Beiyang reactionaries

On the current Stalingrad front, in addition to the main force of the German army, there are also troops from countries such as Italy, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania.Even Spain, which wasn't part of the Axis powers, sent troops to fight.

Spain is a fool, Hitler has been wooing Spain, Franco has not agreed to join the Axis.However, seeing Germany's victorious victories in Europe, its ambitions swelled, and it began to send troops to participate in the Battle of Stalingrad.

As a transit point for doing business between China and Europe, Spain's economy has been much more stable in recent years, and it has also made a lot of money, and its strength has also been greatly improved.In history, Spain only sent one division, but it is different now.The Spanish army currently on the Stalingrad front has three divisions.If it weren't for the important geographical location of Spain, the UK would need to win over Spain, otherwise, with Spain's performance, the UK would have attacked Spain long ago.

There are currently more than 240 million German allies and servants on the Soviet front. Together with the German army, there are currently 800 million Axis troops on the Soviet front.

Now in the Battle of Stalingrad, the total number of troops attacking Stalingrad plus the troops attacking the Caucasus has reached nearly 300 million.With a force of this size, how could the Soviet Union not be under tremendous pressure.

"How is the situation now?"

"The Soviet army has gathered about 150 million troops on the north and south sides of Stalingrad. Judging from the direction of their attack, the Soviet army is preparing to break through the Romanian Third Army and Fourth Army from the northwest and southwest, and finally encircle Germany. The Sixth Army. Once this plan is completed, the German Sixth Army will be surrounded by the Soviet Army. As long as the Sixth Army is surrounded, the German army will have very little choice. At that time, the main force of the German army in the direction of the Caucasus will change. Be very passive."

"Ah."

Although it was more brutal than in history, and the casualties were greater than in history, the Soviet Union really withstood the German attack.In the Battle of Stalingrad in the past five months, the Soviet casualties have exceeded 170 million.Including civilian casualties, the casualties in Stalingrad so far have directly exceeded more than 200 million, which is about 230 million casualties.Moreover, the Battle of Stalingrad is not over yet, and a major counterattack will be carried out in the future, and casualties will continue to increase.According to Duan Xun's estimation, in order to accomplish their strategic goals, there must be more than 100 million casualties.

Of course, the casualties of the German army were not small, and the casualties at the current position have exceeded 100 million.In one battle, the Soviet casualties may even reach nearly 400 million people.Only the Soviet Union can bear such a loss.

"Regardless of the casualties, as long as the Soviet Union wins the Battle of Stalingrad this time, the situation on the entire Soviet-German battlefield will change."

No wonder it is called a fighting nation.

The casualties of the Soviet army were astonishing. So far, the casualties of the Soviet army have exceeded 1300 million, and it is estimated that they will reach 1500 million soon.It can be said that most of the troops currently mobilized by the Soviet Union are recruits who have been trained for several months.And because he was a new recruit, there were many unnecessary sacrifices after he went up.

But even under such circumstances, the Soviet army was still able to withstand a powerful German attack and was able to implement a large encirclement strategy.

"Report."

"Say."

"Washington Telegraph, Japanese planes bombed Los Angeles and San Francisco just two hours ago."

"The matter is true?"

"Yes. Although the United States did not report the specific situation, it is indeed a fact that Japanese planes bombed Los Angeles and San Francisco. Our consulate in San Francisco confirmed this news. It is said that about [-] planes participated in the bombing of San Francisco."

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"Chairman, just got the news. The Japanese army has begun to attack Darwin Port in Australia."

It had only been a few hours since the Japanese bombed Los Angeles and San Francisco, and there were other Japanese moves.

crazy.

Japan suddenly made a big move, and Duan Xun immediately held a meeting.During this period of time, Japan did not make many major moves. It seems that the biggest move is to launch the Battle of Myitkyina again in Burma.A large amount of logistics materials have been transported to the front line, and Japan once again assembled troops to attack the British and Indian troops.

Unexpectedly, Japan suddenly bombed the continental United States.

It was the first attack on the continental United States since the outbreak of World War II.Although judging from the situation obtained from China, this time the air strike on Japan did not invest too much power.Of course, Japan does not have enough strength to launch a more powerful offensive.This time the air strike just gave the United States a surprise attack.

It can be said that the United States has no defense at all.

From the perspective of the United States, the mainland of the United States is far away from Europe and Asia, so the mainland will not be affected by the war.Who would have thought that Japan was so crazy that it actually used an aircraft carrier to bomb the continental United States.That is more than 3000 kilometers away from Hawaii, nearly 4000 kilometers away.The Japanese bombing of Los Angeles and San Francisco shocked the United States a lot.Because the Americans suddenly felt that the war was indeed very close to them, and that the world really had a war.

But within a few hours of Japan's air strikes on the west coast of the United States, Japan began to attack Australia again.

"Darwin Port?"

"Yes. The last time the Japanese army attacked Darwin Port, thanks to the help of the US fleet, Australia was able to keep Darwin Port. However, in the Coral Sea naval battle, the US military suffered heavy casualties, and most of the surface ships were withdrawn. Some time ago, the US submarine force Many have also left Australia and returned to Pearl Harbor, during which time they have been fighting the Japanese navy in the Pacific Ocean. Now that the Coral Sea is completely under the control of the Japanese navy, it may be difficult for Australia to keep Darwin Port this time.”

"Darwin Harbour, Darwin Harbour."

Duan Xun looked at the map and nodded.

The Japanese navy has complete control over the Coral Sea and is ready to attack port cities in northern Australia at any time.It is very difficult for Australia to keep those port cities.

"Chairman, even if Darwin Port is really lost, the morale of Australia will be hit at most, and it will not be too dangerous to Australia. After all, Australia's important cities are all in the south. It is impossible for Japan to go directly south from Darwin Port. Japan If you want to take Australia, the naval forces still have to go south and attack the southern port cities. Even if Darwin Port is lost, there is no real danger to Australia."

Li Jishen saw that Duan Xun had been staring at the map, so he immediately expressed his opinion.

Australia may not look very big, but its population is small.Moreover, the population is concentrated in the southern region, and the loss of the northern port city is no real danger to Australia.

"Chairman, the information we have received is that Japan has been trying to contact high-level officials in the United States. Some Japanese and American non-governmental organizations have been in contact, wanting Japan and the United States to conduct peace talks. It has been several months, and I heard that the United States Some politicians were also involved."

Wang Jingwei spoke.

In such wars, the intelligence agencies of various countries are very active.If there is any slight contact between any two countries, the intelligence agencies of each country will get the news.Perhaps when the first secret contact was made, everyone hadn't reacted yet.But as long as the two sides continue to contact, then there can be no secrets.It is very difficult for various countries to have secret talks.

This is the case in Japan and the United States.

Japan has been trying to contact the United States during this period. Japanese non-governmental organizations have frequent contacts with American non-governmental organizations. Some American politicians, including some members of Congress, want to promote the peace talks between the United States and Japan.It is the secret contact between the intelligence agencies of the two countries, and if it takes a long time, it will be known.Not to mention the contacts between non-government organizations of the two countries.

"Vice Chairman Wang means that Japan is forcing the United States to sit at the negotiating table?"

"Yes."

Wang Jingwei nodded and said: "My judgment is so. When Yoshiichi Tanaka was here, their strategy was to develop their naval strength and let the total tonnage of the navy surpass that of the United States, so as to deter the United States and prevent the United States from interfering with Japan's actions in Nanyang. .After Hideki Tojo became prime minister, although Japan will go to war with the United States, it is impossible for Japan to really defeat the United States. Japan’s goal should be to force the United States to sit on the negotiating table and reach an acceptable treaty.”

"I agree with Vice Chairman Wang's opinion."

Li Jishen spoke.

Li Jishen was a soldier, so he analyzed the problem directly from the perspective of war.Dao: "Although Japan has the upper hand in the Pacific battlefield, the United States has been continuously replenishing the Pacific Fleet this year. There is no shortage of light aircraft carriers, escort aircraft carriers, destroyers, escort destroyers, and submarines. The number of supplements is amazing. And In the past year, whether it is the US water fleet or the submarine force, they have suffered heavy casualties. The escort aircraft carrier sunk by Japan alone is more than a dozen, and there are even more destroyers. But the United States has the ability to quickly replenish these warships I heard that after the Battle of Pearl Harbor, the Pacific Fleet added several light aircraft carriers and escort aircraft carriers. This kind of supplementary capability can only be achieved by the Americans. And according to the production capacity of the United States, I think the large aircraft carriers and battleships of the United States These large warships should be assigned to the Pacific Fleet during this period of time. Compared with the industrial strength of the United States, Japan is far behind. I think Hideki Tojo knows these things, so he is eager to cooperate with the United States as soon as possible. armistice."

"Ah."

Duan Xun nodded in agreement with Wang Jingwei and Li Jishen's analysis.

In the past year, the United States has indeed been at an absolute disadvantage on the Pacific battlefield, and has suffered heavy casualties in several naval battles.More than 100 American warships were sunk by Japan. Including submarines, it is estimated that about 150 warships were sunk.As for the number of transport ships sunk by Japan, there are countless.But the warships on the US side were launched as if they did not need money, and were equipped with the Pacific Fleet.When one batch is destroyed, another batch is equipped.

Of course, there are no warships such as large aircraft carriers and battleships, but there are countless other warships.When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor was bombed very badly.But in just a few months, the United States insisted on restoring Pearl Harbor.

Look at the American transport ships.

Although the United States has not sent troops to Europe, the United States is now single-handedly responsible for most of the logistics supplies on the European battlefield and the Pacific battlefield.The tens of millions of tons of transport ships in the United States sail around the world.The industrial strength of the United States is not unknown to Japan.

Hideki Tojo is not a fool, and he clearly knows the industrial strength of the United States.

Therefore, Hideki Tojo does not want to die with the United States. As long as the United States is willing to make concessions, Hideki Tojo is also very willing to reach an agreement with the United States.As long as an agreement is reached with the United States, Japan can concentrate its forces to deal with the British and Indian troops, and then calmly rectify Southeast Asian countries.Turn their strength into Japan's strength.

However, the United States has not responded, and Hideki Tojo added fire.

Directly use the aircraft carrier on Midway Island to attack cities in the west of the United States, putting further pressure on the United States.Tell the United States that Japan is capable of threatening the continental United States.Put pressure on the United States to let them sit at the negotiating table.

"The United States and Japan must not be allowed to sit down and negotiate."

If the United States and Japan negotiate peace, it will be the most detrimental to China.Because at this time, if Japan pulls its strength back to Asia, then China will have the greatest conflict of interest.