Roosevelt was not whimsical about the main force of the Pacific Fleet to reinforce Guam and the Philippines, but the plan proposed by the US Navy Department itself.

Because there is no such thing as "sneak attack on Pearl Harbor" in the vision of the US Navy. Pearl Harbor is 6,700 kilometers away from Japan, and the Japanese fleet has to sail continuously for half a month to arrive. The possibility of a huge fleet running six,700 kilometers in half a month without being discovered is almost impossible in the eyes of Admiral Stark.

Therefore, Admiral Stark and other senior executives of the US Navy did not think that the Japanese would attack Pearl Harbor like crazy. In their opinion, the Japanese would attack Guam and the Philippines, cut off the liaison between Pearl Harbor and British Malaya and Dutch East India. Then seize Malaya, take over Dutch East India, and then go westward to the Indian Ocean and Germany, and meet in Italy.

The main force of the Japanese Joint Fleet will set up a battlefield in the Pacific between Japan and the Philippines, waiting for the Pacific Fleet to walk thousands of kilometers to fight. This is the tactic adopted by the Japanese in the Russo-Japanese War.

Therefore, in the plan formulated by the US Navy Department, the US Pacific Fleet must fight a difficult decisive battle with the Japanese Combined Fleet near Guam and the Philippines, and achieve a decisive victory, and then the US Navy can concentrate on dealing with Germany.

"President, I came for this." Admiral Stark took out a document from his briefcase and placed it in front of Roosevelt.

President Roosevelt did not take a closer look, but asked directly: "What is this?"

Stark replied: "It is an outline of a combat plan and a plan to mobilize some of the Atlantic Fleet's forces to strengthen the Pacific Fleet."

"How do you plan to defeat the Japanese?" Roosevelt asked.

Of course, Roosevelt was preparing to defeat Japan, rather than wanting the Japanese to blow up the Pacific Fleet. There is no doubt about this! He would not use the Pacific Fleet for fun.

"Combined with the shore-based aviation force of the aircraft carrier," said Admiral Stark.

Of course, the US Navy is not blind or deaf. They all know the situation of the Scapa Bay air strike, the Battle of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Battle of Shetland. If aircraft carriers and aircraft are not valued now, then the generals of the US Navy should check their brains carefully to see if there is any water inflow!

"This method is good!" Roosevelt nodded. The cooperation between aircraft carriers and shore base represents the world's advanced naval warfare trend! In the letter Churchill wrote to Roosevelt, the story of the Germans using this advanced tactic to beat the British Royal Navy more than once.

"But do we have planes like ju88 and s.m.79?" Roosevelt asked again.

"We don't have twin-engine dive bombers like Ju88," said Admiral Stark. "But we have aircraft with performance as much as S.M.79, and the b-25, b-26 and a-20 are modified to mount torpedoes for attack.

In addition, we are the SBD Fearless Diving Bombers very nice. The latest improved model already has a maximum range of 2,200 kilometers and can act as a shore-based dive bomber."

"Where are fighters?"

Army Chief of Staff Marshall took the question and replied: "We can use P-40 and P-51 to cooperate, because Japan does not have high-altitude fighters such as B-109 and -190, so there is no need for a 'Spray' aircraft. In addition, we can also deploy radars in the Philippines and Guam."

Air combat is P-40 plus P-51, anti-ships include B-25, B-26, A-20 and SBD, and then aircraft carrier support. This is the plan of the US Navy Department to defeat Japan quickly.

"In addition, we plan to transfer both the York City, the Bumblebee and the Assault carriers to the Pacific?"

Admiral Stark then talked about the Navy's Operations Department's plan. The Navy's plan was made after fully referring to the naval battles on the European battlefield. Specifically, it was to concentrate five aircraft carriers including the "Lexington", "Saratoga", "Enterprise", "York City", and "Bumblebee" as the core to form a special mixed fleet to attack the main force of the Japanese joint fleet heading south!

"When will our aircraft carrier depart from Pearl Harbor?" Roosevelt thought for a while and asked again.

Admiral Stark replied: "They should leave Pearl Harbor when the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet is missing."

Of course, the United States also has its own intelligence network in Japan, and now the United States and the Soviet Union have strengthened intelligence cooperation, focusing on monitoring Wu Jungang Port and Saseburg Military Port. Although no important intelligence is detected, we can still know whether the Japanese joint fleet is at home.

According to the idea of ​​the US Navy Operations Department, if the Japanese joint fleet comes out in full, it needs to be said that it will definitely go to the Philippines to fight Guam. The joint fleet is a big fuel-consuming household. Now Japan is embargoed and lives by consuming oil reserves. If it weren't for war, the joint fleet would never be fully dispatched.

So as soon as the joint fleet is discovered, the US special fleet will immediately set off from Pearl Harbor regardless of whether Japan declares war or not. It is thousands of kilometers away, and it will not be able to reach the place within half a month. If you don’t set out early and wait until the official declaration of war is officially declared, it will be too late.

"What about the main force of the Pacific Fleet?" Roosevelt asked finally, "When will they be dispatched?"

"This depends on the situation," said Admiral Stark. "If the SPF wins on the Guam-Philippines front line, the main fleet will go to Guam under the cover of the SPF aircraft carrier "Striker" and then start the final decisive battle with the Japanese Joint Fleet!"

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"Genius General, Lieutenant General Ozawa, I'm glad you Japan finally made the right decision!"

On August 15, 1941, just half a month before the "deadline" given by Hessman, the Japanese Empire finally made up its mind to follow Germany and went to the dark side. At the same time, they also sent a military delegation of not low levels. This delegation was composed of senior officials of the Japanese Army and Navy. The leader of the Navy was Lieutenant General Ozawa Shisaburo Ozawa, president of the Navy University. The representative of the Army was General Hoshikazu Deanuchi.

Before World War I, Teruchi Soichi once went to Europe as the deputy military officer in Vienna. He could speak fluent German and was a little "German fan", so he was one of the powerful promoters of the Japan-German alliance. During today's meeting, Teruchi Soichi automatically acted as a translator of Ozawa Shisaburo (in fact, both sides brought full-time translators).

The Temple translated Hessman's words into Japanese and told Ozawa. Ozawa Shisaburo, who had a "grandma face", was obviously not as optimistic as Sochi Tanuchi. He said to Hessman: "Marson, you always have some questions in your heart and want to ask in person."

Hessman nodded with a smile. Jisaburo Ozawa continued: "Marson Marshal should know the industrial strength and war potential of the United States. If the United States can be kept neutral, you Germany should be sure to win. But why do you put the strategy of winning without choosing and take the risk of pushing Japan to start a war against the United States?"

"Because with Japan's cooperation, we can achieve a decisive victory before the United States' industrial potential is fully realized!"

Hessman said lightly: "Although the United States has a strong industry, it takes a relatively long process to transform industrial strength into war potential. Although the United States has begun to work hard in this regard, it was still relatively fragile before 1943 or 1944. We can defeat the United States! Only by defeating the United States can we truly win the world war!"

Jisaburo Ozawa nodded and said with a serious expression: "Marson Marshal, your opinion is similar to that of many colleagues in my Imperial Navy. Our Imperial Navy is confident that we will take the initiative within 12 months after participating in the war, and then the initiative will fall into the hands of the United States... But it is not easy to completely defeat the United States within 12 months."

"It is not a complete defeat, but an irreversible advantage." Hessman corrected the words of Jisaburo Ozawa, "Total defeat of the United States requires landing on the east coast of the United States and defeating the US ground forces that may be as many as several million. It is difficult to do. Forcing the United States to lose hope of victory, accept unfavorable peace treaties, lose control of South America, and be blocked in North America forever. To achieve such a goal, we must give the US Navy a fatal blow before 1943."

"How to do it?" asked Jisaburo Ozawa.

Hessman smiled, stretched out his two fingers and said, "There are two ways. One is that you occupy Hawaii and force the main force of the US Pacific Fleet to fight a decisive battle near Hawaii!

Second, after you open up the Strait of Malacca, you will send two Yamato to the Atlantic Ocean and Germany, France and Italy to form a joint fleet, and then eliminate the main force of the American Atlantic Ocean on the North Atlantic Ocean."

"This is impossible!" Ozawa Jisabura heard the translation of Shouichi Teraunuchi and immediately shouted in English, "Marson Marshal, the suggestion you made is impossible!"
Chapter completed!