The Japanese tried to rescue the three divisions trapped in North Vietnam. The purpose was not simple, but they actually wanted to draw troops to deal with the United States!

Since Qin Wei did not intend to keep it secret, Bai Chongxi felt that he had no reason to worry about the Japanese, so when he conveyed these words to the officers who tried to continue petitioning upward, he did not remind him to keep the secret. In this way, the secret was no longer a secret and was quickly disclosed.

This naturally aroused dissatisfaction among many people.

Especially the United States, one of the parties involved.

...

"It's simply a fantasy. What do they think is the United States of America? Is it China?" MacArthur, commander of the US military in the Philippines and marshal of the Philippines' army, scoffed at this "rumor" and publicly: "The strength of the United States is unquestionable. I don't believe that the Japanese have such courage. Because if they really dare to do this, Japan will face a catastrophe!"

"But the Japanese defeated the Soviets after all. They were very strong." Faced with the extremely confident MacArthur, a reporter asked this question.

"Is it really strong? I don't think so. The Soviets failed because they misjudged their strength. If they had not wanted to win at the smallest price, they would not have the dilemma they are today! On the contrary, they should have won a long time ago. Of course, I also think that this is also the result of the "great purge" launched by Mr. Stalin in his country. If the experienced commanders of the Soviet army are still there, the Japanese will not

If we want to take over the entire Siberia, they will even lose the territory of Northeast Asia they occupied. If it weren't for the help of the Soviet rebels who were exiled to the labor camp by Mr. Stalin, they might still be fighting hard with Temuxingo on the shore of Lake Baikal!... But we are not China, nor the Soviet Union, we are the United States, a free and democratic United States of America! We do not have the troubles of the Soviet Union. If the Japanese dare to invade, they will not even be able to get through the Philippines!"

...

"This is just a rumor."

Just when MacArthur made a big fuss in the Philippines and expressed contempt for China openly and secretly, the United States, far away from the Pacific Ocean, was summoned by Roosevelt, who had just been elected for the third time in Washington. Yan Huiqing, the Chinese ambassador to the United States, who had just walked out of the White House gate, was surrounded by a group of reporters and was asked the same question. In this regard, Yan Huiqing could only shake her head repeatedly:

"I know this rumor comes from China. But the Chinese government has no expression on this, so this cannot be regarded as the attitude or speculation of the entire China. We are also very clear about the strength of the United States of America. With the power of Japan, we go to war with China and the Soviet Union at the same time, and can achieve the current results, this is already the favor of the God of Luck... Of course, according to some of the more rude generals in our country, the goddess Amaterasu believed in seduced the Goddess of Luck and asked him to blow the pillow wind in the Goddess of Luck... But the Goddess of Luck will always find these things, right? If the Japanese think they can really provoke the United States of America after they invade China and the Soviet Union one after another, then I can only say that they have forgotten how much power they have and how many bowls of rice they can eat."

"So, I think this can only be heard as a rumor, just a rumor. We don't want this small rumor to affect the friendly relations between China and the United States because of this small rumor, but..."

"From my personal point of view, the United States should still be ready for combat!"

"Because this is a new round of 'world war' after all! The United States of America is powerful. It has the world's number one industrial strength! This makes no one dare to ignore its existence. Last year, your country provided fifty destroyers to the United Kingdom. In the eyes of many participating countries, the actions of the United States actually mean that it has participated in a limited number of war... This means that in order to prevent the terrifying consequences that the United States' participation in the war may bring to them, they may take the initiative first."

"Of course, this is just my personal guess! But there will be no mistake in making more preparations in everything, isn't it? Perhaps, when you make some preparations, those who are still thinking about it will immediately give up their unrealistic ideas?"

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"You guys, what do you think of this incident?"

Tokyo, Japan.

Hirohito asked slowly with his face that was like a dead person, looking at the new round of cabinet members in front of him.

"Your Majesty, the United States has completely stopped its oil supply to us."

At this time, the Prime Minister was no longer Minumasa Minuta, but Konoe Fumi, who came to power for the second time. This Japanese aristocrat was born and had a duke as a young man. The guy who actually created a war of a total aggression against China did not say much, but just said this in a low voice to Hirohito.

"The Chinese have oil." Foreign Minister Yootsuka Matsuoka followed.

"Now the Chinese still have fleets including aircraft carriers. Because of the escort of the Hellcat fighter jets, their combat radius is at least 600 kilometers." In the army, Hideki Tojo was still the first to speak. In this new round of cabinet, he is no longer the deputy commander of the Army Department, but the serious Lu Zu. As for the previous Lu Zu Zuo Hata Shunrok, he has gone to China... His mission is to replace Koiki Aki!

"Enough. Tojo Hideki, are you mocking our navy for being incompetent?" said Mikazu Yoshida Shingo angrily.

"Aren't you?" Tojo Hideki snorted coldly, "The defeat without any resistance was not only annihilated, but also implicated the army of two brigades... But we finally pulled out the power to break the North Vietnamese deadlock. But these loyal and brave army soldiers are now thrown into the sea by the Chinese! We can't even find a few of their corpses. Isn't this the reason for your navy?"

"If it weren't for your army's incompetence, how could it have been this time? What else would you say to break the deadlock? After all, isn't it just to rescue those trapped army idiots?" Yoshida Zengo shouted.

"Enough-" Hirohito suddenly screamed sharply, "When is it now? Can't you do anything useful except attacking each other?"

"Your Majesty, we must go south now! Seize the oil and rubber production." Matsuoka Yosuki didn't seem to see the quarrel between Hideki Tojo and Seonggo Yoshida... This kind of thing is too common. The conflict between the army and the navy is already great, and the more they are mixed, the worse they will be. So it's better to just think that the two of them are air.

"But the United States is powerful. If they really go to war with them, the consequences will be extremely terrible." Fumiko Kobe seemed a little confused. Although Matsuoka Yosuke was the foreign minister of his administration, the two were not in a match. He actually advocated getting along with the United States as well as possible... because the large amount of materials they need now need to be imported from the United States, especially oil and rubber. The strong industrial strength of the United States is simply incomparable to Japan. But Matsuoka Yosuke's foreign minister was arguably the same.

He was extremely tough towards the United States, and he even refused to fight against him as the leader... In the original history, in order to get rid of Matsuoka Yoe, Fumiko Koe could only use the method of resigning from the cabinet, and then formed a cabinet for the third time. However, this time it was different, and the conflict between the two was much smaller. Because Japan had already begun to plan to start a war with Britain and the United States... The reason was very simple: even if the US government did not cut off their oil supply, they could not hold on.

Why can't they hold on? Because of the battle in Siberia. The Japanese invested hugely in this battle. Although they did not usher in the final fierce decisive battle and saved a lot of supplies, they had never thought that they would take down the entire Siberia. In order to control such a large piece of land and the previous battles, their investment was also extremely huge. In addition, although the battle ended in an unexpected way, the Soviets failed to destroy the factories in Siberia and almost completely took over these facilities. After all, they had just occupied it, and it would take some time to restore production to these factories. Before this time, they could only continue to invest... Japan's economic strength could not support such a large plate!

And this is not the most terrifying thing.

The most terrifying thing is that the Chinese used two oil fields in Indonesia to successfully connect with oil companies from Britain and the United States, step by step to reduce their oil supply to Japan. In other words, even if the United States does not completely cut off their oil transactions with them, they will be forced to the dead end by the Chinese step by step.

"We were also nervous before we started a war with the Soviets!" Matsuoka Yoyuu was still hesitant after making a decision with Fumikoto, and this time the same was true: "But if we don't start a war, we will have to fail! It was okay before, but if we failed, we could at least protect our homeland with the navy. But now the Chinese have re-owned navy, and their mysterious weapons also make it possible for them to capture more of our warships in the future... With the hatred between the two countries, when China has the advantage, they will definitely not let us go. By then, our ending may not be much better than going to war with Britain and the United States, and being defeated."

"As long as we have the supply of oil and rubber, we will still have hope of victory. On the contrary, China, which has been cut off from oil and foreign aid, will become weaker and weaker. Not only will the mechanized forces obtained from the Soviet Union be difficult to operate, but their most arrogant air force will gradually not be able to fly." Hideki Tojo said.

"But the Chinese have reminded the United States that Americans will definitely guard against us." Yoshida Zengo shouted.

"No, it's the opposite." Hideki Tojo sneered, "According to Ishihara Kanji, the Chinese are not reminding the United States at all, they are actually covering us..."
Chapter completed!