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ps: It’s really terrible, my memory loss is very serious, c47 became c49, please forgive me. In recent years, I keep remembering things wrongly, which is weird.

Chapter 198: The city that must be defended

At 10 a.m. on November 26, Roosevelt spoke in Congress, claiming that the United States had been shamelessly attacked. The United States had entered the war. The reasons for joining the war in this time and space were somewhat pale. Just like the Spanish-American War, sometimes just an excuse was enough to join the war.

, as to what kind of excuse this is, is it important?

Britain and the United States formed an alliance, and Australia, Canada and other younger countries followed, and they faced the Triple Alliance of Germany, Japan, and Italy. Because of the effect of a certain butterfly wing, this empty Soviet Union did not fight Germany, but fought China.

Not open to trade.

The Entente and the Central Powers declared war on each other. Interestingly, the Soviet Union and China issued essentially the same statement, remaining neutral in the war between the two camps! This means that you fight yours and we fight ours.

This statement is really good news for Germany, but not good news for Britain and the United States. Both the United States and Britain expressed their intention to mediate the Sino-Soviet War, and Germany, Japan and Italy also expressed their intention to mediate. In any case, the attitude has been adopted. In fact,

At this time, the people who most hoped for peace between China and the Soviet Union were the United Kingdom and the United States. Without the Soviet Union looking behind the buttocks, it would be too damn difficult for the United States to land in Europe. The key is that Germany at this time focused on the war against Britain.

This made Churchill cry.

Churchill continued to hook up with China, and the US imperialists did not give up and continued to do Fang's ideological work. The person who came forward to do this work was Fisher, a famous financier on Wall Street in the United States today, whose total assets of Miller Bank exceeded one billion.

After Fisher accepted this task, he immediately drafted a telegram by himself, starting from the traditional friendship between China and the United States, and then talking about the present, past, and future of China and the United States. Anyway, the telegram is very long. It is five to six hundred words long.

It was all about friendship, and then he changed the topic and said that he had not seen his grandson for a long time and wanted to visit China.

Fang Jianxiong called back and said that he could come if he wanted, but before he came, he wanted to help with something. The U.S. Air Force had a type of aircraft, the P-39, which seemed to perform poorly over Britain. The Air Force was very dissatisfied. So, the production of Chinese aircraft is insufficient. If the United States does not

If you are willing to take these aircraft, sell them to China at a cheaper price. We will use them for training.

This P39 is a fighter jet provided by the United States to the United Kingdom through the Lend-Lease Act. At the same time, hundreds of American volunteers went to the United Kingdom to use this aircraft to fight against the German Air Force. As a result, the P-39 performed very poorly, allowing the German FW-190 to fight

The failure of the war, especially the lack of high-altitude combat capabilities, caused the American volunteers to suffer a lot. The German aircraft easily climbed to an altitude of 10,000 meters, and then killed the P-39 in a dive, which made the American volunteers give up.

The p-39 was nicknamed the aerial coffin. After the news was reported back to the United States, the U.S. sea, land and aviation forces stopped working. Whoever likes this crap wants it. We don’t want it anyway.

The wealthy American emperor was not willing to dispose of the P-39 as garbage, and could only slowly replace it and put it in the warehouse. If history had not been messed up, the American emperor would not have discovered that the P-39 was facing the problem until the outbreak of the Pacific War.

The Type Zero was so unbearable. In this time and space, the Germans corrected the mistake of the American imperialists.

China wants to buy P-39 as a training aircraft? This news is a bit funny! The Chinese fighter jets performed very well in the skies over Britain, and the German FW-190 aircraft did not take much advantage. In other words, it was a fairly even situation.

The British even exclaimed that the Chinese are at the forefront of the world in terms of aircraft design concepts.

The US imperialists still have P-40s available, so just save up the P-39s. Historically, P-39s have been basically cheap, as aid. This rotten aircraft in the eyes of the US imperialists is in the hands of Maozi.

It's really brilliant. This has something to do with Maozi's life being worthless. Moreover, Maozi admires the 37 cannon of the P-39, which is very effective for ground attack.

The U.S. imperialists certainly don’t know these historical facts now. Anyway, it’s always a good thing that there are people buying things they don’t want. Fang Jianxiong is also very helpless, because China’s aircraft production is indeed restricted by many unfavorable factors. Currently, all production capacity is concentrated on Mustang fighters. Mustang

The ground attack is also good, but I am worried that the enemy will burst into a sea of ​​tanks in the future, so using the P-39's 37mm gun is suitable for hitting tanks.

All in all, the P-39 is a backward product that even the US Navy, Army and Air Force look down upon. Fang Jianxiong plans to take advantage of it to make up for the lack of ground attack of the Chinese Air Force. There are Mustangs in high-altitude combat, and the performance of the P-39 is excellent at low altitudes.

Using them together can save a lot of money.

The effect of Fisher's action was different. He had already received an order before he even went to China. Roosevelt took the news very seriously and immediately asked people to find out about it. The feedback was that the P-39 sold for $50,000, and HNA

The Air Force and the Air Force have equipped more than 8,000, maybe 9,000, but they have spent a lot of money.

It's a surprise that there are still people who are willing to buy this kind of aircraft. Without Roosevelt's intervention, the US Navy and China Airlines are more concerned about getting rid of these aircraft than anyone else. Only by getting rid of these aircraft can we replace them with new ones. There is no pressure at all to do something that everyone is happy with.

So, with the intervention of the President's Office, the American imperialists offered a price of fifteen thousand dollars a piece, which was a 30% discount. It was said that this price was already very good, but unexpectedly President Fang's reaction was very unpleasant.

To give face, he called back and said: One unit costs ten thousand dollars. If you are willing to sell it, you can get three thousand units first and we can try it out.

After receiving the response, the United States was anxious. How could it only require 3,000 aircraft? Too few. It must be too few. Anyway, it is difficult for these aircraft to see the future if they are thrown into warehouses. With the production capacity of the United States, the aircraft

Don't build it too fast. So the US imperialists said that they could consider it if they cost 10,000 US dollars each, but the purchase quantity should not be less than 8,000.

The two parties used telegrams to bargain with each other, and Fang Jianxiong quickly replied that 8,000 aircraft could be considered, but the price would be more favorable. Out of the desire to win over China, Roosevelt paid great attention to this matter. In fact, according to his wish, he gave it away for free.

It is not impossible to give it to China. Historically, it was given to the Soviet Union as free aid.

So Roosevelt called Fisher into the office and talked to him alone: ​​"It seems that China felt great pressure during the war against the Soviet Union, especially their military production capacity. This phenomenon can be used as a bargaining chip in negotiations with China, as long as

When China joins the Allies, the United States can consider assisting China with a certain amount of arms."

Fisher nodded and said: "I think Fang Jianxiong's main concern is that he still doesn't want to fight on two fronts, but he will not allow Japan to run rampant in Asia. This can be seen from the deal he reached with the United Kingdom. Now China has stationed troops

Burma, Japan's possibility of directly attacking India from the ground has been shattered. After the United States entered the war, Japan's main opponent has definitely become the U.S. Navy, especially the Pacific Fleet. I think that negotiations with Fang Jianxiong on the aid issue can be postponed until the U.S. Navy

After teaching the Japanese navy a lesson, we can then consider the issue of China joining the allies. Even this transaction can be postponed for the time being."

Roosevelt believed that this analysis was very pertinent. After all, China is a big country and has the ability to pose a threat to the United States' unification of the Pacific. Therefore, China must be allowed to see the power of American imperialism, and then negotiations will be relatively easy. Roosevelt asked Fisher to set off as soon as possible

, and dispatched a special plane to fly first to India and then to Beijing.

As for the P-39 deal, it cost 15,000 US dollars apiece, and eight thousand were purchased at a time. This change in the attitude of the United States directly led to the collapse of the deal. Probably because it felt that Fang Jianxiong wanted to buy the P-39.

Having overcome its weakness, the United States' attitude has become tougher.

While Fisher was still on the road, the campaign in Central Asia reached a critical point. One of Chen Mingren's corps stormed the hilltop position guarded by the Soviet army. In order to buy enough time, Zhukov issued a death order to block the middle road.

Chinese ** team.

The Soviet army that was desperate for their lives was extremely ferocious, which Chen Mingren soon realized. The infantry tactics of the National Defense Forces were indeed classic and very effective. One of Chen Mingren's assault battalions rushed into the Soviet position in the first wave of attacks.

Before they had time to be happy, the Soviet death squads rolled down with cluster grenades, more than thirty of them in one go. A battalion of elites lost more than half in the face of suicide attacks. Chen Mingren looked at the continuous banging on the top of the mountain.

The roots of my teeth were bitten and bleeding without even noticing.

Unwilling to be reconciled, Chen Mingren organized another attack, this time with twenty tanks covering it. After a fierce bombardment concentrated on one point, the tanks covered the infantry and rushed forward. Unexpectedly, the Soviet army had been prepared and dug a hidden anti-tank trench.

, ten tanks fell into the trench and were blown up by cluster grenades by Soviet soldiers hiding in the trench. The infantry that followed were also beaten down. This battle was a difficult one. Unfortunately, Xiaoxue stopped and started again.

If it rains lightly, the aircraft will not be able to support us at all.

With repeated strict orders from above to break through as soon as possible, Chen Mingren had no choice but to bite the bullet and attack the Soviet positions. After attacking for three consecutive days, the unknown high ground was finally captured, at the cost of more than a thousand casualties. The Soviet army was not much better.

, they were all seriously injured.

After seizing the commanding heights, the artillerymen carried two 75 mountain guns up the mountain and bombarded the Soviet positions. Unexpectedly, the Soviet artillery, which had always been very gentle, suddenly concentrated hundreds of artillery pieces and violently bombarded the unknown high ground. Then the infantry charged.

The position was retaken again. The two armies fought repeatedly on the unknown high ground and fought fiercely for another day. Finally, they were looking forward to sunny weather. The plane came and the Soviet army became more honest, at least during the day. Chen Mingren quickly ordered the repair of fortifications.

, to ensure that the position is not lost.

At this time, the situation of the Soviet army did not improve much. Bai Chongxi's 10th Mechanized Army rushed to Penjikent, which was only a hundred kilometers away from Samarkand. Li Zongren's troops rushed to the city of Vounay, cutting off Samarkand.

On the railway to Voneuil, Zhukov had few choices to make.

But at this time, Moscow called Zhukov again, asking him to delay as much time as possible in Samarkand and Vonnai to buy time for the Soviet logistics department to transfer supplies. Zhukov said that there was no point in continuing to hold on, but Moscow called back, and the message was signed by the bearded man.
Chapter completed!