Chapter 694 The Japanese who are stupid and "wanting".

"Lao Xi is too greedy, one step will fall step by step!" Meng Xiang sighed, in fact, what he sighed more in his heart was the inertia of history.

In this time and space, with the help of China in the war east of the Ural Mountains, and the large-scale "trade" of weapons by copycat companies, the Germans had an advantage over the situation in the original time and space. Played a triumphant song all the way on the land of Soviet Russia, and re-enacted the miracle of the blitzkrieg. But it was Germany's strong stabbing that "provoked" more intervention by Britain and the United States, and also "provoked" more stubborn resistance from the Soviet Russians.

The addition of the armies of other nations and nationalities attached to them did not add much power to the attacking army, but became a drag because of the problems of command and logistics. Their plundering everywhere even "provoked" the indignation of the Soviet Russians. In particular, once those ethnic minorities on the land of Soviet Russia take revenge on Russia, it is already a blind action with a partial purpose. Directly pushed more Soviet Russians to the opposite side of the German army.

The Germans faced increasing resistance, but Lao Xi still adopted the principle of splitting the attack, scattering his forces, trying to accomplish many goals in one fell swoop.

Meng Xiang also gave euphemistic hints, but they didn't work. The proud old Xi, who was pushed to the top by the victory, would not listen to the advice of the young Chinese general at all. Guderian's tank forces and others were still attacking in the south, making Army Group Center a little weak.

Although the Russians suffered greater losses, they still dragged the Germans into the autumn rainy season.

The muddy roads soaked with continuous autumn rain slowed down the German tanks' attack. The scorched-earth policy of putting the whole people in place could only make the Germans rely on longer supply lines, but the increasing number of underground Soviet and Russian resistance forces and guerrilla forces made the Germans anxious on that logistical supply line.

Although Army Group Center was only one step away from Moscow, it was not in God's mode after all, and it was already difficult to penetrate the last line of defense built by the Soviet Russians under the unity of the Russians after a thousand-mile campaign. After more than half a month, he never took this step.

The autumn rain and the piling up of more dead bodies relieved the Russians and brought them one step closer to the winter war. This also made the Americans, who had increased their military aid to the Soviet Union during this period of time, breathe a sigh of relief, and began to consider whether to delay the implementation of a plan similar to the First World War, and then boil over Soviet Russia and the British.

But before they could make a final decision, the Japanese made a stupid move.

When they heard the news that Turkey and Spain were taking advantage of the fire, the Japanese were hot-eyed. The attack on the north was entangled again. Originally, Japan's political arena was a mixture of contradictions, and various interests made the final strategic intention waver.

The cadres of the northbound faction jumped out and repeated the old words.

"Idiot! Even if the Far East is occupied, can we hold it? Don't forget that there is also a vanguard army by your side! Hideki Tojo angrily scolded, "What we urgently need now is oil and rubber, not land." We dare not say that we can hold the land of Manchuria, do we still want to push the Soviet Russians to our opposite side? The people of China must be waiting for us to make such a mistake! ”

Hideki Tojo felt powerless when he thought of the two or three million troops that the vanguard army had stationed in the north, and another million troops around the puppet Manchurians.

"There were also large tracts of land in the South, with more grain and gold treasures accumulated over centuries by monopolizing East-West trade. As soon as our warships and troops arrive, it will be ours! Tojo Hideki paused, and added by the way, "Now that Europe is competing for hegemony, the great powers are focused on Europe, and the people of China can't be distracted when they go north, we can avoid them, as long as we manage carefully in the south and raise our 'essence' and strength, we will have more opportunities!" ”

His last sentence had unconsciously "revealed" the worry in his heart, and directly raised the threat of Huaxia to the height of allowing the Japanese to avoid its edge.

The Japanese want to go south, and the behemoth of China is also a hurdle that cannot be bypassed. Both the local and the puppet Manchurians are worried about the opportunity for China to retaliate. However, since the Pioneer Army issued a circular asking the Japanese to protect the rights and interests of the Chinese in Nanyang, the Japanese have understood the position of the Pioneer Army.

They thought that the vanguard army was busy with the north, so they tacitly compromised with the Japanese, one south and one north attacked their own strategies, and did not affect each other. Even if there is a feud between the two sides, if they want to fight a decisive battle, it will be a matter after each of them has conquered the north and the south.

At this time, the great enemy that the Japanese had to deal with was the Americans.

"We go south, and a war with the Americans is inevitable!" Speaker of the Privy Council, Yuan Jiadao, held up the draft decision to go to war and said, "This draft seems to imply that war comes first, and foreign relations come second. But can it be interpreted as saying that we will do our best to engage in foreign 'diplomacy' and only wage war when there is no other way to think of it? ”

Hirohito, who was sitting on a high seat, listened to Hirahara's speech, and theatrically took out a note from his pocket and recited a short poem of unknown meaning written by his grandfather Meiji 40 years ago on the eve of the war against Russia: "Within the four seas, all brothers are in trouble, and this is a raging cause." Then he glanced at everyone and said, "I have made it a rule to recite this poem from time to time to remind me of Emperor Meiji's love for peace." How do you feel about this? ”

Hirohito expressed Japan's decision to go to war with the United States in a way that is unique to Japan. Japan, which suffered a crushing defeat in China, did not want to anger the behemoth of the United States.

"But the United States did not make any concessions, but only made tough demands on Japan! Negotiations are difficult to continue! Hideki Tojo continued.

The Americans were already in alliance with the British, both vis-à-vis Germany and the colonies that maintained the globe. With the signing and promulgation of the "Atlantic Charter," the Americans were able to pick the fruits of the British colonies as a matter of course, and naturally they were unwilling to sit idly by and watch the Japanese "press" Southeast Asia step by step and remain indifferent. The surface article still needs to be done completely.

"Even if we get the Australian mainland, we still need to maintain ties with the mainland, and we can't avoid the United States, which relies on the Philippines, even if they have a promise, we can't believe it!" Navy Minister Shigetaro Shimada followed closely. The Japanese and US navies have been vying for hegemony in the Pacific Ocean for more than 30 years, and they have accumulated grievances for a long time.

"The Navy has drawn up a detailed battle plan, which can sweep away the Americans' influence in the Pacific Ocean in one fell swoop and clear up a lot of troubles for us to successfully seize Southeast Asia and Australia!" After listening to Shimada, who claimed to be his shadow, Hideki Tojo said, he also followed up.

"The Americans are huge and have a lot of stamina. Even a short-term victory is difficult to sustain a long-term victory. You need to be cautious and cautious! The commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, Yamamoto Isoroku, who was next to him, frowned and poured cold water.

The battle plan against the United States had already come out, but he had heard that the General Staff Headquarters, the Military Command Department, the Ministry of the Army, and the Navy had made some beautification and revisions to the data on the deduction data of the Japanese-US war, which greatly increased the success rate of the Japanese-US war.

"Even if we fight the Americans, we will not lose!" Shingo Ishikawa shouted.

However, Yamamoto Isoroku had seen the development of American industry, and he was more aware of the difference in strength between the two sides, and he was not optimistic about the outcome of the war between Japan and the United States at all. So I have always opposed the war against the United States.

However, whether it is Hideki Tojo, Sugiyama Moto, Nagano Shusei and others, they all advocate fighting against the United States, and the huge army built up by squeezing Japan's national strength needs to have the object of plundering and attacking, and the north and China are no longer suitable, and only the south can eliminate the domestic pressure. And to the south, the United States will inevitably be avoided, and even Yamamoto Isoroku does not have a fluke mentality against the Americans.

"Isolationism is rife in the United States, and if we give the Americans a 'stick' and quickly stabilize the South, we will make the Americans retreat and shrink back in the face of difficulties." But some people are still holding on to luck, and there are still many people who should make peace.

"The Americans also need to deal with the troubles in Europe, and the Germans will annoy them even more, will they also not be able to fight on two fronts?" Someone laughed.

"The Germans have recently extended an olive branch to us!" Matsuoka Yoyo suddenly spoke. This former foreign minister was the leader of the Axis Alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan. However, in this time and space, due to the rise of China, Germany and Italy have not developed further with Japan, and only maintained the anti-Soviet-Russian treaty.

This 50,000-word gentleman did not fully achieve the glorious Matsuoka period, but he also strongly promoted the completion of the Japan-Soviet neutrality treaty.

"Is this the acquiescence of the Huaxia people?" At this time, Foreign Minister Shigeru Togo spoke up.

It is not surprising that the Germans' temptations did not come directly to him. Although he also served as an ambassador to Germany and married a German lady, he was a little dissatisfied with Lao Xi's style because of his deep understanding of German culture, and he was forced to resign as ambassador to Germany and become ambassador to the Soviet Union because he had objections on the issue of the Japanese-German alliance.

Extremely sensitive to foreign relations, as soon as he heard the temptation of the Germans, he immediately thought of the question of China.

The invisible alliance of China and Germany is known to the whole world. It was precisely because of the attitude of China that the Germans abandoned Japan. At this time, the temptation of the Germans must not be able to avoid China. This goodwill from the Germans was guessed by the Japanese as the acquiescence of Huaxia.

Actually, the Japanese misunderstood.

The Germans did not contact China this time, but directly tested the Japanese.

The pressure from the Americans also made Lao Xi frightened, and he co-opted any ally who was an enemy of the United States, making him deliberately ignore the relationship between Japan and China.

The Chinese will not turn the other cheek with the United States, while the Japanese will. The Soviet-German war was a foregone conclusion in the minds of the Germans, the role of China was reduced, and the rapidly rising China also needed some precautions, so the Germans tried to find the Japanese.

The inertia of history is once again revealed.

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