In the slightly noisy corridor of the White House, an officer held a telegram from afar and walked briskly through the magnificent corridor. From time to time, someone whispers and discusses the latest war situation.

Pushing open the door of the office, the officer handed the point in his hand to the busy General Marshall: "The Japanese air raid on Australia!" The latest news has arrived! The assessment department predicted that the Japanese could land in Australian areas within 24 hours. ”

President Roosevelt's health has recently improved, and although he can occasionally show his face in the crowd in a wheelchair, he is still unable to handle government affairs.

Marshall, as his right-hand man, had full authority over the affairs of the military. It's just that there hasn't been any good news lately, and Marshall hasn't had any good countermeasures.

Compared with those celebrities who galloped on the field, Marshall did not actually possess extraordinary intelligence.

He relied on his unparalleled overall planning, as well as the terrible production and scheduling capabilities of the United States behind him.

Therefore, dealing with all kinds of bad things in front of him has made him a little exhausted. He really wanted to know how President Roosevelt handled so many trivial things.

Hearing the other party's statement, Marshall frowned and muttered, "Australia? The Japanese are crazy? They have to invest at least 300,000 people to gain a foothold in Australia, where do they get that much capacity? ”

One of the several generals who were in his office replied: "It's not impossible, Japanese planes did just attack the Australian port of Darwin, blowing up a lot of houses. ”

Another general also nodded and analyzed the purpose of Japan's action from a military point of view: "The Japanese army may send land-based aviation...... Continue to bomb Australia with medium bombers in order to put pressure on us. ”

Indeed, if you judge rationally, the Japanese bombing of Australia is not a strange thing.

Japan's bombing of Australia was a matter of course, both from the point of view of destroying America's preparations for war in Australia and from the point of view of forcing the United States to compromise.

"Hehe, whatever they are, why bother to be like them. If they really landed in Australia, it was also the territory of the British who attacked. At this time, a general said this with a smile on his face.

His words reminded everyone around him, and some people immediately agreed: "This statement is correct, there is no need for us to help the British defend their territory, Australia is attacked by the Japanese army, and the British should take care of it themselves." ”

Marshall also thought that this method sounded very good, so he also gave his own opinion: "It is indeed a good way, in addition, we are gathering troops in Australia, and if Japan dares to land here, we will teach them to behave!" ”

When the army commander heard that Australia might be reinforced, he immediately chimed in: "That's right! The Army was already ready for a war, and we were able to crush the Japanese attack in Australia. ”

So the countermeasures were quickly agreed: let the navy take a long detour to transport three infantry divisions to Australia to deal with a possible Japanese landing there.

These three divisions are very well-trained elite units, and they are also equipped with the best weapons and equipment. The firepower of the main divisions of the United States is stronger than even that of the German army, so the combat effectiveness of these units is very strong.

He was accompanied by more than 100 Air Force fighters and their pilots that had just been trained in production. With these aircraft, air supremacy near Australia, it will not be so easy for the Japanese to fight for it.

After instructing the Australians, Marshall brought up another matter: "Now I am worried about the Japanese attack in the direction of India and Burma, and if they have an advantage there, then they will be able to establish contact with Germany." ”

Hearing this, the generals on the side complained helplessly: "Germany? Now we can count on the fact that the German Führer will not get into the water in his head and will be associated with the Japanese. ”

He was telling the truth, Japan's attack in the direction of India and Germany's attack in the direction of India were beyond the control of the United States.

The possibility of the two countries meeting in India is really very high, and this is the key to Marshall's depression.

Once the two countries were connected, Germany could establish oil exports to Japan on land, or provide a steady stream of war supplies to Japan through the Strait of Malacca, it would not be easy for the United States to defeat Japan.

The good news is that a year ago Germany flatly rejected Japan's request to join the Axis bloc. At least on the surface, the Führer did not have much affection for Japan.

At this time, an officer on the side of the Navy came up with a different opinion of his own, which inspired Marshall: "Hitler? He won't get his brain in the water! If he wants to help Japan, he can just pull the fleet out and put pressure on us. ”

Yes, if Germany is willing to cooperate with Japan, as long as it makes some trouble for the United States in the Atlantic, the United States will find itself in an unfavorable situation of being attacked on both sides.

But the Germans did not do so. They have maintained a semblance of neutrality with the United States, and have never even made any dangerous moves to provoke such relations.

"The situation now is that he did not pull out the fleet! From this performance, we can see that he also realized that Japan should not be allowed to dominate in the Far East. Thinking of this, Marshall opened his mouth to cheer for his generals.

To be honest, the United States is already feeling tremendous pressure to deal with Japan. Although the United States has the advantage of crushing Japan in terms of size, they have always lost more on the battlefield.

The Hawaiian Islands were occupied by the Japanese army, the first time that the United States had its own territory occupied by foreigners after defeating the British army.

What is even more tragic is that despite its superior production capacity, the United States can only cope with it on the frontal battlefield, and the counterattack will not be until 1942 at the earliest.

"But Hitler didn't have a good impression of us America either, remember his speech refuting President Roosevelt? Full of provocation and ridicule. Another army general interjected.

Hearing this question, the admiral of the navy sneered and sarcastically said: "Forget it, he is a speaker!" What we need to care about now is still the movement of the Japanese fleet, right? ”