Chapter 611: Breaking Up Again Unhappily
In fact, when Xiao Zhenlei said to solve the two concerns mentioned by George and Robertson, George and Robertson were already moved, if China can send more than 1,000 fighters to Britain to fight the Luftwaffe together with the British Air Force, it is entirely possible to seize air supremacy, as long as the air supremacy is seized, it can carry out a sea-crossing landing operation, and open up a second battlefield on the west coast of France, with the support of the naval fleet, Robertson is confident that he can successfully land on the beach and gain a firm foothold on the west coast of France. And if China could really contain the surplus strength of the German army, the British would be confident that they would defeat the two million German troops deployed in France with three million troops, but in fact, half of the two million men were new recruits, and the veterans were all transferred to the southern and eastern fronts to replenish their losses.
According to what Xiao Zhenlei said, he will send 1,000 fighters to the Western Front to help the British Air Force fight, and add 1 million troops on the Eastern Front to assist the German-Austrian forces attacking Southeast Europe, plus the original 1.1 million troops of the First Army and the Second Army, after increasing the number of troops, the total strength of China in Southeast Europe has reached 2.1 million, and this number is already the limit for the Chinese country that has only been founded for a few years. The transportation of supplies from the Far East for more than two million people was an incomparably heavy burden.
But in this way, for the British, the question arises again, what if after the war China occupies the territory of the Balkans and Austria-Hungary? You must know that the Balkan Peninsula has always been the backyard of the British, George has insisted on this benefit for so many years, where is he willing to give up the Balkan Peninsula to China? Moreover, Xiao Zhenlei also mentioned just now that the issue of the distribution of benefits after the war will be resolved after the war. This led George to mistakenly believe that China was interested in the Balkans. At the end of the day, George was reluctant to give up British interests in the Balkans.
After coming back. Robertson, the chief of the general staff, had a very bad face, and he couldn't help but complain to George: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister. I really don't know what you want? You also heard just now that the Chinese people have made serious concessions in this matter, do you really want to make everyone break up before you are willing? Or do you think that by excluding China, we Britain alone can defeat Germany on our own? ”
George was displeased when he heard Robertson's complaints, and turned his head and said, "What do you know?" Combined with Xiao Zhenlei's previous proposal to solve the problem of post-war benefit distribution after the war, I suspect that China wants to annex the Balkan Peninsula, you must know that the Balkan Peninsula is the location of the interests of our British Empire, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire will also be punished after the war, and China is likely to take this opportunity to stay in Europe. When the time comes, there will be Chinese forces in Europe, and the situation will become even more complicated, and the instability will be too great! ”
Robertson pouted when he heard this: "What kind of European power will become more complicated?" I think you're just worried about China's occupation of the Balkan Peninsula, and I said, Your Excellency, now our homeland is about to fail, okay? Please recognize the reality, if our homeland is about to be beaten by the Germans, do you think we will be able to take back the Balkans? We can only consider the problems of the Balkans if we keep our homeland intact, so why do you always like to be ambitious? Can you keep your feet on the ground? Follow your concerns. Then we can't let China stay in Asia Minor and the Middle East, and even if they stay there, they can't be allowed to attack the Balkans, otherwise they just need to attack the Balkans. That place may be occupied by the Chinese army, but if the Chinese army is not allowed to attack the Balkan Peninsula, do you still want to send troops from our mainland to fight it? How many soldiers do we have? If you don't let the Chinese army contribute. So what's the point of letting China join the Entente? I find your thoughts very contradictory, do you want Xiao Zhenlei to personally sign an agreement to promise not to occupy territory in southeastern Europe after conquering it? Wait for the end of the war before the Chinese army withdraws from Europe??????? ”
George replied sternly, "Yes, that's what I thought!" ”
Robertson was stunned. Covering his head, he shouted, "Oh God, oh God, what kind of prime minister am I with?" What's on your head? ”
George's face was extremely ugly when he heard this, and he rebuked angrily: "Robertson, pay attention to your words, I am your prime minister, how can you use such a tone and words to talk to me?" ”
"And what do you want me to say? You want the President of China to sign an agreement not to occupy the Balkans and withdraw from Europe after the war in order to agree to a change of strategic proposition, my God! What's wrong with the world, and why do people take other people's help for granted? Mr. Prime Minister, you have to make it clear that it is Huaguo who is helping us to fight the war, and you are still mentioning such conditions to others, and you are still stuck with the materials that should have been given to others, since you can't trust Huaguo, then you don't want them to send troops over in the first place, you are now worried that Huaguo will take advantage, what are you? ”
George knocked on the table and said angrily: "Robert, I ask you to pay attention to the fact that they are not here to help us fight, we invited them to fight at the cost of the colonies in Southeast Asia, Malaya, Burma, Bengal and eastern India, these colonies are now under the Chinese state, do you understand?" Since we are employers, of course we are qualified to put forward the conditions! ”
Robertson also knew about this, but he would forget about it for a while, and now George reminded him, he also remembered, so he raised his hand and said: "Okay, okay, we have paid the price, since you want Xiao Zhenlei to sign the agreement that the Chinese army will not be allowed to stay in Europe after the war, and all the troops will withdraw from Europe, then you can say it directly, how do you not say how others know your thoughts and intentions?" ”
George said coldly: "Of course I will say it, but not just now and now, this is a negotiation skill, don't interfere with me if you don't understand, in the end are you the prime minister or am I the prime minister?" ”
"Huh? Well, listen to you, I hope Xiao Zhenlei will agree to you to sign the agreement! ”
George's current mood is extremely contradictory, he must use the military power of China to attack the military power of Germany and Austria in southeast Europe, but he is worried that the Chinese army will occupy the Balkan Peninsula after entering, which is like a rich man who paid a thug to help him collect debts, but he did not trust the thugs, worried that the thugs would see the wealth after collecting the debts and would swallow the debts privately, because the debt would not be seen in the light, even if it was swallowed by the thugs, he could not find anyone to uphold justice.
This thug is Huaguo, it is said that George does not trust Xiao Zhenlei because Xiao Zhenlei has a criminal record, for example, the eastern and southern parts of the Arabian Peninsula, that is, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Oman, Yemen, etc., were all British territory before, and were later snatched away by the Ottoman Empire, and the Chinese occupied it after defeating the Ottoman army, and also supported local forces to rule, completely leaving the British aside. George was worried that the Chinese army would repeat its old tactics after it invaded the Balkans, so he was quite scruples about this.
At half past two in the afternoon, the summit of the Big Three continued.
After everyone sat down, without waiting for George to speak, the French Prime Minister Clemenceau asked: "Prime Minister George, President Xiao has put forward two plans to solve your two concerns in the morning, what else do you have to say, if there are no other scruples, then it means that you agree to launch a decision to cross the English Channel and land on the west coast of France to open up a second battlefield?" ”
Hearing this, George looked at Clemenceau, then at Xiao Zhenlei, shook his head and said, "Despite this, I still disagree with ??????."
"What?" Clemenceau was furious, an old man in his seventies, and he stood up angrily and pointed at George, saying, "George, what do you want to do?" How on earth are you going to give up your pathetic insistence? Are you going to drag everyone to die with you? ”
George shook his head and said, "Of course not, of course I want us to win, otherwise what are we losing millions of troops for?" ”
Speaking of this, George turned his head to look at Xiao Zhenlei and continued: "I'm just worried that the Chinese army will not leave Europe after entering the Balkan Peninsula, it's not that I want to expose it in person, but the Chinese army does have a history in this regard, I can't help but have some concerns, unless President Xiao can sign an agreement with us to ensure that the Chinese army will withdraw from Europe immediately after the war, so that I will agree to put the main direction of attack on the Western Front and open up the battlefield on the Western Front!" ”
French Prime Minister Clemenceau's face changed when he heard this, and he said angrily: "George, you are too much, didn't we have an agreement in advance before the morning meeting?" After the war, the distribution of benefits will wait until after the war to convene a special meeting to settle the issue, what is your request for President Xiao to sign such an agreement now? ”
At this time, Xiao Zhenlei's face was already blue, and Cai Yi's face was also extremely ugly, although it was a fact that Xiao Zhenlei had instructed the 29th Division of the First Army to occupy the Arabian Peninsula and support the local forces to completely leave the British aside, and he didn't care about George exposing it to his face, but George actually asked him to sign such an agreement, which was a great insult to him, the president of a country.
At this time, Xiao Zhenlei happened to be holding a glass of wine, and the wine had not yet been drunk, he glanced at George with a cold face, flicked his wrist, and the wine glass smashed on the ground, and with a "snap", the wine glass shattered, startling the others around.
"It's just too much of a deception! Hmph, this will stop Lao Tzu, let's go! Xiao Zhenlei pulled his legs and left, Cai Ye and his secretary Xiao Gao also immediately got up and left behind, but Clemenceau couldn't stop him.
Clemenceau turned to look at George and sighed, "George, why are you doing this? It was you, the United Kingdom, who initiated this meeting, but you want to make the situation out of control, and now that the Chinese have withdrawn, how can this battle be fought? (To be continued......)