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Shanghai, Western Suburbs, Robigan Road.

This is the current luxury villa area in Shanghai. Among the mansions, there is a typical English classical country house. This is the holiday villa of the famous real estate tycoon Victor Sassoon on the beach.It is temporarily taken over by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government (of course property ownership still belongs to Victor Sassoon and will be returned once the war is over).The villa where celebrities gathered in the past is now empty, and there are no pedestrians on the Robigan Road outside the villa, only a few plainclothes agents from the Military Intelligence Bureau patrolling vigilantly.

At this time, a car suddenly came from Robigan Road and stopped at the gate of Sassoon Villa. As soon as the car came to a stop, a man in a suit and leather shoes jumped out of it, with a combed head and round glasses on the bridge of his nose. middle-aged man.The patrolling agents all cast vigilant eyes. After seeing the face of the person, the agents let out a sigh of relief, and did not step forward to question him, but continued their patrol.It turned out that the man was Zhou Fohai, the ambassador of the Republic of China to Japan who was in charge of receiving the Japanese guests in the villa.After getting out of the car, Zhou Fohai waved at the driver in the car, telling him to drive away, and then stepped forward to ring the doorbell.The big black iron door opened a crack, and a young man in the same suit and leather shoes came out. When he saw Zhou Fohai, he bowed slightly and said in a low voice, "Mr. Zhou, is the assistant commander wanting to see General Yongtian?"

Zhou Fohai nodded, and then slipped in through the crack of the door. After the door was closed, he said to the young man: "Zongwu, General Yongtian hasn't left, has he?"

The young man, surnamed Gao and named Zongwu, graduated from Kyushu Imperial University in Japan in 1931, and then worked in the Japan Division of the Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government. He was a rare "Japanese expert" in the Nationalist Government.This person is also very famous in history, but in this time and space, the relationship between China and Japan is obviously not that important, so his status has also declined, and he is currently only the director of the Japan Division.Now he is in charge of receiving the visiting Japanese Army Minister Nagata Tieshan together with Zhou Fohai.

Hearing Zhou Fohai's question, Gao Zongwu frowned, shook his head and said, "Yongtian Tieshan has never left the Sassoon Villa, but his adopted daughter is very active and stays out of the villa all day."

"Oh, it's that mixed-race woman." Zhou Fohai seemed to know something, he nodded thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "Let's not bother with this matter, please take me to see General Yongtian now." One by one, he strode towards the living room with strides.

When they came to the door of the luxuriously decorated English-style living room, they saw a thin man sitting there with his back to the door, slowly pouring tea into the cups on the tea tray.The rich tea fragrance floats in the room, which is obviously the taste of Chinese green tea.

Gao Zongwu spoke fluent Japanese and said respectfully, "Your Excellency Nagata, Ambassador Zhou is here."

The person in the hall turned around leisurely, with sharp eyes and thick eyebrows like swords. Although he was a little old, he couldn't see the slightest oldness. This person was the Japanese Army Minister Nagata Tieshan, who was known as the No. 1 soldier in the Japanese army. One brain is also the head of the ruling faction currently controlling the Japanese army. Although he does not have the position of prime minister, he is the well-deserved second person in Japan (No. [-] is the emperor) and the number one powerful figure in Japanese politics.Seeing Zhou Fohai, he bowed his lower body slightly, then raised his hand to signal, asking Zhou Fohai and Gao Zongwu to sit in.

"Mr. Zhou, Marshal Luo Fuwen has arrived in Shanghai, right...Marshal Luo is now the de facto No.1 in China, so we can talk about some substantive issues, right?"

Zhou Fohai nodded, and said with a faint smile: "Your Excellency Nagata. Chief of Staff Luo came to Shanghai from Wuhan all the way. Naturally, he wanted to talk to you about the Sino-Japanese alliance. In addition, Marshal Göring of Germany and Anas of Russia Queen Tasia, Count Ciano of Italy, they have accepted the invitation, and they will gather in Wuhan in a few days. The idea of ​​the assistant commander is not only to form an alliance between China and Japan, but to conclude a Sino-Japanese, German, Russian and Italian five The next step is to absorb Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Greece, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Portugal and other countries to join.

"International alliance?" A trace of surprise flashed across Nagata Tieshan's face. Although Japan really wanted to join the "Sino-German Alliance", it never thought about joining an international alliance organization similar to the "League of Nations", let alone being in the "League of Nations". Participated in the World War under the leadership of China and Germany.

Zhou Fohai seemed to see what Yongtian was thinking, he sighed softly, and said: "Your Excellency Yongtian, you must understand the current relationship between China and Japan, but it's just a matter of appearances, er, no, I'm afraid there is no such thing as appearances." ...Neither the citizens of the two countries have forgotten the Sino-Japanese War, nor September 9.18, and they still hate each other. As far as I know, the high-level officials of the two countries, the Japanese side wants to follow the example of King Goujian of Yue, and the big shots in our country, except Mr. Wang In addition, it has long been the mentality of a great power in China. That is to say, there is still some fear of Germany and the United States.” Speaking of this, Zhou Fohai sighed again, “At present, there are only two civilized countries in Asia, China and Japan. Under oppression, we should unite together to defend the right of survival of the yellow race, but..."

Zhou Fohai peeked at Yongtian Tieshan's face while talking.It is naturally impossible for him to turn to the Japanese as a traitor in this time and space, but on the issue of dealing with Japan, influenced by Foreign Minister Wang Jingwei, he still advocates goodwill and compromise.However, he also knew that Chief of Staff Luo, who held great power, was a complete imperialist and had a tough attitude towards Japan. There were even rumors that Luo Yaoguo had planned to raid and occupy Japan, turning Japan into a vassal of China!Although this plan was not realized due to various reasons, and China and Japan had to join hands temporarily because they faced a common enemy, but it was very difficult for Luo Yaoguo to make substantive concessions on the issue of Japan.Right now, he can only try to persuade the Japanese general in front of him not to make any excessive demands.

Nagata listened quietly, his face was calm, and he could not see any emotion.After Zhou Fohai finished speaking, he frowned slightly, and with a twitch of his mouth, he said, "To tell the truth, Mr. Zhou, I know a thing or two about the situation in your country. Like Mr. Zhou and Mr. Wang, I sincerely hope that the future generations of China and Japan will Friendly politicians can be said to be very rare. Therefore, the Japanese Empire cherishes such friends very much. As long as the agreement can be successfully reached this time, the Empire and I will never forget the help of Mr. Zhou and Mr. Wang."

Zhou Fohai took a deep breath, glanced at Gao Zongwu from the corner of his eyes, and said with a wry smile: "Since Mr. Yongtian said so, then I will do my best for the two countries to reach an alliance agreement." Speaking of this, he Suddenly increased the tone. "Your Excellency, if you want to make every effort to promote the alliance between China and Japan, then you and I should first tell the truth frankly. This is what Mr. Wang personally told me."

"I can tell your Excellency clearly that Marshal Luo Fuwen of our country has always had a dislike for Japan. Now he is willing to form an alliance with Japan purely because the negotiations with the United States have not yielded any results! And... our Marshal is not very important. Nuo Shouxin, if he is only forced to form an alliance with your country against his will due to the current situation, once the situation changes, maybe he will break the alliance and go to war! I don’t think this is the result that Your Excellency the General wants to see, right?”

Hearing the words of backing the alliance and starting a war, the muscles on Yongtian's face suddenly twitched, his eyebrows frowned tightly, subconsciously wanting to explode, but Zhou Fohai sighed, and continued: "...Your Excellency will definitely not hope Are Japan and Japan going to the point of full-scale war again? Similarly, Mr. Wang of our country also does not want the two countries to go to war again, because that will ruin the hard-won situation of the revival of the yellow civilization. China and Japan, in such a situation There will be no victors in this war! Only the white people in the West will benefit. But to maintain the long-term peace and prosperity between China and Japan, Japan can only be asked to give up its dream of becoming a country on the Asian continent. I hope that your country can give up other territories on the Asian continent except the Korean Peninsula. Of course, our country can give certain overseas colonial territories, such as Luzon Island (the US military has not completely withdrawn) as compensation."

There was dead silence in the living room, and Yongtian Tieshan's gaze was fixed on Zhou Fohai.He knew that Zhou Fohai had always been more pro-Japanese, but the words to ask Japan to give up the territory in the Far East came from this pro-Japanese faction!It seems that using Luzon to take the territory of the Far East is China's bottom line in this negotiation. This deal is not a complete loss for Japan, but the problem is that those domestic army officers who are obsessed with the mainland will agree to give up the hard-won Far Eastern territory?

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At this moment, the United States, Washington, District of Columbia, the White House.

"Harry, do you think the British really won?"

Roosevelt was sitting in a wheelchair, and his two disabled legs were covered with a checked blanket. On the blanket was a personal letter handed over by Prime Minister John Hopkins of Chamberlain.In the letter, Chamberlain notified Roosevelt of the victory of the North Sea naval battle in the most cheerful tone, and at the same time proposed to hold a summit of the leaders of Britain, the United States and France.At the end of the letter, Chamberlain also hinted that several British and French aircraft carriers could be sent to fight in the Pacific!And this one is absolutely attractive beyond imagination to the United States, which has just lost Hawaii and its four aircraft carriers.

"Mr. President," Hopkins said with a smile, "Whether Britain won the North Sea battle, I honestly don't know. But I saw the huge British aircraft carrier formation in Scapa Flow! There are a total of 8 aircraft carriers, and 2 more are undergoing modification in the dock, and the entire modification project has basically been completed."

"What about their battleships?" Roosevelt raised his eyebrows, a treacherous smile appeared on his pink face. "The German and Chinese report said they had sunk 12 battleships and battlecruisers."

"It's true that there are no battleships." Harry Hopkins shrugged. "But so what? The British and French can send aircraft carriers to fight in the Pacific Ocean. That's what we need urgently."

Roosevelt picked up the almost cold coffee on his desk, took a sip, and said with a smile, "What about the three-nation summit? What did Chamberlain say?"

Hopkins frowned, "According to the British, the Tri-Nation Summit is an important meeting to coordinate the positions of the countries in the anti-fascist war and the arrangements for the post-war world."

"Post-war world arrangements?" Roosevelt snorted softly, showing disdain on his face. "It's too early for them to discuss this issue now?"

It is indeed a bit early to discuss the issue of dividing up the world after the war, especially for the United States.Lost Hawaii, the navy has been hit hard, and the army is only a few hundred thousand. How much say can the United States have in post-war world arrangements?Roosevelt knew that Britain and France raised the issue of post-war arrangements now because they had taken into account the temporary difficulties faced by the United States, and wanted to use a few aircraft carriers to induce the United States to agree to Britain and France's arrangements for the post-war world... But the United States, now How much choice can there be?

Chapter 0810 Hero Conference ([-]) Grand Strategy

"Mr. President," the door of the Oval Office opened, and Colonel Carton, the President's aide, walked in. "Admiral Leahy, Admiral MacArthur, Admiral King and Lieutenant General Arnold have arrived."

These people are the current heads of the U.S. Navy, Air Force (Army Aviation), among them Admiral Leahy is the Chief of Naval Operations (equivalent to the Chief of Naval Staff); Admiral MacArthur is the Chief of Army Staff; Admiral King is the commander-in-chief of the Navy; Lieutenant General Arnold is the commander-in-chief of the Army Air Forces.

Hearing the arrival of these people, Harry Hopkins suddenly had a bad feeling. Could it be that something happened in the war?

"Please come in," Roosevelt said, and he glanced at the worried Hopkins below, and smiled slightly: "Harry, my generals are now worried that the West Coast will be attacked by Japan, so they ignore the President of the United States." The national security is in danger, and I am very dissatisfied with selling weapons and equipment to Britain and France."

"Mr. President, providing weapons to Britain and France will help us win this world war, you know." Hopkins blinked his bloodshot eyes, and said with a smile: "We can do more than any other country in the world." Produce these weapons quickly, but it will take at least 20 years to produce a living German to replace a dead German."

"Mr. Hopkins, please don't forget about China! That country has a population of 6 million, and tens of millions of Chinese are born every year! It is much faster than our production of murderous weapons."

It was MacArthur who was speaking. The tall army general was the first to walk into the president's office. After he saluted President Roosevelt, he found a chair and sat down. Then General Leahy, General Kim and General Arnold The generals also walked in.

"The Chinese are a big trouble!" Roosevelt tilted his head to one side, as if he was thinking about something. After a while, he said, "It seems that the French emperor said that China is a sleeping lion. Once awakened, The world will shake. Is that what he said?"

MacArthur replied with a wry smile: "That's right, the lion has woken up, and it was Germany and the United States that woke it up." Old Mai looked at Roosevelt bitterly, and said, "It's a pity that Germany is the ally of that lion. And we are the enemies of the lion!"

"In fact, we and China are not enemies in the true sense..." President Roosevelt lit a Cuban cigar and took a puff, with a hint of helplessness in his voice. "China's territory is too large, and their population is too large, otherwise they could become friends of the United States. If we ally with China now, the United States will only be reduced to an American country forever. Therefore, it is not a last resort , we can't take this step!"

"I understand," MacArthur sighed, smoking a corncob pipe and looking at the haggard-faced president. "But since we cannot form an alliance with China, the United States must do its best to fight, instead of providing the army with urgently needed weapons and equipment to Britain and France."

"Doug, are you worried that the Japanese will land on the west coast? Is this possible?" Roosevelt looked at MacArthur, his eyes full of doubts.

"Mr. President, this possibility always exists. If the enemy feels that they have an opportunity, they will land." Admiral Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, explained.

"Yes, Mr. President. If the U.S. Army does not have enough strength to defend the country, the enemy will definitely choose to land!" MacArthur confirmed before that Japan would not invade the United States, but that was based on the fact that Japan would need millions of troops to do so. On the basis of a successful invasion, it does not mean that Japan will not invade an undefended west coast!However, the slow expansion of the US Army may make the Japanese invasion possible.

"I see." Roosevelt asked Admiral Leahy. "What if Britain and France are willing to provide several aircraft carriers for Pacific operations? Does the navy have the confidence to ensure the safety of the west coast?"

"What did you say? Mr. President, Britain and France are willing to send aircraft carriers to the Pacific Ocean?" Admiral Jin, the commander-in-chief of the Navy, turned his head and looked at Harry Hopkins who had just returned from England.

"Prime Minister Chamberlain just said that this issue can be considered." Hopkins said: "However, the British First Secretary of the Navy Winston Churchill expressed his willingness to facilitate this matter. He said that Britain currently has 10 aircraft carriers, and the defense of the mainland is only Five of these are needed, and the remaining five can be sent to the Pacific to fight alongside the United States."

Admiral Leahy and Admiral Ernest King glanced at each other, and both of them saw surprise on the other's face.Admiral Jin said: "Mr. President, if there are 5 British aircraft carriers, it will be 7 to 7 in the Pacific! Moreover, our carrier-based aircraft is better than Japan's. It is entirely hopeful that the situation will be reversed in a short time!"

"Doug, what do you think?" Roosevelt asked MacArthur in a soft voice, "I know the Army has some opinions on providing a large number of tanks, aircraft, and artillery to Britain and France."

"Mr. President, I have a lot of opinions." MacArthur said.

"Mr. President, the U.S. Army Aviation Corps is in short supply of aircraft. To win this war requires tens of thousands of aircraft, and now we have less than 1000 aircraft!" Army Aviation Commander Lieutenant General Arnold added.

"Well, we will have tens of thousands of planes." Roosevelt raised his head, looked at the blue sky outside the window, and sighed softly: "But not now, our industry needs time to transition to wartime, and Britain and France need aircraft more than we do! After the Great War in the North Sea, Hitler's land offensive should begin soon. Once these two countries are conquered by Hitler, the United States will be attacked on both sides."

Speaking of this, Roosevelt sighed, turned his wheelchair around, faced the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office, looked out at the lawn of the White House, and lit a cigarette.

"Gentlemen, this war is not just a war between the United States and Japan, but a world war! The main battlefield that determines the outcome of this world war is not in the Pacific or Asia, but in Europe. If Hitler Ruled the whole of Europe...that would be a disaster for the whole of mankind! Of course it is also a disaster for the American people, even if we defeat Japan, we cannot become the leading force to save the world. Conversely, if Hitler fails in Europe, then Japan will be unbearable at all One blow! Even China behind Japan cannot fight against the entire Western world, and the United States will become the world leader after this war. Therefore, I will continue to send weapons and equipment to Europe for arming British and French armies, so that they can consume Hitler's strength as much as possible."

"But, Mr. President, if Britain and France are soon defeated by Hitler, what should we use to defend the United States?" MacArthur still felt uneasy.

Roosevelt shook his head. "No, you don't know the British. They won't surrender so quickly. Even if France falls, they will continue to fight."

"Mr. President, you are worried that France will..." Harry Hopkins was taken aback. He had never thought that the Anglo-French coalition forces in Europe might fail before.He hesitated for a moment, then asked again: "Then do you still want to meet Chamberlain and Daladier?"