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But Roosevelt felt it.Therefore, Roosevelt judged that Duan Xun was definitely not a person who gave in easily.But what does that mean now?

Duan Xun looked at the three people, and finally his eyes fell on Stalin, and said with a smile: "Actually, I also think that the issue of the Black Sea Strait is not the most urgent one. The Soviet Union's temporary takeover of the Black Sea Strait will not help the current Soviet army much. At present, for the European battlefield, the most important thing for the Soviet Union is to get support from the outside world. No matter what kind of materials it is, the support of these materials is the most important. Compared with bypassing the Black Sea Strait, I think the port in Norway is more suitable Obtain supplies from the outside world. The Soviet Union should slow down the battlefield on the Eastern Front. It can concentrate its efforts on breaking through the Baltic countries and marching into Northern Europe to control Norway, Finland, and Sweden. If the Soviet Union needs it, China is willing to support the Soviet military in all aspects. "

"Makes sense."

Stalin was very happy.

In the past few years, there have been frequent exchanges between China and the Soviet Union, and the two sides have reached many agreements in private.It is precisely because of China's private support that Stalin boldly demanded temporary control of the Black Sea Strait.

Now Duan Xun suddenly changed his statement, directly expressing his support for the Soviet Union's attack on Northern Europe, and in turn sending troops to Britain and the United States.

"Chairman Duan, there is no shortage of guns or ammunition for the soldiers in front of our country. But we currently lack transportation vehicles and military rations. I wonder if you can support us?"

"Of course there is no problem. Although our country has not yet passed a bill like the 'Lend-Lease Act', with the friendship between China and the Soviet Union, as long as it does not involve arms, some other materials can be borrowed on credit, and the timber and furs from the Far East can be used as collateral. That’s it. Our country can support the trucks and rations needed by the Soviet Army. I dare not say anything else. Our country can support the Soviet Army with 3000 trucks, 1 tons of flour, and 5000 million portions of beef within three months. Canned food, alleviating the shortage of the Soviet army."

"Then thank China for its support."

Duan Xun and Stalin talked happily.

But it made Roosevelt and Churchill very dissatisfied.The importance of Northern Europe is no less important than the Black Sea Strait, and even more important than the Black Sea Strait.The three Baltic countries were annexed by the Soviet Union before the war. Although they were lost later, the Soviet Union must regain control of the three Baltic countries.

If the Soviet Union took over the three Baltic countries and then controlled Northern Europe, then the Soviet Union would completely control the Baltic Sea.With the port in Norway, the Soviet Union can threaten the North Sea and deter Britain.

This makes Britain and the United States more uncomfortable than the Soviet Union's control of the Black Sea Strait.

Since the Second World War, many countries have been exhausted, and everyone is gritting their teeth and persevering.Although the Soviet Union seems to be very difficult now, it has not reached the point of no return.If there is really the support of China, the Soviet Union is really capable of developing into Northern Europe.The Soviet Union already has an absolute advantage in Leningrad, and victory in the Battle of Leningrad is just around the corner.

When the Soviet Union takes time out from Leningrad, the Soviet Union can use millions of troops in this direction.With the full support of China, it is not impossible to use 300 million troops in this direction.

If the Soviet Union really changes its offensive goals, it will cause big problems for the European strategy of the United Kingdom and the United States.Britain and the United States opened up the second battlefield in Europe, which required the Soviet army to contain the main force of the German army.If the Soviet army relaxes its attack on the German army, once the German army is transferred to the southern front, it will be very detrimental to the British and American operations.

Therefore, Churchill said: "This is not in line with the European strategy we discussed before. Sending troops to Northern Europe will delay the victory of the war."

"How could it be? If the Soviet Union wins a decisive victory in Northern Europe, it will be able to obtain more external support. With this support, it will certainly be of great benefit to the Soviet Union's subsequent military operations."

Duan Xun smiled slightly and refuted Churchill.

Stalin nodded again and again.

Originally, the situation in the Soviet Union was very bad, and it lacked confidence in the face of Britain and the United States.In history, the Soviet Union actually made a lot of concessions in negotiations, not only in the Far East, but also in Europe, and it made many concessions to Britain and the United States.Because World War II hit the Soviet Union too hard, the Soviet Union really lacked confidence in the face of Britain and the United States.It is an exaggeration to say that the Soviet Union was afraid of Britain and the United States.But the Soviet Union is very afraid of Britain and the United States, there is no doubt about it.

But not now.

Although the relationship between China and the Soviet Union is not very good, the interests between countries are the most important.Now is the best opportunity in the history of the Soviet Union, a chance to win the sea.How could Stalin give up, so although he had fought with China, he was willing to cooperate with China.

With China's support, Stalin had confidence.

China is the second largest industrial country in the world, second only to the United States in terms of industrial scale.Compared with the current two-front battle in the United States, China is more at ease here.You can see it now.

Without the support of China, it would be very difficult for the Soviet Union to deal with the Eastern Front. Where would it have the strength to carry out the Nordic strategy.Even if Stalin wanted to carry out the Nordic strategy, Britain and the United States would not believe it.Moreover, Stalin was more anxious than them, and it was impossible to attack Northern Europe with great effort.But with China, none of this is a problem.

"In order to win the war, I think it should be possible to give the Soviet Black Sea Fleet more freedom of action."

Roosevelt frowned slightly, very dissatisfied with the current situation.

But Roosevelt changed his statement, taking a step back and supporting the Soviet Union to temporarily take over the Black Sea Strait.As for Türkiye, to put it bluntly, is Türkiye a fart?Although Turkey is considered a big country in the Balkans and has a very long history, it is a country that can be sacrificed at any time among these big countries in Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union.Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union sacrificed the interests of Turkey, and they would not blink their eyes.

Although the United Kingdom and the United States are trying their best to get Turkey to join the anti-fascist alliance, they can't look at the cooperation between China and the Soviet Union and really carry out the Nordic strategy.

"President Roosevelt was right. Turkey should make its own contribution to the anti-fascist war."

751

The Tehran Conference and the Almaty Conference were held successively.

Duan Xun spent the end of October and the first half of November 1940 in the meeting.First, he participated in the Tehran Conference attended by the leaders of the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China, and then held the Almaty Conference in Almaty attended by the leaders of China, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

Although they are all for the victory of World War II, the emphasis is different.

The Tehran Conference focused on the European battlefield, while the Alma-Ata Conference focused on the Far East among China, the United States, and Britain.To put it more simply, the Tehran Conference was aimed at dealing with Germany, and the Almaty Conference was aimed at dealing with Japan.

The meeting in Tehran was not long, only going on for six days.However, six days is far longer than the original meeting plan.However, the content of the discussion is very important, and it can even be said that it has basically completed the context of the post-war order in Europe.

First of all, everyone reached a consensus on opening up the second European battlefield, including the landing plan and landing time.But opening up the second battlefield in Europe is not a matter of one or two sentences.In this landing operation to open up the second battlefield in Europe, Britain and the United States will mobilize five or six thousand ships, or even seven or eight thousand ships to participate.In addition to naval forces, Britain and the United States also mobilized thousands of combat aircraft and transport aircraft to participate in the war.

This is no simple matter.

Because landing operations are a very difficult military operation.Once the German army has made a judgment in advance, landing operations will become very difficult.This can be seen from the North African campaign of the British and American coalition forces.When the land forces were prepared, the landing forces suffered heavy losses.Britain and the United States have a lot of experience in landing operations, so they understand the difficulties of landing operations better than anyone else.

Therefore, in order to land operations, Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union have to do a lot.

Address the German Navy, especially the German submarine force.Then use the air force to continuously attack Germany's industrial strength, and finally play some strategic deception, so that the German army cannot judge the exact landing place of the British and American coalition forces.Therefore, the specific plan needs to continue to meet with the British, American and Soviet military to formulate.

Then there are the problems of Germany and Poland.

Germany's problem is not complicated. After all, it is a defeated country and can only accept the arrangement of the victorious country.Although the specific plan has not been fully finalized, everyone has decided how to punish Germany.It also discussed the stationing of several major powers in Germany after the war to completely resolve the threat of Germany.

In comparison, Poland's problems are more complicated.

The territory of Poland has never been fixed in history, and the borders of Poland have changed too many times in the past few decades.Moreover, Poland has offended almost all the major countries around it in the past few decades.

And after all, Poland is a declining country that has lost even the country.

In the agenda of supporting Polish independence, the Soviet Union certainly wanted to cut off some important places.In order to compensate Poland, some areas on the German side were ceded to Poland.In the name of justice, countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union, and of course China, did not take the sovereignty of countries such as Germany and Poland seriously.Decide on their territorial issues casually.This is the order in which the world operates now, a typical power politics.

The four countries of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union are currently the most powerful countries in the world, and they can completely determine the world order and the sovereignty of those countries by themselves.Just like in history, the Soviet Union and the United States arbitrarily decided the issue of Outer Mongolia and Northeast China.

However, because there are many contents that are not conducive to Poland, Roosevelt hopes that the terms signed this time will not be announced now.Because there are hundreds of thousands of Polish descendants in the United States, Roosevelt was afraid that some other problems would appear in the country.

After the Tehran Conference, Stalin returned to the Soviet Union to deploy the next military operations.The Soviet Union gained a lot of benefits from this meeting, including winning the British and American coalition forces to open up a second battlefield in France, directly threatening the German army and reducing the pressure on the Soviet army.In addition to this, what made Stalin even more happy was that the Tehran meeting decided to allow Turkey to cede the Black Sea Strait and temporarily hand it over to the Soviet Union for control.

Stalin returned to the Soviet Union contentedly, but Roosevelt, Churchill, and Duan Xun did not disband.The three left Tehran and came to Almaty in Xinjiang, where the Almaty meeting was held.

The discussion is how to act in unison and how to attack Japan.

At the Alma-Ata Conference, Roosevelt stated that the United States was willing to continue to support Britain.In particular, it plans to supplement the British fleet in the Far East with 800 transport ships, 120 destroyers, and 10 escort aircraft carriers to help the British reorganize the Far East fleet.The purpose is very simple, that is, to allow the British army to support Australia while the Japanese navy is in the Pacific Ocean and its strength is greatly reduced in the Strait of Malacca.It is best for Britain to transport hundreds of thousands of troops from Australia to participate in the British India-Myanmar battlefield.

The United States alone fought against Japan with too many casualties, and it was too much to bear.Every time an island controlled by the Japanese army was occupied, the US military suffered thousands of casualties.This is because the U.S. military has not touched the islands guarded by large Japanese troops.When these islands are attacked, the casualties of the US military must rise sharply.

That's why the United States has to help Britain counterattack the India-Myanmar battlefield.However, with the current strength of the United Kingdom on the India-Myanmar battlefield, at most the Japanese army will be pushed out of India, and it is basically impossible to counterattack Burma.Therefore, it is currently the best way to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops from Australia to help the British army counterattack the Japanese army on the India-Myanmar battlefield.The combat effectiveness of the Australian army is very strong.

This can be seen from several battles between the Japanese army and the Australian army.

Churchill promised that Britain would organize a large-scale counteroffensive in February 1944 to completely expel the Japanese army from India.He also stated that after the British army reorganized the Far East Fleet, it would launch a counteroffensive in Burma in June 2.

In fact, regarding the fight against the Japanese army, Britain and the United States have reached an agreement in private.This time at the Alma-Ata meeting, they solemnly discussed this issue. Their goal is to pull China into the water.Duan Xun did not hide it, and made it very clear that he would hold a "Chinese Federation Conference" after returning.Let several countries of the Chinese Federation slowly decouple from Japan, and when the countries of the Chinese Federation are successfully decoupled from Japan, China will lead these countries to war against Japan.

And Duan Xun also gave Roosevelt and Churchill a specific timeline.