Daitoa Soryoku Kessen Kaisen Zenya (RYU NOVELS)

[Machine Translation] The National Institute for Strategic Studies was established in April 1936 to study world affairs and Japan's national strength from a global perspective, and to contribute to national management through horizontal cooperation between the military, public, and private sectors.... In May 1939, amidst continuing developments in Europe that hinted at the outbreak of war, reports arrived of armed clashes between the Manchukuo and Outer Mongolia armies near Nomonhan. Further large-scale fighting was said to have occurred, and the Japanese forces were defeated. Major General Zhukov, appointed as the commander of the First Army Group defending Mongolia, confronts the Japanese forces with a massive force of 60,000 troops, over 500 tanks, and over 500 fighter planes.... The Fourth Fleet departed Palau for the Dutch Indies and discovered an enemy fleet ahead. It was the Dutch Navy and the British Oriental Fleet.

世界情勢と日本の国力を世界的視野から研究し、軍官民が横に連携、一体となって国家運営に寄与するため、国家戦略研究所が昭和11年4月に発足した…。ヨーロッパで戦争勃発をうかがわせる動きが続くなか、昭和14年5月、ノモンハン付近で満州国軍と外蒙軍の間で武力衝突発生との報告が届く。さらに大規模な戦闘が発生し、日本軍は敗退したという。モンゴルを守る第一軍集団の司令官に任命されたジューコフ少将は、6万の兵力、戦車500輌以上、戦闘機500機以上という大戦力を揃えて、日本軍に立ち向かう…。蘭印へ向け、パラオを出航した第四艦隊が前方に敵艦隊を発見。それは、オランダ海軍とイギリス東洋艦隊だった。