"Killing a life requires a big step forward, which is not an easy thing to do." Chapter 3, Section 6 of Su Tong's Memoirs.
Spruance's praise did not make Jack feel even a little happy. On the contrary, he continued with a wry smile: "Sir, I don't know if you have heard of it. It is said that the Chinese have formulated an absolute defense circle plan. In this
All countries within the defense circle that pose a threat to China are the targets they want to attack, and the Chinese will not hesitate to launch a war for this purpose."
"Well, I have heard a little bit about it. I heard that it was formulated by the current President in 1938 before he was elected, but I only heard it as a joke before."
Runes replied solemnly.
"It's not funny at all, sir." Jack squatted down, picked up a stone on the ground, and started drawing on the ground. After a while, a scrawled map gradually appeared in front of him. Nimitz and Sprue
Enns knew at a glance that it was a map of Asia.
After Jack finished drawing, he said: "Sir, please take a look. In the national defense white paper just issued by the Chinese, the Chinese have formulated an absolute defense circle of several thousand kilometers based on Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands. Within this range, there will be no
Tolerate the existence of any force or country that can threaten its national security. Until now, China's strategic defense line has also been based on this as the bottom line. Anyone who touches this absolute defense circle will be China's unrelenting enemy, and we
I would like to particularly remind the two officers that although Japan is not mentioned in the defensive circle defined by the Chinese, I believe that Japan has definitely been included in this circle in the hearts of the Chinese experts. I am not sure whether we can
I don’t have the slightest worry about defeating the Japanese. What I am worried about now is that after defeating the Japanese, we will inevitably attack the Japanese mainland. At that time, we will collide head-on with the Chinese army, which has been recharging its strength for a long time. At that time, we will
Only then will you meet a real strong enemy."
After hearing this, Spruance and Nimitz agreed with Jack's point of view, but then Spruance frowned and said: "But if we defeat the Japanese, we will definitely march into the Japanese mainland.
Otherwise, what is the point of defeating the Japanese?"
"That's the problem." Nimitz raised his head and said resolutely, "If we can't enter Japan, then everything we do now will be meaningless. But if we must
Once we enter the Japanese mainland, a war with China will inevitably break out immediately."
Looking at the vast and calm Pacific Ocean, Nimitz's tone seemed very serious, and his expression became more solemn.
As China's national strength has gradually increased in the past two years, the scope of activities of the Chinese Navy has also been expanding. In the second half of last year, the scope of activities of the Chinese Pacific Fleet has expanded to the Bering Strait, and even encountered the task force led by Halsey.
Although there was no conflict between the two sides, the tense atmosphere before the two sides met was written down in General Halsey's report.
The special history of China, a country that claims to be the leader of Asia, has a special impact on their decision-making. The painful history tells them that they cannot trust any European country, and it also tells them that within a certain safety range.
The presence of other countries' forces must not be tolerated. Any invasion of this area by external forces is enough to make them feel a real threat.
"Perhaps we can use benefits to induce them and get them to agree." Spruance thought for a while before he choked out a sentence, and was immediately interrupted by Nimitz.
"Impossible," Nimitz said decisively: "General Spruance, there is an essential difference between the United States and Japan. Japan's inherently weak industry and poor resources prevent them from manufacturing a large number of qualified long-range bombers.
, and then threaten China's homeland. As long as the Chinese still have a strong air force and sea power, Japan is just a clown to them because of their arrogance. As long as they are willing, they can pretend to be Japan at any time.
Flat land. But if the United States occupies Japan, American bombers can take off from Japan at any time to bomb the Chinese mainland, bomb Chinese cities, Peiping, Nanjing, and Chahar. All of them are within the bombing radius of our bombers. Sprue
Enns, do you think that we in the United States will accept China’s occupation of Mexico?”
"Uh" Spruance was dumb. Let alone the United States occupying Mexico, Americans will go crazy as long as any country's military shoes dare to step into Canada and Mexico. For this reason, they will not hesitate to fight the enemy bloody to the end. America is America.
America is America, and America is America. The United States will never accept Mexico being occupied by a country with strong military power. It is also impossible for China to accept the invasion of white people into Asia. The current president of China advocates
Asianism is more radical than the Solomonism pursued by Americans.
"So we are going to go to war with the Chinese one day?" Spruance murmured.
"I'm afraid this is the general." Jack beside him also looked helpless.
Seeing that the atmosphere was too dull, Nimitz shook his head and said: "Well, it is too early for us to discuss this issue now. Defeating the Japanese cannot be achieved in a day or two. It will take at least one to two years.
Time, when the time comes, this issue will naturally be a headache for the president and those in Congress. We are soldiers, and we should not consider this kind of thing in the first place. Now we should think about how to defeat the Japanese combined fleet."
Mistsev Street in Moscow is a very remote street. It is guarded by the army all year round. Ordinary citizens are not allowed to pass at all. Over time, many people have forgotten that there is such a street. At this moment, in a room on this street
In an inconspicuous house, Stalin was reviewing documents under dim light, and the expression on his face kept changing according to the contents of the documents.
When Stalin saw a document and frowned, he pressed a button on the desktop without thinking. Soon a young female secretary with beautiful golden hair came in and asked softly:
"Comrade Stalin, do you have any other instructions?"
"Call Comrade Zhukov here immediately."
Stalin's voice was as calm as ever. This female secretary who had just been transferred to Stalin's side obviously did not hear the trace of anxiety in the words of this resolute leader, and said quickly: "Comrade Stalin, Comrade Zhukov still
He is commanding the troops at his headquarters. It will take some time to arrive. If there is nothing urgent, you might as well call him."
"Shut up, didn't you understand what I said? Call Zhukov here immediately."
No matter how slow she was, the female secretary could still hear the anger in Stalin's words, so she hurriedly walked out, and soon the sound of a cell phone being rang outside.
More than an hour later, Zhukov, who was in a hurry, arrived at Stalin's office. This general, who was responsible for the important task of defending Moscow, now had thick dark circles on his face and his figure was thinner than before. It could be seen that these days
How much pressure is on his shoulders.
"Comrade Zhukov, I heard that the Germans outside have received help from the Chinese to help them transport supplies by air."
"Yes, Comrade Stalin, according to our air force report, Chinese transport planes fly to the airport controlled by the Germans almost every day to provide them with a large amount of military supplies. These supplies also include a large amount of weapons and ammunition." Zhukov said in his words.
There was a trace of helplessness.
"Where's our air force? Why don't we intercept their transport planes?" Stalin kept staring at Zhukov with his piercing eyes, as if he wanted to see through the heart of his beloved general.
"I once sent planes to try to intercept their transport fleets and airships in the air, but unfortunately we all failed." Speaking of this, Zhukov looked helpless. Just a few days ago, he had photographed a batch of
More than 200 transport planes went to intercept the Chinese transport planes flying from the direction of Poland, but they were stubbornly intercepted by the Chinese escort fleet. In the end, only more than 60 of the more than 200 fighter planes returned, and their results were only
Three Chinese transport planes were shot down. Such a heavy price was paid but only such a small gain was achieved. From then on, Zhukov never sent a fleet to sneak attack the transport fleet coming from afar.
Seeing the dissatisfaction on Stalin's face, Zhukov quickly comforted him: "But don't worry, it's still winter. If there's another heavy snowfall, the Chinese planes won't be able to fly into the sky. Then their air transport will naturally stop."
"I just handed over one million reserves to you, why don't you launch a counterattack immediately?" At this point, Stalin began to become stern, "I have told you long ago that we must not be soft on these invaders. We must be
Give them the harshest blow and continuously launch attacks against them to weaken their strength. Why don't you carry out the orders of the Supreme Command? Do you know that what you do is contrary to the orders of the Supreme Command?"
"Because our troops are still insufficient, and because I am not sure that we can drive the Germans out of Moscow." Facing the anger of the supreme commander, Zhukov did not be as frightened and obedient as other generals. He just calmly stated the current battlefield situation.
"Since the Chinese have begun to use air power to help the Germans airlift supplies, it means that they are no longer satisfied with stopping in Yekaterin to watch the scenery. In order to prevent the Chinese, we have transferred the reorganized Southeast Front Army to
The scale of the reinforcements originally used to reinforce Moscow in the direction of Kazan has been greatly reduced. The conditions for us to launch a counterattack are insufficient. If we launch a counterattack forcefully and cannot drive the Germans out of Moscow in one go, all our troops and supplies will have been consumed.
What can we do if we are exhausted to resist the German counterattack?"
Zhukov's rhetorical question left Stalin speechless. He also admitted that Zhukov's words were reasonable, but he still couldn't help shouting: "I don't care what method you use, but you must give the Germans some color. I want to let them know."
They know that the great Soviet Russia is not a place they can invade wantonly."
Under Stalin's angry rebuke, Zhukov had no choice but to agree to launch a limited counterattack tomorrow, while testing the strength of the Germans. He also understood Stalin's mood at this time. Since being jointly attacked by China and Germany, Soviet Russia has lost
Most of the country and the entire Siberia has fallen into the hands of the Chinese and their lackeys, the Russian Empire. Although the Chinese are still watching the excitement in Yekaterinburg, everyone on earth knows that they are just sitting on the mountain and watching the fight between tigers. But at this time
Soviet Russia just has no good way to deal with them. The Germans in the southwest are attacking very quickly. Now it can be said that Soviet Russia has been overwhelmed and is in danger of annihilation at any time. As the supreme commander,
It is understandable that Stalin was anxious and angry.
When Zhukov said goodbye to Stalin and walked out of the office, Stalin sat in his seat and pondered for a long time before slowly saying to himself: "It seems that we have to ask the Americans for more aid, otherwise"
"Mr. President, Stalin has sent a telegram again. They ask us to increase military assistance to Soviet Russia. We must provide at least 450 combat aircraft, 1,000 trucks, 50,000 tons of aluminum and 200,000 tons of aluminum every month.
tons of various combat supplies, and they even asked us to supply an additional 100,000 tons of food every month, otherwise Soviet Russia would be completely defeated on the frontal battlefield."
In Roosevelt's office, Hawkins reluctantly handed a telegram to Roosevelt.
Roosevelt sighed after receiving the telegram. He frowned and sighed: "It seems that the Soviet people are having a hard time now."
"It's not that it's not hard, but it's very hard." Hawkins interjected: "Now the Chinese have begun to intervene in the European battlefield. They use planes to airlift large quantities of supplies to the Germans. According to intelligence, they have now specially sent out
There are about five hundred large transport planes dedicated to airlifting military supplies from Poland to Moscow. They are like a group of crazy Jews who dare to sell anything as long as they give money. Sometimes I can't help but ask myself, is this still the country I was familiar with?
Is this still the country that is under the banner of freedom and enlightenment?” The great changes that have taken place in China over the years have made Hawkins, who originally claimed to be a master of China, increasingly unable to understand the current situation.
"It's not surprising, Hawkins." Roosevelt's eyes were looking at the snowy scene outside the window. "The Chinese are now using themselves as bargaining chips. If they want to gain benefits from this unprecedented war, they must use their own interests.
To the max, this matches the character of their president very well."
Roosevelt's reaction puzzled Hawkins, "Mr. President, aren't you indignant at the Chinese people's actions? You know that they promised to only transport some food, food and other humanitarian supplies by air. Now they have violated that original promise."
Guarantee."
"They are just lucky, so what can we do to stop them? Or should we declare war on China for this?" Roosevelt asked back and Hawkins fell silent. Yes, now the United States has declared war on Germany and Japan. What if the United States declares war on China again?
The consequences of China declaring war will be frightening to think about. You must know that the current Chinese navy is no longer the two or three kittens and puppies of the past. It has three powerful navies that can attack across the ocean. Although they have not yet
No matter how much experience they have in maritime combat, the nine large aircraft carriers carrying a total of more than a thousand combat aircraft are not just decorations. They can also kill people.
"Once upon a time, the Chinese navy was just a baby that had just learned to walk, but now it has grown into a strong young man. Hawkins, times are developing, and we cannot look at the current Chinese navy with old eyes. Their strength
It is worthy of us to measure them with equal eyes. The world is so helpless, do you understand?"
After listening to Roosevelt's words, Hawkins remained silent. Roosevelt's words revealed the naked law of the jungle. As long as you have strength, you can gain respect and even admiration from others, even if you were once a beggar on the roadside.
"Hawkins, you have to remember that we can no longer add enemies to ourselves. As long as there is a glimmer of possibility, we must unite all the forces that can be united, even if we know that this force will turn against us in the future, you understand me
What do you mean?"
"Yes, Mr. President, I understand what you mean." Hawkins nodded helplessly, "But what about the Soviet Union's request for help? Do we need to continue to reinforce them?"
"Of course," Roosevelt affirmed: "We must not only continue to reinforce them, but also increase the intensity of reinforcements. At this time, Soviet Russia must not fail. If they do not contain the Germans on the Eastern Front, then Hitler can at least vacate
Take action and invest at least four million troops on the Western Front. Can you imagine what this means to us? This is simply a huge disaster. Hawkins, if the British are defeated and surrender, what will happen to us alone?
Should we deal with the attacks from Germany and Japan alone? I'm afraid we will have to be prepared to fight on our homeland by then, so Soviet Russia must not fall." As if to express his determination, Roosevelt repeated this sentence with another change.
After thinking about it in his mind, Hawkins said cautiously: "If we want to increase aid to Soviet Russia, then it is not enough to rely on the route from Britain and Iceland to the port of Murmansk via the Arctic Ocean. We will also need to increase transportation.
The line will do.”
"Then do you have any good ideas?"
Hawkins pondered for a moment: "I think we can open up two more routes. One is to transport the goods to Iran, and then transport the goods from Iran to Soviet Russia by rail. The other is to transport the goods from the west coast through Alaska to the ports in eastern Soviet Russia.
But now the ports in eastern Soviet Russia have been occupied by the Chinese. If the Chinese don't agree, we can't even transport a screw in. As you know, the Chinese Pacific Fleet has already started patrolling in that area."
"Then negotiate with the Chinese, whether it's threats or offering money to buy the way, in short, we must let the Soviets survive." Roosevelt said firmly.