Chapter 633: Churchill's Little Trick

"Selling newspapers...... Selling newspapers, the Japanese fleet returned from a defeat outside Hangzhou Bay! ā€

"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers...... The submarine group of the Third Army attacked late at night, and the results were amazing, and the aircraft carrier Chicheng and the battleship Hyuga were severely damaged! ā€

"The cruiser Kuma sank in ten minutes, this is the power of the submarine!"

"The corpses of 5,000 Japanese soldiers sank into the sea, and the submarine brigade was a blockbuster!"

On October 1, 1940, a piece of news quickly spread in the major newspapers and periodicals in the Kuomintang of China, and not only that, but the newspapers also published several black-and-white photographs. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info I saw a huge aircraft carrier and battleship burning a raging fire and sailing diagonally into the distance, and there were several other photos showing countless people struggling on the sea in the distance, and behind these people were several troop carriers and cargo ships in flames, which was shocking to see.

On this day, almost everyone in the whole of China went crazy. Because the Third Army achieved its greatest victory since the First Sino-Japanese Naval War at the cost of only one submarine. Even Su Jin did not expect that the sensation caused by this victory would make the people of the whole country feel more jubilant than the fact that he led the Third Army to defeat or even completely annihilate a division on the battlefield. After the news of this victory spread, condolence telegrams and letters from all over the country flew to Hangzhou like snowflakes, and there were many celebrities and gentry from all walks of life, and even a large number of female students and famous ladies. The letters of those famous ladies and female students were written more implicitly, and most of the letters were written with more subtle words such as being willing to work together with you to make progress together, or to reform your life together, and many of the letters even contained photos and other things, which made Chief Su stunned and quite itchy.

And most of those celebrities and gentry used telegrams, and the most frequently used sentence in these condolence messages was "Snow Jiawu Shame!" ā€

At first, Su Jin didn't understand why this sentence appeared so frequently, he thought for a long time before he figured it out, it turned out that the naval battle in Dadonggou half a century ago was a pain in the hearts of countless people, and it was that naval battle that broke the backbone of China and made the whole world see the cowardice of the Manchu Dynasty, and it was from that naval battle that Japan officially took the steps of annexing China. And now Su Jin was able to use two submarines to severely damage an aircraft carrier and a battleship of the Japanese army, sink a cruiser and several troop carriers and freighters, which undoubtedly makes people see the hope of the rise of the Chinese Navy, and it is only those celebrities and gentry who have experienced the First Sino-Japanese Naval War that are so excited and gaffe.

That's not all, the next day, Chairman Jiang even sent Su Jin a handwritten commendation telegram, in which he not only praised Su Jin greatly, but also awarded him a medal of blue sky and white sun, which can be regarded as an unexpected joy.

However, Su Jin was not dazzled by these things, because although the Japanese fleet temporarily retreated, no one knew when they would make a comeback, and the Third Army was still fighting fiercely with the Japanese in Huzhou and Jiaxing, and if these Japanese troops could not be repulsed, the victory they had achieved before would be useless.

"Tuk Tuk!"

There was a knock at the door.

"Come in!"

With the knock on the door, Zhou Yusheng walked in, and when he saw that Su Jin was still looking at the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal on the table in a daze, he couldn't help but joke: "Sir, I haven't seen enough of this for two days?" Beware that you can't pull your eyes out! ā€

Su Jin raised his head a little embarrassed, put the medal away and put it in the drawer and said, "Don't say it, I'm thinking about it." In the future, if my children and grandchildren are not angry and their family is ruined, there is really no way to take out this medal and sell it, maybe they can make a small fortune. ā€

"Hey......" Zhou Yusheng pointed at Su Jin and really didn't know what to say, the dignified commander of the group army actually calculated how much the medal awarded to him by the government symbolizing the highest honor of a soldier was worth, and if it was passed out, how many people would laugh and lose their big teeth.

Seeing that Zhou Yusheng was about to start the education mode again, Su Jin hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, I'm just saying this in passing, you don't have to mind too much." Say, what is the matter with you coming here? ā€

Seeing that Su Jin was playing the trick of moving things around again, Zhou Yusheng could only shake his head helplessly and handed him a telegram: "Sir, this is a telegram personally drafted by Churchill, which was just handed over to us by the British ambassador to China, thanking us for our contribution to the defense of Britain. ā€

Su Jin didn't look at the newspaper, but said quietly: "What's more, Churchill, this old fox is a night owl who enters the house - nothing to do, there must be a follow-up to this telegram, right?" ā€

Zhou Yusheng glanced at Su Jin with admiration and nodded: "Sir, this telegram does have the following, Churchill said in the telegram that just half a month ago, the Germans officially announced that the "Sea Lion Operation" had come to an end, so the threat of the Luftwaffe was temporarily lifted, but Hitler began to declare on the radio that the Sea Lion operation was only temporarily stopped, and it would continue in a few months, and this time the Germans were raising a large number of ships to prepare to cross the English Channel to attack the British mainland, So Churchill wanted us not to send back the British air force for the time being, and if possible he even wanted us to send another air force of the same size to support Britain in the face of the impending German attack. ā€

"He's dreaming!"

Su Jin couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Zhou Yusheng also looked unhappy, this Churchill really dared to speak, and if he sent an air force over, he really regarded the Third Army as a Kaizi. After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but complain: "Sir, although we helped the British last time to sign the post-war agreement with the United States and Britain and other countries, but this time his request is a bit excessive, if the Germans really want to land in Britain on a large scale, with Germany's military strength, one or two hundred planes can not do anything, they need a large amount of materials, a large number of army and navy to work together, our two hundred planes in the past is just a drop in the bucket, we don't need to pay attention to Churchill's request at all." ā€

"You're thinking too much." Su Jin shook his head, took out a cigarette from his pocket and threw it to Zhou Yusheng, lit it himself, and began to swallow the clouds and spit out the fog, and waited until a cigarette was almost finished before he said: "The reason why Churchill sent this letter is not to ask us for reinforcements, but because he doesn't want us to transfer back the British Air Force so quickly, he really has a good calculation!" ā€

"What, he doesn't want us to transfer back that batch of British air forces?" Zhou Yusheng looked at Su Jin in astonishment.

"Of course." Su Jin raised his head and looked at Zhou Yusheng: "If you are Churchill, do you think it is possible for us to be so generous in sending valuable air power to support Britain thousands of miles away when we are still too busy to take care of ourselves, besides, the German air raids have come to an end, what we have to do now is to transfer those air forces back to strengthen our own strength, so he played such a trick, let's ignore them." ā€

"Well, that makes sense!" Zhou Yusheng nodded, but then frowned: "But if the Germans really launch a full-scale attack on the British mainland, wouldn't it be very dangerous for the British?" ā€

"How could it be, how could the Germans attack the British?" Su Jin couldn't help laughing.

"How is it impossible, you must know that the Germans and the British are now separated by only one strait." Zhou Yusheng asked curiously.

"Ugh!" Su Jin was stunned for a moment, of course he, the person who crossed over, knew the direction of history, but the problem was that Zhou Yusheng didn't know. In this time and space, many people believe that the next goal of the Germans must be to cross the English Channel and occupy the whole of Britain, so Churchill even sent more than a dozen telegrams to US President Roosevelt asking the United States to increase aid, and even asked the United States to directly send troops to the war, but Roosevelt refused because the time had not come. At this time, no one expected that Hitler would turn to attack the Soviet Union on the other side with a false shot, except for Su Jin, of course.

"Why can't it be."

Seeing that Zhou Yusheng was still in a posture of breaking the casserole and asking to the end, Su Jin had no choice but to explain: "You think, the Germans have just been taught a good lesson by the British, they lost more than 2,000 planes in the Sea Lion operation alone last month, and if such heavy losses come a few more times, I am afraid that the German air force will become an empty shell." And the German navy is recognized as a weak brigade, once Germany wants to cross the English Channel, do you think how the British will react? ā€

Listening to Su Jin's analysis, Zhou Yusheng nodded again and again, "I originally thought that the Germans would attack Britain desperately, but now I hear you say that if the Germans really want to land in the UK, I am afraid that they will really be tortured to death by the British, and the British Navy alone is enough for the Germans to drink a pot, not to mention that there are Americans on the side to add chaos." ā€

"If only you understood!" Su Jin patted him on the shoulder, "So, although Britain can be said to be close to France, the Germans just can't eat, so he can only find another place to give full play to his army advantage." ā€

Zhou Yuchang sighed: "The Germans have already won such a big victory, why are they not willing to stop?" In fact, now that Germany has become the most powerful country in Europe, what is he not satisfied with? ā€

"I can't stop." Su Jin also sighed and said: "Today's driving in Germany is like a chariot with its brakes removed, if it is forcibly stopped, the consequence can only be the destruction of the car and the death of people, so Hitler can only try to drive this chariot in a direction that he thinks is suitable, and where do you think this place is appropriate?" ā€

"Soviet Union!" Zhou Yusheng blurted out: "I really can't think of any other country that is suitable for Germans except the Soviet Union." ā€

"Right!" Su Jin glanced at Zhou Yusheng approvingly: "The current Germany seems to have high morale and is invincible, but in fact, it has long been difficult to ride a tiger, and the continuous victories have made the German people lose their minds." And the most important thing is that although Germany now occupies most of Europe, the oil, minerals and other resources it urgently needs are still not secured. On the other hand, the Soviet Union has a vast land, whether it is oil or various minerals can be found in its territory, so only by occupying the Soviet Union can the German chariot continue to advance, otherwise there is only a way to perdition waiting for him, so whether Hitler wants to continue to fight or not. I reckon next year we will hear about the German invasion of the Soviet Union. ā€

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"Your Excellency Prime Minister, the Chinese have called back!"

In the prime minister's office at 10 Downing Street, the secretary, Maggie, walked into the office with a twist on her waist and handed a telegram to Churchill.

Churchill, who received the telegram, read it and laughed: "This Chinese boy really agreed to my request, so I am more relieved." ā€

Maggie had read this telegram, she couldn't understand why it was obviously a telegram that rejected the request of the British government, why her boss smiled so happily, she couldn't help but ask curiously: "Your Excellency, the Chinese people obviously rejected your request, why are you so happy?" ā€

Churchill smiled: "You don't understand, Miss Maggie, some things can't be seen on the surface, just like the telegram I sent to that Huaxia boy last time, I knew that he would not agree to continue to send additional air forces, but why did I send this telegram, I just want to show him an attitude, I use this batch of Chinese pilots very easily, you don't want to transfer them back so quickly, and now he just refused the request to continue to send additional support to the air force, but did not propose to transfer that group of air forces back, This shows that he acquiesced in letting these Huaxia Air Force continue to stay here, which is a tacit understanding between us, do you understand? ā€

"Is that so?" Maggie was a little dumbfounded, she really couldn't understand why it was just a simple telegram but these people made so many tricks, is the world of men really so complicated?

"Your Excellency, the Germans have now stopped attacking us, but Hitler has said on the radio that they are preparing to cross the English Channel, what should we do then?"

"Crossing the English Channel?" Churchill laughed: "No, as long as Hitler didn't go crazy, as long as the Royal Navy of the British Empire was still there, he wouldn't do it, unless he wanted to die!" ā€

Looking at Churchill's determined gaze, although Maggie still didn't understand in her heart, she also knew that even if she asked her boss again, she wouldn't tell her, so she could only turn around and leave.

After Maggie left, Churchill muttered: "The biggest danger to Britain has finally been lifted, and even if there are some sporadic battles in the future, it will not affect the overall situation, but it is difficult for our British Empire to regain the leadership of the world, Hitler, Hitler, you still honestly teach those Slavs!" (To be continued.) )