"The Communists and Stalin are a little bit alike, and it should be beaten appropriately, but the rhythm and the occasion should be controlled. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Roosevelt smirked slyly, "When the fight is almost over, we will come forward to mediate, anyway, we can neither let Chiang destroy the Communists, nor can we casually let the Russians reach out to China." I don't mind supporting the Communists who have suffered setbacks if they show to be docile and obedient, willing to sever ties with the Soviets and move closer to us. ”

Everyone was terrified: did the president mean that he would prop up the Communist Party of another country?

Roosevelt turned his head to Hull: "You've also seen The Davis Report, right?" The latter nodded immediately.

The curiosity of the crowd was aroused, what was the report that made the president pay so much attention?

"Davis is a member of the embassy in China, and during his stay in Chongqing, he made many contacts with Chinese Communist Party representatives Zhou and Dong, and presented a 10-page report to the White House two days ago, which analyzed in detail the differences and struggles between the two parties and the danger of our involvement in this struggle.

"I was deeply moved by this report, and I thought that we should follow the recommendation and send our observation team to Yan'an, and General Stilwell repeatedly expressed his desire to send aid directly to the Communist side." Roosevelt explained, "The Soviet Union's grain grabbing deeply stung the feelings of the upright Chinese, and not only provoked a profound reaction in Chinese public opinion and the people, Davis believed that the CCP would soon engage in a fierce internal struggle, and it was a very favorable time to expect the local faction in the Communist Party to prevail and the pro-Soviet faction to be purged or sidelined." ”

He continued: "From what we have been exposed to, the Communist Party is clean, its leaders have lofty ideals and goals, and their administrative efficiency and mobilization capabilities are very strong. What's more, their army is very combative, and I can make a bet with you that if Chiang wants to fight the Communists next, he will have to pay 3-4 times more. ”

Everyone was confused: on the one hand, the president spoke well of the Communist Party, believing that the Communist authorities had more potential than the Chiang regime; On the other hand, what kind of political logic is it that he supports Chiang to fight the Communist Party? Even Hull couldn't read it.

"Chiang's offensive is unlikely to succeed, and in the end it will diminish his prestige, but it will not cause fundamental problems, and the Communists will suffer some losses, if we can stand up at this time......" Roosevelt laughed, "gentlemen, let me make a less gentlemanly analogy: a young man wants to win the favor of a girl, and he cannot get close to the other party by ordinary chance, and if there happens to be a scoundrel who wants to be rough with the girl, it is easy for you to win favor if you stand up and save the beauty, if there is no such scoundrel, Then summon one to accompany the performance...... Just be careful, don't mess up this play! ”

Everyone suddenly realized, and then leaned forward and leaned back with laughter. Stingson glanced at Roosevelt, the president is worthy of being a lawyer, and he can think of such a black trick.

"The problems of the Communist Party are, first, their ideology-form, second, their interest orientation, and third, their attitude towards capital, but these can all be changed." Roosevelt said, "I can't tolerate China getting out of our grasp, and you can imagine what terrible consequences would have been if China were united with the Soviet Union, or China with Japan. ”

There was silence.

Admiral Kim's face immediately became solemn: "I don't dare to say anything else, India and Southeast Asia must be finished......"

"I hope that our observers will send a signal that we support all Chinese political parties that are fighting against Japan and all political parties that are willing to make China democratic, free, and prosperous, which is not only in the fundamental interests of the Chinese people, but also in the long-term interests of the United States, which only when the Chinese are rich can they buy more American products." We do not doubt the CCP because it is a Communist, but only because it is too close to the Soviet Union and has become a proxy for Russia, and the Chiang regime was also established with the support of the Soviet Union, and only when they are willing to take the independent line, we give cautious support. ”

"My ultimate goal is to push for a coalition government in China, and the United States should play its role as an arbiter, neither allowing the Communist Party to go to extremes nor letting Chiang get out of our control, and a government with checks is a good government." He paused for a moment and continued, "Don't talk about the CCP, I also want to support the French Communist Party, the Italian Communist Party, the Greek Communist Party, etc., and now there are only two criteria for evaluating the quality of the Communist Party, first, whether they are willing to oppose Germany or Japan; Second, whether they can develop independently and get rid of Russian influence and shackles, and not become a mouthpiece for Moscow. The Communist Party of the United States has done this, so we don't have to go to great lengths to ban the Communist Party of the United States, wouldn't it be nice to let him stay? ”

"Stalin dissolved the Comintern some time ago." Hull chimed in.

"We have to seize this opportunity to inspire them with national feelings and practical interests, the Russians always call for 'armed defense of the Soviet Union,' and I don't need them to defend the United States, as long as they don't oppose us." In order to win the war, we can unite with Stalin, why can't we unite with these communists? Are they more terrible than the Russians? Worse than Hitler? ”

Everyone nodded, and the president's words had a bit of Dewey's pragmatist philosophy.

"The main accusation that the American people are making against us is that we have made great sacrifices but have not been able to achieve victory for a long time, and this is determined by the special national conditions of the United States -- we have nothing to lose in economic gain, but we cannot afford to lose too many people. Hitler also noticed this problem, so he organized an army of millions of servants in Eastern Europe, a trick that we can also learn. Suppose you are like: If we win the respect of China, and there are 5 million to 8 million Chinese troops armed with American ordnance and more able to endure hardships to help us fight, and they will go out of the army, and we will go out of the navy, what will happen to the world? ”

Everyone's breath became short: It is universally recognized that Chinese soldiers are hard-working and persevering, and there are many reasons for the relatively low level of warfare, one is that the equipment is not good, and the other is that the ability and vision of senior officers are not good; if it is a Chinese army controlled by the United States and equipped with American weapons, its combat effectiveness will increase exponentially.

Admiral Kim immediately said: "In this way, the situation in the Far East will be completely reversed, and there will be a relatively strong but lacking navy China, which can contain Japan in the east and restrain the Soviet Union in the north." ”

"So, send a telegram to Stilwell, the president's special envoy will prepare to visit Chongqing in the near future, and coordinate three main aspects: first, arrange for our observers to go to Yan'an; Second, we demanded that Chiang must send two elite troops to India, and if he could do this, we implied support for his follow-up actions; Third......" Roosevelt pondered for a long time, and finally said slowly, "if Chiang stubbornly rejects our opinion, and we hope that he can recommend an influential figure within Chiang's regime, we can also consider ......"

There is still half a sentence left unspoken, but everyone understands it - substitution!

While the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff were racking their brains to defend India, the huge Japanese Combined Fleet was already moving in the direction of India.

On the morning of June 19, Horikichi, who was sitting on the island of the Maldives, suddenly held a military meeting and issued instructions: "Send a telegram to the country, telling them that the fleet is temporarily docked in the Maldives, and that it is planned to set off to attack Ceylon in two days, and prepare to start the Indian strategy!" ”

"Just us?"

"Why don't you go back to your homeland first?"

"What about this batch of supplies?" The generals looked at each other.

"Occupy Ceylon, secure the base and come back." "A lot of supplies can be hoarded on the island of Ceylon, which is not only convenient, but also reduces the loss of tossing back and forth!" When the fighting in Ceylon is over for the time being, we will escort the remaining supplies back to the mainland. ”

The generals nodded, and what the chief said was indeed reasonable.

"Sir." Nobutake Kondo, who was the oldest, advised, "Although you want your soldiers to be speedy, and it is very advantageous to occupy Ceylon as a base for advance first, should you consult the Military Command Department first for such an important matter?" Lest there be any thoughts that Tokyo should not have. ”

Horiyoshi nodded: "So take a long telegram for them, and then send a copy to the army as well." ”

"What if they don't agree?" Cao Lu reminded him, "This thing is embarrassing. ”

"I will take another private telegram to Yamamoto-kunya, I believe that any intelligent person should be able to see that the fighter plane is fleeting." Horikichi smiled, "If they don't agree, we have a reason, Kore-kun, what do you say?" ”

Cole, who served as the general liaison between the two armies, immediately responded: "Of course, it was our army that strongly demanded an immediate attack, and your fleet only provided fire support. ”

Everyone present was stunned for a moment, and then they all laughed heartily.

Horikichi explained to Kusaka: "The telegram is written and shown to me, there are some places that I must personally revise, if there are no other doubts, please agree on the attack plan in the past two days, ordinary officers and soldiers get off the ship to rest, recover their strength, and all kinds of equipment are finally inspected and maintained!" On the afternoon of June 21, the fleet set out and launched an attack no later than the early morning of the 24th! ”

"Whether to send planes to reconnoiter first, our army is not familiar with the ports and terrain around Ceylon."

"That's right, I'll leave this afternoon, and let Mitsuo Fuchida cooperate with you, they attacked the port of Ceylon in the first place."

Due to the telegraph and the time difference, it was already evening when the telegram arrived at the Military Command Department, and when the chief of the Military Command Department, King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong, received the news and hurried to the base camp, another two hours passed. Others have been talking about the telegram for a long time, just waiting to see the jokes of the military command.

"Baga, Baga, Baga......" After reading the telegram, he scolded three times in a row, his face turned into pig's liver color, and he almost stood up and ran away, but he didn't expect Yamamoto Fifty-six's words to make him even more furious...... (To be continued.) )