China is not without strength in Western Europe, the battle group of the two aircraft carriers Pingyuan and Anyuan has been staying in the United Kingdom, helping Britain to guard the sea frontier and protect the shipping lanes, in addition to China also sent a number of anti-submarine ships, plus China assisted some of the British pilots at the beginning of the war, China has a considerable number of troops in the British Isles.

If these marines arrived, the Chinese navy, army, and air force would have gathered in Britain and would play an important role in the counterattack on the European continent. This is definitely a force to be reckoned with, and along with this force is a huge group of experts and scholars, whose mission is to recover lost artifacts.

Since the Opium War, the Western powers have frequently invaded China and plundered an astonishing number of cultural relics, these things are the treasures left by the Chinese ancestors, how can they be dusted for a long time and fall into the hands of these Xiyi, now that there is an opportunity, Qiao Yu naturally wants to clean it up comprehensively.

Some people also believe that cultural relics cannot be eaten or drunk, and that it is particularly difficult to preserve them, and that there is no need to get them back when the country is not rich. In fact, these people do not understand the true value of cultural relics at all, and they all have their own glory among the major powers of the world.

For example, the Russians were territorial and the Americans were economic power, and in later generations they developed into military power and transcendence, and the Japanese believed in their exquisite technology, and even the Koreans began to make history and find some false self-esteem.

Compared with these countries, China's 5,000-year-old and unbroken history is the pride of all Chinese and the ultimate belonging of national feelings. These cultural relics carry China's long and long history, and seeing these things, the Chinese seem to be in dialogue with their predecessors for thousands of years, and the national pride brought by them is indescribable.

As for the later generations, there are often some ugly people who desperately slander the heroes of the Chinese dynasties, and some things that have brought disaster to the country and the people have been put on the altar. Make black white. Confuse black and white. Messing up the history of the Chinese, messing up the beliefs of the Chinese, I really don't know if these people are taking cents or yen!

It is out of respect for history. Qiao Yu sent hundreds of scholars, carrying more than two tons of written materials, and film to England, all he had to do was to ask for what China had lost.

Seeing China so prosperous. Churchill's face also darkened, Britain had the most Chinese cultural relics, and it was too difficult to get Britain to spit out everything they had eaten. In the last world war, China got a batch back, and now it is putting on this posture, so that Churchill can't help but scold, saying that China is taking advantage of the fire to rob.

And just when Lao Qiu was angry, Stalin of the Soviet Union issued a statement, saying that he would return all the cultural relics looted by Tsarist Russia from China. He said it was a crime of the imperialist era. The Soviet Union was a country that represented the progress of human civilization and would never be proud of the extravagant rags of these colonial eras. Therefore, the Soviet Union decided to return all illegally looted cultural relics in all museums to China.

The Soviets were stern and clear-headed, and they immediately took action, taking the initiative to invite Chinese experts to clean up. Of course, the Soviet Union was not a conscience, and the main reason was that after Stalin swallowed Turkey and Greece, he finally extended the power of the Soviet Union to the Mediterranean, which was an ice-free port that had been dreamed of since the time of Peter the Great.

To be able to occupy this place was to mark Stalin's rivalry with Tsar Peter, and although he had lost access to the Far East, Turkey was worth far more than Heisenwei. Moreover, according to the current situation, the Soviet Union can at least divide Europe equally with the European and American countries.

Although the Soviet Union suffered huge losses in the war, the war also completely pushed the Soviet Union to a new height, and Stalin was enjoying unparalleled glory. Of course, Stalin also knew very well that the Soviet Union's wanton expansion in Europe would have to face a strong backlash from the United States and Britain, and the pressure could be imagined.

At this time, China must not be offended, then the Soviet Union will only fall into the situation of being attacked on the back, and Qiao Yu also confided a very important information to Stalin, that is, the issue of nuclear weapons, Qiao Yu just told China that it is about to successfully develop a cross-era weapon, which is enough to defeat any opponent easily. Stalin knew very well that this must be a nuclear weapon, and only this weapon, which still existed only in theory, had such terrible power, which made Stalin have to give away all the cultural relics honestly.

In fact, nuclear weapons were not new to Stalin, Soviet scientists had also conducted preliminary research in this area, and the Soviet Union also learned through a powerful intelligence system that the United States was also engaged in this kind of research, but Stalin did not know exactly what step it was, nor did it know whether this project could succeed.

However, although the Soviet Union was aware of the Manhattan Project of the United States, it did not know anything about China's nuclear weapons program, and did not even know how far China had progressed.

Qiao Yu confided to Stalin about the issue of nuclear weapons, obviously not as simple as wanting to get back some cultural relics, he knew very well that the most important thing between the great powers was balance, and the balance of terror maintained by nuclear weapons was also very important.

The Manhattan Project of the United States has begun, and Qiao Yu has no ability to prevent the United States from possessing nuclear weapons, and it is impossible for China to obtain nuclear weapons enough to destroy other countries in a short period of time, so it is better to let the Soviet Union also have nuclear weapons as soon as possible, so as to achieve a balance between the three countries and jointly maintain world stability.

In addition, from the bottom of his heart, Qiao Yu is also unwilling to abuse nuclear weapons, the large amount of radioactive materials brought by nuclear weapons has great harm, not only will the attacked country suffer losses, but the radioactive materials will also affect the whole world through the circulation of the atmosphere and water.

Radiation will also bring about genetic mutations, and the entire earth's ecosystem will be threatened, and then the gains will really outweigh the losses, and everyone has nuclear weapons, which means that everyone does not have them. The struggle between the major powers can be managed, which is also a good thing for China's long-term interests.

Of course, Churchill did not know the deal behind China and the Soviet Union, he only knew that now the actions of the Soviet Union put Britain in a very disadvantageous position, and the Soviet Union took the initiative to return the cultural relics, so what should Britain do, you must know that since the start of the war, China is the country that has finally assisted Britain, and now China's navy, land and air forces are still assisting Britain in the war, of course, it can also be understood as a real threat.

If Britain does not perform well, if something uncontrollable arises, then Britain will be in an awkward position. And just after Stalin's statement, Roosevelt announced a similar plan, and the United States would also return cultural relics to China.

The reason why the United States was able to make this decision is also very simple, that is, the United States has set its sights on world hegemony, and the United States and the Soviet Union have already begun to compete for Europe, and the United States really has no need to conflict with China at this time, and it is the best choice to pull China over, so Roosevelt made this decision.

It's just that in this way Churchill was put in the most disadvantageous position, and the United States and the Soviet Union agreed, what else is there to do about Britain! In the end, Churchill had no choice but to nod his head in agreement, and at the same time, the four great powers issued a joint statement that after the counterattack on Europe, the Chinese cultural relics scattered in France, Italy, Germany and other places would also be returned to China.

The most dissatisfied with this decision was the Free French de Gaulle, without informing the French, the four semi-finals unilaterally decided the matter, de Gaulle only felt a great shame in his chest, he was angry to death, but there was not much other way, this is the treatment of the country.

The issue of cultural relics is only an episode between the major powers, and the most important energy is to focus on the counterattack on the European continent, with the arrival of the Chinese army, more than three million troops gathered in Britain, and for a time the black clouds overwhelmed the city and wanted to destroy it, and the counterattack has reached the final moment.

The United States and Britain had also formulated a huge Guardian plan before this, the purpose of which was to attract Hitler's attention to Calais, and then the Allies would land from Normandy by surprise to ensure the success of the operation.

When everything was ready, the battle officially began, the Allied fighter planes were overwhelming in the direction of the European continent, countless bombs were poured on the German positions, setting off bursts of metal, countless German fortifications were destroyed, airfields, roads, and command posts were all within the range of the Allied forces, and the place where they passed was a mess.

Of course, Germany is also powerless, Hitler also has a secret weapon, that is, jet fighters, in fact, the research time of jet aircraft is not short, but limited by the level of technology, can only focus on the development of piston aircraft. In the thirties, the piston aircraft was very mature, but it also reached a bottleneck that could not be broken through, that is, the problem of flight speed, the speed was limited to 750 kilometers per hour, and it was very difficult to break through.

Aircraft designers had to turn their attention to other ways, jet engines were gradually put on the agenda of various countries, Germany went further in this regard, especially after Hitler knew that China had fallen to the side of the Allies, he knew that Germany was in an unprecedented crisis, so revolutionary weapons were urgently needed to win victory for Germany.

The jet program received unprecedented attention, and Germany was mass-producing the Me262 jet fighter nearly ten months ahead of schedule, a revolutionary aircraft capable of reaching a maximum speed of 870 kilometers, far exceeding all the Allied aircraft in service, which can be called a lightning bolt in the sky.

Just as the Allies launched the Normandy landings, Hitler sent two squadrons of Me262 fighters out, hoping that they could turn the tide of the battlefield and help Germany turn defeat into victory with their excellent performance. (To be continued.) )