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    "Greedy bastard!" Churchill cursed after learning about Yang Qiu's conditions.

    Foreign Secretary Halifax and Admiral Pound stood nearby, whispering about the conditions.  The defeat in Crete pushed Britain to the edge of the cliff.  The battleships "New York" and "Texas" of the US Navy have been determined to return to China for repairs. The "Malaya" was seriously damaged by four bombs and must return to Cape Town for repairs. The British Royal Navy has only one ship left in the Eastern Mediterranean.  One "Queen Elizabeth" battleship, this is far from enough!  The air was also in danger. The British and American aviation forces in the Eastern Mediterranean were almost completely destroyed, and even El Alamein and Egypt could not satisfy them.  On the contrary, Germany is rejoicing and working hard to strengthen the sea and air power of Crete. Another important Mediterranean enemy, Italy, has also taken the "Veneto" and "Littorio" after suffering heavy losses from Taranto.  "" has been salvaged from the water and will be repaired by the end of October at the latest. Even the next two ships, "Roma" and "Impero" are being built day and night.  And because the Soviet Union provided millions of tons of crude oil last year, and Hitler generously allocated some of the output of Romanian oil fields to Italy, the fuel crisis that plagued Italy no longer exists, greatly increasing Italy's naval activity capabilities.

    Because it has not been able to completely destroy two "Bismarck" class battleships, two "Scharnhorst" class battleships and the "Zeppelin" aircraft carrier, the UK must continue to maintain pressure in the North Atlantic and cannot afford to send any more warships to the Eastern Mediterranean.  .  There is nothing the U.S. Navy can do, because currently they only have two "North Carolina" class battleships and one "Colorado" class battleship that can operate, and the remaining four "South Dakota" class battleships will not be put into service until the end of the year at the earliest.  What's even more dangerous is that MI5 has also received news of secret negotiations between the Soviet Union and Germany. Once Turkey surrenders and the Soviet Black Sea Fleet is drilled out of the strait to cooperate with Germany and Italy, the consequences will be unimaginable!

    "Sumatra's request must be rejected." Marshal Pound stood up and walked to Churchill: "We can sacrifice Singapore and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. We can also sell Christmas Island to him, but we must not support the Sumatra plan.  Because none of us know whether it will become the next Siberia." We have to admire the British Royal Navy's global vision and sensitivity to the ocean. Pound revealed the importance of Sumatra in one sentence.  The reason is actually very simple. Even if Britain and the United States do not agree to Singapore, the Andaman Nicobar Islands and Christmas Island, Yang Qiu can easily defeat them. As for whether they verbally admit it or not, it is not important to Beijing now, so Yang Qiu wants to  It's just an admission.  Moreover, from a geographical perspective, these three regions are narrow in area, lack depth and resources, and are isolated overseas.  Therefore, the most that can be done is to establish a naval base to ensure Beijing's long-term interests in the South China Sea. Therefore, if there is a war in the future, it may not be impossible to fight back.  But Sumatra is different. It lies on the edge of the Indian Ocean, has sufficient depth, and has many strategic resources such as oil.  Although there is only Riau Province now, he believes that Yang Qiu has a hundred ways to use Riau Province to radiate the entire Sumatra.  Then slowly build it into an enclave that water cannot splash into.  By then, the Chinese navy will not only be able to realize its strategy of encircling the South China Sea and radiating into the Indian Ocean, but it will also be able to shorten the distance from the Chagos Islands. It will also be able to easily cut off the sea lanes from Western Australia to India and Africa during wartime.  As for issues such as the Southwest Pacific, Ryukyu, and Japan's overseas colonies, they have little to do with Britain.  The bottom line is just to keep the Solomon Islands and Australia. Anyway, Britain is not the unlucky one.

    Churchill held his cigar between his fingers and narrowed his eyes slightly. He was not only weighing Yang Qiu's conditions.  I also noticed the implication of the phrase ¡°China and Europe will not be bordering each other¡±.  This sentence may sound very ordinary, but he believes that it contains profound meaning, and it may also be a super gift package for himself.  Because everyone knows it.  If China had not annexed the entire Siberia, geopolitical conflicts in China and Europe would have been fundamentally eliminated after the war.  This is a good move!  It can allow China to extricate itself from long land border conflicts and strengthen maritime interests.  For Europe, it can also avoid a long-term border confrontation with China.  He understood that the United States would definitely intervene in Europe after the war, but without the ideology of the Soviet Union and China and Europe not bordering each other, the United States would have no reason to maintain a strong military presence in Europe for a long time, and Europe would have the opportunity to regain its independence.  Britain also has an opportunity to reintegrate Europe bit by bit.  After all, no one wants to be a puppet of the United States. Even if he has a good personal relationship with Roosevelt, the first thing to consider is the national interest.  If it can integrate Europe, even if it stabilizes a few countries, and retains major colonies such as India and South Africa, Britain may not be able to quickly recover from the war and slowly squeeze out the influence of the United States.  Of course, this matter touches on the dispute over the core interests of Britain and the United States. It is too sensitive and too early, and requires careful consideration on how to act.  After all, Europe still has the annoying French bully and the disobedient Russian mallet

    "Show me the negotiated list." While Churchill was weighing the pros and cons, Yang Qiu, who quoted the price, had temporarily turned his mind to commercial trade.

    The Cape Town meeting is notIt is not only a meeting of the top leaders of the Allied Forces, but also a comprehensive meeting.  There are both military and political matters as well as commercial cooperation.  According to the pre-arranged ten-day itinerary, an average of five to six bilateral or multilateral talks are held here every day.  Therefore, whether it was Roosevelt who proposed the convening, or Yang Qiu and Churchill who had small calculations, they all brought a large military, political and commercial delegation, hoping to coordinate the resources and industrial complementarity of the three countries, clarify war responsibilities, and sign procurement contracts.  These tedious matters are mainly responsible for Murong Han, Chu Nan and Foreign Minister Shi Zhaoji, and they are also a big test of their abilities.

    After thirty years of development, Yang Qiu no longer wants to be a simple exporter of raw materials, because China¡¯s manufacturing industry already has strong high value-added export capabilities.  So far, China is the world's only producer and exporter of nylon and polyester, with an annual output of 2.5 million nylon and 550,000 tons of polyester. It has the world's largest output of polystyrene, synthetic ammonia fertilizers, electronic equipment, etc.  It is the world's largest light industry producer, second largest equipment manufacturer, second largest oil producer, second largest electronic component manufacturer, second largest aviation producer, third largest shipbuilding country, and fourth largest petrochemical country.  etc.  And by taking advantage of the economic crisis and early cooperation with Germany, it has been able to manufacture most of the strategic large-scale industrial equipment.  However, due to restrictions in Europe and the United States, the export of high value-added commodities such as complete sets of industrial equipment, complete ships and aircraft is still inferior to the four major industrial countries of Britain, the United States, France and Germany.

    World wars are cruel.  But it is also an opportunity for great industrial and commercial development, so Yang Qiu attaches great importance to this business negotiation.  In addition, there is another reason that is hard to explain, and that is the rising military expenditure.  In the past two years, the Ministry of Finance has spent an average of 200 million yuan in military expenditures every day, and this number continues to grow.  It is already difficult to tap domestic potential, forcing him to find ways to increase exports and ease financial pressure.

    "You see, oil tankers, merchant ships, aviation complete machines and accessories, army weapons, and new nylon materials have all exceeded the export volume of raw materials. The United States has also ordered two 15,000-ton integral molding machines at one time. Also. This afternoon the United States also ordered  I proposed to buy a long-distance transport aircraft, and I wanted it in stock I didn't dare to agree." The person in charge of commercial negotiations was Liao Zhongkai.  He was the only Democratic Party member in the cabinet. Because of his down-to-earth and steady style, when the cabinet was formed, Gu Weijun invited him to serve as Minister of Industry and Commerce.

    Speaking of the export of large-scale molding machines, Liao Zhongkai was very excited because this was the first time China exported strategically large industrial equipment.  In the parallel world, because they did not pay attention to it before the war, Britain and the United States did not develop super-large forging machines and integral molding machines as early as Germany did.  So when we later manufactured the B29 bomber, we encountered a lot of trouble.  In this world, Yang Qiu took advantage of the financial crisis and started joint research and development with Germany.  It already has the R&D and manufacturing capabilities for a series of large-scale strategic industrial equipment, including extra-large molding machines, which is why this "first" was achieved.

    "Long-range transport aircraft?" Yang Qiu pulled his eyes out of the list.

    Chu Nan nodded: "I didn't bring it up before, but I was forced by Crete this time. Their current C47 is similar to our country's Y-6, and they cannot bypass Libya to quickly supply Egypt. The latest DC-4 transport aircraft is still on test flights.  , they want to purchase a batch of spot goods from us for emergency response. The UK also has this plan and has also proposed to purchase 200 Y-8 or Y-9 aircraft."

    "Do we have it in stock?" Murong Han asked.

    Chu Nan smiled and said: "Yes. There are quite a lot. The Y-11 has been finalized, but we cannot afford to build three large transport aircraft at the same time, so we must discontinue production of one. Now I have 813 Y-8 and 877 Y-9 in my hands.  The performance of the two aircraft is similar, but the Yun-9 is easier to maintain and faster, so it is basically determined to stop production and transport the 8. In this way, the Meteor Company can transport the 11 together with the Northern Company. After the navy plan is reduced, domestic shipyards can free up some production capacity  , allowing them to subcontract some large parts, 40 aircraft per month is no problem. The Central Asia Railway is gradually being completed. After opening up to Malacca, the pressure on long-distance air transport will be much less. According to our calculations, the Yun-9 fleet plus 40 Yun-11 aircraft per month  , capable of meeting transportation needs.¡±

    "In addition to transport aircraft, the United States is also interested in our "Tianlu" airborne navigator and lt180 wireless walkie-talkie, and wants to buy imitation patents." Liao Zhongkai looked at Yang Qiu. The two things he was talking about were domestic electronics giants.  Products of GSM and Lenovo.  Everyone is well aware of the relationship between these two companies and Yang Qiu, and it also involves some sensitive military technologies.

    Yang Qiu doesn't care, because the "Tianlu" navigator was originally developed based on the American 1943 "Taika" navigator in the parallel world.  As for the lt180 walkie-talkie, it was also produced six years ago using the drawings of the Motorola scr300 FM walkie-talkie.  There have been new products in the country for a long time, but they are still available, and the country has no money or time to replace them on a large scale.  Since the United States wants it, it is also happy to attack Motorola and some related large companies in the United States. Who makes their development speed slow, and the American soldiers are red-eyed.  However, this incident reminded him, and he said: "There is no problem with exporting, but there will definitely be more and more of this kind of stuff in the future.There can be no restrictions.  Let's discuss it. The military will take the lead and cooperate with domestic scientific research departments to set up a high-tech export control and review department under the Ministry of National Defense. In the future, anything involving sensitive technologies will need the approval of this department before it can be exported, so as to avoid mistakes.  Others spy on us.  "

    Everyone thought this suggestion was good, and Liao Zhongkai was also relieved. He was afraid that Yang Qiu would deny the business on the grounds of technical sensitivity.  You should know that 2,000 of the 6,000 aircraft produced in the United States each month need this kind of navigation system. After selling the counterfeit patent, the United States will have to pay a patent fee of US$320 for each set produced.  Although the state collects corporate tax revenue, it is still a considerable amount.  As for the 800 second-hand transport aircraft, based on the unit price of US$300,000 after depreciation, that is US$240 million (approximately 480 million yuan), which can be fully invested in subsequent military expenditures.

    Just when everyone was discussing how to establish a high-tech export review department and system as soon as possible, Shi Zhaoji rushed in sweating profusely: "President. Churchill has replied!"

    "Oh, what should I say?"

    Making money is not as important as the future, so after Yang Qiu heard the news, he suddenly got up and even others gathered around him.  "After the meeting just now, Halifax asked me to talk privately. Except for Sumatra, Britain can agree to all the other conditions. It also promised to persuade the United States By the way, Zhong Kai. Britain hopes to sell 2 more battleships and  Two escort carriers, you can go and take a look later." Shi Zhaoji grabbed Liao Zhongkai.  Tell him that he has received another big order.

    "Don't agree to Sumatra?" Yang Qiu was a little disappointed.

    Singapore is important, but far less important than Sumatra in his heart, because the latter can not only protect the Straits of Malacca and Sunda Strait, but also serve as the general logistics supply station for Indian Ocean bases such as Chagos.  "On the Sumatra issue, the rhetoric is very tough. Halifax said that their biggest concern now is to defend the Eastern Mediterranean, because it not only concerns Egypt and North Africa, but also the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, so there is no time to consider Sumatra for the time being."  Shi Zhaoji repeated what Halifax said.

    Those present were experts in diplomacy and international politics.  This kind of statement is clearly a warning to Yang Qiu that if too many excessive demands are made, the worst is that Britain will completely withdraw from the Eastern Mediterranean, leaving China and the United States to play on their own.  As for India.  Churchill was not worried at all. Unless all Indians were killed, he would still be able to exert enough influence after the war with his deep colonial roots.

    After understanding the bottom line of Britain.  The three leaders finally began the fourth round of consultations.

    Churchill was obviously angry with Roosevelt, so when the differences were still huge, Roosevelt took the initiative to make concessions.  In Yang Qiu promised to ensure the integrity of the Philippines.  After refusing to annex Singapore, Sumatra and East Borneo, the United Kingdom and the United States finally agreed to add the Anambas Islands to China's Natuna Islands, and agreed to cede the Linga Islands to Singapore and keep them under Chinese trusteeship until the founding of the country.  Promise to merge West Borneo, Central Borneo and East Borneo, and add Kuching to West Borneo to establish an independent country.  Promise to hand over the Andaman and Nicobarya Islands to China for trusteeship, promise to sell Christmas Island, promise to hand over all the southwest Pacific islands currently controlled by China and Japan's colonies in the Pacific to China for trusteeship, and promise to establish the "Djibouti" model in Eritrea.  naval base But the two also left a trail, which is to ask Yang Qiu to promise to retain the right to self-determination in these areas in the future.

    As for Guam and Wake Island, Roosevelt still refused any public recognition.

    On the Siberian issue, Britain and the United States also made compromises and agreed to recognize the validity of the referendum after signing the declaration.  However, considering the thoughts of the allies, we will not make any statement about territorial annexation.  Roosevelt also promised that the United States would immediately strengthen its deployment in the Eastern Mediterranean and would prepare to transfer the First Marine Division to Spain and ten other divisions to Egypt and Cyprus. Once the Soviet Union and Germany signed an alliance agreement, the United States would immediately attack the Soviet Union.  declare war.

    The division of war responsibilities has also been clarified again. According to the agreement, China and the Asian allies will bear all the remaining wars against Japan and the Southwest Pacific. However, when attacking the Philippines, the United States must send some troops to participate.  It will also be responsible for major wars in the Asia, Persian Gulf and Caucasus parts of the Soviet Union, and will participate in wars in the Middle East and Soviet Europe as appropriate.  As a condition, the U.S. government will continue to provide China with $2 billion in annual loans and industrial aid, including much-needed trucks and machinery and equipment, in accordance with the Lend-Lease Act until the end of the war.

    The Indian Ocean Theater continues to be led by the United Kingdom. China is willing to obey the command of the British military and will not station troops in India after the war.  In exchange, Britain immediately abrogated the unequal treaty of the Sino-British Conference on Tibet and India and recognized the international declaration that Sikkim, East Kashmir, Assam, Nagaland and Manipur in northeastern India belong to China.

    In the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters, the main battles are undertaken by Britain, the United States and their European allies.

    Middle East theater (excluding Persia)??) also made arrangements for the first time. The three parties agreed that no matter who invaded Turkey and the Middle East first, the US military would automatically have theater command authority.  This was the first theater command authority the U.S. military had obtained, and it was something China and Britain deliberately avoided.  Because for Churchill, he longed for a future conflict between China and the United States in the Middle East, while for Yang Qiu, divided Muslims are the best Muslims, not to mention the Palestinian issue, which he did not want to touch.

    The three also reached an agreement to win over Tš¹rkiye and Finland, urging them to join the Allied Forces in the anti-fascist war.  In the end, they also decided not to restrict the free market.  Strengthen the complementary industrial and commercial capabilities of the three countries during the war, begin to prepare for the establishment of joint institutions, and study all matters regarding the establishment of the United Nations after the war.

    After the political and military negotiations were completed, Churchill immediately purchased from China the two battleships "Dinghai" and "Ninghai" equipped with 330mm naval guns for US$500 million and Christmas Island, as well as the two newly delivered General-class escort aircraft carriers.  , 120 dive bombers, 200 Y-8 long-range transport aircraft, 10,000 Soviet-made army artillery pieces, 4,500 Chinese 85mm anti-aircraft guns and other weapons and equipment and a large number of other commodities, and China is responsible for transporting them to Egypt and the British Virgin Islands, and  The Anglo-American Atlantic fleet transshipped to Europe and North Africa.  Originally, he also wanted to buy "Tianquan" fighter jets and 36 main battle tanks.  But they were all rejected by Yang Qiu due to insufficient production capacity.  In order to make up for the loss of Atlantic merchant ships, he finally spent US$100 million to buy 30 second-hand 10,000-ton ships, and also collaborated with the United States to place an order for 60 ships in one go.

    As unconditional support for the allies, Yang Qiu also promised to transport 280 Type 31 tanks, 370 repaired Soviet-made T34 tanks, and 500 U-series armored vehicles to Egypt as quickly as possible and hand them over to the British army free of charge.

    The U.S. Navy is very jealous of this big business, but it really can¡¯t get the goods in hand.  After the "New York" and "Texas" were injured, the only battleships available to the United States were the "North Carolina", the "Washington" and a few classic ships. The four "South Dakota" will not be delivered until the end of the year.  .  A lot of work has been started on escort carriers, but shipbuilding is not aircraft building.  It takes four to five months to convert a merchant ship into an aircraft carrier, so it is far from the historical peak period of delivering one ship in January.  As for army weapons, the United States itself still needs to purchase patents from China.

    ?Compared to the United Kingdom, the U.S. military owned by wealthy people spends money without blinking an eye.  It purchased 600 Y-8s in stock at a unit price of US$300,000, purchased 20,000 sets of "Tianlu" navigation systems and counterfeit patents for US$80 million, purchased 30,000 LT180 FM radios and counterfeit patents for US$35 million, and also purchased 155  Some weapons imitation patents, including millimeter howitzers.  Finally, a purchase contract with a total value of US$2 billion was signed.  Used to purchase nylon, polyester, tungsten, tung oil and other commodities urgently needed by the US military.  But for the key uranium mine, although Roosevelt offered sky-high prices, Yang Qiu still firmly refused.  Finally until May 1942.  Only in Canada did the United States discover associated uranium deposits suitable for mining, which delayed the Manhattan Project for half a year.

    The large contract totaling 3 billion U.S. dollars, as well as the U.S. aid of 2 billion U.S. dollars per year, has greatly alleviated Yang Qiu¡¯s financial pressure.  After all, China is not the United States. If it were not for the advancement in weapons and equipment, military thinking and tactics, it would be impossible to achieve the current results.

    In the end, he took some time off and reached an agreement with French representatives to provide US$20 million in military assistance, including 300 Type 31 tanks, in exchange for trusteeship of the Crozet Islands near Antarctica.  Although de Gaulle's request to include a "no military use" clause in the trusteeship handover contract was ridiculous, Yang Qiu agreed and included the islands in the list of unorganized overseas territories for the sake of future Antarctic scientific research stations.  .

    Because Cunningham was under too much pressure, before the final signing, Bingwen in China immediately had the two newly delivered General-class escort aircraft carriers painted with the names of "Cape Town" and "Gibraltar"  .  In order to save time, the two ships merged with the four An Hai-class battleships that were resting in Cam Ranh Bay, and then brought the Dunkirk, Strasbourg and four French heavy cruisers that had returned to the Pacific during the southern expedition to the Marshall Islands.  Swing straight to the Sunda Strait.  The latter few warships will, after entering the Indian Ocean, head to Chagos to participate in the campaign to attack Burma and the Andaman.

    The current South China Sea is like a leaky fence. Inoue Narumi is no longer able to intercept such a large fleet. The Japanese aviation force in Batavia has also been bombed many times, so in the end he can only watch the fleet sail away through the strait.

    At 11 noon on September 15th, Cape Town time, all disputes, conflicts, curses and accusations disappeared in front of reporters.  In front of hundreds of journalists and representatives from various countries who came from all over the world, the three leaders officially issued the "Cape Town Declaration" that laid the foundation for the future world pattern.

    This declaration is the second important international declaration after the Cairo Declaration between China and the UK.  The declaration not only reaffirmed the alliance between China, the United States and Britain, but also called on all countries and nations around the world to join the anti-fascist camp, promise not to seek territorial expansion, protect the territorial integrity of various nation-states, and allow them to independently choose their own regimes and governments  The declaration also made guarantees in the economic and cultural aspects, and will provide equal treatment to all countries in the world.

    At the final press question-and-answer session, both Churchill and Roosevelt recognized the fairness and validity of the much-anticipated Siberian referendum in accordance with the agreement, saying that Britain and the United States would abide by the Cairo Declaration's requirement to "allow the people to independently choose their own regime and government."  terms and respect the choice of the people of Siberia.  After Yang Qiu expressed his gratitude to the two men, he formally and publicly promised that he would not continue to seek territorial referendums on the mainland. Instead, he would help those self-determined nations and countries establish their own political power.  He promised that all Asian countries and relevant countries would work together to establish their respective borders as soon as possible, promote the independence of Asian nations, and help Tatar and other Soviet ethnic minorities establish independent countries and autonomous regions in the Urals and other regions

    In the eyes of journalists, the "Cape Town Declaration" is undoubtedly a peace-loving, national equality and unity, and fair trade exchanges, a just declaration of anti-fascist dictatorship. It strengthened the world anti-fascist alliance and laid the foundation for the future world pattern.

    But in Yang Qiu¡¯s eyes, it is just a political art of compromise between all parties, and competition is still filled in all fields of diplomacy, military, economic and cultural fields.  But it was this kind of compromise that he needed. Although Sumatra failed to achieve its goal, and the Philippines also needed to continue its game with the United States, it still clarified its territorial boundaries and completed the future strategic architecture of guarding the southwest Pacific and radiating both oceans

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