"What did you say? The Japanese coup? Is this true?"

"It's true that this was sent back by the ambassador from Tokyo. He witnessed the whole process at the embassy and was invited to participate in the joint fleet parade."

"Okay, I will report to Comrade Stalin right away." Foreign People's Commissar Molotov thought for a while, "Don't disclose it to the outside world for the time being, whether it is our own comrades or the United States."

"clear."

"Comrade Molotov, what does the news of the Japanese coup mean?" Stalin was also shocked by the news, "Didn't it mean that Japan has the intention to start a war against us?"

"There are attempts, and it has been strengthened after the coup." Molotov's face turned pale, "The ambassador made it very clear in the telegram that the former chief of staff of the Japanese Army became the Prime Minister of Japan, and the Japanese Navy Marshal Horikiki controlled the entire Japanese naval power..."

"What does this mean? He didn't know what it was? He killed the original commander?"

"He now holds the most important position of all Japanese Navy, and even has an unprecedented and special position like the Privy Councilor of the Navy. According to our understanding of Japanese policies, we believe that this is a complete overthrow of the Japanese warlords against the power of the emperor." Molotov introduced, "The current position means that he can order himself and set goals for himself without scruples on others. Of course, he can mobilize all Japanese naval forces as he pleases. In short, he is now a combination of the Japanese naval emperor and the naval commander. What's bad is that he still has deep hostility towards us. Robbing the American transport fleet and threatening to use the fleet to attack Vladivostok and the Soviet port is his manifestation."

Stalin gritted his teeth: "Can he get rid of him? Such a person poses too much threat to us."

"It is basically impossible. If it could be eliminated, the Americans would have taken action long ago." Molotov smiled bitterly. "In the past year, he has killed more than 1 million tons of British and American naval warships, which is even stronger than Marshal Hirahachiro Togo that year, and his grasp of the army is beyond everyone's expectations. His political opponent was originally removed from his post, but when he incited him, the entire navy followed him and rebelled. Not only did he kill his opponent, but he also mastered all the naval forces... Only such unscrupulous warlords can ignore international law and basic moral norms to seize the materials of neutral countries."

"Okay, adjust according to the combat readiness plan of the Supreme Command. Now we must avoid the excuse of provoking a full-scale war for the Japanese." Stalin sighed helplessly. After being defeated by Mijiro Umezu, Stalin ignored everyone's dissuasion and insisted on launching a larger-scale attack and had to find the venue. This time, there was nothing to say.

"There is another embarrassing news..." Molotov spoke with difficulty. "After negotiations, the Japanese side agreed to reduce the robbery fee to 40%, but the proportion was calculated based on the number of ships. And they had to pick it first. After the picking, they guarantee the safety of the remaining ships. Then the Japanese side stated that there was no intention to start a war, so that we should not misjudgment the situation, but they were not afraid of war. Now the Kwantung Army was not at that time, and it was idle, so everyone might as well compete again."

"Bastard!" Comrade Stalin slapped on the table with blue veins on his face. He was obviously extremely angry, but there was no way to militarism. It was this virtue. If you can beat him, everything would be easy. If you can beat him, don't blame others for being rude to speak and do things. Over the past 40 years, Japan has repeatedly waged wars against Russia (Russia War 1904, Siberian War 1918, Zhang Gufeng, Nomenhan in the past few years). No reason was too lazy to look for it?

"Tell American friends and listen to their thoughts."

Molotov understood that Stalin had surrendered helplessly, but he had to obtain the consent of the United States. After all, the supplies were given by the United States, and the crew members were basically all of the Americans who were detained last time. All of them were released by the Japanese side, but none of the American crew members could leave. It is said that they were all taken to the prisoner-of-war camp as coolies.

In fact, Molotov didn't dare to say anything. Gu Zhengzhi, who remained as Foreign Minister, said arrogantly to the Soviet ambassador: "As your country invaded Manchuria, we decided to reserve the right to retaliate. Today we will first warn you when you take action. The next time it will be no more than just a small fight to get some destroyers."

Is Gu Zhengzhi bragging? Of course not. Now the civil servants of the cabinet are very clear that since the "strike against traitors" and the army has been watching, His Majesty's speech is no longer good in the military. As long as the four major leaders of the Army and Navy unanimously approved the opinions, they must continue to be implemented.

The plan formulated by the base camp was to send troops to occupy the entire Beishukan Island. It produces about 400,000 to 500,000 tons of oil per year. After the Baku oil field was thrown away, the Soviet side urgently expanded the oil production, and now the oil production can reach 800,000 tons. For Japan, which consumes about 7 million tons of oil per year (it was originally 5 million tons, but this book has estimated it to be 7 million tons due to Japan's expansion of heavy equipment and reducing fuel consumption in China, and it is estimated to be 7 million tons). It is of great significance to the Soviet Union, which consumes 10 million tons of oil per year. It was about to take action, but Ishihara Kanr expressed his objection: "What should I do if the Soviets sent bombers to blow up the oil well after robbing it?" Everyone felt that they were not fully sure at the moment, and the Shanghai army had other considerations, so the whole thing had to be temporarily shelved.

"I will never agree to such a shameless and ridiculous approach... No matter what reason you use to convince me!" US Vice President Wallace, who acted as a president, tore up the letter of advice submitted by the Joint Conference. "As long as I'm still in the White House for a day, you can't imagine it!"

In the Japanese coup, 40% of the robbery fees were quickly transmitted to the United States through the diplomatic system. There was no spy in Japan or people who could openly operate. Therefore, they rely heavily on the Soviet side for Japanese intelligence collection. Only the Soviet side knew the news like the coup. The Soviet side knew the most clearly, and the joint fleet review ceremony made the United States frown. After hearing that Japan had two super battleships and aircraft carrier-based aircraft with ultra-low altitude flight capabilities, the Joint Conference immediately submitted a seemingly humiliating but very rational suggestion letter. If Japan could really ensure the safe delivery of the remaining materials to Russia, it agreed to a 40% extortion fee.

Whether it is General Jin, Nimitz or Turner, they all think that the money is not outrageous because the loss rate of the North Atlantic route that transports supplies to Britain is nearly 50%, and it is often lost with ships and cargo. Japan only offers 40% of the price and ensures the safety of personnel. The actual transportation results are even greater than that of the North Atlantic route. What is the point of giving some supplies? Just give more. Anyway, Japan cannot win the war by relying on more of these things.

Of course, the Joint Conference has a good ability to pass the blame. If this arrangement is leaked, it is heard by Congress or the people who don’t know the truth. They will definitely point at the Joint Conference and the senior leaders of the Army and Navy to scold the enemy. Therefore, they try every means to ask Wallace to sign the agreed order in the future. If something happens in the future, they can turn the blame on Wallace, who is acting as the president.

But I don’t know if Wallace’s political idealism had occurred or his think tank saw through the “little thoughts” of the Joint Conference. He was hysterical at the communication meeting, and he refused to sign the consent form. He even publicly quarreled with senior military officials including Marshall, General King and others, accusing them of being responsible for the current military failure of the United States. Everyone retorted and finally parted in disagreement.

Turner, who has always been fearless, said in a shocking speech at the subsequent closed-door meeting of the Joint Conference: "I fucking began to envy this guy Hori Teiki. If you say you will have a coup, you will have a coup. If you don't know how to be tactful, get out of me! This is the life of people. When can I shout out happily, "President, you can get out of me if you don't know how to be tactful?"

General Li Hai, the chief of staff of the president, who has always claimed to be politically correct, also had a gloomy face: He was not angry about Turner's "stupid words", he was annoyed that Wallace was ignorant of raising his praises. Originally, everyone raised the power of the vice president to "actualize" to let you sign more and talk less nonsense, but now you have started to sing the accent. It would be fine if you have accent. Now you are openly rejecting the unanimous agreement of the senior leaders of the Army and Navy, and even threatening to remove us. What do you want to do?

Eisenhower, who is relatively gentle, sighed: "Then we can only pause the delivery of materials first. Let's think of ways to see if we can win the support of some powerful members on Capitol Hill and let them put some pressure on the president."

"It's the vice president!" Marshall "remindered", adding to the tone to the word "deputy".

Eisenhower repeated awkwardly: "Yes! Vice President!"

"Do you want to call Hoover..." Turner whispered in General King's ear, whose face changed slightly, but he did not nod in the end.

In addition to the military, Wallace also expressed dissatisfaction with him. Wallace expressed dissatisfaction with his behavior of controlling public opinion and infiltrating the "Loyalty Act", believing that he was engaged in spies' rule and political purges. He also said that independent judicial institutions would intervene in reviewing the cases that have been processed and listen to reports on the use of the budget. This undoubtedly made Hoover extremely angry. Turner suggested whether Hoover could collect some of Wallace's black materials and simply put him down. The candidate for "acting" positions can be allowed to "try it". The scheming General Kim believes that it is not yet at this time, at least he cannot lead the way. If this matter is exposed, it will be a big deal.

"Prepare for the Guinea battle first." Nimitz sighed and said helplessly, "I will discuss the matter of aid to the Soviet Union. I hope that Stalin's attack in Central Asia can achieve results, so it will be better for us to make this suggestion."
Chapter completed!