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"No, on the contrary, I support this proposal. Apart from making peace with China, there is no possibility." Berzin's answer was unexpected.

"Oh, tell me your reason." Stalin looked at the minister of intelligence with interest.Berzin took out a summary of intelligence from his briefcase and placed it in front of Stalin.He said: "This is information about the cooperation between Poland and Germany. Compared with the cooperation between China and Germany, Germany has no sincerity for the cooperation between Poland and Germany. All the weapons provided to Poland are outdated, and the heavy industry projects aided by Poland are progressing slowly. And Poland also doesn't trust Germany. They have been quietly building a defense line on the border between Poland and Germany. In contrast, the Soviet-Poland border is loosely defended. Obviously, Poland never thought that the Soviet Union would attack them first! And during this time, Bissus Ki is seriously ill and may die soon! And no one in Poland can replace Piłsudski as the full power leader, and Poland is likely to fall into a struggle for power." He took out another document Spread out on the table:

"This document is the top-secret information sent back by our spies in Germany. Hitler intends to annex Austria, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia before attacking the Soviet Union... and the annexation timetable will be to solve Austria in 1936, 1937 In the first half of 1937, the Czech Republic was resolved, and the three Baltic countries were resolved from the end of 1938 to the beginning of [-]. That is to say, we can suddenly attack Poland while Germany is solving the three Baltic countries! I think it is very likely that Germany will sit idly by while we attack Poland...

Of course, after Poland is defeated by us, Germany will definitely send troops to help the Polish reactionaries in exile in Germany to counterattack, so as to help them regain control of the Polish regime and act as a puppet of Germany.This is the most beneficial thing for Germany, because after helping the Polish reactionaries to restore their country, the Germans can take the rewards as a matter of course, and put Danzesk into Germany. At the same time, a Poland completely controlled by Germany will not share with Germany. Territory seized by the Soviet Union. "

"What good will that do us?" Stalin asked after thinking for a moment.

"There are great benefits." Berzin smiled: "First of all, without Poland's 200 million troops, our pressure on the Western Front will be greatly reduced. Second, a Poland completely controlled by Germany cannot afford Containing Germany's task of maintaining the balance of Europe. Will Britain and France support Germany in defeating the Soviet Union? Will France tolerate a Germany that controls the entire Eastern and Central Europe appearing by her side? Finally, changes in the attitudes of Britain and France will directly affect the relationship between China and Japan. If Britain and France switch from supporting China, Poland and Germany to attack the Soviet Union to opposing China and Germany to attack the Soviet Union, they may support Japan’s alliance with the Soviet Union, and the pressure on our Eastern Front will be greatly eased.”

Stalin unconsciously tapped the ashtray with his pipe, and after a long silence, he said in a low voice: "Comrade Berzin, what you mean is that we first defeat Poland, and then retreat to Stalin's line of defense, hand over Poland to Germany, and This created a situation in which Germany would monopolize Central and Eastern Europe in order to win over Britain and France from the Sino-German side to the Soviet side, and even Japan to the Soviet side. Is that so?”

Berzin nodded positively.Stalin smiled and said: "Very well, Comrade Berzin's proposal is very feasible, but the Far East region still cannot give up! We will use 150 million troops to defend the Far East, 60 troops to defend Central Asia, and another 500 to Five million troops to crush Germany and Poland!"

Chapter 0696 Turning to War ([-]) Roosevelt's Wish

In this time and space, the world in 1934 was already full of gunpowder.Six militaristic countries, including China, Germany, Poland, Japan, the Soviet Union, and Italy, have begun preparing for a world war with great fanfare!One after another, large-scale heavy industry development plans were quickly drawn up and implemented with the greatest determination; huge war mobilization and military expansion plans were also formulated by their respective general staff, and they began to be implemented step by step.At the same time, the leaders of democratic countries such as Britain, the United States, and France, who do not intend to throw countless young lives into the melting pot of the world war, have also begun to make their own wishful thinking.

Relying on its hundreds of years of experience in balancing and controlling the world situation, the British Empire played a clever balancing act between Berlin, Warsaw, Wuhan, Tokyo, and Vladivostok.Dozens of British gentleman diplomats with the title of special envoy were sent by Whitehall to the capitals of various important countries in the world to meet formally or informally with those in power there.Concocted one secret agreement after another or "dividing the spoils", in short, all these secret diplomacy have only one purpose, which is to maintain the balance of all countries in the world after the evil Red Empire is eliminated, so that China, Russia, Poland Powers such as China, Germany, Japan, the United States, and France check each other, while Britain continues to play the role of world leader.

France's wishful thinking was much simpler and more direct. They began to build a line of defense on their own land that could stop all enemies—the Maginot Line of Defense.Perhaps with this expensive line of defense, no matter how alarming the changes in Europe and the world, the French Republic can be saved from being ravaged by the enemy. Any enemy who tries to invade France will shed the last drop of blood in front of the impregnable defense line!

As the most advanced industrialized country in the world, the politicians of the United States of America, which has just emerged from the Great Depression, intend to use "isolationism" and "two-ocean fleet" to protect their rich, prosperous and civilized motherland from being invaded by Europe. Or the flames of war in Asia have been affected... But unlike in history, the "isolationist" United States now has such a small burden-the Philippines!This "semi-independent country" consisting of more than 7000 islands is now a colony of the United States, but the Americans really want to kick it away!Because this colony is now sandwiched between two imperialist powers, China and Japan, both of which now have a strong desire for expansion and a powerful naval power that may defeat the US Pacific Fleet!

And even more frustrating for American politicians, how are they going to persuade the American people to send their children to the Philippines to fight?for what?To defend the American colonies?The American people don't want that territory!Or defend the independence and freedom of the Philippines?That would be even more outrageous, not to mention that the United States itself deprived the Philippines of its independence. Even the isolationist sentiment pervading the United States would not allow President Roosevelt to send American youths to the battlefield in order to defend the independence and freedom of any foreign country in the world. Yes, unless the continental United States is attacked, which is obviously impossible!

The only possibility is to invite Hu Hanmin, President of the Republic of China, and Luo Yaoguo, Chief of Staff of the Chinese National Defense Forces, to the United States to seek a peace treaty that can guarantee the suzerainty of the United States in the Philippines...

In the autumn of 1934, after Hu Hanmin and Luo Yaoguo received the invitation from the United States, they flew across the entire Pacific Ocean on a Junkers J.52 airliner and arrived in San Francisco on the west coast of the United States, and then changed trains to Washington, the capital of the United States.

Sitting on a train on the railway network between the two oceans, looking at the factory buildings, chimneys, cables, and oil wells passing by from time to time outside the window, Luo Yaoguo even felt that the industrial strength of the United States is no better than what he saw 70 years later. That America came too weak!And although my motherland is also experiencing a miracle of industrialization, compared with the United States in front of me, it still looks so poor and backward!

Really should let that defiant Hitler also come to the United States to see!Maybe this lunatic knows where the end of this world war is?Luo Yaoguo suddenly thought at this time: "If one day Hitler suddenly lost his mind and declared war on the United States, what should China do? Would it follow Hitler to go to war with the United States? Or should he abandon this lunatic and be alone? But is it possible to be alone?" Shaking his head, he came up with a negative answer in his heart.For China and Germany, an isolationist America is actually the best America!The current United States is like a lion that has only been a vegetarian since childhood. Once it tastes blood, its warlike and bloodthirsty nature will be revived immediately!And after defeating Germany or Japan, the United States will not return to isolationism!Maybe this is why Hitler would take the initiative to declare war on the United States after the Pearl Harbor incident?

Moreover, as a time traveler, Luo Yaoguo also knew that President Roosevelt really wanted the United States to participate in the World War... and the Pearl Harbor incident launched by the Japanese actually fell into the arms of the United States!Although Luo Yaoguo didn't agree with the theory of "bitter tricks", it was true to "force Japan to start a war".A "Lend-Lease Act" and an embargo against Japan have actually pushed Japan to the point of no choice but to go to war. If they did not launch the Pearl Harbor incident, what awaited them would be a war machine stalled due to lack of oil. At the same time, China could Everything from US "lease" to sustaining the war!And in this time and space, will there be an embargo against China and a "Lease Act" to help China's enemies?If so... who would be the enemy who accepted the US loan-lease supplies?Could it be Japan?

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Accompanying Hu Hanmin and Luo Yaoguo were, in addition to Wang Jingwei and other members of the visiting delegation to the United States, Shi Zhaoji, the ambassador to the United States, Biao Situ Meitang, a leader of overseas Chinese, and several members of the two houses of parliament.The delegation chartered a whole train, and the American railway company specially sent a Chinese-speaking waiter to accompany them all the way to Washington, the capital of the United States on the east coast of the United States.This is Hu Hanmin's first visit abroad after he was elected president, so it is extraordinarily high-profile. Along the way, after passing through the capitals of each state, President Hu will stop for a short time, have banquets and talks with local political and business celebrities, meet with overseas Chinese compatriots, and publicize The Rise of China and the Road to a Democratic Constitutional Government...

On the other hand, Luo Yaoguo's journey was much more low-key, he rarely showed up in public, and just buried himself in a large pile of documents and materials.As the planner of a world war and the commander-in-chief of a country's army, the work of preparing for this war naturally falls on his shoulders...

Various military officer schools have begun to expand their enrollment, and tens of thousands of young students have begun to receive various military-related training after graduating from high schools in various places.Technical arms such as the Air Force, Naval Aviation, Armored Forces, Artillery, and Engineers have also begun large-scale expansion ahead of schedule.

The Air Force will form two aviation armies and two aviation school divisions, while the naval aviation will form one aviation army, one aviation school division, and five aircraft carrier flight regiments; Each aviation division has an independent reconnaissance group under its jurisdiction, a combat aviation regiment, a bomber aviation regiment, and a heavy bomber aviation regiment, with a total of more than [-] aircraft of their own.An air force will have more than [-] combat aircraft!After the completion of the expansion, the Chinese Air Force and Naval Aviation will have a total of more than [-] combat aircraft and [-] trainer aircraft, becoming one of the most powerful air forces in the world in one fell swoop!

The armored force will also be greatly expanded, two new armored divisions will be built, and 550 independent tank battalions will also be formed!These separate tank battalions were attached to each infantry corps.The corresponding number of infantry corps will also be doubled to sixty!Add three cavalry corps, one airborne corps, fifteen independent heavy artillery brigades, ten independent engineering brigades, and a large number of various logistics units... After the expansion, the total strength of the Chinese National Defense Army will reach 600 Ten thousand to six million!It is almost as large as the book strength of the Kuomintang army in the Anti-Japanese War in the previous life, but in this time and space, the 600 million army really has no space, and it is armed to the teeth (exaggerated).

At the same time as the expansion of military power, the establishment of the highest wartime command organization - the base camp has also been put on the agenda.Relevant reports and plans were drafted by the staff of the General Staff Department before Luo Yaoguo's visit, and sent to the desk of Chief of Staff of Luo University. These reports included a lot of troop expansion plans, military school enrollment expansion plans, strategic material reserve plans, weapons and equipment The production plan, the domestic transportation line renovation plan... almost filled the office of the chief of staff, so that even on the train to Washington, he had to hurry to review it.

"President Hu is here!" With a resonant voice came the roll call.The door of Luo Yaoguo's carriage was pushed open.President Hu Hanmin walked in accompanied by Foreign Minister Wang Jingwei.Seeing Luo Yaoguo who was buried in the pile of documents, he got up to greet him.Hu Hanmin waved his hands quickly, and said with a smile: "Sit down, sit down, you're all my own, you're welcome."

Speaking of President Hu and Minister Wang, they each found a seat and sat down. Hu Hanmin glanced at the documents piled high on the table and said with a smile: "Fuwen, I didn't expect you, the chief of the general staff, to be so What a lot of business! I remember when your uncle was the chief of the prime minister's general staff, he was very leisurely."

Luo Yaoguo said with a smile: "How can this be compared? Back then we only had tens of thousands of people with guns, and the teams below all did their own thing and didn't listen to the Prime Minister's orders. Of course, the chief of staff has nothing to do. Now the national defense force will expand to more than 600 million Yes! I, the chief of the general staff, is the steward of more than 600 million people, how can I be relaxed?"

"Are there so many?" Hu Hanmin adjusted his round glasses and asked in a deep voice.He doesn't remember signing the order to expand the army to 600 million tons, so Chiang Kai-shek and Luo Yaoguo didn't make the decision without authorization, right?

"Not yet, but the preparatory work for the expansion of the army is very complicated, and everything must be planned in advance, otherwise, after these millions of people are recruited, it will be chaotic."

At this time, Luo Shun came in with tea and put it on the table.Luo Yaoguo took a sip of the teacup, and said again: "To win a war, the most important thing is not all kinds of clever calculations during the war, but the pre-war preparations, including political, economic, military and diplomatic preparations. , This time our visit to the United States is actually preparing for a world war."

Hu Hanmin nodded slightly: "The first step is to attack the military, and the second is to attack the diplomatic relationship. The same is said in the Art of War. Supplementary text, do you think the United States will support us in launching a war? The American people seem to be very war-weary?"

Luo Yaoguo chuckled: "Of course the American people don't want to fight, but their leaders are different..."

"American politicians?" Wang Jingwei shook his head and said with a smile: "As far as I know, they are a group of absolute isolationists, at least from the appearance, so I'm sure the US government will not reach any agreement with us. Similar to the understanding and cooperation of allies, so as not to be drawn into a world war by us!"

"Could it be like this?" Luo Yaoguo frowned: "Then what did Roosevelt want to talk to us about?"

"Maybe we will talk about the Philippines?" Wang Jingwei gently turned the teacup in his hand, thinking for a while: "The Philippines is a colony of the United States, and the United States has the obligation to protect it, but their domestic affairs do not want to serve the Philippines, China or Japan. Such a powerful country goes to war... I can be sure of this, so Roosevelt invited us to the United States, the most important purpose is to get our guarantee for the security of the Philippines. Fuwen, do you think we can guarantee the United States?"

"Then what if we refuse to make a guarantee?" Luo Yaoguo thought for a while before asking an unexpected question.

With a bang, the teacup in Wang Jingwei's hand hit the floor, and the tea spilled all over his pants, causing him to jump up and shout loudly: "Luo Fuwen, what are you talking about! What are you talking about! Are you going to be right? Is the United States going to war? Are you not crazy? Did you see those factories, oil fields, and mines in the United States along the way? The industrial strength of this country is beyond our comparability!"

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"Mr. President, Army Chief of Staff General MacArthur has arrived." A solemn voice sounded in the ear of President Roosevelt, who was buried in his work.

"Ask him to come in," the president ordered without looking up.

"Yes, sir." After the secretary turned and left, Franklin Roosevelt put down the report sent by Nelson Johnson, the US ambassador to China.The report above details the current domestic political situation in China.According to Jansen's report, this country, which claims to be moving towards a democratic constitutional government, is actually a centralized country with a military dictatorship!It’s just the actual dictator——Marshal Luo Yaoguo, the young Chief of Staff of the National Defense Forces, is a very moderate and open-minded person, perhaps yearning for democratic constitutionalism in his heart, so he has always been careful to put the cloak of democratic constitutionalism on Outside of his military dictatorship!Moreover, this person did not become the president himself, but promoted Hu Hanmin, a senior veteran of the Kuomintang, who had no control over the army, to the position of president.He himself hides behind the scenes and manipulates the entire country, step by step on the road of militarism and world war!

What surprised President Roosevelt was that such a skilled dictator graduated from the West Point Military Academy in the United States and was a student of MacArthur, the current Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army... Ambassador Johnson specifically mentioned this relationship in the report, He also reminded President Roosevelt that the Chinese attach great importance to the teacher-student relationship.This Marshal Luo used the relationship between teachers and students to win over a group of graduates of the Whampoa Military Academy, and based on this, he established his "dictatorship."Perhaps the United States can also exert some influence on the Chinese dictator through MacArthur, so as to obtain a guarantee that the other side respects the American suzerainty over the Philippines.

A person walked in, and there was almost no sound of footsteps on the carpeted floor, but it still woke up the great American president from his contemplation.Roosevelt looked up and saw that it was Major General MacArthur with a solemn expression on his face.

"General, please sit down." President Roosevelt pointed to a chair in front of his desk, then picked up a document and looked at it, and said again: "I want to ask you about someone, Marshal Luo Yaoguo, Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese National Defense Forces, According to the data, he was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA in June 1899. His father was a Chinese immigrant who opened a grocery store, his mother was a housewife, and an uncle was the main assistant of the Chinese revolutionist Sun Yat-sen. He was in He was admitted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 6 and graduated in 1918 with excellent academic performance. General, do you have any impression of this man?"

MacArthur sat down on the comfortable armchair and nodded slightly towards President Roosevelt: "Yes, Mr. President, I am very impressed with this man. He was the only oriental face in the military academy at that time. He and the school The white students in it get along well. His thinking seems to be Americanized, and his academic performance is also very good. But he went to China after graduating from the military school... Looking at his performance over the years, this is obviously the U.S. Army a great loss."

"Is it a loss?" Roosevelt looked at MacArthur with a smile, his head tilted to one side: "I don't think so, a U.S. Army soldier who once swore to the Stars and Stripes is now the chief of staff of millions of Chinese troops, I think There's no harm in the interests of the United States of America, is there?"

MacArthur smiled slightly, and he seemed to agree with the president's opinion, he said: "There is no harm, but, Mr. President, you should understand that he is now the leader of China, and judging by what he has done, this Ren is definitely a nationalist, perhaps in his heart there has always been only China and no America.”

Chapter 0697 turns to war ([-]) China and the United States

"Maybe he will seek a win-win situation between China and the United States?" Roosevelt's face became serious, he glanced at MacArthur sitting opposite him, and said slowly: "General, do you think that China, Germany, etc. With Poland, can they win the war quickly? And after defeating the Soviet Union, will the alliance between China and Germany come to an end?"

MacArthur's eyebrows twitched slightly, the president's question was a bit esoteric and difficult to answer.Because he, the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, has very limited resources and has no way to grasp the situation of many foreign troops.He thought for a moment, and then said: "From the situation of the last world war, it is almost impossible for China, Germany, and Poland to win the war soon... Like the Soviet Union, which has a strong military force and a vast territory, A powerful country with a large population cannot be defeated in the short term. In fact, if the Soviet Union's will to resist is not broken, this war may continue forever, just like the First World War, in which there was no Any country is completely defeated on the battlefield. What really determines the outcome of a war is the economic situation and public opinion in each country, and the Bolsheviks may have a certain advantage in this regard.”

The president nodded and added: "Diplomacy is what determines the outcome of a war. If China can get economic support from the United States, they will definitely be able to continue the war until the Bolshevik rule in the Soviet Union completely collapses! I think this is The biggest weight in our hands."

"You mean to exchange economic benefits for China's guarantee to the Philippines?"

Roosevelt did not answer MacArthur's question, but picked up Luo Yaoguo's information on the table to read: "General, go meet your student first, find out his true views on the future war, and find out what China thinks about the Soviet Union. Territorial claims, and whether China will continue its alliance with Germany after the war."

"Okay, Mr. President, as soon as the Chinese delegation arrives in Washington, I will meet him."

"Go now." Roosevelt raised his head and pondered for a moment, then smiled and stretched out his long arms to MacArthur, shaking hands with him and saying goodbye: "You know, I actually don't agree with a war to destroy the Soviet Union, not because of love This centralized country does not want two more powerful centralized countries to control Europe and Asia respectively. In that case, we, the United States, can only be an American country.”

MacArthur was taken aback. He realized some amazing ideas from Roosevelt's words. In this era when isolationism prevailed and newspapers were full of comments in favor of the "Neutrality Act", the president of the United States of America actually planned In order to let the power of the United States extend beyond the Americas.Perhaps in the president's view, this imminent world war is the best opportunity for the United States to establish world hegemony!And the military alliance between China and Germany may be the biggest obstacle for the United States to become the hegemony of the world in the future.

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"Welcome, Your Excellency Marshal. You have worked hard on the journey across the United States... You know, the United States is a country as vast as China."