Hitler's calculations were very loud, he hoped to defeat the Soviet Union within one or two months, occupy Eastern Europe in three months, and at this moment Germany would have the whole of Europe, such a huge empire is probably rare in human history, and unprecedented strategic depth can ensure Germany's absolute security, even if China and the United States still want to oppose Germany, but they must weigh their own weight.

After Germany defeated the Soviet Union, Germany was truly at the top of the world after calmly cleaning up Britain. In order to realize this strategic plan, Hitler secretly gathered troops on the Soviet-German border, and organized the troops into three army groups in the south, center and north, with seven army groups and four armored groups, a total of 152 divisions and three brigades, a total of 3.05 million people, accounting for about 95% of the strength of the German field army. The Germans prepared 3,350 tanks, 3,275 combat aircraft, and 7,146 artillery pieces for the attack on the Soviet Union.

In addition, Italy, Finland, Romania and other countries also joined the German side to fight the Soviet Union, forming an army force of unprecedented proportion, and the Soviet Union also deployed nearly three million troops on the western border.

In this time and space, the Soviet Union failed to fight with China, so that Stalin attached great importance to the construction of armored forces, even in the period of the Great Purge, the Russian armored forces were still constantly strengthened, and the intelligence work of Germany was also very detailed, Stalin had judged that Germany was bound to attack the Soviet Union.

Therefore, Stalin made detailed preparations for war on the western front, all soldiers were in a high state of combat readiness and ready to go to war, and the Soviet Union built a large number of deep fortifications in an attempt to keep Germany out of the border.

However, Germany's offensive capabilities were beyond Stalin's expectations, when the German chariots began to run over. Stalin's proud border defense turned into a papier-mâché. In less than a month. Germany had penetrated as far as 600 kilometers into the Soviet Union, and more than half of the 50 divisions on the Soviet side had been wiped out.

The door of the Western Front was opened, and the German army approached Kyiv, and the whole world shook for a while!

The Soviet Union, which had been on the sidelines, was the first to be dragged into the water. And it seems that it is going to be drowned immediately, how can the rest of the world not be shocked, and of course there is someone who is happy, that is Churchill. When the Soviet-German war broke out, Britain had a strong ally, and Britain was finally not alone.

Thus Churchill immediately addressed Parliament: "For the last 25 years there has not been a man who has been so consistently opposed to communism as I have been." I don't want to retract what I said, but it's all eclipsed by the scene before our eyes...... Any individual or country that fought against the Third Reich, will receive our assistance. Any individual or country that follows Hitler is our enemy. ”

Of course, Britain is still in trouble at the moment, and it simply does not have much ability to help the Soviet Union, and this kind of slogan can only be lip service. At most, it's just an attitude.

And the two countries that were really able to play a decisive role for the USSR were the United States and China, among which were due to geographical location. China can provide more convenient and comprehensive assistance.

At the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Qiao Yu announced in parliament that the Lend-Lease Act would apply to the Soviet Union, and that China was willing to work with the Soviet Union to jointly oppose the fascist forces.

For Qiao Yu's statement, Stalin will be suspicious, Russia's wariness of China has not been eliminated, and even said that before the rise of Germany, the biggest enemy of the Soviet Union was China, and the two countries have complex historical and practical grievances, especially when China was just established in the Soviet Union, sent troops to the Northeast, supported the Far Eastern Republic, and let Russia's hundreds of years of colonial management go to waste.

Stalin insisted that China would continue to attack the Soviet Union, and China's ultimate goal was to drive Russia out of Asia, so the Soviet Union stationed a large number of troops in the Far East all year round, and now that Germany is attacking the Soviet Union, Stalin's biggest concern is whether China will take advantage of the fire to rob!

The Soviet Union's concern is justified, because just over a year ago, the Soviet Union itself did this, carving up Poland with Germany, don't look at the current China is against Germany, but once the Soviet Union shows its decline, China will not take advantage of the fire to rob.

Of course, this is the Russians themselves who are thieves, Qiao Yu will not make such a short-sighted mistake, the main enemy at the moment is still Germany, before Germany is eliminated, China must definitely cooperate with the Soviet Union.

However, Qiao Yu would not give up this opportunity, so the Chinese government formulated a Sino-Soviet history and border issue handling opinions, including the redetermination of the permanent border, the guarantee of the complete independence of the Far Eastern Republic, and participation in international organizations, China and the Soviet Union do not deploy troops within 100 kilometers of the border, and the two sides trade on the principle of equality and mutual benefit.

The purpose of these conditions is very simple, that is, to completely stabilize the Sino-Soviet border and avoid the outbreak of war between the two countries.

After Stalin received China's opinion, he also fell into a dilemma, and he also knew that if he accepted China's opinion, the Soviet Union would suffer very much, but the German army had already entered the hinterland of the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union urgently needed to ease relations with China, and even obtain China's support, and China's conditions were already good.

While Stalin hesitated, Japan could not sit still, and a month ago Japan launched two more aircraft carriers, Taiho and Shinano, and so far Japan has six large aircraft carriers, as well as three light aircraft carriers, and two more are under construction.

In recent years, the Japanese Navy has continued to expand its strength, trained more pilots, developed new carrier-based aircraft, and reequipped all naval aviation.

Just after Germany launched a war of aggression against the Soviet Union, the leaders of the United States and Britain jointly signed the Atlantic Charter. China was also actively coordinating relations with the Soviet Union, and soon a powerful coalition against the fascist countries would emerge, and Japan would follow Germany's example of a quick solution that would deal with the United States first and then China.

Japan had been planning how to destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet for a year, and now the time had finally come, but the Japanese still wanted to deceive the United States strategically, so they sent a special envoy, Raisizaburo, to the United States to discuss peace in the Pacific and ask China to participate.

At this time, US President Roosevelt was also in a contradiction, he desperately hoped that the United States could participate in the war to prevent Germany from becoming bigger, and he was also full of hostility to Japan, but he did not want the scale of the war to be uncontrollable, after all, no matter how strong the United States was, it was very difficult to support the two battlefields.

Therefore, Roosevelt accepted Japan's proposal for peace talks, but the Chinese side was dismissive of these, Qiao Yu had learned through secret channels that Japan was secretly training naval aviation in Kagoshima, where the terrain was relatively similar to Oahu, Hawaii, and it could be seen that Japan's hypothetical enemy was the US Pacific Fleet, after which the Japanese aircraft carriers were assembled to the north.

Over the years, Qiao Yu has invested huge financial and material resources to run the intelligence network in Japan, so he can grasp comprehensive information, and Japan's various actions have proved that they are brewing a sneak attack on the United States.

Japan still chose the United States as its first target, and this is definitely a great thing for China, because this scourge will harm the United States, and China will be able to continue to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

Therefore, Qiao Yu will never share intelligence with the United States, if the United States is not unlucky, how can China get what it wants!

However, Qiao Yu also knew that China must not be careless, so he ordered all theaters in the east to enter the first-level combat readiness equipment, and the aircraft carrier formation was also ready to deal with emergencies.

At this time, in the North Pacific, a powerful fleet with six aircraft carriers as the core was chopping the waves and sailing in the direction of Pearl Harbor, and Yamamoto Isoroku, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, was looking at the vast ocean from the deck, and his heart was like the sea, undulating and difficult to calm down.

Among China, the United States, and Japan, the United States has 12 aircraft carriers, China has 10, and Japan has only six.

Since ancient times, there have been many examples of the weak defeating the strong, but if you want to deal with two powerful enemies at the same time, Yamamoto Isoroku has no bottom in his heart, even if he can achieve a temporary victory, will Japan be able to survive the next war!

After a week's voyage, the Japanese Combined Fleet finally succeeded in approaching Pearl Harbor, and at dawn the next day, Japan's long-brewing offensive finally began, and the first wave of more than 140 carrier-based planes rose into the air and rushed toward Pearl Harbor with a roar.

The US side did not believe that Japan dared to attack Pearl Harbor at all, and before that, both Roosevelt and the US military firmly believed that Japan's first target was China, and that the United States was only raising troops at Pearl Harbor to put pressure on Japan.

If Japan attacks China first, the US Pacific Fleet will help China fight as a savior, but the actual situation is completely beyond the expectations of the United States.

Japan was the first to attack Pearl Harbor, and the first target of Japan's bombing was beyond the imagination of all Americans, it turned out to be an oil depot! An oil depot with a storage of 4.5 million tons of heavy oil! This first target was chosen by Yamamoto Isoroku, in fact, Japan originally wanted to attack the aircraft carrier, but Yamamoto Isoroku was inspired by the Chinese bombing of Keelung Port that year, and attacked the oil depot, which caused a large fire, which was much more effective than direct bombing.

The Americans were completely defenseless, and in an instant the oil depot burned under the Japanese bombing, and the whole of Pearl Harbor became a mountain of flames. (To be continued.) )