Chapter 755: Negotiation (2)
Speaking of which, it seems to be a bit off-topic and out of the original intention of the negotiation. In fact, it is a tactical detour, in which both sides point out each other's weaknesses by peeling off the cocoons to add weight to the negotiations.
In this invisible battlefield, the two sides are arguing with each other, and you come and go. One by one, hoping to achieve his dream through the friendship of the allies, pay a slight price. One step at a time, we will never give up until we achieve our goal.
From 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., there was no progress in the negotiations, and the arguments never stopped. Chen Chen and Chen Shaokuan both had to translate through the translation lady, but they were also very attentive to the listen, and they didn't dare to relax at all, and even kept writing and drawing on the paper to make some records.
Jiang Haoran seemed a little restless, he was originally the kind of person who didn't have the ability to sit, and he wanted to get up and go out to breathe a few times, but seeing that everyone was serious, he had to sit down patiently.
After another hour, neither side had any intention of retreating, Aiden, Chen Chen, and Chen Shaokuan began to join the war of words, and the two sides chattered back and forth, giving the entire command an atmosphere of a vegetable market.
Jiang Haoran finally raised his hand at this time, as a group army commander, in principle, he was not even qualified to attend such a meeting, let alone speak, but it was another matter if he had the identity of an inventor.
Marshall soon noticed that Jiang Haoran had raised his hand, and in fact he had been paying attention to Jiang Haoran, and knew that he was the most important and difficult part of the negotiation, and he also knew very well that these conditions were all from his hand. Therefore, Marshall decisively stopped the argument in the room, stretched out his hand to Jiang Haoran, and motioned for him to speak.
"Mr. Marshall, may I ask a less polite question?" Jiang Haoran got up and said.
"General Jiang, you say!" Marshall waved his hand and made a gesture of please.
Jiang Haoran said: "Do you remember the radar more than a year ago?" ”
Marshall was stunned for a moment, a trace of panic obviously flashed in his eyes, Jiang Haoran has always disliked beating around the bush, and his style of acting has always been relatively simple and direct, although this sentence is very plain, but for Marshall, it is no less than a sharp knife, straight to his heart.
More than a year ago, Jiang Haoran sent Jiang Haotian to negotiate with the United States with radar, AK47 and other high-tech products, hoping to exchange for Hughes Shipyard, but due to the hesitation of the United States, this matter dragged on for more than half a year, and it was not until the outbreak of the world war that an agreement was reached, and more than half a year was wasted in the middle. In other words, if the United States had agreed to this matter at the beginning, the radar would have been fully equipped long ago, including Pearl Harbor, of course, if Pearl Harbor had a radar early warning, the troops could have entered the state of alert and meet the enemy in advance, and there would have been no disaster of Pearl Harbor at all.
But Marshall was also extraordinary, and immediately returned to normal, saying, "I want to hear about it!" ”
Since Jiang Haoran raised this issue at this time, he must have caught some kind of fighter plane in the war situation, and this kind of fighter plane is obviously unfavorable to the United States, and Marshall will certainly not let go of this opportunity to understand, Jiang Haoran's strategic vision is famous all over the world.
Jiang Haoran did not twist and talked eloquently, although the US-Philippine coalition forces were still engaged in a cruel and tragic battle for islands with the Japanese army on the Pacific islands, they had lost the two major points of air supremacy and sea supremacy, and this situation could not be maintained for long, and the US-Philippine coalition forces were bound to usher in an unprecedented fiasco.
The reason why the US-Philippine forces were able to maintain their combat effectiveness was that on the one hand, the numerous islands dispersed the Japanese army's combat effectiveness, and on the other hand, the Burma battlefield dragged down most of the Japanese army's strength, and the Japanese army hoped too much to join the German army in India and complete the strategic layout ahead of schedule.
Moreover, judging from the current situation, the Japanese army will continue to increase troops on the Burma battlefield to deal with the stubborn resistance of the expeditionary force, so to a large extent, it is the expeditionary force that provides a respite for the United States and the Philippines. But this respite will not be too long, once the expeditionary force blocks this wave of Japanese offensive and successfully drags the war until the rainy season, the Burma battlefield will usher in a truce period of at least four months, and the Japanese army will definitely not be idle, and it is ironclad to deal with the US-Philippine coalition forces on the Pacific islands with all its might.
I am afraid that in less than a month, if the US-Filipino forces do not withdraw from the battle, they will face the danger of total annihilation, and the Japanese army will definitely carry out a strategic advance at sea, and the next stop will be Midway.
Although Midway Island covers an area of only 4.7 square kilometers, its special geographical location determines the importance of its strategic position. The island is 2,800 nautical miles away from San Francisco in the United States and Yokohama in Japan, and is in the middle of the Pacific route between Asia and North America, hence the name Midway. In addition, it is located 1,135 nautical miles from Pearl Harbor, and is an important military base and transportation hub of the United States in the Central Pacific region, as well as the gateway and outpost of the United States military in Hawaii. Once Midway Island is lost, Pearl Harbor, the base camp of the US Pacific Fleet, which is in the process of restoration, will also be lost.
If the Japanese navy achieves the set goal, then the west coast of the United States will be directly threatened by the Japanese navy. Due to the destruction of the Pacific Fleet, the United States simply did not have the ability to effectively counterattack the Japanese navy in the Pacific in the short term. The Japanese army is well aware of the military potential of the United States. Once the huge industrial production capacity of the United States was fully brought into the orbit of the war, the Japanese army had little hope of victory. Therefore, the Japanese army hopes to force the United States to the negotiating table before this situation arises and quickly end the war with the United States.
In fact, in history, the Japanese army launched the Battle of Coral Island shortly after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, and then launched an attack on Midway, and at that time, the US military still had three aircraft carriers spared, so the Japanese army did not succeed, and the Battle of Midway Island also became an important turning point in World War II.
Marshall is also a strategist, and he is also a strategic adviser to two presidents, and his strategic vision can be mottled.
The battle for the Pacific islands is still in a stalemate, and they have not yet skipped the battle itself to see so far, coupled with the rapid advance of the German army, so that they put all their eyes on the serious consequences of the German-Japanese and Indian divisions, and they did not expect that a huge threat was approaching the United States, and it was far more terrifying than the German-Japanese-Indian division.