Gerhard Fine was sitting on the ship, looking out the window at the sea view without saying a word. He was originally the German counselor in Hungary, but he was dismissed because of his attitude towards Jews.

Perhaps because he was indeed quite capable, he was recommended by his superior to work under Ribbentrop. Ribbentrop discovered the counselor's diplomatic talents and wrote him into his memorandum.

It was handed over to Hitler.

When Ribbentrop delayed Kalinin, the counselor was selected by Hitler as Germany's special envoy to China. Hitler believed that the person recommended by Ribbentrop, who had successfully completed several diplomatic missions, would not

Not reliable.

"Your Excellency, do you think our visit this time will be successful?!" Deputy Envoy Franz Rademacher and Gerhardt went to China together.

The two men had never worked together, but this did not prevent them from knowing each other. Gerhardt was known for his sympathetic attitude towards the Jews, while his deputy was known for his cruel treatment of the Jews.

Before becoming Gerhard's deputy envoy, Franz was famous for deporting, imprisoning, and torturing the Jews. His department was specifically responsible for the cleanup of Jews in the occupied areas.

Because the head of state did not want Jews to appear in the land he occupied, Franz and his colleagues resolutely carried out this task.

Perhaps because he wanted to test China's attitude towards the Jews, Franz was appointed as deputy envoy to accompany Gerhardt to China to contact the coalition government.

"Franz, the job this time is not easy..." Gerhard put down the wine glass in his hand and sighed: "If we pay attention to the experience of the tiger, we can find that he is actually an extremely experienced person.

Diplomat."

"Before he became strong, he used diplomatic means several times to force Japan, which was stronger than him, to make concessions to him. For example, the Battle of Jinan, which made him famous, was a typical example of his use of British and American forces to force Japan to make concessions."

After a pause, Gerhardt said: "What he used at that time was the psychology of Britain, the United States and us not to want Japan's interests in China to be too great to affect our own interests, and manipulated us to force the Japanese to make concessions on the Jinan incident...

"

"Then this opened his window for dialogue with Britain and the United States. Then, he used economic interests as a tie to tie Britain and the United States firmly to his chariot. Borrowing the momentum of Britain and the United States, he suppressed attempts to annex Northeast China.

of Japan.”

Gerhard paused, looked at Franz and said: "The most important thing is: he did not completely submit to Britain and the United States because of this. In fact, what he did was to take advantage of the inherent contradiction between Britain and the United States to continuously benefit himself.

"

"A large number of minerals, road construction, bristles, tung oil, tungsten...etc., these are extremely important materials for Britain, the United States and us. And this person took advantage of our demand for these materials, and

We make a deal."

Gerhard put down the wine glass in his hand and sighed: "Obviously he was successful. He succeeded in getting the United States, Britain and us to choose to shelter him. I even got news through some channels that at that time Japan wanted to launch an attack on Xinsheng in North Korea.

The war between the National Defense Forces. However, the United States warned the Japanese through its own diplomatic channels not to touch the newly born National Defense Forces easily..."

Franz's eyes widened. This was the first time he heard this news. Although he was also engaged in diplomatic work, it was obvious that the level he was exposed to was completely different from Gerhardt.

And Gerhardt was not so kind to explain these internal matters to Franz. It was just that Gerhardt felt that Franz, who did not have much diplomatic experience, should understand the situation and the person he was negotiating with to avoid this newcomer.

Messed up.

"We are more direct. The current Tiger Shark fighter, the BF-109 we use, was actually developed by us and the Wehrmacht. The same goes for the Tiger tank. This was all taken shape during the Weimar Republic.

weapons."

After a pause, Gerhart said: "At the same time, a large number of our army's middle and lower-level officers went to China in their own names. They observed the use of these weapons at close range on the Korean battlefield, and many of them experienced them personally."

"According to rumors, the plan to split the Soviet Union proposed by the head of state had an unclear relationship with the Wehrmacht. Those who went to the Soviet Union to pick up Trotsky's allies were those who were arranged in China in advance."

Franz swallowed a sip of wine with difficulty. His face turned green and white, and he didn't know what to say for a moment. He thought that this task would not be that simple, but he did not expect it to be that difficult.

The opponent he faced turned out to be a diplomatic veteran who had achieved such achievements. As expected, many transactions under the table were invisible to outsiders. Franz was very excited at the same time. Being able to participate in this operation showed that he had been valued by his superiors.

Already.

The next promotion is naturally self-evident. The important thing is that this task must be successfully completed.

"So, how do you think our mission should be carried out this time?!" Since his own future is at stake, Franz will naturally ask more questions.

"All I can say is, play it by ear..." Gerhardt sighed, looked out the window and said, "If my opinion is correct, then American and British diplomats have already arrived or are on their way to China.

…”

"And the enemies we will face this time are them. If they succeed, then China will unswervingly stand on the side of Britain and the United States. And if we succeed, then the United States on the other side of the Pacific will soon

Become our treasure..."

Gerhardt's prediction was generally good, but it was somewhat different from the actual situation. The United States did not send any special envoy, but directly sent a telegram to the president and asked Stilwell, Chief of Staff of the Pacific Theater, as its negotiator.

The British wanted to send people over to communicate with the National Defense Forces. Unfortunately, Churchill felt that if the gentlemen in his cabinet went out, it would only be a failure. So he declined their request to send people to China for negotiations.

In fact, many British cabinet ministers are still unclear about the situation. They are still waiting happily for the American troops to achieve a decisive victory in the Soviet Union, and then swagger back to Europe with the Americans.

Only Churchill knew that the United States had not fought many wars in decades. Those generals back then were now in their sixties. Pershing, known as the Hammer, was old and had even withdrawn in the past few years.

On active duty.

The incident at Pearl Harbor also proved that these veterans are withering. They are no longer suitable for the rhythm of modern warfare. At the same time, no one can predict the performance of the new generation of American generals on the battlefield.

No one can say whether those soldiers who have not experienced actual combat will be able to perform well on the battlefield.

If the United States failed in the Soviet Union, it would mean that the Bering Strait would be threatened. And if the Soviet Union failed, Canada, the last place where the British would live, would be in danger.

Obviously, these congressmen are not thinking about this now. What they are thinking about is how to win the greatest benefits for themselves or the forces behind them after the United States wins the war.

"The basic situation is this. President Roosevelt has already said that he will convince those British guys to agree to your terms. At the same time, he hopes that the National Defense Force will be ready to enter the Soviet Union to support the US military within six months."

Compared with Gerhardt's cautiousness and uneasiness, Stilwell was much simpler and more direct. It was not a day or two for this man to hang out with Tu Menghu.

Both parties knew each other very well. Stilwell knew what the tiger wanted. And Tu Menghu also knew that Stilwell would not talk nonsense on such a matter.

"Well... I believe President Roosevelt's guarantee, but what if the British act rogue after the war?!" Tu Menghu shrugged and said, "The British have done such shameless things once or twice. This is

As long as the helper sees benefits, it is much more powerful than a fly seeing cow shit."

"Pfft~hahaha..." Hearing Tu Menghu's sarcastic words, Stilwell burst into laughter. Stilwell also hated those British guys.

Even though they have lost their territory and even their capital, they are still trying to point fingers at the United States, covertly and overtly. I don’t know how these gentlemen developed their tempers. Do they really think of themselves as the people who defeated the Netherlands and dominated the entire ocean?

Empire?!

"Meng Ben, to be honest, I don't like those British guys either." Stilwell managed to hold back his laughter and said to Tu Menghu: "But we can't refuse to support the Soviet Union because of them, right?! What if?

The Soviet Union lost on the battlefield, which would also threaten China."

"That's why I told you the truth. We will support the Soviet Union." Tu Menghu shrugged and said, "But I need a promise. From now on, Southeast Asia will be under the jurisdiction of China. Other countries are not allowed to interfere."

"The British will take care of the Indian area themselves. My only request is to abolish that piece of shit McMahon Line, otherwise I don't mind completely eradicating British influence in India."

"Of course, if the British want us to take action against India, they have to pay some price." Tu Menghu shrugged and said, "The price should at least satisfy me."

"Don't worry! The price will definitely satisfy you!" Stilwell said with a smile: "Even if the British don't want to satisfy you, we will find a way to make them satisfy you."

At this time, Ishihara Kanji, with red eyes, stood on the battlefield and looked at the corpses all over the mountains and his lips were trembling. The Japanese army carried out Ishihara Kanji's order perfectly.

They captured the Soviet position. But the price they paid was more than 80,000 casualties. The new fighter planes they brought were not greatly damaged, but one-third of the tanks were lost.

The Soviet troops on the position retreated. They were indeed repelled by the Japanese army, but they did not retreat. Instead, they chose to retreat after weighing the difficulties of defending the position.

The Japanese artillery fire and bombing almost leveled the entire position, and the newly equipped artillery exerted its maximum power. It was the continuous firing of this heavy artillery that was able to destroy the exposed Soviet positions.

"According to statistics on the scene, we killed and injured about 30,000 Soviet troops. However, there were no Soviet flags left on the position, and no wounded were left. They retreated very calmly..."

Ishihara Wanji was not in the mood to listen to the chief of staff's report now. He looked at the wailing Japanese soldiers who were being carried down and pursed their lips without saying a word.

Is such a victory really what I want? Yes, it seems that they have won the battle, but in fact the losses of the Japanese army have made them almost unable to launch the next round of attack.

Fix it on the spot?! On the enemy's land...

"What did the base camp say? Has our loss been reported yet?!" Ishihara Wanji interrupted the chief of staff and asked directly.

"The base camp has ordered the Southern Army to mobilize elites to provide us with the strongest support, and new weapons and equipment are also on their way..." Ishihara Kanji's chief of staff opened a document and handed it to Ishihara Kanji: "

This is a message from the base camp..."

Ishihara Wanji took the telegrams over with an expressionless expression and glanced at them. Now he had almost no interest in these telegrams. He knew that these telegrams were nothing more than the same request to be loyal to the empire and fight bravely.

Sure enough, this was the beginning of the telegram. What followed was about the support that Germany was about to provide to itself.

"The broken warriors will send their remains back to the country. The wounded will be evacuated to Southeast Asia with the logistics troops for repairs..." Ishihara Wanji held the telegram and was silent for a while before saying: "Tell Marshal Sugiyama that these wounded soldiers can help him

Control and train the troops in Southeast Asia. At least, these warriors will do better than the local officers on the battlefield..."

"Send our post-war analysis to the base camp and ask them to make comprehensive improvements to the tank. At the same time, inform them that we hope to obtain automatic or semi-automatic weapons independently developed by the empire..."

In fact, when the war just ended, Ishihara Kanji had already drawn up the reports he needed to make. He gathered all these reports and handed them to his chief of staff.

"Inform the troops and make repairs on the spot. Wait for the supporting troops to arrive before fighting again." Finally, Ishihara Wanji ordered. The chief of staff couldn't help but paused when he heard this.

"Your Excellency, Commander, please consider this more..." The Chief of Staff moved away his pen, bowed deeply to Ishihara Wanji and said, "I know that you are heartbroken for the death of the warriors of the empire.

But now we cannot easily stop the war..."

"You know the situation better than I do. The Germans are watching our performance on the battlefield. They are evaluating the need to cooperate with us. Now China has become their backup candidate country, if we do not make any difference on the Soviet battlefield.

In terms of performance..."

"I know this matter better than you!" Ishihara Kanji directly interrupted the chief of staff: "But with our current battle loss rate, do you think we still have the strength to launch the next wave of attacks?!"

"Ammunition has been consumed by 70%, and fuel and food supplies are completely insufficient. The number of casualties in the battle has exceeded 80,000, and the number of troops we have now is less than 100,000." Ishihara Wanji looked at his chief of staff and said:

"And what about the Soviets?! They stayed in complete fortifications. They only lost more than 20,000 people and destroyed most of our strength. What do you think will happen if we continue to fight?!"

"Your Excellency, Commander, I understand very well what you mean." The Chief of Staff continued to bow deeply to Ishihara Wan'er and said: "But you can't say that it is temporarily repaired, at least not to the outside world..."
To be continued...