Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 2399 The British Are Frightened

But Fumimaro Konoe didn't give up, and he made another plan when he failed, but this time, the one he used as bait was Britain.The situation after the fall of the UK was not good, but because it still had a considerable number of troops and servants in North Africa, the Middle East, and India, although it was generally at a disadvantage in the contest with the German army, it was also a battlefield in North Africa. The absolute main force against the German army in the Middle East battlefield.In the past, because the Indochina Peninsula was occupied by the Japanese army, Britain was forced to go to war with the Japanese army.In this time and space, the fate of Britain has completely changed.Compared with that time and space, on the one hand, the British mainland fell, and the situation seemed to be worse; but at the same time, because the Indochina Peninsula was actually controlled by the Xuebing Army, it was able to avoid fighting with the Japanese army, and because the government went into exile in India, The control over India has been greatly enhanced. It seems that Britain has gained a more stable rear.Between Britain and Japan, there has been no armed conflict between the two sides for more than a year since the Japanese army shifted the focus of its strategy to Australia, and the United Kingdom ceded the dominance of the Australian battlefield to the United States.The British army, as the main force of the allied forces in the North African battlefield and the Middle East battlefield, is under increasing pressure. If so, the British have no spare power to settle old scores with the Japanese, so in their hearts, it seems that Japan, the mortal enemy, has been forgotten. exist.The British "do not hold grudges", but the Japanese are unwilling to settle down. When the British intelligence agency deciphered the secret message sent from Tokyo to Berlin, and learned that the Japanese army wanted to attack the German army and drive the British army out of India first, the British were distraught. We have to look at Japan, the mortal enemy, positively.

The British reacted so strongly to the importance of India in the Commonwealth now.The reason why the British army can still persist in resistance in North Africa and the Middle East is not unrelated to India's geographical location and stability.Originally, the British could continuously obtain weapons, equipment and even food from the United States, so all they had to do was fight a good war without distraction.However, now, not to mention that the United States has to reduce its aid to the United Kingdom because it is deeply involved in the Pacific battlefield, as far as the performance of weapons and equipment is concerned, because only China can produce and manufacture weapons and equipment that can compete with German weapons, the British army actually relies on The weapons bought from China supported the defense line.The reason why the British army can more conveniently obtain the Chinese-made cadet army standard weapons is because India is close to China.It is conceivable that once the British lose India, the rear, it will be difficult for the British army to resist the German offensive in North Africa and the Middle East.

The Japanese army does not actually have the conditions to send troops to India now. Konoe Fumimaro's sending of this secret telegram is actually just a dead horse as a living horse doctor, but the British dare not think so.So, while Konoe Fumimaro was still worrying about gains and losses and waiting for Hitler's reply, Churchill's special envoy, Viscount Simon, had already arrived in Chongqing by air fortress.

This is the second time for Simon to come to Chongqing, and the distance between them is only half a year.Half a year may not be long or short, but for Simon, when he began to dive towards Shooloongkan Airport in the Sky Fortress, he looked at the ground through the porthole and almost suspected that what he was about to visit was not Chongqing but Another city.

The deepest impression Simon had on Chongqing half a year ago was the ragged and disheveled refugees.And if he had to use a set of words to describe Chongqing at that time, the only words would be "dirty, chaotic, and poor".In the past, when you looked at Chongqing from the air, you could only see crowds like ants and ruins.Now, the density of the crowd has decreased, and instead of ruins, there are blue-gray houses.What surprised him the most was that as the plane descended to a certain height, he could see the faces of passers-by on the ground. The expressions of confusion, stiffness and indifference that had left a deep impression on him disappeared, replaced by vigor , hearty and positive.

Coming out of the airport and going to the main road of CQ City, Simon felt even more deeply.The roads are no longer potholed, and pedestrians are no longer walking on them, cars, buses... These bustling scenes that could only be seen on the streets of London before the war have actually reappeared in Chongqing.

The day when Simon came to Chongqing was very coincidental, because at noon on this day, the Chinese side had a good news from the Battle of Wuhan - after four days and nights of fierce fighting, He Zhengjiang's troops wiped out a division of the Japanese army surrounded by the troops in Jingzhou Another independent brigade of the Korean Communist Army captured two major generals of the Japanese army alive.

When a woman ran past her car waving a newspaper and shouting "Jingzhou Great Victory," Simon ordered the car to stop and bought a copy of the Xue Bingjun Times supplement. "The Chinese won the battle again?" Beside him, his assistant, Valle, looked over and asked.

Simon read it slowly, then looked up out of the window and said, "No wonder Chongqing feels different. It turns out that the victory news has been washed away."

Valais obviously lacked confidence in this mission, and he asked cautiously: "Your Excellency, Viscount, do you think we can convince the Chinese?"

Simon glanced at him and said word by word: "It must be persuaded! For our motherland!"

Valai said solemnly, "Yes."

Simon was not able to meet Ouyang Yun immediately, and the coalition government first received him was Song Ziwen, Minister of Foreign Affairs.There are two reasons why Simon used to persuade Song Ziwen that China must help Britain destroy the plan of Japan and Germany to attack India from east to west.First, he believed that India was actually a barrier to China to prevent the German army from attacking China from the west. As long as India was still in the hands of the British, then Southwest China would be absolutely safe; second, he believed that if the Japanese army wanted to attack India, It will inevitably gather heavy troops to attack the current Chinese Expeditionary Third Army, and propose that the British army is willing to cooperate with the Third Expeditionary Army to resist the Japanese attack or initiate an attack to break the Japanese defense line in Denver.In the end, he threw out his trump card and implicitly proposed that he would recognize the legal status of China's military power in the Indochina Peninsula, saying that as long as China could prevent the Japanese army from going north, the British government would no longer insist on the suzerainty rights to Burma.

The reason why Simon stated that China must help Britain destroy Japan and Germany to attack India is that Song Ziwen behaved very gentlemanly, just listening intently, and did not express his opinion.And when Simon narrowed his eyes and said the last words, he smiled and immediately counterattacked: "The rights of the suzerain? Mr. Viscount, did I hear you right? When is this, and your government is still doing it?" Colonial dream. Ha, I don’t think you need to meet our prime minister, who hates power politics the most. Well, it’s getting late, I have other official duties, so let’s stop here today!”

After Song Ziwen finished speaking, he stood up, turned around and left without giving Simon a chance to change his words.

(End of this chapter)