Chapter Seventy-Three: Between the Peace and the War (19)

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"The peace conditions sent by the Japanese this time are quite sincere." At the small communication meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marshall commented, "The reparations have been reduced, and Hawaii has not insisted on it, just as a guarantee to ask for New Zealand, and the other statements and tones are slightly lower than expected, of course, I know that the government and Congress will not accept this seemingly backward clause, these conditions are not even willing to agree to me, how can others agree......

Admiral Kim did not comment on the conditions themselves, but frowned and talked about another thing: "The Japanese have no credibility at all, they are not more credible than the Germans, Germany is now acting as the hegemon of the European Union, and many times it still pays attention to its image and appearance, even if it wants to reverse or add conditions, there is always a 'proper' reason, and the Japanese don't care about these at all, they used to be able to attack Pearl Harbor, and now they have just traded with us to buy people, and they can turn their heads and attack Hawaii Island, and they have no credibility at all." Even if a peace treaty is signed, who can guarantee that Japan will not fight in a few months? ”

Everyone knows that Admiral Kim is just venting, and the "ransom" is just some tacit understanding between the two sides in private, and it is neither a truce, nor peace, so what reason does Japan have not to fight? As for the future, if the strength of the United States continues to decline, it will be impossible for Japan not to fight.

"But they want New Zealand, and it's impossible to say yes." Dulles frowned and said, "On the surface, ceding New Zealand can relieve Hawaii's predicament, but in fact, it is pushing the allies of the United States to the enemy's side, losing New Zealand means losing Australia, we have lost South Africa, but at least it is still lost by resisting to the end and fighting hard, if New Zealand is exchanged for Hawaii, it will lose the confidence of all allies in us - anyway, following the United States will also be abandoned, why don't they just follow the axis?" ”

Dewey sighed: In fact, he was a little tempted to exchange New Zealand for Hawaii in his heart, so that he could avoid the responsibility of losing Hawaii to the greatest extent and at the same time have a decent account for the country, but Dulles has repeatedly stated that he does not agree to this exchange - he would rather pay more to Japan than keep New Zealand! And if you pay more, it will be more difficult to get through.

"What about Germany?"

"It's not good, South America wants everything, the Caribbean is divided in half, Britain wants to control Newfoundland, and you have to ask for high economic compensation......," Dulles smiled bitterly, "Although I didn't talk about it, I felt like I was about to collapse." ”

Several leaders of the Joint Chiefs of Staff felt that their heads were as big as a bucket and did not know what to do.

"The only good news is that there are quite a few differences and contradictions between Japan and Germany." Dulles explained, "Germany also did not approve of allowing Japan to control Hawaii and proposed to replace it with New Zealand, which shows that Japan's excessive power also aroused German wariness, especially since the Japanese navy is now as strong as the United States and Germany combined, and I do not believe that Germany is indifferent to this." ”

"How can we get these two to fight?" Dewey asked, "The United States is in dire need of recuperation right now, and it would be a good idea to let Japan and Germany go to war." ”

"There's no way to ......," Dulles shook his head, "unless we make peace with the two families first, and then they fight each other, the United States will remain the primary target of the Axis." ”

Everyone pondered: Dulles's remark is very reasonable, no matter how many contradictions there are between Japan and Germany, they are all based on the struggle to divide the world and fight for hegemony after the war, and before winning victory over the United States, as long as the Japanese and German high-level brains are not broken, it is impossible to take cannibalistic actions. The situation now resembles that of the final stages of World War I, when the United States and the British and French allies were already at odds over postwar world dominance, but this conflict, no matter how great, did not develop into a war until Germany surrendered and ended the war.

"If the negotiations don't work out, what can we do now?" Dewey tapped the table, "Do you want to continue to maintain this state of no war and no peace?" ”

"Now we can only wait for time, the army has drawn up a plan to launch a counterattack in the direction of Central America and Bermuda, which needs to be coordinated by the navy and air force, and the time is set for June, and all the materials and troops required for this plan are being prepared and organized, and before that, all efforts must be made to cover it, so all negotiations are still essential." MacArthur mused, "General Clark is organizing the deployment of homeland defense, and we must be prepared to the fullest extent possible, no matter what." ”

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister Churchill has just sent a telegram that he is unwavering in his support for the United States and the Allies to continue fighting until the last man, and never surrender!"

"Bastard!" Everyone cursed together: it was not enough for Churchill to drag Great Britain into the abyss, and now he thought about the complete collapse of the United States, which is simply intolerable.

"That's not right." Dulles asked suspiciously, "Why didn't he send a telegram sooner or later, but a telegram at this moment?" ”

"What do you mean?"

"The news of the peace talks, Germany must be operating everywhere, and I bet that the Axis must be in contact with the countries of the Allied camp to make peace alone!" Dulles analyzed, "The British and French governments must also be cooperating with Berlin to dig into our corners, Churchill is an attitude, his subordinates and the British high-level who fled to Canada will have the same attitude?" Caution must be taken. ”

"We can't let that happen." Dewey said in a low voice, "Our diplomats and troop commanders stationed in the allied countries must have a keen sense and superb handling ability, and should take emergency countermeasures when necessary to prevent bad situations from happening." ”

The so-called worst-case scenario refers to the withdrawal or reversal of the United States allies to the Axis, especially Canada and Mexico, the two neighbors on the road, which are of extraordinary significance in the "Strange Men of the High Castle" plan and are the main channels for the Axis offensive, which made Dewey feel even more frightened.

"During this time, I have ordered the Army to send 17 divisions to Canada and 11 divisions to Mexico, but ......"

"You're doing the right thing." Dewey praised MacArthur, "We will continue to send more forces in the name of resisting German aggression, and we will keep their defense plans, war materials, and strategic points firmly in our hands, and the United States does not want to interfere in the internal affairs of the Allies, but it cannot allow them to withdraw from the alliance system easily." Didn't Churchill say that he would be the last man, so he was asked to send a formal note asking for further mobilization and inviting more allies to settle in. ”

Dulles sighed but didn't say anything: If Dewey had this determination, it would have worked as early as when the Soviet Union and Britain could not resist withdrawing, and wouldn't it be too late to wait for the axis to approach North America?

After a whole day of discussion of the strategic situation, in the end nothing came of it, and the inner circle of the Joint Chiefs of Staff neither decided which country's conditions to accept, nor did it decide how to give priority to how to make peace with one country first, but only kept denying the irresistible state of affairs -- Germany's conditions were unacceptable, Japan's conditions were unacceptable, it was not advisable to betray New Zealand, and it was impossible to give up its allies, and so on. The second is to strengthen the defense system of Oahu, and it cannot surrender without a fight.

The problem is that Oahu is no longer defensible, and after losing the support and cooperation of Hawaii Island in the horns, Oahu's defense system has become very incomplete, and the island's seemingly terrifying firepower system has become incomplete due to the lack of stalwart officers and technical troops, and Doolittle has the determination to kill himself and fight to the death, but his subordinates, more than 50,000 defenders and nearly 40,000 civilians, do not have this idea.

The fall of Oahu seemed inevitable to all.

(End of chapter)

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