"My Führer, I don't understand why the Japanese Cabinet agreed to this plan, this is a preparation to make enemies of the whole of Europe and even the whole world, are these Japanese crazy?" General Busch had a keen perspective on the problem, and he immediately asked Xu Jun questions.

"I agree with General Busch that this may be a piece of intelligence from the Japanese, a smoke used to mislead us, because if it is true, it is too stupid. By virtue of the suddenness of the war, it may be possible to achieve some results in a short period of time, as the high command deduced, but once the war reaches a stalemate, it will inevitably turn into a war of attrition, and Japan will not be able to achieve a final victory.

Not to mention that we have been informed of their plans, so that the suddenness of war will not exist. "William. General Liszt, an army general who had just returned from Italy, was standing by his side by Lieutenant General Schellner, a mountain corps who had returned to Berlin on the same plane with him.

"It's a gamble to lose, my Führer." Seeing Xu Jun's gaze turn to him, Schellner puffed up his chest and said loudly.

"Very good, very good, who else feels the same way about it?" Xu Jun nodded in satisfaction, and turned his gaze to the marshals and generals on the other side of the map table.

"It seems that everyone agrees, and I'm happy because I think so too." Xu Jun waved his hand to stop the others from speaking, and he turned around and walked to the map, one hand behind his back, and the other hand holding a slender whip.

"Schellner is right, it's a gamble that must be lost." The Reich Führer slammed his backhand on the map.

"Maybe before we knew about it, they had a chance to win by three points, but right now, there is no chance of a victory. But gentlemen, we have to note that the Japanese are not aware of the problems that we are seeing now, they are not aware of them. The Japanese have been trying to interpret the world with their archaic mindset, and most of the time they live in their dreams. Few Japanese people are able to take a sober view of these strategic issues, and those who think this way are regarded as outliers and ostracized by their own people. They're like us five years ago, and maybe Blumberg and Loeb will feel it deeply. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Jun found that this question seemed to be a little sensitive, and he clenched his fist in front of his mouth and coughed lightly, giving everyone time to forget the above sentence.

"Well, I'm here to give you a brief explanation, and I'm sure you're full of questions about this plan. First of all, I would like to state once again that the information we have obtained is accurate, not the smoke released by the Japanese, and that our intelligence gathering on Japan began before the start of the war, and that these Cabinet minutes are only appetizers. There was a problem with their mainland strategy, and although Chiang Chung-cheng's government was losing ground on the battlefield, China itself had a vast territory, which was the strongest weapon to contain Japan's power. Xu Jun pointed to East China on the map.

"Our intelligence team in China is delivering the latest intelligence to Berlin every day, and the battlefield situation in China has undergone a subtle shift, with many theaters of war at the same time locked in a stalemate. Obviously, Japan needs time to digest the gains made in the past six months, which is not something that can be done in a short period of time.

Their forces were far from enough to complete the goal of fully occupying this land, and now the Japanese army could only garrison some key cities along the supply lines of roads, railways and rivers, and the large areas of land outside the cities were actually not under their management, so the Japanese hired a group of old Chinese bureaucrats and soldiers who had taken refuge in them and asked them to help them govern the occupied areas.

China's Communist Party is armed with them, and you should have seen reports about them in the newspapers, and you must have known something about them. The troops under their command carried out flexible guerrilla warfare in the Japanese-occupied areas of northern China, containing a large number of mobile forces of the Japanese army, and the daily consumption of materials by Japan in such security operations is a surprising figure for us.

Japan has exhausted the national strength it has spent half a century on the Chinese battlefield, and the war dividends obtained in the Chinese theater are barely enough to maintain the daily operation of this war machine. It has been confirmed by intelligence that if there is no breakthrough in the war situation on the Chinese side within a year, the Japanese government's national finances may be threatened with bankruptcy.

But for this war, Japan has already paid a great price, and it is impossible for them to withdraw from the battlefield at such a time, so no matter how great the cost is, they must fight this war to the end. "The Führer drew a diagram between China and Japan on the map with a whip.

"Japan's strategy of southward expansion was aimed at the precious resources possessed by these colonies. They now spend a lot of money every month to buy precious minerals and oil from the colonies, and to be honest, we make a lot of money on it. Xu Jun paused at this point, and the generals and marshals let out a happy laugh.

"But for now, it is clear that the Japanese don't want to spend any more money, and they are starting to think about seizing the area by force, and then using the cheap resources of these colonies to support them in their long war with China." Xu Jun shook his whip, and the marshals nodded neatly in understanding.

"All the German Reich needed now was to make the Japanese feel that Germany would support their actions. This was also the task I entrusted to Marshal Blumberg, for which I sent him a letter in my own hand to the Emperor of Japan. Gentlemen, you can now express your views. Xu Jun threw the whip back to the staff officer and strode back to the map table.

"What the Führer means is that we are not going to stop the Japanese from encroaching on the colonies, but on the contrary, we are going to push them with all our might... Southward expansion plans? Bushi asked puzzledly.

"But I remember that our previous goal was to maintain the strategic balance in Asia and protect the interests of the Asian colonies of European countries, and there was no conflict between that." Feng. Bock said with a nonsense.

"There is no conflict as you think, Marshal, for the ultimate goal is the same. Japan is a huge threat to the world, and what we are doing now is to solve this problem at the lowest possible cost. Yodel replied.

"I understand what you mean, this requires a good sense of diplomatic proportion, and it is also necessary to communicate with European countries in advance." Paulus said loudly with his hands on his hips.

"What you said has already begun to be carried out by the High Command, and these countries have expressed their full cooperation with our actions." Keitel said.

"I think I understood what the Führer said, that this was indeed a trap, a trap that the Japanese would like to jump into, provided that he felt safe, and that the support of the Third Reich was the guarantee that would propel them on this adventure." Manstein's eyes gleamed with excitement.

"With the acquiescence of the Empire, they will be able to send supplies and troops to Siam with peace of mind." Yodel talked.

"Once this plan is officially launched, they will only be able to continuously invest precious resources into this bottomless pit, and at that point, no matter how the situation changes, they will not be able to turn back." Manstein said.

"Their actions can only revolve around this strategic plan, and we have been given enough time to use the limited forces at our disposal to lay out a defensive line against this strategy." Yodel smiled smugly.

"Finally lock Japan in the South China Sea." The two generals said the same sentence in unison, and then laughed happily.

"And what about the Siamese question?" Paulus raised his hand on the side: "Is the purpose of the attack we are now carrying out on Siam the same?" ”

"If the armed forces of the Kingdom of Siam are not weakened as much as possible, they will not completely turn to Japan. The Prime Minister of Siam is an ambitious military man, and he will not be willing to be a puppet at the mercy of others. Celt said with a sneer.

"After the prime minister lost the troops at his disposal, he had to turn to the outside world for support in order to maintain his position and power."

"So he's going to turn to Japan?" Giving thoughtfully.

"Because that's the only option he can make." The Chief of Staff said with his head held high.

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