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"Claude, it seems that today's talks are going well. The Chinese agree to sign a naval treaty with us?" Roosevelt happily talked with Claude Swanson, and then turned to the Secretary of the Army and said, "With the Navy The treaty and the guarantee that the Chinese don't invade the Philippines, I think the US Army can get back from there? Those boys must be very homesick."

Secretary of the Army George Dern grinned: "That would be great. To be honest, putting a small army in the Philippines won't do much. It doesn't matter if it's Chinese or Japanese. Drive them overboard with ashes."

"It depends on whether our navy agrees or not." The grandfather of the Navy Department frowned, and handed the draft treaty he had just signed to the president: "Franklin, this treaty only restricts us and China. Japan doesn’t have any restrictions, and if they don’t agree to sign the treaty, what about the security of the Philippines?”

Roosevelt took the text of the treaty, flipped through a few pages and threw it in the pile of documents.Regarding Claude Swanson's question, he just shrugged noncommittally and changed the subject: "George, have you talked to Professor Lawrence about uranium? The Chinese seem to be obsessed with researching this kind of thing." , You must know that they are engaged in a world war at the same time! But they gave the U engineering committee the highest priority, I don’t think this is Marshal Luo Yaoguo being stupid, he is a very shrewd guy.”

George Dern shook his head disdainfully, and said with a smile: "Mr. President, Professor Lawrence's view is just the opposite. He thinks those Chinese are doing stupid things. The only military use he can imagine for uranium is to produce uranium. Armor-piercing bombs for tanks or bunkers, because the density of uranium is 2.4 times that of steel, which is closer to tungsten. But Professor Lawrence is sure that the Chinese do not use uranium to make armor-piercing bombs, because China is the country with the richest tungsten mines in the world .And they have already established a production chain of firing, refining, and processing tungsten, and they don’t need to use uranium to make armor-piercing bombs.”

"Then what do they use uranium for?" President Roosevelt lit a cigar, took a puff, and said, "The report seems to say something like separating isotopes. What is that? Can it be used to make weapons?"

"Certainly not!" The Secretary of the Army shook his head: "I asked Professor Lawrence and some other authorities on radioactivity and chemistry, and the answer I got was yes. Although the high concentration of uranium 235 can cause a certain degree of casualties, but considering the cost factor, it is absolutely not worth it.”

"Is that kind of thing hard to come by? I remember that uranium is not very expensive, right?" Roosevelt asked.

"It's very difficult, Mr. President, and the cost is outrageously high. Now the Chinese have invested 2000 million US dollars in it and entrusted some large companies in the United States and Germany to design a series of extremely complex and sophisticated equipment for separating oxidation. A little bit of uranium-235 in the uranium... Now the equipment has been shipped to China and is being tested."

"2000 million US dollars, isn't it very expensive, do we need to follow up immediately?"

"2000 million is just the beginning, and it is still a small part. Because the content of uranium 235 in uranium oxide is extremely low, and the difference between uranium 235 and uranium 238 is also extremely small, the difficulty of separating them is unimaginable! And to To separate this uranium 235, the biggest expense is not the equipment, but the power consumption is the biggest cost... According to Professor Lawrence's analysis, in order to obtain one kilogram of high-purity uranium 235, it may cost tens of millions to 235 million dollars Cost! But what is the use of such a little uranium-[-]?"

"My God! It costs so much money!" Roosevelt shook his head and said with a wry smile, "It's too expensive! It's really too expensive... Even if I want to do it, the Congress will not agree to it. I'm not a dictator like Luo Yaoguo Maybe this dictator is really being stupid. But we should keep an eye on this project, George, you let GE and Westinghouse keep reporting what they have about China's U project, and everything the Chinese order from them All equipment that may be used to extract uranium 235 must be recorded, and relevant drawings and materials must be carefully preserved. In case when the military use of uranium 235 is discovered, we will consider whether to follow up as soon as possible... "

"Mr. President." Seeing that the conversation between Roosevelt and George Dern came to an end, the grandfather minister of the US Navy couldn't help but started nagging again: "Everyone in the Navy Staff believes that we need to build more aircraft carriers. Otherwise, once Japan obtains new fighter jets, it may gain control of the Pacific Ocean, which is very detrimental to the United States' defense of the Philippines."

Roosevelt shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Claude, you are worrying too much. Japan dare not go to war with the United States. The power gap between the two countries is too great. Japan's industrial strength is less than one-twentieth of that of the United States. If they want to fight us, there is only one dead end! As for the Philippines... After the army withdraws, let us keep a squadron and a naval base there. Garrison a few cruisers and deploy dozens of aircraft. That will be enough to deter Live in Japanese."

"Okay, Mr. President, I will arrange it according to your order." Claude Swanson nodded helplessly, turned and backed out.

President Roosevelt looked at the back of the old minister, sighed slightly, and said to the Secretary of the Army beside him: "Tell MacArthur that we must collect as much information as possible about the Chinese Army, including their preparations, formations, training, operations, command, etc. In addition, we must understand the factions in the Chinese army and strive to establish continuity with their various factions, including the army of the Chinese Communist Party..."

Chapter 0699 turning to war (eight) Hitler's vision

The wind and clouds of history are rolling forward.President Paul von Hindenburg, the collaborator of Hitler's Chancellor, the second president of the Weimar Republic and the last obstacle to Hitler's emergence as a dictator, finally died in August 1934 after a long and lingering illness. On the 8nd let go.When he died, only his family and the pastor could be with him, and the gardens, corridors, and drawing rooms of his estate were filled with officers from his Prussian officer corps, nobles from Old Germany, and German industrialists. family members, the upstarts of the Nazi Party, and diplomats from the allies of the East.All people are full of grief, waiting for the birth of a new and powerful German Third Reich!According to President Hindenburg's will and the consensus of the German upper class, the successor to the presidency will be Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of the German Empire, and the presidency and chancellor positions will be combined into one from now on, becoming the head of the German Empire!And the pace of Germany's war preparations will also be on the fast track because of it.

The door of Hindenburg's bedroom finally opened with a bang, and a Lutheran pastor wearing a black priest's robe came out first, announcing the news of the old president's death to everyone in a solemn tone.All the people waiting here bowed their heads deeply, and some devout believers were still drawing the cross on their chests, with tears in their eyes.It is not only mourning the end of a great man and his era, but also welcoming a new era with excitement.The Hindenburg family all came out, led by Oskar von Hindenburg.Hitler, who had been waiting in the hall for a long time, stepped forward, tightly held the hands of Oscar von Hindenburg, and expressed condolences to him, and then all the guests stepped forward to express condolences to him for the late president .The last person who stepped forward was a dark-skinned oriental man in short, fat clothes. He was Zeng Qi, the ambassador of the Republic of China to the German Empire.

"My father's last wish was that the greatest soldier in the East could come to his funeral." Oscar von Hindenburg held Zeng Qi's hand, paused slightly, and said, "The funeral will be held at the end of next month. , I hope Marshal Luo can come to East Prussia by then."

Of course, this so-called last wish was not proposed by Hindenburg himself. The old president had long been confused, and not long ago he regarded Hitler who came to visit him as the abdicated German Emperor Wilhelm II.It is estimated that he has a problem similar to senile dementia.And it should be Hitler or the German Army Bureau (General Staff) who made this request and hoped that Luo Yaoguo would come to Germany in the name of attending the funeral.According to the information Zeng Qi has, the German army has already begun to prepare a combat plan to attack the Soviet Union, and the Germans have always thought that they are the main force in this war.Therefore, the power of the overall combat plan of the system should also be held by Germany.However, Germany cannot unilaterally formulate combat plans without considering the ideas of the allies...

Zeng Qi looked at Oscar von Hindenburg, and replied in a low voice: "I will pass on President Hindenburg's last wishes to Marshal Luo, and I believe he will accept the invitation to come to East Prussia to pay respects to the greatest president of the German Empire. Farewell. Your Excellency, please express your condolences..." As he spoke, he bent slightly and expressed his condolences to Oscar von Hindenburg.

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Luo Yaoguo walked slowly in the garden of the General Staff Building of the National Defense Forces with his hands behind his back.This large-scale building was completed not so long ago as part of the preparations for war.Because with the expansion of the National Defense Forces and the approaching of war, the work of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces is becoming more and more onerous. Not only must it be the steward and chief instructor of millions of troops, but it also needs to formulate one war plan after another... And in the Behind a successful war plan, there are often dozens of alternatives and abandoned plans.In order to be able to undertake this series of heavy tasks, the size of the General Staff must naturally be expanded. Naturally, the original small office space cannot accommodate the ever-expanding brain of the National Defense Forces, so there is this office with an area of ​​more than 100 square meters. Ten thousand square meters, six floors high, with a total construction area of ​​55 square meters, the new General Staff Building of the National Defense Forces.

And such an enlarged general staff department certainly cannot allow Natalie, a pregnant woman, to serve as the secretary-general. Major General Xiao Yuhan, who once served as the deputy minister of publicity and national education as a military representative, has now been recalled to serve as the secretary again. long task.At this moment, Secretary-General Xiao was following Luo Yaoguo with a notebook, recording some of his orders.At present, several major powers in the world, except the United States, which is still living leisurely, have begun intense preparations, especially the four protagonists of future wars, China, Germany, Poland, and the Soviet Union, are going all out for this Prepare for a battle of life and death.The alliance between China, Germany and Poland seems to be getting closer and closer. After the death of German President Hindenburg, Luo Yaoguo and Marshal Szymigwi, Chief of Staff of the Polish Army, both received invitations to attend the funeral.Obviously, this funeral will become a meeting between the military leaders of China, Germany and Poland. Maybe Hitler, who just sat on the throne of the head of state, is eager to establish his position as the leader of the anti-Soviet alliance at this "summit"?

Luo Yaoguo didn't mean to be unhappy about the fact that he had worked so hard to contact all parties to form an alliance, but let Hitler who "get something for nothing" be the leader of the alliance. Luo Yaoguo didn't mean to be unhappy at all. An Sihua sent a telegram asking him to go to Germany to attend Hindenburg's funeral with me. I also sent a letter to Anastasia in Vladivostok, asking her to go to Germany to attend the funeral, so that the Russian Army General Commander Denikin also went... By the way, Lin Yurong, chief of staff of the Far East Front Army, will also attend the funeral. He has fought against the Soviet Red Army in the Far East for nearly three years, and the German side should listen to his suggestions."

Xiao Yuhan nodded repeatedly to express his understanding, and suddenly asked regretfully: "Auxiliary Commander, is it inappropriate for the Russian Empress to attend President Hindenburg's funeral? Hitler wanted to bury Hindenburg in Tannenberg. Hindenburg commanded the German army to defeat the Tsarist Russian army on the battlefield, will the Russian Empress feel unhappy?"

Luo Yaoguo glanced back at Xiao Yuhan, and smiled lightly: "Wuhen is careful, I really forgot if you didn't remind me. But now Anastasia can't care about these things anymore, the most important thing is to find a way to please Hitler Yes. She wants to restore her dynasty without the support of this German madman... This empress is not an ordinary person, she knows the priorities, and she can also talk to people and talk nonsense, it's not easy." He thought to himself. He paused, and then said: "Well, let me draft the letter to the Empress myself, and I will explain the situation to her."

Xiao Yuhan kept secretly looking at Luo Yaoguo's face from the corner of his eyes, and found that when he mentioned the queen, the corner of his mouth was slightly pulled, revealing a somewhat weird smile, and he immediately gave a sentence: "Assistant Commander, why don't you ask the queen to come to Shanghai first, and you Go to Germany on the same road, will you explain the situation to her on the way?"

Luo Yaoguo looked at Xiao Yuhan, with a bit of teasing in his expression: "Wuhen, you will fall in love with me!" Xiao Yuhan hurriedly said: "Where did the assistant commander come from? The special friendship between you and the empress is entirely for the benefit of the country. , After the Soviet Union is wiped out, we also need a Russia with a certain strength to act as a buffer between China and Germany."

Luo Yaoguo blinked at Xiao Yuhan, and said with a smirk: "I really like white women with hot bodies. Anastasia is this type. Although she is not as beautiful as Natalie, she is also beautiful. She is still a beauty, that's why I slept with her. If I didn't like her, I wouldn't sleep with her for the benefit of the country!" He patted Xiao Yuhan's shoulder again: "After this funeral It is estimated that an important military meeting will be held, and the overall plan for the war against the Soviet Union may be discussed...I guess this is also a meeting for bargaining between countries, you go and ask MacArthur and Bai Jiansheng to wait for me in the office."

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Standing in front of the map, looking at the horizontal lines and several huge arrows drawn by Guderian on the map, the eyes of the German head of state suddenly flickered, as if thinking of something interesting, but then dimmed in an instant , It became like nothing happened just now.

Guderian did not notice the changes behind him. As the director of the armored forces, his job was to form the world's most powerful armored force before the end of 1938, and to formulate a plan for using the armored forces to fight accordingly...According to Hitler's approval In the military expansion plan, the German armored forces will form ten armored divisions according to the standards of the Chinese armored divisions before the war begins!All use the [-]-ton No. [-] tank and the [-]-ton No. [-] tank jointly developed by China and Germany.

The former has gone through two years of continuous improvement, and now it has basically tended to perfection.It has the No. 75 A type as an infantry tank, the No. 40 D type equipped with a 88 mm 150-caliber anti-tank gun; and the No. [-] assault gun equipped with an [-] mm gun modified from the No. [-] tank chassis; also used The [-]mm self-propelled gun of the No. [-] tank chassis-the No. [-] self-propelled gun.

The 32-ton No. 5 tank is an upgraded and enlarged version of the No. 75 tank. The first model of this tank, No. 48 A, has passed the test.Type III A has a total weight of 7.92 tons and a crew of 7.62 people. The main weapon is a 2.92mm 2.39-caliber main gun, and the secondary weapons are two 500mm (German version) or 55mm (Chinese version) machine guns. 470 meters high, 18 meters high, using Christie suspension, 60 horsepower diesel engine developed by MAN, with a maximum speed of 1937 kilometers per hour and a maximum travel distance of 6 kilometers. .According to the development plan, all the development and research work of the No. 1938 tank will be completed before the end of June 4, and it will be put into production. Before the outbreak of war at the end of April [-], at least [-] No. [-] tanks will be equipped with the Chinese and German armies.In addition, the armies of the two countries will have at least [-] Panzer II tanks.At the same time, the Polish Army will also receive a small number of Panzer II tanks and thousands of obsolete Panzer I tanks.

With such a huge armored assault force, the protagonist of this war of aggression against the Soviet Union is of course the armored force.As the authority in commanding armored forces in this world, Guderian, who has been promoted to lieutenant general, took over the task of formulating an overall combat plan without hesitation.

Guderian, who was ordered to come to the Chancellery to explain the general combat plan to Hitler, quickly drew the situation of China, Germany, Poland, Soviet Russia and other parties on a blank topographic map of Eurasia from memory, and the future march route map.This made Hitler appreciate it very much. He smiled and asked: "General Guderian, tell us what you think, we will be able to wipe out this evil empire with ease!"

"No! I don't think the Soviet Union can be easily destroyed, my Fuehrer."

Guderian turned his head, looked at the map again after saluting, and replied bluntly: "The information from the deadlocked Far East front shows that the Soviet Red Army is an army with strong troops and tenacious combat effectiveness. Their infantry The unilateral combat power is stronger than that of the Chinese army, even as much as that of the German soldiers. Their artillery firepower is also very powerful, but they are lacking in the two aspects of armored forces and air force. However, after these years of wars in the Far East, the Soviet Red Army has also Mastered a certain amount of experience in anti-tank warfare and air defense operations. From a certain point of view, although the Far East War consumed the Soviet Union's national power and greatly delayed the pace of Soviet heavy industry construction, it also gave the Soviet Red Army valuable resources on the Far East battlefield. Combat experience! Führer, I think you also know what a difference there is between a recruit with no combat experience and a seasoned veteran."

"Guderian, are you too pessimistic? We, China, Poland, and Belarus will invest 800 million to 900 million troops! If necessary, we can also invest more troops, and we still have Nearly [-] tanks, assault guns, self-propelled artillery, and more than [-] combat aircraft of various types, can such a powerful force not defeat the Soviet Union?" Hitler looked at Guderian, and his words were full of confidence.

"I didn't say that the Soviet Union could not be defeated, but that it would not win easily."

"Why? Is it because the Soviet army is more experienced than ours?"

"This is one reason, but it's not the main reason." Guderian twitched his eyebrows slightly, picked up the baton and pointed it at Warsaw and Vladivostok, saying: "The main reason is that our The alliance is not actually united, the Poles and Belarus have their own plans, even the Chinese have their own plans. As far as I know, China, Poland and Belarus are not planning to fight a showdown with the Soviet Union, they Pin the hope of victory on the decisive victory of the German Wehrmacht against the Soviet Red Army. They all want Germany to fight the Soviet Union recklessly, and then pick up ready-made benefits for themselves...so 300 million Polish troops, 300 million Chinese troops and 50 White Russians The army probably won't play much role, and only three to four million German troops can really be relied on!"

"Why... the Chinese army can't play much role? They are the initiators of this alliance."

"That will depend on the deployment of the Soviet Union. If they abandon the Far East, East Siberia, and eastern Central Asia, etc. and shrink the Eastern Front to West Siberia, then the Chinese army will not take any forceful actions on the Eastern Front. So this It is very likely that there will be a war of 350 million elite German troops and 300 million half-hearted Polish troops against 650 to 700 million Soviet Red Army lacking mechanized equipment and air force, but determined and ready to make all sacrifices! Although we still have We can win, but there must be a hard fight before that."

"So do you think there is any way for us to let the Chinese play a greater role in this war?" Hitler asked with narrowed eyes.

Guderian shook his head, seeming a little uncertain, he said: "I don't know, it depends entirely on the Soviet Union, if they decisively abandon the unimportant Eastern front and divert their forces to Europe, I think China will The army would not send millions of people to fight in Siberia, where the extreme weather and poor traffic conditions cannot support large armies."

"Well, I understand what you mean. I will find a way to let the Soviet Red Army leave 150 to [-] million people to deal with the Chinese. You need to make three plans now. One is to join the Polish army to attack the Soviet Union; the other is that we Separately attack the Soviet Union from Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia; the third is the plan to attack Poland first and then attack the Soviet Union."

The last situation proposed by the head of the Third Reich made Guderian secretly surprised. After looking at the map and thinking for a long time, he murmured and asked: "My head, you mean to attack Poland first and then attack the Soviet Union. The situation is ... is Poland falling to the Soviet Union?"

"I don't know, it may be that Poland has defected to the Soviet Union, or it may be that Poland was completely defeated by the Soviet Union's surprise attack!" Hitler paused for a while, and then said: "Make another plan for the Chinese army to join the war in Europe...the premise is The Soviet Union abandons the Far East and Eastern Siberia, and if that happens, we ask the Chinese to send 150 to 80.00 million troops to fight in Europe, in addition they need to send at least half of their air force and [-]% of their armor.”

Guderian looked at Hitler in horror. He didn't understand why the head of the German Empire would think of letting the Chinese army come to Europe to fight?Isn't he confident enough in the combat effectiveness of the German Wehrmacht?

Hitler didn't explain, just paced slowly in the office, turned his head after turning around twice and asked suddenly: "Guderian, do you think it is possible for the Soviet Union to launch an attack first?"

"Attack, attack who?" Guderian hadn't come back to his thoughts for a while, looked into the eyes of the mustache, opened his mouth suddenly after a long while, and then shook his head affirmatively: "You mean the Soviet Union attacked Poland, right? No, probably not!"

Hitler raised the corner of his mouth slightly, looked up at the huge map, and said: "Pilsudski is already terminally ill, and he can't last until 1937. By then, Poland may fall into a situation without a leader. If we reach a tacit agreement with Stalin... …then nothing is impossible.”

Chapter 0700 turns to war (nine) with ghosts

After attending the funeral of President Hindenburg in Tannenberg in East Prussia, Luo Yaoguo stopped by the German capital.In Berlin in early October, the air is clean and the leaves are turning yellow.Compared with 1932, the city seems to have recovered its prosperity. Most of the pedestrians on the street are well-dressed, with happy expressions and full of confidence.There are hardly any homeless people to see, and certainly no poor Jews who are imagined to be bullied by the Nazis.After the Nazis came to power, the persecution of the Jews seems to have passed. Some of them went to China, while others lingered in some dark corners of Nazi Germany, waiting for their German compatriots to change their minds.In fact, the periodic persecution of Jews is not uncommon in European countries, and the situation usually calms down after a few years.In addition to seeing no Jews, Hitler’s stormtroopers were also gone. There were not many people in military uniforms on the street, and there was no grand welcome team lined up neatly holding the swastika flag. There were only some friendly-looking Berliners. The citizens waved small flags of various colors to welcome on both sides of the Kurfürst Avenue.

"Dear Chief of Staff, the future Eurasian continent will inevitably be led by Germany and China! For this reason, the German people have united under the leadership of the head of state and are ready to make all necessary sacrifices. But the Soviet Union is a powerful enemy. It is Napoleon There is no country that the emperor can conquer! In order to defeat this common enemy, the German Empire needs China to make greater efforts."

In the car heading to the Chancellery, it seemed that in order to make his words more convincing, Hermann Göring waved his right hand while speaking. Although it was a little impolite, the gestures combined with the speech clearly made the fat man look A little bit of the demeanor of the leader of the Third Reich.

Looking at this newly-baked German Air Force Commander-in-Chief and Minister of War, Luo Yaoguo always felt in his heart that the other party had no good intentions.Although China and Germany are now an "unbreakable" alliance, the alliance of these European countries looks like a commercial cooperation, not comrades and brothers... It seems that the Germans feel that they have too many obligations And China has undertaken too little, right?