Although Chamberlain thought it was reasonable, he still said, "This matter is led by France, and we can only make some suggestions. Mr. Churchill, I think what we should do most now is to strengthen our own strength, especially your navy.
Be prepared for a blockade of Germany at any time."
"They have railways, what's the use of our blockade? What we should do is to attack the Soviet Union, or dismantle the Soviet-German alliance. We should declare war with the Soviet Union! Use our planes to completely blow up the Soviet oil fields and railways to imitate Germany's reliance on
Use the resources of the Soviet Union to strengthen the armed forces." Churchill put forward a different view.
Chamberlain said impatiently, "The declaration of war with the Soviet Union will have to wait until Germany is defeated, and you don't need to care about this. Mr. Churchill, I am tired, please get out!"
Churchill also stared at Chamberlain angrily. He waved his fist and scepter, put it down after a while, nodded to Chamberlain and left.
"Hmph...acting like he is the prime minister..." Chamberlain sighed. He picked up a report and squinted at it. The cover of the report read "Radar Defense System Construction Report"
--Berlin
"Haha! The Finns did a great job! They are simply our best allies, and they perfectly attracted the attention of the Soviet Union." Hitler did not hide his excitement and fear of the Soviet Union in the conference room.
"So, my generals and marshals, who can tell me when our yellow plan can be implemented?" Hitler asked, jumping up and down with his hands behind his back.
"My head, the yellow plan can be implemented in any week, but the problem now is that intelligence shows that Britain and France are likely to participate in the Soviet-Finnish war." Army Chief of Staff Halder said to Hitler.
Hitler frowned and looked at his intelligence chief Himmler.
Himmler nodded to Hitler and said, "According to intelligence, France and Britain have plans to organize a force of more than 20,000 people to pass through Norway and Sweden to support Finland in advance. We have every reason to suspect that this is what France and Britain are doing next.
Reasons for both countries to join their alliance against us."
Hitler frowned and said, "No! Britain and France are absolutely not allowed to enter our backyard! This will cause problems with the supply of our iron ore. Immediately send a formal diplomatic letter to both countries through the embassy, as long as a British and French troop appears in
On the soil of the two countries, then we, Germany, will declare war on the two countries!"
Goering suddenly thought and said, "What if they use planes to transport supplies directly to Finland across the two countries, or they only provide supplies to Norway and let them transfer them to Finland?"
Hitler shrugged and said, "We can't block other people's legitimate foreign trade, can we?"
Everyone nodded in understanding when they heard Hitler's words. Indeed, the Soviets' troubles are not the Germans' troubles, right?
Hitler touched his chin, kept circling around his generals and said, "The Soviets have been attracted to the Finns. We must seize this time to kick the French's ass, Halder,
Tell us the specific deployment of the Yellow Campaign."
Halder nodded, glanced at Manstein sitting behind and said, "Our current Yellow Plan... should be called Yellow Plan 2. It was proposed by General Manstein and provided by General Himmler.
With perfect intelligence, his central idea was our successful blitzkrieg in Poland..."
——Northern Jiangsu, China
"It's out! It's out!!" A group of officers wearing blue work uniforms and gray military uniforms watched the hot red molten iron slowly flowing out of the blast furnace. They all clapped their hands excitedly, and many workers stood tightly.
Hugging each other, Liu Dake and Chen Yi held hands tightly and shook them constantly. The tears in their eyes reflected their excitement at this time.
"It's not easy. In just a few months, our iron plant has been completed and put into operation." Jiang Cheng, who was standing next to him, also applauded.
Lin Sanhu, who came specially from Lianyungang, said to Jiang Cheng, "Commander Chen and others have visited Yan'an and they all know how helpful a stable base is to our struggle. You were not here some time ago, and I came to them once.
We work here literally day and night, and sometimes workers who are clearly off work come over with their own tools to help, so we can achieve such a fast speed."
Jiang Cheng sighed, "Our workers are the best workers, and our people are also the best people... Although this steel plant is not as big as Taiyuan, it is a seed that will soon take root in northern Jiangsu.
But...it's also a target."
Chen Yi and others had already recovered. He came over and said, "Indeed, we have decided to place a regiment near this steel plant first, and then place an air defense battalion here to protect the safety here to the greatest extent."
Jiang Cheng hummed and said, "We are going to turn this place into our industrial zone, including our weapons factory, gunpowder factory, maintenance factory, machinery factory, chemical factory, etc., and in the future there will also be our vehicle manufacturing factory.
The aircraft maintenance plant will be discovered by the Japanese sooner or later, and then large-scale bombing will follow, and the construction of our northern Jiangsu Air Force will also be put on the agenda."
Chen Yi said happily, "Has the central government already considered our proposed air force construction issue?"
Lin Sanhu also looked at Jiang Cheng. You must know that many of his troops are still in places like Lianyungang. They are always worried about the Japanese army coming from the sea. If the New Fourth Army has an air force, he can also get a lot of protection.
Jiang Cheng said with a smile, "In the past year, our air force in Yan'an has not increased many aircraft, but the number of qualified pilots, ground staff, and maintenance personnel has increased a lot. You don't know that these guys think our aircraft are unnecessary."
It's like oil, and every time I see the chairman talking about this, his face is full of pain."
Lin Sanhu suddenly looked to the east and said, "If we have planes here, can we launch an air raid on Tokyo?"
Jiang Cheng calculated it and said, "We are more than 1,500 kilometers away from Tokyo, and the round trip is 3,000 kilometers. Our current aircraft does not have such a round trip capability."
"That's really a pity..." Lin Sanhu felt a little hot when he thought about the scene of bombing Tokyo. Ever since he saw the aircraft fleet of the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet, he had a heartfelt desire for a big bombing.
, this desire is second only to seeing countless rocket launchers.
"That's right...isn't it impossible..." Jiang Cheng touched his chin and said, "This idea is actually a good one, and it's not just about bombing Tokyo, there are many places we can bomb. I'll find a way."
Lin Sanhu, Chen Yi and others couldn't help but feel happy. Although they didn't know where Jiang Cheng got those weapons, they knew that Jiang Cheng always had a way to surprise everyone.
Jiang Cheng also felt a little excited when he thought about the bombing of Tokyo. Although he knew that for the sake of the overall situation in the future, Japan could not be weakened too much, it was time to have a strategic bomber. There was no need for anything else. The American air fortress in World War II would be enough.
Doing what he thought of, Jiang Cheng immediately said goodbye to Chen Yi and others. Chen Yi and others also wanted Jiang Cheng to take a look at the construction of the military factory. Jiang Cheng agreed without any hesitation.
Although the North Jiangsu Military Factory is actually still under construction, many workshops are already working. Liu Dake and Chen Yi gathered all the military industry personnel they could collect and maintenance teams from various previous guerrilla groups to come here.
The current military factory was established.
The lathes in the military factory were brought by Jiang Cheng from later generations, and they were extremely advanced in this era. Liu Dake said to Jiang Cheng, "The weapons of our New Fourth Army are all German-style equipment, so all our military equipment are also
They are all for the purpose of repairing and producing German rifles. You see, this is our imitation rifle, which is based on the German K98. However, it is still not as good as German craftsmanship, mainly because our steel is not good enough.
Jiang Cheng didn't know much about guns. He glanced at Lin Sanhu. Lin Sanhu took the gun and looked at it. After trying the feel, he said to Chen Yi with some envy, "I say Mr. Chen, just be satisfied.
Our 115th Division still does not have its own military factory. Although your Jiangsu base area was established after our Shandong base area, you have already left us far behind in this regard." After saying this, he looked at Jiang with a look of resentment.
Cheng, you have the look on your face that you owe me a steel factory and a military factory.
Jiang Cheng couldn't help laughing when he saw it, and said to Lin Sanhu, "Don't worry, there will be bread and milk."
Chen Yi smiled and said to Lin Sanhu, "Are you feeling uncomfortable now? Why don't you be so angry that I'll show you later?"
Jiang Cheng asked, "Is there anything else good?"
Chen Yi showed off, "Yes! Czech light machine guns! Water-cooled heavy machine guns! Hand grenades! Explosive packs! There are also mortars and grenades!!"
"What? You can all produce mortars?" Lin Sanhu looked at Jiang Cheng even more resentfully. He came here with the intention of wanting Jiang Cheng to support him in building a military factory in Lianyungang. Lianyungang was originally
There are a lot of workers and machinery and equipment, but Lianyungang doesn’t know when it will be abandoned and has never been built.
While Jiang Cheng and others were visiting the industrial zone in northern Jiangsu, a huge worship ceremony was being held in Shandong.
——Qufu, Shandong
Countless reporters were waiting. Groups of Japanese troops watched the passers-by vigilantly on the road. No one could guarantee that a guerrilla would not appear here. Cars came one after another from a distance, and the second car
Sitting on it was none other than Okamura Neiji, the commander of the Japanese North China Front!
"This is the Confucius Temple. It's really big." Yamashita Fengwen exclaimed, "Although I have spent a lot of time in North China, this is my first time here."
Okamura Neiji said with a smile, "Our Emperor's Imperial Palace is 255 acres, but this Confucius Temple is 327 acres. You can know how big it is. It has a history of 2,500 years. When it was built, we were still Yi
What about the era of Emperor Toku?"
In fact, many of Japan's ancient history are mythical stories. For example, the first emperor Jinmu is a pure mythical figure. And Emperor Yide, as mentioned by Okamura Neji, is the fourth emperor. His status in Japan is the same as that of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in China.
Their status is almost the same, they are all legendary figures.
Yamashita Fengwen couldn't help but was speechless. Looking at the Confucius Temple in front of him, he only saw that the Confucius Temple was surrounded by red walls, and it was surrounded by turrets, yellow tile cornices, and double brackets. It was extremely magnificent. He couldn't help but said, "Why do I feel that this Confucius Temple is different from the one in Peking?"
Like the palace?"
Okamura Neiji nodded and said, "Indeed, when the Confucius Temple was repaired during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the imperial palace was used as a model. In fact, in China, only two families have survived for thousands of years."
Yamashita Fengwen asked, "One is the Kong family, and what is the other one?"
Okamura Neji smiled and said, "It's the Zhang family, the Zhang Tianshi on Longhu Mountain. They have opened the south and the north for thousands of years. This land has been replaced by countless emperors and generals. Even foreign races have ruled several times, but no one has
Dare to completely offend these two families, never before... and probably never in the future."
Yamashita Fengwen nodded, indicating that he understood and said, "So, are we coming here this time?"
Okamura Ningji hummed and said, "This time is not only a tribute to Confucius, but also a show of goodwill to all the literati in China, and a declaration of war against the North China Red Party!"
Worshiping Confucius is a tradition that has lasted for more than 2,000 years in China. Starting from Liu Bang, the Emperor's worship of Confucius lasted for 2,200 years. Many people in later generations thought that except for Yuan Shikai, there were no official sacrifices to Confucius in the Republic of China. In fact, this is wrong.
The activities of worshiping Confucius continued during the Republic of China. Even Lu Xun, the leader of the New Culture Movement, kept cursing in his diary that worshiping Confucius was an extremely stupid thing, while he continued to participate, and he also served as a deacon of the shrine.
Knowing that this is the core part of the sacrifice shows the importance of offering sacrifices to Confucius in people's hearts at that time. Even in the twelfth year of the Republic of China, Lu Xun even knocked out two front teeth in order to offer sacrifices to Confucius. Lu Xun was 42 years old that year.
Okamura Neiji got out of the car. He waved to the reporters who had been waiting for a long time, and then looked back. Many senior officials from the Nanjing puppet government and Peiping got out of the car behind him, headed by the appointed commander-in-chief of the North China Peace Army.
Wu Peifu from Nanjing and Zhou Fohai who came from Nanjing.
Zhou Fohai was extremely excited at this time. You must know that in the past, activities such as worshiping Confucius were held by the emperor. Now Wang Jingwei's status has become an open secret. Who can become the second greatest traitor in the world has become a title that all traitors compete for.
, Zhou Fohai had many opponents, such as Chen Gongbo, Wang Kemin, Qi Xieyuan and others, but this time he came to worship Confucius instead of Wang Jingwei. As for Wu Peifu who also came, he was just a martial artist in his eyes.
It's not a big deal. Does this mean that the Japanese have decided to make themselves the second traitor? Bah! He is the second president of the Nanjing government?
Zhou Fohai thought excitedly, if he could be the president for once, then everything he did would be worth it!
