, 880 U.S. encirclement network two quick victory over the United States? It shouldn't be difficult, right?

Is God really going to abandon America?

Hearing this, the same question came to the minds of everyone in the office at the same time. On the other side of the East Coast, Hitler was about to gather all the navies of Europe to invade! Everyone is in a hurry, and the Japanese are going to kill from the west coast again! Does this keep US imperialism alive?

"William," Roosevelt was the first to react from his astonishment, glancing at the stunned Chief of Naval Operations, and said in a deep voice, "Can the Pacific Fleet repel the invading enemy?" ”

Admiral Leahy sighed and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, Mr. President, the Pacific Fleet now has three aircraft carriers and seven battleships, which is enough to repel the invading Japanese ships." ”

"Really?" President Roosevelt turned his head to look at the chief of naval operations with a distressed look on his face, hesitated for a moment before asking, "Have you found a way to deal with Japanese suicide attacks?" ”

Roosevelt's words undoubtedly poured another bucket of cold water with ice cubes on the head of the emaciated Chief of Naval Operations. The results of the two naval battles between Japan and the United States have shown that the US Navy has absolutely nothing to do with Japan's "one life, one aircraft" for "one ship" tactic! It is precisely by virtue of this style of play that Japan has repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on the Pacific Fleet with inferior forces, and has already sent most of the US Navy to the bottom of the sea.

And this time, it is clear that the Japanese have a numerical advantage! If the Pacific Fleet suffers another setback, I am afraid that the two Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States will not have any naval power that can be used in the year before they are launched, right? If the U.S. Navy is unable to defend the West Coast of the United States and Canada, then the U.S. Army's defensive responsibilities will be greatly increased, and this may be the beginning of a catastrophe for the United States, which is about to be invaded by Germany on the East Coast.

What can I do now?

How do I get out of this dilemma?! Can the current U.S. Army defeat both German and Japanese attacks?

Roosevelt looked at MacArthur, Chief of the General Staff of the U.S. Army, and Arnold, Deputy Chief of the General Staff (who was also the commander of the Army Air Corps), and asked anxiously: "I want to know, how the Army will defend America!" ”

MacArthur glanced at the deputy chief of the general staff, who only knew how to develop aviation and did not ask other questions, gritted his teeth and said: "Mr. President, we estimate that the Japanese will not attack the west coast of the United States alone this time, after all, our army has been training for nearly five months, although it cannot be said how elite it is, but with a numerical advantage of 5 million, it is not something that can be defeated by a mere 100,000 or 200,000 Japanese troops!" Not to mention the fact that our Army Air Forces still have air supremacy firmly in their hands. Therefore, the Japanese Navy's combined fleet should have been dispatched to escort a large number of army units to Central America, in order to cooperate with the German offensive that would be launched in a few months. It is also possible that the Japanese fleet will be relocated to the Gulf of Panama after completing the escort mission. After the German offensive began, it would march north along the Central American corridor with the Army and invade the American states of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. ”

"And we must not allow the conspiracy of Japan and Germany to flank the United States! For this, we have only a preemptive attack on the Japanese army in Central America! Take advantage of the fact that the combined Japanese fleet and reinforced land forces do not arrive, retake Central America and retake the Panama Canal! ”

Although MacArthur's voice was sonorous and powerful, the US dignitaries present at the table had no idea how effective the "rookie army" was, which had just been trained for a few months.

"Douglas ......." Roosevelt looked at MacArthur in front of him and pondered, "Can our army defeat the Japanese?" Well, I don't mean that they don't have confidence in the Army, but they have only been training for a short time and their weapons and equipment are not fully in place. If you rush into battle like this, will you be defeated by the Japanese army? The United States cannot afford to suffer defeat again and again. ”

"Mr. President." MacArthur stood up and gave Roosevelt a military salute: "Allow me to resign as Chief of Staff of the Army, I think I will personally direct the troops to counterattack Central America!" If I can't defeat the Japanese army this time, then I will die on the front line! ”

Roosevelt was stunned, raised his head and looked at the dignified American four-star general for a while, and finally nodded and said, "Okay! I grant your request, but before you can do so, you must lead the Army Staff in developing a concrete plan for this expedition to Central America. The president thought for a moment, and then asked, "Douglas, how many troops do the Japanese have in Central America now?" How many tanks? And how many more artillery and planes? ”

MacArthur pondered for a moment and replied, "The Japanese have recently formed a Central American Front, appointing General Yamashita Fumimi as commander of the Front. According to intelligence, the Central American Front had two corps-level units, one of which was the Japanese 10th Army responsible for besieging the fortress of San Lorenzo, which was defended by the US 2nd Army, and the other Japanese 11th Army was currently stationed on the border between Guatemala and Mexico. The units under the jurisdiction of these two armies are all three divisions, and the numbers identified are the 6th Division, the 16th Division, the 56th Division, the 102nd Division, the 104th Division, the 105th Division, the 1st Flying Division, the 1st Independent Tank Brigade, and the Panama Command of the Navy. In addition, there is the so-called Central American Federal Army, which has been identified as having a total of 12 divisions. The Japanese army and the Central American Federal Army combined, the total strength is about 350,000 to 400,000!

In addition, all six Japanese divisions were equipped with tank brigades, armed with 50 to 60 light tanks. The 1st Separate Tank Brigade had a German-like tank regiment with 160 to 180 medium tanks. In total, the Japanese Central American Front had about 550 tanks. The artillery is probably more than 100 guns in a division, and the 6 divisions plus the tank brigade and the Central American Federal Army have a total of about 1,000 guns. There are about 200 planes...... According to information provided by North Korean intelligence officers, Japan has recently acquired a high-performance fighter aircraft, designated A6M, and the Japanese Navy based in Panama has a squadron of such aircraft. ”

"There are 550 tanks!" Roosevelt's eyebrows tightened, and the fourth tank with 45.5 tons of combat weight, 88mm tank gun, and 110mm frontal armor naturally appeared in his mind!

"Douglas, how many troops are you going to use to defeat them?" Roosevelt asked, a little worried.

MacArthur also looked solemn: "Mr. President, I plan to use 19 Army Infantry Divisions, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Armored Divisions, the 1st Marine Division of the Navy, and 10 more flying wings from the Army Air Corps. Now our main force is deployed in the west, so it is very easy to mobilize, and we can all reach the Mexican border within 10 days. ”

Roosevelt counted with his fingers in his heart, 23 divisions, which is about 350,000 people, seems to be 50,000 less than the Japanese side! 3 Panzer Divisions...... Roosevelt thought about it, as if one armored division was more than 200 tanks, and three armored divisions were just more than 600 tanks, which was not much more than the 550 tanks of the Japanese. And the Japanese Army is well-trained, and there are terrible kamikaze special attack teams! It seems a bit dangerous to let MacArthur fight them with such a small number of soldiers!

"Douglas." Roosevelt looked up at MacArthur and pondered, "23 divisions are too few troops...... In this way, add 7 more divisions to make 30 divisions! Of these, the number of armored divisions increased to 5. ”

"Yes, Mr. President." MacArthur looked at Roosevelt, paused, and asked, "There is another question, now that Mexico is still neutral, if we want to attack the Japanese army in Central America, we must pass through Mexican soil." ”

"Rest assured, there shouldn't be any problems with this." U.S. Secretary of State Hull took up the topic with a smile and replied: "The Mexican government maintains its neutral position because it is afraid of being attacked by Japan. If our hundreds of thousands of troops are overwhelmed, they will definitely give in. Otherwise...... They are protecting the fascist invaders! ”

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May 2, 1939.

Tokyo, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Japan.

Let's the other day. When the news of the victory at the Battle of Bulu came, the brain and center of the Japanese Empire was also filled with an atmosphere of celebration. Prime Minister Konoe, the Minister of the Army and the Navy, and senior military officials also held a celebratory reception on the roof of the two-story Western-style building...... As if they had won the war by following the ass of Germany and China! Today, however, when the official text of Mussolini's peace plan was sent to Prime Minister Konoe by the Italian and German ambassadors to Japan, the festive and cheerful atmosphere was gone, and only a kind of rage, irritability, and reluctance to find out that he had been deceived.

Cars that could only be enjoyed by Japanese military and political dignitaries lined up one after another at the gate of the Prime Minister's residence. The army and navy officials, cabinet officials, and representatives of the Japanese emperor got out of these cars one after another, and walked to the conference room on the second floor with gloomy faces.

When I entered the conference room, I saw Japanese Prime Minister Fumihiro Konoe sitting there, his body stiff and his eyes straight. A few army and navy generals who had arrived early were shouting around them: "Germany, like China, is as shameless as it is to betray the Empire!" The Reich could not obey the will of Germany! The Empire must have its own will! Speak in your own voice...... The Reich wants to say no to Germany! ”

Konoe Fumiro sat there dumbfounded, without blinking his eyes. He had heard from Foreign Minister Yoyoya Matsuoka that Germany would "sell Japan." As a result, half of the army that was supposed to reinforce Central America was used to invade Australia. However, he never imagined that the Japanese invasion fleet was still halfway there, and Italy threw out a "peace plan" supported by Germany, and was still planning to hold the Rome Peace Conference!

“…… Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Jingwei told him that China had agreed to start negotiations with the five countries of Britain, France and Benelux on the basis of the Mussolini Plan. ”

A secretary of the Prime Minister's residence hurriedly rushed into the conference room on the second floor of the residence, loudly reported the latest news received, and then handed a telegram to the Prime Minister who was still in a daze.

The room suddenly fell silent, only a few gasping sounds were heard, and several army and navy generals no longer coaxed, but turned their eyes to their respective bosses, Nagata Tetsuyama and Yamamoto Eisuke.

"Luo Yaoguo would actually agree to Hitler's arrangement......" Nagata Tieshan closed his eyes, he wanted to sort out his messy thoughts. With China's current national strength, there is no need to care about Hitler's thoughts, and it is completely possible to continue to fight in Australia until the entire continent is defeated, but why did he give up most of Australia? Could it be ...... He doesn't have the ambition to occupy the whole of Australia? Nagata shook his head, he wasn't a three-year-old!

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, the humble opinion is that the Empire should continue to carry out the original battle plan and send troops to seize Eastern Australia! Created a fait accompli, so Hitler also has no way to take us. "It was the Minister of the Navy, Eisuke Yamamoto, the usually elegant Minister of the Navy, whose chest was now rising and falling violently, and the green tendons on his face burst out, as if he was holding back his anger.

"That's right! The Empire should continue the Australian Raiders and occupy all of Australia! Create a fait accompli! ”

"The Empire's kamikaze forces are invincible in the world, and there is no need to be afraid of Germany and China at all!"

"If Germany wants to attack the United States, it can't do without the cooperation of the Reich, so the Reich only needs to attack Australia, and Germany will not interfere!"

Several admirals jumped up in response when they saw the boss's statement, and then the army generals, who had always been very bad with the navy, also began to shout in agreement, and at the same time set their eyes on Minister Nagata, who was half-squinting as if he was dozing off.

Nagata knew that this matter was not so simple, and he could get over it if he tried to provoke Hitler. Moreover, the war against the United States is not a matter for Germany alone, and because of Japan's previous behavior, the hatred between Japan and the United States cannot be resolved! If we do not take the opportunity to completely disintegrate the great enemy of the United States, and wait for the United States to recover, it will be Japan's turn to be unlucky.

Moreover, Japan's great enemy is by no means the only one, and that behemoth on the western continent is afraid that it will not die with the heart of the sun! I don't know when it will hit, and the only thing I can hold now is Hitler's thigh. If you mess with him, I'm afraid the consequences will not be bearable, right? Besides...... If Japan does not attack East Australia, then China may not be able to look down on those small islands! If it really takes Dongao, Japan will be guilty.

In the midst of the noise, a soft cough suddenly sounded, and everyone followed the voice, it turned out to be Prime Minister Konoe Fumiko, at this time Konoe seemed to have recovered his senses from a daze, and was looking at the Minister of the Navy Eisuke Yamamoto and the Minister Nagata Tetsuyama with blazing eyes. "Yamamoto-kun, Nagata-kun, have all the troops to conquer Macao set off?"

"Your Excellency," Eisuke Yamamoto replied after a moment's thought, "the first four divisions were escorted by 38 transport ships, and secretly left Kure Military Port yesterday night, and are expected to arrive in Fiji in 15 days and land near Brisbane in Queensland in 20 days. ”

"The second batch of four divisions will depart from Hawaii by boat, escorted by the Second Air Fleet, and also set off last night, on 42 transport ships to capture New Zealand, and then go straight to Canberra, the capital of Australia."

"8 divisions, that is, 200,000 offensive troops." Konoe Wenlu frowned slightly, "Is it a little less?" How many British troops are there in Australia? It seems that the Chinese attacking forces have already set off, right? How many of them are there? ”

"There are nearly 600,000 British troops in Australia!" Nagata Tetsuyama opened his eyes at this time and replied loudly: "The Chinese attacking force set out three days earlier than us, and now it has arrived in Singapore. They mobilized nearly 2 million tons of ships for this expedition! Therefore, the scale of the expedition should reach more than 400,000. ”

Konoe Fumiro gasped and muttered to himself, "400,000 plus 600,000 is 1 million...... The imperial army is only 200,000! With that, he glanced sideways at Nagata. Nagata-kun, can the 200,000 imperial army defeat the entire Eastern Australia? ”

Nagata nodded and said lightly: "Yes, because the Chinese will attack before us, they will attract the main attention of the British army." So, we can make sure that we capture Eastern Australia. ”

"But in Mussolini's peace plan, doesn't Western Australia belong to China? Is it still necessary for them to send troops? ”

Nagata smiled and said, "Mussolini is not the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, so he doesn't count if he says it!" This territory still has to be in hand before it can be truly obtained. Besides...... This time, it was Luo Yaoguo's brother-in-law, General An Sihua, who commanded the Chinese and Australian Fronts! Luo Yaoguo transferred him from Europe to this position, just to let him make meritorious contributions and be promoted to marshal, if he didn't win Western Australia without a fight, wouldn't An Sihua's marshal run away again? ”

"Then after China seizes Western Australia, will it look for opportunities to attack Eastern Australia?" Fumiro Konoe asked again.

"Yes!" Nagata Tieshan nodded affirmatively, he thought for a while and said, "The key to China's betrayal of the alliance is the war of the United States. If the Reich and Germany had a quick victory over the United States, China would not have dared to go to war with Japan, which had the support of Germany, and vice versa...... In case Germany and Japan get bogged down in the United States, China will inevitably attack the empire! Not only can East Australia not be saved, but I am afraid that even the Philippines and Indonesia, and even North Korea will not be able to keep it! ”

"Quick win over the United States...... Shouldn't it be too difficult, right? Konoe Fumiro has always admired Nagata Tetsuyama's awareness of the overall situation, and he was relieved after listening to his analysis. The performance of the US military a while ago was really not good, and a few months later, it was not Japan alone that singled out the United States, but almost the whole world beat the United States alone! It's no wonder if you don't win quickly.

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