After Song Ziwen said this, everyone's eyes immediately fell on Ouyang Yun's face. Ouyang Yun first looked at Song Ziwen in surprise and expressionless, then looked at everyone and asked: "Who else thinks like this? .”
After receiving a cold look from Ouyang Yun, Song Ziwen immediately retracted his head. As the foreign minister of the coalition government, Song Ziwen was qualified to attend many military meetings of the Supreme Command. His understanding was already strong. Over the past year or so, , has completely clarified the military and political system and factions under the framework of the coalition government, and as a core member of the Yun Party in the minds of others, it is really intriguing for him to say such words at this time, and it is impossible for him not to know it. what does that mean.
Chen Cheng's eyes suddenly brightened, but after seeing Ouyang Yun's expression, he blinked quickly, wiped away the traces of joy in his eyes, and said solemnly: "I think we can consider Foreign Minister Song's proposal, Commander-in-Chief, Maybe, I think this is our chance to exit North Africa."
Chen Cheng has been an opponent of sending troops to North Africa from the beginning. It is reasonable for him to say what he said. In order to enhance his persuasion, he continued: "It is true that withdrawing from North Africa at this time will damage the reputation of our army. However, in Until we have regained all our territory and defeated the great enemy Japan, other countries will not be able to accuse us..."
"What Deputy Chief Chen means is that the North African Expeditionary Force must have no future in North Africa." Ouyang Yun interrupted him and said rudely.
"No, I just think..."
"Okay, I understand what Vice President Chen Zhang means. As for the others, let's talk about it." Ouyang Yun waved his hand and interrupted him, glancing at the others.
Chen Cheng's face turned ugly, his lips pursed slightly, and something flashed in his eyes.
"I do not agree with Foreign Minister Song's suggestion. Since the expedition to North Africa has become a reality, we should not give up halfway. Everyone, I want to remind everyone that our expedition to North Africa was at the request of the French. However, this time we were defeated. It is precisely because of the French that I feel that recalling Commander Chu and withdrawing from North Africa are nonsense. The correct approach should be to accuse France of fighting and make Angpos hand over command." Li Zongren suddenly said.
Li Zongren returned to Chongqing this time to ask Ouyang Yun to launch the Pingjin offensive as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, he was pulled to attend the military council as soon as he got off the plane. His political sense was very sensitive. After listening to the words of Song Ziwen and Chen Cheng, he thought of certain things. Based on the recent public opinion in the newspaper, he immediately realized that someone wanted to take the opportunity to weaken Ouyang Yun's authority. Although he did not yet understand what these people were relying on, he still immediately stood clearly on the side of the Xuebing Army.
Li Zongren did this because the troops and officers of the Xuebing Army under his command were more cooperative with his command. Therefore, although there were many discussions about the nature of the Xuebing Army, they were all thought to be Ouyang Yun's minions and a tool for him to achieve dictatorship. But he deeply disagreed.
"Not only Ambos must hand over command, but also Leclerc and Montgomery. They should also bear responsibility for the failure of the North African Expeditionary Force," Li Jiayu followed closely.
"Would the French and British agree? The Allied Forces Command in North Africa is controlled by the British," Feng Yuxiang said.
"If you don't agree, fine, then I'll fight mine and he'll fight theirs. Let's see who the Germans are more willing to fight." Tie Linfei said suddenly.
This time the military council broke up because of too many differences on the North African strategy. And because of this military council, the seemingly harmonious relationship between Ouyang Yun and Chen Cheng finally broke down. The Supreme Command and even the coalition government Internally, two distinct interest groups began to form.
"What is Chen Cheng's credentials?" Li Zongren asked Ouyang Yun at the family dinner of Ouyang Yun's family that night.
"I just signed a secret agreement with Guderian not long ago, agreeing to form an alliance between China and Germany under special circumstances." Ouyang Yun replied solemnly. Although Ouyang Yun does not have much talent in politics, after all, He has been at the center of the political whirlpool over the years. It is said that he has never eaten pork and has seen pigs running away. So when Song Ziwen suddenly changed his previous attitude and jumped out to speak against him, he noticed something fishy.
"Ah." Li Zongren was shocked. He couldn't hold his chopsticks firmly and a piece of braised pork fell off the table. "Ouyang, you are confused. Germany is like a rat crossing the street now. How can you form an alliance with them at this time?" He simply put down his chopsticks and He frowned and thought about it seriously and said, "You hope to end this war of the century as soon as possible. What do you mean by special circumstances?"
"If Hitler were to step down, the Nazi rule would end."
",,This premise can be considered, but I'm afraid the Chinese people won't understand it."
"Brother De Lin, can I believe you?"
"You seem to have no choice but to believe me now, haha." Li Zongren laughed.
Ouyang Yun also laughed, and then he said seriously: "The reason why I did this is actually for the future. It is true that this war has progressed so far, and we have taken advantage of the situation to rise, but compared with those old Western countries, our foundation is still It’s too thin, brother De Lin, do you still remember the reasons why Britain, the United States, France and other countries opened up colonies that I analyzed before.”
"Remember, one is resources and the other is market; resources not only refer to materials, but also include labor."
"Then I say that the cause of disputes between countries in the future will mainly be resources. Do you agree?"
Li Zongren shook his head and nodded, and said frankly: "To be honest, I don't quite understand, but I believe your analysis."
"Just trust me. This is why I want to form an alliance with Germany. In today's world, if we divide countries according to their military strength, Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom are in the first level; and if we divide them according to their comprehensive strength, , Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom are first class, while our country is ranked in the middle of the second class. Don’t look at me like that. I have never known what it means to belittle oneself, so I definitely don’t mean to be self-effacing. Compared with these countries, The biggest weakness of our country is that the national education level is too low, and the ideas are far behind the mainstream. Therefore, I want to take this opportunity to encircle a larger territory. Even if I can occupy it now with my military strength, will it be possible in the future? Defending in the years is a problem. If this war continues, Germany will definitely not escape destruction. What will happen then? The United States and Britain may become stronger again in the future war against Germany. The United States and Britain have a strong foundation. If they do not We are still developing with all our strength due to the negative impact of the war. Brother De Lin, do you think we can compare... So it is best to end this war at this stage."