The Third Reich in Desperation

So Hiroshi Oshima, the Japanese ambassador to Germany, received instructions that the Germans must immediately sign the agreement to declare war on the United States.

On the same day that Hiroshi Oshima received this instruction, the Japanese foreign minister also held talks with the German ambassador in Tokyo in person.He emphasized to the German ambassador that the talks in Washington had collapsed after Japan refused to back down on U.S. demands for it to stay away from the German-Italian-dominated military bloc of the Iron Allies.Japan hopes that Germany will rightly value this sacrifice it has made to the common cause.

Of course, the German ambassador Ott would naturally not believe such a statement.The Japanese government is not a fool, they will not fall out with the United States for the benefit of Germany and Italy, let alone the benefit of the allies.

Ota bets that if the United States abandons the oil embargo against Japan, this country may even be able to call the United States emperor a godfather.

However, the current Japanese Foreign Minister Togo is still trying to persuade the German ambassador Ott: "Now it is the last moment to make a serious decision! The United States is seriously preparing for war... Although Japan is not afraid of the breakdown of negotiations, But we also hope that if that happens, Germany and Italy will stand firmly on Japan's side as the two heads of state promised."

For such a request, Ott, as a diplomatic ambassador, also fully learned from Ribbentrop's experience, and agreed to all of Japan's requests.

He said in a telegram to Berlin: "I answered him and promised that Germany's future position was beyond doubt. The Japanese Foreign Minister then said that he understood from my words that Germany would in this case I would consider my relationship with Japan to be a relationship of shared fate. Afterwards, I replied that, in my opinion, Germany would of course like to have a mutual agreement between the two countries in this situation.”

Under Ott's repeated assurances, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs reassured a little.They thought that there should be no problem with what the German government's local officials and officials stationed in Japan promised, and what their heads of state personally promised.

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At the same time, Hiroshi Oshima, who had just arrived in Austria and was preparing to participate in the Mozart Music Festival, also rushed back to Berlin in a hurry.

Text 730

Flying Fish promises that in the next few days, at least those 5 or more Jiachang will repay everyone as an apology.So, please tolerate flying fish one more day

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早在6月23日，由日本海军中将南云忠一指挥的，包括6艘航空母舰、2艘配备有14英寸口径大炮的快速战列舰、2艘重型巡洋舰、1艘轻型巡洋舰、9艘驱逐舰、3艘油船和1艘给养船的“机动部队”，就已经根据山本56的指令，集结完毕并做好了远航最后准备。

6月24日，山本56向南云忠一发出了绝密作战命令：“机动部队务于6月25日出发，竭力保持行动隐蔽，7月2日傍晚进入待机海域并加油完毕。1”

Therefore, at 6 a.m. on June 25, Nagumo Chuichi led the fleet code-named "Mobile Force" and anchored out of the port. Guided by three submarines manufactured according to German technology, they quietly sailed in the North Pacific Ocean, trying their best to Concealedly sail to the standby sea area at 6° north latitude and 3° west longitude.

Will be there, they will wait for the final order to attack, and then attack the United States, a country that has been out of war! .

On June 6th, the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet was already on its way to Pearl Harbor.Tokyo can't wait for Germany to formally sign the alliance war treaty against the United States.

So Hiroshi Oshima, the Japanese ambassador to Germany, received instructions that the Germans must immediately sign the agreement to declare war on the United States.

On the same day that Hiroshi Oshima received this instruction, the Japanese foreign minister also held talks with the German ambassador in Tokyo in person.He emphasized to the German ambassador that the talks in Washington had collapsed after Japan refused to back down on U.S. demands for it to stay away from the German-Italian-dominated military bloc of the Iron Allies.Japan hopes that Germany will rightly value this sacrifice it has made to the common cause.

Of course, the German ambassador Ott would naturally not believe such a statement.The Japanese government is not a fool, they will not fall out with the United States for the benefit of Germany and Italy, let alone the benefit of the allies.

Ota bets that if the United States abandons the oil embargo against Japan, this country may even be able to call the United States emperor a godfather.

However, the current Japanese Foreign Minister Togo is still trying to persuade the German ambassador Ott: "Now it is the last moment to make a serious decision! The United States is seriously preparing for war... Although Japan is not afraid of the breakdown of negotiations, But we also hope that if that happens, Germany and Italy will stand firmly on Japan's side as the two heads of state promised."

For such a request, Ott, as a diplomatic ambassador, also fully learned from Ribbentrop's experience, and agreed to all of Japan's requests.

He said in a telegram to Berlin: "I answered him and promised that Germany's future position was beyond doubt. The Japanese Foreign Minister then said that he understood from my words that Germany would in this case I would consider my relationship with Japan to be a relationship of shared fate. Afterwards, I replied that, in my opinion, Germany would of course like to have a mutual agreement between the two countries in this situation.”

Under Ott's repeated assurances, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs reassured a little.They thought that there should be no problem with what the German government's local officials and officials stationed in Japan promised, and what their heads of state personally promised.

......

At the same time, Hiroshi Oshima, who had just arrived in Austria and was preparing to participate in the Mozart Music Festival, also rushed back to Berlin in a hurry.

(Sorry, the situation is very special today, please refresh the first one.)

早在6月23日，由日本海军中将南云忠一指挥的，包括6艘航空母舰、2艘配备有14英寸口径大炮的快速战列舰、2艘重型巡洋舰、1艘轻型巡洋舰、9艘驱逐舰、3艘油船和1艘给养船的“机动部队”，就已经根据山本56的指令，集结完毕并做好了远航最后准备。

6月24日，山本56向南云忠一发出了绝密作战命令：“机动部队务于6月25日出发，竭力保持行动隐蔽，7月2日傍晚进入待机海域并加油完毕。1”

Therefore, at 6 a.m. on June 25, Nagumo Chuichi led the fleet code-named "Mobile Force" and anchored out of the port. Guided by three submarines manufactured according to German technology, they quietly sailed in the North Pacific Ocean, trying their best to Concealedly sail to the standby sea area at 6° north latitude and 3° west longitude.

Will be there, they will wait for the final order to attack, and then attack the United States, a country that has been out of war! .

On June 6th, the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet was already on its way to Pearl Harbor.Tokyo can't wait for Germany to formally sign the alliance war treaty against the United States.

So Hiroshi Oshima, the Japanese ambassador to Germany, received instructions that the Germans must immediately sign the agreement to declare war on the United States.

On the same day that Hiroshi Oshima received this instruction, the Japanese foreign minister also held talks with the German ambassador in Tokyo in person.He emphasized to the German ambassador that the talks in Washington had collapsed after Japan refused to back down on U.S. demands for it to stay away from the German-Italian-dominated military bloc of the Iron Allies.Japan hopes that Germany will rightly value this sacrifice it has made to the common cause.

Of course, the German ambassador Ott would naturally not believe such a statement.The Japanese government is not a fool, they will not fall out with the United States for the benefit of Germany and Italy, let alone the benefit of the allies.

Ota bets that if the United States abandons the oil embargo against Japan, this country may even be able to call the United States emperor a godfather.

However, the current Japanese Foreign Minister Togo is still trying to persuade the German ambassador Ott: "Now it is the last moment to make a serious decision! The United States is seriously preparing for war... Although Japan is not afraid of the breakdown of negotiations, But we also hope that if that happens, Germany and Italy will stand firmly on Japan's side as the two heads of state promised."

For such a request, Ott, as a diplomatic ambassador, also fully learned from Ribbentrop's experience, and agreed to all of Japan's requests.

He said in a telegram to Berlin: "I answered him and promised that Germany's future position was beyond doubt. The Japanese Foreign Minister then said that he understood from my words that Germany would in this case I would consider my relationship with Japan to be a relationship of shared fate. Afterwards, I replied that, in my opinion, Germany would of course like to have a mutual agreement between the two countries in this situation.”

Under Ott's repeated assurances, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs reassured a little.They thought that there should be no problem with what the German government's local officials and officials stationed in Japan promised, and what their heads of state personally promised.

......

At the same time, Hiroshi Oshima, who had just arrived in Austria and was preparing to participate in the Mozart Music Festival, also rushed back to Berlin in a hurry.

Text 731 Japan's Decisive Battle

On July 7, Chuichi Nagumo's fleet had reached its final attack position.

At this last moment, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again played its usual diplomatic tricks on the Third Reich.

The Japanese Foreign Minister stated: "We hope to avoid an armed conflict with the Soviet Union before the strategic conditions are ripe."

In order to let the German government understand their concept, and to prevent Reinhardt from insisting on exchanging diplomatic notes on the Japanese army going north to the Soviet Union at least for the time being, the Japanese side also explained many reasons to Germany in detail:

Although Japan cannot launch an attack on the Soviet Union, they can guarantee that once war with the United States begins, the Japanese navy will intercept all ships bound for the Soviet Union from the United States.

This is a very intriguing answer.

The Japanese are always good at playing intrigue, such as their commitment to Germany this time.

Although the Japanese army did not want to provoke the Soviet Union in the north, but because the Japanese army went to war in the United States, they could cut off all supplies from the United States to the Soviet Union by the way.

This is equivalent to helping the Germans in disguise.

At the same time, even if the material aid from the United States to the Soviet Union was cut off, it did not directly provoke the Soviet government. This was also a means for Japan to avoid enmity with the Soviet Union.

However, the Japanese Foreign Minister finally stated that if Ribbentrop still insisted on asking the Kwantung Army to make a guarantee on the issue of the northward advance of the Soviet Union, we had no choice but to issue a statement under such circumstances:

In principle, Japan would prevent the United States from sending war supplies to the Soviet Union through the Sea of ​​Japan.

But from a strategic point of view, the Japanese base camp believes that they still need to avoid the Soviet Union fighting against Japan in the short term, that is to say, the Japanese navy cannot intercept the entire Soviet Union.

Such a statement is equivalent to a huge discount on Japan's commitment to assist the German army in blocking the Soviet Union.

Yes, the Japanese could indeed intercept American transport ships.But if the Soviet Union sent its own transport ships to transport supplies from the United States, then the Japanese Navy would let these Soviet transport ships go.