Ishihara sat comfortably on the couch and flipped through the minutes of the meeting in his hand.

The minutes of the talks are a record of the talks between Foreign Minister Yoyo Matsuoka and German Special Envoy Starma.

After three days of talks, Matsuoka and Starma reached a four-point consensus:

1) The three countries of Israel, Germany, and Italy hoped that the United States would not participate in the war in Europe and interfere with the reasonable demands of the United States on French Indochina and the Dutch East Indies.

b) Germany did not ask for its intervention in the war against Britain.

3) Only with a resolute and unanimous attitude of the three countries, Germany, and Italy, can the actions of the United States be restrained.

4) Germany is doing its utmost to avoid a conflict between the United States and the United States in East Asia.

After reading the minutes of the meeting, Ishihara put the minutes down, he stood up, stretched his arms, and did a few chest expansion exercises.

Ishihara's demeanor was relaxed.

In fact, Ishihara is not the only one who is relaxed, since the outbreak of the Great War in Europe, there has been an atmosphere of relaxation and excitement from both the government and the opposition.

Now, although no one dares to say it openly, in fact, many people are secretly rejoicing about the fiasco of the empire in China, and among the people who are happy, Ishihara Waner is naturally indispensable.

Because he was not trapped in the battlefield of China, his current strategic position is so good that the future is bright. If he is trapped in the battlefield of China, then not only does he not have a strategic advantage, but he is extremely dangerous.

This kind of danger is not easy for others to see, but Ishihara can see it, and he sees it clearly.

Ishihara is very relaxed, not only the empire is now in a very advantageous position, but also his personal position, his position in the empire is unbreakable, and his glory as "first strategist" will surely go down in the annals of the empire.

As for the conclusion of an alliance with Germany and Italy, this has been done for a long time, beginning with the conclusion of the German Defense and Communist Agreement in 1936.

The purpose of concluding an alliance with Germany and Italy was to strengthen the international position of the country, and at the same time to seek the security of the north and the isolation of China.

Of course, for the sake of the Soviet Union, the alliance was aimed at the Soviet Union as a country and was aimed at defending itself against an attack, that is, it had the character of a so-called defensive alliance, in other words, a treaty to strengthen the defense of the communists.

However, Germany advocated expanding the target of the alliance to Britain and other countries, and the two sides disagreed.

Moreover, in addition to this, there is also a fierce debate about whether the other side of the alliance should have room to consider the question of entering the war when one side of the alliance is attacked by a third country.

Subsequently, negotiations for an alliance were terminated with the signing of a non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union.

Now, it was the Germans who came to the door and begged for a treaty of alliance.

Why did Germany come to the door to ask for an alliance treaty? Germany's purpose was clear: Hitler was going to tear up the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact, which had just been signed, and was ready to attack the Soviet Union.

Hitler was going to attack the Soviet Union, which meant that Hitler lost confidence in quickly taking over LinkedIn.

This is very good, there is Britain in Europe, and when the two countries cooperate and defeat the Soviet Union, Germany will easily not dare not keep its promises.

-- When the spring of 1941 arrived, Prince Jaehito's intricate old face seemed to be infected by the breath of spring, moisturized, and stretched out a lot.

Prince Zairen is happy that today, it is the time for Germany and Italy to conclude an alliance and sign a contract.

Not long ago, the German envoy Starma returned to Germany with the minutes of the talks, and soon returned to Tokyo.

Along with Starma, the Italian envoy Norenoco, began intensive consultations with Matsuoka Yoyoshi as soon as they arrived.

At the negotiating table, the book occupies an absolute dominant position.

Of course, although the book occupies an absolute dominant position, Germany and Italy are not other countries, and the two sides really want to cooperate, so they don't care about themselves, almost enough.

In the alliance treaty that was concluded, he obtained great benefits, in addition to the rights and interests in Southeast Asia and the Soviet Far East, he also received a large amount of technical and material assistance from Germany and Italy, and the price he paid for these was only to contain the 600,000 Soviet troops deployed by the Soviet Union in the Far East and prevent these 600,000 Soviet troops from withdrawing to Europe to participate in the war.

Of course, if he wanted to gain more benefits in the Soviet Union, he had to launch an active attack. These are clearly stipulated in the treaty.

With this treaty, it was able to obtain a large amount of technical and material assistance from Germany and Italy, while at the same time advancing and retreating freely, and retaining its strategic initiative to the greatest extent.

-- The information that Germany and Italy had concluded an alliance treaty was soon put on the desks of Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin.

London, again shrouded in a thick fog.

Londoners don't like the fog in London, but now they wish that London was covered in fog every day, because because of the fog, the Germans would not come to bomb London.

Churchill stood in front of the window, looking out at the thick fog, and his mood was exceptionally clear.

No one else knows, but as the supreme commander of Britain, Churchill knew that British resistance had reached its limit. Well, now that Hitler had lost his patience in the most difficult time for Britain, he was going to attack the Soviet Union.

The tricks of the Germans could be hidden from Stalin, but not from him, Churchill. In fact, back in November last year, Churchill noticed that something was wrong.

At that time, Churchill paid close attention to Germany's every move in this regard, and the more he paid attention, the more he felt that Hitler seemed to be carrying out a huge conspiracy.

From that time onwards, Hitler began his conspiracy three months earlier, in July of last year.

Beginning in July last year, Germany has done only one thing on the surface, that is, to convince the world that Germany is going all out to attack Britain; for this reason, it has created public opinion and created false impressions, printed and distributed a large number of British maps, equipped its troops with a large number of English translators, assembled a large number of sea-crossing and landing vehicles along the English Channel and the Calais Strait, deployed many rockets on the coast, and sent troops to conduct frequent landing combat exercises, thus creating the false impression that the troops were going to attack Britain on a large scale.

Churchill found out that something was wrong because there was intelligence that the rockets were fake.

Then, the Germans moved eastward on a large scale, but they said that they were going to the east to rest before attacking Britain.

When all this was arranged, Germany began to further confuse the Soviets diplomatically, first of all, they stopped the usual attack on the Soviet Union diplomatically and turned the spearhead to Britain.

German diplomats in the Soviet Union took the initiative to meet with senior Soviet officials and explained to them that the German troops were transferred to the east only to take a short break to attack Britain, and that as for the large increase of German troops to Poland, they were actually sending young soldiers to replace the veterans who were about to retire.

After the Germans had sent a large number of troops to Finland, the German ambassador to the Soviet Union went to meet with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov to explain and inform him that Germany would send reinforcements to northern Norway through Finland, and explained that the German army had entered Romania to send military representatives to help Romania train troops.

The Soviet Union has not reacted to this, and the intelligence says that the headquarters of the military districts of the western border of the Soviet Union and above are stationed in the cities, and the troops are also conducting camping training as usual, and only a few companies are on duty in the positions of the divisions in the front. The communications units of the military districts are still taking part in defense construction, field artillery and anti-aircraft artillery are shooting targets at shooting ranges or conducting training in military districts as usual, and the planes of the Soviet Air Force are mostly concentrated on a few airfields.

Churchill felt that there was only one explanation for this reaction of the Soviet Union, and that was that the Soviets had let the donkeys kick their heads, otherwise there would be no explanation.

Of course, apart from the fact that the Soviets kicked their heads in the donkey, there is another explanation, that is, the Soviets did not believe that Germany could be so crazy.

Germany was in danger of attacking the Soviet Union, but the Soviets believed that Germany would attack the Soviet Union after Germany landed in Britain; Or, Ben attacked the Soviet Union in the Far East, and the situation was not optimistic, and a large part of the Soviet Union's forces were contained.

If we continue to dig deeper, the roots of this obvious miscalculation by the Soviets are still in the anti-rebellion campaign launched by Stalin.

The anti-rebellion campaign not only killed most of the best generals in the Soviet army, but also made others dare not say anything casually, for fear that they would accidentally get into trouble.

In this regard, Churchill was a little helpless, he hoped that the Soviets would be able to withstand the German offensive, but he could not give the Soviets a warning.

Churchill did not dare to do anything that might prevent Hitler from attacking the Soviet Union.

Now, with the conclusion of an alliance between Germany and Italy, Churchill is absolutely certain that Hitler is about to attack the Soviet Union.

In fact, it is not strange that Germany and Italy said that the three countries concluded an alliance, but what is strange is the process of concluding an alliance, that is, Germany is too proactive.

It was precisely because of this that Churchill was convinced that Hitler was going to attack Germany.

Germany attacked the Soviet Union, and there was no better news for Britain.

In the future, if there is better news than this, it is that the Soviet Union withstood Hitler's offensive and left the German regiment trapped in the vast territory of the Soviet Union.

Now, Churchill's biggest concern is the book.

Germany and Italy said that the conclusion of an alliance treaty would inevitably be aimed at the Soviet Union, and once Germany and Italy joined the ranks of attacking the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union would be in danger.

If the Soviet Union collapsed quickly, it could be the end of the world, at least, for Britain. At that time, even if the Americans entered the war, it would not mean much to Britain.

The hateful Americans, the hateful Chinese, the Soviet Union most likely deserved to suffer for their selfishness.

In the world, no one is more ruthless to the Soviet Union than Churchill, but at this time, Churchill prayed with ten thousand sincere prayers, praying that the Soviet Union would hold on, hold on like him, and thwart the German attack.

-- Roosevelt's biggest headache was the Far East, and neither he nor the Chinese liked it.

The situation in the Far East is not the most difficult to grasp, it is simply impossible to grasp.

Will I attack the Soviet Union? I don't know.

Will the Chinese attack Yuben? It will, but when, only God knows.

Damn Orientals!

Roosevelt signed an order prohibiting the export of all supplies to Ben, with the exception of oil.

Whether or not to export oil is the last straw and the last straw that determines whether the United States will enter the war or not.

-- Moscow, Kremlin.

In the grand and solemn office, Stalin and Molotov sat on the sofa, and on the coffee table between them was the information on the conclusion of an alliance treaty between Germany and Italy.

Stalin's face was gloomy to the extreme.

Stalin's majesty is heavy, and even with Molotov's position in the Soviet Union, at this moment, Stalin's coercion still brings him great pressure.

Molotov's face was as gloomy as Stalin's, and the situation was too grim.

The anti-rebellion campaign of the past few years has inflicted extremely heavy damage and destruction on all social aspects of the Soviet Union, including the political, military, and economic aspects.

If there had been no anti-rebellion campaign, the Soviet Union would have been able to face the external situation, no matter how grim it was, but now, with the current situation in the Soviet Union, the situation was extremely grim.

Whether it is Germany or Ben, if only one of them, no matter who it is, they have the confidence to face it, but if Germany and Ben attack at the same time, then they do not have the slightest confidence that they can hold on.

The present situation is very treacherous, and it is very unlikely that Germany will attack the Soviet Union before conquering Britain, but if Ben had launched an attack in the Far East, Hitler would probably have taken advantage of the fire.

In the eyes of Stalin and Molotov, their greatest danger now is not Germany, but the book. There has always been a debate about the two routes of going north and south, and now, without a doubt, is the best time for him to go north.

If Ben moved, he would lure the Germans into attacking them.

At this moment, both Stalin and Molotov knew that now, the only person who could contain Yuben was the Chinese, whom they had never paid attention to.

-- When Molotov arrived in Wei County, he was warmly received by the CPC Central Committee of the People's Republic of China with the highest standards.

Molotov, unlike other Soviets, was a true elite and would not be influenced by any prejudices in whatever he did.

In Molotov, there is neither the slightest arrogance, nor the words and deeds that devalue himself because he wants others, everything is just right.

Time was pressing, and that evening, Molotov held official talks with China [***]. During the talks, Molotov formally requested that in the event of an attack on the Soviet Union, China would send troops to the northeast.

On behalf of China, Taizu made it clear that he agreed to the Soviet Union's request to send troops, but although they could decide whether to send troops or not, the decision on whether they could really send troops was actually not in their hands.

Molotov understood what Taizu meant, a war of this scale, with China's current ammunition logistics supply capacity, could not be supported at all, so the decision on whether to send troops or not was in the hands of the Black God Army.

The next day, Molotov arrived in Yanjing.

Han Lihong did not meet Molotov, and although Molotov was the number two man in the Soviet Union, Molotov was not qualified to meet him until the negotiations were successful.

In Yanjing, Molotov met with the prime minister and Tang Xu.

The prime minister represents [***], and Tang Xu represents the Black God Army.

When negotiating, Tang Xu still had the same style, not beating around the bush at all, and smashing it with a big hammer.

Tang Xu proposed that it was okay for China to send troops, but there were conditions, and the condition was to return the territory that China had been forcibly occupied and plundered by Russia since Kangxi.

Rao is Molotov's cultivation has reached the state of perfection, and he was also angry with Tang Xu.

Originally, the bottom line of Stalin's discussion with Molotov was Outer Mongolia, but now, Tang Xu did not mention Outer Mongolia at all.

Molotov was familiar with this history, and he said with a blank face: "Mr. Tang, the Treaty of Nebuchu and the Treaty of Kyakhta are not the unequal treaties you said. ”

The Treaty of Nebuchu was a treaty signed between the Kangxi Emperor, the great lord of the Sacred Empire, who had been touted by some of the promiscuous literati in the previous generation, and Russia in the face of a victorious war, ceding about 250,000 square kilometers of land west of the Xing'an Mountains and the Erguna River.

The Treaty of Kyakhta was a treaty signed between Emperor Kangxi's good son, Emperor Yongzheng and Russia, ceding about 100,000 square kilometers of land south and southwest of Lake Baikal.

Molotov shouldn't have said this, he was angry with Tang Xu.

After Molotov finished speaking, Tang Xu immediately said: "Whether it is an unequal treaty or not, anyway, if you want us to send troops, we will have this condition." ”

-- Stalin was furious.

In Stalin's rage, the masterpiece of Repin, the greatest Russian realist painter, "Ivan the Terrible and the Son He Killed on November 16, 1581", hung on the wall, was destroyed by the teacup that was thrown so badly.

Since the end of the purge, Stalin's position in the Soviet Union has been ten times greater than that of the Tsar, and even Peter the Great is far less powerful than Stalin.

Stalin's will, whatever it was, was absolutely the will of the entire USSR, and no one dared to oppose it.

For a man like Stalin, his authority is inviolable.

Of course, it is not absolutely inviolable, for example, Hitler can despise the majesty of Stalin, and Stalin will not be angry.

But Hitler could, but that doesn't mean the Chinese could.

On the sidelines, Molotov stood silently, it was the first time he had seen Stalin so out of shape.

Molotov understood Stalin's feelings, the Chinese are really too arrogant, but this is not the crux of the matter, the crux of the matter is that no one dares to say it.

The present predicament of the Soviet Union was created by Stalin, and the wanton humiliation of the Chinese, who had always been allowed to take it from them, was entirely Stalin's own fault.

This was the real reason for Stalin's outrage.

After calming down, Stalin sat down again, and then said to Molotov: "Comrade Molotov, what do you think should be done?" ”

Molotov said: "Comrade Stalin, everything speaks of strength. ”

Stalin knew that Molotov had absolutely no intention of ridiculing him, Molotov meant that after this hurdle, even if he agreed, the treaty would be rewritten, but he still felt uncomfortable in his heart.

Stalin was silent, he felt very uncomfortable.

The Soviet Union is a lion, Germany is a hungry tiger, it is said that it is a wild wolf, and China is a domestic dog.

The current situation is that when a wild wolf bites a lion, it will lure the hungry tiger over, and the domestic dog can pull the wild wolf back, so the lion has to accept the extortion of the domestic dog.

At least, we have to talk.

(To be continued)