Chapter 959: America's Determination
readx; In Georgia, USA, Roosevelt, who was in a wheelchair, struggled to look through the documents in his hand, and on the sofa next to him, there were several high-ranking military and political leaders in the current Roosevelt political axe in the United States, such as Army General Marshall. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
After a while, Roosevelt put down the document in his hand, and then said in a pausing voice: "Have you already determined the goal of the Chinese in Turkey?" ”
Roosevelt didn't say much, and because of the continuous deterioration of his physical condition, he now even struggled to speak, as one of the five major scholars in the world, Roosevelt's physical condition was the worst, and the other Churchill, Hitler, Stalin, and Chen Jingyun were all still in good condition, although Hitler in Europe said that his brain was a little abnormal now, but his physical condition was still good, not to mention Chen Jingyun, it was not a problem to live for more than ten or twenty years, and Stalin's physical condition was not bad. But Roosevelt's health was not very good, in fact he was already incompetent in 1944, and when he won his fourth term as president last year, he soon went to Georgia for a spa treatment, but the recuperation was obviously not able to make him better.
After Roosevelt spoke, Secretary of State Edward Jr. next to him? Stettinius said: "If nothing else, the Chinese want to pull Turkey into their camp, and we know that in order to win over Turkey, the Chinese not only sent Chen Jingyun's eldest son to make a high-level visit, but also made major concessions in the negotiations, according to our guess, the Chinese are very likely to support Turkey's acquisition of Iraq or even part of the Caucasus, or part of Greek territory and Bulgarian territory in exchange, so that Turkey will join their camp." ”
Chen Huatian's identity is very special in the eyes of outsiders, and even many people directly regard him as China's crown prince or something, and in the eyes of dignitaries from various countries, Chen Huatian's foreign visit is obviously much higher than Gu Weijun's specifications, even if Gu Weijun visited in the past, it was only as the Minister General of Foreign Affairs, but Chen Huatian's visit was as Chen Jingyun's plenipotentiary representative.
The surnames of these two are completely different, and it is officially for this reason that the outside world has an ulterior motive for Chen Huatian's visit to Turkey at a time when the situation in Europe is tense and Sino-US relations are tense.
In the eyes of the Russians, the purpose of China's move was naturally to unite with Turkey and even Germany, and then flank Soviet Russia.
In the eyes of Britain and the United States, China's move is to open up the road to Europe, and then want to intervene in the war in Europe.
Either the above clause was intolerable to Britain, the United States or Soviet Russia, and this led to a violent reaction from various countries.
Marshall next to him also said: "Yes, the Chinese are very strong in wooing Turkey, in addition to these commitments, we have also obtained accurate information, China is even ready to provide Turkey with a large number of advanced weapons, including F4 and F5 fighters, as well as T12 tanks and naval warships!" In addition, we have also received information that China has reached a secret military procurement contract with its ally Finland a month ago, according to incomplete intelligence reality, China has provided Finland with more than 300 T9\12 tanks at a time in this contract, and there are also China's most advanced F4H and F5E fighter jets! ”
Listening to these words, Henry, the Minister of War next to him, also added: "In addition to these circumstances, the expansion of the Chinese Navy did not end with the war report of the Thirteenth Naval Development Plan, but they also accepted a considerable number of ships that surrendered to the Lord!" ”
In the words of the army, because the main force of the army surrendered to Britain and the United States, those weapons and equipment were naturally taken over by Britain and the United States, and the army and navy in the direction of the homeland surrendered to China, and the army did not say anything, because the weapons and equipment of the army were so poor, neither China nor the United States said that they directly adopted the ordnance, but in the case of naval warships, there were still some merits.
Although it is said that there are not many intact warships by the time of the surrender, there are still a considerable number of usable ships, which are all accepted by China, and at the same time, there are many injured warships and warships sunk in the port, and these damage can be repaired and continued to be used, and for the Chinese Navy, the more valuable thing is to say, "Several injured capital ships of the Navy, including the Yunlong aircraft carrier, In addition, there was the Musashi, which ran aground after being hit hard in the waters near Karatsu.
Although the Musashi was seriously injured, the main thing was that the No. 3 turret was destroyed, in addition, the underwater part of the hull was hit by a number of torpedoes, and the overall structure of the hull was relatively intact, and the Chinese Navy considered that its battleships were seriously insufficient, and the newly built battleships were also abandoned early, so they simply hastily repaired the Musashi and pulled it back to China for repair, preparing to use it temporarily for a few more years after repair.
In addition, two old battleships were also hastily repaired, such as the Kaga and Kii, of which the Kaga was seriously damaged, and because the speed was too low, it could only be used as a land support ship, so the Chinese Navy did not care much about its repair work, that is, it did not care much after repairing and installing radar and other electronic equipment. As for the Kii, the injuries of this battleship were not serious, the power compartment and the three main turrets were still intact, but the hull was somewhat damaged, and its speed was not low and could reach 30 knots, so it was not small after repair, and it could be used to accompany the aircraft carrier fleet in combat.
How to say it, although the battleship surname price ratio is extremely low these days, it is always a good thing to have three more ships out of thin air, and no matter how bad it is, it can accompany the aircraft carrier fleet as escort ships or land support!
Of course, there is also a bad taste among the top echelons of the navy, you must know that after the defeat of the Beiyang Navy in the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, many warships were captured by the Navy and directly belonged to the Navy to serve, including the Zhenyuan, and even the name of the ship was not changed. Now the Chinese Navy has taken the Musashi and other warships captured and repaired and continued to use them, and there is no element of vanity, which can be seen from the fact that the Chinese Navy has not even changed the name of the ship, and directly follows their old ship name.
Although it is said that the remnants of the warships received from this navy are very limited in increasing the strength of the Chinese navy, one more is more, and it is better than nothing. And those few warships can also make the Chinese Navy gain face, and after the Musashi is repaired, the Chinese Navy plans to use it to engage in some activities such as public openness, to show the great military achievements of the Chinese Navy, to put it bluntly, it is vanity to show off.
Even some Chinese admirals felt a little sorry that the Yamato had been sunk, and if it had not been sunk, it had been taken prisoner, and the Yamato, which had been named after the ship, had been waved to the port of Shanghai.
For the huge strength of the Chinese Navy, just adding a few prisoner ships of this navy will not bring much help to the Chinese Navy, after all, everyone knows that the core of naval warfare is already aircraft carriers, and the victory or defeat of naval battles is already determined by aircraft carriers, and this situation is becoming more and more prominent with the passage of time, and perhaps in the next two or three years, battleships can still play a certain role, but after carrier-based aircraft have all-weather combat capabilities, then the role of battleships will be sharply reduced. Although even in the missile age, battleships still have a certain combat capability, but the high cost of use compared with the role it plays, the surname-price ratio will lead to the retirement of battleships one after another.
Not to mention the future, even now battleships in the Pacific and Indian Ocean can only be used as escort ships, why the Chinese Navy is competing for hegemony with the US Navy in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, not by relying on those old battleships, but by relying on the huge aircraft carrier battle group in the Chinese Navy.
Those more than 20 aircraft carriers are the capital of the Chinese Navy to challenge the US Navy!
Even the arrogant US naval commanders will not be able to say that they will be able to achieve complete victory in the future naval war between China and the United States, and their conclusion is very similar to the conclusion within the Chinese Navy, that is, once a full-scale naval war breaks out between the two navies, then it will be a war in which both sides lose.
"I still maintain my previous opinion, that is, continue to exercise restraint in the Pacific!" War Minister Henry said: "But in Europe, in the Middle East, we must not retreat, once we retreat from the direction of the Middle East, then it means that the Chinese armored forces can enter North Africa and the Balkan Peninsula at any time, and this situation will have a serious impact on the situation in Europe!" ”
"I also have this opinion, the post-war reconstruction of Europe must be carried out by us, and the Chinese cannot be allowed to interfere, let alone let the Chinese advance their military forces to the European region!" Secretary of State Edward Jr. said.
Roosevelt listened to everyone's words, his health was not good, he was still in good spirits, and his mind was also thinking about various changes in the situation and various potential risks.
After a while, he said: "If the Chinese launch a nuclear bomb offensive against us?" A nuclear bomb attack on our fleet in the Philippines, Australia or even in the Pacific? How big will the losses be? Will we be able to resist? ”
At this time, Marshall said: "According to the various intelligence realities we have obtained, the Chinese's nuclear bombs are powerful, but they are mass destruction of fixed industrial targets, if they are only used to bomb military targets, then the scope of loss is not large, and the effect of a nuclear bomb explosion will definitely not be greater than the bombs dropped by B29 bombers with five hundred sorties!" ”
"On land, we predict that if the Chinese drop a nuclear bomb, it will only cover the deployment range of one division of the ground forces at most, or even smaller. And for the naval side is even less of a threat! ”