Song Ziwen can understand why the United States has such a good attitude. Politics are all the same, and the Americans want to drag China in this way, not wanting to immediately respond to China's various demands, and they don't want to make trouble with China, just to see the results of MacArthur's war with the Japanese in the Philippines.

If the war is unfavorable, then we will reach a real cooperative relationship with China, and we will give what we deserve. Moreover, in view of the losses suffered by the United States and the destruction of communications between the east and west of the American continent, it is impossible to say that it is necessary to put down its posture and recognize the dominant position of the Chinese side in the war in Southeast Asia. And if the war goes well and MacArthur keeps the Philippines, then it will still have to reach a cooperative relationship with China, but if China wants to make various demands like before, it can only be a junior brother in this war, even if the US army in the Philippines is only so many tens of thousands.

It's a pity, just like Lu Xiaojia said, the United States has not fought a war for decades, even though many of their generals have participated in the First World War, but everyone knows that in the First World War, the Americans really took advantage. The "reason" for their entry into the war was that Germany had already had to engage in "unrestricted submarine warfare" and began to attack the ships of non-participating countries. By the time they actually entered the war, the strength of the two major military blocs of the Allies and the Entente was already in a state of extreme exhaustion and the strength was comparable, and the compromise of Red Russia eliminated the disadvantage of the Allies, but the reserves of both sides were exhausted, which can be determined from the fact that the winners and losers borrowed from the United States to rebuild after the war. Under the premise of positional warfare, it is no longer very likely that either side wants to completely defeat the other, and in this case, the United States, as a new force, will become the little mouse that pulls the turnips, without which it will not be able to take Germany and defeat the Allies, but it alone is far from enough. Therefore, it can only be said to a certain extent that the United States played an important role in the First World War, but it was France, which was known as the first military in the European continent at that time, that really played a decisive role, and the two countries that achieved the prestige of the United States in World War I should also be Germany, and it was the personnel consumption of Germany and France that enabled the four divisions of the United States to crisscross Europe, that is, if the United States intervened from the beginning of the war, then it could only play the role of a client state at most, but it finally chose the right time. At this juncture, if it was supporting the Central Powers, the Entente was likely to lose. However, this only confirms that it cannot be a decisive force. It cannot be a sufficient force, but a necessary force that plays an indispensable role in the right time.

In other words, the Americans' war experience is far from sufficient.

At least in the eyes of Soong Ziwen, a military layman, the United States did not have 300,000 defenders in the Philippines, and it simply did not want to fight against the 200,000 Japanese troops of Shouichi Terauchi. And these 300,000 people must also have adequate logistics, and they must all be American soldiers...... But it's a pity. Of the 120,000 defenders, only a little over 30,000 were Americans, and the rest nearly 90,000 were indigenous Filipinos. Song Ziwen is also very familiar with the affairs of Nanyang. The fighting power of those indigenous Filipinos is probably comparable to that of bandits in China. And just ordinary, poorly equipped bandits.

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Not long ago, the U.S. Congress recognized MacArthur's steadfast and unwavering spirit in protecting his 'protectorate' and awarded him the rank of general."

Yan Huiqing has no good impression of Song Ziwen, this uncle is too arrogant, and he always feels that the country can let them do whatever they want. Anyone who opposes his ideas will be rejected. If it weren't for Wang Chonghui behind him and Qin Wei's support, it is estimated that he would have lost his qualification to sit at this negotiating table. If that's the case. With the "affection" shown by this uncle to the Yankees, it is difficult to say whether he can still earn the greatest benefits for China, and it is impossible to say that he will lose a lot. However, despite his dissatisfaction, Yan Huiqing still answered Song Ziwen's question. You can't let the foreigners see their jokes.

"My teacher never took anyone lightly. His speculation about the situation of the war has not been wrong once so far. Lu Xiaojia didn't notice the conversation between Yan Huiqing and Song Ziwen, she was immersed in the pleasure of "confronting" the US Secretary of State and "worshipping" her teacher...... I didn't feel it in China before, but after following Yan Huiqing to the United States and seeing a lot of information, she realized how strong Professor Qin, who had always been looked down upon by them, although they had always relied on them before. Not to mention the successive victories, even the U.S. government has repeatedly suffered under Professor Qin, who is thousands of miles away. Who else in China has such a skill?

"Just because there hasn't been a mistake in the past doesn't mean it won't happen in the future." Henry. Stimson seemed to like to debate with Lu Xiaojia, the little girl in their eyes, "You must know that America is a magical land, and miracles always happen here. ”

"Mr. Minister," Lu Xiaojia smiled, "you say miracles?" Can I understand it this way: It's a great thing to be able to make my teacher guess wrong? ”

“…… I didn't say that. Stimson hurriedly shook his head. According to Lu Xiaojia, if he admits it, it means that Qin Wei is very remarkable. However, since he is a very remarkable general, his speculation naturally has a considerable degree of credibility, that is, he, the secretary of war, actually has little confidence in whether MacArthur can hold the Philippines. In this way, there is no basis for them to negotiate with China: they are all going to lose the war, and they don't hurry up and let the Chinese help?

"Well, we're not going to dwell on what you just said, although I'm more than happy to think of it as a subconscious ...... out of your admiration for my teacher."

"No, it's not subconscious. It's just an unconscious passing. ”

Stimson interrupted Lu Xiaojia's words again, and resolutely refused to let this little girl who could be her granddaughter be crowned with a "Qin Wei worshipper" label on her head. He's the U.S. Secretary of War! People in their seventies, how can they afford to lose such people? But Lu Xiaojia didn't understand his thoughts, and still chased and fought fiercely:

"Subconscious vs. unconscious, it seems to mean the same thing." In other words, you still worship our family Professor Qin.

"No, no, no, it's two things entirely." Stimson vehemently denied it. They have dealt with Yan Huiqing and Lu Xiaojia twice. In their opinion, this old and young are typical conspirators. Not to mention before, just like this time, if he can't deny Xiaojia's statement, then tomorrow there will probably be such a report in the Washington newspapers: The Minister of War worships the Chinese general, worries about the war situation in the Philippines, and so on! And once this kind of thing happens, it will be very detrimental to him and to the current government. But they couldn't help it. And I don't know what's going on with this old and young man, as if he hasn't considered who China and the United States need more than once, and they have grabbed their language and stabbed them outside, giving them no less trouble. It is unthinkable that this kind of thing would have happened to the former Chinese ambassador. But now this old and young man is doing this, and he seems to be quite happy to do it. But the problem is that the old and the young did not come forward on their own, but only secretly leaked the news to those journalists, so they were helpless at all, and they could not even protest to the Chinese government. Of course, they can also directly submit their opinions to the Chinese government and ask for a change of ambassador without any reason, but doing so will not only hurt the feelings of the Chinese government, but will also make them feel very disadvantaged.

"Whether it is one or both meanings, we must admit that the current situation in your country is quite unfavorable. If you just want to defend the Philippines, then our Chinese people will be very sad about this......" Yan Huiqing diverted the conversation, "Chinese people have always had a very beautiful feeling for the United States of America, especially after the United States withstood the shameless sneak attack by the Japanese, the people of Chinese have donated money and materials regardless of their own suffering, hoping to express our condolences to the American people." Now, however, your country has repeatedly refused to support China's war of resistance against our common enemy...... Even refusing China to send troops to support your defenders in the Philippines! What do you think of the friendship between the Chinese people? ”

"Miss Lu, when did we donate anything to the Americans?"

As the chief representative, Song Ziwen sat in the center of the Chinese delegates. But Yan Huiqing's words made him unable to sit still, and he couldn't help but ask questions to Lu Xiaojia, who was sitting on the other side of him...... When did the Chinese donate something to the Americans? And looking at Yan Huiqing's momentum, it seems that there is a lot of money? But now that he has seized the financial power of the Chinese government, how can he not know that there is such a sum of money?

"When the Americans were first attacked, we donated the money in less than two weeks, that is, about ten days." Lu Xiaojia seemed to be very surprised and glanced at this uncle Guo, "The first one is five hundred thousand US dollars, the second one is three hundred thousand US dollars, and the third one is 190,000 US dollars...... Directly through the Citibank branch in Hong Kong, it will be remitted to our embassy account, and then transferred to the White House. It's known throughout the United States. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Song Ziwen was stunned, "But why don't I know any news?" ”

"Maybe you're too busy." Lu Xiaojia shrugged her shoulders and turned her head.

"Am I too busy? I'm too busy to know anything like this, right? Song Ziwen felt a little lost in a trance. He firmly believes that Chinese has never donated money to the United States on a large scale, not even on a small scale...... Everyone should only be happy that the Japanese have finally dragged the United States of America into the circle of war. But if no one donates, where do the three donations that add up to more than a million dollars come from? That's a million dollars, not a million fiat dollars! What's more, even if it is a million fiat currency, it may be a lot of money for those ordinary Americans. The embassy that still passed, is it his brother-in-law? But how can you not tell yourself about such a big matter, the president of Silian, the person in charge of the country's finances? Song Ziwen turned his head to look at Yan Huiqing again, intending to get a little information from the mouth of the ambassador to the United States, but in a blink of an eye, he saw Hull again...... The US Secretary of State's face seemed to be a little unfavorable. (To be continued......)