Chapter 1923: Between Trade-offs
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The small conference room in the office of the chief of staff headquarters has obviously just been renovated, with a typical European and American style layout, sofas and leather chairs, and a small wine cabinet, which is full of all kinds of famous wines, which looks extremely extravagant.
The chief of staff of the Japanese army, Ishihara Waner, paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, and Prime Minister Fumiro Konoe and Minister of Military Orders Nagano Shushen sat opposite each other around a small coffee table, and the two of them sipped fragrant tea, and from time to time cast concerned glances at Ishihara Waner.
In the middle of several large-scale landscape oil paintings by famous Japanese oil painters on the wall, the hour and minute hands of a large wall clock inlaid with gold on the outside walk forward accurately, and the sonorous sound of each movement hits the human heart.
"Good news!"
Yamamoto Shinosa, head of the European and American Section of the General Staff Headquarters, rushed into the small conference room with an excited face, holding a telegram in his hand, and saw Konoe Fumiro and Nagano Shusei looking at him together, only then did he realize his gaffe, immediately stood up straight, strode to Ishihara's side, and said: "Vice Minister Dohimoto lived up to Your Excellency's expectations, personally went out, and finally reached an agreement with the Mexican side, President Camacho will declare war on the United States on a certain day!" β
Ishihara let out a long sigh and asked, "Has the news been verified?" β
"Verified!"
Yamamoto Shin nodded affirmatively: "Section Chief Kajihide is translating the package agreement reached between Vice Minister Tohimoto and Mexican President Mr. Camacho, and the relevant articles will be submitted later." β
Konoe Fumiji looked at Ishihara in surprise:
"Ishihara-kun, you specially invited me and Nagano-kun to come here for this purpose? It's unbelievable...... I always thought that it was too risky for you to send Tufei Yuanjun to visit Mexico! You must know that not long after Mexico signed the "Mutual Assistance Treaty" with the United States, the United States provided the Mexican government with 500 million dollars in military spending free of charge, and most of this money was exchanged for arms, and no one thinks that the Mexican government has a reason to turn to us! β
Ishihara motioned for Yamamoto Shin to step back, returned to the sofa and sat down next to Fumihiro Konoe, explaining:
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, it is not my unpredictable prophet, but between Mexico and the United States, there has always been an irresolvable deep hatred! We have been able to make this series of dramatic changes because we have been crushing the border with a large army and threatening biological weapons, and on the other hand, we have given a lot of cash support and instigated the bitter hatred of Mexican politicians! β
Speaking of this, Ishihara got up and took out a few documents from the safe in the outer office, and when he came back, he put them on the coffee table, and waited for Konoe Fumiji and Nagano Shushen to pick them up and read them carefully, and then said:
"These are all grievances and grievances between the United States and Mexico collected by the intelligence services...... One hundred years ago, the United States, which was only a short time ago, set its sights on its immediate neighbor Mexico, and after nearly two years of war, it cut off 2.3 million square kilometers of land from Mexico, and the United States also jumped from an Atlantic country to a two-ocean power facing the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
"Look at what kind of land Mexico has lost? Texas is now a major oil producer in the United States, with a large number of oil refining and petrochemical companies, and is located on the Gulf Coast, with flat terrain and extremely developed agriculture and animal husbandry. There are also New Mexico, California and other regions, which used to be Mexican territory, but with the development of the west coast of the Americas, they have become rich lands, and poor Mexicans are always thinking about reclaiming their territory!
When Camacho became president of Mexico, he led a government that reconciled with the Catholic Church, pursued moderate domestic policies, expanded schools and hospitals, advocated social security laws, supported limited social reforms, and at one point declared war on the empire at the behest of the United States...... But, in the end, Camacho is still a nationalist, and the reason why he was willing to make peace with the United States was only because the United States was too powerful to resist the weak Mexico! However, now that the Imperial Empire has penetrated deep into the American continent, and our ally Germany is in sight in Europe, Mexico has a chance to take revenge......
"Think about it, once they follow in the footsteps of the Imperial Team and successfully integrate regions such as Texas, New Mexico and California into Mexico's territory, then Camacho and his government will go down in history as the greatest national heroes in Mexican history! If you don't know how to hold such a good opportunity, then Camacho is definitely not a qualified politician, obviously, my opinion is correct, Camacho has finally left everything behind now and chose to cooperate with the emperor ** team! β
Konoe Fumiji frowned slightly, and glanced at Nagano Xiu, Nagano Xiu nodded knowingly, and then asked: "Camacho is not worried about being settled by the Americans after failure?" With the United States far away from us, but close to Mexico, is it necessary for Camacho to take such a big risk to gain that false reputation? β
Ishihara didn't answer immediately, smiled and summoned a beautiful waitress to come in, added a glass of red wine to herself, stretched out her hand and patted her round buttocks, and waved her hand to retreat in the beautiful girl's coquettish smile, took a sip of the goblet glass, smacked her lips comfortably, and then said in an orderly manner:
"Since the twenties, the empire has been conducting biochemical experiments in Korea, and later occupied the Manchurian and Mongolian regions, built a number of test bases, and obtained a series of experimental data. Since the defeat of Siberia in 38, I felt the threat of the Chinese people, I ordered the relocation of the biochemical base in the Manchurian and Mongolian regions to Lanyin, and now most of them have been transferred to Australia, and the experimental subjects have changed from yellow to white, and many experimental data are shocking!
"Tufei Yuanjun went to Mexico this time and brought a lot of information, and with Camacho's knowledge, he naturally knows what the effect of this terrible weapon of mass destruction will be after being used in Mexico! We induce them to take advantage of them again - the Americans' aid is in the name of the state, and the corruption of the national dignitaries has to take a great risk, and our gifts are given privately, among which Camacho has an additional account of 20 million Chinese dollars in his account in a European Swiss bank, which is a strong currency exchanged by the empire through secret channels, so that even after the defeat, Camacho can go to a neutral country to become a rich man! With so many prongs, it will be difficult for Mexicans to hold their ground! β
At this time, the head of the communications section, Hideyoshi Kaji, walked into the room and handed Ishihara a long telegram, which was the text of the agreement with the Mexican government. Ishihara Waner handed it to Konoe Wenji after reading it, and after reading it, Konoe Wenji handed it to Nagano Slim, who tasted it carefully, and said with sincere admiration:
"Ishihara-kun is really a god! If Mexico enters the war, the entire battle in the Americas will be fundamentally reversed! As long as the Reich can defeat the United States, then Britain, which has lost the support of the American continent, will inevitably surrender before the peak military might of the German allies! Germany has won the Battle of Stalingrad, and it is believed that Moscow will soon be taken by Hitler's FΓΌhrer's army, so that the great moment of the German Army to attack the territory of South China to the east will come!
"At that time, the empire will not say that it will counterattack Manchuria, even if it is the whole territory of China, there is a great hope that it will be included in the empire's territory! With such a trade-off, it is the empire that benefits the most, and Nagano is convinced of Ishihara-kun's plan! β
Ishihara said modestly:
"To implement such a big strategy, it is inseparable from the support of the navy! Whether it is the withdrawal of troops from Manchuria or the attack on the Americas, the role of the navy is irreplaceable. Nagano-kun, please be sure to pay attention to the anti-submarine and air defense of the fleet, the precious transport ships of the navy are like the blood vessels of the human body, and the materials urgently needed by the empire are like blood, which are transported to all parts of the huge body of the empire through the blood vessels. Once there is a problem with the blood vessels, then the empire will get sick, and it may even be due to insufficient nutrition and oxygen supply, resulting in the empire having a huge body but can only fall unwillingly!
Nagano Slim nodded:
"Nagano has been taught! I have heard Yamamoto talk a lot about the things he talked with Your Excellency all night, and many of your wonderful ideas have deeply inspired him, and I think that no one in the Navy will ignore the importance attached to aircraft carriers and submarines in the base camp! By the way, Ishihara-kun, have you really decided to withdraw all the troops sent from China to the northern part of China and the Shandong region? β
Ishihara said solemnly:
"I've made up my mind! Now there is a precursor of civil strife in China, and it is precisely because of the existence of the emperor's * team that the people of China work together and twist up and down into a rope to jointly resist the occupation of the empire! However, once the empire withdraws from Manchu and Mongolia, the people of China will inevitably become elbows and armpits due to their different beliefs and ideas! The people of China are the best at infighting, and the empire does not need to regard itself as a reason for their unity, and withdrawing from it is more conducive to the implementation of our strategic plan! β
Konoe Wenlu was a little worried: "But how will the Pu Yi and Wang Jingwei regimes deal with it?" When the empire supported them, it swore to protect them! If the Empire abandons its allies, what will others think of us? β
Ishihara waved his hand:
"Don't worry...... The people of China did not have a strong navy, they just had to withdraw Pu Yi and his Manchurian court to Sakhalin and continue to build his Manchukuo! As for Wang Jingwei, let him go to Hainan Island! It was close to Nanhua, and Wang Jingwei was asked to build a naval barrier there to prevent the An Jiajun from moving north, while continuing to divide the resistance within the Nationalist Government! As long as the Empire continues to win victories on the American continent, it will always be able to exert influence on China! β
Nagano Xiushen thought for a moment and asked in surprise, "Ishihara-kun, do you still want to continue to increase your offensive against the Americas?" β
Ishihara Wan'er nodded: "This time, the troops withdrawn from Manchuria, Mongolia, northern China, and Shandong regions, except for some of them are put into the North American battlefield, and I plan to use the rest on the South American continent." With the military strength of Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and other countries, plus Argentina, which tends to be an axis country, the imperial ** team will inevitably be able to sweep thousands of troops and easily take this rich land!
"As long as the imperial ** team cuts off the supply of materials to South America, the Americans will hold out for two or three years at most, and they will face the difficult situation of having no rice to cook...... At that time, we will set up radar stations and air bases along the Atlantic coast of South America to effectively prevent the US Navy from passing through Cape Horn and Drake Strait in southern Argentina, so that we can slowly clean up the islands and military bases in the Central and South Pacific regions where the US military is entrenched, and truly realize the entire Pacific Ocean for all the grand undertakings of the Empire! β
Nagano's eyes lit up and he nodded again and again.
Konoe Wenlu was also excited, and grabbed Ishihara's hand: "Ishihara-kun, you can do it boldly and boldly!" Your Majesty, I will personally call to explain the situation, and I will never let others hold you back! β
Ishihara frowned:
"However, the advance of the An Jiajun in Manchuria was too fast, and many of our battle plans to block the enemy could not be implemented, and they easily tore through the defensive line! The crux of the matter now is that we don't have reliable troops to resist the attack of the An Jia army, and we can't even use the fortress and city defense to delay the opponent!
"Now we have to make a choice between keeping the troops or keeping the Manchurian jars! And the diaspora, in the past ten years, we have emigrated millions to Manchuria, and abandoning them all at once will leave a very bad reputation...... My opinion is that the main forces retreat in stride, leaving a small number of troops to hold back the opponent, while protecting the diaspora for their own relocation operations...... All the retreating troops were quickly transferred to the Korean Peninsula or shipped to southern Liaonan...... If you are not willing to give up anything, then it is possible to lose all your old capital! β
Konoe Fumiro groaned for a moment and said:
"Withdraw, for the sake of a bigger goal, this little effort is worth it! As for the diaspora, let them withdraw themselves! The people of Langchi do not dare to take our expatriates seriously, but there are tens of millions of overseas Chinese in Lanyin, the Philippines and Australia, and they will not ignore it......"
"Great joy!"
A loud shout interrupted Konoe's words, and Konoe Fumiro turned his head in displeasure, only to see Ishihara's henchman, the Minister of War Shintaro Imada, rushing into the small conference room, shouting without regard for etiquette: "General Yamashita has taken Chicago, this is a huge victory for the empire ......"