In fact, Roosevelt was very popular with the Japanese attacks. In order to get rid of isolationism and support the European battlefield, Roosevelt could be said to have encountered great resistance. It was not that he was willing to fight, but that he made the Roosevelt New Deal require the United States to participate in this world war. To put it bluntly, Roosevelt's new Deal was just a waste of money. If Germany and Japan had not started a war against Britain, France and China respectively, the United States would have almost gone bankrupt. The aggressive war between Germany and Japan could be said to have saved the American imperial economy.

The major consortiums of the United States have long been no longer satisfied with this immediate interest. They have been pushing the United States to come to an end in person and continue to expand the benefits of the war.

Now, Japan's sneak attack and bombarded Pearl Harbor, just for a big deal. Let's see if the isolationists of the US imperialists dare to claim that the affairs of the old continent have nothing to do with the new continent. The fire of the old continent has already burned to the doorstep!

"Marshall, how about the loss at Pearl Harbor? Is it reported?"

The only thing Roosevelt expected was that the sneak attack in Japan was too sudden, and he had no preparation or defense in advance.

Although there were several battleships in Pearl Harbor in the original space-time, those were battleships from World War I and should have been updated long ago. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we will expand our fleet on a large scale.

As for the aircraft carrier, it has been transferred in advance, but now it is completely different.

"Our three aircraft carriers, Bumblebee, Enterprise and Lexington, were all sunk." Marshall said sorrowly: "None of the warships anchored in Pearl Harbor were spared. All our equipment on Pearl Harbor, including maintenance facilities and oil depots on land, were also blown up. Now, Pearl Harbor has become a ruin. The specific figures have not been counted yet, but preliminary statistics show that our casualties are more than 20,000, and our Pearl Harbor base has had to be abandoned. The Pacific Fleet has been dead in name only."

"What?" Roosevelt finally stopped calming and shouted, "How is this possible?"

In fact, the number of soldiers' casualties will only be more than the number 20,000. These are all experienced sailors and naval aviation. It can be said that Japan's attack hit the American imperial desperation.

Roosevelt's mouth twitched slightly. Could it be that the price that the United States joined the war was so high? What price would the United States pay to win this war? Thinking of this, he became inexplicably panicked.

"We lost the lead in the early stage of the war. We must find a way to delay Japan's attack on Australia and the South Ocean. Once Japan captures Australia, it will be a disaster." Marshall analyzed.

"Prepare for me, I will give a speech to the whole country in Congress." Roosevelt pondered for a moment and said, "Here will help me contact Mr. Wu Yuanliang of the Chinese Business Association. I will meet him alone and send someone to contact the National Government of Huaxia Mountain City. Now the lease bill also applies to them."

The next day, the U.S. House of Representatives.

"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - this shameful day must be remembered forever - the United States of America was subjected to a sudden and deliberate attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy and Air Force. The United States and Japan

It is peaceful and is still in talks with its government and the emperor according to Japan's request in order to maintain peace in the Pacific region. In fact, just one hour after the Japanese Air Force had begun to bomb the U.S. Lake Island, the Japanese ambassador and colleagues also submitted a formal reply to the recent news from the U.S. to our Secretary of State. Although the reply letter claimed that continuing the current diplomatic negotiations seemed useless, it did not contain threats or hints about war or armed attacks.

History will testify that, because Hawaii is so far from Japan, it is obvious that the attack was carefully planned after many days or even weeks. During the mediation period, the Japanese government deliberately deceived the US imperialist with hypocritical statements and desire to continue to maintain peace.

Yesterday's attack on the Hawaiian Islands caused serious damage to the U.S. Navy and Army forces. I regret to tell you that many Americans lost their lives. In addition, according to reports, American ships were also attacked on torpedoes on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu (Honolulu).

Yesterday, the Japanese government launched an attack on Malaya.

Last night, the Japanese army attacked Hong Kong.

Last night, the Japanese army attacked Guam.

Last night, Japanese troops attacked the Philippine Islands.

Last night, the Japanese attacked Wake Island.

This morning, the Japanese attacked Midway Island.

Therefore, Japan took a sudden offensive throughout the Pacific region. Yesterday and today's events

It is self-evident. The people of the U.S. have formed their own opinions and are very clear about this relationship

To the security and survival of our country itself. As the commander-in-chief of the land and the navy, I have instructed to take all measures for our defense.

However, our entire country will always remember the nature of this raid on us. No matter how long it takes to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people will surely win an absolute victory with their own righteous power.

We now prophes that not only do our best to defend ourselves, but we will also ensure that this form of treason will never endanger us again. I believe that this expression of the will of Congress and the people.

Hostile operations already exist. It is no secret that our people, our territory and our interests are in serious danger.

I ask Congress to announce that from December 7, 1941, there has been a state of full war between the United States and Japan.

I firmly believe that the final victory of this war will definitely belong to us!”

During the Pearl Harbor Incident, Japan's military operations can be said to have achieved unprecedented success, but they fell into a full passive political approach.

On the 31st, Xiaowang was originally in Greece, meeting with Italian head of state Mussolini to discuss the war in North Africa. Unexpectedly, news of Japan's raid on Pearl Harbor came, so he hurriedly bid farewell to the Italian dictator and returned to Berlin, and urgently convened a high-level meeting of the ** Party to discuss countermeasures.

"Bastard! Idiot! How can I provoke Americans at this time?"

The mustache was paced back and forth with her hands behind her back, and the expression on her face was extremely angry.

All the participants were silent. Everyone knew where Hitler's anger came from and was unwilling to get his bad temper at this time. The Turkish delegation, which was negotiating with Germany to join the Axis yesterday, suddenly received a notice from his country and temporarily suspended the negotiations to join the Axis and returned to the country immediately.

Early this morning, the Turks returned to Ankara. It is said that the US diplomatic mission had arrived in the capital of Turkey and received warm reception from Turkish President Ismet Inonu.

At the same time, Spain and Portugal, which had originally vowed to join the Axis powers, suddenly became ambiguous.

You should know that as early as early June last year, when the German army was winning streak in France, Spain sent troops to occupy Tangier, which was jointly managed by the internationally. Then Spanish leader Franco submitted a condition to Hitler for joining the Axis powers, including territorial requirements for Gibraltar, French Morocco and Oran provinces in Algeria.

After their demands were recognized, Germany and the West agreed to jointly take military action against Gibraltar after Germany and Italy resolved the threat from Malta, Crete and Cyprus in the central and western Mediterranean.

However, when the German army was now ready and provided heavy weapons needed for Spain to fight and notified that it would start operations this month, news came that the US imperial party participated in the war.

When Franco responded to the German ambassador to Spain yesterday, he clearly stated that Spain is located in the key traffic jam between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, especially the Strait of Gibraltar, which is a must-fight for military strategists. If Spain participates in the Axis war at this time, it will inevitably become the first target of attack by the United States and Britain. Whether Spain, which has just experienced a civil war, can withstand the violent attacks of the United States and Britain, is related to the survival of the entire country. Without the absolute determination to win, it will not be able to participate in the battle against the Allies.

Franco believed that at this time, it would be better for Spain to not participate in the war than to participate in the war, so that Germany could obtain supplies for strategic materials such as oil and food through Spain.

As for Portugal, its territory is surrounded by Spain. Seeing that Spain's attitude becomes tougher, Portugal also changes its tone. After venting with Franco, the Portuguese dictator Dr. Salazar said that he would remain neutral and not join the war for the time being.

Spain and Portugal are located in the Iberian Peninsula, with many plateaus and mountains, with lowlands in the west and southwest. The Meseta Plateau in the middle is 600 meters above sea level, accounting for more than 60% of the peninsula area. Since the great geographical discovery, Spain and Portugal have successively become maritime powers and colonial empires, with colonial colonies in Europe, the United States, Africa and Asia. Since then, due to the abundant supply of grain produced by the colonies, the population of the two countries has reproduced very quickly. However, with the complete collapse of the colonial empire in the last century, Spain and Portugal must obtain supplements of food, oil, coal and other resources through international trade.

Since Germany invaded Poland, allies such as Britain, the United States and France have been working hard to keep the two countries neutral, providing grains, coal and oil to Spain and Portugal.

Franco had his own considerations: an important part of the relationship between Spain and Germany was the debt owed during the Civil War, including weapons and other materials. Spain owed Germany more than US$212 million, and because the 330 tons of gold reserves of the Spanish National Bank were stolen from the Red Polar Bear Advisor of the Republican government as early as 1935, Spain was unable to pay off the huge sum.

In addition to debt relations, Spain's rich mineral deposits and trade resources are exactly what Germany needs. In a secret German-Swiss agreement signed the year before, Spain promised to import beef and cereals from South America. In May last year, Spain signed a three-year food cooperation plan with Italy, promising to provide necessary food through re-export trade.

Spain is rich in high-quality iron ore, and Germany also imports zinc, lead, mercury, fluorite, azurestone, mica, cork and wool, and most importantly, tungsten sand from Spain.

Franco was very confident that even if the bearded man was angry, he would not attack Spain immediately. After all, Spain remained neutral and Germany could get all kinds of urgently needed supplies. On the contrary, Germany not only had to face Spain's resistance, but also had to send troops to maintain colonial rule and bear the lives of millions of Spanish people.

The cooperation between Portugal and Germany began with the Spanish Civil War. In this war, Dr. Salazar stood by Franco and Xiaomou, helped Germany smuggle weapons to the Franco army and sent Portuguese volunteers to the battle. By the end of 30s and 20s, Germany had become Portugal's third largest trading partner, but Dr. Salazar had protested the invasion of the Catholic country Poland the year before.

There are many ports near the Atlantic Ocean in Portugal, which makes it difficult for John Bull to block it. Therefore, Salazar's concern is mainly the German invasion: after the fall of the Gaul chicken, the German army was less than 418 kilometers away from the Portugal's border. His other concern was that Franco might form an alliance with the beard and invade Portugal together.

After weighing the dangerous surnames between the Allies and Germany, Salazar decided to follow Franco's pace closely. Franco turned to Germany. Portugal was absolutely unlucky. On the contrary, Portugal could continue to remain neutral and cooperate with the warring parties economically and politically.

After a long time, Xiaomoustache returned to her seat and asked loudly: "What should we do next? Declare war on the US imperialists? Also, will our upcoming attack on Stalingrad be affected!"

Goering stood up at this time and raised his head and replied: "We should declare war on the United States immediately! Since the United States provided manpower and material support to John Bull and economic sanctions on Germany, we have actually been in a state of war with the United States! Even if we do not declare war, Roosevelt will not miss this opportunity to declare war on us!"

Originally, Xiaowang wanted to defeat the Red Empire, unify the entire Europe and then turn back to deal with the US imperialist. However, this crazy move by the Japanese Navy ruined everything.

However, it is surprising that the German Mustache had not had time to make a public statement, and the National Axe of Shancheng immediately expressed its position after the Pearl Harbor incident.

On December 9, 1941, after confirming that the US had officially declared war on Japan, Chairman Lin Sen, on behalf of the National Government, formally declared war on Japan:

The Japanese warlords have long believed that conquering Asia and dominating the Pacific Ocean as their national policy. For several years, China has sacrificed all its sacrifices to continue the war of resistance. The purpose is not only to defend China's independent survival, but to break the Japanese ambitions of aggression, maintain international public law, justice, human welfare and world peace. This is what the Chinese government has repeatedly declared. China is a nation that loves peace. In the past four years, the Japanese invaders' Japan was able to reflect on it after suffering actual punishment. During this period, all friendly countries were also extremely

I am patient and hope that he will regret the misfortune so that peace in the whole Pacific can be maintained. Unexpectedly, the Japanese, who have become violent, are stubborn and are even more aggressive in attacking our, British, and American and friendly countries, expanding their war aggression actions, and willing to destroy the peace and justice of all mankind, and show their insatiable ambitions of invasion. All countries that respect faith and righteousness are beyond tolerance. I hereby declare war on Japan and announce to China and foreign countries that all treaties, agreements, contracts, and any relations involving China and day will be abolished. I hereby announce it.

December 9, 19th, the 30th year of the Republic of China

Chairman Lin Sen

On December 9, 1941, John Bull declared war on Japan.

On December 11, 1941, the United States declared war on Germany.

As the world's last great power was involved in the war, the scale of World War II reached its peak, and almost the whole world was in the midst of war.
Chapter completed!