I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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In the early morning of October 10, the German army landed on the British mainland and the war officially broke out. This war consisted of three parts: the big air battle, the sea battle that broke out after a period of time after the big air battle broke out, and the landing battle including large-scale airborne operations. .

The French standing on the west coast of France and watching the battle almost looked dumbfounded, because the sky above their heads was filled with densely packed, almost endless number of planes, "It seems that all the planes in the world have converged on the English Channel "There are so many planes that the sky is saturated", the sound of plane engines is so dense that it can't be heard at all, forming a deafening, tsunami-like huge sound wave, completely covering the sound of the waves in the strait.

On the first day alone, the German and Allied forces invested a total of more than 2.5 aircraft to participate in the war, of which about 1 belonged to the German army and about 1.5 belonged to the Allied forces. In terms of the number of aircraft, the Allied forces accounted for a large Advantages, in terms of aircraft quality and pilot quality, the German army has a certain advantage. The two sides fought evenly and evenly. Seriously misjudged the attack direction of the German fleet, and the real German fleet took advantage of the opportunity to bomb the Allied airfields and aviation bases indiscriminately, causing a large number of Allied planes to crash in vain because they had no foothold when returning home, thus It reversed the inferiority of German aircraft in numbers, and this reversal trend became more and more obvious immediately after it happened. There were more and more German aircraft in the sky, and the more they fought, the more they fought. come less and less.

When the air battle lasted until October 10, the Allied aircraft had only the power to parry, while the German aircraft had a greater air supremacy advantage.

In the two days and two nights of the big air battle, the Allied and German aircraft losses were astonishing. The Allied forces lost more than 1 aircraft, and the German army lost more than 5000 aircraft.

The scale of this air battle can be called appalling.

It was too late to wait for the Luftwaffe to completely seize air supremacy (in fact, the Allied aircraft suffered heavy losses while being transported to the UK by American transport ships and continued to increase. The Luftwaffe could only gain a suppressive advantage within a certain period of time, and could not completely seize air supremacy), The allied fleets of Germany, Italy and France dispatched mightily from several large ports in Germany and France, cutting through the waves in the English Channel. The Allied fleet composed of the British Navy and the US Navy's Atlantic Fleet immediately faced it with all their strength, and the two sides continued to erupt. There were so many warships on both sides, "It seems that all the warships in the world have gathered in the English Channel" "There are so many warships that the Channel has become saturated."

The entire English Channel was thundering and lightning all day and all night, the sea was boiling, the water column was like clouds, the warships were like clouds, and bombs and thunder were raining like rain. The situation is indescribable and indescribable. During the day, the sea and the sky are like torches, and at night, the night is like day. The straits are turned upside down and the sky is spinning. Burning, exploding, sinking, floating, and smashed warships are all over the English Channel. , making this strait a mass graveyard for warships.

In terms of strength, there is not much difference between the Allied fleet and the Allied fleet, but the German army has already mastered a greater air superiority. A large number of German torpedo attack aircraft and dive bombers that took off from land also participated in the naval battle, sinking a large number of Allied ships. Moreover, the German Navy "sharpened its guns before the battle" before the Second World War, imitating the Chinese Navy, and built hundreds of torpedo boats and torpedo boats for "hand-to-hand combat between warships and warships". The Japanese oxygen torpedoes made a lot of gains in nighttime naval battles (torpedo boats and torpedo ships have little chance of winning and are very dangerous when attacking enemy ships during the day, but they can increase their chances of winning and reduce danger at night). Therefore, the two sides fought fiercely for three days Three nights, although the coalition fleet suffered heavy losses, it managed to inflict even heavier losses on the coalition fleet.

Just as the German Navy couldn't wait for the German Air Force to completely seize air supremacy, the German Army couldn't wait for the German Navy to completely seize sea supremacy. With the Allied fleets still having great counterattack capabilities and dangers, the German Army's landing forces were mobilized to attack The British mainland, but did not land in the Dover area predicted by the Allied forces, but launched a landing on the Cornwall Peninsula, the most southwestern part of the British mainland.

At noon on October 10th, a historic moment came. The first batch of German troops landed on the British mainland at Plymouth, Cornwall, England. However, these German troops were not ground troops, but German airborne troops. At that time, the German ground troops landed ashore.

Even though the Allied forces were caught off guard at the landing site, the German troops who landed and landed still suffered heavy casualties due to the head-on blows of the Allied forces. The casualty rate of the first batch of German troops was more than half, but the German army deserves to be the number one in Europe and even No. [-] in the world, even with more than half of the casualties, it is still fighting to the death, only advancing and not retreating, "forcibly opened up a landing field in the sea of ​​corpses and blood" and built a temporary field airport overnight.

In the following day and night, three subsequent batches of German troops landed ashore one after another. A total of more than 20 German troops landed on the British mainland, but the number of casualties was as high as 8.

When the good news came, there was thunderous cheers in Berlin.

In fact, up to this point in the war, the German casualties greatly exceeded those of the Allies, but Hitler had already given up, ordering to continue the attack regardless of the casualties with a hard heart that almost disregarded human lives.

On October 10, the German army, which once again launched a large-scale landing, slammed east and west, and shot a feint. After confirming that the German army that had landed on the Cornwall Peninsula in the United Kingdom had established a firm foothold there, a new batch of German troops went straight to Ireland. Expand the login, and the progress is relatively smooth.

Although the German army's landing operations on the British mainland and Ireland had a certain element of surprise, they were still essentially storms, so they suffered heavy casualties.

As of this time, the German "Sea Lion Project" has basically succeeded. For this, the German army has paid a high price. The army, navy and air force have accumulated casualties of about 30 people, just because the transport ships were sunk and drowned in the English Channel There were tens of thousands of German troops, and the Allied casualties were about 17.

In addition, although the German army successfully landed in the British mainland and Ireland, it did not gain the strategic initiative and war dominance, because the effective forces of the Allied forces have not been destroyed, and the German troops who set foot on the British mainland and Ireland will not With a bang, a long drive, and a strong momentum, what awaits them will be a long and fierce protracted war and a war of attrition, but the British mainland has become a battlefield. In the past, there were only air battles and naval battles, and land battles were added later.

"The German army has finally landed on the British mainland!" Jiang Weiguo was in a complicated mood when he learned of this major event for the first time. "Hands for rain", but neither Hitler nor Roosevelt were puppets controlled by him.

For what Hitler or Roosevelt insisted on doing, Jiang Weiguo was also helpless. After all, he was not God.

"This world war is really getting bloodier!" Jiang Weiguo said with emotion.

Chapter 672 Outer War Situation (8)

"Although we have kept Australia, we are in danger of losing Britain. We should lose sight of the other!" After the US-Japan Southwest Pacific Campaign and the German landing in the UK and Ireland, President Roosevelt sighed with mixed emotions.

Before the Battle of Sea Lions, the Allied Forces controlled the British Isles (UK and Ireland) and the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Greenland that originally belonged to Denmark in the North Atlantic Ocean. Many of the above islands were like unsinkable aircraft carriers in the North Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. military has enough time to send troops, aircraft, ships, weapons and equipment, machinery and equipment, industrial raw materials, strategic materials, and living materials to the above islands (mainly the British Isles), so that these places can be built and operated in an indestructible manner. It is powerless to counterattack the European continent, but it is more than enough to keep the United Kingdom. It should be noted that in 1942, the United States could manufacture 4.8 aircraft (and 1.9 to 1943 aircraft made by Britain to assist in the war), while Germany could only manufacture 1943 Aircraft, by 9, the industrial gap between the United States and Germany will be further widened. Although Germany is making continuous progress, the progress of the United States is even greater. The United States can produce nearly 3 aircraft in [-], while Germany is nearly [-]. China's aircraft output is more than [-] times that of Germany, and it will even triple over time (however, the United States is fighting on two fronts, so it has to allocate one-third to two-fifths of its aircraft for the US-Japanese War , however, the number of American and British aircraft has always suppressed the number of German aircraft on the European battlefield), and the Allied aircraft against the German aircraft over the UK is a "home battle", while the German army is an "away game", obviously this is true However, this strategic policy of the Allied forces suffered major setbacks as the German troops landed on the British mainland and Ireland. Next, the British Isles were no longer monopolized by the Allied forces, but by the German and Italian forces. The coalition forces composed of the United States Army and the Irish Army and the Allied Forces composed of the U.S. Army, the British Army, and the Canadian Army have launched an all-round battle field including land warfare.

It is extremely unfavorable for the Allies to become a battlefield in the UK. The Allies no longer have the advantage of "fighting at home", and the Allies no longer suffer from the disadvantage of "fighting away". However, the Allies will not fight The defeat is like a mountain, and the coalition forces will not destroy the dead and sweep the holes. The two sides will then launch a protracted and comprehensive war of attrition on land, on the sea, under the sea, and in the sky with the British Isles as the core. It is still unclear who will win the battle. , the only thing that is certain is: whether it is Germany, the United States, or the United Kingdom, there will be continuous bloodshed in the future. , air supremacy can be said to be a decisive factor. On the British battlefield, the production of Allied aircraft greatly exceeded that of the Allied Forces, but more than 85% of the Allied aircraft came from the United States, and less than 15% were produced by the United Kingdom. Airplanes definitely cannot compete with Germany. American-made aircraft are the main force of the Allied aircraft, and American-made aircraft need to come to the UK through transport ships and have a foothold in the UK before they can participate in the battle. At that time, almost the entire territory was within the bombing range of German aircraft. If German aircraft bombed all the airports in the UK, no matter how many American aircraft were brought in, they would not be able to take off on the British battlefield. Airports in the UK.

If the German army destroys all the airfields of the Allied forces in the United Kingdom, then the skies of the British mainland and the surrounding seas of the United Kingdom will be dominated by German aircraft, and the victory of the German army in the Battle of Britain is inevitable; on the contrary, if the Allied forces protect their airfields in the United Kingdom , so that more airports can receive, take off, and land aircraft transported from the United States, then the Allied forces can slowly regain their air superiority on the British battlefield. The Germans would all fall prey to Allied aircraft, and Allied victory in the Battle of Britain was inevitable.

To put it bluntly, if there are 100 airfields in the United Kingdom, if the German army can destroy or occupy most of them, such as 80, and the Allies only have 20 left, the German army will naturally and completely gain air supremacy and win. There is no place to gain a foothold on the British battlefield, and it is impossible to give full play to its quantitative advantage (even if the Allies have a large number of aircraft carriers, this disadvantage cannot be changed. The quality and quantity of carrier-based aircraft are not as good as land-based aircraft); if the German army only destroys or occupies A small number of airports, such as 30, and the Allied Forces still have 70. The Allied Forces can naturally regain air supremacy and win. As for the battle to destroy, compete for, and occupy the airport, it is not just a battle between the air forces of the two sides, but also a contest between the two armies. In addition, the two sides will race against time to build a new airport in the UK, making the "British Battle" full of too many uncertain factors. The two sides will inevitably start a long tug-of-war and a protracted war of attrition. way to predict.

The two main protagonists of the Battle of Britain are the United States and Germany. Both sides have their own advantages and disadvantages at this time:

First of all, the aircraft output of the United States greatly exceeds that of Germany (not only aircraft, but the output of ships, tanks, artillery and other weapons in the United States greatly exceeds that of Germany, but aircraft are the most important), so the US military has a great advantage in the number of aircraft;

Secondly, it is not enough to have planes alone. There must also be airports for them to participate in the war. The competition for airports in the UK is the key point. US military planes cannot fly directly from the mainland of the United States to the British battlefield to participate in the war, but German planes can fly directly from the European continent to the UK. Therefore, in terms of the number of airports, the German army has a greater advantage;

After all, the English Channel is much narrower than the Atlantic Ocean.

Whether the "Battle of Britain" launched by the German army and the allied forces of the United States and Britain will do more harm than good or good to China, this is Jiang Weiguo's inability to judge. The new territory will be very safe. The Allied forces are exhausted on the British battlefield in order to keep the British mainland. Naturally, they will not go to Africa to open up a second battlefield (not to mention the European continent); As a result, its war consumption has expanded rapidly, and China's demand for resources, materials, and arms has also increased. China can naturally make more war money from Germany.

Jiang Weiguo did the math. It has been half a year since China entered the truce period. During this half year, China's foreign export trade volume reached about 17 billion U.S. dollars. The main countries, Germany is the most, about 6 million US dollars, followed by the United States, about 5 million US dollars (mainly China is secretly assisting the United States to support Australia, selling arms that can arm 10,000+ people, and this figure does not include Jiang Weiguo's repeated "blackmail "Roosevelt or many huge sums of money obtained from "secret transactions" with Roosevelt), Japan ranked third with about 2 million US dollars, and Israel was fourth with about 1.8 million US dollars.

Immediately after Germany launched the British War, its imports to China increased significantly. For example, in October, imports increased by more than 10% compared with September.

As long as China stays out of the way from the beginning to the end, the more fiercely Germany, Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom fight, the happier Jiang Weiguo will be, because China's war money will get more as other countries fight more fiercely, and use other countries' hard-earned money to carry out China's war. Construction and development, is there anything more wonderful than this?Jiang Weiguo somewhat "understands" the behavior of the United States in taking advantage of the opportunity of the Sino-Japanese war to make war fortune.

But unfortunately, China cannot be alone, after all, China is also one of the protagonists in this world war.

As if echoing the British campaign, the intensity of the Indian campaign and the Australian campaign also escalated at the same time.

On the Indian battlefield, after five months of fighting and killing, the Japanese army has occupied more than three-quarters of the vast areas of India, including eastern, southern, central, and northern India, including most of the cities and transportation networks. The remaining mountainous areas in western India (later Pakistan) are still under the control of the British army. However, it is impossible to talk about the "final victory in the liberation of India" by the Japanese army. There are two reasons. One is that the British army still persists in resistance in the western India , and the British army is by no means "just a small group of disbanded and useless stragglers and leftovers" as the Japanese army advertised, but has a complete organization, a large number of soldiers, and sufficient supplies (the Japanese army discovered that the bullets and shells of the British army not only did not exceed The regular army with strong combat effectiveness not only fought tenaciously and endlessly with the Japanese army in the mountains and mountains of western India, but also caused the Japanese army to suffer and lose again and again in the disadvantageous situation of the blind man riding a blind horse. The repeated counterattacks against the Indian cities occupied by the Japanese army or the initiative to attack the Japanese army at the battalion level showed that the British army still has combat effectiveness and vigorous vitality that cannot be underestimated. Second, the Indians hated the Japanese army more and more, and resisted Japanese rule more and more. All kinds of armed turmoil in the Japanese-occupied areas came and went endlessly, making the Japanese army exhausted and exhausted, and the Indians became more and more eager. British.

In his report to Tokyo, Heutaro Kimura had to admit: "Although India's overall situation has been determined, it is still too early to tell the final victory.

…In India, the imperial army had the advantage of 'time and weather', but the British army had the advantage of 'geography' and 'people and harmony'.

The imperial army only occupied cities and transportation networks, while the vast countryside, countryside, and mountainous areas are always under the control of those resistance forces!"

The total area of ​​British India (including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and the Kashmir area contested by India and Pakistan) is about 430 million square kilometers. At this time, it includes the whole of Myanmar, parts of eastern India, and parts of Kashmir. 100 square kilometers were occupied by China (although Sri Lanka was previously a British colony, it did not belong to British India), about 250 million square kilometers in eastern, southern, central, and northern India were occupied by Japan, and about 80 square kilometers in western India remained Under the firm control of the British army.

Since Britain and Japan both acquiesced or recognized China’s occupation of parts of British India, and there were no wars or conflicts between China, Britain, and China and Japan, the situation in India (Japanese-occupied areas and British-occupied areas) was not “Romance of the Three Kingdoms.” It was only the war between Britain and Japan; as for the residents of British India (Japanese-occupied area and British-occupied area), most of them held the position of being anti-Japanese and pro-British or anti-Japanese and not pro-British but willing to join forces with the British to resist the Japanese. Only a few held the position of Taking the position of being pro-Japanese and anti-British, or anti-Japanese and anti-British, in general, the Indians are sympathetic to the British in this war between Britain and Japan for India, resulting in a serious lack of "mass foundation" for the Japanese here , The atrocities, crimes, and bestialities committed by the Japanese army in India pushed a large number of Indians to the opposite of the Japanese and pushed them into the arms of the British.

Ironically, the British were already unpopular in India, but because of the "help" of the Japanese, the British regained the support of the Indians at this time.

Take Chandra Bose as an example. This person has been committed to India’s national independence and national liberation. He belongs to the pro-Japanese and anti-British faction. After the cooperation, he became the Indian National Army (the army is the Indian army subordinate to the Japanese army, which is opposed to the Indian army subordinate to the British army. According to the Chinese point of view, these two Indian armies are both puppet troops and both are "Indian troops". rape", but India did not have its own army at this time, so the jurisprudence and legitimacy of the "real Indian army" was out of the question) Commander-in-Chief, head of the Interim Government of Free India, after the Japanese army occupied Delhi, the Japanese The "Government of the Republic of India" supported by the Japanese and completely obeying the orders of the Japanese came on the stage (the Japanese must be familiar with this kind of thing and have rich experience, and the establishment of a puppet regime is what the Japanese are best at), and he became the "Indian Government". However, instead of being grateful to the Japanese, he hated and hated the Japanese more and more. In his own words, "I used to think that the British were the invaders of India, and the Japanese were the liberators of India." But now, I find that the British are invaders, and the Japanese are also invaders, and the Japanese are far more cruel, greedy, and ugly than the British. If the Indians must be subjugated slaves, I would rather choose the British than the British. Not Japanese.

Under the rule of the British, we still had the right to demonstrate at any rate, but under the rule of the Japanese, we did not even have the right to demonstrate.

Inviting the Japanese to help 'liberate India' is nothing but lures the wolf into the house, I really hate that I was blind before, so I didn't see the true face of the Japanese."

More than a month later, Chandra Bose led some troops of the Indian National Army and some high-level officials of the Interim Government of Free India to rebel against Japan and defected to the British camp.

Because western India is not conducive to the mountains of the Japanese army, the British army resisted tenaciously, most of the Indians turned to the British, and Jiang Weiguo secretly provided a lot of assistance to Wavell, so the Japanese army failed to occupy India as expected. India is caught in a protracted war, a war of attrition, a tug of war.

In order to wipe out the British army, suppress the resistance of the Indians, and establish a solid rule in India, the Japanese army had to continuously increase its troops to India.

India became a war quagmire for the Japanese army, as did Australia, and the situation was even more serious.

The Australian mainland is vast and sparsely populated, and most of the population is concentrated in cities. Due to the small population of Australia, there are not many cities. There are only six major cities, so there are large uninhabited areas in Australia, especially the deserts, Gobi, and mountains in the middle. Therefore, the "essence" of Australia is the "circle" of the coast on all sides. The battle between the Japanese army and the Allied forces took place in the coastal area of ​​Australia.

The Australian campaign began in early May and lasted for five full months until early October. During these five months, because the U.S. military had just suffered a disastrous defeat in the Hawaiian campaign, its vitality was severely injured, and it lost its strategic initiative. During the trough period suppressed by the Japanese army, the US-Australia maritime transportation line was intermittent due to the strangling and interception of the Japanese army, and the supply of transportation was less than the demand, so the assistance from the United States to Australia was relatively limited (Roosevelt had to spend a lot of money to "buy" Jiang Weiguo secretly Help), the situation in Australia has always been inclined to the Japanese army. Although the Australian army and civilians fought bloody and desperately resisted, the Japanese army still occupied Brisbane, Sydney, and Canberra one after another. The six major cities in Australia were occupied by the Japanese army. Half, including Australia The capital Canberra.

The Japanese army, which succeeded steadily, continued to advance, and after taking Canberra, they aggressively attacked Melbourne.

During this war, the Southwest Pacific War broke out between the United States and Japan.

Just when the Japanese army had already invaded the urban area of ​​Melbourne, occupied more than half of Melbourne, and launched a meat grinder-like street battle with the Australian army in the city, the Japanese army believed that "the Japanese navy almost wiped out the whole army in the Southwest Pacific Battle, leaving only The U.S. Pacific Fleet of the next aircraft carrier miraculously carried a large number of U.S. troops and a large amount of munitions along the U.S.-Australia maritime transport line from the United States to Australia, and arrived in Melbourne. Hundreds of new U.S. aircraft and hundreds of new U.S. tanks were sent ashore together and put into the Battle of Melbourne, which turned the tide of the battle. Flesh and blood were blown up and rats fled with their heads in their arms. The Sherman tank, which made its debut on the stage of this world war, even smashed the Japanese army and turned them on their backs.

Chapter 673 Outer War Situation (9)

The Battle of Melbourne was a turning point on the Australian battlefield. Australians later proudly called Melbourne "Australia's Nanjing" and "The Battle of Melbourne was the second Battle of Nanjing". The Japanese offensive was contained here, although the Allied forces did not Turning from defense to offense, it did cause the Japanese army to fall into the quagmire of war on the Australian battlefield. The two sides then turned into a protracted war, a war of attrition, and a tug-of-war. The Japanese army had to continue to increase its troops to Australia.

It is worth mentioning that the Australian soldiers and civilians paid a very heavy price in order to defend their home and country. In the five months before the United States sent the first real large-scale aid after the Southwest Pacific Campaign, the total number of Australian casualties More than 25 people died in the war, of which more than 7 were killed in battle. More than 5 Australian soldiers were massacred after falling into the hands of the Japanese army, and more than 120 million Australian civilians were killed or injured in the war, of which more than 50 Australian civilians died of The massacres organized by the Japanese army, combined calculations, the Australian military and civilians have suffered about 150 million casualties and about 65 deaths in the past five months.

For Australia, which has a total population of just over 700 million, such a huge population loss is indeed very heavy, which has led to more and more female soldiers in the Australian army.

Because of this, coupled with the fact that the Australians have noticed the vicious intent of the Japanese to try to "genocide" in Australia, the Australians hate the Japanese to the bone.

The Australians’ hatred for the Japanese is no less than that of the Chinese, or even worse. After all, there are always pro-Japanese elements in China, but there is absolutely no pro-Japanese element in Australia. All Australians are "Japanese haters" (Even if Australia was not too much poisoned by the Japanese army in the original history, Australians are the most hated Japanese among white people, and they hate Japanese more than Americans. The tenacity of the war against Japan greatly surpassed that of the U.S. and British troops, and after Japan surrendered, the Australian government firmly demanded that "Hirohito, the biggest warmonger and executioner, be hanged."

).

The Japanese army fell into a bitter battle in India and Australia, which was naturally what Jiang Weiguo wanted to see the most, and it was also his intended goal.

When the Battle of Melbourne turned around because the U.S. Pacific Fleet arrived with a large number of U.S. aid, Jiang Weiguo saw Yamamoto 56 again.

"What? Yamamoto came to see me again? How many people did he bring?" After receiving Zhang Jizheng's report, Jiang Weiguo was taken aback.

Zhang Jizheng was the tenth of the ten brothers, and all the ten brothers held important positions at this time. Zhang Jizheng was mainly acting as Jiang Weiguo's diplomatic assistant.

Of course China has a Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but Jiang Weiguo must not use state agencies when engaging in "private diplomacy", he has his own team.

"Brother, your question is so strange, of course Yamamoto came to see you with a dozen entourages as before.

Starling, why do you look so nervous? Zhang Jizheng looked at Jiang Weiguo with a strange face in surprise.

"I thought he would bring an army of [-] people to look for me!" Jiang Weiguo patted his chest and thought to himself, "The old saying is indeed true, a thief is guilty! Being a thief, even if you don't show your feet, you still feel guilty! "

Yamamoto didn't know that Jiang Weiguo was betraying him behind his back. Even if there were any clues, such as the Japanese army discovering in the Southwest Pacific Battle that the U.S. military was obviously guarded against the four aircraft carriers they had hidden, it was impossible to think of Jiang Weiguo. After all, There are too many coincidences, accidents, and accidents in the world. Taking a step back, even if the Japanese realize that their battle plan may be leaked, it is just all guesswork and all kinds of intelligence After the information is covered up, there will be almost no in-depth investigation. What's more, the Japanese have no evidence to prove that their combat plan has been leaked. I really doubt it. After all, there are so many channels for leaking information. The Japanese searched and checked. It is also impossible to find Jiang Weiguo's head.

In fact, the Japanese thought that they had achieved a great victory in the Southwest Pacific Campaign, so how could they doubt that they were actually losers and were betrayed and failed?

Of course, Yamamoto didn't come to Jiang Weiguo to "invoke the teacher to inquire about the crime". He came here this time just like before, asking for Jiang Weiguo.

After the two met, Jiang Weiguo immediately expressed his congratulations with a happy face: "General Yamamoto, congratulations! Your navy has once again severely damaged the US Pacific Fleet, and this time it is not a surprise attack, but an upright contest. I believe Nimitz is I lost convincingly.

The significance of the Southwest Pacific Campaign is too great!Through the victory of this battle, General Yamamoto's strategic goal has been fully realized. The Japanese Navy has now officially dominated the Pacific Ocean and gained absolute control and domination of the Pacific Ocean!I am very happy and admire the Japanese navy!The Japanese Navy deserves to be the mainstay of the Allied Powers, and it really lived up to expectations!This battle also effectively assisted the German army, helped the German army contain a large number of U.S. Navy forces, and indirectly promoted the German army's plan to land in the UK to be a complete success!It can be said that this battle played a decisive role in turning the tide and turning the tide for the Allied Powers to finally defeat the Allied Powers!Its significance cannot be estimated at all!sharp!sharp!admire!admire!This battle will definitely shine in the annals of history and be immortalized forever..." He was eloquent and eloquent.

There was a subtle bitterness on Yamamoto's face. After patiently waiting for Jiang Weiguo to finish speaking, he sighed softly: "Little General Jiang, you have overrated your words, and...with all due respect, you are a little too optimistic. Well, actually, that's not the case!"

"General Yamamoto, why did you say that?" Jiang Weiguo looked surprised, "Isn't it true that the Japanese navy won a complete victory in the Southwest Pacific Campaign and achieved major results? Isn't it true that the US military was sunk by the Japanese navy with six aircraft carriers?" fact?"

"It's true!" Yamamoto nodded, "According to our analysis and verification, the USS Langley, Ranger, Wasp, Yorktown, and Hornet were all sunk by the Japanese navy. The US aircraft carrier was abandoned by the U.S. military after being seriously injured and paralyzed. Of the 7 U.S. aircraft carriers participating in this battle, only the Lexington survived, but..."

"But what?" Jiang Weiguo spread his hands, "Six of the seven U.S. aircraft carriers were sunk by the Japanese navy. Are you still not satisfied, General Yamamoto? Don't you want to kill all the U.S. aircraft carriers?" Will you be satisfied? With all due respect, you are too greedy! Killing six of the seven US aircraft carriers is a solid victory!"

"But the Japanese Navy also lost the Yamato and Soryu aircraft carriers!"

"Two to six is ​​not enough? General Yamamoto, you can't be too harsh on your subordinates, they have tried their best!"

"General Jiang, what worries me is not that the USS Lexington slipped through the net, nor that the Japanese Navy lost two aircraft carriers. This result is within my tolerance. What really worries me is..." Yamamoto smiled wryly. "Only one month later, the U.S. Pacific Fleet reappeared on the U.S.-Australia maritime transportation line. There are at least three aircraft carriers! Three! Because the U.S. fleet successfully escorted a large amount of aid to Australia, General Yamashita (Yamashita Fufumi) The battle of Melbourne that was launched suddenly failed. General Yamashita's troops were already sure to win, but because of the sudden arrival of the U.S. fleet and U.S. aid, his troops were being expelled from Melbourne by the Allied forces.

In this regard, the Japanese army was very dissatisfied, believing that the Japanese navy was incompetent, and even suspected that the Japanese navy lied about its military situation and exaggerated its achievements.

General Umezu (Meijiro Umezu) asked me, since the Japanese navy had knocked down the U.S. Navy to only one aircraft carrier, why did the U.S. military dispatch three or more aircraft carriers to participate in the Australian campaign in just one month?I can only say that the industrial productivity of the United States is too strong. Before this war, they had three or more aircraft carriers that were about to be completed. At this time, they were just completed and put into war.

well! ’ he sighed sadly.

"I really didn't expect it to be like this..." Jiang Weiguo was shocked and worried, "Yes, the industrial productivity of the United States is too strong! However, General Yamamoto, everything has two sides. Think about it, if Japan The Navy did not wipe out 6 U.S. aircraft carriers in one fell swoop in the Southwest Pacific Battle, so now, there are 10 or more U.S. aircraft carriers appearing on the U.S.-Australia maritime transportation line!" Jiang Weiguo said these duplicity words At that time, I was also a little puzzled: the US military lost 2 aircraft carriers in the Southwest Pacific Campaign, and there are 5 remaining, and the US military has not completed new aircraft carriers recently. According to common sense, the remaining 5 aircraft carriers of the US military are more or less Injured, how could there be 3 or even more than 3 ships in battle again after just one month?You know, it takes about 20 days to sail from the mainland of the United States to the Australian mainland. In other words, the U.S. military only has about 10 days to repair the injured aircraft carrier. Undoubtedly, this time is very short, but the U.S. military really did it ( The United States not only built aircraft carriers at an astonishing speed, but also repaired them at an astonishing speed. Before the Battle of Midway in the original history, the Japanese aircraft carriers Xianghe and Zuikaku and the US aircraft carrier Yorktown were all injured in the Battle of the Coral Sea. As a result, the damaged Japanese aircraft carrier was too late to be repaired before the Battle of Midway and was unable to participate in the battle, while the USS Yorktown was repaired and participated in the Battle of Midway in only three days and three nights.

).

"Since the U.S. military has three or more new aircraft carriers, then, General Yamamoto, is the Japanese navy going to pursue it again?" Jiang Weiguo asked.