On October 30, the 32nd year of the Republic of China (1943), Qingdao was recovered!

When the news reached Europe, Okamura Ninji finally became anxious and rushed to the "wolf xùe" overnight to ask to see Hitler.

Okamura Ninji didn't know that just half a year before he arrived at the "Wolf Xùe", Manstein had just returned from the front line, and the reason why Xiǎo Beard recalled Manstein from the war-torn Balkan front was to listen to Manstein's comprehensive analysis of the situation in Asia.

Manstein, along with Guderian and Rommel, is known as the three famous generals of the German army, but only Manstein is a famous general who can be recognized by all the generals of the German Wehrmacht.

In the brightly lit basement, Hitler and Manstein sat opposite each other.

"Your Excellency, I think it's time to put pressure on Russia to make some concessions to Japan." Manstein sat like a bell and his military posture was straight, "China has just leased a naval fleet from the United States, with this fleet, Burma's war materials and mechanized corps will be able to continue to go north by sea, if the contradictions between Japan and Russia are not coordinated as soon as possible, the Japanese army will lose control of Northeast Asia without any suspense, and its final defeat will be inevitable." ”

"If the current situation is maintained, how many years can the Japanese capital last at most?" Hitler's expression was dark.

Manstein said after a moment: "The source of troops in Japan has been exhausted, so it will last for three years at most. ”

"3 years!?" Hitler said, "How many years will it take for the Reich to end the war in Europe?" ”

Manstein said without hesitation: "It will take at least five years for the empire to be able to force the United States and Britain to sit down at the negotiating table." ”

Hitler then fell into a long silence, if Germany could take the lead in winning the European war and force the United States, Britain, and other countries to sit down at the negotiating table, then even the final defeat of Japan would be acceptable, and Hitler was even willing to form an alliance with the nascent "China" to form a new continental alliance against the maritime alliance with the United States and Britain as the core.

Compared with the island country of Japan, Hitler actually preferred to form an alliance with China.

However, if Japan is the first to be defeated and Germany fails to bring the United States and Britain to the negotiating table, the situation is very likely to get out of control, because after the defeat of Japan, China is very likely to send troops to Central Asia or Siberia, and once the Russian Communist Party is restored, then there is a fear of a resumption of war on the Eastern Front, which is almost unbearable for Germany.

Manstein just sat quietly across from him" and didn't say anything, he only said what he ought to say.

In fact, Hitler's way of thinking was the same as Roosevelt's, Roosevelt was worried that China would be big, and Hitler was also worried that Japan would be big, "Imagine that if Japan had obtained the population of China, the resources of the Far East, and the original industrial base of Japan, it would become a major problem for the third Germany in less than ten years!"

Therefore, for Germany, "the ideal outcome would be for China and Japan to fight for both sides in Asia, and for Russia to fight the Allies in the Balkans, so that after the end of the war, Germany would be able to firmly hold on to the dominance of the Axis Allies and not lose power."

It is said that "Germany is also happy to see the "appropriate help to Japan" and let China and Japan lose both."

But the problem is that there must be a precondition for this, and that is that Germany must put pressure on Russia, and Russia must also give in.

Although Russia's national and military strength is no longer enough to be compared with the Soviet Union, and it no longer poses much of a threat to Germany, in any case, Russia still has more than 10,000 regular troops and a huge industrial base.

The reason why Hitler delayed not seeing Okamura Ninji for so long was that he was unwilling to put pressure on Russia, at least before Bī forced the United States and Britain to sit down at the negotiating table, Germany was unwilling to have too much dirt with Russia, and as for the armistice agreement, the Russian question would need to be resolved sooner or later, and a united Russia was obviously not in Germany's interests.

"Where is Molotov's bottom line?" After a long time, Hitler asked with a calm face.

"The sovereignty of the Far East is non-negotiable." Manstein sorted out his thoughts for a while, and then said, "This point, presumably the 'Japan' himself is also very clear, the 'Japan' himself needs the Far East's iron ore, coal, timber and crude oil and other strategic resources, and the 'Japan's own government's fǔ hopes that the Far East Industrial City can give priority to protecting the Japanese army." ”

"There is still oil in the Far East?" Hitler couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

"There is indeed oil in the Far East, and it is extremely rich." Manstein said, "It's just that it is not easy to exploit, and the refining and chemical equipment in Japan is relatively backward, so the oil and gas production is not high, if it were not for the lack of oil and gas reserves, the mechanized corps of the Japanese army in the Far East would have already gone south into the hinterland of China, and the situation of the Japanese army in China would not be so passive." ”

Hitler nodded, and added: "Do you think Molotov will agree to the conditions of the Japanese himself?" ”

"This shouldn't be a problem." Manstein paused, adding, "However, I think Okamura will come up with additional conditions. ”

"Attached?" Hitler frowned and said, "What conditions?" ”

"It's hard to say what it is." Manstein shook his head, and then said, "However, roughly speaking: there are no more than the following possibilities, either to ask Russia for assistance in finished gasoline and diesel, or to ask the Empire to assist in the production line of uE Shufu shè machine. ”

Hitler said without hesitation: "Tiger and Leopard series tanks or finished gasoline and diesel can be considered, but the production line of Ji Ruzheng's spraying machine is not even considered." ”

At this time, although Germany lost the oil fields in Romania, it controlled the Baku oil fields in Azerbaijan through Russia, so there was no shortage of finished gasoline and diesel, and it was not a big deal to assist Japan with hundreds or thousands of tons of refined oil, but cutting-edge technology such as the spraying machine would never be shared with its allies.

Before Hitler could finish speaking, the secretary came in and reported: "Your Excellency Okamura Ninji has asked to see you. ”

Hitler brushed his slightly dark hair on his head and instructed his secretary, "Let him wait outside." ”

After that, Hitler said to Manstein: "Fritz, the intelligence agencies have confirmed that the reason why the U.S. government is leasing the navy to the [Zhong] country is because the [Zhong] government fǔ provided the Americans with a new infantry weapon, and the official name of this weapon is that the armed helicopter "is said to pose a deadly threat to the armored clusters of the Reich, what do you think?" ”

"Helicopter gunship?" Manstein frowned and said in a deep voice, "Helicopter? ”

"Oh yes, and the footage." Hitler immediately pressed the mén bell and let people enter the secret room with projectors and film films, and after reading the video materials, Manstein's face suddenly changed greatly, with Manstein's strategic vision, "How can you not see the great threat of helicopter gunships to armored clusters?" This weapon is simply the nemesis of the armored cluster!

"Your Excellency, the Empire must also develop helicopter gunships as soon as possible!" Manstein said solemnly.

Hitler waved his hand and said disapprovingly: "In the field of helicopter gunships, the Reich has fallen far behind, instead of catching up, it is better to put more jīng power on missiles and jet planes, as long as we seize air supremacy on the battlefield, we can completely destroy the forward bases of the Allied forces, and these short-legged helicopter gunships will be no threat." ”

Hitler's strategic vision was naturally not as far-reaching as Manstein's, but it cannot be said that his views were wrong.

Due to Yue Weihan's crossing, the emergence of armed helicopters has been a full 30 years, but the armed helicopters that have just appeared undoubtedly have many defects, "the biggest of which is the short range, for example, the first KM-34 armed helicopter developed by the Kamov one-meter mile design bureau, with a combat radius of only 150 kilometers."

Such a short voyage, without the support of the forward base, will not play a role at all.

However, Hitler did not know that the shortcomings of the short range of helicopter gunships would soon be improved, and that the Luftwaffe would not be able to completely seize air supremacy in the Mediterranean theater, after all, the air forces of the United States and Britain were there, and it would not be long before the jet fighters of the two countries would also enter service, and the production rate would only be faster than that of Germany.

Manstein wanted to say a few more words, but was rudely interrupted by Xiǎo Beard, and immediately had to sigh and turn around and leave" Immediately Xiǎo Beard also turned around and left the basement and went to the ground headquarters to meet Okamura Ninji.

Yangon's "Four Sons Command."

Di Gong slowly walked into Yue Weihan's office, put the telegram in his hand in front of Yue Weihan, and said, "Zhongshu, the Central Committee has come out on the division of the theaters of the four major field armies. ”

As of yesterday, the Second Field Army and the Group Army had completely wiped out the remnants of the Japanese army in Nanjing, and at this point, the entire area south of the Yangtze River had been completely recovered, and the vast majority of counties, townships, and villages in the southwest and northwest of the Yangtze River and the North China Plain had also been recovered.

Yue Weihan picked up the telegram and looked at it, which was basically the same as he guessed.

The operational and garrison areas of Yiye are still the four provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan, and the target of the battle is still the Japanese army in North China.

The garrison area of Erye was still the nine provinces of central China, but the combat area became the Indochinese Peninsula and Southeast Asian islands, and the combat object was also changed from the Japanese army in Central China to the Japanese army in Nanyang.

Sanye's garrison area was the four provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Kang, plus the northwestern provinces and Tibet, but the targets of the battle became the Japanese Mengsui Army and the Russian army in Central Asia.

The garrison area of Siye is Burma, Singapore and Taiwan, the combat area is the four eastern provinces, the Far East region and the four islands of Japan, and the combat objects are the local army of Japan, the Kwantung Army and the Far Eastern Front Army.

Of course, Siye's current task is to cooperate with Yiye to establish the Great Wall defense chain.

Yue Weihan hurriedly read it and put down the telegram casually, and said to Bang Gong: "Suburbs, the FBI has just come to the news, under the intervention of Germany, Japan and Russia have reached an agreement, and the specific provisions are not clear, but I think that two months at the latest, half a month at the latest, the Japanese army outside the border will go south!" ”

"Half a month!?" The suburban man's face changed slightly, "So fast! ”

The Japanese army outside the border is about to move south, but the defense chain of the Great Wall has not yet been seen.

Although Yiye's 2 million troops can be stationed along the Great Wall at any time, if there is no Great Wall defense chain, if there is no airfield in Beiping and Tianjin for fighter planes to take off and land, and if there is no Tanggu Port to continuously receive military supplies from Burma, even if Yiye and Siye are all exhausted, it will be impossible to block the huge armored cluster and heavy artillery cluster of the Japanese army outside the Guanwai.

What's more, most of the troops in Siye are still scattered everywhere, and it is difficult to assemble in a short period of time.

Up to now, the 4th Group Army of Siye has been assembled in the Zhoushan Islands, and the 7th Group Army is still in the process of training, and as for the 2nd Group Army, it is not yet possible to withdraw from the Siam battlefield because the replacement troops of the Second Field have not yet arrived.

"So, we have to speed up our actions!" Yue Weihan said in a deep voice.

Di Gong frowned, and said with some embarrassment: "But the Japanese army has built a large number of fortifications and stationed heavy troops in Beiping and Tianjin, unless a bomber group is dispatched to carry out a large-scale bombing of Beiping and Tianjin, otherwise, it is impossible for our army to capture Tianjin or Beiping in a short period of time, but if a large-scale bombing is carried out, "..."

Although the suburban prince did not continue to say to Xiangping, Yue Weihan knew what he was going to say.

If a bomber group is dispatched to carry out large-scale bombing, then Beiping, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, will not be guaranteed, and the ancient city walls and a large number of ancient buildings in Beiping City will be abandoned in one fell swoop, and the magnificent Forbidden City will not be spared, and moreover, the large-scale bombing will inevitably cause a large number of casualties among compatriots while killing and injuring a large number of Japanese troops.

What made Yue Weihan embarrassed was that it was the bombing that would cause a large number of casualties among his compatriots.

As for the city of Beiping, Yue Weihan actually has no good feelings, the so-called ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, except for the Ming Dynasty Zhu Di usurped the throne after the capital of Beijing, the rest of the five dynasties are all Hu dynasty, not the Central Plains orthodoxy, so the city of Beiping carries more barbarian culture, or the Manchu culture that has just been put into the historical garbage heap, rather than the mainstream culture of the Central Plains.

In Yue Weihan's previous life, Qing court opera was very popular, because of the side effects brought about by the new "China" state capital Beijing, because Beijing carried too much Manchu culture, and the new "China" country could not be affected by it, as for this life, these will not happen again, because the "Lord" has already submitted a report to the Politburo, suggesting that the national government move the capital to Xi'an.

It is no coincidence that Xi'an is the real capital of China, and the Han and Tang dynasties all had Xi'an as their capital.

The bombing of Beiping is likely to cause tens of thousands of Peiping citizens to die, but if the bombing is not carried out, the mechanized heavy army group of the Japanese army outside the Guanxi will certainly knock south before the national army establishes the Great Wall defense chain, and then the entire North China Plain will be devastated and bloody, and at that time, it is very likely that hundreds of thousands or millions of compatriots will die!

Gritting his teeth, Yue Weihan finally made up his mind and said fiercely: "Pass my order and bomb Beiping."