796 Sneak Attack Three Discoveries Combined Fleet!

In the carriage of the special train speeding north, Luo Yaoguo looked at a yellow copy newspaper spread out on the table, his eyes straightened, and there were a few short lines on the copy of the newspaper, which read: On October 24, 1938, the U198 submarine discovered a Japanese aircraft carrier formation in the waters south of the Kuril Islands......

Is this the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet? Luo Yaoguo's mind buzzed, and he thought of three words - Pearl Harbor! If the main forces of the Japanese Combined Fleet appeared in the Kuril Islands at this time, it seems that there would be no good place to go except to prepare for a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, right? It can't be the idea of going to Vladivostok, right? Luo Yaoguo raised his head and glanced at a military map of the Far East hanging on the wall of the carriage, which was densely packed with symbols and arrows of different sizes, most of which represented the Japanese army, but don't look at the map marked quite lively, in fact, it was only 5 infantry divisions. In a real fight, it is no match for the millions of national defense forces stationed in the north-east and Hung Yen provinces. If the Japanese were to take action against China, the Far Eastern coastal region and even the Korean Peninsula would be a desperate force waiting for reinforcements, and it would be impossible to launch any attack. In fact, now the superiority of the Japanese is at sea, and not on land, so their offensive should also be launched from the sea!

But who are the Japanese on? Luo Yaoguo took out another document from a stack of papers on his desk, and looking at this information about Japan's participation in the "Anti-Fascist League", his brows tightened even more.

"A low-interest loan of 100 million pounds to help improve Japan's aero engines and to provide Japan with technical information and samples of the latest Spitfire. After the outbreak of the war with China, Britain supplied Japan with 3 million tons of oil, 150,000 tons of special steel, 10,000 tons of electrolytic aluminum, 10,000 tons of refined copper, and 1 million tons of wheat every year...... After the victory in the war, Manchuria, the Far East, and Mongolia were handed over to the Japanese Empire! ”

Luo Yaoguo smiled coldly, this British Empire is really the mainstay of the world's anti-fascist front! I really don't know what the difference between them and Hitler and their own is? He actually promised Manchuria, Mongolia and the Far East to Japan together! It is no wonder that Japan wants to sign this alliance agreement, but do these Japanese devils really believe that they can compete with China and Germany by relying on the two big trees that are about to fall down on Britain and France? I really don't know whether to live or die!

After handing over the information back to Wu Ziliang, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, who accompanied Luo Yaoguo back to Wuhan, Luo Yaoguo took a deep breath, pressed the index fingers of both hands on his temples and rubbed them for a long time, before he smiled bitterly and said: "These Japanese devils are really troublesome!" What exactly are they trying to do? If you knew this, you should have listened to Zhao Hanyu and wiped out their combined fleet! ”

"If the combined fleet of the Japanese really went to the northeast, maybe it would be a good thing? Maybe the Japanese are going to poke the hornet's nest of the United States. Wu Ziliang showed a somewhat strange smile, "Third brother, now Japan and Britain are allies!" If they had raided Pearl Harbor, would the United States have declared war on China and Germany? Or a declaration of war on Japan and Britain? ”

Luo Yaoguo chuckled, raised his eyes and glanced at Wu Ziliang, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect my fifth brother to also have a wishful thinking, and the Americans declared war on Britain, France and Japan...... Is this world war still worth fighting? It's a pity that there will be no such good thing, and Britain and France will definitely abandon Japan as soon as possible. ”

"However, the relationship between the United States and Britain and France will inevitably be overshadowed." Wu Ziliang shrugged his shoulders and shook his head indifferently. "Although the leaders of the United States will not blame Britain for the madness of the Japanese, it is difficult to say that the American people will think so, and there is a "Anglo-Japanese Alliance" first, and now there is a "British-French-Japanese-Soviet Anti-Fascist Alliance", and Japan looks like Britain no matter how it looks." Wu Ziliang's view is actually universal, and he did not take the war between the United States and Japan too seriously.

However, Luo Yaoguo did not think so, and what really worried him was that the war potential of the United States would be tapped to the maximum because of Japan's stabbing basket. And once the United States transforms itself into a war machine and realizes its own strength, China and Germany will not have a good time!

In addition, while Japan provokes the United States, it also poses a huge problem to China and Germany, how should China and Germany deal with Japan? Declare war on it? Obviously, it is unrealistic, because this will hand over an easy victory to the United States, and after the victory, the United States may take advantage of the victory to pursue and further get involved in Asian affairs, and then China's troubles will be endless.

However, it is irrational to stand up for Japan, and it is not that if it is not the strength of China and Germany, it will definitely not be able to defeat the United States. In fact, although the gap between the current industrial strength of China and Germany and that of the United States is not small, it is not irreparable. Germany, having seized Ukraine, has almost half the industrial power of the Soviet Union, and with a little repair, Germany's steel production could easily cross the 20 million ton mark. China's heavy industry is still in the process of rapid growth, especially Anshan Iron and Steel in Northeast China, Longyan Iron and Steel in Hebei (Shougang in history), and Taiyuan Iron and Steel in Shanxi will increase production significantly in the next few years...... China's steel production has exceeded 20 million tons, and that is what happened in the past few years.

What Luo Yaoguo is really worried about is that the US military will take advantage of the opportunity to jointly oppose Japan with Britain and enter Australia in large numbers! At that time, if China wants to expand in Australia, it will have to face a war with the United States! And China and the United States will definitely become nuclear powers in the next few years! Thinking that the vast and rich Australia is likely to say goodbye to China forever because of Japan's irrational actions, Luo Yaoguo has an urge to bomb Tokyo with an atomic bomb.

At this time, Natalie's sweet voice sounded outside the carriage door: "Fuwen, Minister Chen of the Navy is here." ”

"Please come in." Luo Yaoguo stood up and walked to the door of the carriage with Wu Ziliang to greet the Minister of the Navy Chen Si. After welcoming Chen Si into the carriage, Luo Yaoguo didn't bother to greet him, so he directly handed over the information that had discovered the Japanese aircraft carrier formation. "Hualong, the submarine has spotted the Japanese aircraft carriers, they appeared in the waters south of the Kuril Islands and are currently heading northeast. The target is most likely Pearl Harbor, the home port of the US Pacific Fleet! ”

Chen Si looked calm, it seemed that the Minister of the Navy had also received the report, he replied with a faint smile: "Auxiliary Commander, the Japanese are going to make trouble for us, but how big the trouble is in the end depends on the results of the Japanese." If they can win a big victory in Hawaii and even take the archipelago...... We can move much more freely in Nanyang. Even Eastern Australia is not without hope, but you must do it quickly! ”

"Then will Japan have any ......" Speaking of this, Luo Yaoguo himself smiled and said: "Japan don't have to worry, let them go and fight to the death with the United States, oh, Hualong, just now you said that Japan may take the Hawaiian Islands?" ”

"That's what they should do." Chen Si pondered for a moment, and then said: "If Japan doesn't take Hawaii, even if it annihilates the Pacific Fleet, it won't be able to maintain its advantage for long, at most 6 months, if they take Hawaii...... The United States will temporarily disappear from the Pacific theater for some time before retaking the archipelago. ”

"Hualong, then do you think we should side with Japan and participate in the war with the United States?" Director Wu of the Military Intelligence Bureau suddenly interjected.

"Don't!" Luo Yaoguo and Chen Si replied at the same time. The two glanced at each other, and Chen Si explained: "The United States is separated from us by a Pacific Ocean, and it is a large country with a vast territory and extremely developed industry, and a large population, so it is easy to expand the size of the army to several million!" If we want to defeat the United States, the only way is to land on their west coast before the United States completes its wartime mobilization and try to fight a quick decisive battle......"

"That can't be!" Luo Yaoguo vetoed Chen Si's idea without even thinking about it.

Chen Si shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "I also know it's impossible...... The Army may have no problem, but it is simply not possible for our Navy to transport millions of troops across the Pacific and to afford their logistical transportation, which is completely impossible at present. By the time we had this kind of power, the United States would have mobilized and trained millions of troops long ago. Therefore, we are destined to be invincible to defeat the United States in this war, so why declare war? It's better to just help a little Japan casually and let them take the thunder in front. Of course, this premise is that Japan can seize Hawaii! Only if the Japanese occupied Hawaii and turned it into a fortress would they be able to sustain the war. Our assistance is valuable.

…… In addition, he also suggested that once the United States recaptures Hawaii, we will immediately declare war on Japan, and we must occupy the Japanese mainland before the United States! We must not allow the United States to turn Japan into an unsinkable aircraft carrier against China. ”

His words made Luo Yaoguo's eyes light up, and said with a smile: "Hualong, your analysis is exactly what I want, Japan's geographical location is too important to us, as long as Japan is controlled in hand, the security of Chinese mainland is basically not to worry, otherwise it will be difficult to say." Speaking of this, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, and a trace of cold murderous aura flashed in his eyes.

Natalie's voice came from outside again: "Fuwen, Mr. Zhou from China G has just sent a telegram to him, Mr. Nehru and Mr. Bose, the leaders of the Indian National Congress Party, have arrived in Wuhan, and the two Indian guests want to meet you. ”

Luo Yaoguo frowned, and complained about the great revolutionary Zhou in his heart, but he still said kindly: "Okay, Natalie, call Mr. Zhou back, and I will meet him and two Indian friends in the living room of the General Staff." ”

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In the Fred Racherstrass railway station, Lieutenant General Manstein was smoking a cigar without a sip, his thick golden eyebrows and eyebrows tightly twisted, and he also turned a blind eye to the soldiers who came in and out of the area, and his broad cheeks were tense, as if he had encountered something difficult.

The neatly dressed German soldiers lined up in a neat formation and rushed past him in good order, and everyone would unconsciously glance at the German lieutenant general, and the middle-aged general next to him who looked a little thin in a black uniform and had a mixed-race face. These German soldiers who came down from the battlefield on the Eastern Front recognized at a glance that this kind of military uniform belonged to the elite Chinese armored forces, and this unit should be the most combat-ready unit on the entire Eastern Front. In the two wars before and after the destruction of the Soviet Union, the Chinese 8th Armored Division performed eye-catchingly, and its edge even overshadowed all 12 German armored divisions!

So much so that after the operation on the Eastern Front was basically over, Hitler specifically asked the Chinese side to send three more armored divisions to Germany to help Germany break through the British and French defenses in northern France......

"Bei Bell (An Sihua), I didn't expect you to become the commander of China's First Armored Army, it's great to be able to fight side by side with you."

It was Manstein, who had been military school classmates with Answald and had spent several years together at the Grosslichfeld Superior Military Academy outside Berlin. However, there is no deep friendship, after all, An Sihua's oriental face has kept him in a relatively isolated position in this military school.

"After all, the German Empire is also my homeland." An Sihua nodded, his eyes swept over the dense German soldiers around him, and a burst of emotion surged in his heart. It seems to have returned to 1914, when he was still a junior officer in the Imperial German Army, and like these young men, he went to the battlefield, ready to teach his old rival France a hard lesson, but the result was regrettable.

"Hehe," Listening to An Sihua's words, Manstein smiled lightly twice, they are all old men in their 50s, and this kind of talk is just deceiving each other. He pulled An Sihua, and the two walked side by side to a luxury Mercedes Benz outside the station. Getting into the car, Manstein asked again: "Is the terrain of the Ardennes Forest Generation accessible to tanks?" ”

"Well, no problem, it should be okay." In the past few days, Ann Sihua has been going to the border area of western Germany with Belgium and France to inspect the terrain. Manstein had recently submitted to the German base camp a plan for a surprise attack on France through the Ardennes Forest, according to which Germany would use at least one Panzer Army and several armies to attack the French rear by surprise through the weakly defended Ardennes Forest, and to separate the main forces of the Anglo-French forces assembled in northern France from the rest of France. However, this plan was doubted by some of the German high-brass, who were mainly worried that the armored forces would not be able to pass through the Ardennes Forest, which had more difficult terrain, so Manstein turned to Guderian and Ellswar, hoping to confirm that the armored troops could pass through the Ardennes Forest through their field investigations.

"I will write a report and submit it to the German base camp and to Mr. Hitler in the name of the 1st Panzer Army of China. Hopefully it will help you convince them to adopt your plan. An Sihua thought for a while and said: "The key to the success of your plan is that the Belgian and Dutch sides must do a good job and attract the attention of Britain and France." I think...... Our Chinese armored forces will appear there, right? ”

Manstein smiled and said: "If the base camp adopts my suggestion, it is estimated that such an arrangement will be made, compared to the battle with the Soviet Union, your 8th Panzer Division has performed too well, and it will definitely attract attention at that time." ”

An Sihua looked at the rapidly receding scenery outside the window and smiled bitterly, "It's really not a good thing to look too famous." But it doesn't matter, let's go and have a good fight with the British and French armored divisions! By the way, when will the war start? ”

"Next spring, right? It should be May. Manstein pointed out the window and said, "It's already October, and we haven't fully expanded on the Western Front, and it's about to be winter, and it is estimated that there will be no war in winter." So it should be next spring, and the enemy has a few more months......"

"Why can't you fight in the winter?" An Sihua smiled and said, "Compared with the British and the French, the armies of our two countries have been trained in the ice and snow of Russia, are they still afraid of the French winter?" Besides, sending troops in winter is also unexpected! ”

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"Text."

At 2 p.m. on October 26, Natalie pushed open the door of Luo Yaoguo's office in the General Staff, walked to Luo Yaoguo's side and whispered: "Zhou Elai of Zhongg has arrived with Nehru, Lu Yi, and Bowes. He is now waiting to be received in the living room. ”

"Got it."

Luo Yaoguo coldly spit out three words, but he didn't mean to get up. Obviously, he wanted to make a few Ah San fully feel his coldness, so that they would make fewer wishful thinking. He was silent for a moment before he said in a deep voice: "Natalie, you go and ask Mr. Zhou to come first, there are some issues I want to negotiate with him first." A few Ah Sans can see each other, I don't have the time to negotiate with them. ”

"Okay." Natalie smiled, nodded, and turned to leave.

Luo Yaoguo took away the documents scattered on the desk, then straightened his military uniform, got up and walked to the door of the office to wait for Zhou E to come.

To be honest, he didn't have a lot of interest in India, and the biggest value of India was its large population, but it didn't mean much to China. After defeating the British, what to do with this land is also a real headache. If it is directly annexed, as in Eastern Siberia. Aren't all hundreds of millions of Ah San Chinese? Won't China's vast territory be shared by the Indians? This is obviously not possible, but it does not seem appropriate to make India a vassal state and rule like a Central Asian republic. India's problems are too complex and too messy. If it is entrusted to the local elite, it will inevitably suffer from China in the future, and if it is governed by Chinese...... Those senior members of the Kuomintang certainly do not have this kind of ability! That's why he thought of letting China and G lead the liberation cause of the Indian people, but after Nehru suddenly raised the issue of the McMahon Line some time ago, Luo Yaoguo had a new idea......

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