Iron Cross

Chapter 043: American Revolution (27) So, I'll let the Presidential Guard rest for a few days, and we'll go to Winnipeg and wait for the Red Cliffs to come on their own! "Steiner smiled." It's okay if they don't come, it means they have to endure hunger for at least a week before they can go and rob small towns in Manitoba, and it may not meet their needs! If I were the commander, I wouldn't dare take this risk Stainner's estimation is good, and Chuikov is reporting to Thomas and Malinkov: "Although we have now abandoned the pursuit of the Canadian Army, the danger is not far away. Poor supplies are a more cruel and dangerous existence than enemy pursuit and blockade. In order to be safe, we must go to Winnipeg once, and maybe even go to Minnesota and North Dakota in the United States to make another round, telling the American people that we are not far away Stainner's estimation is good, and Chuikov is reporting to Thomas and Malinkov: "Although we have now abandoned the pursuit of the Canadian Army, the danger is not far away. Poor supplies are a more cruel and dangerous existence than enemy pursuit and blockade. In order to be safe, we must go to Winnipeg once, and maybe even go to Minnesota and North Dakota in the United States to make another round, telling the American people that we are not far away Do you think it's feasible to establish a base in Alaska? "Thomas said anxiously. Even if it's not feasible, we can retreat to the Soviet Union! "Malinkov encouraged him." When the revolution is at a low point, we must maintain full confidence Just as the situation of annihilating the American Communist Party surged forward without a trace, Japan and the United States finally reached a consensus on the ceasefire agreement: on April 24, 1946, diplomatic representatives from both sides drafted the ceasefire agreement and quickly sent it back to China for final review. The final negotiation conditions are based on the goal proposed by Horiguchi, which is to set a price of 40 billion yuan and a bottom line of 30 billion yuan, including: 1. Japan will withdraw its troops within 6 months and return the Hawaiian Islands and their associated people, industries, equipment, etc. to the United States intact; 2. The United States actually paid Japan $32 billion in economic compensation, of which more than $24 billion was directly transferred to Germany to offset the debt owed by Japan and Germany. Germany gave a discount of about 5 billion marks because it had already learned from other channels that Japan was going to survey the Canadian Peninsula to kick Stalin's butt - in fact, Germany had already recovered all the successes and failures of the war as early as the end of 1944, and what was collected afterwards was only net profit. The transfer of $24 billion was equivalent to another 8 billion barrels of crude oil for Germany, and Hoffman was happy to take advantage of this;In addition, $8 billion will be provided by the United States to Japan within six months for a batch of war surplus materials, including Victory ships, trucks, used machine tools, scrap steel, etc. , without cash payment. Due to differences in cost and valuation, the actual amount paid by the United States is far less than $8 billion. In addition, there is no need to directly pay compensation to Japan, and the face of the United States is also saved; 3. Japan's official explanation and apology for the "undeclared war" attack on Hawaii during the war period (which does not need to be published domestically in Japan), and the United States' acceptance and non demand for punishment of the parties involved - although this is a self deception on both sides, it gives the United States some dignity; 4. Both sides should repatriate prisoners of war and overseas Chinese as soon as possible; 5. Japan guarantees not to interfere in the economic and trade relations between the United States and Australia, and the United States recognizes Japan's advantageous position in the Far East region. Overall, this is an agreement signed by both parties with no other options. The United States was greatly weakened by the rebellion of the American Communist Party, and even soldiers who wanted to fight against Japan did not believe that war could solve the problem. More importantly, the Joint Chiefs of Staff received alarming intelligence: Red elements stormed into a new nuclear element extraction production base, not only stealing some drawings and technical data, but also taking away some high-purity uranium-235 that had been painstakingly extracted. At the same time, in order to conceal their identity, they set fire to the base. This fire, coupled with the turmoil of the American Communist Party, caused power and material interruptions, delaying the plan to complete isotope extraction that was originally expected to be completed in May June until the spring of 1947. This caused the Joint Chiefs of Staff to delay the plan until the spring of 1947. I almost lost confidence in quickly possessing an atomic bomb. There is no advantage in the field of nuclear weapons, and the advantage of the United States in the field of conventional forces is not obvious either, because of the turmoil of the Communist Party of the United States and the repeated rocket attacks on the East Coast. The expansion of the Atlantic Fleet did not meet the expectations of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. By the spring of 1946, the main aircraft carriers were only maintained at 16, far from the expected 24, which was slightly more than Germany's 13, but not to a large extent. The intelligence heard from Germany's side was even more surprising. Japan, due to its lack of interference and relatively easy access to raw materials, built aircraft carriers at a fast pace. The Yunlong class had already entered service with 10, and with the original Da Feng and Shuanghe, it was possible to pull up at least 13 fleets. Although the total number of Japanese light aircraft carriers, escort aircraft carriers, and auxiliary aircraft carriers in the aircraft carrier formation is less than one-third of the total number in the United States,But several of the Giant class ships obtained from Britain are also very powerful. It is said that there are at least 10 Axis class aircraft carriers on the Japanese shipyard, which will be completed gradually in the future. This is also not good news for the United States. In the field of battleships, the gap between the United States and Germany is even greater. Germany has seven battleships, including one powerful anti-aircraft battleship, while Japan's three Yamato class battleships and one Nagato class battleships are enough to overwhelm the Atlantic Fleet, which only has one Illinois to support the battle. The USS Kentucky (Iowa class) from the United States will not be in service until December of this year, and the first ship of the Montana class, the USS Montana, will not be in service until March 1947. Due to the outstanding performance of the USS Wrangler, some people in the US Navy are considering transforming one of the Montana class battleships into an anti-aircraft battleship, but this also requires time. In other words, in the next two years, the United States should not expect to have an overwhelming advantage over Japan. In the field of vital personnel, the gap between the United States and the United States is even greater: the United Fleet has won successive battles, and the essence is all there, but it is not easy for the United States to get enough of the carrier based aircraft pilots. Let's not mention the elite. Although the return of 250000 Americana group troops has boosted the strength of the army, at least 1. 2 million troops were involved in civil unrest during the US Communist insurgency, and the total number of casualties exceeded 300000- this figure is basically the same as the total number of casualties of the ground forces of the United States in the Pacific War, which shows how vital it is. In addition, with internal divisions and conflicts, it is impossible to go to war without rectification. At the same time, the generals of the Joint Chiefs of Staff also realized that the political system was different after Dewey held 300000 heavy troops and basically pacified the American Communist Party. Dewey not only regained his once low prestige and support rate, but also his expansion of power made the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff wary - if they continued to lose to Japan, the outcome might not be so wonderful. Didn't you see that Mac Arthur had been defeated to the end? And in the war with Japan, no one has a guarantee of victory. Is it necessary to stir up more wars for the sake of a situation that may not necessarily lead to victory? As far as Japan is concerned, after capturing the Hawaiian Islands, they reached the pinnacle of their power. It is not easy to maintain normal supplies to Hawaii alone. Even if they can launch another attack on the West Coast of the United States, even if they can pull out 50000 to 100000 troops to attack, can they still occupy US territory? Perhaps there is still some hope for Alaska, but the attractiveness of that barren land to Japan is not even greater than that of the Kamchatka Peninsula. So Horiguchi stood up to the crowd and insisted on reaching an agreement as soon as possible. From Germany's perspective, signing such a ceasefire agreement is believed to have given the United States some advantage - not because of the current situation, but because of its large size and strong foundation. There are also similar thoughts within Japan, believing that Japan suffered losses and fought with the United States for half a day, but in the end, except for obtaining $8 billion in physical goods, they gained nothing else. But Horiguchi firmly refuted this viewpoint at the headquarters meeting: "Isn't it true that after the debt to Germany is repaid, the equipment and physical goods obtained from trade with Germany will not be counted? Does the territory we have won in the Western Pacific disappear? Your dissatisfaction is nothing more than that the US compensation has been reduced a little, at least doubled to be satisfied. But in order to double the compensation, how much military expenditure needs to be increased first? Doing business cannot only focus on sales and operating income, but also consider costs and even opportunity costs. Fighting one more day of war means that the imperial industry will continue to maintain the wartime system for one more day. When will there be a chance to consolidate and digest our achievements in Southeast Asia There are also similar thoughts within Japan, believing that Japan suffered losses and fought with the United States for half a day, but in the end, except for obtaining $8 billion in physical goods, they gained nothing else. But Horiguchi firmly refuted this viewpoint at the headquarters meeting: "Isn't it true that after the debt to Germany is repaid, the equipment and physical goods obtained from trade with Germany will not be counted? Does the territory we have won in the Western Pacific disappear? Your dissatisfaction is nothing more than that the US compensation has been reduced a little, at least doubled to be satisfied. But in order to double the compensation, how much military expenditure needs to be increased first? Doing business cannot only focus on sales and operating income, but also consider costs and even opportunity costs. Fighting one more day of war means that the imperial industry will continue to maintain the wartime system for one more day. When will there be a chance to consolidate and digest our achievements in Southeast Asia Hirohito also attended the meeting. In front of Hirohito, Horiguchi threw down a sentence: "If I want to fight you guys, I won't bring the Combined Fleet anymore. I'm resigning to go to India to tutor His Highness the Palace This sentence is more lethal than all the previous ones: Horiguchi said without a joint fleet, who can move it? Who can command the joint fleet without Horiguchi's consent? Even Hirohito cannot do this, let alone anyone else. In the end, even Hirohito could only agree with Hori Tiki's viewpoint: although Hori Tiki's own decision to take Akihito was equivalent to controlling the crown prince, on the other hand, Akihito's position as crown prince was doubly secure, and he no longer had to worry about other princes taking this position. This somewhat relieved Hirohito, so the edict was quickly issued, and the edict to take Nagahito to New Zealand was also promptly executed. In addition, we have also received intelligence that the United States is indeed researching atomic weapons, and the time is earlier than we imagined, and the scale is even larger than we imagined. The reason why the United States did not take them out quickly is because Germany bombed the American production base a year ago... "Horidiji sighed." This matter was only recently clarified, and what's even more terrifying is that the United States quickly rebuilt a base after it was bombed. This time, the Germans have no reason to bomb again Everyone remained silent: atomic weapons are a complete competition of industrial capabilities, and launching a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor is already a daunting task. If we launch another attack on a production base, no one thinks so. This is not the most troublesome question, the most troublesome question is, after being provoked by the Bolsheviks in the United States, was it possible for Stalin to obtain information, drawings, intelligence, and even physical elements from the United States Shiyuan Guan'er couldn't sit still anymore and said in a hoarse voice, "It's... it's possible... no, it's very possible Horitigi sighed and said, "Can we continue to waste time and energy on dealing with the United States? Even if the United States has an atomic bomb, it would be difficult to use it to bomb us. But if the Stalinists had an atomic bomb, the plane could fly to Tokyo in 2 hours. Do you think it's better to free up military funds to continue building aircraft carriers to deal with Americans or to build atomic bombs? Japan has so much money, it's impossible to cover everything Horitigi sighed and said, "Can we continue to waste time and energy on dealing with the United States? Even if the United States has an atomic bomb, it would be difficult to use it to bomb us. But if the Stalinists had an atomic bomb, the plane could fly to Tokyo in 2 hours. Do you think it's better to free up military funds to continue building aircraft carriers to deal with Americans or to build atomic bombs? Japan has so much money, it's impossible to cover everything