709th Hopkins' Temptation
While Trotsky and Lu Yi were planning the next stage of the world revolution in Delhi, Chang Ruiqing was in the presidential suite of the Kaiserhof Hotel listening to Sun Yuexun's introduction to her visit to the United States. In addition to the time spent on the road, Sun Yuexun spent a full month in the United States, and had some contact with various aspects of the United States, including the American government, the American Republic, the three Nazi parties, American business people, the Chinese diaspora in the United States, and the rìben mínzhǔ faction in exile in the United States.
On the whole, Sun Yuexun is still relatively optimistic about the prospects of Sino-US relations, and the Americans believe that the Soviet Union is the backstage of the Soviet Union, and the key to fighting against the Soviet Union is to defeat the Soviet Union, as long as the Soviet Union is defeated, the defeat of the Soviet Union will also mean that the defeat of the Soviet Union can be waited, of course, if China can fight against the Soviet Union at the same time, it would be more ideal to attack the Soviet Union together, and in exchange the United States can also declare war on the Soviet Union and participate in the "Anti-Soviet Agreement."
As for the post-war arrangements for rìben, the attitude of the Americans, first of all, was to severely punish the leaders of the Red Army who started this war, and an international tribunal should be convened to try them! Second, all the colonies occupied by the Rì Hon, including the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, the Ryukyu Islands, and American Hawaii, must be expropriated and returned to their rightful owners, and after the war, the Rì Honto territory would be limited to the four islands of Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and Hokkaido. Third, after the war, the five countries of China, the United States, Britain, Germany, and Italy should have been jointly responsible for the occupation, and they should have been mínzhǔ and disarmed forever.
The Rì本mínzhǔ faction, headed by Gongwang of Xiyuan Temple, fully accepted and rejected the invitation of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Association to them. Sun Yuexun judged from this that the rìben mínzhǔ faction hoped to rely on the support of the United States to maintain the rìben after the war, and let the rìben serve as a bridgehead for the United States to enter Asia, and the United States did not give up its attempt to use the rìben to contain China.
Wang Jīngwei, who accompanied Chang Ruiqing on his visit to Germany, agreed with Sun Yuexun's analysis. But Zeng Qi disagreed, he thought that the Americans would not show their hole cards to Sun Yuexun, and they were now just asking for a price, waiting for the Chinese side to bargain. The United States is a long way from the United States, separated by the Hawaiian Islands, which are basically controlled by the Hawaiian Islands, while China and the United States are only separated by a sea. Therefore, China can definitely occupy the rìben before the United States, and the strategy of the Americans to support the rìben mínzhǔ faction is simply impossible to achieve. Unless they want to go to war with China for the sake of rìben dúlì, which is simply not going to happen. Chang Ruiqing basically agrees with Zeng Qi's analysis, but he believes that the activities of the rìben mínzhǔ faction in the United States are a trouble after all, and that the Americans holding them in their hands may not be a way to contain China, and that they should try to get these people in their hands in the negotiations with Roosevelt.
Subsequently, Natalie. Leshinskaya also gave some information on the cooperation between the Zionist movement and the Nazis. Hitler was very sharp in this regard. The head of the German colonies, Rudolf, has been appointed. Hess was specifically responsible for this. Hess had recruited several thousand Jewish officers in the Wehrmacht as the backbone of the future Wehrmacht, and of course these Jewish officers loved their German homeland so much that their German citizenship and Wehrmacht membership would be retained. In addition, all German Jews who joined the Wehrmacht would retain their German citizenship forever.
Obviously, Hitler in this time and space was not as Jewish-only as it was in history. Or rather, he was using the Jews as accomplices of the German colonizers to send them to the Middle East to steal the oil resources. This approach is similar to Chang Ruiqing's support for China's MSLIN to go to the Middle East to help caliph Hussein fight.
When Roosevelt's Secretary of Commerce Hopkins came to visit, Chang Ruiqing was already thinking about training more Chinese Mslings to fight jihad in the Middle East. Since Hitler wants to put his claws into the Middle East, then you are not welcome, it is a big deal to change the Four Kingdoms War to the Three Kingdoms, and the US imperialists will always have a way to strike a balance between virtue and virtue.
"Sir. Secretary Hopkins is here. Chen Xinrui pushed open the door to the living room of the suite and ushered Hopkins in.
"Mr. Hopkins, it's a pleasure to see you in Germany." Chang Ruiqing got up with a smile and shook hands with the guest.
"I'm the same, Your Excellency." Hopkins noticed that Sun Yuexun, a Chinese congressman with whom he had met several times in the United States, was sitting next to Chang Ruiqing, nodded at her, and sat down on a sofa opposite Chang Ruiqing. "President Roosevelt has asked me to convey to Your Excellency that he wishes to have dinner with Your Excellency, of course. I also hope that the beautiful Miss Sun can attend the dinner together. Also invited were Mr. Hitler, Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Mussolini. ”
Sun Yuexun nodded reservedly to Hopkins to express her gratitude, she had met Roosevelt at the White House when she was in the United States, but it only took a few minutes to introduce some of the policies and ideas of the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Association to the President of the United States.
"I think Miss Sun has already told His Excellency the Prime Minister that there are now many people in the United States calling for a declaration of war on the Soviet Union?" After a few pleasantries, Hopkins brought the conversation back to business. "President Roosevelt was considering the matter, and he thought that if the United States joined the Anti-Soviet Pact. It should be possible to speed up the war considerably, and I think Your Excellency the Prime Minister agrees with that. ”
Chang Ruiqing nodded noncommittally, he knew that Roosevelt's move was killing two birds with one stone. On the one hand, by joining the war against the Soviet Union, Tongguò could obtain corresponding benefits after the war; On the other hand, it wanted to use the declaration of war on the Soviet Union to force China to declare war on rì as well. In this way, the Americans' predicament in the Pacific theater could be immediately reversed.
Seeing that Chang Ruiqing did not react, Hopkins continued: "President Roosevelt knows that your country has undertaken many obligations in the anti-Soviet war, and it is really a bit unreasonable to ask your country to go to war again, so the United States will not make such a request...... This problem can be solved by the United States alone, and the United States has such strength! ”
Chang Ruiqing smiled slightly and said to Hopkins: "The rì issue is not isolated from this world war, otherwise how would the United States dare to challenge the United States with its national strength?" So this question cannot be solved by the United States alone, otherwise what would be the need for the United States to participate in the Anti-Soviet Pact? ”
The smile on Hopkins' face suddenly disappeared without a trace, and his brows furrowed slightly, looking very embarrassed: "Mr. Prime Minister, we in the United States have long noticed the Berlin Agreement signed by China, Britain and Germany at the beginning of this year, which has clear provisions on the division of interests between China, Britain and Germany after the end of the war, among which the mainland of China, Britain and Germany, the Philippine Islands, and the Dutch East Indies are all defined as China's sphere of influence!" This is obviously a disservice to the interests of the United States, and it is important to know that the United States is the main force in defeating the Soviet Union, and the United States deserves to be rewarded for its efforts! ”
Hopkins's words reminded Chang Ruiqing of China in another time and space. China has paid tens of millions of lives to defeat the invaders, but what has it been rewarded? Thinking of this, Chang Ruiqing's face sank, and he snorted softly: "If the United States thinks that it can defeat Rìben by her efforts, then is it necessary for President Roosevelt to come to Berlin?" ”
This is not only straightforward, but even a little ugly, if you change it to Hopkins in another time and space. I'm afraid it's long gone. However, the current Chinese premier is qualified to say such things, because on the issue of fighting against China, the United States has a demand for China, and as long as China continues to secretly support China, the United States will pay an unimaginable price for defeating China. Moreover, China could easily win a war against Rì after the rout of its navy. Occupy any rì territory they want to occupy! When the time comes, what will the United States do with China?
It is precisely because he has the qualifications to be mad that Hopkins does not think that Chang Ruiqing's attitude is an offense to the United States, and still said to Chang Ruiqing with a smile: "I understand His Excellency the Prime Minister's thoughts very well, but President Roosevelt asked me to tell you that the United States will never pay sacrifices and money!" But the United States will also recognize the sacrifices made by China! If Your Excellency the Prime Minister wants to bring the Philippines, the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies into the system of the Greater Chinese Federation, do so. Defeat the bon Soviets! ”
Listening to Hopkins's statement, Chang Ruiqing's mood was a little solemn, this time Roosevelt obviously made a good move, if he still wants to hide on the side and reap the benefits of the United States, I am afraid it will not be easy.
Although it is not easy, Chang Ruiqing still does not want to return to the Pacific theater so soon, but he believes that it is not so simple for the United States to squeeze into the "Anti-Soviet Pact" with China, Britain and Germany as the core. Because the enemy of the Soviet Union has been completely defeated. Without the intervention of the United States, China, Britain and Germany can also win a big victory! Moreover, the new post-war order that the United States wants to pursue is contrary to the colonial system that China, Britain and Germany now want to maintain. There is no such thing as the Atlantic Charter in this plane.
After sending Hopkins away, Chang Ruiqing began to consult with Wang Jīngwei, Zeng Qi, Huang Yin, Lesinskaya, Sun Yuexun, and others, and Wang Jīngwei believed that the real purpose of the United States was probably only to demand that China impose an arms embargo on Rì, and that now Europe was showing signs of integration. Under such circumstances, the United States will certainly do everything possible to maintain relations with China in order to unite against Europe after the war.
Zeng Qi believed that Roosevelt's European strategy might be more proactive, and he was likely to find ways to obstruct the process of European integration. Moreover, Britain is now divided into pro-German and anti-German factions, the former hoping to rely on Germany to maintain the last glory of the British Empire. The latter wanted to unite with the United States to maximize British interests. Originally, the two factions were evenly matched, but recently the anti-German faction in Britain has suddenly risen in power. It turned out that after Germany took over the plate of the Zionist movement, the British government and opposition had realized that Germany was about to intervene in the Middle East, which belonged to Britain in the Berlin Agreement! Moreover, Britain also knew that the Middle East was extremely rich in oil resources, and of course it was unwilling to be snatched away by Germany, so anti-German sentiment in Britain naturally rose.
The Anglo-German centrifugal naturally gave the United States a good opportunity to meddle in European affairs, so Roosevelt would certainly not let go of this opportunity. If Britain turns to the United States, then China, which is already very pro-German, will inevitably turn to Germany, and then there is no need for the United States to maintain any Sino-US friendship.
Huang agrees with Zeng, who has been in Europe for almost a decade and is extremely knowledgeable about European affairs. In his view, Germany had already established its hegemony in Europe after defeating France, and Germany certainly did not want a strong Britain to compete with him, and weakening Britain would certainly become one of Germany's national policies in the future. If Britain wants to maintain its position as one of the world's four great powers in the future, the only thing it can rely on is the United States. Therefore, the alliance between Britain and the United States should be a highly probable event, and this time US President Roosevelt will come all the way to Germany, and he must have reached some kind of agreement with Britain, and in the next few days, Britain will certainly try its best to promote the United States to join the "Anti-Soviet Pact." Britain and the United States may also advance and retreat together at the conference, Britain will help the United States force China to declare war on Rì, and the United States will help Britain counterattack the Middle East and India. In the end, Huang also contacted Hitler to coordinate the positions of China and Germany, so as not to be passive.
"I don't need to." Chang Ruiqing thought for two or three minutes, and finally shook his head and said: "What you can't get on the battlefield, you can't get it at the negotiation table!" Where is the biggest weakness of Britain and the United States now? It's just that their army can't fight, the world war has been fought for more than two years, have the British fought any decent battles? And the United States, whose navy is claimed to be the number one in the world, is so crushed on the West Coast that Rì himself can't move, and I don't believe that their amateur army can defeat Trotsky in the Middle East! He paused. He smiled coldly: "Neither Hitler nor I will allow this kind of thing to happen!" ”
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"What! Do you want to send 100,000 expeditionary forces and a fleet to the Middle East!? Yasuo Yasuda gasped and looked at Trotsky fixedly, completely stunned for a moment not knowing what to say.
He flew to Delhi on the morning of 25 August on a Chinese-made ju.52 transport plane, and after getting off the plane, he was taken to the Palace of the Republic in Delhi by Nosaka Sanzo, who had been in India for some time, where he had lunch with Trotsky, Ruy, and others, before eating a piece of chapatis. Trotsky made a request to send troops to the Middle East.
"What, what's the problem?" Trotsky asked faintly.
"No problem! Chairman Takeda must be more than happy to send troops and fleets to the Middle East! "It was Nosaka Sanzo who spoke, he was a member of the Rìg Political Bureau since the time of the seizure of power by the Rì Bengcd, and he also became the vice chairman of the Rìg after the start of the World War. And although Yasuo Yasuda also entered the rìg political bureau, that was not long ago. In terms of qualifications and status, it is always far inferior to Nosaka's. Therefore, as soon as Nosaka made a decision, he was not good at denying it publicly, so he had to emphasize the difficulties.
"There is no problem in sending troops and sending a fleet, but ...... Britain had a large fleet in the Indian Ocean, with several battleships, and the main forces had to be dispatched to cope with it. But the main force of the Navy is still being pinned down by the Americans in the Hawaiian Islands......"
Of course, he did not dare to say that because there was some kind of tacit understanding between Britain and the United Kingdom, Britain would not counterattack the South Seas, nor would it send surface ships and submarines to break diplomatic relations. Rì no longer attacked the British possessions, so he could only use the Battle of Hawaii as an excuse to prevaricate Trotsky.
But Trotsky remained unmoved, and he pointed out unceremoniously: "Comrade Yasuda, the British fleet in the Indian Ocean is not very strong, there are only two old Lion-class battlecruisers and a few heavy cruisers, and you only need to dispatch one aircraft carrier and one new battleship to deal with them. ”
"No problem. Comrade Trotsky, rest assured, this bit of naval power can still be drawn. Nosaka looked at Yasuda coldly, and then patted his chest and assured Trotsky.
Yasuda complained bitterly in his heart. Before coming to India, Takeda Heng had already taken care of himself, and he could wear a high hat on Lu Yi's head at will, and if the Indian Red Army wanted weapons and ammunition, he could also give them weapons, and even provide them with small surface ships and submarines. But we must not allow Rì to risk war with China! Now Trotsky is asking Rìben to send a fleet to the Indian Ocean to deal with the British Navy, this is no joke, once the Rìben Navy defeats the British Navy and seizes the control of the Indian Ocean, it will be tantamount to cutting off the sea communication between China and Europe! When the time comes, Chang Ruiqing will definitely start a war against Rì! Isn't this asking for the life of this GCD?
Seeing Yasuda's ugly face, Lu Yi of the Indian GCD coughed lightly and explained with a smile: "Comrade Yasuda, in fact, before you arrived in Delhi, we had already carefully studied the war situation in the Middle East and the Indian Ocean with Comrade Nosaka and the overall shape of the world revolution. Our unanimous opinion is that it is necessary to open up the communication between the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union, and I think this is also extremely important for the Soviet Union, so the Navy should immediately go out to seize the sea control of the Indian Ocean and help the Soviet Union and India hold the Middle East, where there are extremely rich oil resources, and India also has a lot of iron ore. ”
Yasuda smiled bitterly at Trotsky when he heard this, shook his head slightly, and then spoke: "Militarily speaking, it is indeed very important to seize the control of the Indian Ocean and open up the three contacts between the Soviet Union and India. But you should know that there is a tacit understanding between us and China, and once we march into the Indian Ocean, this tacit understanding will inevitably be broken, and China may declare war on Rìben! This is unbearable! So it is impossible for us to send a fleet to the Indian Ocean. That's right......" At this point, Yasuda's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he remembered something. "By the way, I have a way to help India inflict heavy damage on the British Indian Ocean Fleet without using the Red Navy!" (To be continued......)