For many foreign officials who have dealt with Chinese officials, they know very well that Chinese officials are polite. When it comes to asking for help, www.biquge.info often hope for as much as possible, and they will say good things in the hope of getting help.

But on the way to Yan'an this time, Major General Sam and a group of representatives found out. The preferential treatment they received in Chongqing rarely happened in Yan'an. In dealing with them, the Eighth Route Army can only be called friendly and respectful.

It was precisely because of this ignorance that he had contact with the Eighth Route Army for the first time. Major General Sam also felt that he took the initiative to throw out the conditions of cooperation, but he was afraid that it would not be conducive to their bargaining. On the contrary, the other party will make an offer first, and they will handle it better.

To be precise, as the head of the delegation, Major General Sam has a lot of authority. But when it comes to this kind of aid, which can be very expensive, Major General Sam also needs to obtain domestic permission, and he is also unable to call the shots.

If the assistance he gives does not meet the expectations of the Eighth Route Army. Then the sincerity of the US cooperation may be questioned. Even if they want to put forward additional conditions, I'm afraid it's not easy.

Listening to what Major General Sam said, He Zhengdao looked at Zhou Enlai, who was pondering, and said in a timely manner: "General Sam, you must already know that Britain and France have officially declared war on Germany not long ago, right?" ”

'Yes, does General He think there is a problem with our cooperation in this matter?' ’

Although he didn't quite understand why He Zhengdao brought the topic to the European war, Major General Sam still nodded very seriously. Only Zhou Enlai, who was sitting on the side, guessed why He Zhengdao said these words at this time.

I want to get more say and make the other party feel the necessity of cooperating with the Eighth Route Army. It might be a good idea to highlight the value of the Eighth Route Army more. Realizing this, Zhou Enlai also signaled He Zhengdao to continue.

Through this period of contact, Zhou Enlai gradually realized that He Zhengdao seemed to be better at and understanding of dealing with foreigners than some officials and generals in other party and army.

At least in the past three days, the US military delegation has shown great admiration and friendship for He Zhengdao. When every member of the delegation saw He Zhengdao, they would respectfully call him 'General He'.

On the other hand, the titles of other leaders in Yan'an are mostly replaced by the name 'Mr.'. This also shows that in such a short period of time, He Zhengdao has conquered these high-sighted US military representatives by virtue of his personal charm.

In response to Major General Sam's inquiry, He Zhengdao said with a smile: "Since General Sam is a general of the US General Staff, I believe that you should know more about the current international situation than many people. What do you think your country will choose next? ”

After this inquiry was spoken, just as Major General Sam was about to answer, He Zhengdao smiled again: "If my guess is correct, your country will definitely still implement a policy of neutrality, hoping not to be affected by this war."

Although I am a leading general of the Eighth Route Army, I am also very interested in some international situations. I also have some insight into what your country is doing in North America today.

Compared with the European powers of Britain and France, they benefited most from the First World War. Even Germany, which is now re-emerging, had to be forced to accept many of their repressions and restrictions in World War I.

This time, then, Germany is back and is bound to rewash the international order of World War I. I think that with your country's current economic and military strength, your country does not want to be limited to North America, right? ”

Listening to He Zhengdao's words, Major General Sam also looked very shocked. If He Zhengdao was a general of the study abroad faction and knew about these things, maybe he wouldn't find anything strange.

But the problem is that He Zhengdao has never been abroad at all, and he is a native general. His analysis of the international situation, as well as the development policy implemented by the United States at the moment, would seem to be so well understood.

I have to say that this really shocked the representatives of the US military!

But they didn't know that this was just the beginning. In their surprised eyes, He Zhengdao continued: "As a rising economic and military power, I believe that you also want to play a more important role in international affairs.

Even if your country chooses a policy of neutrality for the time being, it is hoped that it will avoid the repercussions of war. But I would like to say that this plan is unlikely to come true. After all, your country will not sit idly by and watch the complete fall of these allies of Britain and France.

Perhaps the general felt that by making such a conclusion, I was underestimating the war potential of Britain and France, the old European powers. But what I want to say is that Britain and France, these old powers, they are no longer as brave as they used to be.

They may have a lot of war potential, but war is not about the economic and military strength of each country. In fact, there is another point that we cannot ignore, that is, the victory or defeat of the war is ultimately decided by people.

Today's Germany also has many allies, and with your intelligence capabilities, you should not know that they have reached a secret cooperation agreement with the Soviet Union when Germany launched the war against Poland, right?

And at this moment, the Soviet Union is only afraid that it is preparing to enter the war against Poland. It was precisely because of this that their confrontation with the Japanese army in the Far East came to an abrupt halt. Because the USSR, too, did not want to cope with two wars.

So let's assume a scenario, if Germany and the Soviet Union still have the current Japan, these three countries are strong in Europe and Asia. What do you think the world will look like? ”

As He Zhengdao threw out this hypothesis, he also said that the German-Soviet conspiration to annex Poland and the fact that the Soviet Union was reaching a private cooperation with the Japanese army. Major General Sam and his entourage were also very surprised.

Because of these things, Major General Sam heard some things, but he did not get any definite information. So at this moment, are these situations that He Zhengdao said true?

With this conjecture, Major General Sam also said with a serious face: "General He, is there any definite evidence for the information you said?" Is Japan and the Soviet Union really planning to join forces? ”

In the face of such an inquiry, He Zhengdao also said directly: "Regarding this information, our army can still find out, and I think with your country's military exploration ability, it should not be a problem to inquire about this information."

At least one point, I think the general only needs to send a telegram to ask, and I believe you will know that at present the Soviet Union is massing heavy troops on the Polish border. At this time, what were they doing in Poland with heavy troops?

The general is also the one who leads the troops, and I believe that he will never feel that the Soviet Union is just worried about the excuse that the border is not safe, right? After all, compared with the military strength of the Soviet Union and Poland and the overall strength of the country, the Soviet Union was far from worrying about Poland's attack.

On the contrary, at such times as the Germans attacked Poland, the Soviets were increasing their garrisons on the border. From a purely strategic point of view, isn't this an act of pinning down the Polish troops, helping the German army to attack in disguise?

As for the cooperation between the Soviet Union and the Japanese army, perhaps such a thing as an alliance is unlikely. After all, your country believes that you also have some understanding of the situation between our army and the Soviet Union. But when it comes to national interests, they don't take much care of us.

Even if an alliance between the two countries is unlikely, there is no guarantee that they will abandon the previous struggle and reach a temporary peace of understanding. In this way, the Soviet Union temporarily abandoned its claims to the interests of the Far East.

And for the Japanese army, they can also draw more troops to deal with the offensive of our army in the north. Even the Japanese army was able to draw more troops from the Kwantung Army, which was currently the most powerful force, to deal with other battlefields.

To use the most appropriate analogy, at this moment, Britain, France, and Germany, which are European powers, are preparing for war in Europe. Then, their colonial interests in Asia will inevitably not be taken into account. So for Japan*Ben, will they give up such an opportunity?

For a war country that is trying to dominate the world, has a world-class naval strength, and promotes militarism. In this case, it is impossible for them to abandon their expansion, and only to constantly expand their version of military aggression.

If they launched an invasion of Asian countries, then Britain and France, these countries, with the German army pinning down, could only watch their colonies be swallowed up by the Japanese army. How does your country plan to deal with this situation? ”

A speculation that seemed to be a fantasy fell into the ears of Major General Sam and others, but they felt that this situation was very likely to become a reality. If the Japanese army dared to turn their backs on Britain and France, their former allies, they would not take the US military seriously.

This also means that if the US military wants to expand its military presence and influence in Asia, it will inevitably clash with the Japanese army. So in this case, is it the most cost-effective for the U.S. military to join the war, or to support an ally to contain the Japanese army?

In the face of He Zhengdao's speculation, Major General Sam pondered for a moment and said, "General He, thank you for providing these military inferences. Although these things are just inferences from the general, I feel that this situation must be vigilant.

If the general does not mind, I would like to suspend today's meeting for the time being. I need to feed this information back to the country, and I believe that our president and congressmen will also be very interested in the general's inference. ”

'Yes! Then we will wait for the good news from the general! What I'm talking about may just be my own inferences. But I would like to remind your country that the more you cooperate with the Japanese army, the more hidden dangers of war will be buried.

If you want to curb the wanton expansion of the Japanese army in Asia, and you don't want your colonial interests overseas to be violated, I think you should know. In Asia, we are the only mortal enemy of the Japanese army at present, and we are mortal enemies who cannot cooperate.

The enemy of the enemy is the friend, and I believe the general should understand the meaning of this statement. If we can, we would also like to cooperate with your country more. But I hope that this cooperation will be frank and unconditional. ’

He Zhengdao, who also threw out his own cooperation limit at the last moment, also hoped that these US military representatives would recognize the reality. That is, if you want to cooperate, you can, but it must be free of any political conditions!