The White House in Washington was wailing, but the Imperial House in Tokyo was jubilant.

Almost at the same time as Roosevelt held a joint meeting, Hirohito also held an imperial front meeting in the Imperial Palace. However, this imperial front meeting was not for decision-making, but just listened to the report of the Admiralty.

At this moment, Navy Minister Minumasa Minuta is reporting the results of the battle to Hirohito.

Mine Mitsumasa had an uncontrollable excitement in his tone: "Your Majesty, although the final result has not been counted, several large data can be confirmed. First of all, the US Navy's Pacific Fleet no longer exists. For a long time in the future, the Imperial Navy will have no opponents in the Pacific."

"Then, the oil depots, grain depots and dock repair shops stored on the island in the United States have been completely accepted by the 2nd Division, without even any damage! In terms of the oil depot alone, the scale of the grain depot is estimated to be at least 4 million tons of heavy oil stored and at least 2 million tons of grain!"

Hearing this, the study suddenly felt thunderous.

Hirohito also clenched his fists very hard.

Anyway, this is an exciting result!

"That's great!" Captain Tojo Hide breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with gratitude, "The empire consumes only more than 1.5 million tons of oil in a year. This means that the crude oil stored in the oil depot on Hawaii Island is enough for the empire's three years of need. The oil fields in Borneo seem to be less urgent."

"Kun Tojo, I don't agree with you." Minuchi Mitsumasa immediately retorted, "The current empire's annual oil consumption is only more than 1.5 million tons. It's not that the empire cannot consume it, but because the empire does not produce oil and saves it. If the empire's crude oil supply is sufficient, the annual consumption will definitely exceed 5 million or even tens of millions of tons!"

Hideki Tojo was not unhappy with Mine Mitsumasa's rebuttal, and said with a smile: "Minejun, I just said that for the empire, of course, the more crude oil, the better. Even with this oil depot, the oil fields in Borneo should still be taken into account as soon as possible."

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White House, small conference room.

Stark finally said: "His Excellency President, the Pacific Fleet is no longer there, and it is time to start thinking about the deployment of coastal defense on the West Coast."

Roosevelt frowned and asked, "Is there really no possibility of a counterattack?"

"It's really impossible." Stark shook his head and said, "The Hawaiian Islands are two thousand nautical miles away from the west coast. The distance is too far. At such a long distance, it takes too much to transport troops and materials to the past, and it takes too long, and it is easy to be attacked by Japanese troops in the middle. The risk is too high!"

Hull said in confusion: "Although the Hawaii island has been lost, several outlying islands, including Oahu, are still under the control of the US Navy..."

"It's useless." Before Hull finished speaking, Stark shook his head and said, "It won't last long with just a few off-islands. If nothing unexpected happens, the defenders from the off-islands will announce their surrender tomorrow morning. I'm afraid that the garrisons on the relevant islands and Midway Island will not last long. Surrender is a matter of time."

"Where is Australia?" Roosevelt said in a deep voice. "We had already discussed this when we were talking to Churchill just now. Churchill agreed to borrow the British military base in Australia. If we directly use Australia as a base for advancement and launch a decisive battle with the Japanese army on the Southeast Asian battlefield, how long will it take to win?"

"This..." Stark was speechless.

At this time, Marshall, who was on the side, said in a deep voice: "It depends on how big the decision of His Excellency the President is?"

"Determination?" Roosevelt said with a frown, "My determination is Miri's determination, and there is no need to doubt!"

Marshall nodded and said, "If the President is determined to fight Japan at all costs, and if the Atlantic Fleet is transferred to the Pacific Ocean and then all the army forces are put into the Southeast Asian battlefield, then there is no suspense to defeat Japan. Although Japan has achieved great military victory through a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, this is just a tactical victory and is still not enough to reverse the huge gap between the United States and Japan, but..."

Roosevelt said in a deep voice: "But what?"

Marshall continued: "But in this way, we will not be able to take care of the European battlefield for the time being."

"This is absolutely not possible." Roosevelt said flatly, "Merry's core interests are always in Europe, not Asia. It is extremely stupid to give up Europe for the sake of Asia!"

Marshall shook his head and said, "If this is the case, the option of a decisive battle with Japan based on Australia is not feasible, because Australia is farther from the United States than Hawaii, transportation is more difficult, and it is more susceptible to attacks by the Japanese army. If you don't do your best, you will inevitably fail!"

Roosevelt said depressedly: "Doesn't this mean we can do nothing to the Japanese?"

"No, there is still a way," said Marshall. "And if the operation is done well, you can even drag down Japan without even killing an American to defeat Japan!"

"Oh? There's something like this?" Roosevelt said, "You mean, arm China?"

"Yes, arm the Chinese army!" Marshall nodded, then turned his head to a major general standing behind him and said, "Stilwell, let's introduce you to the President next."

"Yes." Stilwell nodded and said, "His Excellency President, the Japanese are now in the limelight, and the US Navy's Pacific Fleet has been destroyed and its home port, Hawaii, will be too expensive if it forces the Japanese army to fight for the time being."

"The difficulty of cross-sea combat is too high!"

"Even if you use Australia as a base for progress, it is also very difficult!"

"What's more, Australia may not be safe. If I guess correctly, the Japanese army will definitely send troops to Australia next. With the combat effectiveness of the British and Australian troops, the fall of Australia is undoubtedly unquestionable."

"So, with the loss of Hawaii and the destruction of the Pacific Fleet, the possibility of the US military fighting directly with the Japanese army on the Pacific battlefield has been completely lost."

"At this time, our only choice is to rely on our Chinese allies!"

"Thankfully, our Chinese allies have been fighting against the Japanese army alone on the East Asian battlefield for nine years. They have a tenacious army and a group of excellent commanders. More importantly, they have hatred as high as the Japanese as the mountains and as deep as the sea! This is a trustworthy ally!"

Roosevelt said: "So you mean, help China with all your might?"
Chapter completed!