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Chapter 1786 Picking Peaches

At 8 a.m. on January 24, Xinjing Military Airport. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

An Yi walked side by side on the path on the side of the airport with General Yin Jinan, member of the Central Committee, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, and governor of the province.

In Xinjing in January, the wind is warm, and the branches and leaves of the willow trees are still green and elegant, and they can't feel the breath of winter at all, which makes Yin Jinan, who took off several layers of clothes one after another on the plane, sigh.

An Yi paced, turned his head and said to Yin Jinan: "Jinan, you have served as a military attache in Berlin for a long time, and you have had a lot of contact with Hitler. Coupled with my brother-in-law Zhou Chong'an, such a lineup is enough to represent our sincerity...... You don't blame me for calling you back from ***, do you? ”

"Where!"

Yin Jinan replied with a smile: "Big brother, as long as you need it, even if it is to go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, I will not be ambiguous, let alone lead a delegation to visit Europe?" Now it's icy and snowy, the temperature in some areas is as low as 50 degrees, and almost all outdoor activities have stopped. ”

"Our brothers work together, its profits are gold, you can think so, I'm very happy!" An Yi showed a pleased smile on his face, and then explained the precautions in detail:

"This time you went to Europe, not only to get back the more than 30,000 cultural relics looted by the French from China, but also to determine a general framework for the relationship between South China and Germany, and to see where the limits of the Germans' expansion were on the basis of continuing to maintain bilateral trade......

"According to top-secret intelligence, the Germans will invade Turkey on the 29th of this month with more than 45 divisions and 1.5 million troops, and a super-large-scale war will break out in the Middle East. Although the Turkish army is brave, its troops have not been completely modernized, and the number of aircraft, tanks, armored vehicles, and trucks is limited, and it may be able to create several classic examples of blocking warfare in a short period of time, but in the long run, it is simply no match for the German army!

"Once the Germans occupy Turkey, the war in the Middle East and North Africa will change radically, and in the Middle East, the Germans will quickly push the front further to the Iraqi border, bordering our territory, and in Africa, the fighting is likely to spread to Central and East Africa, where it will confront the British...... Although Hitler's promises are not reliable, at least we can find some clues from the attitude of the other side so that we can take precautions. ”

Yin Jinan thought about it, but had a different opinion:

"At first glance, it sounds like a serious situation, but after a little bit of reasoning, the clue is quite clear...... Don't worry, big brother, this time in Europe, I will carefully observe the situation in Germany, France, Belgium, Poland and other countries, and have a good talk with Hitler...... I have spent many years with Hitler, and I have always felt that he was not the kind of person who went crazy and desperate, and for the past two or three years many of his strategies seemed at first glance risky, but in fact they were manageable, and the only thing that had been lost was probably the reaction of Britain and France to the German invasion of Poland in September of the previous year......

"As the Führer of Germany, Hitler should have understood that if he fought with us, Germany would not only immediately lose our reliable trading partner and close a window to the outside world, but also mean that it would be an enemy of millions of elite soldiers of the Anjia Army. At least from the point of view of logistics and supplies, the expedition of the German army to Persia, Afghanistan and India is not as convenient as the war on the European mainland. Therefore, I think that before the British Isles and the USSR are resolved, it is unlikely that there will be a big change in German policy towards South China! ”

"Ji Nan, you are right, under normal circumstances, this is naturally the case!"

An Yi stopped, looked at Yin Jinan with straight eyes, and said with great solemnity: "However, we must see that the Germans are not without other choices, as long as he abandons racial prejudice, he can join hands with the Soviet Union and ***, and at the same time start from the Urals, Persia, Burma, India and the Malay Peninsula to carve up the huge territory of my South China together." The Soviets' attack on the Far Eastern Republic seems to be Stalin's military campaign to unify the country, but it cannot be ruled out that Germany is behind it.

"Stalin should have been well aware by now that there was a temporary stake between the Soviet Union and Germany in which a fight would be a lose-lose situation, and a cooperation would be mutually beneficial. In the event of a fall out with Germany, with the powerful striking force of the German army and air force, no matter whether they win or lose, the European part of the Soviet Union will be seriously damaged, and it will undoubtedly be disastrous for the industrial and economic development of the Soviet Union. Stalin may now be more interested in regaining his lost homeland than in Europe, where he was at the height of his military power, because the Urals, Central Asia, and Siberia for a long time represented the Soviet Union's vast strategic depth and abundant natural resources, but now most of these places are under the control of the Far Eastern republics and us. As soon as Hitler gave some kind of promise, it was difficult for Stalin not to take the bait.

"Between countries, there are no eternal allies only eternal interests, once this situation occurs, then it will be very difficult for us to be attacked on three sides, so we must try to avoid it."

Yin Jinan understood the seriousness of the problem, and when he thought of fighting with Germany, the Soviet Union and *** at the same time, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

After taking a few steps forward, An Yi said: "The industrial strength of the United States is not a joke, the air war in Britain has lasted for more than half a year, but the British are still on a par with the Luftwaffe when the aircraft factories, engine factories, and steel factories in the south of the country have been devastated, which shows how strong the support of the United States is."

"If Germany does not seize the time and land on the British Isles within a year, it will completely lose air supremacy in the Battle of Britain, and the threat to its homeland will become greater and greater. I heard that from August last year to the present, Britain has organized an air force and carried out dozens of bombing of German cities, which has dealt a great blow to the morale of the German people.

"At this critical juncture, Hitler had to show the courage of a strong man to break his wrist...... I speculated that after capturing Turkey, the Middle East, and North Africa and securing their energy supplies, Germany would quickly adjust its strategy, remain on the defensive in Africa and Asia, concentrate all its forces, and launch a landing operation against the British Isles. Otherwise, if the British keep bombing like this, Germany's military production will be more and more seriously restricted! ”

"Got it!"

Yin Jinan nodded heavily: "Big brother, I know what to do!" I will try to use my friendship with Hitler to influence his next direction of operations. As long as Hitler does not take the initiative to raise the banner of attacking our South China, then we can still skillfully maneuver in the war of the great powers and obtain a relatively favorable environment for development. ”

At this time, Zhou Chongan walked over and said with a smile: "Jinan, the time is almost up, it's time for us to leave!" Then Zhou Chongan said to An Yi: "Xiao Yi, you have to meet the President of the Philippines in Xiaonanhai today, you can't be late as a landlord!" ”

An Yi waved his hand: "What could be more important than sending you away?" Yesterday I had a conversation with the U.S. High Commissioner in Manila, Francis. Searle met and briefly discussed South China's relations with the United States after the outbreak of the Pacific War, leaving military issues to MacArthur. Quezon's presidency doesn't mean much to us......

"These natives of Nanyang are not easy to get along with! When there is a problem in the economic development of a certain region, people with ulterior motives often attribute the problem to a certain person or a certain type of person, thinking that it is they who have brought the country to that miserable state.

"The bloody case in Bangkok, Siam, is an evolution of Chinese exclusion, and in the Philippines, whether it is the Spanish colonial period or the American colonial period, there is a tradition of Chinese exclusion, our Chinese enterprises and plantations in the Philippines are often harassed by the local aborigines, every time the Chinese anti-Chinese movement is launched, there are a large number of Chinese shops are robbed and burned, women are killed, and the blood cases committed by the aborigines against the Chinese are too numerous to mention.

"The colonial government always deliberately provoked disputes between the indigenous and Chinese to deflect questions about colonial policy, and every Chinese exclusion campaign could be seen as an act of predation against the Chinese as middle and high classes of society. Even when the Philippine government was established, it regarded the Chinese as the target of the crackdown, stipulating that the Chinese in certain areas were not allowed to live and what kind of occupations they were not allowed to engage in, and so on, so many Chinese enterprises and plantations in Luzon had to move to Mindanao.

"We received Quezon with the etiquette of the head of state, just for the sake of the face of the Americans...... For now, the Americans still need Filipinos to contribute to their counteroffensive! ”

Zhou Chongan said with a smile: "At the moment of the great enemy, we still have to do enough face, there is no need to leave people with criticism and accusations, no matter what, Quezon is the democratically elected president of the Philippines, and we need such allies to decorate the façade." ”

An Yi thought about it, raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and nodded: "Okay, brother-in-law, I'll listen to you...... Let's go, I'll get you on the plane, and then I'll go see Quezon! ”

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An hour later, An Yi returned to Xiaonanhai and met with Philippine President Quezon, who had been waiting there for a long time, at Fuyuan Tower.

After some unnutritious diplomatic rhetoric, Quezon took the initiative to put down his posture and asked the South Chinese side to save as many Philippine troops in the Manila area as possible.

An Yi was naturally full of promises, and in the subsequent conversation with Quezon, he learned some secrets that were not humane.

It turns out that the Philippine government and the U.S. government are not monolithic. Before the outbreak of the war, Quezon had always wanted to stay out of the matter, and had sent a special envoy to Tokyo to discuss the issue of maintaining the neutrality of the Philippines in the event of the outbreak of the war between the United States and Japan. Prime Minister Fumihiro Konoe personally told Quezon's envoy that *** has little intention of the poor Philippine Islands, and as long as the Philippines does not show hostility to ***, it can be allowed to maintain a neutral status.

However, in Quezon's eyes, the United States has destroyed all this - with MacArthur being appointed commander of the Far East Army, all the Philippine troops swore allegiance to the American flag in the barracks, and the air force established by the Philippine government at a huge cost has suddenly become an asset of the United States, from pilots to aircraft, all of which have been incorporated into the US military establishment, and the US War Department has also sent nearly 20,000 troops to the Philippines. Under such circumstances, it is absolutely impossible for the Japanese army to sit idly by and watch the existence of a US military base in the waist and abdomen of the western Pacific region, and it is inevitable that it will be attacked.

All of this, of course, is Quezon's opinion. As far as An Yi is concerned, whether or not the United States intervenes and has a great desire for territory, he will still not let go of the Philippines.

After all, no matter how scarce the products are, the Philippines is also an exporter of timber, rice, and copper ore, especially the Philippines has many natural harbors, which is an ideal anchorage for the navy, and plays a key role in improving the Pacific island chain, and it is impossible to give up all this.

After politely sending Quezon away, An Yi received a telegram from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nanjing Government from the Government Affairs Yuan: Chairman Chiang and his wife intend to go to Xinjing in the near future, and ask Nanhua to make proper arrangements on their behalf.

An Yi was greatly surprised, and then after thinking about it, he immediately understood Chiang Kai-shek's intentions, and said in his heart that he would come to pick peaches so soon, this may be an opportunity that can be taken advantage of.