Bismarck

The call was answered quickly.

"Hey, who are you? ... MacArthur? What do you want from me? Don't tell me you're asking for reinforcements for the fleet. I don't even have a frigate right now!!"

"No, no, no, Lao Jin, I didn't come to you today for this matter! What? You want me to speak directly? Don't beat around the bush? That's no problem - Lao Jin, I, Naruto, won't beat around the bush. I have something to ask you, which is whether you have any information about the Japanese's movements..."

(MacArthur has a tentative expression on his face)

"Naval intelligence? Are you kidding me? You are the commander of the Southwest Pacific Fleet. You have reconnaissance planes under your command. Besides, my navy has three code-breaking teams working under you. You ask me for intelligence? I am busy every day. I don't have time to talk nonsense with you!"

As a veteran politician in uniform, Kim knew as soon as he heard MacArthur trying to test him. He already had a bad temper, and now he was even more furious.

"No, no, no, Lao Jin, I just want to ask... After all, you are in charge of the Pacific Ocean, and we are only working in a small area like Australia and New Guinea... Okay, okay, I just want to ask, the Japanese offensive has not been strong recently, but I want to know if they have made any deployments on the second line..."

"That's all you ask?!...Well, there is news about this. The Japanese have created an absolute national defense circle, and now Yamamoto is building fortifications everywhere on the island chain...wait!" At this point, Kim instantly understood what MacArthur was thinking!

As the commander-in-chief and chief of operations of the U.S. Navy fleet, Kim immediately connected all of this in his head: Japan is building an absolute national defense circle, and the U.S. military in the Pacific battlefield currently has no ability to stop Japan from doing so! If the Japanese really rely on peace talks to delay time, and then "united front" that grass-roots general in broad daylight, while building that absolute national defense circle - and it is very likely that they are also building a large fleet - then, in the current Atlantic, the German Navy still has a certain strength and is supported by the ship girls, and the general enthusiasm for participating in the war in the country is not high, and even anti-war demonstrations break out from time to time. In this environment, if the U.S. military wants to forcibly counterattack against the enemy's fortress position and the powerful joint fleet, it will definitely be more difficult than expected!

And if the United States is unable to break the deadlock in the Pacific battlefield within a certain period of time, what if the "broad daylight" on the other side of the Pacific really backs down in front of Japan?

Japan already has a powerful fleet and controls the Far East and Southeast Asia. I'm afraid that half of the Pacific Ocean is under the control of these little Japanese!

This possibility really needs to be guarded against!

Think about what kind of person MacArthur MacRunner is. As old as he is, how could he not know what the old guy on the other end of the phone is planning!

"...MacArthur, you were waiting for me here, weren't you?" Jin gritted his teeth, not daring to say how much he supported the peace talks. After thinking about it, he finally blurted out a few messages:

"Let me put it this way, MacArthur. I am not afraid to tell you that the president and Congress are of the opinion that we should drag out the war in the Pacific as long as possible until we have dealt with the German 'evil fleet' and submarines... But I must remind you that the higher-ups are of the opinion that we should delay the war as long as possible, and you should not mess around! The United States cannot afford the risk of fighting on two fronts right now!!"

"I know, I know. Don't worry, don't worry. Am I the kind of person who doesn't know the seriousness of the matter?..."

MacArthur was talking insincerely to Kim on the opposite side while his eyes were rolling around as he was thinking of some evil plan.

"Glad to know! Hang up! I'm busy!" Jin snorted unhappily, and a voice of "Kata!...Beep...Beep..." came from the microphone without any courtesy.

After hanging up the phone, MacArthur snorted with a sneer on his face.

Jin just said that he should not cause trouble?

Hehe! You, Old Jin, are eager for me to cause trouble, so that he can get more naval investment without spending a penny, and there will be no truce in the Pacific!

Since we know that the higher-ups don't really want to stop the war and are just dragging it out...

"A sit-down war without fighting or negotiating? Hey!"

Thinking of this, the old general felt relieved.

As long as the higher-ups have no sincere intention to negotiate with Japan, it means they can see things clearly.

In this way, even if I really make a big news, as long as the news is not big enough to cause a big uproar, I'm afraid I'll just be scolded at most!

MacArthur, who was used to being naughty, picked up his pipe again, stuffed a handful of tobacco into it, took a long puff, and then, between puffs of smoke, he began to think about how he should do things appropriately...

After all, he is a military veteran and a senior general, and he has many intelligence channels.

As I was thinking about it, a bad idea came to me.

I remember that I recently heard from the intelligence department that Isoroku Yamamoto, who was stationed in Rabaul with the main force of the Combined Fleet, had been inspecting the Solomon Islands and the Marshall Islands recently?

If I remember correctly, it seems that the decryption team under Jin was responsible for decrypting the Japanese Navy's naval codes?

Well... without further ado, I have to call them over immediately to decipher Yamamoto's travel code for me. Don't let Lao Jin transfer them away!

After all, you are causing trouble, so how can you not drag others into it and get scolded together?

2333...

Chapter 751: Old Mac's plan works

When the angry Japanese representatives slammed the obituary of Yamamoto, who was on his way to an inspection when he was suddenly attacked by U.S. fighter jets near Burgaville Island and his plane was destroyed and he was killed in front of the confused U.S. armistice negotiation delegation, the U.S. government realized that the Southwest Pacific theater had really made big news this time.

It was inevitable for a general to die on the battlefield, and it was common for him to be buried in his horse's hide. But compared to the dignified death in battle between two armies, the open ambush and killing of the enemy's commander, which was close to assassination, was not a good thing to say.

Moreover, this news came out when the two sides were negotiating a ceasefire.

More importantly, Yamamoto was not only a big shot in the Japanese Navy, but also a core figure in the peace faction of Japan! His death did not matter, but what mattered was that a considerable number of generals who had originally followed Yamamoto had now directly switched to the war faction.

"In the Pacific Ocean right now, the Imperial Navy actually has an absolute advantage! But we are determined to maintain peace in the Asia-Pacific region, so whether on the battlefield or at the negotiation table, we are trying our best to convey our sincerity! But what about you? The peace talks have been dragging on with us, and this time you even used conspiracy to openly ambush and kill our important generals!"

"His Majesty the Emperor is extremely indignant about this incident! At the same time, our government and people are also disappointed with this peace talk... On behalf of the Empire of Japan, I formally lodge a strong protest against your country! In addition, until we receive a sincere explanation from your country, this peace talk will be adjourned indefinitely - goodbye!"

Seeing the Japanese delegation leave in anger, American diplomats looked at each other in bewilderment...

It has always been us noble white people who have been the ones to boss people around, but this time we were actually yelled at by the Japanese! ?

After the diplomats looked at each other in bewilderment, the incident was quickly reported to the White House.

then……

"MacArthur! What the hell is going on with that! How did Yamamoto die?"

At both ends of the telephone line, Roosevelt, with a gloomy face, and a group of White House bigwigs with equally gloomy faces gathered in a circle, and across the telephone line, they were arguing with MacArthur, who was in a sunny and good mood in Port Moresby, across a distance of tens of thousands of miles.

To be more precise, MacArthur was just a little bit naughty...

"No, President, I don't know about this either... I just saw that the morale of the troops was low, so I issued an order to let my P-38 squadrons contact the Navy's decryption team directly, and organize random free hunting after obtaining the opponent's flight plan and shipping plan... I didn't know that Yamamoto would be killed directly..."

MacArthur pretended to be more aggrieved than anyone else, and even tried to secretly smile with a bitter look on his face.

"MacArthur, don't try to play tricks on me! I've asked the military police to investigate. The code-breaking team has found all the sortie records and travel information about the P-38 squadron that day. They were all handed over to the fighter planes according to your orders!"

Roosevelt's roar was heard on the phone - although he was a kind-hearted elder in daily life, it did not mean that Roosevelt would not be angry. Now he wanted to grab MacArthur directly from the other end of the telephone line and bring him into the White House conference room, and then drag out this guy who ran faster than anyone else and was thinking about how to make big news all day long to criticize him.

"Eh? No! How could it be me?" On the other side of the phone line, MacArthur, who had been prepared, almost burst out laughing: "Mr. President, this is really not my fault. I just asked the decryption team to pass the decrypted Japanese movements to the fighter planes of the Army Aviation... Yes, yes, I know that the Japanese code level is very poor, but I didn't expect that Yamamoto Isoroku also used this set of codes when he went out for inspection... To be honest, it's not wrong to negotiate now, but it's still a war. Mr. President, I can't tell my guys that Yamamoto on the other side is a general, so I have to let him go? What will the soldiers think of us then?"

As he spoke, MacArthur's face turned red as he wanted to laugh more and more. He even felt that he could hardly hold back his laughter.

No! I can't laugh! If I laugh, the president will lose face! MacArthur thought to himself, and even covered his mouth tightly as soon as he finished speaking.

After all, as a politician in uniform, he must prepare a way out for himself after he caused trouble. After finding Kim last time, he found several high-level people - regardless of whether they were from his own faction, but at least MacArthur could be sure that the top leaders of the US government were completely unwilling to accept that they were forced to this point by the German Fleet and the Japanese Combined Fleet before their industrial strength was mobilized.

MacArthur, a veteran military politician who had also served as the Army Chief of Staff, knew very well that the United States had always had the ambition to completely disrupt the Eurasian continent and then control the world! The United States government and Wall Street had made a lot of arrangements in the previous decades for World War II to be like this!

As early as 1920, when Germany was just defeated in the war, the United States brought together the financial circles of the world to hold a meeting in Switzerland, and jointly issued a resolution that "in order to prevent the consequences of political manipulation of the economy, central banks of various countries should be free from government control." The first "experimental field" was Germany, which had been severely damaged and had its Ruhr area occupied by France, leading to its economic collapse. In fact, it seemed that it was actually the United States that instigated France to occupy the Ruhr area.

The following events were all logical: France occupied the Ruhr, Germany was on the verge of collapse, and the reparations triangle between Britain, France and Germany—no, it should be the triangle chain—was about to break. The United States was not in a hurry at all, and waited until the Ruhr crisis broke out and then rushed over. First, it easily persuaded the already exhausted Weimar Republic to give up the central bank's economic sovereignty by almost doing nothing, and then took on the German reparations as a mediator—and at the same time, almost the entire economic chain of Western Europe was "taken care of". Finally, when the 29 crisis came, the once powerful German industry was about to be shorted at a low price!

In the East, the operation was roughly the same - in addition to the passage of the Silver Act in 33, which severely hit the four major British colonies (China, India, Canada, and Australia were all silver-based), it was also clear that the interests of Japan and Britain in the Far East would conflict sooner or later, so Japan's industry and economy were supported (including the Lytton Commission, the drilling technology of the Japanese oil industry, and the Manchurian reclamation group of the "Puffer Fish Plan", etc.) to intensify the contradictions between Britain and Japan - although the "broad daylight" that was the first to bear the brunt was really a bit of mud that could not be helped, it still occupied an important position in the British colonial economy. At least before the Silver Act, the country's legal currency was based on the pound.

(After that, the British pound and the US dollar jointly had the final say, and the proportion of the US dollar became increasingly larger...)

only……

If it weren't for the unexpected rise of a Bavarian corporal in the German election on March 32, and the fact that he kicked out Schacht, the representative of the financial sector, and openly "took away" the German central bank, and then successfully kept the debt ratio at 40% under the pressure of the Jewish financial tycoons, and replaced foreign debts with foreign debts, etc. - What's more hateful is that this person actually trained workers and reopened industry while strangling the necks of the Jewish financial tycoons. Even though many big bosses have successfully escaped, their corporate shares and ill-gotten gains have all been "looted" by the mustache's house raids. And to make matters worse, Japan, which is gradually becoming too powerful in the Far East, is also showing a tendency to bite back.

Although these are all expected by Wall Street, but...

Although theoretically the United States has the capacity to suppress Germany and Japan at the same time, and may even threaten the larger Soviet Union, the current war situation can be described as a mess.

However, even so, everyone knew that as long as the "allies" could delay a little longer - it would be best if both sides suffered losses, and as long as the United States could fully unleash its industrial capacity, it would not be difficult to defeat the Axis powers with the assistance of the "allies". And after that, those allies who were seriously injured would probably have to succumb to the manipulation of the powerful free (American) (Guo) forces.

But the problem is that in Europe, Britain and Japan are holding Germany back, but in Asia, "broad daylight" is a hell of a thing! Although there are still a bunch of wild rabbits on that battlefield that can fight, those who are not from our free world must be evil, and it is good enough that we don't consider annexing them after using them!

Besides, it is difficult to communicate even in broad daylight - but if that's the case, wouldn't it be a good opportunity to increase power for a general like me who is on the front line holding back the Japanese army?

After all, even if Japan wanted to attack, it could only start the war in its own Southwest Pacific theater. Moreover, MacArthur was very confident that with his own ability and status, and given that the United States was also expanding its military, and that generals were in short supply and generally unfamiliar with the situation in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, he did not have to worry about anyone being able to replace him!

Although the heads of the Navy's code group have now been suspended by King, King has no control over the Army! As a third-generation general, an Army veteran, good at inciting public opinion, and influential in the political world, MacArthur is still very confident in his connections and influence.

In fact, this is the good thing about the "free" United States. As long as you have control over public opinion and connections and can influence the parliament, even the president has no good way to deal with you! People without a backer would be afraid of the bloody news that he killed the enemy's admiral but was laid off, but I am not afraid!

More importantly, when I was questioned a few days ago, I already knew that the US top leaders actually wanted to "drag out" the Pacific War until the US industrial capacity was fully utilized, and then come back to counterattack. Now their headache is nothing more than the Japanese fleet is too strong and the Pacific theater cannot move.

However, even a fool knows that this is temporary - not to mention that a large number of Allied warships are only injured and can be repaired in the shipyard in September and then returned to the front line in batches, even among the new warships of various countries, including the additional BB65 and BB66, six Iowa-class battleships and six Essex-class aircraft carriers have been built in the shipyard, and even the first ships of the Essex-class and Iowa-class have been launched and outfitted! Even the British can serve three new Lion-class battleships and four modified Enemy-class battleships by the end of the year! In addition, more new bombers, long-range fighters, and even the testing of jet engines in partnership with the United Kingdom, as well as the improvement and mass production of anti-ship missiles are progressing steadily - no matter how rampant the German ship mothers, submarines and the Japanese Combined Fleet are, after all, absolute industrial capacity cannot make up for it!

Although Roosevelt and the cabinet would certainly not be happy if they made such a fuss, it would also give them, who were deeply caught up in the domestic anti-war wave, a reason to "continue dragging it out". Moreover, even if Japan really wanted to fight, they would only lose a few more islands and sink a few more aircraft carriers. Anyway, even if Japan occupied the entire Solomon Islands, it was still 1200-1800 kilometers away from the Fiji-Phoenix Islands line that would truly cut off Pearl Harbor-Australia shipping!

Even a fool knows that the current front line is the limit of Japan's attack - even if there is still a chance, Japan will not hesitate to move forward!

In this way, even if I act on my own, as long as it does not violate the interests of the overall situation, I have the support of the backers, and no one is more familiar with the Southwest Pacific than me, my "alone action" of this scale should be within the tolerance of the president and the cabinet! At most, I will be scolded for not being obedient.

Although he appeared to be panicking in front of the president, he was actually as calm as an old dog - let alone anything else, didn't you see that the president had been silent on the phone for several minutes, and seemed to be exchanging opinions with other cabinet members?

Maybe even if he guessed that I was causing trouble, he couldn't do anything about it!

as predicted……

After several minutes, Roosevelt, who seemed to have been covering the microphone, spoke again:

"MacArthur...if you provoke the Japanese, you will have to find a way to deal with them if they cause trouble again!" Roosevelt, who was gritting his teeth, criticized MacArthur harshly on the phone. However, MacArthur, who was timid and trembling on the phone, was very happy in his heart!

If the president didn't scold himself, he would be in danger. But the fact that the president scolded himself, and did so in front of the cabinet, actually means that the matter is over!

As for the phrase "If Japan attacks you will have to figure out what to do"? Isn't that just another euphemism for putting yourself in full charge?

With President Roosevelt's words, it means that the situation in the Pacific can only be managed by ourselves! Even if Japan really comes to take revenge, as long as we survive these six months, then everything will be easy!

When they achieve success, the winners will not be blamed! Not to mention that the United States is not a traditional power system, and there is no absolute suppression of subordinates by superiors - as long as the influence is big enough, they can choose the president themselves, what can they do?

MacArthur, who was scolded by Roosevelt on the phone, didn't care about the bad impression made by the president. Instead, his old face blossomed with a smile like a chrysanthemum in autumn.

The plan is through~!

Chapter 752: The Prodigal Hamster

Lindemann has been worrying about his wallet lately.

Although he was a rear admiral of the German Navy and a seventh-level general on the payroll, he received a wartime allowance of 467 marks in addition to a basic salary of 72 marks per month. At that time, ordinary German soldiers only had a monthly salary of 14 marks, and the income of non-commissioned officers and sergeants ranged from 45 to 94 marks, while the average civilian's monthly salary was only or marks.

In Germany at this time, Lindemann's salary was no different from that of the super-rich - and according to German law, as a military salary, in addition to being completely tax-free, it was also not subject to any seizure or deduction for debt claims!

After all, no matter what, the mustache is also a veteran of World War I. He has learned a lesson from the scene in which the lower classes of German society "paid too much and got too little" during World War I, which led to a mutiny, the emperor's escape and the collapse of the empire (although this approach does have some suspicion of "buying public opinion"...)

but……

"Lindeman, bring the things over~"

"Eh?!"

Looking at the hamster's paw that was stretched out in front of him and swaying from time to time, and the empty snack packaging and drink bottles around it - there were even Sprite and Fanta in them, and then touching the pockets of his military uniform that had been turned upside down, Lindman, who always felt that he had successfully changed his job to become a six-bag elder of the Beggar Gang, felt that sooner or later he would be eaten by this hamster and have to sell blood for a living...

I have to feed a big warship with my salary, and now it is going bankrupt, what should I do? Urgent... Waiting online...

Seeing the hamster in front of him with its claws stretched out, expressionless, and staring at him without blinking, Lindman, sweating profusely, searched all his pockets, and finally could only touch the back of his head and smile foolishly:

"Tizi, this... is a bit difficult..."

When Tizi, who had been expressionless at first, heard this, he tilted his head slightly and blinked blankly: "Uh... Lindeman, is a high-end oscilloscope so difficult to make?"

Hearing this, Lindemann was speechless:

"Big sister! Can't I call you Big Sister? Don't you know that things like oscilloscopes are very expensive?"

Lindeman only felt a large drop of cold sweat on the back of his head.

There aren't many of these things even in the research institutes! And they are all treated like treasures!

You want me to buy one now. You really don't know how expensive firewood and rice are if you don't manage the household...

"But... you know, all current oscilloscopes have problems... Even if people want to improve an oscilloscope, they should at least have one, right?"

Tizi was obviously a little depressed, but soon she raised her head and continued to look at Lindeman, even with a pitiful and cute expression in her eyes: "... Lindeman, if this thing is made, I can have a lot of money to apply for a patent... and the progress of my sister and the others can be accelerated a lot... or you can help me and ask the commander to get one... well, how about borrowing one and I can try to modify it..."

"Borrowed... and modified?"

"Yeah, isn't it?"

Seeing the innocent Grape staring at him blankly, Lindman couldn't help but feel a little scared.

The oscilloscope of the high-end electron gun display...this thing is a treasure in the research institute. Even for the commander, it is not easy to get it!

Although, if I just borrow one, it would be fine, but...

If I heard correctly, what Tizi said was "modification"!

If this modification fails, I will be bankrupt...

Lindeman always felt that it would be better for him to escape as soon as possible...

"Well, I'll go and try to find the commander, but I can't guarantee that there will be any."

While laughing, he quietly moved towards the door, ready to back out.

"Hmm... whatever, probably anything will do - by the way, when you have money, remember to buy us some delicious food~"