On December 10, the Japanese Kwantung Army launched a battle of 24 divisions to attack Changchun, which ended with 20 divisions being annihilated, two divisions being captured, and two divisions being scared away. It also indicates that the three northeastern provinces have entered a new stage of comprehensive recovery.

The Cairo Conference ended on December 6, but Chiang Kai-shek, who participated in the Cairo Conference, did not rush back to China immediately at the first time, but discussed more far-reaching cooperation with Roosevelt in the future.

On December 10, Chiang Kai-shek received the latest situation of the Northeast War from China, and the shock in his heart far exceeded the surprise, the new army of the Communist Party of China annihilated nearly 300,000 enemies under the leadership of Lin Junxiong, and won an overwhelming victory in the offensive and defensive battle of Changchun, it can be said that the first war defeated the Kwantung Army, coupled with the previous pseudo-Tonghua battle to destroy nearly 200,000 enemies, in less than two months, the new army of the Communist Party of China annihilated more than half of the elite of the Japanese Kwantung Army, and I believe that it will not be long before the situation in the northeast is completely controlled.

It would have been a happy thing that the Chinese army could achieve such a brilliant victory in the war against Japan, but Lao Jiang, who was always on guard against the CCP, could only sigh that Lin Junxiong's surname was a communist but not a national, and he could only hate himself for not winning Lin Junxiong into his camp or strangling him while he had not yet grown up.

Lao Jiang thought about it for a long time and issued an order for the main forces of the Nationalist army in Rehe and Hebei to quickly launch an attack on the Japanese army, and enter the northeast from Shanhaiguan to attack Mukden. In his heart, he treated the Northeast and Yan'an equally, if there were not enough troops to deter, if the Northeast and Yan'an were to be called the first line, it would be a fatal blow to the Nationalist Government.

After everything was dealt with, the secretary walked in and said that Roosevelt was visiting, and Lao Chiang immediately went out to greet him, and he stayed in Cairo for a few days, waiting for him to have an in-depth discussion with Roosevelt, and now that there is a threat from the new army of the Chinese Communist Party in the northeast, he is more inclined to seek help from the United States, and when he hears that Roosevelt is visiting, he can't help but be overjoyed in his heart, and looks forward to reaching some agreements with the United States.

Lao Jiang invited Roosevelt as a living room, and the two exchanged pleasantries for a while to get to the point.

"Jiang, you are going all out to fight for Ryukyu independence this time, which makes me very puzzled, in fact, I also have the heart to return Ryukyu to China, but you support Ryukyu independence so strongly, is there any far-reaching consideration?" Roosevelt looked at Lao Jiang suspiciously.

Of course, Lao Jiang would not say anything about his coercion, he thought about it, and said with a long sigh: "Although Ryukyu is small, it has been dependent on China for hundreds of years and has become a vassal of China. Now that Japan's defeat is imminent, and the Ryukyu people have been under Japanese colonial rule for decades, it is only reasonable that the Ryukyu people should be freed. ”

"Then why didn't you choose to include Ryukyu in China?"

"This President Roosevelt, I think that Japan's defeat is imminent, and it will also become a fact that your country will temporarily regulate Japan after the war, and if the Ryukyus become part of Chinese territory, I am worried that there will be a conflict with your country's deployment in the Pacific, so"

Roosevelt suddenly laughed, "Chiang, the United States is a loyal friend of China, thank you for considering the overall situation, the Soviet Union's support for Korean independence, its intention is naturally to use Korea as a springboard to control Japan in the north; The Ryukyus are located in the southwest of Japan and are also very important islands in the Pacific Ocean, so it is indeed an excellent place to attack Japan in the next step and monitor Japan in the future. ”

Lao Jiang smiled embarrassedly, how about Ryukyu, he didn't think about it before he came, if it weren't for his two sons, he really didn't care about Ryukyu, and now he has no intention of inserting willows, but he will usher in Roosevelt's appreciation, maybe it can further promote deeper cooperation between the two sides.

"Chiang, what do you think about the proposal that China and the United States jointly supervise Japan after Japan's defeat and surrender last time I mentioned to you? After all, the United States and Japan are too far apart, but China is very close, and our troops are stationed near Japan and need strong support from your country. Roosevelt looked at Lao Jiang expectantly.

Lao Jiang sighed again, "If your country needs our help, we can't give up our definition, and we also want to assist the United States in supervising Japan, but hey! I just received the latest news, the new army of the Communist Party of China annihilated nearly 300,000 Japanese Kwantung Army in the northeast, and it is estimated that the three northeastern provinces will fall into the control of the Chinese Communist Party. ”

"The New First Army of the Northeast of the Communist Party of China?" Roosevelt lowered his head and pondered for a few seconds, then suddenly raised his head and asked, "Is that Lin Junxiong, who is known as the God of Northern War?" ”

Lao Jiang nodded worriedly.

Roosevelt thought for a while, and said with a somewhat sinister smile: "Aren't the three northeastern provinces next to the Soviet Union?" I have a plan to kill two birds with one stone. ”

Lao Jiang's eyes widened, and he waited expectantly for the following.

"The Soviet Union has long been eyeing the rich mineral resources of the three northeastern provinces and the Japanese industry, but because of the nearly one million Kwantung Army and the secret agreement with the Japanese government, it has not taken action, and now the German army on the Eastern Front has shown a trend of defeat, and the Soviet Union's attack on the northeast is almost tempted by interests."

"However, hasn't the Soviet Union always supported the CCP behind its back?" Lao Chiang thought that the Soviet Union was the backstage of the CCP, and if the three northeastern provinces were occupied by the CCP, according to common sense, the Soviet Union should not attack the three northeastern provinces, and he still did not understand what Roosevelt's so-called killing two birds with one stone was.

"Chiang, if the Soviet Union sends troops to the Northeast, what will the CCP's New First Army do? Resist or retreat? If they retreat, then the CCP will lose the hearts and minds of the people in the northeast, and if it resists, then relations with the Soviet Union will be stalemate. Losing the support of the Soviet Union or losing the hearts of the people in Northeast China, whatever choice the CCP chooses is very beneficial to your Nationalist Government, what do you say? ”

Lao Jiang thought about it carefully, and felt that this was indeed the case, but what tempted the Soviet Union to send troops? Lao Jiang frowned and shook his head and said: "According to my understanding of the CCP, they care very much about winning people's hearts, I think if the Soviet Union sends troops to the northeast, they will definitely resist, losing the support of the Soviet Union, it is indeed very beneficial to the national government, but what can I do to let the Soviet Union send troops?" ”

"Jiang, sometimes you have to know how to give up something in order to gain something, especially between countries." Roosevelt replied to the question, he saw that Lao Jiang looked incomprehensible, and continued: "As long as the benefits are appropriate, I believe that the Soviet Union will be eager to send troops, and you should know very well what the Soviet Union wants you to do most at the moment, such as the Outer Mongolia issue." ”

Lao Jiang suddenly realized, but since he came to power, he has not dared to do things that betray the country, for fear of arousing public indignation, and even more afraid of being charged with eternal crimes, he hesitated for a long time and couldn't make up his mind.

"You can pretend not to know about this matter, my country and Britain came forward to negotiate with the Soviet Union, Jiang, think about whether it is important to be Outer Mongolia or the whole of China."

Lao Jiang thought about the threat of the CCP in the country, and let out a sigh of relief, still not sure what to say.

After Roosevelt shook his head and left, Lao Chiang knew that since Lao Mei wanted to exchange Outer Mongolia for the Soviet Union's troops, he could not do anything to stop it, and although Lao Mei was thinking about himself on the surface, in fact, he still did not want China to fall under the control of the Soviet Union and have an impact on their future strategy in Asia.

Lao Jiang deeply felt the grief of a weak country without diplomacy, and called his secretary in and instructed: "Order our media and foreign media to hype up the achievements of the New First Army of the Communist Party of China in the Northeast, especially to exaggerate Lin Junxiong, so that his reputation as the god of war in the north will resound throughout the country and the world." ”

The secretary forgot the record in surprise, and it wasn't until Lao Jiang coughed heavily twice that he came back to his senses and asked suspiciously, "President, is this appropriate?" ”

"Under the instigation of the British and American powers, the Soviet Union's dispatch of troops to the Northeast has been irreversible, we must seize this opportunity, so that the CCP chooses to shelter Lin Junxiong and lose the support of the Soviet Union, if you choose to continue to get the support of the Soviet Union, it will hurt Lin Junxiong and the people who follow Lin Junxiong, the more Lin Junxiong's reputation appears, the better the effect will be achieved, do what I say!"

"The president is clever! In this way, the CCP will be caught in a dilemma, either losing support or losing people's hearts. ”

The Kuomintang media's praise of the CCP's high-level commanders once gave many Chinese people the illusion that the CCP and the KMT really want to work together to fight side by side to restore China's broken mountains and rivers? Even the top CCP leaders in Yan'an couldn't understand why the KMT had made such a move.

The brilliant achievements of the New First Army of the Communist Party of China and Lin Junxiong in the Northeast spread all over the world in less than two days.

As if sensing something, the Japanese government also joined the ranks of promoting the CCP's New First Army and Lin Junxiong on December 12.

For Lin Junxiong's brilliant results in the Changchun offensive and defensive battle, many people sent congratulatory messages, including high-level officials of the central government, old friends of the Ryukyus led by Shang Tianen, and Xue Yue, the former god of war in the south with a different position, but Xue Yue's congratulatory message was not a congratulatory message at all, only four words: look forward to gathering, be careful!

All kinds of abnormalities made Lin Junxiong quickly wake up from the joy of winning a big victory, and he always felt that something unusual would happen soon, but what was going on, Lin Junxiong couldn't guess it for a while.