"Strangling a life requires a big step forward, and it's not an easy thing to do!" Su Tong's Memoirs, Chapter 3, Section 6.

Spruance's praise did not make Jack feel even a trace of joy, on the contrary, he continued with a wry smile: "Sir, I don't know if you have heard of it, it is said that the Huaxia people have formulated an absolute defense circle plan, and all the countries that threaten China in this defense circle are the targets they want to attack, and the Huaxia people will not hesitate to start a war for this. ”

"Well, I've heard a little bit about it, and I've heard that it was made by the current President in 1938 before he was elected, but I used to hear it as a joke." Spruance replied with a calm face.

"It's not funny at all, sir." Jack crouched down, picked up a stone on the ground, drew it on the ground, and in a few moments a scribbled map gradually appeared in front of him, and Nimitz and Spruance knew at a glance that it was a map of Asia.

When Jack finished drawing, he said, "Sir, please see." In the white paper on national defense that the Chinese people have just promulgated, the Chinese people have drawn up an absolute national defense circle of several thousand kilometers based on Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands, and they will never tolerate the existence of any forces or countries that can threaten their national security within this range. Whoever touches this absolute defensive circle will be the undying enemy of China, and I would like to remind the two commanders that although Japan is not mentioned in this defensive circle drawn by the Chinese people, I believe that Japan has definitely been drawn into this circle in the hearts of the Chinese masters. I don't have the slightest fear that we will be able to defeat the Japanese, but what I am worried about now is that after we defeat Japan, we will have to attack the Japanese mainland, and then we will collide head-on with the Chinese army, which has long been recuperated, and then we will meet a real enemy. ”

Spruance and Nimitz also agreed with Jack's point of view after hearing this, but then Spruance frowned and said, "But if we defeat the Japanese, we must march into Japan itself, otherwise what's the point of us defeating the Japanese?" ”

"That's the problem." Nimitz, who was listening to the understanding, raised his head and said resolutely, "If we can't enter the Japanese mainland, then everything we are doing now is meaningless, but if we must enter the Japanese mainland, then the war with China will inevitably explode immediately." ”

Looking at the vast and calm Pacific Ocean, Nimitz's tone became heavy, and his expression became more and more solemn.

In the second half of last year, the scope of activities of the Huaxia Pacific Fleet has been expanded to the Bering Strait, and even met with the task force led by Halsey.

The peculiar history of China, a country that considers itself the leader of Asia, has had a special impact on their decision-making. The bitter history has taught them that no European country can be trusted, and the same tells them that it is within a certain safe range. The presence of other forces must not be tolerated, and any incursion into the region by external forces is enough to make them feel a real threat.

"Maybe we can use the benefits to induce them to agree," Spruance thought for a moment before he choked out a sentence, and was immediately interrupted by Nimitz.

"Impossible!" Nimitz said decisively: "General Spruance, there is an essential difference between the United States and Japan, Japan's inherently weak industry and poor resources make it impossible for them to manufacture a large number of qualified long-range bombers, and then threaten the homeland of China. As long as the Chinese people still have a strong air and sea power, Japan will be nothing more than a clown who is arrogant to them, and they can level Japan at any time if they want to. But what if the United States occupies Japan? American bombers can take off from Japan at any time to bomb the Chinese mainland and bomb the cities of China, such as Beiping, Nanjing, and Chahar. All of them are within the bombing radius of our bombers. Spruance, do you think that we, the United States, will accept the Chinese occupation of Mexico? ”

"Ugh!" Spruance is dumb, not to mention the American occupation of Mexico, as long as the military shoes of any country dare to step into Canada and Mexico, the Americans will go crazy, and they will not hesitate to fight the enemy to the end. The United States is the Americas of the Americans, and it is the American state of the United States, and the United States will never accept Mexico being occupied by a country with a strong military force. China could not accept the entry of white people into Asia, and the Asianism advocated by the current president of China was more radical than the Solomonism pursued by the Americans.

"So, are we going to go to war with the Huaxia people one day?" Spruance muttered.

"I'm afraid it's such a general!" Jack on the side was also full of helplessness.

Seeing that the atmosphere was too dull, Nimitz shook his head and said, "Okay, it's too early for us to discuss this issue, and defeating the Japanese is not something that can be done in a day or two." It will take at least one to two years, and then the president and the people in the Congress will naturally have a headache for this problem, we are soldiers, this kind of thing should not be considered by us in the first place, now let's think about how to defeat the combined fleet of the Japanese."

Moscow's Mistsev Street is a very remote street, which is guarded by the army all the year round, and ordinary citizens are not allowed to pass through it at all, and over time many people forget that there is such a street. At this moment, in a nondescript house on this street, Stalin was reviewing the documents in the dim light, and his expression changed according to the contents of the documents.

When Stalin frowned when he saw a document, he pressed a button on the table without thinking, and soon a very young female secretary with beautiful golden hair walked in and asked softly: "Comrade Stalin, do you have any other orders?" ”

"Call Comrade Zhukov here immediately!"

Stalin's voice was as calm as ever, and the female secretary, who had just been transferred to Stalin's side, obviously did not hear the anxiety in the words of this originally resolute leader, and hurriedly said: "Comrade Stalin, Comrade Zhukov is still commanding the troops in his headquarters, it will take a while to rush over, if there is nothing important, you might as well call him."

"Shut up, didn't you understand what I said? Call Zhukov here right now! ”

No matter how sluggish the female secretary was, she could hear the anger in Stalin's words, and hurried out, and soon the sound of a landline machine sounded outside.

More than an hour later, a hurried Zhukov arrived in Stalin's office, the general tasked with defending Moscow, with heavy dark circles on his face and a thinner figure than before, to see how much pressure had been on his shoulders these days.

"Comrade Zhukov, I heard that the Germans outside have already received help from the Chinese to help them airlift supplies?"

"Yes, Comrade Stalin, according to the reports of our Air Force, now almost every day transport planes from China fly to airfields controlled by the Germans to provide them with large quantities of military supplies, which also include large quantities of weapons and ammunition." There was a hint of helplessness in Zhukov's words.

"What about our Air Force, why not intercept their transport planes." Stalin's blazing eyes kept staring at Zhukov, as if to see through the heart of this beloved general.

"I've sent planes to try to intercept their transport groups and airships in the air, but unfortunately we all failed." Speaking of this, Zhukov's face was full of helplessness. Just a few days ago, he photographed a batch of more than 200 transport planes to intercept the Huaxia transport planes flying from the direction of Poland, but he was stubbornly intercepted by the Huaxia escort group, and the more than 200 fighters that attacked finally only came back with more than 60 planes, and their result was only to shoot down three Huaxia transport planes. After paying such a heavy price but only making such a small gain, Zhukov has never sent a fleet of planes to attack a group of transport planes from afar.

Seeing the dissatisfaction on Stalin's face, Zhukov hurriedly comforted: "But don't worry, it's still winter, as long as there is another heavy snowfall, the Chinese planes will not be able to go to the sky, and then their airlift will naturally stop." ”

"I just handed over a million reserves to you, why don't you immediately launch a counterattack?" Speaking of this, Stalin began to speak violently, "I told you a long time ago that we must not be soft on these invaders, we must give them the most severe blows, and constantly attack them to weaken their strength, why don't you carry out the orders of the High Command!" Do you know that you are doing this against the orders of the High Command! ”

"Because our forces are still insufficient, because I am not sure that we will drive the Germans out of Moscow." In the face of the supreme commander's anger, Zhukov did not hesitate like other generals, he just calmly stated the current battlefield situation.

"Now that the Chinese have begun to use their air power to help the Germans airlift supplies, it means that they are no longer satisfied with stopping in Yekaterin to see the scenery. In order to guard against the Chinese, we have already transferred the reorganized Southeastern Front to the direction of Kazan, and the scale of the reinforcements originally used to reinforce Moscow has been greatly reduced, and the conditions for our counteroffensive are themselves insufficient; if we forcibly launch a counteroffensive, if we cannot drive the Germans out of Moscow in one go, and at that time we have exhausted all our troops and material supplies, how can we resist the German counterattack? ”

Zhukov's rhetorical question made Stalin speechless, and he also admitted that Zhukov had a point, but he still couldn't help but shout: "I don't care what method you use, in short, you must give the Germans a little color to see, I want them to know that the great Soviet Russia is not a place where they can wantonly invade!" ”

Under Stalin's angry rebuke, Zhukov had to reluctantly promise to launch a limited counterattack tomorrow, while testing the strength of the Germans, he also understood Stalin's mood at this time, since being jointly attacked by China and Germany, Soviet Russia has lost most of its territory, and the whole of Siberia has fallen into the hands of the Chinese and their lackey Russian Empire. Although the Chinese are still watching the excitement in Yekaterinburg, the people on the earth know that they are fighting to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but at this time, Soviet Russia has nothing to do to deal with them. The Germans in the southwest were attacking very quickly, and now it can be said that Soviet Russia has been overwhelmed, and there is a danger of annihilation at any time, and it is understandable that Stalin, as the supreme commander, is in a hurry to catch fire.

When Zhukov said goodbye to Stalin and walked out of the office, Stalin sat in his seat and pondered for a long time before slowly muttering to himself: "It seems that the Americans will have to ask for more aid, otherwise"

"Mr. President, Stalin has sent another telegram, they ask us to increase military assistance to Soviet Russia, at least 450 combat planes, 1,000 trucks, 50,000 tons of aluminum and 200,000 tons of various war materials every month, and they even ask us to supply an additional 100,000 tons of food every month, otherwise Soviet Russia will have the possibility of a complete retreat on the frontal battlefield."

In Roosevelt's office, Hawkins reluctantly handed a telegram to Roosevelt.

Roosevelt sighed after receiving the telegram lightly, he frowned and sighed: "It seems that the Soviet Russians are having a hard time now!" ”

"It's not that it's bad, it's very bad." Hawkins interjected: "Now the Chinese have begun to intervene in the European battlefield, they use planes to airlift a large number of supplies to the Germans, according to intelligence, now they have specially sent about 500 large transport planes to airlift military supplies from Poland to Moscow, they are like a group of crazy Jews, as long as they give money they dare to sell anything." Sometimes I can't help but ask myself, is this still the same country I used to know? Is this still the country that is under the banner of the Free People? "Over the years, the great changes in Huaxia itself have made Hawkins, who was originally known as Huaxia Tong, more and more unable to understand the current situation.

"It's not surprising, Hawkins." Roosevelt's eyes looked out the window at the snowy scene, "The Chinese are now using themselves as bargaining chips, and if they want to reap the benefits of this unprecedented war, they must maximize their own interests, which is very compatible with the character of their president." ”

Roosevelt's reaction puzzled Hawkins, "Mr. President, aren't you indignant at the actions of the Chinese?" You must know that at the beginning, they promised to only airlift some food, food and other humanitarian supplies, but now they have violated the original guarantee. ”

"What if they just got lucky? Can we stop them? Or is it to declare war on China for this? Roosevelt asked rhetorically, and Hawkins was silent. Yes, now that the United States has declared war on Germany and Japan, if it declares war on China again, the consequences will be chilling, you must know that the current Chinese navy is no longer the two or three cats and dogs of the past, it has three offensive navies with strong strength and can go to the sea. Although they don't have much experience in naval warfare, the nine large aircraft carriers carrying a total of more than 1,000 combat planes are not ornaments, and they can also kill people.

"Once upon a time, the Huaxia Navy was just a baby who had just learned to walk, but now he has grown into a sturdy teenager. Hawkins, the times are in the show, we can't look at the current China with old eyes, their strength is already worthy of us to measure them with equal eyes, the world is so helpless, do you understand? ”

After listening to Roosevelt's words, Hawkins was silent, Roosevelt's words were the rule of the naked jungle, as long as you have the strength, you can gain the respect and even admiration of others, even if you used to be a beggar on the side of the road.

"Hawkins, you have to remember that now we can't add enemies to ourselves, as long as there is the slightest possibility, we must unite all the forces that can be united, even if we know that this force will turn against us in the future, do you understand what I mean?"

"Yes, Mr. President, I see what you mean." Hawkins nodded helplessly, "But what about the request for help from the Soviet Russian side?" Are we going to continue to reinforce them? ”

"Of course!" Roosevelt affirmed: "We must not only continue to reinforce them, but also increase the intensity of reinforcements, and Soviet Russia must not fall at this time!" If they hadn't pinned down the Germans on the Eastern Front, Hitler would have at least free up his hands to devote at least four million troops to the Western Front, can you imagine what that would mean for us? This is nothing short of a catastrophe. Hawkins, what will happen to us if the British are defeated and surrender? Will we alone cope with the German and Japanese attacks? I'm afraid that then we will be ready to fight on our own soil, so Soviet Russia must not fall! As if to express determination, Roosevelt repeated the phrase again.

Hawkins thought about it in his heart for a while before he said cautiously: "If we want to increase aid to Soviet Russia, then it is not enough to rely on the route of Britain and Iceland through the Arctic Ocean to the port of Murmansk, we also need to increase the transportation route." ”

"Do you have any good ideas?"

Hawkins pondered for a moment: "I think we can open up two more routes, one is to transport the goods to Iran, and then from Iran to Soviet Russia by rail, and the other is to transport the ports in the eastern part of Soviet Russia from the west coast through Alaska, but now the ports in the eastern part of Soviet Russia have been occupied by the Chinese, if the Chinese do not agree that we can't even transport a single screw, you know that the Chinese Pacific Fleet has already begun to patrol that area." ”

"Then negotiate with the Chinese, threaten to buy money, in short, we must let the Russians hold on." Roosevelt said categorically