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While Yang Rui was thinking about these messy things in his mind, Yongye Xiu said again: "Your Excellency, your ......, the Weng clan has vetoed the proposal to issue a statement of compliance with the East Asia Alliance Treaty in the Wenhua Hall tomorrow morning......

Yongye Xiushen said the news from the capital, he believed that Yang Rui should also know about it, and as soon as his voice fell, several telegrams came, one of which was Wang Jitong's, and the other was Bei Shoutong's, they were all in the capital at this time. Among them, Pei Shoutong mentioned the reaction of Weng Wenhao's cabinet to this.

"That's a good thing." Yang Rui read the telegram and suddenly said this. "Our country's concessions will only give the Americans an inch. Aren't there many people in your country calling for peace? The Americans' gains will eventually lead to war. ”

When Yang Rui said this, the Japanese also felt that it was right, but he changed his mind again and said: "The ...... of the Weng clan of your country"

"Compared with the United States, your two countries are not worth mentioning, after all, there is a huge disparity in national strength. But because of this, the three kingdoms of your dynasty must unite as one, so that there is hope of winning the war. From this point of view, once the war breaks out, the current cabinet will fall, and the people will eventually understand that they cannot be saved by these cannons. Yang Rui said. It's just that it will take a lot of time and blood to make the people see this clearly. I myself would love to see them go through this transformation, it's an education, and they need it. In this process, your country will bear more responsibilities, and our country will not betray the alliance after all! ”

The meaning of Yang Rui's words confused the Japanese, and the Japanese were very puzzled to educate the people during the war. But in the end, Yang Rui promised not to betray the alliance, and Yongye Xiu bowed backwards - the more the Weng family compromised, the more important Yang Rui became.

When the Japanese bowed, Yang Rui said again: "Since the war has begun, let's start formal preparations." From this point of view, it does not matter whether war is declared or not. Fighting a war always requires a sassafras gun. When we cleaned our guns, the Americans came calling. ”

"Your Excellency means ......" Yongye Xiushen didn't understand what Yang Rui meant.

"I mean, given that a lot of things are not ready, we should not rush to declare war, but not declaring war does not mean that we will not fight. What we need to do now is to prepare for the mass production of weapons in wartime, and to prepare for the annihilation of the US two-ocean fleet after the start of the war. Yang Rui looked at the bewildered Japanese and asked with a smile: "Does General Nagano think that war is a ......declaration of war, an attack, and a decisive battle, such a few simple processes?" ”

Seeing that the Japanese shook their heads, he said again: "Before the declaration of war, it is necessary to expand factories, train workers, train soldiers, crews, and pilots. Adjustment of industrial production and the national economy of the country as a whole. In this way, the weapons, ammunition, and ships in the hands of the front-line soldiers will fight more and more, and they will become stronger and stronger, instead of fighting weaker and weaker like the Germans. ”

As soon as Yang Rui mentioned the performance of the independent country in the last war, Yongye Xiu understood everything. Yang Rui, who didn't want to talk nonsense, said directly: "Please tell your country to send important officials from the Planning Institute and officers in charge of logistics from the General Staff Department to come out, and then go to ...... and Pyongyang." They went there to hold a meeting to discuss wartime industrial production and resource allocation. ”

"Hey!" Seeing Yang Rui so ordered. Nagano Xiu immediately shouted, and the sound effect was moving.

Touched his ears. Yang Rui said again: "According to the previous discussion, the staff departments of the three countries should also establish an effective communication and command mechanism. It is inconvenient for our side, so let General Bei Jimei attend, and the chief of the General Staff, General Xu Yuchu, will also send people to attend the meeting, but in view of the current situation in our country, this meeting must be kept secret. We should not make a big fuss about preparing for war, but we should say that we are discussing the defense affairs of the three countries. In addition, the intelligence systems of the three countries should also be integrated, and at least they should communicate and exchange information with each other......"

Production, resources, military planning and command, intelligence, speaking of which, Yang Rui thought of the Asian dollar that was originally scheduled to be issued this year, and felt that this matter had to be discussed with Zhang Kun and others from the bank.

"Your Excellency thinks that we should temporarily make concessions to the United States......" Seeing that Yang Rui only focused on the future. Didn't plan for the current thing at all, Nagano Xiushen had to ask clearly.

"What else can you do if you don't back down?" Yang Rui asked rhetorically, "Do you want to teach the Americans a lesson in the Marshall Islands and teach them how to use aircraft carriers?" We spent nearly 400 million yuan and sank an aircraft carrier to make the Americans jump on the battleship. This is almost no different from treason and collaboration with the enemy. You tell your country that it's okay to fight a decisive battle for the Marshalls, but don't send aircraft carriers, let alone use the attack tactics we train daily on, otherwise you will be betraying the country and collaborating with the enemy! ”

"Hey! Xiao Zhi understood. This time it was Yongye Xiushen who was startled by Yang Rui's voice, and he bowed again.

"That's all, please tell your country." Yang Rui made a summary, he glanced at the funny calendar again, and said: "July 7th, history will remember this day." ”

After meeting with Yongye Xiu, Yang Wuming received more telegrams from there. But these are not big deals, he was afraid that Nagano Xiushen would only send a telegram to the Navy Military Command Department, and those main battle factions in the Navy would not transfer their intentions to Hirohito, so he asked Yang Wuming to draft a telegram and send it directly to Nijubashi in Tokyo.

Although it was late at night, the lights of Niju Bridge had not been extinguished, and although the civilian officials and the military department of the Imperial Council had not discussed a decent result, the general direction was to declare war and hope for international mediation. When Weng Wenhao's reaction reached the palace, the civil servants were all excited, and the meeting roughly chose the path of international mediation.

Although the meeting ended, Hirohito could not sleep. As a student taught by Heihachiro Togo himself, he certainly knew that the situation was already very serious - if the Marshall Islands were really lost, then the so-called 'Gibraltar in the Pacific' Truk would also lose most of its strategic significance, which was equivalent to a direct retreat of the defense line to the Mariana Islands. And just as China says that Iwo Jima is the life and death line of China, Mariana is the life and death line of Japan.

Due to its economic strength and the fact that it had not entered a wartime state, even if Iwo Jima was handed over to the Chinese Navy to operate and build defenses, Japan could only build upper, middle and lower fortifications on the three Mariana islands, with huge oil depots (thermal power systems) and cold storage (food supplies), and the Marshalles' forward position was neglected from the beginning, with only two airstrips and several seaplanes (set up inside the atolls) on the islands, and the total number of officers and men stationed on the islands was less than a wing. and scattered over ninety-seven islands. With such a thin force, the US Navy is not impossible to capture.

While Hirohito was pondering, he suddenly remembered the sound of footsteps outside, and after a while, Secretary General He Jing's voice came in a low voice, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent call from the Yang family of Huaguo......"

"Bring it in. Fast! Hirohito said with some anxiety - only together with China can we confront the United States, which has long been the basic consensus of the Japanese political situation. When Weng Wenhao was not prepared to take a strong stance on this, the mention of oil and steel by civilian officials left the generals speechless.

After reading the telegram, Hirohito was still thinking about the joints in the telegram, but King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong went and returned to ask for a meeting, and he also brought Yang Rui's telegram. "Your Majesty, the Yang clan thinks that the war has begun and asks to prepare for war!"

Fushimi looked excited, he had never felt that the Japanese Navy was as powerful as it is today - mastering the essence of naval warfare, the essence of naval warfare, the essence of shipbuilding, the technology of segmented shipbuilding, the essence of attack, the aircraft manufacturing technology that leads the countries, and the alliance with an empire with a population of 600 million and an endless source, even if Britain and Japan are combined. It is not necessarily impossible to win.

"Well, I see." Before Fushi's meeting, Hirohito was the old god, he lit up the telegram sent by Liang Tonghua, and suddenly asked a question that surprised Fushimi, "If Yang's ...... If the Weng family had been in power and had not fallen into the cabinet, what would the Yang family do? ”

"Your Majesty. The Yang clan will definitely oust the Weng clan from power. But......" He remembered what Nagano Xiu said in the telegram, and paused before saying, "But." Yang Rui said that in order to educate his people, it will take time and blood. ”

"Does the Yang clan really plan to go to war with the United States?" Hirohito asked, and then he asked, "Is he healthy?" ”

The health of politicians is a key factor in influencing the political situation, and it is Hirohito who asked Yang Rui's health again. Fushimi had to say: "The Yang family practices diligently every morning and dusk, and lives a simple and hard life. Apart from smoking, he has no other bad habits. Every ten years, he also goes up to the mountains to hunt, and his body is strong and he runs as fast as young people. Fushimi recalled what he had seen in Tonghua and replied again, "We were hunting that day. After hunting a red deer, he ate venison raw like a savage...... Your Majesty, many people think that he will live to be a hundred years old. ”

"That's good!" Hirohito nodded deeply, he was worried that Yang Rui would die unexpectedly and early, and Japan would be abandoned by China.

"It is likely that the layout of the Yang war against rice began before the Sino-Japanese war." Fushimi continued to return to Hirohito's question, "The last time I discussed the plan to attack Panama with General Bejimei, the detailed hydrological data of Panama Bay and the entire canal in the possession of the General Staff were by no means collected in recent years, and some of them, such as rainfall data, may date back to the first year of Taisho. I remember that when the Chinese Navy landed in Mogadishu last year, there was no local hydrometeorological data, but there were detailed hydrometeorological data of Panama, which shows the deep intentions of the Yang family in the war against Mi! Your Majesty, there are many obedient and reluctant Chinese people, and if they rashly start a war against rice, there will be many opponents. Yang can only wait for the bombs dropped by the US plane to hit the ground in order to arouse the fighting spirit of the people. ”

King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong negotiated with Yang Rui the most, and he also knew China better. The reason why Weng Wenhao's cabinet came to power was that the Westernized democrats took advantage of the people's fear of war, and not many people in China really believed in their ways, and once the United States attacked, these people would not only collapse the cabinet, but also lose their reputation.

"But what if the United States only declares war on us?" Hirohito asked a similar question that Fushimi had asked.

"Yang said that it is impossible for the United States to do such a thing." Fushimi said perfunctorily that he asked the United States to sign a contract with China and then start a war against Japan. "They have a samurai style and won't do such a lowly thing. And the war was not just against mud bombardment, but against the entire East Asian continent. ”

"Samurai wind?" Hirohito smiled, "Now you have to go to the island to search for the missing female pilot, this is also the style of a samurai?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is the ghost of Roosevelt, the commander of the United States! He was by no means a samurai, just a politician. Fushimi really doesn't know much about the United States, but he is right, this is indeed Roosevelt's troublemaker.

Admiral Reahy of the Department of Naval Operations reported Emilia's disappearance to him that day, and Roosevelt was shocked. The whole country was eagerly awaiting the success of the Flying Queen's equatorial round-the-world flight, but they did not expect that the plane would go missing and might be forced to land in the Japanese Marshall Islands. Previously, all Roosevelt could do was ask the Japanese government to assist in the search and rescue efforts, but at this time, the situation in the Pacific was tense. Taking advantage of this event is perhaps the best option. So, after the Admiralty sent a telegram to Hawaii that day, Roosevelt's telegram was also sent to Hawaii, which was no different from the previous one, but with the words "at all costs."

Like Chinese officialdom, the U.S. Navy is fully aware of the president's telegram of 'whatever it takes.' The search and rescue team interestingly brought the search aircraft close to the Marshall Islands. until you pass directly over the island. This naturally caused protests from the Japanese troops stationed on the island, and then the planes of both sides exchanged fire and shot down, and then the carrier-based aircraft of the Lexington were ordered to support ....... With regard to the Imperial Japanese Navy, where anti-American sentiments were very strong, it was natural for the two sides to exchange fire.

While Hirohito and Fushimi were talking in Tokyo late at night, the Oval Office in Washington was in session. Hull, who was not trusted by Roosevelt but was often on the outside, was complaining, "Mr. President, the Japanese ambassador has just made a strong protest outside, condemning the aggression of our navy as a ...... that it will provoke war."

"We're just searching for a poor missing woman!" Roosevelt in a wheelchair was rightly strong. "And they brazenly shot down our water search and rescue plane on the high seas. This is the act of provoking war. ”

"And what's next?" Hull glanced at the silent Hopkins, and then swept over Secretary of the Navy Swanson and Secretary of Operations Leahy, as if to say I know what you want to do. "Do you want to land in the Marshall Islands?"

Roosevelt did not speak, and Secretary of the Navy Swanson said: "If we think that Miss Earhart is really forced to land on this island, of course we will go to the island to check, but this is not an occupation nature, we just want to see if Miss Earhart is on it." ”

"It's the equivalent of running to someone's house to find what you've lost?" Hull made an analogy that embarrassed the Secretary of the Navy even more. "Such a violation of the sovereignty of a country. I think the whole world will condemn us! ”

"Nope! Cordell. Roosevelt had to speak, "Now the search and rescue commander thinks that Miss Earhart has a good chance of being killed by the Japanese." You must know that it is a military forbidden place. For a long time, any plane that came close to the Japanese would open fire and expel it. At that time, because the fuel had run out, Miss Earhart had to declare war and make a forced landing, and then was shot down by the Japanese. This is just speculation, but it is very likely. Speaking of this, Roosevelt looked at Hull, who was already dumbfounded, and said: "Yes, I agree with you: the sovereignty of a country cannot be violated. But human rights take precedence over sovereignty, and in order to rescue Miss Earhart – even if she is dead, we should do everything in our power to find her and the remains of Mr. Noonan, the navigator! ”

Roosevelt's eyes were fixed on Hull, and Hull's eyes were on him, and it took a moment for Hull to speak. "But that would mean war!"

"No, it's just for justice and humanity!" Roosevelt retorted. "We are not for profit, but for humanity. I believe that every American will understand the behavior of the Navy. If there is a war, we are also doing God's cause - the destruction of the Far Eastern Mission. An evil empire of ignorance. ”

"It's all decided, isn't it?" Hel suddenly felt cold in his hands and feet. The president's intentions are obvious, however, that war is imminent, and that it is against the three imperial states of the Far East.

"No, there is no decision on this statement, there is only God's will." Roosevelt said. He lit another camel cigarette at this time, and the cigarette was clamped between his slender fingers, and there was very little smoke.

After saying a few words of nonsense, Hull finally fled out of the Oval Office, and after he left, Roosevelt looked at the remaining members of the cabinet, mainly the Admiralty, the War Department, and the Treasury, and asked, "Gentlemen, what will happen if China and Japan want Korea to declare war on us tomorrow?" ”

"Mr. President, now the war starts, and before the navy reaches the Philippines, there is a risk that Manila will be landed by Chinese troops." War Minister **** Sheng said. MacArthur's plan to bomb China was approved by him, and it was also in line with the US strategy toward China -- it could destroy this nascent industrial country without landing, bomb and blockade, and the world market would be American again.

"Don't mention the Philippines," Roosevelt said, looking farther afield, "how did the British reply to us?" Our two English-speaking countries must be in harmony on this matter. If Britain is missing, it will be difficult for China to blockade, and they will get the supplies they need for the war from the Persian Gulf, the Middle East, and they can also ship their goods from there. ”

"Mr. President, the Royal Navy has basically rejected our request." Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Leahy reported. "Mainly because the British don't want to get into trouble, they have a lot of interests in China, and Hong Kong is developing very quickly. In addition, Burma, Persia, the Middle East, and even India are all under the threat of the Chinese army, and they dare not go to war......"

"General Raisi, our opinion is that they must declare war on China and Japan." Speaking was Maj. Gen. Stanley Embick, Secretary of Army Planning, "We need resources from Australia and New Guinea, and we need to support the Philippines with these two places, not just the islands in the Central Pacific." ”

The Navy is interested in the Central Pacific route. The Army, which needs more land support, wants to take the South Pacific route - not that it is not possible to take the Central Pacific route, but that there will be no role for the army if the Central Pacific route is taken. When Major General Embick said this, Hopkins, who was next to President Roosevelt, glanced at the ministers of the navy and the army, and when he saw that the two ministers were silent and their faces were tense, he immediately thought of a question -- are the navy and army forces of all countries enemies rather than comrades-in-arms?

"Henry, are we really that Englishman can't do it?" Roosevelt saw that neither the army nor the navy spoke, so he had to speak himself.

"Mr. President, it's not impossible." "We have many ways to deal with Britain. Ireland is planning to adopt a new Irish constitution to become an independent state, but no one has supported ......; In addition, Germany announced the discovery of submarine oil fields in the North Atlantic, that is, between England and Norway, and the tension between the two countries is increasing, and we can support Germany and give some loans; And most importantly, after the victory in the war we will have a fleet of the first in the world. Whether or not British colonies and hegemony in Asia are retained must depend on our attitude. So to speak. If they do not join the war on our side, then all the colonies in post-war Asia will face the ...... of independence"

The Minister of War is the Minister of the Army, and the three things mentioned by **** Sheng, especially the last one, are worth pondering. It is tantamount to saying that Britain must choose between China and the United States, and must stand on the side of the winner to ensure the distribution of its post-war benefits, which they may not have expected. Just like the last big war. France and Russia and Germany and Austria were attrition to each other, but Britain was also involved in the war and paid a heavy price.

"Excellent! We should make these points clear to the British, especially the question of the distribution of benefits after the war. Roosevelt commented, "We cannot afford to leave the British on the sidelines. I remember when the Washington Treaty was signed. It is they who act as lobbyists for China and Japan. If China and Japan had been asked not to form an alliance back then, there would be no trouble now. ”

"Yes, Mr. President. Britain had to make a choice in the war, not simply neutrality. Secretary of the Navy Swanson agreed. If Britain were on our side, the Navy could be stationed at the Singapore Naval Base, and with the expanding Naval Base in Cavite, the Philippines would be able to defend the Philippines from threat. ”

"The Army can also increase its troops from Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines." Chief of the General Staff of the Army, Colonel-General Marin Clegg, emphasized. "A lot of war materiel can be purchased directly from Australia without having to arrive at home, which can save a lot of money and merchant tonnage, and it's fast."

Both the navy and the army agreed to pull in the British, but Roosevelt only nodded frequently, indicating that he understood the importance of this issue, and everyone reached an agreement on this issue, and only waited for the follow-up after the meeting.

"Are we ready, then? Gentlemen. Roosevelt asked again.

The Navy and Army looked at each other on this issue, and Admiral Raisi, Chief of Naval Operations, said: "Mr. President, we must wait for the construction of the Philippine naval base to be completed, at least roughly completed, which will take a year to a year and a half. ”

"Mr. President, the airport in the Philippines is under construction, and the local Philippine army is also being intensively reorganized, and it will take us another year to two years." The Chief of Staff of the Army, Admiral Clegg, also said so.

"But it can't be later than the launch of China's Tianjin." Admiral Leahy added. "The two giant battleships are under intense construction in the docks of the Jiangnan Shipyard and the Nanjing Military Shipyard. General MacArthur thought they should be sunk before they were launched, preferably on the day of launch, and the B-17 bombers could barely reach both places with light loads. In this way, when the war officially began, the Sino-Japanese joint fleet would only have two giant battleships, Yamato and Musashi, and of course it could be three, but it would never be five. ”

"That is, the war will break out at the end of next year or the beginning of the year after?" Roosevelt asked calmly.

"Yes, Mr. President." Clegg and Leahy were almost in unison, and it was rare for the navy and army to agree on the timing of the war.

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