The attack on Pearl Harbor was a full week later than the previous one, and was strongly opposed by the Army, which claimed that it would take at least a week for their troops to be ready, most of which would be drawn from the Russian and Chinese battlefields.

The Combined Fleet wandered dangerously at sea for a week. However, this week has caused even greater losses to the US Pacific Fleet, which except for the aircraft carrier Enterprise, the rest of the ships are based at Pearl Harbor, including the aircraft carriers Lexington and Saratoga, of which the Saratoga had just finished resting in San Diego and had returned to Pearl Harbor two days before the attack, and the Lexington had returned after completing naval exercises, both of which were sunk in the sneak attack.

The Pacific Fleet suffered unprecedented losses, and a grand thanksgiving party was once again held in Hibiya Park. The sound of hooplay resounded throughout the Japanese archipelago, while the United States was enraged, and Japanese Americans were attacked throughout the country, and Roosevelt addressed Congress. The Congress was asked to agree to declare war on Japan, and the Senate passed it unanimously, and the House of Representatives passed the declaration of war on Japan by all but one abstention, and the huge war machine of the United States began to run at full speed.

It's been two days since the attack on Pearl Harbor. Webb felt his mind completely confused, and he tried to discuss with Charles the national character of Japan, what had led them to the decision to attack Pearl Harbor, and the decision was completely crazy in his view. The person who made this decision was absolutely insane, and even a fool could see that Japan was simply not capable of challenging the four major powers of China, the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union at the same time. But they did it, and they did it so despicably.

The enemy has made a bold attack, either because of his pro-initiative or because of his self-confidence in his strength, "we are undergoing this test, which will certainly be arduous or long-term, and when we look around the gloomy picture of the world, we have no reason to doubt the righteousness of our cause"

The radio announcer was relaying in a majestic voice Churchill's speech in the House of Commons calling for a declaration of war on Japan, and Charles was listening carefully, not paying attention to Weber's question.

Ye Sufei took over the topic: "Weber." For the Japanese, this is a last battle, either to reach the top, or to fall into the abyss, there is no second choice, in fact, I want to interview General Zhuang Jihua, how did he judge four years ago that the Japanese army must go south, four years ago, four years ago, the war had just begun, what did he rely on to make this judgment? ”

When Weber said that Zhuang Jihua had judged that the Japanese army would inevitably move south four years ago, Ye Sufei and Charles said almost at the same time that they didn't believe it! Four years ago, when the war had just begun, it was almost divine to make such a judgment. Ye Sufei was even more shocked. She even suspected that Zhuang Jihua was deliberately guiding the Japanese south, otherwise why didn't he remind the Americans to only gather troops in western Yunnan. But Weber pointed out that this was proved by Mei Youlan and Lian Xiaosen at the same time, which made Charles and Ye Sufei have to believe it.

No wonder the Chinese can grit their teeth and persevere. No wonder they have repeatedly rejected Japan's peace proposals, no wonder they"; Ye Sufei synthesized various situations. In their hearts, they believed that this was a conspiracy of the Chinese, and they forced Japan to go south and force Japan to challenge Britain and the United States. Because they knew that they could not defeat Japan on their own.

Now China will not agree to Japan's terms unless it agrees to pay a greater price.

Ye Sufei hated and hated in her heart, why did Japan want to develop, but Britain and the United States blocked it, but China, a cowardly nation, got their sharp support.

Ye Sufei's words reminded Webb and Charles. Webb stood up, grabbed his suit and walked out: "You're right, we should interview General Zhuang Jizha as soon as possible, and we'll go to him immediately." ”

Charles turned off the radio, also stood up and said: "I have this idea too, and I would love to know his judgment on the direction of the whole war." ”

The three of them got out of the hotel, called three rickshaws and went to the Kunming headquarters, but they knew at the headquarters that Zhuang Jihua was not in Kunming, just now. He was ordered to fly to Chongqing.

The attack on Pearl Harbor made Chiang Kai-shek very excited. He seems to have seen the day Japan surrendered. The day after learning of the attack on Pearl Harbor, he convened an emergency joint meeting of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang and the Nationalist Government, at which a resolution was passed on a reckless war against Japan, and at the same time, a decision was made on the formation of an expeditionary force to prepare for the expedition to South Asia.

The War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression has lasted for four years, but there has been no declaration of war between China and Japan, and this issue was discussed at the beginning of the war, when it was believed that the declaration of war would lead to a material blockade of China and Japan by European and American countries. At that time, China urgently needed to import various materials from Europe and the United States. Including industrial equipment, weapons and ammunition, gasoline and diesel, if these materials are blocked, it will have a very adverse impact on the war of resistance, so the Standing Committee unanimously agreed not to declare war for the time being.

The Nationalist Government immediately issued the "Proclamation of the Chinese Government Declaring War on Japan", which clearly declared that "the Japanese warlord Feng took the conquest of Asia and the domination of the Pacific Ocean as its national policy, and for several years, China continued the war of resistance regardless of all sacrifices, not only to defend China's independent existence, but also to break Japan's aggressive ambitions, to safeguard public international law, justice and human welfare, and to make peace with the world. ”。 Officially declared war on Japan, announcing it to China and foreign countries. All treaties, agreements, and contracts involving relations between China and Japan shall be abolished. Subsequently, the Nationalist Government formally declared war on Germany and Italy; Abolish all treaties, agreements, contracts and related relations between China and Germany and between China and Italy.

Chiang Kai-shek summoned the ambassadors of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union respectively and proposed to the three countries to establish a military alliance with the United States as the core, with the United States as the leader. to defeat Germany, Japan and Italy and restore world peace.

The United States and Britain responded positively to Chiang Kai-shek's proposal. Roosevelt sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, appreciating the Chinese people's stubborn resistance to Japanese aggression over the past four years, saying that the United States would continue to support the Chinese people, and the United States of America would henceforth stand with the Chinese people and jointly fight against the Japanese invaders.

After the telegram, Roosevelt proposed in Congress that $100 million in military aid be provided to the Chinese government. The proposal was unanimously approved by Congress.

When Zhuang Jihua arrived at the Huangshan Mansion, the night had fallen, and it was quiet, the cold wind blew from the mountains, and the mountains and forests made a loud noise. The Huangshan Mansion is brightly lit, and the air defense control seems to be an accident here.

After Zhuang Jihua got out of the car, he looked up at the lights of the official residence, and swept the cars that were parked in the parking lot. Then he walked to the old man of the mansion and talked about what Shui Yiji saw Yu Jishi talking about in front of the small building with an old man wearing a robe and pillar crutches, the old man was a little excited, and Yu Jishi had been comforting him.

Seeing this, Zhuang Jihua quietly flashed aside. It was easy to wait for Yu Ji to send the old man away. Under the light, Zhuang Jihua recognized that this was Ju Zheng, a legal expert in the Kuomintang.

"Liangwei"

Yu Jishi's body trembled, and he turned around and punched Zhuang Jihua is fist: "You got out of there, you are in the dark, and you are scared to death and want to lose your life." ”

"Shanghai and Nanjing didn't scare you to death. This scared you Yu Liangzhen to death? Zhuang Jihua smiled and received Yu Jishi's punch, and then looked him up and down, Yu Jishi is also a lieutenant general now. If it weren't for the physical transfer from the front. I'm afraid it's time to be promoted to general. Yu Jishi looked inside the building and did not take Zhuang Jihua to the waiting room, but to the room in the side courtyard.

"The Chancellor is meeting with the military attachés of China, the United States and the United Kingdom. I am afraid that the meeting will not be completed for a while and a half, and the establishment of a Sino-US military alliance and a Chinese theater of operations will be discussed. You take a break here first, and then we will see a few smoking guns in the room, and we won't go there to join in the fun. Yu Jishi said.

"Well, that's good right here." Zhuang Jihua didn't say thank you, they were too familiar with each other. The waiting room is not big, and there are usually few people who are qualified to wait here, but today is different, the waiting room is full of people, and even Chen Cheng is waiting there.

"Cultural Revolution, your expeditionary force is still short of people." Yu Jishi leaned over and asked eagerly.

"I'm not short of people, don't you know it?" Zhuang Jihua said calmly: "If you want to come, I am welcome, but you have to go and tell the principal yourself, I don't dare to come here to dig a corner." ”

Yu Jishi smiled bitterly and sat down opposite Zhuang Jihua in disappointment: "Damn, this big internal manager looks very glorious, but in fact, only people in the bureau know about the bitterness and bitterness, Cultural Revolution, help me find a way." I'll go with you to Burma to beat Japan, and I'll be your deputy, or what if you become chief of staff? ”

Zhuang Jihua tapped his fingers on the table and was silent, Yu Jishi looked at him a little nervously, silent, for fear of disturbing his thoughts.

"Well, there's only one way, you go to your wife. It might be helpful to ask her to help with the item. Speaking of this, he paused: "You can also find Jingguo, let Jingguo come forward, and ask to go to the expeditionary force and be in charge of logistics." ”

"Jingguo to go to the expeditionary force?" Yu Jishi's eyes widened in surprise and looked at him in disbelief.

"This is an introduction, the principal definitely doesn't want to go through the country, when the time comes, you will be on the side" Zhuang Jihua made a gesture. Looking at Yu Jishi meaningfully, Yu Jishi realized that Zhuang Jihua was asking him to take the boat of Chiang Ching-kuo, and Chiang Kai-shek vetoed Chiang Ching-kuo, so he would inevitably consider others. He came a few times.

"But this is a risky move, let's not say whether Jingguo will agree, even if he agrees, if the principal doesn't let go of both, you can't do it. So it's better to find Madame first, and with her help everything is easy to say. Zhuang Jihua seemed to advise. Of course, it is very good for Yu Jishi to partner with him, they are familiar with each other, and there will be no problems in command.

"Liangzhen, what does the principal think, the headquarters of the expeditionary force has not approved it so far, the Japanese army has landed in the Malay Peninsula and Thailand, the battle of Burma is imminent, and the troops have arrived in western Yunnan, but the brain still doesn't know where it is, how to fight this battle?" Zhuang Jihua began to complain.

The Japanese offensive was rapid, landing on the Malay Peninsula an hour before Pearl Harbor, and compared to the Japanese, the British army was half-hearted. Between July and August. The British army in the Far East was still very nervous. However, after the outbreak of the Soviet-Japanese War, from London to Singapore, they were all relaxed, believing that Japan's national strength had been exhausted and it was no longer able to attack the South Seas, and the two infantry brigades and one tank brigade originally scheduled to be transferred to Singapore Malaya were all transferred to North Africa, and half of the main forces of the Eastern Fleet were also transferred to the Atlantic, including the flagship Prince of Wales, and only the Counterattack was left in the port of Singapore.

But in spite of this, the strength of the British army in the Malay Peninsula and Singapore is still relatively strong, the Malay Peninsula and Singapore have two British divisions and two Malaysian independent brigades under the command of Lieutenant General Percival, and in Thailand there are three divisions of the Thai ** team, one Anglo-Indian brigade and one Anglo-Australian brigade, and the total military office is as large as 10,000 people.

The British were very relieved that they had built a defensive line in the middle of the Malay Peninsula on the Shilin River to defend against attacks from the north. It was thought that it would take at least a year for the Japanese to overcome this line of defense, during which time the British could send a large number of troops to Singapore, and the navy would come to the east with the main fleet to completely defeat the Japanese combined fleet.

But the war was neither an estimate nor a simple calculation, and the Japanese 25th Army, led by Yamashita Hobun, landed at Kota Bharu and Songkhla, Thailand, with only weak resistance from the British and Thai troops.

Now the Japanese army has two roads, one goes directly south and attacks Singapore; the other is to move westward and attack Burma; However, according to the Japanese strategy, attacking Singapore is probably the first priority.

However, Zhuang Jihua's knowledge in his previous life, the British army did not seem to hold Singapore, but how long did they hold it. Zhuang Jihua was not sure. Burma has only one Anglo-Indian division, with a total strength of less than 20,000 troops, according to the information obtained by Zhuang Jihua, this division is all colonial soldiers, with low morale and low combat effectiveness, and Zhuang Jihua has no confidence in them.

"Well, what the hell is wrong with the expeditionary force still doesn't know?" Yu Jishi sighed: "Yes, you were originally assigned to command, but now the total strength of the expeditionary force is 300,000 people, all of whom are ** elites, and some people are red and want this position." ”

Zhuang Jihua frowned slightly, and said a little angrily: "Who?" Temporary? That's not how you pick peaches, you can pick them if you want to, hand over the Nine War Zone, and I'll exchange them with him. ”

"He didn't want to hand it over in the Ninth War Zone" Yu Jishi smiled faintly: "He has a big appetite." He recommended Xue Yue or Luo Zhuoying, but the principal didn't agree. In terms of qualifications and military exploits, they are not as good as you at all, and you have been preparing in western Yunnan for so many years, and the army you are gathering now is also formed by you. ”

"Then why has the headquarters been delayed? Why is the person I want delayed? Zhuang Jihua was very angry, his face was flushed, and his forehead was stirred. stood up and approached Yu Jishi.

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