If Japan discovered Daqing oil field during World War II, would it still provoke the United States?

1959, a news shocked the whole world. The government of China announced the discovery of a super-large sandstone oil field in Daqing, Heilongjiang, covering an area of about 6,000 square kilometers.

On June 29th of the same year, a black oil stream gushed from the oil well named Mitsui, which meant the end of China's oil-poor era.

This news also caused a sensation in Japan, and many Japanese shook their heads and sighed.

You know, it was because there was no oil that Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in the United States and went to war with the United States.

Because Japan is an island country, its biggest shortcoming is that it does not have enough strategic resources. 89% of Japan's resources are imported from other countries, and the largest supplier is the United States.

The strategic materials embargoed by the United States to Japan include oil. The United States not only refused to sell Japanese oil, but also blocked Japan's offshore oil transportation line to the Pacific Ocean.

If there is no fuel, Japanese aircraft carriers will become a pile of scrap iron, planes will crash, and tanks and armored vehicles will become paper tigers. Japan's advantage on the battlefield in China no longer exists. It can only scream angrily but can do nothing.

At the end of 194 1, Japan had only a few months to prepare for oil. In this case, Japan was anxious like a cat on hot bricks, which led to the desperate attack on Pearl Harbor and the war with the United States. And war with the United States is extremely unwilling for Japan to see.

If there is oil, Japan will certainly not risk going to war with the United States.

There is a view on the Internet that in World War II, the United States, like an unscrupulous judge, has been watching from the other side. As we all know, Japan was one of the initiators of World War II. Although the Japanese army was really strong in the whole Asian battlefield, the number of Japanese troops at that time reached more than 7 million. For a country with a population of just over 100 million, this army lineup is still very large, even twice that of China's regular army.

However, Japan is an island country, and its most fatal weakness is that it does not have enough strategic resources. Before World War II, 89% of Japan's resources were imported from other countries, and the largest supplier was the United States.

Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Isoroku Yamamoto, who studied at Harvard University and spent two years in the United States, resolutely opposed it. After the successful attack on Pearl Harbor, the subordinates celebrated one after another, but Isoroku Yamamoto was full of sadness. He said anxiously, "I'm afraid I woke up a sleeping giant."

In fact, it was precisely because Japan provoked the American giant that it was devastated and came to the end of the road.

Therefore, some people think that if Daqing oil field was discovered when Japan invaded China, Japan would definitely not go to war with the United States.

In fact, this is a one-sided view and lacks a comprehensive understanding of that period of history. Practically speaking, the war between Japan and the United States is the general trend, inevitable and a foregone conclusion, and will not be changed at all because of the discovery of Daqing Oilfield.

Why do you say that? There are several reasons. First, the conflict of values

The founders of the United States are a group of idealistic Puritans who have always despised the expansion of territory by force. They can't tolerate the war behavior of German and Japanese fascists.

When it comes to the attitude of the United States in World War II, many people think that in the early days of World War II, the United States was like an unscrupulous judge, taking food from both sides, making huge war money, engaging in isolationism and watching from the other side. Later, because of Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States had to end its policy of finding both ways and declare war on Germany and Japan. In fact, people who hold this view are purely ignorant.

194 1 12 Japan attacked pearl harbor at the end of the year. In March of this year, American President Roosevelt signed the lease bill, clearly announcing that he would provide food and strategic material assistance to Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the Republic of China.

1941July, the United States began to impose a trade embargo on Japan, which was tantamount to strangling Japan and pushing it into a desperate situation.

Why does the United States choose to stand with countries such as Britain and France instead of Germany and Japan? The main reason is that Germany and Japan are engaged in territorial expansion, and Britain, France, the Soviet Union and Vietnam are all victims.

Since the United States regarded Japan as an enemy, it has become an obstacle for Germany and Japan to dominate the world. Therefore, even if Japan discovered Daqing Oilfield during the war of aggression against China, Japan should take the initiative to challenge the United States.