Chapter 342: Before World War II (4)
On the most tangled people and the most tangled choices in the 20th century, then it was Hitler at this time, because any of his decisions was likely to affect tens of millions of people, affect his life, and his net worth.
In fact, Hellst still admires Hitler himself, ruthless enough, and decisive enough, in fact, any successful person is very bold, the only difference is whether you are cautious and careful and whether the luck is on you, some people fail in the illusory luck, some people fail in the lack of decisiveness, but they all have one thing in common, that is, the courage is big enough.
Defeated and committed suicide, sitting in Hitler's position is really very rare, so from the beginning of the day, Ernst has considerable attention and admiration for Hitler regardless of his position.
Although he was also nervous about how Hitler would choose, Ernst was not anxious and urged, because no matter how the other party chose Ernst, he was ready to deal with it, it was nothing more than a greater loss and a smaller loss.
After three months of hesitation, Hitler could not drag it out any longer, and his decision was actually expected by many to choose the Eastern European Alliance over Japan.
When the Japanese diplomat in Germany got the news, he almost lost all his energy, and he knew very well that Japan had offended Britain, France, and the United States in the previous war, and now it was abandoned by Germany and Italy, and it was really likely that Japan would become a lost dog in the future.
When the news came back to Japan, the whole of Japan was boiling, and they cursed Germany for being ungrateful, and they cursed the Eastern European Union for meddling, but behind the curse was discouragement, because they knew very well that it would be difficult for them to continue in East Asia, and if they were not careful, they might lose their country.
What is the only advantage that Japan occupies at this time? As long as he shows a harmless appearance of humans and animals, acts as a thug of Europe and the United States to attack China with all his might, then Britain, France and the United States are very likely to help him in the future!
At that time, Japan was not the minions of Germany and Italy to contain the United States in East Asia, but the eagle dog of Britain, France and the United States to contain the Eastern European Alliance, although this eagle dog was not liked by Britain, France and the United States. He even bit them hard before.
Compared with the busyness and loss in Japan, the Nationalist Government can be described as boiling, because the Eastern European Alliance made the first move, more than 300,000 troops attacked the Korean Peninsula, and the urgently assembled reserves were about to go to the Chinese battlefield, and they would expel the Japanese Army together with the Nationalist Government.
The military power of the Japanese side on the Korean Peninsula is not too large. Even when news came from Europe that Japan urgently mobilized 100,000 troops to the Korean Peninsula, the disparity in strength made these soldiers just funny. The 300,000 troops of the Eastern European Alliance were responsible for cleaning up the county towns and towns on two routes, and the other was directly taking the three heavyweight cities of Seoul, Daegu and Busan.
The Korean Peninsula lasted only one day, with artillery roaring, warplanes soaring, the entire peninsula covered with gunsmoke, Koreans and Japanese nationals fleeing in panic, and a large number of puppet troops choosing to surrender.
Wonsan, which is a major port city in the western part of the Korean Peninsula. This is also the primary target of the army, of course, it doesn't matter how the city is, what really makes the military care about is the port, the shipyard here, and taking it means that the Far East Fleet will add a port and a maintenance site.
There are not many Japanese garrisons in Wonsan City, 800 real Japanese troops and 3000 puppet troops are all their military strength, but what makes it difficult for the attacking Eastern European Alliance Major Battalion Commander is that they need to take this place without destroying the city wall as much as possible, which is really a headache for them.
The Eastern European Alliance had countless huge artillery pieces and warplanes. But now these things are not used at all, because once they are used. The Yuanshan City they obtained was almost a ruin, which was something that the Qin cabinet did not want to see, so the first assistant of the Qin State also specially wanted to report to Ernst.
Ernst also did not want to spend huge sums of money on repairing these cities in the future, so he gave the military an order not to destroy the buildings as much as possible, which also caused the major to suffer.
It was impossible to charge directly, and it was impossible for the Major to pile up a city that would take only a few hours with the lives of his men. But now they are very short of time, because after a long time, the people inside will not see their true purpose, and directly destroy the port and shipyard.
Is there really no one in Japan and Wonyama City who discovered the purpose of the major? It's not true, it's just that now the ports and shipyards are their handles, and with this thing, the other side can't easily attack. Able to prolong their survival time.
The major outside didn't know, in fact, at this time, the people inside had been divided into two groups, and the Japanese army and the puppet army had turned their faces because of disagreements, but they also had their own concerns about each other, so they lived in peace for the time being.
What kind of army is the puppet army? That is just an army formed by local youth, they all have their own interests, but in the end they still survive, they are also invaders, and now Japan can no longer protect them, they can change their camp with confidence, but ...... It is not clear to them what the attitude of the Eastern European Union is.
The commander of the puppet army wants an official position, and the ordinary soldiers of the puppet army want money, of course, they care more about whether the other party will put them in a concentration camp. If the Major can really give a clear answer, then I believe that the other party will never hesitate, but the Major can't, because he needs to deal with some of them.
This disposition is almost the meaning of execution, no one wants to die, and no one dares to guarantee that they are the group of people who will not be executed, so this is the stalemate.
The Japanese army wants to blow up the port, blow up the shipyard and leave by boat, but the puppet army can allow it? They are still counting on the lives of these 800 Japanese in exchange for some more benefits! Moreover, the port and the shipyard were resolutely not allowed to be bombed, and the two sides insisted on it, and neither of them could make concessions.
In the conference room, the commander of the puppet army simply pulled off his military hat and put it on the ground, slapped the table and said his final request, the Japanese army gave up all its weapons, and then left Wonsan City by boat "cleanly", and it was not allowed to blow up the port and shipyard.
Shaozo on the Japanese side naturally refused to compromise like this, his eyes were full of murderous intent when he squinted, and the guy who was like a dog a month ago was so arrogant now that he even dared to slap the table on himself! Unforgivable, resolutely unforgivable, I want him to die without a place to be buried!
Of course, this is just a thought, they are actually just being slaughtered by others now, where is the qualification to kill others? Not to mention the Eastern European Alliance Army outside, even the puppet army in front of them, they are not sure to deal with it, after all, the number of the other party is there.
Both sides are actually delaying time at this time, and the Japanese side has informed the navy that it is estimated that there will be another day to arrive, and at the same time to transport them away and bomb the port and shipyard. The purpose of delaying time on the part of the Korean puppet army is also very simple, that is, to wait for news from the major outside the city.
At this time, the major was also very entangled, 800 Japanese soldiers' lives, a port, a shipyard and a complete Wonsan City, they needed very little, 100,000 euros and then guaranteed 2,000 puppet soldiers to serve the people on the spot, some of whom were extremely vicious and they were willing to hand over.
The others are very good, and now the major is embarrassed by the matter of handing it over, and what the other party "handed over" is really the people he wants to execute? The major was very skeptical of this, so he proposed to choose 300 by himself, and the other more than 1,700 puppet soldiers all needed 5 years of labor, including this puppet army commander.
Such war criminals will not be paid, the only thing they have is food and clothing, but compared to those criminals, their work is lighter, these things are also very clear to the puppet army in Wonsan City, there will be no suspicion here, and they also believe in the credibility of the Eastern European Union officers, and the Eastern European Union military has not broken its promise in these years.
How? How to choose? The commander of the puppet army seems to be even more embarrassed than before, such an answer is actually very good, but he can't guarantee that the puppet army can agree to such conditions, after all, there are still 300 people in it who need to be executed, which is ...... No one wants to be one of those 300.
After some back and forth negotiations, the matter was finally decided, and the 300 did not have to be executed, as long as they were found guilty of the felons, that is, the coolies who were treated as felons for 10 years.
Naturally, everything is easy to say without dying, this time the puppet army commander did not hesitate to agree directly, but at this moment, something unexpected to everyone appeared, the Japanese reinforcements actually arrived in Hong Kong two hours earlier, and the giant artillery was even aimed at Wonsan City, it was obvious that they were not even ready to meet the 800 Japanese troops, but directly bombarded the entire city.
The major outside the city also saw this scene, and he was anxious that he didn't care if the small guns he brought could hit the other party, and directly mounted it and bombarded the incoming warship, but it was obvious that it had no effect.
Could it be that the mission failed like this? Imagine the treatment after I go back, it is not enough to retire for this, but the military rank on my shoulders is estimated to drop by at least two levels, and I can't say that I will be sent to logistics and other places to spend the rest of my life at that time...... No, I would never allow that to happen.
Just when the major was a little crazy, the earth trembled violently, and then the warship on the sea in the distance emitted black smoke, the major was stunned, and then couldn't help but look in the direction of the cannon, it was actually in the city of Wonsan City?
On the side of an old shore defense gun in the coastal defense line of Wonsan City, a middle-aged man with an obvious Asian face couldn't help but wipe a cold sweat, he hadn't touched this kind of thing for several years, but he was a little nasty.
If the fishermen of Wonsan City were here, they would have recognized this as a "normal" fisherman from eastern Korea, who had relocated a few years ago. (To be continued.) )