Chapter 5 1942 Beacon Worldwide

By September, the Chinese army had opened up Central Asia, occupied Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and other Central Asian regions, and stabbed the Soviet Union in the back.

A thousand years later, the Chinese have finally returned to Li Bai's homeland!

The cycle of cause and effect, retribution is unpleasant, everything the Russians did to China during the Xin Chou years was all retaliated back by others, and the situation happened to be reversed.

Such pain goes deep into the bone marrow.

Just imagine how painful it is for you to fight against a foreign invasion in front, and in a life-or-death situation, the neighbor next to you opens his mouth and spits out his fangs, attacks you, and tears off a large piece of flesh from your body.

When I think of 400 million yellow-skinned pagans coming from the East like dense locusts, overwhelming, hypocritical Europeans may think of two words - ****.

This phenomenon is exaggerated, and the hundreds of thousands of Wehrmacht, armed to the teeth, do have the capital to make Westerners fearful.

And the biggest propagandist of ****, the most superstitious ethnographic white man, the Germans, welcomed them with joy and encouraged them to continue to move forward and join forces under the city of Moscow.

It's certainly unrealistic to meet the city of Moscow, but there is so much irony about the result!

The Central Asian Railway became the key to the westward expansion strategy.

After occupying Central Asia, the Chinese defense forces on the one hand expanded the Central Asian railway, on the other hand, pursued the dead to the north, and followed the Russians to the south to the Iranian plateau.

The situation in the Middle East was reversed in an instant, when the Soviet-German war just broke out, the Soviet Union and Britain teamed up to destroy Iran, the Soviet army occupied most of Iran, and the northern part of Iran was controlled by the Russians.

However, did not wait for the Russians to rejoice for a few days. The Chinese killed Central Asia with lightning speed. Exterminate. Soviet troops stationed in Iran. A confrontation with the British army heading north.

Soviet forces in Central Asia and the Middle East were uprooted, and the Chinese simultaneously rescued tens of thousands of German nationals and Iranian pro-German elements exiled by Britain and the Soviet Union in Iran, and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi **** ascended to the throne.

Hitler was overjoyed to hear the news and sent a letter to the Wuhan government, thanking the Chinese Wehrmacht for saving the German expatriates in the Middle East, praising Wu Peifu of the Western Route Army, and reiterating the alliance between the two countries.

However, after entering the Middle East, the Chinese defense forces have no intention of continuing to enter Europe. stopped, sent a large number of officials to Kazakhstan and other places, and successively established puppet regimes in Kazakhstan and other places.

Clearly, the Chinese have exposed their ambitions by building a Central Asian railway and a pipeline to the Middle East to bring back the mineral resources of Central Asia and the oil of the Middle East.

The Soviets were unpopular in the region, and the Central Asians and Russians, who had been rescued from the camps by the Chinese army, began to shoot the seeds of hatred against Stalin and his commissars.

In short, it was not only Germany that provoked a world war and destroyed Poland. The concentration camps established by Stalin were no less than those of Hitler, and the Chinese did the same. Prisoners of war were thrown into concentration camps, and then forced labor to build roads and railways, which gradually became the norm in Asia and Europe.

The Soviet Union was gradually weakening, and after 20 years, it seemed that they had returned to the predicament of fighting against the great powers on the land of Eastern Europe when they were first founded, surrounded and blockaded by people everywhere.

The Far East is lost, Siberia is lost, Central Asia is lost, Ukraine is lost, Transcaucasia is lost, the industrial regions of the Urals are constantly bombed by Chinese planes, and fat polar bears are cut all over and are in danger.

However, as long as Moscow, St. Petersburg were still resisting, they did not lose.

"Damn, the Chinese have destroyed everything, they are more murderous, insidious, greedy than the Germans, not only to invade the Middle East, even India has already been surrounded by them!"

The British government and opposition began to hate China, and the British believed that the situation would not be so bad if it had not been for the Chinese to make trouble.

Once the Soviet Union is defeated, the British will not escape their fate, even if they keep their homeland, but the Middle East, India and other colonies will be divided by the Germans, Chinese, Italians, this is a disaster!

In his transatlantic call, Churchill strongly urged the United States to enter the war immediately, otherwise it would be impossible to contain Germany and China, the two evil axis powers, from carving up the Eurasian continent.

China is very troublesome, this is a big country with industrial strength about the same as Germany, but there is no shortage of population and resources, and the war potential is higher than that of Germany.

The only thing that can limit China is Japan and the Soviet Union, now the Soviet Union has been beaten half to death, Japan is an island country, it is likely to reach some tacit agreement with China, the Chinese go west to Central Asia, the Japanese are too late to be happy, how can they provoke China?

The Germans bombed Britain indiscriminately across the strait, and the Chinese could do the same to Japan, in short, Japan would not take advantage of the British and American ghosts, so whenever British diplomats in Tokyo tried to instigate the Japanese, they would always get ambiguous answers from the Japanese.

Roosevelt also understood this, the United States is not fully prepared, and now should not rush into the war, even if the White House has the will, Congress will not pass it.

"Franklin, time is not on our side, Britain is very difficult, and the Russians are even threatening to negotiate with the Germans." Churchill reminded with emotion.

Under pressure from Churchill, Roosevelt agreed to increase aid, lease American weapons to Britain at low prices, and send more American bombers to Britain to bomb Germany so that the Nazis could not dominate Europe.

Under Churchill's reminder, Roosevelt turned his attention to Japan, Japan and Italy, Germany had concluded a **** alliance, if Japan started and a war broke out with Japan, it seemed that Italy and Germany could also be involved.

Perhaps Britain and the United States reached some kind of consensus and began to blockade Japan, prohibiting the transportation of rubber, crude oil, scrap iron and other resources to Japan.

Japan could only import resources from South China and China, but before Japan fulfilled its southward strategy, China and South China tacitly reduced their supplies to Japan.

Putting down the phone, Roosevelt looked tired, pinched his brow with his hand, and muttered alone: "How easy it is for the United States to enter the war!" He shook his head.

"What? Difficult? First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt walked in and said with concern.

Churchill complained again, and said that the Russians were about to be overwhelmed. In the United States, the bankers in New York are still immersed in business. Los Angeles stars also rely on war movies to trick audiences into cheap tears. The farmers in the countryside did not care at all about the lives of Europeans. Roosevelt sighed.

"Americans remember after the last world war. The United States got nothing, and in Europe it was ostracized...... "Eleanor Roosevelt reminded.

Roosevelt nodded, and after a moment of silence, Marshall, the chief of staff of the Army, came over, and the two went out for a walk, and Roosevelt was pushed in a wheelchair.

"If the United States joins the United Kingdom, can it win?" Roosevelt suddenly turned his head and asked Marshall, "If we don't get involved." The Russians are going to lose. ”

Marshall thought about it, this question was not easy to answer, he nodded: "It should be, but the price will be great!" The Chinese, in particular, can also determine the course of the war to a certain extent. ”

"Maybe we should talk to Wuhan, what do you think?" Roosevelt asked.

……

New Tangshan is another hot and rainy day.

Song Ailing looked at the heavy rain outside the window and sulked secretly, because she had just lost a big business, and the rubber that was supposed to be sold to Japan was suddenly canceled.

Rubber is a scarce resource. The price of rubber in the international market has been sold for $15,000 a ton, and the supply exceeds demand. European, American, and domestic businessmen flocked to South China to buy rubber.

Nanhua is the world's largest rubber producer, accounting for forty percent of the world's total rubber output, all kinds of rubber products made in Nanhua sell well in the world, tires, hoses, raincoats, shoes, and even condoms are bought in large quantities to Europe.

Song Ailing was glad that she didn't sell the rubber plantation when the market was bad a few years ago, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to catch up with this good market, and Sun Dianying, Zaifeng and other domestic visitors who invested in Nanhua rubber plantations also made money.

This time, Song Ailing came to New Tangshan and planned to open a tire company, but she didn't expect to hear that a big business with Japan had collapsed as soon as she arrived in New Tangshan, and she was unhappy, so she found Wu Manli to complain.

"Due to the pressure of Britain and the United States, South China's trade with Japan was restricted, and South China's rubber was first supplied to China as well as Britain and the United States."

Wu Manli replied.

Song Ailing was a little surprised, and soon felt the seriousness of the situation, showing political sensitivity: "What good is it to provoke the Japanese like this? ”

"It's just that there are fewer supplies from Japan, and for this we have already come under a lot of pressure from Britain and the United States." Wu Manli said.

Song Ailing looked at Wu Manli's casual smile, she really couldn't see any pressure on her, this matter was not so simple, Song Ailing pondered for a while, and asked a little seriously: "Are you playing with fire?" ”

"So what, it's definitely not us who will burn to death first!" Wu Manli said confidently.

Song Ailing didn't ask any further, Wu Manli said this, it must be the consensus of the top level of South China, and even the opinion of Wuhan.

When Song Ailing saw **** Nan, this young master had grown into a tall and handsome officer, a talent, and the eldest lady of the Kong family was still unmarried, and it might not be bad to have a marriage with this "Young Master Situ".

She euphemistically mentioned this matter to Wu Manli, but Wu Manli politely refused, because **** Nan had already been a childhood sweetheart with Ruan Youlan, the daughter of Ruan Youcheng, a Chinese businessman from Annan, and the relationship between the two was also recognized by Situ Nan.

Ruan Youlan is a beauty, with a Chinese and Western education background, marrying **** Nan is much better than marrying the "puppet Annam Emperor Bao the Great" in history.

Song Ailing is a little pity, the marriage of the eldest lady of the Kong family has become a heart disease for the two of them, as for the second miss, don't talk about it.

After Song Ailing left, **** Nan asked Wu Manli: "Mother, Aunt Song has always been on the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, so what's the matter?" ”

"On a business note, the rubber she sold to Japan was cancelled." Wu Manli said.

Originally, she sent **** Nan to the United States to study at a military academy, but she didn't expect him to make a storm and beat the white instructor who racistically discriminated against him, which made a big fuss and alarmed Situ Nan.

Situ Nan didn't blame him, and after a deep conversation with his son, he agreed that **** Nan would return to Nanhua and become a second lieutenant in the navy.

"The situation has been unstable recently, don't get on the ship, come back to me!" Wu Manli said with some seriousness.

"No, mother, I have just finished my aircraft carrier training and become a qualified pilot, and at this time I left the sea and returned to land, wouldn't it be in vain?" Nan frowned and disagreed.

"I know you're brilliant and I'm proud of you. It's just that this time you're going to listen to me. Your father has written that a new war has broken out in the Pacific, and he does not agree that you are in a dangerous situation. Wu Manli persuaded.

"Going to war?" Nan was a little surprised. There was a flash of excitement in his eyes.

Wu Manli saw it in her eyes. My heart sank. Strengthened his determination to transfer his son out of the fleet.

She has a son, and her son is her life's sustenance.

Wu Manli nodded.

"As a soldier, I can't escape!" Nan insisted.

The mother and son parted unhappily.

The next day, **** Nan received an order to leave the fleet and be transferred to the Admiralty office.

He was very dissatisfied, and immediately went home to find Wu Manli and asked her why she was like this.

"As a soldier, you have to follow orders first!" Wu Manli said solemnly.

Nan froze when he heard this. I don't know how to refute it.

Only then did I remember my mother's huge influence in the military, although she had not commanded a single battle, but whether it was a military general or a local bureaucrat, there was no one who was not afraid of her, and there were countless corrupt officials, traitors and "indigenous rebels" who died at her hands.

It was too easy for her to transfer a young officer, I am afraid that even her high-ranking officials, generals and uncles would be happy to see it, otherwise how could the order be issued so quickly.

"But you're using power for personal gain." Nan was not convinced.

"Abuse of power for personal gain?" Wu Manli sneered, looking at her son with an atmosphere on his face, she was secretly pleased that her son was ambitious and did not raise him to be a waste.

"Selfishness?

Do you know how the country of South China came about?

If it weren't for your father's selfishness. The country will not appear at all, and it will not be stated.

If it weren't for the selfishness of me and He Wenxiu. If we get rid of the natives, attract foreign investment, and recruit technical personnel from various countries to engage in construction and develop industry, the country will not be as prosperous and powerful as it is today.

Have you ever heard of an English prince going to war?

Did the Japanese Imperial Family go to the fleet? ”

To me, you are all that.

What should I do if you have an accident?

What's the point of all this I've worked so hard for? ”

Wu Manli's eyes were red and she said excitedly.

Nan's face softened, and he had to accept the fact that he was indeed different from ordinary people and had a certain mission.

Although this mission was artificially imposed, he didn't like it himself, but he could only accept it.

Especially his mother's words reminded him that if he had an accident, she might be finished.

Of course, there are many halos of noble birth, and those halos are also constraints.

"I'm a proud son of the sky, how can I be considered a prince in an imperial country, right?"

Nan sighed in his heart, and suddenly thought of his irresponsible father, that guy was incognito, and seemed to be living freely, unlike himself, everything was arranged since he was a child.

It's a pity that I can't gallop in the sea and sky anymore, I miss the fleet, and a few days ago I was discussing the issue of ship training with the fleet commander Lin Yurong.

Thinking of this, I can't help but be discouraged.

Look at her mother again, inadvertently, she already has a few gray hairs on her sideburns-

However, he was still a little unwilling, and pleaded: "It's a big deal that I won't get on the ship, it's okay to go to school to teach those rookies to fly, right?" ”

Nan comforted her mother and went over and hugged her gently.

"It's negotiable, I'll think about it." Wu Manli said with a smile.

The mother and son untied the mustard in their hearts.

After the outbreak of the war, he soon couldn't even be an instructor, and was transferred to the equipment department to supervise aircraft manufacturers to build fighters on behalf of the military.

Ms. Soong sold rubber to an American company, and soon after she returned to Guangzhou, she set up a tire factory in Guangzhou and received orders from the Shanghai Motor Company. The reason why the factory was located in Guangzhou was mainly due to security considerations, and the South China Sea was still under the control of the China Combined Fleet, so there was no need to worry that in the event of a war, South China and China would be cut off.

SAIC Motor has set up an automobile plant in Guangzhou and is manufacturing off-road vehicles ordered by the military. The car, which later resembled the American Willis off-road vehicle, was called the Chinese Jeep, and the military ordered 50,000 units in one go.

The South China National Defense Force also took a fancy to the performance of the jeep, and the local car manufacturer in South China bought a production license to build the jeep in New Tangshan.

Nanhua is the same as China's industrial standards, and the military equipment will be roughly the same, although Nanhua is not as developed as China's automobile industry, with an output of more than 500,000 vehicles and a production capacity of more than 100,000 vehicles. It's only one-thirtieth of the United States. But it's not small. At least no worse than Japan.

Since the start of the war, whether it is Nanhua or China, manufacturers of automobiles, tractors, aircraft, ships and other industries have ushered in spring.

Ironically, some of the weapons made in South China were actually sold to the British, who placed orders not only for the Americans, but also for South China and China, to arm their armies in North Africa, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and other places.

Or, the British changed hands to the Soviets. The Soviets used it to kill the Chinese.

This is a bad debt that cannot be exhausted, and the Chinese alliance maintains frequent trade with the United States, and maintains a fragile peace with the United Kingdom. The Western Petroleum Company and the Mobil Oil Company still sold oil to Spain, and the Germans were still able to buy many valuable supplies from the American companies with gold.

As long as there is no turning of face, trade will not end.

Business is business.

The power of money surpasses hatred!

The targets of official hatred often turn into good friends after a while, and the lives of soldiers who were driven by official hatred seem to be meaningless to those who come after.

Otherwise, the biggest partner of the famous China and the United States is the United States, and the huge trade volume between the two countries, and the official strategic partner and the trade volume of the Chinese repair?

An ordinary person can best embody the so-called patriotic feelings when the enemy invades, standing up to defend his hometown. If you go abroad to a strange place to fight an inexplicable enemy, in the end you will only satisfy the ambitions of politicians.

Of course. The volunteer said otherwise.

For the Chinese and South Chinese in this era, the sacrifice of the Chinese volunteers who went to participate in the Spanish Civil War a few years ago was certainly not a patriotic act, and after returning home, not only did they lose honor, but they could also get into trouble, who knows if they were traitors who recently defended the Soviet Union in the occupied areas of North and Central Asia?

Under Wu Manli's selfish arrangement, **** Nan not only had to undertake public duties, but also had to start contacting the family business, and after a long time, he couldn't take care of conquering the "sea of stars".

"You are not young, you have to think about the major events in life, me and your father...... You don't want to? Sinan, he's not good enough? Or does your heart belong somewhere else...... Oh! Since it's not, hurry up! ”

Wu Manli is a very scheming woman, she found **** Nan's fiancΓ©e Ruan Youlan, Ruan Youlan can only accept the marriage urging a little aggrieved and sweetly under Wu Manli's means!

……

"This Wu Manli is really anxious!"

Situ Nan received Nanhua's message, and was a little surprised, and replied that he would definitely attend the wedding.

……

Rockefeller Jr. visited William Manor, and mentioned the recent actions of the White House, Situ Nan asked Rockefeller Jr.: "You said that the president is persecuting the Japanese like this, I'm afraid something will happen." ”

"Our president did a good job, but he was not friendly to businessmen, and Mobil lost a big deal." Rockefeller Jr. laughed.

"The president was instigated by the British, and it seems that he can't wait to get to the end." Situ Nan said with a smile.

What the White House thinks is not a secret to bosses like Situ Nan and Rockefeller Jr., Rockefeller Jr. smiled slightly after hearing this, and knew each other tacitly.

The William family and the Rockefeller family are competitors in the oil business, but the two families have a good relationship and have more common topics, especially after Rockefeller Jr. became the owner, he focused more on philanthropy, and the Rockefeller Foundation and the William Foundation had close exchanges and cooperation.

Situ Nan plans to take out the penicillin project and share it with the Rockefeller Foundation to jointly develop this miracle drug for the benefit of mankind.

Rockefeller Jr.'s purpose was not only to educate philanthropist, but also to cooperate with Middle Eastern oil.

He mentioned that Chinese troops have entered the Middle East and are stationed in Iran, and that Chinese oil companies such as National Petroleum and American-Chinese Petroleum have begun oil exploration in Iran, which is already a serious threat to the British Anglo-Polish oil company.

For U.S. oil companies, it's both a threat and an opportunity, depending on how you operate.

And the William family, in the upper echelons of the United States, is notoriously pro-China and has a lot of investment in Asia.

Even the Rockefeller consortium has a lot of investment in China, and Rockefeller and others do not want to give up easily in such a large market as China, let alone be instigated by boring newspapers to start a war against China for the sake of the British and Russians, like those simple-minded citizens.

"I have some Chinese friends, they are not averse to American companies, and they are willing to cooperate in the Middle East or other places not as domineering and arrogant as the British, maybe everyone can find an opportunity to sit down and talk slowly, what do you say?" Situ Nan asked with a smile.

"Okay." Rockefeller Jr. nodded.

In June 1942, exactly one year had passed since the outbreak of the Soviet-German war.

After receiving assurances from the Wuhan government, the Japanese finally couldn't resist jumping out and taking risks.

The Japanese combined fleet suddenly disappeared into the depths of the ocean. (To be continued.) )