The eyes of the Chinese people of Japan war potential
1. Population, resources
The number of the country's population and the quality of the people closely linked with war potential. At present, there are about 126 million people in Japan, during World War II, greatly exceeding the 72 million people. Among them, 15 to 64-year-old productive age around 1 million, taking into account Japanese women rarely participate in the labor workforce. So really working population only 6000-7000 million. Japan has passed its peak period of population growth, low birth rate, aging phenomenon seriously. Japanese experts that the Japanese young adults will result in the reduction of labor gradually declining national strength,
Japan has a higher quality of the citizens, which is Japan can grow into a world economic power in the important reasons. After the Meiji Restoration, Japan mandatory nationwide promotion of national compulsory education, and China is the promotion of national compulsory education in the new China was founded, than in Japan late than half a century. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Chinese and Japanese soldiers biggest difference is higher, almost all the Japanese culture and the high school thing, and Chinese soldiers are basically illiterate. After the war, Japan will continue to give top priority to education, the success of Japan's modernization one of the two secret. At present, Japan has professors, researchers, associate professor level of about 850,000 people, college students and graduate students in several nearly 4 million, also owns a large number of skilled workers. Strong national cohesion Japan, people generally have the discipline unity and coordination characteristics. However, we should also see that because of the war by the Western influences, personal attention to the increasingly become mainstream consciousness.
2. Geography
Japan very small territory, with a total area of only 370,000 square kilometers. Many on the island island complex terrain, numerous rivers and lakes, the long tortuous coastline, forming many natural port. Japan offshore deep water is conducive to the commencement of the enemy ships and activities. At the same time, narrow shape of the Japanese homeland, strategic depth shallow, the other side once the landing, it is easy to separate its territory. Japan's major cities are mainly located in the lower reaches of the river alluvial plain, these cities focus on the Japanese major industries, and their collapse would bring Japan can not support a long war. Of course, the native land of a succession of broken terrain of the dense mountain forests and numerous lakes rivers, compared to defense, to a certain extent, the other a sluggish offensive role.
Japan's geographical characteristics, it must focus on maritime defense. This was the Japanese竭力build sea reasons.
3. Mineral resources
The country largely depends on the ability of wartime adequate supply of raw materials, mineral resources to a large extent decide the country's war potential. Particularly in the modern war conditions, a country's defense industry can hardly count on the supply of raw materials from overseas, can only rely on their own resources.
Japan's domestic mineral resources are very poor, the development of modern industry adversely. After the Meiji Restoration, Japan repeatedly reactionary war, the occupation of Korea and Taiwan, the Chinese mainland aggression, and even within the sphere of influence of Western powers massive offensive in Southeast Asia, its important purpose is to seize mineral resources. After the war, Japan had to change the policy of force plunder resources, vigorously develop marine shipping, in foreign trade, from the imported raw materials and export of industrial products, it was astonishing economic development. At present, Japan's industrial production for the vast majority of raw materials and fuel dependence on imports. Japan is the world's largest industrial raw materials and energy importing countries.
As Japan's excessive reliance on raw materials and fuel abroad in wartime in a very disadvantageous position. If the war has targeted the powerful strength of the military power, the other side can take advantage of powerful long-range strike capability, and to cut off the Japanese shipping lines to lose their combat capability. Japan experienced in World War II, which few minds completely, it attaches great importance to strategic materials reserves. However, the huge consumption of modern warfare materials, supplies can only meet short-term reserves to the war, a long and bitter difficult to support the full-scale war. The famous World War II spy佐尔格had passed on the state of Japan's resources survey, predicted that Japan's defeat.
4. Industrial strength
In modern times, many backward countries have been trying to catch up with Western powers, Japan in this regard is undoubtedly the most successful. It took a different catch up with other countries in policy. From the Meiji Restoration, Japan is very aggressive expansion, the establishment of the warlords and heavy industry giant joint dictatorship, and the use of national forces vigorously support heavy industry. On the eve of the World War II, Japan has been able to build the world's advanced level and fighter aircraft carrier and battleship.
After World War II, Japan will remain the heavy industry as the state's strength lies. Post-war Japan's economy is in the high growth years in a row miracle, sit down at the world economic power of the Second position in a hierarchy . Heavy industry on the scale, at present, compared with Japan handful of countries.
However, despite the strong foundation of Japan's heavy industry, it is hard to adapt to a large-scale full-scale war. The world today, the USA and Russia the big countries has a complete industrial system, can any of the independent production combat weapons, with all-out war to cope with large-scale capacity. By contrast, Japan's industrial production is still not many advanced weapons. Japan, for example, although the so-called advanced aviation industry, but not as a fighter plane, the core components of the production of aviation engines, can only obtain from the United States. Today, Japanese industrial needs from war to peace needs of civilian industries increased, MIC recession. Japan's industrial Such "people and the army weak," so their war capability is a serious constraints.
5. Military technology
In today's highly developed scientific and technological level of a nation's military is an important symbol of national defense capability. The overall technological level, Japan is very high. After World War II, Japan vigorously pursued "technical foundation" strategy, its research and development budget in GDP ratio ranking first in the world. However, the Japanese technology is characterized by less imitation and more innovation, independent research and development capacity is not strong. Today all the developed countries, Japan is the only technology importing countries.
At present, Japan rich in scientific and technological strength is manifested in civilian, military and scientific and technological level has remained relatively stagnant. Japan's computer technology field of a very high standard, the Japanese digital cameras and camera mobiles export huge quantities of the world, but in the military field, many of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces must rely on equipment imports. Japan the world's largest arms importer countries. Because of the ban on arms exports, entrepreneurs are reluctant to invest in research and development of weapons of funds and too much energy. Japan in the development of weapons, as Western countries usually move the technology to save time and effort, a little hard work accumulated technology, resulting in Japan weapons development capacity is insufficient. During World War II, Japan has very strong weapons design capability to independently develop world-class "Zero" fighters. But today, Japan launched the so-called "advanced" weapons are mostly made of imitation. If the F-2 fighter and King Kong-class destroyers are the United States aircraft warships imitation products; the famous Model 90 tanks is largely imitate the German Leopard 2 tanks.
6. Military strength
At present, the total strength of the Japanese Self-Defense Force nearly 240,000 people. GSDF current strength 150,000 people, equipment, tanks 1,250 armored 1130, artillery 6000 Ms door, helicopter 450, anti-tank missiles reflex - 50 0 equipment, air defense missile launchers 200 (including the world's most advanced "Patriot" missiles). Maritime Self-Defense Force team current strength 43,000 people with all types of ships nearly 170, including frigates destroyers 77, the conventional submarines, 16, the total tonnage of about 400,000 tons, and anti-submarine patrol aircraft straight vigor, and other aircraft nearly 200 -. Air Self-Defense Force troops 45,000 people now, with fighter jets 360, bombers 82 reconnaissance 16, transports 48, the helicopter 14, and P-3C anti-submarine patrol aircraft 105, E-2c early warning aircraft, 13, E-767 Early early-warning price. On the number of troops and weapons, Japan has recognized more than a military power in today's Britain. Speaking on the quality of weapons, the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force equipment 170 F-15 fighters, is the focus of one of the most advanced fighter aircraft. Japan's King Kong-class destroyers equipped with the advanced "Aegis" system, with a strong naval and air combat capability. Japan's 90-tanks is the most outstanding one of the main battle tanks. In short, Japan's SDF arms complete, fully equipped, military strength comes out on top.
