The Japanese army captured most of China, why did they not capture Chongqing and Chengdu?

During the invasion of China, the Japanese army relied on advanced weapons and equipment and advanced tactics and tactics to occupy large areas of China's territory. But a closer look will reveal that although Japan occupied many cities, it never set foot in Chongqing and Chengdu.

Is it because the Japanese look down on these two cities? Or the Japanese felt that the occupation of these two cities was of little value.

The real situation is that the Japanese army dreamed of entering Chongqing and occupying the city. Because Chongqing was the capital of China at that time, during the difficult days of the Anti-Japanese War, it became the center of the Anti-Japanese War. The Japanese wanted to occupy Chongqing in an attempt to destroy the Chinese people's sense of resistance.

Since the Japanese army wanted to occupy Chongqing and Chengdu so much, why did they fail in the end? The author believes that the main reasons are as follows:

1. Chongqing and Chengdu have many mountainous areas. The Japanese army is very mechanized, but those mechanized troops cannot exert their combat effectiveness in the mountainous areas. No matter how powerful the tanks are, they can only line up on the mountain roads. Waiting to be bombed.

2. Due to the large equipment gap between the two sides, and of course due to the command errors of the Chinese army commanders, the large-scale battles launched in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War basically resulted in more defeats than victory. Our army lost Nanjing, Wuhan, and a lot of land. They had to retreat to Chongqing, and once Chongqing was lost, the consequences would be very serious.

So in terms of morale, defending Chongqing is a major matter related to national dignity and national survival. For Japan, whether to attack Chongqing or whether it can capture Chongqing is just one of their plans. This can be seen from the Battle of Shipai that year.

3. In 1942, the Japanese army formulated the so-called "Operation Plan No. 5". A core purpose of this combat plan is to launch attacks from Xi'an and Wuhan, and then occupy Chongqing and Chengdu. Judging from this doubt, Japan wanted to occupy Chongqing and Chengdu at that time.

But later, due to the Pacific battlefield, the Japanese army suffered losses one after another. It was difficult for Japan to mobilize troops from the south to the north, and Japan's national strength at that time could no longer support such a large-scale military operation. So later this project was almost wasted and became a joke in history.

The above is the author’s summary of the reasons why the Japanese army did not invade Chongqing and Chengdu. In addition to these reasons, the author feels that there is another more important reason, that is, in this war, Japan is sinful and evil, while justice belongs to China. Throughout human history, when has there ever been a situation where "evil can prevail over good"?