Chapter 476: Nuclear Attack Up: Some cities are on the list
Sitting in a speeding Chinese car, Goering has been worrying about a problem.
Although the German secret negotiators received a reply call that Zhou Guolai would take time to meet him in person before leaving, it was impossible for the staff to reveal how the chancellor would respond to the Germans' request.
Although the Chinese had promised to agree to the quid pro quo proposed by the Germans, and put forward supplementary conditions, as long as the gas war went smoothly, China would use nuclear weapons as promised and lease them to Nazi Germany.
However, Goering knew that the more critical the moment, the more likely there were variables in the negotiations, if not because of anything else, but because the Chinese were in an advantageous position.
And he also knew very well that since the Chinese made a promise, and Führer Hitler also regarded it as a life-saving straw, once he could not do this last thing well, returning to Germany was likely to provoke Hitler's anger.
Worried, as a German field marshal, Hitler at this moment was completely in a great state of anxiety, and he couldn't even look at the prosperous scene outside the car window.
Soon, Goering's Zhonghua car drove into Hanjing Mountain, and after strict inspection, it was released, and finally came to the office area of the Government Affairs Yuan located in the Hanjing Mountain office area.
Zhou Guolai did not meet Goering in the Hall of Nations, but chose a secret conference room in the nearby Government Council.
"Mr. Zhou Guolai, at about 3 o'clock this morning Berlin time, the allied forces led by the Americans brazenly launched a poison gas attack on our homeland, raising this poison gas war to the height of a decisive battle."
As he spoke, Goering quietly looked at Zhou Guolai and found that the latter was sitting there steadily, drinking tea and listening to his own statement, without any superfluous expression, as if he were just listening to a story.
Could it be that the situation has changed? His heart throbbed, and he couldn't help but worry.
"Mr. Zhou Guolai, your country had promised to accept the lease conditions proposed by Führer Hitler, and as for the secret conditions, we have done so perfectly.
Before I came, Führer Hitler asked me to convey to Mr. Zhou and Mr. Zhang Shusheng, Chairman of the National People's Congress of your country, that he was very pleased that Germany was able to fulfill its commitments, and at the same time hoped that your country would be able to fulfill its commitments, push Sino-German friendship to a new peak, and lead World War II to victory once and for all. ”
Goering simply finished speaking in one breath, and then, like a criminal awaiting a sentence, waited for the Zhou Guo, who was leisurely drinking tea, to reply to him.
Maybe he'll say "Well, we'll think about it." Or, "This is a difficult ...... problem...... In just half a minute, he thought about all the diplomatic tricks used by the Chinese, but he didn't know what Zhou Guolai would say, could it be that the Chinese would really smoothly agree to carry out their promises? There were four people in the room, Goering and Zhou Guolai, and the other two were translators provided by the Chinese side, and Goering didn't even have the right to bring his own translators.
"This tea tastes good, and Mr. Goering can taste it." Zhou Guolai slowly finished drinking the tea, looked at Goering, whose eyes were about to burst into flames, and then said, "Chairman Zhang Shusheng asked me to tell you, Mr. Hitler, that what we say will definitely be done." From the present point of view, in addition to offering the German Middle East in exchange, your country has also satisfactorily fulfilled the additional conditions of launching a poison gas war to bring the war to the climax.
So ......"
After a slight pause, Zhou Guolai stood up, looked at Goering, whose entire fat body was about to stand up nervously, and said solemnly, "On behalf of Comrade Zhang Shusheng, Chairman of the National People's Congress, I would like to formally inform your country on behalf of our country's political axe that we will complete our commitment to nuclear leasing as soon as possible. ”
"This, this... It's just wonderful!! ”
Goering was overjoyed, then opened his briefcase, took out a document marked top secret, handed it to Zhou Guo, and said, "The first part of this document is a report on the total weight of poison gas jointly produced by our German military and your country's European observation officers, a total of 5,000 tons of poison gas bombs, and even more than many.
Later in the document is a little request from the great Führer Hitler about the location of a nuclear attack. ”
"Request?"
Zhou Guolai shook his head and said, "We will evaluate the requirements for the location of the nuclear attack, and as for the number of atomic bombs leased, we will strictly follow the previous commitments." ”
"It doesn't matter, the Führer and we have always believed in the decisions of our allies." Although Goering was a little disappointed, he still only laughed and said, the fat on his face trembled, where the Chinese chose to attack, he actually didn't care, as long as the task was completed, even if the Chinese dropped the atomic bomb into the territorial waters of the United States, it had nothing to do with him, what the Führer cared about, he didn't necessarily care, what he cared about was to complete the task.
"Mr. Zhou, when will this project start? Any territory and airspace of our Europe can be opened to your country's nuclear bombers for their mission. Goering said with a smile.
"How the promise of the nuclear lease will be fulfilled, and in what specific way, our military will evaluate and formulate a plan, and I have nothing more to tell Mr. Goering about you, I just assure you that Chairman Zhang Shusheng promised to complete our commitment as soon as possible."
Zhou Guo said, "It is only before the plan is implemented, it is necessary for Mr. Hitler to announce to the world the decision to lease atomic bombs for a nuclear attack in accordance with the conditions in the negotiations." ”
"There is no problem at all with this, I can agree on behalf of the Führer. Mr. Zhou, it is very good, this cooperation is very pleasant, and it will be a ...... of Sino-German friendship."
Then there is some unnutritious gossip, high-level politicians seem to ordinary people to be very mysterious, just like on TV, as if every time Chinese and foreign politicians meet, they sit under the camera for a few minutes and finish, but in fact it is not at all, especially this kind of secret talk, which often takes a long time, and is full of things that cannot be put on the table.
Since the goal has been achieved, Zhou Guolai naturally will not delay with this dead fat man for more, and under the pretext of being busy with official business, he hurriedly ended the secret conversation, Goering happily went back to send a secret telegram to Berlin, and Zhou Guolai went to see Zhang Shusheng.
…… Washington, USA.
Almost at the same time, just after Hitler made a public address to the world, Truman also smelled the conspiracy for the first time.
However, although politicians are sensitive, they are still not particularly efficient in the face of major political events.
Even though Truman had encountered all kinds of possible crises, Hitler still did not make a decision immediately after his public speech.
On the contrary, the entire White House is busy, all departments are operating efficiently, under the heavy protection of the military and police, there are constantly high-ranking officials and staff of other departments coming and going to the White House, and in the White House, small or medium-sized analysis and discussion meetings are also being held urgently.
It wasn't until later that day, when a high-level military-political meeting at the core level was held in the reorganized White House, and by this time, more than a dozen hours had passed since Goering's secret trip to Hanking Mountain, and what was even more tragic was that the American political axe certainly could not have known that Hitler would be burning to the ass and urging Goering to beg the Chinese.
Of course, this is not the most surprising, the most surprising thing is that the Chinese actually met and talked for less than half an hour before announcing to the Germans that they would fulfill their promises.
"Gentlemen, judging by the public statements of the Nazi leader Hitler, the worst that we suspect may have appeared. Hitler's confidence may well lie in the Chinese, in the fact that they may well have completed the nuclear weapons lease negotiations for the target. ”
Truman looked around at the crowd, everyone with a tired face, and even Eisenhower had participated in many panel discussions and analysis, and now it was time to wrap up.
He looked at Eisenhower, the representative of the military, who nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. President, gentlemen, although the results of the high-profile nuclear lease negotiations conducted by the Germans have not been announced, we have comprehensively analyzed from many aspects, and we believe that the Germans should have obtained a satisfactory result from the Chinese, which is the main reason why Hitler dared to announce such a tough decision to the world."
I support the decision of Mr. President. ”
Truman nodded, and then said, "Gentlemen, the biggest difference between a country that has been destroyed and surrendered on its own initiative is that the regime changes by itself and is dismantled by others, if you don't want the United States to become a Nazi country or an overseas garden of the Orientals, now go to a vote, although we have lost the victory of the war, we can retain the vitality of the United States, we can retain the last dignity and interests." ”
"I support Mr. President's decision."
"I support Mr. President's decision."
"I support Mr. President's decision."
"I abstain."
…… As a result, the 15 U.S. [***] dignitaries began to vote, and the final results were clear at a glance, 15 people, including President Truman, 12 supported, 2 abstained, and one opposed.
Seeing the results, Truman was satisfied and said, "Very well, gentlemen, tomorrow we will press Congress to pass the decision of unconditional surrender as quickly as possible, and at the same time, we can begin to engage with the Chinese." ”
…… Zhang Shusheng looked at the nuclear leasing plan in his hand that had been simply modified, including a total of five 200,000-ton TNT equivalent atomic bombs, because the Germans really dropped 5,000 tons of poison gas bombs on the heads of the Allies, and the ensuing retribution was that the Germans also tasted almost a lot of poison gas bombs, and even Berlin did not escape, which can be described as heavy casualties.
Finally achieved his goal, Zhang Shusheng naturally wants to fulfill his promise, a man promises a thousand gold, and Huaxia Yinuo will definitely do it. There is no point in embarrassing the Germans in such a matter, and there is also a place and a time to give them small shoes.
On the list given by Hitler, Moscow and Leningrad were naturally not on the list, and Kareli behind Leningrad was on the list, because this was the base camp of the Allied forces after Leningrad, the most important military stronghold, and even in the gas war, the damage was very small.
Kareli, London, Birmingham, Washington, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco...... These cities were all on Hitler's 'self-nomination list'.
Zhang Shusheng frowned, Britain is fine, the Chinese in London and Birmingham, those who are willing to leave have already been transferred through various means through the 'overseas Chinese organization', and there are only a very small number of diehards in Washington who do not leave, but there are a large number of Chinese in New York and Los Angeles, not because they are stubborn and do not leave, the situation is very complicated. Not to mention San Francisco, which has always been a high concentration of Chinese.
"It seems that you still have to do it yourself."
Zhang Shusheng picked up the pen and meditated on the strategic value of several major cities in the United States and the evacuation of Chinese, and finally ticked a few places on this list: Kareli, London, Birmingham, Washington, and Chicago.
(To be continued)