"In the past six months, the Japanese army defeated the Russian Red Army and occupied a large part of the territory of Soviet Russia, and the Red Army retreated to the west; The Japanese conquered Singapore, nearly 100,000 British troops surrendered to the Japanese army, which was far outnumbered by them, and not long ago, in Burma, two divisions of British troops surrendered to the Japanese; The Japanese army captured the Philippines, and 100,000 American-Philippine troops trapped Bataan. //、М/

The Japanese army under the guidance of the sun flag was invincible, and the world seemed to be plunging into darkness.

Just when people were desperate, the light appeared, the haze over Myanmar was swept away, the sun shone on the sky of northern Myanmar, and the invincible Yamato samurai met here and bled "Under the city of Lashio, the squadron is winning a brilliant victory.

The two divisions of Japanese troops were all annihilated in the jungles of northern Burma, and none of the 50,000 Japanese troops and their division commanders escaped from the jungles of northern Burma. It was a history-making victory.

For more than 100 years, China, this ancient nation, the Western and Eastern powers have been rampant in this ancient country, even if they have been fighting alone against the murderous Japanese army for four years, they have not been recognized by the Western powers; But today, even the most stubborn Western powers have to admit that China has come out of a century of weakness. The world will look at the recovering giant of the East in a completely different light. The sleeping giant is waking up, and the whole world will be shocked by him! ”

"Harry, have you read Weber's report, Churchill has miscalculated again." In the small garden of the White House, Roosevelt, who was in a wheelchair, looked a little lazy, put the newspaper on his lap, rubbed his sour eyes, and said to Hopkins unhurriedly.

Hopkins was a big man and looked very thin, but he was a close confidant of Roosevelt, often serving as Roosevelt's secret envoy, shuttling between countries, after the surrender of France, going to London, and secretly visiting Moscow when the German army attacked Soviet Russia.

Hopkins advocated isolationism in the early days of the war, and as the scale of the war expanded, his attitude began to change, and after the German invasion of Soviet Russia, Hopkins believed that the United States would be involved in the war sooner or later, and since this was the case, it was better to participate early; To this end, he actively promoted aid to Soviet Russia, and he was one of the few high-ranking figures in Washington who believed that Soviet troops could hold Moscow.

"General Marshall has sent General Stilwell's report, I wonder if you have read it?" Hopkins didn't care about Weber's report, he knew that Roosevelt had some views on Churchill, and believed that Churchill's starting point for thinking about problems was always to consider the interests of Britain first, especially on the colonial issue, which was the biggest difference between him and Churchill.

"I've seen it." Roosevelt was noncommittal, Stilwell complained in the report that he was completely unable to command the squadron, that the command promised by Chiang Kai-shek was completely unfulfilled, and that the Chinese only wanted to get supplies from the United States and had no desire to counterattack Rangoon. In addition, he also accused the Chinese generals of being conservative in tactics, and after winning a great victory at the city of Lashio, they did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but formed a confrontation with the Japanese army north of Meimiao, and the Fifth Army, which had already been transferred to western Yunnan, was re-transferred. In order to better exert pressure on the Chinese government, Stilwell proposed that he distribute the US aid materials, and that the China Aid Aviation Volunteer Corps be included in the active duty of the US military and placed under his command.

"General Marshall believes that the situation in Burma is favorable to us and to Bu Chang, and that we can organize an offensive in Burma to force the Japanese to abandon their attack on the East Indies in New Guinea." Hopkins said.

"Marshall may have thought simply, neither Churchill nor Chiang Kai-shek would have liked this suggestion." Roosevelt shook his head slightly, he always had a smile on his face, the results of the Burma campaign caused a great repercussion in Washington, before that, Roosevelt had been trying to elevate China's international status despite public opinion, provided military and economic assistance to China several times, and listed China as one of the four initiators of the Atlantic Charter, he attached so much importance to China that even Churchill and Stalin felt a little puzzled, and the reporters in Washington couldn't figure it out, and finally attributed it to Roosevelt's China complex to confuse his eyes. But the victory under Lashio silenced everyone, at least - the Warwickton dissenters.

Hopkins looked at him with some puzzlement, and Roosevelt signaled for him to push him back to the house: "Compared with the Japanese, the British are more worried about the Chinese, and it is precisely this reason why the British refused to allow the Chinese to enter Burma, if the Chinese did not understand it at the beginning, now they have completely seen it, so they will not contribute to the British." ”

"If we can launch a counteroffensive in Burma, even if New Guinea is lost, it will be of great help to hold Australia, and with the port of Yangon, it will also be of great help to provide supplies to China." Hopkins frowned slightly, he didn't quite understand why they didn't want to do such a thing that would be beneficial to both parties.

"Harry, that's why I don't understand," Roosevelt's tone was similarly confused: "But what the Chinese are doing in Burma shows that they have their own ideas about how to win this war, and this idea may be very different from ours." After Roosevelt finished speaking, he seemed to stop talking about this topic, and he turned around and asked: "I have invited Madame Chiang to the White House, and Harry we can talk to her to see if we can reach an agreement." ”

Soong Meiling's visit to the United States was a great success, at this time ordinary Americans were full of respect for China, which independently resisted Japanese aggression for four years, and Soong Meiling's American background made them feel more cordial, her fluent English and elegant manners conquered the American public, and the House of Representatives even invited her to the House of Representatives to give a speech, which quickly formed a whirlwind of Soong Meiling in the United States.

Hopkins pondered in his mind that Roosevelt's attitude towards China was very unpredictable, and he believed that the president knew what Stilwell wanted! What is the purpose of the distribution right, if Stilwell can be allowed to obtain the right to command the squadron, the United States can play a huge role in the Southeast Asian theater, and even in the Chinese theater, which will have a long-term impact on the defeat of the Japanese, and even on the Far East after the war.

"What the hell is the president thinking? Is it really because of General Zhuang Jihua? Hopkins remembered a rumor in Washington that Zhuang Jihua had established a good relationship with Roosevelt during his tenure in New York for a long time, and was the main part of Roosevelt's first presidential campaign! $ help one of the people. "No, the president will not be because of this (8 to the Chinese." Hopkins was quick to dismiss the idea. "Your Excellency, what do you think of General Zhuang Jihua? You've taken his opinion very seriously. Hopkins asked.

"Stilwell used to admire him too" At this time, they had already walked to the door, and the waiter in white at the door took the wheelchair from Hopkins and pushed Roosevelt towards the office, Hopkins walked next to Roosevelt, and the corners of Roosevelt's mouth had a faint smile: "Harry, when I first met him, he was still a simple businessman, but I didn't expect to become a general as soon as I returned home, but some of his judgments back then have now been fulfilled." At this point, he paused, and then said softly, "I believe him." ”

I believe him, and in four simple words, Hopkins understood why Roosevelt was so hesitant on the China issue, but if Stilwell was not given more power, Stilwell would have done nothing in China.

"Germany first is our established principle, Churchill is not prepared and cannot send more troops to Southeast Asia, we cannot send more ground troops to Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia can only rely on China" Harry, we must understand the Chinese, they also need troops at home."

The two said that it seemed that when they arrived at Roosevelt's office, Harriman, the chief of staff, greeted him and reported to Roosevelt that Ms. Soong Meiling was ten minutes away from the White House, and Roosevelt nodded, Eleanor. Roosevelt came in through the door.

Eleanor, Roosevelt's figure was slightly fat, wearing a white suit skirt with lace, a string of pearl necklaces hanging around her fair neck, and a crystal cross hanging naturally on her white chest.

Eleanor said hello to Hopkins, then sat down on the sofa at the desk, with her long legs together, quietly waiting for Roosevelt to speak, Roosevelt looked at her with a slight smile, and then said to Hopkins: "I heard that Time magazine intends to put Ms. Soong Meiling on the cover of this issue.

Hopkins sat across from Eleanor and said, not without irony, that "Americans are now fascinated by her, and Time has always gone with the flow." But I'm afraid her purpose is still to turn 0 bar.

Roosevelt shook his head: "In any case, the Chinese battlefield is very important, think about it, if the Chinese compromise, how many troops can the Japanese draw, one million two million, so that they can go west to India and join forces with the Germans in the Middle East, so that the whole world will change greatly." ”

At this time, Eleanor said: "All military experts said that the Chinese could not support for three months, but four years have passed, the Chinese are still fighting, they should be respected and supported, the United States is the arsenal of democratic countries, and it is natural to support China." ”

"Harry, the US **** team has no preparations for combat war, and we will not be able to really enter the war until this autumn at the earliest, and before swallowing this, we can only rely on the Chinese Soviet Russians to drag the main forces of Japan and Germany." Roosevelt said.

The United States has a powerful navy, but when the war broke out, the U.S. Army had only more than 300,000 "Now American young people from all over the country are flocking to the barracks, but these recruits who have not been on the battlefield are still difficult to compare with the veterans of Germany and Japan, and the American generals also need to be trained in actual combat."

When Soong Meiling arrived at the White House, Roosevelt and Eleanor were both at the door to greet her, Soong Meiling was carefully dressed today, wearing a traditional Chinese emerald green velvet cheongsam, jet-black hair coiled behind her head, revealing a curvaceous neck, and a green hairpin inlaid with beaded flowers.

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