"The air battle in Baoding, the fierce battle in Langfang, it seems that the combat effectiveness of the Republic of China* army is not as weak as we imagined."

Rogerson, the U.S. consul in Peking, put the newspaper aside, swiped the coffee in the cup with a spoon, and said very leisurely. Even if Beiping has been reduced to a war zone at this time, the Japanese do not want to destroy this ancient capital, even if it is a bomber, except for Nanyuan, the city of Beijing will not be bombed. Therefore, when Song Zheyuan retreated from Nanyuan, he would not hesitate to consider retreating to Beiping. However, even if Beiping is reduced to a war zone, as an American citizen, he can still enjoy considerable privileges in this place, not to mention that he is still a diplomat, at least the Japanese will have a certain amount of fear in the open and in the dark.

"Who says no, we have to teach these arrogant guys a lesson, now the Japanese think they have fledgling wings and want to dominate the whole of East Asia, if we don't do something, I'm afraid it will make the Japanese gain even more inches."

Although the British consul seemed as calm as Rogerson, he really did not have the confidence of Rogerson. Less than twenty years have passed since the last European war. Although Britain has been forcibly dominating the position of the world's leading big brother, it is only a name at this time, after nearly 20 years of recuperation, the Soviet Union, Germany, and the United States are all threatening Britain's position. At this time, what Britain could get hold of was a powerful navy. In the face of the rise of Germany on the European continent and the vigorous development of the Red Regime, Britain was powerless to stop it, but although all this seriously threatened Britain's interests, it was not a problem for the United States, which almost dominated the continent.

"Japan did not hesitate to withdraw from the League of Nations, and they went further and further down the road of militarism. This is an extremely dangerous sign. But with the brutality of the Japanese. Verbal warnings are not enough unless they are defeated militarily. It is a pity that neither of us nor China can spare our troops to East Asia now. The army of the Republic of China was indeed too weak before, and it did not show the ability to confront Japan head-on. If the Northwest Army has this strength, it is also worthy of a little support. Rogerson said as he took a sip of his coffee.

The British consul nodded, and Japan's repeated challenges to the bottom line of the great powers in North China had seriously touched on the interests of Britain and the United States and other countries in East Asia. And that's not all, at this time, Japan actually began to plan to use force in Shanghai again. The Combined Fleet is indeed an invincible force in East Asia, and the Army is no less elite. Neither Britain nor the United States could seem to defeat Japan in the Far East on their own. Even at home in both countries, they would never agree to wage a war against Japan in the Far East to prevent Japan's interests from dominating East Asia. However, if the Republic of China can show a certain strength, at least it can support it on the battlefield for a while, then this war still has to be fought, and Britain and the United States are reluctant to use their own troops to fight with the Japanese, but as long as there are people in the Republic of China, they can still provide a certain amount of assistance, as long as they can drag Japan into the quagmire of war. At that time, Japan will no longer be able to run as rampant as it is now. Previously, the attention of Britain and the United States was mainly focused on Nanjing, after all, the northwest was too remote. Neither financial nor manpower is conspicuous, and Nanjing is still the central government of the Republic of China, but successive battles with the Japanese army in the northwest have caused the two countries to change their views slightly.

"But at this time, the troublesome thing, once Japan and the Republic of China start a full-scale war, almost all the passages into the Republic of China from the east are blocked by Japan, even if we want to provide material support to the Republic of China, it is not easy." The British Consulate was quick to present new problems.

"It's a tricky problem, but it's not impossible to solve. Isn't there still the Soviet Union, and the materials that the Republic of China needs to buy can also enter the Soviet Union. Rogerson sneered, "The northwest is not as easy to deal with as Japan imagined, and they have long planned to transport the purchased equipment from the Soviet Union to the northwest once the war with the Japanese army starts." Although it was a little troublesome, the foreign aid channel was not completely blocked by the Japanese. ”

"It's not bad, in the past two years, Japan's Kwantung Army group has expanded rapidly, and the Soviet Union has had to increase the number of troops stationed in the Far East. The Soviet Union did not have a good impression of Japan's Kwantung Army. The British consul nodded. However, it still depends on how well we fight with the Japanese in the future, we have spent too much energy on Nanjing before, if Nanjing still does not show enough ability to resist the Japanese army, I think we will also have to change the previous strategy, I think there must be a military group in East Asia that can stop the Japanese army's crazy actions. More worrying to the British than the United States was the fact that Japan and Germany seemed to have reached some sort of secret agreement, and that the two U-boats that Nanking had purchased from Germany had cancelled the deal because of Japan's opposition. Moreover, all military instructors and advisers in Nanjing were recalled. If there is no necessary connection between the two, I am afraid that the pigs will laugh when they say it.

"It shouldn't be too bad, according to our country's intelligence, the fighters in the northwest are not purchased from the West, from the air battle over Langfang, as well as the recent battle loss ratio between the two sides, although the overall battle losses of the two sides are quite close, but we must take into account the fact that the number of Japanese aircraft is superior. That is to say, the Northwest Air Force has outperformed the Japanese army in terms of quality, although the Japanese are unwilling to admit this in the international community, but the war losses of both sides will not lie, until now, Langfang's air supremacy has not been suppressed by the Japanese, and even said, with the introduction of new aircraft in the northwest, it has a slight upper hand, I think, this originally poor and backward place, may really bring a miracle, just like in Fengtian City, this young commander who single-handedly built the Northwest Army is a person who is good at creating miracles. ”

Rogerson said meaningfully, even though there was a trace of disbelief in his heart, after all, at this time, the Japanese army's fighters were also quite advanced in the world, but the northwest was able to even overwhelm the Japanese in the air force, that is to say, this place, which has always been despised by others, has reached the world's advanced level in such an advanced field as aviation, and it is really an incredible thing to think about.

"There are quite a few Germans in the middle." The British consul said with some sour feeling in his heart that out of defense against Germany, there were not a few spies sent by Britain to Germany, and Britain was not ignorant of the military cooperation between Germany and the northwest. However, it is not too clear about some specific cooperation projects.

"In any case, the Republic of China does not need to have the strength to defeat the Japanese itself, as long as they have the ability to hold back the Japanese army, it is enough." Rogerson said with a bystander attitude that if Japan hadn't been in the middle of the Republic of China and the United States, with the industrial strength of the United States, even with the heap of materials, the Republic of China would have been able to arm a strong army. Now we can only hope that the Republic of China will hold on to itself for a while for the time being. (To be continued.) )