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Therefore, the Battle of Stalingrad is currently in a stalemate.Zhukov knew his own disadvantages, so he was completely grinding the German troops.

"Half a month, tell Comrade Zhukov that the Sixth Army must be resolved within half a month."

"Comrade Stalin..."

Mikoyan was very surprised.

Although Mikoyan doesn't know much about war, he also knows that Zhukov and the others are very good generals.Since Zhukov said it was a month, there must be a reason.

"Just half a month."

"Yes."

Mikoyan originally wanted to persuade Stalin, but seeing Stalin's attitude, he nodded immediately.

"The Yankees have been procrastinating, just wanting to take advantage of it. But Europe's affairs should be resolved by Europe itself."

In fact, the Soviet Union was the country that most urgently hoped that the United States would send troops to Europe.

However, as the overall situation of the Battle of Stalingrad has been determined, coupled with the attitude of the United States, Stalin's thinking began to change.Although at present, the Soviet-German battlefield is still dominated by Germany.Even the victory of the Battle of Stalingrad did not fundamentally change the current situation.

But psychologically it is completely different.

Now that the Battle of Stalingrad has been fought, the morale of the Soviet army has begun to soar.Although the Soviet army, or the Soviet army and civilians, also risked their lives before, too many fiascos still dealt a great blow to everyone's morale.Many people began to question whether the Soviet Union could win the Great Patriotic War, and even many high-level Soviet officials had such doubts.

The Battle of Stalingrad was a big turning point, because in such a brutal fight, the Soviet Union actually defended Stalingrad.Now it can turn around and surround the Sixth Army, the main force of the German army. This is a big turning point.

So Stalin calmed down a little.

"Comrade Stalin, what do you mean?"

"In this European war, a bunch of people want to take advantage of Europe, and want to take advantage of our Soviet Union. Especially the hateful Chinese. But the United States is not a good thing. Germany? When we defeat the Germans, America will ask to join the war itself, even if we don’t invite it.”

In the past two years, Stalin has been under too much pressure.

Although the situation of the Battle of Stalingrad was not as smooth as expected, at least the grand strategy has been completed.So Stalin also let go of his heart and began to think about further things.

"Send a telegram to Quebec asking the United States to support more supplies. You immediately draw up a list of supplies and send it to Comrade Molotov."

"Yes."

Mikoyan nodded and walked out.After Mikoyan left, Stalin did not speak for a long time, but kept smoking.After thinking for a while, Stalin's eyes came to the map.First, he drew a few lines on the map of the Far East, but quickly shook his head.I looked at the map of the Balkan Peninsula again.Stalin took a pen and drew a circle in Istanbul, and another circle in Greece.After thinking for a while, he threw the pen in his hand directly on the table.

Came to the window, smoking a pipe, looking out the window.

716

On April 1942, 4, the 6-day Quebec Conference officially ended.

This is the longest meeting with the highest level of participants since the outbreak of World War II.During this meeting, the three countries of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union had a lot of exchanges with each other.In the end, many agreements were reached.

The biggest agreement is that the United States officially began to intervene in the European battlefield.

The Battle of Stalingrad not only improved the morale of the Soviet army, but also greatly encouraged the countries of the Anti-Fascist Alliance.After all, the German army can be said to be invincible before, and no country in Europe can withstand the pace of Germany's offensive.Including after entering the Soviet Union, a large area of ​​the Soviet Union was occupied by Germany, and millions of Soviet troops became prisoners of the German army.

Therefore, even if the Soviet Union won the Moscow Defense War, it could not change this thinking.Even neutral Spain couldn't help sending troops to the Soviet-German battlefield, because the German army was so powerful at the time, many people believed that Germany would definitely defeat the Soviet Union.But the Battle of Stalingrad brought us completely different results.In order to occupy the Battle of Stalingrad, Germany really gathered the main force, all of which were elite German troops.Combined with allies and minion troops, Germany absolutely did its best in Stalingrad.

But in such a face-to-face, head-to-head fight, Germany failed to win.Although the Soviet Union suffered huge casualties, it still defended Stalingrad and even began to counterattack.Later, history judged that the Battle of Stalingrad was a turning point in World War II. This is definitely not an exaggeration.

Among the major battlefields in the world, whether it is the Pacific battlefield or the North African battlefield, Britain and the United States are still at a disadvantage.Therefore, the Battle of Stalingrad was a booster for the countries of the Anti-Fascist Alliance.

Roosevelt was a strategist.

What he considered was never the gains and losses of a city or a place, but the whole world situation.Although the current situation in Europe is not optimistic, the Soviet Union is about to win the Battle of Stalingrad, so Roosevelt should also appropriately intervene in the European battlefield.Because Roosevelt had already seen the future of the European battlefield, he believed that Germany would definitely fail.

Roosevelt could not let the Soviet Union share all the benefits of defeating Germany.Not to mention that the Soviet Union is a socialist country, and there is a huge gap with the British and American countries in terms of ideology.Letting Europe become the territory of the Soviet Union was the last thing Roosevelt could tolerate.

But again, Germany is still powerful now, and Roosevelt did not want the United States to fight against the German army.If you go head-to-head with the current German army, you don't know how many casualties you will have to pay.Under this consideration, Roosevelt chose to send 15 troops to participate in the North African War.

In this way, it can not only fulfill its promise to its allies, but also tie Britain to the US chariot.On the North African battlefield, Britain is currently at a disadvantage, and it was very embarrassing to be beaten by Rommel.If it weren't for the arrival of British reinforcements, whether Montgomery could hold Cairo would be a problem.Once Cairo is lost, the United Kingdom will lose control of the Suez Canal, and the United Kingdom will really be passive by then.At this time, Britain desperately needs the support of the United States.With 15 U.S. troops, it can fight against the Germans on the North African battlefield.

On the one hand, it is to win over the United Kingdom. On the other hand, the North African battlefield is a partial division of the European battlefield and will not directly face the main force of the German army.This can completely reduce American casualties.That's why Roosevelt agreed to the U.S. military's participation in the war.

This makes Britain very happy.

But the Soviet Union was not happy at all.The expectation of the Soviet Union was that the United States could send troops to participate in the war on a large scale and become one of the main forces against the German army.Because only in this way can the pressure on the Soviet Union be relieved.What's the use of sending such a small force, it can't relieve the pressure on the Soviet Union at all.So the Soviet Union was very unhappy.A small-scale force like the United States could neither help the Soviet Union share the pressure, but also sent a nail to Europe to keep an eye on changes in the European battlefield.

Roosevelt certainly knew this.

In order to allow the Soviet Union to fight more actively and fight the Germans well, the United States also made a lot of compensation to the Soviet Union.The United States promised to support the supplies required by the Soviet Union, including a large number of aircraft, tanks, and warships.At this meeting alone, the United States promised to give the Soviet Union $40 billion in arms and supplies.Use the Far East Railway and the Black Sea route to hand over to the Soviet Union as soon as possible.

It finally satisfied both Britain and the Soviet Union.

Of course, the United States dares to make such a judgment, and that is because the United States has finally slowed down.After the outbreak of the Pearl Harbor Incident, the United States was hit by Japan one after another, and it has been passively beaten in the Pacific Ocean for a while.Although the first naval battle of Midway Island was victorious, it suffered heavy casualties.Except for this naval battle, the U.S. Navy was being rubbed by Japan in the Pacific Ocean.

So much so that Japan even bombed the continental United States once.

But the United States finally pulled through.

The U.S. industrial output has greatly increased, and the U.S. Navy has also accepted a large number of new warships and began to slowly recover.If not, Roosevelt would not have easily sent troops to Europe.

The only thing that makes Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union dissatisfied is that during this meeting, those neutral countries still did not give them face.Several neutral countries headed by China did not give them a clear answer, and were unwilling to sever relations with the Axis powers.It's just that the Second World War is still in a stalemate, and they don't want to force those neutral countries too much.If pushed too deep, it would be bad for these neutral countries to defect to the Axis powers.

"China is too deceitful!"

Japan paid attention to the Quebec meeting, but because the Quebec meeting did not have many things against Japan, Tojo was relieved.The main content of the Quebec meeting was the request from the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to the United States.

The only thing that has anything to do with Japan is that Anglo-American law requires China to sever ties with Japan and cut off material trade with Japan.It's just that China didn't agree.

But Hideki Tojo was just relieved by the Quebec meeting, but the news from China made Hideki Tojo furious.Hideki Tojo has made many concessions and is ready to completely resolve the Taiwan issue.

In order to solve the Taiwan issue, Hideki Tojo is already mentally prepared to make many concessions.It can even be said that Hideki Tojo believes that he has lowered his stance and almost fully accepted China's conditions.

But what about China?

My side has already made such concessions, but China is actually making progress.

public opinion?

What is public opinion.China even used public opinion as an excuse to go back on what it said.It is clear that the proposal on Taiwan was put forward by the Chinese themselves, but now that they have accepted it, China has backtracked.Even stated that China will not give up Taiwan's sovereignty, but Japan is required to fulfill the conditions previously proposed.

"Zina is going to take no losses at all, how can it be such a good thing."

"Prime Minister, I think you should calm down."

Gu Zhengzhi looked at Tojo Hideki angry, but talked to Tojo Hideki very calmly.Seeing Gu Zhengzhi so calm, Hideki Tojo was also influenced by him, letting himself calm down slowly.

Gu Zhengzhi has a background in intelligence.