The Third Reich in Desperation

But on the surface, Roosevelt relaxed the military discipline of the Pearl Harbor garrison, but secretly stepped up military expansion and preparations, and began to seriously implement the "moral embargo", terminated the export of goods to Japan, and froze some Japanese assets in the United States. Export oil.

On the surface, it seems that the United States does not export strategic materials to Japan, a country that is waging war, for the sake of neutrality.But if you think about it carefully, the United States did a good job of trading arms to the UK not long ago, but when it was Japan's turn, even the material trade was banned.Comparing the two, it is inevitable to find that there are deliberate elements in it.

However, this does not mean that Roosevelt can blatantly declare hostility to Japan and participate in the war.

In contrast, in the United States, their famous auto magnate Ford often leads a large group of people to hold demonstrations in front of the White House. This anti-war leader in the United States often organizes people to go to the White House and Congress to hold protests. Firmly opposed to war.

It is even rumored that the German head of state, Reinhardt, often sighed in private that the United States' largest German ally is their car king, Ford.

In addition to the business world, in the American political circle, their Secretary of State Hull is an isolationist, and he promotes the benefits of neutrality and avoiding war all day long.

Roosevelt was unwilling to get into trouble with these isolationists in the country, so he secretly planned some secret plans.However, not many people know about this plan now.

Text 685 Japan Prepares to Operate in a Different Direction

In fact, the reason why Roosevelt suddenly launched a material embargo against Japan was another external opportunity, that is, the Chinese government finally made a decision to declare war on Japan after repeated suggestions from German advisers.

That's right, after all, Germany did not force the recall of consultants, so the German military advisory group that went to China in the first place has actually stayed in China. During this period, many members have changed, but the organization is still there.

Although it was almost the same time as the original declaration of war in history, and it had no effect on the historical process of China's war of resistance, after all, it was the announcement of the declaration of war.

But this time, the news of China's declaration of war against Japan undoubtedly provided Roosevelt with a good excuse to block the export of strategic materials such as oil to Japan.

After all, after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, the United States has always adopted a policy of non-intervention to avoid getting involved.However, since China and Japan did not declare war, the United States did not impose an indiscriminate embargo on China and Japan. It only prohibited American merchant ships from transporting arms and other military supplies to these two countries, and did not impose restrictions on other goods.

However, this policy of the United States is obviously beneficial to Japan and unfavorable to China, because Japan has the ability to blockade China's coastline, while China does not have the ability to blockade Japan's coastline.

In fact, after Japan occupied Northeast China and North Korea, it was very helpless to find that they could not find enough resources to stimulate their own industrial economy.

In addition to the steel and coal mines that Japan urgently needs in the three eastern provinces, the remaining rubber and oil resources, in fact, Japan still has to ask the US emperor to export them to them.

Moreover, the United States is not convenient for Japan to import these materials, which is still seriously related to Japan's lifeline.

Japan's national strength at that time could no longer support the consumption caused by large-scale offensive warfare, and it was known as the world's third navy (in fact, it should have been ranked fourth, and Germany only became the third after knocking down the British navy) , It can't support the army's battle at all.

Of course, the Japanese navy is not willing to bother about the achievements of the army.

Many people think that the reason why China was able to defeat Japan was basically due to the blessing of the US emperor and Japan.Such a statement is actually unfair.

In the past, the American-Japanese dog-eat-dog situation did relieve China a lot of pressure, but in fact, as long as the Chinese army continues to work hard, the Japanese will become more and more unsustainable just because of the supply problem, slowing down the attack on the land of China. offensive.This situation is very similar to that of the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-]. If the Manchu and Qing government survived the destruction of Weihaiwei’s Beiyang Navy and the defeat in the Korean battlefield, Japan’s national strength at that time would not be able to continue fighting.

Fortunately, in World War II, the Chinese were brave enough to continue fighting the Japanese army until the last moment even if the capital fell!

But now, the Chinese are surprised to find that they seem to be getting better at fighting, or it may be that the Japanese army is going downhill.In short, China was so aggressive that after the arrival of 1941, it declared war on the Japanese government.

"Zite officially declares war on Japan, and declares to China and foreign countries that all treaties, agreements, and contracts involving the relationship between China and Japan will be annulled. This announcement is hereby!"

Under a declaration of war, the Chinese side responded directly to the Japanese aggression with the strongest posture.

Then, some people may be puzzled, why did China declare war on Japan after so many years of war between China and Japan?

In fact, a large part of the reason for this is that the Chinese side is worried that the German weapon equipment that is about to be obtained may be ruined.

Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, China, with the help of the German military advisory group, had already trained and equipped four standard German weaponry divisions. However, when the Sino-Japanese war started, there were still a large number of scheduled equipment that had not arrived.Because in the original plan, China will expand the number of German weapon masters, not just four.

Fearing that the Japanese army would implement a naval blockade, which would prevent supplies from Germany from coming in, China did not declare war for a long time.

Interestingly, China believes that declaring war against Japan does more harm than good, but Japan also thinks that declaring war against China does more harm than good.

After all, Japan has supported a Wang puppet Nanjing government, so it cannot declare war on the Chongqing National Government.Because that would be tantamount to admitting that the Wang puppet Nanjing government supported by Japan is not the real government of China.

Thus, a miracle in the history of war appeared: China and Japan were at war until China declared war on Japan.But at the same time, the diplomats kept talking and the soldiers kept fighting.Talking is real talk, fighting is real fighting, neither will delay.

The reason why the Sino-Japanese war can continue to fight until now, and it can give China time to declare war, is largely due to the fact that there is basically no mechanized warfare in the standard sense on the Chinese battlefield.

For the Chinese and Japanese militaries, the concept of mechanized warfare is too far away.Although the Japanese army possessed many tanks and armored vehicles, they were technically unqualified. In addition, the United States was also stuck with a tight supply of oil, and there were not many reserves, so they did not have sufficient capital to launch mechanized operations.

China's performance in this regard is even worse. At the beginning of the war, there was only one regiment of armored troops, and its main equipment was the "Fiat" light tanks provided by the former Italian leader Mussolini. The army has been proved to be useless in combat - two companies were also used by the Chinese army in the previous battle of Songhu, and the results were basically lost and the effect was not great.

For many reasons, even if the Japanese army played purely infantry battles in the Huaxia battlefield, plus all kinds of guerrilla warfare and tunnel warfare, the progress was slow, and they were still quite tired.

Ever since, I found that I didn't have much strategic reserves in my hand, and now the Japanese base camp, which is still stuck in the neck by the United States, finally made up its mind to change the direction of the operation.

Needless to say, the north side, the previous trip north to Nomenkan caused the Japanese army to suffer a lot, and the army is really not good at clamoring to go north again.

Although a small number of Northward factions still fantasize about joining the Soviet Union with the German army, the attitude of the Germans has always been very cold, which makes these people embarrassing.

Today, the southward faction dominated by the navy suddenly proposed that they should take advantage of the historical opportunity of Britain being rubbed on the ground by the German army, and the lax state of the United States that had not yet participated in the war, and act quickly to take down Southeast Asia, which was originally the sphere of British and American strength.

As soon as this remark came out, coupled with the recent behavior of the British people, it moved a lot of people.

On the other hand, Japan is rampant and has never thought of landing on the mainland of the United States.From the very beginning, they only drew up a strategic defense system of attacking first, then defending after gaining an advantage.

As for the resources Japan needs, they don't have to go to the United States to grab them.To Southeast Asian regions such as the Philippines and Myanmar, there are not only oil resources that can be exploited, but also rich rubber resources that can be used, and taking them can just make up for Japan's shortcomings.

Just at this time, a piece of information about the lax combat readiness at Pearl Harbor was sent to the Japanese base camp...

Text 686 Gambling King, Yamamoto 56

Yamamoto 56 is a tragic figure. His life is a battle that exhausts his luck, and then there are continuous tragedies.

Contrary to the bragging of many people in later generations, under the aura of Yamamoto 56 is an embarrassing shadow.In fact, in the original history, Yamamoto 56 was the one who failed to win the naval battles in the Pacific War, except for Pearl Harbor, as long as he personally participated in the battles.

Yes, Pearl Harbor won once and then lost all the way.

In the original history, Yamamoto 56 was a typical person who was victimized by gambling thinking.In the beginning, in order to attract him, God let Yamamoto win a small game at Pearl Harbor. Then, he lost his whole life until he was hunted down by the US military.

Of course, compared to Marshal Balbo in Italy, Yamamoto 56 was lucky, at least he was not killed by his own people.

The Japanese are very gamblers. During the Russo-Japanese War, they won against Tsarist Russia once by betting on their luck.In the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese won the Qing Dynasty again.As a result, they are more and more fond of this kind of profiteering method of using small gains to make big gains.

And Yamamoto 56 is a representative figure in the Japanese military gambling circle.

Whether playing bridge, playing Go, or betting, Yamamoto 56 can be called an expert.He gambled with his colleagues, gambled with his subordinates, and often gambled with geisha, and he gambled very seriously, he was a reputable gambler.

In 1910, Yamamoto bet 3000 yuan with a friend named Hori Tiki for a small matter. This money was considered a huge sum of money at that time, and it could buy a good house.

As a result, Yamamoto lost that rare match.Although Hori Tikichi laughed it off and didn't take it seriously at the time, Yamamoto insisted on repaying the debt and deducted it from his salary every month until the beginning of this year before he could repay it in full.

As for Hori Tikichi, he can be regarded as a legendary fierce man. He was in the 32nd class of the Naval Academy, and he was also a classmate of Yamamoto 56 in the same period.

Because Yamamoto 56 often recommends him, some people may think that he is very awesome.But in terms of the results alone, he was a melon-eater who stayed behind and did not play an important role in the course of the war.

However, although he played little role in the war, he was often called by Yamamoto to chat and talk, and he was Yamamoto's closest friend.

"Yamamoto-kun!" Kneeling in a Japanese navy uniform, Horitiki knelt in a room with tatami mats, bent over to greet Yamamoto 56, and said, "I still think that at this time, we shouldn't take too many risks. If possible, we can Start learning the German aircraft carrier technology, and use it against the U.S. Navy after you have fully mastered it."

For the Japanese, it is not a shame to learn from the strong.When ancient China was strong, they paid tribute to obey China, and learned China's advanced technology and even culture.After the rise of modern Europe, the Japanese "leave the east and enter the west", claiming to be a western country located in the east.