Beiyang reactionaries

"Report as soon as possible. Vichy France also needs to be notified."

Don't look at Vichy France being ridiculed later.

But the current Vichy France is not reviled and ridiculed like later generations.On the contrary, after the establishment of Vichy France, most countries in the world recognized the legitimacy of the Vichy French regime and believed that Vichy France was French orthodoxy.

Except for the United Kingdom, which is the most resolutely opposed to Vichy France, even the United States recognizes Vichy France.The same is true on China's side. The diplomatic relations directly inherited the original France and recognized Vichy France.Vientiane Kingdom is within the rule of French Indochina, and it is normal to inform them.Of course, it was just to inform them, not to get their consent.

"Yes, before the establishment of the Vientiane Kingdom, we will definitely take care of these things. However, the chairman, Mika Anuin, hopes that the Vientiane Kingdom and our country can carry out further cooperation and hope to have a deeper relationship."

"Further cooperation? A deeper relationship?"

Duan Xun frowned, not quite understanding what Mika Anuin meant.Duan Xun has seen the terms of cooperation between China and Vientiane Kingdom.

As a country supported by China alone, Vientiane Kingdom has not yet been established, but it is heavily dependent on China in all aspects.Currently, Vientiane is very dependent on China.In terms of national defense, the Vientiane Kingdom hopes for the protection of the Chinese army and allows the Chinese army to be stationed in Vientiane City.It is more hoped that China can block the pressure from countries such as Japan, France, and Thailand and protect their national defense security.In terms of finance, although Vientiane will also issue its own currency, it recognizes RMB and allows RMB to be used directly in transactions within Vientiane.Moreover, the currency that Vientiane Kingdom plans to issue is also prepared to use RMB as a guarantee.It can be said that in terms of the cooperation between China and the Vientiane Kingdom, the Vientiane Kingdom is currently completely a protectorate of China.

Under such circumstances, what kind of deeper relationship do the two parties want?How deep can a relationship be?Vientiane Kingdom will never want to join China.

"Yes. Mika Anuin has been in the UK, and may have been influenced by the UK. In order to determine the final terms, the Wei Chen group has already felt Vientiane. Mika Anuin expressed his position to the Wei Chen group, hoping that the Vientiane Kingdom will Able to become a true ally with our country.”

Although the Vientiane Kingdom is a small country, as long as it is established, the Vientiane Kingdom is also a country.

The respect that should be given should still be given.

At the beginning, it was He Fengshan who negotiated with the Anuin family.But as the time for the establishment of the Vientiane Kingdom is getting closer, He Fengshan's level is obviously not enough to determine the final content of the cooperation treaty with Mika Anuin.Mika Anuin, as the prime minister of the soon-to-be-established Vientiane Kingdom, needs someone at a higher level to negotiate with him.

Therefore, Wei Chen, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and now the special envoy of Duan Xun, Chairman of the Supreme Committee, is the most suitable team.When meeting He Fengshan originally, Mika Anuin didn't say these things.But after meeting with Wei Chen's team, Mika Anuin suddenly proposed such an idea.

"What about it?"

"Mika Anuin said that our country has always been the center of Asia, and all Asian countries are deeply influenced by Chinese culture. Therefore, he hopes that my country will take the lead in establishing an organization similar to the Commonwealth of Nations. He hopes that this organization can be politically, economically We can help and cooperate with each other in terms of military and military affairs. As long as our country is willing to take the lead in establishing such an organization, then Vientiane is willing to be the first to join this organization. In this way, the relationship between the two parties can go further, and even become a complete alliance relationship.”

"Commonwealth?"

"That's what it means."

Wang Jingwei spoke out about Vientiane Kingdom's proposal.

Duan Xun was quite surprised.

In order to increase political influence and win over Asian countries, China and Japan established the Asia United Organization.Both countries hope that the Asian United Organization can become a federation of Asian countries, which can confront European and American countries in the future.But now the Vientiane Kingdom suddenly proposes to let China take the lead in establishing a new organization, an organization similar to the Commonwealth of Nations.

Commonwealth of Nations?

This is something Duan Xun never thought about.

"Let me think about this matter. By the way, you should inform Vice Chairman Dai (Dai Kan), Vice Chairman Li (Li Jishen), and Vice Chairman Yang (Yang Wei) so that they can think about it too. "

"Yes."

707

"The Soviet Union is going to complete the encirclement."

Entering the end of 1941, it will be 1942 soon.

China's top executives are very busy.

Dai Kan is busy continuing to adjust China's economy, as well as adjusting various departments of the cabinet.Dai Kan is the prime minister of the cabinet, and he has to deal with a lot of things every day.Yang Wei also started to get busy here, because of the emergence of new cabinet departments, new standards for various industries have to be discussed, and preliminary plans have to be formulated.

As for Li Jishen and Wang Jingwei, they had no time to rest.

Receiving those islands, negotiating with the United Kingdom, and establishing the Vientiane Kingdom are all very important things one by one.As the vice chairman of the Supreme Council, Wang Jingwei often flies back and forth because he is in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Also because the war is getting more and more intense, the work of the materials committee does not dare to relax at all.Li Jishen dared not be careless just because he was in charge of a material committee, not to mention that he was also responsible for the restoration of the construction corps and contacting the military committee.

It may be at the end of the year, things have increased, so everyone is busier.

Duan Xun is not easy either.

Duan Xun has been in the military committee during this time, analyzing the Soviet-German battlefield and the situation of the Battle of Stalingrad with the people of the General Staff.After the Pearl Harbor naval battle, both Japan and the United States suffered too many casualties, and both needed to recover.So the two sides did not take much action during this time.Of course some small naval battles are essential.

Due to the repair stage of the Japanese army, large-scale naval battles cannot be carried out, but there is still no problem with small-scale buildups.It is not a big deal for Japan to dispatch one or two aircraft carriers and several battleships at one time.But the U.S. Pacific Fleet is almost paralyzed, so in this small-scale naval battle, the U.S. military is obviously at a disadvantage.

The Japanese army has even begun to attack the transportation route from the mainland United States to Hawaii, preventing the US military from easily rebuilding Pearl Harbor.In order to protect its own transport ships, the United States not only escorted a large number of destroyers, but also mobilized all submarine forces.Therefore, small-scale battles between the U.S. Army and the Japanese Army continued.

Many other battlefields, including the Battle of Myitkyina between the British and the British and Indian forces, and the North African battlefield between the British and German-Italian forces, are not considered the main battlefield, and are currently in a confrontation.At present, the main battlefield of World War II is the Soviet-German battlefield.

The Soviet Union and Germany, as well as Germany's allies and servants, tens of millions of troops fought in the Soviet Union.The main power of Germany is in the Soviet Union. Whether the Soviet Union can withstand it is directly related to the victory of the Axis powers and the countries of the Anti-Fascist Alliance in the European battlefield.

That's why everyone in the world has focused their attention here.

The same is true for China.Analyzing the situation on the Soviet-German battlefield at all times.Because according to the situation on the Soviet-German battlefield, China has to adjust its foreign policy at any time.

"Chairman, Zhukov's overall strategy is already very obvious. He is using the city of Stalingrad to attract the main force of the German army and contain the main force of the German army in the city of Stalingrad. The Soviet Union is mobilizing troops from various aspects to deal with the German army. Carry out a large siege and fight a war of annihilation."

Bai Chongxi, who served as the Minister of Operations, marked the current situation of the Soviet troops on the map.

And Xu Yongchang told Duan Xun the judgment of the staff department.A circle was drawn on the map, which just showed the encirclement route of the Soviet army.Duan Xun looked at the map and said: "Zhukov is really... how many people need to be sacrificed to keep the German army in Stalingrad. This kind of courage is not possessed by everyone."

Kindness does not hold soldiers.

Zhukov profoundly demonstrated the meaning of this sentence.

"Chairman, the Soviet Union has been using refueling tactics in the city of Stalingrad, constantly adding troops to it, so that it can firmly contain the main force of the German army. If the German army's offensive strength is not too strong, the Soviet army should have completed the encirclement long ago."

Xu Yongchang clicked his tongue in admiration.

After the outbreak of the Battle of Stalingrad, the German army's offensive strength was very strong, and the Soviet army was very embarrassed by the German army when fighting frontally.Zhukov's grand strategy has been formulated, but how to firmly contain the German army in Stalingrad is not so easy.Because of a little carelessness, Stalingrad was really lost, so don't talk about grand strategy, Germany directly cut off the Soviet Union's main traffic route.Zhukov had to make a choice in the face of the powerful German offensive.

Originally, many troops who were planning to participate in the siege and counterattack in the future could only be transferred to the city because the situation in the city was too dangerous.In order to accomplish the strategic goal, Zhukov kept sending troops into the city.The purpose of those troops is very simple, which is to contain the German army in Stalingrad.This is actually quite taboo in tactics.

The result was staggering casualties.

It also delayed the pace of the Soviet army's encirclement of the German army, because a large number of troops originally planned to participate in the encirclement of the German army were transferred to the city for defense.

The entire Battle of Stalingrad was much crueler than in history.

Historically, more than three months after the outbreak of the Battle of Stalingrad, the Soviet army had begun a strategy of encirclement, and some fronts had begun to counterattack.When the Battle of Stalingrad broke out for about five months, the Soviet army had already surrounded the German Sixth Army.

But things are different now.

India and Australia, the two most important sources of British troops, were pinned down in Asia by Japan, and both the million British Indian troops and the million Australian troops fought against Japan.The United States also has no plans to go to Europe to fight because of the Pacific War.As a result, facing a partial German division, the British army could not gain the upper hand in the North African battlefield.Several counterattacks failed to defeat the German-Italian coalition forces.Britain's pressure on Germany is much worse than in history.

Germany in northern and southern Europe, including North Africa, does not feel threatened by the United Kingdom at all.

In addition, compared to history, because of Germany's trade with China, a large amount of war materials flowed into Germany continuously.The most powerful thing in Britain is their navy, but because they don't want to offend China and Spain, they can't completely stop the influx of war materials into Germany.The result was that Germany moved far more troops in the direction of the Soviet Union than in history.

The same goes for Germany's allies and servants.

Historically, because of the British blockade, many strategic materials were not enough for Germany itself. It would be nice to take care of these allies and slave countries a little bit.But now in cooperation with China, so many materials are pouring into Germany.Germany exchanged gold, some machinery and equipment, and even some high-end technology for these materials.The result is that those allies and servants can also get a lot of supplies, so they are stronger than in history, and they are more active in fighting than in history.