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"Can your country launch an attack on the continental United States or the Panama Canal in the first quarter of 1939? Even a moderate attack."

The person who asked the question was Marshal Goering, a super fat man who had just flown from Berlin to Shanghai for more than ten hours.Despite the long flight, the Luftwaffe commander-in-chief and minister of war seemed to be in good spirits.As soon as he got off the plane, he asked Luo Yaoguo to arrange for him to meet with Japanese Army Minister Nagata Tieshan to negotiate Japan's formal entry into the "Iron Alliance".

The location of the tripartite negotiations was arranged in a small meeting room in the French Club.The representatives of China are Chief of General Staff Luo Yaoguo and Chief of Naval Operations Zhang Yiming; the representatives of Germany are Super Fatty Hermann Göring and Chief of Army General Staff Keitel; Takijiro.Six Fascist leaders, with an equal number of entourages, sat around a long table covered with a green baize cloth.A map of the Americas was spread out on the table, and it seemed that the focus of today's negotiations was related to the United States.

Hearing Goering's question, Onishi Takijiro, the representative of the Japanese Navy, felt his heart skip a beat.He glanced at Yongtian Tieshan beside him, took a deep breath, and did not speak.Yongtian Tieshan still looked like he couldn't see any joy or anger, but he was also extremely shocked in his heart.Because in the previous probing by the two sides, Nagata once beat around the bush and proposed that China, Germany and Japan jointly fight against the United States, but it was rejected by Luo Yaoguo and Goring with one voice.

But now, Goering has put forward a proposal for Japan to attack the United States alone!Obviously, the Germans also have the intention of using Japan as cannon fodder to contain the United States... It is estimated that in April and May 1939, Germany should launch an offensive on the Western Front!Before that, they need Japan to attract the attention of the United States, lest the United States help Britain and France at a critical moment.

"This...before March 1939, it was indeed quite difficult." Nagata Tieshan once studied in Germany and can speak fluent German, so he communicated with Goering directly in German without using a translator. .

He frowned tightly, and the corners of his mouth drooped downward, looking embarrassed. "Your Excellency, Marshal. To tell you the truth, Japan has devoted all of its resources to this Hawaiian campaign. It mobilized almost all of its navy and 30.00% of Japan's shipping capacity to transport a mere 15 offensive troops to the Hawaiian Islands. If you want Attacking the mainland of the United States...then 15 or 20 people are not capable of doing it. And even if Japan is prepared to sacrifice 15 people to cooperate with Germany, it is impossible to achieve it now."

When he heard that Japan was going to sacrifice 15 people, Goering's fat face showed a hint of surprise, but then he heard that it was impossible, and the fat man's face became gloomy again. "Why is it not possible? You can bring up any difficulties in your country, and we and the Chinese side will definitely find a way to solve them for your country."

After finishing speaking, the fat man turned his head to look at Luo Yaoguo.Luo Yaoguo didn't care about Goering's good ideas, but nodded slightly and said: "Yes, if you have any difficulties in Japan, feel free to mention them. As long as you can launch an attack on the United States or the Panama Canal before March 1939, we will definitely use all our strength to attack the United States or the Panama Canal." To help your country!"

Uh, the meaning of this sentence seems to be "you charge! I cover..." It really is worthless to be a little Japanese!But upon hearing this, Nagata Tieshan showed an expression of joy that could not be concealed. 15 lives are nothing to Japan with a population of 7000 million!If these human lives can be exchanged for steel, oil, aircraft, ships and other things that can allow Japan to go further in this world war, then this account will naturally not be a loss.

"Huh! Go all out to assist the empire... This is not just a matter of talking!" Nagata has not yet answered, but Onishi Takijiro has finished listening to the translation, and yelled: "The Japanese combined fleet does not have enough fuel now. , there is no high-performance aircraft, there is not enough transportation capacity, and even excellent pilots..."

At this moment, Nagata Tieshan suddenly coughed lightly, stopped Onishi Takijiro's "nonsense" and took over the topic. "Of course, the empire cannot devote all its power to attacking the mainland of the United States. The South Pacific is the most important thing. Therefore, the combined fleet can only invest part of the aircraft carrier and some inexperienced pilots in attacking the United States. Go to the mainland." He sighed softly again: "In addition, attacking the United States will inevitably involve large-scale land battles. Our Japanese army has developed slowly in recent years, and there are not enough tanks and new artillery. , I am afraid it will be difficult to exist in the United States for too long."

"Germany can provide both aircraft and tanks!" Fatty Goering whispered to Keitel beside him, and then loudly agreed: "Germany can provide Japan with 1939 Bf-1Ts and 500 tanks before January 109." A Ju-500C, both of which are carrier-based aircraft, are very advanced in performance and are more advanced than the American P-88 and SBD dreadnought dive bombers. As for tanks..." He asked Luo Yaoguo, "The Chinese side Can you provide it?"

"Yes, we can transport 500 No. 2 tanks to North Korea within half a month." Luo Yaoguo was quite generous this time.But he also knows that these 1000 planes and 500 tanks are definitely not so easy to get!Moreover, most of the continental United States is also a dragon's pond and a tiger's lair that never returns... Let the Japanese venture in and find out the truth.

"There are also fuel and transport ships..." Nagata Tieshan hesitated and said again.

"No problem! We can supply 1 million tons of heavy oil and 150 million barrels of aviation gasoline within a month. In addition, we can also lease 100 freighters with a displacement of more than 30 tons to Japan." After saying these words, Luo Yaoguo bit his tongue Gritting his teeth, he looked pained.

150 million tons of heavy oil, 100 million barrels of aviation gasoline plus 30 tons of cargo ships.It sounds like a lot, but in fact, so many supplies are really needed for the Japanese combined fleet to go to the United States.The Japanese Combined Fleet is a big fuel consumer. If all the ships are dispatched together, it will consume 8000 to 10000 tons of fuel almost a day. 150 million tons of heavy oil is only more than 100 days.According to the information provided by the Military Intelligence Bureau, the fuel reserve of the Japanese Combined Fleet is only more than 100 million tons. The Hawaii naval battle and the previous special training have already used up almost 50 tons.If China does not provide fuel oil, Little Japan's combined fleet will have to lie down in a short time, and it will not be able to go to the United States at all.Besides, if you want people to risk their lives, you should give them some sweets, right?

Moreover, 150 million tons of oil and 100 million barrels of aviation gasoline do not count for the Chinese imperialists who own the two major oil bases of the Heilongjiang Oilfield (Daqing Oilfield) and the Maoming Oil Shale, and will soon seize the Borneo Oilfield. what a big sum.

"150 million tons of heavy oil, this... is too little, right?" Hearing Luo Yaoguo's asking price, Yongtian Tieshan frowned tightly, shaking his head like a rattle. "If the combined fleet of the empire wants to fight in the eastern Pacific Ocean and the west coast of the United States, the consumption will increase greatly. According to the calculations of the headquarters, Japan needs at least 500 million tons of oil every year to maintain the war, and Japan's current oil production is only 30% In addition, the output of special steel and electrolytic aluminum in the empire is not enough, as well as various agricultural products, and most of the strategic resources are not self-sufficient, and they all urgently need the help of their allies. I don’t know if China and Germany can... Alas, Without these things, the Empire cannot sustain war. If the Empire is defeated..."

Yongtian's posture was very low, and his tone sounded as if he was begging Zhongde, but Luo Yaoguo could hear the meaning of threat from it.Japan has now successfully dragged the United States into this world war. Once this industrial giant fully mobilizes her powerful war potential, the pressure on China and Germany is self-evident.If Japan, which has stabbed the hornet's nest, is defeated by the United States in a short period of time, even if the United States, which has the prestige of victory, is willing to carve up the world with China and Germany, the asking price will inevitably rise!Conversely, if the United States gets bogged down in the war with Japan, most of their ambition to lead the world should be wiped out, right?

snort!These nasty little Japanese have also eaten big families.

Luo Yaoguo's expression was slightly gloomy, he just gritted his teeth and smiled, "We will discuss how Japan maintains the war in the future. The most urgent task now is to coordinate the obligations that China, Japan and Germany will undertake in the next stage of the war." Speaking of this, his tone became a little more serious, "As an ally of China and Germany, Japan should have the consciousness of taking responsibility! If we need to provide everything, then what do we need Japan as an ally?"

"That's right! We will take care of everything, so why do we need Japan?" Fatty Goering also echoed.

A trace of gloom flashed across Nagata's face, and in a blink of an eye he changed into a smiling face, and said slowly: "The biggest advantage of the United States is its strong industrial base and abundant resources. Even the industrial power of China and Germany is far behind. Go to the United States! If China and Germany want to use the method of competing industrial strength to defeat the United States, Japan is indeed not needed. But do you have such confidence? If my prediction is correct, China and Germany should have more than one Did you extend an olive branch to the United States once? And how did the United States respond? Haha, under such circumstances, China and Germany are still unwilling to tear themselves apart from the United States. Can this be explained by the fact that China and Germany lack the confidence to defeat the United States in terms of industrial strength? Woolen cloth?"

Luo Yaoguo smiled lightly, and asked back: "That's right, we are not sure of defeating the United States. Does Japan have the industrial strength to defeat the United States?"

"Hmph!" Nagata sneered twice, "Of course Japan's industrial strength is not comparable to that of the United States, but the Bushido spirit of our Imperial Japanese soldiers can use the least amount of material to defeat the industrial giant of the United States! This is China and Germany. Soldiers can't do it at all! This is the value of Japan as an ally of China and Germany."

"what!"

The voices of Fat Goring and Keitel sounded at the same time, and they both had expressions of anger.

The two Chinese soldiers showed an indifferent expression. Of course, the Chinese can't understand the Bushido spirit of the Japanese devils very well.In the armies of other countries in the world, that kind of suicide attack without life is just a special case that can be written in the history of the army, but in the army of the Japanese Empire, this kind of crazy behavior is very common, and it is a success. Thousands of appearances!

Nagata glanced at Onishi beside him, and Onishi Takijiro said: "Mr. Goring, Mr. Keitel, in this battle between the United Fleet and the US Pacific Fleet, my United Fleet used the newly formed 'Kamikaze Special Attack' Team' launched a desperate attack on the US aircraft carrier!" He paused, staring at Goering with piercing eyes. "The 200 dead soldiers of the Kamikaze Special Forces drove bomb-filled planes to crash into American warships, and died together with the enemy! Excuse me, does the Luftwaffe have such tactics?"

"Ah! Is this all true?" After listening to the translation, Fatty Goring was obviously taken aback, and after a while he turned his head to look at Luo Yaoguo.Luo Yaoguo didn't say anything, just nodded.

"Marshal Goring, Marshal Luo." Yongtian Tieshan's expression had already softened, and he said coldly:

"For this jihad to liberate the East Asian nation, my 7000 million citizens have already bet everything, and are ready to fight the last drop of blood against the enemies of the United States, Britain and France under the leadership of His Majesty the Emperor at any time. And this is not just talking about it. Schools for training kamikaze fighters have been established, and about 1 young people from all over Japan have volunteered to enter these schools for special training. They only need 3 months of training, and they will be able to go to the battlefield to serve His Majesty the Emperor. gone."

"In addition, special aircraft and man-operated torpedoes dedicated to special attack operations have entered the research and development stage. It is estimated that by March 1939, the 'Kamikaze Special Attack Team' will be able to form a strong combat force! Japan will use 'one man, one aircraft, The exchange of one bomb for one ship is better than fighting the United States! Even if the United States has ten times the material resources of the empire, it will not be able to sustain it! I wonder if the two marshals think Japan is qualified to become an ally of Germany and China?"

After Nagata finished speaking, the conference room fell into silence, except for the heavy breathing of the two Japanese, while Luo Yaoguo and Fatty Goring frowned tightly, as if they were thinking hard.

Luo Yaoguo knew a lot about Japan's "Kamikaze Special Attack Team" in his previous life, and the first organized air kamikaze special attack team was planned and launched by Onishi Takijiro who came to Shanghai with Nagata Tieshan .Historically, it was the autumn of 1944, but in this time and space, for some unknown reason, it was actually brought forward to the winter of 1938.The Japanese used this crazy tactic almost from the beginning of the war, and achieved amazing results.

From Nagata's words, it seems that such a message has been revealed.The "Kamikaze Special Attack" in the air is likely to become the main attack method of the Japanese Navy!Moreover, the Japanese also used this crazy way of fighting as a bargaining chip with China and Germany.Maybe it was necessary to adopt this tactic in order to occupy a favorable position in the China-Germany-Japan alliance?Is it possible that Japan, which used the trump card of "Kamikaze" 6 years earlier, would really make the United States suffer?You know, right now the Japanese Combined Fleet still controls the command of the sea in the Pacific Ocean...

"For the German Empire, with or without the addition of Japan, Britain, France, and of course the United States can be defeated. This is not a problem. Germany and its ally China already control most of the land in Eurasia, so There are enough resources to fight against all enemies. However, it is still worth celebrating that Japan can join us, and the sacrifice spirit of Japanese soldiers will still help us to defeat the British, French, and American imperialist alliance at an early date."

Fat Goering broke the silence first. Obviously, he was taken aback by the crazy behavior of the Japanese.Although the German Nazis can be considered crazy, I still can't imagine that there will be thousands of young people flying planes full of explosives to ram warships in this world!Such a lunatic should be of some use to the cause of the German Empire, right?

Goring paused for a moment, peeked at Luo Yaoguo's expression from the corner of his eye, and continued. "Therefore, Germany hopes that China can help Japan as much as possible and provide them with the materials they need for combat. Germany can pay for half of the materials, but the total amount of assistance cannot exceed 3 million Reichsmarks in the next three years."

At present, 1 Reichsmark is equivalent to 2.5 U.S. dollars, and 3 million Reichsmarks are 1.2 million U.S. dollars, which is equivalent to 4.8 million legal currency.The national government's revenue in 1938 was estimated at 60 billion French currency, and its expenditure was as high as 63 billion French currency.Therefore, the crazy move of spending 4.8 million to support Japan is still acceptable, not to mention that all of the 9.6 million (including the part borne by Germany) will be used to purchase materials in China and Chinese colonies, and almost 20% of them will be converted For various taxes, it becomes the revenue of the national government.In other words, the national government's expenditure for this is less than 3 million French currency, and it has to be paid in three years, which is only 1 million per year.And the annual aid of 3.2 million French currency, according to the current price level, can buy millions of tons of oil or more than 100 million tons of steel, which should be able to maintain Japan's demand for strategic material imports.

Seeing that Goering had expressed his position on behalf of Germany, Luo Yaoguo could only sigh slightly, and reluctantly agreed to bear the other half of the aid amount.

And the Pacific War has thus evolved into a situation where China and Germany "spend money and guns", and Japan spends lives to fight the United States...

Chapter 0815 Heroes Meeting ([-]) Heroes Meeting in Hero Port

December 1938, 12.Atlantic Ocean, Azores, territory of the Portuguese Republic.

The American heavy cruiser USS Augusta with a standard displacement of 9050 tons, under the heavy escort of light cruisers and destroyers, slowly sailed into Port Heroes on Terceira Island.At this time, this island port located on the North Atlantic Ocean, more than 1400 kilometers away from the Portuguese coastline, was already full of huge warships of various sizes.The Union Jack of the United Kingdom and the tricolor flag of France are flying around the entire harbour.

Port of Heroes on Terceira Island is the place where the Atlantic Conference of this time and space is held.Therefore, in some history books of later generations, this meeting is also called the "Hero Conference", er, it is quite in the style of Chinese martial arts novels.By the way, it is Mr. Cha Liangyong, a professor of history at Central University of China, who gave the Atlantic Conference such a strange name.

Those who came to this Hero Harbor to participate in the Hero Conference... are of course the top figures of this era, and they can also be called heroes.On the British side, Prime Minister Chamberlain and First Sea Lord Churchill were dispatched.On the French side, Prime Minister Daladier personally led the team, and he was accompanied by the most outstanding soldier in the world, Commander-in-Chief of the French Army, General Ganmerin, who was said to be as famous as Luo Yaoguo.

And the heroes who represented the United States to participate in the Heroes Conference are now in the officer's room of the "Augusta" heavy cruiser.Now, including US President Roosevelt, Secretary of State Hull, Secretary of Commerce Hopkins, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Leahy, Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Ernest King, etc., a large number of top figures in the United States of America are now gathered in the On this 9050 ton cruiser!If the Japanese kamikaze team appeared now, the fun would be great!Fortunately, this is the Atlantic Ocean, not the Pacific Ocean. The Germans who were "defeated" in the North Sea battle are not using submarines excessively in the Atlantic Ocean.So Roosevelt's trip to the North Atlantic was safe and sound, but he was a little angry.

Of course it wasn't for Luo Yaoguo and Hitler's anger. People all over the world have long been used to the bad things these two scoundrels did, so it's not worth getting angry at all!What made Roosevelt angry was precisely the leaders of the other two countries who came to participate in the "Heroes Conference"-French Prime Minister Daladier and British Prime Minister Chamberlain.

However, unlike what the "residents" of a certain socialist country in later generations believed, the reason why the US president was angry this time was not that the US hegemonic plot was seen through by Britain and France, but that the British and French imperialists were clinging to the colonial empire!

Chamberlain and Daladier insisted that the "national independence movements" in India, the Middle East, North Africa, French Indochina, Malaya and other places belonged to the internal affairs of Britain and France, and no foreign country should interfere!Including that "for 160 years, every day and every night, from the darkest corner of the earth, the light of the torch in the hand of the God of Liberty can also be seen", and it cannot "make all the suffering people feel warm and hopeful"-because it involves The inviolable sovereignty of the British Empire and the French Empire!

US President Franklin Roosevelt, who tried to interfere in the internal affairs of Britain and France, is now sitting in a wheelchair, covered with a checked wool blanket to cover his two thighs that have become weak due to disease.The handicapped man was holding a letter written by British Prime Minister Chamberlain, which was sent to the Augusta by a British naval captain, and on the long table beside Roosevelt, there was another letter from Darla The first prime minister’s personal letter, the content of the two letters is similar, and they both told Roosevelt in a non-negotiable tone that how to deal with the colonies of Britain and France is the internal affairs of Britain and France, and those who are pro-American should not interfere!Nor should it be discussed at this Atlantic meeting.

What the Atlantic Conference wanted to discuss was how to defeat the three fascist countries of China, Germany, and Japan, and how to deal with them after defeating them, as well as the independence of the colonies owned by these three countries.In other words, the colonies of China, Germany and Japan must be independent, the peoples oppressed by them should be freed, and the land they occupied should be returned to their original owners.However, Britain and France, including all the colonies and annexed lands of countries that stand on the side of the anti-fascist camp, are not within the scope of this Atlantic meeting.However, Britain and France have guaranteed that they will not seek to acquire new territories. Well, their colonies are already big enough, and they are already burning high incense if they can be preserved.

After reading these two letters, President Roosevelt smiled wryly. "That's the obstacle we've got here. Our allies and our enemies are completely on the same page on some issues, and the only differences are interests. If the Atlantic Charter changes as they demand, we can really It's going to be trouble."

A tall woman in blue and white was teasing a black puppy, and she also sighed slightly after hearing Roosevelt's words. "In a sense, what China, Germany, and Japan are doing now is just imitating these two countries, Britain and France."

"But times are different, Mrs. Roosevelt, it's not the nineteenth century," said Harry Hopkins.

Mrs. Roosevelt said: "That is to say, it was right when Britain, France and Russia did these things to China in the 19th century, but now it is wrong to do the opposite... If it is true in the declaration, it will definitely anger 6 million Chinese people."

Roosevelt put down the letter paper in his hand, took the dog from his wife, and stroked it for a while. "I don't care what the 6 million Chinese think, but I can't ignore the opinions of the 1 million Americans... If the war between Britain, France, Germany, and China is just a dog-eat-dog colonial battle, then the United States Why should we intervene? We should concentrate all our efforts to take back Hawaii, and then arrest and hang all the Japanese devils who launched this sneak attack, and then live a comfortable life in peace and security."

"That's the problem. If Hitler and Luo Yaoguo are a threat to all mankind, the United States should of course come out against them. If these two people just want to grab some 'stolen goods' from Britain and France and do some black and black activities, why should the United States Stand up for Britain?" Secretary of State Hull said with a wry smile.