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Stilwell shook his head, nodded again, and finally sighed. "I don't know, I don't know. There are too many variables in this. The Soviet Union has actually been defeated. It should be a wise move for Stalin to cede territory in exchange for an armistice between China and Germany...but at the same time he put himself in the Now Anastasia can publicly accuse him of betraying the interests of the Russian nation! Although the woman also made the same promise to Hitler and Luo Yaoguo, it was kept secret after all, unlike the "Wuhan Treaty" It was made public in black and white like the "Treaty of Zurich". If there is anything wrong with Stalin's move, it is in this aspect! If he can persuade the Bolshevik Party and the Soviet people to continue to support him, there should be a chance to turn the situation back, From that point of view, he was absolutely correct."

"What I'm worried about is that Hitler actually agreed. What exactly does he want to do..." Ambassador Jensen, who had been silent all this time, asked in a low voice.In fact, the answer to this question is already very clear, but the ambassador still wants to get a clear answer from these two think tanks of the US Army.

"Needless to say, of course we are preparing for the next war!" Stilwell analyzed coldly while smoking a cigar: "Of course he wants to use his powerful fascist army to smash Britain and France are two world empires. Otherwise, how could Hitler let go of the Bolsheviks he hates the most? He must not want to waste time and waste troops, so that Britain and France are ready to deal with him. Anyway, the Bolsheviks can no longer threaten his back Poland has also been weakened to the point of harmlessness. The huge territory obtained from the other side can provide enough food and industrial raw materials for the German army, and perhaps oil is not enough."

"No! The Germans have abundant oil reserves." MacArthur sighed softly, "In the past two years, the Chinese have shipped half of their huge oil reserves, which is about 1000 million tons, to Europe and sold them to the Germans. , now Germany's strategic oil reserves are at least 1500 million tons, Romania can provide 100 million tons per year, and Germany's wartime oil consumption is at most 600 million tons, so the current reserves can last for three years! As for the reserves of non-ferrous metals , as far as I know, it is also very sufficient, the Germans have gained no less from Sino-German cooperation than China..."

"So, the Germans will launch a war against Britain and France in the summer of 1938?" Ambassador Jansen took a deep breath. "What about China? Will they follow Germany to join the war?"

"Sure!" MacArthur sighed, "Have you seen those ecstatic Chinese? The lions have already tasted the taste of blood. They will not be satisfied with Siberia and Central Asia. The rich and prosperous Southeast Asia will definitely become their The next target! It may even include the Philippines and Australia! Especially Australia... If China gets that continent, the next 1000 years will be the age of the yellow race!"

"No! No, the United States will not stand idly by. We have the most powerful production capacity in the world. The combined factories in China and Germany are not more than half that of the United States!" Stilwell raised his head and straightened his upper body. Standing straight, there was a trace of disdain in his eyes. "Moreover, there are still forces in China that resist the fascist rule of the Kuomintang, and there is also China's old enemy Japan in Asia that can be used by us!"

MacArthur took a breath and said with some difficulty: "Professor Einstein and Professor Lawrence jointly submitted a report on uranium-235 to President Roosevelt last month! According to the research results released by Professor Meitner at the end of last year, This kind of matter will produce a terrible phenomenon called 'nuclear fission'... According to the calculations of Einstein and Lawrence, as well as some other top physicists, as long as there are a few kilograms or tens of kilograms of this kind of matter, the It can create a super bomb capable of destroying New York!" He breathed out silently, his face gloomy and terrifying. "Since 1933 or 1934, China has invested a lot of money and manpower in refining high-purity uranium-235. Now they probably have 100 kilograms or 200 kilograms of high-purity uranium- 235! Even they already have this kind of super bomb! Joseph, although we can also master this kind of bomb in the future, can we take American lives to fight a war with the Chinese using nuclear fission bombs?"

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And just when the three American friends were distressed that China might be the first to master the super weapon of the atomic bomb.In a secret room of the Moshan Presidential Palace, the five bigwigs of the Kuomintang are holding a secret meeting!Uh, of course Luo Yiqun and Luo Yaoguo were also present at the meeting, and the one who sat in the convertible to participate in the victory parade was of course a stand-in.

The current five big bosses are Luo Yiqun, Xu Chongzhi, Luo Yaoguo, Sun Ke, and Chiang Kai-shek who just returned from Manila... Among them, the chairman and president of the Kuomintang belong to Luo Yiqun, and the other four are vice-chairmen. The President of the Legislative Council, Sun Ke is the Vice President, Luo Yaoguo is the Chief of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces, and Chiang Kai-shek... is the Minister of Overseas Affairs of the Kuomintang.Today's meeting was proposed by the overseas minister who has just returned from overseas for a few days.

Chiang Kai-shek was very satisfied with Luo Yaoguo's ability to agree to the arrangement he proposed to hold a big boss meeting at such a moment.After all, after easily defeating the Soviet Union, the prestige of the Luo family's uncles and nephews has risen unprecedentedly, and their power has become as stable as a rock!Because the issue of going south was involved, Foreign Minister Wang Jingwei and Navy Minister Chen Si were also invited to attend today's meeting.

"This great victory is really exciting. It has greatly increased the prestige of our country. From then on, the Republic of my country has become a first-class power in the world! And as a first-class power, we must not allow its citizens to be bullied overseas! Little Siem The kingdom of Siam must pay the price for their atrocities! I suggest that the Republic of China declare war on the Kingdom of Siam immediately! Suppress Siam with an army of [-], and avenge my compatriots who were murdered by the Siamese mob!"

Chiang Kai-shek raised his tone very high from the beginning, showing a posture that he wanted to destroy Siam. After he finished speaking, he looked at the other bigwigs who attended the meeting.Xu Chongzhi still looked tired, sitting there yawning, wondering if he heard Lao Jiang's words?Sun Ke frowned tightly, as if he was thinking hard.Luo Yiqun just kept looking at his nephew's face, he looked like a puppet!Luo Yaoguo was expressionless, it seemed that after being in the top position for a long time, he finally practiced the kung fu of not expressing emotions.

"The total population of Siam is less than 1000 million, the army is only 20 to 30, and there are no armored forces, and there are few cannons; the air force is equipped with dozens of F1 fighter jets produced by our country; the navy is also very weak. I once ordered a 'Polish Legion' class armored ship, but the order was later canceled due to the economic crisis, and now there are no warships worth mentioning." Chiang Kai-shek seemed confident, and he shouted: "President, you only need to Send me 10 soldiers, and within three months, I guarantee that Siam will be destroyed! If the task cannot be completed, I, Jiang, will come to see you!"

Luo Yaoguo listened and looked at Old Chiang who was sitting across from him. He had been guessing Chiang Kai-shek's intentions since Chiang Kai-shek formed the Nanyang Youth League. The idea of ​​playing Siam and establishing a "Jiang Family Dynasty" there?

"Comrade Zhaoming, how are the negotiations between Britain, France and Japan going?" Luo Yiqun saw that his nephew didn't respond, as if he didn't intend to speak, so he turned to ask Foreign Minister Wang Jingwei. "Siam is a small country, so there is nothing to worry about, but Britain, France and Japan all have their own interests in Siam. Since the incident in Siam, the three countries have united to negotiate with us... Siam is the same as us on land. They are not connected. No matter how strong our army is, we will not be able to make it through, but compared to the navy, the United Kingdom and Japan combined are much stronger than us.”

Wang Jingwei stood up, with a look of embarrassment on his elegant face, he nodded and said: "What the President said is very true. Britain, France and Japan have adopted a joint negotiation method on the Siam issue and firmly oppose it. We forced the Siamese royal family and government to step down, and even opposed our use of force to solve the Siamese issue. And the UK also sent the battlecruiser HMS Repulse to Singapore at the beginning of this year..."

"What does the Navy think? Is this Retaliation a threat to us?" Luo Yiqun asked Navy Minister Chen Si again.

"Reporting to the President, of course a mere counterattack is not our opponent. Although our battleships are still in Europe, five aircraft carriers are not a joke! Our aircraft carriers are now equipped with the latest BF-109 And the navy type of A-4 Thunderhawk, not to mention a battlecruiser, even ten or eight ships are free!" Chen Si was smacking his chest there, and his navy was of course in favor of going south.The navy played a supporting role against the Soviet Union in World War I, but the navy played the leading role in the south!

"Fu Wen, what do you think?" Luo Yiqun finally couldn't help asking his nephew's opinion after listening to the Minister of the Navy's suggestion.And Luo Yaoguo was obviously still hesitating, he pondered for a moment, then nodded slowly. "The war against the Soviet Union has just come to an end, and China has not yet completed receiving all the spoils, let alone digesting them, so it is indeed a bit early to go south now, but it is possible to form a Siamese army first. In addition, the southward advance of Siam Luo will definitely violate the bottom line of Britain and France. In case of a war between China and Britain and France, we must consider Germany's attitude, because without Germany joining, we are likely to fall into a long-term war with Britain, France and Japan. It is not advisable!"

Chiang Kai-shek nodded, Siam is not a problem, but Britain, France and Japan have to consider it. Although they are not opponents in the land battle, it is difficult to say the result of the sea battle.He then asked: "Chief of Staff Luo, do you have any plans for digesting the results of the war against the Soviet Union? Is there any way to figure out Germany's attitude?"

Luo Yaoguo thought about it for a while, and then expressed his thoughts at the big boss meeting. He said: "This time we have obtained tens of millions of square kilometers from the Soviet Union. Is it right to merge all of them into China at once?" Realistically, after all there are still some... to be cleared in many territories. So my idea is that the less populous East Siberia region can be directly annexed! We set up a few new provinces there, there can be Western Xinjiang, Northern Xinjiang Provinces, Beihai Province, and Xing'an Province. Among them, Xijiang Province includes a large area of ​​​​territory bordering the Russian Empire on the east bank of the Yenisei River; Including the Qi Peninsula, where the territory is vast, but sparsely populated, it is enough to establish a province; Beihai Province is between the two provinces of Western Xinjiang and Northern Xinjiang, with Lake Baikal as the center, and the provincial capital is Irkutsk; Xing'an Province It was merged from the former Soviet Far East region north of the Amur River, including Chita Prefecture and Amur River Prefecture. It can be regarded as a developed area in the Soviet Far East, with rich resources and good agricultural production conditions. It can be compared with Yeni in Xijiang Province. The area along the Sai River and the Baiga Lake area in Beihai Province are the key immigration areas, and strive to move 10 million immigrants from the densely populated areas in the inland to those areas for resettlement in the next 3000 years. For this reason, we can also establish a colonial department in the central government to be in charge of immigration matters."

"...Talking about Central Asia, the situation is much more complicated. There is a large population, and ethnic and religious issues are prominent. It cannot be handled as simply as in Siberia, otherwise it will leave many hidden dangers for future generations. My suggestion is in Central Asia. Set up a colonial country - the Central Asian Republic. This country is not an independent country, similar to the Indian Empire under the British rule, or the Annan Kingdom under the French rule. The Central Asian Republic establishes a prime minister and a governor to rule together. The prime minister is nominally ruled by the Central Asian It is elected by the citizens of the Republic, and the governor is sent by the national government. When the time is right, we will consider whether to directly annex it."

"...In addition, a small country of the Far Eastern Republic will be established in the Amur River Basin in the Far East. A small part of the territory of this country is north of the Amur River. The land ceded to China in the "Sino-Soviet Peace Treaty" is mostly "" The land ceded to Japan in the Japan-Soviet Peace Treaty! This country will be governed by the CCP as a buffer state between Eastern Siberia and the Japanese Far East.”

"In addition, there is the attitude of Germany... I will go to Berlin in person and coordinate with Hitler face to face. If Germany supports China in going to war with Britain and France, then we are ready to go south!"

Chapter 0763 World Revolution and World Empire ([-]) The First Nuclear Crisis in History

Early April 1938 AD.Wuhan, the capital of the Republic of China.

A black car drove quickly through the streets of Hankou, and drove straight to the gate of the frontier army's office in Wuhan.This is an open office of the CCP in Wuhan. Over the years, it has persisted in the anti-war struggle in the heart of the enemy. Naturally, it has long been a thorn in the side of the Kuomintang secret service.Therefore, the security work here is also very strict. As soon as the car came to a stop, several CCP Special Branch officers who were on guard at the door surrounded them vigilantly. He is a handsome foreigner.Several members of the Special Section recognized this young man. He was Comrade Huang Jing, deputy secretary of the Wuhan Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China. His current public identity is the deputy director of the Wuhan Office of the Chinese Frontier Defense Force.But the foreigner beside him was very strange.Not only did Teke's comrades not know each other, but even the Kuomintang secret agents who were ambushing and monitoring the border guards' offices outside didn't know who he was?

The iron gate of the compound was pushed open with a creak, and a middle-aged man in neat military uniform came out, with the rank of major general, who seemed to know that Comrade Huang Jing was going to bring someone here, and respectfully greeted the foreigner. A gesture of please.Then he took the lead and led Huang Jing and the foreign comrade in.

Across the yard, in the spacious living room, there are already people waiting there.A middle-aged man who is not tall, with delicate eyebrows and elegant appearance is sitting in the middle of the sofa. Two tall and strong men stand coldly behind him, looking at the foreigner behind Huang Jing with cautious eyes.

"Comrade Hannian, this is Comrade Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov, a Soviet scientist who once worked in the U Engineering Committee of the Ministry of Armaments of the Nationalist Government." Huang Jing pointed to the foreigner and said : "Comrade Kurchatov was dispatched by the Soviet NKVD to join the KMT's U Engineering Committee. He just got out of the tiger's mouth recently. Now he wants us to arrange for him to return to Moscow. He has something important to report to him. Comrade Stalin reports!"

"What!" Pan Hannian was taken aback when he heard the words, and stood up abruptly. He sized up the Soviet scientist in his 30s.Leaning close to Huang Jing, he said in a low voice, "Did he steal some secrets from the U Engineering Committee! We can't offend the Kuomintang too much now, so as not to destroy the cooperation between the two parties! In case of a fight... ..."

Although his voice was soft and he still spoke Chinese, Kurchatov heard him clearly.The Soviet scientist smiled wryly and spoke fluent Chinese. "To be honest, my work in the U Engineering Committee does not involve core secrets, and my departure from the U Engineering Committee is not a 'leaving the tiger's mouth', but a normal resignation. After Professor Meitner discovered the phenomenon of nuclear fission, such There are many foreign scientists who have left their posts normally, and the KMT did not stop them. It’s just that the Soviet Union is blocked by Belarus, and there is no way to return to the Soviet Union, so I need your help.”

Pan Hannian blushed slightly, raised his finger to the sofa opposite, and said with a smile: "Comrade Kurchatov, please sit down. Speak slowly." He paused, then asked: "So speaking of it, would you like to sit down?" There is nothing important to report to Comrade Stalin, right?"

"There are important circumstances." Kurchatov did not sit down, but paced anxiously around the room. He hesitated for a while, then sighed softly, and said, "The circumstances are important. However, after the nuclear fission phenomenon was announced, it is no secret! Any physicist with a solid theoretical background can obtain roughly the same result through a large number of calculations."

"Can you reveal the answer?" Pan Hannian obviously didn't think he had the talent to be a physicist, so he simply asked about the final calculation result.

"Yes, according to my calculations... 20 kilograms of uranium-90 with an abundance of 235% can make a super bomb that can destroy the entire Hankou! Or about 1 kilogram of uranium-90 with an abundance of 235%, It can produce the power equivalent to the explosion of 1600 tons of TNT explosives! 20 kilograms is the explosive equivalent of 3 tons of TNT explosives, and there is no problem in destroying Hankou or Moscow!" Kurchatov stomped at this point, Loudly said: "The final result of this world war may be to see who can own this bomb first! If fascists are allowed to own it first, then the cause of human liberation will be over!"

"It's really... so powerful!?" Pan Hannian was taken aback when he heard that, and looked up at Huang Jing. He graduated from the Department of Mathematics of the Sino-German Joint Institute of Technology, so he should understand something, right?

Huang Jing nodded and said, "Comrade Kurchatov's calculation should not be wrong. This situation is no secret in the current physics circle... Although there are some differences in the calculation results, the final result is The conclusions point to the fact that the U Engineering Committee of the Kuomintang is building a powerful weapon! This weapon is powerful enough to destroy a city with a population of over a million!" He said with emphasis, "We must report this situation immediately The Central Committee will also send this comrade Kurchatov to a safe place."

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During this period of time, Tokyo, Japan, also celebrated the victory for a long time. While Stalin signed unequal treaties with China and Germany, he also signed a deal with Japan to cede the Far East area south of the Amur River and the North Island of Sakhalin Island. treaty.Therefore, Japan is now the winner of this war!Citizens of Tokyo paraded through the streets waving the Taiyo flag, singing loudly the slogans of "Kimanodai, Long live the Emperor".Of course, there is also the triumphant return of the Japanese army carrying bayonet-mounted rifles and holding a military parade. The whole scene is similar to that in Wuhan.It seems that the mighty Great Japanese Empire is back again!

In the prime minister's official residence in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, Nagata Tieshan, the head of the Army Staff Headquarters who had just been promoted to a general, and a group of senior Japanese army generals were accompanying Prime Minister Ugaki Kazusei to watch the mighty parade from afar.But their mood at the moment is a little heavy.Because the Soviets signed a treaty to cede land, but the Russian army occupying Vladivostok did not admit it!They refused to hand over the first fortress in the Far East to the Japanese.What makes the Japanese even more depressing is that the Chinese themselves have signed a similar treaty with the Soviet Union, but they support the Russian imperial government to continue to occupy the fortress of Vladivostok... At the same time, the northern part of the Far Eastern coastal area that is theoretically ceded to Japan , A Far Eastern Socialist Republic ruled by the CCP has popped out of nowhere!And they also refused to recognize the "Japan-Soviet Peace Treaty" signed between the Soviet government and Japan, and refused to retreat from the land that Japan deserved.

"My lords, why don't we just let the Chinese ride on the neck of the empire to shit!" The leader of the Imperial Dao faction, Sadao Araki, was the first to shout loudly, breaking the suffocating silence.His well-trimmed French beard was trembling slightly, and it was obvious that he was very annoyed.

"Absolutely intolerable! The territory in the Far East was bought back by the imperial army with mountains of corpses and seas of blood! Why should those Chinese people continue to occupy Vladivostok, why should they also occupy Khabarovsk and the land on the south bank of the Amur River!" echoed Araki Sadao The person in charge was Lieutenant General Tojo Hideki, a cadre of the ruling faction. He participated in this troop dispatch as the head of the 11th Brigade.

"Araki-kun and Tojo-kun have any good suggestions?" Ugaki Kazunari said softly, his fingers tapped lightly on the window sill of the office, but the expression on his face was extremely serious.

"Protest! We want to lodge the strongest protest to the Chinese Nationalist Government!" General Sadao Araki gritted his teeth and finally proposed the only feasible solution.

"Is there only protest?" Nagata Tieshan said coldly, and he glanced at Tojo, who agreed with Araki, "Where is Tojo-kun? What tricks do you have?"

"We should unite Britain and France to oppose China! During this period of time, the contradiction between China and Britain and France has deepened because of the Siam incident. They have hinted at the empire more than once that they intend to form an alliance. If the empire forms an alliance with Britain and France, China will..."

"Bage!" Nagata Tieshan interrupted without waiting for Tojo to finish his sentence: "Haven't you studied how the Germans defeated the Soviet Union? The 400 million troops of the Soviet Red Army were defeated by them in less than a month. Completely defeated! In this war, the Germans not only had an overwhelming quality and quantity advantage in tanks and aircraft, but also the coordination between their various arms was almost perfect. I can be sure that once Britain and France go to war with Germany, the victory will be It must be Germany! We are going to board the British and French ships now, aren't we going to be buried with us?"

"No, Nagata-san! The navies of the Germans and Chinese are not as powerful as the Empire and Britain and France, and their armies cannot cross the sea without naval transport. But Britain and the Empire can use their navy to block their coastlines and trap them on the mainland. Above!" Hideki Tojo argued strongly.

"Airplanes are the key to naval warfare! The air forces of Germany and China are very powerful, and the empire cannot compete with them at all." Nagata Tieshan turned his head and asked Major General Fu Yasuda Takeo of the Army Aviation Technology Research Institute, "Yasuda-kun, you are engaged in aviation technology. It’s up to you to tell me how big the gap is in aviation technology between the Empire and China, and how long it will take to catch up!”

"Ah!" Takeo Yasuda didn't know what was going on, he seemed to be in a fugue today, he was called by Nagata, and he just popped out a sentence. "Professor Yoshio Nishina has returned from China!"

"What? Who is Yoshio Nishina? Yasuda, what's going on with you today?" Nagata Tieshan looked at the aviation technology expert angrily, just about to reprimand him.But Takeo Yasuda continued, "Yoshio Nishina is a physicist. He was sent by the military to China a few years ago to participate in a research project of their U Engineering Committee. He just returned to Japan last month. Baizhi met with him yesterday. He brought back some very amazing news!"

"Very amazing? How amazing?" Ugaki Kazusei asked.

"About a uranium bomb."

"Uranium? Uh, this thing really makes a bomb!" Nagata Tieshan said with a suddenly realized expression, "This bomb must be much more powerful than ordinary bombs, right?"

"It's much more powerful." Takeo Yasuda smiled bitterly: "According to Yoshio Nishina's calculations, about 10 kilograms of high-purity uranium-235, if a nuclear fission reaction occurs, can produce an explosive power equivalent to about 10000 tons of TNT explosives. Enough to raze the center of Tokyo to the ground! There is no problem killing tens of thousands of people..."

"Nani!" After a sound of exclamation and gasping, Nagata Tieshan pointed at Yasuda, his eyes widened and his mouth opened, unable to utter a word for a long time.

There was a sound of gasping in the room, and after a while, Yongtian Tieshan asked in a trembling voice: "Has the Chinese made this kind of bomb?"