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"But it is even more difficult for the empire to go south!" Yamamoto 56 shook his head and retorted: "There is the US Pacific Fleet blocking the way for the empire to go south, and the Americans will never allow Australia to fall into the hands of the empire! And the Americans are now They did not take the empire seriously at all! In the eyes of the Americans, the China-Germany alliance may have sufficient deterrent power, but our Great Japanese Empire is simply a second-rate country in Asia that is vulnerable to a single blow! At that time, they will not hesitate to choose to interfere with the actions of the Empire."

Yamamoto 56 once served as a military attache at the Japanese embassy in the United States, and he is regarded as a rare "knowledge of beauty" in Japan.His words silenced Eisuke Yamamoto. From the bottom of his heart, what Eisuke Yamamoto wants to do most is to take advantage of the fire, not to start a war with China, but also with the United States.Only fight the two outdated world empires of Britain and the Netherlands...

"Yamamoto-kun, aren't Americans all anti-war? They still have a "Neutrality Act" and isolationism in their country."

"Your Excellency, it is because the Americans think that they paid too much and gained too little in the First World War." Yamamoto 56 smiled wryly: "If China, which defeated the Soviet Union, wanted to attack Australia, the United States might not dare to make a move. But if it is replaced by an empire...the American people may still support the American government to intervene, after all, they only need to defeat a weak Japan to turn a vast country like Australia into a protectorate of the United States!"

"Nonsense! The Empire of Japan is not weak!"

"But the American people don't know." Yamamoto 56 said with a wry smile: "Since the September 9.18th War, American public opinion has regarded Japan as a weak country."

"Ridiculous!" Eisuke Yamamoto looked at the other party coldly, "What should the empire do? Just give up the plan to go south, and then act as a vassal of China forever?"

After a long silence, Lieutenant General Yamamoto finally shook his head heavily and took a deep breath, "If the empire must choose to go south, then it should be prepared to go to war with the United States! There must be no chances."

"War with the United States...can we win?" Eisuke Yamamoto asked himself and replied, "I'm afraid there is no chance of winning?"

Yamamoto 56 pondered for a moment, walked to a half-wall-sized nautical chart of the Pacific Ocean, picked up the pointer and pointed to Pearl Harbor on the nautical chart, and said, "It's not impossible to fight, but we still have to strike first. The U.S. Navy must be completely defeated at the first moment of war, and if possible, we must..."

Immediately afterwards, the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, who loves gambling, uttered a battle plan against the United States that surprised Eisuke Yamamoto, and of course will shock the whole world in the future!

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"stand at attention!"

With the sound of a loud password, all the officers in the combat room of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Volgograd stood upright.There was a loud sound of boots at the door, and the first one who walked in quickly was Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, the commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Army with a serious face. General, Lieutenant General Du Yuming, chief of staff of the expeditionary force, and other important figures in the expeditionary force.In addition, there are Belarusian officers such as Marshal Tukhachevsky, the number one general of the Belarusian army.

Chiang Kai-shek left Lushan Mountain with Song Meiling, Chen Cheng, Chen Lifu and others on August 1938, 8, and took a Fw-1 transport plane at Jiujiang Airport. Arrived in Volgograd.The current Volgograd is the original Stalingrad. It is an important transportation hub in the lower reaches of the Volga River and a heavy industrial center of the Soviet Union.But when Lao Jiang arrived here, the Bolsheviks had already destroyed all the factories in Volgograd!After this war, Russia's vitality has been seriously injured, and it will never recover after ten or twenty years.

To restore Russia's economy, of course a lot of money is needed, and the best way to get money is the oil near the Great Caucasus Mountains!In this era, the Greater Caucasus Mountains region, which has the two major oil fields of Grozny and Baku, is one of the largest oil producing areas in the world.Moreover, in the near future, new wars are likely to break out in Europe, and the value of oil as a strategic resource will definitely double by then.

Therefore, the "proletarian" queen of Petersburg also paid special attention to the war in the Transcaucasus, and specially established the Transcaucasus Front with Marshal Tukhachevsky as the commander.The front army is attached to 10 infantry corps and an air division, and has concentrated more than 50 infantry, 2000 cannons and 500 aircraft, preparing to completely wipe out Stalin's remaining forces in one fell swoop!By the way, on the Ural side, Empress Anastasia also sent Marshal Blyuchel as the commander, and the Ural Front Army with a total strength of 60 troops to encircle and suppress the Red Army entrenched in the Ural region!

In short, the end of the Bolshevik Party in the Soviet Union looked to be coming soon.And Chiang Kai-shek, who had no chance to realize his ideal of suppressing the CCP in China, can finally realize his dream in Russia, and he is still the old son of the CCP, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

When Chiang Kai-shek stepped into this war room, he felt a murderous atmosphere, and he suddenly felt a slight discomfort.He found that the young officer of the National Defense Forces standing here was no longer the "good student" he used to be.These young officers who had undergone the baptism of the anti-Soviet war had far surpassed Chiang Kai-shek as the headmaster in terms of battlefield experience and military theory.And everyone knows that the person who brought the National Defense Forces and the Republic of China to the current peak step by step is not Chiang Kai-shek, but Luo Yaoguo, Chief of Staff of the National Defense Forces!Now these young soldiers just stood upright with pride, saluting the old headmaster with a strange look like a blade.As for the element of reverence, to be honest, Chiang Kai-shek didn't feel much.Lao Jiang faintly felt that if he wanted to win the respect of these young officers who defeated millions of Soviet Russian troops, he could only use more brilliant military exploits!But where should he go to make greater contributions than the demise of Soviet Russia?

While he was thinking wildly, Du Yuming, the chief of staff of the expeditionary force, had already walked to the large map in the war room, ready to explain the latest battle situation to him, the freshly-baked commander-in-chief Chiang.

In front of the large map, there are two seats side by side, undoubtedly for Chiang Kai-shek and Tukhachevsky.The two glanced at each other and sat down without greeting each other.At this time, Chiang Kai-shek, who used to be very fond of putting on a straight face and reprimanding his subordinates, suddenly found that facing this group of arrogant soldiers of the National Defense Forces, he was not even confident enough to speak.He managed to squeeze out a smile, nodded to Du Yuming, and highlighted a few words: "Guangting, you can start."

Du Yuming nodded to Chiang Kai-shek and Tukhachevsky, and then gestured again. The lights in front of the large map suddenly lit up, illuminating the huge map brightly.The blue arrows became very eye-catching under the light, as if they were sharp swords that were about to pierce through the majestic Caucasus Mountains and pierce Comrade Stalin's heart.

"Now the vanguard of the Russian Caucasus Front has advanced to Rostov, an important city on the north bank of the Don River." Du Yuming pointed to a small dot on the sea of ​​Azov on the map with his pointer.Most of the generals present here have already memorized Russian maps by heart. Du Yuming’s move was purely for the consideration of Chiang Kai-shek, who didn’t know much about the frontline situation. Chiang followed Du Yuming’s pointer and quickly found Rostov, which was marked in Chinese and Russian. .

"The next step for our army is to use Rostov as the base camp to attack the Great Caucasus Mountains in the south. After restoring the transportation facilities, ports, and airport facilities in Rostov, we will advance the main force to the south of the Don River, and then take Steady advancement, step by step tactics, approached and captured Grozny, Stavropol, Sochi and other places, and pushed the Red Army into the Great Caucasus Mountains.

While seizing the area north of the Great Caucasus Mountains, the air force of the Chinese Expeditionary Force will cooperate with the Royal Russian Air Force, the German Air Force, and the Polish Air Force (Poland has obtained the Ukrainian territory from Vinnytsia to Odessa to compensate for Danzesk’s losses), the Polish Navy (after losing Danzig Port, the Polish Navy entered the Black Sea and was deployed in the Port of Odessa) together launched a battle to annihilate the Red Army’s Black Sea Fleet and seize the Black Sea’s command.

After destroying the Black Sea Fleet of the Red Army and controlling the Black Sea.The Chinese and Russian coalition forces will launch a full-line attack on the Red Army on various mountain passes in the Greater Caucasus Mountains and along the coast of the Black Sea!The focus of the attack will be on the coast of the Black Sea. The terrain in this area is relatively flat, and the armored ship "Polish Legion" of the Polish Black Sea Fleet can provide fire support, and the air force of China, Russia and Poland can also provide air fire support.Therefore, we will adopt the tactics of slowly advancing on this line, so that the Red Army will mistakenly think that it is possible to block the advance of our army, and will continue to invest the main force in the battlefield along the Black Sea...

According to intelligence, the current Red Army in the Great Caucasus Mountains has about 30 to 40 people, a large part of which comes from the former Soviet Internal Guard, which is the most loyal to the Bolshevik Party.Moreover, during the Battle of Moscow, Stalin transported a large amount of weapons, ammunition and military supplies to Tbilisi, so the battle against bandits in the Caucasus will still be very fierce.The Red Army is likely to stick to the danger, and I hope that all ministries will be prepared to fight hard and suffer casualties! "

Then Du Yuming began to explain the specific configuration and deployment of the Russian coalition forces.The pointer in his hand slowly outlined the north of the Caucasus Mountains, clicked the numbers of infantry divisions one after another, and crossed one important road after another. The important cities seemed to be unfolding a large-scale battle. On this huge map.But Chiang Kai-shek, who was sitting there listening to the report, already had a feeling of suffocation. He had a completely unfamiliar feeling about the war in front of him!This seemingly small-scale war actually involved 16 armies, 48 ​​divisions, 64 artillery regiments, 80 officers and soldiers participating in the battle, 5500 various cannons, more than 1500 aircraft, more than 500 tanks, dozens of A war of this scale, so many technical weapons, and the cooperation and coordination of the sea, land and air forces are completely unimaginable to Chiang Kai-shek. It seems that his commander-in-chief is really just a rubber stamp?

Chapter 0783 new war (five) we want to capture Hawaii!

The end of August 1938.The atmosphere of national jubilation in Tokyo when the news of the victory of the "Japanese-Soviet War" came, has gradually changed into a deep feeling as newspapers of all sizes published more reports about the war. No matter how you look at it, the performance of the invincible Imperial Japanese Army in this war seems to be playing soy sauce behind Germany and China!The reason why they were able to allocate 8+ square kilometers of land was only because of the correct alignment.And those large-scale and fierce battles turned out to be fought by the Chinese and the Germans!Look at their tens of thousands of cannons, thousands of planes, thousands of tanks, and millions of troops at every turn, which makes the tens of millions of islanders on the Japanese archipelago feel shuddering!If such an enemy comes to attack Japan one day, can the Japanese army, which has no tanks or many aircraft, be able to withstand it?

And it's not just ignorant citizens who ask such questions.There is also the descendant of the god who lives deep in the palace and directly leads the army and navy, the Japanese Showa Emperor Hirohito, and a lot of dignitaries around Hirohito.In order to clarify this issue, Emperor Hirohito personally convened a joint meeting of the Five Prime Ministers and the Staff Council on August 1938, 8.

With the voice of the palace minister Kido Koichi: "His Majesty the Emperor is here, all officials welcome you!" shouted.Emperor Hirohito, wearing the uniform of the Generalissimo of the Army and Navy, strode into the venue from the imperial entrance and exit of the venue.The Japanese emperor with a gloomy face frowned, glanced at the ministers who bowed their heads to greet the emperor, and sighed softly.His ministers, whether it is Prime Minister Kazusei Ugaki, Minister of War Sugiyama Moto, Minister of the Navy Yamamoto Eisuke, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kijuro Hashihara, and Minister of Finance Kazunobu Koya, these people now seem to be mediocre people. It is not as good as Okubo Toshimichi, Kido Takayoshi, Ito Hirobumi, Mutsu Munemitsu, Yamagata Aritomo, and Yamamoto Gonbei among the sages of the Meiji era.But the situation Japan is facing now is even more difficult than that in the Meiji period.That China, which was once defeated by the Meiji Emperor, has now risen to become a first-class power!However, the Japanese Empire has been declining day by day. Since its defeat on September 9.18, it has been in a slump, and it is almost impossible to find the direction. For a while, it is to unite with the British and counter-branch, and then it makes a 180-degree turn to unite with the British to counter-branch.No matter how you look at it, it is both ends of the first mouse, and I don't know how other countries will think of Japan?

The emperor sighed and sat down on his high throne.At this time, Minister Kido said loudly: "After the ceremony, all the ministers return to their seats!" Immediately afterwards, there was a sound of chairs moving in the venue, and everyone sat down stiffly, looking up at the high emperor.

Ugaki Kazushige left his seat and walked to the throne, just about to bow and salute.Emperor Hirohito's icy "crane tone" came to mind, "Young Yuyuan, I heard that the cabinet has reached a secret agreement with China and is preparing to jointly oppose Britain and France. Is there such a thing?"

Ugaki Kassei raised his eyes to look at the emperor, and seeing the great god's expression was cold and gloomy, he knew that something was a little troublesome.But it's no wonder that the current Great Japanese Empire is completely shameless.For a while, he was pro-Soviet, and for a while he followed China to fight against the Soviet Union. When China and Germany defeated the Soviet Union with great effort, Japan had just received the benefits and accepted a loan of 5000 million pounds from the British to help the British fight against China. And once the 5000 million pounds and the blueprints and samples of several new aircraft engines are in hand, they will fight against Britain with China, and even give the old friend of the Japanese Empire, Emperor Puyi, as a gift to the Nationalist Government!It is unprecedented for a country to be shameless to such an extent!As the supreme ruler of the country, Emperor Hirohito naturally gained the reputation of a "repetitive villain"...

Facing Hirohito's questioning, Ugaki Kassei had no choice but to lower his bald head deeply, and said in a low voice: "I am overwhelmed with fear. The current international situation is ever-changing, but the empire...is in decline, so it has to deal with the great powers, and Xu Tu revives..."

"The legacy I inherited from the late emperor is actually the overlord of the East and the leader of Asia!" Emperor Hirohito's face was ashen, and even his voice trembled slightly. "But now it's only been more than ten years, but the country's power has declined, and I have to beg for mercy from the great powers. It seems that I am a complete fool!"

"Your Majesty..." Yu Yuan was at a loss for words for a moment, not knowing how to answer.The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became extremely low, and everyone fell silent.It took a while before he heard footsteps. Emperor Hirohito looked up and saw that it was Nagata Tieshan, chief of staff of the army, who had come to the front of the imperial court.Yongtian bowed and said loudly: "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about the current situation, because the current empire has a good chance of revival, and I believe it will not take long before laying the foundation for a thousand-year hegemony! Why should I be a villain for a while? Think about Hitler in Germany and Luo Yaoguo in China, didn’t they deceive Stalin with their promises?”

"A good chance for revival?" Hirohito's face brightened a little. "Does it mean the seizure of Lanyin and Australia?"

"Exactly!"

"This time, Shina won't break his word again, will he?"

"The empire doesn't need to look at China's face if it wants to expand its territory! Because the empire is closer to Lanyin and Australia than China, and there is no fortress like Singapore on the way to the south of the empire. So this time the alliance with China to go south to Australia is to realize the empire's long-term hegemony God-sent opportunity!"

Emperor Hirohito's expression softened obviously, and he glanced at Ugaki again, "Mr. Ugaki, is it a god-sent opportunity to go south with China? Are you sure you can lead the cabinet and seize this opportunity to revitalize the country's destiny?"

Ugaki Kasunari looked at the Emperor, then at Nagata, then at the Minister of the Navy, Eisuke Yamamoto, who was sitting still, and finally just smiled wryly: "Your minister is blunt, it is really difficult to lead under the current international situation with strong winds and waves. The cabinet... the difficulty of the minister's thinking is worthy of His Majesty's kindness, and I sincerely request to resign from the post of Prime Minister of the Cabinet."

In this way, Kazushige Ugaki, who had led the precarious Japanese Empire for 7 years in this time and space, finally fell when the army, navy and Emperor Hirohito were both bored.To be honest, this cabinet has never had any basis of public opinion, but it is just a ruling tool of the emperor and the army and navy.But his downfall was quite sudden.

According to the research of some historians in later generations, there are actually other reasons for Ugaki Kazunari's speech.And his "incompetence" is precisely the least reason for his speech.In fact, when the emperor directly leads the army and navy, an incompetent prime minister who is also an active army general is in the best interest of the emperor of Japan.This is also the reason why Ugaki was able to stay on the prime minister's throne for seven years.The real reason for his resignation is said to be "anti-war". Although Ugaki Kazunari supported the "British-Japanese Alliance", he opposed really helping Britain to go to war with Chinese imperialism.Similarly, he is not sure about going south to capture Australia... because the navy told him that he must be prepared to go to war with the powerful United States if he goes south!So this "incompetent prime minister", who was afraid of wolves and tigers before, and did not dare to violate the wishes of the army, navy and emperor, simply chose to retreat bravely.The responsibility for launching the war and leading the war was passed on to his successor, Duke Konoe Fumimaro, who had no military experience.

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When a major earthquake occurred in the Japanese political situation, Duke Konoe was busy organizing his new government.The Japanese Combined Fleet Headquarters on the battleship Nagato in Kure Army Port is going all out, preparing a battle plan that will bring unimaginable disasters to Japan—sneak attack on Pearl Harbor!

The combined fleet commander, Yamamoto 56, was locked in his cabin all day long, and together with his four favorite generals, Kuroshima Kameto, Onishi Takijiro, Genada Minoru, and Ganfu Kengoro, studied all kinds of things related to Pearl Harbor. With the information of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, they are still doing war games on a huge Pacific sea chart, repeatedly looking for a tactic that can kill the U.S. Pacific Fleet in one blow!

At this time, Yamamoto 56 certainly didn't know that he only had three favorite generals in history, and none of them had the cute-looking "Prince Ganfu", that is, the talented little spy Kim Sung-joo of the Korean Independence Army!After being admitted to the Japanese Navy with an excellent score of 9th, Kanfu Kengoro (Kim Sung-joo) married the daughter of Eisuke Yamamoto under the arrangement of his adoptive father, and became the son-in-law of the Yamamoto family (Gonbei Yamamoto family).Moreover, he was vigorously promoted by his father-in-law who was the Minister of the Navy.At the age of 26, he became a lieutenant of the Navy and served as the squadron leader of the torpedo attack squadron of the newly built Akagi aircraft carrier.And because of his outstanding performance in several exercises and his unparalleled flattery, he was appreciated by Major Harada Minoru, who was the aviation staff officer of the United Fleet at the time, and recommended him to the commander of the United Fleet, Yamamoto 56, faintly cultivating his responsibility The meaning of the next Combined Fleet Air Staff.And this time to formulate a plan to attack Pearl Harbor, Yamamoto 56 also let this Ganfu Kengoro participate...

Of course, the original reason was just to let him solve the problem of using aviation torpedoes in Pearl Harbor, where the water depth is only a dozen meters.But unexpectedly, Ganfu, who is quite a military genius, actually proposed a possibility that made Yamamoto feel a little risky.

"Your Excellency, Commander, please allow me to ask a question, okay?" Ganfu Kengoro himself didn't understand why he said such a thing. In the highly hierarchical Japanese army, how could a captain speak without authorization in front of the lieutenant general?But Kengoro did think of a way to severely attack US imperialism!Uh, I don't know how the United States provoked him to pay Kengoro?During this period of time, whenever he thought of dealing with the United States, Kengoro was full of energy!For the first time, he even concealed the information that Japan was planning to attack Pearl Harbor from his upper line.

"Oh? If you have any suggestions, young people, feel free to ask them!" Yamamoto 56 didn't get serious with Gan Fukengoro. In fact, the head of the Japanese United Fleet has a good temper.

"Hi!" Kengoro walked to the chart platform, raised his finger to Hawaii and said, "Your Excellency, among all the Pacific islands, the Hawaiian Islands are undoubtedly the most strategically valuable! From the chart, there are dotted islands west of Hawaii. In the east, there are no islands for a large fleet to stand on. If Hawaii is captured by the empire, the US Pacific Fleet will have to withdraw to the mainland! Moreover, it is impossible for the Americans to cross thousands of nautical miles to attack the mainland of the empire without retaking Hawaii. Even if it is to reinforce Australia, it will be quite difficult."

"What!?" Yamamoto 56 was taken aback when he heard the words, and his brows frowned and gradually wrinkled. "Take Hawaii? Kuroshima, Onishi, Genda... What do you think? Is it possible for us to take it?"

"It's too risky! It's too risky!" Hei Dao Guiren, the "immortal staff officer" who stinks all over his body and never takes a bath, shook his head like a rattle. "To seize Hawaii requires at least 10 troops! Moreover, these troops have to cross the 3000-kilometer ocean and be transported to Hawaii by ship. Our shipping capabilities cannot guarantee their logistical supplies at all. Moreover, Hawaii is the home port of the Pacific Fleet. The defense must be very strong... It is estimated that it will be difficult to capture it in a short time, so the combined fleet must stay in the ocean near Hawaii to support the army's operations. In this way, the southward operation and the Philippine strategy must be postponed. "

"Postpone it!" Kengoro waved his hand indifferently, and said: "According to the original battle plan, we will attack Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, Guam, New Guinea, etc. at the same time. Except for Pearl Harbor, there is no need to invest in the army. Everywhere must be invested in the army, and the total number has already exceeded 10. In my opinion, there is no need to rush to seize the Philippines, Guam, New Guinea and other places. These areas!"

"If that's the case, wouldn't the entire United Fleet be pushed up? If something happens..." Onishi Takijiro shook his head slightly after saying this.

"Onishi-kun! The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor this time is a gamble on the country's fortunes. If it is defeated... What difference does it make to the empire if there are those few battleships and heavy cruisers?" It was Minato who spoke. Obviously in favor of Gan Fukengoro's adventurous plan.He said with a deep smile: "The United States now has hundreds of thousands of troops, and most of them are still in training. How many people can there be in Pearl Harbor? Except for the Pacific Fleet, they are still an armed force, and the rest are nothing at all. If We successfully attacked Pearl Harbor, and taking down Hawaii is a matter of determination! Moreover, as long as Hawaii is in hand, Japan can sit back and relax. Even if the U.S. creates that uranium bomb, it will not be a threat to Japan, because there is no way to cross Pacific planes are coming to throw."

"Uranium bomb!?" Yamamoto 56's face flashed a trace of solemnity, and he was silent for a moment before nodding slightly. "I have also heard about this uranium bomb. It is said that a small one can destroy the entire Tokyo! Whether it is true or not, we can't let Tokyo be under the threat of American planes. For this reason, I also support Gan Fu Kengoro's suggestion, we want to take Hawaii!"