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Chapter 1760 Pull a hair and move the whole body

Sunday, December 31, 1939. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The U.S. Navy, which has always been on high alert during the Christmas season, has finally relaxed as the year approaches.

Since the Meiji Restoration, the tradition of celebrating the Spring Festival with China at the same time has been changed, and the Gregorian calendar from January 1 to January 3 is regarded as the year, which is an important festival of the year, and the Americans believe that it is unlikely that they will attack at this time, so most departments of the army and navy have given the officers and soldiers a holiday, so that they can rest the long-term tense heartstrings, but they were used by the Navy to launch a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

Early that morning, the first attack wave of 208 planes that took off from 10 aircraft carriers pierced through the clouds and fog and pounced on Pearl Harbor. At 7:53 a.m., a signal of "Tiger, Tiger, Tiger" was sent back, indicating that the surprise attack was successful. After that, 219 aircraft of the second attack wave attacked again.

In the first two waves of attacks, the American troops who hastily responded to the battle suffered heavy losses, five of the nine battleships were sunk, one ran aground, and the rest were heavily damaged, and of the three aircraft carriers, except for the USS Saratoga, which was overhauled in the dry dock of Bremerton, San Diego, the remaining two aircraft carriers and their carrier-based aircraft were all sunk in the harbor. In addition, six cruisers and three destroyers were damaged, 368 planes were destroyed at the airfield, and tens of thousands of officers and men were killed or wounded.

Unlike the commander of the task force in history, Tadaichi Nagumo, who behaved like a thief, the current Admiral Nagumo had experienced the naval battles of the Maldives and the naval battles of the western Indian Ocean islands, and fully trusted the performance of the carrier-based aircraft.

The surviving battleships "Tennessee," "Maryland," and "Pennsylvania" sank one after another, the seaplane carrier "Cutis" capsized on its side, the heavy cruiser "Orleans," the light cruisers "Helena," "Honolulu," and "Larry" exploded violently and disintegrated, and the US Pacific Fleet was almost completely wiped out.

At Pearl Harbor, the Navy's aircraft carrier task force is showing off its might, and in the waters northeast of the Marshall Islands, a huge mixed fleet is rapidly advancing toward the Hawaiian Islands.

This fleet has eight dock landing ships with square sterns, 30 combat vehicle landing ships with mussel bows, 45 troop carriers, 60 oil tankers, cargo ships, munitions ships, hospital ships, repair ships, harbor work ships, aircraft carriers and submarine carriers, as well as a huge escort fleet consisting of four battleships, six heavy cruisers, three water engine carriers and 32 destroyers - the entire fleet carries nearly 80,000 army forces and their equipment: including 100 Type 95 light tanks and 200 armored vehicles, 500 trucks, 300 artillery pieces of all kinds, and half a year's provisions.

The Pearl Harbor incident, the military operation of *** was a great success, but politically it fell into passivity.

Although history has changed, one thing has not changed, that is, the declaration of war is like an old lady's footcloth - smelly and long, and when the staff of the embassy in the United States printed it out and Ambassador Nomura Kichizaburo went to the U.S. Foreign Ministry to submit his credentials, it was forty minutes later than the scheduled post-delivery ultimatum at the base camp, and the battle of Pearl Harbor had already started twenty minutes later.

Before US Secretary of State Hull met with Kichizaburo Nomura, he already knew that Pearl Harbor had been attacked, but President Roosevelt demanded that he accept the Japanese declaration of war and coldly sent the Japanese representatives away. So Hull pretended to read the Japanese letter carefully, and then said with unconcealable anger: "This is what I have never seen in my fifty years in office such a despicable government and such a hypocritical and distorted document!" ”

It was precisely because of the fact that before the official declaration of war documents were submitted, *** launched an attack, which aroused the indignation of the whole United States.

The next morning, Roosevelt presented his State of War address to Congress, "Yesterday was a day of great shame for the United States of America, when we were attacked by a surprise attack that had been planned for a long time by the navy and air force of the United States of America!" After using more than 500 words to talk about the background and consequences of the surprise attack on the entire Pacific region, Roosevelt demanded a declaration of war on the United States, which Congress voted on, and only one vote against it passed the declaration of war against Japan.

Despite Secretary of Defense Stimson's insistence, Roosevelt refused to include Germany and Italy in his demands for a declaration of war. Roosevelt explained to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, "I seem to feel that a part of the public cannot bear to make a distinction between going to war with *** and going to war with Germany." Roosevelt waited for Hitler to make a statement.

However, it was very surprising that Hitler had not yet had time to express his position, and the Nanjing government had already taken the lead in making its position clear.

On January 2, 40, after it was determined that the United States had officially declared war on Japan, Chairman Lin Sen, on behalf of the Nanjing government, formally declared war on Japan:

The warlords have made it their national policy to conquer Asia and dominate the Pacific. Since the September 18 Incident, China has continued to resist Japanese aggression despite all sacrifices, not only to defend China's independent existence, but also to break China's aggressive ambitions and safeguard public international law, justice, human welfare and world peace.

China is a peace-loving nation, and in the past four years of the sacred War of Resistance, the original aggressors have been able to reflect on themselves after suffering actual punishment. During this period, the friendly nations also endured with extreme patience, hoping that they would repent of their misfortunes and that peace would be maintained throughout the Pacific. Unexpectedly, he was obsessed with not coming to his senses, and brazenly provoked our British and American friends to expand their war and aggression, and hereby formally declared war against Japan, and announced that all treaties, agreements, and contracts involving China and Japan are all abolished, and are hereby announced.

Six hours after the Nanjing government declared war on Japan, the Nanhua government held a press conference in Beijing, and all reporters from various countries in Beijing flocked to it, and everyone knew very well in their hearts that at this press conference, Nanhua was very likely to declare war on ***.

Kyung, the Wenwen Hall on the shore of Hoan Kiem Lake.

Sure enough, as soon as the press conference began, Foreign Minister Ngo Dinh Diem, on behalf of the South China government, officially declared war on ***.

It was the turn of the question-and-answer session for reporters, and German reporter Göttingen preemptively asked: "May I ask Mr. Foreign Minister, why did your country declare war on *** two and a half years after the July 7 Incident?" ”

Ngo Dinh Diem replied: "As an independent country, Nanhua has been fighting against *** since its founding, from Siberia to the Malay Peninsula and Burma, the fighting has never stopped, even if there is no declaration of war this time, we will continue to fight with *** until one side is eliminated!" As a matter of fact, the bilateral relations between Japan and China can be summed up simply by the words "war without declaration" and "war without declaration" on our side.

"Fellow journalists, if the word 'Xuan' is understood as an official document declaring war in the sense of international law, it is correct, but it is wrong to understand it as a mobilization for war at home. If a country is faced with a large and complex military campaign and does not carry out a general mobilization, then at least subjectively it shows that the government of that country lacks the will to fight and the determination to win, and its objective military action must not be resolved quickly.

"As a prosperous Chinese country, Nanhua has always respected the opinions of the Nanjing government. After the start of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Lu Shan, Chairman of the Nanjing Government, issued a report, officially declaring to the Chinese public his determination to resist the war to the end; After the outbreak of the Battle of Songhu, the Nanjing Government issued a 'Declaration of Self-Defense and War of Resistance against Japan' to declare to the people of the world China's determination to resist the war to the end; after that, the Nanjing Government submitted a 'Declaration of Aggression against China' to the League of Nations, openly declaring to the international community China's determination to resist the War of Resistance to the end.

"From the July 7 Incident to the present, whether it is a large-scale battle with the Japanese army, or the many battles experienced with the Japanese army after the founding of South China, they were all realized before the declaration of war, which has fully explained the talent, action and will of the Chinese government, the Chinese government and Chairman Chiang to resist to the death. As we all know, Chairman An Yi, a former general, naturally respects the choice of the Nanjing government. Today, since the Nanjing government has chosen to declare war on Japan, we naturally cannot lag behind and will inevitably declare war on Japan. ”

Göttingen asked worriedly: "If the Nanjing government declares war on Germany and Italy in the future, will Nanhua also declare war?" ”

"No!"

Wu Tingyan replied with great certainty: "Over the years, we have had deep business exchanges with Germany, and many factories, railways, and hydropower stations in Nanhua are joint ventures built by Germany and us.

"We must see that the United States has not declared war on Germany or Italy, which shows that as long as it is on the side of justice and justice, a partial declaration of war is feasible! We have reason to believe that the current situation has become a destabilizing factor affecting peace in the Pacific and Asia, so we will not only expel the army from China's territory, but also cooperate with our American friends to completely wipe out the army until it is no longer a threat. ”

Italian journalist Antonello asked: "Did the United States' declaration of war encourage your government?" After all, standing with the world's largest industrial country means that your country has an extremely reliable ally! However, as far as I know, the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet has been almost completely wiped out, and the remnants of the fleet have retreated to the west coast of the United States.

"In addition, just because a country has developed productive forces does not mean that its army is strong in combat! After 20 years of peace in the United States, their army has only just been expanded, and they are not even fully equipped, and their navy has suffered heavy losses, it is no longer enough to protect the security of its west coast. ”

Wu Tingyan replied: "I have already said before, whether we declare war or not, we are in a state of war with ***, this is an unchangeable reality, no matter whether the United States wins or loses, our side has absolutely no possibility of compromise with ***." In fact, two and a half years ago, Chairman Chiang of Nanjing announced, "If the war begins, it will be divided into north and south, and there will be no distinction between the old and the young, and no matter who they are, they all have the responsibility to defend the land and resist the war, and they should all have the determination to do everything right."

"Of course, it seems that this is not enough to regard this as a 'declaration of resistance against Japan' by the Chinese people, because the Chinese government's national policy of officially advancing the local war of resistance to a full-scale long-term war began with the Gao National Defense Conference, and with the subsequent Battle of Songhu to shift the overall strategy from 'from the north to the south' to 'from the east to the west', China's final determination to 'win or lose, but not to make peace with it' against Japan was thus decided.

"In the 'Declaration of Self-Defense and War of Resistance' issued thereafter, it was straightforward to declare that 'China has been forced by the headless aggression of *** and has no choice but to perform self-defense and resist violence', and after counting China's various peaceful forces and various military atrocities of the Japanese army, it was declared that 'China's territorial sovereignty has been subjected to ***'s aggression, and the International Alliance, the Nine-Power Pact, and the Non-War Pact consider *** to be damaged...... China will never give up any sector of its territory, and in the event of aggression it can only respond with the right of self-defense entrusted to it', and then declared to the world that China's War of Resistance 'is not only for China, but for the world; It is not just about territory and sovereignty, but about public law and justice'.

"As we all know, China and South China are two in one, and General An Yi, President of our country, is a protégé of Chairman Chiang in Nanjing, and the relationship between South China and the central government in Nanjing is a brotherly relationship. Now that the brother has declared war, how can the younger brother be left behind, therefore, the declaration of war is inevitable! ”

British journalist Gibson stood up and asked loudly:

"According to the recent state of war, when the democracies of Great Britain and Greece, the Middle East and the Balkans were engaged in fierce battles with the evil Axis powers, you and Nanking seemed to be in a delicate confrontation with the Japanese army, which did not look like the behavior of two countries at war. Previously, *** did not intercept the merchant and cargo ships coming and going in Nanhua, can this be understood as a tacit understanding with ***? ”

"Haha, if there is a tacit understanding, it is also the United States and *** to maintain a tacit understanding!"

Wu Tingyan laughed and said: "Please pay attention to the fact that most of the merchant ships traveling between South China and Europe and the United States are American merchant ships, and there are also merchant ships from neutral countries such as Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Sweden and Ireland, a Commonwealth country, and none of them are of South Chinese nationality.

"This is also one of the reasons why Nanhua has only declared war on *** now, because if the war is declared early, these merchant ships will have no reason to come to Nanhua. After entering the thirties, international law gradually developed from restricting war to completely prohibiting war, and began to think that whichever country was the first to declare war, this country was the aggressor who started the war.

"In the event of a state of war, in the event of a state of war, the application of peacetime international law shall be suspended and the law of war shall be applied in favour of the application of inter war legislation." Specifically, a neutral State must undertake the following obligations to belligerents: 1. Obligation to refrain from acting: In time of war, a neutral State shall not provide assistance to any of the belligerents, including the supply of troops, weapons, ammunition and other military materiel, as well as loans and the purchase of public debts, shall not use warships and State-owned vessels to carry out military transportation for any of the belligerents, and shall not provide information to any of the belligerents; 2. Duty of prevention: A neutral State shall prohibit a belligerent State from using its territory, airspace and territorial waters to conduct operations or to establish military bases and to transport troops and military materiel; 3. Obligation to tolerate: A belligerent country may use military aircraft or warships to prevent the aircraft and ships of a neutral country from entering the territory of the enemy, and may draw up a list of embargoed goods from a neutral country to the enemy country.

"That is to say, once we declare war on South China, except for the inability of the United States and Britain to issue bonds, all countries cannot trade with South China, we cannot get the oil, pig iron and blister copper transported overseas, we cannot get industrial machine tools, machinery, production lines and other equipment, and we cannot get the funds urgently needed for development through trade! However, no matter what, this cannot change the fact that we are always in a state of war with ***.

"We must see that in the contest with ***, we have always been on the front line of resistance, and successfully prevented the expansion of ***, on the other hand, Britain, lost successive battles, and soon lost Southeast Asia, but also lost India and Persia, resulting in the arrogance of the Japanese invaders. It's hard to imagine what the world would have been like if it weren't for our resistance."

When Wu Tingyan was arguing with reporters, An Yizheng discussed the battle situation with several henchmen in the small conference room of the Operations Center of the General Staff Headquarters.

For An Yi, the world is completely chaotic. Although he didn't know how many years the Pearl Harbor incident had happened, it should definitely not have been the day after the 39th year, and the results of the battle should not have reached this point like this.

Originally, according to the plan, Nanhua will continue to climb the science and technology tree in the next year, and at the same time carry out the construction of transportation and industrial bases, increase the export of strategic materials, and arbitrage gold and foreign exchange reserves. With the commissioning of nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers in 40 and 41, all sides began to take the initiative, and it was then that time for a decisive battle with the Japanese army.

However, the crazy actions of the *** Navy, ruined everything.

Now that Pearl Harbor of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet has been almost completely wiped out, and the remaining ships have fled to ports on the West Coast, it is unlikely that the United States will be able to help the war in the Pacific for some time to come. In this case, An Yi mustered all his spirits, carefully analyzed the current situation, and made the right response.

The intelligence department is seizing the time to collect information from all sides, Liu Qing, Du Yi and Xu Yichen did not attend the meeting, and Yang Fei, deputy chief of general staff, introduced the situation:

"More than 20 days ago, the Japanese army began to move troops, including the puppet army, and there were more than 100 division-level numbers involved! At that time, we thought that the Japanese army was going to play some tricks, and all fronts were on alert, but we didn't expect that their target would be the Americans!

"Now that war has been declared, it is impossible to develop in a boring head, and when I arrived this morning, there was not a single steamer that arrived in Hong Kong, and it is estimated that they were all detained by the Japanese army! Next, we naturally have to fight a battle, strong and prestigious, it is estimated that Nanjing will also come to Shandong, how to win or lose, but at least we have to make our position clear, smoothly catch the United States with the wind.

"With the deployment of Japanese troops and puppet armies in Malaya and Burma, as many as thirty or forty divisions, plus the strong defensive fortresses that took nearly a year to build, it will be very difficult for us to break through! In the East Indies, we do not have the advantage of troops, and we have just experienced a great plague, and we are recovering in all aspects, so it is really not suitable to use troops on a large scale! At present, the only one who can use his brain is the Persian Gulf region! ”

"I thought so too!"

An Yi nodded and said: "After nearly a month of adjustment, the Indian Ocean Fleet has basically been run-in in place, and the specific battle plan has been formulated three weeks ago, which is just the right time to pull out our ships and make a show." But before that, the Air Force must have to clear the field once, otherwise our details will be seen! ”

"Actually, everything is implemented according to the battle plan!"

Shen Ziling, head of the Operations Department, said: "The Japanese army in the Persian Gulf region has a total of 10 divisions, but eight of them are indigenous divisions formed by the Lanyin Islands, and their combat effectiveness is not strong.

"At the beginning of the war, the navy was the Strait of Hormuz, and the supply lines of the Japanese army would soon be cut off.

"The only thing to worry about is that after we occupy the above areas, it is likely to attract the covetousness of the British army, and then it will inevitably be another dispute!"

"It's okay!"

Yang Jie shook his head: "The British are overstretched, not only to guard against Rommel in North Africa, but also to worry that Turkey will fall to the Axis powers, and they will not pay attention to those deserts without people for the time being!" What we need to do is to come to an agreement with the natives to bring these barren lands into the territory! Still, I can't figure out what you want those deserts for? ”

An Yi called Gu Changfeng, Yang Guan, and An Jin respectively, and after asking about the deployment of troops along the border line, he felt that there were no obvious loopholes, so he answered Yang Jie's question:

"Oil, oil all around the Persian Gulf! Although only large oil fields have been discovered in the Khuzestan region of Persia for technical reasons, I have in my hands the exploration reports of geologists from the Polytechnic Institute, and it is very likely that there is a lot of oil under the Persian Gulf!

"I don't need to say much about what oil means, and there are said to be large oil fields with far more reserves than you can imagine, and the cost of taking it down now is very small, but the future return is huge! All our strategic layouts have been carried out for this purpose, and now it is finally time to harvest.

"After taking the Persian Gulf, we will run the war between India and Burma, and strive to connect all the territories! However, the conditions for fighting in the desert area are very difficult, and I hope that the troops will make adequate ideological preparations, and the first battle must be fought well, so as to show our military prestige and morale! ”

Cheng Shiming suddenly said at this time: "Germany was negotiating with the Turkish government to force it to join the Axis powers, but with the declaration of war by the United States, it is estimated that it will have a decisive impact on the attitude of the Turkish government." Moreover, the Soviet government can now firmly put its hanging heart back in its heart, at least until Germany occupies the LinkedIn Islands, without worrying that Hitler will turn his gun on them!

In addition, Spain and Portugal were already preparing to join the Axis powers, and with the Americans entering the war, they were expected to reconsider their positions. The human attack on Pearl Harbor not only disrupted our deployment, but also did a great disservice to the German strategy, and I think there is no better than Churchill now! ”

"yes!"

An Yi got up and walked to the map and looked at the European continent:

"It is estimated that Hitler is scolding his mother in his Chancellery! Originally, Germany had a great hope of surrendering without a fight, gaining the joining of Turkey, and strategically completing the encirclement of the Soviet Union and the Middle East! But with the entry of the United States into the war, I am afraid that things will get worse! If the Turkish government does not comply, there is a high probability that the German army will take action against Turkey, and then the British, Americans, and Soviets will be able to do something from it, and Germany's happy days will come to an end! ”

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: It's the third day of the Lunar New Year, I don't know how everyone is doing during the New Year?

The feeling of the Son of Heaven is tired, but no matter how tired he is, he has also maintained the continuous fine tradition, which is quite proud! Therefore, the Son of Heaven confidently asks for *** and recommendation votes, and it should be Chun Zhixi! If everyone is cheering, it will be wonderful to have a few more full orders, haha!