Sure enough, when Su Tong's face showed an abnormal smile, he said something that made Ribbentrop chill from beginning to end.
"Well, let us speak based on our respective strengths. From today on, China and Germany will officially terminate all previous cooperative relations. China will recall its ambassador to Germany. At the same time, please tell the German ambassador to China, please
He has to leave China within 48 hours, otherwise the Chinese government will no longer be responsible for his safety."
"Are you going to sever ties with the German Empire?" Ribbentrop's face turned livid in an instant. This change was so unexpected to him. Before coming, he had imagined various processes and processes of meeting Su Tong.
As a result, judging from his experience, China may not agree to stop its attack on Kazan, but relying on the prestige of the German Empire to stop the Chinese army's military boots east of Kazan is still possible. But things went beyond his expectation.
Unexpectedly, Su Tong's tough attitude caught him off guard.
In addition to rejecting his request with his tough attitude, Su Tong also used his verbal mistakes to recall the ambassador to Germany and expel the German ambassador to China. According to international practice, this was a declaration of war on Germany.
a precursor to.
"It seems that the Chinese people have already planned it."
Ribbentrop was also quite a bachelor. As soon as he heard Su Wuxiao, he knew that since the other party had already made a decision, no matter how much he said, it would be useless. When the matter came to an end, he calmed down and held his head high.
Tou Aoran said to Su Tong: "Now that Mr. President has made his decision, we have nothing to talk about. I hope you will not regret today's scene in the future."
After saying that, Ribbentrop picked up his briefcase and walked out. The translator beside him quickly followed. The negotiation was officially broken down. Seeing Ribbentrop disappearing from the door, Su Tong
He turned around and said in a deep voice to Tieniu standing aside: "Prepare the car immediately and rush to the Ministry of National Defense immediately."
Several orderlies in the small conference room of the Ministry of National Defense in Nanjing were preparing refreshments for the big guys in the room. One orderly also opened the window next to him to let out the smell of cigarette smoke that filled the room.
"Jianming, have you really thought about it? If we declare war on Germany, we will have to face two opponents instead of one. Our army will face a lot of pressure at that time."
After looking at the senior Chinese officials, only Jiang Baili still dares to call Su Tong by his name.
Su Tong pressed the butt of the cigarette in his hand against the ashtray in front of him, puffed out two long puffs of smoke from his nose, and snorted: "What can I do? The Germans won't let us enter the European part of Soviet Russia."
, wouldn’t that disrupt our plans? Looking at the entire Soviet Russia, they are the richest and most densely populated place in Europe. Even though we have occupied the eastern part of Soviet Russia, most of them are
Although there are resources in the vast and sparsely populated wilderness, the level of development is far inferior to that in the west. Moreover, the current international situation is also very delicate. The longer the Soviet Union persists, the more the United States and Britain will become
Respect them. Although the United States and Britain have temporarily cut off military aid channels to the Soviet Union, once the war situation reaches a stalemate, this military aid channel will be reopened at any time. Therefore, our top priority now is to defeat Soviet Russia as soon as possible.
Help Alexei to the stage. Only in this way can we free our hands to snatch Australia from the hands of the United States and Britain. You must know that it is a country sitting on the top of a mine."
When thinking of the 15.3 billion tons of iron ore, 51.1 billion tons of bituminous coal and various lead, nickel, silver, tantalum, zinc, uranium, gold and other rich resources buried in Australia, Su Tong
His eyes seemed to be glowing with green light.
"Doesn't that mean we are about to form an alliance with the United States and Britain?" Li Zongren frowned. After the start of World War II, as China's national strength and international status continued to improve, he, as the prime minister, also felt that he was enjoying it.
You can make a lot of money by reselling weapons and ammunition. Now once you unite with the United States and Britain, it means that you have to be tied to the same tank with these countries. The good days of having both sides in the past are gone forever.
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"There is nothing you can do about it. Although you can gain temporary benefits by riding two boats, in the end you still have to choose a camp." On this point, Bai Chongxi, the chief of staff, is more open-minded than Li Zongren.
"Jian Sheng is right." Jiang Baili also nodded in agreement with Bai Chongxi's point of view: "Don't look at it now. We can have both sides and sell both sides to make money, but this is by no means a long-term solution. If we continue like this, we will end up in a situation where both sides are likely to be in trouble.
It is a thankless situation. If we join the allies led by the United States and Britain now, we will be more confident when we propose to share our interests in Australia after the war."
Su Tong took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and continued to light it. He squinted and said, "Well, Mr. Dan Ning and Brother Jiansheng are right. Now is the time to choose a camp. I personally am not optimistic about Germany, although they
We have a world-class army, but Hitler is too crazy. I don’t think an alliance with Germany is a good thing. Although the United States and Britain are greedy, at least they still have sense and look at problems more rationally. We only need to unite the United States and Britain
After defeating Germany, and then splitting forces to defeat Japan, the world war will basically be calmed down. What is left is the redistribution of interests in the entire world structure. This is an opportunity for China to rise again, and we must not miss it.
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In this way, a major decision that could affect the isolation of the post-war world was decided from the mouths of several big bosses.
At this moment, the door of the conference room was gently knocked open, and Major General Xu Li, director of the Staff Operations Division of the Ministry of National Defense, walked in quickly. With uncontrollable surprise and a hint of joy in his tone, he loudly reported: "
Sirs, the news just came that the United States severely damaged Japan's combined naval fleet at Midway Island. The Americans sank four Japanese combined fleets at the cost of losing an aircraft carrier, a destroyer and more than a hundred aircraft.
With an aircraft carrier, a heavy cruiser and more than 300 aircraft, we achieved an unprecedented victory."
After hearing the news, Su Tong and others all had a meaningful look in their eyes.
On June 29, 1942, the Chinese Communist Party announced that from that day forward it would formally join the anti-fascist alliance camp, and at the same time declare a formal declaration of war against Germany, Japan and other Axis powers.
The announcement of China's political ax can be said to have shocked the whole world. With the addition of China, a big country in the East, the balance of power between the Allies and the Axis Powers has changed dramatically, and the situation on the Asian battlefield has also moved in a direction that is beneficial to the Allies.
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On July 1, 1942, the Chinese army finally captured Kazan. In this battle, 670,000 Soviet Russian troops were eliminated and captured. The Chinese army officially opened the door to Europe.
On August 5, 1942, faced with the aggressive posture of the Chinese army and the influx of more than three million troops into Europe, the Soviet Union and Germany, which were fighting fiercely, began to spontaneously stop the fight. Faced with the huge
Threatened, the Soviet and German governments began to have secret contacts. On August 15, the Soviet Russian government announced to the world with lightning speed that from that day on, the Soviet Union would officially leave the Allies and join the ranks of the Axis Powers. This sudden news shocked the United States.
The Soviet Union and the Soviet Union shocked the world. Roosevelt and Churchill immediately issued a notice to the world, severely condemning the Soviet Union's treacherous behavior, and at the same time declared war on the Soviet Union.
After the Soviet Union and Germany formed an alliance, the nearly 10 million troops combined by the Soviet Union and Russia immediately targeted the Chinese army in Kazan.
Faced with this huge pressure, all the generals in China were worried and hasty. Especially the telegrams from the generals on the Kazan front line came like snow flakes, with only one content, that is, to urgently recruit reserves across the country.
Expand troops and reinforce the Soviet battlefield in the shortest possible time.
Su Tong was not panicked by this, he just kept calming the generals with kind words and getting them ready to counterattack.
On September 27, the more than six million Soviet-German allied forces composed of the Soviet Union and Germany approached Kazan in a mighty manner. Sun Liren did not show weakness and commanded the strengthened Second Army Group to prepare for the battle.
, the war is about to break out.
Just as the whole world held its breath and watched this unprecedented war, something unexpected happened. The Soviet army rebelled at this time. Zhukov, who had just been promoted to the rank of marshal, led a group of generals.
and more than two million Soviet troops rose up, announced their separation from the Soviet government, and officially joined the ranks of the Russian Guards led by Alexei.
This news shattered everyone's glasses, and the whole world sighed, "It's not that I don't understand, but the world is changing so fast."
It turned out that the sudden alliance between the Soviet Union and Germany caused many Soviet troops to fall into chaos. The opposition of the former senior generals of the Soviet Army headed by Zhukov was particularly strong. They fought hard with the German troops for two years.
During the two years of fighting, the number of Soviet military and civilian casualties has reached over 12 million.
After paying such a heavy price, the Soviet Russian government now announced that it would ally with Germany. This move not only broke the hearts of many Soviet Red Army soldiers, but also caused a strong shock among the upper echelons of the Soviet Russian army.
, the reaction of the generals headed by Zhukov was the strongest.
Zhukov, who had been made much smoother by the Great Purge, played a trick. On the one hand, he pretended to obey Stalin's orders respectfully, and led the army and the German army on the road to Kazan. On the other hand, he notified China
After receiving the guarantee from the Chinese army, the top military officials suddenly led their close generals and soldiers to launch a mutiny when they were about to arrive in Kazan. They officially announced their separation from the Soviet Union and joined the Soviet Union led by Alexei.