In a spacious office near the southernmost part of the White House, the silver-haired Roosevelt quietly looked at his staff and subordinates sitting on the sofa, and said with a faint smile on his face: "Gentlemen, you have all read the telegram just sent by Colonel Crawford, what do you think about this sudden incident between China and the Soviet Union?"

Sitting in front of Roosevelt was Vice President Harry S. Truman, who frowned and said: "Mr. President, China and the Soviet Union are currently our important allies in the Far East and an indispensable force in the Central Powers, and if a war breaks out between them, it will have a very bad impact on our anti-fascist cause, so that we will probably have to delay the defeat of the German fascists for several years, which is not a good thing, so I think we must stop this senseless infighting." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Sitting next to Truman was Admiral George Cartlett Marshall, Chief of Staff of the Army, who shook his head and asked, "That being said, dear Harry, what do you think we can do to stop it?" Pressure on China or on the USSR? After all, we can't be fair and just in this kind of thing. ”

"Needless to say?" Truman said without hesitation: "Of course, we are putting pressure on Huaxia, and we can tell the Huaxia government that if we do not stop this hostile behavior, we will reduce or even stop military aid to them." ”

Sitting at the southernmost end of the sofa was Roosevelt's senior aide Professor Hawkins, a scholar specializing in international relations and psychology who frowned when he heard this, and said disapprovingly: "Harry, we can't do this, if we do this, it will leave a very bad impression on the Chinese government, and it is very stupid to offend a big country for something that has nothing to do with the United States of America." ”

"Stupid...... Hawkins, do you think so? Truman was a little unhappy when Hawkins said this, and he said unhappily: "When will China be able to compare with the Soviet Union, although I also know that after defeating Germany, the Soviet Union will become the enemy of the free world, but at this critical moment, if the Soviet Union is defeated and Germany gets the endless resources of the Soviet Union, it will be a terrible disaster for the free world." ”

Hawkins retorted: "But Huaxia also dragged down more than a million Japanese troops, doesn't that matter?" ”

Truman's head shook like a rattle: "But the Japanese are always much easier to deal with than the Germans, aren't they?" ”

None of the three could convince anyone, and in the end they could only set their eyes on Roosevelt, who was in a wheelchair.

Roosevelt's deep gaze looked around the faces of the three of them, and finally stopped on Truman's face, only to see him smile and say: "Harry, you also said just now, the free world represented by the United States of America and the Soviet Union after the war will inevitably be opposed, then we will inevitably need to cultivate an ally in the East, since we will have to turn against the Soviets sooner or later, then why should we offend our allies for the sake of future enemies?"

"This ......" Truman was dumbfounded, speechless for a while, and after a while he stammered: "But now if we help the Soviet Union, it will inevitably affect the Soviet Union's war against Germany, and our anti-fascist cause will also be affected!" ”

Roosevelt, who quietly listened to what Truman said, just smiled indifferently, he picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip, then slowly shook his head and asked: "Won't it have an impact on the anti-fascist cause if we help the Soviet Union suppress China now?" Do you think that for a weak country like China, even if they know that we are biased towards the Soviet Union, they will not dare to say anything, at most after a while, if we give them more military assistance, they will not be silent, right? Harry, do you think I'm taking the Chinese government too seriously? Or do you think that the Huaxia battlefield is just a trivial matter, and it is not worthy of our attention at all, is that so?"

Roosevelt's series of questions left Truman speechless for a while.

Looking at Truman, who looked at Truman, Roosevelt said: "I have always believed that the Chinese battlefield is the most important battlefield in Asia, and its importance is even worse than that of the Soviet-German battlefield. I have a hypothesis here, what would happen if what we did really made the Chinese government think that the free world had abandoned them, and thus made them despair and surrender to the Japanese? ”

As soon as they heard this, the faces of the three people present immediately changed.

Roosevelt went on to say: "If that were to happen, the Japanese would be able to attack the Soviet Union from the Far East in a posture of victory." You must know that the Chinese have nothing else, but the population is the largest in the world, and their soldiers are also famous in the world for being the most hard-working. Tell me, with the support of Germany and Japan, with a population of 450 million, how many troops can China? Million? Ten million? Or 30 million? ”

Hearing this, everyone's faces changed.

Truman thought that if the Soviet Union really had an extra 30 million Chinese troops on the battlefield, combined with the millions of Japanese troops and Germany's nearly 3 million troops, even God would not be able to save the Soviet Union.

Looking at Truman, whose face had changed drastically, Roosevelt made up for the last slash: "If the Soviet Union is defeated, the Germans can send at least two million troops back to the Western Front and occupy the whole of Europe, and at that time I am afraid we will be ready to fight at home." ”

There was silence in the office, and even Marshall and Hawkins were frightened by Roosevelt's words, although they also expected that it might be inappropriate to favor the Soviet Union, but they did not expect such serious consequences, until Roosevelt said this, and then suddenly realized that their importance to China was still underestimated.

"Oh God...... This is really terrible, if such a thing really happens, it will be the end of the world, once you have to fight on American soil, even if you can win in the end, but for the United States, this victory will be a catastrophic victory! Hawkins can't imagine the impact on the United States if this happens.

"yes, if that happens, I can say that we're going to lose an entire generation of young Americans, and that's terrible." Marshall also sighed.

Speaking of this, Roosevelt glanced at Truman deeply, "Harry, do you still insist on helping the Soviet Union suppress China?" ”

"This ......"

Truman's face flushed, and Roosevelt said what else could he say about it, and the consequences were so serious, so serious that no one could afford it. I saw him respectfully ask Roosevelt, "Mr. President, then what should we do now?" ”

Roosevelt suddenly smiled slightly, "At the end of this telegram sent by Colonel Crawford, there was also a sentence from the Chinese general, the youngest general in China asked the US government how the US government would adjust its relations with the Soviet Union and with China if he were to go to war with the Soviet Union?" Do you understand the meaning of this sentence? ”

"I see!" Truman sighed, "That Huaxia general is asking or even forcing the attitude of the US government, and I am now sure that if the US government makes a statement in favor of the Soviet government or even presses the Huaxia government in a threatening tone, he will definitely make a fierce reaction, and even does not rule out the possibility that he will stop the war with the Japanese and join hands to attack the Soviet Union." ”

"Yes, Harry, you can see that it's a testament to your excellence." Roosevelt nodded appreciatively: "When we judge the value of a thing, we must not only look at the present and the surface, but look farther." China is indeed a weak country now, but its potential is not low, and the population is also the largest in the world, you can imagine how many jobs such a huge market will bring to the United States, and it can also become a forefront of our containment of the Soviet Union, how good it will be for us, if we completely offend this country for such a trivial thing now, and lose the world's largest market in the future, this is not worth the loss. ”

"Hiss......"

Everyone gasped, and after looking at each other, they all showed admiration on their faces. People say that one step is three steps, but this Mr. President of his own family is five or six steps away.

"I understand, Mr. President." Truman said with a guilty face: "You still see far, I am indeed a little reckless." ”

"Don't mind, Harry!" At this time, Marshall on the side smiled, "There is a Chinese proverb, called the ruler is short and the inch is long, which means that everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, and only by uniting together to learn from each other's strengths can we succeed." ”

"Hahaha......"

Roosevelt smiled, "I forgot, our chief of staff is still a Huaxia expert." ”

Everyone laughed, and after laughing, Roosevelt said, "Okay, let's get down to business, now that we've made a decision, we're going to make a countermeasure." I think we should ...... it that way."

On 17 September, the U.S. government, far away on the other side of the Atlantic, sent a telegram to Moscow and Chongqing at the same time, and Chairman Chiang, who received the telegram, looked at the telegram in his hand and couldn't believe his eyes, "Yanji, this is ...... This is a telegram from the US government? ”

"Yes, Chairman." Chen Bui also nodded again and again with a look of surprise: "This telegram was personally handed over to me by Mr. Goth Connay, the US ambassador to China, and this can be fake." ”

"Good...... That's great! Commissar Chiang laughed, "It seems that the Americans are still very righteous, and they will stand on our side at this critical moment, especially President Roosevelt's proposal to put aside the controversy and temporarily put aside the Mongolian issue and defeat the Nazi fascists first. ”

Chen Bui also agreed: "Well, with the mediation of the Americans, I think the Soviet government will not be so unscrupulous." ”

The chairman of the committee who received the telegram and Chen Bui were naturally very happy, but they underestimated the reaction of the guy with the title of tyrant.

"Bang!"

In one of the Kremlin's offices, he slammed his broad palm on the walnut table, "Blackmail, this is the blackmail of the rotten bourgeoisie against us, the great Soviet Union must not accept this naked threat, the Mongolian question is by no means negotiable, Mongolia must exist, and the interests of the Soviet Union in the Far East must also be guaranteed!" ”

Motolov Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, then Chairman of the People's Commissar of the Soviet Union and People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, said with a worried face: "Comrade Stalin, Roosevelt said in his telegram that he hoped that we and Huaxia would be able to put aside our disputes for the time being, jointly deal with Nazi Germany and the Japanese fascists, and not expend our precious forces in infighting, otherwise we would only cheapen our enemies in vain, and if we could not do so, they would reconsider the aid plan for the Soviet Union." ”

"Hmph, Roosevelt is scaring us."

Stalin scoffed at Motolov's concerns: "The Soviet battlefield is one of the most important battlefields in the world against fascism, and Roosevelt will cut off our military aid unless he is crazy." Otherwise, once the Soviet Union is defeated, then the consequences will be unimaginable, and Roosevelt will not fail to understand this, the reason why he does not want to see us clash with China is because he knows very well that once we fight with the Chinese, we will take the opportunity to occupy Mongolia and even the three northeastern provinces, so that the post-war world pattern is extremely unfavorable to the United States, so he will want to use military aid to pinch our neck.

But Roosevelt was too naïve, and since those damned yellow-skinned monkeys dared to be unreasonable to the great Soviet Union, they had to be prepared to bear the wrath. Dear Comrade Vyacheslav, you immediately inform Comrade Apanashchenko, commander of the Far Eastern Front, and order him to attack the Chinese army entrenched in Manchuria within three days, and we will not only destroy the Chinese army in Manchuria, but even the whole of Inner Mongolia will be included in the scope of Mongolia, and I will let the world know that the great Soviet Union cannot be humiliated! ”

In Stalin's opinion, in the Far East, the USSR and Japan had already concluded a non-aggression pact, and the threat from Japan could already be ruled out. Although nearly 800,000 troops have been dispatched from the Far East to support the European battlefield, there are still 300,000 or 400,000 remaining troops, and these troops alone are enough to annihilate all those bold Chinese troops, and in addition, they can also take Inner Mongolia into the arms of the Soviet Union by beating rabbits, and then push the Soviet Union's power eastward.

Having received an order from Moscow, Apanashchenko did not dare to slack off, and hastily gave the order to prepare for battle.