"How much material can the Lanjiang Railway transport every month? How many have the Northwest Front reserved?"

"According to the current transportation volume level, we can receive about 8,000 truckloads of supplies every month, about 300,000 tons. Since the second half of last year, we have been fully stocking up supplies. Now, there are no grain and meat in the warehouse of the Front Army Logistics Department, more than 1.5 million tons of supplies have been stacked." The answer to Chang Ruiqing's question was Lieutenant General Fan Hanjie, commander of the Northwest Joint Logistics Command. This historical general from the Guangdong-based system graduated from the first phase of the Central Military Academy and the first phase of the Logistics Department of the Land University in this time and space. He is considered an expert in the logistics support of the National Defense Forces.

"It's a bit tight!" Chang Ruiqing pointed his finger at Bai Chongxi and Zhao Zhen, who accompanied him to the northwest, said: "The current transportation volume of the Lanjiang Railway is about 10,000 tons per day. Now there is more than a month before the third Central Asia Battle begins. It would be nice to increase the reserve materials to 1.8 million tons. These materials are only half of the war demand, and the rest can only be replenished by wartime transportation. If it is still calculated based on 10,000 tons per day, the maximum transportation of 1.8 million tons in 180 days is 1.6 million tons, plus the original reserves are only 3.6 million tons... The planned consumption of materials is 3 million tons, and the remaining amount is still a little less than 600,000 tons. If the combat time exceeds the plan, or the material consumption exceeds expectations, the troops may not be able to maintain normal combat."

Although the battlefield in Northwest Central Asia was not the home court of the Sino-Soviet War, Chang Ruiqing's biggest worry was that it was always here, because the transportation in the northwest was really too problematic. In contrast, there was nothing to worry about in the Baikal battlefield in the Far East. The Ku-Zhang Railway and the dense railway network in the Northeast transport millions of tons of materials every month. On the contrary, the logistics transportation of the Soviet Far East Front and Baikal Front was very problematic, so the northern front army commanded by Wang Junhao and Guo Songling could win even if they were fighting. Now, no one in the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff, including Chang Ruiqing, was worried about the Baikal battlefield in the Far East. They all focused on Central Asia and agreed that the victory or defeat of the Sino-Soviet War was directly related to the victory or defeat of the Sino-Soviet War, and they had to do their best.

"Prime Minister, the logistics has been done. The northwest railway itself is small, and it is not easy to raise more than one million tons of materials in such a short time." Bai Chongxi shook his head and said, "What I am worried about now is not that there is insufficient materials, but the logistics transportation after entering Central Asia. Now there are not many troops in front of the Soviet Union. It can be cleaned up with just one sweep, but it is still unlikely to seize the Soviet railway line intact. So when the army goes deeper, we can only rely on trucks to transport supplies. We don't have many trucks. If Central Asia plays home..."

It turned out that Bai Chongxi was still worried that once France and Germany would start a war, the Soviet army would be less pressure on the Western Front. At that time, it would be possible to transfer heavy troops to the Eastern Front to fight against China. In this way, the Northwest Front would not have the planned maximum of 1.5 million Soviet troops, but 2 million or 3 million Soviet Red Army! Chang Ruiqing had nothing to say about this. The battle between Northwest Central Asia is necessary! Otherwise, the Sino-British-German alliance, which had just been united, would have disbanded. However, the possibility of the battle between France and Germany being lasting is not high. In history, the Germans spent a month to defeat France. Germany's military strength in this time and space is stronger. How could France withstand it?

So after explaining a few more nonsense about being cautious and doing things, Chang Ruiqing ended the meeting and walked out of the Northwest Front War Room. He saw that the German military adviser Manstein was waiting at the door: "His Excellency the Prime Minister, Berlin has just received the latest information. It is about the Soviet weapons and equipment. Since France provided the Soviet Union with the technology and drawings of the Chaser tank destroyer last year, the Soviet Union has now developed the latest Su75 attack cannon based on this, which is likely to be a copy of the French version of Chaser.

In addition, French Foreign Minister Jean Louis Barr is now visiting Moscow. According to intelligence, Barrr is likely to hand over the drawings and samples of the latest French ms.406 fighter and br691 light bomber to the Soviet Union!”

"Damn Frenchman!" Chang Ruiqing waved his fists and showed an indignant expression. Although he already knew that Hitler was planning a conspiracy against France, only Bai Chongxi, among the senior officers of the Northwest Front Army present, knew the news, so he still had to do some tricks on the surface. Then he immediately said to his secretary-general Chen Cheng: "Ci Xiu, go and send a power to Minister Wang of Foreign Affairs, and ask him to negotiate with the French government about Bardu's visit to the Soviet Union. By the way, how is the situation in Spain?"

The Spanish incident has been very popular internationally in the past two days. The Spanish People's Front established a provisional government in Barcelona, ​​claiming that it was the legal regime of Spain and Madrid's long-spike party. The Chinese government is naturally very concerned about this matter. Even if Chang Ruiqing inspected the northwest, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would send the latest news to the Communist Youth League City at any time through radio waves. Chen Cheng took out a telegram from his briefcase and handed it to Chang Ruiqing and said: "Prime Minister, this morning, US Secretary of State Hedel announced that the United States recognizes the Barcelona government as the only legal government in Spain. This is the seventh country to recognize the Barcelona government after France, the Soviet Union, Poland, Japan, Persia, and Mexico."

"Roosevelt is cheering the Frenchman. By the way, what are the reactions between Germany and Italy? They seem to have announced the dispatch of military advisers to Spain, right? Have you any further statements?"

"Yes," Chen Cheng took out another telegram: "Hitler just announced the suspension of the plan to send military advisers to Spain. However, Mussolini was very high-profile. In his speech outside the Palace of Venice in Rome, he declared that if necessary, the Italian army will fight with the Spanish Spear Party until the GCism is completely eradicated from this country."

"Haha... They sing one of them is blushing and the other is blushing. Mussolini and Hitler cooperate well." Hearing this news, Hawei, deputy commander of the Northwest Front Army, and Wu Peifu, commander-in-chief of the Foreign Defense Guard, laughed, and the atmosphere at the scene was much more relaxed. If Chang Ruiqing didn't know the details of the "Max Hoffman Plan", he would probably think that Hitler did not make up his mind to break up with France. The Spanish incident was likely to be Mussolini in Hitler.

With the support of the action, Hitler's purpose was only to restrain France's power. Although France and Germany were in a state of one mountain and two tigers, it was not easy to make the French, who were scared by the war, fight with the powerful German army. Unless Germany really annexed Poland, Ukraine, Belarus and other places, there was a sign of dominating the European continent. Now, Hitler has taken the initiative to take a step back. On the surface, it is really unlikely that Germany will go to war immediately.

Chang Ruiqing's eyes turned around and immediately ordered Chen Cheng: "You should immediately send a power to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and order our ambassadors to France and Spain to reconcile the conflict between France and Germany. At the same time, let Wang Zhaoming summon the French ambassador to China and tell the French. Our friendship between China and France will never change due to the conflict between France and Germany. China will remain neutral between France and Germany."

...

February 28, 1934, Washington White House.

"Mr. President, Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Renault have arrived." Captain Katton pushed the door and walked into the Oval Office.

Roosevelt sat upright in a wheelchair, facing the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, and was watching the marchers outside the White House. Of course, it was not an anti-war demonstration. It was an anti-Soviet and anti-Japanese march organized by the Nazi Party in the United States. Tens of thousands of Americans waving star-striped flags and 10,000 flags of tsunami-like slogans passed through the glass to Roosevelt's office.

The Nazi forces in the United States have always existed before the outbreak of the war, but there was not much market. However, after the war between Japan and the United States began, the United States and Germany became comrades-in-arms who jointly fought against Japan. Germany did not sign any peace treaties with Japan with China, and Germany was the main force in the Soviet Union, the backstage boss of the Soviet Union. Now the pro-German American Nazi Party suddenly rose, and they promoted war everywhere, promoted anti-Soviet and anti-Japanese, demanded that the US government declare war on the Soviet Union and join the world anti-third international alliance. Although this set of ideas was reactionary and not in line with the interests of the United States, the US government had no choice but to do anything to them. After all, the United States is indeed fighting with Soviet Japan now! And the Soviet Union is indeed Japan's backstage. Dozens of Soviet pilots were captured in the Battle of Hawaii!

According to their confession, most of the "Japanese Red Navy pilots" who drove planes to Pearl Harbor to throw bombs were Soviet volunteers, and the aircraft used by the Japanese Navy aviation were also supported by the Soviet Union.

In the face of ironclad evidence, can the American Nazi Party not be arrogant? As soon as the "insider" news of the Hawaii Naval Battle was revealed, the US GCD headquarters and the Soviet embassy in the United States were smashed by American Nazis! Then the power of the American Nazi spread like wildfire, and the members increased from less than 100,000 to 1 million! Moreover, the entire American society, including the Jews, regarded the American Nazi as patriots. In fact, most American Nazis were indeed patriotic, and almost every male American Nazi party member who meets the age of recruitment signed up to join the army. Therefore... the influence of the American Nazi Party in the US military also spread rapidly. There were even many senior American Navy officers who became friends or supporters of the American Nazi Party, including the US Army Commander-in-Chief General MacArthur (really not a good person).

What Roosevelt is facing now is a huge dilemma. Due to Japan-Soviet relations and the propaganda of the Nazi Party of America, almost all Americans are now pro-German and anti-Soviet! Although they may not necessarily support the United States in declaring war on the Soviet Union, it is unlikely that the US government will do it if it secretly helps the Soviet Union. If such a thing is to be leaked, President Roosevelt will end up doing it! But Roosevelt also knew that joining the anti-Soviet camp and turning the Sino-Anglo-German alliance into the Sino-Anglo-German alliance is not in the interests of the United States. Because that would mean that the United States would share world leadership with China-Anglo-German after the war!

What made Roosevelt even more troubled was that China, Britain and Germany are now all imperialist. According to Rattenau, the German Jewish Foreign Minister who visited the United States in the past two days, the world after the war was divided into four parts, and then they each became king and domineering within their own sphere of influence... As for the part that was distributed to the United States, it was the entire American continent, not including Canada!

How can this work?

America is the sphere of influence of the United States! Isn’t this the same thing as fighting or not? And if the world is divided like this after the war, not only will the original world colonial system not be broken, but it will be strengthened by joining the two emerging world empires of China and Germany! How can American goods and capital be opened up in this way? If there is no world market, how much can it be digested by the back garden of Latin America alone?

Therefore, the United States should never help China, Britain and Germany fight the Soviet Union now, which is not in line with the interests of the United States. However, it seems that it is not enough to help the Soviet Union fight China, Britain and Germany... The American people will definitely not agree to the government's doing this, and even if the American people reluctantly agree, the United States may not be able to defeat China, Britain and Germany. According to the analysis report submitted by the US Department of War, the sum of the main heavy industrial products of China, Britain and Germany is now comparable to that of the United States, and it has a certain leading advantage in military technology other than naval shipbuilding. As for the number of cannon fodder that can be mobilized, since China, the world's largest population country, exists several times more than the United States! Therefore, there is no chance of winning when fighting with China, Britain and Germany. As long as the normal-minded Americans will definitely not agree!

Thinking of this, Roosevelt was so depressed that he vomited blood. China and Germany are indispensable to the support of the United States today! But these two ungrateful wolves were actually attracted by the United Kingdom!

But will this world become like this? Something must have been wrong...

President Roosevelt sighed, turned his wheelchair and said to Colonel Katton, "Col. Go and invite Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Renault in."

The Renault who visited was French Defense Minister Paul Renault. If there is any country in this world that is more lost than the United States, it must be France! The former victorious country of World War I, France, which claimed to have the world's largest army, has watched Germany continue to rise and grow in the past 10 years, and finally poached France's old ally, Britain, and became one of the top four in the future world (the United States must have one). This really made the French extremely depressed.

So, the United States and France, which are in love with each other, are finally getting closer and closer.

In Roosevelt's view, France is still a chess piece that can be used. After all, France still has a third- and fourth-ranked army in Europe, and its naval strength is far stronger than Germany. In the case of China and Britain not interfering in the dispute between France and Germany, if France can cooperate with the Soviet Union, it can break the strangle of China, Britain and Germany against the Soviet Union. It can also use their advantages to block Germany in the navy. As long as the Soviet Union does not fall, there is still a possibility of recovery in this game of world hegemony. If both France and the Soviet Union fail, the United States will have to act as one of the semi-finals...

Let’s see how much help France wants from the United States? Of course, according to the Neutrality Act, all the help is not free. Thinking of this, Roosevelt couldn’t help but curse the group of congressmen who were short-sighted and knew how to please voters.

...

"Mr. President, this is a handwritten letter from Mr. Trotsky of the Soviet Union who asked me to bring you!"

"What? Trotsky!" Hearing this name, Roosevelt couldn't help but stare at an envelope handed over by French Defense Minister Renault. He never expected that the first topic of the Frenchman in front of him after the meeting began was to deliver a letter to Trotsky. Could this guy be a French GCD party member?

After opening Trotsky's letter, Roosevelt's expression suddenly became shady and shady. The content of the letter was really unexpected. Trotsky said that the Soviet Union could promote Japan to march towards Australia! If the United States could form an alliance with France.

Japan's entry into Australia is indeed what the United States needs. On the one hand, it can reduce the possibility of Hawaii being attacked by Japan; on the other hand, it can force Britain to seek help from the United States, and the United States can take the opportunity to bargain with Britain. Even if the Sino-British and German alliance cannot be broken up, it can still gain more post-war benefits for the United States. However, the United States and France cannot agree at will...

Roosevelt's face became serious. He glanced at Colonel Katton, who was still standing at the door of the office. The colonel saluted, left the room and closed the door. The US President put down the letter raft in his hand. "If France is willing to declare war on Japan, then an alliance is possible, but it is necessary to indicate in the covenant that the United States does not participate in any conflict between France and Germany. Mr. Renault, I think you should understand this position, right?"

If the United States does not participate in the French-German conflict, then what is the point of forming an alliance? Renault turned his head and looked at Hopkins. The US Secretary of Commerce, who was not very involved in business, smiled and said, "Mr. Renault, the United States now has a strong sense of pro-Germany and anti-Soviet sentiment, and the relationship between France and the Soviet Union has developed very well recently."

Renault showed a regretful expression and shrugged: "Since that's the case, Mr. Trotsky has another condition. If the United States can meet it, he can also prompt Japan to attack Australia."

"Please say it, Mr. Renault." Roosevelt nodded.

"Mr. Trotsky hopes that the United States will officially recognize the Indian Provisional Government in Kolkata and provide military assistance to the Indian National Army."

"That's it..." Roosevelt frowned and thought tightly. Although he was naturally the world's first-class strategist, he seemed a little immature compared to Trotsky, who had led the Soviet Union to struggle on the world political stage for more than ten years. Therefore, he must carefully consider the suggestions put forward by Trotsky.

The issue of India is very complicated. It is said to be the gem on the crown of the British Empire. Whoever wants to interfere in India is clearly showing that the carriages and horses have dismantled the British Empire's Taiwan! But isn't this exactly what Roosevelt always wanted to do? Moreover, Japan's entry into Australia is also dismantling the British Taiwan. If the United States can reach into Australia and India, then the Sino-British and German alliance can now... (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!