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    Half an hour later, Marshall received a hasty call from the Counselor from the Beijing Post and Telecommunications Bureau. Not only did he confirm the authenticity of the news, he also obtained the Wehrmacht's own casualty figures.  There were a total of 150,000 casualties (of which 520,000 were killed in action, including non-combat deaths), 471 aircraft were lost, and 841 tanks and armored vehicles were lost.  Considering that this was a battle involving a total of more than two million troops and a victory of one million, this casualty rate was already very low.  The only thing that makes him and the U.S. government fortunate is that due to the severe weather and road supply restrictions in Central Asia, the National Defense Forces have already entered into adjustments and are unable to capture the key Siberia and the Caspian Sea in one go. This gives Moscow and the world room to rethink and maneuver.

    After obtaining the casualty figures of the National Defense Forces themselves, Marshall had no reason to continue delaying and immediately headed to the Airbus assembly plant under the leadership of his Chinese escort.  The endless crowd of celebrating people outside the car window gave him an even more headache, and he was even less optimistic about the upcoming negotiations.

    Airbus headquarters is located next to the forest in the eastern suburbs of Xinyang, covering a total area of ??about 2 million square meters. The assembly plant covers an area of ??200,000 square meters, where 230,000 workers are busy every day.  Just judging from the area and number of workers, it is already a large enterprise with considerable scale.  The final assembly plant can assemble 76 four-engine bombers or transport aircraft side by side at one time.  According to the introducer, an average of 2 H-7s can be delivered here every day. Airbus has 4 directly-affiliated final assembly plants and 2 mobilized and improved assembly plants from automobile factories across the country. If all H-7s are built, they can be delivered every month.  380 aircraft.  This number is not much. Although the United States is still outside the incident, Marshall has read the detailed investigation report of the U.S. Army. If the U.S. industry can operate at full speed, it can deliver at least 500 B-17 bombers of the same level as the H-7 every month.  .

    The problem is that Americans have not yet realized that war is approaching.

    When the team drove into the factory, they were warmly welcomed, and the huge shock wave of victory was mixed with the hot welcome ceremony.  Marshall couldn't figure out whether the workers were cheering for Yang Qiu and Shengli, or whether they were happy for his arrival.  But one thing is undoubted. The victory of this battle will make the Chinese people who like to use ancient metaphors to describe the present put a lot of gorgeous rhetoric on him and become another "great emperor" type of existence.

    "I'm very sorry, Mr. President. I ask for your forgiveness for the trouble caused by the delay in my schedule. At the same time, I also congratulate you and your army on a brilliant victory." Seeing Yang Qiu, Marshall immediately stepped forward and threw  Come up with good compliments.  To be honest, he actually had no other opening words to say.  You can't just ask about the authenticity of the battle report when you meet them, and how you accomplished the outflanking, right?

    "Thank you for your praise, but I think the praise should be given to those soldiers who fought bloody battles for the free world. It was their bravery and tenacity that temporarily drove the enemy out of the country and blocked the evil invasion that tried to obliterate the progress of capital." Yang  Qiu slightly raised the corners of her mouth.  An even rarer diplomatic faux pas.  The more it shows that the U.S. government headed by Roosevelt seriously misjudged the power it possesses.  When the battle report of the Central Asian War suddenly appeared, they had to use this method to cover up their uneasiness and discuss countermeasures.  But then again, who can remain calm in front of this battle report?  No!  Definitely not!  Even he didn't sleep all night after learning that the crossing was successful.  I believe that in a few hours when Europe enters daylight, there will be even more chaos there.  Of course, this is precisely the purpose of announcing the battle report during Marshall's visit to China, to use an unprecedented victory to clarify China's status!  Making European and American strategies increasingly confusing.  While this may lead to an increase in potential hostility, the initiative now lies with China.

    So he shook Marshall's hand.  No matter what, let¡¯s first establish ourselves as a capitalist hero.  Then he shook hands with his old friend Jason, and when Donovan introduced himself, he looked at him a few more times, pretending not to recognize him.

    Of course, Donovan didn¡¯t know that there was such an unreasonable existence in the world that he knew his position and the new intelligence agency when he heard his name.  As a lawyer, he is very interested in Yang Qiu.  Especially the way he likened himself to the spokesperson of freedom and capital in a blink of an eye fully demonstrated the shameless style of politicians.

    Yang Qiu was not very enthusiastic about the now unknown director of the Central Intelligence Agency. After chatting for a while, he started to show them around the factory.  Unlike Marshall's absent-mindedness, Donovan is more realistic.  Not only did he visit carefully, but he also asked a lot of key questions. If he hadn't made detailed preparations for him before, he would have been very careful.  It is estimated that security personnel have already taken isolation measures.

    "Is that Roosevelt's new intelligence chief?" Dai Yunong stood in the corner and gently bumped Yan Baohang with his arm, who was observing carefully.

    "Yes, I heard that he was a classmate of Roosevelt, and he had been working as a lawyer before."

    When he heard that he was a lawyer, Dai Yunong was still a little contemptuous, but Yan Baohang, who had received the attention, took it seriously. He followed Donovan with his eyes and said softly: "Director Dai should be more careful. I am afraid that anyone who can be favored by Roosevelt is  There are a few brushes.¡±

    When the two of them observed Donovan, he was already holdingThe reporter followed the team into the design department building.  I don¡¯t know if he is in a good mood, but this time Yang Qiu not only opened many important factories, but also opened some design departments for the first time.  Although he is a lawyer by background, he has a keen sense of intelligence. Even though he knows that the Chinese will not really dig their heart out, he can still tell the clues through some details.

    You can use the simplest sentence to describe the Sino-US aviation industry.  "China is in the factory, the United States is in the laboratory."

    From his perspective, China is not actually leading the world in aviation technology as legendary, and the United States can do the same or even better.  For example, for the H-7, the United States has the B17 of the same level and the B24 under development, the H-5 has the B25, the Y-5 has the DC-3, the Y-8 has the Boeing 307, and the Y-9 has the DC-4.  There are only slight differences in details such as design concept and appearance.  For example, the H-7 in front of us has a similar aerodynamic layout to the B-24, but the body is larger, the width of the flat magazine on the fuselage is increased, the rolling door magazine is changed to a fixed door, and a double-link electric motor with higher efficiency and better visibility is used.  Turrets and more.

    The difference is that China is already mass-producing at full speed, while the United States is still dilly-dallying.  But this does not mean that it is falling behind, but that the United States now has no pressure for war.

    The most critical thing is that China has not yet completely completed the transformation into an industrial country similar to that of Britain and the United States.

    He has read a detailed survey report on China¡¯s industrial development. Before the last European War, Hanyang and Jiangnan were developed with the help of German Yang Qiu. In the subsequent European War, a total of about US$3 billion in industrial funding was received from Britain and France.  After the war, Russia looted the east of the Urals and obtained about 2 billion in industrial equipment and about 300,000 Russian technicians. It introduced tens of thousands of talents and machinery and equipment worth about 1 billion from defeated Germany, and obtained 5 billion in industrial investment by signing financial agreements with Jewish consortiums.  , and finally the economic crisis from 1929 to 1933. A total of about 10 billion worth of industrial equipment (based on the value before the 1929 economic crisis) was purchased, and about 200,000 technical personnel were introduced from the United States and Europe to work for five to six years.  In 2006, there are still about 100,000 technical personnel from Europe and the United States in the country.

    Adding it all up and doubling it according to the economic growth rate, the total amount of heavy industry is equivalent to between 55% and 60% of that of the United States, and the scale is the same as that of Britain and Germany.  There are even deficiencies in finishing that are spread evenly over the population, and there is still a long way to go before industrialization.  But in any case, this is already a miracle. He has seized all the major opportunities in the past thirty years, and his advantage lies in the dividends brought by the huge population and a large number of light industries.  Now he borrows war.  The third round of industrial expansion began again, and this was what Roosevelt was most worried about.

    Marshall was also worried, so he had to give it a try and asked: "Mr. President, Moscow has been severely punished. They have paid a price of two million soldiers since Afghanistan! This is amazing, but it is also bad.  If it continues, the scale of the war between your country and the Soviet Union will become larger and larger. More soldiers and property will be involved and swallowed up. And we are also very worried about Japan's expansion in the Southwest Pacific, which has already hurt our two countries.  We have common interests, so President Roosevelt hopes that you can consider working with our country to provide support to the people of Southeast Asia."

    Yang Qiu frowned, and even the accompanying Defense Minister Song Ziqing looked directly at Marshall.  The tone became a little lower: "General Marshall, do you want us to negotiate with Moscow?"

    The surprised looks from all around made Marshall feel like he was in a circus.  It's really embarrassing to talk about this matter, because it looks like it is right now.  There is no conflict between China and the United States, they can only be regarded as potential competitors.  on the contrary.  Also because Yang Qiu pursues the capitalist path, he is a natural ally in dealing with Moscow. This is also an important reason why the United States has needed China in the past ten years. After all, Moscow¡¯s behavior of completely destroying the capitalist world from body to spirit has caused panic in the world.  .  If it hadn't been for the economic crisis, Europe would not have been forced to accept them, so Chamberlain would appease and hope to divert the trouble to the east.  Now that China has taken this step, the United States hopes to let Moscow go!  No wonder Yang Qiu and the Chinese officials accompanying him were angry.

    "General Marshall." Yang Qiu said angrily: "Is this your personal attitude or the attitude of the US government? In the past twenty years, it was we who blocked Moscow's penetration into the East and the Pacific. It was we who stood on the front line.  , forcing them to pay more attention to the East and reduce the redization of Europe! They invaded our country, and we spent hundreds of thousands of lives and blood to initially drive them out of the country, but now you tell me to go to peace talks and condone its confiscation  More people¡¯s lives and property! How do I convince my soldiers? How do I convince my generals and Congress?¡±

    Marshall was a little embarrassed, but fortunately Johnson stepped forward and said: "Mr. President, General Marshall means that he does not want any more soldiers to die, and he also hopes that you can pay more attention to Japan's movements."

    Yang Qiu took a deep breath, looked at it for a while and then said: "Thank you, General, but I think there is no basis for peace talks between our country and Moscow, unless they are willing to withdraw from Central Asia and give the people of the union republics independent choices."?Future rights, reduce the Siberian garrison east of the Urals to 50,000, and compensate our country for 50 billion yuan in losses caused by the invasion!  This is the minimum prerequisite and the independence I promised the Asian people in my speech!  "

    The conditions for such nonsense make people want to laugh, but they have to face it.

    Roosevelt took the initiative to give in to the Philippines in order to induce China and Japan to conflict here.  Because the Philippines is one of the most important strategic areas in Southeast Asia and is related to the security of coastal areas such as Taiwan, the South China Sea and even Guangdong.  As long as Japan enters, China will have its throat choked at sea.  But he didn't expect that Yang Qiu would tolerate Ri Nanxia.  Moreover, judging from various signs, Yang Qiu actually had a deep political purpose in provoking a conflict with the Soviet Union in the Persian Gulf!  He deliberately used the Soviet Union to exaggerate threats to divert domestic attention and avoid premature involvement in the war with Japan!

    What I didn¡¯t even expect is the speed of China¡¯s technological progress!  If the battle of Ahvaz in the Persian Gulf is just a small test.  So the battle report just released suddenly pushed the United States into an extremely embarrassing position.

    The United States hopes that China and Japan will go to war, but Yang Qiu uses the Soviet Union to persuade the country to avoid two fronts.  The United States could not openly support the Soviet Union, because this would be equivalent to declaring war on China.  Moreover, the Soviet Union¡¯s extreme behavior towards capitalism and the total human destruction of its spirit has made capitalists all over the world hate and fear it. If it supports the gcist Soviet Union now and is forced to be involved in an unpredictable Pacific War, let alone Congress, the United States  The people will also let Roosevelt step down!  So now he is conflicted and embarrassed.  All the wonderful calculations gradually turned sour due to the early start of war between China and the Soviet Union and a rare victory.  There is no doubt that the United States needs the Soviet Union. Whether it is Britain and Germany that are already hostile, or to contain China and prevent it from entering the Pacific without scruples in the future, it needs a Soviet Union that can cause trouble.  The problem is that the Soviet Union is unreliable no matter how you look at it now.  More than one million troops have been lost in just two months. It is already difficult to rely on them to contain China, unless Britain and the United States publicly come forward to support and transfuse blood as they did last time.

    But now the whole world has seen the power Yang Qiu has. If he publicly supports it, it will be tantamount to declaring war!  Who would want to provoke a stronger opponent at this time?

    What¡¯s worse is whether Japan will accelerate its approach to China out of fear, or even directly abandon North Korea to avoid bordering.  How about giving up some interests in the Southwest Pacific and focusing on development in the Pacific?  You must know that if Japan takes the initiative to give in or even transfer some of its benefits, then Yang Qiu will definitely be happy to "friendly cooperation" with Japan before destroying the Soviet Union.  And whether it is history or reality, Japan cannot escape its identity as an Asian country.  This means that.  We cannot rule out the possibility that Japan, out of the common interests of the yellow race, will support China's alliance to expand into the ocean on the pretext of expelling white people.

    chaos!

    Complete chaos!

    Thinking of this, Marshall even hated Britain a little, if Britain hadn't declared war on Japan.  Now the United States can be the first to embrace Japan!  However, Britain and Japan declared war, which resulted in the United States openly supporting Japan.  It is bound to be angered by countries such as Britain, France and the Netherlands.  This is no joke. The roots of the United States are in Europe anyway, so this puts the United States in an extremely embarrassing position.

    It¡¯s impossible not to help, and we can¡¯t help openly and on a large scale.  The inability to openly support China on a large scale will only add some obstruction to China, but will not hurt its roots. Maybe Germany will be very willing to see the United States push China into its arms.  According to the current situation, if China and Germany join hands, the Soviet Union, India and Turkey will be the first to suffer when Germany goes to the east and China goes to the west, followed by the Mediterranean, North Africa and Spain.

    At this moment, Marshall¡¯s thoughts were changing rapidly.

    At this moment, the only way he can think of to break the embarrassing position is to promote war between China and Japan as soon as possible.  He knows better than outsiders that even with the industrial capabilities of the United States, fighting on two fronts is extremely stressful.  Moreover, the Soviet Union has excellent depth and weather support, and Japan has the sea area to maneuver. Therefore, it will be a hundred times more headache for anyone to simultaneously compete with the Soviet Union for land and sea, and compete with Japan for sea consumption.

    But the question is, will Yang Qiu take the bait?

    So he could only bite the bullet and continue to test: "Mr. President, how are you going to deal with the South China Sea issue?"

    In Marshall's expectant eyes, Yang Qiu shook his head in frustration: "Your Majesty General, I deeply sympathize with the suffering of the people of the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Our government has repeatedly condemned this barbaric invasion by the Japanese army. And I also know that,  Japan and the Soviet Union have reached a secret agreement to deal with our country! So personally, I am willing to help them, which is also helping ourselves. But the reality is that our country is currently in a full-scale war against the Soviet Union. Although we have achieved some small  Victory, but the public enemies of the dictatorial capitalist world have not surrendered yet. They are gathering more troops. The factories aided by your country have been used to produce tanks and artillery. All the machines sold by your country have also been used in military industry.  !Maybe in the spring, I will face an army of two million, four million or even more!  So I can't be distracted at this time.  "

    Marshall's heart began to sink. Yang Qiu's mention of the US-aided factory construction at this time was clearly implying that the US's attitude towards the Soviet Union would determine his attitude towards the Philippines and the United States.

    "General, I actually think you should be more proactive. The United States has an enviable industry, with heavy manufacturing twice that of our country. It can freely send its fleet to retake the Philippines. If your country is willing to do this, then I promise  We will immediately send more troops to the south and North Korea to hold back the main force of the Japanese army. This will make it easier for your country to recover the Philippines." Yang Qiu squinted his eyes and in turn persuaded Marshall and the United States to send troops.

    Marshall looked at Donovan secretly, and he knew that Yang Qiu would not intervene easily, at least not now, otherwise there would be no need to have a stalemate with the Soviet Union to divert domestic attention.  I couldn't help but smile bitterly in my heart: "Mr. President, the United States is different from your country. We have not recovered from the economic crisis. Although we have more factories, most of the machines are still on vacation. And we, the United States, are a peace-loving country.  . My responsibility is to protect the United States, not to involve people in danger."

    "That's too bad." Yang Qiu secretly wanted to laugh.  It's clear that he can't pass the Congress and isolationism, but he actually brags about being peace-loving.  If you really love peace, why did you have an army of one million people a year early?  This is clearly the act of a profiteer who is ready to intervene but does not want to bleed prematurely.

    ¡° However, Yang Qiu didn¡¯t want to give up this cooperation opportunity, because there was no need to break up.  After thinking about it, he said: "General, do you think this is okay? I can help your country transport some humanitarian supplies to the Philippines. I also hope that our two countries can establish necessary intelligence contacts. As for the resumption of expulsion day  Regarding the ongoing issues in the South China Sea, I hope that President Roosevelt and the U.S. government will consider my suggestions, and hope that while providing support, they will consider our country¡¯s actual situation and provide some help so that I can have enough room for maneuver.¡±

    Helped Jason raise his eyebrows, dumbfounded.

    Although Marshall had no choice but to persuade Yang Qiu to go south immediately, he was able to agree to send American supplies to the Philippines, finally keeping the bottom line.  What satisfied him the most was.  Yang Qiu was not angry because of what he just said, and still agreed to let them go to the northwest.  So after the visit, he went to Kazakhstan with Donovan and others to learn about the war situation on the spot while also waiting for a reply from the White House.

    When Marshall left Xinyang.  Europe is already boiling!

    The battle report of the Central Asian Battle was like a super tsunami sweeping the entire world in just a few hours.  From London to Paris.  From Rome to Berlin, everyone was discussing the authenticity of the battle report.  As news spread that Marshall and Yang Qiu shook hands and went to the northwest to inspect the Wehrmacht and Soviet prisoners of war, the suspicion gradually faded.  After all, without this confidence, no one would let someone like Marshall visit at will.

    Churchill had a cigar in his mouth and smoked heavily.  This fat man who was hated by the Royal Navy was currently sitting with Prime Minister Chamberlain in the Whitehall conference room, known as the heart of the Navy, talking in front of General Nelson's oil painting.  "Troops should be sent to attack China! Moscow is the only way to solve Europe!" Churchill kept saying it without surprising. As soon as he spoke, Chamberlain, who was already about to hang himself, was so frightened that his heart twitched.

    Cunningham covered his forehead beside him, because he really couldn't stand that this fat man who claimed to be a strategic genius, but actually planned the Dardanelles defeat that severely damaged the Royal Navy in the last war, actually wanted to kill the Royal Navy again.  navy!  Why do you say that?  Because only the navy can send troops to deal with China. As for the armies in Iraq and Egypt, they may have been confident before, but now!  Another problem is that Saudi Arabia and most of the Persian Gulf countries are now aligned with China. If Yang Qiu wants to block the Royal Navy, just dropping a few mines in the Red Sea will be enough to strangle the entire Mediterranean and Indian Ocean.

    ¡°Don¡¯t say that China won¡¯t stockpile enough mines in Saudi Arabia. If he didn¡¯t even think of this, then he wouldn¡¯t be Yang Qiu.

    Therefore, Churchill¡¯s idea of ??punishing China was naturally rejected, but he refused to give up because he knew very well that only by deceiving Moscow into participating in the war could he ensure that Germany could be defeated without damaging Britain¡¯s vitality, so he thought of his ally France.  France does have the idea of ????punishing China, because France has always dreamed of continuing the strategy of attacking Germany in the last war, so it immediately sent a telegram to Moscow.  But the reality is cruel. Just look at the map and you will know that Stalin will never give up the rich Central Asia!  Because losing Central Asia is equivalent to placing the Caucasus, Caspian Sea, Ufa and even Moscow under the wings of Chinese bombers!  This means that before solving China, Moscow would rather lick Hitler's ass than start a two-sided war.

    Moscow is indeed unreliable!  Churchill jumped in anger, and his eyes slowly turned to Washington, as if he still had an injustice covered with flesh.Big head.

    When Churchill set his sights on the United States and was thinking about how to drag Roosevelt into trouble, a farce was also going on in Berlin.  "Let's attack the Soviet Union!" Hitler, who was still worried about the pocket battleship Graf Spee yesterday, woke up and was full of energy and proposed another great idea of ??his to the generals: "Attack the Soviet Union, knock them down! And then seize  Baku, as long as there is Ukraine and Baku, the German tanks will be unstoppable!¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s winter now, F¨¹hrer!¡±

    Marshal Brauchitsch, who had never wanted to fight directly with Britain and France, couldn't stand it any longer, and had to remind the hysterical Hitler: "And the most important thing for us now is to find a way to rescue the Graf Spee."

    ¡°Raeder really wanted to hug Brauchitsch and take a few bites. If anyone here hates hysteria the most, he must be the first.  Because Hitler had previously promised him that he would go to war in 1944.  According to the plan, by then he will have 8 battleships, 8 pocket battleships, 5 heavy cruisers, 44 light cruisers, 2 aircraft carriers and 249 submarines. I dare not say that he will be defeated. At least he will give Britain a pain in the North Sea.  .  Unexpectedly, the Army entered Austria as soon as the words were spoken, resulting in only a few sparse ships on the dock.  In the past few days, the Graf Spee has been surrounded by the British navy again. It's strange that he is not in a hurry.  So he immediately shouted: "F¨¹hrer, we now need a safe outlet to the sea, and we need to rescue Colonel Hans Randolph and his warships."

    Being interrupted by the two marshals of land and sea, Hitler was very unhappy and looked at Goering, who had always supported him.  But this fat man was as cunning as the fat man in London. He was not willing to let the pilots go to cold Moscow to freeze in this damn weather. He cleared his throat and echoed: "F¨¹hrer, the Chinese sold a thousand bombers to the British. Now,  Deliveries are being made gradually. Our Air Force needs to ensure the security of the strait first."

    "." They are not willing to fight.  With no choice, Hitler could only point his finger at Norway bitterly: "Then we can attack Norway and seize the seaport and iron ore, right?"

    "Of course! But my respected head of state, the temperature there yesterday was minus 21¡ãC."

    Marshal Brauchitsch¡¯s words still couldn¡¯t extinguish Hitler¡¯s particularly high interest today.  Since the first few goals failed, he simply pulled up the big map on the wall and walked to the western front: "Then let's discuss attacking France and Spain."

    Several marshals looked at each other. They finally understood. Hitler wanted to attack the Soviet Union. He simply took the opportunity to ask the General Staff and the military to come up with a plan today.  Just when everyone had a splitting headache, the biggest savior finally came.  Shilem hurriedly walked in: "F¨¹hrer, Motorov has arrived at the airport."

    "Great!" Hitler clenched his fist: "Let Ribbentrop receive him well, we need the Soviet Union to make greater concessions!"
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