Chapter 565: The Sino-Indian Border Issue
Churchill was a very smart man, he knew very well how bad the situation was, the German army swept Norway, the front of the Dutch, Belgium and other low-lying countries, France was also in danger, and the strong combat capability of the German aircraft carrier made Churchill even more frightened.
Although Germany's two aircraft carriers were damaged, they did not sink, and it only took a few months, or even shorter, to be able to restore combat effectiveness, and German shipyards are still building new aircraft carriers, and Hitler has clearly seen the great power of aircraft carriers in the sea war, but I am afraid that Germany has unified its opinion, and Germany will definitely fight hard.
Germany, which already occupied a large part of Europe, had much greater war potential than Britain, and this time the situation was far more dangerous than the First World War, and the British Empire had reached a critical point of life and death.
He knew very well that Britain could not confront Germany, and even France would not be effective, so Churchill mentioned the whole free world in his speech, and there was no doubt that he was calling for the support of the United States, and Washington was indeed shocked by the strength of Germany at this time.
Britain must not be lost, once Britain and France can not hold on, Germany has the opportunity to rectify the whole of Europe, the United States can not compete with Germany, so now we must help, the bad thing is that isolationism is prevalent in the United States, especially when they see that Germany is invincible and invincible, the American people also feel a trace of fear, they are not willing to let the young Americans and Germany desperately.
This situation cannot be reversed in a day or two, and it will take time for the US military industry to mobilize, and if Britain and France cannot hold out before that, Europe will really fall into the hands of Hitler.
After thinking about it, Roosevelt immediately sent a secret letter to the Chinese Government, hoping that the Chinese Government would adopt a common stand with the United States. Together, support the UK. And Churchill, who had just come to power, also turned to the Chinese government for support.
Both the United States and Britain are well aware of the close military cooperation between China and Germany. Germany's carrier-based aircraft and aircraft carriers are all technology obtained from China, and if you want to quickly defeat Germany's fierce weapons, you must get China's technical support, and Churchill asked the Chinese government to provide the design parameters of the Zhenyuan-class aircraft carrier. As well as the specific performance of the Suzaku aircraft, and it is hoped that China will provide the UK with detailed weaknesses.
Of course, at this time, Lao Qiu had already put down the shelves, and he had already said that he could talk about anything, and he could accept any harsh conditions. Lao Qiu knew very well that there was not much time left for Britain, and within half a year the German aircraft carrier would regain its combat effectiveness, and after more than a year, a new Nazi aircraft carrier would be launched, and even if France could still stare at the European continent like World War I, Britain's hope of victory would be small.
Once it loses its sea dominance, the fate of the island country will be very sad, and it can only be slaughtered by others, from the moment it comes to power. Lao Qiu knew that he and Britain were in a storm, and they wanted to deal with German aircraft carriers. The best thing to do, apart from building more and more powerful aircraft carriers, is to get the secrets of German aircraft carriers.
Of course, it is obviously not enough to point at spies, and it is better to start from China and let China relax, but this involves China's military secrets, and it is necessary to show enough sincerity and bargaining chips in order to impress China.
Therefore, Churchill announced that the cultural relics in the British Museum would be handed over to China in batches, as the world's most famous museum, the British Museum has a large collection of highly valuable cultural relics.
Some people even regard it as a temple of art, but no matter how glamorous it is, it cannot hide that it is actually a harbor of stolen goods, which contains the treasures that the British have stolen from all over the world and countless ancient peoples for hundreds of years, which is proof that they colonized and plundered the whole world.
For many years, the British were only able to enter but not leave, only during the First World War when China desperately fought for a few thousand pieces, just ten years ago the Chinese government officially funded the construction of a huge Chinese museum next to the ruins of the Old Summer Palace, the main exhibit of which is these recaptured cultural relics.
The ruins of the Old Summer Palace and the splendor of the Chinese Museum stand in stark contrast, between shame and glory, and this time the British offered to return the relics and make overtures to China, undoubtedly announcing the official end of a century of humiliation.
The British government's accusations against Churchill also followed, believing that he was betraying Britain's national interests, but Lao Qiu was still a shrewd figure, and he only said one sentence in Parliament: For the survival of the British Empire, I will not hesitate to make a deal with the devil!
At this time of life and death, Churchill put everything away, and the British parliamentarians also knew that the situation was really critical, and they all united and gave Churchill unreserved support.
The Chinese people are still very excited, and the treasure of the ancestors is a great comfort to those who have experienced the tragic times.
However, the Chinese government behaved very coldly, Qiao Yu just said in his speech that these things belonged to China, and the British proposed to return them, which let us see the sincerity of correcting the past mistakes, and the Chinese government affirmed it!
Qiao Yu's words are still very cautious, they were originally Chinese, and now that they are returned to their original owners, there is no need to be grateful to the UK, and Qiao Yu will not be so shallow that he can buy it with a little cultural relics.
Britain cannot fall, this is the view of the United States, in fact, it is not China's mind, even in the future the United States will do everything possible to prevent Europe from being united, the reason is very simple, that is, the United States knows the essence of Europe, a unified Europe will certainly be a well-deserved pole of the world, and this is definitely not a good thing for China.
Therefore, it is China's established policy to help the UK, but it is okay to help, and the UK must come up with enough benefits, especially the real things such as land resources, and everything else is nonsense.
Now that Britain still has a colony of India in Asia, and the Malay Peninsula and Singapore are under British control, it is time to talk.
"President, this is the approved plan for the southwest border compiled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, please take a look!" Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Chen Youren reported the situation to Qiao Yu, and Minister Gu Weijun had already rushed to the United States at this time to exchange views on Europe, so domestic affairs were handed over to Chen Youren.
Chen Youren was also a well-known figure in the original history, he once presided over the recovery of the British concessions of Hankow and Jiujiang, and was known as China's toughest diplomat, and in this time and space he became the vice minister of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Qiao Yu took the report and read it carefully, during the original battle in northern Burma, China and Britain talked about the border issue, and the British deliberately did not mention the issue of the Tibetan border, in order to be able to grab more benefits when they had an advantage in the future, but obviously Britain miscalculated, in the past two decades, China's national strength has increased rapidly, while Britain has declined rapidly, and even India has serious problems.
Historically, China did not have the concept of borders, some were only frontiers, a region, not a line, and people of all ethnic groups in China's border areas have always been able to come and go freely, trade with each other, and most of the time can live in peace.
Now many regions are trying to draw the territory of the past dynasties as large as possible, but in addition to satisfying vanity, there is no practical value, the main area controlled by China before the Tang Dynasty is the Yellow River Valley, the Central Plains Guanzhong region, as for the Yangtze River and the Pearl River large-scale development is a matter after the Song Dynasty, the rest of the region is lacking effective control.
Of course, it would be great to be able to do this, considering that the feudal states in Europe were more fragmented, and Japan was almost a village of princes during the Warring States period, compared to China's ancient control area, which is very staggering, but it is far less scary than the map shows.
After the rise of the West, their concept of state and nationality also spread all over the world, China was also faced with the important task of turning the frontier into a frontier, after the Xinhai Revolution, the British tried to seize the opportunity to seize Tibet, but Qiao Yu was sitting in Sichuan at that time, personally set out to conquer the scourge of Tibet, and blocked the momentum of British expansion.
However, the border has not yet been finalized, Chen Youren introduced to Qiao Yu: "President, this time we must thoroughly clarify the issue of the Sino-Indian border, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim must be independent, as a buffer zone between China and India, and the Ladakh region and southern Tibet must all be under Chinese control, and other disputed areas must be resolved through comprehensive consultation; The most important point is to make Britain and Burma independent from Indian control! ”
India in this period is completely different from later generations, Britain included Nepal, Burma and other places into India, so the whole of South Asia is within the scope of India, China will cut India to pieces, but Qiao Yu is very appreciative of this plan, India is a country with great potential, and it is best to limit it as soon as possible.
Qiao Yu thought for a while and said: "Don't be limited to the southwest border, the Kra Canal is about to be navigable, and our power will go deep into the Indian Ocean, so the Andaman Islands must be handed over to China, Singapore must also be independent from the British, and the security of China's southwest sea border must be in your own hands!" ”
"What the President said is that the Andaman Islands are indeed very important, but the British will probably not easily agree!"
"Britain is now living and dying, their fate is hanging by a thread, they know the severity, but we also have to give the British a step, let them see a little sweetness, in the negotiations we can give up support for Chandra, and even help Britain restore order in South Asia, now he is making a fuss, if it is not cleaned up, India has really become red, carry out drastic reforms, this country is really a threat to China." (To be continued.) )