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Half an hour later, Marshall received a hurried phone call from the Counselor from the Beijing Post and Telecommunications Bureau, who not only confirmed the authenticity of the news, but also obtained the Wehrmacht's own casualty figures. A total of 150,000 casualties (including 520,000 killed in battle, including non-combat deaths), 471 aircraft, 841 tanks and armored vehicles, etc. Considering that this was a battle involving a total of more than 2 million troops and millions of results, this casualty rate was already very low. The only thing that he and the U.S. government can be thankful for is that the Wehrmacht has been unable to take the key Siberian and Caspian Sea in one fell swoop due to the harsh weather and road supply restrictions in Central Asia, giving Moscow and the world room to rethink.

After receiving the Wehrmacht's own casualty figures, Marshall had no reason to continue to delay, and immediately went to the Airbus final assembly plant under the guidance of the Chinese escort. The crowd of celebrations outside the car window made him even more headache, and he was even less optimistic about the next negotiations.

Airbus headquarters is located next to the forest in the eastern suburbs of Xinyang, with a total area of about 2 million square meters, and the final assembly plant covers an area of 200,000 square meters, where 230,000 workers are busy every day. Just in terms of area and number of workers, it is already a large enterprise with considerable scale. 76 four-engine bombers or transport aircraft can be assembled in parallel at a time in the final assembly plant. According to the narrator, at present, an average of two H-7 planes can be delivered here every day, and Airbus has four directly subordinate assembly plants and two automobile factories in the country that will be improved to assemble plants after mobilization, and if all of them are built, 380 planes can be delivered per month. This number is not much, although the United States is still outside the matter, but Marshall has read the detailed investigation report of the US Army, if the US industry can run at full speed, then at least 500 B-17 bombers of the same level as the H-7 can be delivered every month.

The problem is that the Americans have not yet realized that war is approaching.

The motorcade was greeted with a warm welcome as it drove into the factory, and a huge victory shock wave mingled with the hot welcome ceremony. It was not clear to Marshall whether the workers were cheering for Yang Qiu and the victory, or rejoicing at their arrival. But one thing is undoubted, the victory of this battle will make the Chinese who like to use the past and the present put a lot of flowery rhetoric on him, and become another "great emperor" type existence.

"I'm very sorry, Mr. President, and I ask for your forgiveness for the trouble caused by the delay in my trip. At the same time, I would like to congratulate you and your army on a brilliant victory. Seeing Yang Qiu, Marshall immediately stepped forward and threw out the compliments he had thought of. Speaking from the heart, in fact, he has no other opening remarks to say. You can't always ask if the battle report is true or false when you meet, and ask how you completed the outflanking, right?

"Thank you for the compliment, but I think it should be given to the soldiers who fought for the free world, and it was their bravery and tenacity that temporarily drove the enemy out of the country and held off the evil invasion that sought to wipe out the progress of the capital." Yang Qiu lightly hooked the corners of his mouth. The rarer the diplomatic faux pas. The more it shows that the US government headed by Roosevelt has seriously misjudged the power it possesses. The report of the battle in Central Asia suddenly appeared, and this method had to be used to cover up the uneasiness and discuss countermeasures. But then again, who can remain calm in front of this war report? No! Definitely not! Even he didn't sleep all night after learning that the crossing was successful. I believe that in a few hours, when Europe enters daylight, it will be even more chaotic over there. Of course, this is precisely the purpose of choosing to publish the war report during Marshall's visit to China, and to clarify China's position with a great victory! This has made the strategies of Europe and the United States more and more confusing. While this could lead to increased potential hostility, the initiative is now on China's side.

So he shook his hand with Marshall. Regardless of 3721, let's first shape myself into a capitalist hero. Then he shook hands with his old friend Jensen, and when Donovan introduced himself, he pretended not to know each other and looked at him a few more times.

Donovan, of course, didn't know that there would be people in the world who would hear his name and know the position and the unreasonable existence of the new intelligence agency. As a lawyer, he is very interested in Yang Qiu. In particular, the practice of comparing himself to the spokesman of freedom and capital in the blink of an eye shows the shameless style of politicians to the fullest.

Yang Qiu would not be very enthusiastic about the current nameless and pointless CIA director, and after chatting a few words, he began to take them on a tour of the factory. Unlike Marshall's absent-mindedness, Donovan is more realistic. Not only did he visit carefully, but he also asked a lot of key questions, if not for the detailed preparation he had made before. It is estimated that security personnel are already about to take quarantine action.

"That's Roosevelt's new intelligence chief?" Dai Yunong stood in the corner, and his arm lightly bumped Yan Baohang, who was observing carefully.

"Yes, I heard that it was a classmate of Roosevelt, and he had been a lawyer before."

As soon as he heard that he was a lawyer, Dai Yunong was still a little contemptuous, but Yan Baohang, who was taken care of, was concerned, and his eyes kept following Donovan and said softly: "Director Dai is better to be careful, I am afraid that the people who can be favored by Roosevelt have a few brushes." ”

By the time the two observed Donovan, he had already followed the group with his notes and entered the design building. I don't know if it's a good mood, this time Yang Qiu not only opened a lot of important factories, but also opened some design departments for the first time. Although he is a lawyer, he has a keen sense of intelligence, and even if he knows that the Chinese will not really dig out his heart and lungs, he can still see the clues through some details.

The aviation industry in China and the United States can be described in the simplest sentence. "China is in the factory, the United States is in the laboratory."

From his point of view, China is not actually as leading the world in aviation technology as the legend says, and the United States can do it even better. For example, the H-7, the United States has the same level of B17 and the B24 under development, the H-5 has the B25, the Y-5 has the DC-3, the Y-8 has the Boeing 307, and the Y-9 has the DC-4. There are only slight differences in the design concept, shape and other details. For example, the H-7 in front of it is similar to the B-24 aerodynamic layout, but the fuselage is larger, the width of the fuselage is flattened, the width of the magazine is increased, the roller shutter magazine is changed to a fixed hatch, and the dual electric turret with higher efficiency and better visibility is adopted.

The difference is that China is already mass-producing at full speed, while the United States is still grinding. But this does not mean that it is backward, but that the United States does not have the pressure of war now.

The most important thing is that China has not yet completely completed the transformation of an industrial country similar to that of Britain, the United States and Germany.

He has read a detailed survey report on China's industrial development, and before the last European war, he borrowed Germany's Yang Qiu to develop Hanyang and Jiangnan, and later received a total of about 3 billion US dollars in industrial funding from Britain and France in the European war. After the war, Russia looted east of the Urals to obtain about 2 billion industrial equipment and about 300,000 Russian technicians, imported tens of thousands of talents and machinery and equipment worth about 1 billion from defeated Germany, and obtained 5 billion industrial investment through the signing of financial agreements with Jewish consortiums, and finally the economic crisis from 1929 to 1933, and purchased a total of about 10 billion industrial equipment (according to the value before the economic crisis of 1929). About 200,000 technicians from the United States and Europe have been working for them for five to six years, and there are still about 100,000 technicians from Europe and the United States.

Add it all up and double the economic growth rate, and the total amount of heavy industry is equivalent to between 55% and 60% of the United States, the same size as Britain and Germany. There are even shortcomings in the finishing process, which are spread out to the population figures, and there is still a long way to go before industrialization. But in any case, it was already a miracle, he seized all the great opportunities of the last thirty years, and his advantage was the dividends of a huge population and a large amount of light industry. Now he borrows the war. A third round of industrial expansion began, and that was Roosevelt's greatest fear.

Marshall was also worried, so he had to ask with the intention of trying it out: "Mr. President, Moscow has already been severely punished, and they have already paid the price of two million soldiers since Afghanistan!" It's amazing, but it's also terrible. If it continues, the war between your country and the USSR will grow in scale. There will be more soldiers and property to be swept up and devoured. And we are also very concerned about Japan's expansion in the Southwest Pacific, which has hurt our mutual interests, so President Roosevelt would like you to consider joining us in providing support to the people of Southeast Asia. ”

Yang Qiu furrowed his brows, and even Song Ziqing, the accompanying Minister of National Defense, looked directly at Marshall. The tone became a little low: "General Marshall, do you want us to negotiate with Moscow?" ”

The astonished gazes around him made Marshall feel as if he was in a circus. It's really embarrassing to say, because for now. There is no conflict between China and the United States, and they can only be considered potential competitors. Opposite. It is also because Yang Qiu is a natural ally in dealing with Moscow because of his implementation of the capitalist path, which is also an important reason why the United States has been needing China for the past ten years, after all, Moscow's behavior of completely destroying the capitalist world from body to spirit has caused panic in the world. If it weren't for the economic crisis, Europe would not have been forced to accept them, which is why Chamberlain appeased and hoped to lead to disaster. Now China has taken this step, but the United States wants to let Moscow go! No wonder it angered Yang Qiu and the Chinese officials accompanying him.

"General Marshall." Yang Qiu said angrily: "Is this your personal attitude or the attitude of the U.S. government?" Over the past twenty years, it has been we who have blocked Moscow's penetration into the East and the Pacific, and it is we who have stood in the way of the front line, forcing them to pay more attention to the East and reduce the redness of Europe! They invaded our country, and we paid hundreds of thousands of lives and blood to initially drive them out of the country, and now you tell me to go to peace talks and connive at it to confiscate more people's lives and property! How do I convince a soldier? To convince my generals and Congress? ”

Marshall was a little embarrassed, but fortunately Jensen stood up and said, "Mr. President, General Marshall means that he does not want any more soldiers to die, and I also hope that you can pay more attention to the movement of the day." ”

Yang Qiu took a deep breath, looked at it for a while, and then got off the donkey: "Thank you, General, but I think there is no basis for peace talks between our country and Moscow now, unless they are willing to withdraw from Central Asia, give the people of the union republics the right to choose their future independently, and reduce the Siberian garrison east of the Urals to 50,000, and compensate our country for the loss of 50 billion yuan caused by the invasion!" This is the minimum prerequisite, and this is the independence that I promised to the people of Asia in my speech! ”

The conditions of the confession make people want to laugh, but they have to face it.

Roosevelt took the initiative to back down to the Philippines in order to lure China and Japan into conflict here. Because the Philippines, as one of the most important strategic regions in Southeast Asia, is related to the security of coastal areas such as Taiwan, the South China Sea, and even Guangdong. As long as the day enters, it will be a choke point at sea for China. But he didn't expect that Yang Qiu actually tolerated the day and went south. Moreover, from the analysis of various signs, Yang Qiu provoked a conflict with the Soviet Union in the Persian Gulf, in fact, there was a deep political purpose! He deliberately used the Soviet Union to exaggerate the threat to divert domestic attention and avoid premature involvement in the war against Japan!

What I didn't expect was the speed of China's technological progress! If the Battle of Ahvaz in the Persian Gulf is just a small test. Then the war report that has just been released has suddenly pushed the United States into an extremely embarrassing position.

The United States hoped for a war between China and Japan, but Yang Qiu used the Soviet Union to persuade the country to avoid two fronts. The United States could not support the Soviet Union openly, because that would be tantamount to declaring war on China. Moreover, the extreme behavior of the Soviet Union in dealing with capitalism and the complete humane destruction of the spirit made the capitalists all over the world hate and fear, if they now support the GCIST Soviet Union and are forced to get involved in an unpredictable Pacific war, not to mention Congress, the American people will also let Roosevelt step down! So now he's conflicted and embarrassed. All the wonderful calculations gradually turned sour because of the early start of the war between China and the Soviet Union and a rare victory. There is no doubt that the United States needs the Soviet Union, whether it is Britain and Germany, which are already hostile, or to contain China and prevent it from stepping into the Pacific without any scruples in the future, it needs a Soviet Union that can cause trouble. The problem is how unreliable this Soviet Union is now, no matter how you look at it. In just two months, more than one million troops have been lost, and it is difficult to dream of relying on them to contain China, unless Britain and the United States openly come forward to support and transfuse as much blood as last time.

But now the whole world has seen the power that Yang Qiu has in his hands, and if he openly supports it, it is tantamount to declaring war! Who wants to provoke a stronger opponent at this time?

What's worse is that Japan will not accelerate its approach to China out of fear, or even abandon North Korea to avoid bordering. What about giving up some of the interests of the Southwest Pacific and turning around and concentrating on the development of the Pacific? You must know that if Japan took the initiative to back down or even handed over some of its benefits, then Yang Qiu would definitely be happy to "cooperate with Japan" once before eliminating the Soviet Union. Moreover, whether it is history or reality, Japan's Asian national identity cannot be shaken off. Say. It cannot be ruled out that Japan, for the sake of the common interests of the yellow race, will support the expansion of the allied China into the sea under the pretext of expelling the white race.

Disorderly!

Utter chaos!

Thinking of this, Marshall even hated Britain a little, if it weren't for the damned Britain declaring war on Japan. Now the United States can preemptively embrace Japan! But the declaration of war by Britain and Japan led to the fact that if the United States openly supported Japan. It is bound to be annoyed by Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries. This is no joke, and in any case, the roots of the United States are in Europe, so this puts the United States in an extremely awkward position.

Large-scale support that can't be done without help, and can't be made public if you help. If China cannot provide large-scale public support, it will add a bit of blockage to China and will not hurt its roots, and perhaps Germany will be very willing to see the United States push China into its arms. According to the current situation, if China and Germany join hands, Germany will go east, and China will suffer first from the Soviet Union, India, and Turkey, then the Mediterranean, North Africa, and Spain.

At this moment, Marshall's mind was in a thousand turns.

At this moment, the only way he could think of to break the embarrassing position was to promote a war between China and Japan as soon as possible. He knows better than outsiders that even with the industrial capacity of the United States, fighting on two fronts is extremely stressful. Moreover, the Soviet Union has excellent depth and weather help, and Japan has a sea area, so at the same time, it is necessary to take into account the sea of people and the sea consumption with the Soviet Union, and everyone will have a headache.

But the question is, will Yang Qiu take the bait?

So he could only bite the bullet and continue to probe: "Mr. President, how are you going to deal with the South China Sea issue?" ”

In Marshall's expectant gaze, Yang Qiu shook his head in frustration: "Your Excellency, General, I deeply sympathize with the suffering of the people of the Philippines and Southeast Asia, and our government has repeatedly condemned such barbaric invasions by the Japanese army. And I also know that Japan and the USSR have reached a secret agreement against our country! So personally, I'm willing to help them, and that's also helping ourselves. But the reality is that our country is currently in the midst of a full-scale war against the Soviet Union, and although there have been some small victories, the public enemies of the capitalist world that executes the dictatorship have not yet surrendered, they are gathering more troops, the factories built with your country's aid have been used to produce tanks and artillery, and all the machines sold by your country are used in the military industry! Maybe by the spring, I'll have another army of two million, four million, or even more! So I can't be distracted at this time. ”

Marshall's heart began to sink, and Yang Qiu's mention of the United States to help build factories at this time was clearly implying that the United States' attitude toward the Soviet Union would determine his attitude toward the Philippines and the United States.

"General, I actually think you should be more proactive. You, the United States, have an enviable industry, twice as much heavy manufacturing as our own, and you can send your fleet to retake the Philippines. If your country is willing to do so, then I promise that I will immediately send more troops to the south and Korea to hold back the main Japanese forces. It is convenient for your country to recover the Philippines. Yang Qiu squinted his eyes and in turn persuaded Marshall and the United States to send troops.

Marshall secretly glanced at Donovan, and he knew that Yang Qiu would not interfere easily, at least not now, otherwise there would be no need to have a stalemate with the Soviet Union to divert domestic attention. I couldn't help but smile bitterly in my heart: "Mr. President, unlike your country, we have not yet recovered from the economic crisis, and although we have more factories, most of the machines are still on vacation. And we, the United States, are peace-loving countries. My responsibility is to protect America, not to put people in danger. ”

"That's too bad." Yang Qiu secretly wanted to laugh. Obviously, he couldn't pass the level of Congress and isolationism, but he actually boasted of being peace-loving. If they are really peace-loving, why did they have a million troops a year earlier? This is clearly a profiteer who has done a good job of meddling but does not want to bleed prematurely.

However, Yang Qiu didn't want to give up this opportunity for cooperation, because there was no need to tear his face. After thinking about it, he said: "Since this is the general, do you think this is okay?" I can help your country send some humanitarian supplies to the Philippines as appropriate, and I also hope that our two countries can establish the necessary intelligence contact, and as for the resumption of the South China Sea on Expulsion Day, I hope that President Roosevelt and the U.S. government will consider my proposal, and I hope that while providing support, I will consider the reality of our country. Give me some help so that I have enough room to maneuver. ”

Help Jensen raise his eyebrows, crying and laughing.

Although Marshall had no choice but to persuade Yang Qiu to go south immediately, he was able to agree to send American supplies into the Philippines and finally kept the bottom line. What satisfies him the most is. Yang Qiu didn't get angry because of what he said just now, and still agreed to let them go to the northwest. So after the visit, he went to Kazakhstan with Donovan and others to learn about the war situation on the spot, and while waiting for a reply from the White House.

When Marshall left Xinyang. Europe is already boiling!

The battle report of the Central Asian battle is like a super tsunami that swept the whole world in just a few hours. From London to Paris. From Rome to Berlin, everyone was debating the authenticity of the war report. As Marshall shook hands with Yang Qiu and went to the northwest to inspect Wehrmacht and Soviet prisoners of war, the suspicions faded. After all, without this confidence, no one would let a figure like Marshall visit at will.

Churchill took a cigar in his mouth and gulped down a cigarette. This fat man, who was hated by the Royal Navy, was sitting with Prime Minister Chamberlain in the Whitehall conference room, known as the heart of the Navy, talking to General Nelson's oil paintings. "Troops should be sent to fight China! Moscow is the only way to solve Europe! Churchill's words were not shocking, and as soon as he opened his mouth, Chamberlain, who was already thinking about hanging, was frightened to the heart.

Cunningham covered his forehead beside him, because he really couldn't stand this fat man who claimed to be a strategic genius, but who had formulated the Dardanelles fiasco that had greatly damaged the Royal Navy in the last war, and actually wanted to kill the Royal Navy again! Why? Because the only way to send troops to deal with China is the navy, as for the army in Iraq and Egypt, there may have been confidence before, now! Another problem is that Saudi Arabia and most of the Persian Gulf countries are now on the same page as China, and if Yang Qiu wants to block the Royal Navy, just a few mines in the Red Sea will be enough to strangle the entire Mediterranean and Indian Ocean.

Not to mention that China will not have enough mines in Saudi Arabia, if he didn't even think of this, then he would not be Yang Qiu.

So Churchill's idea of punishing China was naturally rejected, but he did not relent, because he knew very well that only by fooling Moscow into the war could he ensure that Germany would be defeated without damaging Britain's vitality, so he thought of his ally France. France did also have the idea of punishing China, because France had always dreamed of continuing the strategy of pinning Germany in the last war, so it sent a telegram to Moscow as soon as possible. But the reality is cruel, and if you look at the map, you can see that Stalin could never give up rich Central Asia! Because the loss of Central Asia is tantamount to placing the Caucasus, the Caspian Sea, Ufa and even Moscow under the wings of Chinese bombers! This means that Moscow would rather lick Hitler's ass than go to war on both sides before dealing with China.

Moscow is really unreliable! Churchill jumped to his feet in anger, and his eyes slowly turned to Washington, as if there was a wronged man covered in flesh.

While Churchill set his sights on the United States and his mind was full of how to pull Roosevelt into the water, a farce was also being staged in Berlin. "Let's fight the USSR!" Hitler, who was still worried about the pocket battleship Count Spee, woke up yesterday and put forward another great idea of his own to the generals: "Attack the Soviet Union and knock them down!" And then take Baku, as long as there is Ukraine and Baku, the German tank will be unstoppable! ”

"It's winter in the Führer!"

Field Marshal Brauchitsch, who had never wanted a direct war with Britain and France, could not stand it anymore and had to remind Hitler, who was in a hysterical attack: "And the most important thing for us now is to find a way to rescue the Count Spee." ”

Raeder really wanted to hug Brauchitsch and nibble a few bites, and if anyone hated hysteria the most, he would be number one. Because Hitler had previously sworn to him that he would go to war in '44. According to the plan, at that time he will be able to have 8 battleships, 8 pocket battleships, 5 heavy cruisers, 44 light cruisers, 2 aircraft carriers and 249 submarines, and he will not dare to say defeat, at least the North Sea will make Britain a pain. Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, the army entered Austria, resulting in only a few sparse ships on the dock now. In the past few days, the Earl Spee has been surrounded by British naval regiments, so it is no wonder that he is not in a hurry. So immediately he shouted: "Führer, we need a safe outlet to the sea now, we need to rescue Colonel Hans Randolph and his warship." ”

Interrupted by the two marshals of the land and sea, Hitler was very unhappy to see Goering, who had always supported him. But this fat man is also as cunning as the fat man in London, he is not willing to let the pilot go to cold Moscow to freeze in this kind of ghost weather, and he cleared his throat and echoed: "Führer, the Chinese sold a thousand bombers to the British, and now they are gradually being delivered." Our Air Force needs to ensure the security of the straits first. ”

“。” None of them want to fight. No way, Hitler could only point at Norway with hatred: "Then we can attack Norway and seize the seaports and iron ore, right?" ”

"Absolutely! But my honorable Führer, yesterday the temperature there was minus 21 °. ”

The words of Field Marshal Brauchitsch could not extinguish Hitler's particularly high spirits today. Since the first few targets were not good, he simply pulled out the large map on the wall and walked to the position of the Western Front: "Then let's discuss attacking France and Spain." ”

Several marshals looked at each other, and they understood that Hitler wanted to fight the Soviet Union, and he just took the opportunity to ask the General Staff and the military to come up with a plan today. Just when everyone had a headache, the biggest savior finally came. Shilem hurriedly walked in: "Führer, Motolov has arrived at the airport. ”

"Great!" Hitler clenched his fist: "Let Ribbentrop receive well, we need greater concessions from the USSR!" ”