Chapter 401: The United States declares war

German Ambassador Sim stood on the German side and fulfilled his commitment to the closure of the heavens, and at the same time, in order to form an Axis as soon as possible, and pointed out the great danger faced by the Japanese and Japanese countries. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

There is no doubt that this time he won the favor of the Japanese and accelerated the agreement with Germany and Italy.

Everything Ambassador Sim did was quickly reported to Fengtian, and it is difficult to say whether the Japanese will adopt Sim's suggestion.

However, according to Feng Tian's understanding of the Japanese people, there is a chance that this matter will happen, and the madness of the Japanese people is not something that ordinary people can understand, and Feng Tian is an exception to this.

Since the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the hatred with the Americans was over, and it was impossible to let go of this hatred. The Japanese have stabbed the hornet's nest of the United States, is it possible not to be stung?

In the last life, the United States was relatively militarily stronger, because after Roosevelt's New Deal, the American economy began to recover.

In this life, because of the continuous economic crisis, the sky was blocked, the national strength of the United States has declined very much, and after two consecutive waves of bankruptcies, the United States has actually deindustrialized.

In particular, because of economic difficulties, they were forced to disembark on the construction of two aircraft carriers, which were bought by Fengtian, and I don't know what the Americans were competing with the Japanese navy at sea.

This era coincided with the transition period of naval warfare, with aircraft carrier formations replacing battleships.

In the previous life, the United States still had several aircraft carriers to deal with the Japanese and Japanese navies, which allowed the United States to go through a difficult period, but in this life there was only one aircraft carrier left, and it could not withstand the ravages of the powerful Japanese and Japanese navies in any case.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Pacific Fleet was almost wiped out, and there were only a small number of naval ships on the American mainland, which was almost negligible compared to the huge Japanese navy.

The current situation of the U.S. Navy is an opportunity for the Japanese Navy and the Japanese Empire, if the Japanese choose to beat the water dogs.

If the Japanese did not seize this opportunity to spread the flames of war to the United States and completely destroy the industrial base of the United States, it would be a disaster for the Japanese and Japanese once the Americans recovered.

At that time, the Japanese Empire will repeat the tragedy of the previous generation, and the United States will rise in World War II.

However, Feng Tian is here, and he will never allow history to repeat itself and make the Americans a world power and a world hegemon again.

When Feng Tian was still fighting hard, he had already laid the groundwork and dug a big pit to bury the Yankees in it. The mission of the Germans was accomplished, and the promise to seal the sky was fulfilled, and the two did not owe each other.

What Ambassador Sim didn't know, of course, was that what he was doing was changing history.

The big chess game of the world is advancing along the will of Fengtian, and each chess piece has its own mission.

Indeed, as Feng Tian had predicted, the Japanese Empire had already made a decision to dispatch the Japanese Navy to strike at all targets along the coast of the United States, and to land on the American mainland at the right time to bring the flames of war to the United States.

This decision was made by the Japanese top brass after analyzing the gap between Japan and the United States.

The level of modernization and automation of American factories was slightly higher than that of Europe and Japan, and the production management of Americans was the most advanced in the world at that time.

The Japanese had basically no potential to tap, and before the start of the Pacific War, Japan's domestic military and economy reached its peak.

In other words, if Japan cannot use its existing forces to quickly destroy its opponents, it will surely lose after entering a war of attrition.

The industrial output value of Japan is $9 billion, and it is already the limit, while the domestic industry of the United States will be more than $200 billion if it is fully launched.

From the perspective of steel, Japan produces 5.8 million tons of steel and 500,000 tons of ammunition per year, while the United States will activate its domestic industry after the start of the war, and the steel output will reach more than 30 million tons.

The Japanese have a population of 70 million, and the population of the United States is twice that of the Japanese, and there are enough human resources, although the current US army is not large, that is because of the geographical location of the United States, the United States has no military power around it, and it thinks it is very safe, and there is no need to waste huge military spending to raise the army.

However, now that the United States is threatened and attacked by Japanese forces, the Pacific Fleet has been destroyed, Pearl Harbor has fallen, and for the Americans the war has begun.

The Americans had to expand their military, and it would take about two or three years to expand to 10 million troops.

I believe that the top level of the United States has decided to start a shipbuilding program, and if you think about the industrial level of the Americans, the consequences will be very terrible.

The results of this analysis greatly alarmed the emperor and his ministers, and if the United States was not destroyed before the American military could grow stronger, neither American industry nor American military power could be countered by the Japanese and Japanese.

Therefore, the Japanese Empire must make a decision to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and the sooner the better.

In other words, the Japanese were forced into a corner.

In such a situation, the Japanese and Japanese people will do it if they do not do it, and one of the two countries, the United States and the Japanese and Japanese people, must fall.

The reality is very cruel, and the Japanese emperor and the cabinet have realized the seriousness of the problem, either the Japanese empire is buried by the Americans, or the Japanese empire buries the Americans, or the other.

The Japanese invasion plan for the United States is still in progress, and the Japanese troops are gathering on the islands where the fighting has ended, and they are said to be transferred to the mainland or transported to Honolulu to prepare for the landing in the United States.

Pearl Harbor was busy, and the Japanese were salvaging sunken warships, which could be repaired and reused if the damage was not severe.

The USS California and USS West Virginia were later salvaged, restored, and added to the Japanese naval fleet.

The modification of warships is very complicated, and the impact of new equipment on warships must be taken into account, when so many warships need to be refitted, it will take several months just to draw drawings, not to mention the procurement and production of various equipment and materials.

However, when these warships began to be renovated, the workers found that everything was ready-made, including drawings, weapons, and radars, which greatly facilitated the Japanese people, and they were repaired and modified in a very short time, so that the combat effectiveness of these warships was restored to the previous level.

Some people in later generations believed that the smooth attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese was a conspiracy of the United States.

The United States had long been aware of the Japanese army's plan for a sneak attack, and the Pearl Harbor incident was nothing more than Roosevelt's bitter ploy.

Because the isolationist ideology in the United States was very serious at that time, many of President Roosevelt's plans to aid Britain, the Soviet Union and other countries were suppressed.

As an outstanding statesman with great foresight, Roosevelt knew very well that if he did not provide timely assistance to the anti-fascist countries such as Britain and the Soviet Union, which were fighting hard, the United States would not be able to resist the German, Italian, and Japanese Axis powers alone after the Axis powers did control the Eurasian continent.

Therefore, it is advantageous to enter the war early rather than later, but domestic isolationism is only interested in short-term interests and reaping war profits rather than participating in the war.

American capital has vigorously advocated isolationism at home, resulting in a one-sided trend of American public opinion, and even if Roosevelt wanted to join the allies in the war with the Axis powers, he could not avoid the obstacles of public opinion and Congress.

Therefore, Roosevelt did not hesitate to use Pearl Harbor as a way to awaken the awakening and hostility of the people and crush the isolationist mentality.

Therefore, Roosevelt had to make the Japanese attack successful in order to arouse the determination to crush the isolationists into the war.

This is just suspicion, no one knows the truth, and probably only Roosevelt.

In the Pearl Harbor War, the delivery of the Japanese ultimatum was inexplicably delayed for an hour and a half, turning the justifiable declaration of war into a despicable and shameless sneak attack.

US Secretary of State Hull knew about the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor before he met with the Japanese representatives, but President Roosevelt demanded that he accept the Japanese side's reply and coldly sent the Japanese representatives away.

So Hull pretended to read the Japanese reply carefully, and then said with unconcealed 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 Japan launched an attack before the formal declaration of war was submitted, which aroused the indignation of the entire United States.

On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, at this time, U.S. President Ross gave a speech on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate and House of Representatives,

Yesterday, August 2, 1940 - a day of shame that must always be remembered - the United States of America was subjected to a sudden and deliberate attack by the naval and air forces of the Japanese Empire. The United States and the Japanese are at peace, and at the request of the Japanese are still holding talks with their Government and the Emperor with a view to maintaining peace in the Pacific.

In fact, just one hour after the Japanese Air Force Squadron had begun bombing the U.S. island of Wahu, the Japanese ambassador to the U.S. also submitted to our Secretary of State an official reply to the latest U.S. letter to the Japanese side.

While the reply stated that the continuation of the ongoing diplomatic negotiations seemed useless, it did not contain threats or hints of war or armed attack.

History will show that Hawaii was so far away from the Japanese and that the attack was orchestrated over many days or even weeks. During this period, the Japanese government deliberately deceived the United States with false statements and a desire to continue to maintain peace.

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Needless to say, our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.

Trust in our armed forces - rely on the strong determination of our people...... We will achieve a certain victory, may God help us! I ask Congress to declare that there has been a state of war between the United States and the Empire of Japan since August 2, 1940, when the Japanese launched an unprovoked and despicable attack.

Roosevelt's declaration of war on Japan was no longer in the way, and the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and the Philippine Islands, almost destroying all American military forces in the Pacific, and the Americans were furious.

The American people are outraged, and public opinion at home has changed from its usual isolationism and is now frantically venting its hatred for the Japanese people.

War!