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"Ludwig, how much do you know about Japan?"

Cal. Haushofer asks Hersmann questions in the sky above the Pacific Ocean. The performance of the Do-X seaplane appeared to be quite solid, and it flew thousands of kilometers without incident. The inside of the plane is also very comfortable and spacious, with luxurious rooms and restaurants, almost the same as in a luxury cruise ship.

After a day's discussion with Hersmann on "European economic issues," Karl Brown. Haushofer had been persuaded by Hersmann's view that there was only one way out for Germany and the European economy - a strong and united European community! If it cannot be achieved through peaceful negotiations, then there can only be war! Germany was established as a leader in Europe through the war, and then the European Community was organized with Germany as the core.

And this war for the leadership of Europe will undoubtedly be a world war! If Germany is going to prepare for a world war, it will have to think about finding allies.

"Japan is our potential ally," Hersman said, looking out the window at the vast Pacific Ocean below, "but this country is a little weak, and if we don't want them to cause us trouble in future wars, we must cooperate with them comprehensively and deeply." Of course, they also have a leading edge in some areas, which is worth learning from. ”

"Japan's lead?" Cal. Haushofer thought for a moment, "Their navy is okay, and their army is second to none in East Asia, but the air force is a little weak. If we can strengthen their air force, Japan may be able to dominate the East Asian continent, and then this country may be able to contain the Soviet Union. It is also possible to shake the Anglo-French colonies in Asia......"

Japan will also attack Pearl Harbor and pull the United States into a world war ahead of schedule! Hersman still looks down on Japan's "pig teammate" in his heart. However, his choice of allies was really limited - although the powerful Soviet Union would cooperate with Germany in military technology and industry, cooperation was one thing, and alliance was another.

"I don't think it will be easy for Japan to dominate the East Asian continent at the moment, otherwise you and I wouldn't be visiting Japan at this time." As Hersman spoke, his brow furrowed slightly. The expression is somewhat complicated.

Because the historical process of China and even the East Asian continent has been disturbed by his butterfly effect. It should be his fault! Although there is no evidence of this - the Economic Promotion Company set up a branch in Guangzhou in 1924, called the "Baltic Foreign Company". Because it is possible to get planes, aircraft parts, parts and components of various German weapons, explosives and other military products that are sideways. Therefore, he is very familiar with the characters of the Guangzhou Nationalist Government and the Whampoa Military Academy. Needless to say, this Baltic foreign company is Stasi's intelligence station.

So Hersman is very aware of what has happened in Guangdong in recent years, and the turning point in Chinese history occurred in Guangdong after Sun Yat-sen's death. The trigger for the change was the "Hu Assassination Incident", in which Hu Hanmin, the acting generalissimo of the Guangdong Nationalist Government, was assassinated, followed by the "Expulsion of Jiang Incident", in which President Jiang was somehow considered to be the culprit of the Hu assassination, and was expelled along with his brother Xu Chongzhi. The power in Guangdong fell into the hands of the Kuomintang **** headed by Liao Zhongkai, Deng Yanda, Wang Zhaoming and the Chinese Bolshevik Party!

The Whampoa Military Academy, on the other hand, was under the control of Wu Hao, the head of the political department of the Bolshevik Party, and Huang Fuxing, the head of education of the Kuomintang, and Hersman was very suspicious that all this change was caused by this original little man in history. Vasily, who once served as Lenin's bodyguard and participated in the turbulent Hungarian Revolution for his own reasons. caused by yellow.

By 1928, the capital of the Nationalist Government was not Nanjing, but Wuhan. The commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army is not Jiang but Deng Yanda, the director of the General Political Department is Wu Hao, the chairman of the National Government is Liao Zhongkai, the Executive Yuan has become Chen Duxiu, and there is also a peasant minister named Li Desheng!

It happened in 1927. The movement that almost emptied the grassroots organizations of the Kuomintang did not take place in the history of this time and space. Of course. The Nanchang Uprising, the Autumn Harvest Uprising, and the ensuing decade of the Agrarian Revolutionary War do not seem to be either.

For the Wuhan Nationalist Government, which now controls southern China, is in fact the product of a collaboration between the Kuomintang **** and the Bolshevik Party, which not only has strong control over the grassroots of society - it has hundreds of thousands of Kuomintang members and Bolshevik members on its base - but also maintains friendly relations with the Soviet Union.

It was precisely because of the relationship between the Wuhan government and the Soviet Union that the Japanese government's hostility to the Wuhan government in China had risen to the point of being close to war. And the USSR announced that it would "Karl. The aircraft carrier "Marx" and the battleship "Paris Commune" were transferred to the Pacific Fleet in order to put pressure on the Japanese side.

After receiving this information, the Japanese authorities also took-for-tat measures, announcing that they would send a fleet to intercept the "Karl . Marx" and "Paris Commune".

On May 10, 1928, Stalin sent a formation of 16 TB-2 bombers to fly near Japanese airspace near Kyushu. Found by a Type 15 flying boat (seaplane) on patrol. Later, more than a dozen Type 3 fighter jets took off from the Sasebo base to intercept them, and as a result, the Japanese lost face.

Their state-of-the-art Type 3 shipboard fighters were not as fast as the Soviet TB-2 heavy bombers! The former is powered by a reliable 450 hp Nakajima Shou-2 air-cooled engine, and is a biplane with a top speed of 241 km/h.

The TB-2 is equipped with four Siemens "Neptune" engines, which have a total thrust of 3,520 horsepower. And the TB-2 is also a monoplane, it can reach a maximum speed of 270 kilometers per hour. Far surpassed the Japanese Type 3 shipboard fighters.

Therefore, no matter how the Japanese planes pursued, they would only have to follow the Soviet TB-2 ass and eat the dust - this is because the Soviet pilots deliberately slowed down to seduce the Japanese planes!

In the end, the Soviet planes had enough of the Japanese and swaggered away. However, one of the Japanese Type 3 shipboard fighters crashed into the sea due to engine failure (presumably overheated by flying too hard) and drowned a pilot. And this time the "TB Express" is just the beginning of a series of airspace violations!

This endless "incident of visiting planes" not only caused the Japanese to lose face, but also sounded the alarm bell for them -- the strength of the Soviet Red Air Force far surpassed that of Japan's army and navy air forces. If the Japanese dared to intercept Soviet ships, then Sasebo, Kure Gungang and Tokyo were waiting to be bombed!

Later, the Japanese studied photographs of the Soviet TB-2 bomber and found that it was almost identical to the German J.28 transport aircraft (airliner), but with a slightly larger engine (the J.28 transport version was equipped with a 750 hp air-cooled engine produced by BMW). Then the Japanese inquired about the export of German J.28 transport aircraft through their diplomatic mission in Germany, and it turned out that the General Administration of Civil Aviation of the USSR was the largest buyer!

Got the gap. Having found a teacher from the Soviets, the Japanese, who were good at learning, naturally thought of cooperating with the Germans -- although the two sides were rivals in World War I, relations between Japan and Germany were actually good after the war. Many Japanese army officers are studying in Germany, and the Japanese representative to the Entente Control Committee has been sending messages to the Germans, so the Germans can get the news in advance of all the temporary inspections of the Arms Control Committee.

Moreover, the alliance between Japan and Great Britain was terminated on December 13, 1921, under pressure from the United States. In its place was the Anglo-American-Japanese-French Treaty, which had no military alliance and was practically useless.

Lost the Anglo-Japanese alliance. Naturally, Japan could not count on Britain to provide any help at this time -- Britain was relatively strict in exporting military technology, so after the end of the alliance, Anglo-Japanese military cooperation basically ended, and Japan did not receive any more help from Britain.

At that time, the United States and Japan were imaginary enemies of each other, and the United States naturally did not provide aviation technical assistance to Japan.

In this case, the only recourse that the Japanese could turn to was Germany, which supplied aviation technology to the Soviet Union.

And the procurement of the Do-X seaplane and the invitation Karl. Haushofer's visit to Japan was a kind of exploration of the possibility of cooperation between Japan and Germany.

"General," Hersmann knew that Japan was very important for the future of Germany. He thought and said, "I think you should tell your Japanese friends." It is irrational to go to war with the USSR at the moment...... Japan and the Soviet Union should find a compromise on the China issue. ”

"Oh, Ludwig, don't you approve of the destruction of the Wuhan government by Japan?" Cal. Haushofer frowned, "Most of the Soviets will not choose to go to war, and this year is the first year of the first five-year plan of the Soviet Union. Although Stalin was very tough, all-out war was certainly not an option for him. At most, the planes of the Red Army dropped a few thousand tons of bombs in Tokyo, and the Japanese should have been able to withstand it. ”

Hersman nodded and said, "General, I agree with you. He paused, "But." Once Japan goes to war with the Wuhan government, it will lose the value of cooperating with us. Because whether they are victorious or bogged down, they are trapped on the Asian continent...... Therefore we should exaggerate the strength of the USSR and frighten the Japanese. At the same time, we can try to reconcile the differences between the Soviet Union and Japan. I think that the Soviet Union and Japan can divide the sphere of influence in China. China is large enough, and the area currently controlled by the Wuhan government is largely British and French spheres of influence. ”

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The Chinese problem hurt Luo Luo's brain, not only the reader's taste, but also the aunt's vice, Luo Luo didn't want to be a eunuch, so he could only arrange this reasonable choice in Luo Luo's opinion. Historically, the Kuomintang had a great strength in the middle and grassroots levels, and more than half of the people in the Whampoa Army were Kuomintang and Bolsheviks, and most of the rest were wall-to-wall grass. And the headmaster's henchmen were few at that time, which is why he has not been able to establish grassroots rule since then. The people he started with were non-Cantonese people in the Cantonese department, there were really few people, and there were some Whampoa students. It's really not easy to take power away with such a little power. But it is too difficult to do things after seizing power, and no matter how good the way is, no one will implement it equals zero. Therefore, the principal is a leader with insufficient executive ability, and it is indeed not easy to be able to accomplish those things in history. So don't speak ill of him, if anyone is responsible, it is the Kuomintang and the Cloth Party in Guangzhou at that time, they are more powerful than the principal, and with the assistance of the Soviet Union, it is easy to take down the principal. Replace it with Taizu or Mediterranean, and the matter will be settled long ago. So Rollo arranged it like this, arranged a ruthless man. Then the China issue will be closed after it is written, and Germany will only have the United States and Japan in the future, and there will be no aid to China.

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