"Dangerous? But so far, Hitler's strategy has been correct. Sato was taken aback, apparently not expecting Ishihara to sing a chorus in this scene.

"The Soviets were using vast territory to extend the supply lines of the Germans, in line with Chiang Kai-shek's strategy of using the mountainous region of Central China to pull a tug of war with us, and they blew up all the railway bridges over the river, which made it very difficult for the Germans to attack before the bridges were built." Ishihara paused, "With all due respect, Hitler made the same mistake as we did, expanding his territory indefinitely and extending his forces, but he couldn't find a way to stop the war. ”

But it was the German struggle that finally eliminated the signs of disintegration within the German bloc, and if it had not been for the capture of Moscow, Italy and Romania would probably have withdrawn from the war against Russia, which would have been a disaster. And this spring's offensive even led Turkey to join the German side. Isn't this a huge political victory? ”

"Yes, this is a political victory, but it is by no means a strategic victory. Strategy serves politics, but if strategy leads to the defeat of the war, the situation is reversed. I think that the Russians have found the crux of the defeat, they are beginning to shrink, it seems, it is no longer the old Cossack tactics like Timoshenko or Budyonny, I believe that the young military commanders are planning a counterattack. ”

"Oh."

"It must be noted that with nearly a year of onslaught, the German offensive sector has expanded to the limit, and the forces on the offensive line have become weak, you look here," Ishihara, who was calm and relaxed, extinguished his cigarette butt and pointed on a world map with a large scale, of course, there were no arrows representing the army on the map, only the Volga River, and he was pointing out the country completely from memory" The closest troops of the 6th Army to its northern flank gathered 180 kilometers, the invincible false name of the world, the light enemy and recklessness, Let the Germans lose their way, they are still blindly advancing, I estimate that the German armored forces have long passed the time for engine overhaul, and the current usable ones have weakened to one-eighth, or even one-tenth, of the offensive in June last year, so ...... Big failures happen very quickly. ”

The room was silent, and Ishihara's shocking arguments were indeed astonishing, but no one dared to contradict him.

"This ...... Unlikely, right? Although Asano brought down the defeat of the German army because the battle line was too long, he also mentioned that the key to the victory or defeat of the game between the two sides was Moscow, and once Moscow was captured, it would ......"

"It's not Moscow, it's just that later generations of people who wrote history don't understand war, did we capture Nanjing and the Chinese surrendered? The British once occupied Washington, did the Americans surrender? Napoleon also captured Moscow, did he win? ”

Makino nodded from the side, he felt that Ishihara's words were reasonable, and Asano did not see the real lessons from history, but only superficially and generally attributed the victory and defeat of the war to the victory or defeat of some key battle. Moscow apparently did not become the winning point he predicted.

"So, what is our situation?" Eisaku Sato asked cautiously.

"As for our situation, IMHO, worse than the Germans. Hitler was a corporal after all, while Tojo only had the ability to be a private. ”

Every time he mentions Tojo, he inevitably gets emotional, but the excessive damage is actually counterproductive, as it damages the credibility of his comments.

"Why, do you feel this way?" There was some dissatisfaction in Sato's tone.

"On the surface, we are in a better position than the Germans, and we can make up for the transportation between battlefields thousands of kilometers by sea, but that's exactly where the problem lies." Ishihara explained, "We can't destroy the enemy's home base where the fleet is built, and wherever Yamamoto's fleet goes, the enemy hides, and he goes and returns, and the South Sea Fracture Zone is very suitable for such a trick, that is, there is a huge fleet in the air, but even the most basic transportation cannot be guaranteed." This will become apparent in the second half of the year, when they will slowly take advantage of the advantage, and our Navy will only be exhausted. In addition, I have a general understanding of the recent battles in northern Burma, although we won by luck, but the losses were very large, if we cannot win every war at a small cost, how can we face a long war in a country that has both population and industry at the same time? ”

"What about Australia?"

"It is also very difficult, our victory in the South Seas is largely due to the native uprising, but in New Guinea, which is under the Australian Trusteeship, there are no local forces to help us, and once our army sets foot in Australia, it is conceivable that in exchange for only desperate resistance from the whites. Once we are in Australia or India, we will have to fight for our lives in distant areas, and the enemy will become more and more active. ”

His words aroused dissatisfaction, but no one attacked on the spot, and everyone understood that Ishihara, as a soldier who was forced to retire early, probably made such a harsh rebuttal out of some kind of resentment.

"Don't you believe me? Then wait and see, the second half of the year will prove that my opinion is right, I judge that the first to suffer for us is the Chinese army equipped with American-style armed forces in Burma, and next year it will be even more difficult, and the enemy in various battlefields will find a way to deal with us, so at that time, the war must rely on Makino-kun and his new weapons to sustain it. ”

"I'll do my best." Makino nodded, "Mr. Yukawa has just joined our project, at least in terms of theoretical calculations. ”

"Speaking of which, does the Imperial University's inspection of the Yukikaze have any results?" Nobusuke Kishi asked.

"No residual radioactive material was found, perhaps because of the sensitivity of the equipment, and it may have been discovered if I had returned to Sasebo earlier, instead of fighting in the South Seas for so long."

"Isn't it good not to find out? I remember you said that if it was that kind of weapon, it would leave behind a substance with a long half-life after the explosion, which would inevitably be discovered. Sato was dissatisfied, he found Makino's position hateful, and he always wanted to prove that there was a strong enemy.

"My biggest concern is some kind of fusion that will explode more fully*, so after two months, it's going to be hard to find fissile material."

The venue was silent again, there were a few people here who knew about Makino's Chinese nuclear submarine hypothesis, but none of them wanted to discuss it, in their opinion, the three people who crossed over were all crazy, Makino's symptoms were still above Asano's, and the only normal one was unfortunately killed.

In the city of Kolkata, Zhou Youfu and his men had packed all the crates in advance, and judging by the weight, he was sure that they were gold bars, because no one would put lead in the vault. His self-propelled guns were withdrawn from the gold line, and there was still half an hour before the day was about to be released, and this was a dangerous moment for the boss to fall, and he had to leave immediately.

At the same time, for the first time, Kagesashi used the radio to communicate directly with his superiors, as he feared that the British would rush to transport gold bars before the Japanese landed. This batch of gold bars was of great significance to the already empty Japanese treasury, and he thought of a poisonous plan, asking the warships close to the coast to bombard the bank with their main guns and destroy it, so that the Allies could not carry it in a hurry, although it was also to create trouble for themselves, but after the Japanese army came ashore, there was always a way. His approach was essentially the same as that of the British.

The M7 self-propelled guns quickly crossed the Hooghly River and galloped north, the previous fire show was still in effect, and there were no resistance counterattacks along the way. However, the rebels had been secretly watching, and found that the Allies had withdrawn and began to come to the bank stupidly, this time not at the command of the Japanese, but spontaneously, and everyone felt that they could reap some remaining benefits.

Two British Wellington bombers took off from Dhaka airport in the dark and reached the skies over Calcutta when the sky was just clear, but a Japanese artillery observation plane arrived one step ahead of them and was already hovering overhead.

The bombers did not go to the higher observation planes that flew down, they lowered the altitude and looked for the bank buildings on the riverside. According to the plan, they found the bank, approached at low speed, and then dropped 500 pounds* at the most certain height, destroying the main building of the bank, and as for why they did this, the pilots did not know. In general, it would be difficult to destroy such a building with a few 500-pound* aircraft, but at the moment the Royal Air Force can only bring in these two aircraft.

The weather was surprisingly good, there was no haze that interfered with the view, and the pilot quickly recognized the spire of the bank. The two planes slowed down and flew over, one after the other. Visually, it was found that a number of local militants had gathered around the bank, and some were shooting at themselves. The pilots left them alone and divided equally towards the target.

The two planes dropped at a height that almost grazed the spire*, then pulled up and fled. But even so, the landing point is still not very ideal, at least two* fell into the crowd on the side. When the tail gunner looked down, he saw a huge explosion engulfing the building, but the flames subsided, and the building was still there, but it had blown up the surrounding militants, and piles of human bodies were hanging everywhere like raged clothes. The pilot wondered how to go back to the business now.

As the planes flew away, they found that the Japanese fleet at sea had begun to shoot, and the first round of shells were scattered in the city, showing them the tremendous power of the Japanese naval guns, which were by no means under the 500-pound aviation*.

When the pilot made a big circle and turned northeast to return home, the Japanese fleet began a second round of firing, this time corrected, and it was roughly clear that the enemy's shelling target was actually in the range of their bombing.

Apparently it was the aerial observation aircraft that had a decisive effect on the correction of the target, and this shelling completely destroyed the bank building with devastating damage, and for the British pilots, the unexpected joy appeared, and the captain of the aircraft immediately spoke to the command, and unashamedly reported that the attack was accurate, and the building was gone.

Immediately afterward, the Japanese ships also conducted a third round of firing in order to make the debris and broken debris more tightly piled up. According to the observer report, except for the corner of the Chase Ocean, the remaining six buildings in the area were all razed to the ground, and the attack effect was excellent.

The attack was launched by two Kongo-class ships of the Third Sentai of the First Fleet, and the Yamato's 460 guns were not involved, firing a total of 72 rounds of 356 mm shells, which were powerful enough to raze all the buildings in a block. Among them, the King Kong is actually a British-made warship, and the British balance strategy of playing right and wrong in East Asia has finally reaped gratifying results.