Hiroshi Oshima talked for about an hour. At first, the www.biquge.info situation in the Pacific theater took a sharp turn from the "Battle of Christmas Island" that began in late September 43, and began to develop in a direction that was extremely unfavorable to the Japanese army. The Battle of Christmas Island and the subsequent naval and air battles all ended in Japanese victories, but they consumed too many of Japan's elite pilots.

In addition, in order to prepare for the decisive battle of the Hawaiian Islands, Japan sent a large number of relatively experienced pilots to the Hawaiian Islands or to Germany for training, which made Japan's air force in other parts of the Pacific theater very weak and more conducive to the activities of the United States in breaking up aircraft carriers.

However, in order to send sufficient supplies and troops to the Hawaiian Islands, Japan had to concentrate a limited number of destroyers and aircraft carriers to escort the ships under the condition that the United States was extremely active in breaking up diplomatic relations with aircraft carriers and submarines, and as a result, anti-submarine warfare in the South China Sea region was further deteriorated.

Beginning in March 1944, because of the beginning of the Second Battle of the Hawaiian Islands, the main forces of the Japanese Combined Fleet were concentrated in response to the battle, and they were even more unable to deploy first-class destroyers to support anti-submarine warfare in the South Seas. And the United States is constantly increasing the number of submarines in the South Seas, which puts Japan's maritime lifeline in a terrible situation that is almost interrupted.

At the same time, the large-scale air attrition carried out by Japan and the United States in the Hawaiian Islands further weakened Japan's air forces. Although the Japanese army still maintains the strength to fight a final decisive battle - including the naval fleet, fuel, aircraft, ground forces, suicide missiles, and so on, it is still quite powerful. However, after the Second Battle of the Hawaiian Islands, Japan will lose the ability to continue fighting, regardless of whether it wins or loses.

Unless there is large-scale assistance from the European Community!

Subsequently, Hiroshi Oshima gave Hersman a rough list of aids. Including the supply of more than 5 million tons of oil in the 1944 year, at least 100 destroyers, 2 million tons of ships, 2,000 No. 4H tanks, 3,000 75mm anti-tank guns, 5,000 trucks, 10,000 anti-aircraft guns of various calibers, 5,000 air-cooled engines of various types, 200 jet aircraft, 200,000 tons of special steel, 50,000 tons of aluminum alloy......

Hersman listened patiently as Hiroshi Oshima looked at a large list, and read out the list of requests for help, which could be said to be the lion's mouth.

It wasn't until Hiroshi Oshima finished reading the last word that Hersman was silent for a while before he said lightly: "You don't need these things anymore, because we will soon defeat the Soviet Union...... In fact, we have already won, we have won a decisive victory in the battle on the outskirts of Moscow, which is already surrounded by regiments and will soon fall, and then the Caucasus and the Volga-Ural industrial region.

The Soviet Union will lose the war in a few months, and then we Europeans and Americans will compete for the leadership of the world. And you Japan...... You've earned everything you want, haven't you? ”

Hersman looked coldly at the Japanese ambassador in front of him, paused, and asked, "But now you are making such a list of requests for help, asking for many things that you don't need." What is it for? ”

Hiroshi Oshima listened to Hersman's series of questions and looked a little embarrassed. But Hersman is not wrong, the key to the war now is who will fall first, Japan or the Soviet Union?

Now the USSR has fallen, and soon it will be lying on the ground and unable to get up. Although Japan is in difficulty, it is definitely not to the point where it cannot be sustained. The gain and loss now is nothing more than the Hawaiian Islands. In the event of the defeat of the Soviet Union, even if the United States conquered the Hawaiian Islands, it would not be possible to take advantage of the victory to pursue and attack the Japanese mainland.

So for Japan, regardless of the victory or defeat of the second Hawaiian Islands, the overall situation of strategic victory is locked.

Moreover, even if Germany provided all the aid that Japan had requested, they would not be of much help in the ensuing war - the Japanese would never have landed on the west coast of the United States, would they?

"Your Excellency the Imperial Marshal, our Empire of Japan has always been the staunchest ally of the German Empire," Hiroshi Oshima pondered his words, "if your country is willing to make peace with the United States, Japan will of course follow, and naturally there is no need for assistance." But as far as I know, there is no conclusion on the issue of war and peace in your country......"

The inconclusive conclusion of the war is the answer Hiroshi Oshima received from German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop.

It is not that Ribbentrop is perfunctory to Hiroshi Oshima, but that all sides have indeed not reached a consensus on whether or not to continue fighting with the United States -- the current German Third Reich is not the same as Hitler's 10,000-sentence Third Reich in history, and Germany is now pulling the European Community to fight the United States together, and the opinions of the three European powers, Britain, France, and Russia, are also something that Germany cannot ignore.

Moreover, there are still great interests involved behind the war and the issue of war with the United States, and the game between all sides has only just begun, and it is impossible to come to a conclusion at once.

In fact, at the same time that the defeat of the Soviet Union was a foregone conclusion, and the Third Reich was moving further and further down the path of the European Community, Germany's position was changing dramatically.

Before the start of the world war, Germany, Italy, and Japan, which were among the emerging powers, did not have many colonies, and thus coveted the enormous wealth of the three old world empires, Britain, France, and Russia.

However, the expansion route of the Third Reich in this time and space was a continuation of the Second Reich, with the goal of establishing a European community with Germany at its core.

And after Germany defeated France, Great Britain and the Soviet Union, the European Community's goal was almost complete. And this European community, in fact, inherited the British Empire, the French Empire and the Russian Empire, three huge world empires!

In other words, Germany's current position is no longer to partition, but to preserve the world empire of Britain, France, and Russia. Because these three world empires have become united and have become the wealth of the European community.

And Europe and the United States, with Germany at the core, have become the inheritors of the old imperialism, not the burial ones.

Therefore, in the Axis camp and within the European Community, there is now a problem of repositioning, division of interests, and integration. And these problems are interfering with Germany's foreign policy.

Hiroshi Oshima looked at the expressionless Hirschman, pondered for a while, and then continued to say: "In addition, my country would like to ask for your country's opinion on the aftermath of the war against the Soviet Union. ”

Hersman's brow immediately furrowed, revealing a fierce gaze, and he looked at Hiroshi Oshima deadly, he had already guessed Japan's intentions.

"You want the Far East of the Soviet Union?" Hersman asked coldly.

"Ah, the Far East...... The Far East was currently under the control of the Bolshevik Party. Hiroshi Oshima hadn't mentioned it to Ribbentrop before, and he knew that Hersmann had an absolute say in the matter, so he wanted to test Hirschmann's meaning first.

"Natalie!"

But Hersman felt that he had nothing to say to Hiroshi Oshima, so he simply picked up the phone, called his personal secretary Natalie in, and sent Hiroshi Oshima away.

He did not oppose Japan's annexation of the Far East, but he really had nothing to say to the Japanese. The current Germany is trapped by Russia, and it wants to integrate Russia to make the European Union bigger, and Olga's heir is still the future emperor and empress of Germany.

In this case, isn't the seizure of the Far East, which belongs to Russia, a slap in the face of the Hohenzollern dynasty?

How could Hersmann, a loyal Hohenzollern courtier, support Japan on this issue?

In addition, Hitler did not agree to this. Because as soon as Japan hits the Far East, the Soviet Union is likely to collapse immediately, and the line of one Russia and one Soviet Union cannot be implemented. The European Community will soon have tens to 100 million more Russian lords......

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"Ludwig, Baumann just called and said that Mussolini's car would arrive at the Eagle's Nest by noon today."

After sending the gloomy Japanese ambassador away, Natalie quickly returned to Hersmann's study and told him the news of Mussolini's arrival.

"Mr. Prime Minister, I hope that you and your wife will arrive at the Eagle's Nest in the afternoon." Natalie went on to say, "There will be a meeting with Mussolini in the afternoon, followed by dinner with Mr. Prime Minister and Miss Braun. ”

When Natalie came in, Hersman was writing with her head down, and her pen didn't stop listening to her.

He quickly finished writing the letters, two letters, which he put into two envelopes, on which were written "To the Empress" and "To Madame Colontai".

"Give these two letters to Olga and Lady Curontai," Hersman handed the envelope to Natalie, "you go yourself, and don't tell anyone." When they read the letter, they ask for it back, and you destroy it yourself and swallow it! ”

"Understood." Natalie took the envelope and immediately slipped it into her pocket without asking a second question. But she could still guess something - Hersmann's letter to the Empress of Russia and the ambassador of the Soviet Union must have something to do with the Japanese!

And...... It's a very important thing, and it's a very difficult thing to do.

After Natalie left, Hersmann and his wife, Chloe, got into a Mercedes 770K and drove to the Eagle's Nest in the mountains of Obersalzburg.

The car drove past the picturesque shores of Königssee, but Hersmann had no heart to look at the scenery. Japan's demands on the Soviet Far East cast a shadow over him, and he did not have a positive view of Mussolini's conversation with Hitler.

Because now Germany has become the guardian of a large number of belongings left by the three old imperialists of Britain, France and Russia, Germany is a real threat to any country that covets those wealth!

So the foundations of the steel alliance between Germany and Italy have now been shaken.