Relations between the United States and Japan have entered a winter since 1939, a cold winter in 1942, and a severe winter after the outbreak of the Junichi Abe incident.

Even Americans, who least want to fight, do not hesitate to express their disgust when asked what they think of Japan. As for the Japanese side, after the victory in World War I, they regarded the United States as their biggest enemy and spared no effort to exaggerate the American threat.

The reason why the direct conflict between the United States and Japan did not break out immediately was entirely due to the cold handling of the Tojo Hideki cabinet. Hideki Tojo is not a fool or an idiot, he knows very well that it is not suitable to turn against the United States for the time being, although the Imperial Army has won a complete victory in Southeast Asia, and has completely abused British animals with an invincible hanging attitude. But this is, after all, taking advantage of a sneak attack, and the military center of gravity of the British is also in Europe, and the victory in Southeast Asia does not fully tell the story.

What's more, in Tojo Hideki's view, the fat in Southeast Asia is too greasy for Japan, and whether it can be digested remains to be tested by time. At a time when the old forces have exhausted their new strengths and are not yet born, it is not suitable to start a war against the United States.

In fact, Hideki Tojo is also thinking about being entangled, and he has the idea of making steady progress. However, what made Tojo speechless was that the young Zhuang faction of the military was impatient, and they were clamoring for "revenge", to bleed the despicable American ghost animals, and to punish the beautiful animals!

Hideki Tojo couldn't pretend not to hear these voices, he knew very well that these young Zhuang factions were capable of stirring up, and he also understood the thoughts of these guys, if it weren't for some people who knew the British and American factions who kept muttering in his ears about the terrible war potential and strong naval strength of the United States, he would probably have announced the severance of diplomatic relations and the start of war as soon as his brain was hot.

"Now, I can only try my best to convince you." Hideki Tojo said.

The question is. Can those madmen of the Young Zhuang faction be persuaded with words? Obviously, no. Even if Hideki Tojo came out in person, they still didn't buy it, and they still clamored to give the American ghost animal a little color.

Under tremendous military pressure, Hideki Tojo could only give in, and he made a new compromise proposal: "The Imperial Army needs to be ready for another battle." It takes time to gather troops, stock up supplies, and repair equipment. Is it possible to wait a year? ”

However, as soon as Tojo Hideki's proposal was put forward, it was strongly opposed by the Young Zhuang faction and the Zhiying and American factions, and the opposition of the Young Zhuang faction to the comrades can be understood, and it stands to reason that the Zhiying and American factions are opposed to an immediate war, and they should agree to it!

This is the case, knowing that the British and American factions know the horror of the United States, and understand that the military potential of the United States and Japan is not of an order of magnitude at all, and the result of the PK on the field is that Japan is being defeated by K.O. So they strongly opposed a war with the United States. And what is Hideki Tojo's suggestion?

It's just a one-year delay. For the Anglo-Americans, one year is simply not enough time to close the gap between the United States and Japan. And they have been following the movements of the United States. It has been perceived that the American war machine has been set in motion and is slowly accelerating. A year later, the United States will complete the run-in and enter the riot mode. And what was the situation in Japan at that time? I'm afraid Southeast Asia hasn't been digested, right?

Therefore, for the Zhiying and American factions, it is pointless to wait for a year, or take advantage of the fact that the gap in strength between the two sides has not been completely opened to do a thing, and maybe there is still hope for victory; Or just don't fight at all, and honestly admit and pretend to be a grandson. A year off is the most fucked-up suggestion!

The Young Zhuang faction kept jumping up and down. It is clear that the Anglo-American faction is strongly opposed. Hideki Tojo's "delaying tactic" will not be able to continue. Let's put it this way, there are only two choices in front of Hideki Tojo, either fight early or not fight. And as a hardcore militarist element, does this old devil need to say much about what choice he will make?

Soon, the Japanese government and the opposition reached an agreement. That's killing beautiful animals. Of course, preparations for war still had to be done, and the initial plan was to start in December 1942, and it was only September, so the Japanese needed a three-month buffer period. Of course. For the Japanese, who have always been very good at pretending to be grandchildren, pretending to be cowardly is almost an innate ability.

In order to gain time to confuse the United States, the Japanese took the art of cowardice to the extreme, and the Japanese foreign minister personally led a so-called "special delegation" to the United States. On the one hand, he lobbied the US Congress, and on the other hand, he also put on a low posture and pretended to "repent" and "apologize." The low posture he pretended to have really confused some very stupid and naïve Americans.

This made Roosevelt a little undecided, is this a real cowardice or a fake cowardice? Of course, whether it was real or fake, Roosevelt could not forcefully demand that Japan be killed immediately and declare war on Japan. He could only play the diplomatic card and ask the secretary of state to probe the old roots of the Japanese.

It has to be said that this is exactly what the Japanese want, and they like the negotiation the most, so a long and completely meaningless diplomatic tug-of-war begins: the Americans keep asking questions and harsh conditions, while the Japanese slowly see the tricks and kill time with the tactics of gradually retreating.

In this regard, Churchill, who was on the other side of the Atlantic, was anxious in his eyes, because he was too familiar with this kind of "delaying tactics", and looked at what Germany did before 1939, and did the negotiations finally solve the problem?

In his letter to Roosevelt, he said: "You must be careful, my friend, that there is even a one chance in ten thousand that you must be aware of other means which Japan may adopt. Although these methods may seem absurd for the time being, we did not believe that Germany dared to invade Poland before September 1, 1939, and no one dared to believe that the Nazis dared to send troops to East Prussia and East Poland before Barbarossa. Who can guarantee that these madmen won't jump over the wall? ”

Was Roosevelt worried about such a possibility? He was indeed a little worried that as the president of the United States, he had to consider the problem holistically, and Japan had a history of sneak attacks, so after receiving the letter from the old smoker, he issued an order to the navy: he asked to transfer some capital ships to Pearl Harbor to strengthen the defense in this direction.

Of course, on the whole, Roosevelt was still relatively optimistic, and he believed that the negotiations would not take too long, and it would only take half a year at most to see whether Japan was really cowardly or false. Is half a year a long time? In Roosevelt's opinion. This time can still be endured.

In this regard, Li Xiaofeng just wanted to say: "The devil did a good job!" ”

To tell the truth, when a large-scale anti-Japanese march suddenly broke out in the United States, a certain immortal really thought that he had brought about a butterfly effect, thinking that in this time and space, Americans might not be passively beaten before fighting back, and this time I am afraid they will take the initiative to attack. But who would have thought that Japan had another turning point in the middle of the year. It's obviously a basin, and I really endured the nausea and took it, I have to say that he pretended to be a good grandson.

Next, after entering the so-called negotiation mode, Li Xiaofeng fully understood that the Japanese were just a "delaying tactic" to buy time, and Pearl Harbor would have to be bombed in no more than half a year.

"Let's have more snacks for our intelligence officers operating in the United States, to help the Japanese say more good things, and to buy them more time. Also, let them be a little more vigilant. I don't want to see it again! ”

Li Xiaofeng was indeed a little angry this time, and he knew very well that the great turn of public opinion in the United States would certainly not have been possible without the intervention of external forces. As for Junichi Abe and John. Strauss's two goods, at first glance, are deliberately thrown out as substitutes for the dead. Who believes those ghost stories of!

You don't even need to dig into Li Xiaofeng to know who did it, except for MI6, except for Li Erwen, there can be no one else. However, Li Xiaofeng also admitted that this time the female spy ran to his head. It seems that the boss of MI6 has changed, and he is no longer the old woman who followed the rules step by step. This time, the opponent is very despicable, very old-fashioned, and unscrupulous!

Yes, Li Xiaofeng is not afraid of following the rules, he is afraid that the British will break the can, for example, this time, the British caught him off guard in the United States. The head of the KGB in the United States was too politically sensitive to intervene in the first place when he found clues. Instead, they waited for the British to play all the cards before they followed up.

Therefore, Li Xiaofeng dismissed the goods as soon as possible, and it would be a disaster if the key areas of intelligence work like the United States could not be handed over to mediocre people. Soon a young man, just 28 years old, boarded a passenger ship bound for the United States. Nominally, he went to the United States to serve as a political counselor at the embassy, but in reality he is the new head of the KGB in the United States.

The young man's name was Yuri. Vladimirlovich. Andropov. Born in 1914, he was really an out-and-out young man, and he was even more of a junior in the party (in fact, he had only been in the party for three years). Even less than two years after joining KGB, no one understands why this young man, who seems to have neither qualifications nor a background, has soared to the sky.

Of course, we know the reason, who let a certain immortal pass through, and there are only two people who can ascend from the KGB to the pinnacle of power in the Soviet Union - one is Pu the Great, and the other is Andropov.

At least Li Xiaofeng felt that Andropov still had some ability, at least better than Brezhnev in front. It's a pity that history has left Andropov with so little time that he doesn't have the time or energy to do anything.

Now, Li Xiaofeng wants to take a look, if Andropov is given more time, will there be surprises? It doesn't cost money anyway, no.

From the time Andropov left for the United States, the rest of the world was probably the quietest since 1939. The Red Army has just won a victory in Kursk, which can be regarded as a preliminary relief from the passive situation since last year, but it must also be noted that the strength of the Nazis on the Eastern Front is still very strong, and a full-scale counterattack is still unrealistic. Moreover, the Red Army itself is not fully prepared, and for some time to come, the Red Army may still be able to base itself on active defensive tactics.

Looking at the German army, the defeat at Kursk caused serious damage to its armored assault forces, and its domestic strength was temporarily unable to quickly replenish its losses. This means that in the future, the ability of the German army to take the initiative to attack will be greatly weakened, and it will be difficult to launch a forward offensive of the scale of Barbarossa.

After the most intense battlefield temporarily returned to calm, the remaining focus was only on North Africa, and after Montgomery took office, through a series of rectification measures, he finally stabilized his position. Coupled with the fact that the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy were strong enough, it was quite difficult for Rommel's Afrika Korps to resupply, and this laid the foundation for a full-scale British counterattack.

Of course, for the time being, the British did not have the courage to take the initiative, after all, they were scared by Rommel, and they still needed time to slow down. As for the Americans and the Japanese. They are still busy negotiating and accumulating strength, and naturally there is no interest in breaking the peace. And so a three-month lull came.

But this is not the real peace that has come, but the dullness that precedes the storm. On the Eastern Front, according to Hitler's orders, trains loaded with munitions were rushing to Belarus and Ukraine every day, and a large number of No. 4 tanks continued to enter the front line to make up for the loss of the Paulus cluster. Follow the orders of the mustache. The offensive must resume by the end of November at the latest, with a view to resolving the Bolshevik question in June of the following year.

Similarly, the Soviets did not slack off, in fact they were more efficient, Germany produced one tank four, the three Soviet tank factories were able to produce at least three T-34-85s and two T-35s, and a large number of mechanized corps that had suffered heavy losses or been annihilated in previous battles were rearmed. The boys, who had just come out of the collective farm, drove them to the battlefield like tractors.

Similarly, the Soviet Military Commission and the General Staff, under pressure from the Politburo, had to decide on a large-scale counterattack in Minsk at the end of November or early December. On the railways and highways of the USSR, the marching ranks were crowded.

Of course, it is very similar to the mood of the front-line generals on the German side. The front-line generals on the side of the Red Army are also not optimistic about the plan above, and generally believe that priority should be given to stabilizing the defense of the line from Kiev to Bryansk in Ukraine, how can they think of attacking when the defense line is still full of holes!

Of course, Tukhachevsky still did not listen, and he had good reasons, because he had already replenished the forces of several army groups of the 2nd Belorussian Front and the 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts stationed on this line, which were sufficient to stabilize the defensive line.

Is this the case? On paper, Tukhachevsky "generously" assigned some of the newly formed army groups to Rokossovsky and others. But at the same time, some of the troops that had been tested in real combat were withdrawn, such as Lukin's 6th Guards Army and Zhukov's 5th Guards Army. I can't really say how good this is done.

Anyway, from Bryansk to the Kyiv front, it can really only be said that it looks good on paper, and when the war really starts, then only God knows. Li Xiaofeng did not fail to warn about this, but Tukhachevsky did not listen. He, like Hitler, wanted nothing more than to attack and then attack.

"Is it not to take the initiative and transfer Comrade Mikhail from the post of the General Staff?" Yakov asked.

Li Xiaofeng knew what this so-called initiative meant, which was nothing more than to make him make concessions to Trotsky and make a political compromise between the two sides. Lao Toto used Tukhachevsky's ouster in exchange for a more favorable result. And Ubolevich will be in charge of the General Staff and completely overthrow Tukhachevsky's plan.

If we proceed from the overall situation, Li Xiaofeng will of course be the best to accept this exchange, because in the end, he is the only one who suffers a certain loss, and it is the entire Soviet Union that benefits. But Li Xiaofeng was angry with Lao Tuo's method, which deliberately killed him, and he was just angry about this, so he was reluctant to take action.

Now, Yakov is once again bringing up the old thing, which makes his face a little unpleasant. The choice is in his hands, and it's too late to make a choice.

While Li Xiaofeng was thinking nervously, Trotsky's side was also closely watching and speculating about the movements of a certain immortal, and all kinds of speculations were also emerging.

Ulitsky believes: "Andrey. Petrovich should choose to compromise and retreat, there is no need for him to bite the bullet and not let go, now it is good for all of us to replace Comrade Ubolevich with Comrade Mikhail, he should do it! ”

Raddic disagreed: "That's just wishful thinking on your part, I've been watching André for a long time. Comrade Petrovich. This comrade is ambitious and will do whatever it takes to achieve his personal interests. What if he just doesn't compromise and waits to see Tukhachevsky's jokes before slapping us in the face? ”

From Radek's speech, we can see that, in fact, the Trotskyists are not optimistic about the Minsk counterattack, believing that if Tukhachevsky continues to do this, the consequences will be unpredictable. Now they have to use Tukhachevsky to gain a little benefit for their faction, otherwise, they also want to overturn the old picture.

But no one could convince anyone of the two opinions, and finally Ulitsky and Raddick looked at Trotsky together, and from just now to now, the old Tothon did not say a word, looking at ease with the old god, and the big guy thought that it was better to listen to the opinion of the second mentor on this matter.

Faced with the crowd's questions, Trotsky replied with a blank face: "I don't know Andrei either. How will Comrade Petrovich choose......"

"How is that possible!"

Radek and Ulitsky first expressed their disbelief, you could see through Lenin's intentions back then, why can't you see through the idea of a small henchman of Lenin now, you don't need to be modest and sell off, don't you see the big guy who is full of bubbles and is in a hurry!

Trotsky smiled bitterly, because he really wasn't lying, he really couldn't see through Li Xiaofeng's thoughts, and every time someone was "unexpected" and "different". Over time, he didn't bother to guess the thoughts of the second patient, especially after someone continued to grow, the city was rising slowly, not leaking and adding a little middle two, how can people guess! (To be continued.) )