There has been a great discussion in the United States about the easing of relations with the Japanese, which naturally cannot be concealed from the intelligence departments in China, and Meng Xiang has more hidden sources of intelligence in his hands.

Although some high-level US leaders will not compromise with the Japanese for peace talks, it is possible to ease relations with each other.

The historical trend has changed, although there is still a Philippines and the former hatred between the United States and Japan, but Japan and the United States want to use each other to contain China, so that even Meng Xiang does not dare to pack the ticket The two will not collude, and they can't help but start to adjust their strategies against the two countries.

Even about the surprise attack on Rabaul by the Americans, Meng Xiang, who had already received the news, did not take the opportunity to inform the Japanese in advance, otherwise the losses of the Americans would have been even higher.

Now Meng Xiang is really afraid that the Americans will not be able to afford to lose, so he secretly hooks up with the Japanese and suppresses the rapidly expanding China first.

In the face of national interests, anything is possible.

What is that old hatred between the United States and Japan? After the capture of Kalimantan and Sumatra by the Chinese in one go, the Japanese had lost the source of oil in the South Seas, and the attacks of the Chinese navy on the South China Sea transportation line made the Japanese maritime lifeline already stuck. Where did the Americans not know that the Japanese were setting in the west, and there was not much threat left?

With Japan on the one hand, which is on the decline, and China, which is rapidly rising and expanding, it is easy to judge who the United States will regard as its enemy and friend in its future Asian strategy. Now the Americans are not in trouble, but the old hatred needs to be settled, give an explanation to the domestic and outside world, and earn face. But when it comes to the critical period of national interest competition, there is no need to care about any face.

Previously, although China seized Australia, under the blockade of the Japanese, Britain and the United States did not attach too much importance to it. If it is replaced by Britain and the United States, which have powerful navies, the effect of the blockade will be better, and it will definitely be able to cut China's expansion strategy in half, and even jam Australia and recapture it.

As long as there is Southeast Asia in the middle. The threat of Huaxia is not great. But who knew that it didn't take long for the Chinese army to attack on a large scale, continuously attacking cities and villages, and controlling more than half of Southeast Asia, so it was necessary to open up the passage from Asia to Australia, and connect a chain that crossed half the world.

In the information obtained by Meng Xiang, even if they have not yet made peace with Japan. But it is already secretly colluding. The British, in particular, saw that there was little chance of recovering Southeast Asia among the Chinese and American populations, so they simply used it to make deals with the Japanese and made frequent contacts.

Meng Xiang knew it was time for him to stabilize.

Huaxia's ambitions are already well known. If it weren't for the environment of World War II, it would have been suppressed by the old empires together.

Even if Huaxia calms down, everyone will not believe that Huaxia will be friendly and peaceful from now on, and will not expand outward. But at this time, when the spoils were unevenly distributed among the countries and they were fighting, the punches that were fought had not yet been withdrawn, and they were aimed at the previous enemy, and no one was worried about whether they would take the opportunity to be knocked down by the other party when they took it back. Unless it's a more critical situation.

And Huaxia relented at this time. Just don't press the nerves of Britain and the United States too much. Although it is a conspiracy, it is very effective. The hatred of the Japanese in the hearts of the Americans is not something that can be eliminated simply by a few words from the top. After all, the source of power still comes from the extremely weak people.

Of course, this stop is not only for the sake of the alliance of Britain, the United States and Japan, but also to stabilize the newly occupied territories in Southeast Asia, remove hidden dangers, and speed up the immigration work. And it is also to hide the secrets of the base, and prepare to give them more surprises after turning against Britain and the United States in the future.

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Although I didn't guess a clue, the stop of the Chinese army was enough to surprise Britain and the United States.

Don't look at the casualties are a bit heavy, but the Americans have enough strength to bulldoze the Japanese, all that is lacking is time.

The war in Europe is raging and it will take time. Transoceanic transport in the rear of Asia. It also takes time to assemble enough offensive forces. At this time, China stopped moving, which undoubtedly gave Britain and the United States time to adjust their strategies.

At this moment, the voices of compromise between Britain and the United States and the Japanese were silenced. Britain and the United States always have to take care of the face of the old empire. In addition, it is difficult to reconcile the conflict of interests between them and the Japanese.

Hard-to-develop islands such as Irian Island can be conceded by both sides, but territory such as the Philippines. The Japanese are absolutely not willing to give up easily. Even if they understand that Japan is in a difficult situation at the moment, the arrogance of the Japanese is still unwilling to admit defeat easily, and only Meng Xiang knows the horror of American strength.

In this era of lagging information, the Japanese do not understand how strong the Americans really are, only that the Americans have been beaten by Japan many times, and even if the US Navy and Air Force have recently exerted their might, they are not suppressive, not to mention that they are still busy in Europe.

The Americans, again, are determined to win the Philippines and have no time to make the slightest concession.

The two sides couldn't get along, and Huaxia had time to spare, so they continued to fight.

"Why don't we take Timor and Java first?" MacArthur asked Washington.

"Timor Island is a Portuguese colony, and as long as we attack Timor Island, it is easy for the Portuguese to completely push us to the opposite side. And as soon as Timor Island is moved, I am afraid that the Chinese army will react and directly capture Java Island. At that time, we were besieged from three sides by the Chinese army from Java, Sulawesi and the Australian mainland, and it was difficult for us to hold out for long. More importantly, as soon as we enter Southeast Asia, I am afraid that there will be no room for maneuver in relations with China. Roosevelt personally called MacArthur to explain.

The Chinese offensive was stagnant, and the Americans wanted to take advantage of this to win a favorable opportunity on the European battlefield, and more importantly, the United States increasingly felt that the Philippines was not safe.

The Philippines also has a large number of Chinese, and the US intelligence agencies have received information that China is secretly acting in the Philippines.

They naturally didn't know that this was the news released by Meng Xiang, but they didn't dare to be careless.

Although China occupies most of the land in Southeast Asia, Japanese warships are still operating around in the South China Sea, with their backs to the Philippines, and continue to block the passage of Chinese ships south to Australia and even the Nanyang Islands.

So in the eyes of outsiders who don't know the secrets of the base, Huaxia is also facing the same problems as the Japanese.

In Southeast Asia, where industry is not developed, food and clothing are easy to solve, but weapons, ammunition and oil can only be transported locally.

This also meant that even if the Chinese army, which lacked sufficient supplies, occupied a large area of land, it was still weak and easily trapped.

In order to contain China, some shadow companies of the British even smuggled some oil to the Japanese so that Japanese warships could move in the South China Sea. This will not do the Americans much, but for the same purpose of containing China, the Americans have also turned a blind eye.

Of course, such an obvious shortcoming, Britain and the United States believe that the Chinese people can naturally see it.

In this way, it is not uncommon for China to want to capture the Philippines and completely eliminate the hidden dangers of the South China Sea transportation and supply lines.

"We must not let the Chinese occupy the Philippines first!" Washington quickly unanimous in its opinion.

Although at present, the ability of China to land across the sea over long distances has yet to be verified, even if a large number of Chinese in the Philippines are armed, they can still occupy the advantage of some areas and meet the landing of the Chinese army on the island.

How can outsiders believe that the Chinese will ignore the Philippines because of the lessons learned from the actions planned elsewhere in the South Seas?

The Americans knew that if they really wanted the Chinese army to send troops to occupy the Philippines, I am afraid that it would take several years just to rip off the skin. Unless the Americans take the initiative to tear their faces, and the situation in Europe is not clear, the Americans will not dare to do so.

Not to mention that China will not return to the Philippines in the future, it may only take one year for China to stabilize the situation in the South China Sea and open up a sea passage to the south.

Relying on the harsh land passages, China could not support the consumption of a large expeditionary army, and there were many immigrants.

The Americans quickly grasped that the sea passage would be the lifeline for China's expansion.

The key point in cutting off the layout of China's chain is also to use the Philippines to cut off the transportation channels in the South China Sea and the western Pacific Ocean to trap China's southern army. Relatively speaking, after China occupied Sumatra Island and went directly to the Indian Ocean, it did not matter whether there was Java Island and Irian Island, and the focus of the entire strategy became the Philippines.

Before, the Americans wanted to rely on the excuse that the Philippines is a recognized American colony to delay a bit, occupy other places first, and then slowly recover the Philippines, but China may not dare to gamble on the actions against the Philippines.

"It turns out that the Chinese army stopped capturing Java Island to paralyze us!" At this moment, the Americans suddenly realized, "Their original intention was to capture the Philippines!" ”

"To the north, take control of the Caroline, to the northwest, prepare to recover the Philippines!" Washington quickly issued secret instructions.

"I said I would be back!" After hearing this instruction, MacArthur picked up his favorite corncob pipe, pressed the surprise, and silently said in his heart, "Philippines, here I am again!" ”