On 21 August, Li Guang stepped onto the deck of the aircraft carrier Indian Ocean. The Naval Resistance Fleet began to gallop at high speed in the Indian Ocean, marching eastward, targeting Saipan, the hot spot of the Pacific theater. The Battle of Burma is imminent, and the Naval Resistance Army is already making full preparations to land in Burma, but the main fleet of the Naval Resistance Army is heading straight for the Pacific Theater.

Why is the change happening so quickly? Could it be that the United States has given some special preferential conditions?

The United States gave the conditions, but there was no direct benefit.

US President Roosevelt, a dead lame, has always looked down on Haitang Kingdom, how can he give preferential terms.

Li Guang laughed at himself, and the operation of the Naval Resistance Army was really the legendary "self-dry five" -- bringing its own dry food to help the US army fight.

The reason for this comes from two main sources.

First, the Haitang Kingdom sent troops to the Mediterranean Sea to "rub rice". Foreign Minister Yan Huiqing is a "scoundrel".

In the 21st century, there is a humor about international military diplomacy:

The United States, I see who is not pleasing to the eye, I will fight whom.

Russia, whoever provokes me, I hit whom.

Japan, whoever provokes me, I call the American godfather to beat whom.

North stick, who messes with me, I hit Korea.

Yan Huiqing is not entangled in the so-called negotiation qualifications in the Mediterranean at all, and now Britain and the United States have not even recognized the territorial sovereignty of the Haitang State, and this thing is not entangled at all. He has a mantra: if Italy doesn't give xxx, I'll tell the USSR.

The reason why "telling the Soviet Union" has become the most important bargaining chip in the diplomacy of the Haitang State is to analyze the positioning of the United States and Britain towards Italy.

Since the Allied landings in Sicily, Italy's defeat has been irretrievable. As a result, the King of Italy and politicians have recently detained Mussolini and are secretly negotiating with Britain and the United States.

In the spirit of the Casablanca Conference, one or two of the Allied countries had no right to negotiate with Italy.

However, in the eyes of Europe and the United States, Italy is still useful as a country.

First of all. Italy also has a navy with a displacement of hundreds of thousands of tons and transport ships with a displacement of more than a million tons. The noodle-like army, although its combat effectiveness is poor, but there are millions of them.

Such a force, if on the side of the Allies, would obviously be beneficial to the outcome of the war. Therefore, Britain and the United States were not harsh on the terms of Italy's surrender, and even promised that Italy could fight back and join the allies, after the victory in the war. It can appear in the world political landscape as a victorious country.

As for the reparations or anything, Britain and the United States did not mention it at all. In fact, the key to the main negotiations is the stationing of British and American troops in the Balkans.

In the longer term, Britain and the United States are still counting on Italy to restrict the export of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet in the future, and they are even more unwilling to push Italy into a corner.

With such conditions, you don't have to think about it. Soviet Stalin would certainly not have agreed. The polar bear of the Soviet Union suffered heavy losses in the war and is still struggling to support itself. Try to turn the tide of battle.

Italy capitulated. The Soviet Union was going to slaughter the economy no matter what. Moreover, what the United States and Britain are most worried about is that if the Soviet Union asks to station troops in the Balkans, it will not harm the interests of the United States and Britain, but will threaten the post-war political and military layout of the United States and Britain.

So what Britain and the United States have to do now is to negotiate with Italy secretly and reach a gentleman's agreement with Italy. Create an established fact and exclude Soviet power from the Balkans.

After several years of war, Italy's economy has collapsed, not to mention industrial production. As a result of successive years of famine, even the food supply is seriously insufficient. Italy has long lost the courage to fight, and the conditions of the United States and Britain are not harsh, and the two sides are considered to be in love, and the negotiations have gone quite smoothly. Now that the Haitang Kingdom has inserted a lever, not to mention the greasy taste of the United States and Britain.

However, Foreign Minister Yan said: "I told the Soviet Union." ”

It is like a magic sound filling the brain, making the United States and Britain helpless. There is no impermeable wall under the sky, and it will change after a long time, and Britain and the United States are still very clear.

As a result, the Italian side did not negotiate directly with Foreign Minister Yan, but the United States and Britain had to negotiate on behalf of Italy and the Haitang Kingdom. In short, Haitang's appetite is small, and it is still easy to dispel, if you wait for the Soviet Union to insert another lever, I don't know what kind of ending it will end.

In the eyes of Britain and the United States, the demands of the Haitang State are indeed not a lion's mouth. There are a lot of bits and pieces of requirements, but they don't seem to be ruthless.

For example, 50,000 tons of merchant ships, such as automobile engines, aircraft engine production lines, such as automobile production lines, such as fighter jets, transport aircraft production lines, such as a steel plant, such as five-year tariff-free trade, and for example, Italy must hand over the cultural relics of the Eight-Nation Coalition that captured Beijing and burned the Old Summer Palace to loot China.

These things, in the eyes of the United States and Britain, are actually nothing. The level of industry in Italy is the same, and these industrial equipment are not attractive to the United States and Britain. However, the meaning for Haitang is completely different, a country that can build battleships, even if the technology is a little worse, but it is not too bad. Haitang did not even have an industrial base, and did not dislike Italian technology at all.

As for the most important war reparations, Haitang only asked for 300 million US dollars, and Foreign Minister Yan had a good attitude, the amount can be negotiated, and the payment method can be negotiated. Very good to talk to.

As for the Italian navy, which is most valued by the United States and Britain, and the qualification of garrisoning the Balkan Peninsula, Haitang did not mention it at all. In short, the terms of the negotiations were reasonable and responsible.

Diplomacy, bargaining chips are diverse, being a good baby will not be beneficial, and scoundrels are the true meaning of diplomacy.

Now Minister Yan is negotiating with the United States and Britain, and he is reaping the benefits little by little. Later, most of the conditions of the Haitang Kingdom were satisfied, but the number of war reparations changed somewhat, only 30 million US dollars. Moreover, after all the negotiation conditions were settled, Haitang State also said very "magnificently": The Italian people suffered in the war, and the people of Haitang State were deeply touched by it, and decided to use all the 30 million US dollars for Italian investment to contribute to improving the living conditions of the Italian people.

This thing, where is the contribution. In the most difficult years of the Italian economy, 30 million dollars could recruit a large number of experts and teach skilled workers, and also buy a huge amount of industrial equipment and technology. It's just a different way of looting.

Later, Haitang exported a large amount of grain to Italy, and even exchanged it for dozens of large and medium-sized enterprises. It is even more valuable than the 1,000 factories that Haitang spent hundreds of millions of dollars to build.

But. People take food as the sky, whether it is China or Europe and the United States. The large amount of grain exported by Haitang saved the Italians from starving to death, so that after the war, Italy had a very good relationship with Haitang from the people to the government.

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It was precisely Haitangguo's diplomatic behavior on the issue of Italy that once again made US President Roosevelt feel a little dissatisfied with Haitangguo.

The United States and Britain are considering their own interests, and it is only natural for the Haitang Kingdom to strive for its own interests. However, only the state officials were allowed to set fires, and the people were not allowed to light lamps, which is the same in ancient and modern China and abroad. Right now. Haitang is the people.

In the early days of the war, the United States was still a little unconfident, and although it did not look at Britain as a horse, it still paid great attention to Britain's attitude strategically. When World War II reached this stage, the United States began to become domineering. Of course, the United States is superior in strength and has the qualifications to be domineering. Haitang only slightly added a bit of blockage to the United States. Roosevelt began to be upset.

Roosevelt was upset. Haitang Kingdom has a problem.

The United States demanded that the Naval Resistance Force send troops to the Pacific Ocean to participate in the Battle of Saipan. -- Promising that the Maritime Resistance Army would recognize the territorial sovereignty of the Haitang State and establish formal diplomatic relations between the two countries by sending troops to the Pacific. And it's just a promise, not even a date.

If only a year ago, Li Guang was looking forward to this. But the war went on to this point. Whether or not the United States recognizes the development of the Haitang Kingdom to the current state is actually not crucial to the survival of the Haitang Kingdom.

You must know that the Soviet Union recognized the territorial sovereignty of the Haitang State early. To a large extent, Haitang is already an independent country in international politics.

Moreover, the current development of the Haitang Kingdom is not bad, and there are currently 16.7 million people. The economy, especially the agricultural economy, is growing rapidly. If it weren't for the war, the Haitang Kingdom would have been self-sufficient by now.

Moreover, Li Guang knew very well that Roosevelt did not have a few days to live, and he should see God in four or five years. Li Guangli's purpose in investing in Truman was clear, and he believed that after Truman took power, it would not be difficult to get official recognition from the United States.

It has been a long time since the Haitang Kingdom has made diplomatic efforts to win the recognition of the United States and the United Kingdom, as long as the United States and Britain do not directly use force against the Haitang Kingdom. At present, it seems that the war is still going on, and this may not exist at all, which means that Haitang actually can't ask the United States and Britain for it.

For the Haitang Kingdom, the Maritime Resistance Army only needs to open up the Yunnan-Burma channel and make every effort to immigrate, which is the most in line with the interests of the Haitang Kingdom. Li Guang did not even have a four-year battle plan, and was bent on fighting a few battles when World War II was about to be won in four or five years, and he would reap the benefits in the name of justice. In this way, in two or three years, Haitang has a population of millions, and naturally has a certain war potential, and no matter how domineering the Americans are, they must also consider the cost of turning their faces. What's more, by that time, Roosevelt had already seen God, and Truman, who had befriended the Haitang Kingdom, was in power, and it was almost impossible for a war situation to occur.

Another point is that the Naval Resistance Forces are not lacking in weapons and equipment now. Although the fighter radar is not advanced enough and the number is insufficient, it should still be able to support it if there is no war in four or four years. It's still not up to the Americans.

However, now that Roosevelt threw out this condition, Haitang Guo had to think carefully and had to accept it. After all, this cripple isn't dead, is he?

Li Guang only analyzed one point of Roosevelt's chicken-like condition: that is, the US Pacific Fleet was not confident enough, and it was worried that it would not be able to defeat the prepared Japanese Combined Fleet, and it needed to increase its bargaining chips for victory.

Nima. The US Pacific Fleet is so strong that it is unimaginable that it is still afraid of little Japan.

You must know that the US military has only six regular aircraft carriers and four escort aircraft carriers. If MacArthur's Seventh Fleet were transferred, the escort aircraft carriers would be able to build another ten or eight ships. That is, the United States was able to easily organize about twenty aircraft carriers.

What does the Japanese combined fleet have? Six or seven aircraft carriers, of which there is only one large and medium-sized aircraft carrier, and the rest are either light aircraft carriers or modified aircraft carriers.

Let's talk about the quality of the pilots: As far as Li Guang knows, all the pilots of the US regular aircraft carriers have more than 500 hours of flight time.

As for Japan, the pilots before the Battle of Midway were considered to be all elite, with more than 1,000 hours of flight time. By the time of the Battle of Kuah, the Japanese carrier-based pilots were already only half of the elite. After the Battle of Kuah Island, a squad of Japanese pilots could not evenly divide an elite pilot. Estimated at this stage. Most of the Japanese pilots were rookies with two or three hundred hours of flying experience.

As for the fighters, the regular aircraft carriers of the US military are full of advanced F4U Corsair and F6F Hellcat, and the Japanese Zero fighters are not opponents at all. Even the escort aircraft carrier is the F4F Wildcat fighter and the new TBF torpedo machine.

In other words, whether it is warships, fighters and pilots, the US military surpasses the Japanese army in terms of quality and quantity. Although the war situation is not very favorable to the US military, the gap in strength is clear, and the US military is still not confident. It's really incredible.

It's incredible, that's not the main cause. Premier Yuan's analysis may be closer to the truth.

This demand of the United States is nothing but blackmail. Knowing that, the Naval Resistance Army was making every effort to prepare for the Burma campaign. However, there is no rationality in making such a request.

But. things in the world. Not reasonable. China dragged down Japan's million-strong army, could it not have contributed much to World War II? However, China's share of U.S. aid loans is only 2 percent. Australia, with a population of only 8 million, has a 4 percent share.

The truth of the matter should be that the United States or Roosevelt deliberately excluded the Haitang Kingdom from the post-war distribution of spoils. As long as the Naval Resistance Force does not send troops to the Pacific, then the United States will immediately be able to list countless excuses.

However, regardless of what the United States intends to do. It was just an empty promise, and it was impossible for the Haitang State to send troops to the Pacific. Although Li Guang believes that the United States will not lose the Battle of Saipan, will the Maritime Resistance Army suffer battle losses? No one can be sure of that. If there is war damage and the strength of the Naval Resistance Force is further reduced, the right to speak will still be weak in the future, and it will be impossible to fight for interests.

And there is another problem, that is, whether the naval resistance fleet can return to the Indian Ocean before the Chinese army completes the objectives of the first phase of the campaign. If it can't, then the counterattack on Burma will be affected.

However, all the analysis and speculation did not carry enough weight so that the Naval Resistance Army held the lives of the soldiers, and the precious warships worked for the Americans.

In Li Guang's limited knowledge of history, there was one thing that was enough for the Naval Resistance Army to send troops to the Indian Ocean.

At the end of '43, a programmatic and decisive conference on the "distribution of spoils" in World War II was about to be held. It is also known in history as the Cairo Conference.

Regarding China's interests, Haitang can remind Chairman Chiang. However, regarding the interests of Haitang State, it is still necessary for Haitang State to fight for it itself. However, if you don't qualify, you won't be able to do anything.

Roosevelt had a problem, but the U.S. government's formal recognition of the territorial sovereignty of the Haitang State meant that the Haitang State would have the opportunity to participate in the Cairo Conference (not necessarily the chance), if the territorial sovereignty of the Haitang State could be noted in the conference announcement. Seventy years later, China will still use the Cairo Conference as evidence to determine the ownership of the Diaoyu Islands.

In addition, in this era, whether it is the islands in the Pacific Ocean or the islands in the Indian Ocean, the United States and Britain actually do not attach great importance to it.

Therefore, Haitang's reply to the United States is very simple: as long as the United States immediately announces its recognition of Haitang's territorial sovereignty, the main fleet of the Haitang Army will immediately go all out to reinforce the Pacific Ocean.

US President Franklin D. Roosevelt immediately issued an order to issue a proclamation to formally recognize the territorial sovereignty of the Haitang State.

However, what exactly caused Roosevelt to ask the Naval Resistance Army to send troops to the Pacific at the beginning of the period, Haitang did not analyze. Even many important members of the United States did not understand why, and Truman did not know anything about the inside story. But this seemingly unreasonable demand, after the end of the battle, made Roosevelt's people look even higher.

Years later, U.S. Secretary of State Herdau broke through. Roosevelt made this move entirely to show off in front of his little lover, the Norwegian princess Martha: Look, I can make a country fight for America for less than a penny.

In 1940, on the eve of the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Princess Martha fled to Sweden with her three children and then came to the United States at the invitation of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. After arriving in the United States, Martha and her three children were housed in Roosevelt's private residence in New York, and then taken to the White House in Washington, D.C., where they lived in the Rose Suite on the second floor of the president's home, where they lived for several months.

During this period, President Roosevelt and Martha had very similar views on many major political issues, and Martha and Roosevelt became very good friends.

Roosevelt found the thirty-nine-year-old mother of three to be charming, a noble concubine when she was quiet, and a lovely little girl when she was naughty; (Running water secretly guesses: What about the bed?) ）

Martha also often praised Roosevelt as "handsome and charming." The two often drank tea together in the afternoon and talked about national affairs, and Roosevelt also invited Martha to take the presidential yacht "Potomac" for a ride on the sea.

This thing is a standard beauty trick, and Europeans play it perfectly. The princess of the dead country has won a lot of benefits for Norway.

Don't overly mystify national decisions, sometimes a decision is just a joke of great men.

Hai Tangguo did not guess the hole cards of the United States, and Li Guang even made up the interests of the Cairo Conference in his brain, and lost a move in a solid manner.

But the world is changing, who loses and who wins, can you really say that clearly? (To be continued......)