Chapter 4 Why didn't Churchill the Shameless declare war?
After Song Meiling participated in the negotiations, she was in a very bad mood when she returned home, the attitude of the Russians made her unhappy, and she was even worse when she met the second sister.
The second sister brought Ziwen over again.
"Problems between China and the Soviet Union can be resolved through peaceful negotiations, and if force is used, it will be an abuse of fascists." Song Qling persuaded. The Soviets told her about their desire for peace, hoping that she would use her fame to maneuver, and she agreed, so she found Song Meiling and Song Ziwen.
Song Ziwen didn't speak, he knew the attitude of the second sister, and he didn't refute her, just a faint silence.
"Second sister, I know that you are a believer in Lenin, Lenin said that he would return the territory occupied by the tsar to China, Stalin did not do it, he is a traitor, we will even shed blood and fight a war to recover the Eastern Middle Road Railway, that is on the territory of our country, is there still heavenly reason?
I am also a believer in Lenin, and since Stalin could not fulfill his promises, then I will personally help him fulfill them! ”
Song Meiling cut the railway.
"You, this is a strong word!" Song Qling said angrily.
The two sisters glared at each other, and neither could convince anyone.
"Second sister, we know your intentions, so don't meddle in this matter." Song Ziwen raised his head and persuaded.
"Ziwen, you ...... too"
Song Ziwen shook his head, the arrow was on the string, and he had to send it, even if he was the prime minister, it could not be recovered.
China's national defense forces have deployed more than one million troops to the Sino-Soviet border, including more than half of the armored forces and air force, to deal with a mere four or five hundred thousand Soviet troops in the Far East.
The Soviet Far Eastern Army, the first in the Soviet Red Army.
Wuhan was full of confidence in this, believing that it would not only be able to defeat the Soviet Far Eastern Army. Reconquest. It can also defend against the Japanese Korean garrison.
"Good. I don't care, just watch! ”
Song Qling waved his sleeves away angrily.
In the Wuhan government and the Zhi Gong Party, Song Qling has almost no influence, and even the remnants of the Kuomintang/Kuomintang/Party don't take her very seriously, and their respect for her comes more from the fact that she is a member of the Song family, rather than another identity.
"Every time, arguing over this. It's not worth it. Song ML and Song Ziwen glanced at each other and smiled helplessly.
"And how is the nuclear bomb project going?" Song ML hesitated for a moment and asked again.
"Listening to absinthe, it's going well, maybe two or three years away."
After Song Ziwen finished speaking, he didn't know the bottom in his heart, he was a little skeptical, whether it was worth spending so much electricity just to make a legendary bomb.
So far, I can only persevere.
According to intelligence, the Germans were also engaged in similar secret works.
Since the Germans believe in such a thing. Song Ziwen couldn't give up halfway. He muttered again, "So much money spent." I don't know if it will be successful? ”
"It's right to be more prepared. A war against the Soviet Union will test our relations with the United States and Great Britain.
Forget about Britain, it's good if we don't trouble them, see if Britain dares to declare war on us? However, it is difficult to say about the United States, and it is difficult to grasp the attitude of the Americans. ”
Song Meiling said with a frown.
If Britain declares war on China, then the flames of war will be ignited immediately in the Strait of Malacca, which Wuhan has informed Nanhua, and the two sides have reached a consensus, and Nanhua is also ready.
"yes, that's a tough question. See, if the war doesn't go well, we'll shrink back. Song Ziwen said with a smile.
On the Soviet-German battlefield, the Soviet army collapsed, which gave Song Ziwen a lot of confidence, the Germans can do it, the Chinese have no reason not to do it, Song Ziwen does not think that the Chinese military is much worse than the German army, and now it is the Soviet Union and not China that should be worried.
In August 1941, when the Atlantic Joint Declaration was still echoing in their ears, people had no time to marvel, and war suddenly broke out between China and the Soviet Union, and the Chinese National Defense Forces attacked the Soviet Union from three directions: Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang.
The first tragedy was that of Outer Mongolia, where the Soviet garrison was quickly wiped out in the face of a torrent of Chinese armor and aircraft artillery, and clowns such as Choibalsan were subsequently convicted of treason and hung their street lamps, and China recovered Mongolia.
"It's finally done, we've been waiting too long for this opportunity!"
In the Western Route Army, Wu Peifu sat in the armored command vehicle produced in Wuhan, shaking and shaking, looking at the vast army passing before and after, he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride, "Go west out of Yangguan to collect the old land, and 100,000 Yan Luo revenge army." "I feel that the courage of the year will return to me, and the 100,000 army will enter Central Asia, Broken Leaf City, which is said to be Li Bai's hometown.
Air Force fighters flew over in the sky, and they were going to bomb enemy airfields and, if necessary, even further, bombing Soviet transport arteries and rear supply points.
The Eastern Front was also not to be outdone, and the soldiers crossed the Heilongjiang River and pointed directly at Vladivostok.
Wolfsburg, Germany, Hitler was overjoyed when he learned that China was attacking the Soviet Union, "Damn, the Russians have finally tasted being attacked on two fronts!" He immediately instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss an alliance with China.
However, the information from Wuhan made him a little annoyed, and the Chinese actually refused to accept the olive branch of the German Empire, unwilling to form an alliance with Germany, but said that they would continue to attack the Soviet Union and regain the territory looted by Tsarist Russia. However, with the progress of the war, the Soviet Union had no time to look eastward, and the Chinese Defense Forces eliminated the main force of the Soviet Far East Army in less than two months with superior forces, "liberated" the Soviet Komsomolsk, Boli and other cities, and then conquered Vladivostok in less than a month, the Far East was liberated, and the war began to spread to the Ural Mountains.
The Soviets established a defensive line in the Ural Mountains, and a new round of fighting began. Bloody and cruel, even the Siberian wind and snow could not hide the blood flowing on the earth, and the smoke of gunpowder was everywhere.
The Soviet Union lost its division and lost its territory, and was defeated for thousands of miles, west of Ukraine and east of the Ural Mountains thought that China was occupied, and the Soviet Union was in danger of extinction.
The appetite of the Chinese seems to be great, they want to drive the Russians out of Asia, send a large number of planes to bomb Yekaterinaburg, the Soviets built a large military industry in Yekaterinaburg, in order to protect the Ural industrial base from bombing, the Soviet air force fought back.
With the onset of winter, the Chinese could not attack, the Soviet Union gained respite, and the two sides were deadlocked in the Ural line. For the time being, the USSR did not have to worry about the threat from the East. But they had to face even more ferocious Germans.
And China wiped out seven or eight hundred thousand Soviet troops at the cost of losing more than 200,000 officers and soldiers. Not to mention the recovery of millions of square kilometers of territory. He also drove the Russians back to their homeland in Europe, and the whole country rejoiced. Blessed were the peasants from the interior, such as the Central Plains, who were forced to emigrate to the Far East and Siberia, promising to distribute large tracts of land.
Whether they were willing or not, China began in 1942 with a policy of mass migration to the new northern territories, which continued until the end of the war.
The fly in the ointment is. Japan took the opportunity to loot Sakhalin.
Not only that, taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the Chinese Defense Forces was trapped in the Soviet battlefield, Japan moved southward in a dense manner.
Berlin and Wuhan were in frequent contact, and Hitler proposed that the two sides meet in the Middle East and cut off British and American supplies from Turkey to aid Russia. This heavy responsibility fell on the head of Wu Peifu of the Western Route Army.
Under the city of Moscow, the invincible Germans finally suffered, even if compared to history, there were at least 500,000 fewer Far Eastern troops (they were wiped out by the Chinese army), and the Soviets resolutely wiped out the German Sixth Army Group at a heavy price, and hundreds of thousands of German troops surrendered in the ice and snow.
The cold became a helper for the Russians. They took advantage of the winter to launch a counter-attack, and the Chinese troops on the Ural front also suffered considerable losses in the Russian counter-attack.
1941 year. It was a turning point in history, and so many earth-shattering events took place that the huge Soviet Union was almost destroyed.
Although the Germans lost the Sixth Army Group, they had more strength like China, which was not an ally but was better than an ally -- let's call it a friend, the Soviet Union suffered far more severe losses than in history, and it is estimated that it will be quite difficult to achieve a counterattack/offensive as it has done in history.
Under the mediation of the Americans, China and the Soviet Union again held peace negotiations, and in order to gain time, Stalin did not mind returning the Far East to China, but it was absolutely unacceptable that Siberia also fell into the hands of China, and Russia could not become a purely European country.
The attitude of the Wuhan side is equally tough, they are the victors, and naturally they want to open their mouths, not only to take back the original territory, but also to charge high interest.
Even if Stalin had the heart to compromise, he could not do it, because his situation was the same as that of President Chiang during the Anti-Japanese War in Chongqing, and he could not accept the harsh conditions of the enemy at all, so he had to bear it to the death.
In a sad phrase, it is called "waiting for change".
The only ones who could save the fate of the Soviet Union were the two other powers that were not involved in the war - the United States and Japan.
If the United States and the Soviet Union formed an alliance against Germany, or if Japan attacked China, the situation might be reversed.
At the White House, Roosevelt worriedly told his cabinet ministers: "Wuhan's ambition to dominate the world is clearly exposed, and if it is not contained, it will seriously threaten American interests in the Western Pacific." ”
"It is the Japanese Navy, not the Chinese, that threatens US interests in the Western Pacific." Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said.
"President, our goal is Europe, and it has always been Europe. The priority was to aid Britain, and then to the USSR through Britain. As for the western Pacific, let's wait and see if China and Japan will fight. ”
The Secretary of the Army, the **** student, reminded.
It is necessary to be wary of China, but it is not the most important.
Because the Soviet Union was not an ally, even if the White House had the intention to aid the Soviet Union, it could not bypass Congress and provide assistance to the Soviet Union, so it could only hand over the supplies to Britain, and the British would kindly distribute some more to the Soviet Union.
After the outbreak of the Sino-Soviet war, Situ Nan's attitude changed greatly, on the one hand, he increased his business with Europe and supported the White House's assistance to Britain, and on the other hand, he tried his best to prevent the United States from entering the war and preventing the United States from joining the European battlefield.
Situ Nan had many friends, many congressional friends, not only from the Republican Party, but also from the Democratic/Nationalist Party, all staunch isolationists who opposed the entry of the United States into the war.
(Well, Situ Nan doesn't actually have many friends, and the above sentence is mainly used to satirize Trump, the future grandson of the Republican Party.) )
Because Situ Nan was obstructing behind his back, Roosevelt had to carefully consider the relationship with the Chinese Alliance.
Compared to China, whose energy is implicated in the Asian continent, Japan is more threatening to the U.S. Navy. Without China's constraints, if China and Japan reach an agreement, there will be no one to stop Japan from moving south.
Perhaps the Chinese saw the ambitions of the Japanese and sent the Combined Chinese Fleet to South China to block Japan's westward expansion and protect South China, while also making room for the Japanese Navy to gain "temporary" freedom of movement in the western Pacific.
Head south along the Pacific Ocean. Perhaps Australia is Japan's best target. As long as the Japanese unplug the Philippines. Then they will be free to go south to Australia.
In the end, the two sides signed a secret agreement, under which Japan promised not to attack South China and that the Japanese Combined Fleet would not assemble in the Strait of Malacca and threaten the security of the Chinese Fleet, so the Chinese Alliance would support Japan's right to act freely in the Western Pacific and provide material support.
China has pledged not to attack the Korean Peninsula and will not recover the island of Taiwan for the time being. After Japan acquired new territory, the two sides negotiated peacefully to return the island of Taiwan to China.
In other words, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, Burma, the Dutch Magolo Islands, the island of New Guinea, and even India are all spheres of influence that Japan "acquiesces in, provided that Japan is brave enough to take them."
In order to show sincerity, Anshan Iron and Steel Company will provide the first batch of 150,000 tons of steel to Japan, Daqing Oilfield will also provide crude oil to Japan, in addition to grain, textiles and other materials The two sides signed huge contracts.
"The Japanese wolf son ambition. Giving so many things to them, will it bite us in turn? ”
When Song Ziwen inspected the concentrator factory. Asked about absinthe with some concern, it was not easy to suppress the opposition of the military and support Japan with resources.
"We have to try to know the attitude of the Japanese, and if the Japanese don't make a move for a day, aren't we even more worried?" Absinthe laughed.
In the Sino-Soviet War, the Chinese National Defense Forces suffered little losses, and more than one million troops were deployed in the coastal areas, which was enough to deal with Japan, and they were not afraid of Japan going to war against China.
"It annoyed us, it is not good for Japan, our air force took off from Qingdao and Dalian and flew to Osaka, Japan to bomb it." Absinthe analyzed.
"That's what I said, but you know the nature of the Japanese, they are prone to neuropathy, and they are not afraid of 10,000 just in case." Song Ziwen shook his head.
At this moment, the leisurely indecision of the character is revealed.
Absinthe secretly commented, don't look at Song Ziwen as an international figure, compared with Situ Nan, Song Ziwen's courage and tenacity are still a step behind.
Song Ziwen's worries are not unreasonable, looking at the Sino-Soviet war, China uprooted the Soviet Union's influence in Asia and threw millions of Soviets in the Far East into concentration camps.
"If the Japanese dare to seek death, let him eat bombs." Absinthe suddenly joked.
As China entered the wartime economy, industrial production was greatly tilted towards the military industry, and in Asia, there was a bit of a yellow man's arsenal.
Thinking that China's industrial strength is five or six times that of Japan, its resources are abundant, its population is five or six times that of Japan, and it can arm an army of millions of people, Song Ziwen thought to himself that he had no reason to be afraid of the Japanese!
At the Tokyo base camp, at the Imperial Council, the emperor sat quietly and listened to the ministers' opinions on the future of Japan.
Ishihara had the privilege of attending this special meeting, and he was going to talk about Japan's strategy.
"China encourages the empire to go south and create conflicts with Britain and the United States so that they can benefit from it, and we should see the sinister intentions of the Chinese."
At the same time, it is also necessary to see the opportunity, if the empire does not go south, then it will be necessary to prepare for war with China, and once China is fully armed, they will pounce on Korea and start a war against the empire.
The Russians could not protect themselves.
Intelligence shows that China still deploys a large number of troops in the northeast, north China, and southeast coastal areas, and the fighters in Qingdao and Shanghai still did not participate in the Sino-Soviet war, and they are on guard against the imperial navy.
Going south is an excellent opportunity, and in the same way, if you befriend Britain and the United States and contain China for Britain and the United States, you can also get supplies from Britain and the United States, but you will inevitably go to war with China, which is sooner or later.
To put it simply, the empire is too narrow and the resources are too poor, and after the rise of China, the empire is no longer enough to dominate Asia.
And in order to dominate Asia, the empire must have a vast and fertile land like Manchuria. Looking at the world, this is the only place that can replace Manchuria! ”
Ishihara pointed to the vast expanse of land at the bottom of the Pacific map.
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and the atmosphere became solemn, and even Hirohito, who had always been calm and expressionless, couldn't help but look at the vast continent on the map.
"Is this going to war against Britain?"
"That's right! War on Britain! Seize the islands of Australia and New Guinea, resist the United States to the east, and rely on China to the west. ”
Ishihara Wanerdo.
"The Chinese are unreliable!"
"If they go south to Malacca, then sooner or later they will clash with China, and China will not allow the empire to cut them off from South China. At war on the Southeastern Peninsula, the Empire may not be able to win. After all, the Chinese already control Annam and can go south to the Malay Peninsula at any time.
The empire could expand into the Indian Ocean and compete for resources, but it could not focus on the western front.
On the contrary, if we focus our strategy on Australia, we can gain the support of the Chinese, at least for a while. ”
Ishihara Wanerdo.
The only problem is the Philippines, how nice it is to have no Philippines in the way.
"Do you want a war against the United States? What if, China and the United States unite and deal with the empire? Yamamoto Fifty-six, who had been silent for a long time, couldn't help but ask rhetorically. He resolutely opposes war against the United States, and likewise he opposes war against China, because the United Fleet of China has already "run away," and Japan's maritime lifeline will be cut off by China at any time before the United Fleet of China is destroyed.
"So what do you say?" Ishihara said helplessly.
Yamamoto Fifty-six was silent, sighing in his heart, there were still too few choices.
The Imperial Council broke up unhappily, the Navy and Army were full of contradictions, and the Japanese were never able to make a decision.
Similarly, supplies from China and South China have begun to dwindle and return to normal levels.
The Japanese did not move, and the Chinese would not be relieved to supply Japan with supplies openly, nor would they impose an embargo on Japan and force the Japanese to jump over the wall.
Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it was the summer of 1942.
The war is raging in Europe, but Asia is calm, except for the stalemate between the Chinese and the Soviets in the Ural Mountains, even Britain and China, two countries that are almost enemies, have not declared war so far.
The British are allies of the Soviets, but the British do not want to go to war with China because of the Soviets and thus lose Southeast Asia and India.
Churchill was so shameless, why didn't he declare war on China?
Stalin broke his pipe with hatred.
He didn't know that in history, he had also done such shameless things as the British, and he was eye-to-eye with Japan, and Britain and the United States were quite helpless about this, so they could only express their understanding. The war was almost over before the Soviet Union declared war on Japan.
(To be continued.) )