Chapter Eighty-Eight: Sell Poland Again

A gentleman never shy away from his mistakes? Alan Wilson admired his face, why the other party can be the No. 2 person in the Conservative Party, and why he can be the foreign secretary at the age of thirty-eight, this is the reason.

"Then on the issue of war against Japan, we must understand what the Soviets need and adopt the method of maximum pressure." Alan Wilson said that he was exerting extreme pressure, and a strange look appeared on his face, how could he have a feeling of understanding the king's possession, "I'll go to Eivor to explain this matter now." ”

Robert Eden and Alan Wilson said that Churchill was briefed by Truman is not false, and from the beginning of the meeting between Prime Minister Churchill and President Truman, President Truman was indeed constantly heard and expected British support for the Soviet Union's entry into the war against Japan.

I hope that the first consensus that can be reached at the entire Potsdam Conference is that the Soviet Union officially joined the war against Japan after the end of the European theater, and its mood is simply undisguised urgency.

According to normal development, the Soviet Union can indeed take advantage of this and bargain with the United States to obtain more favorable terms, but this is according to normal development.

Alan Wilson actually knew that things were fleeting, because the Manhattan Project was in its final moments. Just a day before Pearl Harbor, the United States officially developed a top-secret plan codenamed Manhattan. President Roosevelt gave this plan "special priority above all actions."

Because the time is too coincidental, the Manhattan Project has also become evidence that the United States is not authentic in the mouth of conspiracy theorists.

Alan Wilson didn't care what the conspiracy theories were, but he knew that for the British Empire, it would be good to reduce the Soviet Union's great land power in Europe.

Europe, as the main battlefield of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, also needed a place to relieve pressure and share the pressure on Europe. Japan, which was still resisting, was the best choice, and as for the final fate of the Japanese, Alan Wilson, as a citizen of the British Empire, could not consider it for the time being.

Just as the Germans chose Hitler to lead Germany in waging war, the Japanese should pay a certain price if they can shout the slogan of 100 million jade pieces.

Once the United States and the Soviet Union occupy a part of Japan, they will certainly share the pressure on Europe, and unlike so many countries in Europe that are forced to choose sides, the United States and the Soviet Union can completely rely on their own national strength to confront Japan.

Prime Minister Winston Churchill returned to his room a little later to speak with Foreign Secretary Robert Eden, and also mentioned Truman's desire for the Soviet Union to enter the war, and did not forget to emphasize, "I still think that the European question should be discussed first." ”

"Winston, in fact, this is the same problem as when we faced Germany." After all, Robert Eden has been Churchill's comrade-in-arms for many years, and he knows the temper of this prime minister.

"It is better for us to divert the attention of the Soviets than to chatter here, the Americans already know through the Battle of Okinawa that Japan is not easy to mess with, and the Soviets do not yet know that the war cannot be controlled, as long as the first war between the Soviet Union and Japan begins, it will not be so easy to end, and now the huge army in Eastern Europe will continue to drive to the Far East, and our biggest problem will be solved."

"If the Soviet Union had not joined the war against Japan, perhaps Truman would have focused on us in Britain, and it was possible not to look at me like that. So are we going to travel thousands of miles to accompany the US military to fight in the Far East? You are well aware of the situation in the country. ”

Robert Eden in front of Churchill, that is called a sincere feeling, has a faint demeanor of the later Conservative Prime Minister. He used all the words he had cultivated as foreign secretary on Churchill.

"But Stalin said that the Soviet Union did not have enough surface forces to transport the army to Japan." Churchill spread his hands and said, "What he said is also true, the Soviet Union's sea power is indeed not worth mentioning. ”

"But as I recall, Sakhalin in the Soviet Union was only thirty kilometers from Japan." Robert Eden raised his eyebrows, even the German heavy artillery of the First World War had this range. Hokkaido and Honshu are even shorter than that.

What kind of concept is this, when Dunkirk retreated, countless British citizens drove fishing boats out to sea and joined the Dunkirk retreat. Robert Eden made his own judgment, "The Soviet Union is blackmailing us, but in fact, with the surface power of the British Empire in Asia, it is completely possible to transport Soviet soldiers to Japan." ”

The British Empire, of course, had this power, and currently maintained a tonnage of 17 million tons of commercial transport fleets in the country. It is two-thirds of the 30 million-ton commercial fleet of the United States, and although its naval strength in Asia cannot be compared with that of the European Grand Fleet, it is easy to clean up the Japanese navy that is already lying on its stomach.

Churchill and Robert Eden had a common language when it came to deflecting pressure and giving the British Empire a respite. Now when I hear that Robert Aiden wants to replicate the plan to lead the trouble, there is already a faint sense of emotion in my heart.

Robert Eden has already made it clear that if the Soviets do not land on the island, it will be the British who will accompany the Americans in their lives. Because of this most rustic reason, the Soviets had to land on the island.

"But we don't have many cards in our hands." Churchill reflected on the current situation in Britain and said dryly, "Stalin was not an easy person to deceive. ”

"Yes!" Robert Eden said with a thoughtful look on his face, "The Polish government-in-exile is still in London, and Stalin attaches so much importance to Poland that we will use the Polish question to bargain with the Soviet Union." Didn't the Soviet Union, at the first round of meetings, still want us to approve the plan for dealing with the border between Poland and Germany, which could be used. ”

There is no doubt that Robert Eden thought of the Polish question, anyway, at the previous Yalta Conference, Britain had already betrayed Poland once, and since this is the case, it is better to sell it more thoroughly for the sake of the overall situation of world peace.

Entering the field he is good at, Robert Aiden seems to have opened up the eight veins of the Wonder Sutra at once, the whole of Poland is sold, and there is still an exile government to do in London?

The politicians turned their faces ruthlessly, and General Patton realized that Alan Wilson did not know that the British version was about to be staged, and he was showing his true colors as a keyboard warrior and discussing plans with Ivor to attack Japan.

He is a pure military blind naturally writes casually, and Ivor really dares to join the discussion, anyway, professionalism is not important, it is to catch the Soviets off guard, it is night, and the British delegation is brightly lit!