"That's right, that's really the crux of the matter!" Roosevelt nodded lightly, Hull's thoughts coincided with his own, and he had already made up his mind to immediately send his henchman Hopkins to the Soviet Union to observe the situation of the Soviet army. If the Soviets really had the belief that they would defeat the Germans, as Stalin had said, then the United States would immediately come to the aid of the Germans to slow them down, and these resources would have been saved.

Arlington County, Virginia, USA. After an emergency meeting, Roosevelt hurried to the Pentagon, across the river, where he met with Sir John Greer Deere, Chief of the General Staff of the British Army. Sir Deere fought in the Anglo-Boer War and the First World War, and after the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, he went to France to fight as commander of the First Army of the British Expeditionary Force.

After returning home in April 1940 as Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff and in May as Chief of the General Staff, he came to the United States with the idea of seeking assistance and working together against the Axis allies. After several hours of confidential talks, the United States and Britain finally reached a consensus. Sir Deere shook Roosevelt's hand excitedly and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. President, for your generosity and friendship, the British Empire will never forget!" ”

After a pause, Sir Dill continued: "With this agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom, then the next thing becomes very simple. Is it wrong that the British Empire will gather men and supplies from the colonies as quickly as possible, and the United States of America will launch its war machine at full speed, and then gradually launch a counterattack against the Axis Allies? "That's right, that's right!"

Roosevelt nodded in a very affirmative tone, and then exhorted in a deep voice: "But the American war machine takes time, so we should not overstimulate the German-Italian-Japanese Axis now, but let them concentrate on dealing with the Soviet Union and China." In order to increase the attrition of the Axis Alliance, we can also give appropriate assistance to China and the Soviet Union, so that they can delay the pace of the war between Germany and Japan.

In this case, even if the German-Italian-Japanese alliance finally defeated the Soviet Union and China, its own attrition would be very serious. In less than a year, the American war machine will be fully activated, and the British Empire is ready to fight back. Sir Dill smiled and nodded: "Such an ending is naturally the best, Britain and the United States are natural alliances, and in the future they will become permanent military alliances, and the future world should be dominated by our two countries!" ”

Roosevelt nodded and smiled: "That's right, this is in the common interests of our two countries." Sir Dill then changed his tone and said, "Mr. President, I wonder if you have considered a possibility?" Roosevelt raised an eyebrow and asked, "What possibility?" Sir Diere, please speak clearly. Sir Dill replied: "I am a little concerned that the Japanese army will not send troops to the Far East but to Southeast Asia, and in that case, what will the United States do?" ”

"Truth be told, we've looked at this issue carefully! The final result was that the Japanese were far more likely to send troops to the Far East than to Southeast Asia. The Japanese are negotiating with the United States, and although their appetite is not small, as long as they are still sane, they should not declare war on Britain and the United States at the same time at this time. Roosevelt said seriously: "The bottom line of the United States is that as long as the Japanese stop their advance after occupying the Indian Peninsula and the East Indies, they will not target the Philippines and Australia."

We don't need to overstimulate them, and we can even make appropriate concessions. Then then, it is still very likely that they will turn around and go north to send troops to the Far East. After a pause, Roosevelt said in an affirmative tone: "In short, as long as the core interests of the United States are not involved, any concession can be considered." We in the United States will do our best to solve the European battlefield first, and then go back and clean up the Asian battlefield! Sir Dill nodded and smiled, "That's good! That's good! ”

As Germany's military operations continued to grow, so did the ambitions of the Japanese government. At the beginning of September 1940, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoyo Matsuoka openly put forward the slogan of the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" and greatly expanded the scope of this "circle." From the original "East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere", which included China and North Korea, it has expanded to include India**, Malaya, India, Myanmar, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and all the islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean.

At the beginning of October, the Japanese army began to invade Vietnam, entering Vietnam from Guangxi, China, and attacking the French army that was blocking the Japanese army's movement, followed by the bombardment of Haiphong city and the landing on the beach. Japan's outrageous move aroused the alarm of Britain, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill opened the Yunnan-Burma Road again despite Japan's opposition.

The arteries leading to southwest China have begun to be transfused again. On November 17, the Japanese government recognized the puppet regime of Wang Chingwei, which had been established in Wuhan in April. On the same day, the United States announced that it would provide Huaxia with a loan of $100 million and 50 new fighter planes, and also allow Americans to come to Huaxia to serve as volunteer pilots. Hopkins came back from a circle in the Soviet Union, and he told Roosevelt that we had to come to the aid of the Soviet Union, and that the Soviet army's will to fight was still extremely strong, and they were able to hold back the German army on the battlefield.

Thus, in mid-December 1940, Roosevelt and Churchill met in the Atlantic, and the two finalized a plan to aid the Soviet Union, allowing the Soviet army to hold back the German army and buy time for Britain and the United States to prepare for war. At this time, in order to continue its expansion to the south, Japan demanded to set up a base in the southern part of French India, put pressure on the Vichy government through Germany, and at the same time assumed a posture of wanting to occupy it by force, forcing it to agree to Japan's demands.

Britain, the United States, the Netherlands, and other countries regarded this situation as the first step in Japan's southern invasion, and as a warning, they froze Japan's assets and began to completely ban the export of oil and scrap iron to Japan.

Tokyo, Japan, Emperor's Palace. Chief of the Army General Staff Kamiya Miyahito, Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, War Minister Shunroku Hatata, Navy Commander Hiroko Fushimiya, Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, and Foreign Minister Yoyo Matsuoka were all present at the meeting. Hirohito's fierce gaze swept over everyone's faces, and then he said loudly: "Gentlemen, the German army has once again annihilated more than 600,000 Soviet Red Army in the Vyazma area, has occupied the periphery of Moscow, and destroyed several Soviet defense lines.

The Soviet Union was already badly wounded, it was no match for the German army at all, and if nothing else, Moscow would fall this winter, and the end of the USSR would be just around the corner! "Your Majesty, if the empire sends troops to the Far East to attack the Soviet Union from both sides at this time, it will definitely be able to hasten the demise of the Soviet Union!" Just as Hirohito was about to get into the main topic, Mitsumasa Yonechi suddenly said in a discordant voice:

"In this way, the empire can not only obtain rich oil resources, but also the heavy military groups stationed in Manchuria can also move to Southeast Asia, and bring the whole of Southeast Asia into the greater East Asia co-prosperity circle of the empire, and at the same time, the burden on the country can be greatly reduced, and there is no need to mobilize a large number of reserves to participate in the war." The controversy between going north and going south has been going on for many years, and although the mainstream consciousness has tended to go south, there are still many high-level Japanese leaders who oppose going south.

Among them were Isoroku Yamamoto, Ishihara Wanji, Konoe Fumiro, and others, who feared that a war with the world's largest industrial power, which was on the verge of economic power, would put Japan on the road of no return. As the Minister of the Navy, Mitsumasa Yonechi really had no self-confidence, and he was very worried that after the war with the United States, the Japanese Navy would suffer a catastrophe.

In this case, being the commander of the light pole is still secondary, and the crime is inevitably reduced to a prisoner is what Mitsumasa Yonechi fears the most. Mitsumasa Yonechi, who had a strong desire to survive, still strongly advocated sending troops to the Far East at this time, because only in this way would he not send troops to Southeast Asia in the short term, and the Japanese navy would not have to go to war with the powerful United States now. "Yaga! Sending troops to the Far East to flank the Soviet Union, even if the Soviet Union really perished, how much benefit would the empire gain? ”

However, Hirohito had already made up his mind to send troops to Southeast Asia, where could he hear such a murmur, and immediately reprimanded in a cold tone: "Germany is very powerful, and it is indeed a good thing to have such a strong ally at this stage, but you must remember that the empire and Germany are allies, not subordinate." There are only interests between countries that are eternal, and being an ally today does not mean that you will always be an ally in the future, so the interests of the empire must be put first whenever and wherever you are! ”

After a pause, Hirohito continued to instruct: "Once Germany annexes the Soviet Union, Germany will gain vast land, a huge population, and abundant war resources. With Germany's deep industrial heritage and science and technology, it will not be long before Germany becomes the world's number one power. At that time, it is uncertain whether Germany will continue to be allied with the Reich, and if so, do you still think it would be a good thing to help Germany destroy the Soviet Union?

Therefore, the best outcome would be for both the Soviet Union and Germany to lose, and by no means to help Germany reach the top as the number one power! Mitsumasa Minai paused with shame on his face and said, "Hai! The minister is stupid, and the minister knows that he is wrong! However, Hirohito was still angry, and said angrily: "The United States has completely banned the export of imperial oil, and has also set up a checkpoint in the waters of Malacca to prevent oil tankers from entering Japan."

Our oil reserves are only enough for 10 months, and if we can't solve the oil problem quickly, the Empire's planes, tanks, and cars will not be able to operate, and the warships will only be able to dock in the harbor, which will be an unimaginable disaster for the Empire! The United States has deceived people so much that they don't know how much gold and silver they have received from the empire over the years, but their greedy desires cannot be filled at all, and they do not pay attention to friendship at all, and they always use oil, rubber, steel, and other war resources as a threat in a vain attempt to make the Japanese Empire submit to obedience.

How long do you think about such aggrieved days, how can the dignified Japanese Empire wag its tail and beg for mercy from the Americans and let the Americans slaughter it? "The more Hirohito talked, the more angry he became, the feeling of being choked by the neck was really bad, and he tried everything he could to frantically loot wealth everywhere, but most of it fell into the pockets of the Americans! Hearing Hirohito's increasingly high-pitched voice, Mitsumasa Yonechi knew that he had stabbed a hornet's nest today, and was so frightened that he prostrated himself on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is extremely stupid, and he has disappointed Your Majesty!" ”

"Yo Xi!" Hirohito's face softened slightly, turned his head to look at Hideki Tojo and said: "Recently, the United States has been aware of the Empire's movements, not only increased sanctions, but also promulgated and formulated the Lend-Lease Act, which is obviously a warning and defense against the Empire!" Therefore, mobilization for domestic war must be loose on the outside and tight on the inside, not too obvious, and just follow the implementation steps of the routine drills of previous years. "Hello."

Hideki Tojo paused, "Please rest assured that Your Majesty the Emperor is in control." "Yo Si!" Hirohito nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Matsuoka Yoyo and said: "Don't stop the negotiations with the United States, and send higher-level officials to talk seriously with the Americans!"

We must convince the Americans that the empire has enough sincerity, that the empire's goal is the USSR and not in Southeast Asia, that the empire does not now have enough strength and courage to go to war with Britain and the United States, and that the empire simply cannot do without their oil and steel! At the same time, it was clearly told to the Soviet Union that the empire had no and no plans to send troops to the Far East in the future, so that the Soviet Union could safely withdraw the Far East defenders to fight the Germans to the death. ”

"Hello! The minister must live up to his mission! Matsuoka shook his head.

Shandong Zhucheng County Huaxing Aircraft Factory. After a month of all-out construction, production and commissioning, Huaxing Aircraft Factory can finally be officially put into operation. And the two American experts, naturally, retired at this moment, and casually found an excuse to leave Shandong. Today, the Dongxing Aircraft Factory was officially put into operation, and as the highest official here, Jiang Qiang naturally had to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Out of secrecy requirements, there were no other newspaper reporters at today's ribbon-cutting ceremony, except for the military newspaper reporters, and the guests attending the ceremony were all important party, government, and military officials within the system.

After a set of solemn and enthusiastic processes, it was already nine o'clock in the morning, Jiang Qiang did not leave the venue directly, but visited the aircraft factory with great interest, accompanied by Mao Weifeng, the director of the factory, Wang Yongchen, the chief engineer, and others. The Huaxing Aircraft Factory covers an area of 30 square kilometers, with two infantry regiments on the perimeter and the internal defense of the factory and the gendarmerie in joint responsibility.

In addition to the necessary building facilities such as administrative office buildings, R&D laboratories, production workshops, warehouses, dormitory buildings, canteens, bathhouses, cinemas, sports fields, swimming pools, gymnasiums, supermarkets and other supporting facilities. It took more than an hour to take a turn casually, and then taking advantage of the interest, Yang Fan temporarily held a senior management meeting of the manufacturing plant, emphasizing important matters such as confidentiality system, safety production, quality management, and personnel management.

"Alright, that's all for today!" After another hour of talking, Jiang Qiang ended the meeting, and finally instructed the factory director Mao Weifeng and chief engineer Wang Yongchen: "The current world situation is becoming more and more severe, and the Japanese devils will soon make big moves, whether they send troops to the Far East to attack the Soviet Union or desperately attack Southeast Asia, it will only be mixed for us."

Because if the Soviet Union is destroyed and Japan and Germany are united, China will face an unprecedented existential crisis, and if the devil sweeps Southeast Asia, it will obtain rich war resources. Therefore, the responsibility of the aircraft factory is no less than that of the officers and soldiers on the front line, and it must be efficient and high-energy at all times, as long as you build one more fighter, it means that the air force will grow stronger! Mao Weifeng and Wang Yongchen hurriedly stood up and nodded at Yang Fan and said, "Please rest assured, we will do our best to ensure the full and efficient operation of the manufacturing plant and contribute all our strength to the Anti-Japanese War and national independence and liberation." ”

"Good!" Jiang Qiang nodded and said to Wang Yongchen: "You are a top student at MIT, I hope that in addition to solving the daily engineering problems of the aircraft factory, you can also spare some energy for innovation and the development of new models." Although the current aircraft production line is considered to be the first-class level in the world, the aircraft industry is never-ending, and it is easy for us to be left behind by others if we do not progress.

Although our industrial manufacturing foundation is very weak, not as good as the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan and other industrial powers, but we have a large number of outstanding professionals and extremely superior hardware conditions. At the same time, I will do my best to collect all kinds of advanced technology information for you and create superior R&D test conditions for you! Therefore, I have reason to believe that everyone will work together and not be afraid of difficulties, and will eventually form a strong R&D team and develop an advanced aircraft that is ahead of the world! ”

"I will do my best and die, and I will never dare to live up to the high hopes and cultivation of the general seat!" Wang Yongchen listened enthusiastically, two years ago he was just a poor student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, and later moved his family to Zhaoyuan at the invitation of Meng Wuan.

When he arrived in Zhaoyuan, Wang Yongchen found that the poor and backward Chinese country in his impression still had such a magical land, and the modern urban weather from the outside was not much worse than that of the United States. Later, when Wang Yongchen came into contact with advanced books and instruments that were not even available in the United States, he was even more shocked, and the only trace of pride in his heart was completely wiped out.

After two years of painstaking research and work practice, Wang Yongchen has now been reborn, and he is no longer the self-conscious college student two years ago, but has become a mature, stable, and skilled chief engineer. At the same time, there are a large number of young talents who have similar experiences with Wang Yongchen are under Yang Fan's command, and after careful cultivation and training, they have grown into technical backbones and management backbones, and have been enriched into all walks of life!

"Okay, I won't delay everyone's time, why should I go!" After finishing the business, Yang Fan didn't stay long, and flew back to Gaomi by helicopter. "Report to the general seat, there is urgent information from the United States!"

As soon as Jiang Qiang stepped off the helicopter, Yuko Kitajima took a telegram and trotted to Jiang Qiang's side. Jiang Qiang glanced at the little wife who had regained her beautiful figure again with a smile, and asked with a smile, "What's the situation?" What a hurry! ”

Yuko Kitajima hurriedly replied: "Japanese Foreign Minister Yoyo Matsuoka arrived in Washington, D.C., today, and held negotiations with US President Roosevelt for three hours!" At present, the content of the negotiations between the two sides is unknown, and Meng Wuan is sending people to spy on intelligence! However, Meng Wuan also mentioned, "

Because Jiang Qiang had instructed that the information from the United States could only be personally mastered and translated by Yuko Kitajima, so she could only send the information in person. "Oh?" Jiang Qiang stretched out his hand to take the message and looked down, shook his head with a smile for a minute, and said: "The Japanese devil is playing the Ming Xiu Plank Road Dark Chen Cang, it seems that the Yankees are going to be cheated by the devil!" ”

On the surface, this information is indeed very similar to the little devil who was afraid of the sanctions and warnings of the United States, and urgently sent the foreign minister to negotiate in person, but Jiang Qiang was relieved. Because in the original history, this is how the Japanese confused the Americans, and because the Japanese ambassador to the United States submitted a declaration of war a few hours late, it really hammered Japan's despicable sneak attack! Jiang Qiang asked a little puzzled: "General seat, do you mean that the Japanese will soon send troops to Southeast Asia, or even attack Luzon Island, which is garrisoned by the United States?" ”

"That's right, according to my judgment, it is a foregone conclusion that the Japanese army will send troops to Southeast Asia, and it will not take more than half a month." Jiang Qiang nodded, and then explained with a smile: "After the German army advanced to the outskirts of Moscow, although it annihilated more than 600,000 Soviet troops again, the cold season made it difficult for Germany to attack, and now it has formed a stalemate.

The Soviet Union had no time to look eastward, and although the United States and Britain ostensibly claimed to provide assistance to the Soviet Union, there was no reality at present! So this time is the best time for Japan to send troops to Southeast Asia! "The historical trajectory has shifted, and Jiang Qiang can no longer clearly know the time of Japan's operation, but he can still smell the smell keenly.

"Ah, is this day really coming? But it's good that little Japan didn't attack the Soviet Union, otherwise we would really be having a hard time! Yuko Kitajima sighed lightly, I heard Jiang Qiang mention these things when I was chatting a long time ago, and it always felt very distant at that time, but now everything has gradually become a reality. After a pause, Kitajima Yuko then asked, "Then what do we need to do?" Do you want to give a wake-up call to the Nationalist Government, or let the Americans be on guard? ”

Yuko Kitajima said this not because he was worried about the country and the world, but because he was afraid that the devil would go too well, not only did he not suffer serious consumption because of the expansion of the scale of the war, but he quickly swelled up the war dividends. "No, let's just wait and see what happens, just do our own thing! It's better to ask for others than for yourself, let's not rely too much on external forces! Jiang Qiang shook his head, the butterfly effect has changed the trajectory of history, the world in front of him is no longer the world he is familiar with, it is really not appropriate to interfere indiscriminately at this time, otherwise the ghost knows what chain reaction will happen!

Yuko Kitajima nodded and said, "I understand!" Jiang Qiang then said: "By the way, how is the evacuation of overseas Chinese in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia going?" Especially in Singapore, it is important to let those patriotic overseas Chinese evacuate to Burma and the United States, so that they can dispel their worries, and everything will be taken care of after arriving in the United States.

Anyway, don't stay where you are, because in less than half a year, most of Southeast Asia will fall, and no area can avoid it. Among other things, after the Japanese occupation of Singapore, they systematically targeted the local Chinese ethnic cleansing, causing the inhumane Singapore Massacre. Jiang Qiang didn't want these patriotic overseas Chinese who had made great efforts to resist the war of resistance to die tragically under the butcher's knife of the Japanese!

At the same time, Jiang Qiang hopes that after the end of World War II, these overseas Chinese can return to Singapore to complete the war of liberation and independence against Singapore, and make Singapore an overseas enclave in China! Kitajima Yuko replied: "Half a month ago, we started work according to your instructions, the evacuation work is underway, there should be no problem, we sent the special service team so early, plus we have our own international ship." ”

Jiang Qiang's tone sank and said: "Tell our people to salute first and then soldier, if they are unwilling to go, then use coercive means, anyway, the people on the list must be brought to the United States for me." "As the saying goes, breaking a family is worth a lot, and most of those overseas Chinese have already taken root in the local area, and they really can't just leave if they want to, especially when they are still holding on to luck.