The skies in Cairo were suddenly much brighter.

The Royal Navy defended its maritime power in the Mediterranean with a dauntless raid, completely burying the possibility of Hitler co-opting and exploiting the French fleet. But the price paid by Britain was also extremely staggering, not only because the relationship between Britain and France was completely broken, but also because it affected the post-war European landscape. What made Churchill grit his teeth even more was that in addition to Britain, the biggest beneficiaries of this victory were China and the United States! First, Yang Qiu took advantage of the opportunity of mediation to swallow seventeen French warships in one go, and also established an alliance with de Gaulle with the same hatred and hatred. The battleship Barr was taken into his arms and it was decided to send it back to New York to continue construction.

In fact, everyone knows that the United States does not need to let . Barr, Roosevelt's purpose was to prevent China and Britain from getting it, and at the same time, he could use this super battleship to win over post-war France. You must know that after the sinking of the Richelieu, all the seventeen warships in Yang Qiu's hands added up, and the intangible value was not as good as that. The Barr, after all, it was already a symbol of the French Navy.

These two bastards digging into the corners of the British Empire!

Churchill hid in his study and scolded Attlee, but he couldn't do anything about it now.

At least for now, he is still relieved, after eliminating the French Navy, he can finally throw off his arms and see what tricks Hitler has without the Navy! Of course, he did not let his guard down, so he accelerated the negotiations. After all, China is important to him and Britain at this moment, and if an alliance can be formed as soon as possible, it will greatly boost domestic morale. So compared with Yang Qiu, he attaches more importance to this meeting. But he also has his own plans, the most important thing is that he must not let go of the Indian issue, and he must also let Yang Qiu clarify his position on Japan, and he must not let China continue to dig into its own corners. With these thoughts. On the same day that the Chinese Navy took over the Greek and French fleets, he began to hold talks with Yang Qiu.

Jiang Baili had already informed Churchill and the British government of Yang Qiu's preliminary opinions, so Churchill did not make any trouble at all in the command of the Southwest Pacific and the Persian Gulf theater, which Yang Qiu highly valued. This is because he knows that Britain has lost these places, and it is better to trade them than to entangle them without confidence. In particular, the command of the Southwest Pacific involves a secret war between China and the United States. Yang Qiu's takeover means that China and the United States will be in a state of confrontation in this place for a long time after the war, and maybe it will lead to a hot war, and Britain will be able to profit from it at that time. However, he also played a careful trick, that is, he refused to count Australia in the southwest Pacific theater. Because he knows that if the US military wants to enter the southwest Pacific, it must first enter Australia. If Australia is included in the theater of operations, then China will have a reason to intervene and sabotage the entry of US troops and dominate the southwest.

Yang Qiu also knew that the command of the Southwest Pacific Theater was a hot potato, and after the war, it would definitely become a hot spot for Sino-US confrontation. But he didn't care about that, wartime command was so important that it meant the power of the British and Free France in the region. It will all be under the command of the General Staff in Beijing, and even if the US military intervenes in the future, it will have to obey the command of the Chinese General Staff in the above-mentioned areas. As for Australia, he doesn't care too much, although Australia is rich in resources. However, there is a severe lack of fresh water, which is not suitable for large-scale migration and settlement. What's more, the Republic of China and Australia have cooperated in the resource extraction industry for a long time, as long as they control the southwest Pacific Ocean, especially Rabaul. Australia will not dare to break the treaty. If the treaty is broken, Australia will become the main battlefield of the hot war between China and the United States! I believe that no politician would be so stupid.

After the command of the three major theaters of Southwest Pacific, the Persian Gulf, the Caucasus, and Central Asia was transferred to China. Churchill, the commander of the Indian Ocean, was certainly not going to let go. India is a good place, but Yang Qiu is not very interested, because it is not suitable to weaken India too much, and the unrestrained Muslim League will seriously threaten the security of Central Asia and Xinjiang and other places in the future, and it is better to use India to contain the Muslim League. What's more, even if Britain gets the command, its troops are seriously insufficient, and sooner or later it will ask China for help.

Finally, Churchill also demanded that before Britain declared war on the Soviet Union, Yang Qiu must send three fighter groups to London as soon as possible, and that the Indian Ocean Fleet must provide effective support in the Mediterranean Sea if Britain needs it. He also demanded that the two sides jointly issue a declaration on Japan, and hoped that China would take back the Sakhalin oil fields after the expiration of the period at the end of August. The first two demands were forced out by the sinking of the Hood, since the Bismarck and Veneto classes were both fast battleships of about 30 knots, and the British Navy, except for the George V class, was a slow turtle of about 25 knots. The two Nelson ships were only 23 knots, and once the enemy came out to "walk", they could not catch up at all. Plus Britain has already lost three aircraft carriers, so he needs more aircraft carrier forces. Because through the three naval battles of the Andamán, Seychelles and Mirskbill, it has been proven that aircraft carriers and aircraft will determine future maritime supremacy, especially the naval battle of Myrskebir a few days ago, if it were not for the Swordfish carrier-based aircraft hitting the Richelieu causing it to slow down, it would not have been possible to defeat each other with four Queen and Avenger-class battleships. The French ships in China's Indian Ocean Fleet cannot return to Europe to fight, but three aircraft carriers are an exception, so he needs a guarantee that Britain can call on it at any time until its four Tejas class aircraft carriers are fully operational.

The three fighter groups were also forced, because the destruction of the French Navy would certainly anger Hitler, so the Germans would definitely retaliate, and Britain had to get enough air power to protect its homeland as soon as possible. As for the latter two, they are out of consideration for constraining China. You must know that after the embargo on Japan, Japan could not obtain the necessary smelting equipment, so the Balikpapan and Palembang oil fields were not repaired. In addition, Japan has a serious shortage of ocean-going oil tankers, so it can only look at the huge amount of oil. On the contrary, the output of the Sakhalin oil field jointly developed by China and Japan has increased to 500,000 tons, and according to the original agreement, Japan can get 250,000 tons. Therefore, once the oil fields are recovered, it will inevitably make Japan's already tight oil stocks even more serious. In this way, Japan will think that China is deliberately suppressing itself, and with the declaration of China and Britain against Japan, the probability of the two countries entering a hot war will become very large. What's more, he knew that Yang Qiu had always hoped that Britain would declare war on the Soviet Union as soon as possible, so he used this in exchange.

Surprisingly, Yang Qiu readily agreed to all the requests. Because for him, it is far more important to completely bring the USSR into the hostile camp than to declare war on Japan! Due to the lack of mutual trust between the Soviet Union and Germany. Therefore, it is almost impossible for the two countries to cooperate in real cooperation before the defeat is revealed, but it can cut off the UK's back road, especially if the United States intervenes in advance. Moreover, after the alliance between China and Britain, Japan will also realize that the Sino-Japanese war is about to begin.

With one proposal after another quickly negotiated, China and Britain were close to signing the final alliance.

At this time, the other person was already very, very anxious.

"Mr. President, this is the letter that Mr. Roosevelt asked me to pass on to you." At the end of the day's meeting, Hopkins immediately chased Yang Qiu's temporary residence and took out Roosevelt's handwritten letter. Leaders of various countries communicate in the form of personal letters. In this era, many people believed that this was a good way to promote personal friendship, so Yang Qiu and Roosevelt also sent letters to each other many times to explain their positions and resolve disputes. The letter does not contain much content, except for praising China's courage in standing up at the most critical moment, and mainly writes about his beginning to consider providing support to China and Britain. He also mentioned again that he hopes that China can open up the Pacific route as soon as possible.

Both Churchill and Roosevelt hoped that China would fight on two fronts as soon as possible. Because with China's national strength, unless it can solve one side quickly, it will fall into huge attrition. However, since he had agreed to form an alliance with Britain, Yang Qiu had already considered fighting on two fronts, so after reading it, he said: "Thank you Mr. Roosevelt for your support, but I want to know more about what the strategy of him and the US government is!" Yang Qiu's tone became cold: "Mr. Hopkins." With all due respect, if your country continues to wait and see like this, then we may well lose this war! I am not alarmist, because I have promised Prime Minister Churchill. War will be declared on Japan in due course. To be honest, I don't want to declare war on Japan immediately, but the situation has reached a very dangerous moment, if I don't declare war. Then we will not be able to continue to contact Britain through the Strait of Malacca, and we and Britain will be at war with each other. So! We need a binder. Your Excellency Roosevelt needs to come up with a definite strategic goal as soon as possible, and if your country continues to stay out of the matter, I will not fight a war that is impossible to win! ”

Hopkins was stunned, this can be said to be Yang Qiu's harshest criticism of the United States so far! Looking at his serious face, I was a little nervous for the first time. "Mr. President, Mr. Roosevelt has submitted the Lend-Lease Act to Congress, and I am confident that the U.S. government will not let the Nazi threat go unpunished."

Yang Qiu said: "Our two countries have a lot of common language, and the trade volume before the war has exceeded 10 billion yuan, and we have also cooperated on the Philippine issue. But this is not enough, as a country that has only just emerged from the turmoil, 30 years of accumulation cannot cope with both Japan and the Soviet Union at the same time. So I don't know if Britain will be able to hold off Germany on its own, but if I declare war on Japan, then I will not be able to continue the offensive in Central Asia and the Persian Gulf. In this way, the Soviet government is likely to cooperate with the German invasion of the Balkans, Greece, Turkey, and the Middle East, and Hitler will carry out endless bombing of the British mainland, and even send troops to Spain. ”

"We're doing everything we can, Mr. Roosevelt, I hope you understand his plight, and Congress is hesitant to send troops." Hopkins said helplessly. Because Roosevelt really needed time and needed external stimulation, he was sent to give China and Britain some sweetness first, hoping that the two countries would continue to support it.

After the two finished talking, Gu Weijun took the initiative to send Hopkins to the door, waited for him to get in the car before returning to the living room, looked at Yang Qiu and said with a smile: "It seems that Roosevelt is in no hurry." Lend-Lease Act, that's interesting. ”

"He is very anxious, but unfortunately there are too many political constraints."

"yes." Gu Weijun is very familiar with American politics and said: "Congress is not easy, after being excluded from the last war, the American people don't want to fight at all, so he can only come up with this Lend-Lease bill first." But when you and Churchill sign tomorrow, the Soviet, German, Italian and Japanese sides will have to consider an alliance. If Roosevelt could not find a breakthrough, Britain would probably be finished in half a year. ”

Yang Qiu smiled slightly: "It depends on Churchill." ”

"Look at him?" Gu Weijun frowned in surprise-

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