Rise from the sword

Chapter 556

"Nani?"

Chengde, head of the First Division, Lieutenant General Hattori Kotaro finally received news from China, but the content was beyond his expectations:
"Ambassadors in Germany, military attaches, and expatriates have all been arrested?"

"Or was it captured by the Germans?!"

Eyes widened, Hattori couldn't help asking about the accuracy of the information in his hand.

Reich and Germany are allies!
ally.

And it is an ally with resources and technical cooperation.

Although the scale is relatively small, after all, there is no direct line of communication and can only communicate through submarines. The Empire sends some scarce materials to Germany, and Germany sends technology to the Empire.

But it also represents the cooperation and trust between the two parties.

As far as he knows, not long ago, the opponent provided aircraft engine technology, which improved the horsepower and stability of the empire's aircraft, and the empire sent a batch of rare ore to the opponent.

Why did it suddenly collapse?

"Hi."

The reported staff officer replied:
"After confirmation, it is currently impossible to contact the military attache and embassy in Germany. The German ambassador stationed in the empire has also secretly evacuated. Germany also published this news in commercial newspapers."

The corners of the mouth could only twitch when the belly heard it.

"In addition, Germany has also withdrawn from the axis, and several other European countries have also withdrawn, and now..."

The staff officer's tone was bitter.

Now, the empire has really become a lonely axis.

"Go down."

Hattori waved his hand in a helpless tone.

He has no problem asking about the technology of the night vision device. Now that both countries are in this situation, technical exchanges are absolutely impossible, and the weakness of the night vision device he wants is naturally useless.

So what exactly happened?
Let Germany and the Empire completely tear their skins apart, even arresting ambassadors, military officers, and even expatriates?

Although accepting the reality, Hattori was still puzzled.

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Shijiazhuang.

Yamamoto Command,
"Germany withdrew from the Axis Alliance, and also arrested the military attaches, masters, journalists, and expatriates of the Empire stationed in Germany?"

Hearing the news, Yamamoto's shock did not last long, and he quickly began to think deeply about the matter.

At the national level, there is no friendship, only interests.

The two countries that were shoulder-to-shoulder in the first second, suddenly fought a lot in the next second. The core reason for these seemingly absurd things is, after all, interests.

The alliance between the Reich and Germany is based on mutual strategic needs and national interests.

The empire needs a powerful German army to hold back the European powers, buy time for going south and occupying Southeast Asia, and also needs a source of technology, while Germany needs a powerful navy to contain the United States and Britain, and also needs the Kwantung Army of the empire to threaten the Soviet Union.

Everything is for their own benefit.

Now that the world situation has become clear, Germany has been losing streak and the empire is in decline. The communication between the two parties depends on underwater submarines, which is not enough. At this time, it is nothing for Germany and the empire to fall apart.

But as I said before, there are only interests between countries.

There must be something, or some benefit, that deserves Germany's turn against the Empire for this.

Thinking of this, Kazuki Yamamoto narrowed his eyes, looked at the map on the table beside him, and focused his sight on Ping'an County on the map.

"Could it be..."

Yamamoto thought of someone.

A person he had nightmares about, a person who had been investigated by the imperial intelligence department for four years but had no results, a person who single-handedly contributed to the current situation in Shanxi, and even the entire Republic of China.

What is it worth for Germany to turn against the empire now?
This is actually good to think about.

Yamamoto couldn't be more clear about the current situation in Germany.

Resources are needed, fuel is needed, weapons and equipment are needed, and food is needed, and there is a person, or a force, who can provide them in large quantities and transport them to the Germans.

"interesting."

Thinking of this, Yamamoto suddenly laughed.

He has been thinking about that person's purpose for a long time, but things are so weird that he couldn't even make an effective guess at the beginning, because this series of behaviors is not in line with common sense.

It was later discovered that this person was hiring Li Yunlong to target the Great Japanese Empire, although it still felt weird and unreasonable.

Up to now, he has already understood that no matter where this Chen Fan came from, his purpose is to transfuse blood to that group of people and make them stronger in this world.

Presumably for this purpose, these actions are reasonable.

If what he speculates is true, that person and the forces behind him have provided Germany with a large amount of supplies, not much, as long as half or even one third of Li Yunlong's is enough.

With the current state of the world, it becomes very interesting.

He is very much looking forward to the next development.

"General?"

Seeing Yamamoto's smile, the staff officer who reported was dumbfounded.

The empire was abandoned by its allies, ambassadors, military officers, and even expatriates were arrested, the empire lost its allies, and it actually laughed, and it seemed that it was a sincere smile, which made the staff feel weird.

"Navy, do you have the latest news about the US fleet?"

Yamamoto smiled and asked.

He recalled that not long ago, the Americans suddenly stopped putting pressure on the empire, using the excuse that Europe had opened up a second battlefield and needed to mobilize naval power to maintain the safety of Atlantic shipping and fully supply the landing troops.

With the production capacity of the United States, will it be impossible to supply two battles?

Yamamoto didn't believe it.

"some."

The staff officer replied:

"The Americans have dispatched some destroyers to the Atlantic Ocean and stopped their offensive, but they have increased their shipping to Southeast Asia."

"but···"

Having said this, the staff officer paused before continuing:

"According to TGK's intelligence, the Americans even dispatched bombers from the Republic of China, saying they were going to Europe."

"Sure enough."

Yamamoto nodded suddenly, and the corner of his mouth smiled even more.

He couldn't be more clear about the purpose of the Americans.

Although Li Yunlong and his group are killing the imperial troops frantically, they are also supplying the empire with food and fuel, and transfusing blood, especially heavy oil, so that the empire can continue to fight against the Americans.

Its own strength has increased rapidly, and a super-large industrial zone has been established in the vicinity of Ping'an County.

According to the information he has, this one site alone has an industrial capacity equivalent to one-fifth of the empire, and even its technical capacity is far beyond.And the scale is concerned about the incredible speed of expansion.It won't take long for the industrial scale of the Republic of China to completely surpass the peak period of the empire.

And its troops.

Not only Li Yunlong's independent regiment, but other troops also began to change their outfits.

That unit, all members of the independent regiment were equipped with the same set of equipment, tanks, planes, artillery, trucks, armored vehicles, and directly completed mechanization.

Although the current progress is slow due to the lack of talents, the size of the light infantry, he is sure, has already surpassed the total number of troops dispatched by the Republic of China.If recruits, militias, etc. are added, I am afraid that the Kwantung Army would not be able to compare.

It's just that there is no action yet because of the short time, lack of officers and talents, and the focus on the development of industrial education.

It is foreseeable that with the support of that Chen Fan, a super power will gradually rise in a short time.

Obviously, the biggest beneficiary of this war.

Americans are in a hurry.

So the pressure on the empire was relaxed, intending to let the empire and the people of the Republic of China consume each other.

On the other hand, the backhand is to support the Germans and make the excuses of the Americans a reality.

"Interesting, really interesting."

Yamamoto couldn't help laughing.

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