The Third Reich in Desperation

Just now, what he said on the phone almost scared him into thinking that he was still in a dream, because until this moment, he couldn't believe that the United States would be suddenly attacked by Japan.

He couldn't figure out where Japan got the courage to dare to attack the United States on the other side of the ocean.The attack on the continental United States has not happened since the war with Mexico in the 19th century.

But he could easily figure it out, and figured out what a catastrophe this was.

What was attacked was Pearl Harbor, the most important Hawaiian military port of the United States in the Pacific Ocean!

As the transportation hub of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific, Pearl Harbor is between 2000 nautical miles and 3000 nautical miles from the west coast of the United States in the east, Japan in the west, the islands in the southwest, and Alaska and the Bering Strait in the north. American planes and ships heading north all use this place as a stopover.

Lost there, the U.S. Navy is in the Pacific Ocean, and it is completely impossible to stand up in the short term.

However, what puzzled the secretary was that Roosevelt, who heard the news, didn't seem to show the expression he should have.

The most important military base was attacked. As president, Roosevelt had a faint smile on his face.

At this time, General Marshall, who was standing behind Roosevelt, stood up calmly, and said to the secretary: "Okay, you go out first. I will discuss important military secrets with Mr. President immediately."

"Okay." The secretary glanced at General Marshall, who also had a calm expression, and wondered if he had made a mistake.

Why can Roosevelt and Marshall maintain this calmness except for themselves.

As big men leading this country, shouldn't they be the most anxious?

Bewildered, the secretary exited Roosevelt's office and closed the door behind him.

"The Japanese succeeded?" Seeing that the secretary had left, leaving only himself and Marshall in the room, Roosevelt spoke slowly.

"Yes, the Japanese sneak attack was successful, causing us huge losses and seriously threatening the security of our country's strategic environment." Marshall nodded and replied with a somewhat excited tone.

Yes, the U.S. Navy suffered an absolutely disastrous defeat at Pearl Harbor.

However, this military failure can also be a major political success!

The catastrophic attack on Pearl Harbor created Roosevelt's coveted casus belli - a glorious failure to create the American Empire!

What's more, he had already got wind of it before the war, and then carefully transferred all three aircraft carriers stationed in Pearl Harbor away from the military base for reasons such as maintenance, modification, and mission execution.At the same time, some fighter jets at the Pearl Harbor military base were scattered to remote small airports, while the aircraft left at the main airport were left empty in hangars and placed neatly on the runway, giving people the illusion that all the aircraft were there .

As a result, the losses of the US military at Pearl Harbor have been greatly reduced.

In the end, Roosevelt asked Marshall to arrange for the dispatch of a large number of medical supplies and medical personnel to Pearl Harbor, and he notified the cancellation of the vacation a few days before the attack, and was on combat readiness duty.

Therefore, Roosevelt is not worried about the loss of Pearl Harbor at all.No matter how hard the Japanese army fought, it was nothing more than the loss of some old warships except for the aircraft carrier, and some casualties.

As an excuse to allow the United States to participate in the war, it is a very cost-effective option to exchange a part of the incomplete Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor.

As for sacrifice and casualties, what a joke, are there any undead in war?

In the words of Marshall, Roosevelt's most promising new generation of famous American generals - no sacrifice, no victory!

Roosevelt and Marshall had long felt full of confidence in this possible disaster.

"We finally don't have to continue to struggle with the idiot question of whether to go to war or not!" Although he was sitting in a wheelchair, Roosevelt at this moment gave off a feeling of full energy.

"Yes, we can declare our participation in the war!" Marshall couldn't help applauding the Japanese attack if it wasn't for respecting the officers and soldiers who died in Pearl Harbor.

Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese, which completely lifted their shackles from declaring war and destroyed the isolationists' "theory of watching fire from afar."

And then, there is only the shackles of Germany, Italy and other Allied countries issuing resolutions to declare war.

Now, the information that Roosevelt has at hand makes him more convinced that Reinhardt and Rossi will soon release another bondage for the United States.

Roosevelt and Marshall pored over an intercepted telegram sent to Tokyo by Hiroshi Oshima, the Japanese ambassador to Berlin.

In this telegram, Roosevelt and his think tank learned that Ribbentrop made a guarantee to Japan on behalf of Reinhardt: If Japan went to war with the United States, Germany would definitely stand on Japan's side.

Similarly, in the telegram sent back from Italy by the Japanese ambassador, the United States also intercepted similar content.

Therefore, in Roosevelt's eyes, the Japanese must be in Berlin and Rome at this moment, clamoring for Reinhardt and Rossi to fulfill their promises.

And once the allied camp fulfilled this promise to Japan, the United States, which was attacked by Japan, could declare war on Germany, Italy and Germany as a matter of course, and then provide aid and blood transfusions to the Soviet Union more liberally.

"Now, just wait for the news from Europe." Roosevelt said confidently.

If he didn't expect it, Germany, Italy, and even the entire military group of the Allied Powers declared war on the United States, and it probably wouldn't take long for it to come down.

As long as the other party declares war, as long as Germany dares to declare war on the United States.Then, the various aids provided by the United States to the Soviet Union will not encounter such great resistance at home.

In the face of war, all measures will be implemented a hundred times more conveniently than in peacetime.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. This saying is used all over the world.

It can be said that Germany's declaration of war against the United States was, on the contrary, an aid to Roosevelt's war policy.

While Roosevelt and Marshall were waiting for Germany and Italy to declare war.Japan's ultimatum finally came.

Although something like an ultimatum should be submitted before the war begins.

However, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stipulated that the delivery time of the ultimatum was [-]:[-] p.m. Washington time, which was delayed by [-] minutes. The purpose was to keep the attack time half an hour before the start of the war and avoid the stigma of "sneak attack" and "undeclared war".

This is one of the most typical characteristics of the Japanese. They have done everything, but they still refuse to admit it for fear of being scolded.

However, in terms of thick skin, Oshima Hiroshi immediately met an outsider who was even more shameless than them in Berlin...

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As a colleague of the Japanese Navy, German Admiral Raeder really welcomes the German-Japanese alliance.

After the news of the outbreak of the Pearl Harbor incident came, Raeder talked with Reinhardt that day, and analyzed from the perspective of the Navy: "Due to the effective intervention of Japan, the situation in the Atlantic Ocean will ease."

Speaking of this, Raeder happily told Reinhardt: "We have received information in our hands that some US warships are being transferred from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Due to the hostile operations of the Japanese Navy, the US Navy will definitely need more support in the Pacific Ocean." There are many warships, especially destroyers, and even cruisers. Therefore, it can be expected that the United States will withdraw a large number of warships from the Atlantic Ocean. In this way, the pressure on our Atlantic barrier will be even lighter."

Since Raeder and his navy are now the first and most important line of defense to bear the Atlantic barrier, Raeder thinks more about the issue now, thinking more about the safety of the Atlantic barrier.

Regarding Raeder's optimistic attitude, Reinhardt, who had long known that Germany and Japan would end together, chose a persuasive way of explaining: "My Marshal, if we join hands with the Japanese army, then it is tantamount to being hostile to the United States. In this case, the US military Is it possible to come to us and take action to seize the Azores, Cape Verde, and even attack Dakar, to restore the prestige lost by the setback in the Pacific?"

For Reinhardt's preset result, Raeder thinks it will not happen.

He replied: "My head of state, in my opinion, in the next few months, the United States will definitely concentrate all its power in the Pacific Ocean. Therefore, we will not take any risks at all in joining forces with Japan."

Raeder was not a time traveler, so he naturally would not have known that what Roosevelt was waiting for was Germany declaring war on the United States together with Japan for the sake of quick talk.

In that case, Germany and Japan may stand in the same camp and take care of each other, but the United States and the Soviet Union, the two superpowers, will also cooperate more closely.In that case, the German navy will not feel the pressure for a while, but the army fighting the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front will be really stressed after encountering the aircraft, tanks and submachine guns that the United States aided the Soviet Union.

In fact, Raeder also knew this. At his level, it is impossible not to understand the phenomenon of US aid to the Soviet Union.After the United States and Germany declare war on each other, the scale of US aid may be even greater.

However, Raeder could no longer bear the U.S. Navy's war operations against German submarines in the Atlantic Ocean. Raeder had been nagging Reinhardt for almost half a year.

Although after taking Britain, the combat missions of German submarines were gone, which indirectly stopped the US Navy's attack on German submarines.However, Raeder has never forgotten this hatred.