If we want to solve the problem of more than 200,000 US and Filipino soldiers withdrawing eastward to Australia on Luzon Island, if we want to solve the problem of weaponry, equipment, and logistical supply for reinforcing Australian soldiers, give the British royal family and government a place of exile, and give the Americans a bridgehead for their future counterattack in the southwest Pacific region, Tang Qiuli, vice chairman of the Military Commission of the Republic of China, is an unavoidable mountain, and only this No. 2 person in China can solve these most critical problems.

Roosevelt and Churchill, neither of them spoke again, and the room fell into silence again, yes, it is very difficult to ask for help from that Chinese, and in terms of the Chinese's consistent expression and practice, dealing with him, you must be mentally prepared to be slaughtered.

But whenever there is a little possibility, Prime Minister Churchill will not open his mouth to the Chinese who he hates in his heart, and calculate how much profit that greedy and cunning Chinese has taken from the British Empire, the entire Indochina Peninsula, most of India, and East Pakistan, watching the Chinese cut off the overseas territories of the British Empire piece by piece, but he himself is powerless, and every time he thinks of this, Prime Minister Churchill has a hidden pain that cannot be looked back.

Can't you escape the fate of dealing with that devilish Chinese? At this time, Prime Minister Churchill actually felt a little disheartened.

The silent President Roosevelt, deep down, is no better than Prime Minister Churchill, but he thinks deeper, since the outbreak of the Pacific War, that Chinese has a strong strength, but obviously adopts an attitude of watching the fire from across the strait, if at the beginning of the war, Tang Qiuli will make a decisive move, the war situation in the southwest Pacific will definitely not be like today. To the United States and its detriment.

Of course, President Roosevelt also knew in his heart that the reason for this situation was the attitude of the United States towards Tang Qiuli, and more importantly, the US military chief in the southwest Pacific region, MacArthur's actions, completely angered this Chinese, and from the heart, President Roosevelt. I don't agree with some of MacArthur's practices, not to mention that MacArthur is a master who doesn't get into trouble for a day, but he feels uncomfortable!

Despite the fact that MacArthur was very troubled. President Roosevelt also had no intention of removing the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Pacific Theater, after all. MacArthur was working hard for the good of the United States. From the perspective of US national interests, in the southwest Pacific region, there is absolutely no room for forces that threaten US interests, whether they are Japanese or Tang Qiuli.

MacArthur, whether he used upright or despicable and dirty means, united with the Japanese to suppress Tang Qiuli. Or using Tang Qiuli to weaken the strength of the Japanese, all of which was based on the highest goal of the national interest of the United States, so President Roosevelt could tolerate MacArthur's misdeeds in the Southwest Pacific. Although this guy has caused a lot of trouble for himself.

With the ability of that Chinese Tang Qiuli to show in many diplomatic and international affairs, he will definitely see this, did not expect Tang Qiuli to have a good impression of the Americans, if there is no crazy Japanese, maybe the enemy of the United States will be Chinese, but now, he wants to open his mouth to beg him, for this, what price will the United States pay?

President Roosevelt could not judge for the time being, but the importance of Australia to the United States should not allow himself to hesitate any longer, do not expect that Chinese to provide selfless help, between countries, only interests, in exchange for their own same, only hope that the conditions put forward by the Chinese, do not let themselves be unacceptable!

Prime Minister Churchill's heart was much more anxious than that of President Roosevelt, Australia's importance to Britain has never been so evident as it is now, Australia falling into the hands of the Japanese, for everyone, it is not a fatal blow, a big deal, the Americans can close their doors, stick to their homeland, with the current national strength of the Japanese, they do not dare to rashly enter the United States.

But Australia is completely different for Britain, the fall of the mainland is imminent, that madman Hitler, obviously has the determination not to take down the British Isles, never stop, if Australia falls to the Japanese, you let the British royal family and government in exile, settle there? Perhaps, Britain will really be wiped out!

No one wanted to break through this embarrassing topic first, but Churchill could not wait, and he said: "Your Excellency, I have a proposal, in the name of the US government and the British government, to jointly put pressure on the Chairman Chiang of the Republic of China, and force Tang Qiuli to fulfill his obligations as an ally, first ask him to cover the withdrawal of your troops on Luzon, and then discuss other issues in depth. ”

"In this way, we can avoid dealing directly with Tang Qiuli, and it will also save a lot of trouble, as far as I know, your country's influence in the Republic of China is far greater than that of the United Kingdom, you have made a request to Chairman Chiang, he should not be able to refuse, right?"

President Roosevelt could only smile bitterly and muttered to himself in his heart: "This John Bull, who is full of pragmatism, still intends to push the United States to the forefront, but he does not understand the internal affairs of that ancient Oriental country, and Churchill has been beaten by Hitler and is exhausted to deal with domestic affairs, how can he still have the energy to pay attention to China!" ”

Therefore, President Roosevelt had to patiently explain: "Your Excellency, do you know that the internal organs of power in the Republic of China have undergone fundamental changes, that the nominal head of state, Chairman Chiang, has lost the ability to control state power, and his army only controls Chongqing and Sichuan in the southwest of China. ”

"There is an idiom in China, which can best describe this phenomenon, calling the Son of Heaven to order the princes, we can join forces to put pressure on the national government, but in the end, it is Tang Qiuli who solves the problem, my commander of the Southwest Pacific Theater, General MacArthur, has tried many times, and in the end, I have to deal with Tang Qiuli!"

Churchill's fat body writhed a few times in the chair uneasily, and said: "Your Excellency, this means that we have to deal with Tang Qiuli!" ”

President Roosevelt smiled helplessly and replied, "Yes, it must be so, we have no choice!" ”

"Let's get started, we can't afford to delay!" Prime Minister Churchill sighed deeply and said, anyone can deduce the helplessness in his heart.

On 27 August, US Ambassador to China Tollman and British Ambassador to China Sicordias respectively received letters of appointment personally signed by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, appointing them as special envoys of the governments of the United States of America and the British Empire, responsible for negotiating with Tang Qiuli on matters related to escorting the US and Philippine troops evacuating Luzon and providing weapons, equipment, and logistical supplies for the reinforcement of Australian troops in the West Indies.

Along with the letter of appointment, there was also a private telegram from President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill to the two, in which the two heads of state gave Taolman and Sicordias full power and the bottom line of negotiation, that is, as long as the two envoys did not sell Washington and London to the Chinese, anything could be discussed, except, of course, overseas territorial claims.

After receiving the telegram, Ambassador Sicordias did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly drove to the US Embassy to discuss countermeasures with US Ambassador Towerman, and in Prime Minister Churchill's telegram, there was such a special request, the negotiations with Tang Qiuli were completely dominated by the Americans, and the British Empire only needed to do a good job of cooperating. ”

Prime Minister Churchill believes that Ambassador Sicordias, who is well versed in Chinese culture, will understand this, and his good intentions can be seen, in fact, this is Churchill's smart move, with Britain's current national strength and the dangers it faces, it is not qualified to compete with the United States for the boss, nor can it bear the responsibility of the boss, and fight for it, is it not to let the greedy and cunning Chinese Tang Qiuli take advantage?

As soon as the two freshly baked envoys met, it can be said that they were tear-to-tear and frowning, both of them are old fritters who have been mixed in China for many years, how can they not know those doorways within the government of the Republic of China, and they know a lot about the vice chairman of the NPC Tang Qiuli who opened up territory overseas, and when they think of dealing with Tang Qiuli, moreover, they still have the important task of persuading Tang Qiuli to send troops for the United States and the British Empire, and their hearts tremble.

It sounds good, in the world, the ambassadors and envoys of the two number one powers, on the three-third of an acre in Chongqing, all they see are smiling faces, not to mention fear and flattery, and deliberate flattery, those high-ranking officials of the national government can be proud of their relationship with themselves, and they have a lot of face, but when they arrived at Tang Qiuli's control area, the two of them still have self-knowledge, I'm afraid they are not even a fart.

In particular, the British ambassador to China, Sikodias, remembered that Tang Qiuli was in the Hukang River Valley in northern Myanmar and in the East Indies, and the fierce force that fought against the British Imperial army was fierce, and the back of his head was straight to the cool breeze, that Chinese, but he did not buy the Western powers, hard-line nationalists, fortunately, this time the Americans took the lead, and his psychological pressure was a little smaller!

In accordance with international diplomatic practice, the two special envoys drove to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China Shi Government and submitted a request to negotiate with Tang Qiuli.

The two great powers are directly negotiating with Vice Chairman Tang, so what will be the status of the Chongqing National Government, something big will happen!

The Foreign Ministry officials who were doing the work found an excuse to sneak out and rushed to the Foreign Minister's office.

(To be continued) (To be continued.) )