The Japanese went on a rampage in the Philippines and then captured two of Indonesia's oil fields with airborne troops, which everyone saw as a harbinger of an imminent all-out attack on Southeast Asia. Because if the Japanese really wanted to invade Indonesia in a big way, and get the scarce oil resources from Indonesia, they had to take Malaya and Singapore, otherwise their shipping lanes would be threatened by the British. If you want to attack Malaya and Singapore, you can use Siam as a springboard, but as long as Japan enters Siam, it will inevitably be threatened by the British army in Burma, so as long as the Japanese have the intention of going south to Indonesia, they must fight Burma together.

However, the Japanese did not follow the conventional path, and first made the momentum of attacking the British sufficient, but suddenly reflexively kicked the American troops who were organizing forward positions in New Guinea.

Once again, Nagumo Tadaichi showed his first-class navigator by leading a large fleet to raid Port Moresby, New Guinea, taking the Australians and Americans by surprise, and just as the Australians and Americans were hurrying to organize their defenses, the Japanese Army came into play. Since the Australians and Americans did not even expect themselves to be the first target of the Japanese attack, they did not perform as well as the Philippines. Within two days, the whole of Port Moresby had been lost, and most of the guards were captured, except for a few who escaped.

But the Japanese had no intention of stopping there.

Nagumo Tadaichi's fleet dropped its land forces at Port Moresby and headed straight south to Australia.

If anyone is familiar with the map of the world, they will know that Papua New Guinea is the big island above Australia that looks like a turtle. And Port Moresby is in the lower right of this "turtle". In other words, continuing southeast from Port Moresby, Australia's most prosperous, important and densely populated eastern region is located. From north to south, Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne......

Not far northwest of Australia is Indonesia. Japan's invasion of Southeast Asia made its strategic purpose clear. For the sake of confrontation, the United States chose Australia as a forward position, which is absolutely the right thing to do. But no one thought that the Japanese would not play their cards according to common sense, did not care that there were no two relay stations in Malaya and Indonesia, and did not care that the logistics were not easy to handle, and actually played a "long-distance attack". However, considering the previous Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor and even the US mainland, this sudden attack on Australia does not seem to be a surprise. The United States, Australia, and Australia's suzerain, the United Kingdom, lost. In fact, it is lost in four words: not long memory!

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"Those baggage—"

Hearing that New Guinea had been lost, Qin Wei was so angry that he beat his chest. In order to support the defense and counteroffensive against Japan with Australia and New Guinea as the fulcrum, the Americans amassed a large amount of supplies in Port Moresby. The total volume has now reached hundreds of thousands of tons. And Port Moresby alone has more than 200,000 tons of supplies. This is what the Yankees intended to leave for their own troops. But now it's all cheaper for the Japanese. With the combat and equipment habits of the US army, the abundance of this batch of materials can be imagined. To be sure, get this batch of baggage. The war potential of the Japanese can be extended for a long time...... Of course, the Japanese can hold out a little longer. On the whole, it is still a good thing for China now. But as long as he thought of so many supplies, Qin Wei couldn't help but feel distressed. In fact, it's not just him, everyone in the whole of China, from Lao Jiang to Zhilu Dao, is angry.

"That's the lesson! A lesson for those Americans! He Yingqin's eyes were red. As Minister of Defense. He was constantly busy dealing with all kinds of material requirements put forward by various major war zones every day, but no matter how generous he was, he could only pick out little by little. But the Americans were better off and would rather "send" so many supplies to the Japanese. I don't want to use it to support China. How could he not be angry? And how can you not suffer from pink eye?

"If it's just a loss in terms of baggage, the Americans won't care."

Chen Cheng gave He Yingqin a farewell. This old guy is ostensibly talking about Americans, but in fact he is talking about those things in the hands of the red-eyed old Jiang. It is rumored that Qin Wei, Du Yuming, Sun Liren and others brought dozens of tons of gold and hundreds of tons of silver from Southeast Asia, but Lao Jiang refused to admit it and refused to take money out to subsidize the ministries. Although this may be for the sake of a long-term stream and a long-term plan, He Yingqin is responsible for "spending money", how can he care about this? Moreover, the people in the major war zones also seemed to have received similar news, and even said that there were hundreds of tons of gold, but as a result, their eyes were as red as rabbits, and they all sent people to Chongqing to fight the autumn breeze. He Yingqin was about to be driven crazy, and he looked for Lao Jiang I don't know how many times. But Lao Jiang just didn't tell the truth. Therefore, now He Yingqin seized the opportunity to use the example of the Yankees to "advise" Lao Jiang...... Keep it? What's the use of you keeping? If something goes wrong one day, the gold and silver are not yours. However, Chen Cheng's position is different from He Yingqin's, he is in charge of the Political Department, and the Ninth War Zone under his command has always been the most valued by Lao Jiang, everything is a priority, but he doesn't care about the slightest thing:

"Now it's all about strategy! Without Australia, the Americans would have to rely on Hawaii as an outpost. It is located in the Pacific Ocean, farther from Southeast Asia than to the Japanese mainland, and without any strategic depth, and it is a no-brainer for the Japanese Navy to clean up until the Pacific Fleet is back in combat......"

That's right. If I were Japanese, I would have taken Australia and immediately went north and took Pearl Harbor. Zhang Zhizhong sighed, "In this way, if the Americans want to compete with us in Asia, they can only cross the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean and then cross the Indian Ocean...... The logistical pressure will increase exponentially. ”

"Now Americans should know the lesson of the Tao, right?" Qin Wei asked suddenly.

"Of course, I know it." Lao Jiang snorted coldly, "The news sent back by Song Ziwen said that the US government is putting pressure on them to establish a pan-Western Pacific theater to dominate the war situation in East and Southeast Asia. But this Southeast Asia is not allowed to include Malaya and Myanmar! ”

"Remember to eat or not to fight." Qin Wei smiled disdainfully.

"Not necessarily." Bai Zhengxi gave him a blank look, "Australia is very likely to fall now." With the speed at which Nan Yunzhong marched into the army, there was a chance that the Americans would not have time to help...... And once Australia is lost, as Brother Wen Bai said, they will have to take the shipping lanes controlled by the British. At this time, naturally, the British should not be too irritated. ”

"It's not that nine times out of ten it's too late to help. It's definitely too late! He Yingqin said: "The Japanese Navy has made a big move, but the Pacific Fleet is still in tatters, and even if the Americans pull all the navies in the Atlantic, they may not be able to guarantee victory." What's more, they had to guard against the Germans, and they couldn't have to transfer many warships at all. As a result, the only thing they can do to Australia's aid is the hastily expanded army. But without the protection of the Navy, how can the Army cross the ocean into Australia? ”

"It's up to the Japanese Army now, but I don't think they'll disappoint us too much." Qin Wei said with a smile.

"I don't think I'm too disappointed, but it doesn't have much to do with the Japanese Army." Lao Jiang said again. "According to the news from the United States, the main force attacking the Australian mainland is not the Japanese."

"Not Japanese?" Qin Wei was stunned, "Who is that?" It can't be a German or an Italian, right? ”

"What do you want?" Bai Zhenxi glanced at him again, "Germany and Italy's own people are not enough." Can it be given to Japan? ”

"That's the Frenchman." Qin Wei said, "Didn't they surrender?" As a client state. It should contribute to the battle of the suzerain. ”

"It's those prisoners in Siberia." Lao Jiang was impatient to listen to Qin Wei's gags here. The answer was directly announced: "And it is reported that they are wearing Soviet military uniforms and flying the flag of the Soviet Red Army." ”

"The Soviet Red Army? ......" Qin Wei was stunned: "Aren't they, haven't they all defected, and now they are mortal enemies with the Soviet Union?" ”

"Wonderful!" Zhang Zhizhong slapped him next to him, "These Japanese, in order to help their allies, are really unscrupulous." …… Although everyone knew that their group of prisoners were traitors to the Soviets. But ordinary people don't necessarily care about this. They invaded Australia under the banner of the Soviet Red Army, what did the common people of Britain and the United States think? The Soviet Union has now begun to ask Britain and the United States for help, and if it is for strategic reasons, Britain and the United States will certainly agree. But everyone is a socialist, a capitalist, and they were originally mortal enemies, and now that they have watched such a play directed by the Japanese, there will definitely be problems in the middle. ”

"What do ordinary people know? As long as the two governments publicize it and ban the spread of news about the presence of the Soviet Red Army in Australia, who cares? Chen Cheng didn't believe it.

"That's hard to say." Qin Wei tilted his head and thought for a while, "Do you still remember the propaganda that the Japanese carried out to the outside world after they laid down those labor camps in Siberia some time ago?" How many of those RTL prisoners have been tortured to the point of being inhuman? Britain and the United States, which call themselves 'democratic', once criticized the Soviet Union for this matter, especially the United States, and the commotion was not small...... Now the Japanese have gathered these prisoners in labor camps, and the discerning people know that this may be their lack of troops, or it may be to better control Siberia, but the first thing that ordinary people think of must be the disgraceful past of the Soviet government...... Although this may not affect the overall strategy of several countries, as long as the slightest problem arises at a critical moment, I am afraid that it will be enough for them to suffer. ”

"According to you, the Japanese can be regarded as the idea of 'planting widely and reaping little'?" He Yingqin asked.

"Quantitative change leads to qualitative change. The Japanese, Germans, Italians, and even the French must have had a way of getting the common people of Britain and the United States to pay attention to these things. Qin Weidao, "Think about it, if the Soviet Union is defined as an 'evil' country at that time, then what is the nature of the country that supports the evil country?" If the definition of oneself is changed, what kind of impact will it have on the war? The United States, in particular, put aside the factor of Japan's sneak attack, they almost took the initiative to participate in the war. And in the eyes of many ordinary Americans, and even many uncommon Americans, this war could have been irrelevant to them...... It can be said that if it were not for Japan's sneak attack, Roosevelt would probably have been left alone to bear the charge of the United States' entry into the war."

"The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the anthill! If the Japanese really had the idea of fighting, they would have to guard against it. But don't worry too much. "The question now is, what should we do?" ”

"The U.S. government has given notice that it will send someone to pick up MacArthur and take command of the war in Australia. But the U.S. troops under his command are not easy to handle. Lao Jiang said, "The Americans mean that they hope to form an alliance with us and fight together in Southeast Asia." However, they need to reassign a new person to the command of the U.S. military. ”

"Isn't there Wainwright?" Qin Wei asked.

"Who knows what they're going to do." Lao Jiang said, "But I heard that this newly sent guy has a good relationship with their general staff officer Marshall and is very valued." ”

"Oh? Who is it? Qin Wei asked, "It can't be Eisenhower, right?" ”

"You know an Eisenhower." Bai Zhengxi gave him a blank look.

"It's not Eisenhower," there was some pity in Lao Jiang's tone, he actually liked that Eisenhower too. After all, there are not many people in the gringos who are peaceful and polite, "It seems to be called Stilwell!" ”

"Stilwell?" Qin Wei's eyes suddenly froze: "No, this person can't do it!" Absolutely unacceptable! (To be continued......)