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spn Chapter 279: War clouds over the Pacific Ocean

On June 6, 1942, German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop took a plane from Berlin to Egypt to participate in the celebration of the first anniversary of the founding of the Kingdom of Egypt, a new Nazi regime.

Similar to what was done in Europe, Ribbentrop, on behalf of the Nazi leader Hitler, declared Germany's friendship to the Arab regions that had just entered the arms of the Axis powers.

Ribbentrop said that Germany's enemies are the British and French colonists and the Jews they support. Hitler has always respected the Arabs and the long-standing Arab culture. Germany is by no means Britain or France, nor is it Germany.

They will be the new colonists. In addition to freedom and equality, the liberators will bring security and stability.

Through early military occupation and diplomatic efforts, Ribbentrop only stayed for less than a week before signing multiple secret agreements. Many Arab countries, including Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Oman, achieved independence.

, many Nazi hostage countries will be established one after another, while Germany has consistently given up its colonial status, but relying on its status as the big brother of the Axis Group, it has received huge benefits including garrisoning, resource extraction and even recruiting soldiers.

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Previously, thanks to the intelligence assistance from the friendly country China, the German Nazi government discovered multiple large oil fields in the Middle East. Hitler, who was ecstatic, doubled the size of the North African Army with a stroke of his pen.

After more than a year of fighting after the Egyptian War, the German Nazi North African Corps, under the command of Rommel, lived up to Hitler's high expectations and conquered many Arab countries, including Iraq. The Nazi flag was never wanted to be seen by the British.

With such speed, most of the Middle East and the entire Persian Gulf were liberated.

It is better to say that it is to liberate these areas than to drive away the remaining British and French forces here. Like other areas, the Germans have unprecedented interest in this area full of resources. Although Hitler did not understand why that

A friendly Chinese head of state would authorize the Ministry of Intelligence to send him top-secret resource information about the Middle East, but he was willing to understand that this Asian head of state wanted to maintain a long-term solid friendship with Germany. And facts have proved that this Asian head of state hopes to maintain a long-term solid friendship with Germany.

The information provided by the head of state is all correct and incorrect.

Hitler believed that since the Asian head of state sent people to secretly explore these areas, he must be extremely eager for the resources here. He even suspected that the reason why the Chinese were able to obtain so much detailed mining information was probably because they were preparing to cooperate with the British.

, just like they did in other parts of the world, they secretly surveyed resources and then bought the land at a low price, or worked with local colonists to exploit the resources there.

In return, he gave Saudi Arabia's oil mining rights to the Chinese government with a stroke of his pen. Yes, it was a gift, and it was given to the Chinese during wartime for free exploitation, and their output was even

Instead of shipping them out of the Middle East, the German government will buy them.

The major discovery of resources in the Middle East gave the Germans a big sigh of relief. Not only did the armored regiments in North Africa have longer-term offensive plans based on these oils, but even Germany's energy pressure was greatly relieved. Previously, the United States and the British

The embargo of various resources, especially oil resources, even pushed Hitler to the point of ordering the navy to formulate orders for a decisive battle at sea.

Today's Middle East is really too important to Hitler. Inexhaustible oil resources, a huge population, a new batch of pro-German local Nazi governments, and of course, an excellent geographical location.

You know, all the way from the Middle East, as long as it takes Iran, it will be India.

The Germans discovered that throughout World War II, the Soviet battlefield was not so full of variables. Instead, the Middle East might become a new base for decision-making.

Therefore, the ambitious Hitler not only ordered the launch of the Great Africa Plan, but also ordered the formulation of a forward-looking and huge plan to attack India. Of course, in this plan, newly trained troops from slave countries and even Arab countries would serve as the main force.

Later, Ribbentrop boarded a Chinese merchant ship in the Persian Gulf and secretly headed to Asia.

In China, Ribbentrop repeatedly applied to the Chinese government, hoping to meet the Chinese leader Shusheng in person so that he could complete the task assigned to him by Hitler himself.

For him, the trip to the Middle East is just a routine matter. What is really important is the trip to China and Japan in Asia. This is the most important purpose of his leaving Germany.

Soon, he got this opportunity. The staff of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed him that the Chairman of the Generalissimo approved the German request.

After waiting for three long days, Ribbentrop was suddenly picked up in a car heading to Hanking Mountain after lunch. Zhang Shusheng was about to receive him in the west hall of the Hall of Nations in Hanking Mountain.

"Dear Chairman, I haven't seen you for a few years, but you are still so young."

When Zhang Shusheng walked into the west hall, he saw an old German man with a lot of white hair hurriedly stood up from his seat, walked to him, bowed first, and then extended his hand.

"Mr. Ribbentrop, you are a very busy man in the Third Reich now. It is not easy to come all the way."

Because it involved Hitler's secret mission, apart from Zhang Shusheng and Ribbentrop, who did not even bring a translator, this meeting only had Zhang Shusheng's translator and secretary, Lu Yunyan.[

It was a very small meeting, but Zhang Shusheng knew that this German guy must have a heavy responsibility. Otherwise, some trivial matters between the two countries could be dealt with by the extremely powerful German Ambassador to China von Luo Yingsi.

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"The friendship between China and Germany can be traced back to..."

As Zhang Shusheng expected, even though there were no outsiders here, and even Ribbentrop himself knew that the head of state in front of him was bringing his secretary and wife to accept his visit, he still talked endlessly about a lot of things.

About the friendship between China and Germany.

Fortunately, Zhang Shusheng has good concentration now. In the past when he was in Southwest China, such a scene would have made him fall asleep. To his surprise, Ribbentrop actually spoke in fluent Chinese. The old man did not bring a translator.

It is to be prepared but not

After Ribbentrop said a lot of nonsense, Zhang Shusheng nodded a few times and did not agree. With his current status, accepting the old man's introduction was already very unusual, so there was no need to pay attention to it.

Regarding j, it is never about who has the loudest voice or who is right. Compared with those, Zhang Shusheng is far inferior to others.

"Dear Chairman Zhang Shusheng, I wonder when your country is going to declare war on the Allied Powers? When I came here, the news I got from the Intelligence Department was that the Americans were strengthening their military power at Pearl Harbor, fearing that they would attack the Pacific region.

poses a great threat to the security of the country.”

Sure enough, Ribbentrop cleared his throat, and after seeing Zhang Shu say "hmm" a few times, he decisively brought up the business of his visit.

Zhang Shusheng felt awe-inspiring in his heart, thinking, could Hitler really be so impatient that he would take sides so soon? Of course this is not possible, China has not made enough money, the enemy has not shed enough blood, and the world has not yet

How can you stand in line in advance if you don’t have enough?

"Mr. Ribbentrop, we have a saying in China that military affairs are nothing to play with. Judging from the current signs, China's external environment is not so bad that it must join the war. You must know that China is a peace-loving country.

As a nation, we advocate peace and are unwilling to start war lightly.

As the top leader of the Republic, I need to be responsible for the entire country, and the people's voice against the war is very loud." Zhang Shusheng finally said the longest sentence since the beginning of the talks.

Ribbentrop nodded, slightly sinking and finally revealed his trump card, "When I left Germany, the head of state specially asked me to tell the great Chairman that now is the best time to join the war. If the war goes well, maybe

It could end next year.

Then, the world order after the war will require China to join. At that time, China will gain part of the rights and interests in the Middle East, as well as half of India, or all of Australia and the Philippines."

Zhang Shusheng secretly thought that the crazy Hitler couldn't wait to set out the conditions for war. It seemed that he was going to attack the Americans. In order to lure the Germans to increase their troops in North Africa and attack the Arab region, he threw out extremely important resource bait, and even for

To get the Germans to take the bait, Zhang Shusheng did not hesitate to disclose the information of two important oil fields to the British in advance, allowing the British to find a large oil field in Iraq decades in advance. As a result, it was naturally exploited in less than three months.

, was captured by the Nazi North African Army.

After occupying the Middle East, Germany, which seemed to be able to handle the entire battlefield of World War II, not only set its sights on Africa, the Middle East and the Soviet Union, but also began to plot the last place where the British had their crotch: India.

Of course, Zhang Shusheng could understand Hitler's strategic concept. Once India was attacked by Germany and Japan again, it would only take about a year or so for Britain to surrender or be defeated. This is exactly what he meant, the Germans

The Nazi tanks are already powerful enough. If they are not guided to cause them to start a more violent war with the British and Americans as soon as possible, then how can World War II achieve the splendor of a real global war?

The British property seemed huge, but their military strength was insufficient. Hitler could even imagine that when India fell like the British-occupied areas in the Middle East, who else in the world would be the opponent of the Axis powers.

Zhang Shusheng can imagine it, and Americans can imagine it, so the problems and contradictions are very acute: India may be the original Pearl Harbor in history. Whoever touches it is equivalent to touching the United States.

"Is it possible that the powerful Axis alliance will launch a final attack on Britain? However, Mr. Minister, according to the report of my intelligence department, the Americans are once again evaluating the proposal to join World War II. The aircraft carrier fleet at Pearl Harbor is larger than yours

When leaving Germany, the number of deployed ships had increased by five, and there were also Phase III and Phase IV port facilities, all of which were already under emergency construction. Of course, there was also a larger Phase II airport, and even the runway had been basically paved.

Well. The worse news is that the US military in the Philippines will also receive additional troops."

Zhang Shusheng threw out this information with a smile. It was during the time when Ribbentrop left Germany, and of course when the Germans completely took over the Arab region, that the Americans were increasingly touched.

"If it does not join the war, Britain will lose the last of India. At that time, the Germans will join the Japanese, one will attack the United States from the Atlantic or South America, and the other will land in the United States from the Pacific..."

This kind of crisis theory of national subjugation and genocide has been increasing day by day in the United States, and even Zhang Shusheng believes that the Americans may send troops at any time, and there is no need to use the original historical Pearl Harbor plan to stimulate the Americans and find an excuse for Roosevelt.

Because, this time, the situation of World War II is much worse for the Allied Powers that have existed in name only. Perhaps the Americans only need to hesitate for another half a year to wait for the Axis Powers to attack or be blocked by the global blockade of the New Order...[

The Americans, who do not even want to lose their interests in the Pacific region, have not only urgently strengthened their border defenses recently, but also urgently deployed three aircraft carrier fleets to the Atlantic to prevent Hitler from attacking the mainland from the sea.

The World War II in front of us looks like it is about to end. Hitler and the Japanese may even think so, but Zhang Shusheng knows that this is without the Americans joining. Once the Americans join, World War II has almost just begun.

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Ribbentrop was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Yes, Mr. Chairman, I also obtained similar information a few days ago. This is also related to my second mission."

With Ribbentrop's explanation and lobbying, Zhang Shusheng finally understood the real intention of the Germans.

Involving China in the war was just a routine matter. Even Hitler might have thought that this task was too difficult. Seeing that Zhang Shusheng had no intention of actively declaring war, Ribbentrop stopped asking for China to join the war.

What surprised him was that in the second item, Hitler actually wanted to persuade China to lease or sell a batch of advanced submarines in Asia to Germany so that Germany could form an Asian expedition fleet.

Regarding this request, Zhang Shusheng's understanding was that the Germans wanted to fight against the Americans, or to form a certain strategic deterrent capability against the Americans in the Pacific region. This was because the so-called advanced submarine proposed by Hitler was not an ordinary submarine.

What Hitler wanted was actually China's advanced ocean-going submarines currently in service.

Originally, there was no absolutely airtight wall in the world. China's batch of Xia-class deep-sea submarines named 'Ao Guang' type are very capable. They are new submarines that were finalized and equipped after the founding of the People's Republic of China. They have truly achieved ocean combat. On the supply ship

With the follow-up, it can operate in sea areas thousands of kilometers away. Compared with the previous Nanhai-class submarines, its underwater endurance and concealment capabilities have made a qualitative breakthrough.

Did Hitler really just want to establish a Pacific Fleet to pose a threat to the Americans?

Zhang Shusheng has considerable doubts about this.

After all, in the United States today, those who are calling for war against the Axis Powers have even changed from official to private. Anyone with a political sense knows that maybe it only needs the last straw, and then the United States will declare war on the Axis Powers.

declare war.

And if it were any later, the situation would be completely unfavorable to the Americans.

And all this reminded Zhang Shusheng that in history, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the United States not because American soldiers had joined the war, but because Japan was under a total embargo and could not obtain or buy it from Malacca and China as it does now.

Resources, at that time, the United States was so anxious that the Japanese jumped over the wall.

But this time, the Japanese were not as anxious as before, but the Germans were very anxious.
To be continued...