Chapter 46: A Long-cherished Wish
Wesley stood on the podium in the Congress Hall and started to settle the accounts directly. "Over the years, our market performance in developing China has been outstanding, especially during the economic crisis, we sold a large number of goods in China. Because our friendly attitude was recognized by the other party, we excluded goods from other countries to the greatest extent, which made us make a lot of money."
"But now Japan and Ben launched a war, and they directly destroyed our market, plundered our wealth, and then divided a part of it to us to buy things. It seemed that we were not at a loss, but in fact? We lost a lot. They did this, not only ruined the good image we established, but also destroyed our market, but they bought nothing but scrap steel and oil. Gentlemen, we lost money."
Wesley's words made the MPs talk, and they felt that they had indeed lost money, but compared to the lost market, they got only a small part of it.
"And everyone should pay attention to it. What I said at the beginning is that Japan will fight Britain, and they will fight us later. Why? Because of the issue of war resources, if they occupy China and get the resources and manpower of China, then they will no longer be small countries. They will seek more things, such as the Philippines."
"There are rubber and oil there. These are things that China does not have, and they are huge strategic resources. At the same time, it is possible to connect with Germany. It will be a disaster. If they want the Philippines, what should they do first? The first goal is our Pacific Fleet, and the second goal is our two major archipelago bases in the Pacific. You must know that their navy is stronger than their army."
"Gentlemen, I think everyone understands what I said. First of all, we need to kill Japan and China, defeat them directly, and then do business with Europe. This is the safest way. Without any worries, we have preserved our huge market. You must know that other countries will not have commodities entering China at this time because they are not enough."
"I'm finished speaking, I think everyone should know how to choose." Wesley left the podium and returned to his seat. The Navy's Harold R. Stark asked quietly beside him.
"They will really attack the Pacific Fleet?"
"Of course, once they can't find a way out, they will take risks. For example, the Russo-Japanese War and the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 were all made by small profits. At that time, their domestic economy was on the brink of danger several times, and the gambler's psychology was undoubtedly revealed."
"Well, that's true. It seems that I'm going to strengthen the security work of the Pacific Fleet."
Roosevelt came to the podium again and said, "Gentlemen, Admiral Wesley Gibson taught us another lesson, and now I need to know what everyone has to choose."
"Fight, defeat those little ones." A member of the parliament roared, and then someone followed. The atmosphere at the scene became warm, and they called this "freedom".
A meeting directly passed the proposal of the war, and then Roosevelt ordered the army to start preparing. The United States then issued a diplomatic note to stop business relations with Japan and resist their invasion of China. This incident made China again recognize the friendship of the United States, and Japan began to panic.
The commander-in-chief of the three armies in this battle was served by Wesley. He is the oldest general now. After all, he was an admiral after the First World War, and it was not something Marshall and the others could compare with.
Wesley is already mature, and everyone still remembers his infantry "blitzkrieg". Now most of the equipment of the army, navy and air force is designed and arranged by him, and no one is more suitable than him.
For a moment, the world was boiling, and the United States cut off trade with Japan and China, which suddenly made Japan and China's strategic reserves problem. Their reserves were limited. If they could not buy them, they could only use the reserves. However, the resources needed for warships to start at one time were massive. How long could they last?
Japan and Boston were in a dilemma, and then went south or north to directly cause controversy in advance. The Battle of Nomenkan was launched directly, and the two sides fought quietly, but this kind of thing could not be hidden, and countries around the world soon knew. And Japan and Boston also understood that they could not defeat the Soviet Union, especially on land, if they could not make any effort on land, they could only go to sea.
Wesley is preparing for war. The latest eight aircraft carriers are all heavy aircraft carriers above 60,000 tons. The latest design of the inclined deck allows fighters to take off and land at the same time. In addition to the original two medium-sized aircraft carriers, a total of ten aircraft carriers have been concentrated. The Atlantic Fleet will not be strengthened for the time being.
The remaining are four 36,000-ton treaty battleships, four of the first battleships during World War I, sixteen heavy cruisers, hundreds of light cruisers and destroyers, which are the main force of the entire Pacific Fleet.
Preparing for the First World War is naturally not achieved overnight, and it takes time to prepare, so there is no suddenness of the war. After all, the United States is not Japan. It has not been preparing for the war.
The actions of the United States caused an uproar in the whole world. Germany was anxious. Hitler expressed concern about the actions of the United States. He was afraid that the United States would join like during World War I, and Germany could not beat the United States. After all, the United States' economy, resources and technology all surpassed Germany.
Japan and the United States were even more anxious. After all, the United States was obviously coming for them. The Pacific Fleet was gathered from Japan. My own spies were spread all over Hawaii.
In the chain reaction, the butterfly's wings began to flap here. Wesley's wings were flapping for the first time, which was even stronger than during World War I, resulting in a large number of variables. Wesley sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and prepared without panic.
First, the Pacific Fleet began to divide, with four heavy aircraft carriers as the main one, plus four treaty battleships, and eight heavy cruisers as the main ones established, and headed directly to the Guam military base. A medium-sized aircraft carrier, a heavy aircraft carrier, and two battleships from the First World War period were the second special-mix fleet. The same configuration formed the third special-mix fleet, while the remaining two heavy aircraft carriers were the fourth special-mix fleet.
Second, third and fourth special mixed fleets directly blocked the Pacific routes, and at the same time the submarine forces were dispersed. Huge cigar-shaped ocean submarines were scattered in the Pacific, blocking all waterways, and infiltrating into Japan at the same time.
Chapter completed!