Chapter 937 Bacteriological Warfare 4
"You don't fly missiles..." Rudolf looked at Genda Minoru in confusion, "Then why is your name on the list of students?"
"I'm here to learn how to fly a jet plane." Genda Minoru did not hide his purpose, because he still needed help from his old friend Rudolf.
"Jet planes represent the development trend of aviation," Genda exhaled a puff of smoke, "We Japanese are also working hard in this regard! Especially in the Pacific battlefield, the Americans have an absolute advantage in quantity, and we Japanese can only pursue quality advantages. In the field of piston aircraft, it is difficult for us to gain an overwhelming advantage over the United States in quality. Therefore, we can only find another way and focus on developing jet aircraft."
Rudolf nodded, without comment. He is very aware of Japan's current predicament. Japan is now in a comprehensive disadvantage. If it wants to reverse the decline, it must take surprising and risky measures. Although the "Silver Death" is surprising and risky, the cost is too high.
In order to help Japan train 180 "Silver Death" pilots, the German Wehrmacht must take out at least 80,000 tons of precious aviation kerosene! It even delayed the time for Germany to install jet aircraft in large quantities... Therefore, such help can only be this time, and there will be no next time.
If 180 "Silver Reapers" still cannot repel the US military - Rudolf and Novotny are very skeptical about the effectiveness of the "Silver Reaper" - then what will Japan rely on to fight?
However, developing jet aircraft, which are "high-priced" and "high-consumption", is obviously not in line with Japan's national conditions. Such weapons are simply not affordable for Japan at present.
But as a German militarist who truly loves Japan, Rudolf really can't think of any good way to save Japan.
"I understand," he could only say to Genda Minoru in the end, "Genda-kun, I won't let you pass the driving test of the 'Silver Reaper'... In fact, it is very difficult to drive the 'Silver Reaper' for a dive attack, because the dive speed is too fast, exceeding 900 kilometers, and it must be successful in one go."
"Thank you very much." Genda Minoru nodded with a smile. The purpose of his signing up for the Kamikaze Special Attack Force was not only to learn how to fly a jet, but also to take the lead... After all, driving a missile to hit an American ship is a mission that will definitely lead to death. If the officers are unwilling to take the lead, it will be almost impossible to complete the recruitment target in a short time.
However, he came to Rudolph not to "cheat" for himself - it is difficult to get 100 points in the exam, but it is not easy to fail?
"In addition," Genda paused, and then smiled embarrassedly, "There are some people who are not suitable to pass the test."
Passing the test is a dead end, and failing the test can continue to contribute to the cause of militarism... So whether the test can be passed must consider the value of the students!
But some Japanese militarists were not smart enough to know that sometimes they had to get zero marks for the sake of militarism. So Genda Minoru could only ask Rudolph, his old friend, to help him cheat.
"I understand, I understand." Rudolph said with an understanding expression, "Some people are indispensable and cannot be sacrificed casually."
"Yes!" Genda nodded in agreement, "We who survive have to bear greater responsibilities, and this is also a last resort."
"Yes, yes." Rudolph said, "Then Genda-kun will make a list, and I promise to make them fail the exam... I am the vice president, and I can take care of this matter."
Maybe Rudolph has been in Japan for a long time, and he is not as stubborn as ordinary German Junker officers. He has even learned to help people cheat - helping people fail is also cheating!
"There is one more thing I want to ask." Genda Minoru first handed Rudolph a list that he had prepared in advance - it was all the names of naval officers, and there were no names of army officers. The army is shameful, and they should not cheat, and they are not allowed to be cheated. Then he added: "We hope to complete all training subjects before Christmas 1943."
"Christmas 1943?" Rudolph was surprised, "There is still more than a month... Isn't time too tight?"
Minori Genda nodded with a bitter face: "There is no time... Time is not on our side. Now the Americans have destroyed our bases on Amakenak Island and Unalaska Island, and laid mines outside the Dutch Harbor."
Because the Japanese Navy did not dare and was unable to fight (not enough fuel and pilots, it could not fight a decisive battle at all, and could only send some submarines to attack, but it did not achieve any results, and 3 submarines lost contact), so Japan's most important stronghold in the North Pacific has been paralyzed, and now the Japanese have no way to monitor the North Pacific waterway.
American submarines and anti-shipping aircraft carriers can now safely advance to the waters south of Attu Island (also part of the Aleutian Islands), 1,700 nautical miles from Tokyo. The threat to the Western Pacific and the South Pacific Islands has greatly increased.
Therefore, Isoroku Yamamoto and Osami Nagano have decided to launch a biological attack on the United States on Christmas Day 1943!
Before that, all Me264 and Silver Reaper missiles, as well as pilots trained in Germany, must return to Japan.
This is to prevent Germany from seizing the Me264 and Silver Reaper missiles on the grounds that Japan has launched a bloody germ war. Now Germany thinks that victory is in sight and has begun to act like a winner, saying that it is fighting It is impossible for a knight's war to support Japan's germ warfare. And bacteria can spread. Who knows if it will spread to Germany?
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"Nagano-kun, the Germans have agreed to complete all missile pilot training subjects before Christmas. Another 42 Me264s and 198 Silver Reapers will also arrive in Japan before Christmas."
After hearing Yamamoto Isoroku's report, Japanese Navy Commander-in-Chief Nagano Shushen finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"It seems that we can launch an attack on Christmas." Nagano Shushen said solemnly.
US time, December 25, 1943 was the time to launch the biological attack! 42 Me264 long-range bombers will take off from Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands carrying 4,200 ceramic bacterial bombs to attack the southern part of the California Valley in the United States - Southern California has a warm winter climate, which is conducive to launching bacterial warfare.
Because Oahu is close to 4,000 kilometers from the California Valley, it has reached the limit of the Me264's range. Therefore, the 42 aircraft participating in the attack will not form a formation (it is more fuel-intensive to form a formation), and they will be as light as possible.
All removable self-defense weapons and armor on the aircraft will be removed, and the number of crew members will also be reduced from 12 to 4 (captain, co-pilot, bombardier, navigator/telegraph operator). It is no exaggeration to say that this It was an out-and-out "suicide mission."
In order to increase the penetration rate of these 42 Me264 aircraft, Lieutenant General Tsukahara Tsukahara, the head of the Japanese Naval Aviation Headquarters who formulated the air strike plan, set the time for the aircraft to take off at 7:00-8:00 on Christmas Eve, Western United States time. Point (there are 42 planes to fly). It takes about 10 hours to fly over a distance of 4,000 kilometers, so the breakthrough time is probably between 5 and 6 in the morning the next day.
At this time, the sky on the west coast of the United States is very dark, which is not conducive to fighter interception. However, as long as these 42 aircraft make a few turns in the sky, they will have enough visibility to help them find small and medium-sized towns in the California Valley - if the situation is more urgent, they do not even have to find the towns. , just drop the ceramic germ bombs randomly over the fields or rivers in the southern California Valley...
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"Mr. President, Ambassador Kennedy sent a telegram from Switzerland saying that Marquis Ciano, the new foreign minister of the Roman Empire, expressed to him his willingness to promote peace negotiations between the United States and Japan."
When the Japanese's biological and chemical attack was imminent, U.S. President Roosevelt got the news that Japan wanted peace negotiations.
"Marquis Ciano?" Roosevelt looked at Secretary of State Cordell Hull and was very surprised. "What's going on? Aren't we in peace talks with the Japanese?"
The secret peace talks between the United States and Japan were brokered by the Soviet Union. Currently in charge of this matter are the American and Japanese embassies in Chelyabinsk (the wartime capital of the Soviet Union).
However, the price differences between the two sides were too large, so the negotiations progressed very slowly.
The Americans demanded that Japan give up all the land it had captured after the Pearl Harbor incident, but that it could retain the French Indochina it captured before the Pearl Harbor incident and the Dutch East Indies transferred by the Netherlands. In addition, Japan must apologize to the United States and compensate for losses.
The Japanese, however, refused to give up any piece of the land they had captured.
"Are the Japanese willing to accept the conditions we propose?" President Roosevelt asked.
"Marquis Ciano didn't say," Cordell Hull replied, "Kennedy's telegram said that Japanese Foreign Minister Aoi Shigemitsu and the new ambassador to Rome Matsuoka Yosuke wanted to meet with him... I think there might be some breakthrough. The conditions are almost unbearable compared to those of the Japanese.”
Roosevelt nodded and said: "I sent Hopkins to meet with the Japanese... The original conditions cannot be compromised, and Japan must also guarantee not to launch new wars in the East Asian continent and the Far East after the armistice. In addition, Singapore, Malaysia The peninsula and the Philippines must be handed over to us immediately, Cordell, what do you think?”
"I think that's acceptable," Cordell Hull shrugged. "At least it avoided millions of American casualties. And we will have plenty of opportunities to deal with the Japanese in the future... As long as we can keep at least half of the Soviet Union, and Keep the Germans west of Malacca."