Chapter 250: The United States Enters the War
Japan took the initiative to attack Pearl Harbor and inflicted heavy losses on the United States, and it can be said that it is the number one enemy of the United States. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Although the United States declared war on Japan, the top level of the United States, under the leadership of Roosevelt, after careful consideration, did not intend to focus on Japan.
In the eyes of the Americans, if Germany, the United States, Britain, and Japan are ranked in terms of comprehensive national strength, Japan will undoubtedly be ranked last, and the gap is not ordinarily large.
The Americans feel that although Japan has the ambition to dominate the world, it does not have the strength to match, and with their current capabilities, occupying half of Siberia and letting them occupy Southeast Asia is enough to hold up the little devils.
The Americans also analyzed that although China and Japan had temporarily ceased war, Japan occupied half of Siberia in the north, and if it occupied Southeast Asia in the south, it would almost encircle half of China, and it would be encircled in important sea areas.
Now, China's development is seen by the whole world, and a country's development and strength are inseparable from sea power, and China is obviously aware of this, so it vigorously develops its navy. If Japan encircles China's coastal areas, won't it directly hinder the development of China's navy, and in addition to the previous national enmity, how can China endure it?
Therefore, the Americans feel that sooner or later China will have to go to war with Japan, and the US military does not need to rush to clean up the Japanese now, and even if the Japanese are cleaned up, then the US military will have to bear the direct threat from China instead of the Japanese, which is too uneconomical. Waiting for China and Japan to confront each other and consume each other can not only buy some time for the US military, but also may consume the strength of both sides, which is beneficial to the US military.
Of course, the above reasons are important, but the main reason why the United States finally decided to put Europe first and then Asia is that it is too jealous of Germany, which is too threatening as a country to be compared with Japan.
If Britain can't bear it, then the US military will have no place in Europe, and the battlefield of the Great War will shift to the Americas, which is definitely not what the United States wants to see. The United States is not afraid of war, but it is afraid of burning the flames of war directly on their homeland, and in order to avoid this situation, they must not stop the war in Europe, so they must do everything possible to help Britain, as long as Britain can hold on, the United States itself will be almost fine.
When he learned that the U.S. troops were going directly to Britain to help the British army resist the German army, Hitler was so angry that he cursed, he did not expect that the situation had changed so much, and the stubborn Roosevelt did not change the policy of Europe first and then Asia.
You must know that Germany and Japan are not allies now, and after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Germany did not declare war on the United States, so Hitler still took it for granted that the United States should deal with Japan first.
However, it was already a fact that the US military had increased its troops to Britain, and the German submarine forces had also encountered the US fleet, and no matter how angry Hitler was, he could only accept the fact that the US military did not repair and attack their little Japan, but first took the initiative to attack Germany.
Although the fact was somewhat unexpected, the American army entered the war ahead of schedule and reinforced the British, but this did not change the German offensive policy, and the Sea Lion plan continued to be prepared.
While preparing for the Sea Lion program, the Luftwaffe continued to bomb and attack Britain without interruption, and in the face of the superior Luftwaffe, the British Air Force was defeated one after another, even to the point that there were no planes available and no pilots available.
Britain could only use all its energy to step up the production of airplanes and train pilots at the same time, and almost as soon as the planes were produced, they were immediately delivered to the Air Force and then taken to the sky, and the pilots were not adequately trained and trained. It is for this reason that the British Air Force often loses in battles against the German Air Force.
There was no way to do this, the Luftwaffe not only had a numerical advantage, but even the quality of the pilots was much higher, and more importantly, the Germans obtained a lot of advanced technology from the advanced aircraft provided by Wei Qidong and improved it into their fighters.
Originally, the British Spitfire met the aircraft before the German army's improvement, and its performance still had an advantage, but after the German fighter was improved by new technology, it was more advanced than the Spitfire in terms of speed and flexibility.
In such a situation, the British in the Battle of Britain can be said to be completely pressed and beaten, almost breathless, but fortunately, the American army entered the war at this time.
However, the U.S. military was also a novice, and their aircraft performance at this time was not even as good as the Spitfire, and when they encountered the Luftwaffe, they were almost slaughtered one-sidedly.
While dealing with the British and American air forces, the Germans, at Wei Qidong's suggestion, aimed their main targets at the British air bases, and tried by all means to destroy the air bases in the British Isles. As long as the British Isles had no available air bases, their air force, if it had pilots and aircraft, would be useless.
And as long as Britain and the United States lose their air combat capability, the Sea Lion plan will be half the battle.
In the tenth month, the British army wanted to retaliate for Germany's continuous attacks on its homeland, so it sent dozens of planes to Germany, threatening the German mainland while also trying to boost British morale. As a result, due to bad weather, the pilots lost their way and dropped aerial bombs, which were supposed to be dropped on German industrial cities and airfields, on Berlin.
Although the bombing did not inflict much casualties or damage on Germany, it caused Germany to lose face, and Hitler was furious.
In a fit of rage, Hitler prepared to change the target of the attack, preparing for Goering's air force to begin bombing London with all its might, erasing it from the world.
When Wei Qidong learned of this news, he immediately stopped it, he felt that the bombing of London would only provoke more resistance from the British, and there would be no way to deal a fatal blow to the British Air Force, but it would give the British Air Force a chance to breathe and increase its strength.
If it was someone else's exhortation, Hitler would probably be difficult to listen to, but since cooperating with Wei Qidong, Hitler has tasted a lot of sweetness from it, and most of what Wei Qidong said is true, so that the German army avoided it in advance.
This not only expanded the results of the German army, but also caused many casualties and shortened the duration of the war. Hitler also once sighed in front of Wei Qidong that many of the suggestions Wei Qidong gave him were priceless and could not be bought at any cost.
This time, Wei Qidong resolutely opposed his plan to change Hitler's temporary change, Hitler was not angry, and after thinking about it carefully, he also felt that it was very reasonable. As a result, Hitler suppressed his anger and began to continue to let Goering's air force continue to attack the air force and air bases in the British Isles.
In order to better ensure the security of Germany's homeland, Wei Qidong sent several good radar systems to the German army, which made Hitler very grateful.
In return for Wei Qidong's help to Germany during this period, Hitler directly ordered that Chinese students studying in Germany should be allowed to be directly stationed in the front-line units of the German army, and stationed in the command structure of the German army as military advisers and other positions, so as to appreciate the operational command of the German army in actual combat.
Of course, Hitler's gratitude to Wei Qidong was not limited to this, because Germany itself was in great need of arms and resources, so it could no longer vigorously support China as before.
But there is one thing that China definitely needs, and that is money.
Hitler sent thirty tons of gold at once, anyway, this was also plundered from the occupied areas, and it was understandable to thank Wei Qidong for his help, not to mention that he felt that Wei Qidong's help to Germany was definitely not just a few dozen tons of gold that could be measured.
For Hitler's feedback, Wei Qidong naturally will not refuse, his help to Germany itself is not free, the cooperation between the two sides is also an exchange of interests, he always remembers that he is a Chinese, so all kinds of wooing of Hitler are politely refused.