The U.S. government's putting pressure on Chairman Chiang is not a high probability event, but an inevitable event.
At this moment, in Washington, D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Hull had arrived at Roosevelt's office. When Hull entered the office, Roosevelt was reading the article written by Powell.
"Mr. President." Hull took off the wide-brimmed hat on his head and tilted his head slightly.
"Hull, you're here." Roosevelt immediately raised his head after hearing this, raised the briefing paper in his hand, and asked, "Have you read this article written by Mr. Powell, the editor-in-chief of the Miller Review?"
"Yes, Mr. President." Hull nodded, "I have read this article."
"This is really an outrageous thing." Roosevelt placed the briefing paper in his hand heavily on the table and said, "China's war situation has been so difficult, but their government officials are still intoxicated and have no sense of responsibility.
, and they have no sense of mission at all. As officials, they are really ashamed of the country."
"Yes, Mr. President." Hull said with deep understanding. "The corruption problem in the National Government is already very serious. If we compare them to a patient, this patient may be terminally ill."
"Okay, let's not talk about this for now." Roosevelt waved his hand and quickly changed the subject.
Because to the U.S. government, or to the U.S. government's diplomacy, China's weight has always been very small, and it can even be said to be of no importance at all. Therefore, the extent to which the Nationalist government has become corrupt and whether it can be saved has nothing to do with the U.S. government.
It didn't matter so much that Roosevelt didn't even bother to ask.
What Roosevelt cared about was the profits from the arms trade!
Roosevelt pondered for a moment and then said: "Hull, what do you think of the Far East battlefield?"
"The Soviet Union is in a very bad situation." Hull said sharply. "Due to the restrictions of the Trans-Siberian Railway, the Soviet Far East Army has never been able to receive sufficient military supplies. Therefore, even if the Soviet government has assembled in Siberia
An army of nearly one million people still cannot gain the upper hand."
After a pause, Hull added: "However, in order to feed these one million troops, the supplies consumed every day are astronomical, which makes the transportation capacity of the Siberian Railway even more tense, which also forms a vicious circle.
If there are too few troops, it will not be enough to crush the Kwantung Army, but if there are too many troops, the transportation capacity of the Siberian Railway will only be able to ensure the food problem of the Far East Front, but will not be able to transport too much ammunition and oil."
Roosevelt nodded and added: "So, in order to break this vicious cycle, the Soviet government will consider building a small industrial zone in Baotou and opening up another lifeline besides the Siberian Railway to continue to deliver supplies and oil to the Far East Army.
Even weapons and ammunition.”
Hull shook his head and said: "But frankly speaking, I don't think this idea of the Soviet government can be successful, because Baotou does not have any industrial base. It is very difficult to design and build an industrial base from scratch.
It’s really too big, and there has never been any precedent like this before.”
"But these are not important." Roosevelt said solemnly, "The Soviet ambassador to the United States just came again and made a tactful suggestion, asking us to put pressure on the National Government and Chiang Kai-shek to allow them to let the share bidding of that company in Baotou, Hull
You see, do we need to extend a helping hand to the Soviet government?"
Hull said seriously: "Mr. President, if this move is beneficial to the United States, we should extend it."
Roosevelt nodded and then asked: "So, do you think this move will be beneficial to the United States?"
Hull said without thinking: "This move is of course beneficial to the United States. Regardless of whether the industrial base in Baotou can be built in the end, even if it only builds a few factories, it will be a huge benefit to China and the Soviet Union.
This led to the Far East Campaign and the long-term stalemate between China and Japan."
After a pause, Hull continued: "I said in the State of the Union address that the neutrality policy pursued by our U.S. government is actually offshore balancing. The essence of offshore balancing is to split the mainland country into two hostile countries.
camp, making them hate each other or even fall into war, and then maintain the balance of strength by selling arms to both sides. In this way, our U.S. government can not only earn huge arms profits, but also allow the two camps to exhaust all their resources.
Financial resources, until the end, it will be easy for us, the U.S. government, to step in to clean up the mess!"
Roosevelt said with deep approval: "Hull, I have carefully read your State of the Union address. It is very well written. Congress has also discussed and passed it. There is only one thing that I am not sure about. During the World War,
, the UK also adopts an offshore balancing policy towards the European continent, but the final effect does not seem to be ideal?"
"That's because Britain's industrial manufacturing capabilities are not strong enough to serve as an offshore balancer." Hull said with great certainty, "But now, our industrial manufacturing capabilities in the United States are ten times that of the UK. It is no exaggeration to say that,
Whether our U.S. government tightens trade with the German-Japanese-Italian axis group or tightens trade with the British-French alliance group, it will be enough to have a decisive impact on the world war that is about to break out!"
Roosevelt was convinced, nodded and said: "Okay, then send a telegram to Johnson in the name of the State Department and ask him to immediately convey the attitude of the U.S. government to Mr. Chiang, saying that the U.S. government is very disappointed with the corruption of the Nationalist government.
, the second loan to China that is going through the process in Congress will also be temporarily shelved."
Hull tilted his head slightly and turned around.
…
It was not only the Americans but also the British who put strong pressure on the National Government and Chairman Chiang Kai-shek.
Compared with Americans, the British's motives for exerting pressure are deeper and more sinister.
Here, it is necessary to briefly introduce the situation in Europe. At this time, Poland had been destroyed, most of Poland had been annexed to Germany, and the smaller half of Poland, together with Western Ukraine, had been annexed to the Soviet Union. However, Britain and France were extremely disappointed.
Yes, after the Soviet Union and Germany carved up Poland, they did not directly start the war.
When the German army blitzed Poland, although Britain and France immediately declared war on Germany, this was only a superficial effort. In fact, they did not send troops to fight back against Germany. Instead, they watched Poland being annexed by Germany. The intention of Britain and France was to use
At the expense of Poland, the German disaster was directed towards the Soviet Union.
The intentions of Britain and France cannot be said to be lofty, but the reality is very ugly.
After swallowing the fat piece of Poland, Germany and the Soviet Union did not directly start the film. Instead, they colluded together and secretly concluded a non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and Germany. Now Britain and France were dumbfounded. This is called the agency's calculation.
It cost you your life! If the British and the French were smart enough, they should decisively give up their illusions at this time and stop pinning their hopes on the Soviet Union and Germany fighting each other. Instead, they should take the initiative to start a war with Germany.
In this case, the course of World War II may be rewritten. Even if France still cannot escape the fate of being destroyed, it will at least last longer than it has in history! However, it is very regrettable that although Chamberlain has stepped down, his appeasement
However, the ideological ideology has penetrated deeply into the bones of politicians in Britain and France.
Therefore, after discovering that one plan failed, Britain made another plan!
The partition of Poland failed to turn the Soviet Union and Germany against each other, but what about Northern Europe?
Germany has always regarded Northern Europe as its forbidden zone, especially Norway, which is the main source of Germany's iron ore resources, and Sweden and Finland are Norway's eastern barriers. If the Soviet army continues to advance westward after annexing Finland, it will definitely
If Germany's bottom line is touched, the two countries may fight in Northern Europe.
That's why the British government was so active in putting pressure on the Nationalist Government and Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, because Britain hoped that the Soviet Red Army would gain the upper hand in the Far East battlefield. In this way, the Soviet Union would unscrupulously devote its main force to the invasion of Finland and even Northern Europe.
In the war, only in this way can we fall out with Germany.
Therefore, when the U.S. Ambassador to China Johnson came to visit, the British Minister to China Stephen had already been sitting in the living room of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's residence for fifteen minutes.
In the spirit of one sheep being driven, two sheep being herded, Chairman Chiang simply asked the guards to take Johnson to the living room and meet with the American and British envoys at the same time.
Seeing Stephen there, Jason was slightly surprised.
However, the next moment, a tacit smile appeared on the faces of the two veteran Western diplomats. The main ethnic groups of the United States and Britain belong to the same Anglo-Saxon people. In a sense, the two countries are basically like father and son.
The only relationship is that now, the American son is much stronger than the British father!
Therefore, in terms of foreign relations, the United States and Britain can often maintain a high degree of tacit understanding!
After making eye contact, Stephen immediately stood up and said goodbye. Chairman Chiang quickly asked the accompanying Foreign Minister Wang Chonghui to see him out. Soon Stephen and Wang Chonghui disappeared outside the living room door, and Jason took out Hercules from his briefcase.
The telegram you just sent to him in the name of the State Council is equivalent to the official credentials.
Johnson had a close relationship with Chairman Chiang, and from a personal emotional point of view, he was unwilling to exert pressure.
However, this was an order from the U.S. government, and he could only obey the crowd. At that moment, Johnson took out his letter of nationality and said: "Mr. Jiang, this is a note sent to you by the U.S. government. The U.S. government hopes that you will deal with the Baotou Tea Trading Company prudently.
As for the public bidding of shares, until this matter is not satisfactorily resolved, the process for the second loan to China will be suspended!"
"What?" Chairman Jiang's face immediately darkened, and the loan process was suspended?
This is really life-threatening. At present, the National Government's financial and tax sources are almost exhausted. Chairman Chiang is relying entirely on assistance from the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States to survive. Once external assistance is completely cut off, so many local officials in the national government will
What do we need to eat? How do we feed so many troops?
