Even before the United States entered the war, Roosevelt had already begun to consider the distribution of benefits after the war.
The Americas belong to Americans, and Americans have never given up on this. Therefore, Brazil, which has joined the Southern African Union, has become a thorn in the side of the United States.
After joining the Southern African Union, Brazil's economy began to grow rapidly.
On the one hand, this is due to the Brazilian government's rational utilization and exploitation of resources. On the other hand, it is thanks to the outbreak of the war. Compared with two years ago, the price of industrial raw materials has been rising. Brazil, as a pure resource exporting country, has benefited from this.
huge.
Nowadays, urban reconstruction work in Brazil, including Rio de Janeiro, has been completed. Complete urban supporting facilities, green parks, wide roads, and neat residential areas are everywhere, bursting with vitality.
The power of examples is infinite. Brazil's changes are seen by neighboring countries. Many South American countries are considering following Brazil's example and joining the Southern African Union. This is something that the United States cannot accept under any circumstances.
In order to overthrow the colonial rule of European countries in South America, Americans have worked hard for more than a hundred years.
Now it is time to blossom and bear fruit, but southern Africa has suddenly emerged. Roosevelt's anxiety can be imagined.
"Your Excellency, the Southern African Union does not need to accept a second South American country, but the countries that have already joined the Southern African Union are protected by the Southern African Union." Roque does not follow the example of the British and French and will not abandon Brazil.
If Britain and France had adopted an attitude of protecting Poland at all costs when Germany broke the contract and attacked Poland, they might have been able to prevent Mustache's ambitions from spreading.
The same goes for the Southern African Union.
If Roque abandons Brazil in order to win the United States to join the alliance, then other alliance countries will be at a loss. Even if they dare not do anything due to the national power of southern Africa, cracks have already occurred.
What's more, Brazil is rich in resources and is not a dispensable country.
"Locke, on the issue of Brazil, the United States and southern Africa have had serious differences. We must understand each other so that we can work closely and defeat our common enemy." There was an implicit threat in Roosevelt's words.
Although the United States is now infinitely close to joining the Allies, it is still possible to join the Axis Powers. The United States may change its stance at any time out of consideration for its own interests.
This is also the reason why Roosevelt came to Moscow.
Roosevelt wanted to confirm whether Russia had the possibility to persist.
It doesn't take long, as long as it can hold on until next spring, or even just hold Moscow, Russia's possibility of winning the final victory will greatly increase.
If Russia loses the war.
Then there is no doubt that the United States will join the Axis Powers without hesitation. By then, it will be impossible for Britain to move its capital to Canada. I am afraid it will have to go to Australia or India.
"It is because we have a common enemy that I will promise that Southern Africa will not accept a second application for membership." Roque does not want to push the United States toward the Axis. This depends on how determined the Americans are.
It can be said that the only shortcoming of the current Axis powers is their industrial strength.
Don't watch the various hand-pulling Japs on TV. The Japs in reality are very powerful. In another time and space, in the late Pacific War, when the United States had such a huge advantage, it took nearly 20,000 casualties to capture Iwo Jima. When it came time to attack Okinawa,
In order to completely annihilate the 100,000 Japanese troops on the island, they themselves paid the price of 80,000 casualties.
It is for this reason that the United States did not launch a ground attack on the Japanese mainland.
It’s not that the Americans didn’t want to attack the Japanese mainland. At the end of World War II, the United States formulated “Operation Downfall” to attack the Japanese mainland. With reference to the results of the Battle of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Okinawa, it was estimated that US military casualties might reach two million, so this plan was not finally implemented.
Germany is more powerful than Japan.
If the Axis powers had the industrial power of the United States, the war could last ten years, or even decades.
So if the United States insisted, Rock would agree to Roosevelt's request.
But the United States will not achieve its ultimate goal because Roark still has a backup plan.
"After the end of the last world war, the United States gave up the benefits it deserved and returned to America. This time the United States will not make the same mistake." Roosevelt's words were full of profound meaning.
"I also hope so. The United States should play a greater role in international affairs." Roque also made a pun.
After the end of the last world war, the United States did not have the ability to change the international structure, so the United States did not even join the League of Nations.
Now that France has surrendered, even if the Allies win the final victory, France will be unable to return.
Britain cannot protect itself. It's not that Winston doesn't want to provide support to Russia, but it really can't afford it. Britain has lost its ability to lead the world.
Obviously, the future world is that of the United States and southern Africa.
At least that's how it seemed to Roosevelt.
Roosevelt didn't even give Russia a thought.
This is normal. If there are no accidents, Russia will be severely weakened after the war and will be unable to export to the outside world.
Roque kept Brazil in the Southern African Union but was willing to share future world leadership with the United States.
Roosevelt was still very satisfied.
The United States did not get a complete South America, but it got something more important.
Entering October, the Battle of Moscow broke out. This may be the largest and most fierce battle in human history. Both warring parties invested more than 3 million troops, and this number will soon exceed 4.5 million.
At the same time that the Battle of Moscow broke out, the situation in the Far East became increasingly tense.
After French Indochina opened its borders to Japan, Japan accumulated more than 250,000 troops in French Indochina, most of which were elite troops with rich combat experience, including the infamous Fifth Division.
The Fifth Division is one of the seven earliest divisions in Japan. It is the absolute main force. It participated in the Sino-Japanese War and was one of the participants in the Nanjing Massacre. Last year, the Japanese army formed four mechanized divisions. The Fifth Division
Tuan is one of them.
The Fifth Division was the first Japanese army to enter French Indochina, which fully proved the importance the Japanese army attached to the British army.
After French Indochina opened its border to Japan, the British army strengthened defense and built a defense line on the border between British Malaya and French Indochina, known as the "Little Maginot Line."
The real Maginot Line did not play its due role in the Battle of France.
From the perspective of the Fifth Division, the "Little Maginot Line", like the real Maginot Line, could not stop the Japanese advance.
The defensive force of the "Little Maginot Line" is the British-Indian Third Army, with a total strength of 23,000 troops.
The Third Army was organized into two divisions. According to the establishment of the British and Indian troops, the Third Army should have 30,000 men.
However, it is regrettable that the Third Army has never been fully equipped, and there are only 6,000 troops actually deployed in the "Little Maginot Line", which is a huge gap compared with the 25,000 troops of the Fifth Division.
As one of the few armored divisions in Japan, the Fifth Division is equipped with only 200 tanks, the largest of which is the 97 medium tank, with a total combat weight of 15 tons and a crew of four.
Even in the UK, a 15-ton tank can only be considered a light tank.
After receiving assistance from southern Africa, Britain sent some Matilda 1 tanks to the Far East to participate in the war. This tank has a total combat weight of only 11 tons, a crew of two, and its main weapon is a 12.7 mm machine gun.
The 12.7mm machine gun was only replaced after arriving in the Far East. The Type 1 tank was previously equipped with a 7.7mm machine gun, which had weaker firepower.
It is not that the UK does not have stronger tanks. The "Matilda" Type 2 tank has a total combat weight of 26.9 tons, a crew of 4, a vehicle length of 5.61 meters, a vehicle width of 2.56 meters, and a vehicle height of 2.44 meters, which is larger than the Type 1 tank.
There are many, and it is also equipped with a 40mm caliber tank gun. According to British standards, it is already a medium tank.
Not to mention the British, even the Japanese looked down on the Type 1 tank.
Therefore, Ichiro Miura, who had just graduated from Imperial Army University, was very confident in breaking through the so-called "Little Maginot Line".
Looking at the Type 1 tank opposite, Ichiro Miura sneered.
The powerful British Empire has fallen to what it is today, and victory is just around the corner.
For the Japanese army, the British and Indian troops were not worth mentioning. What really deserved attention was the southern African army.
"So our short-term goal is Malaya and the Philippines to reduce the chance of a head-on battle with the southern African army as much as possible." Miyamoto Kei, who also graduated from the Imperial Army University but served a year earlier than Miura Ichiro, is more cautious.
"There is nothing to fear from the Southern Africans. Their army is too extravagant, just a group of young soldiers. They are not prepared to face difficulties at all. I am afraid that our soldiers have not rushed to the Southern African army's positions with bayonets drawn. Southern Africa
The people dispersed in a hurry——" Miura Ichiro was brainwashed by Japan's domestic propaganda and looked down on the southern African army.
After the war broke out, all countries stepped up their domestic propaganda and slandered their enemies in various ways. The same was true in Japan, which focused its propaganda on southern Africa and the United States.
Everyone knows that the industrial strength of southern Africa and the United States is strong enough.
Japan's industrial base is weak, so it focuses its propaganda on spirituality. Even The Times recognized the strength of the Japanese army, not to mention domestic newspapers, which used all kinds of exaggerated praise.
One thing to note is that although Japan has been going smoothly on the battlefield since the Meiji Restoration, the lives of civilians in Japan have not improved much. The compensation Japan received from previous wars has been used to develop the military, and little has been invested in the field of people's livelihood.
Therefore, for the Japanese, after joining the army, at least they can have a full stomach and eat meat every now and then, which is indeed a good thing.
For southern Africans and Americans, joining the military is an absolute disaster.
Let’s not talk about the United States. Southern Africa has long ago realized electric lights and telephones upstairs and downstairs. Various advanced and developed life conveniences in the local area have been praised by newspapers as being like heaven. Therefore, in Japanese media reports, the fighting will of Southern African soldiers will be
It has become the biggest shortcoming of the southern African army.
This propaganda strategy is also intended to stimulate the fighting will of Japanese soldiers.
Want to live like a Southern African?
Use your own courage and bayonet to get it!
"Don't underestimate southern Africans. They are indeed pampered, but they pay more attention to honor." Kei Miyamoto did not dare to be careless.
The Japanese used to look at the British the same way.
As a result, during World War I, troops composed purely of British troops lined up in neat formations and charged at the German positions on the Somme River, resulting in 60,000 casualties in one day.
Southern Africans too.
During the Brazilian Civil War, it was countless pampered southern Africans who went to Brazil with the ideal of justice and fought bravely under relatively disadvantaged conditions, which led to the final victory of the Brazilian coalition.
The southern African armies in the Far East also did not lack courage.
"Miyamoto-kun, you should not beautify our opponents. Southern Africans are trash. They do not deserve to have such beautiful and rich land in Southern Africa. We will definitely replace them." Miura Ichiro probably thought that Miyamoto Kei was surrendering before fighting.
Very dissatisfied.
Southern African movies are popular all over the world, and Japan is certainly no exception, so the Japanese are no strangers to the lives of Southern Africans.
You can't say that Japanese people don't work hard.
The problem is that the gap cannot be bridged through hard work. Southern Africa has cheap and high-quality iron ore, a nearly unlimited supply of oil, and all the resources needed to develop industry.
Compared with southern Africa, Japan has nothing but spiritual will.
To develop industry, you also need resources.
Japan's current domestic oil reserves are only 600,000 tons, while Japan's current annual oil demand is 5.5 million tons.
This pitiful 600,000 tons were all purchased from the United States.
So the United States threatens to cut off oil supply to Japan. Guess whether Japan hates southern Africa, which has never sold oil to Japan, or it hates Americans more for "seeking profit and forgetting justice"?
"I'm glad that you have a strong enterprising spirit, but if you despise southern Africans on the battlefield because of this, you will definitely regret it." Kei Miyamoto sneered and turned away.
Just next to Kei Miyamoto and Ichiro Miura, there are Japanese soldiers who are busy cleaning the Type 97 medium tanks that have just been trained. Some Japanese soldiers are resting, and some Japanese soldiers are chatting. The content of their chats is after the capture of Changi Naval Base.
, how to punish those captured southern Africans.
Not far away, on the "Little Maginot Line", soldiers from India were "working". Some of them were playing cards, some were eating, and more were sleeping. Even the sentries were dozing off.
Farther away at the Changi Naval Base, a naval transport ship had just docked. A 40-ton "Leopard" tank was hoisted onto the dock through a huge gantry crane. In order to protect the dock facilities, the tracks of these tanks were covered with
They got on the rubber tracks and lined up neatly on the dock.
A group of Marines are lining up to board a landing craft. Recently, the Marines have strengthened their training in beach landing. Southern Africa has produced 1,500 such landing craft in just two months. If necessary,
The production speed can be even faster.
At the field airport next to the pier, the pilots of the 22nd Strategic Bomber Unit were meeting. If war broke out, their goal was to bomb the Japanese airport and barracks in Saigon.
There is no need to worry about the port. The task of attacking the port is the responsibility of the Indian Ocean Fleet and Changi Squadron.
