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Chapter 1802 To Go or Not to Go

Just when the attention at home and abroad was still on the defection of Wang Jingwei and his henchmen, *** had quietly unfolded their claws. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On 15 March, the Navy's aircraft carrier task force suddenly appeared in the waters of the North Pacific Ocean and attacked Prince Rupert Port on the west coast of Canada, sinking a destroyer and several gunboats of the Royal Navy's West Coast Fleet.

There was a lot of noise in the United States, thinking that *** would take advantage of the situation to launch an air raid on the west coast of the United States, and quickly raised the alert level. At night, the lights are controlled across the United States, and all the cities are dark. Soldiers patrol strategic factories, ports, and shipyards, and even on the East Coast of New York, where Mayor Fiorello is on the East Coast. In order to save Manhattan "from a surprise attack like Pearl Harbor," LaGuardia conducted a civil defense mobilization.

All Japanese Americans who were imprisoned in concentration camps stopped serving food that day, and did not resume it until it was confirmed twenty-four hours later that the Navy had not launched an attack on the continental United States, but instead provided mixed noodles mixed with rice bran, sweet potatoes, and bran, and many Japanese Americans tasted the hardships of the war.

On the west coast of the United States, where there is a possible invasion, anti-aircraft artillery units have been hastily stationed in positions in Hollywood Hill, Long Beach and Seattle - two large aircraft factories, Boeing and Daglas, which are now obvious targets for bomber attacks by naval aviation. Peasants armed with iron forks and shotguns on their shoulders patrol deserted beaches, ready to defend themselves at any time from an enemy attempting to land.

However, it turned out that this was nothing more than a false alarm, because from the beginning to the end, *** was not prepared to launch a landing operation, they were just trying to distract the Americans and buy enough time for military operations in the South Pacific.

In the early morning of 16 March, the Combined Fleet of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet, totaling six aircraft carriers, eight battleships, six seaplane carriers, 10 cruisers, and more than 60 destroyers, covered a huge landing convoy and crossed the Arafura Sea to continuously send the troops on the island of New Guinea to the opposite Australian mainland.

MacArthur, who had just arrived in Melbourne, had not yet straightened out the relationship between the theater of operations at this time, and the organizational structure of the army's armies and divisions and the Navy's Seventh Fleet was still in a mess, and in a hurry, he did not dare to send a fleet to intercept it.

On 19 March, a detachment of Japanese troops landed on the Cape York Peninsula and, after defeating the local defenders, quickly captured the port of Wepa and began repairing the military airfield destroyed by the American and Australian allies.

The Japanese army's plan was very simple, that is, through the joint operation of the army, navy, and air force, with the airfields and military ports in northern Australia as bases, and the tactics of pressing step by step on land, and the tactics of leapfrogging on the vast sea, so as to flexibly and changeably penetrate the US defense line and gradually swallow up the living space of the US-Australian coalition forces.

In the Middle East, the superiority of the Axis Force was constantly expanding, and the Eastern Route Army, with the Germans as the main force, adopted the strategy of transferring troops to hold strategic points and the main force continuing to attack southward in the hills and mountains sandwiched between the Mediterranean coast and the Suvan Plain in the east, and by the 18th had reached the city of Ma'an in southern Transjordan, seriously threatening the security of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.

Commander of the British North African Forces, Jan Brown. Christian. Marshal Shi had to draw troops from the overstretched troops to defend the Nagbu Ashtel pass, and at the same time asked Wavell to quickly lead his troops south to block the passage to the Red Sea port of Aqaba in time.

Wavell said bitterly that the troops under his command at the moment were less than 100,000, and in the face of the threat of 300,000 Axis *** on the Eastern Front and more than 200,000 Japanese and Turkish coalition forces on the Western Front with the Japanese army as the main body, the disparity in strength was too great. With the loss of the southern Lebanese seaport city of Sur on 15 July, the Golan Heights have been seriously threatened.

However, if the Golan Heights were withdrawn, Jerusalem would open its arms to the Axis *** and further south with little danger to defend, and Wavell would be locked in a painful choice. After receiving the telegram from Shi Mozi, Wavell only sent troops to the rescue, although he was unwilling, and then the road was cut off, and the battle could not be sustained.

In the North African theater, the battle for Alexandria basically stopped, and the British army was unable to attack the fortification, and was forced to retreat to Doval outside the city. The British troops stationed in Tubrug were ordered to retreat quickly to the east, and must retreat to Dauval before Alexander's Axis forces were able to counterattack, otherwise they would be encircled in front and rear.

With the retreat of the British army in Tubrug, the German-Italian army regained the fortified fortress city and important port on the Mediterranean coast, and then followed the retreating British in pursuit, and the Allied strategy in North Africa was in an extremely unfavorable situation.

Under these circumstances, Roosevelt sent a telegram to South China President An Yi, inviting him to visit the United States and discuss with the leaders of the United States and Britain how to deal with the rapid expansion of the Axis powers.

Nanhua, Xiaonanhai, Fuyuan Building.

For so many years, except for a visit to Europe before the September 18 incident, he has never left his homeland and army, and now the international and domestic situation is complicated, if he is not personally in charge, he cannot solve the problem in time and cause trouble, it will be bad.

But if it doesn't, what will the U.S. think? Moreover, An Yi suspects that this gathering is very likely to be the gathering in history when Roosevelt and Churchill signed the "Atlantic Charter", and if he can attend the meeting and get a piece of the pie, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to improving the international status of South China in the future.

In this case, An Yi summoned Lao Shoudao, Jiang Yunshan, Xu Ziliang, Dong Zechuan, Ma Junwu, Qi Shengqing, Yang Jie and other think tanks to gather in Xinjing for a meeting and consultation.

"To go or not to go is entirely up to you! If you want to go out for a walk, it's nothing, I'll watch it for you at home, I don't believe any bastard dares to come out and make trouble! ”

Lao Shoudao twisted his beard lightly, with a relaxed look.

Lao Shoudao's confidence is not unfounded, you must know that almost all the senior generals in the Anjia Army started from the old Nanchang, when the Northern Expedition was made, it was An Yi who fought on the front line, and Lao Shoudao helped take care of the rear.

In the party and government system in South China, Lao Shoudao held the posts of director of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and minister of state supervision, and these two discipline supervision departments were in a cooperative relationship with the Ministry of State Security and the Intelligence Department of the General Staff Department.

Moreover, Gu Changfeng, Xia Jian, Ding Zhicheng, An Jin, Cheng Cheng Guang and other army members are almost all veterans who have watched them grow up, and many of them are veterans' sons and nephews.

"It's better to go!"

Jiang Yunshan, Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary-General of the Government, advised:

"Today, the international order and rules are falling apart under the offensive of the German, Italian and Japanese armies, and there is an urgent need to create new international norms to regulate them. Instead of taking the rules into the hands of others, it is better to participate in the whole process yourself to create new rules that are in your own interest!

"At this gathering, President Roosevelt clearly made up some kind of determination! I heard that the day after the Pearl Harbor attack, Churchill announced to the wartime cabinet that he intended to visit the United States immediately, but Foreign Secretary Eden did not approve of this plan, nor did the meeting of the Chiefs of Staff of the three services, fearing that it would be too early to put pressure on the new allies on the other side of the Atlantic immediately after the Pearl Harbor attack. Churchill did not heed these advice and insisted on visiting the United States, only to receive a call back from President Roosevelt.

"The reason given by the American side is that the United States cannot reach a consensus in the congressional debate on the importance of the Atlantic or the Pacific before Germany takes the initiative to declare war on the United States. Rather than risk internal divisions, it is better to concentrate on the Pacific war and defeat *** first before the rest. Of course, the United States needed Britain to withstand the German offensive in Europe, and material aid not only did not decrease, but increased significantly!

However, with the current Axis victories in North Africa and the Middle East, if the United States does not directly enter the war, Britain is very likely to lie down directly, and then it will not be a question of Europe and Asia, but the United States alone will confront the whole of Europe. This situation is obviously not what the United States wants to see, so they urgently need an opportunity to intervene. I think this meeting of the heads of state of the three countries initiated by the United States will solve this problem. ”

An Yi asked with some hesitation:

"What if the United States and Britain let us fight the Germans in the Middle East? According to the plan, we must prioritize the East Indies and Burma, and connect our territories so that we can respond to other battlefields. As far as the current situation is concerned, our South China is still two separate pieces of land, which is obviously not conducive to the supply of soldiers and military supplies! Moreover, we do not have a deep hatred with Germany, and there is no need to fight with Britain and the United States. ”

Premier Xu Ziliang said: "It's very simple, we can tell Britain and the United States our decision!" After the East Indies and Burma are cleaned up, Malaya, the Far East and even the Northeast will be within our range of attack. We can deal with the Pacific Theater by gradually compressing the living space. Britain and the United States are now in a state of flux and will not risk angering us by forcing us to do what we don't want to do.

"Didn't Churchill call us and offer to return the antiquities looted from China? It is reported that the United States also has such intentions, which shows that Britain and the United States have already regarded us as a decisive force that can influence the situation! In fact, we don't need to change anything, just follow our expected plan, and just execute it step by step! For the Americans, if we can contain the strength of the Japanese army, it will be an unexpected surprise for them! ”

An Yi nodded thoughtfully.

Education Minister Ma Junwu asked with some concern: "What if Britain and the United States have bad intentions and detain the chairman?" People all over the world know that South China is the chairman, and the chairman is South China, and if Britain and the United States use this as a threat and demand that we obey the command of Britain and the United States, what should we do then? ”

"Don't worry, Roosevelt and Churchill will not be so unwise!"

Deputy Chief of General Staff Yang Jie couldn't help but laugh, but he also knew that Ma Junwu was concerned about the chaos, so he patiently explained: "The chairman is visiting at the request of Roosevelt, which means that the United States will be fully responsible for the chairman's security in the United States, even if something happens, it will be an American who will lose face!" Besides, now that the Chinese have penetrated into all aspects of American society, if it is really a Hongmen banquet, won't Zhang Xi and them warn in advance? ”

"The Americans, of course, don't, but what about the British?"

Qi Shengqing, president of the Supreme Court, is still not at ease: "In fact, we have many contradictions with the United Kingdom, such as Afghanistan and Persia, which are the traditional spheres of influence of the United Kingdom, and India is a British colony. The British hate *** people, but they may not have good intentions towards us, after all, since the seventeenth century, India has been known as the most brilliant jewel in the crown of the British king, and now this gem is shared with *** for us, if the British have no other ideas, I'm afraid no one will believe it!

"The so-called harmful heart must not be dispensed without, and I don't think the chairman has the need to visit! The status of a great power is achieved by the heroic struggle of the soldiers, not by the grinding of words! No matter which aspect we look at, there is no need for us to get involved in the strategies of Britain and the United States. ”

"Lao Qi has a point!"

Jiang Yunshan is now An Yi's quasi-father-in-law, and he obviously does not want his son-in-law to take risks: "The current situation in China is not very good, Wang Jingwei's defection incident has not yet come to a conclusion, and our contradictions with the Nanjing government are not small, if Chairman Jiang takes the opportunity to make trouble during Xiao Yi's trip to the United States, what should we do?" Nominally speaking, we officials all have the background of the Nanjing government, and if Chairman Chiang directly gives us orders in the name of the party-state, creating a situation that we cannot refuse, and Xiao Yi is not there, then we will be passive! ”

An Yi shook his head: "There's no need to worry about this!" The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, I will arrange everything before going abroad, as long as it is not a big soldier pressing the border, the rest does not have to care! Nominally speaking, we are already an independent country, Britain, the United States, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and other countries have established diplomatic relations with us, and the Nanjing government has no right to order us!

"Take 10,000 steps back, even if the Central Army comes to attack? Don't we now have the confidence and courage to deal with the crisis we face? If I was hesitant at the beginning, but now I hope that I can expose the internal and external contradictions through a visit to the United States, and completely cure them like cutting a tumor, and don't regret it until the cancer has become a cancer! ”

Yang Jie comforted: "Now that Chairman Jiang is in a hurry to solve the defection of Wang Jingwei, he has no time to take care of South China affairs, and when it is properly handled, I am afraid that a few months will pass!" This is also an important reason why people instigated Wang Jingwei to defect, now the Pacific war has entered a critical moment, once Australia is captured, then *** really has the capital to attack, retreat and defend, if Wang Jingwei can use the hand of Wang Jingwei to delay the time of Chairman Chiang's reactionary counteroffensive in the Central Plains and North China, it is tantamount to an unexpected joy for ***! ”

Hearing this, An Yi finally made up his mind:

"I have decided to attend this summit of the three countries. This visit to the United States is not just about striving for the status of a great power. The Chinese group in the United States has made outstanding contributions to our economy and national defense construction. And again......"

An Yi said a little shyly: "Sisters Xiaoran and Xiaotong have been delaying their youth for a long time because of me, and Fourth Brother Lin has called me several times and asked me to think carefully. I really can't bear to let them down again, this trip to the United States just happened to handle the marriage. After returning from the United States, I can't say how many times I will invite guests......"

An Yi said it implicitly, but no one here knew about his romantic debts, and they couldn't help but show a knowing smile on their faces. For people in this era, romance is not a problem, especially here, most of them are people who have experienced the former Qing Dynasty, although they have received a new education, but there are a lot of feudal ideas in their heads, but they think that marrying a few more and spreading branches is conducive to the inheritance of the cause.

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