On March 4, 1941, on this ordinary morning, many cities on the West Coast of the United States were enveloped in gunsmoke and fire, the first time that the United States had been attacked by such a foreign attack since the founding of the United States. Even in World War I, which lasted for four years, not a single bullet was dropped on American soil. On the contrary, because of that world war, the Americans made a lot of war money, reaped huge war dividends, and quickly grew into a powerful modern country after the war.

With the protection of the natural barrier of the two oceans, the world's largest industrial system and economic strength, and the powerful navy, land and air force, the Americans think that they are very safe, even if the outside world is turned upside down, the flames of war will not burn to the United States! Even if President Roosevelt and many politicians were "boasting" about war, they were warning that the United States would not be able to avoid war. However, in the eyes of ordinary Americans, war is still far away from them!

Even if the Hawaiian Islands were attacked by the Japanese and the Pacific Fleet was destroyed, in the eyes of most Americans, it would be just an attack on an overseas American colony, far from a real war. But on this ordinary morning, everything changed! Thousands of Japanese fighters and bombers, silently roaring, dropped thousands of bombs on several important port cities on the west coast of the continental United States!

Cities were destroyed, factories were bombed, and thousands of American civilians died in the bombing! In this extreme way, the Japanese told the Americans, who had enjoyed the fruits of victory in World War I and had been comfortable for more than 160 years, that war was really coming! Tell them: Come out and pay it back sooner or later! As the saying goes, no snowflake is innocent under the avalanche, and the Japanese can have today's crazy masterpieces, which is really inseparable from the American government and the American people's appeasement of the Japanese military government!

It is true that it is precisely because of the isolationism and appeasement policy of the United States that the Americans, from top to bottom, have always wanted to be able to rely on their unique geographical advantages to be able to stand alone, and to be able to sell arms and military supplies to both sides of the warring sides as they did in World War I, so as to make a lot of war money. Finally, when the warring sides are exhausted, they will take in more and greater benefits! However, due to the short-sightedness and greed of the Americans, they fed Japanese militarism one bite at a time, so that Japan grew stronger step by step, from a small country with the strength and ambition of swallowing elephants, to a fascist power that the whole world looked at with it!

"What? At about 6 o'clock this morning, the Japanese aircraft group launched a sudden large-scale air raid on Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Oakland on the west coast. "Fake! How so! "How can such a tragedy happen again on the United States of America, after suffering a big loss in the Hawaiian Islands?" "Idiot! A bunch of incompetent idiots! "Garbage! It's all rubbish! ”

Soon, President Roosevelt, who was in the White House, also learned of the unfortunate news, and he was so angry that he almost vomited blood and died! I have to say that the blow and damage caused this time are too serious, Rao Roosevelt has a strong heart, and at this moment he can't help but have heart convulsions, eyes rolling, and spasms all over his body.

Later, Roosevelt passed out with his head crooked, as if he was really going to be taken away by a wave. "Mr. President, please don't get excited!" "Doctor! Doctor! Come on! Seeing Roosevelt suddenly faint, Hull, Marshall, and the beautiful female secretary were all frightened and stupid, if the respected President Roosevelt really left like this, it would be a historic disaster for the United States!

About 200 nautical miles off the west coast of the United States, more than 100 warships of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet quietly anchored here. At this time, the rising sun has completely receded from red and has turned into a dazzling scorching sun, making it impossible to look at it directly. The bright sun shines on the sea, the waves are churning and sparkling, there is no wind on the sea, and the calm and deep sea gives people a kind of relaxation and tranquility.

What a perfect beauty it would have been without war and carnage. On the aircraft carrier Nagato, Yamamoto Isoroku will stand by the porthole, looking at the surging sea outside with an expressionless face, but it is clear from his unfocused pupils that he is not in the mood to enjoy the scenery at the moment.

Since the moment when the Imperial Air Force launched a bombing campaign to bomb several important cities on the west coast of the United States, General Yamamoto, who was calm on the outside and gave people a sense of déjà vu, was actually panicked in his inner world, and his body was like a tight bow, unable to relax for a moment. As the commander of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Yamamoto Isoroku has a deep understanding and study of the world's largest Kyoya, and has always been in deep awe.

Even if he perfectly attacked Pearl Harbor and overturned the entire Pacific Fleet of the United States, Isoroku Yamamoto still did not despise the United States, because he was well aware of the huge difference in national strength between the United States and Japan. And this surprise is not something that can be completely reversed and rewritten by a few victories in advantageous battles! This time, the Imperial Air Force dispatched a full 2 flight divisions and nearly 2,000 combat aircraft, from a certain point of view, it was really a desperate gamble!

This air raid was planned and prepared for a long time, and all aspects were fully prepared, and all the combat planes that could be mobilized were also bet! But the aviation regiment of the US West Coast Defense Command is not a decoration, according to intelligence, there are more than 2,000 combat aircraft on the US West Coast! Therefore, in Yamamoto Fifty-six's view, a vicious battle is absolutely inevitable no matter what, the difference is the size and amount of losses, and whether the base camp can accept such continuous attrition!

That's right, this can and must be a continuous strategic attrition! This is because the United States has a vast territory and a large population, and it is impossible for the Japanese army to directly carry out landing operations on the US mainland in the short term. Moreover, the United States is not a fat but not strong lamb to the slaughter, and the Japanese Air Force can only sneak attack the port cities on the west coast at this stage, and there is no way to bomb deep into the hinterland.

Therefore, in the short term, the role of the Japanese Air Force is to slow down the operation of the American industrial machine, and there is no way to destroy it! Moreover, the bombing of the US mainland will certainly cause huge property losses and casualties to the United States, but at the same time, it will also thoroughly stimulate the determination and potential of the Americans to participate in the war. Therefore, Yamamoto Fifty-six knew very well that from the moment the first bomb fell on the mainland of the United States, it meant that the American giant was completely angered, and the war conflict between Japan and the United States was raised by several levels!

From today onwards, Japan and the United States can only fight to the death, and only when one side completely falls can this war be ended. "Yo Xi! God bless me with the Great Japanese Empire! Onboard! Yamamoto Isoroku was finally able to make sure that he did not have auditory hallucinations, and the boulder in his heart finally landed, and this time the gamble was once again a big victory, and even if this perfect air raid would completely anger the Americans, it would at least give the Japanese Empire more than a year to buy!

Happiness came so suddenly that Yamamoto Fifty-six had a sense of happiness that he was knocked out. "Great Japanese Empire onboard!" "His Majesty the Emperor is onboard!" All the officers in the command cabin raised their hands and shouted wildly, and many officers were so excited that they burst into tears and hugged each other to the fullest. Take Taobao to fight against Japan from my love of reading books,,

At this time, Yamamoto Fifty-six did not continue to immerse himself in the carnival of victory, but turned his head to look at Yukawa Reiao and said: "Yukawa-kun, have the results of the first round of air raids and the losses of combat aircraft been assessed now?" "Your Excellency, Commander, there has been a preliminary assessment!" You Chuan's eyebrows fluttered and he replied:

"The bomber formation of the Imperial Air Force has successfully completed the bombing mission! According to preliminary statistics, the Imperial Air Force lost 20 bombers of various types, 46 escort fighters, and shot down more than 160 US fighters! ”

"Nani? The Reich Air Force lost only 20 bombers, and 46 escort fighters? Are you sure you got it right? "Yamamoto Fifty-six's eyes widened, this data is too scary, too shocking! According to Yamamoto's pre-war estimates, it is quite normal for the Imperial Air Force to lose about one-third of the nearly 2,000 combat planes in the first round of air raids from the time they completed their bombing to the time they returned home.

After all, the Americans deployed not only a large number of ground-based anti-aircraft artillery fire on the front line of the West Coast, but also more than 2000 combat aircraft. Even if I did a perfect job in the early stage, I was dumb and blinded by the peripheral lightning station, but this is a powerful American mainland!

"No way, it must be a mistake! How could this be? Are Americans so fat? Yamamoto shook his head vigorously, he really didn't expect that this first round of air raids would be so smooth and so successful. Even if the data of Yukawa Rei's reaffirmative answer is basically reliable, Yamamoto Isoroku still suspects that there is a lot of water in it, or that there is a translation error!

Thinking of this, Yamamoto Fifty-six said to You Chuan Rei very seriously: "You Chuan-kun, you go back and verify it immediately!" I need real situations, real data is important for the next move! "Hello!"

Originally, Reio Yukawa was very confident in this information, but under Yamamoto Fifty-six's repeated doubts, he became very unconfident and did not dare to continue packing tickets, so he hurriedly took the order and left. After a while, You Chuan Lianyang hurriedly returned, excitedly waving the telegram in his hand and reporting: "Your Excellency Commander, verify that it is correct!" This is the real results and losses of the bomber formations! "Shw, it's true!"

Until now, Yamamoto Fifty-six finally dared to believe that the statistics of the battle just now were true! After calming down his excitement, Yamamoto Fifty-six turned his head and glanced at the crowd, and hurriedly ordered: "Pass my order, all aircraft carriers immediately make preparations for the recovery of carrier-based aircraft, and after the replenishment is completed, all combat aircraft will immediately take off again to carry out a second round of bombing of the first round of air attack targets!"

In addition, the formations can appropriately expand the bombing targets according to the specific situation, but they must report to the command in advance! "It did not take long for the combat aircraft of the Japanese Air Force to return one after another to the aircraft carriers of the Combined Fleet. After intense recovery and replenishment operations, these combat planes, which had just perfectly completed their bombing missions, rushed into the sky one after another, and then completed their formation in the air and swooped down again in the direction of the west coast of the United States.

Yamamoto Isoroku is proficient in tactics, has a keen judgment of the battlefield situation, and dares to take risks, and is good at capturing fleeting fighters, so he naturally will not let go of such an excellent opportunity for air raids. ……

Berlin, Wolfsburg underground command post. The Führer's gaze was still as sharp and intense as it was a quarter of an hour before the Führer's gaze finally took his eyes off the map of Burma and turned his head to look at his absolute confidant, the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces, General Keitel, who was standing beside him.

William Baldwin Johann Gustav Keitel, former chief of the German High Command; He was one of the oldest German commanders of World War II and was sentenced to death by hanging at the Nuremberg trial after the war. The Führer stared at Admiral Keitel and asked in a deep voice, "William, what do you think of the war in the South Seas?" ”“……”

The Führer's words were astonishing, and Keitel looked at the Führer with a confused expression, very embarrassed, and it was obvious that he was not mentally prepared for the question asked by the Führer! Not only was Keitel very confused, but Goering and other senior German generals standing next to him also looked at each other, and everyone secretly slandered in their hearts: The German Army Group Center was stubbornly resisted by the Soviet Red Army in the east of Moscow, and now it is difficult to move an inch.

The resistance in the city of Moscow is also revived, but the Führer is still in the mood to ask about the battlefield situation in Burma? Although everyone's hearts were full of doubts and puzzles, no one dared to stand up and say, "Führer, what are you thinking?" You don't think about a lot of troubles at home, but you just have to worry about the Japanese? ”

After Keitel was stunned, he replied respectfully: "Führer, according to my judgment, the Japanese army is only afraid of big trouble in Burma. I even had an ominous premonition that the Burma theater would become the Waterloo of the Japanese! "Oh, tell me your reasoning, why do you think so?" The Führer furrowed a slight brow on his face, and showed a look of interest in Keitel's judgment.

Keitel looked at the Führer very seriously, and then said in a deep voice: "We originally thought that after the Japanese government switched to the wartime system for full mobilization, it would burst out with unimaginable capabilities!" Then, while destroying the military presence of the United States and Britain in Asia and Australia, it sent troops to the Far East to attack the Soviet Union with the empire!

In this way, Japan will not only have access to massive strategic and demographic resources, but the USSR will also quickly fall! There will be no suspense that the Axis will win the final victory, but the Japanese are not only blind to the rats, but they are even trying to make the Soviet Union consume the military power of the empire! Moreover, the military strength of the Japanese army is far from being as strong as imagined, and it is impossible to say that it forced China to submit, and even completely destroyed the military presence of the United States and Britain in Asia! ……”

The Führer suddenly asked: "Do you mean that we cannot expect Japan to send troops to the Far East to flank the Soviet Union?" Will the empire finally face the Soviet Union and the United States and Britain alone? "As for Italy, the pig teammate who performed badly in the African theater, has been automatically ignored by the Führer. The Führer at this time had already foreseen a difficult situation in the future!

"Yes. The Chinese nation has the same strong resilience as the Soviet Union, and it is very likely that the Japanese will fall into the quagmire of war and will not be able to extricate themselves! After all, the empire will have to face the Soviet Union, the United States and Britain alone! ”

Keitel nodded and said very seriously: "Führer, no country or anyone can help us except ourselves. The Führer nodded and said, "William, is there anything else you want to say?" "Yes!" Keitel nodded and said, "I think the lion fights the rabbit with all his strength, so it's time for our Third Reich to go all out!" "All out?"

The Führer's gaze suddenly became extremely sharp, and he asked in a deep voice: "William, do you mean that our Third Reich should also immediately mobilize the whole country and switch to a wartime system?" ”“……”

Hearing this, Goering and other high-ranking generals all tightened their bodies, their faces changed greatly, and they all looked at the Führer. Switching to a wartime system for a nationwide mobilization is tantamount to a complete all-out gamble, and this is really not a joke. However, Keitel had no scruples in this regard, and nodded affirmatively: "Yes, I think that the Third Reich should immediately switch to a wartime system and carry out a national mobilization while the American war machine is not fully activated!"

Only in this way can more troops be mobilized and armed into the Eastern Front and strive to solve the Soviet Union in the shortest possible time. Then you can concentrate all your efforts on the US-British coalition! Otherwise, sooner or later, the empire will be caught in the east and west fronts, and the situation will be out of control in the face of the Soviet Union and the Anglo-American coalition forces on both sides. ”

The Führer pondered for a moment and then asked in a deep voice: "Have you ever thought that even if the Reich moves to a wartime system for general mobilization and destroys the Soviet Union in a short time, it will definitely be able to end the war before the Third Reich exhausts its potential?" "This ......" Kettle was stopped by the question, and who would dare to assert it on this subject?

Everyone knows about the transition to a wartime system for general mobilization. If you can't kill the enemy in seconds during the outbreak period, then the result is that you will be counterattacked and self-disintegrate and destroy from within. This is the inescapable drawback of the wartime economy! Regardless of whether the Anglo-American coalition can be quickly eliminated after the destruction of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union alone is a big headache.

The Soviet Union is really a small power that cannot be defeated, the Third Reich occupied such a strong first-mover advantage at the beginning, pushing and crushing all the way, penetrating 1,200 kilometers into the hinterland of the Soviet Union, occupying more than 1.5 million square kilometers of the Soviet Union's territory, occupying 40% of the Soviet Union's pre-war population, 2/3 of the industrial and agricultural output value, reducing the Soviet Union's industrial output by 52.4%, of which steel output decreased by 64.3%. So far, the Soviets have lost more than 8 million people, 16,000 aircraft, and 240,000 tanks, while the Germans have lost just over 800,000.

Several times everyone thought that the Soviet Union would collapse and surrender soon if it could not hold on, but a fighting nation is a fighting nation, and the strong resilience that erupted was really terrifying!

Now the Soviet Red Army has stubbornly blocked the incomparably powerful German Army Group Center in the east of Moscow, and the resistance movement in the occupied areas in the rear is also on the verge of a resurgence! In a decisive tone, the Führer said: "So now is far from the time for a national mobilization!"

Because even if the Soviet Union was barely destroyed, the Third Reich's national strength and military strength would be completely exhausted, and the United States, on the contrary, had not yet carried out the final national mobilization.

The results are self-evident. So it is inappropriate to carry out a national mobilization now. In the First World War, our Third Reich had such a bloody lesson. "Yes. The lessons of history must not be forgotten! Keitel nodded bitterly, the current Third Reich looks majestic and invincible, but in fact, it is already difficult to ride a tiger!

Hearing that the Führer clearly realized that this was not the best time for the national mobilization, Goering and other senior generals were relieved, and secretly said in their hearts: It's okay, their own Führer is not crazy yet! It turns out that the Führer's thinking, jumping, fractured, incoherent, and unbridled, is said to be a trait common to both geniuses and madmen, and therefore all his subordinates can never fathom the Führer's thoughts, which is one of the important reasons why the Führer is intimidating.

Because you don't know what your Excellency will think of in the next moment, and what kind of whimsy will come to your mind? There is no way to speculate and pat on the back! So. When all the bigwigs of the German party, government and army talked to the Führer, there were few who were not nervous and tired!

And just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the Führer's words made everyone tense again: "But now it is necessary to expand the army on a large scale!" According to the estimates of the General Staff, the empire itself plus the client states can probably mobilize about 10 million troops! Although it is not necessary to mobilize all of them, half of them can be mobilized! Keitel answered: "Führer, you mean to mobilize 5 million troops?" ”

"Yes, mobilize 5 million troops at once!" The Führer nodded and said: "Victory is now in sight on the battlefield on the Eastern Front, and if another 2 million troops are invested, it should be enough to solve the last heavy army group of the Soviet Union, so as to completely crush the will of the Soviets to resist!" After a pause, the Führer continued: "Another 1 million men will be invested in the coastal defense on the Western Front, and 3 million troops will be responsible for coastal defense, which should be enough!"

In this way, it would have been impossible for the Allies to open a second battlefield on the Western Front in Europe without paying more than twice the cost of casualties. "In the end, another 2 million troops were thrown into the African theater of battle, and Rommel was equipped with motorized infantry divisions, armored divisions, and enough air power!" With these troops, Rommel must solve the American-British allies in the African theater in the shortest possible time, and then seize the oil and gas resources of the Middle East as soon as possible!

As long as the empire has enough oil and gas resources, it will no longer be afraid of a long-term war of attrition with the Anglo-American alliance! "Knock knock, just as the Führer was pointing out the country on the world map, there was a knock on the door of the command post. Immediately afterwards, an officer with the rank of major general of the German army walked in, saluted the Führer and said: "Führer, the General Directorate of Military Intelligence of the General Staff has just received urgent information from agents lurking in the United States:

At about 7 o'clock in the morning Western time, the Japanese Air Force launched two rounds of air raids on Los Angeles, San Francisco and other seaside cities on the west coast of the United States, and the Americans suffered extremely heavy losses! "What did you say? The Japanese airraided the West Coast of the United States? Say it louder again! Hearing the news of this explosion, the Führer's eyes almost popped out, where is the previous indifference and coldness?