~Date: ~October 10~

On November 5, 1939, in the Huxin Pavilion of the Cui Jin Garden of Prince Gong's Mansion in Beiping, an unexpected meeting ♀ was held in the negotiation field, which is rarely mentioned in the public historical materials of later generations, but in "Harry. It is mentioned in the Memoirs of Hopkins and the Diary of Anastasiania, as well as in Zhou Enlai's "Forty Years of G International".

Harry. In the memoirs of Hopkins, it is written: "Marshal Luo Yaoguo of China sat there, and beside him sat Anastasia I, Empress of the Russian Empire and Queen of Persia, and I, Secretary of Commerce of the United States of America, and the envoy of Roth, sat opposite them!"

This is probably the most ridiculous scene in my entire public career! Now, the United States of America is at war with the Russian Empire, and I sit face to face with the Empress of Russia, as if nothing had happened.

What's even more ridiculous is that Marshal Luo Yaoguo also seriously condemned the aggression of Germany, Italy, and Russia against the United States during this meeting! Oh, and he said to the empress beside him, who was fighting with him, with a serious face: I also strongly condemn your participation in the war of aggression against the United States...... And when the Russian empress heard this, she actually replied with a smile: You can condemn me as much as you want.

I'm sure these two men must be the most humorous and thick-skinned leaders in the world! ”

Empress Anastasia's diary reads: "The marshal (referring to Luo Yaoguo) asked me to meet with the special envoy of the President of the United States, Harry. Hopkins saw this, and he believed that the war (referring to the invasion of North America by Germany, Italy, Russia, etc.) was pointless, and that it would definitely end in peace talks. And I, the Empress of Russia, am certainly the most suitable intermediary in the negotiations, so I should take this opportunity to show a certain amount of goodwill to the American side, after all, Russia's participation in this war is completely forced......

Actually, I'm with Harry. The Hopkins meeting was also forced! Hitler could force my country to participate in a war that I didn't want to participate in, and a marshal could force me, the empress, to do something I didn't want to do! But I don't resent the two of ♀ them at all, probably because of my belief in God, right? ”

This unique meeting is also described in "Forty Years of G International", where Zhou Elai writes: "Luo Yaoguo has always been an opportunist. An opportunist ♀ was particularly prominent at the talks at Prince Gong's Mansion on November 5, 1939. He actually arranged for the Russian empress, who secretly visited Beiping, to meet with the special envoy of the American president! In fact, we all know that the Empress of Russia was Hitler's envoy, probably with the aim of persuading China to remain neutral between virtue and Germany. Therefore, this meeting can also be understood as Luo Yaoguo's first effort to mediate between virtue and Germany.

But the outcome of this mediation is sure to disappoint him. The scene of the day was a little awkward, Harry. Hopkins' expression was very surprised. And a little bit of anger. However, the Russian empress showed enough kindness to the envoy of the US president, and I don't know if it was Luo Yaoguo's benefit or the empress's original intention. However, neither side has shown any willingness to reconcile.

Due to the unexpected appearance of the Russian Empress. Neither we nor the United States have been able to put forward a demand or proposal for China's participation in the war against Germany. At the beginning of the talks, the focus was on the conclusion of a war alliance between China and the United States against Japan, and Luo Yaoguo raised the issue of Australia's sovereignty as we had previously anticipated. In Harry. After Hopkins said the United States could issue a joint communiqué with China, indicating that the United States has no view on the sovereignty dispute over Australia. Luo Yaoguo said that he could try his best to promote the alliance ‖between China and the United States. He also proposed that China, after its victory over Japan, could mediate between the United States and Germany, Italy, Russia, and other countries to restore world peace.

After that, he put forward a proposal ♀ for the post-war world order, the core idea of which is that the great powers will rule the world, and that China, Germany, and the United States will rule together in the post-war world!

He also envisaged the creation of an organization similar to the League of Nations to give concrete effect to the domination of the world by such great powers. The organization will establish a Supreme International Arbitration Commission, with two arbitration commissioners each from China, Germany and the United States. Italy, Russia, India, Brazil and Poland each sent one arbitration commissioner, a total of 11 commissioners to arbitrate disputes between countries around the world in the future...... And as long as any two members jointly exercise the 'veto'. The arbitration committee could not pass any arbitration resolution, and this idea was the prototype of the current Supreme Council of the League of Nations.

After Luo Yaoguo elaborated on his proposal for the establishment of a post-war world order, Anastasia I took the initiative to get up and leave the venue, that is, the Huxin Pavilion ♀ in the Cui Jin Garden of Prince Gong's Mansion was obviously arranged in advance, and the subsequent talks were held between China, the United States, and G International. ”

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Look at the reactionary Empress of Russia finally disappearing from this pavilion in the middle of the lake. Hopkins sighed lightly, leaned forward slightly, and said solemnly to Luo Yaoguo: "Mr. Chief of the General Staff, I am really surprised to see the Empress of Russia here, but I can still understand Your Excellency's thoughts, in fact, the United States of America does not rule out the possibility of living in peace with Germany, but under the current situation, Mr. Hitler is afraid that he will not give up his ambition to rule the world, right?" ”

Zhou Elai also raised his head, looked at Luo Yaoguo with expectant eyes and said, "Marshal, if we can't deal a heavy blow to the fascist forces in the world, they will not consider peaceful coexistence with us. Moreover, judging from Hitler's current support for the Japanese militarists, his ambitions were not limited to Europe, Africa, and the Americas. ”

Luo Yaoguo took a sip of the teacup and said thoughtfully: "Of course, the Republic of China does not want to see Germany dominate the world, the future world should be led by pluralism rather than unity, and I also have enough confidence in the wisdom and rationality of the German nation, the dictatorship of the German Socialist Workers' Party will not be maintained forever, and Germany will eventually return to the democratic camp and become a force beneficial to human progress and world peace." Luo Yaoguo still insists that the future world will be governed by the tripolar co-governance of China, Germany, and the United States, and he opposes Germany's elimination of the United States, nor does he agree with the United States and China joining hands to eliminate Germany.

Zhou Elai smiled slightly. There is an aura in his smile that makes people feel like a spring breeze, and it seems that the relationship between them has been brought a lot closer at once. "Auxiliary text. We should not have any illusions ♀ about fascism that the system is the enemy of all mankind, and if our generation does not completely eradicate it, it will be our children and grandchildren who will suffer, and it will be the future of all mankind. His tone was very sincere: "The future and destiny of the entire human race are in your hands. Moreover, defeating the demon of Hitler is not impossible for China and the United States at the moment. ”

Luo Yaoguo smiled slightly, noncommittal. Harry. Hopkins took over the topic of Zhou Elai. He continued: "Your Excellency, the United States also has a proposal for the future world pattern, that is, China, the United States, and Great Britain. There is also the co-leadership of the G International Quartet. We in the United States only need to maintain our pre-war sphere of influence; Britain can be a leading force in Western Europe, Central Europe, and Africa; G International can lead South Asia, Japan. and the Korean Peninsula; And the land under Chinese rule can stretch from the Pacific coast of Asia all the way to the Baltic Sea! China can become the most powerful country in the world and become the world's leading force! ”

"Baltic?" Luo Yaoguo hesitated for a moment and asked rhetorically.

Harry. Hopkins nodded with a smile, looked at the direction in which the Russian Empress left just now, and said: "Your Excellency Marshal, your close relationship with Empress Anastasia is known to the whole world, and the United States and Ross wish your relationship to go further." "Speaking of which. He paused slightly, and then said: "I think it is the German Führer who is preventing you two lovers from finally becoming married, right?" ”

Luo Yaoguo glanced at it with a smile on his face. It seems that Harry who is preparing to be the old man under the moon. Hopkins, with a sneer in his heart, some Yankees have ♀ poor skills in fighting wars, but the level of fooling people is first-class! Unfortunately, this is no longer the Middle Ages, and it is not the time when two countries could be merged together by dynastic marriages. If you force yourself to get involved in Russia, I am afraid that you will end up in the sea of the Russian People's War.

"Mr. Hopkins," Luo Yaoguo took a sip of tea, sorted out his thoughts, and then said slowly: "My personal relationship with the Russian Empress is relatively close, but it is only private, and it does not involve the national interests of China and Russia. ”

"I can't fool him." Hopkins sighed in his heart, if Luo Yaoguo really had no interest in the tempting hot potato of the Russian Empire, I am afraid that there was really nothing for him to bring China into the anti-fascist camp...... But then again, isn't Luo Yaoguo himself a fascist in the cloak of democracy?

The atmosphere in the Huxin Pavilion became awkward all of a sudden, Luo Yaoguo was silent and didn't speak, and Hopkins didn't know what to say, so he had to give Zhou E a secret look and ask him to come forward and thin the mud. Zhou Elai looked at Luo Yaoguo with regretful eyes, and sighed lightly: "Fuwen, Hitler's ambitions are endless, if he suffers a setback in North America, he may soon turn the goal of expansion to Russia." At that time, China will probably become a neighbor with Germany. ”

"This kind of thing will not happen, in fact, the era of military expansion will soon pass, and the world will be dominated by economic and political competition in the future, and it will be difficult for a war between major powers to break out." Luo Yaoguo's answer made Zhou Elai a little confused, but Hopkins suddenly understood what the other party was referring to!

"Your Excellency, I'm afraid this is your unilateral idea, right?" Hopkins said with a sad face: "Now Hitler is attacking Bermuda with all his might, and the purpose should be to use this as a base and use that secret weapon to force the United States to surrender!" At this he sighed: "If Bermuda falls and Hitler has that weapon again, I am afraid that a catastrophe for all mankind will inevitably befall....... Am I right? ”

"You're right, I think the United States must hold Bermuda at all costs." Luo Yaoguo knew that Hopkins' last words were asking about the results of China's atomic bomb test, so he took out a sealed document bag from a briefcase beside him and handed it to Hopkins. "Here are the data from that trial and some photos from the test site. In addition, there is technical information on the German P-35 missile. ”

Speaking of this, he smiled lightly: "The P-35 missile is one of the last projects of Sino-German technical cooperation, and we now also have a production line for the production of this missile, but this weapon does not have too high tactical value without the Japanese kamikaze piloting." ”

Hopkins took the file bag and wondered, "Your Excellency, Marshal." You just said the Japanese kamikaze? Is it ......?"

Luo Yaoguo shrugged: "That's right, it's the Japanese kamikaze who drove the P-35 to fight the United States in the Atlantic. Or do you think the Germans would do such a stupid thing? Don't forget. They were all Christians. ”

When Hopkins thought about it, he understood that Christians commit suicide to hell, and Japanese devils can become gods by launching suicide attacks. Therefore, it was quite difficult for Hitler to recruit a sufficient number of madmen among the Christian Germans to fly the P-35 missile. It's better to buy from Japan at a lower cost.

"Fuwen, I seem to have read in the newspaper that Germany is preparing to provide P-35 missiles to Japan......" Zhou Elai seemed to remember something] and his face suddenly became solemn, "If the Japanese have a sufficient number of P-35 missiles, can we still defeat them?" ”

"No problem. The pilots of the P-35 missiles were not so easy to train. Luo Yaoguo raised his hand and pointed to the document bag in Hopkins' hand and said: "Mr. ♀ Hopkins has analyzed in detail the advantages and disadvantages of the P-35 missile, and with the strength of the US Navy, as long as you take more precautions, there will be no problem." ”

Hopkins nodded at Luo Yaoguo with a smile, stuffed the document bag into his briefcase, and was about to say something grateful to further close the distance between the two sides. A beautiful blonde woman wearing a cheongsam and a graceful figure suddenly trotted all the way along the corridor into the Lake Center Pavilion. walked directly to Luo Yaoguo's side and stuffed a telegram to him.

Luo Yaoguo frowned slightly, took the telegram and read it, his color changed, and he said in a lost voice: "The Germans have landed in Iceland!" ”

……

Ross sat in the window of the Oval Office of the White House, looking out the floor-to-ceiling bowl window at the pitch black capital of the United States. Washington, D.C., though not a bustling city that never sleeps, is still lit up at eight or nine o'clock every night, a scene like tonight's has never happened even during the most difficult years of the Great Depression!

And what put the American capital in this darkness was an emergency decree signed by the president of the United States this morning, announcing the control of lights in all towns along the Atlantic coast of the United States from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. every day!

The flames of World War II will soon reach the United States! In fact, as long as the German Führer Adolf. Hitler willingly, he can send carrier-based planes to bomb any city on the east coast of the United States tonight. This is because the combined fleet of Germany and Italy is now cruising the Atlantic Ocean a few hundred nautical miles off the east coast of the United States, and the US Navy does not dare to go and confront them.

But that's not the worst of it! After all, the combined fleet of Germany and Italy did not dare to get too close to the US mainland, otherwise the thousands of combat planes of the United States would not be vegetarian. As for Bermuda, the commander of the Army Air Corps, Admiral Arnold, has also pledged that no less than 1,000 combat aircraft will be sent every day to reinforce the American defenders there, as long as the weather permits!

But before Ross could let go, bad news came from Ottawa that the Germans were landing in Iceland! Moreover, the free British government in Ottawa has made it clear that it is unable to defend this important island, and it is estimated that the island will be completely controlled by the Germans within a week, and then Greenland will soon fall, and then it will be Newfoundland's turn.

Hitler's mighty army, which had no rival throughout Europe, was soon set foot on the land of North America! If the U.S. Army can't drive them out into the sea, then the history of the United States will really end......

Is there still salvation for the United States?

At this moment, footsteps sounded outside the door, and the presidential adjutant Caton walked in through the door.

"Mr. President, Admiral Marshall, Admiral MacArthur, Admiral Lebroadside, Admiral Arnold, and General Forbes of England have arrived."

"Invite them in." Roosevelt struggled to adjust the angle of his wheelchair with both hands to the point where the uniformed White House attendant walked in to face the desk, pulled up the heavy curtains, and then turned on the lights to illuminate it as if it were daylight. Several admirals with gloomy faces rushed in, each finding a seat and sitting down.

"Your Excellency the President, a telegram has just been sent from Bermuda, and the shelling of the German fleet has not begun until 9 p.m." As soon as Admiral Marshall sat down, he reported the good news.

Hearing this news, Ross Lamb breathed a sigh of relief, the German fleet is probably on holiday and resting tonight, right? But it was finally possible for the U.S. troops in Bermuda to take a breather.

"Admiral Forbes," Roosevelt rubbed his temples, swept the representative of Free Britain with a tired look, and said in a deep voice, "Is it true that Prime Minister Churchill is not going to defend Iceland and Greenland?" ”