"With all due respect, you guys are wishful thinking!" Hideki Tojo immediately got up and said: "Since the moment when the German allies attacked the Soviet Union, the situation in the world today has become clear and clear. It is impossible for the Americans to sit idly by, to remain neutral, and sooner or later they will all go to war.

The interests of the empire and the United States have formed a serious conflict, and the Americans have taken up the butcher's knife to impose economic sanctions on the empire, first including aviation gasoline and high-melting scrap steel into export controls, and now banning the export of scrap metal to the empire. Now that the Americans are still using crude oil imports as a threat to try to bend the empire to their will, these measures are not telling? ”

After a pause, Hideki Tojo's voice suddenly raised several degrees and said: "The United States has not shown hostility to the empire now, and who dares to guarantee that it will not show hostility in the future?" If we don't declare war on the United States now, will we wait for the United States to be ready for war in the future? "Once the war starts, the first opportunity is important, I guess I don't need to say more, right? The industrial power of the United States is already stronger than that of the empire, and once the United States is ready, do you think the empire will have a chance to win? ”

"Since the Empire and the United States are going to war, it must go to war as soon as possible! It is better to quickly capture Southeast Asia and seize the oil fields with lightning speed, and get rid of the control of the Americans over the crude oil of the Empire. ”……

Although the main purpose of Tojo Hideki was to advocate "southward expansion" and expand aggression, it was not all nonsense. With the establishment of the German-Italian-Japanese Triple Alliance and the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, Japan has stood on the opposite side of the United States, the contradictions between the interests of the two have become irreconcilable, and the state of hostility with the United States has become a foregone conclusion.

"What Tojo-kun said is extremely true, this is really for the sake of the Empire!" Hirohito frowned and clapped his hands, then turned his head to look at Konoe Fumiro and said: "Since the all-out war with China, the Japanese Empire has no way to retreat, and the Yamato nation can only create an unprecedented great cause of the Yamato nation by moving forward bravely." As important ministers of the Great Japanese Empire, at this critical moment in history, you must work together! If all you think about is to protect your personal reputation, and you are indecisive and afraid of taking responsibility for possible failures, it is better to abdicate as soon as possible to make way for Xian! ”

After these words, Konoe Fumi's face suddenly turned red, he couldn't hear the meaning of Hirohito's words, and he was obviously extremely dissatisfied with him, and even moved the idea of reforming the cabinet. It has only been 2 months since the second cabinet was formed, and Konoe Fumi's ass has not yet been hot, and there are still many ideas in his heart that have not been realized, so he is naturally very reluctant to take the position of prime minister. But Hirohito has already said so, and Konoe Fumiko really has no choice.

Taking a deep breath, Konoe Wenlu knelt down and sat up with a dark face and said, "Since this is the case, the minister can only resign." Without the slightest hesitation, Hirohito waved his hand and said, "I approve it!" Without waiting for Konoe Fumiro to answer, Hirohito turned to Hideki Tojo and said, "Tojo-kun, I order you to immediately start forming a wartime cabinet, immediately start to transfer to the wartime system, and prepare everything for war against the United States!" "Hello!" Hideki Tojo was overjoyed, and he finally looked forward to this day.

After the meeting ended, Hirohito deliberately left Hideki Tojo and asked, "Tojo-kun, do you think it is necessary to settle the Shandong War before the empire goes south?" Hideki Tojo pondered for a moment and said: "The minister thinks that he can use this whetstone to train his troops, but at present, before the air force is strong enough, it is not appropriate to consume too much!" "Shuffle!" Hirohito nodded silently. ...... "Damn, this is a bit of a surprise!" ”

As soon as I heard that Germany blitzkrieg attacked the Soviet Union and the Soviet-German war officially broke out, it didn't take long to hear the resignation of Konoe Fumiki on the devil radio, and Hideki Tojo came to the stage to form a cabinet, Yang Fan was directly stunned! The Soviet-German war was 9 months ahead of schedule, and Hideki Tojo came to power 13 months ahead of schedule, which is really a bit fierce! It is obvious that the butterfly effect is getting stronger and stronger, and the trend of the entire history has undergone a major shift, and it is no longer the time and space that Jiang Qiang is familiar with. In other words, many things will no longer follow the original historical trajectory, and the advantage of the prophet will be greatly weakened. "Wow~Wow~Wow~"

Jiang Qiang was holding the information in his hand, and while he was still thinking about it, there was a loud cry of a baby in the delivery room of the hospital. Jiang Qiang hurriedly stuffed the information into his pocket and walked quickly to the delivery room. At this time, a beautiful nurse wearing a mask pushed open the door with a spring breeze on her face, hugged a baby and reported the good news to Jiang Qiang: "Congratulations to the general seat, congratulations to the general seat, happy to your son!" Weigh six pounds and six taels! Chen Mingzhu was pregnant for ten months, and finally the melon was ripe, and she lived up to expectations and gave birth to a fat boy of six pounds and six taels.

The port of New York in the United States is a busy scene. All kinds of materials were piled up on the wharf, including packed guns and ammunition, various types of artillery in separate packs, and military transport vehicles, M2 half-track infantry fighting vehicles, M2A1 armored personnel carriers, and so on.

Hundreds of stevedores and several large cranes are busy loading the munitions onto three 10,000-ton ships docked at the docks. After the last large-scale air battle and a series of ground battles, Jiang Qiang deeply realized what it means to have a cannon sound and a golden tael, and what it means to hate less money when it is used. After just fighting with the devil for more than half a month, the loss of tanks and planes alone is as high as more than 100 million dollars.

If it weren't for the fact that the little devil air force was too weak to form a crushing force at this stage, and because it was encouraged by the great victory of Germany's military adventure, the idea of attacking Southeast Asia became extremely urgent. Otherwise, even if the performance of the devil's fighter is inferior by three points, the devil can definitely consume his own air force with his ruthlessness. In that case, you're in big trouble.

Because after research and comparison, although the United States can now mass-produce such fighters as P-38, P39, P40, PW-9, P-35A, and NA-50, these are much worse than the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the Takeoff Eagle-3 fighter. Except for the P-38 fighter, the other fighters have no advantage over the Devil Zero fighter, and they can be easily destroyed if they are not careful.

The P-38 fighter is a single-seat twin-engine flat straight wing layout, with high speed, heavy armor, powerful firepower and many other excellent characteristics, is the only fighter that can compete with the Japanese Zero fighter in the early days of the Pacific War, and is also the model that shoots down the most Japanese fighters among the fighters of the United States Army Airlines. The P-38 has a full body bulletproof armor coverage rate of 70%, unlike other fighters, which only protects the engine, fuel tank and driver's back! The P-38 firepower was on the central axis, which was much easier in terms of shooting and aiming, and the 20mm gun could easily tear through the fuselage of all fighters of that time.

It's just that the P-38 is really not cheap, as much as $115,000, you must know that a P-40C fighter is only $30,000, and the 33-ton M4 Sherman medium tank costs $46,000. Lest the little devil suddenly cramp again one day, and get thousands of combat planes at a time to bomb indiscriminately, if the consumption of his own fighters can't keep up, it will really be too late to cry.

All kinds of army weapons and equipment, such as the M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle, the M1 assault rifle, the Thomson assault rifle, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, transport vehicles, mortars, howitzers, cannons, and so on, can be purchased directly from the United States. The requirements for the sophistication of these weapons and equipment are not high, and they can be of great use when they are purchased, and they are more than enough to deal with the little devil army.

With such a large wave of buying, buying, and buying operations, the total order volume is as high as 260 million US dollars, not only is the liquidity in the account all emptied, but also the chickens have to wait for the eggs and the rice to be cooked. Rao is Dongxing Trading Group Co., Ltd. is now a big business, and it also feels heavy pressure.

But fortunately, the production of weapons and equipment also takes time, and according to the current ability of Dongxing Trading Group Company to absorb gold, it can completely keep up with the rhythm. The three 10,000-ton giant ships berthed at the port of New York are naturally not real cargo ships, but the door-to-door pick-up service provided by the system.

Standing above the port wharf, looking at the busy scene in front of him, Stilwell said with great emotion: "Meng, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really can't imagine that you would have such financial resources!" Stilwell is not a person who has never seen the world, but at this time he was really shocked, and the government of the Republic of China racked his brains and spent a lot of effort to easily get a $25 million "tung oil loan" with an annual interest rate of 4.5%.

However, the Shandong Group Army has broken out of the United States in just over two years with only a corner of the land, and the various materials and equipment purchased alone must have accumulated five or six billion US dollars, right? Meng Wuan raised his eyebrows proudly, and said very modestly: "To be honest, before coming to the United States, we didn't expect that there would be today!" All of this depends on the general seat to strategize in the strategic, decisive victory thousands of miles away, we small soldiers are just executors! ”

Meng Wu'an said all the real words, before coming to the United States, he was completely confused, and he couldn't imagine that coming to the United States to fight against the war would be of any help, let alone reaching the current height! "Meng, you're right! General Jiang is indeed a man full of wisdom and foresight, with unimaginable means and abilities. Stilwell praised it from the bottom of his heart, and then sighed: "A few days ago, I heard that the Japanese had launched a large-scale attack on the Shandong Peninsula and mobilized thousands of combat planes.

However, he did not expect that in just half a month, General Jiang would inflict heavy losses on the Japanese army and smash the strategic intention of the Japanese to encircle and annihilate the Tiger Ben army. Meng Wuan laughed heartily and said, "The little devil doesn't want to destroy us in a day or two, but so what? As long as there is a general seat, even if the devil raises the strength of the whole country, I firmly believe that victory will only belong to us after all! ”“……”

I only felt that this bull was a bit big, Stilwell was embarrassed to continue, and immediately changed the conversation and said: "Meng, one thing I am curious about, it is said that the Japanese have blockaded the Shandong region and have not allowed any transport ships to enter the port of Huaxia. And how do you transport these weapons and equipment to your defense zone? "This is a top military secret, with all due respect! But one thing you can rest assured is that these weapons and equipment will never fall into the hands of the Japanese devils! ”

Meng Wuan shook his head indifferently, but muttered in his heart: "Damn, I still want to know what's going on!" "Okay!" Stilwell spread his hands, and then said: "Meng, the Germans have attacked the Soviet Union, and the world pattern has changed significantly. I have a hunch that the United States is no longer immune and may soon be involved in war! ”

"Really? Wouldn't that give us a good chance to fight together? "Meng Wuan is not surprised, now he is no longer the businessman he used to be, he has a lot of resources and information sources in his hands, and he is naturally clear about the current international situation." Well! ”

Stilwell nodded, and then said in an extremely heavy tone: "The German army is now like a bamboo, in just ten days, the northern front and the central front have broken through hundreds of kilometers into the Soviet Union, destroyed thousands of Soviet combat aircraft, and defeated hundreds of divisions of the Soviet army, such an offensive speed is really terrifying!" If the Soviet Union was really finished, the Germans would certainly not stop there, and they would most likely enter Alaska through the Bering Strait, and then cross Canada into the United States!

In that case, it would be too bad! "As in the past, on the first day of the Soviet-German war, the Soviet Air Force lost 1,200 aircraft, 800 of which were blown up before they could take off. A large number of Soviet border strongholds were quickly surrounded by the Germans, and the Red Army border defenders fell into desperate resistance alone.

Although the Soviet Union had obtained information about the possible outbreak of war from various sources before the war, much of the information was contradictory, and the information on the specific time of the invasion was very different, so that the Soviet government did not know the specific time of the German invasion, or even whether Germany would invade the Soviet Union. Only a day before the start of the war, the Soviet High Command knew the exact timing of the German offensive, but it was too late.

On the Northern Front, Army Group North, commanded by the German Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Loeb, was responsible for the offensive. Within two weeks, the Soviet Red Army retreated 400-450 kilometers and abandoned the entire Baltic coastal area, 24 divisions of the Soviet Red Army were completely defeated, 20 divisions lost 60 percent of their personnel and equipment, and the German Army Group North soon reached the city of Leningrad. The Central Front, the focal point of the German assault, was the attack of Army Group Center under the command of German Field Marshal Fedor von Bock from the direction of the Grodno and Brest fortresses.

The encirclement of the Western Military District of the Soviet Union was completed through a double-pincer offensive, the capital of Belarus fell to Minsk, the Soviet Red Army retreated 350 kilometers, 30 divisions were annihilated, and 70 divisions lost more than 50% of their personnel.

The Southern Front, which was attacked by the German Army Group South in Rundstedt, was primarily aimed at capturing the Soviet agricultural and industrial base in Ukraine and securing Black Sea ports as supply depots. In the initial period of the war, the progress of the German army in this direction was the slowest due to the obvious superiority of the Soviet Red Army over the Germans in terms of strength and equipment. However, since the quality of the German army was far superior to that of the Soviet Red Army at this time, the German army still drove straight to the Dnieper.

The German offensive was indeed terrifying, the military districts with heavy troops were divided into several parts, a large number of troops were routed and annihilated, and the seemingly huge Soviet Union was completely unable to resist. In the current one-sided situation, not only did the head of state excitedly and heroically announce that he would take out the Soviet Union within three months, but even the United States was dumbfounded, never expecting that it would be the current situation.

Looking at Stilwell's sad appearance, Meng Wuan had an indescribable pleasure: You Americans, who enjoy peace away from the flames of war, make a lot of war money, and have nothing to do with themselves, finally have this day to be afraid? "Hey, old friend, you're too worried! How could the fat and weak Soviet Union be compared with the mighty United States? ”

But cool to be cool, such a cool must not be revealed, Meng Wuan cleared his throat and comforted hypocritically: "The United States is far away from the European battlefield and has the most powerful industrial system and army in the world, unless the Germans are crazy, they will definitely not seek their own death!" "Meng, I'm really not kidding." Stilwell didn't hear Meng Wu'an's nagging and teasing, and said with a serious expression:

"Now that Japan has also undergone great changes, the militant Hideki Tojo has come to power to form a cabinet, and Japan has moved to a wartime system, which is also an extremely dangerous signal of war.

Naturally, the United States will not be able to escape the devastation of war! "It's just a hypothesis, and it's far from becoming a reality!" Meng Wuan patted Stilwell's shoulder and said with a smile: "Old friend, don't worry too much. Hasn't Mr. President already started to act? I believe that once the powerful United States becomes serious, it will soon be able to form a strong military force, and Germany and Japan are just clowns who will only lose in the end, and the whole world will finally be reborn because of the powerful United States! ”

Influenced by Jiang Qiang's words and deeds, Meng Wu'an has a very correct outlook, knows what it means to be a non-race and his heart must be different, and knows that there are only eternal interests between countries, and after coming to the United States, he has seen that the Chinese have been treated too unfairly, so his good attitude towards the United States is naturally not high. "Meng, where did you get your faith? Are you really not worried at all that Germany and Japan will join forces to capture the Soviet Union, and then the troops will destroy China and divide the whole world? ”

Stilwell rolled his eyes fiercely, and he really couldn't understand whether Meng Wu'an was really confused or fake. "Old friend, I have no way of knowing how the world situation will eventually develop, and whether it will go to the point where you say. But I know that as long as we are always seated, the final victory will definitely be ours, whether it is Japanese or German! ”

Meng Wu'an said very seriously at this time: "The main seat is our faith, that is, the omnipotent God, just as you believe in God!" Old friend, do you understand now? "Alright! I hope so! Hearing this, Stilwell didn't know what to say, he also had inexplicable admiration and expectation for that mysterious and powerful Oriental man.

"150 P-38 fighters, 100 trainer aircraft, 200 M2 half-track infantry fighting vehicles, 200 M2A1 armored personnel carriers......" glanced at the list of weapons, Yang Fan immediately nodded and said: "The plane will drive directly to the air base in 2 hours, and as for other messy things, they will be sent to the No. 1 military warehouse by truck after dark!" ”

Jiang Qiang nodded with a smile, picked up the blue phone on the table at any time and said, "Enron, immediately notify Wang Qiang to come to my office." A few minutes later, Wang Qiang knocked on the office door. After entering the house, Wang Qiang asked softly, "Boss, do you have something to do with me?" ”

Jiang Qiang nodded and said: "That's right, the first batch of fighters and trainer planes I ordered from the United States will arrive soon, and the group of planes is expected to arrive over the coastal defense line of our defense zone at about 3:10 p.m." You immediately notify the relevant radar stations, air defense forces, air force and other relevant departments of the situation, so that they know in their hearts, so as not to cause misunderstandings and cause unnecessary panic! Wang Qiang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded again and again: "Okay!" I understand! ”

Now the Shandong region has been surrounded by devils, and the original sea route has been completely cut off, but its own headquarters still has a way to break through the blockade and get weapons and equipment, and it is not too much for such a good thing to come a few dozen!

When Wang Qiang was done, Jiang Qiang stood up and took off his military hat from the coat rack, and said with a smile: "Let's go, I'm idle anyway, let's go to the air base to receive this batch of planes." "Howler!" Wang Qiang followed behind him, just wanting to see what the situation was and what good things had been added. Coincidentally, Wang Qiang had just driven out of the gate of the headquarters, and Chen Bui stepped down from a black car parked on the side of the road.

Seeing that Jiang Qiang's car was just about to go out, Chen Bui hurriedly stretched out his hand to block the driveway: "Please stop the car!" "Huh? Director Chen! Wang Qiang braked lightly with his foot, and the off-road vehicle stopped steadily. Jiang Qiang poked out half of his head, smiled at Chen Bui who was standing in front of the car window and asked, "Director Chen, are you here to find me?" "Yes! Oh, yes! ”

Chen Bui hurriedly nodded and replied: "I went to the city government just now, and I learned that Commander Jiang is working at the headquarters today!" Jiang Qiang said with a smile: "Director Chen, you are so out-of-this, if you don't know my phone number, just make a call in advance, you don't need to run again and again!" "Commander Jiang has a lot of opportunities, how can I be a big idler and trouble you too much! Anyway, there is a car, the road conditions are good, and it only takes half an hour to go back and forth! ”

Chen Bui waved his hand, and then asked meaningfully: "Commander Jiang, Commander Wang, are you in a hurry to go out?" Jiang Qiang smiled and said, "It's a bit of a matter, but it's not a big deal!" Director Chen, if you want to have anything, just say it! "Then thank you Commander Jiang for your understanding!" Chen Bui nodded gratefully and said: "That's the case, aren't these pilots already graduated, let me ask when the head office can send a helicopter to send them to Xi'an?" ”

Jiang Qiang said with a smile: "Director Chen, don't be in such a hurry, it's only been a few days since graduation, they have been training intensively for several months, and they finally finished!" After working hard for so long, shouldn't they let them slow down and have a good gathering and dispersal! Could it be that Director Chen, are you really worried that I will dig into the wall and not let people go? ”

Chen Bui hurriedly explained: "Commander Jiang laughed, it's really not what you think!" It's just that the little devil air force has been very rampant recently, and it has been harassed repeatedly, and there is an urgent shortage of pilots in Xi'an and Chongqing, and the commission hopes that they can return to resist the devil air force as soon as possible! Jiang Qiang raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile: "I heard that little Japan is becoming more and more honest on the frontal battlefield, and it seems that it is still secretly negotiating peace with the Nationalist Government, why did the devil air force start air raids and bombing again?" ”

"Commander Jiang, there is no such thing, please don't listen to those gossip that catches the wind and shadows! How can it be possible to negotiate peace with little Japan if the committee is bent on resisting Japan and the Japanese are incompatible? This is definitely a rumor! Chen Bui shook his head like a rattle, and sighed after explaining a few words very seriously: "The little devil is powerful in the air force, and he has never stopped air raids and bombing, especially recently.

The devils have created a series of air raid tragedies, not only the front-line soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, but the people in the rear are also miserable, and they are worried every day! These brutes have no humanity at all, even ordinary civilians do not let go, and their hands are stained with the blood of Chinese compatriots,...... "Knowing that most of the chairman is not at ease urging people, Jiang Qiang will not be embarrassed, and immediately clapped his hand and said:

"Well, since you're in a hurry to recall the pilots! I will send a helicopter tomorrow night to send this phase of commissioned pilots to Xi'an to ensure that they will be returned to Zhao! "Then thank you Commander Jiang!" Chen Bui nodded, and then said: "The new phase of commission training pilots has been assembled in Xi'an, but this time the number is a bit large, there are a total of 80 people, I hope to pick them up by the way." ”

"Well, no problem!" Jiang Qiang nodded, some time ago, where did Shanghai send the "Super Stallion" heavy multi-purpose helicopter, the maximum carrying capacity can reach 16 tons, and it is completely possible to transport these 80 people back at one time, Chen Bui nodded very sincerely: "Thank you Commander Jiang, thanks to your great help." It has not only trained a large number of outstanding pilots for the party-state, but also funded a lot of advanced weapons and equipment, which has greatly relieved the pressure on the party-state! ”

Jiang Qiang smiled: "Director Chen, you're welcome!" I am doing this to let the Chinese people get rid of their suffering as soon as possible, for the early liberation of the Chinese nation, and for the early realization of national prosperity and strength, not for the party-state you mentioned! "Haha, the same thing!" Chen Bui couldn't hear what this meant, and his cheeks suddenly began to burn.

The many actions of the national government in the past year or two have really made Chen Bui feel heartache and shame, but as a literati, what can he do? "Commander Jiang, Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee deeply feels that the Air Force is becoming more and more important, and is determined to intensify the building of the Air Force, and will certainly entrust Commander Jiang with training more pilots in the future. I don't know if there will be hundreds or even hundreds of people in the next session! ”

After a pause, Chen Bui asked in a tentative tone: "I mean, we have been working together for so long, can you give some discounts on training fees?" Jiang Qiang smiled: "Is this what you mean, or is it the meaning of the commission?" Chen Bui asked rhetorically: "Is there a difference?" ”

Jiang Qiang replied with a smile: "If the chairman of the committee wants it, then I can only share a lot, because I have given so many benefits to the United States!" If Director Chen wants, I can give a 10% discount, which can be regarded as a friendship between friends! "Ahem, ahem! Thank you, Commander Jiang Qiang, for looking up to me! Chen Bui's old face flushed slightly, and he really didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

"Director Chen, if there is nothing else, I will leave first!" After chatting a few words, Jiang Qiang waved goodbye and asked Wang Qiang to drive straight to the air base. "Salute!" "Boss, hard work!" Half an hour later, an extended version of the bulletproof Lincoln luxury car drove into the Shandong Group Army Air Base, and Li Jinglin, who had already received the news, led a group of officers to greet him in a queue at the gate of the base.