Chapter 065: Truman's Calculations
Truman still has a deep understanding of Stalin and the entire Slavic nation, and Stalin will never give up in this situation, and the United States will not be able to draw any strength to organize hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops and millions of Soviets to enter the Middle East at this time, and he cannot stop it, otherwise the Soviets will probably immediately fall to China and Germany, and then these hundreds of thousands of troops and huge Slavs will become the sworn enemies of the allies.
But the British must also have an explanation, although this country has not fallen, and its influence in Asia is limited to the Middle East, but after all, it is a powerful country that has dominated the world for a hundred years, and its influence on the world is incomparable to the United States for the time being, and the United States needs the cooperation of the British very much, not to drag back.
Truman said to the Soviet ambassador: "You have taken this place by force without consulting the British, and you are still looting there, the British are very annoyed by this, this is a world war, our common enemy has not yet fallen, but the internal strife has taken the lead, how can we destroy fascism and maintain world peace." ”
The Soviet ambassador said: "Mr. President, we will certainly not occupy the Middle East, nor will we stay in the British colonies, although this can be assured, after all, the Soviet Union will need the strong support of your country and Britain in the future, otherwise how can we afford to raise a million troops." ”
As soon as he heard about the million army, Truman wilted, according to the current behavior of the Soviets, it will not be a million army that will come out at that time, I am afraid that at least two or three million troops can be conscripted, which is a huge number for most countries on the planet, if these people exist, the United States will be armed at that time, with the idea that these people want to fight back to the Soviet Union and restore the country, then these people will be enough for the Germans to have a headache,
"I want to know your specific plans."
"This." The Soviet ambassador knew that Truman had to know, because the follow-up plan needed Truman's support, but he still had to pretend to hesitate,
Truman said, "What's the matter, are you still hiding anything from me at this time?" ”
"Well, well, in fact, we want to cross the Middle East and then go to Africa to settle down first, and then your country will rearm us, I estimate that if your country cooperates, we can pull out two or three million young adults and troops, or even more, when the time comes, with your country's advanced weapons, and then with the addition of our new forces, defeating Germany is not a dream, as long as Germany is defeated, we can return to the Soviet Union, we can arm tens of millions of troops, and when the whole world attacks China together, they will definitely be defeated."
Truman was quickly calculating something, and did not speak,
The Soviet ambassador continued: "Mr. President, we are now empty of blood, but the firepower of the squadron and the German team is so strong, there are airplanes in the sky, tanks and armored vehicles in the ground, our rifles are not effective against them at all, even so our rifles are still lacking, bullets are also lacking, you say how we resist, but it is different when it comes out, when the time comes, we can get the material support of your country, and we can exert normal combat effectiveness with sufficient weapons and ammunition, Even with extraordinary combat effectiveness, with these millions of troops, your country has to recruit fewer troops, and there are many other benefits of supporting us, and the Soviet people are still friends with the Americans. ”
The Soviet ambassador said it very bluntly, it can even be said to be a threat, Truman was angry and had to admit that the Soviet ambassador was right, it doesn't matter in peacetime, but now it's different, China and Germany join forces, just control two-fifths of the world's population, and it is also the best quality piece, for Britain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union, Africa, South America can only provide them with some supplies at most, if there is a war, these ten people are not as good as a German army or squadron, if it is a multimillion-dollar army fighting, These people are even more impossible, these people do not have the high quality of the Germans, nor do they have the spirit of hardship and hard work of the Chinese, it is strange that they can be relied on, and the population of the United States, Canada, Britain, and France together is not as large as that of China.
If the Soviets were pushed away, even to the side of the Axis powers, it would be a disaster for the Allies, and perhaps the Allies would never have a chance to win again, or even be completely defeated.
As for the nuclear bomb of the United States, although it is progressing well, but who knows how Germany and China have studied it, even if the nuclear bomb is developed, it cannot quickly form a large-scale and strong combat effectiveness, if China and Germany also study it similarly, the United States will not dare to use it indiscriminately even if it is the first to study it, otherwise it will be a huge threat to the United States, the Chinese attack the Americas as long as they cross the white-collar strait, Truman is also afraid,
The nuclear bomb is threatened, but Boone is betting all his bets on this because the United States is about to succeed in the research of this weapon, and the Soviets still have to take it.
"So many of you are going to settle down there."
"We hope it's Madagascar, as long as we leave the island there, it will be considered an invasion, and if we stay on the island, the allies can rest assured."
Madagascar was administered by Britain and France at this time, and it was a French colony before World War II.
In 1862, Radama II signed the so-called Treaty of Amity and Commerce with France, approving the establishment of the "Madagascar Estate, Industrial and Commercial Company", and handed over the development of natural resources to the French capitalists headed by Lambert.
On May 9, 1863, the people of Madagascar revolted, besieged the royal palace and demanded the abrogation of the unequal treaties, and on May 12, the king was strangled to death, and Queen Razocherina succeeded to the throne and announced the abrogation of the treaty with France.
In 1864, Reini came to Arivoni as the prime minister of Madagascar, became the de facto ruler, he took advantage of the contradiction between Britain and France to fight for Madagascar, in 1865 signed a trade agreement with Britain, in an attempt to counteract the power of France, and in 1868 reached a new agreement with France, France claimed to "permanently" recognize the independence of Madagascar, Reinilani Arivoni's government took advantage of this respite to step up domestic reform, he promulgated a series of laws, in the central establishment of foreign affairs, defense, finance, internal affairs, educate the ministries, ban debt slavery, prohibit engaging in the "slave trade",
In the eighties of the nineteenth century, when the French colonizers were once again preparing to annex Madagascar, France demanded the protection of the Sakarava people in the north-west of the island under the pretext of the inheritance of the expatriates, and this unreasonable demand was resolutely rejected by the government of Lynilai Arivoni.
In 1883, the French army bombarded the port of Mahajanga and landed at the port of Tamatave, and the people of Madagascar rose up to resist and defeated the invaders many times, and the war lasted for more than two years.
In 1885, France and Madagascar signed a peace treaty, and France once again recognized the independence and sovereignty of Madagascar, but foreign affairs were led by the French overseer, and the French had the right to lease land in Madagascar for a long time.
In 1896, it became a French colony, but after the fall of France in World War II, it was taken over by the British, the reason was that it was worried that the Japanese landed here and threatened Africa, in short, the current situation here is still very complicated, the French have just been restored, although the strength has been greatly affected, the Americans need them very much, they can't offend the British by the Soviets, and now they are guilty of the French, if that is the case, the Soviets don't expect to be restored,
"No, you just offended the British and now you still want to offend the French, are you crazy, the whole of Africa is theirs, if they unite with Du Fu you, you will be finished."
"Okay." The Soviet ambassador actually knew that this was unlikely, in fact, he at least gave it a try, if the United States did not agree, then they would inevitably give a new place to the Soviets, anyway, the Soviet Union would eat the United States,
"Then Mr. President, you have to give us a place to stand, we have a large number of civilians in addition to the army, even if you are willing to keep it, you have to give it a place to live, don't you say it first, that place needs to be able to survive at least 10 million people."
Truman thought to himself that the Soviets had such a big appetite, can you bring out 10 million people, but he still said: "This is easy to say, let's do this today, why do we have to discuss it with Britain and France." ”
After the Soviet ambassador left, Truman called Marshall, the staff officer of the American people, told him about his conversation with the Soviet ambassador, and asked: "General Marshall, what do you think we should do?" ”
Marshall said: "Even if the Soviets are gone, it is very important to us, as long as we continue to support Stalin's government-in-exile, the Soviets under the rule of China and Germany will certainly not fall to them completely, there will always be a part of the heart towards the Bolshevik government, as long as they are divided, it will be beneficial to us, and it will be of great significance for our future counteroffensive." ”
"So where are we going to put them?"
"Let's draw a place in Eritrea, this was a colony of the Italians before, draw a place here, I believe Britain and France don't have a big opinion, and if China wants to attack Africa after controlling the Middle East, this is a bridgehead, just so that the Soviet army can resist them."
Truman nodded, Marshall was worthy of a military background, and he saw the point of the problem at a glance, "It is that the Soviets are not easy to deal with the large-scale looting in the Middle East." ”
Marshall was also very helpless about this, the Soviets were simply robbers, and successive generations of Tsarist Russia started from this, "This can only warn, with the banditry accumulated by the Slavs for thousands of years, I am afraid that even if Stalin controls it, it will be impossible to control, they are all dying of starvation, and they will not care about them much." ”
"Let's return the opinion to Britain and France first, and then let's see Stalin's reaction." Truman was full of helplessness at this time, blame the damned Chinese, when he was in the allies before, he begged his grandfather to tell his grandmother for American support, but he didn't expect to soar into the sky today, it seems that he can't underestimate the yellow race, especially this kind of nation that has led the world for five thousand years,