Just when Jiang Haoran was about to leave for Burma, news came from the Pacific Theater that the Mi army suffered a crushing defeat on Sumatra Island, the beach-grabbing landing was blocked, and more than 10,000 airborne troops were ambushed, and they were trapped in a dilemma in Palembang.

This was certainly not good news for the Allies, but for Jiang Haoran, it was an opportunity for him to cut into the Pacific theater.

China already has the Pacific Fleet, but in order to have a place in the Pacific Ocean, it is necessary to have one or even several forward bases.

Jiang Haoran has long been eyeing Singapore, but Singapore is adjacent to Malaya across the Johor Strait in the north, Indonesia in the south across the Singapore Strait, and adjacent to the southern entrance of the Strait of Malacca.

But now, under the banner of saving the airborne troops of the Mi Army, we can magnificently drive the aircraft carrier into the Pacific Ocean, and then operate from it, and take advantage of the situation to occupy Singapore, and I am afraid it will be too late for the United States and Britain to react.

Jiang Haoran immediately ordered Lin Long to change his itinerary from Burma to Chittagong, and at the same time, sent a secret telegram to the headquarters of the expeditionary force, ordering the British "Marauders" Independent Regiment to secretly go to Chittagong to stand by.

Singapore was a British colony before World War II, and the British army fought the largest "surrender campaign" in Singapore, with more than 100,000 soldiers being defeated by more than 40,000 island troops and surrendered, creating the most humiliating battle in the history of the British army.

Of course, the most important thing is that they can also become Jiang Haoran's best cover umbrella, and they can send troops to fight together in a grand manner, and they can coordinate defense and management in the future.

Just as Jiang Haoran was about to leave for the airport, the guards suddenly reported that Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov had visited and that the people had already entered the Wuhan camp.

It was probably because the Soviet ambassador to Hubei did not complete his mission, which sent Molotov again, and he did not notify him in advance, probably because he was afraid that Jiang Haoran would avoid the ambassador again.

Jiang Haoran really didn't plan to see him, and was arranging for Chen Chen to receive him, but who knew that there was already a noisy sound of Molotov and the guards at the door, and the people had already killed him.

Helpless, Jiang Haoran had no choice but to order the guards to invite him in.

In fact, Jiang Haoran did not have a good impression of this straightforward man with Mongolian ancestry, but it was related to the country and the nation, and any feelings could only stand aside, and the Soviets themselves should taste the evil fruits themselves.

Molotov entered the door with an interpreter, and the two sides shook hands politely when they met, and sat down to make fragrant tea, but they got to the point without too much greeting.

Molotov is still straightforward, first of all, he apologized, saying that the matter of the Trans-Siberian Railway was wrong to them, but it was indeed out of helplessness, at present, the Soviet Union is suffering from internal and external troubles, it is difficult, and the power of the internal masters and elements has become unimaginable, it is their coercion and temptation that have come up with this bad idea, and Marshal Stalin has no choice but to do it.

As a result, not only did it not relieve the crisis for the Soviet Union, but also caused disaster to the Allies, contributing to a vicious incident in which the relatives and the enemies were happy, and the situation was already like this, and the Soviet authorities hoped that Jiang Haoran would look at the face of the Allies and ignore the past suspicions, and the army would attack Pingjin, force the island army and the Kwantung Army to return to help, retreat the enemy for the Soviet Union, and save the Soviet Union from the crisis moment of destruction.

Although Jiang Haoran believed that Molotov's words were true and came with sincerity, this did not mean that he could help them with this.

He also bluntly told the Chinese side that it can ignore its past suspicions, but it has lost the best opportunity to attack Pingjin.

And all this, it was the Soviets who caused it. At present, there are hundreds of thousands of Soviet puppet troops in Pingjin, and this number is still expanding, plus its own garrison troops and several divisions and regiments that have escaped from Shandong, the strength of the army may have exceeded one million.

The strength of weapons is even more incredible, tanks, planes, helicopters, heavy artillery are complete, and the number is amazing, I heard that there are more than 1,000 tanks, and they are all famous main battle tanks in the world at present, and the commander is also a tank warfare expert transferred from Germany, how can the Chinese army fight this battle?

Besides, Pingjin has always been the center of China's political culture, with a long history, a splendid culture, and a profound cultural heritage; if such an ancient capital is destroyed by artillery fire, it will be an unbearable pain for the Chinese; therefore, it is certainly impossible to bomb intensively with heavy artillery and aircraft in a war, which will bring restrictions to the offensive and make the war even more difficult to fight.

Molotov, of course, understood these truths, and since he came, he was ready to bleed. It was immediately proposed that the Soviet side would mobilize 2,000 of its current main battle tanks as soon as possible to assist China, with tank troops and grassroots officers providing them at the same time, as well as 1,000 planes of various types, which could be increased at any time if the battle damage was too large, and 1,000 artillery pieces of various types, including Katyusha rocket launchers.

It is believed that with these weapons, the Chinese army will be able to fight against the island army in the Pingjin area in front of them.

In order to express its apologies for the "Trans-Siberian Railway Incident," the Soviet Union provided the salaries of all the troops dispatched by the Chinese army in this campaign, and after the strategic goal was achieved, the Soviet Union gave an additional 100 million US dollars in gratitude.

The Soviets did make a lot of money this time, and they could only hear a room full of high-ranking party-state officials with their eyes shining and their faces flushed, and it could be seen that they were all moved.

Everyone's eyes are on Jiang Haoran, I am afraid that as long as Jiang Haoran agrees, there will be thunderous applause in the room, this condition is too tempting. At the same time, with these weapons assistance, it is simply impossible to recover Pingjin.

But to everyone's surprise, Jiang Haoran was unmoved, and without even thinking about it, he refused.

"Tell me, what conditions do you need to agree to us?" Molotov threw out a sentence a little angrily, he believed that the reason why Jiang Haoran did not agree was that the weight was not heavy enough, and in order for the Soviet Union to come back to life, he didn't care about anything at the moment.

Jiang Haoran smiled slightly, and ordered the staff officer to bring a world map, after the map was spread out on the table, Jiang Haoran picked up a pen, and very decisively drew a circle on the Soviet plate Altai Krai, Tyumen, Omsk Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Kemerovo Oblast, and a large area of the Soviet plate, almost including the entire Western Siberia, and the east to Komsomolsk.

Dropping down the pen, Jiang Haoran said calmly: "It's okay to send troops, the conditions you just proposed, plus the return of these territories of China, I will immediately deploy the battle plan." ”