Chapter 497: Awkward and Aggressive

The Second World War has reached this point, and the European part does not matter, the Asian part, and the countries involved are actually very embarrassed.

Needless to say, the Soviet Union seemed to be strong, but as a result, it first planted a small heel in Finland, and just after recovering its strength, it planted a big heel on the Japanese. Until Timoshenko withdrew his troops into Kazakhstan, Moscow was a little confused about what it would do. In any case, defeat is defeat, losing 12.76 million square kilometers of Siberia, losing Outer Mongolia, losing almost all its interests in Asia, and losing the fruits of the efforts of Shab, Russia, and the Soviet Union for more than 200 years. The only thing they can console themselves with is that they don't have to go far to fight again.

The Soviet Union was followed by the United States.

The world's largest industrial power has always watched other countries fight there, but he has put on a fisherman's posture, waiting for the price to sell and make a lot of war money. As a result, watching the play was lively, but they were suddenly poisoned by "actors", not to mention heavy losses, and could only watch tens of thousands of American soldiers hiding in the Philippines alone, silently counting down, waiting for a strong enemy to come to the door, while they themselves were basically helpless, and they had to be taken advantage of by others.

And after the United States, there is Japan.

According to the superficial phenomenon, Japan at this time is actually a big winner. First occupied Siberia, and then beat the United States severely, as long as China can be cleaned up again, the whole of East Asia, and even the whole of Asia, may be theirs. But Japan has bitterness that I can't say. If it could, it wouldn't want to go to war with the Americans at this time. Even those Japanese officers who did not know strategy and tactics, and only knew how to call "the emperor to carry it" and rush forward, knew what would happen if they provoked the three largest countries in the world at the same time. But they couldn't help it. Because, after occupying Siberia, they are not only overstretched, but even their resources are basically at the bottom. If there is no war with Anglo-American-Dutch. If they do not march into the South Seas and continue to fight with China, then even if they pull all the nearly one million troops in Siberia into the Chinese battlefield, they will soon face the situation of running out of ammunition and food. What's more, it was not easy to lay down such a large piece of land, and how could the Japanese people, who were tired of living in an island country, let them give up easily? But such a huge territory, even if it is sparsely populated, needs at least hundreds of thousands of troops to defend it, otherwise, it will only rely on those "labor reform" troops who defected to the Soviet Union. The Soviet Red Army could not be stopped at all. Therefore, for the sake of resources, in order to continue the war, and in order for Japan to go further in this war, they must be ruthless to Britain and the United States. As for the consequences. I'll talk about it later.

Excluding the Soviet Union, the United States and Japan, the most embarrassing is China. But China has been embarrassed for almost a hundred years. I don't care about the slightest bit of face. Opposite. can get a little benefit in the process of continuing to lose face, but everyone feels quite comfortable.

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"Your country has been dragging things out like this, which is not only not conducive to the resolution of the matter, but also to your soldiers on the front line. They will even pay with their lives for your hesitation and hesitation today. ”

Yan Huiqing, who was sitting opposite Hull, had a serious face and unceremoniously accused the US side of procrastination. Just because the Japanese have only dragged their feet, they have never launched an attack on the Philippine side. Even Wake Island and Guam, the U.S. bases on the Pacific islands, did not attack, thinking that things had taken a turn for the better, that Japan's war machine was malfunctioning, and that MacArthur, who could only talk big, could rely on that little bit of strength to keep the Philippines...... And then according to these. Trying to turn the Chinese army in turn, ask them to lower, or even simply withdraw those previous conditions. How can these people be so ridiculous?

"Mr. Ambassador, according to our intelligence, the situation in Japan is very bad right now." Hull looked at Yan Huiqing with a smile on his face. Since that day in the Oval Office picked up little Henry. Morgenthau's phone call, knowing that the Chinese planned to take the opportunity to blackmail the United States, he had been waiting for this opportunity, waiting to see the Chinese angry and corrupt. And now, he felt that he had seen it, "the Japanese left more than half a million troops in Siberia, which is already the minimum requirement, otherwise they would not have been able to deter the Soviets at all, even if they had the help of nearly 300,000 Soviet rebels." In addition, we have to thank China, because it is precisely because of the excellent performance of the Chinese army on the battlefield that the Japanese have to strengthen their military strength in Chinese mainland, which has allowed them to send troops to Southeast Asia to be reduced again. We have 120,000 troops in the Philippines, well-trained, well-equipped, well-versed in the terrain, and with a lot of assistance from the Philippines and from the U.S. mainland, so we can keep the Japanese out of Luzon. ”

"Your Excellency, I wonder what kind of support the U.S. government can provide to the Philippine defenders right now?" Lu Xiaojia was dressed in professional clothes from the forties, with a pair of big glasses on her face, and her eyes were full of ridicule when she looked at Hull, "Is it moral support?" Or is it guaranteed that they will all receive medals from Congress at the end of the year? ”

"Little girl, do you know what war is?" Secretary of War Henry. Stimson looked at Lu Xiaojia with interest, she could almost be his granddaughter at this age, "We have 120,000 defenders, and the Japanese only have 200,000; We are defending, and they are attacking; We have well-fortified fortifications and ample logistical reserves, as well as all kinds of support from the Philippines, while the Japanese can only rely on their navy to transport them little by little...... We're not going to lose! ”

"That's because you haven't seen the crazy Japanese army yet." Lu Xiaojia sneered, "Moreover, can a group of so-called 'elite generals' who have not fought for decades really be able to deal with strong soldiers who have been honed on the battlefield for several years?" How can a mere comparison of numbers make you, the Minister of War, so confident? ”

"Little girl, my self-confidence comes from the strength of the American army." Henry. "General MacArthur is America's best general, and since he firmly told us that he could drive the Japanese out of the Pacific, he would be able to do it." ”

"My teacher told me in the telegram that Douglas. MacArthur is indeed one of the best generals of our time......" Looking at the smiles on the lips of several Americans, Lu Xiaojia also had a hint of malice on his face, "But he also told me that MacArthur's best thing is not his military level, but that he can be shameful and brave." That is, at the beginning of each war, MacArthur would be the loser, or even the loser, but his strong will would allow him to quickly gather his mood and then turn the situation back with the great industrial power of the United States of America. And among them, he also has the greatest advantage, that is, he can get the U.S. government to agree to let a failed general like him continue to lead the army. ”

"Who is your teacher?" Henry. Stimson frowned, "He's really rude." ”

"My teacher is a member of the Military Commission of the Republic of China, commander-in-chief of the Air Force, a general of the first rank...... General Qin Wei! Lu Xiaojia raised her delicate chin, and there was a heavy arrogance on her face, "He is Chinese New Year's Eve two years old today!" ”

“…… I know that guy. Hull twisted his ass so that he could sit more comfortably in his seat, "Although it is quite remarkable that he received the rank of general at a young age, I still have to say...... This is not the capital that he can contempt for a general of the United States of America. ”

"Isn't MacArthur a lieutenant general?" Yan Huiqing sat on one side of Song Ziwen. As the true representative of the Chinese government and Chiang Kai-shek's envoy, he worked very hard from Chongqing to Washington in the hope of getting enough loans from the Americans. However, the Japanese were slow to act, which also made the Yankees more and more emboldened, and he waited in Washington for nearly a month before being received by Roosevelt, and the process of receiving them was also very tedious, and the time was also very short, and he was "driven" from the White House in less than an hour. During the whole meeting process, he actually just talked to Luo Zheng and discussed the situation in Southeast Asia by the way, and as for the cooperation and mutual support between the two sides, he didn't even have a chance to mention it. He didn't care about that...... China is a weak country, and it is here to borrow money, and it is still the idea of a white wolf with empty gloves, and it also chooses the time when the United States mainland is attacked, which is very much a bit of a robbery, and it is normal to receive a little cold reception. But he didn't expect that just when he was planning to use his family's strength in the United States to gradually open the door to contact with the US government, Yan Huiqing actually handed over an ultimatum to the US State Department, asking the two sides to negotiate, and if the US side refused, then he, the Chinese ambassador, would fulfill the sacred duty of a national civil servant: vacation!

It's the first time Song Ziwen has seen such a thing, when will the Chinese actually be able to play tantrums against the Americans? He also reprimanded Yan Huiqing at first, but before Yan Huiqing could speak, the little girl who claimed to be Qin Wei's student was dissatisfied and told him that all this was a domestic arrangement...... Of course Song Ziwen doesn't believe it, can the domestic arrangements bypass him, the special envoy of the chairman? A little girl, pulling Qin Wei's tiger skin, wants to fool him, the uncle of the country? He Song Ziwen is not Kong Xiangxi! Then, the two sides had a big quarrel, Yan Huiqing did not sell the face of his uncle in another country, and he naturally had no interest in respecting the elderly, but the more the two sides quarreled, the more fierce they became, and he almost sent a telegram back to China to ask for the removal of Yan Huiqing, the ambassador to the United States.

However, the incident soon made his uncle, who claimed to be good at dealing with the Americans, blush: the Americans actually agreed to negotiate, and not only that, after the negotiations began, the attitude of the American side has always been good, but their side has been aggressive from the beginning...... (To be continued......)