Chapter 017: Tangled Americans
On July 16, the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier fleet was chasing and killing Soviet submarines, and in yesterday's battle, the surface ships of the Soviet Pacific Fleet were all wiped out, but there were still many submarines hiding in the sea, at least 20 of them, if these submarines hid in the sea and then attacked Chinese waters, it would also be a huge threat to merchant ships in Chinese waters.
In view of this, and the fact that the fall of Kamchatka was a foregone conclusion, in order to give the aircraft carrier fleet more opportunities for actual combat, Wang Hanzhang agreed with Chen Shaokuan's suggestion and spent an extra day clearing the Soviet submarines.
The Japanese, on the other hand, had already begun to gather all the fishing boats and other transport vessels they could muster in the early hours of the morning, and they had assembled a large convoy to travel along the Kuril Islands in the direction of Kamchatka.
Korostiakov received a call from Ufa late last night, Stalin had already organized a convoy for them to retreat, and they only needed to hold out for a day or two,
Although it was difficult, it was better than no way to survive, Korostyakov quickly told the rest of the Soviet officers and soldiers the information, and encouraged them to fight to the end, as long as they held out for a day or two, everyone could leave,
After the Soviet officers and soldiers learned the news, they became more heroic, and the attack speed of the squadron became even slower.
Korostiakov knew that he was going to evacuate, the Japanese had already contacted him, and the soldiers told him how to retreat, and Korostiakov immediately arranged the army behind the palace after learning about it, and at the same time, others, especially special people, were quickly assembled at the port to wait for evacuation.
Yuri said: "Are the Japanese reliable? β
Korostiakov said: "Reliable or unreliable, they are now our only hope to live, the fleet has been destroyed, there are only eighteen submarines to contact now, they are being pursued by the Chinese fleet, I have asked them to delay the Chinese fleet as much as possible." β
Yuri nodded and said: "The huge Pacific Fleet was actually completely annihilated in the hands of you and me, and we are the sinners of the Soviet Union." β
Korotyakov was a little moved, he was indeed a sinner of the Soviet Union, but now it is more important for him to make up for his mistakes, "Comrade Yuri, now is not the time to be sad and blame yourself, what we have to do now is to take out these tens of thousands of elites of the Pacific Fleet, and let them build as many warships as they want." β
Yuri felt ashamed of him when he said this, now is indeed not the time to be sad, sad, and blame himself,
At the White House in Washington, after the Soviet ambassador left, Wallace immediately found Marshall, although Roosevelt died, but Marshall's position was unshakable,
Wallace, the president who doesn't understand war and international relations, Marshall's burden of the old bones is heavier, although he used to have a lot, but Roosevelt didn't eat dry food, all their things can be discussed, but now Wallace doesn't understand, and at the same time, other people are also very repulsive to Wallace, so now the big and small affairs of the United States are actually Marshall making decisions, and Marshall is now the emperor of the United States.
Wallace himself also knows what kind of character he is, at first he also wanted to do something in three months, and even run for the next president of the United States, but within a week he died, so he was happy to leave things to Marshall, and he was happy to be idle.
"Mr. President." Marshall knocked on the door and shouted,
Wallace, who was writing something, said, "Mr. Marshall, please be seated." With that, he blew up and walked to the sofa.
"Mr. Marshall, just now the ambassador of the Soviet Union came to me and said that the Japanese were looking for them and wanted to cooperate together to fight China, but Japan had a precondition that they wanted us to withdraw from the Western Pacific."
Marshall had been thinking about this question for a long time, and in fact, the Japanese had already mentioned it at that time, "What do you think we should do, Mr. President?" β
Wallace said: "You know that I don't know much about international affairs, so it's up to you to decide this matter." β
Marshall said: "It's okay, I'd rather hear your opinion first." β
Wallace said: "Okay, in fact, I think we must defeat Germany, but the Soviets are also the target we should eliminate, they are all countries that can threaten the United States, as for China is now becoming that kind of country, they have too many people, the land area is too big, and now suddenly there are so many good weapons, although they have not had any conflict with their own country at present, but they have to guard against it, and the Japanese are ambitious, and now they will fight with us in the Pacific, If there is any country on the planet that can still threaten the United States, it is this dead country. β
"I think we will fight whoever comes forward, or use their enemies to fight him, and now the Soviet Union is about to be killed by China, which is not in our interests, they should contain each other, not one family, as long as they contain each other, then the United States can enjoy peace and freedom."
"So I think if I give up Australia, if I can, it's okay to give it up, but the white people in Australia may have to be a little wronged, to be honest, I don't want the yellow race to rule them at all." After that, he made a helpless gesture,
Marshall really didn't expect that these words were actually said by Wallace, quite like a mature politician said, as a leader of a country should give up some interests when necessary, in fact, Marshall's thoughts are almost like this, but what he is most worried about is that the Japanese have always been untrustworthy, afraid that the Japanese will not attack China at that time, but will attack the Americas, which is a great disaster for the Americas.
Marshall served as the chief staff officer of the 15th Infantry Regiment in Tianjin in the mid-20s, and also learned Chinese, it can be said that one China is a master, the hatred between China and Japan should be said to have surpassed Soviet Russia since the "77 Incident", the hatred of the Chinese for the Japanese is unimaginable, China lost at least 20 million people at that time, China can retaliate against the Soviet Union after the Soviet Union returns its territory, then it is impossible to let Japan go,
However, Marshall is not sure, after all, China's history since ancient times has been the root of external troubles, and the Chinese will naturally not miss such an opportunity now, and will compare their hearts to their hearts, if Marshall is Chinese, they will also attack the Soviet Union, and solve the border troubles once and for all,
Therefore, it is really difficult to say whether China will attack Japan after killing the Soviet Union, especially although China's navy is still ranked first in the world, it is too far behind the world's major powers, and it has no docks and experience in making large warships, and it can almost be said that there is no way to supplement, and it is almost inevitable that it will lose if it wants to fight with the world's top three Japanese navy, let alone attack Japan.
The places that Japan now controls are islands, and they cannot attack without a strong navy.
If China does not defeat Japan first, it will be much more difficult to cross the Bering Strait to attack the Americas, Japan is an aggressive country, and always miss this continent, after all, China is a country that has just risen, although it has created a lot of excellent weapons, but the general foundation is very thin, to beware of a powerful country, and to attack another country with the most developed industry across the ocean, this will not be done unless a madman, so Marshall believes that China may threaten the East United States, but it must be after defeating JapanοΌ
And Japan is not easy to say, China's strength is there, the Japanese army has defeated the army of Tsarist Russia, but has never defeated the army of Soviet Russia, but today China has done it, and the Soviet army has been defeated, that is to say, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is definitely not comparable to today's Chinese army,
Japan must also know its own strength, the west coast of the Pacific Ocean is now controlled by China, if the Soviet Union is defeated, then only India and the Middle East on the Asian continent are not controlled by China, and China is afraid that after taking Central Asia, it will not let this territory go, how can others snore on the side of the couch, if Japan wants to seize this place, it will definitely still start a war with China, if Japan does not dare, it will not attack these places,
If Japan does not expand to the Asian continent, for a nation yearning for the continent, they will definitely find a new direction, Japan controls Indonesia and can expand to Africa, but this will inevitably coincide with Germany's strategic interests, Japan does not seem to dare to do this, the German ** team is the most capable of fighting in the eyes of the world, even Marshall thinks so, the same number of troops, there should be no country's army can beat Germany, which makes Marshall still a little happy in his heart, Because he's German,
If Japan's geographical location does not expand to Asia and Africa, it can only expand to the Americas, there is no backcountry obstacle in the middle, Japan's navy is also strong, as long as it defeats the American navy, the Americas, at least South America is Japan's, as far as Marshall knows, Japan has emigrated to Brazil in South America by millions, it seems that there are more than three million, and the total population of Brazil at this time is only 42 million, and Japan still has immigrants in other countries in South America, if Japan attacks South America, the consequences are simply unimaginable, After the fall of South America, the Japanese naturally expanded into North America, or the whole of America at the beginning,
Marshall's head is messy, the Chinese should not have the strength to expand after gaining the Asian continent, otherwise it cannot be digested, and it will be overthrown at that time, Marshall has studied the history of China's Warring States, he believes that after the unification of the six countries of Qin, it also opened up its territory and expanded its territory, and there was no time to digest the occupied areas, and later the artificial rebellion in the occupied areas, the forces of the Qin State were too scattered, but let the Qin army retreat, and finally was destroyed by the increasingly powerful resistance army,
Chinese are yellow, if it is really yellow regional expansion is fine, but Europe, America, Africa is either white or black, culture, language, religion are all different, if the Chinese come, they will inevitably encounter resistance,
As far as the United States is concerned, either China or Japan dominates Asia and is a threat to the United States, and only when the two countries contain each other and have no energy to take care of the affairs of other continents, can the Americas be safe, and the United States can unite with the other side to suppress it if either side makes any moves.