Imperial Overlord

William Franklin Knox is the Secretary of the Navy of the United States, and his job is very busy now, because the whole world is cloudy. . ┡M

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The United States has been seeking its own absolute suppression of Japan in the Pacific Ocean. With the Philippines and Pearl Harbor as the two cores of suppression, Japan has created a shackle that is difficult to break free.

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However, the Germans have been making troubles in Europe recently, so that the American maritime manufacturing industry is busy for the United Kingdom, and the remaining few people are staring at the seemingly calm Pacific Ocean.

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Everyone knows that the calm Pacific Ocean is brewing waves that are even more turbulent than the Atlantic Ocean. The calm in front of us is only a brief peace before the storm.

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The Japanese navy is not a world navy. From its construction to its final death, it has only fought in the Pacific Ocean and has not undertaken the task of global deployment.

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It is precisely because of this that when the Japanese Navy was built, it was designed for the strengthening of the Pacific region - it is not designed to be fully adapted to various oceans like the British Navy, but only for the enemy who hit the Pacific Gate.

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Although on the surface, the Japanese navy has various shortcomings, and there is a gap with the actual world-class naval power.

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However, William Franklin Knox knew that the Japanese fleet on the opposite side, which had been deliberately or unintentionally cultivated into a ferocious wolf by the United States, was very powerful in its bones.

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Despite the shortage of funds, the training of the Japanese Navy is very hard and professional. As the country's rise to rely on, and the last pillar, the Japanese navy is trustworthy.

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Likewise, the Japanese Navy now has battleships and is building two newer battleships—12 battleships in size, already stressing the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

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What is even more frustrating for the American top management is that the Japanese Navy is still actively using the newly born ship type, the aircraft carrier, to develop new lethal tactics.

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Although the United States is also actively preparing for war in the Pacific Ocean, in the face of the aggressiveness of the Japanese navy, for a while, it really does not dare to say that it will win.

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According to the real history of later life, the people who came to China still overestimated themselves - what is "don't dare to say that you are the winner"... It's like being beaten all over the place by the Japanese.

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It was not until 1944 that the United States regained its huge advantage in the Pacific, suppressing the fierce and well-trained Japanese navy.

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Any depreciation and contempt will not affect the many wonderful performances of the Japanese Navy in World War II. Relying on a few fist weapons, the war once brought Japan very close to victory.

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The United States and Japan are currently negotiating, hoping that the German war in Europe will not spread to the Pacific Ocean.

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The Japanese have been taking advantage of the situation for their own benefit, and the negotiations did not go well, so William Franklin Knox was worried.

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Because he came - Japan has more reasons to believe in its own battleships, nor in the conditions offered by the Americans.

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"Ring Ling Ling!" William Franklin Knox, who was a little disturbed by a lot of affairs in front of him, broke free from his thoughts, the phone on his desk.

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He grabbed the phone with laziness. At his level, apart from the calls from the President of the United States, there are few calls worth his energy to deal with.

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"Hello? I'm Knox." He squinted, looked away from the phone body, and cast his eyes on the sunlight shining on the desktop outside the window.

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It was really bright weather, he commented in his mind, but what the person on the phone said immediately caught his attention, making him no longer able to calmly evaluate the sunshine in front of him.

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"You mean? The Germans got the design drawings of the Japanese Nagato-class battleships? What are you kidding?" He grabbed the phone receiver, not sure whether to believe or question the news.

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Although the Nagato-class battleships have been in service for some time, the Japanese navy's secrecy of its battleships has reached the point of being airtight.

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To give a simple example, although the Japanese battleship Yamato began to be built in 1937, the Americans barely guessed the existence of this battleship in 1938.

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And it was not until 1942 that the real photo of the Yamato battleship was taken - this is not a joke, it shows how much Japan has kept its weapons secret.

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"What? You mean, a rear admiral in Germany is preparing to sell this set of drawings to us?" William Franklin Knox obviously felt that his brain was not enough.

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The first reflection was that Knox felt that the people in the intelligence department were going crazy, but he soon realized that the other party would not joke about such a bad thing.

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Is this German stupid? So sell the drawings of the most elite battleships of the Japanese Navy to the potential enemy, the United States?

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Although he doubted it, as the US Navy Secretary, Knox still felt that he should pay attention to this matter and strive to obtain the greatest strategic advantage for the US Navy before the war.

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He grabbed the phone and asked, "It's not our intelligence officers who were deceived by the Germans, right?"

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"It's not that simple. I think that even if the Germans discovered our spy line, they would use it more than deception." On the other end of the phone, the American intelligence officer opened his mouth to analyze.

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Of course, he considered the possibility of the German intelligence agency selling fake information, but if the other party asked him to test it, would the liar open his mouth to give such advice?

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From another point of view, the country and Germany have not yet declared war. At such a sensitive time, it seems more in the interest of the Germans to win over the United States for benefits.

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Under this premise, it is more beneficial to sell the blueprints of Japanese battleships in hand, and get the most scarce resources in Germany, than to build the same type of warships by holding these blueprints.

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Knox Germany was obviously a participant in the Battle of Jutland, and had always had actual combat experience in the design of battleships, and the war had proved its uniqueness in design.

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In addition, there is no doubt that the German industrial system is strong. To refer to the design drawings of the Japanese Navy is to learn from it. As for taking it and imitating it - this is not a slap in the face of the Germans.

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After learning from the rest, of course, it is more worthwhile to exchange for a large amount of materials from the United States.

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"They promised to trade in batches, 10,000 tons of qualified high-quality steel, and one-tenth of the drawings." The phone explained, and then they talked about the essence of the transaction.

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Knox heard the process of this transaction and felt that the possibility of the other party being deceived was really low.

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Moreover, the blueprints sold this time are also very particular - if the Germans brought out blueprints of the old Fuso-class battleships, he would not be very interested.

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Even if it is the King Kong class, because it does not have the suppressing ability of the US Navy, Knox will not buy it in such a hurry.

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Only the Nagato-class, as the flagship of the combined fleet, has a mysterious color, and it is also one of the Japanese battleships that the United States is afraid of.

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Thinking of the word most fearful, William Franklin Knox suddenly felt that perhaps a breakthrough could be opened from the German side.

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So he grabbed the phone and said to his colleagues in the intelligence department, "If it is possible, can you get information on the latest Japanese battleships from the Germans?"

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"..." There was silence on the other end of the phone, obviously this new task made the intelligence department feel the pressure.

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In fact, it's not just pressure, the head of the intelligence department on the other side of the phone is now swearing silently into the receiver.

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Let the intelligence agencies risk their lives to engage in Japanese naval intelligence in far-off Europe? Why don't you call the Emperor of Japan and ask if the Japanese will find the British to buy the information about the U.S. Navy?

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Is this information the jeans of the bad street? Is it in your downstairs department store? This is the core secret information! Good thing I made with my head tied to the waistband of my pants!

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Are you still not satisfied with such sophisticated information? Still have the face to pick and choose? Is there anything else? Why don't you ask the Japanese if your battleships have a limited edition commemorative edition for the Emperor's birthday?

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However, the official title and rank were there, and after scolding a few words in his heart, the director of the intelligence department still opened his mouth and promised: "No problem, we will do our best here."

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Hanging up the phone, William Franklin Knox didn't even think about it, why did the Germans sell the intelligence of their quasi-ally to a quasi-enemy country so simply.

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And he thought of another layer, that is, what kind of huge price to pay in exchange for the drawings of the Japanese Navy's active equipment?

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Could it be that Germany gave Japan a lot of advanced weapons and equipment drawings? Doesn't this mean that Japan is more powerful than previously expected?

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As a Secretary of the Navy, he deeply knows how much determination Japan has made to come up with these blueprints, and determination at the national level often represents interests of the same price.

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It's a pity that, except for the high-level officials of Japan and Germany, no one knows what the contact between Germany and Japan has been exchanged for...

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The exchanged Japanese aircraft carrier design drawings, as well as the really important diesel engines and weapons such as the 97 carrier-based attack aircraft, have been listed as the most core secrets by Germany.

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The price paid by Germany is not actually Germany's own weapon design drawings and technology. What they took out was the information they got from the Americans...

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Well, it can't actually be said that I got it. To be more reserved, the great Mr. Chuan Yuan recalled it himself...

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Of course he didn't know that these drawings were copied from the battleships of World War II. As for how accurate, only God knows. Announcement: Biquge APP is online, supporting Android and Apple. Please pay attention to the WeChat public account to enter the download and installation: appxsyd (press and hold for three seconds to copy)