Moscow, Kremlin. Trotsky took the telegram from Tukhachevsky and proudly said to Skryansky: "It seems that the Indians are doing a good job, Eflayim. Comrade Markovich, it seems that these Indian comrades are no worse than our men on the battlefield, and now we really don't have to worry about the lack of soldiers. ”

Skryansky was also extremely excited, as the head of the GC International, the Indian Revolutionary War had always been waged under his direct leadership, but he was not very optimistic about the combat effectiveness of the Indian Red Army, and he did not expect them to achieve such an achievement in the Middle East.

"Yes, Comrade President, Comrade Borodin reported that after the news of the great victory in the Middle East battlefield reached India, the whole country of India rejoiced, and the Indians believed that the victory in defending the Middle East had established India's status as a great power and a great power, and that India had replaced China as the most powerful country in Asia and the leader of Asia, and Comrade Lu Yi was a well-deserved deputy commander and successor of the world revolution......

Trotsky laughed, took two puffs of his cigar, and puffed out a cloud of smoke: "What a leader in Asia, what a deputy commander and successor of the world revolution!" Efraim. Comrade Markovich, do you think Comrade Ruyi and India can afford such a responsibility? ”

The corners of Skryansky's lips furrowed, and a mocking smile appeared: "I think Comrade Ruyi and the Indian GCD very much want to take on this heavy responsibility. Comrade Borodin mentioned in his report that now Comrade Lu Yi's confidence in the world revolution has risen greatly, and the Indian government has also shouted the slogan of 'liberating the whole of China in three years and liberating all mankind in five years', calling on the whole army and the whole country to work hard, not afraid of sacrifice, and carry out the world revolution to the end! Stimulated by the news of the victory in the Middle East battle, the patriotic spirit of the Indian people has also been thoroughly aroused, and young people in India are vying to sign up for the Red Army; as of April this year, India's annual conscription plan has been completed, and now more than 10 million recruits of the Indian Red Army are being trained in the barracks! Comrade President. I think we should find ways to encourage the revolutionary spirit of the Indians. ”

"Yes, we should encourage this kind of dedication, and if only the Japanese could have this kind of spirit." A hint of regret flashed through Trotsky's brow, and he turned to Skryansky and said, "Efram. Comrade Markovich, I heard that the Japanese also achieved a very strategically valuable victory, with these two victories. Will Takeda's confidence in the world revolution be restored? ”

Skryansky knew in his heart the meaning of Trotsky's words, according to the estimation of the Soviet high command, Germany would definitely launch a fierce attack on the Soviet Union within this year, and the scale of this attack would certainly be unprecedented, so the Soviet Union must concentrate all its forces to deal with the German offensive.

However, the two major battlefields of Siberia and Central Asia involved too many Soviet troops, and the Chinese deployed millions of troops in these two theaters. And the level of equipment and training surpassed that of the Soviet Red Army. It was impossible for the Red Army to ignore them, and if they advanced east and west with the Germans, it would be difficult to win with the current strength of the Soviet Red Army.

Now the rise of India has given hope to the Soviet High Command, but they do not think that India can contain many squadrons, because the terrain on the Sino-Indian border is complex and not suitable for large armies to enter and exit, and the strength of the Indian Red Navy is weak. It is no match for the Chinese navy, so it is impossible to use naval support logistics to transport troops, but the Chinese army can land at any point along India's long coastline. Therefore, only when India, which has a strong army, and Japan, which has a strong navy, can jointly fight against China, then China's power can be firmly contained in Asia, and the Soviet Union's eastern front can rest easy.

However, Japan was deeply involved in the Pacific theater, and no matter how the Soviet Union and India worked, Takeda and the Japanese were unwilling to go to war with China and the United States at the same time. However, if you look at a map of the world, you will know that the choice of the Japanese is in the interests of Japan and Japan. Therefore, it is necessary to let Japan and Japan and the Japanese and the G desperately drag China down for the sake of the world revolution and the risk of the party and the country. It's really hard to get it.

Skryansky estimated that Trotsky thought that Japan might be greatly encouraged by the victory in the defense of the Middle East, and that he could try to bring them back to the battlefield against China. However, it will not be easy to achieve this goal, and it is necessary to come up with a plan that makes Takeda think that he can defeat China with certainty. Skryansky concluded that Trotsky was still struggling with it.

"Chairman, Comrade Nosaka Sanzo of the Japanese GCD reported that there are now two factions within Japan and G. Skryansky pondered and said: "And the pro-China faction of Japan and G, in fact, is not really pro-China, but feels that there is no way out for the world revolution. That's why China is regarded as the last retreat, and if we can let them see more hope for victory, I believe that the majority of Japanese members will still stand on our side. So, I wanted to organise a huge celebration in Delhi. Invite all the major leaders of the Japanese GCD to Delhi and give them a real sense of the upsurge of the Indian Revolution. ”

Trotsky nodded slightly, then turned to look at Vatsettis. It is not enough to have a high revolutionary atmosphere, and Takeda Hiroshi, Yasuo Yasuda, Takeshi Kato, and Hiroshi Kato have long been immune to the revolutionary atmosphere. If you want to make them excited, you still have to come up with a battle plan that seems to be able to win.

Vatsettis frowned slightly: "The Japanese know very well that the main battlefield of the world revolution is in Europe, and they also know very well that they and India cannot defeat China and the United States no matter what. ”

"Then bring the leaders of the Japanese GCD to Moscow," Trotsky pondered, "and if we can achieve some victories on the Western Front, will the Japanese see hope?" ”

"Chairman, Germany is very strong, and we can only adopt the method of luring the enemy into the depths, exchanging space for time." Vasetis muttered with some dissatisfaction. He knew that Trotsky wanted to change the original plan of battle to lure the enemy into the depths and put the battlefield on the western border of the Soviet Union, but the German power was so strong that even if he could get a million Indian cannon fodder every month, Vasetis was still not sure at all.

"Oh, then listen to the military experts in the High Command." Trotsky thought for a moment, then smiled and withdrew his request. "Efraim. Comrade Markovich," he said to Skryansky: "the work of convincing the Japanese is left to you, you immediately leave for Delhi, and Tukhachevsky will soon go there, so you can discuss it." ”

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Tokyo, Akasaka Imperial Palace. Takeda sat face to face with Toshiichi Terauchi, chief of the General Staff of the Japanese Red Army, holding a cigarette in his mouth, both holding a summary of the battle situation in their hands. Takeda exhaled a puff of smoke. smiled: "These Indian Ah San are doing a good job, we don't have to worry about China in the short term." ”

"The Navy's air fleet is also excellent," Terauchi reminded, "According to the report of the GC International Americas Bureau, our special attack aircraft destroyed six locks on the Panama Canal, and the shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans has been blocked. ”

"Oh, really?" Takeda didn't know much about the navy and didn't know much about the strategic significance of the Panama Canal. However, he knew that Yamamoto Isoroku was a rare naval talent. "Does Comrade Yamamoto have anything to say?"

"Commander Yamamoto mobilized heavy forces to capture Oahu." Terauchi Kobuki.

"Take Oahu?" Takeda was stunned for a moment and asked rhetorically. "Didn't you say that this island is hard to take?"

"It's just that more people die, Indians are not afraid of sacrifice, and we Japanese are even more afraid of death than them!" Terauchi Shouichi's face turned stern, and he looked at Takeda with burning eyes: "Chairman, Commander Yamamoto said." Now is the best time to capture Oahu, after the United States has transferred the only two fleet aircraft carriers of the Pacific Fleet to the Indian Ocean for the Persian Gulf operation, and they have been damaged in the operation, and the Panama Canal is blocked, and the two aircraft carriers will not be able to return to the Pacific Ocean for at least six months. In addition, most of the Essex-class aircraft carriers built by the United States are on the east coast and the Caribbean coast. The blockage of the Panama Canal greatly delayed their participation in the Pacific Campaign. Therefore, Commander Yamamoto analyzed that in the coming months, the U.S. Pacific Fleet will not be able to fight in the Hawaiian Islands due to lack of air cover, and we are taking advantage of this opportunity to seize Oahu. When Oahu arrives, the deadlock facing Japan will be revived. ”

Although Comrade Yamamoto 56, like most of the high-ranking cadres of the Japanese G, is a naked official, he has already obtained a passport for the Great China Federation, and he has also given the Chinese pseudonym Zhao Shanmoto. However, he still did not forget his mission - to liberate all mankind! So after he settled down and retreated. I put all my energy into combat. His original plan was to train the air fleet and special attack aircraft to sneak attack San Digo, but before his air fleet and special attack aircraft were ready, the two aircraft carriers of the US Pacific Fleet were all transferred, and without an aircraft carrier, the special attack of suicide planes seemed to be meaningless. You can't go and hit the "worthless" American battleships, right? Even if ten or eight ships are sunk, the Yankees will not feel distressed. After careful consideration, Comrade Yamamoto chose the Panama Canal lock as his goal. The blow actually worked wonders, and it also gave Yamamoto hope for the capture of Oahu.

However, what interests Takeda is not the Panama Canal and Oahu, but how to revitalize the deadlock facing Japan.

"Comrade Terauchi. You say you can revitalize the current deadlock we are facing? ”

Shouichi Terauchi smiled very confidently: "Yes, Comrade Chairman. After seizing Oahu, we don't have to worry about the United States for the time being, so there are two ways out in front of us: the first is to join forces with the Soviet Union and India to attack China; The second is to unite China to go south to Australia. ”

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At the same time, in the White House in Washington, Roosevelt's face was gloomy. Leahy, George. Deen, Claude. Swanson and other army and navy chiefs were urgently recruited. The door to the Oval Office was opened again by Colonel Caton, and Secretary of State Hull walked in briskly.

MacArthur knew in his heart that their boss must have felt that the combat effectiveness of the American GIs was very unreliable, so he could only find a way from the diplomatic point of view, Hopkins had already gone to China, and met with Chang Ruiqing a few times, and Hull should have come to report to Roosevelt on this situation.

"Mr. President, Hopkins sent a telegram from Nanjing, the Chinese said that they and Germany could solve the Middle East problem, and the Chinese Premier hoped that we could use our main forces in the Pacific Ocean, perhaps to help the British defend Australia, which was likely to be invaded by Japan."

Roosevelt lit his cigar and took a big gulp, he was not willing to let the American GIs pack up their packages and leave the Middle East, through Guò Donovan's Strategic Intelligence Bureau, he already knew that the Middle East was extremely rich in oil resources, and the Middle East was connected to Baku and Grozny, the main oil-producing areas of the Soviet Union, and if the United States could occupy 30% of the interests in this treasure land, it would be able to gain a favorable position in the future competition with Germany. Since Germany and the United States are close in strength and belong to the same white civilization, it is inevitable that Germany and the United States will become opponents after the war, so Germany will not let the United States stay in the Middle East under any circumstances. So Roosevelt had no choice but to ask Hopkins to go to China for help. At the same time, the price code of "Japan, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies will all be disposed of by China after the war" was also offered.

But the Chinese still flatly refused!

"Douglas, can we hold Lebanon, Damascus and Ras Al Khaimah?" Roosevelt ignored Hull and instead asked MacArthur.

"Yes." MacArthur was not willing to be defeated in the Middle East like this, so he immediately said: "Although the losses of the US military in the Middle East in the past two months are relatively large, the total number of casualties and missing is estimated to have exceeded 350,000. The exact numbers are not yet available, because without the Stilwell-Weaver cluster is still fighting the enemy. But even with the defeat of the Stilwell-Weaver cluster, we still maintain a fairly strong presence in the Middle East. It has been continuously replenished. At present, our main forces of the 7th and 8th armies in Lebanon and Damascus still have 250,000 troops, and they have stabilized their positions. We still have two divisions of nearly 30,000 men in Ras Al Khaimah and Qeshm Island, and 50,000 troops preparing to land in Muscat. Another half of the Panzer Division remained in the port of Jeddah...... If Stilwell can bring back 50,000 men from the battlefield of Khurais, then we will have 330,000 to 350,000 troops in the Army and Marine Corps in the Middle East. ”

Roosevelt was so sad that he was about to shed tears when he heard the words "Stilwell brought back 50,000 men from the battlefield of Khurais", which were 3 U.S. armored divisions and 4 U.S. infantry divisions. The total number of troops at the time of leaving the port of Jeddah is more than 100,000! Now maybe even half of them won't be saved, and as for the tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery, they will probably be lost, right?

Seeing that Roosevelt was so sad that he was about to cry, MacArthur hurriedly enlightened: "Mr. President, our losses are not small, and the enemy's losses are even greater. On the Transjordian and Syrian battlefields, the losses of the Indian Red Army were at least 6 times greater than ours! In the entire Middle East theater, the Indian Red Army is at least 4.5 times larger than ours! ”

MacArthur played a word game here. The "we" in his mouth does not include the British, who have suffered much more losses during this period than the Americans! If we compare the losses of Britain and the United States with the losses of India and the Soviet Union, I don't know if there is still one to two?

"So what?" Roosevelt's face was still pale: "Lu Yi can take out 100 million Indians to the Middle East to fight with us!" Can we give 20 million American lives to the death? ”

"Mr. President, we can shrink our forces to Muscat and Beirut so that we can maintain a military presence in the Middle East." MacArthur said: "And the German and Italian navies are not very strong, and they can't attack the Middle East from the sea like we do, so we can bargain with the Germans as long as we control the port of Beirut." ”

"And what about the British Navy?" Roosevelt couldn't go to war. But in terms of diplomacy and international politics, he didn't know how much better than MacArthur, and he immediately interrupted: "We can barely hold on in the Middle East, but the British can't hold on any longer, their world empire is over!" There was only one way out before them, to take refuge in Germany and rely on the strength of the Germans to keep the remaining colonies of the British Empire as much as possible! ”

"President, then. Are we going to withdraw from the Middle East? MacArthur asked in silence.

"Of course you can't withdraw!" Roosevelt's tone was extremely unceremonious: "General, the U.S. Army will never withdraw until they have completed their mission, do you understand?" ”

MacArthur was a little confused by Roosevelt's words, but replied loudly, "I understand." Mr. President. “

Hull shook his head in his heart, he knew that MacArthur would not understand Roosevelt's thoughts at all, and Roosevelt had already made up his mind to withdraw from the Middle East. Now making a gesture of not leaving, it is just to bargain with China and Germany.

"Admiral Leahy," Roosevelt turned to the grimacing Chief of Naval Operations, William Lee. Leahy: "What about the Saratoga and Essex?" Can you still fight? Do you want to do a major overhaul? ”

"The Saratoga is still operating, but the Essex has to be repaired." William. Leahy sighed: "President, there is only one port in the entire Indian Ocean that has the capacity to repair the Essex. ”

"Where?"

"The port of Yangon, where the newly formed Western Fleet of the Chinese Navy is located, has a naval ship repair yard."

In fact, there are many ports in the Indian Ocean that can repair the Essex, because although the Essex is badly damaged, it is not difficult to repair, and there is no need to go into the dry dock, as long as the armored deck is replaced. But now that the Suez Canal has been blocked, the Strait of Malacca is under Japanese control, the ports on the islands of Ceylon and Mumbai are also under the threat of Indian suicide planes, and the port of Djibouti in French Somalia does not know when it will be liberated by the Indian Red Army. So the best option is Yangon, let the Chinese help fix Essex. This class of aircraft carriers and the Chinese Zhongshan class are the same thing, so the Chinese Navy will definitely be able to repair this carrier soon.

"Cordell," Roosevelt instructed Secretary of State Hull, "immediately go and send a telegram to Hopkins, and let him go and negotiate this matter with Chang Ruiqing." ”

Hull nodded but didn't leave, he asked again: "Mr. President, is there anything else you want Hopkins to negotiate with Chang Ruiqing?" Like what...... Defending Australia? ”

"Australia, you say?" Roosevelt was stunned, and began to smoke again: "But Australia has not been invaded now, huh?" ”

Hull didn't speak, Roosevelt could figure out this question, and the fact that it has not been invaded now does not mean that there will not be invaded! In fact, the Japanese have long coveted the rich and vast Australia, and if it weren't for Chang Ruiqing's security guarantee to Australia, it would have been invaded a long time ago!

Roosevelt looked at Chief of Naval Operations Leahy: "Admiral, what do you think?" ”

Admiral Leahy smiled bitterly: "President, I think the first thing we have to think about now is to defend the West Coast, and the second is to relieve the siege of Oahu. ”

"And defend the American continent!" The Secretary of the Navy is so old that he can't even walk. Swanson suddenly interjected: "If Britain defects to Germany, then Canada must be under the protection of the United States, otherwise it will not be long before Hitler's armored forces can be placed on the St. Lawrence River!" ”

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