704 Turning to War V Roosevelt Wishes

In this time and space, the world of 1934 was already filled with the smell of fire. Six militarist countries, including China, Germany, Poland, Japan, the Soviet Union, and Italy, have begun to prepare for a world war of "sexuality" with great fanfare! One after another large-scale heavy industry development plans were quickly drawn up and implemented with the utmost determination; Huge war mobilization and expansion plans were also drawn up by the respective general staffs and began to be implemented in a step-by-step manner. At the same time, the leaders of Britain, the United States, France, and other democracies, who did not intend to devote countless young lives to the crucible of world wars, also began to make their own wishful thinking.

The British Empire, with its centuries of experience in balancing the world situation, played a masterful balancing act between Berlin, Warsaw, Wuhan, Tokyo and Vladivostok. Dozens of British gentlemen with the title of envoys were sent by Whitehall to the capitals of the world's major countries to meet with those in power, both formally and informally. In short, all these secret "diplomatic relations" have only one purpose, that is, after the evil red "color" empire is eliminated, it is necessary to maintain the balance of all countries in the world, to let China, Russia, "Poland", Germany, Japan, the United States, France and other powerful countries contain each other, and let Britain continue to play the role of world leader.

The French were much simpler and more straightforward, and they began to build a line of defense on their own soil, the Maginot Line, which could hold off all enemies. Perhaps with this expensive line of defense, no matter how striking the situation in Europe and the world may have changed, the French Republic would have been spared the ravages of the enemy, and any enemy who tried to invade France would shed his last drop of blood in front of the impregnable line!

As the world's most advanced industrialized country, the politicians of the United States of America, who had just emerged from the Great Depression, intended to use "isolationism" and "two-ocean fleet" to protect their wealthy, prosperous, and civilized homeland from being "affected" by wars in Europe or Asia...... However, unlike in history, the "isolationist" United States now also has such a small burden - the Philippines! This "semi-independent state" of more than 7,000 islands is now a colony of the United States, but the Americans are tempted to kick it away! Because this colony is now sandwiched between the two imperialist powers, China and Japan, both of which now possess extremely strong expansion** and a powerful naval force that could defeat the US Pacific Fleet!

And what makes American politicians even more frustrating is how they can convince the American people to send their children to fight in the Philippines? For what? Defending America's colonies? The American people don't want that territory! Or defend the independence and freedom of the Philippines? Not to mention that it is the United States itself that has deprived the Philippines of its independence, and even the isolationist sentiment that pervades the United States will not allow President Roosevelt to send American youth to the battlefield in order to defend the independence and freedom of any foreign country in the world, unless the United States itself is attacked, which is obviously impossible!

The only possibility is to invite Hu Hanmin, President of the Republic of China, and Luo Yaoguo, Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese National Defense Forces, to visit the United States to seek a peace treaty that would guarantee American suzerainty in the Philippines......

In the autumn of 1934, after receiving an invitation from the United States, Hu Hanmin and Luo Yaoguo immediately flew across the Pacific Ocean in a Junkers J.52 passenger plane to San Francisco on the west coast of the United States, and then changed trains to Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.

Sitting on a train on the railway network between the two oceans, looking at the factories, chimneys, cables, and oil wells that flew by from time to time outside the train window, Luo Yaoguo even felt that the industrial strength of the United States now was not weaker than the United States he saw seventy years later! And although his motherland is also experiencing a miracle of industrialization, it still looks so poor and backward compared to the United States in front of him!

I really should have asked Hitler, who had no one in his eyes, to come to the United States to see it! Maybe this madman knows where the end of this world war is? Luo Yaoguo suddenly thought at this time: "If one day Hitler suddenly declares war on the United States, then what should China do?" Did he follow Hitler to war with the United States? Or do you want to abandon this madman and leave it alone? But is it possible to be alone? He shook his head and mentally answered in the negative. For China and Germany, an isolationist America is actually the best America! The current United States is like a lion that only eats vegetarian food, once it is allowed to taste the taste of blood, its warlike and murderous nature will be revived as soon as possible! And after defeating Germany or Japan, the United States will not return to isolationism! Perhaps this is why Hitler voluntarily declared war on the United States after Pearl Harbor?

And as a traverser, Luo Yaoguo also knew that in fact, President Roosevelt very much wanted the United States to enter the world war...... And the Pearl Harbor incident launched by the Japanese actually played into the hands of the United States! Although Luo Yaoguo does not agree with the "bitter 'meat' plan", "'forced' to go to war on the day" is a fact. A "Lend-Lease Act" and an embargo against Japan have actually "forced" Japan to the point of having to go to war, and if they do not launch Pearl Harbor, what awaits them will be the war machine that will be extinguished due to lack of oil, while China will be able to "lend" from the United States to all the materials needed to maintain the war! And in this time and space, will there be an embargo against China and a "Lend-Lease Act" to help China's enemies? If anything...... And who will be the enemy who accepts the American lend-lease? It can't be Japan!

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Hu Hanmin and Luo Yaoguo were accompanied by Wang Jingwei and other members of the US delegation, as well as Ambassador to the United States Shi Zhaoji, overseas Chinese leader Biao Situ Meitang, and several members of the two houses. The delegation chartered an entire train, and the American railroad company sent Chinese-speaking Chinese waiters to accompany them all the way to Washington, the capital of the United States, on the east coast of the United States. Along the way, passing through the capitals of each state, President Hu will stop for a short time to hold banquets and talks with local political and business celebrities, meet with overseas Chinese compatriots, and publicize China's rise and the road to democratic constitutionalism......

Luo Yaoguo, on the other hand, is much more low-key, rarely "appearing" in public, just burying his head in a large pile of documents and materials. As the planner of a world war and the commander-in-chief of a team, the work of preparing for this war naturally rested on his shoulders......

The military academies have begun to expand, and tens of thousands of young students have begun to receive various military-related training after graduating from high schools in various localities. The Air Force, Naval Aviation, Armored Corps, Artillery, Engineer Corps, and other technical arms have also begun to expand on a large scale ahead of schedule.

The Air Force will set up two air corps and two aviation school divisions, while the naval air force will set up one air force and one aviation school division and five aircraft carrier flight regiments. Each air corps will have an independent aviation regiment and three aviation divisions; Each aviation division had an independent reconnaissance group, one combat aviation regiment, one bomber aviation regiment, and one heavy bomber aviation regiment, with a total of more than 500 aircraft of their own. One aviation army will have more than two thousand combat aircraft! After the expansion, China's air force and naval aviation will have a total of more than 6,000 combat aircraft and 1,500 training aircraft, making it one of the most powerful air forces in the world in one fell swoop!

The armored corps will also be massively expanded, with two new armored divisions and sixty separate tank battalions! These separate tank battalions were attached to the various infantry corps. The number of corresponding infantry corps will also be doubled to sixty! In addition, there are three cavalry corps, an airborne corps, fifteen independent heavy artillery brigades, ten independent engineering brigades, and a huge number of various logistics units...... After the expansion, the total strength of the Chinese National Defense Force will reach 5.5 million to 6 million! It is almost as large as the book strength of the Kuomintang army in the Anti-Japanese War in the previous life, but in this time and space, there is really no vacancy for these six million troops, and they are armed to the teeth (exaggerated).

At the same time as the military strength has been expanded, the work of establishing the base camp, the supreme command organ in wartime, has also been put on the agenda. The relevant reports and plans were drafted by the staff officers of the General Staff Headquarters before Luo Yaoguo's visit and sent to the desk of the chief of staff of Luo Yaoguo...... The office of the chief of the general staff was almost so full that he had to rush through it even on the train to Washington.

"President Hu Da has arrived!" With a loud voice call of fame. The "door" of the carriage where Luo Yaoguo was was was pushed open. President Hu Hanmin, accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Jingwei, walked in. Seeing Luo Yaoguo buried in the pile of documents, he wanted to get up to greet him. Hu Hanmin hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile: "Sit, sit, it's all your own people, you're welcome." ”

Saying that, President Hu Da and Minister Wang Da each found a seat and sat down, Hu Hanmin looked at the documents piled high on the table and said with a smile: "Fuwen, I didn't expect you to have so many official duties as the chief of the general staff!" I remember when your uncle was the prime minister's chief of staff, he was very idle,"

Luo Yaoguo said with a smile: "Where can this be compared, back then, we only had tens of thousands of guns, and the teams below were all working in their own way, and they didn't listen to the first prime minister, of course the chief of staff had nothing to do." Now the Wehrmacht is about to expand to more than six million! I, the chief of the General Staff, am the big steward of more than 6 million people, can I still get it easily? ”

"Is there so many?" Hu Hanmin lifted his round glasses and asked in a deep voice. He didn't remember signing the order to expand the army to 6 million tons, it shouldn't have been Chiang Kai-shek and Luo Yaoguo who took matters into their own hands, right?

"Not yet, but the preparatory work for the expansion of the army is very complicated, and everything must be planned in advance, otherwise after these millions of people are recruited, it will be 'chaotic'."

At this time, Luo Shun walked in with refreshments and put them on the table. Luo Yaoguo took a sip of the teacup, and said: "If you want to win a war, the most important thing is not the various magic calculations during the war, but the preparations before the war, including political, economic, military and foreign exchange preparations. ”

Hu Hanmin nodded slightly: "Go to the army to plan, and then fight 'Jiao', the art of war also says so." Supplement, do you think the United States will support us in starting a war? The American people seem to be very war-weary, right? ”

Luo Yaoguo smiled: "Of course the American people don't want to fight, but their leaders are different......

"Politicians in the United States?" Wang Jingwei shook his head and said with a smile: "As far as I know, they are all a group of absolute isolationists, at least from the point of view of the manifestation, so I am sure that the US government will not reach any understanding and cooperation with us similar to that of allies, so as not to be involved in a world war by us!" ”

"Is it going to be like this?" Luo Yaoguo wrinkled his eyebrows: "Then what did Roosevelt want to talk about when he came to us?" ”

"Maybe let's talk about the Philippines?" Wang Jingwei gently turned the teacup in his hand and thought for a moment: "The Philippines is a colony of the United States, and the United States has the obligation to protect it, but they don't want to fight for the Philippines and a powerful country like China or Japan...... I can be sure of that, so Roosevelt invited us to the United States for the most important purpose of obtaining a guarantee of our security in the Philippines. Do you think we can give guarantees to the United States? ”

"And what if we refuse to give assurances?" Luo Yaoguo thought for a while, but asked an unexpected question.

With a bang, the tea cup in Wang Jingwei's hand smashed on the floor, and the tea sprinkled his "pants", making him jump up and shouting: "Luo Fuwen, what are you talking about!" What are you talking about! Are you going to war against the United States? You're not crazy, are you? Did you see those factories, oil fields, mines in the United States along the way? The industrial strength of this country is not comparable to us! ”

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"Mr. President, Army Chief of Staff Admiral MacArthur has arrived." A solemn voice rang in the ears of President Roosevelt, who was buried in his work.

"Invite him in." The president commanded without raising his head.

"Yes, sir." The secretary turned away after Franklin. Roosevelt put down his hands on the U.S. Ambassador to China Nelson. Report sent by Jensen. The report details the current political situation in China. According to Jensen's report, this country, which claims to be moving towards a democratic constitutional government, is actually a centralized state with a military dictatorship! It's just that the actual dictator, the young Chief of the General Staff of the Wehrmacht, Marshal Luo Yaoguo, is a fairly moderate and enlightened person, perhaps in his heart he yearns for democratic constitutionalism, so he has always carefully draped the cloak of democratic constitutionalism over his military dictatorship! Moreover, this person did not become president himself, but promoted Hu Hanmin, a veteran of the Kuomintang who was extremely senior, but had no control over the army, to the position of president. He himself is hiding behind the scenes, "" the whole country, step by step on the road of militarism and world war!

What surprised President Roosevelt was that such a clever dictator actually graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and was a student of MacArthur, the current chief of staff of the US Army...... Ambassador Jensen specifically mentioned this relationship in the report and reminded President Roosevelt that the Chinese attach great importance to the teacher-student relationship. This Marshal Luo used the teacher-student relationship to entrap a group of graduates of the Whampoa Military Academy, and on this basis, established his "dictatorship." Perhaps the United States could also exert some influence on the Chinese dictator through MacArthur in order to obtain assurances that the other side respects the United States' suzerainty over the Philippines.

A man walked in, barely making footsteps on the carpeted floor, but it still woke the great American president from his musings. Roosevelt looked up and saw that it was Major General MacArthur with a solemn expression on his face.

"General, please be seated." President Roosevelt pointed to a chair in front of his desk, then picked up a document and looked at it, and said: "I would like to ask you personally, Marshal Luo Yaoguo, Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese National Defense Forces, the information says that he was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA in June 1899, his father was a Chinese immigrant who ran a grocery store, his mother was a housewife, a 'daughter', and an uncle was the main assistant to the Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen. He was admitted to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1918 and graduated in 1922, during which time he excelled in his studies. General, do you have an impression of this person? ”

MacArthur sat down in the comfortable armchair and nodded slightly to President Roosevelt: "Yes, Mr. President, I was very impressed with this man, he was the only Oriental face in the military academy at that time. He gets along well with the white students at school, his thinking seems to be American, and his academic performance is very good. However, after graduating from the military academy, he went to China...... Judging by his performance over the years, it is clear that this is a big loss for the US Army. ”

"Is it a loss?" Roosevelt looked at MacArthur with a smile, his big head tilted to the side: "I don't see it that way, a US Army soldier who once swore an oath to the Star-Spangled Banner has now become the chief of staff of the multimillion-dollar squadron, I think this is not bad for the interests of the United States of America, right?" ”

MacArthur smiled slightly, and he seemed to agree with the president, saying: "Yes, there is no harm, but, Mr. President, you should understand that he is now the leader of China, and judging by what he has done, this man is definitely a nationalist, and perhaps he has only China in his heart and not the United States." ”