Japan dares to fight Shanghai and Nanjing, so why doesn't it dare to hit this place first? Quite simply, the Japanese are not stupid
Introduction: The relationship between China and Japan is very complicated, especially for the Chinese people, whenever the Japanese are mentioned, people always think that Japan has launched an invasion of our country for its own wolf ambitions, acted arbitrarily on the land of our country, and committed unforgivable crimes, especially the tragic Nanjing Massacre, which led to the death of more than 300,000 compatriots. But according to the geographical orientation, China's closest city to Japan should be Qingdao, why did Japan not attack Qingdao first, but instead invaded Shanghai and Nanjing? And at that time, Qingdao was an extremely important industrial town for China, if Qingdao was captured, it would cause serious obstacles to China's industrial development.
Since the beginning of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, our army has always been at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, so it is impossible to garrison all cities, but can only weigh the advantages and disadvantages and choose the towns that were very important to our country at that time to carry out strict defense. However, when the Japanese army invaded our country, the original plan was to first capture most of our towns and cities, so that the people of our country could see the real strength of Japan and take the initiative to submit to Japan, so qingdao was not among the main targets of Japan's attack.
In addition to the above, another is that Qingdao is located in a relatively special position, this city is surrounded by the sea on three sides, can not become a military stronghold, only because the army that is fighting here can only live and die, there is no other choice, so Qingdao was still considered too peaceful at that time, and no major battles have occurred. Moreover, at that time, there were torpedoes and other explosives in the Yellow Sea in front of Qingdao, so it was very difficult for Japan to land from the sea, but in the end, the Japanese army chose to land in Qingdao from the Bohai Sea and capture it.
It is worth mentioning that Qingdao was not conquered by the Japanese army, but was given to Japan by the Kuomintang on its own initiative, and it was precisely because of this decision of the Kuomintang that it led to a series of subsequent anti-war wars. However, the Kuomintang also had to do it, because the strength of the army stationed in Qingdao was far from that of the Japanese army, so even if it was stuck, the final result would not change. In summary, there is a reason why Japan did not include Qingdao in the list of primary attacks, after all, they did not go back to do thankless things, and the Japanese were not stupid.