Chapter 757: Chinese Festival (1)
In fact, the Americans also knew that the assistance to the Soviet Union would not play a fundamental role. Only by opening up the second battlefield in Europe or the Chinese army counterattacked into the Northeast. The practical significance of these two strategic counterattacks is to balance the entire strategic force system. One is to reduce the pressure on the Germans to fight on the Eastern Front of the Soviet Union, and the other is to reduce the pressure brought by the Japanese army to the Soviets in the Far East. The loss of the Far East made the Soviet Union lose its final support. I am afraid no one knows better what this means than Stalin. However, just as the Allies wanted to open up the second battlefield in Europe in the first half of 1943, they would inevitably concentrate all their strength and materials, and the counterattack on the Chinese battlefield would come to an end.
Looking forward to counterattacking the European continent, but most of the main forces of the British Army were destroyed in Dunkirk. The Eighth Group in North Africa was an authentic prodigal son. No matter how many troops he was given, he could always shout for help quickly. When Hopkin was in office, there was no difference between him and Montgomery. The only difference was that Cairo was not lost yet, because Rommel's logistics support also had some problems. In addition to the arrival of several Canadian masters and New Zealand divisions, Montgomery's capital increased a little, especially the arrival of more than 400 m4a4 Sherman medium tanks, which made Montgomery breathe a sigh of relief. If Cairo was really lost, he had to jump into the sea, but the premise was that there was still a sea for him to jump.
The most important thing is that Roosevelt can't come up with the troops that have been trained and ready to land in France. Moreover, opening up the second battlefield is a very grand strategic turning point. If it fails, it will mean a major failure of the Allies. When the Americans come to open up the second battlefield in Europe, it is definitely not the current time when the German and Japanese troops are echoing the rapid progress, but rather a very appropriate time. For example, the Soviet army enters a comprehensive strategic counterattack, and the stupid thing about taking the silly in the fire has never been the American character. In World War I, they were deceived by the so-called stingy and shameless British gentlemen and almost went home naked. This time the Americans are obviously much smarter.
A large number of Chinese youth troops with strong armed combat effectiveness and firm fighting will allow the Chinese army to launch an attack on the Northeast first to completely restrain the Japanese Kwantung Army's military operations in the Far East, cooperate with the Soviet army's strategic counterattack in the Far East, and repel the Japanese army in the Chinese theater. In the second half of 1943, the new and powerful US Navy Pacific Fleet could be put into combat against the Pacific. At that time, the troops dominated by the Chinese army will cooperate with the US Navy to fight together. In the future, opening up the second battlefield in Europe can also invest in a large number of Chinese troops armed by the United States. Roosevelt's all ideas were very good, but he also knew that this must be approved and approved by Churchill. The vicious fat man had caused him a lot of trouble. If he knew that Britain accounted for the least proportion of US aid supplies, he didn't know what trouble he would cause?
The British had all their own Myanmar to the Chinese Expeditionary Force for defense, but they sent nine divisions and three armored brigades to North Africa in succession. The oil in the desert seemed to have fascinated the British to a crazy situation.
Between the North African battlefield was stabilizing, and the Germans were resting and Churchill repeatedly proposed to meet with Roosevelt. Roosevelt planned to seriously gather the heads of the four major powers of the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain and China to hold a historic summit. This will also be a conference that determines the fate of mankind and the direction of history, and a strategic-level meeting between the four major powers of the Allied Powers against the core of the three Axis Powers. Anti-Japanese Blood Sacrifice Mountains and Rivers 757
Churchill agreed to Roosevelt's idea, but disagrees with China's attendance as the four major powers. Churchill has received some rumors that the United States will adjust the allocation ratio of leased materials? Chinese naval forces are receiving the latest American fast heavy cruiser in India and are training. The Americans seem to be preparing to hand over two of the Eagle-class escort aircraft carriers to China. It seems that the Americans are not so generous to the United Kingdom. The old destroyers provided by the United States to escort the British Atlantic before were exchanged for British overseas bases, and what does China have? When they think of sitting with Chiang Kai-shek's bald head, Churchill felt as if he was greatly humiliated.
But what else can Churchill say under this situation? Boycott is useless and futile. The performance of the British army in North Africa, Myanmar and India in Congress is like the British ancestors who would jump out of the grave in shame and kick the butts of those cowardly and timid rats.
Gao Fei had just finished his speech at Chongqing University and was picked up by a car in the attendant's room. Gao Fei saw the latest battle report at Chiang Kai-shek's Huangshan official residence. The Chinese military's confidentiality is indeed good for his own people. After the main force of the Youth Army left the front, Gao Fei could not report the battle situation in time. However, Gao Fei believed that the Japanese would definitely see these reports earlier than him. This is the damn confidentiality system of the Ministry of Military Affairs, as if it was specially set up for his own people?
Chiang Kai-shek introduced the battle situation to Gao Fei with a spring breeze. The main force of the Japanese army had already given up Xuzhou, a well-connected four-war place as expected. His main force retreated to Nanjing and drew troops from Northeast China to supplement it. The Japanese dispatched troops in the fight against Futu in Wuhan suffered huge losses, almost all divisions were crippled, and the Chinese army also sacrificed more than 300,000 soldiers, but they won the strategic initiative. This was the victory won by the Chinese army with blood.
The Japanese army was accumulating strength and decided to defend Nanjing, while the Chinese army was also hoarding troops and materials to restore the old capital in one fell swoop. Nanjing records the blood, tears and shame of Chinese soldiers on the other side of the river. This is a series of unforgettable shame, and can only be completely cleared with the blood of the enemy.
However, for the Chinese army that fought fiercely in Wuhan for two months and pursued victory, it would take at least three to four months to rest, otherwise the battle would not be possible. The Fifth Army, the Eighth Army, the Seventy-Fourth Army and other troops were suffering from heavy casualties, and it would take time to replenish soldiers, weapons and supplies. Moreover, the materials and ammunition required for Chinese soldiers to fight were basically carried by individual soldiers, and the railway support level was generally relatively low as that of highways. Therefore, the Chinese army's attack was generally the same as the Japanese army, and could only last for seven to ten days, while this ten days was the limit, which was a very, very dangerous limit.
Chapter completed!