When Hideki Tojo was talking to Hiroshi Oshima, Japanese Foreign Minister Shigemitsu Aoi's brows were tightly furrowed, as if he was thinking about something. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Hearing the Prime Minister's question, Shigemitsu Aoi answered, but did not answer, but asked Hideki Tojo a question: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, how many great powers do you think there are in the world today?" Who is the strongest and who is the weakest? ”

"Oh?" Hideki Tojo was stunned, and then replied, "Now that the Soviet Union is finished, it is not a great power, and Britain and France have also been broken by Germany, and they are no longer as prosperous as they used to be." In today's world, the only powers that can be called are Germany, the United States, Rome and our Great Japanese Empire! As for the strength and weakness...... At the moment, of course, Germany is the strongest, followed by the United States, the Imperial State is again, and Rome is the weakest. ”

Hideki Tojo is still a little self-aware now, knowing that he can't beat the Americans.

"And what about the future?" Shigemitsu Aoi asked again.

Tojo said: "The future is naturally the leader of the world of my great Japanese empire!" Now that the Soviet Union has been broken, the vast land of the Far East and the East Asian continent have been left to Japan to take it. The United States will bow down and admit defeat again, and the southwest Pacific Ocean will also be an inland sea for our imperial navy. The islands of the South Seas and Indochina are all colonized by our imperial country, and the land of Australia and New Zealand will also rely on the breath of our imperial country. After all, the Japanese Empire is at the top of the world, and even Germany can only be relegated to second place. ”

Shigemitsu Aoi didn't seem to approve of Tojo's words, but just smiled and shook his head. Tojo didn't mean to blame, but just smiled: "Shige-kun, don't you believe that the Imperial Kingdom can overpower Germany in the future?" ”

"Definitely." Chongguang Aoi said, "The imperial kingdom has laid the foundation of eternity, and the future will be unlimited, and there is no doubt that it will be at the top of the world." But Germany is hardly the world's second most powerful country. ”

Hideki Tojo nodded and said, "That's right, the United States will be defeated, but the foundation is still there, and future revival is inevitable, and it seems that Germany can only rank third." ”

Chongguang Aoi still shook his head, "The third is also difficult." ”

"What? Third, it's also difficult? Hiroshi Oshima was a little unavoidable, "Could it be that Germany is inferior to Italy?" ”

"It's not that it's not as good as Italy," Shigemitsu laughed, "but it's not as good as the Roman Empire!" ”

"Not as good as the Roman Empire?"

"Yes!" "The future development of a country depends on many factors such as resources, territory, population, and surrounding land. Of the four great powers of today, Greater Japan is the most advantageous, so its future is limitless. The situation is worst in Germany, which is only about 2 million square kilometers, even if you include Ukraine and Belarus, far less than the Roman Empire, which has more than 7 million square kilometers of fertile soil. The territory is small, and the resources are naturally not as good as Rome.

Moreover, to the south of Rome, most of them are 'terra nullius' in Africa, which can be expanded at will, and the future territory is unknown. Germany is surrounded by great powers, and Britain, France, and Russia all have a feud with Germany, and it is inevitable that there will be another peak in the future. As for the population, although Germany claims to be 100 million, the Germanic people are no more than 70 or 80 million, and there are no colonial slaves to drive, and the future of weakness is conceivable. ”

"But what about Germany and the European Community?" Hiroshi Oshima, who was on the side, said.

"Hehe," Shigemitsu Aoi only smiled contemptuously, "Britain, France, Russia and other countries are just coerced by Germany, and there will be a day when the European Community will fall apart." ”

This time, even Hiroshi Oshima did not speak for Germany, because he knew too well the virtues of Europeans. How many centuries have been engaged in nation-states, where is it so easy to integrate? Now Britain, France and Russia are only frightened by the Germans, and economically they are facing the danger of the collapse of the colonial empire. They had no choice but to unite with Germany and try to get out of this predicament.

If Germany's European Community does not provide a way out, and in the future there is a decline in Germany's armed forces, and it is entirely possible that the European Community will fall apart.

Germany, which has lost the European Community, is only a 2 million square kilometer European regional power surrounded by Britain, France, Russia and Rome, and it is not at all an intercontinental power such as Japan, America and Rome. So it is normal to be at the bottom of the four major powers in the future.

Hideki Tojo nodded, "It seems that the Imperial Kingdom is the real winner of this world war!" ”

"Exactly!" Shigemitsu Aoi smiled and said, "The problem facing the Imperial Kingdom now is how to end the war victoriously and delineate a sphere of influence that the Imperial Kingdom can grow and develop for decades to come. As long as it can win decades of stable development, the imperial kingdom will overpower virtue and become the top of the world. Therefore, there is no need to be at odds with Germany over Australia and New Zealand. It is very far from Japan, and it is not the same as the Soviet Far East...... If Germany wants to be stationed, let them station. ”

Shigemitsu Aoi said a lot of things, it turned out that he wanted to persuade Hideki Tojo to make concessions to Germany on the issue of Australia and New Zealand.

"Shige-kun is right," Hiroshi Oshima agreed, "the Far East is part of the absolute defensive circle of the Imperial State, and it must be taken. And ANZ ...... It will be the backyard of the imperial kingdom in the future! ”

The Soviet Far East was like an outcast to Germany, but it was a must for Japan. If the Far East is brought back by Empress Olga for various reasons, and Russia and Germany do not turn against each other in the future, then Japan will be in great trouble.

As long as Germany deploys hundreds of jet bombers in Vladivostok that Japan is not capable of intercepting, His Majesty's life will be threatened by the Germans at any time, not to mention the nuclear fission bombs that the Germans are developing that are said to be infinitely powerful, even if they throw sarin gas bombs (after Japan used bacteriological weapons against the United States, Germany disclosed sarin poison), His Majesty the Emperor will not be able to stand it......

Therefore, the Soviet Far East is a must-take, and Australia and New Zealand are discardable for Japan.

Hiroshi Oshima saw that Hideki Tojo was silent, and reminded: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, if you can exchange your support for Germany's entry into Australia and New Zealand for Germany's acquiescence to our country's invasion of the Far East, it is still very cost-effective. ”

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"Good news, Japan and Rome have accepted in principle our proposal for peace!"

On May 20, in the cabinet conference room of the White House, President Roosevelt, who was in a wheelchair, rarely showed a spring breeze on his face, and announced the good news to everyone in the conference room with a smile...... Of course, not everyone thinks this is good news.

"Mr. President, did we really let the Japanese go like this?" Chief of Staff of the President (equivalent to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) William Brown. Admiral Leahy looked very unhappy, "These Japanese devils have killed a lot of us, really a lot!" ”

Since the First Hawaiian War, the Americans have lost about 200,000 officers and men in the Pacific Theater, of which more than 100,000 have been killed. But William. Raisi is not talking about these American troops who died on the battlefield, but about American prisoners of war and American civilians killed by the Japanese!

It turned out that in the process of capturing Niihau, the attacking American troops also discovered something that was previously unknown -- after the Japanese occupied the Hawaiian Islands, they threw the American officers and soldiers and civilians they captured into concentration camps. It also forces them to perform intense physical labor without providing them with the necessary diet and medical care.

As a result, over the past two years, hundreds of thousands of Americans have died in concentration camps on the Hawaiian Islands.

Some of them are buried on the island of Nihau! During the capture of Niihau, the U.S. military discovered these camps and dug up many burial pits...... Some of the corpses were still dead for a short time, and some were women's corpses!

And a considerable number of these Americans who were tortured and killed by the Japanese were still the families of the US Navy and the captured Navy officers and sailors who were trapped in the Hawaiian Islands!

"I know that the Navy is not willing to let the Japanese go," Roosevelt said, glancing at a face full of righteous indignation, "and I don't really want to do that, but we must concentrate on the Germans...... The USSR is now on the verge of defeat, and time is running out for us. ”

"Mr. President," Admiral Leahy shook his head, "it will be difficult for us to defeat the Germans in the Atlantic, perhaps we should make peace with Germany and then concentrate on dealing with Japan." ”

Now the Americans, who have a bit of brains, know that it is impossible for the United States to win in both the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean, so they can only concentrate on one side.

However, most Americans, including William. Raisi advocated fighting Japan, because the Japanese looked more hateful and easier to fight.

Roosevelt lit a Camel cigarette, took a puff, then shook his head and said, "General, I actually didn't think about defeating Germany, and it seems unrealistic now." Look at the Germans on a rampant in the USSR, and look at the situation on the island of Nihau, everyone knows that we can't beat them. ”

In 1939, the Japanese Army also competed with the Soviet Union. But the Japanese, who were very capable of fighting on the Hawaiian Islands, were no match for the Soviet army at all. And the Soviet army, which was beating the Japanese army, met the German army and became the target of the hanging.

Therefore, it is not difficult to conclude that the American army is inferior to the Japanese army, the Japanese army is inferior to the Soviet army, and the Soviet army is inferior to the German army. And the American army compared to the German army...... The gap is not a little bit and a half! And the battle between the United States and Germany that took place in the Battle of England illustrates this point, and the American army was beaten so that it could not even be found in the north.

"Then why don't we make peace with Germany?" William. Leahy asked.

Roosevelt shook his head and explained with a wry smile: "We are making peace with Germany...... I am sincere, and we can tolerate the presence of a pro-German and Italian Greater Argentina as long as Germany agrees to withdraw ostensibly from South America. And Australia and New Zealand could also be handed over to the European Community. ”

"Then why are we still negotiating with Japan?" William. Leahy looked at Roosevelt and asked puzzledly, "Would the Germans still refuse such a decent peace?" ”