Of course, this kind of result is not what everyone wants to see, but no one can come up with a more reasonable plan for a while, and the day passes in endless discussions.

I thought they would have more time to come up with a solution, but early the next morning, news of the fall of Iran came from ahead.

The Germans cooperated with the Iranian government to defeat three British army divisions and one tank division, and the Iranian defense line collapsed overnight, and the British army was forced to retreat in the direction of India.

The sudden news made everyone fall into an ice cellar, and there may be a little hope of holding on, but no one would have such an optimistic idea if they want to regain lost positions from the Germans.

The current crisis is that unless a large number of troops are mobilized to fight head-on with the German army, there is simply no second way to go, but this is not a small battle, and there is no million-level force to mention, but no one in front of him has the ability to mobilize so many troops to fight this battle.

The army of the United States was mired in the European theater and could not extricate itself, while the navy fought against the island army in the Indian islands. The British army struggled between India, Africa, and the homeland, and was threatened at every turn.

Not to mention the Soviet Union, there was the Kwantung Army of the Island Army in the Far East, and the German-Italian Army on the Western Front was surrounded by regiments, and it was simply too busy to take care of itself.

China is relatively better, and the successive victories have caused the island army to be defeated one after another, and it has an absolute strategic advantage, but at present, the Pingjin Campaign and the Liangguang Campaign are on the verge of breaking out, and there is absolutely no possibility of transferring troops to support Southeast Asia.

The grim situation was like a mountain, which overwhelmed everyone, and the atmosphere in the conference room was once solemn to freezing point.

To lighten the mood, Marshall said self-deprecatingly: "The only good news now is that there will be no worse news." ”

The rapping cold humor did not add a little relaxation to the atmosphere of the venue, but Roosevelt, who had not spoken much, looked at Jiang Haoran and said, "General Jiang, I think you will definitely be able to come up with a solution, right?" ”

Jiang Haoran stared at Roosevelt for four or five seconds before he replied faintly: "I have nothing to do about Africa and Iran, but I have an immature proposal to save the Soviet Union, which may be able to solve the urgent need." ”

The most critical thing at hand is to solve the crisis in the Soviet Union, and the war in Iran was also fought for the Soviet Union...... Tell me about it? ”

Jiang Haoran's expression was entangled, as if he was extremely embarrassed, and said after a long time: "This move can only be achieved at the cost of enslaving tens of thousands of my compatriots, to be honest, I really can't bear it?" ”

"General Chiang, this is the time of the all-people war of resistance, I believe that the people of your country can understand, and you can rest assured, we will never let them pay their hard work in vain, we can pay a certain amount of labor fees appropriately." Roosevelt said urgently.

"Yes, General Chiang, as long as you can solve the crisis of the Soviet Union, you can mention any conditions?" Stalin also exclaimed.

Jiang Haoran gritted his teeth and said: "At present, the main force of the German army has been transferred to the African battlefield, and the Soviet Union has obtained a short chance to recuperate, especially the cold winter is coming, and the German offensive will likely be delayed until the spring of next year. Since it is no longer realistic to open the Iranian defense line, we will open a land communication line from China......"

"Cut ......"

"Appeal ......"

Jiang Haoran's words have not yet been finished, there are already boos below, obviously, they are no longer a matter of agreement with this plan, but very disdainful, Marshall even shouted: "What are you kidding General Jiang, the sea transport transfer to the Cape of Good Hope is already thousands of miles away, if from Burma and Yunnan to the Chinese mainland, and then to the Soviet Union is another ten thousand miles away, can the aid reach the Soviet Union within a few years?" ”

Jiang Haoran smiled slightly and said: "Our Chinese Yan'an troops once had a famous strategic transfer - the Long March, which lasted more than ten months, and the soldiers completed a journey of 25,000 miles with two legs. And now we have aircraft carriers, transport ships, planes, trains, automobiles and other advanced means of transportation, is this a long way away? ”

Stalin got up and said, "General Chiang, I want to know, do you have a railway or highway that can go directly to Xinjiang through Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, and Hubei?" ”

"Nope!" Jiang Haoran replied very directly, and then changed the conversation and said: "So I said that I want to work the Chinese people, connect the connections, expand the widening, and build a broad road." ”

"How long will that take, a year or two?"

"Hehe, Comrade Stalin, you probably don't know the Chinese nation, our people can always create miracles, in the primitive era the Great Wall can be built by us, now with the era of mechanization, what is a road? Two months, two months at most, I promise to build this road and connect it to the northwestern transport corridor. ”

Jiang Haoran's voice fell, and there was an exclamation below, obviously, most people don't believe it, even if they don't fully understand China's geographical environment, but they also know that China has many mountains and rivers, and this mountain and bridge building is not something that can be done for a while, even with heavy machinery, it is impossible.

Jiang Haoran ignored the consternation of the crowd and continued: "As long as you can give a certain labor fee and provide our people with a mouthful of food, I can mobilize hundreds of millions of people to build this road overnight. ”

It was probably the huge number of hundreds of millions of laborers that frightened everyone, and everyone began to be skeptical, but Jiang Haoran took out a map, made full use of the three-inch tongue, from the selection of routes, construction plans to how many mountains to pass, how many rivers to cross, all the way to show a road that is not on the map of China, in front of everyone, and proposed to bypass the mountains, build pontoon bridges or increase the plan of ferries to cross the mountains and rivers, making everything impossible possible.

An hour later, there was a brief silence again, with almost everyone mentally calculating the cost.

A road that travels thousands of kilometers runs through almost half of China, and the manpower, material resources, and money invested are not counted, and to maintain the sufficiency of strategic materials in a country's war, the transportation vehicles and transportation consumption are all unacceptably large figures.

Moreover, these people are not fools, and it is obvious from this that the benefits and benefits brought to China by the construction of this road are simply innumerable.