The military situation in January is not optimistic, but the island's planes, fuel, and ammunition all rely on local imports, and use a little less. Judging from the posture of the Japanese army, the siege of Hawaii may not be a week or two weeks, a month or two months, but may last for half a year and a year. Without follow-up material input, it can only be the result of waiting for death.

Whether it is a submarine smuggling out, or dispatching the Los Angeles Express or the San Francisco Express, it is a move that does not outweigh the losses in the face of the Japanese fleet that is constantly cruising around.

But even if the gains outweigh the losses, the Navy must grit its teeth and insist, because Hawaii is the home port of the Navy and the station of the Pacific Fleet, once it is abandoned, more than 70,000 defenders on the two islands, more than 100,000 people will be reduced to prisoners, and in addition, the worse consequence is that the United States has fallen into the hands of the enemy since 1812, when Canada briefly invaded the United States, no country has ever invaded the United States, which is a very severe historical test.

In the face of numerous blockades and uninterrupted raids, Hawaii's morale is declining day by day, the distribution of materials has developed to an extremely strict ration stage, and various social management systems are also very strict. It's okay to eat less, you can lose weight, and it's hard to huddle in the basement every day to live a precarious life.

What's more, this kind of strict control is only the beginning, and it is not yet known when it will end, and people's greatest fear comes from the fear of themselves, and with the end of the Pacific Fleet, people with a little common sense know that Hawaii is hopeless in the short term, which further exacerbates the pessimism and despair.

Some lawmakers asked if they could discuss with the Japanese and move civilians to the west coast?

Of course, Doolittle strongly opposed this kind of behavior that shook the morale of the army, saying that the existing materials could last for two years, the army also had sufficient supplies and ammunition, and Hawaii had relatively sufficient basements and bunkers, so it was completely possible to hold on.

However, he could not resist the pressure of the municipal authorities, and the other party listed many advantages for him: first, it was conducive to protecting the people; Second, the evacuation of women and children in advance is conducive to the liberation of combat and the implementation of humanitarian promotion; Thirdly, the retreat of personnel helps to reduce attrition and help the army to defend better.

In the end, although Doolittle reluctantly agreed to contact the Japanese army once, he hoped in his heart that the Japanese army would refuse on the point that "it can accelerate the consumption of defenders' materials", if it was an ordinary Japanese commander, he might think so, but his "good" intentions ran into Tsukahara 243.

After hearing this, he initially expressed his approval: "In the spirit of humanitarianism, this commander released a group of wounded last time, and this time is no exception.

The other party didn't seem to believe that he was so refreshing, and asked hesitantly, "What price does it cost us?" ”

"The price?" Tsukahara two-four-three smiled, "You guys look at it, didn't you give us a batch of medicines last time, if you don't mind, give us a little more." ”

"I don't know how many of your troops you need?"

Kusaka Ryunosuke interjected: "Look at the quantity, how much is it, the commander is in a good mood, and the next time you release women and children, you will be happy; The number is small, and it is difficult for the commander to convince his subordinates, this"

"Got it, got it." The people who came understood it, nodded again and again, and left.

Weeding Deer Ryunosuke, the rest of the staff officers are very strange about Tsukahara's attitude, I don't know why the chief is doing this: these people stay on the island for a day,

It can consume a day's supplies of the U.S. army and force the opponent to surrender faster. If all the civilians were to be let go, and only the army remained, wouldn't it be even more difficult to attack?

Tsukahara shook his head with a smile: "If the Americans are forced to be anxious, they can only share the same hatred of the enemy, and let a little wounded go, on the one hand, it can improve the image of our army, on the other hand, it is also a kind of disintegration of the monolithic US army, with my understanding of the Americans, I can give you a package ticket, there must be something greasy in this." ”

Kusaka Ryunosuke had already understood: "Who is tired of letting you check?" ”

"Let Nishimura-kun go, he has experience!"

"Nishimura? Does he have experience? Kusaka Ryunosuke was stunned for a moment, then immediately remembered something and laughed, and Tsukahara then laughed too.

A group of staff officers and monks were puzzled and didn't understand why the chief was laughing.

"You'll understand in two days, let me sell it first."

Someone boldly asked: "If you release these wounded people, will you really release women and children next time?" ”

"Why don't you put it, but the Americans want to exchange things for it." Ryunosuke Kusaka spoke insightfully about his business experience, "Gasoline, equipment, ammunition, medicines, and ships can all be exchanged, and the United States is rich, so the people are valuable, and things don't matter; Japan is poor, things still need to be important, gold and silver are fine, oil paintings are not needed! ”

The staff officers had black lines on their faces, and the emotional commander and the chief of staff followed the chief officer to become businessmen.

On 10 January, while Hawaii was in full swing to settle the wounded on board, after several days of deliberation and negotiation, the communiqué of the establishment of a "comprehensive partnership" between Germany and Ireland was published:

"After in-depth, friendly and frank exchanges and communication between the two sides, the Irish government fully agrees with Germany's construction of the 'new European order' and various international treaties, and is willing to contribute to the EU and the United Nations, the German government fully understands and recognizes the principle of 'there is only one Ireland in the world', and the two sides have reached a series of agreements in the political, economic, cultural, educational, military, technological and other fields."

Generally speaking, Ireland is fully open to Germany in relevant fields, Germany has transferred some industries and technologies to help Ireland achieve development, and helped Ireland to carry out industrialization according to local conditions from an agricultural country, and Ireland will be fully integrated with Germany in various standards such as industrial norms, legal systems, and weights and measures in the future. In addition to the public agreement, the two sides also formed a principled opinion on Ireland's provision of military bases for the European Joint Forces and Combined Fleet, and the monitoring and suppression of Great Britain.

Generally speaking, the agreement means that Ireland will change from following Great Britain to following Germany in the future, and that all other social norms and ideologies will be in line with Germany, except for not being incorporated into Germany. The Irish did not see anything wrong with it, but thought that they had finally gotten rid of the British overlord. Germany's support for "there is only one Ireland in the world" has strengthened Ireland's national self-confidence.

When the Führer's convoy marched from the collapsed ground to the dock and was ready to leave Ireland, Dublin was empty, and the Dublin people who came to see them off spontaneously on both sides of the street, all vehicles were stopped, and flowers and arches were arranged at every important intersection, all of which were slogans celebrating Germany, Ireland, friendship and mutual assistance, leaving only the wide road in the middle for the convoy to use, and the Mercedes-Benz 770K bulletproof sedan with the flags of Germany and Ireland ushered in the tsunami-like cries and arms of the forest every street it crossed. Hoffman deliberately asked people to lower the glass windows of the car, and together with Eva, he waved frequently to greet the people, and the road took more than 10 kilometers to drive for an hour and a half.

"It's rare to see a scene like this, and I remember the last time you were in Austria, you had that kind of welcome." Eva asked in a low voice, "Will you consider turning the Irish into Germans in the future?" ”

Hoffman was stunned for a moment, smiled and shook his head: "This is impossible, the Irish are pro-German because the British are too oppressive, if I try to turn them into Germans, I will definitely die without a place to bury." Isn't that great? Maybe in the future, I will be able to retire in Ireland after I retire from politics. ”

"You want to retire?" Eva covered her mouth in disbelief, "Don't you have many ambitious goals and aspirations?" ”

"I want to, I've dreamed of it, but what about the mess now?" Hoffmann smiled disappreciatively, "As for the goal of accomplishing an old one, there is always a new one, and now my biggest personal goal is to live a quiet life for a few years, live a rural idyllic life, I have been worried about the German people for too long, and I should also leave a little time to spend more time with you and little Kohler."

"Adolf" Eva blushed and grabbed Hoffman's hand tightly, "This is unbelievable to me! ”