Chapter 821: Aceh's Independence
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However, although Hu Weidong's remarks seem to be the right thing at first glance, the Soviet side is still emotionally difficult to accept, after all, it is a vast land of tens of millions of square kilometers, even if it cannot be developed in 100 years, what about 200 or 300 years from now?
However, the Soviet Union's current near-exhaustion of manpower and total defeat on the battlefield made their representatives have no confidence at all, and even Stalin, who is known as steel-willed in Moscow, has to pin his hopes on the Americans at this time
Stalin knew very well that Roosevelt and the US government absolutely did not want to see China rise so strongly, on the one hand, it would threaten the hegemony of the United States after the war, and on the other hand, although the United States had a relatively small encroachment on China among the great powers in history, it had not many bonds, and today China could seek justice from the Soviet Union, and tomorrow it might be the turn of the United States
However, before the defeat of Japan, the United States could not threaten China at all, and today's Chinese leaders are particularly hard-boned, and the US government will only be regarded as a fart if it is ruthless in its words. Therefore, the outcome of the negotiations between China and the Soviet Union was to a large extent affected by the Pacific War between the United States and Japan
In 1948, the United States made some very important scientific and technological breakthroughs, among which it is particularly worth mentioning that the Army Airlines obtained the more powerful high-subsonic jet fighter F-84, and the Hainan Airlines had the first jet carrier-based aircraft F9F "Black Panther" that could meet the needs of actual combat. Prior to that, the U.S. Navy had completed an emergency modification of the Essex-class aircraft carrier, lengthening its flight deck so that it could take off and land jet carrier-based aircraft with relative safety
In the first half of 1948, the U.S. military had successfully occupied most of Luzon, although they had paid more than 500,000 casualties and were frequently harassed by the guerrilla warfare of the remnants of the Japanese army. But by taking control of much of Luzon, the U.S. Pacific Fleet, which had grown in strength, gained a critical forward base.
After basically controlling Luzon. Due to the outbreak of the Sino-Soviet war. Roosevelt, who was anxious to get rid of Japan in order to free up his forces to deal with China as soon as possible, vetoed Nimitz's more secure plan to move south, and asked him to directly attack Okinawa in the north, opening the door to the Japanese mainland.
In August 1948, the main force of the U.S. Pacific Fleet braved the danger of a typhoon. Heading north to attack Okinawa, the gateway to southwestern Japan. But since the Japanese government has long strengthened the defense of the island. The main force of the Combined Fleet, including 12 aircraft carriers, also came to the aid in time, making the US offensive extremely difficult.
As a result, after an extremely brutal fierce battle. The US military has successively sunk one Midway-class giant aircraft carrier, two Essex-class heavy aircraft carriers, and more than 30 other ships, and most of the rest have been injured to varying degrees, including the landing force, and the total number of US troops killed and missing exceeds 30,000, which can be said to be a heavy loss. Although the Japanese suffered greater losses from aircraft carriers, with 2 Yamato-class giant aircraft carriers and 4 Yamashiro-class heavy aircraft carriers sunk, they still held Okinawa after all.
What made the US military even more depressed was that they encountered a super typhoon on the way back, which caused a large number of warships to be damaged, including 2 Essex-class heavy aircraft carriers, 9 ships that had been heavily damaged in previous battles were sunk in the storm, and the death and missing number was no less than 7,000, which was also considered by later generations to be one of the largest shipwrecks in human history
Despite this, the US Navy has a strong family base after all, and because the construction of the two midway-class giant aircraft carriers, which had been delayed by a nuclear attack, was completed and joined the Pacific Fleet, so that it still has a powerful carrier-based aviation force composed of six giant aircraft carriers, plus the four Iowa-class high-speed battleships that are now experienced in a hundred battles, the US Pacific Fleet has further widened the gap in strength compared with the Japanese Combined Fleet after the failure to attack Okinawa, and once again demonstrated the bottomless and strong national strength of the United States
However, the failure of the attack on Okinawa still cleared Roosevelt's mind a lot, and he quickly regained his composure, and decided to take Indonesia first, as long as there is no oil, the Japanese navy and air force will become toothless tigers, and they will no longer be able to resist the attack of the US army.
However, the Japanese also knew the importance of Indonesia to them, so they also concentrated all the forces they could mobilize to prevent the American army from invading Borneo, but because the Japanese were now gradually exhausted and at the same time had to ensure the security of their homeland and dispersed their forces, they could not resist the enemy after all. By October 1948, more than one-third of Borneo's land had been controlled by the U.S. military, and what made the Japanese even more desperate was that before the Great War of Borneo, the Nanyang Japanese army, which had a total strength of no less than one million, had fought out more than half, and if the wounded were counted, it was more than 2/3 of the total, and Mindanao, New Guinea and other places were easily recovered by the Allies because of the lack of troops
However, at this time, something unexpected happened to Roosevelt and the U.S. government, first of all, a large-scale Acehnese uprising suddenly broke out on the island of Sumatra, Japan's main oil base and the second most important iron ore base, and the rebel army immediately proclaimed the establishment of the "Aceh People's Republic" and immediately signed a series of treaties with the Chinese government.
In just a few days, the main ships of China's Pacific Fleet were quickly stationed in Palembang, the main port city of Aceh, and more than 300,000 PLA troops had crossed the Strait of Malacca and landed on Sumatra. As for the Japanese troops on the island, after receiving a telegram from the Japanese government, they surrendered to the PLA without firing a single shot, because the Japanese government knew that it was impossible to keep the South Seas, and it was better to give them to China than to be occupied by the Americans, in exchange for the Chinese government to provide them with oil and iron ore, and at the same time, the remnants of the Japanese troops in the South Seas, which had been cut off by the Allies, could withdraw to the mainland unharmed
Leaving aside what the Japanese government thinks, let's talk about the relationship between the nascent Aceh and China. After the PLA is stationed in Aceh, according to the agreement reached between the two governments, the Chinese PLA will be responsible for helping Aceh form a regular army, navy and air force, and after the mission is completed, the PLA will withdraw from Aceh in batches, but if the people of Aceh are invaded by foreign countries, then the PLA will still be obliged to send troops to rescue the only alternative ethnic group that has been friendly to China for thousands of years among the major ethnic groups in the South Seas (to be continued......