Chapter 464 - "Correcting the Name" of Japan
Just as Hitler was angrily accusing the Japanese of being ungrateful, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Putting away the telegram, Hitler tried to calm his mood a little.
Andriy pushed the door and walked in, saluted Hitler and said: "Führer, the latest news from the intelligence services is that Japan is likely to switch sides and betray us." ”
"I already know about it, just look at this telegram." Seeing that it was Andri, Hitler's face showed anger again, put the telegram in Andri's hand, and spoke again: "Damn the Oriental dwarf mule, damn Hirohito, especially the old tortoise Hideki Tojo, if it weren't for the distance, I really want to raze the entire island of Japan." Stupid peoples, not qualified to survive in this world. ”
After reading the content of the telegram, Andriy said: "There is no need for the Führer to be so angry, Japan's hand is indeed ruthless, but this matter has no impact on our relations with China for the time being. In fact, from another point of view, this is not a bad thing for us. ”
Hearing Andriy's words, Hitler was a little puzzled and asked, "What does this mean, I don't see any good in dealing with us here." ”
"In fact, as long as the Führer calms down his anger, it is not difficult to see that the benefits of this matter outweigh the disadvantages for us." Andriy shrugged his shoulders and said, "The head of state should know very well that we wanted to find an alliance with China back then, but China has never agreed. That's why we turned our attention to Japan, although Japan's record and role in Germany were not small, but the Japanese were too greedy, not only did they get a lot of technology from the empire. A large amount of supplies from Germany were also obtained. In fact, on the whole, Japan has not helped us very much. Until now, Japan has not been able to fully occupy all the lands of the Soviet Far East and cannot directly help us defeat the Soviet Union. Andriy said this, glanced at Hitler, and closed his mouth.
Hitler nodded, "I understand this, and continued." ”
"Yes, and now Japan's actions can be said to have completely annoyed China. Others don't know. Isn't the Führer also unaware of the strength of the Chinese Empire? To put it mildly, even the current Germany, one-on-one against the Chinese Empire, Germany does not have much chance of winning. Not to mention the hidden military power of the Chinese Empire. Absolutely terrifying. Andriy said this. Look at Hitler again. Seeing that the other party nodded, obviously agreeing with his words, he continued:
"Japan's move has angered China. In particular, it angered China, and in my opinion, Japan was going to be unlucky, and it would be very unlucky to follow the Soviet Union. ”
"Why is that?" Andriy said that the Soviet Union would be unlucky, and Hitler couldn't help but ask.
"Because as long as Japan stands in the camp of the allies, it is bound to unite with the Soviet Union to jointly deal with China. I don't know if the Soviet Union would agree, but it will happen sooner or later. When the time comes, when China cleans up Japan, it will also easily deal with the Soviet Union. Isn't that what the Führer has always hoped for? Andriy said.
Hitler nodded, and by the meaning of Andri's words, he quickly understood.
As Andriy put it, as long as Japan joined the Allied camp, it could not avoid getting involved with the Soviet Union. Even if Stalin did not want to go to war with China, he would have been forced to unite with Japan under pressure from the Allies.
And in the end, Stalin was also a politician with great ambitions. Perhaps he would have thought that the combined forces of Japan would be enough to defeat China. This is not impossible, you must know that Japan's army is claimed to be 10 million (plus the puppet army), and the Soviet Union also has nearly 20 million troops (plus farmers with guns), as long as they are united, the power is enough to shake the world.
If we add the US Navy and the Japanese Navy, the three countries will not be unable to defeat China if they join forces. And within the Allied forces, everyone believed that as long as the three countries united, they could completely defeat China. It is precisely for this purpose that Japan will be tried its best to win over Japan.
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In the White House, Roosevelt, who was in a wheelchair, did not forget to continue to pay attention to the situation in the world.
The Manhattan Project was destroyed, billions of dollars were wasted, and a large number of physicists and talents of all stripes were lost. He was paralyzed by a stroke. So Roosevelt can be said to have itchy teeth of hatred for China. Although the Manhattan Project has been launched again, with the previous experience, and there have been many detours, after all, the United States still faces a lot of hardships because it still has to start from scratch. Living here, if it weren't for the limitations of his strength, Roosevelt would have been eager to arrest Chen Shao and torture him fiercely.
It was Truman's idea to win over Japan, and Roosevelt was very much in favor of such a plan. The United States very much needed an ally to contain China, and after winning over Japan. Not only did he give himself an enemy, but he was also able to add a powerful ally. No matter how this account is calculated, it is worth it.
Speaking of those places occupied by Japan, Roosevelt and Truman consciously ignored them, even in the Philippines, and they did not have the heart to pay attention. As long as China is defeated, there is no way to recover these lands. Today's Allies, the first priority is to win, defeat China and defeat Germany. As for the future, I'll talk about that later. If you can't even see victory, how can you talk about these things.
It persuaded Churchill, the French government-in-exile, and the Allied member states. Which of these countries, which of their colonies are now not in the hands of the Japanese, would have co-opted their enemies if it were not for the tremendous pressure brought by China.
As mentioned above, the current situation was very unfavorable for the Allies, the chances of winning the war were slim, and where was the time to take care of those aspects. If the Axis powers had won the war, not only would they not be able to get back what they had now, but they would have lost everything they had at this time. It was for this reason that the Allies agreed to win over Japan, and as for the lands occupied by Japan, they would leave it aside for now and talk about it later.
However, while wooing Japan, it is also necessary to take into account the sentiments of the domestic civilians, after all, Japan's invasion and occupation of colonies in various countries has caused a lot of negative news, and Western countries have also promoted Japan as a butcher and executioner.
These need to slowly help Japan change its image, the Allies have always regarded themselves as justice, and it is impossible to be with a demon.
In particular, in the United States, more than half of Hawaii was burned down by Japan, and there were shouts and insults against Japan everywhere in the country, and even those Japanese expatriates in the United States were arrested and became laborers of the American military (historical fact).
Before succeeding in wooing Japan, the United States also needs to give Japan a decent reputation, or change its previous reports, "correct its name" for Japan, and make China's reputation in the world. Once again, a drama of good versus evil.
For this matter, Roosevelt spent two days in a row discussing with Truman how to carry out this matter. Just after Hitler received Chen Shao's telegram, the two finally discussed the result.
"At present, the major media have been controlled, they will only broadcast the news we want to convey to the people, and the TV station has also been strictly controlled, banning all Chinese-language channels. All media organizations set up in China have also been banned. Truman said.
"This has to be kept hidden, and once the people find out, it will be a huge blow to the government's prestige." Some weak voices came from Roosevelt's mouth, and the American president did not withdraw from the stage of power because of the paralysis of the lower half of his body.
After the propaganda of the US government, Roosevelt's prestige is now higher than that of previous US presidents. When Roosevelt was rescued because of a cerebral hemorrhage, he was advertised as working for several days in a row, which led to the condition. It has to be said that the power of the media is great, and all the American people are praying for him.
However, in Truman's mind, why didn't this old guy finish sooner, so that he would be the new president of the United States. Media propaganda was for ordinary people, and Truman was quite dismissive of reports that deified Roosevelt.
Before he was cured, he returned to work again and persisted in fighting the evil Axis coalition. In Truman's view, these words were extremely childish and ridiculous. To put it bluntly, the great President Roosevelt was not willing to give up his power.
Otherwise, the current United States is up and down Truman's say, and where is it necessary to discuss with Roosevelt with an open mind, how can Truman be happy.
Like the Soviet one, the Soviet state media did not continue to promote how Stalin was. Actually, if the real Stalin was half as good as the propaganda, it would be good.
"I'll get them to pay attention to that, but I don't think that's enough. After all, the people have become accustomed to seeing Japan as an evil villain, and I think it is necessary to add some more spices to avoid causing a backlash from the people. A flash of unhappiness flashed in Truman's eyes as he spoke.
When Roosevelt was not paralyzed from a stroke, he would not have been so hungry for power, but this "great" president, who was in a wheelchair, was like this, and he did not go home to recuperate, and he still held his scepter, how could this make Truman feel refreshed. After all, how a person without ambition can become the vice president of the United States is only a glorious surface, covering up their inner ambitions.
"Did you think of anything to pay attention to again?" Roosevelt's somewhat feeble voice came out again.
"Hmm!" Truman nodded, leaned into Roosevelt's ear, and whispered his thoughts.
"It's good, but it's not easy to control. It needs to be logical and rigorous, and it needs to stand up to scrutiny. Roosevelt had a slight smile on his face, a look he had rarely shown since he had been paralyzed in the lower half of his body. Clearly, Truman's words pleased him.
"I'm going to take a good look at this and try to quickly change Japan's image." Truman nodded.
"It's better to put the propaganda in place before reaching an agreement with Japan to calm down unfavorable public opinion at home." (To be continued.) )