Japan, Tokyo.

"Yasuda Shuji, you're finally back. Chairman Takeda also called just now, asking you to go to the Akasaka Imperial Palace to attend the enlarged meeting of the Political Affairs Bureau as soon as you arrive. Hidemi Ozaki, the secretary general of the Central Committee of the Japanese GCD, who was waiting at the airport, looked respectful in front of Yasuo Yasuda, bowed deeply, and made a solemn gesture to invite Yasuda and Yoshiko Kawashima, who accompanied him back to Japan, into the car.

Of course, Ozaki's respectful attitude is not a matter of course, although Yasuda's current power is not as great as when he was the NKVD before, but Takeda's reliance on him continues unabated" "The novel chapters are updated the fastest. And during his few months in Nanyang, he did show extraordinary talent, worthy of the trust of the great leader Takeda. Under his leadership, Japanese rule in the Philippines and the East Indies was quickly established. The policy he adopted on these two areas of land was called "great national liberation," which was a great liberation, not a small liberation, but in short, the liberation of a large number of small nationalities and the division and rule of the Philippine Islands and the East Indies.

Now that the Republic of the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies are two countries, the Malays in the Philippines and the Javanes in the East Indies, the two major ethnic groups, have been "liberated" into seven or eight small ethnic groups that have never heard of them. Moreover, except for the Chinese Tonghe ethnic group, basically every ethnic group has a small "autonomous republic" or "autonomous prefecture", as a result, the original Dutch East Indies was broken down into 28 "autonomous republics" and 77 "autonomous prefectures", and the situation in the Philippines was good, and Yasuda was made into 13 "autonomous republics" and 18 "autonomous prefectures". Yasuda's next plan is to form a "Federation of Nanyang Islands," which is ready to cobble together 41 "autonomous republics" and 95 "autonomous prefectures" into a sovereign state called the "Federation of Nanyang Islands." The next step was to merge the Federation of the South Seas Islands with the Japanese Soviet Socialist Union Republic. While coming up with this policy of dividing and ruling first and annexing the Nanyang Islands later, Yasuda also recruited "pioneers" in Miyagi, Niigata, Kagoshima, Yamaguchi, Hiroshima, and Kumamoto prefectures in Japan. The conditions were extremely favorable, and the call for "opening up the territory for the country" was soon enthusiastically responded to by the hungry and cold Japanese peasants, and in less than three months, more than 3.5 million people signed up, of which 800,000 Yijing went to the Nanyang Islands to settle down with the help of Chinese merchant ships.

But just when Yasuda was planning to do a big job in Nanyang, he would run a "Greater Nanyang Co-prosperity Circle" Shihou for Japan's GCD. But the news came from Turán that Trotsky had asked Japan to march into Australia! Then he was ordered to return to China to participate in the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau.

"Is it to enter Australia? Or is it because of the islands of the South Seas? After getting into the car, Yasuda asked about the content of the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau.

Ozaki replied: "There are all yidiǎn, but the main thing is probably the discussion caused by the Soviet Union's request to attack Australia. In the past few days, the army and navy have quarreled very much over the invasion of Australia. The Army advocated taking advantage of the great war between China and the Soviet Union and the fact that the United States had not yet recovered from the Battle of Hawaii and marched into Australia. Ishihara Wan'er, head of the First Division of the General Staff, was the biggest supporter of the 'attacking faction,' and he believed that the rapprochement between Japan and China would only be temporary, once China defeated the Soviet Union. They would turn their guns and attack Japan. However, Japan is simply unable to confront China and the United States at the same time, and in the end it will inevitably lead to the destruction of the country. Therefore, attacking the new homeland of the Australian Yamato nation is the only way out, and it must be carried out with all its might.

However, the navy is opposed to attacking Macao, or in other words, to attacking Macao immediately. Comrade Yamamoto 56 believes that Japan's superiority in the western Pacific is not consolidated at present, and according to intelligence, the repair work of the US aircraft carriers Lexington and Saratoga is faster than expected, and the repair work will be completed by the end of June this year. Other than that. The United States also requisitioned several 10,000-ton tankers for the conversion of aircraft carriers after the Battle of Hawaii, and the first batch of converted aircraft carriers were also delivered to the US Navy by the end of June. At that time, the number of large aircraft carriers in the Pacific Ocean will be as high as 8 to 10, and the Japanese Navy's numerical superiority in aircraft carriers will be wiped out, so Commander Yamamoto said that in the next stage, the Japanese Navy should launch a second attack on the Hawaiian Islands. ”

"What Commander Yamamoto means ...... Conquering the Hawaiian Islands? Yasuo Yasuda immediately guessed Yamamoto's intentions. In fact, before the war between Japan and the United States, the top brass of the Japanese Navy considered whether to capture the Hawaiian Islands. However, the limited transport and storming capabilities of the Japanese Navy (lack of battleships) did not allow for simultaneous landing operations against Hawaii and the South Seas. Therefore, in the end, he had to abandon the plan to capture the Hawaiian Islands and give priority to the resource-rich Nanyang Islands.

"Yes, Commander Yamamoto advocates the capture of the Hawaiian Islands first, and with this sea point, we can block the westward advance of the US Pacific Fleet, and then it will be too late to go south to Australia." Ozaki said in a low voice: "Chairman Takeda couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he convened this enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau to listen to the opinions of all parties. ”

"Is the Navy sure of taking the Hawaiian Islands?"

“…… Of course, 100 percent certainty is Méiyou's, but Commander Yamamoto believes that this is the last chance, and when Ruguo waits until the second half of the year, the strength of the US Pacific Fleet will be greatly enhanced, and it will be no longer possible to capture Hawaii. ”

"In that case, then there is Shime who is hesitant?" Hearing this, Yasuda was a little puzzled. Fighting a war in the Pacific is, of course, dominated by the opinion of the navy, and Yamamoto's construction is also very reasonable, but what about Takeda's hesitation?

"The chairman is not sure of the intentions of China and Britain, because to attack the Hawaiian Islands, it is necessary to use the entire main force of the Combined Fleet, which means that the South Sea Islands will lose fleet protection for a considerable period of time." Ozaki Hidemi's words made Yasuo Yasuda frown, China's attitude is zhidào, and he wishes that the Japanese would take the Hawaiian Islands and block the old United States on the American continent. But it's hard to say what the British think, their Australian fleet is not weak, with 1 large aircraft carrier and 10 capital ships, Ruguo really took advantage of the situation to counterattack the Nanyang Islands, and the Japanese are about to catch fire in their backyard.

Speak from the heart. He very much hopes that the Japanese Nénggou will conquer the Hawaiian Islands, so that the red country of the Japanese GCD can last for a few more years, and he can also live a few more years of addiction to the king of the South Seas. So think about it and say: "The Chinese will definitely not attack the Nanyang Islands and the Japanese mainland." Their war with the USSR is coming to an end. As for the British...... It would be better to have the Chinese come forward to exert influence, but the British, Kěnéng, would ask China for guarantees for Australia's security. ”

Ozaki Hidemi mingbái what he meant, Japan attacked the Hawaiian Islands to fight with the United States, Britain of course méiyou opinion, but they will not watch Japan defeat the United States Pacific Fleet and then turn south to Australia. It is for this reason that Chairman Kěnéng of Takeda hesitated. Shuji Yasuda, do you think that once China provides the UK with Australia's security guarantees, will they take it seriously? And also. Could China itself have a shime idea about the Australian continent? ”

This is a real problem, and not to mention Australia's resources, this area is always large enough. With more than 7 million square kilometers, I am afraid that no one will believe in the idea of China's méiyouyidiǎn! Yasuda thought for a while, and then thought: "Now Japan is trying to survive in the cracks, and every step must be done carefully. Moreover, one enemy of the United States, Yijing, is difficult for Japan to bear. China must no longer be offended. I think whether to attack Australia or not or to seek China's opinion, ruguo China supports, we will attack, ruguo they oppose us and we will make another plan......"

Yasuo Yasuda is also telling the truth, and it is also the only option for Takeda Heng. Now China is very important to Japan, tèbié is very important to Japanese GCD. China is not only an important source of Japan's war resources, but also a retreat for the vast number of high-ranking Japanese GCD cadres. Ruguo has really turned his face with China, and the Japanese cadres can't be like this. Méiyou has no worries about the future and works wholeheartedly for the party and the people.

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The results of the enlarged meeting of the Japanese government. Sure enough, to Yasuda's surprise, the ministerial-level monk of Kiyomizu Temple, Nagata Kiyoshinsai, was summoned by Takeda to the Akasaka Palace to "lecture on the scriptures" on the second day of the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau, and immediately after leaving the Akasaka Palace, he got on Takeda's special plane and flew directly to Nanjing. However, he met Chinese Premier Chang Ruiqing, and only saw Chang Ruiqing's confidant, Chinese Minister of Commerce Zeng Qi.

At this time, Chang Ruiqing was thinking about Japan and the Pacific, because a decisive contest would soon start between the two major army powers, China and the Soviet Union!

Since the end of February 1934, every 10 minutes on the railway line to Krasnolsk in Siberia, a train full of soldiers, heavy weapons or various weapons has whizzed by, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers have crowded every road leading to the Siberian front. Not only did the ground forces advance eastward, but under the pressure of the increasingly powerful Chinese Air Force, the Soviet High Command also transferred a large number of Red Air Force flying regiments from the battlefields of the Middle East, the Balkans, the Near East, and even the Western Front. The Soviet tank army, which had withdrawn from the Sino-Soviet battlefield for a time, also began to concentrate on the Krasnorsk front.

By April 15, in the theater of the Eastern Front of the Soviet Red Army, Yijing concentrated 1,822 combat aircraft of various types, 1,956 tanks/assault artillery, 1,722 armored vehicles of various types, 16,755 artillery pieces of various types, and more than 25 group armies and 10 tank armies totaling more than 2.4 million people.

In the same way, the main forces of the Siberian Front of the Chinese Defense Forces were quickly concentrated in Irkutsk! A total of 10 armies (including 3 armored armies), 2 reserve armies, 1 aviation army (under the jurisdiction of 2 air armies and 6 aviation divisions) and various independent units and logistics units, totaling 1.92 million troops from the east and south of Lake Baikal, are advancing from west to north.

Today, the hastily restored core fortress of Irkutsk is heavily guarded around it, anti-aircraft guns with their barrels raised and pointed straight into the sky can be seen everywhere, and the military police armed with steel guns are taking five steps and ten steps at a time, and they dare not slack off in the slightest.

"All stand upright!"

When Chang Ruiqing strode into the operational conference center of the Siberian Front Headquarters in the fortress, a room full of senior officers stood up and saluted. Chang Ruiqing also raised his right hand and saluted, then walked to the wèizhi in the middle of the top of the conference table and sat down, and said in a deep voice: "Please sit, the meeting will start now." ”

Ye Weixun, chief of staff of the Siberian Front, was the first to speak, and Ye Weixiyi, a native of Huiyang, Guangdong. Graduated from the sixth phase of Baoding and the first phase of Lu University. After graduating from the Baoding Military Academy in 1918, he joined the National Revolutionary Army, the predecessor of the National Defense Army, and started from the most basic company commander. Now Yijing is a senior officer in the Wehrmacht. Wu Qiwei, Li Hansoul, Li Zhenqiu, Ye Zhao, Yu Hanmou, Liu Maoen and others at the same time as him are now all in the ranks of lieutenant general and major general. Now the senior brothers in the first three phases of Baoding either Yijing retreated to the second line, or they are on top, and they are a group of students in the fourth, fifth, and sixth phases, Yijing is the real pillar of the National Defense Force.

But Ye Weixun now felt the slightest joy, but felt that a thousand catties of weight were on his shoulders. Because of him, the upcoming battle of Krasnoyarsk has only a 60% chance of winning at most. Ruguo proceeded from the perspective of anticipating the enemy's leniency, and this battle should not be fought at all.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Hǎoxiàng, a statue of the god Yiyàng, who sat upright and did not move. Picking up the whip and pointing to a large map of Central Siberia, he introduced: "At present, we still don't know much about the situation of the Soviet army in Siberia, and only the Supreme Command of the Soviet Army has reorganized the Far Eastern Front, the Baikal Front, and the Siberian Front in the Siberian region, and merged the Baikal Front, the main force of the Far Eastern Front, and the Siberian Front into the Eastern Front. With Soviet veteran Kamenev as commander-in-chief. Khalepsky served as a commissar of government, and Meretskov served as chief of staff. This newly formed Soviet Eastern Front was our main enemy.

We also don't know much about the strength and deployment of the Soviet Eastern Front. At present, only the 1st Army of the Soviet Army, the 2nd Army of the Soviet Army, the 3rd Army of the Soviet Army, the 29th Army of the Soviet Army, the 30th Army of the Soviet Army, the 31st Army of the Soviet Army, the 34th Army of the Soviet Army, the 65th Army of the Soviet Army, the 66th Army of the Soviet Army, and the 4th Cavalry Army of the Soviet Army have a total of 40 infantry divisions and 10 cavalry divisions, with about 800,000 people.

At present, 10 Soviet army groups are formed into two battle clusters, which are deployed in the area of Ursolye, Cheremkhovo in Siberia, northwest of Irkutsk, and in the area of Chernogorsk and Abakan in the lower reaches of the Yenisei River, north of the Tangnu-Ulianghai River. We estimate that there are at least three other battle clusters of the same size in the Tulum, Kansk and Krasnoyarsk regions, northwest of Cheremkhovo, one of which is very Kěnéng. To date, however, the Front still finds any Soviet tanks or armored vehicles in combat and reconnaissance guochéng.

Furthermore! According to the Air Force report. The Soviets built more than 10 field airfields in Tulum and the lower Yenisei River and deployed an unknown number of I-18 fighters. The performance of this type of fighter should be no less than that of the J-2 fighter of our army. However, it is not as good as the J-4 and BF109, but it still has the strength to fight......

At present, all departments of the army on this front are basically in place. The Angarsk and Irkutsk regions are the main forces of the front, and there are eight armies, including the 1st Army, the 2nd Army, the 6th Army, the 7th Army, the 8th Army, the 1st Panzer Army, the 3rd Panzer Army, and the 4th Panzer Army. The 31st Army was deployed in the area of the Sayan Ridge, west of Irkutsk; The 32nd Army was deployed in the area of Tangnu-Ulianghai; Along the Trans-Siberian Railway, east of Lake Baikal, there were also units of the 9th Reserve Army and the 10th Reserve Army. The 3rd and 4th Air Armies under the 1st Air Group are also deployed at the airfields in the Siberian Front, with a total of more than 3,200 combat aircraft of various types......

The 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th Engineer Divisions under the jurisdiction of the Engineer Corps Command are currently rushing to repair the temporary railway line from Ulan-Ude to Kulen, which is expected to be completed in the third quarter of this year. The 3rd Engineer Division rushed to repair the temporary airfield in Irkutsk, and as of yesterday, 12 temporary airfields had been completed in Yijing, and three large airfields left by the Soviet army had been repaired.

In addition, the Baikal detachment of the Navy is currently being formed, and all shipyards in Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude have been requisitioned by the Naval Shipbuilding Bureau, and they are ready to build a number of wooden ships to control Lake Baikal, and after the capture of Krasnoyarsk, the Navy plans to form a detachment on the Yenisei River......"

"What about the logistics of the Siberian Front?" Chang Ruiqing interrupted.

Ye Weixun twisted his eyebrows slightly, logistics support is almost a big worry for the front army headquarters, he shook his head and said: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, at present, the material reserves of the front army are slightly insufficient, and the logistics department of the front army has set up two large military stations in Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude respectively, with a total of 20,000 tons of fuel, 28,000 tons of ammunition and less than 30,000 tons of food, as well as about 10,000 tons of other supplies. It is likely that these supplies will not be enough until the end of the battle of Krasnoyarsk, but the capacity of the Trans-Siberian railway line is rapidly recovering, and it is expected that by June 10, the supplies needed for the campaign will be in stock. Therefore, it will not affect the battle of Krasnoyarsk, which began on June 15. (To be continued......)