ps: News review Check you have a fierce debate. I would like to give you an opinion: During World War II, the United States had a strict news censorship system and confidentiality law. For details, please refer to the history of news; in the post-war peace period, the United States abolished the system and replaced it with de facto public opinion guidance until the rise of Internet media...

On February 4, 1944, on the first weekend of February, Vice President Henry Wallace of the United States of America received an announcement that his mission to act as president was over. He stood up and stared out the window blankly, not knowing what to say for a moment. Now he felt as if a balloon suddenly got stabbed with a needle when it was blown to the maximum point, and he was completely deflated.

The door was suddenly knocked, and he shouted weakly: "Please come in."

It was Nimitz who came in. The other party saluted him first, and then reported: "I just received an emergency telegram from the Pacific Front that Japan dispatched a fleet to break the diplomatic relationship near the middle waters between the Marshall Islands and American Samoa. It is reported that it includes at least 2 aircraft carriers and 1 super battleships and related cruisers, destroyers, and our two fleets were attacked, losing 3 escort aircraft carriers and 14 merchant ships. In addition, 15-20 merchant ships were captured, and only 6 ships rushed through the blockade or turned back to Hawaii. Judging from the current situation, the strength of the Pacific Fleet is not the opponent of this Japanese fleet for the time being, so the delivery of materials to Australia and New Zealand may temporarily need to be interrupted. But I would like to urge you to tell the leaders of the two countries that we will not interrupt aid to Australia and New Zealand. They are very critical to the Pacific situation, and we will find ways to overcome this crisis as soon as possible."

Nimitz is the most restrained person among the members of the Union and the only person who thinks that he should not have a too stiff relationship with Wallace. Now, because Wallace criticized his performance when he was criticizing the African battlefield, even Eisenhower, who has always been gentle, doesn't want to pay attention to him. It's just that he doesn't speak badly like Turner.

Wallace smiled weakly: "Thank you general, for letting me know the situation on the front line, but I can no longer exercise presidential powers now. Mr. Roosevelt will return to the White House soon. You can report to him before making a decision on the issue."

"I understand, thank you very much." Nimitz saluted again and retreated.

Wallace sighed. He had just noticed Nimitz's eyes. After hearing Roosevelt return to the White House, the other party's frown suddenly unfolded, and even his eyes suddenly became bright, which shows that in the minds of these soldiers, Roosevelt was their backbone, and his idea of ​​letting the public participate in politics and listening to the voices of the people is mostly a joke in the eyes of professional soldiers, right? Do you also have to point fingers and tell senior officers where to fight? How to fight? Soldiers must prefer Roosevelt and Churchill more authoritarian leaders, right? As for political and military leaders like Hori Teji who can win battles, I am afraid that their subordinates will follow them wholeheartedly? Before the coup, he was a military leader, but after the coup, he became a political leader.

Wallace's idea was not good at all. The Japanese Navy was originally interested in the battle of the war, thinking that it was not in line with the spirit of the Bushido, and was only obsessed with the fleet's decisive battle. Even though there were large submarine troops, it was still only used to cooperate with the fleet's decisive battle. However, after 30 years of professional battle, the United Fleet also began to learn bad things. A large number of submarines (whether made by Japan or given by Germany later) began to be sent to carry out the battle of the war. Even the Musashi, which was reluctant to use in the battle of the fleet, was used to make the battle of the war, and it was simply going from one extreme to another. Kakuda and Nishimura, the two partners of the two Hunha who robbed the vanguard of the Soviet route, turned into the robbery of the Pacific Ocean.

The effect of armed disputes is indeed extraordinary. At least Musashi and King Kong formations took out multiples of the appearance fee. The fuel in the tanker was sucked dry on the spot by warships of all sizes in the Second Air War. Even the excess fuel in the seized freighter was sucked away. Anyway, the captive ships were only allowed to drive to Truke. Some people would worry about the future. Just a few days after the Second Air War went out, the Japanese Navy established the Oriental War Zone, which was mainly responsible for combating the Gilbert Islands, Marshall Islands, Mariana Islands, Solomon Islands, New Guinea Islands and other places in the absolute defense circle. There are a total of two support points, north and south support points, Truke in the northern support point, and Rabaul. It is said to be the Oriental War Zone, which is actually responsible for the entire Central Pacific region.

Compared with the Nanyang War Zone, which mainly includes Malaya, Borneo, Dutch East India, the Philippines, and Indochina Peninsula, the Dongyang War Zone is directly on the front line of war and is more dangerous. In the end, Hori Teiki selected Lieutenant General Hiroshi Horitsu (36th period), who had both aviation combat experience, fleet command experience, and was also old enough to be promoted to the general and then took up the position. He also assigned him the Chief of Staff (the Chief of Staff of the Nanyang War Zone was Endo Kiichi of the 39th period), and also assigned the Japanese submarine force commander and the only proficient in submarine combat in the war zone. Hiroshi Horitsu first helped Horitsu in the position of commander of the mobile fleet, and then took the lead in responding to the rebellion on the Dafeng, and a general still had to give it to him.

According to the bilateral agreement between the Army and Navy, the army and ground forces stationed on the island of the Dongyang War Zone were all under the unified leadership of the Navy, and the relevant materials and ordnance supplies (except military pay) were also left to the Navy. Anyway, the Navy had money, ships and equipment. Of course, it was just obeying the unified dispatch of the Navy in combat, and the relevant personnel rights and marshalling powers were firmly in the hands of the base camp. In exchange, the Navy withdrew from all its existence in mainland China and handed over the assets to the Army. In the future, the Navy only retained four points in mainland China, namely Qingdao, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Xiamen in mainland China. The Chinese dispatched troops picked up the navy's excellent goods and turned around and sold some of the outdated goods to both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.

After the Kuomintang and the Communist Party began large-scale friction in October 1943, the Japanese arms and material business suddenly improved a lot, and there were endless people coming and going every day. But the dispatched army soon discovered that the Communist Party’s forces came to contact and purchase were less than one-tenth of the opponent. The air reconnaissance results showed that the Communist Party’s controlled area was expanding sharply, which made the dispatched army puzzled, because the original weapons and equipment of the Communist Army lag behind the Kuomintang Army, and the number of arms purchased from Japan was significantly less than that of the opponent. Why was there such a huge difference in combat power?

The mystery was not revealed until December, but the reason was that no one expected oil! After the shipping to India was cut off, the import of oil from the Kuomintang became a big problem. Currently, there are only two oil-producing areas in mainland China, one is extension and the other is Yumen. The annual output is only a few thousand tons, and all these oil fields are in the hands of the Communist Party. Once the gunfire sounds, all exports to the outside world are interrupted. The supply of the Communist Party's aircraft is enough, but the country's mechanized heavy equipment is completely finished. Simple light weapons hiking operations? Sorry, the Communist Party is the ancestor in this regard. On the one hand, the country calls stock oil from the southwest, and urgently finds ways to buy it from Japan, but the Chinese dispatched troops themselves have gaps in oil. How dare they export it? It is secretly a few tons sold at high prices, and dozens of tons are a drop in the bucket, which is better than nothing.

In this case, Japan also received a large order. The Communist Party purchased a set of oil production equipment and a batch of industrial machine tools from the Soviet Union, and asked Japan to provide full transportation and security from Vladivostok to the Communist Party's controlled area. The cost was great. The senior management of the dispatched army decided to release the situation after the robbery. While making money, it was just a matter of making up for the deteriorating Japan-Soviet relations. Then the person in charge of the delegation proposed that you should ask for machinery and equipment earlier, and we have it, and you can sell it to you if you want it. If we can't do it, it's easy to handle it, let the navy transport it from Europe! Europeans are loading outdated industrial equipment. The Eighth Route Army, who heard this tone, was stunned, and then the base area set up a cotton spinning mill, a small blast furnace, a machinery factory, a petroleum refinery, etc.

As for the materials needed by the Kuomintang, the dispatched troops gave them another idea to ask the American father to send them. Japan routinely charged 40% toll to ensure safety (the army's maiden followed the example quickly). The Chongqing authorities, who were in a hurry to seek medical treatment, really handed out the request through diplomatic channels. However, for Wallace, who even had to stop aid the aid of the Soviet Union and the British, the aid of China was not within his consideration. The relevant request was directly shot by Secretary Hull before it even reached Wallace. The Secretary of State was also angry: When you asked you to send troops to support India, you pushed three times and four times, but now you have to pay attention to us. This is a good idea? Is this abacus too beautiful? Even if Hull agrees, the Joint Conference will not let it go. In the latter's view, although the Chinese direction still restrains some Japanese troops, its significance and status have dropped sharply and are no longer able to play a role in hindering it.

The judgment is very accurate. Over the past year, Japan's withdrawal territory was very large. The Chinese dispatched troops were reduced to less than 400,000 for the first time. In the past, the subordinates were divided into North China Front Army. When the Tokyo coup was in a coup, the base camp completed personnel adjustments. Yan Junji, who had been drawing Chinese troops in the center, kicked into the reserve by Ishihara Kanir. The former commander of the North China Front Army, Okamura Yasuji, became the commander of the Chinese dispatched troops. The North China Front Army was abolished, and the division directly became various troops under the dispatched troops. Of course, the reduction in the number of people does not mean that the combat effectiveness has decreased. Due to mechanization, the increase in the degree of armorization and the reduction in the control range, the Japanese army's actual control in the significantly reduced control area was improved, and it could reach the level of armed surveillance. The only thing that made Okamura Yasuji was not satisfied was that the average equipment level of the Chinese dispatched troops was the worst among the major dispatches. He tried his best to get this up.

In response to this situation, it is rare for the Joint Conference to have the same opinion as Wallace: the aid to China is purely wasteful and can be cut down resolutely!

ps: I'll have another chapter after 4400 in the evening, but it's tomorrow...
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