The most troublesome thing is that the fire at Pearl Harbor has not yet been extinguished, and all the port facilities have been destroyed, even if there is no harassment from Japan, it will take at least a year to restore Pearl Harbor to its former appearance, so the situation in the Pacific Ocean is unprecedentedly unfavorable for the US Navy.

At this time, the United States still has nine aircraft carriers, which still has a certain advantage over the Japanese Navy, but some of these aircraft carriers will stay in the Atlantic direction, and if necessary, they will help defend the English Channel.

In addition, Pearl Harbor is 2,100 nautical miles away from the continental United States, and the round trip is 4,200 nautical miles. And how much more combat power? And how to ensure logistical supplies?

These difficulties were placed in front of the eyes of the Americans, which was the reason why Roosevelt asked Qiao Yu for assistance in the first place, and there was even a new idea in the United States, that is, let China declare war on Japan, and then borrow China's own military bases, and then launch an attack on Japan, otherwise there was no possibility of attacking Japan at all.

The Americans were anxious, but the Japanese were very excited, and after the successful attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan's long-planned aggression began, and the first to be attacked was North Borneo, which was later part of Malaysia and is now a British colony, and which has a considerable amount of oil and rubber, so the Japanese salivate.

In addition, Japan began to storm the Philippines, Wake Island, Guam, New Guinea, and Japan's momentum was amazing, with the cooperation of aircraft carriers. The landing operation was invincible. It can be compared to the German blitzkrieg. Seeing that the United States and Britain were about to lose all their colonies in the Asia-Pacific region, and that Japan's troops had reached Australia.

Every day there is bad news, every day there are islands falling, every day there are dead and wounded. Although the United States was dragged into the war and the allies saw the hope of victory, how to defeat the ferocious aggressor was still a difficult problem facing all countries.

Roosevelt was still very clear in his heart. He had no doubts about the final victory of the United States, but he was troubled by the difficulties in front of him, and if he could not change the situation on the battlefield in a short period of time, the voters would lose trust in him, which was the last thing Roosevelt wanted.

After some weighing, Roosevelt finally made up his mind that China must be drawn into the battlefield so that he could quickly get out of the unfavorable situation, but it is much easier said than done. The Americans themselves know best the benefits of sitting on the hill and watching the tiger fight, as they did during World War I.

That's what they planned for this war. However, Japan's sneak attack completely disrupted the strategic deployment of the United States, and it had to intervene in advance.

"President, Roosevelt, this old fox is finally in a hurry!"

Just half an hour ago, Roosevelt's handwritten letter was delivered to Qiao Yu, in which Roosevelt said that China was a strong pillar of peace in the Western Pacific, and hoped that China would participate in the international just cause and eliminate the fascist forces as soon as possible.

"Although what Roosevelt said is vague, but the core lies in the four words of the Western Pacific, it seems that Roosevelt has taken out the bargaining chips in exchange to respect China's hegemony on the west coast of the Pacific, I don't know how the president thinks to deal with it?"

Foreign Minister Gu Weijun is asking Qiao Yu for advice, China has long set the tone for controlling the South Seas, but China's biggest obstacle is the United States' Philippines, China does not want to go to war with the United States, but it cannot allow such an important area as the Philippines to be controlled by the United States, so it is very contradictory.

Now that the United States has expressed its position, I am afraid that it wants to give up the Philippines and let China control the entire western Pacific, which is an opportunity that China has been waiting for, and China's South Sea strategy has finally taken another big step. However, Qiao Yu also knew very well in his heart that Roosevelt's statement at this time was just a benefit, and the Philippines was on the verge of falling, and it was not under the control of the United States at all.

"In the final analysis, we still have to send our own troops to attack, but Roosevelt's statement is also commendable, at least there will be a lot less trouble in the future. Minister Gu, you will now inform the United States on my behalf that China will declare war on the fascists as soon as possible, and that in order to maintain world peace, the Chinese army and people will absolutely not back down. ”

If you want to talk about combat, Qiao Yu has been arranging since a few years ago, although it can't be said to be perfect, but it can definitely start a war immediately, Qiao Yu continued to use the excuse of delaying, that is, to wait for Japan to continue to expand the scale of the war, the longer the battle line is stretched, the more scattered the troops will be. In addition, the more territory Japan invaded, the larger the occupied area, which meant that after the victory, the bigger the cake that could be divided.

It would be better if Japan could occupy Australia, and then it would be considered to have fulfilled China's wish!

After Qiao Yu authorized Gu Weijun, he immediately summoned the main person in charge of the government, and now the prime minister of China's cabinet is still Wang Yongjiang, but he has reached the age of old and is in poor health. Wang Yongjiang has nominated Yan Xishan to replace him in the parliament, but he has not yet reached the time limit for the term of office, and there are many voices in the government to retain him.

In recent years, China has successfully completed the three five-year plans and established a complete industrial system, especially during the period of the Third Five-Year Plan, Wang Yongjiang implemented a large number of policies to benefit the people, such as expanding the number of years of compulsory education to high school, formulating a universal medical insurance system, and implementing unemployment and work-related injury insurance.

The most important thing is the complete exemption of agricultural tax, which is absolutely unprecedented in Chinese history, and it is a matter of course to pay taxes for farming, but now it has been completely exempted, and the shock is far greater than imagination.

In fact, Qiao Yu had long raised the issue of exempting agricultural tax, but because it was necessary to sustain a large amount of investment in the early stage of industrialization, it was not possible to give up agricultural tax, so it was only exempted from agricultural tax in the west and poor mountainous areas.

After Wang Yongjiang came to power, during the Second Five-Year Plan period, taxes on rice, wheat, corn and other staple grains were exempted, and during the Third Five-Year Plan period, all taxes on crops except tobacco were exempted, and more than 300 million peasants reaped tangible benefits.

In the people, Wang Yongjiang's prestige is even higher than Qiao Yu, but after years of hard work, Wang Yongjiang has also completely aged, with gray hair and age spots on his face.

"President, whether you fight or not, how you fight, you have the final say. The only thing I can guarantee is that the Chinese soldiers will definitely get the most adequate supplies, and the military-industrial complex will be able to produce enough good weapons! "Wang Yongjiang's confidence is also based on a full understanding of China's industrial capacity.

Although China is not as good as the United States, it is rich in local resources, and has annexed the Indochina Peninsula, which has made up for the resource gap to a certain extent.

The shortcomings of talents have also been well compensated, as early as during the First World War to train skilled workers has become the core force of China's industry, the first five-year plan period of China in the nationwide promotion of basic education, access to a number of valuable talents, they have been trained for more than ten years, just around the age of 30, although the experience may still be lacking, but they are full of momentum, outstanding innovation ability, has been able to support the backbone of China's industry.

"Premier Wang has made a military order, Brother Baili, there is no problem with your army, right?"

"The President can rest assured that the total number of the Army has been expanded to 2.7 million, and there are 2 million reserve troops, and if mobilized, we will have 8 million troops in a year. The Air Force is currently equipped with more than 4,000 aircraft, and the Navy currently has 10 large aircraft carriers, 6 escort aircraft carriers, and 130 submarines of various types. In a short period of time, we were able to expand rapidly, and our army not only had a quantitative superiority, but also a qualitative superiority, and gained valuable combat experience in India, Spain, Abyssinia, and other battlefields. The military was absolutely confident that it would defeat Japan, and even fight against Germany! ”

Qiao Yu asked the opinions of the heads of other departments, and everyone was basically full of confidence, China has achieved fruitful construction results in recent years, and has the capital to participate in the world war, and Qiao Yu is also very satisfied.

"Since you are all confident, then we will declare war on Japan as soon as possible!"

After Qiao Yu made up his mind, China began to make rapid arrangements, first of all, the original national defense system will be completely changed, the East China Sea Fleet was officially reorganized into the Pacific Fleet, the station was selected in the Ryukyus, under the jurisdiction of six aircraft carriers, namely Zhenyuan, Dingyuan, Zhiyuan, Laiyuan and the newly launched Pingyuan and Anyuan, these six aircraft carriers are the essence of the Chinese Navy, with strong combat effectiveness.

In addition, China also has Yuanzi ships, Jingyuan, Jingyuan, Fuyuan and Ningyuan, these four aircraft carriers were incorporated into the Nanyang Fleet, mainly responsible for the direction of the South Seas, responsible for the direction of Malacca.

The army is also being comprehensively readjusted, with 20 divisions added in the northeast direction, and a large number of marines have been recruited in the southeastern coastal areas, and the marines are the elite of a country's army, which requires tenacity, familiarity with water, the ability to endure long-term sea operations, and the ability to deal with the harsh island environment.

Therefore, the children of fishermen in the southeast are the best candidates, and China's accelerated training of marines is also in preparation for the next operation to seize the island, or even to attack the Japanese mainland.

At the moment when China was making final preparations for the big war, Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo openly provoked China in his speech......

"The Japanese Empire descended from heaven and annihilated the Pacific Fleet in one fell swoop. The Western colonial powers collapsed, and the imperial government had to liberate all of Asia under the guidance of His Majesty the Emperor. I hope that a certain country will recognize the situation, not betray its Asian compatriots, and not become an accomplice of colonialism......" (To be continued. )