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    "A perfect rescue operation!" Before MacArthur and his troops reached Haikou, the U.S. War Department had already received the news.  Marshall immediately rushed to the White House, told Roosevelt the good news, and at the same time gave this action a very high evaluation.  "The Chinese air force and navy cooperate very closely, and the intelligence work is also very accurate. Especially the navy cleared the Japanese artillery positions at the first time, which allowed MacArthur to retreat more easily." "The Chinese Air Force's  A large part of the aircraft are made in the United States. "Roosevelt was a man with a big heart, at least in the eyes of many people.  It's a pity that his view of China has never improved, and he can't help but want to make a mockery of it whenever he finds an opportunity.  ¡°This is indeed true, but there is also a problem, that is, the aircraft they need are precisely manufactured by our aircraft manufacturing company using the technology they provided.¡± Marshall reminded, ¡°We should face this ally.  "Allies? Allies don't attack allies." Roosevelt snorted, "I don't know how to explain it to Churchill at the meeting tomorrow, because it was us who prevented the British government from taking retaliatory measures." "Churchill doesn't."  Maybe he is provoking the Chinese at this time. Although he is very angry, he is an excellent politician and he just wants to use his angry appearance to gain more benefits." Harry Hopkins spoke.  .  Roosevelt's most important think tank, the "shadow president" of the White House, after reading the telegram sent by MacArthur in detail, took a long breath: "The Chinese are far more powerful than we imagined.  Especially in the new era  In terms of equipment development, they are not much behind us. Mr. President, look here" "Where?" Roosevelt looked at Hopkins's finger, "Radar?" "Retreat?  During the process, the Chinese sonar accurately discovered the Japanese submarine and dropped depth charges." Hopkins smacked his lips and looked at Marshall: "General, MacArthur specifically pointed this out in the telegram.  "What is he trying to tell us?" "You are very keen," Marshall said expressionlessly, "If I guess correctly, MacArthur should be trying to tell us that the Chinese have already surpassed us in the development of sonar.  Everyone is ahead. But this requires feedback from the navy. By the way, I also want to remind you: they discovered the Japanese submarine at night.  The German 'Wolves'!" Hopkins asked after a moment of silence.  "We and the United Kingdom have decided to strengthen the escort system. It is difficult for the German tactics to become a threat." Roosevelt said solemnly.  The German "Wolf Pack Tactics" was another version of Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare during World War I, and the inventor of this tactic was a submarine captain when the Germans were conducting unrestricted submarine warfare.  , Karl D?nitz.  During the First World War.  Although submarines launch attacks underwater, most of the time they engage in duels against large fleets during the day Although such duels will cause significant damage to warships at a relatively small cost.  Or even sink it directly.  But it will also expose submarines to attacks from ships.  A submarine is not a ship. After being attacked, the people on it at least have a chance to escape.  Once a submarine is damaged and loses the power to float, if you are lucky, you can abandon the boat and escape, but more often than not, the boat and people are buried at the bottom of the sea.  You can imagine how terrifying it is to feel like you are waiting to die in a submarine cabin.  D?nitz reformed this tactic of allowing submarines to fight during the day.  The "wolf pack" first dispersed and hunted.  After discovering the target, it will immediately notify its partners to come and hunt the prey.  However, the time for their attack is not during the day, but at night.  Moreover, facing the escorting warships, D?nitz boldly let the "wolves" surface at night Night and seawater are the best protection for submarines.  However, the sonar of warships often only monitors underwater, not the sea surface.  Therefore, the "Wolves" easily escaped the frigate's monitoring network and easily approached the target.  Then facing the ferocious wolves, even an ordinary battleship might be robbed accidentally, let alone those ordinary merchant ships?  This tactic is no small matter.  As early as a year before the official outbreak of World War II, D?nitz commanded his "wolf pack" to attack the passenger ship "Athena", causing it to begin to sink in just a few minutes and eventually perished at the bottom of the sea.  In the past two years, D?nitz's "wolf pack" has been rampant in the Atlantic Ocean, attacking large Allied transport fleets many times, with no disadvantages, almost making night navigation a psychological shadow for Allied captains.  But the Allies have so far been unable to do anything about the "wolf pack tactics".  A general large fleet, even if it is escorted by a heavy fleet, will encounter more than 20 ships.A large number of German submarines were almost a disaster.  "Strengthening the escort system will only reduce the pressure on the Germans on the sea. This is tantamount to achieving their strategic goals in another way." Hopkins knew that Roosevelt was just being tough. "The performance of German submarines is very good.  According to previous documents, the British have always hoped to build a strong radar defense network, but our technology is not yet able to achieve it. "Medicine, electronics, blasting, and even aviation technology the Chinese seem to have many things that we are not expecting."  Means?" Roosevelt suddenly smiled.  "That's right. And I believe that they should have many trump cards that we don't know about." Marshall also said.  "But they have also shown worrying ambitions now." Roosevelt said, "I am very worried that they will become our opponents in the future." "I have analyzed that although China is acting aggressively, what they do should be just  In order to seek more profits, because they do not have the confidence and strength to expand outwards. "Because they are very poor! Their people can't even fill their stomachs, and there are famines everywhere."  There is no decent industry, and agriculture is very backward. They can't even provide themselves with matches. Not only that, but their political situation is also very unstable. If it weren't for the Japanese invasion, they might still be in actual division.  Through all aspects of the intelligence provided by us at the Chinese Embassy, ??we even came to the result that without assistance from the West, the ammunition reserves of the Chinese Army may not be able to support them in front of the Japanese.  One year. This result is simply unimaginable to us But the Chinese have been fighting the Japanese for four or five years in such a poor state. " "If they can fight the Japanese for four or five years, then they will.  We should be able to fight for another four to five years," Roosevelt said.  "But what if the Soviet Union is defeated?" Marshall suddenly asked, "If the spheres of influence of Japan and Germany are directly connected, the Chinese will face an even more terrifying situation." "So, we need to assist them, right?" Roosevelt smiled bitterly.  Said, "To be honest, my friends, I really don't want to do this. Because my intuition tells me that this is not a good idea." "But the threat from the Chinese is the most practical." Marshall said, "They  They have withdrawn their troops from most areas of French Indochina, and this means that they are not willing to hinder the Japanese's strategic intention to continue moving south! If they shrink back to their own territory, the Japanese will expand their tentacles.  Reaching into the Indian Ocean, or even directly attacking India." "It's India again." Roosevelt smiled bitterly and sighed. "The British have concentrated hundreds of thousands of troops in Singapore, Malaya, Burma and other places, and they have not yet followed.  "Judging from the combat effectiveness of the Philippine army, the hundreds of thousands of British colonial troops may not be able to stop even one Japanese division." Marshall shook his head and said, "You know, the Philippine troops were still there before the battle.  After MacArthur's reorganization and training, most of the British colonial troops were temporarily formed. Their combat effectiveness is doubtful.  See?" Roosevelt sighed.  This argument has been made many times.  He has been trying to convince these men of his to stop supporting China.  But as Marshall and Hopkins said, they couldn't find a reason.  As the biggest barrier to the Japanese in the East, China is something they must never give up.  As long as those people have not reconciled with the Japanese or joined the Axis Powers, they must always support the other party, no matter how the other party angers them.  "MacArthur cannot stay in China. He cannot have good and beneficial cooperation with the Chinese. His destination should be Australia, and he should lead his troops to establish new defensive positions in Australia to prevent the Japanese from attacking in the next  Attack." Marshall said hurriedly.  He knew exactly what Roosevelt was planning.  Send the 30,000 US troops stationed in the Philippines to the Indochina Peninsula to cooperate with the Chinese This seems to be a plan that saves money, time and effort. But through the performance of the Chinese in the past two years, now that they have proposed the establishment of the Southeast Asia Allied Forces Command  , it must be aimed at the highest command authority.  But how could MacArthur be someone who could accept orders from others?  Moreover, the defense line they deployed in Australia is in urgent need of additional troops.  "During the last meeting, Churchill proposed to me that Lieutenant General Arthur Percival, who was stationed in Malaya, would serve as the commander of the Allied Forces" Roosevelt added.  "No, no, no, this is impossible. The Chinese will not accept the British taking charge of the war in Southeast Asia." Hopkins shook his head, "Besides, that guy is still a lieutenant general! I doubt Churchill's sincerity.""Me too" "Ding!" The phone rang suddenly. Roosevelt looked at the two of them apologetically and grabbed the phone: "It's me. What's the matter?" "What's the matter?" Looking at Roosevelt, he put it down.  On the phone, Hopkins asked again.  "It's Churchill. He hopes to meet with me tonight!" Roosevelt smiled bitterly, "to discuss personnel and war arrangements in the European theater and the Asian theater." "He wants to leave the Chinese alone!" Marshall licked his tongue, "This  It will cause a lot of trouble." (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better and faster novels!
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