Beiyang reactionaries

Duan Xun had already expected such a situation when he decided to attend this meeting.And since Duan Xun decided to participate in this meeting, it has already shown an attitude of China.

But it is impossible to show your attitude and let China immediately join the anti-fascist alliance.

"President Roosevelt, Comrade Stalin, and Prime Minister Churchill, I am able to sit here today to express China's attitude and my choice. However, my country has a history of more than 20 years of political and economic cooperation with Germany and Japan. Many things are not interrupted. It can be interrupted. After this meeting is over and I return to China, I will immediately start sorting out the cooperation with Germany, Italy and Japan, and sever all relations with the Axis countries of Germany, Italy and Japan. Therefore, it is a bit hasty for us to join the anti-fascist alliance now We have. We need some time to sort out the legacy of history."

"That's right. Chairman Duan also has his own difficulties. We can wait a few more months."

Roosevelt and the others just want China's attitude, and they don't want to force China too much.Now that Duan Xun has such an attitude, Roosevelt and the others are already very satisfied.So they are not aggressive.

Roosevelt continued: "Next, let's discuss the plan to open up the European battlefield."

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"We met today to end this war as soon as possible. The 'Mediterranean Campaign' plan proposed by Prime Minister Churchill is absolutely unacceptable to us in the Soviet Union. The Balkans are far away from Germany. There has been no substantial change in the European battlefield. The 'Mediterranean Campaign' plan is completely chasing the end. According to this plan, if the war is to be won, I don't know how long it will be delayed. I hope that Prime Minister Churchill can reconsider."

After entering the discussion of specific issues, there was immediate tension between Britain and the Soviet Union.

Churchill pioneered the British proposal.

Regarding the issue of opening up a second front, Churchill's proposal was to implement the "Mediterranean Campaign".Opening up the second battlefield in Europe, the British and American coalition forces landed from Italy in the Mediterranean, and dealt with the Italian army first.In particular, the British and American coalition forces have completed the "Battle of Sicily" and captured Sicily.Use Sicily as a springboard, directly land in southeastern Italy, and get Italy first.Then the troops marched into the Balkans to deal with the German troops in the Balkans.In the end, they marched westward, attacking France and Germany.

However, as soon as Churchill's plan was put forward, it was immediately opposed by Stalin.

"Landing from France and going straight to Germany is the best plan, and it is also the most direct and most effective plan."

Stalin proposed the Soviet Union's proposal.

As the Soviet Union counterattacked across the board in the past few months and began to liberate the Soviet land, the initiative on the Soviet-German battlefield was slowly in the hands of the Soviet Union.It can even be said that the Soviet Union has seen the dawn of victory on the Soviet-German battlefield.However, although the dawn of victory appeared, the Soviet Union suffered too many casualties and the underpopulation situation was too serious.If the Soviet Union wants to ensure a troop size of more than tens of millions, it also needs a large amount of industrial materials.Those domestic factories have to operate, and as a result, a lot of manpower is taken up.Therefore, the current Soviet Union's agriculture has been severely damaged, the rural population is severely underpopulated, and the output of agricultural products has declined severely.

Therefore, the Soviet Union currently imports grain on a large scale.

It's all money.

Now that the war has been fought, the more than 5000 tons of gold owned by the Soviet Union at the beginning of the war have been completely consumed.The nearly 1000 tons of gold produced by the Soviet Union over the past few years are almost spent now.

More and more money is spent, and the casualties are getting more and more serious. The Soviet Union is really unable to support the war until now.Therefore, the Soviet Union hopes to end the current war as soon as possible and solve Germany.

The Soviet Union needed the Anglo-American coalition to directly threaten Germany and disperse Germany's current strength.Only when the British and American coalition forces truly threatened Germany would the pressure on the Soviet Union decrease.In the "Mediterranean Battle" plan proposed by Churchill, the British and American coalition forces only tickled Germany and did not pose a substantial threat.Therefore, the Soviet Union's plan is that the British and American coalition forces should land directly from France and directly threaten the hinterland of Germany.

"We can go both ways. One way to launch the Mediterranean campaign, landing from Italy. One way to go directly to France."

Churchill backed down a step.

But Stalin shook his head and said: "Advancing in two directions will disperse strength. The best way now is to concentrate our forces and directly threaten the German mainland. Prime Minister Churchill, I don't understand why you must focus on the Balkans. As long as the main force of Germany is resolved Troops, the problems in the Balkans can naturally be easily resolved. The situation in the Balkans has no decisive impact on the current overall situation."

"There is a powerful force in the Balkans that we can fight for. Currently Turkey is still free from the Axis powers and the Anti-Fascist Alliance. I think we can absolutely fight for Turkey to join the Anti-Fascist Alliance. Turkey is not a small country, and its strength is not very weak. With that The joining of Turkey can greatly change the current situation in the Balkans, and even directly reverse the situation in the Balkans. Coupled with our launch of the Mediterranean campaign, we can echo Turkey from a distance. The change in the situation in the Balkans will also directly support your country in Ukraine , Belarusian military action. I think this is the best option."

Churchill continued to insist on his views.

Roosevelt and Duan Xun have not made a statement, quietly watching the debate between Britain and the Soviet Union, Churchill and Stalin.Those who can participate in this meeting are all high-level figures sent by various countries.In terms of strategic analysis, they are all first-class.

The debate between Stalin and Churchill, everyone soon understood what it meant.The Soviet Union hopes to deal a greater blow to Germany to reduce the current pressure on the Soviet Union, and at the same time directly help the Soviet Union's current military operations.Because the war has reached the current point, the casualties of the Soviet Union are really too serious.

But the UK is different.

Of course, the pressure on Britain is also great. The war has been fought for so many years, and the British economy has also been directly destroyed.However, the United Kingdom is separated by the English Channel, and the air forces of the United Kingdom and the United States are increasingly dominant. Compared with the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom is more at ease.Britain has already begun to think about the post-war problems.Churchill has been asking for the launch of the Mediterranean campaign, asking to land from Italy, and then settle the Balkans, in order to cooperate with Britain's post-war strategy.Obviously to stop the Soviet Army.

Because once the Soviet Union solves the German troops in the Soviet Union, especially once Ukraine and Belarus are recovered, the Soviet troops will flood into Eastern Europe and control the Balkans.In this way, the influence of the Soviet Union in Europe will be greatly increased.This is something the UK does not want to see.The war directly hit Britain's strength, but Churchill still hoped that Britain could return to Europe after the war and continue to influence Europe.

Britain wants to prevent the Soviet Union from controlling the Balkans, and the Soviet Union is also eyeing the Balkans.Especially the Black Sea Strait, the Soviet Union is now bound to win.Especially after receiving China's secret support, Stalin coveted the Black Sea Strait as an outlet to the sea.Because this is the most likely outlet that the Soviet Union can control.For the sake of the Black Sea Straits, the Soviet Union could not allow Britain to control the Balkans.

Not only Stalin and Churchill, but those people brought by both sides were also full of tongues, showing each other that their plan was the best.After talking for more than 20 minutes, the eyes of Stalin and Churchill came to Roosevelt at the same time.

Although China is very important, China did not join the anti-fascist alliance after all.In addition, China currently has no substantial strength and influence in Europe, so the discussion of opening up a second battlefield has little to do with China.

On the contrary, it has a close relationship with the United States.

Because of the opening of the second battlefield, among the British, American and French allied forces, the US military will occupy the main force.After opening up the second battlefield, the U.S. military will have at least one million troops in Europe, deploying powerful aviation forces, and dispatching thousands of warships and transport ships.Without the support of the United States, the so-called opening of a second front is simply impossible.

Now Britain and the Soviet Union are at a stalemate, and both countries are waiting for the attitude of the United States.

Roosevelt had been silent before, watching the dispute between Stalin and Churchill.Now seeing that they were all waiting for him to express his opinion, he didn't speak immediately, but turned his head and asked, "Chairman Duan, which plan do you think is more suitable?"

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Duan Xun shook his head and said: "The opening of the European battlefield has nothing to do with us in China. Therefore, I will not comment on the specific situation. If you want to delay the victory in the European battlefield, you can choose the plan of the Mediterranean campaign. If you want to solve the European battlefield as soon as possible war, then choosing to land in France is the best solution."

What Duan Xun said was ambiguous.

Then smiled and looked at Roosevelt.Roosevelt frowned, understanding what Duan Xun meant.China has not participated in the war so far, and because it has not participated in the war, not only has it not been affected by the war, but it has made a lot of money in the war because it has both sides.Although the United States does not have completely clear data, Roosevelt can be sure that the war has doubled China's industrial scale several times, or even more than ten times.

This is well-founded.

At the end of the Second Five-Year Plan, China announced the power generation capacity in 1933. At that time, China's power generation capacity was just over 200 billion kWh, and in 1934 it was 220 billion kWh.After the end of the third five-year plan, especially the completion of the large-scale power plant projects planned during the second five-year plan, coupled with the increased investment in the power industry in the third five-year plan, the power generation in 1939 Directly doubled to 700 billion degrees.The power generation of large hydropower projects alone has reached more than 170 billion kWh.

After entering World War II, China's power generation increased by leaps and bounds.Where did the foreign trade earn so much money, it was used for industrial construction.Among them, the electric power industry, which is the industrial base, has received a large amount of capital investment.Not only the central government, but also local governments have invested a lot in the power industry, because China's electricity restricts the development of China's industry.As a result, after the Second World War, China's power generation increased at a rate of 150 to 200 billion kWh per year.The Ministry of Electric Power predicted that China's power generation capacity would exceed 1943 billion kWh in 1400, ranking second in the world.

Moreover, the great development of China's industry shows no sign of stopping, and it is constantly expanding its scale and construction.

In contrast, the money of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union was invested in the war.

Although the situation of the Anti-Fascist Alliance is much better now, it is not so easy to completely solve the Axis Powers.The two main forces of the Axis powers, Germany and Japan, together have tens of millions of troops.

If you procrastinate, you don't know when and what month you will be able to solve them.

Roosevelt did not want to procrastinate.

Because the longer it is delayed, the greater the impact on the US economy.The U.S. government is now fighting wars, and its military expenditure is several times its fiscal revenue, and the money is all borrowed.In a few more years, the interest on these national debts will be higher than fiscal revenue in the future.Of course it is not so serious, but compared to the current situation in the United States, Roosevelt is becoming more and more afraid of China.China is really too big, with too many people, and the growth rate of industrial scale is too fast.Let it go, Roosevelt worried that China's industrial scale would surpass that of the United States and become the world's largest industrial country.Now only by solving the European problem as soon as possible can we concentrate our efforts on solving Japan and ending the current war.Only after the war is over, the United States will have enough energy to intervene in Europe and consider how to deal with the rising China.

"If the Mediterranean campaign is implemented, the victory in the European battlefield will be delayed for about half a year. This is not in line with the theme of our meeting here today."

Churchill's face quickly became ugly.

Because Roosevelt supported the Soviet Union's plan.For the four countries participating in the Tehran Conference, as Duan Xun said, the matter of opening up the European battlefield was discussed by the three countries of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union.The opinion of the United States is very important here.

Now Roosevelt supported the Soviet plan, and Churchill's plan to control the Balkans completely failed.Churchill was unhappy, but Stalin was overjoyed.

"President Roosevelt is right. We are here today to discuss how to resolve the war as soon as possible. Our country will step up the attack on the German army and prevent the Eastern Front troops from returning to the Western Front. This will affect the landing operations. As long as we cooperate closely, the two There is no question of ending the war in Europe within a year."

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On October 1943, 10, the Tehran Conference officially began.

But on the first day, everyone only had a meeting for about an hour and a half.Didn't discuss too many issues, just discussed the issue of opening up the second battlefield in Europe.After a lot of rhetoric, and finally because of Roosevelt's support, Stalin's idea was finally passed and Churchill's "Mediterranean Campaign" was rejected.

Roosevelt supported Stalin's idea that the British and American troops landed in France.

Specifically, where to land in France, how many troops to mobilize, when to land, and how to cooperate with the Soviet Union, all these need to be discussed slowly.And there are many specific contents in it that are not discussed by several giants.A few people are only discussing strategic issues in the general direction. The specific issues include the following negotiations between the military and diplomatic personnel.The specific issues are not as clear to several people as the following generals.