-- Heilongjiang

A Soviet patrol was walking cautiously near the border, suddenly, dozens of shells flew from the sky, and the shells fell into the river of Heilongjiang, and the violent explosion caused the water column in the river to rise, and the huge force shook many fish and shrimp to death. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

When the patrol saw the cannon being fired from the opposite side, leaving two people staring, they immediately turned around and walked back to report to their superiors.

The Soviet-German battle on the Western Front was fierce, and the movements of Japan in the Far East were naturally extremely important, and the news of the Japanese shelling of Heilongjiang was quickly reported to Moscow.

-- Moscow

Stalin looked at the war reports everywhere with a bitter face, and every day there was news of the fall of the place. In just two weeks, he has lost more than forty divisions, and there is no sign of stopping until now.

"Comrade Stalin, an urgent telegram from the Far East." Voroshilov handed it to Stalin and said.

Stalin snorted, took it and looked at it, his face became even more bitter, if he had received such news a month ago, he would have immediately called for the troops in the Far East to give Japan back the color, but now it is not possible.

"Comrade Voroshilov, what do you think about this?" Stalin asked.

Voroshilov replied: "I think this is a provocation and a temptation by Japan, and we must respond strongly while communicating diplomatically, and we must not give Japan the illusion that the Soviet Union is already weak and can be bullied." ”

Stalin nodded and said, "You are right, what I am most worried about now is Japan's strategy, whether it will go south or north." With that, he picked up the phone and dialed the number and said, "Let Beria come in." ”

Not long after, Beria ran in, and after saluting Stalin, Stalin said, "Beria, Japan has provoked us in the Far East, and I need accurate information, what exactly is Japan's view of the Far East, and is their strategy to the south or north?" ”

Beria immediately replied, "There is indeed information from Tokyo, and the information indicates that Japan is not preparing to go north, but is preparing to go south, mainly because the Japanese economy has been hit hard by the financial attack, and they are anxious to get a large amount of resources, so they have chosen to go south." ”

Stalin excitedly asked: "Is the intelligence reliable?" Why are you telling me now? ”

Beria secretly said in his heart, "It's not that you always lose the pot, I don't ask for verification in many ways, where do you dare to say it." "This is also the news that just came, and since the stakes are important, I would like to confirm it later." ”

Stalin asked: "So now confirmed?" ”

Beria gritted her teeth and said, "Yes. I am sure that the Japanese ambassador will soon come to us for political blackmail. ”

Stalin bit his pipe, inhaled slowly, and after a while said, "I see... Let's make those yellow-skinned monkeys in Japan happy for a while longer. ”

-- Tokyo

Cars and other vehicles drove into the big iron gate of the Imperial Japanese Naval University, which is the cradle of Japanese naval generals, from 1888 to now has experienced more than 50 years of ups and downs, if you are familiar with the military circles, you will find that most of the people in these vehicles are senior admirals of the navy, and there are a small number of army generals, of course, these people are not for dinner.

On the east side of the central hall of the university, there is a special room that has been isolated, which is the exclusive room of Yamamoto Isoroku and the Combined Fleet Command, and where all personnel are strictly restricted except for those who are specially invited, and in this room, Yamamoto Isoroku no longer knows how many times he has modified the plan to attack the American army.

The reason why so many generals gathered this time was to watch a special war rehearsal, General Yamamoto 56 presided over the entire Japanese pan-Pacific war rehearsal, the entire rehearsal included most of the world from the United States to India, in order to get as close to reality as possible, the composition and scale of the fleet commander, the fleet commander, the starting point, the supply point, the assembly area, the strategic objectives, the combat landing beachhead, the weapons and equipment, the number of people, and the defense facilities of the British and American armies were exactly the same as reality.

The generals and members of the Naval University gathered around the big table, pouting their buttocks and bending over, watching with concentration as Takahashi Iwang's Third Fleet attacked the Philippines and Borneo, watched the Fourth Fleet's attack on Guam and Wick Island, and, most importantly, the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The whole deduction was extremely beautiful, and when Britain and the United States did not react, these almost simultaneous attacks crippled the British and American forces in the entire Pacific Ocean in one go, and it was almost impossible to recover in less than a year or so.

After the rehearsal, Yamamoto Fifty-six bowed his head to everyone and said, "This is the end of the deduction, please correct you." ”

"Papapa" Everyone applauded at first, and after a long time, Rear Admiral Fukuru of the Naval Operations Department said, "General Yamamoto, I discussed with a few people while watching, and now I think there are three main problems, first, your plan is to take the northern line, the northern line is shorter, and there are indeed many advantages, but you did not consider the possibility of a storm during the exercise, if there is a storm, then the unconcealed northern front is very prone to accidents. Second, if the intelligence is leaked, the troops are far away, isolated, and can easily be ambushed and annihilated, and whether we can update the intelligence of the US military in a timely manner, once our army arrives at Pearl Harbor and the main force of the US army goes out, then we will be in vain, and the gains outweigh the losses. Thirdly, what exactly will be the effect of an attack on a battleship by an aircraft? Is it accurate? How's our preparation? ”

Yamamoto Fifty-six hummed and said, "The question of whether the northern line or the southern line has been discussed many times, and General Nagumo has always been inclined to the southern line, but this is the second question, if we take the southern line, our secrecy difficulty will rise several times, the northern line is not only for short, but more importantly for secrecy, as for the intelligence of the United States, at least we can guarantee that the number and model of warships that day will not go wrong."

Last but not least, I have good news for you, thanks to the efforts of our Imperial warriors, our planes have hit more than 30% of our high-altitude bombing battleships, and we have found a way to attack Pearl Harbor with torpedoes! ”

Fukuru said worriedly, "Tactically, I think this plan has a good chance of success, but strategically, the chance of success is limited, in other words, although this attack may give Japan a short-term advantage, but in the long run, I suspect that he will not be able to bring a long-term advantage!" ”

The grass deer next to him said, "Even if it is a tactical victory, it depends on whether we can keep the secret, our enemy is likely to find us in our long march and attack us, our entire battlefield is simulated, it takes ten days from the departure of the troops to the arrival of the battle, how can we guarantee that we will not be discovered in such a long time?" What's more, we are a surprise attack, so we still need the United States to be defenseless against us, can we do these things? I'm worried that it's self-defeating. ”

Kusaka Ren was the same as Nagumo Tadaichi and the others, and they had always felt that this plan was too risky.

The discussion was extremely intense, Yamamoto 56 kept refuting and listening to the opinions of all parties, and the plan was changed again and again, until the next day, Yamamoto 56 finally felt that the plan no longer needed to be adjusted. Although there were still doubts about this plan, Yamamoto reported directly to the cabinet and said that he could act.

In the Japanese Imperial Palace, Hirohito was studying the specimens he had made, and after a long time, he stood up and said to Hideki Tojo next to him, "Do you have to go to war?" ”

Hideki Tojo nodded and said, "The empire is now depreciated in currency, and there is no foreign exchange, if you don't take the resources of Southeast Asia, the empire can only declare bankruptcy, not only will all Chinese troops be withdrawn, but even Manchukuo, I'm afraid it will be difficult to last." ”

Hirohito sighed and said, "My own principle is that I don't like to take advantage of people's danger to make demands and do the so-called robbery by fire, but in the face of the great changes in today's world, it is not good if it causes the consequences of Song Xianggong's benevolence." I wish the whole world would follow that guideline, but that seems impossible now. ”

This sentence seems a little inexplicable, but Hideki Tojo understands it, this is to say that he is going to go to war, and the whole world will act according to Japan's standards, so what can he do except go to war?

As a matter of fact, at this time, Japan's oil was only enough for a year's and a half years of combat use, and due to the total collapse of the economy and the severance of foreign exchange, Japan could hardly get a drop of oil to replenish it, and it can be said that as long as this continues for another half a year, Japan will no longer have to fight, and it can announce its withdrawal from the war.

Japan's war machine is desperately turned on, the first to be dispatched is Shimizu's Sixth Fleet, this is a submarine force, the whole fleet has three submarine fleets, 27 submarines, these submarines began to leave Japan on May 12, the first step to Oahu. This is due to the fact that the speed of the submarine is too slow, and it is necessary to set off early in order to attack with a large force.

In the northern part of Japan, at the port of Atsuwan, Nagumo's task force began to assemble, located far north enough to minimize logistical pressure and prevent American submarines from prying eyes.

While the Japanese army was sharpening their knives, Roosevelt of the United States was in big trouble.

Roosevelt was elected president in 1933, and it has been almost ten years now, because Washington has only been re-elected twice in history, which has become an unwritten rule in American politics, and Roosevelt is undoubtedly a rule-breaker, he participated in the third presidential election in 1940 to everyone's surprise, because Britain and France were at war with Germany at that time, although the clouds of war began to gather, but after all, Europe has not really started fighting, naturally American voters are less interested in war, Instead of worrying about a possible economic downturn, Roosevelt promised American voters that the American economy would not decline and that tensions in Europe would improve, which led him to break with the tradition established by President George Washington, the "father of the nation", and was elected president of the United States for the third time.

In 1942, Europe was at war, Asia was at war, Africa was at war, and all the world powers except the United States had entered a state of war. The Republican Party, which had lost three times, seized the opportunity and immediately joined anti-war and isolationist figures in the Democratic Party to form a so-called "National Committee," the First Committee of the United States. Its members include former US President Herbert Hoover, Ford and others. Under the banner of "American neutrality" and "freedom of trade," this committee launched a vigorous campaign against US participation in the war against Germany. Because fighting kills people, this movement has won the hearts of the people. It has even seriously affected many resolutions of Congress.

It was under such pressure that Roosevelt had no way to really include the Soviet Union in the scope of application of the Lend-Lease Act, and even if he thought about it, it would be in vain for Congress not to agree. He also had to say that even if he was willing to do business with the Soviet Union, he could not afford not to give money, and that he had to comfort the arms dealers with dollars or real money.

Inside the White House, Roosevelt looked at a stack of newspapers criticizing his foreign policy and snorted and threw it aside.

Hull came up and said, "Mr. President, the swinging congressmen have said they will not support us in bringing the Soviet Union into the Lend-Lease Act, and they have even told us that they hope we don't drag the United States into the flames of war. ”

Roosevelt snorted and said, "I don't think those people want to see their investment in Europe come to naught, right?" How much money did those people invest in Germany, and I don't know? Do they still have the national interests of the United States in their eyes? ”

Hull shook his head and said, "Mr. President, what are we going to do now?" During this period, Germany was overwhelmed by the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union lost more than 40 divisions in half a month, and Japan was also moving in the Far East, constantly firing artillery and intimidation, which is really worrying. ”

A flash of violence flashed in Roosevelt's eyes, and he said, "Sometimes only blood can make our people completely sober, and there will be a chance." ”

After talking to Hull for a while, Roosevelt asked Hull to leave, picked up the phone and said, "Is it Hoover?" Come to my office, yes, I have something to tell you. ”

Hoover soon arrived at Roosevelt's office, and Roosevelt asked Hoover, "How's Plan Z going?" ”

Hoover glanced at Roosevelt and said, "People and things are ready, but I still don't think there's any need for Plan Z, Japan's economy is completely ruined, and if they don't get Southeast Asia within a year, then Japan can only withdraw its troops from China." ”

Roosevelt looked at him in disgust and said, "You just have to be ready to do it, what you could do 45 years ago, you can do now." Also, has the mastermind behind the sniping of the yen been found? ”

Hoover shook his head and said, "They are well prepared and well organized. We're still tracking, but there are already clues, and after all, the final flow of funds is still documented. ”