The news of the assassination of the head of state inevitably spread to the Japanese army fighting in Hawaii.

"Sir, what do you think of the German statement? I always feel that there are some special meanings in the German statement."

Faced with Kusato Ryunosuke's questioning, Hori Teiki smiled: "The Head of State is a politician who is good at seizing opportunities and has a very sensitive sense of smell. On the surface, this matter is a strong protest against the United States, but in fact, you and I know that only the Churchill government can implement it in detail."

"Yes, it's hard for everyone to understand this."

"This shows that due to changes in the battlefield situation, Germany was not satisfied with the results at hand and the conditions agreed by the US, and began to raise the offer, but it was not good to break the contract. The assassination of the head of state is a very good reason and excuse. Otherwise, according to Minister Goebbels' statement, Germany will devote all its power to the United States, which is obviously inconsistent with the facts."

Kusato Ryunosuke nodded to show his understanding, and then asked: "When the next wave of reinforcements arrive, will we fight Hawaii Island first or Oahu first?"

"No fight!" Horitige paused, "After taking over Maui, it built fortifications on the spot. The army mainly attacked, but the large-scale offensive came to an end for the time being."

"Why is this? Don't you strike while the iron is hot?"

"Oahu has 40,000 troops and Hawaii has at least 30,000 troops. At the same time, there are tens of thousands of people in the two places. After an emergency mobilization, some personnel can be drawn to fight. We will lose a lot of people if we forcefully attack."

"But Americans are afraid of death, their performance on Lanai and Molokai Islands"

Horitiki shook his head: "This is different. I have inspected it on the spot. The army also believes that the defense system of the two islands occupied this time is very ordinary, but the two islands Oahu and Hawaii Island are the core of the entire Hawaiian Islands. The US military has been operating for many years and has been reinforced by wars. It has a good defense system, so it must be cautious! The next step is to use the second batch of domestic reinforcements to attack Fiji, New Caledaria, American Samoa and other places, and at the same time cooperate with the German army to garrison Australia and New Zealand, and from a strategic perspective, I hope Germany can promote a political solution."

"You don't advocate military occupation?"

"It's too difficult, surpassing Japan's ability, and at the same time it will stimulate inappropriate ambitions. And do you think Europe will easily watch us occupy Australia and New Zealand?" Hori Teiki sighed, "The Empire is now an allies with Europe, and we are all against the United States. Once we occupy Australia and New Zealand, the territory of the Empire will be too large. The offensive and defensive momentum is shifting. Europe and the United States may join forces. After all, they are all white people, but we are not!"

Kushou Ryunosuke didn't need to look at it and knew that he had occupied almost the entire India and Southeast Asia.

How big will Japan, which will take Australia and New Zealand, become the largest country in the world (separate statistics from East, West and Russia), he nodded respectfully: "The chief has made great plans."

"This is the main war in January, as for February"

"The next step is to cooperate with the Germans to fight Panama! It will fundamentally cut off the possibility of the US military reorganizing the east and west coasts through the Panama Canal, and extend the empire's absolute sea control status in the Pacific field as much as possible."

"This is only part of the reason," Horitiki added. "Germany has issued a request to us, hoping to cooperate with them in the battle. The request to take Panama should be agreed."

On the one hand, after the war, Germany considered internationalizing the Panama Canal, and Japan would also have a large shareholding and wanted to take shares without sending troops. Where did such a good thing come from? On the other hand, in the Hawaii strategy, Germany not only provided a lot of support to Japan through Peru, but also helped Japan in various aspects such as tankers and ordnance. The most urgently needed aviation equipment for the Joint Fleet alone was given a lot of, especially after the Great East China Sea earthquake in Japan almost destroyed all aircraft manufacturing factories in that area. Not to mention the navy, even army aircraft had to rely on imports to make up for the production gap.

"So, for reason, we must cooperate. My current main job is to avoid rapid reconciliation between Germany and the United States as much as possible. The greater the achievements we have made in Germany, the more Germany will open a high price, and the more the United States will be unable to bear it and express doubts. The truce between Germany and the United States will be delayed step by step. Only by dragging Germany to fight together will the empire have a great chance of winning. Otherwise, it will be difficult."

"As for the two months in the middle, let the US military in Hawaii enjoy it, let them experience the feeling of being isolated, helpless, morale decline, public anxiety, and gradual exhaustion of materials. If you can defeat the army without fighting, that would be even better." Horitiki said firmly, "We cannot lose too much troops to attack the island, even if the army dies! One more person will die now, and one less person will be defending Hawaii in the future!"

Chiaki Matsuda deeply agrees with this: "It is best for the US military to panic every day, so that Hawaii residents will eventually feel desperate about the US government and Captain America! In this way, they will not adopt a fierce resistance towards the empire's rule over Hawaii in the future. It is not humble enough to recommend harassing bombing. Hawaii bombing must continue and the Americans cannot live too well."

Kusato Ryunosuke also agreed.

Hori Teiki sighed slightly: Everyone's mainstream idea is to build up as a Japanese territory. He never dared to be so optimistic, nor did he think that the United States would swallow the bitter fruit of losing its territory. But the failure he wanted has not come yet, so what would he use to convince his arrogant subordinates in the country?

Just when Hori Teiki and everyone arranged the next stage of the war, Rommel, Gauss, Shaoken, Mandofir and others were also discussing the next stage of the battle. Now the South American army is full of elite troops. For example, Shaoken and Mandofir are already in the rank of generals and can be independently appointed as the commander of the army. Now they are still wronged in these 120,000 units, but the Supreme Command did not wrong everyone. Although the South American army only has 120,000, it is equipped with the army group in terms of specifications and supply guarantees. Rommel and others don’t care about these. As long as they have the trust of the head of state, everything is easy to say. Without trust, what can you do if you are the Minister of Defense? Isn’t it just a commander?

According to the latest composition, the South American Army has formed a total of left and right wing clusters. The left wing cluster is commanded by Shoken, the right wing cluster is commanded by Mandofir, and Rommel's command and other services are responsible for intermediary coordination. Gauss is now also in the rank of general and still serves as chief of staff. The entire team is completely luxurious.

"The Battle of Panama is scheduled to be held in late February, and the two armies will join forces, including Japan, which will dispatch the main force of the joint fleet to cooperate. Our side is responsible for dispatching the navy to restrain and the ground forces will attack." Gauss pointed out all the way on the map, "This Panama Battle is intended to occupy, unlike in 1943, which is mainly harassment, so we must first pull out the obstacles on the road ahead."

Germany initially decided to occupy Panama in late December, but later found that the Panama Canal could not be opened before May. In addition, there were a number of islands along the Caribbean Sea, so it delayed the time until February 1945. This arrangement was just as China and Japan wanted to calmly mobilize troops and eat up all the scattered islands in the Pacific.

Gauss revised the plan and planned to occupy British Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago in January. Guyana directly used the army and the air force was occupied by Mandofir. Trinidad and Tobago obviously had to carry out a landing operation, and planned to be occupied by the main force of the Axial Combined Fleet on January 18.

"During the visit to the UK, the Head of State had negotiated with the London authorities and asked them to transfer troops to British Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago, so our army's battles were mainly about winning, and there was no need to consider subsequent occupation and management."

Mandofer immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He had been slept on the Horse Island for more than a year and knew how difficult it would be to operate after occupation.

"After completing the first phase of the mission, we had two obstacles on the way to Panama. The first was Venezuela and the second was Colombia." Gauss pointed to the map and said, "The Supreme Command reported that Colombia had communicated with us at the diplomatic level. As long as our army entered, they would openly change their camps and join the axis. However, Venezuela was a little troublesome. There were more than 50,000 US troops here, and their strength was not too weak and they were scattered inland. It took too much time to strangle one by one."

"So the Chief of Staff gave a suggestion. After the first phase of the battle, he was in charge of the navy and actually skipped this target and attacked Panama directly." Rommel smiled and said, "Today, please discuss it. You all know that I am very persistent in this kind of jumping forward tactic. However, the troops are limited now, and we must consider the naval combat factors and be cautious. It is not the time of Kungunier's planning, so I have to fight leisurely and not give the Americans a chance to counterattack."
Chapter completed!