Beiyang reactionaries

There are many countries that think like Spain.

What neutral country?

They are all rudders according to the wind, and they will fall wherever the wind blows.

So at present, in the Second World War, the Axis group of the Triple Alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan has the upper hand.Now because of the Pearl Harbor incident, the United States is over.The goal of the United States is to become the hegemony of the world. The best way is to integrate the countries that have been invaded and form an anti-fascist alliance.Playing a leading role in this will have huge benefits for American influence.

"Kordell, speed up this aspect. Let Britain and the Soviet Union respond to our draft as soon as possible so that it can become a formal declaration. Only in this way can we proceed to the next step and form a unified ally."

"Yes."

Before the Pearl Harbor incident, the United Kingdom and the United States had been in frequent contact.

Especially after the passage of the "Lease Act" in the United States, the contacts between Britain and the United States became more blatant.Both Britain and the Soviet Union were very happy when the Pearl Harbor incident broke out.Immediately contacted the Soviet Union, and everyone hoped to cooperate.

Therefore, the United States has drafted a draft, which is about the military alliance.

But this draft still needs to be reviewed by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union.At present, among the anti-fascist countries, the main force is the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and the United States.Many other countries are fighting against Germany, Italy and Japan, but they are all weak or fleeing governments in exile.

Therefore, as long as the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and the United States pass this declaration, it will be fine.Pass this statement first, and then everyone will proceed to the next step, forming a military alliance.

"Franklin, I don't think there will be too much problem with this declaration. At the latest in early February, this declaration can be published. In this way, a meeting can be held in mid-February to reach a military alliance. But now apart from this issue , there is still a very difficult issue to deal with.”

"what is the problem?"

"China."

Cordell Hull spoke.

Then he said worriedly: "China was the first group of countries to sign the 'Anti-Comintern Pact' back then. It was an ally with Germany and Japan, and their relations have been very good for more than ten years. Although they did not sign the 'Triple Alliance Agreement' because of some differences ', but the relationship with Germany, Italy and Japan has not broken down. In Europe, Germany and Italy are not resource-rich countries, and they need a lot of resources. Because the United Kingdom has blocked Germany, Germany cannot transport materials from outside. The only channel It is the material channel for cooperation between China and Spain. China is completely blatantly transporting materials to Spain, and then the materials are shipped from Spain to Germany and Italy. Not only materials, daily necessities currently consumed in Germany, starting from clothing, soap, Toothbrushes, toothpaste, etc. are filled with Chinese products in large quantities. And those workers who originally produced daily necessities were all transferred to the military industry to produce weapons and equipment. The biggest problem in Germany at present is the lack of enough oil. All German allies in Europe lack oil. .In addition to this, China will sell what Germany needs. Recently, our intelligence agencies have received news that Germany has begun to discuss with China to see if it is possible to import oil from China. "

"Oil doesn't work."

Roosevelt shook his head.

Europe's industrial strength is very strong, especially the mechanical processing industry is even stronger.

Germany starts its war machine, and the number of aircraft and tanks it can produce every year is astonishing.But the problem for Germany is that it produces so many weapons and equipment, and there is not enough oil to support them.

Why did Germany have to attack the Soviet Union.

A big reason for this is oil.Germany wants to defeat the Soviet Union and then control the Soviet oil base.Once the Caucasus region is captured and the Soviet Union's oil is controlled, let alone Germany, Germany's allies in Europe will not lack oil.

However, the Moscow campaign launched by Germany failed, and Germany's attempt to win the Caucasus region also failed.Therefore, Germany began to refocus on China.China is currently the second largest oil producer in the world after the United States.Although it is not as good as the annual production of 4500 million tons in the United States, the country has an annual oil production of more than 1000 million tons, which has already greatly surpassed that of the Soviet Union and Venezuela.Moreover, China also owns the island of Sumatra with an annual output of more than [-] million tons.

If China can supply about 1000 million tons of oil to Germany every year, it can greatly alleviate the oil shortage of Germany and its allies.Once Germany and its allies have no shortage of oil, the European battlefield will become more and more difficult.

Because Germany's machining capabilities are very strong, it is unacceptable for many European powers to freely produce weapons.Therefore, Roosevelt made it very clear that China can turn a blind eye to selling other materials to Germany, but oil is absolutely not acceptable.

"Also, Japan. China has already taken over the logistics supplies of the Japanese army, as well as the light warships of the Japanese Navy. The destroyers, escort destroyers, torpedo boats, transport ships, and even many light cruisers currently owned by the Japanese Navy are Made in Chinese shipyards."

Do one or two small things, maybe you can cheat the world.

However, although the arms business between China and Japan is not very public, it is completely transparent to the intelligence agencies of various countries.After all, such a large-scale cooperation can be known to anyone who is interested.

Roosevelt scratched his head.

Cordell Hull continued: "Although China is not a country of the German-Italian-Japanese Military Alliance, half of the logistics materials of the German-Italian-Japanese Military Alliance are provided by China. Since September last year (1940), Japan has even begun to Import steel from China to supplement our own deficiencies. So I think our biggest diplomacy at the moment should be how to treat China.”

"China China."

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"China China."

Roosevelt lit a cigarette and was not in a hurry to make a statement.

Things in China need to be cautious.

The United States is the world's industrial power, so Roosevelt understood the role of industry and the strength of industrial countries better than anyone else.The reason why the scale of modern warfare is getting bigger and bigger is because of the role of industry.And China is a big industrial country that no one can ignore.

China has a vast land area, a large population, and a large industrial scale.

China's industrial technology is not as good as that of the United States, and its industrial scale is also not as good as that of the United States.But why does China have a large population? When China's second census was conducted three years ago, the population was already 9 million or tens of millions.After three years, the size of China's population has been increasing, and now China's population is estimated to be around [-] million.What is the size of the population.At present, the population of the United States is only [-] million, and China is nine times that of the United States.

Of course, if it was just an agricultural country, Roosevelt would not care too much.

After humans entered the industrial society, the power of industrialization was not comparable to that of the agricultural society.The output value produced by one person in an industrial country is higher than that produced by a hundred people in an agricultural society.It is very easy for an industrial power to defeat an agricultural country.Just like in the Opium War back then, how many troops Britain sent could force the Qing Dynasty to bow its head.

It is a pity that China is not the agricultural country it used to be.

After decades of development, China is now a country with very strong industrial strength.Although the current industrialization in China has just laid the foundation, but because China is too large, the industrial scale is already very large.In fact, the industrial scale of a country can be easily seen from a few industrial data.

Coal production, oil production, steel production, power generation, and further data such as the number of machine tools can be seen.These industrial data are the most basic data.The industrial scale of a country can basically be known by looking at these few data.

In terms of these data, the scale of China is very amazing.

For example, the output of coal is the first in the world, the output of oil is the second in the world, the output of steel is also the second in the world, and the amount of power generation is also the second in the world.In terms of industrial scale, China is second only to the United States.

But it does not mean that China is afraid of the United States now.

Because China's industrial technology and industrial scale are indeed inferior to that of the United States, but who makes China's population large.Population is also a very important resource.The whole world is currently amazed at the mobilization ability of the Soviet Union.But China is even more terrifying.

Even if China's mobilization ability is not as good as that of the Soviet Union, the population is still there.As long as China's mobilization capacity is half or even one-third of that of the Soviet Union, China can easily mobilize 3000 to [-] million troops.And it will not affect Chinese society at all.

This is strength.

Even Roosevelt, a president who is full of confidence in the United States, did not dare to underestimate China, a rising country.Therefore, Roosevelt needs to think carefully about China.It must not be treated casually.

"Cordel, what do you think China means?"

"Make money."

"Make money?"

"Yes. This time the war broke out, so far China has no intention of participating in the war. Except for the war with the Soviet Union last year, China has been exporting various materials, and now it is exporting a large amount of light industrial products and arms. And they They don't care who the target is at all, as long as they can afford the money, they will do business with them."

Roosevelt listened quietly.

In fact, Roosevelt also has information about China's arms trafficking.China's approach, if seen by some ordinary people, is completely immoral.It should be strongly condemned.

But in the eyes of politicians like Roosevelt, it is completely common, and there is nothing incomprehensible.Because for the country, there is no right or wrong in this kind of thing, only interests.

And in this regard, the United Kingdom is the ancestor, and the United States has carried him forward.That was the case with the United States in World War I.Before the First World War, the industrial output value of the United States had surpassed that of the United Kingdom.But many important industries in the United States are controlled by British capital.

But when the First World War broke out, these British capitals quickly withdrew from the United States and sold a large number of assets in the United States at low prices.Taking advantage of this opportunity, American capital rose rapidly and swallowed up the assets sold by British capital.Then they took advantage of the First World War to sell a lot of products to the belligerent countries and made a lot of money.Many consortiums in the United States emerged during World War I.

Judging from the current intelligence, China also wants to use this war to make a huge leap forward in its economy.