The Fourth Disaster, Starting from the Movie Eight Hundred

This was Roosevelt's dream, and he and his staff believed that the United States was qualified.

This is indeed the case. Under the manipulation of the United States, Europe is moving step by step towards the abyss of war, Asia is also struggling in the war, and the world island is falling apart. It is time for the United States to stand up.

But just when the United States thought it could become the savior of "The Division", the Volunteer Army emerged and, after a dazzling operation, kicked Japan out of the Asian continent.

Everything happened so quickly that the United States only had time to provide Japan with a small amount of equipment before it was forced to watch as East Asia headed straight for unification. From the Battle of Shanghai to Japan's elimination, it took less than two years. Even according to the traditional four-step plan, this was only the third step, and Japan already had no say in East Asia.

Although Asia is not the main direction of the United States, they absolutely do not want a centralized superpower to emerge on the world island to grab their meat, especially since China has been the local traditional order since ancient times. As long as such a country rises, all its previous influence will become substantial direct benefits, which is a historical advantage that the United States cannot match.

Historically, the United States has tried every means to divide China into two parts and was close to success at one point. If it weren't for the Chinese people's own efforts and a leader who is rare in a thousand years leading the charge, China might have been wiped out by the United States and the Soviet Union.

And now, the direction of history has completely become "you guess". The strength of the Volunteer Army has made all the US plans become a joke of Tzeentch's intervention. The beginning was right, the process was smooth, but the result was all wrong. -p

Now that China has completed its unification, and the strength of the Volunteer Army is overwhelming the whole of Asia, let alone operations, the only thing the United States can do is to end it itself. However, considering that the combat effectiveness of the US military at this time is too strong, it is better not to embarrass itself.

The United States cannot show its capabilities now, because that would let the other side know that it has no capabilities.

"Let's go to Europe first." Roosevelt made the decision.

After all, the current United States is not the United States that dominated the world in the early 21st century. Arrogance requires capital. The United States has not yet proved itself in the new world war, but if it wants to prove itself, the United States must take part in it itself. When all countries have talented people, expecting to hold down Europe and Asia with two hands is like a Bodhisattva emperor participating in the northern hegemony - it is beyond its capabilities.

But the United States, which inherited the good traditions of Anglo-Saxon relations, was unwilling to fail in this way, so its "aid" to Japan continued, and even increased its efforts and lowered the price.

Japan is in urgent need of a transfusion now, and the United States still needs it to stir up trouble, so it should give it some benefits first.

Japan has to pay anyway, so just making a little less money is already very conscientious."

At this moment, Roosevelt's core staff member, Harry Hopkins, walked in. He was one of the very few people who could enter the presidential office directly without knocking.

"Mr. President, the Volunteer Army has intervened in the European situation."

"What!?"

Roosevelt almost stood up.

I had just decided on a Europe-first strategy, and now I’m about to run into the Volunteer Army?

No, you can't!

If the current US military clashes with the volunteer army, it will definitely be beaten into spaghetti. Never doubt the level of weakness of American soldiers who have never experienced actual combat.

An important reason why the US military was able to fight well in World War II was that there was no drug epidemic in the US military at that time, and many soldiers were highly educated and from good families. They not only had patriotism, but also had the conscience of normal human beings.

That was when America's beacon shone brightly.

But that is a matter of the future. The current US military does not have that kind of pride.

Roosevelt almost snatched the document from Hopkins' hand, read it letter by letter, and fell into deep thought.

Good news: The Volunteer Army did not invade the border in large numbers, but instead faced the Soviet Union in Finland.

Bad news: The Volunteer Army has other columns, and this is the fifth column.

So the question is, the one in China is the sixth column, the one in Europe is the fifth column, so are there first, second, third, and fourth columns in other continents?

"How many columns does the International Volunteer Army have?"

This is what Roosevelt wants to know most now. Although the Volunteer Army has fully demonstrated itself, the international community's understanding of the Volunteer Army is still vague. Where they came from, how many people there are, and what their organizational structure is are all unclear.

As a president in a high position, Roosevelt did not believe in the existence of any world organization that could hide the power of a country. After all, as long as the world organization started to act, it would definitely expose itself.

But now he has begun to doubt his past judgment.

After all, existence is the best proof. No one knows what the Volunteer Army's past identity was, and all investigations have come to a dead end. Therefore, we can only conclude that the organization to which the Volunteer Army belongs can really develop silently under the nose of a big country.

This is too terrifying. According to the currently known intelligence, the Volunteer Army is always one step ahead in intelligence. Does that mean that the Volunteer Army's eyes are secretly observing the leaders of various countries, or in the key nodes of national organizations?

Roosevelt felt a tightness in his chest at the thought. If this was true, how long had the Volunteer Army been planning this? If it had been more than a decade, then finding the enemy would be nearly impossible. Because those latent spies were the most terrifying existence. Before they were activated, no one knew what they did or where they were located. It was very likely that they were carrying out crucial work.

Some things really cannot be checked, what if something is found out?

Besides, if you are so crazy about suspecting others, then you won't be able to do anything. Even if you investigate, you can only do it secretly.

"At least, they are not our enemies now, right?"

Roosevelt tried to make his voice sound relaxed, but Hopkins, as a core staff member, could still hear the worry in his boss's tone.

"Mr. President, should we conduct an internal review?"

Roosevelt shook his head, and Hopkins said nothing more.

Knowing Roosevelt's character, he knew that this was not a rejection, but a consideration of the pros and cons. As a core staff member, he had already given the president his advice. The investigation was not within his responsibility, so he would let the president decide the rest.

After Hopkins left, J. Edgar Hoover came into the Oval Office.

Even though he knew it might be a futile effort, Roosevelt had to let the FBI launch an investigation. This was a deterrent and also represented the attitude of the United States. As for the effect, all we can say is "I look forward to the FBI performing exceptionally well."

In addition to the FBI taking action, Roosevelt also had in-depth discussions with his staff on the current situation in Europe, especially the possible chain reactions that might occur after the fifth column of the Volunteer Army appeared in Finland.

Since the volunteer army can help Finland resist the Soviet invasion, then can it also help the Poles resist the Soviet Union and Germany? If so, there is no problem in intervening in the current European situation, and even global intervention can be justified.

After all, everyone knows that the bad things the Western powers did in the colonies do not represent justice.

But as the saying goes, national decision-making is based on strength. Facing the sweeping Volunteer Army, the US military clearly lacks such strength and courage. Moreover, the Volunteer Army already has a fifth column, so could the Americas also have several X columns? If so, it would directly trigger a nationwide chaos mode. With its backyard unstable, the United States would absolutely not be able to project power to other continents.

A new world war is an opportunity for the United States, a unique opportunity. The more such a time comes, the more we must avoid unnecessary complications.

Therefore, even though it knows that it is drinking poison to quench thirst, the United States has to pretend to stand with justice and fairness. It should not explicitly oppose the actions of the Volunteer Army, and may even express support at certain times to stabilize the other side and strive for the final victory.

In 1939, American decision-makers were still working with the heart of sharing the country's worries, so the actual operations could be carried out without distortion or deformation, and they could simmer slowly and wait for the opportunity.

However, privately, the United States has increased its "scrap steel exports" to Japan, and has even sold weapons production lines and aviation aluminum.

So what is Japan doing at this time?

They are strengthening Taiwan's naval and air forces.

Looking at the map, you can see that if the volunteer army liberated Taiwan, there would be an unsinkable enemy aircraft carrier on Japan's southward route, which could always block them within a radius of one thousand kilometers. It is not impossible to bypass it, but it will greatly increase transportation costs, and these costs will become Japan's production costs.

The impoverished imperialists are reluctant to part with every penny in their pockets.

In addition, there is a strait between Taiwan and China, but the volunteer army currently only has one ship, the Liaoning, so the Japanese army is very confident and clamors to "massacre the volunteer army at sea."

In order to boost national morale, at the instruction of Hirohito, the Japanese Navy held a grand naval parade in Taiwan and on the mainland.

It has to be said that when large ships and huge cannons sail past the Japanese people, it is indeed easy for people to have the illusion that they are invincible.

"Long live the Japanese Empire!"

"Punish the violent forces severely!"

"The land of imperial rule, the land of martial arts!"

"Navy boarding! Army horse shit!"

Amidst the praise of countless citizens, the Japanese Navy ushered in its own highlight moment.

As expected, the army idiots have no idea what war is. The real national treasure is still our Imperial Japanese Navy.

Chapter 139: The Final Battle of Unification

(The third update, and there will be a fourth update soon, don’t forget to vote for me~)

"Bakayaro, those navy millipedes!"

"Let them be happy first. The volunteers will teach them how to behave."

"No matter how powerful the battleships are, the land is our battlefield!"

According to the law of conservation of smiles between Japan's military branches during World War II, if the navy is happy, then the army will definitely be unhappy, and vice versa.

The Japanese Army is now in a very unhappy state, and the reason is very simple: they are severely suppressed by the Navy.

Who made the navy not suffer any great losses at the hands of the Volunteer Army? Although there were losses, they could completely explain their losses by saying that "we were cheated in the process of supporting the army."

As an island country, if Japan wants to expand outward, it must have a strong navy. This is a national policy that cannot be changed.

So for Japan, a strong army only makes the bottom line more solid, while a strong navy is the upper limit to pursue.

The Japanese army, which had lost the three northeastern provinces, was obviously not qualified to show off its power in front of the navy that "had always defended the empire's maritime borders."

The only thing they can do now is to draw circles and curse the navy in private, hoping that the volunteer army will teach the navy millipedes a lesson they will never forget.

But it seems a little difficult now, after all, the naval strength of the Volunteer Army is too weak.

It’s a century-old navy. The Volunteer Army certainly doesn’t have the ability to form a super navy now.

However, if you ask the navy to attack Xinhua's land targets, they will definitely not dare to do so, because the Volunteer Army will directly launch an air strike on the Japanese mainland. Now the number of the Volunteer Army's Kunpeng bombers has exceeded one thousand, and it is said that there are even larger "Super Kunpeng" under production (a modified version of the B-29 with coaxial reverse propellers, which looks like a Tu-95 and there is no problem). I heard that the Super Kunpeng's bomb load far exceeds that of the Kunpeng. For Japan, that would be a disaster.

Although Japan did not sit idly by and continued to disperse its domestic industrial layout during the air raids and tried to minimize the losses, it was only passive defense after all. You can't point to your house that has become a ruin and say, "Through house interception and land interception, we have intercepted the volunteer army's bombs 100%."

What Israeli behavior.

China is big, but Japan is small. When the two sides constitute mutual deterrence, the balance of war will inevitably tilt towards China. This is something that anyone with normal IQ can see.

Therefore, Japan's current strategy is to try its best to hold on to Korea, work hard to keep Taiwan, and preferably reach a certain peace with Xinhua to prepare for moving south.

There was no way. Japan, having tasted the sweetness of colonialism, could not stop at all, because as long as it stopped, problems would definitely arise in Japan. Then, like a drug addict, it picked up Maxim economics again, hoping to win the battle of national destiny like the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 again, and completely consolidate its status as a great power in Asia.

However, the Japanese Army did not do nothing. After all, Taiwan is a big island and it still needs army garrison. Because it was beaten too badly by the Volunteer Army on land before, Japan realized the importance of weapons and equipment and began to carry out large-scale upgrades to the army's weapons, such as equipping more semi-automatic rifles.

Facts have proved that the idea that "accuracy is more important than firepower" must be discarded, because the elite shooters of the Japanese army were often suppressed by the dense firepower of the volunteers on the battlefield and could not even raise their heads. What was the difference between the rifles in their hands and fire sticks? When it came to close range, they didn't even give you a chance to fight with bayonets. The combination of pistols, submachine guns and shotguns directly beat the Japanese army to a pulp.

Today, the volunteer army with super soldiers is more terrifying than before. After seeing the tragic plight of the Soviet army, the Japanese army felt that they must upgrade their existing equipment, iterate their actual combat methods, broaden their combat thinking, and find new tracks so that they can launch a set of efficient and reliable combination punches when facing the threat of the volunteer army.

So in January 1940, that is, the 15th year of the Showa era, Japan began to equip its own imitation of the M1 Garand. The Japanese army called it the "Showa 15th Year Rifle", or "Type 15 Infantry Gun" for short.

Compared with the original Garand, the Type 15 rifle is longer. After all, the Japanese were reluctant to give up their "bayonet makes a hero" tactics, so the Type 15 rifle is only less than 20 mm shorter than the Type 38 rifle. It is still a short spear-shaped rifle and is currently the longest semi-automatic rifle in the world.

The caliber was changed to 6.5mm Arisaka bullet, which is more suitable for the physique of little Japanese babies.

In contrast, the Volunteer Army's main weapon was the 6mm caliber Type 81 rifle, and the firepower of individual soldiers could still easily suppress the Japanese. But for the Japanese, this was still a huge improvement. All they had to do next was to produce bullets as much as they could. After all, the consumption of semi-automatic rifles was much more terrifying than that of non-automatic rifles. However, it was more user-friendly for new recruits. After all, pulling the trigger only fired one bullet, unlike assault rifles, which would make new recruits nervous and fire bullets at the sun.

Along with the Type 15 rifle, the Type 15 submachine gun was also born, but to be honest, the shape of this submachine gun is very similar to the British Sten submachine gun.

Because Japan is now in the same predicament as Britain in history.

Unlike Britain, whose shipping routes were blocked, Japan lost its largest colony. At its peak, the three northeastern provinces were equivalent to half of Japan's industrial output. Now that the volunteer army has liberated Northeast China, it is equivalent to amputating Japan from the waist down. Hard times have instantly enveloped the entire country. Many local industries have been forced to suspend production due to lack of raw materials. The only industries that can operate are basically those related to the military industry. -p

Japan used to live a frugal life, and it is even more so now. Naturally, the design of the submachine gun was simplified as much as possible, and finally produced a result that seemed like a distant relative of Sten.

However, this time the British "plumber's masterpiece" was first produced by Japan. In this world, it is not called Sten, but Type 15 automatic gun. The cost was reduced to the extreme to ensure that each Japanese unit could be equipped with at least two Type 15 submachine guns.

In addition to the strengthening of individual weapons, the Japanese army's tank fleet has also been upgraded. The old small tanks were directly eliminated. It was a complete waste of resources to build that thing. Today's China is no longer a country that can be bullied by Japan, so tanks need to be upgraded and evolved to become more powerful.

So the Type 15 medium tank was manufactured to represent the Volunteer Army's T-34 tank.

How can I describe this thing? Perhaps it was because it was ravaged too badly by the armored forces of the Volunteer Army, which led to the Japanese, who always like to learn from the strong, to design their new tank almost according to the appearance of the T-34 tank. The only difference is the turret and the rivets on it. Because their welding technology is not as good as that of the Volunteer Army, they can only use a large number of rivets on the tank.

That's good. Once they are blown open, these rivets will become directional mines that fly towards our own people.

Despite this, this was still a huge improvement for the Japanese army. At least they were equipped with new 75mm anti-aircraft guns as their main guns, which could pose a fatal threat to the original T-34 tanks. Whether they could defend against it depended on luck, but at least they could penetrate it.

In terms of aircraft, Japan introduced a large amount of American aircraft technology through various PY transactions with the United States and began to manufacture the "Den" series of fighter jets. Currently, there are four models of "Raiden", "Lightning", "Shinden" and "Hiden". The performance is stronger than the other. At least compared with Japan of the same period, the Japanese war technology in this world is more advanced.

Anyway, the data on paper are all good, but the specific performance still needs actual practice.

But Japan now is like a girl who is waiting for her boyfriend to come home. She is afraid that he will not come, afraid that he will mess around, and even more afraid that he will mess around after he comes back. In short, it is very twisted.

So the question is, did the volunteer army have no plan to retake the island?

There must be, but the volunteer army's plan was even crazier than Japan imagined.

Now let's turn the camera to Pingtan County, Fujian Province, where, one hundred meters underground, players are digging towards Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Yes, this is the plan, to dig an underwater tunnel across the sea, directly to Taiwan.

It's crazy! ?

No, no, no, it's not crazy, the plan is absolutely feasible.

For the volunteer army, it was easy to liberate Taiwan. They just needed to redeploy NPC officers and soldiers after the airborne landing. However, it was more difficult to ensure the mainland's control over Taiwan, especially when the Chinese Red Navy had not yet risen. It was too difficult to rely on only one Liaoning to defend the vast sea border, so they simply connected the mainland and Taiwan physically.

According to the Volunteer Army's plan, there will be three undersea tunnels connecting the mainland to Taiwan, namely Pingtan to Hsinchu, Putian to Taichung, and Xiamen to Kaohsiung. Future undersea cables will also pass directly through here, and marine resources can be developed at the same time, killing two birds with one stone.

Under normal circumstances, this level of construction would definitely not be hidden from Japan, but players can work day and night without leaving the underground. The excavated soil is put into the game backpack. Each backpack square can hold one ton. The entire backpack has one hundred squares, which is exactly one hundred tons. When it is full, they can drive out. It is convenient and saves trouble. The excavation equipment all works in the tunnel. If it breaks down, a nano welding gun will be used to repair it. The physical structure establishes the connection between the inside and the outside.

Because there was no heavy equipment entering or leaving here, and the Red Army's naval ground-based aviation was protecting the area, the local area was under martial law in the name of deploying a military base. Japanese warships did not dare to approach here at all. Even if spies successfully infiltrated, they would not be able to find any problems unless they entered the tunnel. Just looking from the outside, the most common things were coastal defense artillery and anti-aircraft artillery positions. Who would have thought that the volunteer army was carrying out such a heaven-defying plan underground.

Through the three-dimensional auxiliary function of the game map, players accurately ensured that the direction of the excavation route was correct, and no auxiliary work was required from the outside. Considering that Japan did not have the technology for proton monitoring, they knew nothing about it.

With the accumulation of massive resources, the players dug out an underwater tunnel leading to Taiwan, and penetrated 10 kilometers into the inland of Taiwan, which is equivalent to the troops heading out to the suburbs of Hsinchu, Taiwan.

But it should be noted that this tunnel is not for players, but for the Red Army. After all, the number of volunteers is too small, and they need to focus on military affairs. The transformation of Taiwan will be handed over to the Red Army.

By the way, such a tunnel has also been built in Hainan. After all, the same method can only be used once, and there will be no surprise attack effect next time. In this case, Hainan and Taiwan will be liberated at the same time.