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"Maybe he'll seek a win-win situation between China and the United States?" Roosevelt's face became serious, he glanced at MacArthur, who was sitting opposite him, and said slowly: "General, do you think China, Germany, and Poland can win the war quickly?" And after the defeat of the Soviet Union, will the alliance between China and Germany come to an end? ”

MacArthur's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and the president's question was a bit esoteric and difficult to answer. Because he, the chief of staff of the US Army, has very limited resources at his disposal, and there is no way to grasp the situation of many foreign teams. He pondered for a moment and pondered: "Judging from the situation of the last world war, the possibility of China, Germany, and Poland winning the war soon is almost non-existent...... A powerful country like the Soviet Union, with its strong military power and vast territory and large population, could not be defeated in the short term. In fact, if the Soviet Union's will to resist had not been broken, the war would probably have lasted forever, as in the First World War, in which no country was defeated on the battlefield. It was the economic situation and public opinion in each country that really determined the outcome of the war, and the Bolsheviks may have had a certain advantage in this regard. ”

The president nodded, adding: "It is also foreign relations that will determine the outcome of the war, and if China can get the economic support of the United States, they will definitely be able to continue the war until the Bolshevik rule in the Soviet Union completely collapses!" I think that's the biggest weight in our hands. ”

"You mean to trade economic benefits for China's guarantees to the Philippines?"

Roosevelt did not answer MacArthur's question, but picked up Luo Yaoguo's materials on the table and looked at them: "General, first go and meet your students to find out his true views on the future war, to find out China's claim to Soviet territory, and whether China will continue to maintain its alliance with Germany after the war." ”

"Okay, Mr. President, I'll meet the Chinese delegation as soon as they arrive in Washington."

"Go now." Roosevelt tilted his head in contemplation, then smiled and stretched out his long arm to MacArthur, shook his hand and said goodbye: "You know, I don't really approve of a war that will destroy the Soviet Union, not because I love this centralized state, but because I don't want two other more powerful centralized powers to control Europe and Asia, respectively. In that case, we in the United States will only be an American country. ”

MacArthur was astonished to learn from Roosevelt's remarks that the President of the United States of America was plotting to extend American influence beyond the Americas in an era when isolationism was rife and newspapers were full of comments in favour of the Neutrality Act. Perhaps, in the eyes of the president, this impending world war is the best opportunity for the United States to establish world hegemony! The military alliance between China and Germany may be the biggest obstacle to the United States becoming world hegemon in the future.

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"Welcome, Your Excellency. The journey across the United States has made you hard...... You know, the United States is a country as vast as China. ”

"Teacher, of course I know how vast the United States is, in fact, I was born in the United States, and I was an American until I was 23 years old."

"Hehe, it's a pity that there is no stage in the United States to show your talent."

"That's the luck of the American people that they can live a happy life in peace and abundance."

MacArthur met his "good student" Luo Yaoguo in a VIP room at the train station in Richmond, Virginia's capital. The teacher and the student were looking at each other while saying some inconsequential polite words. In Luo Yaoguo's eyes, MacArthur is a rather handsome and "straight" middle-aged man, the most standard beauty **, although he behaves very friendly, his eyes are still full of self-esteem and conceit, just like those US Air Force officers Luo Yaoguo knew when he was training in the United States in his previous life.

And MacArthur looked at his student with even more curiosity - a military dictator! According to the reports of the military attachés of the US Embassy in China, it took about 11 years for this seemingly quite amiable Chinese marshal to climb from an unknown lieutenant colonel staff officer to the chief of the general staff of the Wehrmacht, who was able to "manipulate" the country. At the same time, together with Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the second largest faction in the Chinese National Defense Forces, he built a local Chinese army of only tens of thousands into one of the most powerful armies in the world, and China itself is moving towards unification and rise with the growth of this army! Maybe in a few years we will dominate the world with Germany! Thinking back to that country eleven years ago, and looking at China now, MacArthur felt that if he had changed positions with Luo Yaoguo, he would definitely not have achieved such an achievement. Because he is only a professional soldier, and the other party is not only an excellent commander, but also an outstanding politician. It is necessary to let an honest and "befriended" professional soldier go to the mouth of an old "treacherous" and cunning politician...... This is clearly an impossible task as well. So MacArthur decided not to beat around the bush with the other side anymore.

"Your Excellency Marshal, I have heard that China, Germany, and Poland are about to start a war against the Soviet Union, have I?"

"Well, there's such a thing." Luo Yaoguo raised his eyebrows and smiled at him: "If you also count the Russian Empire, you know, she has been restored, and there will be hundreds of thousands of Russian troops fighting side by side with us at that time." ”

"Then what do you think of this war? Will you find out soon? ”

"I think yes, the war won't last long, it will end before winter comes."

"What!" MacArthur opened his mouth, as if to tell Luo Yaoguo how vast the Soviet Union was and how powerful the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was, but in the end he did not say it. He paused and nodded slowly: "That is to say, in November or December 1938, the red 'color' empire of the Soviet Union will be wiped off the map." Well, I guess that's good news! And what are you going to do with the legacy of the USSR? Can you reveal it? ”

Luo Yaoguo smiled secretly in his heart. MacArthur was indeed a purely military man, not a politician, and it should not be a soldier's style to ask questions in a roundabout way, because the changing battlefield situation simply does not allow time to be wasted on rhetorical conversation.

"After the fall of the USSR, of course, her territory will be redistributed." Luo Yaoguo smiled slightly and shrugged his shoulders: "Of course, we, Germany, and Poland will not make sacrifices in vain, but will ask for appropriate returns...... The European part of Russia and Western Siberia were to be retained as territories of the Russian Empire; Belarus and Ukraine will form a federal state with Poland; The western part of Transcaucasia and Central Asia will become a German colony, the eastern part of Central Asia and Eastern Siberia will become a Chinese colony, and the Far East will be shared by China and Japan. ”

"Well, it looks like a world carve-up." MacArthur took out his large pipe, which symbolized "sex," loaded it with tobacco, wiped a match, took two puffs, and pondered the words: "After the partition of the Soviet Union, will you and the Germans still be friends?" I think this issue is very crucial for the future of Sino-US relations. ”

After asking this question, MacArthur took his pipe in his mouth and looked at Luo Yaoguo quietly. In the silent air of this big room, Luo Yaoguo felt that what was hidden behind this problem was the covetousness of the United States for a world empire that belonged to her. If the Soviet behemoth is wiped out, the two land powers, China and Germany, will control almost the entire Eurasian continent! Germany's technology, China's population, and almost half the world's resources...... Even an industrialized power like the United States would not dare to compete with it, right? Of course, China and Germany should also be careful to treat this giant of industrialization and share the world with her...... But the question is, will the United States be willing to act only as the hegemon of the Americas? The question seems to be obvious, and the answer can be answered in the affirmative by picking up an American newspaper or asking an American Yankee. But Luo Yaoguo knew that the history of another world did not develop like this!

After a moment of silence, Luo Yaoguo smiled heavily and said, "I want to frankly exchange opinions with you on this issue. I believe that the key question after the war is not whether the alliance between China and Germany can be maintained, but what is the power that leads the world? In this regard, my view is that the post-war world will not be a unipolar world, that no country can take on the responsibility of leading the world alone, and that the world can only maintain stability and prosperity with the cooperation of a few major powers. China, Germany, the United States, Britain and France should all be among these major powers. ”

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President Roosevelt received General MacArthur, who had just returned to Washington, in the palatial Oval Office of the White House. At this time, it was lunchtime, and a small coffee table was placed next to the president's swivel chair, on which were placed a plate of "chicken" eggs, a few slices of bread and a cup of coffee. U.S. Secretary of State Condell. Hull also attended the meeting, this pale man wearing a shirt and no tie, and holding a cup of coffee in his hand, saw MacArthur walk in, smiled at him, made a lazy gesture, and said, "Let me guess, that Chinese marshal still wants to maintain the alliance with Germany after the war, right?" ”

"Yes, Mr. President, Mr. Hull, that's what my student meant. He said that the prosperity and stability of the postwar world should be maintained by China, Germany, the United States, Britain and France. MacArthur gave the president a military salute and sat down.

"Haha, there are even England and France." Roosevelt raised his head with a smile: "Condell, do you believe that there will still be a status of Britain and France in the post-war world?" Does anyone still believe that these two countries can stand up to China and Germany, who have almost all of Eurasia in their hands? ”

"Mr. President, I think all the British and French are convinced of this." Hull replied solemnly.

"Well, that's a good thing, the British and French have always been very confident." Roosevelt glanced at MacArthur: "Did he say how long he could defeat the Soviet Union?" ”

"He said that the war would end before winter, and I think the Soviet Union would be destroyed before November or December 1938." MacArthur paused and added, "But I don't believe things will go so well, and the war to destroy the Soviet Union will probably last three or four years." Although China, Germany, and Poland will win in the end, they will also be exhausted and will no longer be able to challenge Britain and France. ”

"What do you think, Kandell?" Roosevelt asked the secretary of state again.

Hull shook his head: "Mr. President, I agree with General MacArthur that the Chinese and Germans are obviously overly optimistic. Moreover, Britain and France are both veteran powers that have been "manipulating" world hegemony for hundreds of years, and they will have some clever means to contain Germany and China after the war. If necessary...... They even joined forces with Stalin. You know, in the Old World, there was no faith between countries, everything would start from practical use. ”

Roosevelt took a sip of his coffee and nodded: "This is the same in the New World!" The president pondered for a moment and then said: "One thing is now certain: the alliance between China and Germany will last for a long time, and it is clear that the two countries have common interests." What is uncertain is how much time they will 'take' to destroy the Soviet Union...... I think it's in the interests of the United States. ”

"Mr. President, do you mean to make this war a little longer?" MacArthur asked tentatively.

"That's right, that's right. It's just a bit longer, though...... I don't want China and Germany to be dragged down by the war, and only Britain and France can be so happy. MacArthur, can you help me grasp the course of this war? When Roosevelt said that Britain and France could not help but furrow his eyebrows, and his face showed a little disgust.

"This scale seems to be difficult to grasp, sir, there is no certain thing to fight, there will be many unexpected factors, maybe a small mistake will reverse the situation of the whole war." MacArthur seemed a little embarrassed.

"General MacArthur." Roosevelt's expression suddenly became serious, and he looked at the chief of the US Army General Staff: "I think you can retire from the US Army and go to China to find an errand as a military consultant, right?" Didn't they always have moral advisors there in the past? These people must have left by now, right? I think Marshal Luo Yaoguo needs you to replace them. ”

Hearing this strange suggestion to retire him from his beloved U.S. Army, MacArthur didn't know how to answer for a moment, so he could only blink and nod.

President Roosevelt noticed his expression. "Of course this is not an order, just my personal advice." He hurriedly said: "But you should understand that this is for the benefit of the United States of America." We have a lot of investments in China, and we have the Philippines in Asia that we want to protect, and China's military is currently the most powerful in Asia, and the United States needs to keep an eye on their movements. ”

"Yes, Mr. President." MacArthur seemed to have understood what Roosevelt meant.

"Oh, by the way, General MacArthur, do you think we have what it takes to defend the Philippines in the event of a surprise attack?" Roosevelt grinned, his tired eyes flashed again, searched the cluttered desk, and then picked up a piece of paper: "This is Philippine Senate President Manuel. Mr. Quezon wrote to me, the president of the United States, that he was concerned that the Philippines would be invaded by China after independence, and that he wanted to seek protection from the United States. What do you think? Can we protect this country? ”

MacArthur looked at Roosevelt and then at Secretary of State Hull. Obviously, this question was the last difficult question he had to answer as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. Both of them were waiting for his answer.

"Mr. President, I don't think the main risk for the Philippines is from China, and most of the current Chinese leaders have an American background, and they are well aware of the war potential of the United States, and they will not risk fighting the United States to invade the Philippines. And if China wants to expand southward, there is a more convenient route, such as having their powerful army force go south along the French Indochina Peninsula and all the way to Singapore. If Britain and France were involved in a war with China and Germany, they would not be able to defend their Southeast Asian colonies...... It will become the property of China! China could then expand into India, the Dutch East Indies, or even Australia. But they won't move the Philippines, or Guam or any U.S. possessions in the western Pacific. Unless they go crazy, the Chinese will not take the initiative to choose to be at war with the United States! ”

Roosevelt asked Hull dryly: "Is this the opinion of our ambassador to China?" ”

Ambassador Jensen agrees, and he also suggests that China and the United States should work together to ensure that the sovereignty of the Philippines is not violated.

"Oh, why would China come forward to guarantee the security of the Philippines?" Roosevelt shook his head in bewilderment.

"Because of Japan! Mr. President. MacArthur interjected: "I think it is Japan, not China, that may invade the Philippines, and if China and Germany go to war with Britain and France after the fall of the Soviet Union, then Japan will definitely covet the colonies in Southeast Asia and Australia, but they have no way to go south after losing Taiwan." And they did not dare to go south under the nose of the powerful Chinese navy, and the only way was to annex the Philippines...... Mr. President, I am sure that we can convince China to come and jointly guarantee the Philippines with us, and Japan will not dare to challenge China and the United States at the same time, so that the security of the Philippines will be guaranteed. ”

"Nope! There is no need for that, we just need to get assurances from China that it will not invade the Philippines. As for the Philippines...... We can protect there, there is a colony of the United States, and even if she is independent, the United States has the same obligations to her. A strange glint flashed in Roosevelt's eyes, and his tone intensified: "If that country dares to invade the Philippines, it will be a war against the United States of America!" ”