and gained rich resources**. Japan's defeat in the war was mainly due to their excessive ambitions and failure to fully consider their own realities.
After the defeat, Japan tried to gain more strategic resources in the Far East, but was hit by the Soviet Red Army. In this case, Japan can only retreat to the next best thing and look for resources in Southeast Asia.
However, they launched an attack on the United States, making their situation very dangerous. Eventually, the U.S. attack devastated Japan in the Pacific Ocean and destroyed its sea transportation routes, leading to its demise.
There is an old saying in Japan: "The human heart is not enough for a snake to swallow an elephant", which is extremely true. Japan was overconfident and thought it had the conditions to go to war, but in the end it was empty.
According to Ishihara's strategic plan, a full war of aggression against China should be launched in 1956, when Japan would have all the conditions. However, history did not go according to individual wishes.
Ishihara's meticulously researched military concept was rejected by the Japanese military leadership, and it is known that Japan was in a hurry to go to war after the July Seven Incident in 1937, and even sent troops to Wanping County on the grounds that soldiers were missing.
The July 7 Incident was unexpected by Japan and directly triggered a full-scale war of aggression against China. After the July 7 Incident, why did the Japanese army launch a full-scale war of aggression against China? This has to do with several key factors.
First of all, the demagogic of Japanese militarism made the soldiers arrogant and eager to rush the top to war. And Ishihara's strategy has also caused controversy, and many people see it as a sign of cowardice.
Ishihara was promoted to lieutenant general after masterminding the 918 Incident, which made ordinary Japanese soldiers eager to become famous overnight.
The northeast under Chiang Kai-shek's policy of non-resistance provided strategic materials and confidence for Japan's all-out war. After the 918 Incident, the Northeast completely fell, and Japan believed that the squadron was vulnerable.
After occupying Tohoku, Japan was shocked by the richness of Tohoku, and its industry and military development were rapid. Ishihara's idea lost the support of the military department, and the Japanese military department decided to attack North China and continue to occupy Chinese territory.
The Japanese army's fanatics made Ishihara understand that war was inevitable.
If Ishihara's vision is realized, the consequences for China will be far-reaching. In World War II, China and the Pacific were Japan's main theater of operations. However, historically, China has been industrially backward and economically sluggish due to its closed-door policy.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Western artillery fire opened the door to China, making it a semi-colony. At this time, the Chinese people began to awaken and save China through revolution.
If there had been no war, China would probably have continued in this old society for some time. Therefore, according to Japan's strategic concept, the harm of encroaching on China a little bit will be unimaginable.
In addition, if Japan were to engage in a large-scale war with the United States instead of China, it would probably provide a greater opportunity for the Japanese army, since it could be plundered all the way from China.
One view is that in World War II, if Germany had lost first, the great powers such as the United States and the Soviet Union would not sit idly by and watch Japan's rapid rise, but would have launched a large-scale attack on the Japanese army. In fact, even without the threat of the Japanese army, it would have been difficult for China to remain unsafe at that time.
Because once the European battlefield is over, the United States and the Soviet Union and other major powers will definitely take action against China in order to expand their territory. Historically, in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded China and burned and looted, so as long as the Western powers finished the war, they would certainly continue to plunder and expand.
The idea of the West acquiring more resources through wars of aggression has never changed. In fact, it can be seen from the later War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea that the reason why the United States and Western countries want to occupy the Korean Peninsula is to further threaten China.
** With a discerning eye, he saw clearly the wolf ambitions of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and decisively ordered the Volunteers to resist US aggression and aid Korea, completely smashing the conspiracy of Western countries. Since then, although the United States has been eyeing China, it no longer dares to act recklessly.
China is an ancient country with a history of 5,000 years of civilization, which has survived all the vicissitudes of life and is still standing. This shows that the Chinese people have an independent and indomitable spirit, and no difficulty can defeat them.
In the midst of the war, China's phoenix rose again and became a powerful country in the world. As Chinese, we are extremely proud!