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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 2802 Roosevelt¡¯s Worries

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    The telegram jointly signed by the two commanders of the Australian Allied Forces, Lieutenant General Bachlisman and General Fernades, undoubtedly gave Roosevelt, the top boss in charge of the Allied Powers, a bolt from the blue. It is now late January. If according to the two  A commander said that Australia fell in just over a month!

    This made Roosevelt, who had spent almost all his country's efforts to protect Australia to death, feel so embarrassed, and how could he accept this fact?  But you have to face it if you can't accept it. Even if the British are alarmist, Bahlisman, who personally ordered the general, will never pretend to be sensational!

    Roosevelt's concern about the situation on the Australian battlefield was not only about whether Australia would fall. As a great leader, his perspective and depth of thinking about the problem were naturally outstanding. The current Australian battlefield contained Japan's largest overseas military force.  What he was worried about was that once Australia fell and millions of Japanese troops were freed up, where would the greedy and blood-red eyes of the Japanese look next?

    There are two directions, one is the Indochina Peninsula or even mainland China that Tang Qiuli currently occupies, and the other is the United States. This is by no means a groundless worry.

    Judging from the situation in the Southwest Pacific, the cunning and adaptable Chinese Tang Qiuli has obviously seen this step. Otherwise, he would not have deployed more than two million elite troops on the Indochina Peninsula to prepare for the war.  The purpose was to prevent the Japanese who had won the Australian War from turning around and heading north.

    Judging from the many years of confrontation between the Japanese and Tang Qiuli, the troops under Tang Qiuli's command have never tasted victory for the Japanese after repeated defeats.  That was an opponent that was daunting to the Japanese. It was unlikely that the Japanese would choose to go north to fight Tang Qiuli.

    in this way.  Roosevelt sadly concluded that the Japanese had only one target left - the United States. The current situation was very unfavorable to the United States. The Japanese naval task force was pressing down on the Pacific Fleet. That commander, Yamamoto Isoroku,  It's a war machine.  A master tactician who made all U.S. naval generals frightened, and the Japanese army stationed on the Hawaiian Islands and nearby islands, such as Midway Island.  In recent years, the number of troops has increased to more than 300,000.

    Of course, in his heart, Roosevelt dreamed of a fight between the Japanese and Tang Qiuli.  in this way.  The United States can not only stay out of the matter, sell arms on both sides, and make a lot of dirty money, but it can also take advantage of an open face to fight with a potential enemy, and after both sides suffer, reap the profits and make a fortune, and finally take advantage of the threatening situation.  opponent.  When they were fighting each other until they were dying, they easily picked the peach.  Just like the First World War pattern.

    At this time, the world situation that Roosevelt most wanted to see was, but judging from the Sino-Japanese confrontation in recent years, the Japanese, who had just been beaten to a bloody head by Tang Qiuli, had lost Manchuria, the Korean Peninsula, and  The Far East is unable to be recaptured. Obviously, Tang Qiuli is now a behemoth that the Japanese absolutely do not want to mess with. Then, the United States, which has been exhausted by the European war and the Australian war, will fall into the greedy eyes of the Japanese.

    Roosevelt had such a dream, but did not dare to immerse himself in the dream. The wish was beautiful, but the reality was cold. After staying up for several sleepless nights, Roosevelt, who was mentally and physically exhausted, considered all the circumstances.  After convening a number of close friends to conduct research, they came to the following conclusion: "Once Australia falls, the Japanese army's frontline will inevitably point directly at the United States. Therefore, defending Australia is equivalent to defending the United States!"

    So, Roosevelt, whose heart was extremely heavy, called for his old partner, the British Prime Minister in Exile, Churchill. He knew that his old partner was resourceful and full of clever ideas, and he could use any fair or despicable means.  Yes, it is reasonable to discuss it with Churchill. After all, this British man is another giant of the Allied Powers, although he no longer lives up to his name.

    As soon as the two people met, they were both old acquaintances and had cooperated many times. There was no need to play around with diplomatic rhetoric and hide it. Roosevelt openly asked the question, "How to ensure that Australia does not fall into the hands of the Japanese?"  inside?"

    Although he was making a living on American soil, Churchill was a man unwilling to be lonely. He also knew the world situation and the situation on the Australian battlefield very well. He gave a solution without thinking, "Mr. President, the only way for now is to bring the Chinese people together."  To drag Australia into the war, at the very least, the Chinese should bear the corresponding obligations of the Allies, and Tang Qiuli is the key. It is not enough to just provide transportation channels for reinforcements to the Australian battlefield! "

    "Mr. President can write a personal letter, imploring Tang Qiuli to send troops to Australia. At the same time, we can also try our best to speed up the reinforcement of the Australian battlefield. The British Empire can also continue to tap the war potential in the West Indies. In this way, the three  Only by working together can we ensure that southeastern Australia does not fall, at least until the Japanese cannot hold on!"

    Roosevelt still looked gloomy.?? expressed his worries: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, that Chinese Tang Qiuli is cunning, greedy and ambitious. He is very difficult to deal with. He asked the Chinese to send troops to Australia. I am afraid that the price paid is unbearable for the United States!"  "

    "How do you know it won't work if you haven't tried it?" Churchill encouraged Roosevelt, "If that Chinese Tang Qiuli doesn't want to send troops to Australia, at least, in the name of the Allies, we can ask him to provide the Allies with maximum weapons and equipment.  Convenience, especially in terms of aircraft and heavy weapons, is what the Australian battlefield lacks!¡±

    Churchill's words inspired Roosevelt's confidence, but there was really nothing he could do. If not Tang Qiuli, who else could he ask for help? He immediately took action and wrote an enthusiastic and low-key letter to Tang Qiuli.  However, it was not as the leader of the Allied Powers, but as the President of the United States. He knew that the current Allied Powers were nothing to do with Tang Qiuli!

    Roosevelt ordered his confidential secretary to arrange a special envoy to deliver his handwritten letter to Tang Qiuli as soon as possible. Churchill was relieved to see that the lame man listened to his advice.

    From the bottom of his heart, Churchill, the veteran colonialist, had no good impressions of Tang Qiuli, and even hated him. The Americans had not suffered any obvious losses at the hands of Tang Qiuli, but the British Empire was different.  During the Indo-Myanmar border war, the British Empire lost more than two-thirds of its colonies on the Indian continent. Along with the 83rd parallel, the British Empire became the laughing stock of the world.

    Why were the British and Americans fighting the Japanese on the Australian mainland, while the Chinese took a stand-by attitude and dragged Tang Qiuli into the Australian war? Churchill's goal was achieved. Although it is difficult, don't try to know this  result?

    Seeing that Roosevelt had finished writing the letter, Churchill knew it and wanted to leave. It seemed that he had no need to stay here anymore, so Roosevelt retained him.

    Roosevelt's sallow face showed deeper worries as he said: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, we have been thinking about how to deal with the Japanese. It seems that we have forgotten the Germans. Now the Germans have completely occupied the European continent. The Soviet Union has collapsed, and Stalin has  Hitler, who fled to Western Siberia to survive and conquer the European continent, do you think that his ambitious footsteps will always stay in Europe? "

    Churchill was stunned and immediately understood what Roosevelt meant. Remembering the ferocity of the Germans and destroying the British Empire, he couldn't help but feel excited and said in confusion: "Mr. President, do you think that this complete German lunatic will have someone else?"  idea?¡±

    "Alas!" Roosevelt sighed heavily and said, "It will definitely happen. Sitting on the relatively large resources of the European continent, that war maniac Hitler will definitely not be willing to be lonely. However, we don't know where his eyes will be.  That¡¯s all!¡±

    "While Roosevelt and Churchill were panicking and speculating about where Hitler, who had swept across the European continent, would lead next, the battle on the Australian battlefield had already reached a fever pitch of blood and flesh.

    General Phil Naders, deputy commander of the Australian Allied Forces, spent three days reorganizing the Allied troops who had retreated from the front line. Then, together with the commander Lieutenant General Bahlisman, Philinder was  On the second pass south of the Si Mountains and the Baril Mountains, the defensive force deployment was adjusted. Before they could take a breath, the troops were divided into six groups. More than one million Japanese soldiers with fierce momentum and murderous intent came like a violent wave!

    The second line of defense of the Australian Allied Forces is built on several rivers. There is no shortage of rain in southeastern Australia. Several large rivers are hundreds of meters or even hundreds of meters wide, with rough waves and fast currents. All bridges have been bombed.  Along the way, the invincible Japanese "Type 97 modified tank" faced the river and lost its assault role.

    However, this did not trouble the commander-in-chief of Japan's Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Force, General Ito Genzaburo. At several selected breakthrough points, he ordered all artillery units to form artillery groups and line up on the north bank of the river, aiming at the Allied forces on the south bank.  The Allied positions on the south bank were hit by a ferocious bombardment, which shook the ground and filled the sky with gunpowder smoke. Suddenly, flames shot into the sky, columns of smoke rose into the sky, and dirt and gravel flew across the Allied positions on the south bank.

    Bullying the Australian Allied Forces for not having combat aircraft, General Ito also recruited fighter jets and bombers from the United Air Force to assist. On the ground, there were thousands of artillery pieces of various calibers, constantly spitting out shells. In the sky, there were nearly a thousand  Japanese bombers and fighter jets continued to drop heavy bombs one after another, and sprayed strings of bullets, beating the Allied positions as if they were boiling.

    Under the cover of fierce ground and air firepower, Japanese engineers began to build bridges on various rivers. General Ito stood on a high ground on the north bank of the river in high spirits, looking at the power of the sophisticated equipment of the Imperial Japanese Army.  , full of confidence, said to Chief of Staff Major General Kawaguchi: "Two? In just two days, the imperial army will break through the Allied forces' second line of defense!  "

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