Chapter five hundred and seventy seventh preparation
Heilongjiang
A Soviet patrol was walking carefully near the border. Suddenly, dozens of artillery shells flew from the sky. The artillery shells fell into the Heilongjiang river. The violent explosion caused water columns to rise in the river. The huge power blew many fish and shrimps away.
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When the patrol saw artillery fire from the opposite side, leaving two people to stare, they immediately turned around and walked back to report to their superiors.
The Soviet-German war was fierce on the Western Front, and the movements of Japan in the Far East were naturally extremely important. News of Japan's bombardment of Heilongjiang was quickly reported to Moscow.
Moscow
Stalin looked at the battle reports from various places with a grimace. Every day there was news of the fall of places. In just two weeks, he had lost more than forty divisions, and there is no sign of stopping until now.
Comrade Stalin, urgent message from the Far East. Voroshilov handed it to Stalin and said.
Stalin hummed, took a look, and his face became even more bitter. If he had received such news a month ago, he would probably have immediately called for the troops in the Far East to fight back against Japan, but now that is not possible.
Already.
Comrade Voroshilov, what do you think of this matter? Stalin asked.
Voroshilov replied: I think this is Japan's provocation and test. We must respond forcefully while communicating diplomatically, and we must not give Japan the illusion that the Soviet Union is weak and can be bullied.
Stalin nodded and said, "You are right. What I am most worried about now is Japan's strategy, whether it is going south or north." After saying that, he picked up the phone and dialed the number and asked Beria to come in.
Not long after, Beria ran in. After saluting Stalin, Stalin said to Beria, Japan has provoked us in the Far East. I need to get accurate information. What is Japan's view of the Far East and what is their strategy?
Is it going south or north?
Beria immediately replied that intelligence had indeed come from Tokyo. The intelligence indicated that Japan was not preparing to go north, but was preparing to go south. The main reason was that Japan's economy had been hit hard due to financial attacks, and they were eager to obtain a large amount of resources, so they
Choose to go south.
Stalin asked excitedly if the information was reliable. Why were you telling me now?
Beria secretly thought in his heart that you are always throwing the blame. I don't have the courage to say anything without asking for verification. He said that this is news that just came. Since it is important, I want to confirm it first.
Stalin asked So now it is confirmed
Beria gritted his teeth and said yes. I believe the Japanese ambassador will come to us soon for political blackmail.
Stalin bit his pipe and smoked slowly. After a while, he said, "I understand... just let those yellow-skinned monkeys in Japan be happy for a while."
Tokyo
Luxury cars and other vehicles filed into the large iron gate of the Imperial Naval University of Japan. This is the cradle of Japanese naval admirals. It has gone through more than fifty years of ups and downs from 1888 to the present. If there is any opposition to the military community
Those who are familiar with the vehicle will find that most of the people sitting in these vehicles are senior navy generals, and there are also a small number of army generals. These people are certainly not here for dinner.
On the east side of the central hall of the university, there is an isolated special room. This is the exclusive room for Yamamoto Isoroku and the Combined Fleet Headquarters. Except for those who are specially invited, all personnel are strictly restricted from entering this room.
In this room, Yamamoto Isoroku had revised his plan to attack the US military countless times.
The reason why so many generals gathered this time is to watch a special war rehearsal. Yamamoto Isoroku will preside over the entire Japanese Pan-Pacific war rehearsal. The entire preview includes most of the world from the United States to India, in order to maximize the
It is close to reality. The fleet commander's composition size, starting points, supply points, assembly areas, strategic targets, combat landing beaches, weapons, equipment, personnel and defense facilities of the British and American armies are all exactly the same as reality.
The generals commanding the southern advance and the members of the Naval University gathered around the big table, bent over with their buttocks raised, and concentrated on watching Takahashi Imo's Third Fleet attack Philippine Borneo and other places, and watched the Fourth Fleet
The attack on Waikou Island, Guam, and most importantly, the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The whole deduction was extremely beautiful. Before Britain and the United States could react, these almost simultaneous attacks crippled the British and American forces in the entire Pacific in one fell swoop. Within a year or so, it was almost impossible to recover.
After the rehearsal, Yamamoto Isoroku bowed his head to everyone and said that the deduction is over, please correct me.
Bang bang bang everyone applauded first. After a long time, Rear Admiral Fukudome of the Naval Operations Department said General Yamamoto, several of me and I were watching and discussing. Now we feel that there are three main problems. First, your plan is to take the northern route.
The shorter distance of the northern line does have many advantages, but you did not consider the possibility of storms during the exercise. If a storm occurs, the unprotected northern line is extremely prone to accidents. Second, can we do such a big plan?
Guarantee confidentiality. If the intelligence is leaked, the troops are far overseas, isolated and helpless, and can easily be ambushed and annihilated. In addition, can we update the U.S. military’s intelligence in a timely manner? Once our troops arrive at Pearl Harbor and the main force of the U.S. military is out, then we will attack
If there is an empty air, the gain outweighs the loss. Thirdly, how effective will the aircraft attack on the battleship be? Is it accurate? How are we prepared?
Isoroku Yamamoto hummed and said, "We have discussed the issue of the northern or southern route many times. General Nagumo has always preferred the southern route, but this brings us to the second question. If we take the southern route, we will
The difficulty of keeping secrets has increased several times. The northern route is not only for short time, but more importantly for confidentiality. As for U.S. intelligence, at least we can guarantee that the number and model of warships on that day will not be wrong.
Last question, I have good news to tell you that due to the efforts of our imperial warriors, the hit rate of our aircraft's high-altitude bombing of warships has exceeded 30, and we have found a way to attack Pearl Harbor with torpedoes
Fukudome said worriedly that from a tactical point of view, I think this plan has a high chance of success, but from a strategic point of view, the chance of success is limited. In other words, although this attack may give Japan a short-term advantage, in the long run
Look, I doubt he's going to be a long-term advantage
The grass deer Renyi next to him said that even a tactical victory depends on whether the secret can be kept. Our enemies are likely to discover us during our long march and attack us. We have simulated the entire battlefield, from the departure of the troops to their arrival.
It will take ten days to start a war. How can we ensure that we are not discovered during such a long period of time? What's more, we are attacking by surprise, so the United States needs to be unprepared for us. Can we do these things? I am very worried that it will be self-defeating.
Kusaka Renyi, Nagumo Chuichi and others are the same. They have always felt that this plan is too risky.
The discussion was extremely intense. Yamamoto Isoroku continued to refute and listen to the opinions of all parties, and the plan was changed again and again. Until the next day, Yamamoto Isoroku finally felt that the plan no longer needed to be adjusted. Although all parties still expressed doubts about the plan
Although he had doubts, Yamamoto Isoroku reported it directly to the cabinet, indicating that action could be taken.
In the Japanese Imperial Palace, Hirohito was studying the specimens he had made. After a long time, he stood up and said to Hideki Tojo next to him: "Is it necessary to start a war?"
Tojo Hideki nodded and said that the empire's current currency has devalued and there is no foreign exchange. If it does not capture the resources in Southeast Asia, the empire will have no choice but to declare bankruptcy. Not only will all Chinese troops be withdrawn, but even Manchukuo may not last long.
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Hirohito sighed and said that my own principle is that I don't like to take advantage of others' danger to make demands and do so-called robbery. However, in the face of the great changes in today's world, it would not be good if the benevolence of Song Xianggong was caused. I hope that the whole world
We all work according to this principle, but now it seems impossible.
These seemingly incomprehensible words, but Tojo Hideki understood clearly. This meant that he wanted to start a war on his own. The whole world acted in accordance with Japan's principles, so what else could be done besides starting a war?
In fact, Japan's oil at this time was only enough for one and a half years of combat use. Due to the complete collapse of the economy and the cutoff of foreign exchange, Japan could hardly get a drop of oil replenishment. It can be said that as long as this continues for another half year, Japan will not need to fight anymore.
We can declare our withdrawal from the war.
Japan's war machine is desperately turning on. The first to be dispatched is Shimizu's Sixth Fleet, which is a submarine force. The entire fleet has three submarine teams and twenty-seven submarines. These submarines started on May 12th.
Leave Japan and go to Oahu first. This is because the speed of submarines is too slow, so they must set off in advance to launch an attack with the large force.
At Houwan Port in northern Japan, Nagumo's task force began to assemble. The location was far enough north to reduce logistical pressure to the greatest extent and prevent the peeping of American submarines.
While the Japanese army was sharpening its sword, Roosevelt in the United States encountered a big trouble.
Nearly ten years have passed since Roosevelt was elected president in 1933. Since Washington was only reelected for two terms in history, this has become an unwritten rule in American politics. Roosevelt is undoubtedly a rule-breaker. He was a rule-breaker in 1940.
To everyone's surprise, I participated in the third presidential election in 2011. Since Britain and France were engaged in a sit-down war with Germany at that time, although the clouds of war began to gather, after all, Europe had not really started to fight. Naturally, American voters were even less interested in the war.
Instead, he was worried about the possibility of another economic downturn. Roosevelt promised American voters at that time that the American economy would not decline and would improve due to tensions in Europe. This made him break the tradition established by the founding father of the United States, President George Washington.
Elected three times as President of the United States.
The time has come to 1942. Europe is at war, Asia is at war, and Africa is at war. Except for the United States, all world powers have entered a state of war. Even the most optimistic people understand that the United States cannot be alone, but the outcome of World War I
This made Americans unwilling to join a war that actually had little to do with them. The Republican Party, which had lost three times, found the opportunity and immediately united with anti-war and isolationist people in the Democratic Party to establish a so-called National Committee, that is,
America First Committee. Its members include former U.S. Presidents Hoover, Ford, etc. Under the banner of American neutrality and free trade, this committee launched a vigorous campaign against the United States' participation in the anti-German war. Because war will kill people, this movement
It is deeply popular and has even seriously influenced many resolutions in Congress.
That is to say, under such pressure, Roosevelt still has no way to really bring the Soviet Union into the scope of the Lend-Lease Act. Even if he thinks about it again, it will be in vain if Congress does not agree. He also has to say that even if he is willing to do business with the Soviet Union
, you have to give money, and you have to US dollars or real money to comfort the arms dealers.
In the White House, Roosevelt looked at a stack of newspapers criticizing his foreign policies, snorted and threw them aside.
Hull came over and said, Mr. President, those wavering congressmen have expressed that they will not support us in bringing the Soviet Union into the scope of the Lend-Lease Act. They even expressed to us that they hope we will not drag the United States into the flames of war.
Roosevelt snorted and said, "I think those people don't want to see their investment in Europe go to waste. How much money did those people invest in Germany? I don't know. Do they still have the national interests of the United States in their eyes?"
Hull shook his head and said, Mr. President, what should we do now? During this period, Germany was in unstoppable power in the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union lost more than forty divisions in half a month. Japan also made repeated moves in the Far East, firing artillery and threats.
, it’s really worrying.
There was a flash of violence in Roosevelt's eyes, and he said that sometimes only blood can make our people wake up completely, and there will be a chance.
After talking to Hull for a while, Roosevelt asked Hull to leave. He picked up the phone and said, "Is this Hoover? Come to my office. Yes, I have something to tell you."
Hoover soon came to Roosevelt's office. Roosevelt asked Hoover how the preparations for Plan Z were going.
Hoover glanced at Roosevelt and said that people and things were ready, but I still felt that Plan Z was unnecessary. Japan's economy was completely ruined. If they did not gain Southeast Asia within a year, Japan would have no choice but to withdraw its troops from China.
Roosevelt gave him a disgusted look and said, just be prepared to do it. What you could do 45 years ago can be done now. In addition, has the person behind the sniper attack on the Japanese yen been found?
Hoover shook his head and said that they were well prepared and well organized. We are still tracing, but we already have clues. After all, the final flow of the funds is still recordable.
