October 25, 1943. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Shenyang.

Several foreign and Chinese journalists came to the command room.

Knowing that Yang Zirong had made meritorious service again and was safe and sound, Xiaolu was in a good mood. Xiaolu stood up, shook hands with the reporters one by one, and said, "Everyone, do you feel safe in the Northeast?" ”

All the reporters laughed. A reporter said, "General Lu, how did you hide your true military strength?" ”

Xiaolu said: "My military power is there. The Japanese can't see it, they only want to believe what they want to believe, what can I do. Military intelligence is one thing, and the subjective opinion of decision-makers is another. ”

The reporter said, "Can you give me an example?" ”

Xiaolu said: "There are two pieces of information, one is that the Northeast Coalition Army is strong, fighting continuously, and has the intention of attacking Hebei. One is the plague epidemic of the Northeast Coalition Army, the ammunition has been exhausted, the combat effectiveness has been greatly weakened, and there is no strength for a decisive battle. These two messages, your first feeling, which one is true? I'm afraid you'll believe the second one to be true, right? ”

Indeed, these two articles are not intelligence at all, but news. The previous paragraph, everyone knows. Moreover, everyone believes that the second one is true.

Xiao Lu picked up a newspaper casually and said: "This is an old newspaper, you see, how is the Northeast Coalition Army here, and how about the Japanese army in North China must be eliminated." How many of you believed that this was what we were talking about? I guess we think we're bragging, right? ”

Everyone nodded.

Another reporter asked: "Do you think the Eighth Route Army can recover North China?" What about the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops in the area from Qinhuangdao to Shanhaiguan? ”

Xiaolu said: "I am full of confidence in the recovery of North China. I'm going to ask them to surrender once again here, through your reports. Our policy toward surrendered troops is the best of all armies in the world. We have the most tolerant captive policy in the world. If the Japanese army attacking the Soviet Union did not surrender, we would have wiped out nearly 400,000 of them, and now less than 10,000 people are fleeing for their lives in the cold winds of the Gobi, which will always infect the Japanese army in North China with the plague of Outer Mongolia. If the Japanese army in North China does not surrender, the Japanese army in Outer Mongolia today will be their tomorrow. ”

The reporter asked: "You said that the fleeing Japanese army had a plague?" What plague?"

"The main thing is the plague." The plague wasn't supposed to be severe. However, they lack food and clothing and do not get rest. As a result, the vast majority of them were weak, and the plague was difficult to control. In fact, the plague is not terrible, as long as the right medicine is used, it is not difficult to cure. People are in good physical condition and are also resistant to plague. ”

A reporter said: "May I ask General Lu, do you think you can really win a guerrilla war behind enemy lines?" Do you think we in France can fight guerrilla warfare? ”

Xiaolu said: "Our anti-Japanese troops in the northeast were less than 10,000 in 1937, and in previous years they were more than 40,000, but now they have increased to 1 million. From 1936 to 1942, our troops did not receive a penny from any country, as well as from the central government. It's all on our own. Why? Because we go among the people and get help from the people, we are invincible, because we are righteous. As for whether you can use our experience, I think you can. Of course, I would like to exchange our anti-fascist experience with my friends in France. A word to the French Resistance, that we are not only morally supporting, but also willing and cooperative. ”

Xiaolu finally called a group of foreign reporters to the Northeast, and he must make good use of these foreigners, because he knew that now, Roosevelt was planning a meeting of the Big Four.

Prior to that, Roosevelt and Churchill had exchanged letters, diplomats and generals had met many times, and in August, the two men held an important meeting in Quebec, Canada. The meeting was also attended by Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Chinese Foreign Minister Song Ziwen.

This Quebec meeting is of course to deal with the situation in Europe after the fall of Mussolini in Italy, and to plan for a major European counteroffensive next year, that is, the overlord plan of the Normandy landings. In addition to this, plans were made to defeat Japan within a year of the European victory.

Regarding the foreign aid expected by Lao Chiang, the meeting also decided to open up the Yunnan-Burma kilometer as soon as possible.

Another important decision at this meeting was the Quebec Agreement on the production of atomic bombs.

In fact, the United States will continue to build atomic bombs regardless of whether Britain and Canada agree or not, and such an agreement will not only increase the legitimacy of the atomic bomb, but also cheer up its allies.

According to information from France, the United States has already taken de Gaulle to participate in the meeting. In the past two years, the activities of the French behind enemy lines have attracted the attention of the United States and Britain. De Gaulle's resistance and China are now interacting closely and huddle together for warmth. Although no one cared, it had a great impact on both sides.

The purpose of Xiaolu is to have someone from Yan'an participate in the future giant meeting.

In order to win participation in this meeting, Xiaolu persuaded Yan'an to fight two wars recently, against the Japanese in the areas of the former Soviet Union occupied by Japan, and against the Japanese at the northeast border of the North China River. Both campaigns achieved good results. With the strength of the Northeast itself, it is a bit reluctant to fight two major wars, but with politics, these two wars are worth it.

In the evening, Xiaolu accompanied the reporter back to the office. As soon as he sat down, a staff officer came in and whispered a few words in Xiaolu's ear. Xiaolu said: "Please let him in." ”

An American came in, a photojournalist, a reporter for a very unknown tabloid.

Xiaolu stood up and said, "I didn't expect you to come to see me on behalf of the U.S. government." ”

The reporter said, "My name is John Smith. I have brought with me a letter from the President of my country. This is a token. ”

John? The name Smith, literally translated as John? Smith, in fact, can also be translated as Zhang San, or Li Si, or even Wang Er Mazi. Anyway, it's a name that doesn't need to be taken seriously.

The so-called token is a letter, written by Zhou Gong himself. Because the contact is secret, to avoid the eyes and ears of Chongqing, it is necessary to send a secret messenger to meet Xiaolu.

Xiaolu stood up and said, "Thank you." Glad you came. I was also glad that President Roosevelt could write to me. ”

As he spoke, he took the letter and read it carefully. The letter is a handwritten letter, that is, a typed letter, signed by Roosevelt.

Xiao Lu looked at it for a while and said, "I read something from this letter. The letter was written a week after our victory in the Battle of Ulaanbaatar. Obviously, Mr. President does not yet know some of our strengths. ”

John said, "No, no, no, Mr. President values the strength of your army. He believes that he personally has no objection to inviting Mr. Mao to the meeting, but Mr. Jiang will be very unhappy there. This will affect the course of the Asian theater. ”

Xiao Lu looked at it for a while and said, "I think that if Yan'an is not happy, the impact of the war on Asia will be even greater." How did Chongqing ask for money? How Chongqing fought the war. Do we want money? And how do we fight? Believe that the president Congress understands how to make itself happy, not worry about who is unhappy. ”

John said, "Of course. I'll pass on your words to the president. ”

Xiaolu said: "You should have seen the battle in North China, this year, we will strive to eliminate 800,000 Japanese troops. Of course, these 800,000 include about half of the Japanese and half of the Chinese, which we call the puppet army. Your country is fighting hard in the Pacific, and the aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy are still a great threat to your country. Therefore, I still ask Mr. President to think about it, Mr. Mao will attend the meeting, and I will eliminate more Japanese. ”

John said, "How are you going to fight?" ”

Xiaolu said: "I have a war plan, to try to cooperate with the United States, to destroy most of the Japanese army, to make them surrender in the spring of 1945 at the earliest, and surrender in 1948 at the latest. This is a condensed version of the plan, which was approved by Yan'an. ”

John said: "Let me ask, this is without Chongqing's consent, right?" ”

Xiaolu said: "Although Chongqing is the national government, their basic policy is to drag it until the United States and other countries defeat Japan. We are not in favor of it. We're going to fight. ”

John said, "You want me to take it to the United States?" ”

Xiao Lu said: "Yes, we must take it to the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, and we must ask President Roosevelt to understand our plan." ”

John said, "Okay. "Took the bag of papers.

Xiaolu said: "In addition, I was ordered to inform the United States: We are still making a superweapon, a bomb, and the power of a bomb is equivalent to the power of 50,000 tons." Even if the United States does not agree with our plans and does not cooperate, we ourselves are capable of defeating the Japanese. In that case, though, progress in Asia would be much slower. ”

John's face turned white and he said, "Have you made this bomb?" How do I tell Congress that you have this bomb? ”

Seeing his reaction, Xiao Lu immediately realized that his level was very high. People of low rank do not know about the atomic bomb. Knowing this, Xiaolu is very happy, because the United States attaches great importance to Yan'an, and there is a door to participate in the giant conference.

Xiaolu said: "When this bomb is exploded, we will notify you in advance of the observation. Observation method, which can be used to observe earthquakes. If the epicenter is zero kilometers underground, it is a super bomb explosion. If such a bomb is to be dropped on Japan, I will consult with you. ”

Later, when the U.S. military carried out the island-hopping campaign, it had to install seismic observation equipment every time it occupied an island.

John said, "Can you tell us more about it?" It costs a lot of money to create any kind of advanced weapon. ”

Xiaolu said: "I'm a soldier, I only know this. The condition for us to use this weapon is that our leaders participate in decision-making on world events. By the way, from now on, you can talk to Yan'an directly about this matter. ”

After sending John away, Xiao Lu drafted a telegram to Yan'an informing him of his conversation with John. Revealing to the United States the news that he was developing an atomic bomb was suggested by Lu and approved by Mao, in order to win participation in international conferences. In this day and age, others may not know the power of the atomic bomb, the Americans do.

With regard to the atomic bomb, Koji has mastered the most mature technology, so he did not take a detour in the process of enriching uranium like the United States.

The United States built the atomic bomb during World War II, and its program was called the Manhattan Project, and under the leadership of several top scientists, the United States concentrated the nation's efforts to create the atomic bomb. Because it has collected top scientists from Germany and even Europe, it has a theoretical basis. But, from theory to actual bombs, after all, there is a lot to be done.

There were several options for enriching uranium alone, and because it was not known which enrichment method was suitable, the Americans built three factories. One of them cost up to half a billion dollars.

As for how to explode, the United States also took a detour in the process of developing atomic presses.

Accounting for the amount of money spent, an atomic bomb is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and the consumption of electricity alone is very huge.

A Manhattan project to create an atomic bomb brought great benefits to the United States. One of the benefits is to train a large number of scientists and promote the development of technology. The second benefit is that it not only prompted Japan to surrender early, but also made all countries in the world fear the United States, and the United States gained a higher status in the world.

Therefore, Koji also wants to build an atomic bomb.

However, the difficulties in building an atomic bomb are enormous. One of the difficulties, that is, the manufacture of centrifuges. The cost of machine manufacturing was huge, and after the reconquest of Shenyang and Dalian, the process was significantly accelerated.

In addition to this, the electricity consumption is also intimidating. The entire Shuifeng power station was used up. Other costs are far less than those in the United States.

Because of the power cut, living conditions in enemy-occupied areas of North Korea have plummeted.

To build an atomic bomb, it takes a lot of manpower. Since the start of this project, Zhou Baozhong has disappeared as if out of thin air, in fact, he is the commander-in-chief of this project, leading an army of 100,000 to work secretly, work hard, and hollow out several mountains.

Nothing that can be spent without spending money. Even so, Xiaolu still invested all his spare money in this project. In this way, the production of conventional weapons has been affected to a certain extent, but fortunately, Xiaolu has squeezed out some production materials from the materials provided by the United States to the Soviet Union, which has relieved the pressure on the conventional weapons production department.

Now, more than half a year has passed, weapons-grade enriched uranium has been produced, of course, in small quantities, only a few hundred grams.

It was these hundreds of grams of enriched uranium that gave Xiaoji great confidence that even if only one was produced, it would test an explosion over Japan.

It was this confidence that Xiaolu dared to persuade Yan'an to use this as a weapon to blackmail the Americans and ask them to invite Mao Gong to participate in the giant meeting.

Two days later, Xiaolu received news that the American courier had sent the news back to the United States.

After another two days, Xiaolu received an order from Yan'an, asking Xiaolu to go to Yan'an immediately.

Xiao Lu immediately felt that he was going to Yan'an by himself, and it was obvious that the matter of participating in the giant meeting would either have a result or a critical moment.

Xiaolu immediately organized his staff officers and guards and set off by plane, and in addition, asked the Northeast Security Bureau and special forces to prepare the strongest security personnel and scouts. Ten people were selected first, and according to the plan they had made, they were trained by the head of the guard. As soon as the order was received, these guards immediately came to Yan'an.

October 24, 1943. When the Eighth Route Army and the Northeast Coalition Army surrounded Tianjin, Xiaolu took a few people and came to Yan'an in a plane transporting goods.

This siege of Tianjin is an action made in conjunction with the meeting of the Big Five. The opportunity to fight Tianjin is not yet ripe. There were only 20,000 troops besieging Tianjin, and for a period of time after that, 20,000 people surrounded Tianjin and smashed the Japanese puppet regime around Tianjin, which did not endanger the Japanese puppet regime in Tianjin at all, but the momentum was huge and terrifying.