In this way, we can occupy the key obstacles in East Asia and ensure an invincible position, so as to build an East Asian co-prosperity sphere,......, once the main US fleet is defeated, the idle forces south of the Philippines will inevitably be demoralized, and it is difficult to consider being able to fight bravely. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

After that, together with several staff officers (Onishi Takijiro, Minoru Genda, and Kuroshima Kameto), he secretly formulated the "Z" battle plan.

In June, when the formal plan was proposed, there was a debate in the upper echelons of Japan, with some people not believing that the huge fleet would cross 3,500 nautical miles without being detected, and doubting the feasibility of the plan.

What if it doesn't work out? What about the fact that there is a much greater chance of failure than the likelihood of success? Yamamoto Fifty-Six's answer is very simple, and it is also Yamamoto Fifty-Six:

"If Japan has God's blessing, the Hawaii operation will definitely succeed, and if it fails halfway, that is to say, without God's blessing, just give up the entire operation."

Yamamoto was stubborn and even threatened to resign. General Nagano Shushen, the commander-in-chief of the Military Command Department, said:

"If Yamamoto has that kind of confidence, just do what he says."

Hideki Tojo's cabinet approved the plan in mid-July, and Yamamoto commanded the Combined Fleet to select Kagoshima Bay, which is similar to Pearl Harbor, and began thorough preparations and rigorous simulation training.

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When Uncle Sam Roosevelt was concerned about isolationism at home, he also put a lot of energy into intelligence on Japan and Germany, and Roosevelt was most concerned about the movements of Japan in a short period of time.

Every few days, the spies planted by the United States in Japan would report some Japanese intelligence to Roosevelt. Japan's southward movement has become an open secret in Japan.

Some time ago, the northbound faction and the southbound faction had a bitter dispute over this, and although it was the southbound faction that won, Japan's established national policy was also well known to everyone, and it was impossible to keep it secret.

It is really not difficult for American spies to collect some information in this area, and the other is that the huge combined fleet has been training in Kagoshima for a while now, and it is a live-fire training.

American spies sent information to Roosevelt, how to interpret this information, Roosevelt was not very good at military affairs, he recruited Secretary of Defense Eisenhower, Army Chief of Staff Marshall, and Navy Commander Nimitz.

After the three high-ranking generals arrived, Roosevelt showed the three of them the information he had obtained, and after the three read the information, Roosevelt began to ask questions:

"Generals, the above information is all from the Japanese side, and I don't know what you think about Japan's changes."

After the three senior generals glanced at each other, Secretary of Defense Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke:

"Mr. President, from the above information, we can draw a very definite answer, Japan's southward snatching of resources is already certain, and this will undoubtedly touch our interests and those of Britain.

In order to cope with Japan's southward movement, I propose to immediately increase our forces in the Philippines in case of contingencies. ”

Eisenhower gave Roosevelt an unsatisfactory answer, and after thinking about it, he asked:

"General Marshall, the Philippines is our colony in South Asia, do you think Japan will be the first to attack our Philippines?"

Marshall was a World War II celebrity, and his ability is unquestionable:

"Mr. President, I think Japan is already going to take action against our Philippines."

"When will that be?"

"Mr. President, I think the Japanese attack will be around November."

Roosevelt was impressed by Marshall's words, but he also wanted to ask the commander of the Navy what he thought:

"General Nimitz, as the commander of the Navy, please see from the perspective of the Navy whether Japan will take the lead in targeting the Philippines."

"Dear Mr. President, if I were the commander of the Japanese Navy, I would never have targeted the Philippines first, but Pearl Harbor first."

Roosevelt's eyes lit up, and he asked in surprise:

"Why did you target Pearl Harbor?"

Nimitz cleared his throat and replied:

"Mr. President, the Philippines is an island country, and Japan is also an island country, and if Japan wants to attack the Philippines, it can only attack from the sea. There are seven or eight thousand nautical miles from Japan to the Philippines, and with such a long supply line, our Pacific Fleet can cut off Japan's supply line from any caution.

It is impossible for the Japanese Navy not to be unaware of the threat to their supply lines from our Pacific Fleet, so I am sure that Japan will not be the first to attack the Philippines, but will first sneak attack our Pacific Fleet and then make a move on the Philippines. ”

After Nimitz finished speaking, Roosevelt fell into a long silence, and Roosevelt, a scheming politician, did not express any opinion of his own, but mentally calculated how to operate this matter, so that the US Congress passed his bill to enter the war.

This is the difference between a soldier and a politician, even though Roosevelt already knew that Japan might attack Pearl Harbor, but he did not want to break the Japanese sneak attack, but used the Japanese sneak attack to achieve his own political goals.

A rough plan for a bitter plan took shape in Roosevelt's mind.

The Pearl Harbor incident was a conspiracy of the United States, and the United States had long been aware of the Japanese army's plan for a sneak attack and that 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 the middle countries were restricted.

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, China, and the Soviet Union, which were fighting hard, the United States would not be able to resist the German, Italian, and Japanese Axis powers on their own 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 is unwilling to enter the war. Therefore, Roosevelt did not hesitate to use Pearl Harbor as a way to awaken the people's awakening and hostility and smash the isolationist mentality.

At the same time, the Japanese attack must be successful in order to arouse the resolve to crush the isolationists into the war.

Whether the Pearl Harbor incident was a conspiracy of the United States or not is evidenced by the following points:

Before the attack, the US military suddenly dispatched a large number of medical supplies and medical personnel to Pearl Harbor, and the day before the attack, it was notified to cancel the next day's vacation and conduct combat readiness duty (the day of the attack was a Sunday).

Second, some unreasonable military moves: Before the attack, the US military dispersed some fighter planes to small remote airfields, while the planes left at the main airfield were left empty in hangars and neatly arranged on the runway, giving people the illusion that all the planes were there. The planes that took off after the attack began were all taken off from small airfields, which is depicted in the blockbuster films "Tiger, Tiger, Tiger" and "Pearl Harbor".

…… (To be continued.) )