Beiyang reactionaries

The time has entered March of 1942.

At present, Duan Xun is concerned about the five-nation talks held by China, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, the Republic of Myanmar, and Vientiane.Negotiations were held in Kunming, China to promote the establishment of the Chinese Federation.Everyone has already determined the general direction, and now we are discussing some organizational structures within the federation, organizational discipline within the federation, and so on.Once this federation is established, China's influence and status in Asia will increase dramatically.

As for the atomic bomb, although it is very important, Duan Xun does not intervene.

Duan Xun hopes that the atomic bomb will come naturally, and does not want to put pressure on the scientists in front.At this time, the United Kingdom and the United States invited China to participate in the meeting, and invited China to come to Quebec, Canada to participate in the meeting.

"What level of meeting?"

"The level is very high. According to the information we have received, British Prime Minister Churchill and Foreign Minister Robert Eden are going to Quebec. Although Stalin will not participate in the Soviet Union, Molotov will personally participate. As for the United States, the US President Roosevelt has reached Canada."

"Such a high-level meeting?"

Duan Xun was very surprised.

The three parties of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union all sent high-level officials, and it can even be said to be a meeting of heads of state.Although Stalin was not in the Soviet Union, Molotov was also the number two figure in the current Soviet political arena, and Molotov represented Stalin outside.

This is the three big countries in the anti-fascist alliance who want to discuss the current world situation, and may also discuss how to coordinate.But what is China invited to this meeting?China is not an anti-fascist alliance country.

"Can you find out what they will discuss?"

"Although the specific content is unclear, we guess that it should be for the United States to participate in the European battlefield. In January this year, when the military representatives of the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union negotiated with the United States, they asked the United States to send troops to participate in the European battlefield to jointly resist Germany. But Marshall directly rejected this request at the meeting. After that, Molotov and Eden met and jointly sent a telegram to the United States, hoping that the United States could send troops to participate in the European battlefield. The result was rejected by Roosevelt. The United States said that at present The Pacific battlefield was very difficult, and the United States did not have the energy to send troops to the European battlefield. However, the Soviet Union and the British side did not go well in the next war, so we guess it is still for this matter.”

Wang Jingwei reports.

In fact, since the beginning of 1941, both the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom have been eagerly looking forward to the arrival of American troops in Europe to relieve their pressure.After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the United States has equipped more than 500 million army troops.However, the United States has never let go, using the Pacific battlefield as an excuse to only provide support materials to the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom, and did not send a single soldier to Europe.This made the Soviet Union and Britain very dissatisfied.

In order to resist the German and Italian coalition forces, Britain and the Soviet Union are currently very difficult, and the casualties are very heavy.However, the United States has not let go, and the pressure on the two countries is increasing.Especially after entering 1942, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union were in frequent contact, and the two sides cooperated to call on the United States to join the war.But the United States has not expressed its position. As a result, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union are becoming more and more anxious.In a hurry, a high-level meeting will be held, and a showdown with the United States will be required.

"Vice Chairman Li (Li Jishen), what's the current situation in Europe?"

"The Soviet Army has made great progress in the Battle of Stalingrad. It has broken through the defense of the Romanian Army and surrounded the Sixth Army. However, the Soviet Army's offensive ability has been greatly reduced, and it has been unable to encircle and wipe out the Sixth Army. Of course, the German Sixth Army The current situation of the Sixth Army is also very poor, and it can only be sustained by airdrops. But the airdrops of the German army are blocked by the Soviet Air Force, and the supplies are not enough.”

"This battle has been fought for too long."

Duan Xun sighed.

The Battle of Stalingrad has been fought for more than eight months, and the result is that there is still no winner.Of course, from a grand strategic point of view, the Soviet Union already has an advantage.Zhukov's overall strategy has been completed.

But the casualties of the Soviet army were really too great.

So far, in the Battle of Stalingrad, the Soviet casualties have exceeded 250 million, not far from 300 million.Casualties of this scale directly affected the ability of the Soviet army to attack.Therefore, it finally defeated the Romanian Group and surrounded the German Sixth Army, but it was not so easy to chew it off.

Historically, the Battle of Stalingrad lasted seven months and ended with a complete victory for the Soviet army.But now the Battle of Stalingrad has been fought for eight months, and the war is still not over.

The casualties of the Soviet army and the German army on both sides are simply appalling.In this battle, the combined casualties of the Soviet Union and Germany, as well as Germany's allies and servant troops far exceeded 400 million.

"The situation in Britain is not very good. After receiving supplies in the North African battlefield, Rommel launched the third battle of Alamein in Alamein. As a result, Montgomery's British army failed to resist the German-Italian coalition forces and fought in Alamein. Combining the reports from both sides, we judged that the Eighth Army of the British Army was seriously injured in this battle, with a loss of more than 5 people. Rommel's troops assaulted all the way to Cairo, where they were held back. In order to resist the Germans, the British The Italian coalition forces have urgently mobilized troops to Egypt. However, the current fighting situation in North Africa is very passive."

Three battles were fought between the German-Italian and British forces at Alamein.

The first time was Rommel's German attack, which was very powerful at that time.However, due to insufficient logistics, it was blocked by the British army.It was even fought back by the British army.The North African battlefield has become a stalemate from the German-Italian coalition forces gaining the upper hand.The second time was after the British army assembled its troops, it attacked the German-Italian coalition led by Rommel and blocked the British army.In the end, because the British army failed to land and attack French North Africa, they chose to retreat.

This is the third battle of Alamein.

After Rommel supplemented during this period, the ammunition of the troops was greatly improved.Then the third Battle of Alamein was launched, and the British army suffered heavy losses.No matter how later generations evaluate Rommel, including criticizing his strategic ability, Rommel is very unique in tactics.The Eighth Army led by Montgomery suffered heavy casualties.

The British army retreated all the way to Cairo before redeploying their defenses.Britain could not accept the consequences of losing Egypt, so it immediately used sea transportation to land from the Egyptian port to support the British army in North Africa.

"Ah."

Duan Xun nodded.

I understand why the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom are so anxious.The Soviet Union suffered too many casualties, and it was really unbearable.After all, after the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, military and civilian casualties have exceeded 2000 million.The population of the Soviet Union is only so small, and the Soviet-German war has only been fought for a long time, and it has been less than two years now.In less than two years, there were such high casualties, how could the Soviet Union bear it.

The same is true for the UK.

Although it relied on the English Channel to withstand Germany, Britain suffered very heavy losses in the air and naval battles with Germany.Without the aircraft and warships supported by the United States, the United Kingdom can only shrink back to its homeland.

German submarine warfare dealt a great blow to the British Navy.

No wonder Britain and the Soviet Union sent such high-level representatives to Canada for a meeting.

"What do you think? Should we send someone?"

"Chairman, I think someone should be sent."

Dai Kan put down the pen in his hand, and said: "From the current situation, although the Axis powers still have the advantage on the battlefield, the countries of the Anti-Fascist Alliance are gradually recovering the situation. Although the Soviet Union suffered a lot in the Battle of Stalingrad, but At present, their strategic goals have been completed and the German Sixth Army has been besieged. Once the Soviet Army can really wipe out the Sixth Army, the Stalingrad campaign launched by Germany will be a complete failure. Germany's attempt to take the Caucasus It also failed completely. In this way, in terms of grand strategy, the Soviet Union can slowly recover. As long as there are fundamental changes in the Soviet-German battlefield, the failure of the Axis powers is inevitable. Although we are not involved in the war at this stage, we also There is no need to have too serious a conflict with Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union."

"Something makes sense."

Father, like son.

China studies the world situation every day, but it sees it more clearly than the two military groups in the game.Although the current situation is still that the Axis powers of Germany, Italy and Japan have the upper hand, they still did not directly kill Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union.As a result, Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union relied on their resource advantages and industrial advantages to slowly regain the situation.In particular, the Soviet Union, relying on its strong mobilization capabilities, stubbornly withstood Germany's offensive, causing Germany's strategies to go bankrupt one after another.The Soviet Union is an industrial power, and with the support of the United States, it can produce more things than Germany every year.With the accumulation of such advantages, the Soviet army will be able to slowly gain the advantage.

Although this process is relatively slow, this is a trend.

Under such circumstances, there should not be too much conflict with Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union.

"I agree."

Li Jishen said: "Chairman, according to the current situation, the superiority of the German, Italian and Japanese Axis powers can only be maintained for about a year. Recently, in the Pacific battlefield, the US Pacific Fleet began to appear large warships such as aircraft carriers and battleships, and They have never lacked light aircraft carriers and escort aircraft carriers, as well as a large number of destroyers and submarines. This shows that the United States has survived the initial difficulties. Therefore, it is very necessary to slowly ease relations with Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union."

Dai Kan and Li Jishen are both supportive.

Duan Xun looked at Wang Jingwei and Yang Wei, who also nodded slowly, supporting China and Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union to start to ease relations.Duan Xun thought for a while and said: "But at this stage, we shouldn't have too much contact with them. In this way, isn't Vice Minister Wang Zhengting in the United States? Let Vice Minister Wang Zhengting attend the Quebec meeting, and there is no need to promise anything at the meeting. Listen to them more the meaning of."

"Okay, I'll telegraph Washington now."

711

"Have you mastered the content of the meeting in Quebec?"

Quebec Conference.

This was another important meeting in World War II after a group of countries led by Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union signed the "Declaration of the United Nations" in Washington, USA in early 1941.At the last Washington Conference, the establishment of the Anti-Fascist League was announced.

Afterwards, there were many meetings among these anti-fascist alliance countries, all discussing how to cooperate.

But it has never been like the Quebec meeting, where Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union sent such high-level dignitaries to attend.In particular, the meeting between US President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill attracted the attention of many countries.Because such a high-level meeting must discuss very important things.

Just as the core of the Axis powers is Germany, Italy and Japan, the core of the anti-fascist alliance is Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union.The Axis powers are very concerned about this meeting, and they want to see what Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union will do next.

Therefore, the intelligence agencies of the Axis countries are very busy in Canada.

The same is true for Japan.