Chapter 172 The meeting of the two giants
History has been completely messed up. Without China's Anti-Japanese War, Japan's march south was advanced by more than a year, which in turn led to the early birth of the Atlantic Charter. The secret meeting between the British and American leaders that was supposed to be in August 1941 was moved forward.
Newfoundland, Aginsha Harbor, there is an easy chair under the canopy of the main battery turret in front of the USS Augusta. Franklin Roosevelt sat quietly on the chair, looking at the exit of the harbor.
Suddenly there was a cry: "Warship!" Roosevelt raised his telescope. The first thing that appeared where the blue sea and sky connected was a destroyer, then five destroyers appeared one after another. The last thing that appeared was a huge body, the USS Hood.
Battleship.
Standing next to Churchill was Hopkins, the U.S. presidential envoy. As Roosevelt's most trusted staff member, he led this secret meeting. When Churchill's fat body and Hopkins' thin face appeared in the telescope, Roosevelt said:
"Elliot, help me up."
The two warships were getting closer and closer. "God Save the King" was played on the Augusta. Roosevelt took off his hat and stood solemnly on the deck. On the opposite warship, the melody of "The Star-Spangled Banner" floated to the side.
On the gunwale, Churchill looked solemn and stood upright. A small boat sent Churchill to the USS Augusta, and the naval honor guard lined up to respond. Amidst the salute, when Churchill boarded the battleship, he first saluted the flying Stars and Stripes.
"Mr. President, it's really exciting to finally meet you." Churchill extended his thick hand, and Roosevelt responded enthusiastically. After squeezing the other person's hand, he solemnly replied: "I am very happy to meet you on the warship.
.Prime Minister Churchill.”
Two easy chairs are placed side by side, and the two leaders sit side by side.
"The Chinese government issued a statement expressing regret for Japan's military operations going south! To be honest, this joke is not funny at all. Although President Fang is secretly cooperating with the United Kingdom, I still have to say that there are mainly sufficient interests.
, it is not difficult to impress this great man who led China on the road to prosperity and strength." Roosevelt said this with a somewhat sour taste. Churchill could understand his subtext, but the Prime Minister still decided to pretend to be confused.
"The Chinese government extended a helping hand to the British Empire during its most difficult time, and I am deeply grateful. As you said, the British Empire has shown sufficient sincerity."
The two old foxes looked at each other and smiled, and Churchill continued: "This is a very helpless thing. The military potential of the red regime in northern China is too huge. The Chinese industrial capabilities are not enough to support two battlefields. The British Empire needs the help of the United States.
, we need enough arms to defend our motherland, but now the empire’s treasury is empty, leaving only rats scurrying around.”
"The purpose of inviting Mr. Prime Minister to come this time is to talk about this matter. I have to say that it would be deeply regrettable if President Fang could sit side by side with us at this time. Formally, China is a democratic country. Because of the Neutrality Act.
The United States will not be able to intervene in the war in the short term. After Japan went south and occupied the Philippines, the attitude of most members of Congress has softened, but it has not been able to promote the United States' participation in the war. In general, the United States still needs an opportunity to participate in the war. Of course, there are many things that the United States can do.
a lot of."
The conversation between the two started in China. Unlike the meeting in parallel history, the topic mainly focused on the war between the Soviet Union and Germany. In this period of time and space, the Sino-Soviet War, Japan's Southward Movement, and the European War
, is the main contradiction in the world. It is impossible for the United States to give up its interests in the Pacific, but Roosevelt hopes that China and Japan will start fighting first. Churchill is more urgent, but he has other concerns and hopes that China and the Soviet Union will finally cooperate.
It is best to restore peace, so that Germany will have no worries and the pressure on Britain will be reduced. It is best for Germany to start a war with the Soviet Union.
The problem is that because of the Sino-Soviet war, the bearded man in this time and space has no experience in teasing the mustache on the Romanian issue. Moreover, in this time and space, Germany has developed the Bavarian oil fields, and there are also Libyan oil fields in Africa that need to be developed, so the Soviet Union
There is no conflict between Germany and Germany that makes Hitler restless. Unlike in the parallel history, Romania's oil is almost Hitler's lifeblood. The big beard plays Romania's abacus, forcing the mustache to follow his life-threatening rhythm.
The distorted history has caused the nature of this meeting to be different, but the same is that the ambition of the United States represented by Roosevelt has not changed. The Versailles system has been broken, and after the old world order was destroyed by the rise of Germany, the United States dominates the new world.
The opportunity for order has arrived. The problem is that there are many uncertainties in this new world order. First, the United States has to join the war, and then you have to deal with Germany, which is stronger in time and space and does not have a two-front war. And there is a world without China.
Japan, which was burdened by the battlefield, also joined in the fun, and China, which had created a miracle of rapid rise, could not be ignored.
In general, the current world situation is elusive. As Roosevelt, he must first keep Britain. Without the existence of Britain as a springboard, how can we intervene in the European continent? Secondly, there is the issue of Nanyang, and Japan's ambitions must be curbed.
Finally, it is the turn of the problem between China and the Soviet Union. This problem is the most complex and difficult to deal with. The best result is that both China and the Soviet Union will suffer losses, and then peace talks. China will turn to fighting Japan in the Southeast Asia, and the Soviet Union will turn to fighting Germany. But this
It can only be a good wish. Things have been difficult to improve since Stalin took the initiative to attack. This is based on Roosevelt's understanding of Fang Jianxiong. There is another possibility, because there is no immediate relationship between the Soviet Union and Germany.
Due to the existence of contradictions, Stalin may have turned to the path of cooperation with Germany because of the disadvantages of the Sino-Soviet war.
All possibilities will happen. What Roosevelt can do now is to increase aid to Britain first, and then depend on the situation. There is another problem that is different, because the United States withdrew from the Philippines and Japan ceased to exist after it went south.
What resources are being choked by the United States? If the United States wants to join the war now, it will have to do so unless Japan attacks the United States first.
Churchill was also having a headache at this time. While discussing the world situation with Roosevelt, he was wondering whether to let submarines attack American warships and then frame Hitler. This idea was not a day or two ago. Now that Japan has moved south, this idea has changed.
It was extremely strong.
"Your Excellency, I heard that the Chinese are secretly developing atomic weapons in the northwest." Churchill suddenly brought up such a topic. Roosevelt was not surprised at all. The United States was also developing atomic bombs. The problem was that it was only after the United States started to develop atomic weapons that the Chinese discovered that
Uranium mines have been cut off. Now that the United States wants to develop an atomic bomb, it has to mine uranium ores. Invisibly, the speed of U.S. research and development has been delayed.
"The intelligence department only discovered this matter recently. President Fang Da of China was doing this five years ago, and this time is probably several years earlier. Because our intelligence personnel discovered that about ten years ago
, a place in northwest China was turned into a military restricted area. Just two years before that period, the Chinese government purchased a large number of thermal power generating units from the United States. Mr. Prime Minister must also know that the development process of atomic energy weapons requires a large amount of
Electricity serves as a guarantee. Unfortunately, during that period, the United States was in the most severe stage of the economic crisis, and American companies could not refuse orders from the Chinese. Not only generator sets, but also a large amount of precision processing equipment and technical data also flowed to
China and the Soviet Union. After long-term research by American China research institutions, it was found that China's industrial capacity has increased at least ten times in the past ten years. Although it is not enough to catch up with the United States, it is already the first in Asia, the third or third in the world.
Fourth." When Roosevelt talked about this, he looked very helpless. If it weren't for the damn economic crisis, China's industrialization process would not have been so smooth.
Churchill was also very sad about the economic crisis in advance. If it were not for the response to the economic crisis, Britain would not be able to adopt conservative economic policies, let alone have so much technology taken away by the Chinese with banknotes.
"I mean, if the Chinese invented atomic weapons in advance, then China must be our ally." Churchill's reminder was not subtle at all, while Roosevelt said calmly: "Mr. Prime Minister, don't worry. As long as our
As long as the ambition of the noble president of a democratic country is still there, China will not be our enemy." This sentence fully reflects Roosevelt's understanding of the ambition of someone on the other side.
"I have to tell Mr. President frankly that the British Empire is likely to be defeated in Nanyang. In order to preserve India's interests, it has to hand over the interests of Burma." Churchill said this, and his heart was bleeding.
"I really hope the Japanese attack Burma before the Chinese!" Roosevelt sighed, Churchill's cheeks twitched a few times, and the thought in his mind became stronger. If the bastard in front of him hadn't given up on the Philippines, would Japan dare to go south? Even if
Japan dares to go south. Without Taiwan Island, Japan's southbound route will have to bypass the Philippines. In this way, Japan's transportation capacity will become Japan's fatal shortcoming.
After sighing with emotion, Roosevelt put away his expression of regret and said: "I will submit a bill to sanction Japan to Congress! The possibility of passing it will be very high. Other issues are easy to talk about. The difficult thing is the conflict between China and the Soviet Union. The U.S. government is very
It is difficult to make a clear attitude. This will definitely become a major obstacle to Sino-US relations."
Roosevelt was not embarrassed at all when it came to mentioning this. The United States did express deep regret when the war between China and the Soviet Union broke out. In fact, so far, there are three biggest beneficiaries of the Sino-Soviet war, one is the United States, one is Germany, and another
Chapter completed!