Yang Rui's explanation of the behavior of the Americans made the Japanese a little stunned, their elm heads are difficult to resonate with Yang Rui, the East pays attention to 'calculation', but the younger West admires 'strength'. Even a pragmatic and utilitarian Britain would not sign a contract with a big country and then suddenly regret going to war, let alone the more proud Yankees. With their political integrity and diplomatic traditions, even if Roosevelt wanted to do this, Congress and public opinion would oppose it, after all, this is the diplomatic behavior of the entire country, and it cannot be manipulated and changed by a few ghosts, and when the Americans have all changed their minds, then there will be no point in fighting or not fighting.

Seeing that the Japanese couldn't understand what they meant, Yang Rui had to speak again: "To completely defeat a country, it is not to kill people and rob property, cede land and pay compensation, but to make her lose her moral integrity." Specifically, it is for everyone to become very wise, and the wise only care about their own interests, not about morals and beliefs. It is better for their people to be convinced that 'if man is not for himself, heaven and earth will be destroyed,' and it is better to always talk about 'how much morality is worth a pound'......"

Yang Rui said very specifically, but the army's red deer still seemed puzzled, and he had to make a more specific analogy, "Have you ever seen a house repair?" I think I've seen it. If a country is compared to a building, then the people are the bricks and stones of the building. There is no point in tearing down the building, because as long as the masonry remains, the building can be rebuilt. And with the current international public opinion, we can't destroy all the bricks and stones like we did with the Indians, so there is only one way: make every brick and stone smarter and smoother. The masonry had to be square to be stable, but once they knew how to deceive themselves and become smart and sleek, the building would crumble.

The more cunning the Americans, the more reassuring we should be. The more intelligent the country, the more internal turmoil there is. Their calculations are not for the enemy. Instead, it is mostly used on oneself, no matter how strong such a country is, it is only a golden jade and a defeat in it. If we don't go to war, he will be in chaos internally, and if he wins a small victory after the battle, the enemy will be like a carp crossing the river, and there will be countless people. And these are the smartest people, the ones who shout the most fierce slogans. When the edifice is about to fall, they will approach us to leave a way out for themselves.

The ultimate strength of the United States lies not in industry or wealth, but in the simplicity of its people and its faith in Christ. As long as there are such citizens, the country will not be able to defeat it no matter what. Industry can be rebuilt, wealth can be accumulated, but simplicity and faith are hard to regain once they are lost. As an enemy country, we just want to let the United States go in this direction, and then there will be no return. ”

Yang Rui is talking about the United States. But in the eyes of the slightly smarter Fushimiya, this seems to be talking about China itself. The Chinese are also smart, and before the war began, there was a lot of internal turmoil, and the enemy had become the prime minister of the country. Yang Rui saw Fushimi's eyes flickering, knowing what he was thinking, so he smiled and said: "There are many square citizens in China, but there are also many people with round heads and round brains. In particular, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Zhili, Shandong, Henan and Shaanxi-Gansu. This battle is the litmus test, and those pebbles must be singled out. As a national leader. What matters is not the victory or defeat of a war, but the important thing is to educate the people about what is right and what is wrong. ”

Yang Rui's mind made Fushimi admire, but he was still worried about the lack of preparation before the war, and he was especially worried about the unprecedented losses suffered by Japan, which took the brunt of the war. He said, "Your Excellency, but what if we lose?" Even if you don't lose. How many more civilians will be killed or wounded? ”

"We won't lose!" Yang Rui is determined. "As for the casualties of the people, ...... a nation must forge its soul with its own blood. As long as their death is worthwhile, it won't be indifferent. ”

Fushimi wanted to say more, but he noticed that snoring suddenly sounded around him, and he turned his head to find that Prince Kanin had fallen asleep. The old thing was full of food and drink and sat comfortably, and naturally dozed off. His adjutant was covering him with a thin blanket, but he didn't expect that the adjutant would suddenly bow to Yang Rui and Fushimi after covering the blanket, and he said in extremely stiff Chinese: "Contemptible Ishihara Wan'er, meet Your Excellency the Duke." ”

Kanin and Fushimi both brought adjutants with them this time, one was the chief of the army staff headquarters, and the other was Shigetaro Shimada, the deputy chief of the naval command department. When I introduced the army before, I only said that it was Major General Ishihara, but I didn't want it to be Ishihara.

"I've heard your name." Yang Rui looked at the little man with a nervous face in front of him and said. "Not bad, but it's a pity ......"

Yang Rui is almost praised as a saint in Japan, a country of 70 million people, and has sold more civilization reincarnation theory than the whole of China, as many as more than 8 million copies, almost every Japanese family has one. The little devil not only did not hold a grudge against the fiasco in the early years of Taisho, but was grateful to Yang Rui for bringing Japan on the right path. But Yang Rui rarely commented on the Japanese, he made the Japanese eyes shine with a 'good' at this time, but another 'pity' disappointed King Fushimi Bogong.

"The Germans love to drill the horns of the bull, you don't want to drill to the death with them, there is no need for a decisive battle." Yang Rui has read Ishihara Waner's theory of the final battle, although it is different from the original historical version due to his own influence, but he still can't change the word decisive battle.

"Your Excellency, please." The word decisive battle to Shi Yuan could only represent his theory of the final decisive battle, and he immediately bowed again and asked for advice.

"A decisive battle for reunification is equivalent to the destruction of the six kingdoms by Qin, but the history of Europe tells us what the world would be like without a decisive battle and reunification. We must be the Great Britain of the whole world, preventing any country from uniting the world, so not only should we not fight a decisive battle, but we should also prevent a decisive battle. Yang Rui said. It is very good that you can make this point, which has reached a level that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve, that is, to look at nations and national wars from the point of view of history and civilization. But you are getting the direction wrong, and the decisive battle is accelerating the destruction of human civilization. ”

Yang Rui has seen the theory of the final battle, and Ishihara has also seen the theory of the reincarnation of civilization, which is based on the fact that although the dialogue is obscure, both sides know the meaning of each word of the other party. After Yang Rui finished speaking, Ishihara Wan'er asked, "Do you think that the destruction of civilization can be avoided without a decisive battle?" ”

"No, only to slow down." Yang Rui shook his head. To borrow a phrase from the Bolsheviks, the world is indeed materialistic, but history - there is history only if there is human beings, and there is only desolation without human beings - is not materialistic, and the subjective initiative of human beings changes history everywhere. But as I have also said, civilization is like a mountain spring, which flows down mountain streams and rivers into the sea, and eventually evaporates and dies. This is the fate of the mountain spring, and man can only change its course. But it can't stop its demise.

For example, in Europe, if Germany does not unify it in the next war, the people of all countries who are bent on praying for peace after the war will also want peaceful reunification, and in short, Europe will move towards reunification, which is fate. The only difference is who will unify and how. But the Pacific Ocean is different, the civilization here is very young, and the barbaric land is very much, and the decisive battle will only accelerate the process of destruction. ”

The conversation seemed to have turned into a philosophical discussion, and while Fushimi and Shimada were listening, Kanin, who suddenly woke up, coughed and said, "Your Excellency, Goering, the Prime Minister of the Independent Country, has made a secret discussion with our ambassador and wants to form an alliance with us. If there is a war in the Pacific, the independent country can send troops to attack the east coast of the United States, and the shipbuilding industry of the United States will finally be in the northeast......"

"No need!" Yang Rui interrupted. "The ultimate goal of the Germans was to unify Europe and seize living space, and the allied war was only a pretense. The Nazis were no different from the Shanghai people who loved to care for the citizens, and they also had a lowly attitude that the latter did not have. ”

"But the long-range bombers of the United States in the Philippines will bomb our industry, but we have nothing to do with the industry of the United States." It was Shigetaro Shimada who spoke. Since Yang Rui proposed rapid shipbuilding last year, the Military Command Department finally annihilated the US fleet in a war game. And in the war that followed, he pressed the US fleet for three years, but from the sixth year. The industrial potential of the United States made it arm a fleet that was not inferior to that of China and Japan, and the war was pressed back to the Mariana line. Therefore, the destruction of the United States' industry to force it to sue for peace has become a daily discussion in the Military Command Department and the General Staff Headquarters.

There are three ways they discussed, one of which is to directly land the land force in the United States, but even if the national strength is not considered, the landing army will be blocked in the east-west direction of the United States. Therefore, as soon as it is raised, it is denied;

The second is to skip Hawaii and land directly to occupy the Panama Canal, and with the help of the canal and relying on the supplies of South American countries, the navy will completely blockade the continental United States. But the United States is a continent after all, and it is a sound industrial country, and its aircraft production is estimated to be three times that of China and Japan. Under the threat of shore-based aircraft, the Navy can at best block normal trade between the United States and Europe, Africa, and South America.

As far as strategic materials are concerned, the United States mainly lacks rubber, nickel, tin, antimony, manganese, tungsten, chromium, cobalt, vanadium, mica, industrial diamonds, and mania.

There was also a serious problem: rubber, tin, manganese, chromium, tungsten, cobalt, and vanadium, all of which were the property of the British colonies. In the European War, Britain forcibly bought the supplies that Britain had shipped into the neutral countries of the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, and other countries in the North Sea, which caused tension between Britain and the United States. Judging by Britain's nature, he might be able to reluctantly agree to a mere embargo on military supplies, after all, the Royal Navy had insufficient aircraft carriers at this time, but he would never agree to interrupt Britain's trade with Canada.

The third is the old method, which is to force the United States to surrender by killing and injuring American soldiers in large numbers through several decisive naval battles and launching political propaganda offensives.

To be sure, only the latter two are effective, and Yang Rui is most concerned about banning the import of uranium from the Congo, although the United States and Canada also have uranium mines, but they are not rich mines.

-- When Shigetaro Shimada asked, Yang Rui skipped the three strategies proposed by the Japanese in his heart, he still didn't want to tell China that China had used the Tridacnite Stone to 'manufacture' the Mixed Yuan Bomb, every time he thought of the Tridacnic Stone Yang Rui laughed in his heart, what Wang Jitong came up with was really confusing.

"General Shimada does not need to worry, the bombers of the Americans will not be able to bomb Japan, nor can they bomb the shipyards of Tianjin, Huludao, Dalian, or even Nanjing."

"Your Excellency, but there is definite information in our country that the United States is developing a bomber with a range of more than 3,000 kilometers." Shitaro Shimada said anxiously. "And this aircraft has already been tested in San Diego......"

"That's a United Aircraft B-24." Yang Rui has painstakingly studied the American long-range bombers, B-17, B-24, as well as B-29 and B36, the first two have a bombing radius of only about 1,500 kilometers, and the latter is deadly, but the latter appeared very late, "You got the news wrong, the bomber that really threatens us can only be produced by Boeing." The so-called 3,000-kilometer bomber was only a requirement for the B17-army aviation before the tender. Now the Americans are leaking these things out in order to make us take risks and provoke wars. ”

Hearing that the information he obtained was deliberately leaked by the Americans, Shimada was a little anxious, but seeing that Yang Rui even knew the model of the aircraft, he had to believe it. Fushimi asked, "Your Excellency." Is the message exact? This is the sacrifice of a few intelligence officers in our country to ......"

"I said last year that intelligence on the United States must be merged, you see, people died in vain." Yang Rui was very disdainful. "We are very familiar with several companies in the United States that can produce bombers, and when Boeing was founded, the West Plant also had a stake, and there are many peace-loving American friends who are willing to help us free of charge. Ultra-long-range bomber. Just stare at Boeing, Douglas, Lockheed, and engines at Hewlett-Packard and Wright.

In addition, according to the information I have, 200 million of the 2.2 billion in the Army Act is used to allocate funds to aircraft companies to design new bombers, and the new bombers are still in trial production, and the prototype will not be seen until next year, and it will be revised after bidding, and the final production will be made the year after tomorrow. From now on, it will take at least two years for this type of aircraft to be truly equipped with troops. It's three years. ”

Yang Rui said in such detail that several Japanese were all moved, Xianyuan stood up, and said with a shake of his hands: "There are still three years left in the war?" ”

"Almost." Yang Rui nodded, and the judgment given to him by the Intelligence Bureau and the Business Intelligence Bureau was also three years. "If there is an accident, maybe two years will not be, mainly depending on the negotiations in Washington now." After saying that, he looked at Fushimi, "When will the Yamato of your country be built?" ”

The "Yamato ......" even knew that the Yamato, like the Chinese Tianjin Wei, was just a bait to lure the Americans into falling for it. But every time he thought of the displacement of 65,000 tons and the nine 460mm cannons, Fushimi felt that his heart was on fire. How. Such a huge ship is just a decoration. He said a little gloomily: "It is also within three years, if you want to speed up, you can launch the water early next year, and you can enter the first half of the next year." ”

"Then speed up!" Yang Rui said, and then said something that made Fushimi extremely heartbroken: "This kind of decoration doesn't have to be made like embroidery, and it is advisable for us to implement the next plan as soon as possible." ”

Although it was understood that the battleship was useless. However, the Japanese designed and built in a regular manner, in line with the idea that once they were built, they would be slow and costly, while the Navy Design Bureau and the Nanjing Shipyard, under the instruction of the Navy Office, could save money and save money, and they could do it as fast as they could. The Tianjin Battleship will be launched this year and will be ready for entry in September next year, and no one cares when it will form combat effectiveness.

"What's next......" Fushimi thought of the second half of the damn deception plan and said, "Is it really going to be like this?" ”

"A must." Yang Rui said. "We're going to mess up the Americans, and that's not good, it's to intimidate the American people and see how they will react if they know that we are using titanium alloy for the armor of our battleships. There are also 460mm shells, which are not only to be shown to the public, but also to be fired live in public - as planned, to set up a piece of armor and then use the main gun to penetrate it. Even if a cannon barrel is scrapped, let the Americans know that their armor protection is not thick enough. This kind of thing is not easy for China to do, so it is better for you to come forward. ”

"Mud bombardment will do it." Although it won't really destroy a cannon barrel, Fushimi still hurts.

"Your Excellency, what about the Army?" The strongest weapon of the navy was displayed to the people, and the thought of the army that had done nothing made it uncomfortable. "Can the heavy chariots of your army equipped with the Guards Division be displayed to the public?"

"Meow?" Yang Rui thought of this main combat vehicle, which was basically an ornament, and said: "This has to be considered, let's see it then." If you do land in the Panama Canal, the meow will still be kept secret. Have you made a plan to land on the Panama Canal? He asked Fushimi again that the Japanese still collected a lot of information on the sea conditions and sea conditions in Central America.

"This ...... depends on the bombing effect of the bombers of the United States and the time of the war." The question looped back to square one, and Fushimiya motioned for Shimada to answer the question.

"Your Excellency, although the third naval bill of the United States approved the construction of four new air carriers, according to intelligence, because of the construction of battleships, only two of the four aircraft carriers were really built, and the other two could not be built until the battleships in the dock were launched. If our two 60,000-ton giant aircraft carriers Musashi and Huangpu can be put into service, the probability of victory in the war games is ninety percent, and if they can't catch up, considering that the United States has more than 1,100 carrier-based aircraft, while our side only has more than 800 aircraft, although our side has many advantages, the hope of victory is only sixty percent......" Shitaro Shimada said, his estimate can still be cautious.

"The result of the deduction is that our side damaged four empty carriers, and the Mi side damaged six. Thanks to the supply advantage, our side can quickly restore its combat strength, and it can restore the combat strength of eight air carriers and more than 700 aircraft in half a month, while the injured ships of the United States must return to Hawaii or the mainland for repair. There are only eight air carriers left that can fight, and there are only more than seven carrier-based aircraft, and they need to fight again before they can win completely.

According to the plan, if it is ready and the north of Shanghai is not bombed, our ten large slipways can build 30 wartime standard air carriers with a capacity of 90 aircraft a year, but this number will definitely not be completed in the first year. The best result is eighteen, maybe even fifteen, twenty to twenty-four the following year, and thirty in the third Chinese New Year's Eve.

The average construction time of the new type of air carrier in the United States is expected to be 20 months in the first year, 18 months in the second year, and 14 months in the third year. The number of ships to be built was calculated on the basis of the existing eleven large docks and twenty-three medium-sized docks, and in the first year only the two new air carriers remaining in service under the Third Naval Act; In the second year, if the decision is made correctly, fifteen to twenty light air carriers converted from cruisers may enter service; In the third year, if the war starts, all the unfinished battleships will be towed out of the dock, and eleven large slipways can build eleven large air carriers and about ten to fifteen light air carriers;

The fourth year is calculated based on the expansion of the country's shipbuilding facilities during the war. It is true that the dock is difficult to build, but the slipway is simple to build; Another factor is when the country will be blocked, and the later the blockade, the more the United Kingdom and Europe will help the country to build faster. The Military Command Department estimates that if the blockade is not carried out, the number of new air carriers launched by the United States in the fourth year will reach 20 and 30 light air carriers, and the United States has surpassed our own in terms of the number of carrier-based aircraft, and it is very likely that the United States carrier-based fighters at this time still have a certain advantage. In the fifth year, the number of empty carriers launched in the United States will exceed 50% of our own. In the sixth year, it doubled, when the total number of empty carriers on both sides was close to the same.

With such an estimate. At the end of the second year and the beginning of the third year of the war, our side should have landed in the Philippines and swept away the Mi Air Force on the islands to quickly seize the Panama Canal and cut off the wartime materials needed by the United States. The most important of these are manganese, bauxite, quartz, diamond, rubber and mica. Without manganese there is a lack of high-strength steel for large ships, reducing the input of bauxite is reducing aircraft production, and without quartz and diamond, there is a lack of good grinding wheels and cutting tools. Machinery can't process it quickly or even can't, while rubber is used in tires and electrical wiring, and mica is a key raw material for cathode ray tubes. If we occupy the Panama Canal in the second year of the war and completely blockade the United States, the war will be over. ”

"And how many troops and ships will it take to occupy the Panama Canal?" The Japanese are a relatively complete deduction. The estimate of the shipbuilding capabilities of both sides is also quite pertinent. If that is the case, it would work to occupy Panama and blockade the United States in order to force it to sue for peace, but there must be support in the Pacific.

"It is impossible to speculate how many troops the United States will deploy in the Panama Canal in the second or third year, but the Military Command Department believes that at least four aircraft carrier formations, 4 million tons of merchant ships, 100,000 army forces, and more than 100,000 local imperial troops are needed, and the actual number of air carriers and combat intentions of our side must be kept absolutely secret in advance, and even the Philippines should be abandoned in order to take it by surprise." Shigetaro Shimada roughly stated the plan of the Military Command Department, and it was indeed the nature of Showa Staff Officers who would kill with one blow and recklessly do the consequences.

"Four aircraft carrier formations? Without a pause in between, to capture a place 15,000 kilometers away in one go? "Yang Rui is happy." Soldiers climbed ashore and collapsed on the beach waiting for the Americans to cut off their heads, right? ”

"Your Excellency, we can start from the Marianas, so that it is only more than fourteen thousand kilometers." Shigetaro Shimada said.

"And what about the supplies along the way?" Yang Rui asked again with a smile. "Even if 100,000 people occupy the Panama Canal by surprise, how will these people be supplied? How many troops are you going to spend on convoy escort? With such a long front, even if we can blockade Hawaii, how many aircraft carriers will be spent on the escort of the merchant fleet? If the US Navy's aircraft carrier formation raids the merchant fleet, can it be parried by simple escort aircraft carriers? ”

"Your Excellency, after the United States Navy fought a decisive battle with me again in the Philippine waters, there were less than five remaining air carriers, and the number of ships launched in the second year was only seven. However, the shipbuilding industry of the United States is all concentrated in the east, and there are few shipyards on the west coast, and if we can monitor the ports on the west coast, there is no air carrier fleet in the entire Pacific Ocean. Shigetaro Shimada said, quite indomitable. (To be continued.) )