Washington, White House.

At the entrance of the official residence of the President of the United States of America, a long line of cars has been parked, and it seems that the license plates belong to the United States, and the few buses in Washington seem to be concentrated here. This means that all the people who have come to the White House today for a meeting are the most important people in the United States.

The secretary of the US Navy and Army, the chief of staff of the Army, the chief of naval operations, the secretary of state, the secretary of the Treasury, the director of the newly established US Strategic Intelligence Agency, and the secretary of commerce, who is rarely in charge of business, and more than a dozen dignitaries all walked into the Oval Office of the US president, sitting or standing and talking in low voices from time to time. Now the United States is no longer participating in the Pacific War, but has really become a big player in this world war, not only fighting bitterly in the Pacific, but also waging a huge ground war with the Indian and Soviet Red Armies in the Middle East. However, what makes senior US officials a little depressed is that with the full-scale entry of the United States into the war, the burden of this world war seems to have been pressed on the shoulders of Americans overnight. The main battlefields of China, the Soviet Union, and Germany, which have been fought inexorably for more than two years and have caused more than 20 million casualties, are now a "sit-down war" like tranquility. The Chinese, Germans and Soviets now seem to have finally come to an agreement – they are all ready to sit down and rest while watching the American, British and Indian performances.

In the Oval Office, Colonel Caton, the presidential adjutant, had prepared a large operational map in advance, on which the three squares of the enemy, our allies, and friends in the Middle East theater were marked with several facesè. The enemy, of course, refers to the Soviets side of the Red Army, which is mainly composed of the Indian Red Army, and the total number is estimated at more than 3 million. Three huge red arrows point to Medina, Damascus and Amman, representing at least 1.5 million attacking troops! There are also three small red dots in Damascus, Amman and the Sinai Peninsula, representing the three Indian Army Group that are holding out there. Other than that. There are also several red lines near Tebuk, which means that there are several Indian lines of resistance that are blocking the Anglo-American armoured clusters that are moving south to relieve Medina.

U.S. Army Chief of Staff MacArthur stood in front of the map, pointed to the map with a whip and said, "...... At present, the goal of the Indian army in the Middle East is obvious, which is to eat the eight American and British infantry divisions in Medina. Lieutenant General Stilwell reported that the Indian Red Army besieging Medina had at least 300,000 men! With a large number of artillery pieces and very brave fighting, the offensive has been going on for 5 days. More than 15,000 people have been killed or missing in the Stilwell cluster. However, it can still last for 10 to 15 days. In other words, the key to victory or defeat in the Middle East lies in the holding of Medina and the offensive of Wavell's mechanized cluster. ”

He pointed to the blue arrow on the map that was pointing at Tabuk and said, "This is the Wavell cluster, with the British 8th Army as the main force. Reinforced with 4 armored divisions of the US army, for a total of 10 armored divisions and 10 motorized infantry divisions. With more than 300,000 troops and 2,500 tanks and self-propelled guns, it is our most powerful striking force. Just the day before yesterday. They had broken through the northern Hejaz town of Tebuk and opened the gateway to Medina. Although the Indian army is still stubbornly resisting on the road to Medina, I am full of confidence that they have successfully broken through the Indian army's resistance and reached Medina.

In addition, the counterattacks launched by the Indian army in Syria and Transjordan, although powerful, can still be determined to be a feint. Under the blows of the main forces of the Anglo-American allies and superior air power, the feints of the Indian army not only did not achieve any results. And there will be huge casualties.

The above is the unanimous judgment made by the Army General Staff and the Middle East Theater on the current war situation. ”

"So we're going to win the Middle East soon, aren't we?" Roosevelt raised an eyebrow. Follow-up.

"It depends on the determination of the USSR and India." MacArthur shook his head and said, "At present, the Army Staff can basically confirm that we have the upper hand in the Middle East theater and will inflict unimaginable casualties on the Indian Red Army." ”

"How many casualties are unimaginable?" Hopkins chimed in.

"As of yesterday, the statistics reported by the US-British Allied Forces in the Middle East Theater were 188,000 killed and 23,000 prisoners, and this figure does not include the officers and men of the Indian army's logistics and transportation units who were killed or injured in our army's air raids." Secretary of the Army, George. Dern picked up the topic and replied.

"At most, it's more than 200,000." Donovan shook his head and said, "I don't think the Indian GCD will care about this loss...... As far as I know, the USSR has suffered an average of 600,000 losses per month over the past 2 years or so! ”

"600,000! My God! Hearing this number, Treasury Secretary Morgenthau exclaimed. Well, over the past two years, the USSR has lost 18 million people! ”

"It should be 25 million!" Donovan said coldly: "Because there are still millions of Central Asian Slavs who have completely betrayed the Soviet Union, and another two or three million Slavs from the occupied territories have gone to concentration camps!" ”

"But the Soviet people are still fighting?" Roosevelt looked at Donovan, and it was obvious that he wanted to know the morale of the people in the Soviet Union.

"Yes, Mr. President, the Soviet people are still closely united around Trotsky and the Soviet GCD, because they have no other choice." Donovan explained: "It is now clear that China and Germany will divide the country after defeating the Soviet Red Army!" ”

"What about India, then?" Roosevelt thought for a moment and asked, "Do China and Germany have plans to destroy India?" ”

Donovan shook his head: "No, in fact, Hitler didn't care about India at all, and the chairman of the Chinese GCD, Mao Zd, secretly went to India last year to contact the Indian GCD, according to the information obtained by the Strategic Intelligence Bureau, the Chinese were originally ready to recognize the regime of the Indian GCD, but the Indian GCD finally GC International and the Soviet Union." In September last year, the Indian party newspaper "Bolsheviks" published a signed article by Lu Yi, in which Lu Yi said that India would send as many divisions as the Soviet Union needed, and that India would not hesitate to pay 100 million casualties in order to defend the Soviet Union and complete the world revolution! ”

"100 million casualties?" Roosevelt smiled contemptuously: "This is the biggest joke I've ever heard that the Indian GCD would publish this kind of article in the newspaper." Aren't they afraid of losing the support of the people? ”

A room full of U.S. politicians looked at each other, and no one knew how to answer the president's question. Roosevelt shrugged his shoulders and added, "If we're going to attack India, we're going to destroy India." Maybe the Indian G will mobilize their masses of the people to fight to the death with us, but for the sake of the USSR and the Middle East...... I think it's about the same for them to pay a few million people. He thought for a moment, looked at MacArthur, and lowered his voice: "In other words, this lesson is not enough to force India and G to abandon the Middle East, we still need one or two huge victories!" ”

MacArthur nodded: "Mr. President, in fact, we and the Navy are already planning this. He looked at Chief of Naval Operations William. Leahy. The latter stood up and walked to the map, took the whip from MacArthur's hand, and pointed to the Suez Canal: "The repair of the locks and the removal of underwater obstacles in this canal are almost complete. Soon it will be open to navigation. That is why I, in consultation with General Raisi, came up with a concept for a landing in the Persian Gulf, and I am currently working on a concrete plan. ”

"Persian Gulf landing? Sounds interesting. Roosevelt raised his eyebrows and showed an interested expression: "Tell me about the general plan." ”

"The plan is not complicated," said William. "We expect the current fighting in Syria, Transjordan and the Hejaz to continue for quite some time," Raisi said. Although we can inflict heavy losses on the Indian army again and again. But the Indian Red Army was so large that they could afford huge losses, so there could be a stalemate in the war. However, in order to replenish the losses they had suffered at the front, the Indian Red Army would inevitably drain the garrisons near the Persian Gulf. This gave us the possibility of landing in the Persian Gulf region, and the Navy was built to join forces with the British Royal Navy to send 10 battleships, 3 aircraft carriers, and more cruisers and destroyers to transport 150,000 to 200,000 troops to the Persian Gulf to carry out this mission. After completing the landing in the Persian Gulf, we can also leave the fleet in the Indian Ocean. From there, attack Sumatra. At present, the largest oil field under the control of Palembang is in Sumatra. If we can destroy this oil field, we will soon lose our oil supply! ”

"That's a good idea, I love it!" Roosevelt clapped his hands and said with a smile: "I will approve this plan now, General MacArthur and General Leahy, I ask you to do your best to organize forces to carry out operations in the Persian Gulf, and at the same time ......" He looked at Secretary of State Hull and Secretary of Commerce Hopkins again: "Cordell, Harry, you try to contact the Indian GCD and tell them that the United States has no intention of invading the Indian mainland and does not intend to interfere in India's internal affairs." There is no fundamental conflict of interest between the United States and India, and it is in the interests of the United States to have a strong and responsible India. ”

……

At this time, it was not only the United States that was making wishful calculations, but also the revolutionary prophets in Moscow.

The mood in the Kremlin has been much lighter lately, especially after the arrival of the first Indian internationalist fighters in Moscow and a grand military parade on Red Square. And the situation in the Middle East seems to them to be victorious. What makes them even happier is that although it has entered April, China and Germany do not seem to have any plans to launch a large-scale attack, and it seems that the Soviet Union can get a respite!

"Comrade Chairman, this is a summary of the battle situation jointly submitted by Comrade Blyukhel and Comrade Tukhachevsky." Vasetis triumphantly took out a stack of Wen Jiàn from his folder. Lately, Trotsky's mood has been like that of most of the top Soviet leaders, and there has been a lot of smile on his face. The unfolding war in the Middle East seemed to have made him see the arrival of a turning point in the war, and the Indian internationalist fighters showed good combat effectiveness in the contest with Britain and the United States, and they could still grasp the initiative in the war when their weapons and equipment were inferior to their opponents and they did not have air superiority, which was really worth learning from the Soviet Red Army.

"Comrade President, the battle in the Middle East is progressing very smoothly, and the Ubolevich cluster, lurking in the northern foothills of the Hejaz Mountains, shows no signs of being discovered by the United States and Britain. After capturing Tabuk, the Wavell cluster of the US-British allied forces significantly intensified its attack, breaking through the two blocking lines of our army in one day and one night, advancing more than 100 kilometers, but now it was blocked in the area of Euler. Here it is. Vatsetis pointed to a small town surrounded by low hills on the map and said: "Comrade Belov himself is in Euler, he has four divisions in Euler, and he is confident that he will hold it for a week.

In addition, Comrade Yakir and Comrade Fetiko each commanded five army groups, which attacked in the direction of Damascus and Amman on two fronts. There has already been an exchange of fire with the British and American troops who are blocking them, and the British and American troops attracted by them are estimated to be more than 300,000 ......"

"How's the casualty?" Trotsky suddenly interrupted: "What are the casualties of the Indians and the casualties of the British and Americans?" ”

"Since the beginning of the war in the Middle East, the total number of killed, seriously wounded and missing people in the Indian Red Army has exceeded 180,000; The losses of the Anglo-American allies were estimated at between 55,000 and 65,000, of which more than 1,800 were captured. ”

"It's almost a 3:1 exchange rate," Trotsky glanced at Vatsettis: "It's really good that the Indian comrades have such poor weapons and equipment, and they can still play such a record!" Better than our teacher! ”

Vatsedis's face was slightly hot, he knew that Trotsky was very dissatisfied with the huge casualties of the Soviet Red Army in the past two years, but what could be done? The armies of China and Germany, especially Germany, are not comparable to the amateur armies of the United States and Britain! Hurriedly diverting the subject, he pulled out a stack of photographs from his folder and handed them to Trotsky.

"Comrade President, this is a photo sent by our intelligence officers in Panama."

"Panama? What's going on? Trotsky was stunned, took the photographs and flipped through them, all of them were pictures of warships leading through the Guò Canal, with an aircraft carrier and at least five battleships.

"Comrade President, according to the report of our intelligence officers in Panama, these warships entered the Atlantic Ocean from the Pacific Ocean three days ago through the Guò Panama Canal!"

"Into the Atlantic?"

"Also, this one is a picture of a submarine." Vasetis pulled out a few more photographs. "On top are Britain's Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, five in all, crossing the English Channel into the Atlantic, accompanied by dozens of light warships and a large number of transports.

This one is very crucial! The one above is the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, which has just been launched, and it is sailing over the Suez Canal! (To be continued......)