"That's right!"

Fumiko Kobe nodded and said, "The Three Kingdoms Axis Alliance is already imperative. I also believe that the most urgent task is to go south to attack and obtain enough oil and iron ore before the Americans cut off the supply of strategic supplies in the empire!"

Japan's oil is extremely dependent on imports. Although it has now built a large-scale coal liquefaction plant, it is still far from enough for the entire Imperial Japanese oil.

So far, Japan has not found any oil that can be exploited on China's territory. Naturally, what is most worried about is that it lacks oil reserves and cannot maintain the operation of war machines.

In addition, although China has abundant resources, there are not many Xia iron ore resources. Most of the poor ore are not rich ores, or composite ores that symbiotic with multiple elements, so there are not many truly high-quality iron ore.

Especially with the current smelting technology, although Japan occupies a lot of China's territory, it is very difficult to smelve iron ore and it is difficult to produce high-quality steel that meets the needs.

At present, the war in China is in a stalemate stage, and the Japanese army is simply unable to conquer China in the short term. Moreover, Japan has determined that China is an oil-poor country and cannot obtain the oil it needs most.

Therefore, Southeast Asia, which has rich oil resources, rubber resources and tin mines, has become the most attractive target of attack by the Japanese Empire.

Hideki Tojo responded: "Although the Chinese Tiger Army is powerful, its leader Yang Fan is not very ambitious. As long as they are in a corner, there will be no threat to the empire in the short term.

On the contrary, if the empire wants to eat the Chinese Tiger Army in one breath at this stage, it will cause too much consumption and sacrifice. Therefore, I believe that the wisest choice is to stop the attack immediately and stop the loss in time."

"Soga! Since that's the case, then do it like this!"

After hearing the surprisingly unified opinions of the ministers, Hirohito nodded in agreement.

"His Majesty the Emperor is wise!"

"The Great Japanese Empire is on board!"

The old Japanese devils such as Konoe Fumi, Tojo Hideki were praised.

Gaomi Hu Ben Army Headquarters.

As the Japanese strategic division policy adjusted, the Japanese ground troops attacking Boshan, Zichuan, Qidong and other counties shrank back one after another, and even the occupied Changshan and Zouping counties were spit out.

Everything returned to its state before the war, and the Japanese once again adopted a strategy of siegeing the Hu Ben Army without attacking it.

After reading the latest information, Yang Chengliang was stunned: "Chief, the Japanese admit defeat? Our army brothers just found the feeling. Today I am still planning to let the 5th Brigade go to Qidong County to change defense and practice skills!"

Chen Ergou nodded in dissatisfaction and said, "Who said it was not! Our special warrior only fought a few small battles that were not painful, and it was completely unsatisfactory!"

Miao Dadong wiped his eyes with his hands exaggeratedly and said, "Stop talking, it's all tears if you say too much! Our First Army just listened to the cannons, and except for several rounds of anti-aircraft cannons, he had never even been on the battlefield!"

"Okay, don't act cute and coquettish with me. This time we have passed the test. Although our troops are not losing much this time, we are still far from meeting the conditions for a strategic counterattack, so we have to pretend when we should be timid!"

Yang Fan laughed and scolded, and then said, "The Japanese are most likely to attack Southeast Asia now, and they will not care about us for a while.

I haven't had enough fun, and there are opportunities in the future. We have more important tasks next!"

Yang Fan knew very well how strong the Japanese devils' war potential was. If they fought hard now, they would definitely not be able to fight. It would be better to let the devils go out and storm the US imperial examination first and then talk about it.

Li Shuchun asked in confusion at this time: "General, are the Japanese really going to attack Southeast Asia? The Japanese have not even fought our China. It is puzzling to expand the scale of the war at this time?"

"Yes, I'm a little confused, too!"

"Master, just tell us!"

Li Shuchun's question suddenly aroused the desire for knowledge from Miao Dadong and others, and they turned their heads to look at Yang Fan, with curiosity and inquiries on their faces.

"All right!"

Yang Fan nodded and said, "Actually, the most important thing here is the resource problem. You all know that Japan is an island country with poor resources.

Southeast Asia is rich in resources such as crude oil, iron ore and rubber, and these resources are the basic raw materials of industry, especially crude oil, which is called the blood of modern industry!”

After pausing, Yang Fan said again: "Before the Japanese devils invaded China in an all-out attack, they began to prepare for war a long time ago. The devils not only sent a large number of intelligence agents to investigate all aspects of China's intelligence, but also surveyed China's mineral resources.

The Japanese spent nearly twenty years and found that although China’s resources were rich, they did not have the oil that Japan urgently needed!

Moreover, the grade of China iron ore is very poor, and it is difficult to smelve high-quality steel!"

"ah?"

When Chen Ergou heard this, he subconsciously showed a disappointed expression and said, "Master, our country really has no oil? And is the iron ore bad too?"

Yang Fan asked with a smile: "Do you still hope that the Japanese will find abundant oil and a large amount of high-quality iron ore in our country? If that's the case, do you know what will mean?"

"Ahem!!"

Chen Ergou was immediately blushed when asked. He was not stupid, how could he not know that once the Japanese discovered oil fields and high-quality iron ore, they would definitely fight to capture it.

If the Japanese controlled these most important war resources, their war potential would naturally be infinitely magnified, and the Chinese War would definitely become extremely cruel.

Yang Fan did not tell Chen Ergou the answer he wanted, but then said: "In other words, the Japanese devils now believe that even if they annex the entire China, Japan will not be able to obtain the most urgently needed raw materials!

On the contrary, in the Soviet Far East and Southeast Asia, it contains the high-grade iron ore and oil that Japan urgently needs.

As long as Southeast Asia is occupied, the Japanese army can grab a large amount of industrial raw materials such as oil, rubber, iron ore from Southeast Asia!

So even if more and stronger enemies are established, the Japanese devils have no choice but to go south to attack to maintain the operation of the war machine."

Miao Dadong nodded as if he suddenly realized and said, "So that's it! Southeast Asia is Britain, France and the United States' colony. If Japan sends troops to Southeast Asia, it will be a war with Britain, France and the United States!

In this way, the pressure on our China will definitely be greatly reduced. Then there is no need to worry too much about the Japanese concentrating all their strength to fight us."

"It's good for everyone to know. The most urgent task is not to take advantage of the victory, but to rest and recuperate. There will always be a period of tranquility before the storm. When the next time comes, it will be a real battle to destroy the country!"
Chapter completed!