Chapter 526: It’s Not About the Money
The British Empire, Fourth French Republic, and the United States of America were all watching keenly on what was transpiring in the east.
It had been two weeks since the Imperial Japanese Navy opened fire on a German Destroyer, patrolling through the Bismarck Sea, and in doing so had provoked an outright war after sinking it.
The Germans had opted for a largely defensive war. Holding the line with Colonial Forces, while forcing the Imperial Japanese military into a meat grinder to bleed them dry.
Making use of their naval aerial assets in the region to rapidly resupply or reinforce any island or territory that might come under assault.
All the while, straits were lined with mines, and German U-Boats prowled beneath the ocean’s surface in Wolfpack formations, hunting Japanese vessels, whether military or civilian like a pack of great white sharks who had just caught the smell of blood.
Meanwhile, on the Korean Peninsula, the Imperial Japanese Army was forced further and further back, trying to hold the line just north of Pyongyang, while the Russians came at them like an avalanche of steel, lead, and explosives.
No doubt, this had put the other great powers of the world on edge. Japan ranked third among them all, and was being spit roasted by the number 1 and 2 of the world. Which frankly, nobody really knew which was which anymore.
King George V could not help but call the President of the United States, Herbert Hoover, as the two of them discussed the ongoing war in the Pacific in greater detail.
"I think it would be wise if you began shifting forces to the Philippines. At the current rate, the Japanese might get desperate and try to invade it if they believe your defenses to be weak there.
If that is the case, then you will be dragged into the war on Germany’s side, and that would complicate matters in the future...."