After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Wang Jingwei in Nanjing was furious, complaining that Japan should not tear its face with the Americans. Wang Jingwei said: "Japan is completely digging its own grave in doing so, and such a foolish and reckless act is doomed to failure." Japan has already been bogged down in the quagmire of the Chinese battlefield, and it would undoubtedly be self-defeating to go to war with the United States at this time." Even traitors know that it will be difficult for Japan to defeat the United States, so can't the shrewd Japanese think of it?
Before the U.S.-Japan Pacific War, Emperor Hirohito asked Japan's chief of staff, Sugiyama Moto: "If there is a war between Japan and the United States, how long will it take to end the war, and what are the chances of victory?" Sugiyama replied flatly: "It is very advantageous for us to fight in the Pacific, and the United States can be defeated in three months." Emperor Hirohito asked: "When Japan and China went to war, you said that you could defeat China in three months, but now four years have passed, and the war has not ended. Sugiyama replied, "Because China is too big." The Emperor angrily asked, "Isn't the Pacific Ocean bigger?" Yuyama Motoya was speechless. Next, let's talk about Japan's plans in the Sino-American war.
On the issue of Japan and the United States, Motomo Sugiyama and Hideki Tojo and many soldiers of the Young Zhuang faction reached a consensus: "The world situation is changing rapidly, the United States has begun to interfere in Japan's war of aggression against China, and the relations between Japan and the United States are becoming more and more tense and the contradictions are sharp, so Japan and the United States must have a war." Japan is becoming weaker and weaker as a result of the great attrition of the war, and the further the war with the United States drags on, the more it is not good for Japan." Hideki Tojo revealed that the Japanese Navy at that time consumed about 400 tons of oil per hour, and the United States had imposed an oil embargo on Japan, and the remaining oil could only be used for two years. In order to seize the oil resources of Southeast Asia, it is urgent to start a war with the United States.
Some scholars say that Japan and the United States will have a war sooner or later, but in fact, there is some truth in this view. In the 50s of the 19th century, the U.S. Perry fleet knocked on the door of Japan, which was closed off from the rest of the country, and the samurai of the proud Yamato nation began the Meiji Restoration in order to have a strong navy. In fact, in addition to China, the U.S. Navy is also an imaginary enemy of the Japanese Navy. The well-known Japanese military strategist Ishihara Waner put forward the "Theory of the World's Final War," which holds that "the future world will be a contest between the Eastern civilization that advocates the royal way and the Western civilization that advocates hegemony, and Japan is the representative of the Eastern civilization." First, use all China's resources for yourself, so as to defeat the polar bears of North Asia - * become the hegemon of the East, and finally fight a decisive battle with the United States. At the same time, the decisive battle between Japan and the United States is also a decisive battle between Eastern and Western civilizations. Since then, Japan has become the leader of human civilization in the world, and world peace has been achieved, and there will be no more wars."
It can be seen that Ishihara's view is that a war between Japan and the United States is inevitable, but it was not yet the time for a decisive battle between Japan and the United States, because China has not yet been eaten, and the polar bear has not yet fallen, and it is undoubtedly a three-sided enemy to provoke the United States. It can be seen that Ishihara's views are similar to those of Hitler.
But Japan has become a wild horse that cannot be stopped. Since the July 7 Incident, Japan has invested more than 1 million troops in the Chinese battlefield, accounting for nearly 75 percent of Japan's finances. With a shortage of supplies in Japan, the greedy invaders had to find new prey to meet their needs in order to obtain greater resources for the war. As the situation on the battlefield in Europe deteriorated, capitalist countries such as Britain and France had no time to look eastward, and only the United States stood in front of Japan, and the United States also increased its economic blockade against Japan at this time. As a result, the United States has become a thorn in Japan's side.
So why did Japan dare to make this big gamble with the United States? 1.Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Army had 1.7 million, while the United States had only 500,000 in peace. 2.The Japanese Navy has ten aircraft carriers and ten battleships, ranking third in the world in terms of military power. When the Japanese Navy saw the "brilliant achievements" of the Japanese Army, it can be said that they were jealous and wanted to make war exploits; 3.Before World War II, the hegemony of the United States had not yet been established, and Japan had certain illusions. And even if the fist is not as hard as the United States, the United States still has to defend Germany on the Atlantic coast, and it cannot concentrate on beating itself at all. 4.The First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War both gambled on national fortunes with all their national strength, and both of them succeeded, which shows that Japan's warism and the idea of luck have swelled to the extreme.
Because the Qing Dynasty and Tsarist Russia, which Japan challenged, both won the bet when their national strength was inferior, and they won major victories on the Chinese battlefield, the greedy invaders were already blinded by the so-called victory, and finally ended up in a crushing defeat.