Chapter 689 Peace Talks?
When Roosevelt saw the news from China from China, he was surprised by China's victory in Southeast Asia, where more than 20,000 British troops were forced to surrender and killed by Japanese troops, but in the end they were completely annihilated by Chinese troops.
Now Roosevelt wanted to reassess the combat effectiveness of the Chinese troops, and the other thing was that Japan wanted to negotiate peace with China, and once the peace talks were successful, then Japan would be able to draw millions of troops from China, and then it would be able to directly attack their homeland.
Now the United States has also received information, in order to support Britain, the United States has no intention of attacking Japan at all, but just wants to contain it, and when Germany is settled, they will send troops to Asia.
But the current situation has made him have to start to pay attention to the situation in Asia, because according to the report of their intelligence department, Japan is going to land in Alaska, once Japan lands, the whole of America will be in danger, and this has to be taken seriously by the United States.
Now that he heard the staff say that Stilwell and Wright should go to talk to Chongqing, Roosevelt seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and the previous ambassadors were now on their way back to China, and it was too late to send a new ambassador over again, so they could only let Wright and Stilwell talk!
"We must prevent the success of the peace talks between Japan and China, once they succeed in the peace talks, our country will really be in great danger, Japan has trained 3 million troops in Southeast Asia, and now it is almost completely equipped with weapons and ammunition.
And China is very important in containing Japan, if there are really peace talks, then, Japan can draw millions of troops from China, so for our country. Not good news.
We really shouldn't listen to Churchill, the King of England sent me a telegram asking us to value our relations with China, we really underestimated the importance of China, and now we need to re-establish good relations with China.
We have weapons and ammunition and industry. And China has enough troops and troops, their commanders are quite experienced in combat, their commanders have been fighting with Japan for almost ten years, I think, the cooperation between the three of us is very beneficial, now we need to contact Stilwell and Wright, and ask them to hurry up and meet Commander Chiang in Chongqing.
It's just after 5 a.m. China time, and Commander Chiang in Chongqing may not have gotten up yet. We have to meet with Commander-in-Chief Chiang before the Japanese delegation, so that we can fully explain our conditions to him, and what kind of conditions should we put forward for China, and what are the demands? Roosevelt looked at the men and said.
"I thought of two points when I asked for it, one is to contain the Japanese forces in China now, and if they can be eliminated, it will be the best. The second was to assist the British forces and contain the Japanese forces in Southeast Asia. As long as these two places are successfully contained, then if Japan wants to land in Alaska, it will need more experienced veterans.
After all, the soldiers in Southeast Asia will definitely not be trusted by the Japanese commanders, and those grassroots commanders are probably still Japanese, so as long as there are not enough commanders on the Japanese side. I don't think even if they land in Alaska, it won't pose much of a threat to our country! An admiral spoke.
"Well, that's the two requirements, but. In fact, we also have to do one thing ourselves, that is, to respect the Chinese troops, the reason why such unpleasantness happened before is related to the British distrust of China's troops, and distrust is disrespect. Another staff member said.
"I think we can provide loans to China, as well as economic assistance, assistance for weapons and ammunition production lines, and we can help them train aircraft pilots, tank pilots, and artillery.
In addition, we can also provide them with a lot of equipment, so that their country can resume production, and I feel that the economic assistance should not be provided to them for free, but sold to them, and we can make them owe, so that the relationship can last for a long time.
Of course, as long as we have other materials that China needs, we can also provide them with them, this is no problem, but no matter what, we must count the money, so that we can also maintain the economic growth of our country, China is so big, once there is peace, I think they can afford these debts! A cabinet official spoke.
"That's right, if we all provide free aid, I don't think our country can afford it, now we have enough support to China, if we also give them free supplies and equipment, I don't think the people of our country will agree!" Many of the staff members heard this and nodded.
"Well, this is okay, what else is there to be specific?" Roosevelt heard it, nodded, looked at them and asked.
Now they need to come up with a plan immediately, and before the Japanese delegation meets with Commander Chiang, the plan must be sent to Commander Chiang, this is the key, so there is not much time left for them.
Soon, it was 7 o'clock in the morning, and Commander Mao, who was in Yan'an, had just gotten up when he saw the telegram sent back by Deputy Commander Zhou from Chongqing.
"Negotiations, now negotiating with Japan, is there a mistake? What does Lao Jiang want to do? After Commander Mao saw Deputy Commander Zhou's telegram, he began to ponder.
In his opinion, there is no need to talk to Japan at all, and for China, Japan's current troops in China will be able to counterattack back as long as it takes one year, and there is no need to talk about it at all.
"Commander, breakfast is ready!" An orderly came over and shouted to the commander.
"Oh, okay, come right now!" The commander heard, nodded, slipped the telegram into his pocket, and went to breakfast.
After breakfast, the commander-in-chief walked quickly to the headquarters and while he was still on the way, the commander-in-chief instructed the communications corps to summon the senior cadres to the conference room of the headquarters for a meeting.
When he first arrived at the conference room, there were not many people coming, but the commander-in-chief arrived first.
"Boss, did you see the telegram?" As soon as the commander entered, he said to the commander-in-chief.
"You said Lao Zhou sent it?" The Commander-in-Chief asked, and the Commander nodded.
"I just wanted to come to you for this, and when I saw your communications soldier, I came here! I reckon you'll take this seriously. The boss nodded and said.
"Can I not pay attention? Once the negotiations are made, things become even more troublesome, and the question of where our troops should be located, whether to continue with the status quo ante or whether we will fight again.
When I was having breakfast, I thought about it for a while, if Japan really wants to succeed in peace talks with us, I estimate that most of the land in Guannai will be spit out, then, what to do with those base areas we control now, such as Hubei, such as Shandong, Shaanxi, such as Henan, Hebei, such as Mongolia, these are all problems, I see, the devil may be here this time, I am afraid that Lao Jiang will be tempted! The commander-in-chief threw a cigarette to the commander-in-chief, and also scattered a cigarette to the other senior cadres who had come.
"I think it's very likely. However, on the northeast side, I don't think the devil will hand it over, so we will be very passive, do you say cooperate or not.
Cooperation, I guess Chongqing will not rest assured, if we don't cooperate, we fight each other, what about the Northeast? These are the questions, and my personal opinion is to stop them from this meeting! A senior cadre spoke.
"That's right, that's what I mean, but it's not so easy to stop, now the legitimate government is still Chongqing's, and we don't have the power to negotiate now, hey, now Lao Zhou is alone in Chongqing, I don't know if he can stop this."
This is not something that one or two people can do, it involves the interests of all aspects, Chongqing will definitely not consider us, if it is not good for us, they will be more willing to do it! The commander sighed as he spoke.
At this time, the other cadres also arrived one after another, and those who had not read the telegram put it on the table and let them read it first, and everyone was very shocked when they saw this telegram, and they did not expect that Chongqing would actually negotiate peace with Japan.
"If we want peace talks, Japan will definitely pay the price of making Chongqing's heart move, this is very dangerous, we must stop it! Moreover, can we negotiate peace with Japan? How dare he talk about it? A senior cadre looked at the commander and asked.
"He's definitely not going to dare to talk about it, but someone will force him to talk, you think about it, he's going to balance all aspects of the relationship, and I think then he might make concessions and make peace."
The key now lies in the troops, and if the troops want to fight, then the possibility of peace talks is low, and if some troops are unwilling to fight, then the possibility of peace talks is high.
Now Lao Chiang's troops have always been gathered by various forces, this is a bit difficult, not to mention the others, Yan Xishan, has always been with the Japanese side of the eyebrows, if he sees the hope of an armistice, I guess he will send people to Chongqing to agitate.
However, Li Zongren I am still relieved, he is still very resolute in resisting Japan, don't worry, as for the descendants of Commander Chiang, the attitude is not easy for us to ponder! The commander said worriedly, smoking a cigarette.
"Does Hu Bin know the news?" After the commander-in-chief heard it, he nodded, and suddenly asked the commander-in-chief, does Hu Bin know the news?
"I don't know yet, just what happened last night, I don't think he knows yet! To tell him? The commander heard it and looked at the commander-in-chief strangely, he hadn't thought about telling Hu Bin about this before. (To be continued.) )