260 The United States enters the war
December 7, 1941, was a day of great shame for any American. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
On this very day, 300 Japanese fighter planes suddenly appeared on Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands and headed straight for Pearl Harbor.
However, the Americans who saw these planes were not impressed, and many even thought, "That's our plane!" ”。 As a result, when the planes flew over Pearl Harbor, they met no resistance.
When the Japanese torpedo bombers dropped aerial torpedoes and hit the battleships moored in the harbor, the Americans finally woke up!
These planes are not theirs, but the Japanese!
The planes of the Japanese came to the United States and carried out a raid on the naval base of the United States!
The American soldiers, who were on vacation, hurriedly walked to the anti-aircraft guns and hit the Japanese planes in the sky. The U.S. Air Force took off in a hurry, but many planes were destroyed on the runway before they could take off.
As a result, 8 U.S. battleships, 3 cruisers, and 3 destroyers were sunk or severely damaged, 188 warplanes were destroyed, 2,402 U.S. GIs were killed in the line of duty, and 1,282 were wounded.
However, the Japanese raid did not fully achieve its goal of "dealing a fatal blow to the US Navy's Pacific Fleet," and the power station, maintenance equipment, fuel, and command headquarters building of the US Pacific Fleet on the Hawaiian Islands were not destroyed.
And the real workhorse of the US Pacific Fleet, the aircraft carrier, was not in port at that time. Even so, the Japanese Navy suffered very little losses compared to the American losses (only 29 aircraft and 5 pocket submarines, a total of 65 soldiers were killed or missing, and one Japanese submarine crew member was captured).
The very next day, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered an hour-long speech to Congress, describing the day before, the day of Pearl Harbor, as "a day of shame" and declaring war on the Axis powers.
It was on this day that Stalin summoned Manturov to the Kontsevo villa to meet two special people.
"Senne...... Mr. Tescu, Pod ...... Comrade Nalashi, welcome to Moscow. With a fatherly smile on his face, Stalin introduced Podnarachi to the audience: "This is NKVD Lavrenty Beria and this is NKVD Vyacheslav Molotov.
This is Comrade Vladimir Manturov, Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars and Deputy People's Commissar for Defense, Deputy Chairman of the Central Supervisory Commission, and this is ......"
These two special figures were the 44th Prime Minister of Romania, Constantine Sénatescu, and the representative of the Romanian Communist Party, the future leader of the Romanian Communist Party, Emil Podnarasi.
"Comrade Stalin, just now Mr. Sénatescu and I already learned about the declaration of war by the United States against the fascist camp, and this is a very good thing for our anti-fascist camp.
But now the situation in Transylvania is very unfavorable for us, and the Germans now control the whole western part of Transylvania and are advancing towards the Carpathians.
If the Germans cross the Carpathians, it will directly threaten the security of the capital Bucharest, as well as the Ploiesti oil fields, so I hope that your country will increase its troops in the Romanian area, and provide our army with more and better weapons, as well as air support.
Only in this way can we be guaranteed to hold on to our existing territory, and even be able to launch a counter-offensive against them and recover the whole of Transylvania. ”
The coup d'état in Romania was indeed quite accidental, and even Manturov could not have expected a coup d'état in Romania to overthrow the Antonescu regime so soon.
But somehow, the Romanian Communist Party actually convinced the Romanian king, as well as Cenatescu and others, that they were sure of victory in the Central Powers, and as a result, they really believed the Romanian Communist Party's claims, launched a Romanian uprising, and pushed Antonescu from power.
However, since the German counter-attack on Romania, the Romanian army has been in a very disadvantageous position. The Romanian army, which was inferior in strength and combat effectiveness, was losing ground and a third of Transylvania fell into German hands.
On the very day of the fall of Timișoara, Romanian Emperor Mihai I and Romanian Prime Minister General Cenestscu began to doubt their decision to coup d'état. In their view, if they had not staged a coup d'état and allowed the Antonescu regime to continue to exist, perhaps Transylvania would not have been affected by the war now.
However, by the time they came up with the idea, it was already too late, and since they had staged a coup d'état, overthrown the Antonescu regime, and sided with the German fascists, they had to take responsibility for what they had done.
Just when they began to regret it, the Japanese suddenly attacked Pearl Harbor, causing the United States to enter a state of war against Japan. Subsequently, Germany and Italy also declared war on the United States, completely pulling the United States to the front of the Soviet Union, Britain and other allies, and adding a powerful force to the anti-fascist camp.
When the United States announced its accession to the Central Powers, Mihai I, Senatescu and others had already anticipated the future of war - victory would surely belong to the side of the Central Powers.
The Soviet Union was strong enough, a country capable of mobilizing millions, if not tens of millions, of people to fight in war, and with sufficient resources and strong industrial production capacity, if you add a super industrial power like the United States, I am afraid that the Axis side has no chance of winning.
Of course, if the Axis powers have the help of extraterrestrial high-end civilizations, or time-travelers, that is another matter. But this can't happen, because there are only 2 traversers in this world, that is, Manturov and Katia, and as for the support of the aliens, it's just a fantasy (don't tell me that the Nazis have flying saucers, and even if they do, Desan still loses?). )。
"Don't worry," said Stalin with a smile: "Mr. Sänatescu and Comrade Podnarahi, we have sent a large number of troops to the Romanian battlefield to support the Romanian war.
We will also deploy more aircraft to Romania to enhance our air supremacy. As for weapons...... We can discuss this slowly. ”
Obviously, Stalin had plans to send troops to reinforce Romania, but he was reluctant to provide the Romanians with support. Even so, Podnarachi said with gratitude: "Thank you, Mr. Stalin, for your support to our country, and hope that we can continue to cooperate and win this anti-fascist war." ”