The issue of the nuclear bomb caused a storm inside the Soviet Union, but it had no effect outside the Soviet Union, and under the tight blockade of the KGB, other countries did not know that the Soviet Union had successfully conducted its first nuclear test, at most they knew that the Soviet Union had suddenly created several new departments. However, there is nothing surprising about this in wartime, and the Soviet Union is notoriously employing many departments, the number of ministers in the Council of People's Commissars is a pile, and the Soviet and party organs are also divided into sections, and it is not at all surprising that there are suddenly more departments and a few fewer departments.

In fact, the mainstream of the international community, including Britain and the United States, is still concerned about the Turkish issue, and the Soviet Union still has not given a clear explanation, neither backing down nor further intensifying the contradictions.

This made Churchill and Roosevelt very dissatisfied, yes, on the Turkish issue, it was the turn of Britain and the United States to wear a pair of pants, to curb the expansion of the Soviet Union's sphere of influence, and to block the Soviet Union within the Black Sea straits, which was the consensus of Britain and the United States. Especially under the premise that Nagada in the Middle East has suddenly become somewhat important, the issue of the Black Sea straits is even more important.

Churchill himself went to Moscow, and Roosevelt wrote to Trotsky, urging the Soviet Union to exercise restraint on the issue and not to force Turkey over to the Axis powers. There was even a hint that if the USSR did not exercise restraint on the Turkish issue, then aid to the USSR would be terminated.

However, to Roosevelt's surprise, the Soviet Union took an extremely tough stance on this issue, and as soon as he said that he would end aid, the Soviet Union immediately canceled Trotsky's schedule for the Cairo Conference, saying that Comrade Trotsky was too busy with work to go abroad for meetings.

Not only was it terminated from the Cairo Conference, but the Soviet Union also temporarily suspended intelligence and cooperation with the United States in the Pacific theater, and the Red Navy task force was ready to return home. This series of changes has made Americans hesitate a little. Don't dare to put pressure any further.

"The Russians are openly blackmailing, that is, we dare not do anything with the Axis powers until they are destroyed, so we can do whatever we want...... Instead of fueling their wolf ambitions, Britain and the United States should work together to beat the Russians and make them behave a little bit! ”

This is Churchill's letter to Roosevelt. The old smoker always wanted to tie Britain and the United States together, or let the Americans follow his baton, and this time, he thought it was a good opportunity. Highlighting the contradictions between the United States and the Soviet Union and emphasizing the common interests between Britain and the United States should bring the two countries closer.

However, Roosevelt's response was not so enthusiastic, and the old president opposed further overly drastic or condemnatory measures, especially the joint statement of Britain and the United States, to put pressure on the Soviet Union. He didn't think it had reached that point, and he didn't like Churchill's way of beating snakes and sticks. He believed that the United States should distance itself from Britain and that there was no need to confront the Soviet Union head-on in order to protect Britain's colonial interests, on the contrary, he was happy to see Britain weakened.

The end result was another letter from Roosevelt to Trotsky, in which he reaffirmed the importance of unity within the Allies and re-emphasized unity. Trotsky was also warned not to provoke on crucial issues, even though the United States had no intention of preserving the old international order created by Britain. But I don't want to see any acts of fire and robbery. If the USSR respected this, then the United States would be happy to settle the dispute on the principle of fairness and justice.

That's it. Trotsky and ****** naturally could not reply to Roosevelt in a strong reply, and in his reply Trotsky wrote: "The Soviet Government and people have no intention of engaging in aggression, nor of invading an inch of Turkey's territory. The Soviet Government was concerned about the guarantee of the dignity and human rights of the Slavic peoples and Orthodox Christians in Turkey, and was more concerned about the Turkish Government's thorough implementation of the principle of neutrality...... In the past few years, the Turkish government has opened the door to fascists under the banner of neutrality, which has greatly damaged the rights and interests of the Soviet Union. The Great Patriotic War for the Soviet people created a large number of difficulties...... The Soviet people must ask for an explanation, the Turkish government must correct its attitude, and since it is unable to maintain neutrality, it must be clear whether it is the Axis side or our side......"

This reply was not only sent to Roosevelt, but was published publicly in the media. For the first time, the Soviet Union made clear its attitude on the Turkish issue, that is, to ask the Turks to correct their attitude and give an explanation, otherwise the Soviet government would not mind using other means to get an explanation.

As far as the British and American people are concerned, they do not think about the traditional order, and the vast majority of their thoughts are simple: those who support us to fight side by side with us are friends, and those who support the enemy are enemies. Turkey's behavior is clearly hostile to them, or at least unfriendly.

Then the question arises, they ask: "Why does our government say no to allies who dare to speak out, and turn a blind eye to bastards who support the enemy?" ”

For a while, the media was in an uproar, and Churchill immediately felt the pressure, and the people asked him to give an explanation, why not help his friends but help the enemy?

"Insidious Russians! They just did it on purpose! Churchill was so angry that his teeth were itching, but there were not many ways, because the Conservative Party did not have such a high reputation in Britain, otherwise how could there be a strange phenomenon that he, the prime minister, would not be able to defeat in the election as soon as the war was over.

The only thing Churchill could do was to slowly guide and divert the subject, but fortunately Italy quickly surrendered to help him, otherwise this hurdle would have been really difficult. But even so, the old smoker remembered the shamelessness of the Russians, and vowed to find a place in the Cairo Conference.

Continuing to return to the topic of the Cairo Conference, until the surrender of Italy, the framework of the Cairo Conference has not been concretely decided, and only Britain and the United States have always said that they will definitely participate in the conference. The rest of the Soviet Union kept silent on this issue, and as for Huaxia Lao Chiang, he did not decide whether to go or not.

Seeing that the meeting was about to come to an end, Churchill could not bear it, and once again flew to Moscow in person to meet Trotsky and again strongly invited him to attend the meeting. Trotsky's statement to this was: "I personally would like to represent the Soviet Government at the conference, but I have a different opinion on the subject of the conference......"

Trotsky's disagreement was actually quite simple: either the Cairo Conference did not deal with the Turkish question. If Turkey must be involved, Turkey must be urged to take a clear stand and side with the Allies against the Axis powers. If Britain and the United States agree to this, then he will attend the meeting, and vice versa, he will not go.

Churchill did not like this suggestion. Previously, he did have the intention to discuss the Turkish issue at the Cairo Conference, but more often than not, he challenged the Soviet Union and urged the Soviet Union not to cause trouble in Turkey. He believed that Roosevelt would be in limited agreement with him at the meeting, and that there was a good chance that he would succeed. And now Trotsky has closed this loophole, which makes him very unhappy.

"Can we not complicate the issue, the Turkish issue can be discussed after the war, and your country should exercise restraint......

Trotsky directly refused: "It is not the Soviet Union that has taken a provocative posture, and we are willing to talk about the Turkish question after the war." So the Cairo meeting simply didn't talk about it, it's not very good! ”

Churchill stopped talking, he found that Trotsky was not as good a talker as before, especially during this meeting, he could vaguely feel that Trotsky had become stronger and tougher, and he did not understand why this was at all.

After some thought, Churchill could only choose to back down half a step: "In this way, the question of Turkey will be discussed at the Cairo conference, and Turkey will be urged to take the side of the allies." Or they are strongly pressed to be neutral. In exchange, the Soviet government lifted antagonism and tension. And President Roosevelt and I are willing to act as an intermediary between the two countries and guarantee that Turkey will not take any more actions to undermine neutrality. ”

Trotsky thought about it, this was enough to meet the requirements of a certain immortal, and it could not push Britain and the United States too hard, so he said: "If you and President Roosevelt are willing to vouch for Turkey together." Then I believe you that the Soviet government will not react further. Of course, in the event of a provocation by Turkey, the Soviet government would also retain the right to react further! ”

After each side took half a step back, the biggest obstacle to the Soviet Union's participation in the Cairo Conference was removed. After some urgent consultations, the meeting was scheduled for 30 October 1943. The countries participating in the meeting were also finalized as Britain, the United States, China, and the Soviet Union, and the Free French delegate de Gaulle and the Turkish foreign minister will not formally participate in the meeting as special guests.

On this day, the security level in Cairo was adjusted to the highest level, and when the plane of the future five rogue heads of state landed, it was almost in full swing. There were blinding Axis spies who wanted to make trouble, but with the efforts of the intelligence agencies of the five rogues, they were crushed in minutes.

Of course, this does not mean that the meeting will be smooth sailing, and in fact, the first day of the conference will not be pleasant. On the Turkish question, the differences between the Soviet Union and Britain and the United States were too great, and Trotsky, on behalf of the Soviet Government, strongly demanded that Turkey immediately take the side of the Allies, while Turkey, with the support of Britain and the United States, only vaguely stated that it would abide by neutrality, and did not recognize anything else.

Of course, such an attitude was also expected by the Soviet Union, as Li Xiaofeng had already told ******: "On the Turkish issue, especially on the Black Sea straits, imperialism tends to be unanimous. It is impossible to meet our requirements. Turkey, on the other hand, with its own support from imperialism such as Britain and the United States, will not take us seriously. So we don't have to take this meeting too seriously, and our real purpose is not Turkey but Greece. ”

Trotsky had a good grasp of the question of "degree", and at the conference he put pressure on Turkey, Britain and the United States, showing that the Soviet Union attached great importance to the interests of this area, but did not blindly take a hard line and always left a certain room for manoeuvre. To put it bluntly, it can't be negotiated, but it won't break up in two. All in all, it's a waste of time.

For three days in a row, no progress was made on the Turkish issue, and as a last resort, Britain and the United States had no choice but to temporarily suspend discussions on this issue. Because if we continue to talk about it, we don't need to talk about other issues.

The next topic is, of course, the topic of where and when a second battlefield will open up that is of primary concern to Europe. Britain and the United States initially thought that the Soviet Union would be more urgent, and they were also prepared to blackmail this issue first, so that they might be able to force the Soviet Union to make concessions on other issues.

It was only strange to Churchill and Roosevelt that Trotsky did not care about the question, even if they had the absurd suggestion that a second battlefield might not be opened until 1945, Trotsky only lightly let go.

Why is Lao Tuo so calm? The reason is simple, because the USSR was really not in a hurry. Their losses are smaller than they have historically. And it has grown even more rapidly, even if Britain and the United States do not open up a second battlefield, they can push Germany all the way. He even wished that Britain and the United States would do it later, so that the Red Army might be able to liberate France!

It is conceivable that if the Red Army were to become the liberator of France, it would be a devastating blow to the old international order and the old European order, Britain would be completely isolated from the European continent, and the red flag of revolution would be planted all over the continent. That was what Trotsky wanted to see most of all.

Obviously. Britain and the United States were even more anxious on this issue, and if they lost their fulcrum in Western Europe, the only strategic support point for resisting Soviet expansion would be Italy. It's just terrible, and they're never going to allow it.

In other words, Britain and the United States actually made a stinky move, which made no sense at all, and was equivalent to a punch into the air. Of course, there is another very important problem with Trotsky's "indifference", because in his opinion in 1945 the Soviet Union would have had actual nuclear weapons anyway, and it was not particularly difficult to eliminate the Nazis. He had the confidence to face the German challenge alone.

After the problems of the second battlefield came to an end, the real critical issues came in. That was the post-war division of spheres of influence, on which Trotsky could not be as calm as before.

The first thing that was talked about was the question of Japan, how to make the Japanese pay the price or how to punish the Japanese, and Trotsky was the first to fire: "Japan must return all the land it had acquired from its previous aggression, including Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, and the Penghu Islands, and return all of them to China, and Sakhalin Island to the Soviet Union......

If Britain and the United States have no objections to the first three items, it is on the issue of Sakhalin, that is, Sakhalin. It would not have been possible for them to fully agree with the Russians. To curb the expansion of polar bears, the British are the most motivated.

Churchill immediately said: "Sakhalin did not belong to the Soviet Union. The island was also returned to China for reason! ”

Trotsky looked at Roosevelt, the old president had no interest in the subject and seemed to be dozing off. Of course, it is also possible that this is pretended, anyway, for the Americans the issue of Sakhalin is meaningless, anyway, there are the British who are in the front. They can be happy and relaxed.

Trotsky smiled and asked, "Why?" According to international treaties, the island belonged to the USSR! ”

Churchill said: "It was a treaty that your country forced China to sign, and it should not be recognized because it was not based on the principle of equality!" ”

Trotsky laughed merrily. Shrugged his shoulders and said: "I see, if based on this principle, the USSR is willing to give up sovereignty over Sakhalin." At the same time, however, we also ask our British friends to abide by this agreement, renounce all unequal treaties in China on the basis of the principle of equality, and return to China all illegally acquired and leased land, including Hong Kong......"

Well, the British are honest immediately, everyone in this world can talk about fairness and justice, but the British can't, it's really a pants full of, and it's useless to wash it.

However, the most interesting thing in this round of confrontation is not the British, but the country that these problems are all involved in - China. As a representative of Huaxia, Jiang someone's performance in this round is really down.

When the Soviet Union was bargaining with Britain, Jiang did not have the "heroic" spirit of the map of the great power in later generations, on the contrary, he did not participate in the dispute between Britain and the Soviet Union at all, and behaved completely like a passerby or a soy sauce party.

It's not that Chiang was really afraid of Britain and the Soviet Union, of course, there was such an element, but the most critical reason why he chose to be silent was that first, he didn't pay much attention to Taiwan, Penghu, Ryukyu and Sakhalin at all, and these corners and corners were not a problem for Chiang at this time, and even the basic plate of the ancestors in North China could be abandoned in the "Tanggu Armistice Agreement" and the "Hemei Agreement", let alone any island groups in the open sea.

The first reason why Chiang did not pay attention to it was the second reason, and the second reason was even simpler, he still had to ask Britain and the Soviet Union, so naturally he did not dare to take a casual stance on issues involving Britain and the Soviet Union. For Lao Jiang, if Britain and the Soviet Union are happy, it doesn't matter if they take away all these corners, as long as you don't support ****, there is no pressure at all to send Hainan and Northeast China out.

However, what Jiang didn't expect was that his attitude made the other person present a little undare. That man was Roosevelt. Before that, he repeatedly emphasized that he was the one who wanted to give Huaxia the status of a great power, and now Jiang someone's performance is really not a little bit of a great power style - you have to have a correct attitude, although Lao Tzu is to let you be the little brother, but when the little brother also has to give the eldest brother a long face, how can you be an outsider on issues involving the basic interests of your country. Nima, this made the British and Russians see, you kid must be laughed at, do you have to bear a bad vision of the notoriety!

All in all, Roosevelt was very unaccustomed to Jiang's virtues, and if it wasn't for a formal occasion, he really wanted to scold him directly...... (To be continued.) )

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