August 11, 1934, Kyushu, Japan, Sasebo Naval Base. High-quality updates

An elegant, streamlined airship with a length of almost 200 meters, the Tiangong slowly landed in the airship take-off and landing area of the Sasebo Naval Air Terminal. Compared with the 10 Japanese-produced airships with a length of only a few tens of meters on the ground, this Chinese-made airship weighs nearly 200 tons, is almost as long as a battleship, is as tall as a 10-story building, and has four Daimler-Benz diesel engines with 1,200 horsepower each. However, this behemoth was far less difficult to build than it was.

As early as 1784, the Robert brothers of France built a hydrogen airship with a length of 15.6 meters and a maximum diameter of 9.6 meters. For more than 100 years, airships and hot air balloons were the main tools of human aviation. After the First World War, airships ushered in a development**, including Germany, Britain, the United States, France, Italy, the Soviet Union, Japan, and of course, the miraculous rise of China, all built many military or civilian airships. In the 20s and 30s of the 20th century, the four countries that built the most airships were Germany, France, China and the United States. From 1920 to the present, Germany has built 188 airships, France 100, China 98, and the United States 86. Japan, on the other hand, has fallen behind in airship manufacturing because of a major revolution, and only 12 airships have been built in the past 14 years, and 10 are still in service. All of them were concentrated by the Japanese Navy at the Sasebo base. The Chinese-made Tiangong airship has now been purchased by the Japanese military for $1.8 million and has become the flagship of the proposed Japanese naval air fleet.

However, at present, the Japanese Navy's air fleet has not yet been officially established. The crew of the Tiangong was also training, running errands between Sasebo and Manila to pull a few passengers. Of course, those who can sit on the Tiangong are all big names in Japan.

As soon as the airship approached the ground, two ropes were thrown, and the ground crew on the ground picked up the ropes and dragged the airship to the ground, and the whole process looked a bit like a tug-of-war. It doesn't seem to be very safe. But in the end, it finally landed safely, and the commander of the Japanese Navy's air fleet, Tsukahara 243, quickly greeted him: "Commander, the journey is quite smooth, right?" ”

The first one to step off the airship. It was none other than the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Isoroku Yamamoto. Now the main force of the Combined Fleet is using Hilo Bay on the island of Hawaii as a temporary anchorage, and is still fighting on the front line of the Hawaiian Islands. He, the commander, took the time to come back for this airship that he had just bought from China. Yamamoto knew that with Japan's national strength, it would not be possible to fight a conventional naval war with the United States. The only way to do this is to win by surprise. And the price of use is relatively low. The short-lived airship carrying a suicide plane to attack the San Diego Naval Base in the United States was the hope of Isoroku Yamamoto and the entire Japanese Navy.

"It's quite smooth, taking an airship is really more comfortable than taking an airplane, but the speed is slower." Yamamoto Fifty-six nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "By the way, is there an eyebrow for the problem of ship-based aircraft?" ”

The design of the shipborne aircraft had begun long before the introduction of the Tiangong airship. The high-quality update is different from the way the Americans think about it, and Yamamoto's vision of the ship-based aircraft does not need to be recovered by the airship, and there is no need to even think about landing, because these planes are ready to carry out suicide attacks with no return! As a result, Japanese carrier-based aircraft can have faster speeds and longer ranges. It is not necessary to adopt a biplane that can fly at low speeds and be easily recovered, as in the United States (hook the plane with a rope. It looks like acrobatics no matter how you look at it), and you don't even need to install a landing gear (which saves more weight to carry bombs and fuel).

"Boat-based aircraft have already been developed by the Nakajima Aircraft Factory." Yasuka two-four-three leaned into Yamamoto's ear and whispered, "The prototype is made." It was developed and designed with the German Fokker D.21 as a prototype, with the landing gear removed, the fuselage strengthened, and the 960 hp star-shaped engine imported from China installed, which can fly to a top speed of 400 kilometers per hour with a 500-kilogram armor-piercing projectile, and can exceed 520 kilometers when diving. ”

"Not bad." Yamamoto Fifty-six nodded in satisfaction. "Now it's a matter of buying and rebuilding airships."

Although it is not difficult to produce airships, there are no factories in Japan that can produce super-large airships like the Tengong, and they do not have experience in this area. If you want to start from scratch, it will be too delayed, and now the military situation in the Pacific is urgent, so the best solution is to buy directly from China. Even according to the price of $1.8 million for the Tiangong, the purchase of 10 ships is only $18 million, and it is not difficult for Japan, which has seized the South Sea Islands, to come up with this money. However, now that Sino-US relations are quietly approaching, although there will not be an immediate alliance, it is very likely that China will change its original position of secretly supporting Japan, so that Japan's airship procurement plan may be ruined.

Azuka has been staying in Japan for a long time, and of course he is aware of the subtle changes that are taking place in the relationship between China, the United States and Japan. Thinking of Sino-U.S.-Japan relations, Azuka suddenly seemed to think of something, took out a telegram from his pocket and handed it to Yamamoto: "Commander, this is a telegram from Akasaka Imperial Palace, Chairman Takeda asks you to go to Tokyo immediately to attend the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau." ”

After the victory in the Second Battle of Hawaii, the Central Committee of Japan by-elected Yamamoto Isoroku as an alternate member of the Political Bureau, and at the same time, Yamamoto's military rank was also promoted to the rank of "first-class group army commander", equivalent to the historical admiral.

However, Yamamoto didn't think much of the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau, took the telegram and glanced at it, then waved his hand and said, "How can I have time to attend this kind of meeting?" There's still a war going on in Hawaii! The U.S. Pacific Fleet could counterattack at any time! ”

Now the Americans are still holding on to Oahu, which has long been run by the Americans as the densest coastal defense battery in the world, and the defenders are tens of thousands. At least one armored division is also equipped! It is also said to be equipped with more than 200 Stalker tank destroyers imported from Germany (Germany is now an ally of the United States in the common war against Japan). The hope of the Japanese to storm and seize Oahu was basically non-existent, so they had to resort to the method of siege. High-quality updates, but the US Pacific Fleet will not watch the Americans on Oahu starve to death, and will definitely do everything possible to relieve the island. Although now the aircraft carriers of the US Navy are not worth mentioning. There is only one large aircraft carrier and a few small and medium-sized aircraft carriers converted from merchant ships, but their capital ship formation is unusually strong. With up to 30 battleships / battlecruisers, it is by no means without the strength of a fight. Therefore, Yamamoto did not have the heart to participate in the enlarged meeting of the political bureau of the Japanese G.

"Commander, this enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau is very important!" Azuka two, four, three seem to have heard some rumors.

Yamamoto turned his head to look at him: "What's wrong?" Did Yasuzuka-kun hear anything? ”

Azuka 243 nodded: "The overall situation on the Indian side has been decided, Kashmir, Afghanistan and Madras have all been liberated by the Indian Red Army, and now only the area around Kolkata and east of the Jamuna River has not been taken by the Indian G, but it is only a matter of time before the entire territory of India is liberated." This is a large country with a population of 350 million and millions of square kilometers. If it can be fully organized and mobilized, at least 20 million troops can be taken out! In this way the pressure on us and the USSR will be greatly reduced, and it will even be possible to reverse the unfavorable shape of the world revolution!

There is also news that says. Comrade Jun Yamakawa, member of the Political Affairs Bureau and People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, has secretly arrived in India by submarine to discuss with the leaders of the Indian GCD the possibility of a joint war against China......"

"Joint war against China? Azuka-kun, where did you hear about it? Make no mistake, right? Now that one United States has made it difficult for us to deal with, plus one China, how can we deal with it? What a fool's errand! ”

"The message can't be wrong. It was Yasuo Yasuda, the secretary of the Nanyang Bureau, who came from Batavia on a plane in the morning, who told me. Azuka 243 frowned and said, "It is said that Vice Chairman Nosaka and the Chief of the General Staff of the Army's Terauchi are both inclined to unite with India. They believe that China has not given up its desire to kill itself, and that there will be a war between China and Japan! Moreover, Japan, the Soviet Union, and India have long shared the same fate, and if the Soviet Union perishes and India falls, it will be absolutely impossible for Japan to exist alone. Therefore, we should take advantage of the opportunity of India's liberation to join India and the Soviet Union to besiege China, and at least contain most of China's land forces, so that the Soviet Union can concentrate its forces to deal with the danger of Germany. ”

Yamamoto Fifty-six was silent. Because he knows that Nosaka Sanzo and Terauchi Shouichi's views are not unreasonable. The main reason why China now connived at and even supported Japan in fighting the United States was that they needed to concentrate their forces on defeating the Soviet Union! When the USSR is defeated, the Chinese will definitely turn around and deal with Japan! And according to reliable intelligence. Not so long ago, the Chinese launched a large-scale shipbuilding program, preparing to increase the size of their aircraft carrier fleet to 15-20 ships in 2 years! The day this shipbuilding project is completed will probably be the time of Japan's demise!

But where does Japan now have the strength to fight with China and the United States at the same time? Moreover, many high-ranking cadres of Japan and G have sent their families to China, and they will agree to fight with China? Are they not afraid that the Chinese will detain their families?

"Commander, the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau has not yet been held, and someone may propose a better way." Azuka took out his cigar and reminded with a smile.

"What better?" Yamamoto Fifty-six suddenly remembered that Yasuzuka 243 had served as the commander of the 10th Air Force in Antavia before becoming the commander of the Air Fleet, and he had a good personal relationship with Yasuo Yasuda. He is saying these words to himself now, is it what Yasuo Yasuda meant? Could this secretary of the Nanyang Bureau have any tricks to break through the dilemma of the Japanese G?

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"Chairman, this is our gain in the South Sea Islands in the first half of this year."

At this time, in the Akasaka Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Yasuo Yasuda was standing respectfully across from Takeda's desk, handing over a list in his briefcase to Takeda for review.

Yasuda is now once again the God of Wealth of the Japanese GCD. In the past few months, his mission in Nanyang, in addition to resettling immigrants and assembling the Nanyang Federation, has been to collect money for Japan. After years of looting, coupled with the Soviet planned economic model that dealt a great blow to the Japanese economy, there is not much oil and water in Japan now. However, the Nanyang Islands are still a place where you are so rich that you can stay in oil, and this Yasuda has no major concept of right and wrong, and it has always been for the sake of making money.

Therefore, the capitalist system of Nanyang was preserved by him as it was, and belonged to the farms and industrial and commercial enterprises of Chinese citizens and Chinese companies. He was also able to survive under his instructions, except that the land ownership system owned by these Chinese merchants was changed to state ownership, and then a certificate of land use rights for 70 years was issued (which of course the Chinese merchants happily accepted). Because no one believes that the red country of Japanese GCD can survive for 70 years). And Yasuda did this not because he was a Chinese spy, but to better make money for the Japanese party and the country. In the midst of a world war, Japan is at war with most of the capitalist powers, and the only foreign capital that can be attracted can only come from China. Therefore, it is necessary to give the Chinese businessmen in Nanyang a little sweetness.

After the Chinese merchants (including the Japanese merchants) who had fled China began to return to Nanyang one after another because of Yasuda's protective policies. The newly established Nanyang Federal Government began to sell shares in a large number of industries confiscated from European and American merchants, including mines, factories, plantations, shops, as well as railways, ports, banks, oil companies and other important industries! Even the licenses for casinos and brothels are also within the scope of sale.

In order to attract Chinese capital to bid. Yasuda also had advertisements for investment in several major Chinese newspapers, and even agreed that Chinese businessmen would use Chinese dollars to buy Nanyang properties. And finally, with his efforts. The two asset auctions held in May this year were extremely successful, raising more than 560 million Chinese dollars. Subsequently, the Nanyang Federal Council under Yasuda ordered the implementation of financial reform in Nanyang, and set up the Nanyang Federal Bank to exercise the right to issue currency with 500 million Chinese yuan as capital. And the Nanyang currency is pegged to the Chinese dollar. It was also exchanged at a low price against the currencies issued by the authorities of the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines. At the same time, it announced the implementation of foreign exchange and gold control in the territory of the Nanyang Federation, relying on the forced exchange of gold and silver foreign currencies from the private sector (excluding overseas Chinese) by the Japanese Red Army, while looting a large amount of private wealth, it also grasped the financial lifeline of the Nanyang Federation in one fell swoop.

"Not bad, not bad, Yasuda-kun, you did a good job." Takeda Heng flipped through the account book and casually encouraged Yasuda what he did in Nanyang. Although he amassed a large amount of war funds for the Japanese party and state, it also caused a lot of criticism within the Japanese party. It is said that he took the capitalist road in Nanyang and was the number one capitalist roader in the Japanese party. If it weren't for the bad shape of the world revolution and the fact that the revolutionaries of the Japanese and the Japanese would not have had much energy to study the issue of surnames, capital, and surnames, I am afraid that the secretary of the Yasuda Nanyang Bureau would have done it long ago. And Takeda himself is actually not very satisfied with Yasuda's actions in Nanyang, but now that it is a national crisis, he has no heart to think about it. The future of the Soviet Union after the defeat of France can already be imagined, and how many days can Japan's red flag be flown after the defeat of the Soviet Union?

Seeing Takeda's eyebrows tightly twisted, Yasuda also pretended to sigh: "Chairman, you don't have to worry too much about the affairs of the Soviet Union, Comrade Trotsky is a great revolutionary and military strategist, and the Soviet people will definitely be able to defeat the German and Chinese invading armies under his leadership." The defeat of China and Britain in India was a rehearsal of the inevitable defeat of the Sino-German invasion of the Soviet Union. ”

"Indian ......" Takeda's eyebrows raised slightly, and after a moment of silence, he took out a telegram from the desk drawer and handed it to Yasuda. This was sent by Comrade Yamakawa, who had already met with Comrade Lu Yi and Comrade Borodin. Comrade Lu Yi said that the Indian GCD and the Indian people are ready to pay the price of 50 million to 100 million people for the victory of the world revolution! Yasuda, what do you think? ”

"50 million to 100 million?" Yasuda smacked his lips: "Comrade Lu Yi's style is really not small, I don't know if it was for Chang Ruiqing or Trotsky?" ”

"You don't believe him?" Takeda looked at Yasuda with a fixed gaze.

Yasuda shook his head: "Chairman, India's GCD's relationship with China, the United States, and Germany is not a matter of life and death, and these three countries will not pay millions of lives for India, not even the United Kingdom." ”

"But the Chinese are arming the Central Asian Mismlin."

"This is a plan for the two tigers to compete for food." Yasuda said: "Regardless of whether Central Asia Muslin can conquer India in the end, the Chinese have achieved the goal of emptying at least half of Central Asia." So China will no longer embarrass India, unless...... The Indians themselves went to touch the Chinese tiger's butt! ”

"Does the Indian GCD dare?" Takeda asked rhetorically.

Yasuo Yasuda pondered for a moment, and from his expression, it seemed that he was not sure about this question. Seeing this, Takeda sighed again and said, "Yasuda-kun, there is one more thing. Our intelligence officers in Puducherry have received reliable information that Mao Zd, the chairman of the Chinese GCD, who is investigating the cause of the failure of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in India, has secretly arrived in Puducherry this morning! ”

Yasuda shook his head and said: "Mao's negotiations with India and G will not be fruitful, and the Chinese will not give up supporting Central Asian M Slin to go south to India, because only by emptying East Central Asia's M Slin, can they really take that land for themselves." ”

Takeda Heng glanced at Yasuda and shook his head slightly: "Do you know who the representative of the Indian GCD side is?" ”

Yasuda was stunned when he heard this, his face suddenly changed, and he looked at Takeda steadily. Takeda nodded and said word by word: "The representative of the Indian GCD is Borodin!" ”

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