.After receiving a call from Yi Yuanchao, Macmillan was in a very complicated mood.

He did not express his attitude, but just hoped that China would not unilaterally expand the scale of the war. He should try his best to maintain peace and stability in South Asia as he claimed, with the main purpose of calming the conflict. The United States is willing to work with China to jointly quell the India-Pakistan border conflict.

Diplomacy, Macmillan's words have no practical significance.

It is understandable that McMillan did this, because until this time, neither Japanese nor Indian authorities reported anything related to the war to the United States.

The silence between Japan and India made Macmillan very embarrassed and difficult to deal with.

You should know that China has announced its troops to the Indian Ocean, Japan has also announced that it will help India fight, and India has invested heavily in two battlefields. The war has broken out, and as an ally of the United States, Japan does not communicate with the United States, and even India does not take the United States seriously.

Let’s not talk about face issues for the time being, it makes it difficult for Macmillan to make a decision in foreign policy.

If you support Japan and India, you will definitely be hostile to China. Macmillan does not want to be involved in this war and has no reason to send troops to intervene. If you don’t support it, it will make many allies disappointed and make those countries with swaying attitudes, such as Thailand and Malaysia in Southeast Asia, which are more inclined toward China, thereby harming the national interests of the United States and even causing the carefully constructed strategic encirclement to fall apart.

It is not just Macmillan who holds this view, but all senior federal officials and most members of Congress.

After China and Japan announced the news one after another, Macmillan held a State Council meeting and then discussed with more than a dozen major congressmen in Congress.

At both meetings, people said that they should use China's hands to teach Japan a lesson.

This attitude is easy to understand, because after the East China Sea War, Japan pursued an independent national defense policy. Although it was still an alliance with the United States, its dependence on the United States gradually decreased. Sooner or later, Japan will get rid of the United States and gain the military force to launch a war alone. If we cannot take this opportunity to teach Japan a lesson and let Japan know that without the support of the United States, Japan will be no match for China at all, then Japan will become the biggest instability factor in the Western Pacific region and may even pose a threat to the interests of the United States in the region.

In fact, after Japan announced the dissolution of the Self-Defense Force and the establishment of the National Defense Force, some people raised this possibility.

At that time, the Foreign Affairs Committee submitted an assessment report to the White House, which mentioned that within 30 years, Japan would be able to obtain the military force to start a war, but the possibility of defeating China is very slim. Although it is not ruled out that Japan will actively challenge China after its military strength is strengthened and a full-scale war breaks with China, the comprehensive war between China and Japan will inevitably end with Japan's defeat again. After that, Japan will definitely adjust its national defense policy, either continue to rely on the United States or pursue a policy of foreign expansion. Without being able to directly defeat China and have no ability to cross the Pacific Ocean, Japan will focus its strategic focus on neighboring regions, such as Southeast Asia and South Asia. After completing the strategic expansion, Japan will replace the United States and become China's number one opponent, which will pose a threat to the United States. If Japan's military expansion policy is not curbed, it may become the source of the world war for up to fifty years.

This report was not made public, but was locked into the filing cabinet as top-secret information.

However, no president can ignore this report, because the Foreign Advisory Committee is the most influential private organization in the United States and even the Western world, with more than a dozen major consortiums in the United States and Europe. Their evaluation report can be regarded as the basis for the basic policy of the United States.

Of course, this report also mentioned that in the short term, Japan will be the main force in helping the United States contain China.

Without a powerful Japan, the United States will inevitably confront China directly. Even if it only triggers a second Cold War, the United States will enter a period of recession and will be replaced by China, either the recovering Russia, or the united Europe half a century later.

Only by using Japan can the United States ensure that it will remain the world's number one power half a century later.

It is based on this report that the United States eventually withdrew its troops from Japan, granting Japan military autonomy, and helping Japan revitalize its military in the next few years.

What Macmillan didn't expect was that Japan's expansion was too fast.

If we do not take the opportunity to suppress Japan, then when China feels threatened, the United States will inevitably become a victim of Japan's expansion.

It can be said that the senior American officials have very consistent opinions on the issue of Japan.

In Chandler's words, the United States cannot help Japan, nor can it let Japan lose too badly, otherwise Japan will lose its ability to compete with China and even lose its confidence to compete with China.

Chandler's view is exactly in line with Macmillan's understanding.

As an extremely transformative nation, Japan was once a friend of China, a friend of the United States, and an enemy of China. In the Japanese's understanding, strength is a decisive factor. For example, after being beaten by the United States in World War II, Japan turned to the United States in an all-round way, and even the most basic national policies were only followed by the United States and had no independent opinion at all. The problem is that if the Japanese think that China has surpassed the United States, or think that China will definitely surpass the United States, they will definitely make new choices.

If Japan defects to China, it will definitely be a nightmare for the United States.

The two Eastern powers unite and have enough ability to challenge the Western hegemony led by the United States. At that time, not only the United States will lose its hegemony status, but Western civilization will also lose its dominance.

We must avoid going to this point, and we must give Japan appropriate help, but we must never help Japan win.

After calling Chandler and Parks, the three of them agreed.

On the issue of China's use of ballistic missiles, the United States remains silent. The bottom line is that China does not use strategic weapons and is limited to conventional wars.

As for how to help Japan, Chandler put forward a little suggestion, that is, to wait and see.

The situation on the battlefield is very obvious. Although India has won some victories in the Kashmir region and basically controls the Siachen Glacier, China has an absolute advantage on the marine battlefield and will soon achieve a more significant victory. Japan and India will inevitably seek help from the United States.

Instead of taking the initiative to lend a helping hand, it is better to wait for Japan and India to come.

According to Chandler's judgment, within one or two days, that is, after the battle for sea control is over, Japan and India will send special envoys to Washington.

The result is that the United States remains silent.

During this period, Li Pingko had sent notes to the other three nuclear powers through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, mentioning that China would use ballistic missiles to carry out conventional strike missions in the war.

Because the United States has not made any statement, the United Kingdom has not made any statement either.

In order to show the identity of a nuclear power, Russia and France responded, but they were all diplomatic rhetoric, that is, they hope that China would try its best to restrain itself and not escalate the war.

Before dawn, Mu Haoyang received a message from Huang Zhibo, and the senior management had approved his combat plan. The second artillery ballistic missile troops had been transferred to Hainan Island and could prepare for the war before 10 o'clock on the 29th. The combat operations were unifiedly commanded by Mu Haoyang.

Now, there is nothing to worry about.

Half an hour later, Mu Haoyang distributed the formulated combat plan to various combat units, including the navy's anti-submarine patrol aircraft and the second artillery ballistic missile units.

The attack operation entered the countdown, and in another seven hours, it would catch up with the Indian fleet.

At this time, only the Japanese and Indian authorities, as well as the commander of the Indian fleet, Torimura Imai.

Although at around 8 a.m., the Japanese Intelligence Headquarters discovered the ballistic missile troops stationed in Hainan Island and concluded that China would use medium-range ballistic missiles, India then received a diplomatic note from France and learned that China is likely to use ballistic missiles to carry out conventional strike missions in the war.

The result is that both India and Japan believe that China is likely to use medium-range ballistic missiles to attack Indian air bases.

No one expected that China would use ballistic missiles to strike the fleet, or to be precise, a large early warning aircraft that provides air defense support to the fleet.

In fact, Izumizu had already thought that China would use ballistic missiles to strike the fleet.

But Imai Tatsumura was not worried because there were three large air defense destroyers in the Indian fleet with anti-missile capabilities and able to intercept ballistic missiles with a range of less than 2,500 kilometers.

As for using ballistic missiles to fire early warning aircraft, Imai Tatsumura never thought about it.

This is also easy to understand, because the Japanese army is not equipped with ballistic missiles, nor has the experience of using ballistic missiles, and does not regard ballistic missiles as the main means of strike. In terms of the tactics of using ballistic missiles, it is naturally inferior to the Second Artillery of China, so it is unlikely that it will understand what ballistic missiles can do.

It can be said that Izumizu was in a relatively relaxed mood at that time.

The Indian Navy has actively mobilized four supply ships and four fast tankers, which can arrive half an hour earlier, so the fleet can replenish fuel immediately after arriving in the waters of rendezvous and sail to Visakhapatnam with the supply ships without anchorage.

As long as the fleet is still sailing, there is little chance of being caught up.

According to Imai Yoshimura's estimate, it only takes two hours for the main warships in the fleet to obtain enough fuel, then leave the supply ships, and head to Visakhapatnam at full speed. Even if the Chinese fleet can catch up, it will take at least two hours to get the attack fleet to arrive from the group of attacks. As long as you grasp the time, the Indian fleet can leave the dangerous waters before being attacked.

Even if you can't run far, you can still get cover from the Indian Air Force.

As for what to do after returning to Visakhapatnam, Imai Rimura hasn't thought about it yet. In his opinion, as long as the Indian fleet can still go out to sea to fight, the Chinese Navy will not dare to attack Blair Port rashly, and will not even let the fleet enter the Bay of Bengal. If it can win a few days and wait for the Indian Army to consolidate the fruits of victory on the ground battlefield, India can take the lead in announcing a ceasefire and then let the international community intervene.

By this time, the war should end...
Chapter completed!