Xiao Zhenlei already felt that the pressure on the British people at this time was very great, otherwise George V and Prime Minister Asquith would not have asked for face-to-face talks with him.

For example, in the history of another time and space, during World War II, Britain and the United States held a meeting of heads of state in Cairo, and later Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union held a three-way meeting in Tehran. For Japan, only a small number of troops were used to temporarily contain Japan, and when the war situation in Europe stabilized, it focused on solving Japan.

On the basis of this strategy, the heads of state of various countries then seek the interests of their own countries, for example, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill made it clear on the Asian issue that he would first attack the Japanese army in Burma in order to ensure Britain's interests in Burma and ignore China's interests, and Churchill also proposed that when attacking Europe, he should first attack the Balkans in order to ensure British interests in Europe.

In addition to clarifying the strategic offensive aspect, the Führers also had to discuss the distribution of post-war benefits, which was a process of struggle and compromise, and the result of the distribution was, of course, whoever was strongest in the end and who contributed the most in the war would gain the greatest benefits. However, this is not entirely the case, for example, Soviet Russia contributed a lot in World War II. It can be said that Soviet Russia had the largest number of German troops in the middle of the war and logistical containment, and the casualties were also the heaviest. But after the war it did not gain much, because of ideological problems. The rest of the allied countries have joined forces to resist it.

In response to the question of the British asking for a summit meeting, Xiao Zhenlei also felt that it was time to hold a summit meeting, if the Americans joined in, the Americans would have to get a piece of the pie again, and the Americans were the best at picking peaches and picking up cheap, which was not what Xiao Zhenlei hoped to see.

Germany's war resources are limited, and it is impossible for it to support the army to fight for a long time, and judging from the current situation, the combat effectiveness of the German army is already at its limit. From now on, the German army will go downhill, after all, the consumption of five or six million troops is absolutely an astronomical amount, not that Germany's small territory can support for a long time, with the military strength of China, Britain, France and Tsarist Russia, it is completely possible to defeat Germany.

However, there is one point, which cannot be relied on too much, and once Tsarist Russia is overthrown by the revolutionary party, Russia is likely to withdraw from the war before it is over, as it has been in the history of another time and space. In this way, the German army on the Eastern Front will be liberated, and all troops can be transferred to the Western Front, so before Russia withdraws from the war, the Chinese army must only have a firm foothold on the Eastern Front and be able to open up logistics supply lines. Otherwise, once Russia closes the passage, it will be a disaster for the Chinese army in Eastern Europe.

Speaking of France, the French mainland was occupied by the Germans. But France still has a number of overseas colonies, and these overseas colonial governments still obey the dictates of the government-in-exile. In Africa, for example, France has a number of colonies. The German colonies in Africa had been occupied by Britain and France at the beginning of the war, and it was up to these overseas colonies that the French government-in-exile could sustain itself until now.

Although Britain is now blocked by Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare, Britain is not without prevention and control measures, the British navy already has a good anti-submarine means and means of removing mines, the British have not only invented depth charges, but also invented sonar detection technology, sent special ships to escort the merchant fleet, these means have played a very good role in deterring Germany's submarine warfare, the British also organized a cruiser formation to use trawling nets to clear mines, As a result, many of the mines that Germany had placed in British waters had no effect, and they were taken by the British.

After Zhu Erdian left, Xiao Zhenlei saw that Cai Ye and others were still fishing by the river, so he walked over and put bait on the hook and started fishing, turned his head to look, and found that the women and children were playing on the grass, and no one was close around, Xiao Zhenlei said to Song Shijie and others: "Zhu Erdian told me a matter just now, British Prime Minister Asquith wants to have a head-of-state meeting with me, it seems that the pressure on the British side has reached the limit, and the British may mean that they want us to do our best." I don't know what you think? ”

Cai Ye and others were quite surprised when they heard it, but this is also a normal thing, the British are now almost completely able to withstand the strong military pressure of Germany, the French basically can't help, and the Tsarist Russia is okay, and it can still contain part of the German army in winter.

Song Shijie heard this: "This is what I expected, if the British can't stand it, they will naturally ask us for help, but as far as I know, the British cabinet does not seem to be very harmonious, whether Asquith can maintain this cabinet is a big question, and he still has the heart to go out of the UK?" ”

Cai Guodong smiled after listening to Song Shijie's words: "I think this is also normal, since Asquith can't deal with the opposition of the cabinet, he naturally has to find helpers from the outside, it is said that the British have never given up on fighting for Americans to join the Entente, in addition to the United States, Asquith can only find us!" ”

Cai asked, "Then what do you think it will be if the British ask us to help again?" ”

Cai Guodong took a puff of cigarette and said: "They will not ask us to strengthen our troops on the Eastern Front, because the battlefield on the Eastern Front is already our business and task, if our army needs to increase its troops on the Eastern Front, it will be decided for ourselves, the British are very calculating, they will not do this." I think it's still a problem on the Western Front, due to the existence of the English Channel, so that the Germans can't lightly board the British mainland to fight, after all, the British Royal Navy fleet is not vegetarian, it is more than twice as powerful as the German Navy, in fact, the British mainland is not short of troops now, the troops gathered in the United Kingdom exceed three million people, these troops in the British eat horses, do not fight but consume materials, but because the air supremacy is always in the hands of the Germans, the British Air Force can only protect itself, but can not attack, If they want to open up the battlefield on the Western Front, they must gain air supremacy on the Western Front, otherwise with the support of the Air Force, the German army can drive the landed coalition forces into the sea at any time, and I think that this time the British will ask us to send a large-scale air force to Britain to make up for the lack of British air force, so that we can cooperate with the British and French troops to cross the English Channel and land in France to fight against the German army."

Xiao Zhenlei was lying on the recliner smoking a cigarette and listening to several other people express their own opinions, he knew that Cai Guodong was right about this, this time the British would definitely ask the Chinese side to support the war on the Western Front, the main thing is to strengthen the air force of the Entente countries, in order to suppress the Luftwaffe and prepare for the British and French sea crossing and landing operations, for this request, Xiao Zhenlei could not refuse, after all, this is related to the overall interests.

However, none of these people got to the point, and the topic of the summit meeting at the head of state level is definitely more than a little bit, and it is absolutely impossible for it to be such a small pattern, otherwise, there is no need to hold a meeting of the head of state at all, and the two sides only need to send their own representatives to negotiate.

The British believe that China is fully capable of solving Japan in a short period of time, but China has always been unable to work and slowly consume with the Japanese, which can be seen from the fact that China has recovered the Liaodong Peninsula, Bay Island, Ryukyu Islands and the Korean Peninsula in a very short period of time, the British believe that China's war potential is huge, and hope that China can solve Japan as much as possible, and then turn the gun to deal with Germany, in the matter of dealing with the Allies, Britain has done its best to defeat Germany, We can only pin our hopes on Huaguo, but if we want Huaguo to do our best, we must pay some price, which involves the distribution of interests after the war, which is not a trivial matter, and no special envoy can make such a decision on behalf of the head of state in the negotiations, so it is necessary to hold a meeting at the level of the head of state on the main strategic direction of the war against the Allies and the distribution of interests after the war.

Xiao Zhenlei smoked a cigarette and pondered, and Song Shijie asked: "President, now that the British have sent out an invitation, what do you mean?" To go or not to go? If so, where should the meeting place be chosen, how should the time be arranged, and what method should be used to go to the meeting place? ”

Xiao Zhenlei lay on the recliner and spit out a puff of smoke, stared at the water and said: "The summit at the head of state level must also be held at this stage, and now the Entente basically has no strategic focus, and the forces of various countries are very scattered, and if you want to defeat the allies, you can only concentrate military forces, clarify a major strategic offensive direction, and then formulate an operational strategy according to this direction." Asquith is well aware of this, so he is ready to bring in external forces from above. The British were divided into two factions, the Eastern Front faction believed that the Eastern Front battlefield was the key to determining victory or defeat. Headed by George, the Western Front faction believes that the Western Front battlefield is the key to determining the outcome of the victory, this faction is headed by Asquith, if you want to win the Allies, you must first unify the internal thinking, British Prime Minister Asquith now has no other way to unify the internal thinking, so you can only rely on external forces, that is, our country, in addition, Britain is also striving for the United States to enter the war, if you can reach an agreement with our country on the strategic offensive direction, then the internal contradictions in Britain are not a problem, this is Asquith's cleverness, But he ignored a question of timing, because the British cabinet was already very divided, and if you want to hold a meeting of the heads of state, it will not work without two or three months of preparation, and I am afraid that Asquith's cabinet government will collapse if it does not last a few months. But it doesn't matter, no matter who the next Prime Minister of Britain is, as long as he wants to keep the British mainland and defeat the Allies, he must use our country's military strength and must discuss with our country the issue of determining the general strategic direction! (To be continued......)