The sign of the Republic of Japan briefly appeared after the Tokyo Revolution in 1923, but it soon disappeared with the victory of the Japanese GCD in the Japanese Civil War. This time, the Republic of Japan was re-listed, and the Saionji Konobo, who joined the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Association, became the prime minister of the provisional government. Chang Ruiqing is basically satisfied with this candidate for interim prime minister, but he is not very reassured. The prestige of Xiyuan Temple should be sufficient, at least in the political family of non-Japanese members, he is the first brand. However, everyone knows that Saionji is unwilling to let Japan die, and the reason why he is willing to serve as the prime minister of this provisional government is that in addition to wanting the Japanese people to suffer less and retain a little more vitality, there is probably still a trace of fantasy about fighting for the independence of the Japanese nation, right?

Thinking of this, Chang Ruiqing nodded at Jiang Baili and Zhao Zhen and said, "Mr. Baili, Youlin, I have agreed in principle to the plan for the use of nuclear fission bombs submitted by the General Staff, and the official order will be signed tomorrow." And also...... Nuclear fission bombs are particularly powerful strategic weapons and must be strictly regulated, and from now on, orders for the use of nuclear fission bombs can only be issued by the Prime Minister. In addition, a special command will be set up to manage nuclear fission bombs and long-range heavy bombers that deliver nuclear fission bombs. The name of the headquarters was tentatively set as the Strategic Air Force Command, and the first commander-in-chief was Lieutenant General Shi Jianfei. Youlin, you go and discuss with Yang Tie'an and draw up a plan for the establishment of a strategic air force. He pointed to the dim sky outside and said with a smile, "It's not too early, let's go back and rest early." ”

As he spoke, he and Sun Yuexun sent Jiang Baili and Zhao Zhen out of the official residence building, and after sending the two away. But he slowly paced in the garden of the mansion with his hands behind his back, Sun Yuexun followed behind him, and the two of them walked silently along a path in the garden to the edge of an artificial lake. Although it is already early spring, there is still some thin ice floating on the pond, and a few half-dead lotus leaves.

"Xiaomei, what do you think of this person in Xiyuan Temple?"

Sun Yuexun was looking at a few lotus leaves in the pond, and suddenly heard Chang Ruiqing's question, and quickly gathered his spirit, this is a difficult question to answer. As the chairman of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Association, she needs to use the prestige of Saionji Konobo to open up the situation for the Co-Prosperity Association in Japan, and at the same time, she is a little worried that Saionji Konobo will use his position as the prime minister of the provisional government of the Republic of Japan to "make for independence" (Japanese independence?). In fact, the Republic of Japan is still theoretically an independent country).

"Xiyuan Temple Gongwang is very unreliable." For Chang Ruiqing's question. Sun Yuexun has always answered truthfully. "However, we can only use him to maintain the situation in the occupied area, and the other Japanese clan bosses in the Co-Eige Society are not much more reliable than Xiyuan Temple...... Kita Kazuki, Okamura Ninji, and Okawa Shuaki are all second-minded, as long as Tokuda Koichi is reliable, but he is a Ryukyuan man. Not really a Japanese people. ”

Chang Ruiqing nodded slightly. Obviously very satisfied with Sun Yuexun's frank attitude: "Xiaomei, I also know that Xiyuan Temple is unreliable, but I am not worried that he will do another set behind my back, in fact, we should give the Japanese people a different choice, what do you say?" ”

"Sir...... mean" Sun Yuexun looked at Chang Ruiqing suspiciously, she didn't think that the other party was testing her loyalty, because it was unnecessary.

"There should be a different choice," Chang Ruiqing turned around and walked in the direction of the official residence building: "The rules of the Great China Federation cannot be broken. The Republic of Japan cannot be forced to join, and the referendum process must be followed...... There can only be two options, though. First, the Republic of Japan joined the Federation of Greater China and became one of the main subjects of the Federation, and all citizens of the Republic of Japan automatically became citizens of the Federation of Greater China; Second, the Republic of Japan will maintain its independence, but it must bear the responsibility for the defeat of the war, pay huge war reparations to China, the United States, Britain and other countries, and the mainland must continue to be occupied by the Chinese National Defense Forces, and the cost of garrisoning the troops will be borne by Japan. ”

Listening to the two plans proposed by Chang Ruiqing, Sun Yuexun sighed softly, and the last trace of worry on her face disappeared without a trace. In fact, maintaining Japan's complete independence is no longer on the minds of any responsible Japanese politician. Because Japan simply could not afford to take responsibility for the defeat of the war, the peace plan proposed by the United States to the Soviet Union now included a huge war reparations of $100 billion! And Japan's responsibility in this world war is definitely not less than that of the Soviet Union, how can it cost tens of billions of dollars if it wants to lose money? How can Japan afford to lose so much money? I'm afraid that just paying interest can make tens of millions of Japanese get up early and work late for a year! Moreover, the territory is still occupied by the Chinese, and most of the domestic government must obey China's orders, so isn't this tantamount to turning all the Japanese into slaves of China? Therefore, the current calculation of Japanese (Japanese) politicians, including Saionji Gongwang, is to turn Japan into a dominion, hang it under the Great China Federation, use the Chinese as a shield to take responsibility for defeat, and recuperate, as long as the vitality of the Japanese nation is preserved, and there is no fear that there will be no chance of revival in the distant future.

Chang Ruiqing's tone was firm and stern: "Send a telegram to the Duke of Xiyuan Temple and tell them that the Japanese now have only two choices, either completely join the Great China Federation and become a citizen of the Federation, or be ready to bear the responsibility for the defeat and be a slave for decades first!" ”

"Yes." A faint smile appeared on the corner of Sun Yuexun's mouth. She knows the Japanese mind all the better, and although they are a bit stubborn, they are not stupid and absolutely know what choices are best for themselves.

"I will personally inspect Kyushu and discuss with him the issue of the referendum on the accession of the Republic of Japan to the Great Chinese Federation after the Wehrmacht has completely taken control of the major cities of Kyushu."

"Yes."

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With a long whistle, a strange-looking train pulled into the Siberian railway station of Nizhne-Udinsk, this train was wrapped in riveted armored steel plates from beginning to end, two steam locomotives emitting smoke in front of and behind them, and several hemispherical steel-armored batteries on the roof, all of which protruded from the black holes of 75mm anti-tank guns. There are firing holes on the sides of the carriages, and the muzzles of 20mm machine guns and 12.7mm heavy machine guns are sticking out, and it turns out that this is an extremely powerful armored train. Now the Trans-Siberian Railway is the logistical lifeline of more than a million Wehrmacht and almost the same number of reserve troops on the Siberian front. Naturally, it was also the main target of the Soviet partisans, and in order to ensure the smooth operation of the railway line, both the Siberian Front and the Northern Front were equipped with armored train units. There are hundreds of these ironclad monster-like trains patrolling the Trans-Siberian Railway.

However, the armored train seemed to be carrying out the task of escorting dignitaries, and the platform of the Nizhneutinsk railway station was covered with heavily armed gendarmes, as well as the officers of the Siberian Front who came to greet them, and most of the people's eyes were attracted by this armored train, only Guo Songling stood there calmly and reservedly. If you pay close attention to his face, you can find a trace of anxiety behind this calm countenance. The Siberian Front's plan for storming Krasnoyarsk submitted at the beginning of the year was rejected by the General Staff, just when the Front Command believed that the Siberian theater of 1936 would remain "calm." The General Staff also sent a secret telegram informing him that Lieutenant General Shi Jianfei, commander of the Strategic Air Force, would come to Nizhny Udinsk with an operational plan to assist the Siberian Front in capturing Krasnoyarsk. What kind of service is this strategic air force? And Shi Jianfei, a lieutenant general of the Air Force, how can he know how to attack fortresses? Moreover, it is a strong fortress like an iron hedgehog like Krasnoyarsk, with complete land and air firepower. The fortifications are extremely strong, and the surrounding area is more than ten kilometers of fortified areas, and the defenders are more than 500,000 people! There is only one way to capture such a fortress, and that is to fill it with human lives. Bomb with countless shells and bombs. However, the Siberian Front now does not have enough lives and artillery, and the air force attached to the Siberian direction is far from enough, and it is absolutely impossible to capture the fortress with the existing forces! He waited with a straight face for Shi Jianfei to get out of the car, ready to argue with the representative sent by the base camp. In any case, the Siberian Front must be significantly strengthened from above, otherwise no actions should be taken to attack the Krasnoyarsk fortress, lest it be in vain!

The armored train slowly approached the platform, after a long hiss. On the platform where the steam was tumbling, Shi Jianfei was seen wearing a straight air force general's uniform. He walked down with a group of attachés, and at the back there were several captains and lieutenants who walked down from the train in pairs, carrying a few small boxes that seemed to be made of iron sheets. Shi Jianfei respectfully saluted Guo Songling, who also returned the salute, and said with a faint smile: "I finally waited for you here, right...... Brother Jianfei, why didn't you, the commander of the Strategic Air Force, take the armored train instead of taking the plane? Aren't you worried that the plane is not safe enough? ”

When Shi Jianfei heard Guo Songling's words, he actually nodded and admitted: "Mao Shuai, I really guessed for you, junior brother, I was worried that the plane was not safe enough to take the armored train, but it wasn't that the junior brother was afraid of falling off the plane." As he spoke, he pointed to the "iron boxes" and said, "But the contents of those boxes are really important, and there can't be any mistakes." ”

Guo Songling was stunned for a moment, as if he suddenly thought of something, and blurted out: "Brother Jian Fei, shouldn't this strategic air force of yours be used to drop that special bomb?" ”

Shi Jianfei looked left and right, and nodded with a stern face, which immediately made Guo Songling's face show a surprised expression. During this time, the command of the Siberian Front had already received quite a few reports about the situation with "nuclear fission bombs" and knew that the power of this secret weapon was amazing.

He immediately took Shi Jianfei's hand and asked, "Jianfei, could it be that those iron boxes are filled with nuclear fission bombs?" How small is this bomb? ”

Shi Jianfei smiled and waved his hand, and said in a low voice: "Mao Shuai, of course this is not a nuclear fission bomb, as for what kind of little brother it really can't say." By the way, is the base ready for our strategic air force? It is necessary to be absolutely safe, not to be harassed by the guerrillas, and to deploy sufficient anti-aircraft fire around it. ”

In fact, the "iron box" in Guo Songling's mouth is not made of iron, but several lead boxes, each of which contains a kilogram of weapons-grade plutonium-239 processed into a special shape. For safety reasons, the three atomic bombs intended for the bombing of Krasnoyarsk were not transported in their entirety, but were dismantled and transported separately, and the most important of them, the high-concentration plutonium-239 as a charge, was transported to the front in batches, and each batch of plutonium-239 was not transported to more than 3 kilograms, and it was not allowed to be transported by airplane, but only by armored trains through the Guò railway line. This time, Shi Jianfei personally escorted the first batch of weapons-grade plutonium-239 to Nizhny Udinsk.

As they spoke, the two of them took the lead in getting into the waiting car. The officer, who was carrying a lead box containing plutonium-239, was escorted by a large number of Wehrmacht officers and soldiers to a heavily guarded air base on the outskirts of Nizhny Udinsk in tracked armored personnel carriers provided by the Siberian Front Command.

The arrival of Shi Jianfei is equivalent to blowing the clarion call of this terrifying nuclear war in time and space! And historically different. Now both China and Germany are ready to use the atomic bomb directly on the battlefield where the two armies are facing each other!

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"Nuclear bomb, how powerful is this nuclear bomb...... All the staff officers of the Siberian Front and the strategic air force gathered in front of the wide operational map platform and began to talk one after another, and everyone was embarrassed. Despite the help of three nuclear fission bombs, the task of capturing the Krasnoyarsk fortress was not as easy as expected.

The first problem encountered was that none of the officers and staff officers except Shi Jianfei had witnessed the power of the nuclear fission bomb explosion, and could only analyze it based on a bunch of data.

The second is that all of them have no experience in fighting with nuclear fission bombs. After all, there is always a process of continuous exploration to transform a new weapon into combat effectiveness...... Moreover, unlike in another time and space, when the Americans first used the atomic bomb as a strategic weapon to bomb Japanese cities, the atomic bomb is now used as a tactical weapon, which involves the difficult problem of coordination between the strategic air force, the air force, and the ground forces of the army.

The third is nuclear radiation. According to information provided by the Ministry of Armaments, after the explosion of a nuclear fission bomb, a terrible substance called "nuclear radiation" is released, which is said to cause fatal diseases to any creature contaminated with nuclear radiation! Moreover, the "killing range" of nuclear radiation is much greater than the killing range of the shock wave generated by the explosion of a nuclear fission bomb. More troubling, this devastation, known as "radioactive contamination," can persist for a considerable period of time at the site of a nuclear fission bomb explosion and in its vicinity. It will even cause damage to the attacking Chinese army.

The fourth problem is that the destructive power of nuclear fission bombs is not as powerful as everyone originally thought. Not a nuclear fission bomb dropped. The Krasnoyarsk fortress will be blown up! In fact, the nuclear fission bomb only has a destructive lethality to targets stored on the surface, and the lethality of targets underground or in bunkers is very limited, and the killing range is not large, only a few kilometers of the surface targets within a radius of the enemy.

"In this way, three nuclear fission bombs cover at most a dozen kilometers of Soviet positions, and there is no guarantee that all the enemy will be killed, and even most of them may not be able to be killed. At most, it would kill only a small fraction of the Soviet troops, and sicken most of the Soviet troops who were in the range of radioactive contamination...... Are we going to finish dropping three nuclear fission bombs? And then wait on the sidelines for all the Soviets in the Krasnoyarsk fortress to die of illness? Isn't it incredible to fight like this? ”

"It's not an incredible question, but the Soviets will send new troops to Krasnoyarsk to replace the sick ones! And we don't know when Soviet officers and soldiers contaminated with radioactive contamination will die of illness? If you die in three or five years. Can we wait? Therefore, the storming of the Krasnoyarsk fortress is no longer inevitable, and now it is only necessary to determine the best time for the attack. ”

"According to the data, the soil and water in the area where the nuclear explosion occurred are poisonous, so it is necessary to be extremely cautious when entering the area of the nuclear explosion to avoid contamination with radioactive pollutants...... But what should we do? It is impossible for the ground forces to attack without touching the soil and water! How is this battle going to be fought? Why don't you just throw this nuclear fission bomb and attack it with infantry! ”

"Aren't there more people dying like that? The Krasnoyarsk fortress has been operated by the Soviet army for many years, the core of the fortress is covered with reinforced concrete fortresses, surrounded by a large area of fortification, and the storage of weapons, ammunition and supplies is also extremely abundant, enough for 500,000 Soviet troops to last for several years. If you don't use nuclear fission bombs and switch to infantry assault, you won't be able to take Krasnoyarsk without hundreds of thousands of casualties. ”

"Yes, I don't think we need to think much about radioactive contamination, how can there be immortals in war? Even if we pay 200,000 casualties for this Krasnoyarsk fortress, it will be worth it! ”

Obviously, it was impossible to blow up the Krasnoyarsk fortress and 500,000 Soviet defenders with three nuclear fission bombs, so massive infantry attacks and casualties were still inevitable. The staff officers of the Army and the Strategic Air Force finally seemed to agree on this issue, and they were prepared to sacrifice the lives or health of 200,000 people to capture the Krasnoyarsk fortress. Everyone's eyes were on Guo Songling, the marshal sat there looking at the map, there was a smile in his expression that could not be concealed, as if he was already in the chest for the future offensive and defensive battle of the Krasnoyarsk fortress.

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