With a calm old face, Churchill asked gloomily: "Can anyone tell me what really happened in Greece?" ”

Yes, the Red Army's hand in Greece caught the British by surprise, and the British regarded Greece as their own territory from beginning to end, and did not expect the Russians to suddenly intervene. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info And the loss of Greece dealt a fatal blow to the Mediterranean strategy and the Balkan strategy of the British Empire. For the first time in a 200-year-old blockade, a polar bear has broken through its cage, and it is conceivable that if Greece had completely followed the polar bear, the Black Sea Fleet would have been permanently stationed in the Mediterranean, which would directly threaten the Royal Navy's control of the Mediterranean.

"Somehow must be found to retake Greece, and the bears must be put in cages!" Churchill said viciously.

It's just that the old smoker's aides can't think of any way to achieve it for the time being, because judging from the situation on the Greek side, a large number of Soviet leading parties have appeared in Greece, and without their cooperation, the Soviet Union would not have taken Greece so easily.

So Aiden advised: "From the current situation, it will be very difficult to put pressure on the current provisional government of Greece or bring it back to our side. What we can do is probably reduce the damage, for example, by retaking Crete. ”

So is it easy to retake Crete? It should be said that it was not easy, at this time, although the airborne forces of the Soviet Red Army had not yet completely occupied the island, several important large cities fell into their hands. With Greece fully surrendering to the Soviet Union, soon Greece will also be able to reinforce the Red Army on the island, how to get it then? Directly with the Red Army?

This option was certainly not in Churchill's consideration, because the Soviet Union's nuclear deterrence was too terrifying at this time, and if it really started, I was afraid that London would be planted with mushrooms immediately. Knowing that it is a death and still being hard, it is stupid.

Clearly, Churchill was not stupid. So he quickly learned that it was impossible to pull a game back in Greece. Now instead of wasting energy on this impossible score, it is better to quickly open up a new scoring event and get back the score.

He hurriedly circled a few points on the map, the first of course was Japan, he felt that he had cooperated with the Americans on the Japanese issue, and he could gain a little, of course, this little gain was not particularly big or particularly important, and in the future, only the Americans could do it if they personally went to the first island chain to contain the Soviet Union. So Churchill focused on drawing a few circles on the second point, which is called Singapore.

Taking control of Singapore gives control of the all-important Malacca waterway, which was an important naval base of the British Empire in the Far East before World War II, and is still strategically important in the context of future confrontation with the Soviet Union!

The third thing that Churchill focused on was the Suez Canal, the significance of which is needless to say, and if you want to control this vital canal, you must control Egypt. For the sake of the British Empire in Egypt, it has been difficult for many years, and I am afraid that it will have to strengthen its rule in the future.

The fourth location is called the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Royal Navy also has a military base, and it is the gateway to the Atlantic Ocean from the Mediterranean Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea is a dead sea. Especially considering that the Suez Canal is still in the hands of the British, and the British hold these two points in their hands and will be imprisoned in the Mediterranean Sea in minutes.

Churchill believed that as long as these key points could be controlled in the future, there was still hope for the empire. If relations between Britain and the United States can be deepened, it is not impossible to build another alliance to trap the Soviet Union. Thinking of this, the old smoker's mood was not so bad. He was going to think carefully about how to achieve these goals.

While Churchill was making long-term plans, Li Xiaofeng was not idle, and his long-term plans were also underway. A breakthrough in Greece is indeed good news, but it does not mean victory, or even that the Red Navy has really broken free from the shackles of the Black Sea straits and has unhindered access to the Mediterranean. The success achieved in Greece can be regarded as one step at best, and if you want to take the other step, you have to look at the layout of Turkey.

It is Li Xiaofeng's established policy to get rid of Turkey and completely drive the Turks out of the strait. Before, because Britain and the United States were firmly eyeing Turkey, he was really not easy to start, but now, the British and American ground forces are trapped in Western Europe, and all the sea forces have turned to Japan to seize Japan, which gives the Soviet Union an opportunity.

In accordance with the government. Under the instructions of the ruling bureau, the newly formed armies of the Red Army neither moved to the Far East nor went to the German enclosures, but all hoarded around Turkey, and the Black Sea Fleet was mobilized. When the time comes, Turkey can be stabbed immediately.

So when is the time right? It depended on the following: first, the progress of the war against Germany, second, the direction of attention of the Anglo-Americans, and thirdly, a suitable pretext for intervention.

For the current Soviet Union, the first two points have been reached, and the latter point is a bit of a problem. To fight Turkey, you must be famous, Li Xiaofeng has used excuses such as Turkey's violation of neutrality before, but because the evidence is not sufficient, the effect is not very good. Only let him knock off a little bit of the benefit of the fur.

There must be a reason that is acceptable to the whole world if Turkey is to be aggressive, and that reason must be justified enough. Thinking of this, Li Xiaofeng remembered Abel, who was arranged in Germany before. The spy escaped to Switzerland with Himmler's daughter Gudrun, of course, Himmler's wealth was intercepted by the signal flag, and if Abel hadn't "fought his way out" to take Gudron out, the little Nazi princess would have spent the rest of her life in a prisoner of war camp.

After these two fled to Switzerland, it was Abel who helped to make Gudron settle down a little, don't look at the previous Gudron was very mature, but to put it bluntly, she is still just a little girl, and she will still collapse in a desperate situation. Now Abel is not completely trusted by Gudlong, but at least the little princess is a little inseparable from him. Of course, this is still far from taking the account and password, and Abel has to continue to work hard. But Abel, who broke into the upper echelons of the Nazis in exile in Germany, could do more.

For example, according to Gudron's instructions, he was responsible for arranging the escape routes of the Nazi remnants, because Switzerland was no longer safe!

The Soviet Union put tremendous diplomatic pressure on Switzerland, ordering Switzerland to take sides, almost pointing its nose, either to side with the Allies and hand over all the fleeing Nazis and Nazi property hidden in Switzerland, or to die.

Before April 1945, the Swiss did not take the Soviet warnings very seriously, but when the Soviets dropped several atomic bombs, the Swiss began to get nervous. Although they still did not "give in" to the Soviet Union, they also secretly warned the Nazis to find a way out in advance, because they really didn't know how long they could carry it. So the Nazi escape from Switzerland was put on the agenda, and Abel was involved in the whole project.

"We don't have a lot of options left, either flee to South America via Sweden or temporarily flee to Turkey and then make the next move."

In response to Abel's suggestion, many Nazis tended to go to Sweden at first, because Sweden had a better relationship with the Nazis and had more friends there, so as long as they could get to Sweden, the next step would be better. The Nazis were not very interested in going to Turkey, first of all, Turkey's relations with Germany in the war were neither close nor far away, which was a typical wall-to-wall grass. When the Axis powers have the upper hand, they will kneel and lick, and now that the Allies have the absolute upper hand, it is estimated that Turkey will change its door again. So there are really not many guarantees when going to Turkey.

Abel had been instructed to guide the Nazis to Turkey as much as possible, but now the Nazis do not want to go to Turkey, which seems a bit difficult to do. But Abel was not in a hurry, but chose to inform his family of the Nazis' movements, and reported the specific route of the first batch of Nazis who fled to Sweden.

So when this group of Nazis took off from Switzerland and prepared to take refuge in Sweden, they were intercepted directly over Germany. The Soviet Union made a forced landing on a Swiss airliner and pulled out the Nazis who used fake passports on board one by one. It is clear that the Soviet Air Force has imposed a tight blockade on Switzerland, and if you want to go to Sweden, first ask the Red Army pilots if they agree or not!

When the first Nazis flew directly into the Soviet prisoner of war camps, the remaining Nazis who were still in Switzerland began to panic, especially after Greece was occupied by the Red Army, and they seemed to have been trapped in Switzerland.

At the critical moment, Abel stood up again, personally flew to Turkey first, and told the Nazis with practical actions that only by going to Turkey can they survive. Soon hordes of Nazi remnants set foot on Turkish soil with Abel's encouragement. Soon they found out that Turkey, it seems, is not so bad either?

Of course, we know that this is Li Xiaofeng's strategy, and he just hopes that these Nazi aspirants will go to Turkey, so that it will be convenient to detain Turkey in the future. So he specifically explained to the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs: "Don't provoke Turkey in the near future, just pretend that you don't see the remnants of the Nazis." ”

Yes, Li Xiaofeng still needs to wait, because the weight of these Nazi remnants is not enough at present, and he needs more weight Nazis to use the knife against Turkey. During this period, he did not forget the movements of Britain and the United States: "They have not yet reached an agreement with the Japanese? ”

To tell the truth, Li Xiaofeng doesn't want to spit out the ability of Britain and the United States to act, Japan is obviously meat on the chopping block, and it can't be done, and it's a shame to say it.

Yakov replied: "This time it was Hirohito who got stuck, and he hoped for a more decent result for him." ”

Hirohito hoped that the allies would save him more face and package "unconditional surrender" as "peaceful suspension of fighting". In the eyes of the acting president, the United States has been lenient enough with Japan, and Japan should honestly accept the reality instead of continuing to pick and choose.

In the end, under the strong pressure of Truman, Hirohito had to accept the reality and no longer pursue any "peace end". For example, Article 9 of the agreement promised by Britain and the United States stipulates: "After the Japanese army is completely disarmed, it will be allowed to return to its homeland and have the opportunity to live in peace, production and life"; Article 11 stipulates that "Japan shall be permitted to maintain such industries as are necessary for its economy and for which it can pay compensation for goods, but it shall be able to obtain raw materials, as opposed to the control of raw materials, and Japan's eventual participation in international trade relations shall be permitted". Britain and the United States finally undertook that "the Allied occupation forces shall withdraw when the above aims have been achieved and a government inclined to peace and responsibility has been formed in accordance with the freely expressed will of the Japanese people." ”

To put it bluntly, the Japanese wanted to achieve an attempt: that is, the Japanese army surrendered unconditionally after defeat, but the Japanese government did not surrender unconditionally. Of course, if you dig deeper, this Nima is a fig leaf, that is, a little better on the face.

When Japan agreed to these conditions, Truman and Churchill were really relieved, and the next step was to see the implementation of the issue, according to the tripartite agreement, the Japanese army fighting with Britain and the United States would soon lay down its arms to the British and American allies, and then open the country to welcome the British and American uncle.

Soon the Chinese Expeditionary Force, which was fighting with the Japanese army, discovered that something was wrong, and the Americans ordered them to stop pursuing the Japanese army and rest on the spot, and only half a month ago, the expeditionary force was also asked to pursue quickly and not let go of a Japanese devil. This sudden change was inexplicable to the officers and men of the expeditionary force. Of course, there was some speculation among well-informed senior generals - such as the imminent surrender of Japan.

It is true that Japan will surrender soon, but only to Britain and the United States, and in order to occupy Japan before the Soviet Union, Britain and the United States have specifically demanded that Japan must continue to fight against the Soviet Union and against China, so as to maintain the illusion and buy time.

There may be comrades who do not understand, but it is understandable and normal for the Japanese to continue to fight against the Soviet Union. But it is completely possible to let the devil surrender to Huaxia, what is the impact of this?

The British and Americans were quite thoughtful, they believed that once the devils surrendered to China, the Soviet Union would immediately find out the clues, so in order to safeguard the interests of Britain and the United States, it was necessary to let the devils continue to fight against China. Moreover, in the eyes of Britain and the United States, the army was too shrunk before the scraping army, the main forces were nested in the southwest and northwest, and what North China and East China were all **** worlds, once the devils surrendered, then these rich areas would be occupied by **** immediately. This is absolutely not in the interests of Britain and the United States, and it is natural to stop it.

As a result, there was a strange scene on the battlefield, the devils in the Ryukyus raised their hands and surrendered, while the devils in the Northeast and East China Jianghuai regions fought to the death. It seems that overnight the devils have become two completely different genera.

"When are the Yankees going to land?" Li Xiaofeng asked.

Yakov replied: "It must be that in the last three days, reconnaissance has shown that their fleet is finally assembling, and the battle for the Ryukyus is basically over!" ”

"Well," Li Xiaofeng nodded and said with a smile: "It's time to puncture all this." Otherwise, it would be too happy for the Americans and the British. ”

A day later, the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the USSR sent an official note to the American and British ambassadors to the Soviet Union, asking whether Britain and the United States had secretly negotiated with Japan and reached an agreement. At first, the ambassadors of the two countries denied it with all their might, and bit back that it was slanderous, but when the Soviet side produced aerial reconnaissance photographs showing a huge British and American fleet heading for Tonkin Bay under the guidance of Japanese warships, they demanded that Britain and the United States immediately give an explanation for this.

This did catch Truman and Churchill a little off guard, but it seemed to them that the landing operation had already begun, and in twenty hours the British and Americans would have landed in Japan, at which point the Soviets would not be able to do anything even if they found out.

So at this time, Truman and Churchill took out the agreement they had reached with Japan and threw it to the Soviet Union, asking the Soviet Union to sign the agreement. In their words: "Britain and the United States have forced Japan to surrender unconditionally!" In order to achieve the effect of cutting first and then playing, the two countries directly announced to the whole world: "Japan has surrendered!" ”

At the same time, Emperor Hirohito also made a speech of so-called unconditional surrender at the request of Britain and the United States, and it seemed that overnight, Japan surrendered before Germany. Peace-loving people from all over the world cheered.

However, as soon as this cheering ended, the Soviet Union issued a new declaration: it would not accept the "conditional" surrender agreement secretly negotiated between Britain and the United States and Japan, the Japanese emperor must step down, and the fascist Japanese government must be dissolved. If these conditions are not met, the USSR will fight against Japan to the end!

At this time, the whole world wondered, the hidden contradictions between the three giants before broke out openly, and at this time, the people who ate melons found that the allies were not monolithic, and the intrigue within the allies was already so intense.

However, the surprise of the melon-eating masses is irrelevant to the politicians, Truman and Churchill did not take the declaration of the Soviet government very seriously, and if the Soviet Union did not accept it, then it would be better not to accept it, and it just so happened that they were also happy to let the Japanese consume a little more Soviet strength. Anyway, Lao Tzu is already taking over Japan in great strides, what can you do? Is it possible to really turn the other cheek? At that time, world public opinion didn't spray you to death.

Truman and Churchill thought they were at ease, but they soon found out that they were wrong, because the Soviets still had a way to make them miserable. Soon the Soviet government once again announced: "Japan will be launched with nuclear strikes on all fronts, and if necessary, the complete destruction of this evil country." "Even, the Soviet Union gave the target of the next strike - Tokyo Bay! In Soviet parlance, there were a large number of Japanese warships in the Gulf of Tonkin, which had to be destroyed.

At this time, Truman and Churchill could not sit still, because Tokyo Bay was the position where Britain and the United States were preparing to go ashore, and it is conceivable that this was not the Soviet Union threatening Japan, but the Soviet Union directly threatening to solve their landing fleet, which was Chiguo's warning!

Truman immediately sent a note to the Soviet ambassador and asked the Soviet Union not to go its own way and not to go against the resolutions of the Allied bloc. However, the Soviet Union did not accept this at all, but sprayed Truman in the face: "Your country and Japan have completely violated the agreement reached by the two countries in Cairo and seriously damaged the interests of the Soviet Union. If the US government does not pull back from the precipice, the USSR will retain the fundamental right to defend national interests. A devastating blow will be delivered to Japan! ”

Truman can't gamble on this, because in the face of the nuclear deterrence of the Soviet Union, who would dare to bet. With the madness of a polar bear, people really throw nuclear bombs regardless of it, what can you do with him? Whoever left you without a nuclear bomb, without a nuclear bomb you can only be threatened.

On the one hand, Truman, who was half angry, ordered the relevant scientists of the Manhattan Project to hurry up the production of more nuclear weapons in order to get rid of the current situation, and on the other hand, he had to urgently call for the suspension of the fleet. If the original plan continues, then the Third World War will really start immediately.

The Americans are good and the British can stop, anyway, it will not affect their roots. But the Japanese really did not want to stop, first of all, the emperor had already announced his surrender, and the whole country was in mourning, and secondly, the Ryukyu side had also given up, waiting for the Americans to fulfill their promise. At this time, it was suddenly announced that the previous agreement did not count, and it was fought again, who could stand this Nima?

In particular, the so-called "peace faction" led by Kantaro Suzuki was really under tremendous pressure from top to bottom, and the main battle faction, which was originally full of anger, began to counterattack frantically, and even shouted the slogan of fighting to the end on the side of the Qing monarch. Hirohito couldn't help but doubt the loyalty of Suzuki Kantaro and other "pacifists", and strongly demanded that these guys give reasonable explanations.

However, death will not solve any problems, and how to satisfy the Soviet Union is the key question that the Japanese, the United States, and the British need to consider. So Churchill flew urgently to Moscow, ready to speak to Trotsky personally on the subject.

"Wouldn't it be better to end the war sooner?" As soon as Churchill came up, he was ready to fool around, and was ready to package the private actions of Britain and the United States as a good conscience for the allies, "Doesn't the Chinese side accept this agreement, end the war earlier, resume production as soon as possible, and be good for everyone." There is no need for the Soviet government to create obstacles at this time! What's more, those conditions are not particularly big concessions, just a formality! ”

However, Trotsky did not accept this, and immediately pointed out solemnly: "This is the most basic question of trust, and your country and the United States are playing tricks behind the scenes behind the back of the Soviet Union, and you still say that this is for the good of the Soviet Union?" Is it really a fool to take the Soviet government and the Soviet people? The Soviet government would never accept such an insult! Secondly, as the so-called name is not justified, the preservation of the emperor and the Japanese government is the greatest offense to the soldiers and people who died in this war, and the sinners must be punished! There's no price to be paid for. Without eradicating the emperor and the Japanese fascist government, how can we talk about completely eliminating fascism? You are not working for the welfare of the people of the world, but you are appeasing the traitors and letting the tigers return to the mountains! (To be continued.) )